Lord of the Mysteries

Upon hearing my reply, Peng Deng lowered his head again. As he looks at his phone, he feeds himself and casually asks, “What else is there after work?

“Don’t you work overtime if something’s up?”

Good question… I lean the umbrella and seriously think of an excuse.

Peng Deng is a typical smartphone zombie who doesn’t even focus on eating. Most of his attention is on his cell phone, but he’s actually a very sharp person. He’s good at capturing details and can always easily see through my lies.

Of course, most of those lies were a product of not putting enough thought into it. They’re more like jokes.

I can’t tell him that I’m trying to jump off a building, right? After some thought, I rap the table.

“My boss wants me to pick up a foreign guest at the airport tomorrow.

“And he’ll only give me the details at night. I’ll have to make some preparations. I need to practice my accent and contact a driver to confirm the schedule. It’s plenty of work.”

“Yeah, yeah…” Peng Deng takes a bite of rice and the meat shreds before swallowing it.

Then, he asks with a smile, “The Casanova boss you mentioned before?”

“I never said that.” I outright deny Peng Deng’s claim.

When he looked up at me, I smiled.

“I said he fooled around.

“You mustn’t make mistakes when passing judgment.”

“Tch.” Peng Deng replies before looking down at his phone.

Before long, the dishes I ordered are served. One is stir-fried sliced beef, and the other is tomato fried egg soup.

The oil on the former glistened, and the aroma of celery perfectly fused with the beef’s aroma. The meat was very tender, and its juices were salty, but not excessive. The sauce was filled with flavors, and with just one plate of this meat, I could finish it with three bowls of rice.

The tomato fried egg soup is part of Sichuan cuisine. Lard is used first. After it’s heated up, beaten eggs with water and salt are added to the mix until it’s completely cooked.

This way, the fried eggs would be fluffier, and there will be a certain level of saltiness to it. Following that, water and processed tomatoes are put in, along with a few green vegetables.

Finally, the soup will have the obvious fragrance of oil and eggs, mixed with the sweet and sourness of tomatoes. The freshness of the green vegetables make the soup have the delight of a meat soup, but without the cloyed taste at all.

Just as I drink a bowl of delicious egg soup, the boss walks over with a bowl of rice and a bottle of cold Coke.

“Ice Cock.” I can’t help laughing inwardly as I heard his accent.

Considering that I have to “jump off a building” later, it wouldn’t be good to eat too much. I ultimately only have two bowls of rice. Of course, I definitely wouldn’t waste the meat and eggs.

At this moment, Peng Deng still has a third of his food left.

“Don’t use your phone while eating; don’t eat while using your phone.” I stand up and give him a heartfelt lecture.

boldly pay only for my

hypocritical friends who insist on footing

it’s the end of the month. Finances are always a little tight during this time of

you didn’t even give me a bottle of Coke.”

up the umbrella leaning

Peng Deng appraises my choice of buying a bottle of Coke.

on the umbrella

makes

he has many girlfriends.” I understand what Peng Deng

boring.” Peng Deng turns his attention back

of my rented apartment after

is only six stories, so there aren’t any

pass the entrance to the first floor, I catch a glimpse

involuntarily

postcard

I know that she was the one who had

with me and Peng Deng. She later went overseas for studies

and she often travels. From time to time, she’ll send local specialties or postcards to

for two seconds before picking up the

indeed familiar as

famous Sedlec

flip the postcard and take a look. The pillars and walls that are lined with skulls make me

that strange sense of

head, I put away the postcard and

and one bathroom. It has a history of at least 20

a sense of hygiene, but they often cook by themselves and

move to stay with Peng Deng when the rental

is that he

go to the window of the guest room. I peek out

stopped, the sky is already dark and there aren’t many

go to the building with the small supermarket. I

It’s only three stories.

first floor. There are hairdressers, eateries, as well as grocery stores and repair shops. One doesn’t even need to

black clothes as a protective color and take my keys and phone. I arrive at a small supermarket after circling

go up the stairs to the rooftop. Looking at the height, I finally feel

to jump from one flight of stairs to the other. It greatly improved my confidence in the “Leap

one below me, I take a deep breath, climb over the railing fence, and

the road is

and get sent to the hospital, I’ll die a societal

was nothing wrong with the feeling I had just

I raise my middle

tremble, I leap up and

I descend at is slower than normal. The wind turns into a

the ground steadily, without wobbling or splashing

moment, I feel like a