cold mountain road

"Xiao Xue, wait for me here."

After saying this, the young vampire turned and walked into the bar door.From the outside, the interior is dimly lit, and the stale air smells of alcohol and tobacco.There were dense crowds of people in the corner, occasionally casting a wary look outside the door.On the rain-soaked signboard, the words "Red Mountain" are printed.

The bar is famous all over the country: it has a bad environment, outrageous prices, and it has chain stores in every town.What's even more strange is that it has never been short of business for decades.

Only a certain group of people know its true function.The fresh blood drawn from the blood banks of large and small hospitals across the country is continuously supplied to the local Hongshan chain store; and people with special certificates will visit frequently to receive the food they depend on for survival.

The boy with the black umbrella in his hand waited quietly outside the door for a moment, then suddenly turned his head and looked towards the end of the street.

A certain sound attracted him——Xue looked at the bar behind him, hesitated for a moment, and followed the sound to the street corner.

Rain beating on the stained-glass windows, the echoes filled the empty church.

The dim light of the candles can only illuminate the tip of the Virgin's gentle nose, behind which most of the face is hidden in the darkness.Under the icon, someone was sitting on a temporary wooden chair.

He seems to have been sitting here for centuries, his long black robes covering his feet, still forming a strange sculpture.Only a head of platinum-blonde long hair jumped out of the dark background, hanging down to her waist like a waterfall.The man dressed as a priest lowered his eyes, and his slender arms moved slowly, bringing out a low-pitched musical sound.

He is playing the cello.

Holding the body of the piano in the posture of embracing the lover, the melody that comes out of the fingers wanders towards the dull chapel, lingering among the domes.Cooler than rain, more pious than candlelight, it is an ode to the Virgin.

The sound of footsteps slammed like a presumptuous rest.

The bow is drawn to the full place and suddenly withdrawn, the music is like a night bird returning to its nest and being buried in silence.The priest on the wooden chair turned his head slightly, facing the uninvited visitor who stepped into the church.

The young man's footsteps froze by the door, he stood in a stalemate for a while, and then involuntarily took half a step back.

The priest suddenly gave a low laugh.He reached out and lifted a candlestick from the icon.

Xue only felt a breath: "Who... are you?"

The candlelight danced gently on the priest's face, like some flattering caress.It was a heartbreakingly handsome face.The eyes that were originally downcast were staring at the direction of the person coming, the pupils were bright, but they lacked focus.

Xue was startled: "Are you a vampire?" Why can't you see it?

"Oh? Aren't you afraid when you meet a vampire?" The priest slightly raised the corners of his thin lips.

Xue shook his head, remembering that the other party couldn't see, so he said, "Don't be afraid. My master is a vampire, but he is a good person. But it's the first time I've seen a vampire who is a priest."

"So you—are you human?"

"Mmm. Master won't bite me." The boy's voice was clear and decisive.

The priest laughed lowly, lazily and contemptuously, with a depth like a cold pool. "Son, what's your name?"

The boy hesitated for a moment: "Xue."

"Xue." The priest repeated softly, stretching out a hand in his direction, "Please come closer."

The wide sleeves of the robe fell down with the movement, and there seemed to be a dangerous atmosphere in the air.Xue stared at him intently, and slowly moved a few steps.

"Closer."

The straight out fingertips are about to touch Xue's body——

But he took it back without a trace.

The priest turned to point to the floor beside him: "My violin case should be next to it..."

Now that they were getting close, Xue Cai could see clearly by candlelight that the priest was sitting in a wheelchair.The wooden wheelchair is exquisitely carved, it looks like a work of art.

He bent down to pick up the violin case lying flat on the ground, and handed it to the other party.The priest fumbled to put the violin in.On the beautiful black lacquer of the cello, several thin letters are inlaid in gold.what is it then?

"Elaine." The priest said softly, as if he could see him observing the violin, "it's called Elaine."

He closed the violin case with skillful and gentle movements, "Thank you. If you don't go back, won't your master worry?"

Xue suddenly woke up, turned around and took a few steps, and suddenly turned around and asked, "What about you? Your name?"

The priest was still sitting in the darkness, the corners of his thin lips curled up in an incomprehensible arc: "My name is Olvie."

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The pre-publicity work of "Gap of Flowers" can be described as a big fanfare. A teaser video has been posted all over the major websites. Coupled with the large fan base, the retweeting and click-through rates have reached astronomical figures within three days.The video is exquisitely produced, and it concentrates the classic lines of all the main characters. Accompanied by the fast-paced switching of the camera, the names of each character and the corresponding voice actor are printed in eye-catching fonts on the top of the screen.

With such a high-profile official, fans who have been waiting for it are naturally excited.Not surprisingly, now that I type Shu Rongyu's name in the search bar, no one cares about it in the past few years, and the piles of discussions usually start from "Master Olvie is so handsome ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" and go to " Olvie’s heart-piercing cry in that video is too cruel QAQ!”, to “Who is Ou’s voice actor! The characters are all voiced by him (≧v≦)", then "My Shu fan is really old...", and finally "I can see Shu Rongyu's name appearing on the first page of the CV again in my lifetime, let me now Death is worth ToT" at the end.

This chaos reached a climax after the first episode of the animation was officially broadcast.As if overnight, all the former fans of Shu Rongyu were blown out, and more newcomers are declaring that they have become brainless fans.The mysterious and glamorous blond priest, coupled with Shu Rongyu's jade-like brilliance and inner voice, instantly stole [-]% of the show's limelight.In contrast, the real protagonist Xue was left alone.

In the eyes of almost everyone, such a show of sharpness can only mean one thing - Shu Rongyu has finally come back.