Outside the window, the lights of Wanjia gradually went out, and the whole city entered the rest time.

Although the rain had subsided, it continued to fall continuously, and streams flowed freely on the window panes.Bai Yuan sat in front of his desk, silently looking at Xi Jing who was lying on the bed playing mobile games very comfortably after washing, and had the illusion that he was the guest.

The silence in the room was like a kind of silent seesaw, and finally Sui Jing first made a compromise.

He yawned, patted half of the reserved bed and asked Bai Yuan: "It's past midnight, aren't you sleepy?"

Of course sleepy.

Bai Yuan usually lives a very regular life. Even when the college entrance examination is about to take place, he still maintains a routine of going to bed at eleven o'clock in the evening and getting up at five o'clock in the morning.If it wasn't for Xi Jing's presence, he would have fallen into a dreamless sleep at this time.

"Li Li said you have a cleanliness habit, why can't I see it." Sitting on the same spot without moving, Bai Yuanyu asked lightly.

This point also feels strange to Xi Jing himself.It seems that from the first day we met, his mild cleanliness has never attacked Bai Yuan.But... after looking at Bai Yuan who always gives people a refreshing feeling, Sui Jing can't find a reason to reject him.So he spread his hands and said, "He was dismissed for being sloppy, so he said I have a cleansing habit. Since you can't see it, then obviously the problem is not with me."

"Really?" Bai Yuan responded, got up and walked to the bed, pulled the quilt away and lay down on it.

The bed has been warmed to a comfortable temperature by Xi Jing's body temperature. Feeling such warmth on this cold rainy night makes one feel sleepy immediately.Maybe it was because of Bai Yuan's approach, or maybe it was because of the cold air that crept in when the quilt was lifted, Sui Jing froze for a moment, then put down the phone in a concealed manner, and reached out to turn off the lamp on the bedside table.

Darkness enveloped the small room, save for a few lights from street lamps peeking in from the bottom of the curtains.

Xi Jing and Bai Yuan lay side by side on this bed whose width is between a double bed and a single bed, they could smell their breath.He released his spiritual body, and the black panther skillfully climbed to the end of the bed, curled up to press the corner of the quilt, and adjusted the temperature to make him feel comfortable.

"Aren't you going to let your bird out for a walk?" Sui Jing asked softly.

Bai Yuan didn't make a sound, but after a while, Xi Jing felt a slight depression between the two pillows. He turned his head and saw Bai Falcon closed his eyes and nestled between the two pillows, like a pillow filled with cotton wool. fluffy toys.

It is the most natural and comfortable state for sentinels and guides to release the spiritual body under all allowed conditions, and it also means their recognition and acceptance of their special identities.Xi Jing found that Bai Yuan seldom released his spirit body when it was not necessary. He thought it was because Bai Yuan awakened too late and was still confused about the identity of the guide, but judging from Bai Yuan's current reaction, it was more like It is because the other party is too used to being alone, so even his own spiritual body is not easy to integrate into his life.

Sui Jing wanted to confirm to Bai Yuan whether his guess was correct on this point, but he heard the other party speak first.

Bai Yuan asked: "Who taught you chess?"

Sui Jing was startled, it is rare that the current atmosphere is suitable to be frank about some topics that we usually don't intend to go deep into. He originally expected that Bai Yuan would ask another question, but he didn't expect the other party to ask this question first.

"I learned from my grandfather, and I only play with him." Even though he didn't understand Bai Yuan's intentions, Xi Jing still answered truthfully.

"Won't the rest of your family accompany him?"

"They want to be with them, but grandpa thinks they have too many distracting thoughts." Recalling the scene where I sat in the gazebo of the old house with my grandfather and played chess, and some people were circling around the gazebo, not daring to approach, and reluctant to leave, Sui Jing thought it was a little funny, "Chess is only interesting if you have a good opponent."

Bai Yuan was silent for a while, then continued: "My dad also said similar things. Compared with winning, it is more interesting to meet opponents who are evenly matched. Both of them know what the other is thinking, what kind of moves they may use, and they also know each other Knowing the fact that you know the way...Stay in a stalemate, looking for a chance to turn the tables in the subtleties, forming a tug-of-war that will not be broken."

"Just like our current state?" Different from Bai Yuan's implicitness, Xi Jing bluntly pierced the invisible wall between the two since the final exam.

"..."

Bai Yuan became quiet again.

Just when Xi Jing thought that the other party would choose to avoid his straightforward moves, he heard Bai Yuan ask: "You obviously have good grades in real life, why are you pretending to be a scumbag? Is it fun to play tricks on me?" ?” Each subject is precisely controlled to a passing score. This cannot be explained by luck. The only reasonable explanation is that Xi Jing’s knowledge level is so high that he can take as many scores as he wants.

Bai Yuan felt suffocated when he thought that he had carefully prepared lessons for the other party.

However, he didn't feel that the arrogance hidden under the skin of a dandy with deep respect would destroy his image at all in order to tease others.So he hoped that Xi Jing could give himself a reasonable explanation this time.

Xi Jing looked at the ceiling.

It's not that he doesn't want to answer Bai Yuan's question.When he took the initiative to puncture the pretended calm between the two, he was mentally prepared for today's showdown.But because the things to be said are not complicated, but they are old things in the past, so it is better for him to not know where to start for a while.

Probably thinking that their conversation was a bit noisy, Bai Falcon moved.

Pulled back to reality by this little news, Xi Jing said: "When I was young, I was the child who spent the most time with the old man at home."

"Other brothers and sisters are very afraid of the old man. They either avoid him or try their best to please him, which makes him very unhappy. So it is said that I pulled his beard the first time I saw him, but gave him a beard instead. It left a deep impression on me... I always suspected that the old man has a tendency to shake M." After making a joke, Sui Jing stopped to collect his thoughts, "Because the old man likes me, so I basically grew up in the old house before the age of six. The big one, it wasn't until a serious accident happened that he realized that we couldn't go on like this, so he sent all of us back home without discrimination. After that, there were holidays and grandchildren were not allowed to live in the old house .”

Actually these things didn't sound directly related to Bai Yuan's problem, but he didn't interrupt Xi Jing and listened patiently.

Xi Jing continued: "I don't know when it started, there were rumors that the old man planned to skip the middle generation and let me be the heir, and he never denied it directly. Treat me as an heir, look at me with the standards of an heir, draw down various restrictions and rules without authorization, and ask me to develop according to their expectations."

"And you didn't want to, so you deliberately performed poorly?" Bai Yuan probably understood the crux of Xi Jing's problem.

"Yes, I thought at the time, if I were a dou who couldn't help me, when the old man couldn't stand it, he would honestly tell the person he really liked." Menacing disease died.

Feeling vaguely that although Xi Jing's tone is relaxed at this time, his heart is very heavy, Bai Yuan's left hand under the quilt moved slightly, and touched Xi Jing's hand.

He is not good at speaking words to comfort others, he can only convey his own thoughts in this way.

When Xi Jing spoke again, his emotions calmed down a lot, as if he was stating an objective fact: "Actually, I don't need to pretend anymore after the old man passed away, but probably it's a habit that has been accumulated for many years! And that guy Sui Siyu always looks It’s ridiculous to prevent me from robbing him, so I just want to continue to maintain the status quo, so as not to cause trouble for me.” But because of Bai Yuan’s concern, maybe he doesn’t want the other party to think that he is really like what he imagined That's so bad, so Xie Jing still couldn't help showing his true level, and almost got off the hook unexpectedly.

"So I'm meddling in my own business." Bai Yuan's words were not out of anger, but rather emotional.He doesn't have the ability of night vision, but he can feel that after he said this, Xi Jing seemed to laugh silently.

"Although I hate others telling me what to do with me, I don't hate genuine caring. And... you also reminded me that if I continue to pretend like this, I may not be able to graduate from the tower in this life, and then I will never be able to graduate from the tower." Do what you really want to do."

It was the first time that Sui Jing said that he had plans for the future, and Bai Yuan couldn't help being curious: "What do you really want to do?"

"Do you know the profession 'Secret Realm Explorer'?" Sui Jing asked.

Bai Yuan naturally knew about it.In the past few decades, not only humans have mutated sentries and guides, but animals, plants, and even the landscape of some places have also undergone tremendous changes.Nowadays, the normal life of human society seems to have not been greatly affected. In fact, many natural scenic spots that were used for tourists to visit decades ago have now become restricted areas that ordinary people cannot set foot in. These restricted areas are also called "secret areas".The secret explorers are collectively referred to as people who collect various specimens and confirm changes in the landforms in these secret realms that are difficult for ordinary people to reach. Generally, more than [-]% of those who have obtained the qualifications of explorers are sentinels and guides.

Bai Yuan didn't expect that a wealthy young master like Xi Jing would have an ideal career as a high-risk explorer of secret realms.

"Imagine being able to see with your own eyes the magnificent scenery that many people can't see in a lifetime, and being able to personally contact those mysterious and interesting mutant animals and plants..." Suijing's ideal is obviously not just talking, when it comes to the work of the explorer of the secret realm , His usual deep voice was tinged with lightness and yearning.He has never told anyone about his ideal before, but he has revisited it many times in his heart, so that when he describes the concept to Bai Yuan now, the details are so complete, as if he is personally on the scene.

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