Chapter 1 Strange Ring

In August, Jiangzhou was as hot as a steamer, making it hard to breathe, and the air seemed to freeze.

Wu Fan fanned himself to get some breeze, while fiddling with the food on the grill in front of him, turning it over and sprinkling seasonings. It was clear from his movements that he was not an old hand.

In fact, Wu Fan was not a barbecue master. He had only been in the barbecue business for less than a month. Not only was his technique unfamiliar, but his equipment was also extremely simple, with a grill, two tables, and more than ten stools.

As for the business, it was also tepid. There were two tables, only one with three people sitting, and the other was empty.

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

"What a cruel society!" Wu Fan sighed in a low voice and continued to turn the ingredients in his hand.

"Boss, give me ten small meat skewers, ten chicken wings, ten pork belly..." When Wu Fan was lamenting the cruelty of society, a full-bodied voice came into his ears.

Wu Fan was delighted. This order was a big business for a small stall like his.

"Okay," Wu Fan responded happily, while looking up at the other party. Then, his movements stopped and his brows frowned unconsciously.

The man in front of him had disheveled hair, some stains on his face, tattered clothes with many patches on them, and a pair of half-broken slippers on his feet. With such an image, if he held a bowl in his hand, he would be a beggar.

"Hurry up, I'm very hungry now." The man saw Wu Fan stunned and urged him.

"Okay, I'll do it right away." Wu Fan responded with his mouth, but his hands did not move.

The man seemed to see Wu Fan's worries and said, "Why, are you afraid that I don't have money?"

"Nonsense, you are dressed like this, anyone who sees you will have such worries." Wu Fan complained in his heart. Of course, he didn't dare to say it out loud, that would offend people, "No, no."

"No, no." The man said, and then he whispered to himself, "I really don't have money."

However, Wu Fan obviously didn't hear the latter sentence.

"Look at him talking with full of energy, although his face is dirty, his momentum is extraordinary, he should not be a beggar." Wu Fan muttered in his heart, and his hands were busy.

The visitor is a guest, not to mention that there are many people watching around, I can't judge people by appearance, so I'll just drive him away.

After working for a long time, Wu Fan finally finished the order. 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 Wu Fan, but did not rush to pay, but started eating directly. Wu Fan did not urge him, but just looked at him. As long as he did not leave, it was okay to finish eating here.

"Boss, three more bottles of beer!" At this time, the only table of guests shouted to Wu Fan.

"Here I come!"

Wu Fan took three bottles of beer and went to the three people, but he was still paying attention to the beggar-dressed man from the corner of his eyes.

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

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

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

It's really a ghost!

Wu Fan hurried to his stall and looked around, but on the slightly empty street, he could not see the figure of the man just now, as if he had disappeared out of thin air.

What a ghost!

Wu Fan complained again, and after looking for several times but still not finding the person, he had to return to his stall in a sullen manner.

He is really a freeloader. What a strong and imposing manner, it is all an illusion!

"Hey, what is this?"

When Wu Fan walked to the stall, he found a gray ring next to his barbecue grill. Wu Fan picked up the ring and looked at it. He could not tell what material it was made of, but the surface was smooth and round.

"Could it be the man just now? He had no money to pay the bill, so he left this ring as compensation?" Wu Fan thought to himself.

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

"A broken ring is worth 360 yuan? No wonder you didn't dare to say it, and secretly left the things and left." Wu Fan said to himself.

Originally, he wanted to throw the ring away directly, but Wu Fan felt that 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 it than not to have it. Just think of the food I just gave to beggars." Wu Fan comforted himself. Things have come to this. If he doesn't want to open up, there is no way.

At about 1 o'clock in the morning, there were no more people on the street. Wu Fan packed up his things and went back to his residence, a rental house of about ten square meters.

After putting his things away, there was not much space in Wu Fan's room. He lay on his bed, thinking about his experience in the past year since graduation, and couldn't help feeling a little depressed.

Wu Fan also graduated from a university, but his school was only a third-rate university, and he did not study any popular majors, so the job he found after graduation was not very good. However, this was not a good job, and he was fired the next day because he saw something he should not have seen in the manager's office.

Later, because he did not have a good academic background and no work experience, it became difficult to find a job. In order to survive in this city, Wu Fan had to find a job and work part-time. In order to make money, he did all kinds of jobs, such as moving bricks at a construction site, working as a puppet in a shopping mall, and working as a waiter in a restaurant. In a word, as long as he could make money and was not illegal, he was willing to do it.

However, his luck seemed to be not very good. He accidentally hit his foot while moving bricks, and the foreman asked him not to go the next day. When he was working as a puppet, he saw a child fall and wanted to help him. As a result, the child's parents thought he scared the child and made a scene in the store. 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 menu, the customer thought he served the wrong dish and scolded him. Afterwards, he complained, so his waiter job was over.

Finally, more than a month ago, he used his little savings to do barbecue work, hoping to make some money in the summer.

However, this barbecue is not so easy to do. There are several barbecue restaurants near Wu Fan's stall. They have large space and good environment, which is much better than his small stall. In addition, his skills are also average. Therefore, although he has been doing it for a month, the business has not been very good. This makes Wu Fan, who is determined to make money, a little anxious.

"What's even more abominable is that I was given a free meal today." Wu Fan thought bitterly. He looked at the ring on his hand and thought about what happened in the evening, and he felt a little depressed.

Is it easy for him to make a little money? As a result, a free meal today made him work for nothing all night, and even had to pay for it.

Is his bad luck coming again? His barbecue business will not be able to continue?

Wu Yan wanted to take off the ring in anger, but it was easy to put it on before, but it was difficult to take it off. Wu Fan turned the ring for a long time, but he couldn't take it off. Instead, his fingers were rubbed red, and even a few blood threads flowed out.

At this time, something happened that surprised Wu Fan. The blood threads that flowed out were 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 Wu Fan's ears.