Dad, he is addicted to raising cubs

"Is there any wine?"

After eating a bunch of fish cakes, a certain switch of this newcomer seemed to be turned on. She raised her head and looked straight at Boss Fox behind the hot food, her eyes were so sharp that they seemed to be able to pierce through any obstacles in front of her eyes.

"Wine, of course there is..."

The fox boss gave Xueman a look for help, and motioned him to speak quickly. After promising to give Xueman a pendant made of fox fur, the only savior at the oden stall opened his mouth slowly.

"Drinking? In your state, drinking is not very good."

Xueman did not know where to take out another bottle of red date wine, and under Yuzi's escalating horror eyes, he handed it to the big fox very calmly: "Just give her a hot spot, warm your body to get rid of the cold."

"Why are you still the same as before, like making these things, there are obviously a bunch of little monsters rushing to give them to you."

The self-brewed wine seemed to evoke a certain memory of the guest, and the blade-like aura on her body eased, and was appeased like this.

"Then you have changed a lot, Zhuqing."

After looking at the people around him for a while, Xueman restrained his joy from seeing his old friend: "I still remember that you said that the color you hate the most is black? I have worn sleeves of various colors all over the place, the only thing that is not All you want to touch is black."

Even though the embroidered patterns on the black sleeves are the most gorgeous and full, this monster girl named Zhuqing is unwilling to even touch it.

"...Xueman, why do human beings die so easily?"

Avoiding Xueman's question, Zhuqing raised her head, stared at the twinkling stars in the night and said in a low voice: "Lingzi is dead, and Lingzi's child is also dead... I worked so hard, I wish I could give my life to them, but who None of them came back..."

"It's like a hole has been broken in their bodies. No matter how much vitality is input, it will be lost in the next second..."

"Now, Reiko's only relative has become a person. Will he die suddenly one day like Reiko?"

Zhuqing's voice was extremely low, the last question seemed to roll in her throat and returned to her stomach.

Holding a full glass of jujube wine, she didn't drink any of it for a long time.Zhuqing stared blankly at the empty space in front of her, the aroma of red dates that could relax both body and mind failed to soothe her wounds and pain.

"Reiko? Do you mean Natsume Reiko?"

Xueman rarely knows how to comfort his friend.

People will have a deep memory of something that brought the "first time", and the same is true for monsters. Even, because monsters have a longer life than humans, they attach more importance to the "first time" than humans. many.

For Zhu Qing, Natsume Reiko was her first human friend.

The heaviness of this emotion cannot be soothed by the so-called openness.

The only one who can look away and is willing to look away is Zhuqing; apart from her, no one can do this for her, and no one can make this decision for her.

With a long sigh, Xueman dug out the part belonging to Natsume Reiko from memory.

Natsume Reiko, in the eyes of ordinary people, is a rebellious and rebellious student.

But in the eyes of monsters, it belongs to a girl who is so lonely that she can only use a thorn to disguise herself, pretending that she is not alone.

This girl didn't occupy much part in Xueman's memories. To be more precise, he pieced together Natsume Reiko's appearance bit by bit from Zhuqing's mouth or other monsters' descriptions.

People who have spiritual power and can see monsters; they have a pretty face, but it hurts to fight monsters; they are always alone and have no human friends; they often don’t have enough to eat, so they are thin and small, looking not very healthy...

Xueman once thought that maybe one day, he would meet this girl on the street. At that time, he must scare her and take revenge on some little monsters who came to complain to him crying.

It's just that no one thought that Yuecheng Yukiman and Natsume Reiko met for the first time at the latter's funeral.

There is a black-and-white photo on the altar, and the woman printed on it has a slightly tired face, and the beauty of her youth can be vaguely discerned from her eyebrows and eyes.

There was a faint smile on her lips, and an unspeakable tenderness in her eyes. The loneliness and injustice of her youth were erased by time, leaving only tranquility and beauty.

Not many people came to the funeral. Most of the relatives were concerned about Natsume Reiko's strange behavior when she was young, and they didn't want to let the outside world know that they had too many connections.

The young girl, who should be Reiko's daughter, had red and swollen eyes, knelt beside the altar, and bowed seriously to every visitor.

And Zhu Qing, who was with Reiko's daughter as Reiko's friend, was the girl's most solid backing, and took care of her after Reiko's funeral.

When the girl got married, Xueman was called by Zhuqing and attended the banquet as her natal family.

At that time, Xueman also joked that Zhuqing is better than a real mother than a real mother, especially the picture of Zhuqing quietly wiping tears at the girl's wedding, which can be included in the TOP10 treasured pictures of the year, and it will not be outdated to appreciate after a hundred years.

After hearing this, Zhuqing became furious, she pulled out her umbrella sword and chased and killed Xueman as if it was still yesterday.

"...When they left, they told me that they were very happy, and there was no moment when they were happier than they are now."

Zhu Qing's expression gradually became trance: "How can people be happy when they are dead? Reiko didn't see Nanako's happy smiling face when she got married, and Nanako couldn't see Guizhi's appearance when she grew up. They are all lying to me, they are all lying to me .”

The wine is not intoxicating, everyone is intoxicated, Zhuqing burst into tears unknowingly: "I don't want to be associated with human beings anymore, their lives are too short, as short as a dream, and they will be forgotten as soon as they open their eyes." Empty."

The little fox tightly clenched the fabric in his hand, he couldn't understand the guest's sadness, but the emotion was too contagious, he sniffed, always feeling that tears were about to fall disobediently.

The fox boss touched the little fox's head distressedly, and stuffed a piece of candy into his mouth.

If I had known that Gu Huo Niao was going to say this, he should have left the little fox at home when he left the stall today.

The fact that Gu Huo Niao Zhuqing has a human friend is considered an interesting thing among their monsters.

When Natsume Reiko died, they drank together and felt that human beings were still as easy to die as before. Who knows, it didn't take long for Zhuqing to raise a human again.

Being too involved with humans is not a good thing.

Most of the monsters held the mentality of watching the show, and the remaining few sighed, praying in their hearts that this new human being must live longer, otherwise the Guhuo Bird, who was hit twice in a short period of time, would definitely die. will go crazy.

Now it seems that even if she is not crazy at this time, she is hovering on the edge of madness.

"Then what are you going to do next?"

After a long silence, Xueman asked: "You said just now that Lingzi's only relative has also become a person. What's going on?"

"Nanako's husband also died, and just today, there was a car accident."

Zhuqing smiled miserably: "When I went to the hospital, Guizhi was the only one sitting on the chair in the corridor, he was so small, and the people around him walked back and forth, no one noticed him..."

"I sent him home and somehow ended up here."

She shook her head in pain, tears oozing from the corners of her eyes slid a red mark on her face: "I shouldn't have left him alone, he was still so young, when I left, he comforted me and said it was okay ...but I don't want to be associated with humans again."

So beautiful, so strong, yet so fragile.

"If I stay with humans again, I will definitely die."

She bowed her back and shrank her shoulders inward. The bamboo green that was noble and awe-inspiring an hour ago was curled up into a small ball at this moment, holding the clothes around her heart with one hand, with such strength that the buttons of the fine-grained fabric were ripped open.

——So you ran away in fear?

It is a miracle that a weak human cub, not even an adult, can scare the bamboo green that beat up a lot of monsters to such a degree.

"I promise you."

Xueman accepted Zhuqing's request, "However, I have a few questions. When will Natsume Takashi's father's funeral be arranged?"

Zhuqing: "...I'm not sure yet."

Xueman: "Then where is his father going to be buried? Has anyone notified who is coming to the funeral?"

Zhuqing: "...No, no."

Xueman: "Takashi Natsume is a five or six-year-old child, did he eat and sleep on time today?"

Zhuqing: "...I, I don't know."

Xueman picked up the umbrella she put beside her, smiled and stuffed it into the other party's hand.

"Notify me after everything is settled, now, take your umbrella and your wine, disappear from here, and go to busy things you should be busy with."

"Ah? Huh? What? You agreed?"

The dazed Zhuqing was chased away, she even forgot to put down the cup of wine, and disappeared from the Kanto cooking stall with extremely quick small steps.

Yuko, who didn't make much noise the whole time, stretched.

She asked the boss to serve her food again, and smiled while eating: "You are so fierce in your mouth, but you are not soft-hearted in the end. It is difficult to find another good old man like you in the whole island country."

"Otherwise, what else can I do?" I can't just watch her die.

Xueman sighed: "Boss, remember to count the cup she took away on my account."

"No, no, this meal will be treated as my invitation to you."

A familiar smile hung on Boss Fox's lips again. He packed Xueman's untouched oden and put it on the table again.

——It's a good thing that the girl who was about to be driven crazy by humans is not crazy.

——Yuecheng Xueman, who likes cubs, can raise another cub, which is also a good thing.

It would be great if Zhuqing could learn from Yuecheng Xueman.

Boss Fox sighed in his heart, the other party raised so many cubs with his own hands, and gave away many of them with his own hands, and he has never seen him collapse into bamboo green like this.

The author has something to say: such a big fox, such a big furry...

If I can't get a fox, I'm dead.