What It’s Like Being a Vampire

"Not the physical level?" Xia Tianhuo was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Then the psychological level? You mean that the kidnappers were influenced by the outside world, like being possessed by evil spirits, and then they started killing each other?"

Wang Dean said: "It can also be called hypnosis."

"Yes, hypnosis sounds more 'scientific'." Xia Tianhuo said with a smile.

"Mr. Xia, do you think this possibility is very high?" Zhao Feng then asked.

Xia Tianhuo pretended to think and said: "In other words, the kidnappers on the boat I was on were actually the same as the people in Menta Mira. They were hypnotized by something, whether they were giants with eight arms and eight eyes. , or an octopus-like sea monster, are they all illusions, things hypnotized? But I have some ideas. Look, you two, there happened to be a riot in Menta Mira that night, and many Chinese tourists were attacked. This group of illusions directly saved Many of their lives have been lost, and I am also Chinese... Do you think that our domestic special departments and special personnel are behind this? Are they protecting the safety of our people?"

Zhao Feng smiled and said: "Lao Wang also mentioned your guess. He said that if the eight-armed and eight-eyed illusion has a nationality, it is 80% Chinese."

While observing the expressions and eyes of the two of them, Xia Tianhuo said with a smile: "I'm not afraid of your jokes if I tell you. I told my friends and my sister before that the sea monster might be one of the invisible patron saints of our Xia family. Category."

"Mr. Xia, do you think... that the purpose of that illusion is to save you? Is there any specific basis? For example, some special feelings or discoveries in the past?" Zhao Feng asked.

Xia Tianhuo shook his head and said: "That's not true. It's just an intuition. Haha, people always think of themselves as more important subconsciously. But after this incident, I did have some small changes in my mentality. ...By the way, you two have interviewed many witnesses of that incident during this period. Do you have a summary of the impact of Monta Mira's vision? Are there similar things in our country? Have you checked, Have similar illusions appeared in China or other countries before? I see many people on the Internet jumping out to say that they have seen some kind of monsters and illusions before, but they feel that most of them are unreliable." He is now very sure that this The two of them must know some news other than Monta Mira and what happened at sea.

Zhao Feng and Wang De'an looked at each other, and the former muttered: "As for domestic matters, we are actually also investigating..."

Just as he was talking, there was a knock on the box door, and then the owner of the restaurant, You Meng, personally brought a plate of complimentary new dishes.

He greeted the three people in the box, briefly introduced the dish, and then said: "Since you two are friends of Brother Huo, then you are my friends. You are welcome here. You must eat and drink well." This dish is a new product in our store and has not been officially launched yet.

Brothers, please try the taste for me first and see if there is anything that needs improvement? Just tell me. "

Xia Tianhuo smiled and said: "Lao You? Did you get this dish from the chef? Or did you develop it yourself?"

You Meng glared at him: "I won't tell you! Blind trial! I noticed that a few of you? You all have a blind admiration for A Kun? As long as the dishes he develops, you think they are 50% more delicious. In the end, actually In the store, what you eat is not made by him, is it? It is not all made by me or our chef. You guys, when you eat food, you only focus on the taste of the food? Don’t follow the tricks of the rice circle!"

Xia Tianhuo said: "Come on, Lao You, that 'Sweet and Spicy Flying Rabbit' dish you developed yourself before? Didn't it get a lot of negative reviews? People on the Internet say that this dish must have been made by the chef while he was sleepwalking."

"Friends! Friends!" You Meng said with a smile: "If I couldn't beat you, I would beat you!"

Xia Tianhuo also smiled and said to Zhao Feng and Wang De'an who were sitting across from him: "I was just kidding, Lao You's cooking skills are quite good, and the taste of the dishes he prepares must be unparalleled. The 'Flying Rabbit' from before ’, it’s just that the steps were too big and it reached my hips, it was an accident, haha.”

You Meng joked with them for a few more words, then suddenly remembered something and asked: "By the way, A Kun said in the group that he would come back with Miss Tang and Miss Yang today, right? Is it you who will pick him up at the airport, or Lao Xia?" Want to go? Come over here to eat tonight?" After everyone got to know each other, they basically followed Xiang Kun, Yang Zhener, Tang Baona and others to call Xia Libing "Lao Xia".

Xia Tianhuo said: "Lao Xia will pick him up. He should come to the town to have dinner before returning to the village. Alas, I wonder if Little Lingdang will come to play with us this time. I really miss her big fat cat. And Little Apple's big fat bird."

After chatting and laughing a few more times, You Meng went out to work.

Zhao Feng said: “If Mr.

Xia Tianhuo smiled and waved his hands and said, "It's okay. I don't need to be polite to you. My cousin and the others are going back to Haixi Province today. My cousin will go to the airport to fly. It's none of my business."

He looked at his phone and said, "At this time, they should be here soon. Later in the evening, we can have another meal together and get to know each other. Speaking of which, my cousin was actually a doctor in the hospital, but now she is also a doctor." She resigned and came to Tongshi Town, and she was not in the town yet. She went to a village here to do research. Not only her, but also many people came from big cities and lived here. After a while, I don’t want to leave, do you think this place has magical power?” He pondered while talking, he can ask Lao Xia to help him test and analyze Zhao and Wang at night, with Lao Xia’s ability, he will definitely be able to Dig for more information.

Zhao Feng could feel that when Xia Tianhuo mentioned his family, he was less alert and more relaxed, so he deliberately followed the topic and said: "Speaking of female doctors, I remembered a news interview during the Spring Festival. A female doctor was hanging out with her boyfriend in the middle of the night, and met two robbers with knives. Guess what, the two robbers were blocked by the female doctor and her boyfriend in an alley and cried. When the police arrived, they followed He shouted for help as if he was seeing a savior. If I remember correctly, that female doctor is also named Xia. Are all female doctors named Xia so tough?"

This is actually not the news he interviewed, but a case he personally handled. The details are also different. It is not a robber. Let’s take a look at Xia Tianhuo’s kidnapping incident itself and the reason why he was kidnapped. Are they directly related to the “eight-armed and eight-eyed monster”? Did he really have no idea about the "eight-armed and eight-eyed monster" before the kidnapping incident?

Xia Tianhuo said with a smile: "My 'Doctor Xia' is definitely better than the 'Doctor Xia' in your news, and our 'Doctor Xia' can not only fight, but also has a good brain. In fact, I often tell people that if our Lao Xia had not studied medicine and become a policeman, he would definitely be a master in solving crimes! A super female detective!"

Zhao Feng was about to continue what he had thought about before, but suddenly a flash of lightning flashed in his mind, and he thought of Xia Tianhuo's previous title "Chef Xiang". And the boss You here seems to call this "Chef Xiang" "Akun"? If this person's name had two words, could it be Xiang Kun?

Naturally, he couldn't forget the name. On the night of the 29th night of the twelfth lunar month, what impressed him the most about the case he and Lao Xu handled was not the cool, tall and beautiful Doctor Xia of the Third Hospital, but the bald and strong man. Xiang Kun.

Because this buddy beat the two armed criminals to the point of crying with his bare hands, without any injuries. It was a cross-level crush, just like adults bullying kindergarten children. What surprised him more was Dr. Xia's calm performance.

If the "chef Xiang" Xia Tianhuo mentioned was that Xiang Kun, then the old Xia, Dr. Xia, and his cousin should be the Dr. Xia who used to work in the Third Hospital?

He couldn't help but recall that in the background information about Xia Tianhuo provided by the information collection department, there seemed to be no Xia Libing's name in the information about family members? Oh, yes, the background information this time only includes information about immediate family members. The information collection department was a bit lazy this time.

But from the perspective of probability, there is a very high possibility that Xiang Youkun and Dr. Xia appeared at the same time as the two parties involved in the case that night.

Just when Zhao Feng fell into memories and thoughts, Wang De'an was also very concerned about a word that Xia Tianhuo just mentioned to You Meng, but he could see that Zhao Feng was leading the topic, so he kept silent. Seeing that Zhao Feng did not continue to speak, he finally couldn't help asking: "Mr. Xia, is the 'little apple' you just mentioned a nickname of a friend? This nickname is quite special, because the previous few days That 'You Are My Little Apple' song from 2010?"

Xia Tianhuo laughed and said: "It's a friend's nickname, but I don't know why she was called 'Little Apple'. Maybe it's because she was very cute when she was young, and her face was as red as Little Apple."

He has been paying attention to the expressions of the two of them, and naturally noticed the uncontrollable reaction of the two of them, but what made him a little puzzled was that it was not the content that he deliberately wanted to test the two of them that caused the two of them to react violently. It's two conversations that seem very simple.

Why did Zhao Feng react so strongly to his boasting that Lao Xia was capable of fighting and smart? What's going on with Wang De'an? Does he know Little Apple?

Wang De'an continued: "I had a niece of a senior in the workplace who was also called Little Apple, so I couldn't help but ask. That little girl is very cute and beautiful, but unfortunately she was born blind, alas."

"Oh? Your senior's surname is not Li, right?" Xia Tianhuo said in surprise: "Our little Apple is also born blind."

"Little Apple also has a very smart canary guide bird." Wang De'an continued.

"That's right, that's right, it's really the same apple." Xia Tianhuo nodded again and again. The canary guide bird is almost the only one with no semicolon, so it can't be wrong, but he immediately frowned and said: "No Ah, I heard Professor Li say that he has a younger brother who is a criminal police officer, but I have never heard of any other brothers who are reporters or in the media industry. Could it be that, Reporter Wang, your senior is Professor Li’s cousin?”

Wang De'an smiled naturally and said: "To be honest, before I worked in the media industry, I was also a policeman in Iwaki City. Little Apple's uncle Li Sheng is a senior in the city bureau, and I have dealt with him several times. Not only I and Xiao Zhao were also police officers before, so we are all relatively new to the media industry, so our interviewing skills may be a little immature."

He had already seen that Xia Tianhuo had doubts about their identities, and his words were not as sincere as when he first arrived in Myanmar, as if he was trying to test something. Since Xia Tianhuo knew Xiao Guoguo and Professor Li, he might as well just reveal his previous professional identity. Anyway, for them, their previous identities did not need to be kept secret or hidden.

Xia Tianhuo was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "I'll go! No wonder I sometimes feel like I'm recording a confession when I'm chatting with you two, haha, just kidding, just kidding."

Just as he was talking, You Meng suddenly opened the door again and walked in, this time without even knocking on the door beforehand.

You Meng walked up to Xia Tianhuo with a solemn expression, handed him his cell phone and said, "Look at this, the Moments are all over the screen now, and Weibo is also trending."

…

A few hours ago, Pengcheng.

Xiang Kun was loading Tang Baona and Yang Zhener's luggage into the car. They were preparing to go to the airport and return to Haixi Province.

Not far away, Liu Shiling, who was being held by her mother, was bidding farewell to them pitifully. Yang Zhener was holding her in her arms and rubbing her little face.

Naturally, she wanted to go to Chongyun Village with her bald uncle, beautiful sister, and old fairy sister. Not only her, but also a certain fat cat at home.

In fact, she and the Egg Yolk Pie had just returned from Tongshi Town and Chongyun Village. After Xiang Kun's birthday, she was taken by Lao Xia to live in Chongyun Village for a while, and did not return until September 1st.

But now, she is already a glorious primary school student. She has to go to class and cannot play around until the holidays.

"Don't worry, little bell. I'll ask your mother to take you to Chongyun Village during the National Day holiday. Then get the quarantine certificate for Egg Yolk Pie in advance. Your little sister Apple and Jin Shanshan should also go back to Chongyun at that time. Village, it just so happens that your 'little' cross talk group can produce a work together again!" After Xiang Kun put away his luggage, he walked back, knelt down and pinched the little chubby girl's face and smiled.

"Bald uncle, it's a 'bell apple', a 'bell fruit combination', not a small combination." Liu Shiling corrected quietly but firmly.

"Yeah, I know, the little bell fruit combination, haha."

After getting on the car, I heard the little chubby girl being held in the arms of Shiling's mother outside waving and shouting: "Goodbye, bald uncle, beautiful sister, old fairy sister!"

There was a deep sense of reluctance and even a hint of loneliness in the milky voice. Yang Zhener couldn't help but rub her nose: "Hey, why do I feel like crying?"

Xiang Kun, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned back and said with a smile: "Nana, hurry up and come to the ancient road outside the Changting Pavilion. The third child will burst into tears immediately."

Yang Zhener glared at him: "Nana is a superstar now, can she rap and sing casually?" But halfway through, thinking that there was a company driver sent by Zhang Qian to see them off in the car, she didn't say more on this topic. , but asked: "By the way, Chef Xiang, you have been out for so long this time, and you seem to have gone abroad? What did you go to do? Was it a business trip or fishing? I am in our company now The head of the finance department, whether you can reimburse the money you got from your business trip depends on whether I am willing to stamp it!"

"Haha, half public and half private. I checked the 'market' and 'infrastructure' conditions in various places. I also met with a few 'netizens' to confirm their status." Xiang Kun said half-truthfully.