Strange Tale

Long Jiu looks at Dudu and Yechang awkwardly over Si Ren's shoulder.

Duduwan stood up and walked out, often silently following.

When he got outside the door, he often handed Si Ren's backpack to Dudu, "This is what Si Ren carries all day long, maybe there is something strange, would you like to take a look?"

Dudu is thin and dry, only half as tall as usual.She raised her hand to take the backpack, squeezed it through the outside, and then threw the bag on the ground as if it had been burned.

Also often looked at her strangely, bent down and picked up the backpack, "What's the matter, are you all right?"

"This is not an ordinary thing. It has been spelled by a master, and it will be very dangerous for people with bad intentions to open it casually." Du Duan watched his hand holding the bag and warned Ye Chang, "So you must not open it either. "

"An expert? Better than you?"

"Well, better than me."

"Hmph, I haven't seen such a person before."

Dudu Wan shook his head solemnly, "Much better than me, but we never had the chance to meet."

"Have you cried enough?" Long Jiu felt that his back was about to cramp.

Si Ren let go and wiped his face with his sleeve, "I'm sorry, I lost my composure."

Long Jiu adjusted his clothes, "Okay, enough tossing and crying. Tell me the truth, what's going on?"

Si Ren raised his head with a confused look on his face, "What do you confess?"

"Are you playing dumb on purpose?"

"What are you pretending to be stupid for?"

Long Jiu slapped the ground, "Why did you appear here?!"

"Ah, it's red again." Si Ren picked up a lock of Long Jiu's hair with his fingers.

Long Jiu grabbed Si Ren's collar, held his face in front of his eyes and lowered his voice, "Don't think I won't kill you."

Si Ren smiled, "Aren't you reluctant?"

"you……"

"Hey, why don't you waste so much energy saving me?"

Long Jiu let go of Si Ren, "I save you, but it doesn't mean I can tolerate you doing whatever you want in my place."

"Well... how dare I do whatever I want."

"..."

"Well, I'm actually...curious." Si Ren hesitated for a moment whether to tell Long Jiu about Jin Ji, but thinking of Du Du, he decided not to.

"Curious? Isn't your reasoning too clumsy?"

"I didn't make up a reason, I was really curious."

"Then how did you get in here?"

"Then how did you find me?"

"I sent someone to ask you to have dinner, but the person who came back took a paper doll and said that if you touched it, you would become like that. Then I asked someone to look for it, and I found you here."

"Dinner? Is it late now?"

Long Jiu crossed his arms across his chest, "It's already the second night you came to my place."

"Ah?!" Oops!Wouldn't that be a whole day and night wasted? !Si Ren thought.

"You have been intoxicated by the incense. If I hadn't discovered it early, you would have died in your own dream and would never wake up."

"Mixiang? Impossible." Si Ren raised his arm and scratched his chin, "How could I be fascinated by such a low-level witchcraft based on my practice?"

"Low-level?" Long Jiu sneered, and suddenly changed his expression, "Whether it's people, monsters, or spells in this world, there is no distinction between high and low. How high do you think you are? I hate you the most This kind of guy who thinks he's great and thinks he's so high!"

Si Ren blinked his eyes and was stunned, "I... Did I say that too much? As for you being so angry?"

"Cough..." Long Jiu also realized that he had overreacted, and pretended to cough to calm down a bit, "Stop talking nonsense. The witch doctor in our army who cast the spell on you, we all call her Dudu Grandma. The one who often goes out together, have you seen it?"

Si Ren nodded, "She should know how to divination, right? Why did you go to me before entering the city?"

"Because the result of her divination is to ask me not to touch Yancheng."

"Well, it seems you should listen to her."

"Huh? You are very calm, don't you feel scared? Most people will be scared when they see her for the first time."

"Ah, haha, it's okay. Isn't it an old..." Si Ren wanted to say the old hag, but swallowed the words back, "Grandma."

"Grandma? Hmph."

"what happened?"

"Nothing. Tell me how on earth did you get in?"

"Well... I just wanted to see who was in the dungeon. When I came in, I found that the cell was empty, and then I walked to the end. I think you can't order no Let people approach, so I tried to knock on the wall a few times, unexpectedly, the wall opened, and I came in."

"So coincidentally?"

"Ah."

Long Jiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "If you're lying to me, it's still too late to tell the truth. Otherwise..."

"I didn't lie to you. Really." Si Ren looked straight at Long Jiu with extremely sincere eyes.

Well, I'd like to see what tricks you're playing with me.Long Jiu thought so and didn't expose him.

Later, Long Jiu said that he was afraid that Si Ren would run around again, so he let him live next door to his room.There were guards everywhere in that building, Si Ren didn't dare to act rashly again.He was going to wait until later, when everyone was asleep.

Although he had been tossing and tossing in his dreams before, Si Ren was exhausted enough. For dinner, Long Jiu asked someone to bring the food to his room.

After eating and drinking, Si Ren walked around the room a few times, and he found that there was nothing in the room, not even a book, it was really boring.Seeing that it was still early, Si Ren sat on the bed and stared at the wall in a daze.

After a while, he thought of a way to relieve his boredom.

Long Jiu was fiddling with a record player on the cabinet by the wall, which was left by Shi Da'en. He didn't like most of these foreigners' gadgets, except for cars and improved guns.

Picking up a record and looking around, Long Jiu put it on, the sound of babbling and singing immediately filled the room, Long Jiu turned around and sat down at the table and picked up the book, which was also there.Turning to the first page, the words "Yancheng Wuzhi" came into view.

It's been a few days since he came to Yancheng, and it's hard for him to have any free time. Several city officials and big family members in the city sent him invitations for dinner, but he politely declined.For a long time, wherever they went, the only thing they could bring to the locals was disaster, so Long Jiu had already gotten used to trying to avoid letting strangers know who he was.

Listening to Mi Mi Leyin flipping through a book that she wasn't interested in, Long Jiu quickly fell asleep lying on the table.

The door was pushed open, and often walked in.He walked quietly, Long Jiu didn't notice.

He took off the needle of the phonograph and walked gently behind Long Jiu, rubbing his hands on Long Jiu's head from time to time.

Long Jiu raised his head and rubbed his eyes, "Are you done? When did you come?"

"Just entered the house."

Long Jiu closed his eyes, raised his face and placed his head on Yechang's waist, "What's the matter?"

He often put a pair of big hands on Long Jiu's two skinny shoulders and began to knead, "I heard from my mother that tomorrow is full moon, and she will open the altar again?"

"Well. I don't want to procrastinate any longer."

"Then what if we still say we are in Yancheng this time?"

"Then...seal the gates of the city and search from house to house."

"Well, that's fine too."

He promised and often stopped talking, and Long Jiu was silent for a while.He often held his hand so gently, and Long Jiu leaned on his body with his eyes closed and enjoyed it all over his face.

After a long time, Long Jiu suddenly opened his eyes, "Also."

"Ok?"

"You said... what if I don't want to look for it anymore?"

Ye Chang stopped his hand, "You can do whatever you want, I don't care. But it's hard to deal with Grandma's side. For a woman, there is nothing more important than being able to stay young forever, no matter how old you are. But To be honest: she was still beautiful when she was young, I think she probably wants to change back to her original appearance in her dreams."

Long Jiu frowned and remained silent for a moment, then stretched his brows and smiled again, "Well, yes. I'll just say it casually. If I really don't want to look for it, let alone Grandma, even the Musketeers and those who live and die will not." Easy to do."

"Yeah." Yechang rubbed Long Jiu's hair again, "You are too tired. It's getting late, go to sleep."

"it is good."

After speaking, the two walked to the bed together, and Long Jiu lay down on the bed, often covering him with the quilt.Then Long Jiu closed his eyes and often sat on the edge of the bed and watched until Long Jiu fell asleep completely.

He also often left Long Jiu's room, and Si Ren also received his spells.

The harvest is good. Tomorrow night, if I want to open the altar to practice alone, I must leave the dungeon. It seems that I don't need to go out again tonight, and I can sleep soundly.

However, Si Ren was not happy at all: he often entered Long Jiu's room without knocking on the door; When Jiu kneaded his shoulders, he was so relaxed without a trace of defense...

The most unbearable thing is: Isn't it just to sleep?Why do you have to watch from the side all the time?Can you fall asleep knowing someone is watching? !

"Ah—" Si Ren let out a long sigh.It turned out that those two people were in that state when no outsiders were around.Maybe there was something between them, maybe there was nothing between them, but it was a feeling that no one else could replace.And Si Ren knew in his heart: no matter what happened between them, it had nothing to do with him.

Yes, we have been together for so many years, and we have experienced many things in life and death.How could it be understood by others?There is also Dudu Wan, thinking about it this way, maybe Long Jiu is not afraid of her, but what is it if he is not afraid?Si Ren couldn't figure it out, and finally felt very discouraged. He tilted his body and fell on the bed, ready to sleep.

Closing his eyes, Si Ren remembered his previous nightmare: That dream felt so real!It's so real that he can't help but shudder when he thinks about it now...