Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The lights in the classroom turned on for no reason, and the portraits in the corridor moved by themselves. It sounded like a classic plot in a horror story. As Taotie, catching ghosts was not within his scope of business.
So, he enthusiastically recommended Cool Guy to Wang Qing: “I have a colleague who specializes in catching ghosts. I’ll take you to ask him later to see if he has time.”
Seeing that the problem could be solved, Wang Qing smiled happily and said “oh”, then got into his police car.
It was only when he started the car that he realized that Jiang Lan’s colleague was a staff member from the Street Office.
A small street office actually had so many hidden talents?
Wang Qing was immediately filled with awe.
When they stepped into the gate of the street office, their expressions became solemn.
Jiang Lan went out for a day under the pretext of going to the Qingyang Lake venue for field work. Xue Meng was tripped by Jiang Feiyang and could not go with him, so he returned to the unit early in the afternoon. Now that he finally came back, he couldn’t help but gossip: “Why did the corpse recovery team look for you?”
Jiang Lan pushed his big face away: “Mediating disputes and maintaining peace between man and nature.”
Xue Meng: ???
Even if you can’t tell me, there’s no need to fool me like this!
I’m not stupid.
Jiang Lan ignored him and let Ying Qiao sit down in his seat first. Then he called Zhang Tianxing and gave him a look that asked him to come out as he had to tell him something.
Zhang Tianxing reluctantly withdrew his hand from petting the cat, stood up and went out with Jiang Lan.
The three of them met briefly in the break room, and Wang Qing told the story of the haunted elementary school again.
Jiang Lan said: “You should be more professional than me in catching ghosts.”
Zhang Tianxing did not refuse: “When are we going?”
“How about tonight? Is the time convenient for you? If not, I will negotiate the time with the school.” Wang Qing said.
After being frightened by a ghost last night, Wang Qing only told the school during the day that he had not found any trace of the prankster and that he would have to stay on guard for another day today.
Zhang Tianxing nodded: “Go after getting off work.”
Perhaps he didn’t expect that today’s masters would be so easy to talk to. But Wang Qing was overjoyed. After thanking him again and again, he made an appointment to meet him at the primary school gate before leaving.
After the three of them finished talking, Jiang Lan, thinking of Ying Qiao, immediately returned to the office and saw Ying Qiao looking at the miniature aquarium on the desk with great interest. Jiao Tu was also in the aquarium at this time, lying comfortably on the coral reef, blowing bubbles in a string.
He felt a little nervous, but walked forward calmly and said with a smile, “There are still ten minutes before we get off work.”
Ying Qiao hummed, pointed at the gems in the aquarium and asked, “Did you arrange these?”
Jiang Lan let out a guilty “ah” and said vaguely: “Jiang Tu likes these, so I just arranged them casually.”
“It’s beautifully decorated.” Ying Qiao nodded and praised him without thinking.
He hadn’t noticed this aquarium during his previous two visits, but after a careful look today, he discovered that the scenery including the fine sand and coral reefs were carefully arranged, and the gems inside were not just randomly scattered there but were carefully positioned after careful selection.
As a delicate dragon who loved gems, Ying Qiao was very satisfied.
He wondered if the little monster would also arrange his gems for him with such care when he gave him his treasured gems in the future.
Jiang Lan didn’t know what Ying Qiao was thinking, but when he saw that he wasn’t bothered by the gemstones, he immediately relaxed. Seeing that it was time to get off work, he turned off the computer, took his brother with him, and prepared to go out for dinner after getting off work.
Xue Meng walked with them, looking at them again and again, and suddenly said: “You really look like a family of four.”
Two owners, plus two pets.
They would pick each other up from work every now and then and have dinner together.
There was a sour and smelly smell from the inside out.
He let out a sigh, afraid that Jiang Lan would scold him, and quickly ran across the zebra crossing to wait for the bus on the other side.
Jiang Lan, who was bewildered, and Ying Qiao, whose lips were slightly curled up, were left facing each other in silence.
Jiang Lan looked at the Suan Ni in Ying Qiao’s arms, then looked at the Jiao Tu in his arms, pursed his lips and thought seriously for a moment, then suddenly said, “It seems quite similar.”
Ying Qiao lowered his eyes to look at him, and said jokingly, “It’s not a loss at all for Ni Ni and Jiang Tu to have an extra brother.”
The Suan Ni, who had been bribed long ago, immediately meowed to show his agreement!
Ying Qiao was much better than the worthless Fourth Brother! He wanted Ying Qiao to be his brother!
Jiang Lan originally wanted to nod in agreement, but after looking into his eyes, he lost consciousness for some reason. When he came to his senses, he realized that his ears had inexplicably become hot.
He turned his eyes away, rubbed his ears, and muttered in a low voice: “It’s not a loss.”
….
The two of them didn’t know how many times they had dinner together.
Jiang Lan and Ying Qiao were already familiar with all the shops near the street office, so they picked one nearby.
After dinner, they were taking their routine walk to digest the food. When passing by a McDonald’s, Ying Qiao saw many couples queuing up to buy ice cream cones. On the big promotional poster, the newly released pink strawberry cone was full of the sweet scent of love. Under the promotional slogan “Let Little Sweet Berry Witness the Fairy Love”, there was a big QR code. Next to the QR code was written in pink round letters “Get Little Sweet Berry’s Love Certificate, and the second one is half price.”
Couples who bought ice cream cones would scan the QR code. Ying Qiao, relying on his height advantage, clearly saw the couples in line combining a “marriage certificate” with the McDonald’s logo on their mobile phones.
Ying Qiao paused, turned around and asked Jiang Lan: “McDonald’s has launched a new ice cream cone, would you like to try it?”
“Eat.”
On a June night, the air was filled with the heat of early summer, with an occasional cool breeze. It was not that hot, but who could resist a cool, sweet ice cream cone?
At least Jiang Lan couldn’t.
He immediately pulled Ying Qiao to the back of the line to queue up.
The people in front of them were all couples. When they saw two tall and handsome boys lining up, they couldn’t help but take a few more glances out of curiosity.
Jiang Lan didn’t pay any attention to the posters. His attention was focused on the pink cones in other people’s hands. He whispered to Ying Qiao, “Why are the people in front of us looking at us?”
Ying Qiao remained calm and said, “Maybe because we are so handsome.”
Jiang Lan thought about it and accepted this reason.
They were indeed handsome!
Just let them watch.
The line gradually shortened, and Ying Qiao quickly scanned the QR code while Jiang Lan was looking at his phone. The QR code was a small synthesis program, which only required importing photos of the two people from the album to synthesize a “marriage certificate” with the m logo.
Ying Qiao glanced at Jiang Lan out of the corner of his eye, then quickly found the group photo they had taken at the music restaurant and uploaded it. The photo was generated, exported, and saved in one go.
When Jiang Lan looked up, he had already turned his phone screen to the waiter and calmly ordered two strawberry cones.
The waiter was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, “Couples can get the second one at half price. Please show the payment code.”
Ying Qiao did not let Jiang Lan see the exported “marriage certificate”. He calmly paid the bill, took the two ice cream cones that were much taller, and handed one to Jiang Lan.
Jiang Lan took the ice cream cone, still puzzled by what he had just heard: “couples get the second cone at half price.”
Why did the waiter assume that they were a couple?
He was puzzled and too embarrassed to ask Ying Qiao, so he forgot to eat the ice cream cone while holding it.
Ying Qiao looked at him, and the corners of his lips curled up unconsciously: “Why don’t you eat it? It’s going to melt.”
Jiang Lan came back to his senses and took a few bites of the strawberry cone. The wonderful taste of the ice cream cone instantly made him forget his previous doubts. He and Ying Qiao walked shoulder to shoulder, each holding a pink ice cream cone that was extremely inconsistent with their temperament, while eating and strolling towards the community.
There were many people turning back along the way.
Fortunately, Jiang Lan had already accepted Ying Qiao’s explanation, and was too lazy to question other people’s gazes. He happily finished the ice cream cone and said that he would take his brother to eat it tomorrow.
Ying Qiao maliciously didn’t tell him that this was probably a couple’s activity, and even coaxed him: “The second one is half price, remember to buy two.”
Jiang Lan was very satisfied with his frugality. He said he would remember it, then said good night to him and returned to the community.
….
He didn’t know if it was because of the strawberry cone he ate, but Jiang Lan dreamed about ice cream cones all night.
He dreamed that he suddenly had a strawberry cone that he could never finish. The whole beast was so excited that he held the big cone and licked it happily. But for some reason, while he was licking it, the strawberry cone suddenly turned into the snake-shaped Ying Qiao.
Ying Qiao’s upper body was still in the form of a handsome human, but below the waist was a thick snake tail.
He frowned and asked Jiang Lan: “Why did you lick my tail?”
Jiang Lan blushed and stammered, unable to answer.
Ying Qiao frowned and said, “You licked my tail, I want to lick it back.”
As he said that, he was about to find Jiang Lan’s tail.
Jiang Lan was frightened awake.
When he touched his face, it was burning hot.
It was just getting light outside. He got up quickly, put on his slippers and went to the bathroom to wash his face. The heat on his face had subsided, but something in his heart was still stirring.
He took a deep breath and rubbed his face vigorously.
He thought it was all because of this inexplicable dream. Now he really wanted to taste Ying Qiao’s tail.
He wondered if it was as delicious as in his dream.
There was still an hour before work started, but Jiang Lan couldn’t fall asleep again. During this hour, he kept blaming himself for having any appetite for Ying Qiao!
This was too scary.
Even when he arrived at the unit, he was still a little listless.
Xiao Xiaoyu was holding a boiled egg and rolling it over her eyes. Seeing this, she asked, “You didn’t sleep well last night, did you?”
Jiang Lan said listlessly: “I had a nightmare.”
Xiao Xiaoyu sympathetically handed him a boiled egg: “Remove dark circles.”
Jiang Lan took it, peeled it and ate it in no time. Because of this strange dream, he even forgot to buy breakfast in the morning.
At nine o’clock, Cool Guy entered the office on time to clock in. Today it was his and Xiao Xiaoyu’s turn to go to the venue for support.
Jiang Lan remembered that he and Wang Qing had gone to catch ghosts last night, so he asked casually, “Did you catch any?”
Zhang Tianxing stuffed the newly bought snacks into Suan Ni’s small box, then stood up slowly and said, “No, I suspect there is no ghost, it is something else.”
Jiang Lan: ???
“What?”
Cool guy showed his cold character and said, “I don’t know, but it’s not a ghost. Ask Wang Qing to tell you the details.”
After saying that, he rubbed Suan Ni, said “I’m leaving”, and went out with Xiao Xiaoyu.
Jiang Lan’s head was full of question marks. If it’s not a ghost, then what is it?
The author has something to say:
Longlong: I have a lot of gems, and I will give them all to you (for safekeeping) in the future.
Greedy Taotie (suddenly excited): Can you give them all to me?
Longlong: ???
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Today is also the scheming dragon who secretly took advantage.
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