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"...I understand. I'll wash it for you later."

Mo Hanyu avoided Qin Xiao's gaze and muttered softly.

"You wash it for me?" Qin Xiao laughed and wiped the water stains off his body with paper. "That will take forever."

Mo Hanyu pursed his lips and said nothing.

"Where are your parents?" Qin Xiao asked.

When Mo Hanyu heard this, his eyes darkened: "...I don't know."

"Are you having a conflict?" Qin Xiao pulled him up and helped him brush off the non-existent dirt on his body.

"...Not really." Mo Hanyu lowered his head slightly, his eyes dim, "I just can't think straight."

"..." Qin Xiao looked at the street, and after a moment of silence, he patted his head, "Where do you live? I'll take you back. It's not safe here."

After all, I just witnessed a murder.

Mo Hanyu looked at him, his eyes slightly bright: "Are you lost?"

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao said nothing and turned his head.

When Mo Hanyu saw him like this, he smiled, his smile brighter under the light: "You can get lost even when taking a walk..."

Qin Xiao: ...

"...It's none of your business." Qin Xiao didn't look at him.

Mo Hanyu smiled knowingly when he saw this, and didn't tease him: "We are in the same hotel, I deliberately ran to the outer city to relax, you..."

Mo Hanyu narrowed his eyes slightly, his expression became complicated: "Why do you run here after taking a walk after dinner?"

Qin Xiao: ...

"Don't you realize that you're running further and further away?" Mo Hanyu couldn't help but ask, "When you and your father left, didn't you notice that there wouldn't be such alleys in the main city—"

Mo Hanyu didn't finish his words when he met Qin Xiao's gaze and paused.

Qin Xiao's eyes were dark, his brows were furrowed, and he stared at him without saying a word.

"...Anyway, you're exaggerating." Mo Hanyu said helplessly, "You should at least find someone to accompany you if you know you don't know the way."

Qin Xiao: ...

Seeing that he hadn't spoken, Mo Hanyu stopped talking about this topic and pulled Qin Xiao's arm: "Let's go, I'll take you back."

"If you don't go back, there will be curfew."

"Curfew?" Qin Xiao wondered.

"Ah, you don't know." Mo Hanyu took his hand, looked at the few passers-by on the street, and said, "It was an order issued a few years ago. From midnight to four in the morning, all those who have settled in Luoyun are not allowed to leave their homes... This was issued during the coup a few years ago."

"coup?"

"It's when the old emperor takes over from the new one."

"But it didn't work?"

"Yes." Mo Hanyu looked at the twinkling stars in the sky. "Although those forces have fallen, there are still people who refuse to obey... This order can be regarded as a test to see how obedient those people are. Therefore, it was stipulated at the beginning that those who violated the order must be punished. Just as that person expected, some people who secretly refused to obey deliberately came out at this time..."

"Then those people all died without exception." Mo Hanyu looked at the empty streets with calm eyes.

A cold wind blew by, sweeping away a few fallen leaves.

"Since then, no one has dared to test us openly." Mo Hanyu's voice sounded particularly clear in this environment. "But things have gotten much better in the past two years. In addition, we are going to hold a competition during this period. The kill order was revoked on New Year's Eve two years ago. These few days are the peak period for outsiders to come, so the situation should be a little more relaxed."

"It's better not to gamble." Qin Xiao said lightly.

Mo Hanyu nodded: "That's true."

……

"…Is the third brother lost?"

In the hotel lobby, Qin Jinyi sat on the sofa. He thought of something and couldn't help but ask his father.

Qin Xiuyun: ...

It's very possible.

Qin Xiuyun covered his forehead.

Qin Yun'an and Qin Jichen went out to look for Qin Xiao, and the remaining two waited here.

They were not the only ones in the hall. The atmosphere among the three people sitting on the sofa nearby was also somewhat gloomy.

"Keep arguing, and bring your brother back after you're done." The man dressed in black looked at the young man with an unpleasant expression next to him and said in a cold voice.

The man was wearing a black suit, with long hair hanging down to his chest. He crossed his arms, had bright eyes like torches, dark eyebrows like swords, a cold face, and thin lips slightly pursed. His whole body exuded a sharp aura like a sickle.

The woman next to the young man had long black hair tied up, with some strands of hair hanging down beside her face. Her eyebrows were as green as emerald green, her eyes were as soft as water, and she was wearing a green robe. She looked gentle and peaceful. But her brows were slightly furrowed, as if she was worried about something.

The young man immediately got angry: "What did I quarrel with? It's not you—"

"Han Shang." The woman next to him pulled him back and patted his arm gently as a way of comforting him.

Mo Hanshang broke free from the woman's hand, stood up and walked out without looking back: "I'll go find it myself."

"Wait." Qin Jinyi stopped him, "Let's wait for my elder brother to come back first."

Half an hour ago, Qin Xiuyun watched them come back one by one, but there was still no sign of Qin Xiao, so he felt something was wrong. After telling Qin Jichen what happened, he left the house on the spot. Qin Yun'an thought about it and helped to look for him, and asked them to wait here and tell them if Qin Xiao came back.

"...By the way, my brother didn't know about the curfew." After Qin Jinyi stopped Mo Hanshang, he thought of something and his face looked grim.

Mo Hanshang also had a gloomy expression: “Mo Hanyu doesn’t know either.”

"He knows." Father Mo suddenly spoke.

"You told him? How would he know?" Mo Hanshang sneered.

"…If he is, he'll know." Father Mo looked away.

Qin Xiuyun raised his head when he heard this and looked at Father Mo: "...Are you sure?"

Father Mo did not answer and turned his head away.

Mother Mo patted Father Mo's shoulder soothingly and smiled apologetically at Qin Xiuyun.

If it were in the past, Mo Hanshang would definitely not understand what they were talking about, but now he could only turn his head away and pretend not to know.

There was a noise at the door, and everyone looked over, only to see a strange man walking in with two children.

The man had waist-length brown hair. He looked at them, seemed to notice something, and blinked.

"We'll go up first." The child next to him seemed to notice something, smiled at him, glanced at Qin Xiuyun and the others, and left.

The man nodded and just looked at Qin Xiuyun.

Qin Xiuyun frowned, not understanding what he wanted to do.

But the Qiongqi beside him raised his eyes lazily, glanced at the man, and raised his head.

"What are you doing here?" Taotie raised his eyebrows and looked at Qiongqi.

"The child is lost." Qiongqi's familiar tone made Qin Jinyi stunned.

"They said there was a curfew..." Qiongqi glanced at Mo Hanshang, then looked away, "He has the room card. I can't get in without him."

"It was originally said that it would be lifted tomorrow..." Mo Hanshang frowned and muttered.

"Are you hanging out with the Wang family again?" Father Mo looked at him suddenly with a cold look in his eyes.

"What do you mean by being a slacker? Do you care who I make friends with?" Mo Hanshang was dissatisfied.

"Are you making friends?" Father Mo's blood pressure suddenly rose. "How many times have I told you to stay out of politics? But you just ignored me!"

"How did I get involved in politics?! Stop standing there—"

"...Sorry, everyone. Please don't quarrel here, thank you for your understanding." The girl at the front desk smiled helplessly at the two of them.

Mo Hanshang took a deep breath and forced a smile: "Sorry, we know."

Mother Mo patted Father Mo's back to help him calm down.

Taotie blinked, thinking that it was none of his business, so he waved at Qiongqi and turned to leave.

"Do you know him?" Qin Jinyi asked Qiongqi.

"I know him." Qiongqi glanced at him, "What's wrong?"

"...No, it's nothing."

"Oh, by the way, do you want to sleep in the same room with me?" Taotie thought of something, turned around and ran back, looking at Qiongqi with bright eyes.

"It's fine if you just rubbed into someone else's kid's room, but you still have to drag me into it?" Qiongqi gave him a look of disdain and said, "Get lost."

"Aren't you also taking advantage of other people's territory now?" Taotie was dissatisfied and walked away with a pout.

Father Mo glanced at Qiongqi. Qiongqi sensed something, looked at him, and raised his eyebrows.

"...Your child?" Father Mo looked at Qin Xiuyun.

Qin Xiuyun rubbed his brows and shook his head. Thinking of what Qin Xiao had said to him, he said simply, "Xiao's friend."

As they were talking, there was movement at the door again. It was Qin Yun'an and Qin Jichen who came back.

"It's nowhere." Qin Yun'an couldn't help but said as soon as he entered the door, "I have transformed into more than a dozen clones, but I can't find it after looking everywhere."

Qin Jichen looked grim, looked at Qin Xiuyun, and nodded.

Qin Xiuyun frowned.

"How is it possible? Where can these two children run to?" Mother Mo frowned, "Didn't they see my Han Yu either?"

Qin Yunan shook his head.

Mo Hanshang couldn't sit still anymore: "I'll go find--"

"What are you looking for?"

Qin Xiao walked into the hotel and looked at them puzzledly.

Mo Hanyu, who was following behind him, had an inexplicable expression and glanced at Mo Hanshang faintly.

"Where have you been?!" Qin Jichen strode over and grabbed Qin Xiao by the collar and pulled him up like a chicken.

Qin Xiao was caught off guard and struggled instinctively: "Hey——"

"He went to the outer city." Mo Hanyu looked at Qin Xiao, and the corner of his mouth twitched as if he wanted to laugh, "It's really amazing."

"I went to look for you but couldn't find you. Where are you hiding?" Qin Yun'an crossed his arms and looked at Mo Hanyu in confusion.

Mo Hanyu glanced at him and suddenly realized: "Those attributes are yours."

Qin Yun'an: ...

So you guys are hiding away on purpose?

“Mo Han——” Mo Hanshang walked in and wanted to say something.

Mo Hanyu glanced at him, and the smile on his lips faded: "Brother."

Mo Hanshang wanted to say something but stopped himself, frowning.

Qin Jichen looked Qin Xiao over and found nothing unusual, so he put him on the ground: "Why did you go to the outer city? Didn't you say you were going to walk around nearby?"

"..." Qin Xiao turned his head away, not wanting to say anything.

"Lost." Qiongqi approached, grinned, and hooked his finger, "Let's go, go back to sleep."

Qin Xiao looked at Father Qin and nodded at him: "Sorry."

Qin Xiuyun shook his head and stood up: "It's okay, go and rest early."

Having said that, he glanced at Father Mo and turned to go upstairs.

Qin Xiao looked at Mo Hanyu and asked, "Which room are you in?"

Mo Hanyu was stunned, as if he didn't expect him to ask this: "...411."

Qin Xiao nodded: "320."

After saying that, he followed Qiongqi upstairs.

Looking at Qin Xiao's back, Mo Hanyu's eyes changed slightly. After the Qin family left, the atmosphere suddenly became heavy.

Mo's mother looked at this and that, and finally walked to Mo Hanyu, took his hand, and said in a gentle tone: "You ran to the outer city too?"

"......Yeah." Mo Hanyu looked at his mother, with a slight movement of coldness in his eyes.

"Nonsense." Father Mo looked at him coldly, "Are you familiar with this place? How dare you run around recklessly?"

Mo Hanyu pursed his lips and didn't reply.

"Okay, don't be angry anymore." Mother Mo touched Mo Hanyu's head soothingly and smiled softly at him, "It's so late, why don't you go to rest with your brother?"

Mo Hanyu looked at Mo Hanshang who remained silent and nodded.

"It's time for us to rest." Mother Mo walked to Father Mo again and patted his shoulder, "Let's go."

Father Mo looked at her with complicated eyes, said nothing, and went upstairs with her.

……

"……sorry."

Back in the room, Mo Hanshang sat on the bed, put his hands on his knees, bowed his head and apologized to Mo Hanyu: "I shouldn't have said such excessive things."

"Nothing." Mo Hanyu looked indifferent, and it was hard to tell what he was thinking. "You're right. I was just angry."

"No, that's not what I meant—" Mo Hanshang wanted to say something else. Mo Hanyu had already turned sideways on the bed with his back to him, obviously not wanting to listen anymore.

Mo Hanshang looked at his back, frowning with a conflicted expression.

……

"Are those his family members?" Qiongqi asked Qin Xiao as soon as he entered the door.

"Yeah." Qin Xiao nodded, feeling that Qiongqi's tone was a little wrong, and couldn't help asking, "Is there anything wrong?"

"That human is weird." Qiongqi sat on the sofa at one side and looked at Qin Xiao, "I feel like he knows Mo Ze."

Qin Xiao paused as he closed the door: "Why?"

"The content of their conversation." Qiongqi half-lay on the sofa, folded his legs barefoot and stepped on it. His dark eyes suddenly changed to dark gold, "It's very wrong."

Qin Xiao listened to Qiongqi telling him about the conversation between Mo Hanshang and Mo's father. He took off his coat without saying a word and walked into the bathroom with a bath towel and other items.

Qin Xiao looked at the things in the bathroom, fiddled with them for a while, and roughly knew how they worked.

Listening to the sound of water in the bathroom, Qiongqi curled his lips and shifted his gaze. The moment he saw his bed, his eyes became sharp.

"...Taotie." Qiongqi laughed in anger and said with gritted teeth.

As soon as Qin Xiao came out, he saw Qiongqi lying on his bed.

"You sleep on that one." Qiongqi pointed to the bed that originally belonged to him.

Qin Xiao looked at the bed where the quilt and mattress were mixed together: ...

Qin Xiao sighed, did not object, and made the bed again.

"Aren't you going to take a shower?" Qin Xiao asked, looking at Qiongqi lying on the bed in the shape of a "big" character.

Speaking of which...

Qin Xiao paused. He had never seen Qiongqi take a bath.

There was something wrong with the way Qin Xiao looked at Qiongqi.

Qiongqi sensed something keenly, and when he met Qin Xiao's eyes, he instantly understood what he was thinking, and said with disgust: "Even if I don't take a bath for hundreds of years, my body won't get dirty... Don't look at me with your human mindset."

Qin Xiao turned his head back without saying a word.

Qiongqi looked at the ceiling, wondering what he was thinking. After a pause, he suddenly stood up and walked to the bathroom.

"How did you make this thing?"

Hearing the sound in the bathroom, Qin Xiao had no choice but to sit up.