I’m Being Held Captive by Demons

Facing the smiling monsters at home, Kong Ning was worried about Wan'er in the south of the city.

There is generally not much risk for practitioners to break through retreat.

But this refers to normal circumstances.

And Wan'er's retreat breakthrough this time is obviously abnormal.

Kong Ning didn't know what she relied on to break through, and how safe it was.

So as time goes by, I can't help worrying in my heart.

Although Wan'er is a silly girl with a simple mind, she is a very kind person, and she is Kong Ning's only companion who can help each other in this dangerous world, Kong Ning is really worried.

But it is not important to retreat and break through.

Even though Kong Ning was worried, it was impossible for him to go to the south of the city to disturb him.

If Wan'er retreated well, but she ran to disturb her, causing her to be distracted and insane when she broke through, then Kong Ning would be guilty of a serious crime.

So no matter how worried Kong Ning was, he could only continue to wait for news from the girl.

Now Kong Ning sighed as he looked at Su Yan standing among the piles of congratulatory gifts in the yard happily counting all kinds of presents.

There are too many congratulatory gifts placed in the courtyard, big and small, all kinds of congratulatory gifts, from many residents of different identities in the city, all of which are congratulations to Kong Ning, the new head catcher.

Wealthy families like Xu's and Wu's were the most straightforward, and each gave Kong Ning a red envelope of twenty taels of silver.

And Kong Ning's salary for one year is less than ten taels of silver.

However, except for Xu's and Wu's houses, most of the households who were not wealthy sent congratulatory gifts in kind.

For example, Shi Gui from Shipan Mill sent a bag of wheat flour and two boxes of pastries from Ji Lai Xuan, the owner of Dianyu Book Pavilion sent a small box of books, the old bustard from Chunfeng Building sent a small box of rouge powder, etc...

It is also because these things are too many and too complicated, so the small yard of Kong Ning's house is almost full of piles.

Kong Ning and Su Yan stood in the middle of the pile of presents sorting and counting, but it was a bit difficult to find a place to put their feet.

Su Yan was counting and talking to Kong Ning.

Husband, this seems to be ginseng...it looks a little old, so it must be very expensive.

Huh? Is this bird's nest? It's the first time I saw it. It's so interesting. Is it really edible?

Wow! Husband, what is this? Come and see, it's so interesting.

Su Yan, who was dressed in purple, was constantly counting and tidying up, and from time to time she cried out excitedly, her face beaming with joy.

This monster obviously doesn't know much about the human world.

Although I have been in Shanlan County for more than half a year, there are still many novelty things I haven't seen before.

Kong Ning patiently helped her explain everything, and together with her sorted out these gifts by category.

Some things, such as Ji Laixuan's pastries, need to be eaten as soon as possible. If you can't finish eating, Su Yan has to take it to the neighbors tomorrow to avoid waste.

And some things, such as the wheat flour sent by Shipan Mill, and the two bacon and pig feet sent by Butcher Zhao, these foods can be left to eat slowly.

Non-food gifts should be placed separately.

The picture of the tiger going down the mountain that Maliu sent, although Kong Ning thinks it is ordinary, it can be hung on the wall for decoration.

In such sorting and counting, the sky gradually darkened.

But the two lit candles in the courtyard and continued to tidy up.

Under the candlelight, the woman who happily shuttled among the piles of congratulatory gifts and kept exclaiming was beaming with joy.

I've really made a fortune, Su Yan said happily, After my husband became a head arrester, our family is really different. When I went out this afternoon, many people came to praise my husband.

Kong Ning on the side chuckled, but kept his head down to sort out the congratulatory gifts.

Not far away, Su Yan opened the box of books given by the owner of Dianyushuge, and said.

Husband, there are a lot of novels here. Don't you like reading novels recently? It's enough for you to read for a long time.

Su Yan said with a smile, making no secret of the fact that she had an eyeliner in the Yamen to monitor Kong Ning.

After all, she had never been to the yamen, and Kong Ning had never mentioned anything about the yamen to her. Without an eyeliner, she would not have known that Kong Ning was reading novels in the yamen every day.

Kong Ning didn't bother to raise his head, he opened the gift box given by Wang Hu, and saw a pair of deer antlers lying in the gift box.

After closing the gift box, he continued to tap the next gift.

However, after a while, Kong Ning couldn't help raising his head, feeling a little weird.

Because the scorpion spirit, who had been chattering and screaming like a magpie with excitement, hadn't spoken for a long time now.

The yard became eerily quiet.

When Kong Ning looked up at the other party, under the dim candlelight, Su Yan, dressed in purple, was holding a beautifully sealed book, staring at it very carefully.

And her face was red.

The body seemed to be twisting slightly.

Kong Ning's gaze subconsciously swept across the book cover and saw the title of the book.

The Wick Monk...

The books at the bottom of the press box in Dianyushuge are popular books that many people in the yamen have circulated.

Although in the eyes of Kong Ning, who once owned a treasure trove of hundreds of Gs, this so-called Monk Wick is rough in writing, crude in description, and the plot is not exciting enough, and unattractive.

But this kind of banned book, which is popular nowadays, is obviously very exciting to a female monster like Su Yan who has never been in contact with such matters.

There seemed to be a layer of mist in her widened eyes.

When Kong Ning looked at her, she raised her head from the book and looked at Kong Ning.

The gazes of the two touched slightly in the air.

At that moment, Su Yan seemed to have been electrocuted, her feet softened slightly, and her eyes were full of mist.

Husband~~

The voice that the scorpion spirit exhaled was soft and tender.

She blushed and said, This book is so good...

Kong Ning looked at her expressionlessly, then looked at the sky, and subconsciously took a step back: It's getting late... aren't you going out tonight?

Kong Ning reminded the other party.

Su Yan licked her lips, and covered her blushing face with the beautifully packaged book, only showing her bright eyes looking at Kong Ning.

Let's go out later~~

The witch said coquettishly: This book is so good to read. Husband, can we read it together?

The witch blushed and said, Yan'er really likes it.

... Kong Ning was silent.

In the end, when the witch went out in the dark, it was already two more days.

In the old man's weak and hoarse voice, Kong Ning stood at the door of the wedding room in a thin coat, looked at the pile of gifts that had not been sorted in the yard, and sighed a long time.

Tonight is the last time that the witch has gone out these days.

But she didn't go out late tonight.

Strictly speaking, since the Ghost Festival, the two got along well, and the time for this witch to go out has been getting later and later.

Every time after Kong Ning came back from Fangya, she had to get bored with Kong Ning for a long time before going out reluctantly.

This gave Kong Ning a headache.

Wan'er is about to leave the customs, and then they will meet to kill the monsters in the city.

If this demon girl goes out so late every night, the time for Kongning and Wan'er to go to kill demons together will be very short in the future.

The possibility of Wan'er being exposed will also increase.

This is not a good thing for Kong Ning.

So, do you have to find a way to trick this witch into leaving the house early?

If it goes on like this, it's not a problem.

Kong Ning couldn't help but let out a long sigh.