nightmare exec

Song Yin is very uncomfortable now.

Not only was the once-in-a-lifetime flirting moment completely ruined; but also because the scoop of ice cream slipped into his sleeve and drove all the way in, making his entire arm sticky, like a layer of glue.

Qi Zhengnan is not much better than Song Yin, his mature and handsome face is covered with a milky white liquid - no matter how you look at it, this picture is a bit...evil.

What's more terrible is that when the ice cream slipped to the corner of his mouth, Qi Zhengnan stuck out his tongue and licked it into his mouth, but his eyes were always fixed on Song Yin.

... Song Yin felt that the whole person was going to be ill.

Just as he was hesitating whether to muster up the courage to feed another spoonful, the door of the back kitchen was pushed open, and Cycad came out with a glass container in his hand.

"Look what this is." Su Tie put the container on the bar, right in front of Qi Zhengnan.

Qi Zhengnan raised his eyebrows, a little surprised: "Didn't you say you lost it long ago?"

"Maybe the fate is still there." Su Tie used a mysterious word, "I found it when I took inventory of the goods a while ago, and it's too good to hide!"

Song Yin took a closer look and found that it was an antique crystal glass wine vessel. The sturdy square bottle was decorated with exquisite patterns, but the glass was a bit cloudy, obviously it had been quite old.

The bottle was about half full of a dark red liquid that looked more like wine.But even judging from the exquisite container, this doesn't look like a mass-produced drink in a mall—at least not the kind that anyone would be willing to consume.

Song Yin was already full of curiosity. He slightly adjusted his viewing angle and found two crooked labels on the other side of the bottle.Appears to have a handwritten executive codename left.

The first thing Song Yin saw was the word "Fenfeng".On the other old and yellowed label located under the Foehn, there are two other Chinese characters that are vaguely recognizable - "暮辉"

It sounds like the code name of the executive officer, but it might just be the name of this bottle of wine——Song Yin couldn't think of an answer, so he asked a straightforward question.

Cycad gave him an interesting answer: "Mu Hui's English is eveningglow, and in layman's terms it means sunset or Huoshaoyun. Look, isn't the color of this bottle of wine as beautiful as Huoshaoyun?"

Really, actually, Song Yin had noticed a long time ago that the color of this bottle of wine was slightly lighter than that of ordinary red wine, with a hint of golden yellow. It really looked like the sky on a summer evening and before the typhoon.

But Cycad changed the subject again: "But when it was labeled as 'Twilight' back then, it was just a bottle of ordinary red wine. There is a saying in Purgatory that goes, 'Wine and human heart are the only two things. What has changed①'. The color you see now is actually just a gift of time. This bottle of wine has been kept in our store for more than 20 years."

"Store the wine?" Song Yin asked naturally, "Who kept the wine?"

Su Tie smiled: "Who else is there in this purgatory? An executive like you and me."

Song Yin couldn't figure it out more and more: "So? This bottle of wine was kept by the executive officer more than 20 years ago? Then why did you show it to us?"

"Because it's my wine now." The person who answered him was Qi Zhengnan, "I spent a lot of money to buy it from the cafe, so now it will have my name on it."

"Buy? Can the wine stored here be sold to others?"

"Yes, as long as you abide by the trading rules in purgatory."

Su Tie patiently introduced to Song Yin that the cafe at the end of Qingyang Avenue has been passed down from generation to generation by several owners, and it has been open for less than 100 years.As the days went by, the warehouse piled up a lot of drinks stored in the store by the executive officer.

Most of the executives left Purgatory because of retirement or death, and the drinks naturally became ownerless.

I don't know which generation of shopkeepers it started from. Every year, the cafe will put out a batch of old wines that have not been claimed within five years for auction, and the highest bidder usually wins.The executives who bought the wine often continue to store the bottles in the store-just like Qi Zhengnan is doing now.

"But it's not right." Song Yin pointed out his doubts: "If no one claims it in five years and it will be auctioned off, shouldn't this bottle of wine from more than 20 years ago be auctioned off?"

"Normally that's true, but this bottle is special, it turned out to be not for sale."

"Not for sale? Is it very expensive fine wine?" Song Yin didn't have much research on wine, and he remembered that Qi Zhengnan didn't have any special interest in wine either.

Cycad shook his head: "I haven't tasted the quality of the wine, so I don't know. The reason why it is not for sale is because of this."

As he spoke, he pointed to the label on the bottle, which was the puzzling word "Twilight".

"Is this the executive officer's name? The original owner of the wine?" Song Yin had already guessed almost everything, "...is he a famous person in Purgatory?"

"It used to be. But I'm just hearing it, not the truth."

In the version Su Tie heard, Mu Hui was indeed a famous executive in Purgatory.

Today's executives can be proud of the entire purgatory if they can reach level five before retirement, and level six executives belong to the top elites in the world, and there are only a handful of them.In fact, more than 20 years ago, Purgatory didn't even have a level of six - it was Twilight who changed the executive officer's rating standard by himself.

After only coming to Purgatory for more than a year, he had already firmly ranked in the top ten list of purgatory executive officers at that time.As for the people ahead of him, the ones with the least qualifications have been employed for more than four years.

And it is said that Mu Hui was only 17 years old back then.

"17 years old? Isn't that a minor?!" Song Yin is really good at focusing, "Minors are obviously not allowed to join in Purgatory, no..."

He quickly corrected himself - just a few hours ago, he had just met a minor executive, Yun Mi, in the waiting room of the TV station.

"Mu Hui is also selected from the orphanage's career group?" He used this vocabulary vividly, and got Su Tie's nod of approval.

"I heard that it is indeed, and it is a rare young genius in the special group."

To be selected as an executive officer is already a talent. The selected group is the elite among the executive officers, and the elite of the selected group... Isn't that the elite of the elite? !

Recalling Yun Mi's unsmiling face like a ceramic doll, Song Yin's mind immediately appeared a boy with facial paralysis in a yellow robe, followed by an assistant officer like a eunuch, accepting the collective worship of other executives .

But he still felt that something was wrong - he couldn't imagine that the "male version of Yun Mi" would store a bottle of wine in a cafe, and he even had reason to suspect that Yun Mi didn't need food and water at all, let alone this kind of wine. Alcoholic beverages to spice up life.

So how did this elite boy code-named "Mu Hui" become so down-to-earth?

Uncle Su Tie, who loves to tell stories, quickly answered his doubts.

"When Mu Hui first entered Purgatory, he really couldn't cry or laugh, and could only communicate with other people at the most basic level. Usually he was like an autistic child, but when he entered the dungeon, he was completely ruthless. fighting machine.

"However, he stayed in purgatory for a total of five years, and met a group of comrades who took care of him and tolerated him. By the time he died, it was said that he was basically no different from a normal person."

"Death in the line of duty? How did he die in the line of duty?"

Song Yin's heart skipped a beat, although it was only a short ten minutes since he saw the name "Mu Hui", but for some reason, he still felt a tightness in his chest.

Perhaps this is the legendary "heroes cherish heroes".

"How else did you die in the line of duty? The dungeon failed." Su Tie smiled wryly: "But it is not an ordinary dungeon, but a super star gate. It is said that since it happened once 20 years ago, it has never happened again appeared."

"Xingmen, what's that?" Song Yin's head was a little dizzy, and he didn't know if it was because of the alcohol attack, or because the knowledge points tonight were too dense.

"It's a more serious legendary dungeon than a super dungeon."

The person who answered him was Qi Zhengnan: "The Gate of Stars is like a wormhole that appears in a dream, and it can continuously transport all kinds of stowaways into the dream."

Song Yin still had no idea: "Is it very powerful?"

"It's amazing." Su Tie gave them another plate of peanuts: "I heard that in the Stargate incident that year, nearly a hundred executive officers were sacrificed to barely complete the task. Although no one saw exactly how Mu Hui died, But after that battle, no one saw him in Purgatory again. However, some people said that after he disappeared, his assistant officer appeared in Purgatory, but it seemed that the program was disordered and he lost his mind. It was like crazy, and it disappeared after a while."

"It's all just hearsay."

Qi Zhengnan interrupted Su Tie's small science popularization, took two empty wine glasses from the side, poured the precious 20-year-old wine into it, and pushed a glass to Song Yin.

Song Yin has neither research nor interest in wine.But after listening to a lot of background stories, seeing the wine glass being pushed in front of him, he had no choice but to hold it up, first shaking it, then smelling it, and finally tasting it.

To be honest, he didn't taste any special delicacy.

Wine is just wine, with a bit of fruity and sweetness in the mouth, maybe it has become mellower due to the passage of time, but it seems to be nothing more than that.

But he still tried very hard to pretend to be intoxicated: "It's delicious."

"..." Judging from Qi Zhengnan's expression, he did not believe Song Yin's false compliment, but he still showed an expression that could be called "gentle".

Song Yin was a little embarrassed by him again, so she rubbed her nose and forcibly changed the subject to Cycad: "Because the owner of the wine is very famous, the original owner of the cafe decided not to sell it. I understand this. Then Why did you transfer it to Foehn?"

"What else can there be? Because he is Foehn." Su Tie smiled openly, "Anyway, I think it's a pity to swallow this wine alone. Youdao is a good wine with a hero. Since Foehn likes it, then give it to him. It couldn’t be more appropriate—it’s still in my possession anyway.”

Song Yin smiled and nodded in agreement, then looked down at the gorgeous liquid in the cup like the sunset glow, and still couldn't help sighing: "It's so precious to drink such a precious wine, and pour it to me who doesn't know how to taste. Kind of a waste."

"This is a 'reward'." Qi Zhengnan gave an explanation that surprised him.

"Reward?" Song Yin chewed on this fresh word, "Reward me for assisting Yu Gutai's team to turn the tide and successfully complete the super dungeon?"

"No, everything tonight is only rewarding your brave performance in school two years ago, and the three days you were worried about me."

Qi Zhengnan lowered his voice, "Those half a year... I just heard Huyan mention it just now. You have done a good job. As for those regrets that are beyond the scope of your ability, don't worry about them."

"What, I don't want this kind of reward."

Song Yin laughed dryly, and suddenly lay down on the bar counter, leaning on his arm to look at Qi Zhengnan: "Also, that's not called a reward, should it be called compensation? To make up for the nightmares I've had in the past two years, this bottle of wine I'm afraid it's not enough."

As he spoke, he reached out and fiddled with the rose in the glass bottle, as if he was teasing some beloved pet.

Qi Zhengnan's eyes were also attracted to the bouquet of roses.

God knows, he asked Erhu to prepare this several days in advance, and the customized standard is "more beautiful than the bouquets that Foehn, who is a 'Purgatory Celebrity', received in the past."

However, when he got the bouquet, he was startled instead—the bouquet was indeed beautiful and ostentatious, but what was the significance of his doing so.

It wasn't until a few hours ago that he delivered the bouquet to Song Yin with his own hands, but he suddenly realized that in his mind, only such a bouquet could be worthy of this smart and wonderful character in front of him.

Unfortunately, the person who sent the flowers was Yun Shi, not Qi Zhengnan.

Thinking of this, he suddenly asked the question that seemed to be deliberately avoided by both parties: Do you...really plan to fall in love with that Yun Shi? "