collection of short stories

The talented scholar is a thousand times more delicate, and his pair of raised phoenix eyes make him look gentle and affectionate.And he just stood there casually, and he couldn't help but think of the words "immortal posture".He is not at all the same as the fox demon and fox fairy in my imagination. His beauty is not seductive, but supernatural.

"You, you are..."

"Of course it's me." The young man transformed into a fox looked at him with a smile, "You saved me, and you have a great merit. Those who want to practice merit will of course stare at you. There are many people in the city, and the yang energy gathers I can also cover up one or two for you. How can this deep mountain and old forest do it? If the first time is not complete, there will be a second time. What if the next time that person eats you up without saying a word? It’s not as good as me Follow you directly to feel at ease."

"Hey, Brother Fox has given me a lot of things before, and he doesn't owe me anything."

"You can call me Xinyue."

"Xinyue," said the little Taoist, "Many people came from the city to arrest you. Don't let them catch you."

"A bunch of waste." Xin Yue raised her eyebrows, and Jiang Huai was a little dazed, "Let them find it slowly. I want to show up in a different form, little Taoist priest, what do you think of this?" When the voice fell, the young man's figure changed Shrunk, it became a half-sized parrot with a snow-white body.The parrot landed on the little Taoist's shoulder. "Do you think anyone would suspect that a bird is actually a fox? What's more, even if you say a few words to people occasionally, they might turn their heads and praise you. What a coincidence."

The little Taoist was convinced.

Jiang Huai took the parrot to another city and continued to be his fortune teller.A Taoist priest with a parrot that speaks people's words is relatively accurate in divination, and has gained a lot of popularity in a few days.The parrot is cute and smart, and can read the hexagrams at a glance.There are also many women and children who come here to make a fortune in order to watch the parrot.Some nobles and gentlemen felt strange and wanted to buy the parrot, but the little Taoist just shook his head, saying that it can only read the characters on these hexagrams, and can't teach it any more.Strange as it is, you won't be able to teach more, and it's useless to say "Yuan Henryzhen" and "Hongjian Yulu" to you all day long.

That night, Jiang Huai took the parrot back to the inn room to rest.The little Taoist priest sat at the table and counted the money he earned, when suddenly his shoulders sank, and he saw a beautiful hand resting on his shoulder.He turned his head, and Xin Yue was staring at him with a smile.I don't know why, Jiang Huai's smile this time always feels a little - how should I put it - malicious.

"Stupid Daoist, what do you mean 'I can't teach you any more'?"

As soon as the words fell to the ground, Jiang Huai knew that he was here to settle accounts, and immediately looked at him with an innocent face. "It's a temporary measure, in order not to sell you to that lord. Do I still have to praise you in front of him, that you have heaven and earth, that you have a good mouth for 3000 miles, and that you have two feathers and white feathers for [-] years?" Liu Chang? Is it not enough for me to know this kind of thing alone? In case someone is really moved by me to rob you, I am a commoner, how can I rob those noble people. "

With a snort, Xin Yue's complexion looked very good at the moment.Such a posture, obviously the appearance of a banished immortal, is extraordinary and refined, but the provocative smile on the corner of his mouth is really seductive, as long as he sees it, he can't take his eyes off it.

"You are a little Taoist priest."

After thinking about it, Xin Yue suddenly reached out and lifted Jiang Huai's chin, leaned over and quickly kissed the little Taoist priest's lips. "This is a reward." The human figure disappeared in the next second, and the parrot flew across the table and landed on the opposite bookshelf to rest.Of course, the parrot didn't miss the way the little Taoist was stunned, then lowered his head and his ears were red.

Alas, one who couldn't hold back actually provoked a little Taoist priest.No matter, if you come out to hang out, you always have to pay it back.

"Hey, it's you, Daoist!"

Jiang Huai's voice was somewhat familiar, and he saw from the crowd around the hexagram booth that it was the young man who wanted to find Xin Yue and asked him to tell his fortune.After the fortune-telling crowd dispersed, the young man sat across from the little Taoist priest.

"When I came here, I heard that there was a little Taoist priest in the city who was very accurate in fortune telling... At first I thought it might be you, but then it didn't sound like it. He was carrying a parrot or something." The young man glanced at the one that was burying its head. The bird combing its feathers sighed in disbelief, "I didn't expect to be a Daoist, it's destined!"

The little Taoist turned his eyes, and they lit up slightly. "Tell me first, what's the situation in the city? It's been a while since you left, didn't you go to so many people looking for Xinyuehu? Did you find it?"

The parrot raised its head and stared at the young man.

"What can I say? For several months, I haven't even touched a hair. A master who is good at divination in the sect made another fortune, saying that Xinyuehu has already left. It won't be found." The young man shook his head, "Poor thing, I've always wanted to find it."

Jiang Huai was a little curious. "Why are you looking for him? Well, if it's inconvenient to say it, then don't force it."

"It's nothing inconvenient to say. In fact, when I was a child, an old god gave me a face review, saying that my life was bumpy, and only when I met Xinyuehu. Anyway, I have always been unlucky. Does it matter?" The young man's expression was a bit inexplicable, he said he didn't believe it, but he seemed to believe it, "I don't know when we will see you again."

The little Taoist turned his head to look at the parrot, and said to himself, what you want to see has actually been seen, but it may not be... as you think.However, this matter cannot be broken after all.Just as he was thinking, the parrot stretched out its claws and hooked the little Taoist's sleeve.Jiang Huai smiled slightly, and handed the lottery to the parrot.

"My parrot is going to divination for you. You just have to accept it."

The parrot pulled out the root stick, looked at it, and said: "The king has a temple, so I can see you."

The young man was dumbfounded.

"Since my parrot is the master, I won't accept your fortune." Jiang Huai patted him on the shoulder, "If your life was really rough before, it should, um, not be so unlucky now. Let's go, goodbye by fate."

After tidying up the hexagram booth and leaving the young man still thinking about something, the little Taoist whispered to the parrot on his shoulder: "Xin Yue, what fate do you want to end?"

"Daozhang, you are so powerful, why don't you figure it out yourself?"

"...Is it related to me?"

The parrot lowered its head and bit his earlobe.

"Who knows?"

-END-

"Fake Cat"

The silver-haired young man pressed a silver button, waited for a while, and took out a bottle of nutrient solution from behind the closed small door.He frowned indistinctly, no matter how much he hypnotized himself, this kind of bad food would never taste good.But at this moment, he has no better choice, and the Star Alliance points needed to live on Planet Sky'an have bottomed out.He still has to spend most of the month on those pitifully small points.

"Bai." A translucent shadow popped out of the communicator at the door, the man's expression was serious and indifferent, "Half a standard hour, rush me to 'Void'."

Void is the interstellar express company he just applied for.His name is Bai Juyi, but when people mention this name, they always think of the ancient poetic power on the earth.On this weird planet, the aborigines are generally interested in poetry—the ghost knows what they are fascinated by—he doesn’t want people to hear his name and say “My God! It’s Bai Juyi!” This is so fucking embarrassing.So when he didn't need to use his full name, he always called himself "Bai" and asked others to call himself that.

The man in the communication was his direct boss, Fay, and he didn't seem like a good guy to get along with.Bai Juyi sighed in his heart, but nodded without saying anything.The figure of the man disappeared.He sighed, and poured the nutrient solution he intended to put into his mouth into a food bowl under his feet.I don't know when I can tell myself to come back, I have to be responsible for my pets.

"Ash."

"Meow." A cat with orange spots ran out of the bedroom happily, sniffed the nutrient solution in the food bowl, turned around and left.Looking at its back, Bai Juyi seemed to hear its snickering sound from its nose.

"..." Damn it!I'm still hungry and you're playing tricks on me!

Speaking of this cat, it is quite legendary.It was Bai Juyi who met him on the last planet. At that time, he looked so cute, and he couldn't raise it any more. Bai Juyi liked it very much. He even named it "Ouyang Xiu" after going back and forth.When I got on the spaceship, I thought I was going to say goodbye to it, but when I got off the spaceship, I saw it squatting and licking its fur by the steps.Bai Juyi stared at it and licked its fur for a full 10 minutes, then stretched out his hand to grab it by the neck and pulled it away.

He turned on the little robot in the house.In order to save energy, he usually turns off even the small household robots, and does all the housework by himself.Being so poor, I have to say it's a miracle that I didn't despair.Bai Juyi arranged the little robot's work—feeding the cat every day—then locked the door and left his house.

After he left, the cat came out of the bedroom, turned off the little robot with one paw, then pressed a series of numbers on the electronic lock of the door with ease, and walked out swaggeringly.

Half a standard hour, taking the free shuttle at the door to rush to the void, is enough if you don't deliberately delay the time.Bai Juyi looked up at the long and narrow shape of the office building, the metal shell flashed several streams of light from time to time, it should be some kind of test.He scanned the ID reader on his wrist and stepped into the teleportation space leading directly to his boss' office floor.Standing outside the office, he politely knocked on the door.