chapter 1 strange ring

In Hai Zhou in August, it is as hot as a steamer, making people breathless, and the air seems to be frozen.

While George Wu was fanning himself to get some breeze, he was not very skillful in playing with the food on the grill in front of him, flipping it over and sprinkling seasonings. Looking at his movements, you could tell that he was not an expert.

In fact, George Wu is indeed not a barbecue master. He has only been doing barbecue for less than a month. Not only is his technique unfamiliar, but his equipment is also extremely simple, including a barbecue grill, two tables, and more than a dozen stools.

As for the business, it was also tepid. Of the two tables, only one was occupied by three people, while the other was empty.

George Wu looked at the three people with some envy. From their conversation, George Wu knew that they were all students from a nearby school. A year ago, George Wu had the same identity as them. However, a year later, he was I can only stand behind this somewhat crude barbecue grill.

"What a cruel society!"George Wu muttered in a low voice and continued to turn over the ingredients in his hands.

"Boss, here are ten skewers of small meat skewers, ten skewers of chicken wings, ten skewers of pork belly..." When George Wu was lamenting the cruelty of society, a powerful voice came into his ears.

George Wu was delighted. This list was a big deal for a stall like his.

However, when George Wu looked up and saw clearly the guest standing in front of him, he frowned slightly.

I saw the person in front of me with disheveled hair, some stains on his face, tattered clothes with many patches on them, and a pair of half-torn slippers on his feet. Such an image, if you hold a bowl in your hand, it would look exactly like this A beggar.

"Hurry up, I'm very hungry now." Seeing George Wu stunned, the man couldn't help but urge.

"Okay, I'll do it right now."George Wu said, but there was no movement on his hands.

The man seemed to see George Wu's worry and said, "Why, are you afraid that I have no money?"

"Nonsense, if you dress like this, everyone will be worried when they see you."George Wu complained in his heart. Of course, he didn't dare to say that. Wouldn't that offend others? "No, no."

"It's better if I don't have any." The man said, and then he whispered to himself: "I really don't have any money."

However, George Wu obviously did not hear the latter sentence.

"Look at how he speaks with great energy. Although his face is dirty, his aura is extraordinary. He must not be a beggar."George Wu muttered in his heart and started working with his hands.

The visitor is a guest, not to mention that there are many people watching around. You can't judge others by their appearance, so just drive them away.

After working for a while, Wu Fan finished everything the other party ordered. He handed everything to the other party and said, "Everything you ordered is here, a total of 360 yuan."

The man took the food from George Wu's hand and started eating without rushing to pay. George Wu didn't rush him, he just looked at the other person. As long as the other person didn't leave, it would be fine if he finished eating here.

"Boss, three more bottles of beer!" At this time, the only customer at the table shouted towards George Wu.

"coming!"

George Wu took three bottles of beer and walked towards the three people, but he was still paying attention to the man dressed as a beggar out of the corner of his eye.

"Your beer." When he came to the table, George Wu put down the beer and turned around to go back.

However, when he turned around, he was stunned because the man dressed as a beggar who was eating there just now had disappeared without a trace.

George Wu can guarantee that his eyes only left the other person for two seconds, the two seconds when he put down the beer. As a result, in these two seconds, the person disappeared!

What a hell!

George Wu quickly ran to his stall and looked around, but on the slightly empty street, he couldn't see the figure of the man just now, as if the other person just disappeared out of thin air.

What a hell!

George Wu complained again. Seeing that he couldn't find anyone after searching several times, he had to return to his stall in frustration.

He is really a person who eats the king's meal. What is full of energy and what is extraordinary are all his own illusions!

"Hey, what is this?"

When George Wu walked to the stall, he found a gray ring next to his barbecue grill. George Wu picked up the ring and looked at it. He couldn't see what material it was made of, but the surface was smooth and round.

"Could it belong to that person just now? He didn't have money to pay the bill, so he left this ring as compensation?"George Wu thought to himself.

During this period of time, except for the person just now, there were no guests coming to his side. Obviously, the owner of this ring should be the person just now.

"Can a broken ring be worth 360 yuan to me? No wonder I have to be embarrassed to say that I secretly left something behind and left."George Wu said to himself.

Originally, he wanted to throw the ring away, but George Wu felt it was okay, so he didn't throw it away, but put it on himself. Unexpectedly, the size was just right.

"Forget it, it's better to have something than nothing. Let's just treat the food as the beggars."George Wu comforted himself, things were already like this, and there was nothing he could do if he didn't want to open up.

At about one o'clock in the morning, there were no people in the market, so George Wu packed up his things and went back to his residence, a rental house of about ten square meters.

After putting things away, there was not much space in George Wu's room. He lay down on his bed and couldn't help but feel a little depressed as he thought about his experience during the year after graduation.

George Wu also graduated from a university with a bachelor's degree. However, his school was only a third-rate university and he did not study a popular major. As a result, the job he found after graduation was not a good one. However, this was not a good job in the first place. Because he saw something he shouldn't have seen in the manager's office, he was fired the next day because he walked in with his left foot first.

Later, because he had no good academic qualifications and little work experience, it naturally became difficult to find a job. In order to survive in this city, George Wu had to find a job and work part-time at the same time. In order to make money, he did any job He has moved bricks at a construction site, worked as a puppet in a shopping mall, and worked as a waiter in a restaurant. In short, he is willing to do anything that can make money and is not illegal.

However, his luck never seemed to be very good. He accidentally hit his foot while carrying a brick, and the foreman asked him not to go there the next day. When he saw a child falling down, he wanted to help him, but the child The parents thought he scared their children into tears, so they went to the store and made a big fuss. As a result, he was fired the next day. When he was working as a waiter in a restaurant, because the chef made a mistake in the recipe, the guests thought he served the wrong dish, right? He scolded him for a while, and then complained again, so his waiter was also blamed.

Finally, more than a month ago, I used my little savings to start a barbecue job, hoping to make some money during the summer.

However, this kind of barbecue is not that easy to do. There are several barbecue restaurants near Wu Fan's stall. They have large spaces and a good environment. I don't know how much better than his small stall. Plus, his craftsmanship It's also average, so even though I've been doing it for a month, the business has never been very good, which makes George Wu, who only wants to make money, feel a little anxious.

"What's even more disgusting is that I got eaten today."George Wu thought bitterly. He looked at the ring on his hand and thought about what happened that night, and he felt a little depressed.

It was easy for him to make a small amount of money, but as a result, today's overlord meal meant that his entire evening was wasted, and he even had to repay some of it.

Could it be that my bad luck is coming again? Are you going to stop cooking your own barbecue?

Wu Yan was angry and wanted to take off the ring. However, it was easy to put it on before, but it was very difficult to take it off. George Wu turned the ring for a long time, but could not take it off. Instead, his fingers were worn. It was red, and there were even a few streaks of blood flowing out.

At this time, something surprising happened to George Wu. The bloodshot blood flowing out was actually absorbed by the ring. The originally gray ring suddenly became brighter, as dazzling as the sun at noon.

"Host detected, binding..."

A mechanical voice sounded in George Wu's ears.