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【Fanwai · It's another year of winter③】

From then on, this topic stopped in time, and no one mentioned it again.

Silence is like an airtight and ventilated net, wrapping the snowy Beijing city layer by layer.

Li Huan felt a little confused. He walked on the road for 20 years, surrounded by scenes that he was too familiar with, but that cold sense of loss was like some kind of chronic poison that could not be dissolved. hope.

Maybe you should be happier.

He reminded himself like this in his heart.

After all, it is another year of Chinese New Year reunion, and the tasks in everyone's hands have come to an end one after another. For the time being, I haven't heard of anyone who may be delayed.In the afternoon, the senior brother will ask for leave and come back to help prepare the New Year's Eve dinner, and the senior sister is probably already on the way back to Beijing...

Following this line of thinking, he couldn't help but think of that man's name——

Although he can clearly feel the complexity of that person, judging from just one night of contact... Li Huan is not sure, and even feels that his judgment is inevitably a bit one-sided and naive, but his intuition tells him that the person whose whereabouts are unknown The guy shouldn't be too bad.

After all, monsters are not kind, and it is true that they are both good and evil.

After dawn, the number of people on the road began to increase, and there were many excited children around the temporary sales point selling fireworks and firecrackers. Together with the noisy sounds, the world seemed to come alive again from the silence.

The two people with their own concerns walked around the shore of Shichahai Lake for an unknown amount of time. From the silence at the beginning, they slowly began to chat about what they had seen and heard in their respective missions, and then chatted from work to life.

Xing Yi has always been a taciturn person, only willing to talk more in front of Li Huan, and his voice is rare and gentle.Li Huan held the empty soybean milk cup in his right hand, and kept interlocking with Xing Yi with his left hand. He didn't think too much about the content of the conversation in his mind, and he was already very happy just listening to the other party's voice.

Walking in front of the supermarket, Xing Yi stopped, took the empty paper cup in Li Huan's hand and threw it into the trash can, and said casually, "Do you need to buy some ingredients for dinner?"

Li Huan smiled and looked at the slightly bent back of the man, thinking how could someone throw things so beautifully, and said: "It's your first time celebrating the New Year in a tea house, so I don't know, at the end of every year, monsters all over the country will start To curry favor with the teacher, the New Year's goods are prepared in a particularly thick portion, and I can eat them until the middle of the year."

"That's all dry goods." Xing Yi said.

"That's true." Li Huan thought for a while, "And I haven't prepared anything to make dumplings, but in the past, I waited for the brothers and sisters to come. If I'm too busy, I just buy quick-frozen ones."

Xing Yi thought of a plate of quick-frozen dumplings fed by someone in the dark room last year, and a smile appeared in his eyes, and when he saw no one around, he reached out and pinched the tip of Li Huan's nose, shaking it, playing with the taste: "It seems that you The young master who was spoiled by Nine Tails can only eat it?"

Li Huan gave a cooperative "huh", leaned over and kissed Xing Yi on the lips, and said with a smile, "I'm also in charge of grabbing red envelopes."

Xing Yi looked teasingly at the person who was hugging his neck: "That's really hard work, young master."

"Yeah, everyone is watching the Spring Festival Gala, and I have to keep an eye on WeChat." Li Huan smiled slyly, and said, "Why, Mr. Jiang Yaoshi, do you want to consider taking care of me tonight?"

Xing Yi smiled and said nothing, took out his phone and sent a 200 yuan red envelope to Li Huan's WeChat.Li Huan felt the phone vibrate in his pocket, let go of his hand contentedly, and said, "Okay, it's yours tonight."

Xing Yi said: "According to this, what is it that you have sold others?"

Li Huan smiled: "I sell other people's art but not my body~"

Xing Yi held Li Huan's shoulders with one hand, and with the other hand he pushed aside the plastic curtain at the entrance of the supermarket. After entering, he asked, "What about me?"

It was the Spring Festival holiday, and the shelves at the entrance of the supermarket were filled with dried fruits and New Year’s candies in order to meet the needs of customers. Li Huan picked up a pack of paper walnuts and looked at them. He threw them into the shopping cart when he thought they were not bad. He didn't reply: "Of course it's prostitution instead of art."

Xing Yi: "..."

Although this result makes people look forward to it, but I always feel——

Mr. Demon Subduing Master frowned: "It sounds like the two of us are very vulgar?"

Li Huan burst out laughing when he heard the words "噗嗤", and was afraid that if he said it too bluntly, he would spoil the children who were picking crispy sweets, so he pretended to be polite and cleared his throat, and said, "They are all thousand-year-old monsters, so don't pretend to be a beast in clothes. Well~"

The words were cryptic, but the kid next to him still tilted his head and looked at Li Huan strangely: "What is a beast in clothes?"

Li Huan pondered for a moment, then said earnestly, "It's a wolf with a big tail in human clothes."

Xing Yi: "..."

The child's mother: "..."

The kid automatically imagined the image of Big Big Wolf, and giggled happily.The young woman behind him looked shocked, glared at Li Huan with a crazy look, then picked up the child and hurried away.

Li Huan was a little hurt, and said to a can of New Year's candies: "I seem to be discriminated against by humans?"

"She's well educated if she doesn't hit you." Xing Yi evaluated objectively.

Li Huan put down the candy, and looked at Xing Yi very dissatisfied: "Whose family do you belong to?"

Xing Yi said: "Why don't you tell me who is the big-tailed wolf in human clothes?"

Li Huan was unhappy, staring at Xing Yi without speaking.Xing Yi pushed the cart and walked over, stretched out his hand to pat someone's head soothingly, and said, "Don't you want sugar?"

"No." Li Huan said, "Eat and get fat."

Xing Yi couldn't help laughing, but his voice was serious: "You should get fatter, I was afraid that I would accidentally break your waist at that time."

Li Huan: "..."

Fuck it's so rogue!A certain person's cheeks were hot, and he flipped the table angrily in his heart, but after flipping the table, he found sadly that there was nothing he could do with such a serious and hooligan way.

"I'm talking about Ari." Trying to block out the glamorous picture that came out of his brain, Li Huan said seriously, "You didn't see its body, it's almost fat into a ball, and after eating sweets, it might even jump off the roof If you don’t go up, how will you get the mission? I have to help it control the point.”

Xing Yi pretended not to see someone's blushing face, echoed "Yeah", and then the two left the New Year's goods area and went to the seafood stall to pick out dumpling fillings.

At the same time, Nanluoguxiang is two blocks away from Shichahai.

On the [-]th day, most of the shops on both sides of the alley were closed.

Under the gloomy sky, the two red lanterns hanging in front of Wanqing's pawn shop gave off a faint fire.A nine-tailed fox poked its head out from a corner of the shop. After checking left and right to make sure there was no one there, it jumped out very cautiously, quickly crossed the alley, pushed its head to the pawnshop's half-covered door, and slipped in.

In the courtyard, the spirit of spring is still there, and the peach blossoms are in full bloom.

Qi Jingyu sat cross-legged on a white jade bench under a tree, with a lazy three-flower civet cat lying on his lap.The mobile phone placed on the table has been vibrating since midnight until now, full of New Year's greeting messages from monsters, but Kyuubi-sama has no intention of flipping through it at all, and has been concentrating on pinching walnuts from beginning to end, and then crushing the full and complete walnut kernels Collect it into an enamel porcelain bowl, and feed the dregs to civet cats.

The nine-tailed fox walked through the front yard, stopped in front of Qi Jingyu, squatted down obediently, and said, "Master."

Qi Jingyu stopped moving his hands and looked up at it: "How is it?"

"Mr. Xing came back in the morning. The second lady just got on the plane and will arrive in a few hours. The little demon who was arranged by the young master to pick up the plane has a message to let you rest assured." Hu Ling said.

Qi Jingyu gave a faint "hmm" and said, "Xing Yi is back, are you with Xiao Huan now?" After speaking, he picked up another walnut, crushed it with two fingers, and carefully picked out the peach kernel.

Hu Ling raised his head docilely, and said respectfully: "Return to Master, the two of you have gone shopping."

Qi Jingyu sighed calmly, thinking that the little apprentice he had finally cultivated would be given away to others in less than a year, and he still felt uncomfortable.

Just at this time, the door of the main room of the pawn shop was pushed open from inside with a creak, Fox moved his ears to look for the sound, then lowered his body slightly, and said, "Lord Mo Luo."

Yan Mo was wearing trousers and boots, his upper body was naked, only a shirt was draped over his shoulders, and he walked up behind Qi Jingyu, pressing his shoulder with one hand, and smoothing out a walnut kernel from a small bowl with the other hand. , smiled and said: "Jing Yu, your soul is more reasonable than this deity~"

Qi Jingyu squinted at him, retracted the fox spirit, and said lightly: "I didn't peel it for you, let it go."

Hearing this, Master Mo Luo smiled lowly, put the walnut kernels in his mouth, sat down on a stone bench next to him in a rascally manner, and jokingly said: "You fox is too partial, don't you just eat your precious disciple?" Is it a walnut from my son, as for—" After finishing speaking, he waved his palm, and the magic power dissipated instantly, and there was a muffled bang, and when he looked at the plate of walnuts, they were actually split in half one by one.

Qi Jingyu fell silent.

"You're welcome," Yan Mo leaned his elbows on the table, resting his chin with one hand, and looked at a certain indifferent and beautiful little fox with a smile, "Just say it was a gift from Master~"

Qi Jingyu: "..."

Qi Jingyu was too lazy to play tricks on him, so he pushed the plate of walnuts over and said, "My apprentice only eats the peeled ones, smashing them is not enough."

Lord Mo Luo, who had dug a deep hole for himself, was slightly stunned. He remained silent for a few seconds, and without saying anything, he began to peel the walnuts without any resistance.

After Qi Jingyu was free, he scratched the civet cat one by one. The civet cat lay on the man's lap, squinting its eyes comfortably, and purring from its throat.

It was the first time for Yan Mo to see his own cat struggling so hard, and he managed to bear it for a while, but because the little thing was too arrogant, he finally said: "When I used the body of this civet cat to go to your teahouse, I didn't see it either. You liked the cat."

"You also said that you borrowed its body." Qi Jingyu lifted the civet cat, carefully looked at the half-gray and half-white face, and teased lightly, "Not to mention, without your three souls, this cat will It's more than pleasing to the eye at 01:30."

Yan Mo: "..."

Master Mo Luo, who was teased by a certain fox and wanted to help a certain fox peel the walnuts, felt very aggrieved, but because of his low family status, he couldn't say much, so he could only continue peeling the walnuts.

Qi Jingyu glanced lightly at a certain demon, put the civet cat on the ground and drove it away, and said casually, "Will you go to my place for dinner tonight? All the apprentices will come back."

Yan Mo was startled, and then belatedly realized that this seemed to be an introduction to the juniors. Although everyone had met before, this was the first time for a family banquet!

Shouldn't it be corrected?

Thinking of this, Yan Mo couldn't help being a little excited, and his tone was rarely serious, asking insinuatingly, "Jing Yu, have we known each other for more than 3000 years?"

Qi Jingyu raised his brows slightly, and looked at him meaningfully: "Master Mo Luo just speak directly if he has something to say."

Yan Mo: "..."

Yan Mo was stabbed by this official address.

What he said just now was indeed asking knowingly. The two of them have known each other for a long time. If there is something unbearable about this fox, it is probably because of the cloud and rain in the same bed the night before. The bastard turned his head You can call "Master Mo Luo" with great success.

Lord Moro...

Master Mo Luo, your sister!Can't I call my husband? !

Of course, Yan Mo only dared to think about this idea, and it was absolutely impossible to say it.

Getting the weird picture out of his mind, Yan Mo put a handful of peeled walnuts into a small bowl, then looked at Qi Jingyu solemnly, and said, "Actually, what I want to say is that you and I can live enough It's been a long time, and the relationship that purely meets each other's needs in private has been maintained for a long time. If you think I'm okay and want to further sublimate the impure relationship between us, then...do you want to stay here in the future? Will the pawnshop stay forever?"

Qi Jingyu: "..."

As soon as these words came out, Kyuubi, who was as calm as Kyuubi, couldn't help laughing.

Qi Jingyu pretended to be calm, picked up the teacup and took a sip of the water in it, without answering.Yan Mo watched anxiously, thinking that his implicit confession should be okay, why did this fox still not respond at all?

Could it be that after being together for so many years, they really maintained a pure relationship with friends in sex, and they didn't lose their minds at all? !

your sister! ! !

Of course, Mo Luo could only think about this idea, and when he said it, it became: "If you disagree, then treat it as if I didn't say it." After speaking, he picked up a cracked walnut and was about to peel it, when suddenly Thinking of something, he quickly added, "Don't be so angry because of my few words."

Qi Jingyu put down the cup and said, "You still can't get angry, do you think I'm a child?"

"Yes, yes, you have long been a nine-tailed demon fox from a famous town, but I was only this big when I saw you for the first time—" Yan Mo compared his hands, and it was probably the size of a little milk cat. size, and then Lord Mo Luo’s expression softened, “At that time, I just said this, if this little fox becomes a spirit, he must be a beauty who can fascinate people, it depends on who has a bad life. Got it."

Qi Jingyu slightly curled the corners of his mouth, and continued to drink the water in the glass unhurriedly.

Yan Mo shook his head with emotion, and sighed: "It's a pity that I have seen all the secrets, but I didn't expect that the unlucky ghost is myself."

Hearing this, Qi Jingyu finally smiled.

Yan Mo tilted his head to look at that pretty face, and said, "It's really harder than climbing to heaven to make you happy, a fox. Now that we know each other, I can clearly remember the number of times you smile."

"Master Mo Luo really has a heart." Qi Jingyu said.

"I'm sad." Yan Mo said, "Because I found that you smiled at your little apprentice so many times more than at me, but the time we knew each other was less than one percent of that of you and me, it's really biased. "

"Speaking of this, I just remembered something." Qi Jingyu put down the teacup while talking, and raised his head to meet Yan Mo's eyes.

Yan Mo said: "Say it."

Qi Jingyu said: "At the beginning of last year, I overheard the conversation between Xiao Huan and Xing Yi. The general idea was that I wanted to wait until my birthday passed in July, and move out to live alone like Chi Xiu and Qingci. It turned out that it happened later. After the Qinglong incident, I was recovering from my injuries after returning to Beijing from Shanghai, and their plans were mostly delayed because of me."

Yan Mo understood what he meant when he heard this, and he was still a little unhappy - he can still remember clearly what happened last year, which shows that this fox really puts the little apprentice in the most important position.

There is family affection but no love, this kind of white moonlight is really difficult.

Qi Jingyu knew that the demon was thinking too much just by looking at his face, but after so many years, seeing Mo Luo sulk has become a daily pastime for Lord Nine Tails, so naturally he is too happy to explain now, but to appreciate it for a while before continuing Said: "I definitely don't want Xiao Huan to move too far away from here after moving out, so I thought about leaving the tea house to him and Xing Yi to take care of - the nine-tailed fox is old, and it's time to retire and rest. "

These words are plain, but the meaning is extraordinary.

For thousands of years, the Bian Tea House is no longer a shop in the ordinary sense. The monsters in North China know that there are ancient monsters that can protect them from generation to generation.Qi Jingyu's handing over the tea house to Li Huan actually means that the nine-tailed demon fox has handed over the responsibility to the new Qingluan Huofeng.

Yan Mo felt a little unbelievable, even if Li Huan had become Qingluan, after all, he was still young enough to take on such a heavy responsibility, but after thinking about it, Qi Jingyu kept her by his side, no matter what, he could have someone to take care of him, What's more, with him, Mo Luo, behind him, nothing can go wrong after all.

only--

Yan Mo suddenly realized a problem, so he said: "You adopted the tea house to Li Huan, so you want to find another place to live?"

In this way, it would be very troublesome. Back then, he set up the pawn shop in Nanluoguxiang to be closer to the fox, but now he has to change the place accordingly. This kind of master and apprentice Bai Yueguang is really terrible!

In the end, I had to peel walnuts for that little evildoer!

Master Mo Luo squeezed a whole walnut into slag with two fingers.

Qi Jingyu lowered his eyelashes, glanced lightly at the innocent walnut, and then calmly said: "So, since the deity has no plans to go yet, I don't know if Master Mo Luo's invitation to 'stay forever' is still not counted. gone?"

Yan Mo: "..."

Yan Mo: "???"

Yan Mo: "!!!!"

Aww~ Happiness came too suddenly, Master Mo Luo didn't react for a while, and was stunned.