What It’s Like Being a Vampire

Xiang Kun is already very experienced in banquets like this for ten people to a table, where many people eat together, so he is able to manage that he doesn't actually eat much but doesn't make anyone notice at all, blending in with other people. The rhythm of eating is such that he only eats a small amount and gets by.

Normally speaking, according to his original assumptions and deductions, under the influence of his deliberate guidance and the inherent impression formed in the past, in addition to attracting some attention at first due to his changes in appearance and hairstyle, during the subsequent wedding banquet, everyone No attention will be on him.

But because of Chu Xiuwen's unexpected appearance, this situation changed. Especially Li Peiye, who was sitting next to him, became very concerned about Xiang Kun.

"Xiang Kun, didn't you like to do programming when you were in middle school? You have been in the previous company for several years, right? Why did you suddenly stop doing it and directly switch to the catering industry? This span is a bit big. ? Is there any reason?" Li Peiye asked curiously.

"My original company went bankrupt, and I happened to have a friend who opened a restaurant in Tongshi Town. After some discussion, we decided to try it together." Xiang Kun tried his best to make his situation sound more ordinary and normal, so as to reduce the other party's curiosity and interest. . In fact, he also knew that Li Peiye was mainly confused and curious because of Chu Xiuwen's attitude towards him.

"It's good to try another industry. Hey, if you need help with anything, remember to let me know. Although we don't have a branch factory in Jianzhou, we still have many acquaintances... Well, but since you know Mr. Chu, There shouldn’t be any problems in Copperstone Town.”

Xiang Kun still smiled shyly and said, "Actually, my friends are mainly doing the work, and I'm just here to help."

"Where is the name and location of your restaurant? If I find time in the future, I will also ask some friends to go to Tongshi Town. You will have to treat me then!" Li Peiye said with a smile.

"No problem." Xiang Kun nodded naturally.

After a while, Li Peiye whispered again: "By the way, Xiang Kun, didn't you chase Shen Shuling from the next class when you were studying? Look at the table next to you, is that Shen Shuling?"

Xiang Kun didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You remember wrong... the person chasing her must be Zheng Shaokun from the next class."

"Really?" Li Peiye looked stunned.

Wei Zhuo also smiled and said: "Pei Pei, Shen Shuling is also married. You forgot, I had something to do and couldn't go at that time, so I asked you to bring the red envelope."

"It seems like... Damn it, am I going to be recruited for Alzheimer's disease?" Li Peiye patted his forehead and said to Xiang Kun, "It's okay, my wife is a young girl from their school. There are many single teachers, I will ask her to introduce some to you later!"

Xiang Kun said quickly: "No need..."

He was about to find a reason to refuse the blind date,

But Xiaojie said directly to Li Peiye: "Pipei, don't worry about it! Xiang Kun's girlfriend is a beautiful woman!"

Wei Zhuo also agreed: "Yes, yes, she is a big beauty, an absolute beauty. She is a school belle in any school. She is also very tall. She is half a head shorter than Xiang Kun. It seems she is not wearing high heels yet?"

Xiang Kun immediately knew that the couple were talking about Lao Xia, whom they had seen when they met by chance at the supermarket door before, and quickly said: "That is not my girlfriend..."

Wei Zhuo said with an "I understand" expression on his face: "We all went shopping together. Even if we are not girlfriends, it's almost the same. Anyway, keep going!"

Li Peiye also laughed and said: "My fault, my fault, I didn't even ask you if you have a girlfriend first, grandma, it's definitely your bald head that gave me the illusion that you are single... Haha."

Seeing that the interest of other students was aroused by Wei Zhuo and Xiaojie's topic of "Xiang Kun has a beautiful girlfriend", Xiang Kun was also a little helpless. He also knew that there was no use in explaining, so he could only continue. With a polite but awkward smile, he maintains his introverted, shy and unsociable persona.

In the middle of the wedding banquet, after the bride and groom came over to toast, Xiang Kun said goodbye to his old classmates and Chu Xiuwen, saying he still had things to do, and prepared to leave first.

Before leaving, Li Peiye pulled him and asked in a low voice: "Do you have any plans for the evening? It's rare for old classmates to be together like this. I'm going to invite everyone to have a meal and sing together again."

"Sorry, I'm going back to the city where I worked before today. I still have some things to do there. I've booked a flight for tonight. Let's meet again next time we have a chance." Xiang Kun said honestly.

Seeing Xiang Kun talk to the groom again and then leaving the wedding banquet, Li Peiye noticed Chu Xiuwen who was a few tables away. He had been paying attention to Xiang Kun's movements, and more questions arose in his mind.

Although he and Xiang Kun were not very close, they were old classmates. Every year when Xiang Kun came back to Citong during the holidays, the group of them would occasionally get together to have a meal or a late-night snack. I still have a certain understanding of it.

Judging from today's chat, although Xiang Kun's appearance has changed a lot, his hair is gone, and his figure is stronger, his personality is still the same as before. He doesn't like to talk in crowded situations, and always sits in the corner "pretending to be dead." He is also not very scheming, does not like to be in the limelight, and does not like to socialize.

It makes no sense for Xiang Kun to suddenly give up the technical work he had done for so many years and suddenly switch to catering. It must be not only because of the company's bankruptcy, but also for some other reason.

He had previously guessed that Chu Xiuwen's attitude towards Xiang Kun might be because the friend who was with Xiang Kun at the dinner had a high profile, but now he thought again, even if Xiang Kun's friend had a high profile, it was unlikely that Chu Xiuwen would It doesn't make sense to transfer the respect for that "friend" to Xiang Kun when that "friend" is not around.

Unless Xiang Kun himself has an unusual identity or other abilities.

But old classmates like them knew Xiang Kun's family situation very well, and there was no reason for Chu Xiuwen to behave like this.

However, what Wei Zhuo and his wife just said caused a flash of lightning in his mind, connecting several pieces of information together:

He heard his father and some elders talking about the abnormal behavior of some big bosses, and suspected that the higher-ups wanted to focus on developing Copperstone Town...

Xiang Kun suddenly changed his career and went to Tongshi Town to open a restaurant...

Chu Xiuwen, the local "rich man" in Tongshi Town, was very respectful and even a little awe-inspiring towards Xiang Kun...

Xiang Kun has a "big beautiful girlfriend"...

Li Peiye came to an inference that could not be confirmed for the time being, but felt that it could explain many questions:

Xiang Kun became the soon-to-be son-in-law of a certain big boss. He did not stay in first-tier cities to work, nor did he stay in Citong City when he came back. Instead, he went to Tongshi Town to open a restaurant with others because he got the advice from the big boss. Chu Xiuwen, a local rich man in Tongshi Town, knew that Xiang Kun might "represent" the big boss in running the business in Tongshi Town in the future, so he had that attitude.

If that were the case, it would make sense!

Li Peiye couldn't help but wonder, if the catering industry in Tongshi Town is a development opportunity, what type of policies will be issued? It should be about promoting tourism, right?

Originally, he had no idea when his father and elders talked about the topic of Copperstone Town. After all, things of that level were not something he could participate in with his current ability and capital. But if Xiang Kun really has that kind of important status, then maybe he really has a chance?

Li Peiye thought about it. After Xiang Kun and his restaurant opened, they would find an opportunity to go there and explore it again.

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At around seven o'clock in the evening, after dinner at her third aunt's house, Xia Libing and her third aunt went out to the parking lot, preparing to drive to pick up Xiang Kun - her third aunt was taking them to the airport.

Because I have to ask for leave from the hospital, and I have to ask for leave for several days, it is impossible to sneak away without telling the third aunt, who is the vice president. I have to find a good reason to get the third aunt to agree.

Sitting in the car, the third aunt couldn't help but ask: "Xiao Bing, do you have a big bunch of keys or something with you? Why do you make so many noises when you walk?"

Xia Libing said "Oh", took out a handful of coins from his left coat pocket and said, "It's money."

The third aunt asked strangely: "There seems to be a sound on the right side too?"

Xia Libing took out a handful of coins from his right pocket: "Money too."

The third aunt was even more surprised: "Why do you bring so many coins? Don't young people nowadays use mobile phones to pay? They don't even bring banknotes. Why do you bring so many coins?"

Xia Libing said: "Play." Then he quickly flipped a coin on the back of his hand with his right hand.

"It's not too heavy for you to carry so much..." The third aunt noticed the obviously men's backpack Xia Libing placed at her feet and asked, "Xiao Bing, where is the bag I gave you? That one? The bag can hold a lot of things, right? Why don't I seem to see you carrying it much?"

Xia Libing said: "This bag is for Xiangkun. Please return it to him and carry it on your back."

The third aunt asked strangely: "Then if you return the bag to him, what will you use to pack your things then?"

Xia Libing took out a large plastic bag folded into a thick square shape from the side pocket of his backpack, which seemed to be a gift from an electronics store, and said, "I can use this."

The third aunt was speechless.

After driving to the appointed bus stop and picking up Xiang Kun, who was carrying large and small bags, the third aunt asked curiously: "Why do you bring so many things?"

After Xiang Kun said hello first, he replied: "These are all the specialties of our Erythium sinensis, brought back to our friends." After he came out of the wedding banquet at noon, he went shopping. These were to be brought to Tang Baona and Yang Zhen. Son, Chang Bin and the others. But unexpectedly, when he got home, he found that because he had told his mother before that he would go back tonight, her mother had also prepared a lot of specialties for him. Xiang Kun thought that he was strong enough anyway and wasn't afraid of getting tired, so he just took them all with him.

"Why do you suddenly want to go back at this time? After all, it's past the ninth day of the Lunar New Year." The third aunt asked strangely.

Xiang Kun said based on the previous reason for getting along with Lao Xia: "The main reason is that there is something wrong with the project I am working on now. Xiao Xia happens to be better at some aspects, so I asked her for help... Will it delay the hospital? matter?"

"That's not true." The third aunt looked at Xiang Kun in the back seat through the rearview mirror and asked, "So you guys have been seeing each other a lot these days, just to discuss the projects you're working on?"

"Yes, thanks to Xiaoxia, you helped me solve a lot of problems." Xiang Kun said "sincerely".

"Oh? What specific project are you working on? Is it related to Xiaobing's major?"

"It's the connection between psychology and user psychology. The specific details are difficult to describe in words. When our project is ready for online and internal testing, we will ask Dean Song for guidance." Xiang Kun said half-truthfully.

The third aunt did not continue to ask, but instead asked: "Xiao Xiang, your cooking skills seem to be quite good?"

"I guess I have some negligible talent in cooking." Xiang Kun said modestly.

When the third aunt went to Xia Libing's rented house to take her back to her home for dinner this afternoon, she deliberately went to the kitchen of the rented house and checked the leftovers and ingredients in the refrigerator - they were basically all used up.

She knew that on the night of New Year's Eve, Xiang Kun sent supper to Xia Libing to the hospital. At noon on the first day of the new year, he went to Xia Libing's house to cook a large table of dishes. In the past two days, Xiang Kun should also go to Xia Libing's house frequently. In the house, she also used the kitchen and cooked meals - based on her understanding of her niece, if she was alone, the leftovers and ingredients would never be consumed so quickly. Xia Libing basically would not cook them at home. Something to eat.

Moreover, the third aunt also secretly asked the security guard of the community over there, and found out that Xiang Kun had only gone back in the middle of the night for the past two days. She didn't deliberately "bribe" the security guard to do eyeliner. It's just that Xiang Kun's figure and "hair style" are so iconic and easy to recognize.

Coupled with the fact that Xiang Kun helped Xia Libing kill two murderers on the night of the 29th before the year before, the third aunt had a very "reasonable" imagination about their relationship.

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