Three Realms Sanatorium

This was the first time Gu Shi had seen Cangwu Temple so lively since he could remember.

In addition to the participation of the few victims in the Three Realms Courtyard, there are also many courageous little monsters that Gu Shi has never seen, and heard that there will be good things to buy here.

They've heard that this place is going to open tonight and there's going to be some big guys offering some goodies for a deal.

In the modern age when the aura is weakening and human beings become the masters of the earth, this is a very rare opportunity—especially, there are candle dragons coming out to ensure their safety in this "big gathering".

This opportunity is once in a lifetime.

So Gu Shi was lucky enough to meet many little monsters who failed to fully transform themselves into human forms.

Not all monsters can perfectly integrate into human beings, talent determines how much they can do.

Gu Shi looked at the Cangwu Temple illuminated by the orange-red lights of the lanterns, and many grotesque and unnamed creatures walked among them, cautiously and enthusiastically.

Intertwined light and dark, bizarre.

It was the first time that it was so lively, and it was also the first time that Cangwu Temple was so full of monsters.

It was also the first time that I didn't celebrate the New Year with the old man.

Thinking of this, Gu Shi paused for a moment, bought a roasted eggplant from a monster with a pair of rabbit ears standing upright, and turned to look at Xie Jiusi.

Probably in order to avoid losing control, Xie Jiusi rarely looked at him, but wandered around like a patrol.

He looked like an extremely responsible manager, calm and composed, and he couldn't see the magma-like emotions in his heart at all.

Gu Shi stuffed the grilled eggplant into Xie Jiusi's hands, not daring to touch it.

Male creatures are often unable to withstand teasing, let alone a dragon in a sensitive period.

Gu Shi called him carefully: "Xie Jiusi?"

Xie Jiusi was disconcerted: "No."

"Old man...uh, my master hasn't moved recently?"

"No."

Gu Shi was a little disappointed.

The old man has only been around for so many years, it's a pity that he can't see such a lively Cangwu Temple.

...Although seeing so many monsters might make my blood pressure full.

Xie Jiusi glanced at Gu Shi, and immediately left: "If he wants, he can stay in Jiuyou after death."

Gu Shi's eyes lit up, he didn't expect such a solution.

He thought that such things as reincarnation were the rules that must be obeyed as a matter of course, and there was no room for turning around.

Gu Shi began to think: "What job does Jiuyou have?"

Xie Jiusi pulled out a sliver of reason from the burning desire.

"The Judgment Department is short of people, the Reincarnation Department is short of people, and the Criminal Punishment Department is short of people..."

Xie Jiusi paused as he spoke, only to realize that there is no shortage of people in the Jiuyou Department.

Gu Shi listened to a series of department names, and thought about it with Xie Jiu: "That's right. After all, the population is exploding now, and it's normal for the reincarnation area to be busy."

But this shortage of manpower has nothing to do with Xie Jiusi.He is only responsible for enclosing the land, ensuring that the Nine Nether Lands will not be crushed by the cold and strong wind.

Originally, there was a fire hanging high above Jiuyou, and he didn't need to maintain anything specially, but now that the fire is lost, he needs to do many things himself, which is annoying.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have changed his mind to convert the wind into usable energy to stabilize Jiuyou.

Xie Jiusi thought casually, and his eyes fell on Gu Shi unconsciously.

The red firelight outlined his outline clearly like velvet.

Gu Shi was very optimistic, the fire reflected in his eyes seemed to be alive and dancing.

"There are so many jobs, as long as the old man is willing to stay in Jiuyou, he won't be short of a meal, right?"

Xie Jiusi was slightly taken aback, and responded vaguely.

Gu Shi never seemed to have thought that with his relationship, Gu Xiuming would not have to work at all.

Even Xie Jiusi, when he mentioned that Gu Xiuming could stay in Jiuyou, was based on the presupposition of raising an idler.

Gu Shi was too sincere and too honest.

Xie Jiusi's throat twitched slightly, wanting to say something, but somehow he didn't want to break this sincerity.

In the end he said nothing.

"Then can I go to Jiuyou to visit him?" Gu Shi was still thinking.

Xie Jiusi raised his hand and lightly touched the place where Gu Shi's forehead was stamped with the seal.

- You are me.

Before he could speak, the temperature returned from the place where the skin touched was as hot as being rolled by lava, with a slight numbness and a honey-like sweetness.

After Fayin was touched, the thoughts of the two became more and more closely intertwined.

Xie Jiusi's dangling fingers curled up like snails.

Gu Shi was sweating all over from Xie Jiusi's emotions. The heat was so hot that his fingertips were sore and limp. Every foot felt like he was stepping on the clouds, fluttering and falling, and couldn't land on the ground.

Gu Shi's thoughts were mixed into a mess.

He walked for a while in a daze, recovered from the din, and turned his head to find that the grilled eggplant in Xie Jiusi's hand was completely cold.

Gu Shi felt very dry, he tugged on his collar to try to cool down: "Aren't you going to eat?"

Xie Jiusi lowered his eyes, and answered absent-mindedly, his eyes passed in front of him, paused slightly, and raised his chin forward: "You like it."

Gu Shi looked in the direction he indicated, and the cylinder of fried ginseng rice was lying alone on the side of the road. Because it smelled like candles, no monster would dare to touch it if it was left so casually.

Only Bi Fang and Yingzhao were sitting next to each other, murmuring words into their mobile phones while shaking the handle of the cylinder to let it heat evenly.

Gu Shi hesitated for a moment, and he didn't trust these old antiques to use any utensils: "Are you...?"

Before Gu Shi could finish speaking, he was cut off by a loud noise.

The surrounding commotion fell silent for a moment.

Bi Fang opened the lid of the cylinder, looked at the green smoke coming out, poked Yingzhao beside him with his elbow, and muttered softly, "Is it done?"

"Come out and take a look." Ying Zhao responded, looking up at Gu Shi and Xie Jiusi, a little surprised, "You two...didn't go back?"

Gu Shi was taken aback: "?"

Bi Fang looked up at Xie Jiusi, poured all the rice fried in the cylinder into a bag, and stuffed it to Gu Shi.

He had a friendly attitude towards this little phoenix-like monster: "I heard you like it."

Gu Shi took it and smelled the aroma of ginseng rice from childhood memories: "Thank you."

Over there, Yingzhao looked at Xie Jiusi: "...Is Li Shut Up still alive?"

Xie Jiusi snorted lightly: "Forget him running fast."

"Then why don't you go back with Gu Shi?" Yingzhao was puzzled.

Gu Shi grabbed a handful of ginseng rice and tasted it. Hearing Yingzhao's words, he turned his head to look over and heard Yingzhao say, "Aren't you all in heat?"

Gu Shi:? ? ?

send what? ?

What love? ?

Xie Jiusi looked down at Yingzhao who was sitting on the ground, and insulted: "The thinking of a beast."

Yingzhao: "???"

Bi Fang: "Pfft."

Xie Jiusi frowned, took Gu Shi and strode away.

Gu Shi was dragged by Xie Jiusi, after much deliberation, he still didn't dare to ask what was going on in heat.

Even if it is a spirit beast, it is also a kind of beast, and it seems, it is normal to have this kind of habit!

Gu Shi was thinking in a daze, only feeling that the wrist that was in contact with Xie Jiusi became hotter and hotter.

He was stumbled by the raised stone bricks under his feet, and when he came back to his senses, he stumbled: "Xie Jiusi, you, do you want to... go back first?"

Xie Jiusi stopped in his tracks, let go of his hand, and after a while, he squeezed out a deep answer.

Gu Shi raised his hand and touched his face, which was burning like a fever: "I've learned how to shrink into inches, and I can go back by myself after shopping."

Xie Jiusi looked away, and fiddled with the grilled eggplant in his hand with a bamboo stick: "I heard that you have to watch the New Year with your family."

Gu Shi was stunned for a moment.

Xie Jiusi added: "There is a reunion dinner here."

In Gu Shi's impression, the family reunion dinner is eaten together by the family when they are on the New Year's Eve. The old man said that this meal should be eaten slowly, from this year to the next, so that the family will be reunited and harmonious for a long time.

Then when Gu Shi pointed to the New Year's Eve dinner in other people's houses on TV and said why we don't have fish every year, he would curse feudal superstition.

However, the habit of keeping the New Year's Eve together during the New Year's Eve has indeed always been there.

Gu Shi raised his head and glanced at the monsters who began to yell and set tables outside.

He didn't think Xie Jiusi would regard these monsters as family members who wanted to have a reunion dinner together to watch the year.

Only the ones in the Three Realms Courtyard were possible. For these ordinary monsters, Xie Jiusi probably only looked down on them and had the most basic sense of the same kind.

This consciousness of the same kind, that is, when humans and monsters conflict, they will unconditionally stand on the side of monsters regardless of the reason.Just like when he first saw Gu Xiuming chasing Gu Shi to run, he wanted to crush Gu Xiuming to death without saying a word.

"Thank you, boss." Gu Shi looked at Xie Jiusi again, the corners of his mouth curled up, "Do you want to have a reunion dinner with me to watch the year?"

Xie Jiusi nodded without hiding it.

He doesn't believe in what human beings say, that having a reunion dinner together and watching the new year together can last for a long time.

But Gu Shi was raised as a human being, so Xie Jiusi felt that some things he did following these meanings suddenly became meaningful.

Gu Shi pursed his lips slightly, trying to press the corners of his mouth, but the joy in his heart was really hard to restrain.

"Okay then." Gu Shi couldn't help jumping up and down, "Let's go to the kitchen and bring back some ingredients. I'll cook and the two of us will eat."

Xie Jiusi was slightly taken aback, and then quickly threw the cold grilled eggplant into the trash basket on the side of the road.

He was rarely positive: "What should I bring?"

"Janxin..." Gu Shi paused, then quickly changed his words, "I want meat."

Don't worry about the old man at a time like this, Gu Shi thought, he doesn't want to eat vegetables at all.

Although Gu Shi thought so, Xie Jiusi listened to half of what he said.

Xie Jiusi went to the kitchen and the back mountain to pick up vegetables, while Gu Shi went back to the Three Realms Courtyard by himself.

Xie Jiusi never cooks in his own house, but the pots, pans and pans are all in place. Probably when he first built this house, he randomly found human residences as a reference.

Gu Shi also hadn't cooked in Xie Jiusi's room yet.

He took out the brand-new and shiny pots and pans and passed through the boiling water. When he noticed the familiar smell approaching, he gave Xie Jiusi the ginseng rice that Bi Fang and Ying Zhao had just blasted: "Try it." , the taste is not much different from what I remember.”

Xie Jiusi put aside all the ingredients he brought back, took the bag of ginseng rice, and sat in the dining room.

The kitchen in Xie Jiusi's house is open, and every movement in the kitchen can be clearly seen in the dining room.

Since Gu Shi no longer feared the cold, he had completely let himself go. He treated the cold winter months like autumn and winter, and he insisted on wearing the limited clothes.

Xie Jiusi watched Gu Shi quickly choose vegetables and start a fire. Maybe it was because of the heat in the room. He washed his hands and took off his short coat, revealing the knitted sweater underneath.

Xie Jiusi's gaze skipped over the spine exposed on the light blue round neck shirt, where there was a small knot.

——He tied it on Gu Shi himself.

Different from the seal that is usually hidden, it is a mark given by him himself that can be seen by ordinary humans except monsters.

Gu Shi turned on the faucet again.

He is used to living economically, the water is turned on very low, and the sound of dripping water can be heard in the quiet room.

Xie Jiusi's eyes shifted for a moment, and the itching in his heart gradually spread to his limbs with the sound of water, and eventually even his fingertips became numb.

Gu Shi didn't have much research on serious reunion dinners, thinking that Xie Jiusi probably didn't understand either, so he just ordered the dishes as he found them.

Thinking of this, Gu Shi subconsciously began to pick up the cabbage.

Both he and Xie Jiusi prefer to eat meat, so let the old man cook some vegetarian food for him to play with, and then...

Gu Shi paused while he was chopping the cabbage, and suddenly remembered that Gu Xiuming was not there.

He looked down at the half-sliced ​​cabbage, and was thinking about whether to continue, when a pair of hands stuck out from his waist, wrapping him into the arms of the person behind him.

Gu Shi froze and tore the leaves of the cabbage in his hand. The blazing temperature behind him seemed to be burning in the next second.

"Thank you, Xie Jiusi?"

Xie Jiusi bowed slightly, lowered his head to touch the skin on the side of Gu Shi's neck, and mumbled a few times.

Gu Shi didn't hear clearly: "What?"

"I don't want to eat." The person behind said so, his fingertips went around the hem of his clothes and wiped the hot and greasy skin around his waist, "Is it okay?"

Someone hummed vaguely.

The light green vegetable leaves fell on the cooking table, and water droplets rolled down lonely along the veins of the leaves.

On Zhongshan's New Year's Eve, pure white snow fell.