Stars are twinkling and clouds are scattered in the velvet blue night sky.

A golden hook dropped from the crescent moon among the clouds.

The moonlight flowed down from the sharp hook like water, and then overflowed between heaven and earth.

In a narrow courtyard in a corner of the orphanage, the girl had just stood in front of the man when he involuntarily took a step back.

"Pick up..."

For some reason, his body was a little stiff. He stared blankly at the girl in front of him, unable to react for a moment. Only his brain was still working mechanically - picking up cigarette butts?

That happened before he discovered Ye Kong.

After he saw Ye Kong, they chatted for a long time, and the atmosphere could even be considered relaxed and cheerful.

He thought that after this conversation he would be able to get a good night's sleep, which was rare in recent times - although it was embarrassing to say, his recent stress did come almost entirely from the girl in front of him.

The interactions between them have always been tense and confrontational, just like the scenes during the day.

When they were chatting just now, he even felt that the dark clouds that had been accumulating in his heart for a long time had dissipated a lot, because he thought he had discovered the possibility of getting along with Ye Kong in a friendly manner, and his mood seemed to be lifted - but what was she saying now?

Picking up cigarette butts?

He couldn't quite control his expression, and subconsciously turned his head to look at the cold pool water. There was no trace of the cigarette butt on the water surface. He made a mechanical sound: "Pick up the cigarette butt... but it has already sunk."

"So what?" The girl stood in front of him and smiled. The knife in her hand suddenly popped out, making a sound that made people's teeth ache. "It's more important to pick it up after it sinks, right?"

"..."

The light reflected from the blade was always within his field of vision.

The relaxed and cheerful atmosphere just now disappeared, and a suffocating and weird atmosphere that was even more suffocating than before filled the air little by little, making Qin Jianbai unable to force a smile anymore.

He pursed his lips tightly under the mask and took a half step back: "I'll have someone pick it up for you tomorrow."

"By tomorrow, all the cigarette butts will have been eaten by the fish."

"Fish don't eat cigarette butts..."

"Who knows? Can you guarantee it? You're not a fish."

The girl played it lightly, but somehow it sounded aggressive.

"—or are you a fish?"

As she spoke, she turned her gaze from casually looking around and stared at Qin Jianbai with her dark eyes. She took another step closer, "Master Qin, are you a fish? You also live in the pond. Have you ever seen poisonous cigarette butts thrown by others? Have you ever drunk water full of nicotine?"

She stepped forward step by step, and the man stepped back step by step, until they retreated to the edge of the pool. The man raised his hand to stop her, and as if he could no longer bear it, he said in a suppressed tone: "It's just a cigarette butt. The pool is so big, you won't die!"

Ye Kong leaned back slightly, his pupils drooping as he glanced indifferently at the hand held in front of him.

Qin Jianbai continued quickly, "Or you can wait for me, I will call someone to fish it out for you, and even if the fish dies, I can double your compensation!"

The man's hurried last words still echoed in the air.

After a few seconds of silence, Ye Kong suddenly smiled: "But what can I do? I want to see the cigarette butt fished out right now, right now, and I want the original fish - you want to compensate me? But are there two identical fish in this world? What are you going to compensate me with?"

She raised her hand to push away the man's hand that was blocking her body, and leaned closer to him. Qin Jianbai leaned back involuntarily, but he could still see the pair of eyes staring at him quietly through the mask.

The girl's lips opened and closed, and she spoke softly:

"Or does Master Qin want to put a mask on the fish too?"

"..."

Qin Jianbai's pupils suddenly shrank under the moonlight.

Before he had time to think about the deeper meaning of this sentence, Qin Jianbai heard the girl lightly skip over the topic.

"It's just a matter of bending down and stretching out your hand. At most, your hands will get a little dirty. Is it that difficult for you?"

She tilted her head, seeming to be very curious: "If it's so difficult, then I'll help you."

Before she finished her words, she had already raised her hand and pushed the man's shoulder hard and quickly and decisively.

boom!

Water splashed everywhere.

The man, who was already leaning back, was pushed into the pool by her.

After a lot of flapping noises, Qin Jianbai finally emerged from the water and stood firmly in the pool.

He was coughing violently due to being choked, and at the same time he hurriedly tore off the mask filled with pool water.

The water in the fish pond had not been changed for some time. The man couldn't help but pinch his throat and make a dry heave, while a chuckle came from above his head.

"Master Qin, you really turned into a fish."

"..."

Qin Jianbai looked up in disbelief. The girl was leaning against the edge of the pool, bending over to look at him. Her shadow from above was cast on his wet body. The moon gave her a layer of cold silver edge, making her smiling face look more like a devil against the light.

She looked at his face covered with water droplets and asked with a smile: "How is it? Is this water drinkable?"

"..." The veins on the back of Qin Jianbai's hands, which were clenched in front of his chest, bulged out. He clenched his teeth and stared at Ye Kong quietly for two seconds. Then he withdrew his gaze without saying a word and was about to go ashore. However, just as he took a step in the water, there was a "huh" sound.

Ye Kong held the dagger, with the tip of the blade pointing forward, quietly blocking his way.

"Pick it up."

Qin Jianbai looked up and saw the girl's face suddenly become expressionless.

Young Master Qin, who had never suffered such humiliation and teasing since he was born, was so angry that he was shaking all over, but he had to endure the humiliation and bend down to grope around in the water.

The search took nearly ten minutes, and he finished searching this small area. In the process, he caught a frightened koi that was running around. Qin Jianbai was so scared that he threw the fish out like a bomb.

This scene was so funny that even Qin Jianbai himself felt extremely ashamed, but Ye Kong just watched silently.

Until he finally found the tiny cigarette butt and threw it out of the pool.

The man raised his two hands covered with weeds and mud, resisted the urge to vomit, and looked at Ye Kong who was standing like an overseer: "Are you done?"

The girl glanced at him and then laughed.

"Come up."

She stretched out her hand to Qin Jianbai and shrugged: "See, I told you to just pick up a cigarette butt and that was it, but you refused to bend down, and now you are all wet."

Qin Jianbai: ...

He looked at Ye Kong as if he were a madman—seriously, as if he were a real madman.

But he still reached out his hand.

Because he knew that someone was still monitoring him.

And the order that man gave him was to obey - obey all of Ye Kong's orders and meet all of Ye Kong's needs.

Besides, he himself really wanted to hold this hand.

In this way, he could rub the mud and fishy smell on his hands into Ye Kong's clean palm.

With a little revenge in his heart, Qin Jianbai held Ye Kong's hand expressionlessly and was about to use the force to step out of the pond.

However, just as he was about to step over the fence, a knife flashed before his eyes, and the sharp tip of the knife suddenly pressed directly into his eyes.

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