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Chapter 452

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"I am a failure, I hardly pay attention to whether the sun is shining or not, because there is no time.

"My parents cannot provide me with support, my education is not high, and I am alone in the city looking for the future.

"I have found many jobs, but none of them have been hired. Maybe no one likes a person who is not good at speaking, does not like communication, and has not shown enough ability.

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"I only ate two pieces of bread for three whole days. Hunger made me unable to sleep at night. Fortunately, I paid the rent for a month in advance, and I can continue to live in that dark basement, without having to go outside to bear the unusually cold wind in winter.

"Finally, I found a job, guarding the night at the hospital, guarding the morgue.

"The night at the hospital is colder than I imagined. The wall lamp in the corridor is not lit, and it is very dim everywhere. I can only rely on the little light that penetrates from the room to help me see my feet.

"The smell there is very bad. From time to time, the deceased is stuffed into a body bag and sent over. We cooperate to help him move into the morgue.

"This is not a very good job, but at least it allows me to afford bread. The free time at night can also be used for study. After all, no one is willing to come to the morgue, unless there is a corpse that needs to be sent or transported away for cremation. Of course, I don't have enough money to buy books, and I don't see the hope of saving money at present.

"I have to thank my former colleague. If it weren't for his sudden resignation, I might not even be able to get such a job.

"I dream of being able to rotate to be responsible for the day. Now I always sleep when the sun comes out and get up after the night comes, which makes my body a bit weak, and my head occasionally hurts.

"One day, the mover sent a new corpse.

"Listening to others, this is my former colleague who resigned suddenly.

"I am a bit curious about him. After everyone left, I pulled out the cabinet and quietly opened the body bag.

"He is an old man, his face is blue and white, full of wrinkles, and looks very scary under very dark light.

"His hair is not much, most of it is white, and all his clothes have been taken off, and not even a piece of cloth has been left for him.

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"I saw a strange mark on his chest, blue-black, I can't describe the specific appearance, the light at that time was really too dark.

"I reached out and touched the mark, nothing special.

"Looking at this former colleague, I am thinking, if I keep going like this, when I get old, will I be the same as him...

"I said to him, tomorrow I will accompany him to the crematorium and personally bring his ashes to the nearest free cemetery, so as not to let those responsible for these things find it troublesome, and just throw it away in a river or a wasteland.

"This will sacrifice my morning sleep, but fortunately, it will be Sunday soon, and I can make up for it.

"After saying that, I fixed the body bag and stuffed it back into the cabinet.

"The light in the room seems to be darker...

"After that day, every time I sleep, I always dream of a thick fog.

"I have a premonition that something will happen soon, a premonition that sooner or later something that I don't know if it can be called a human will come to me, but no one is willing to believe me, thinking that in such an environment and such a job, my spirit has become abnormal and I need to see a doctor..."

A male guest sitting at the bar looked at the narrator who stopped suddenly:

"And then?"

This male guest is in his thirties, wearing a brown tweed jacket and light yellow trousers, his hair is pressed very flat, and there is a simple dark round hat at hand.

He looks ordinary, like most people in the tavern, black hair, light blue eyes, not good-looking, not ugly, lacking obvious features.

And the narrator in his eyes is a young man of eighteen or nineteen, with a tall figure and slender limbs, also with short black hair and light blue eyes, but with deep features, which can make people's eyes shine.

This young man looked at the empty wine glass in front of him and sighed:

"And then?

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"Then I resigned and returned to the countryside to brag with you here."

As he spoke, a smile appeared on his face, a smile with a bit of teasing meaning.

The male guest was stunned:

"Are you bragging about what you just said?"

"Haha." A burst of laughter erupted around the bar.

The laughter stopped slightly, and a thin middle-aged man looked at the slightly embarrassed guest and said:

"Outsider, you actually believe Lu Mian's story. He tells something different every day. Yesterday he was still a loser whose engagement was broken by his fiancée because of poverty, and today he became a corpse guard!"

"Yes, saying something about thirty years on the east side of the Sailunzuohe, thirty years on the right side of the Sailunzuohe, only knowing how to talk nonsense!" Another tavern regular followed.

They are all farmers in the large village of Kordu, wearing black, gray, or brown jackets.

The black-haired young man named Lu Mian supported the bar with both hands, stood up slowly, and said with a smile:

"You know, this is not a story I made up, it was written by my sister. She likes writing stories the most, and she is also a columnist for some 'Novel Weekly'."

After speaking, he turned his body, spread his hands to the outsider, and smiled brilliantly:

"It seems she writes really well.

"Sorry, I made you misunderstand."

The man in the brown tweed jacket with ordinary appearance was not angry, stood up, and responded with a smile:

"A very interesting story.

"What should I call you?"

"Isn't it common sense to introduce yourself before asking others?" Lu Mian smiled.

The guest from outside nodded:

"My name is Ryan Kos.

"These two are my companions Valentine and Leah."

The latter sentence refers to the man and woman sitting next to them.

The man is twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, with some powder on his yellow hair. His eyes, which are not big, have a color deeper than lake blue. He wears a white vest, a blue fine tweed jacket, and black trousers. He was clearly carefully dressed before going out.

He looked quite indifferent and didn't look much at the farmers and herdsmen around him.

The woman looked younger than the two men, with long light gray hair tied into a complex bun, wrapped in a white veil as a hat.

Her eyes were the same color as her hair, and her gaze towards Lu Mian carried undisguised laughter. She seemed to find what happened just now interesting.

Under the illumination of the tavern gas wall lamp, the woman named Leah revealed a pretty nose and beautifully curved lips, which is definitely a beauty in the countryside like Kordu Village.

She wore a white pleated cashmere tight skirt, with a beige small jacket and a pair of Ma Xier long boots. Two small silver bells were tied to the veil and boots respectively. When she walked into the tavern just now, she was ding-dong all the way, which was very eye-catching, making many men look straight.

In their eyes, this must be the fashionable dress only available in big cities like the provincial capital Bigor and the capital Trier.

Lu Mian nodded to the three outsiders:

"My name is Lu Mian Li, you can call me Lu Mian directly."

"Li?" Leah blurted out.

"What's wrong, is there any problem with my surname?" Lu Mian asked curiously.

Ryan Kos helped Leah explain:

"Your surname is terrifying. I almost couldn't control my voice just now."

Seeing the farmers and herdsmen around looking puzzled, he further explained:

"People who have been in contact with sailors and sea merchants all know that there is such a saying circulating on the Five Seas:

"I would rather encounter those pirate generals and even kings than meet a person named Frank Li.

"That person's surname is also Li."

"Is he scary?" Lu Mian asked.

Ryan shook his head:

"I don't know, but since there is such a legend, it must not be bad."

He stopped the topic and said to Lu Mian:

"Thank you for your story, it deserves a glass of wine, what do you want?"

"A glass of 'Green Fairy'." Lu Mian was not polite at all and sat down again.

Ryan Kos frowned slightly and said:

"'Green Fairy'... Absinthe?

"I think I need to remind you that absinthe is harmful to the human body. This kind of wine may cause mental confusion and hallucinations."

"I didn't expect the fashion trend of Trier to have spread here." Leah next to her added with a smile.

Lu Mian said "Oh":

"So people in Trier also like to drink 'Green Fairy'...

"For us, life is hard enough, there is no need to care about a little more damage. This kind of wine can make our spirits get greater relaxation."

"Okay." Ryan sat back in his seat and looked at the bartender, "A glass of 'Green Fairy', and add a glass of 'Spicy Heart' for me."

"Spicy Heart" is a famous fruit shochu.

"Why don't you give me a glass of 'Green Fairy'? I told you the truth just now, and I can tell you the situation of this kid exactly!" The thin middle-aged man who first exposed Lu Mian telling stories every day shouted dissatisfiedly, "Outsider, I can see that you still have doubts about the truth of that story!"

"Pierre, for a free drink, you can really do anything!" Lu Mian responded loudly.

Without waiting for Ryan to make a decision, Lu Mian added:

"Why can't I tell it myself? That way I can drink another glass of 'Green Fairy'?"

"Because they don't know whether to believe the situation you said." The middle-aged man named Pierre laughed triumphantly, "The story your sister loves to tell children is 'The Wolf is Coming'. People who always lie will inevitably lose their credit."

"Okay." Lu Mian shrugged and watched the bartender push a glass of pale green wine in front of him.

Ryan looked at him and consulted:

"Is it okay?"

"No problem, as long as your wallet is enough to pay for these drinks." Lu Mian didn't care.

"Then another glass of 'Green Fairy'." Ryan nodded.

Pierre was full of smiles:

"Generous outsider, this kid is the person who loves pranks the most in the village, you must stay away from him.

"Five years ago, he was brought back to the village by his sister Aurore and never left again. You think, before that, he was only thirteen years old, how could he go to the hospital to be a corpse guard? Well, the nearest hospital to us is in Daliezh at the foot of the mountain, which takes a whole afternoon."

"Brought back to the village?" Leah asked keenly.

She tilted her head slightly, bringing out a ding-dong sound.

Pierre nodded:

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"Then, he followed Aurore's surname 'Li', and even the name 'Lu Mian' was taken by Aurore."

"I forgot what it was called originally." Lu Mian drank a sip of absinthe and said with a smile.

It seems that he is not inferior or ashamed that his past was exposed like this.

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