Tomb Raider: What the hell is this strange commission?

Chi Yu's hair did not grow too long, it was kept at a perfect length - longer than the shoulders but less than the chest.

If Chi Yu didn't have enough hair, even with black glasses, he wouldn't be able to do anything fancy with his head. The most he could do was choose the braiding style he was most familiar with and then be done with it.

To be honest, Chi Yu should thank the magical power of genes for this, otherwise, with his extremely unhealthy living habits, it would only be a matter of time before he became bald.

The man with black glasses stroked the other person's soft hair with his fingers, thinking randomly in his mind.

He dispelled the not-so-nice picture in his mind, but couldn't help laughing at his own wild imagination.

The man with black glasses held steady hands. Even though his laughter was shaking, it did not affect his hand movements. However, Chi Yu could not ignore the man moving around behind him.

Chi Yu endured and endured, but failed to wait for Black Glasses to come back to the right path - he kept laughing and never stopped, completely forgetting what the conditions of the exchange between them were, so he said faintly: "You are laughing so happily."

The man with black glasses lowered his eyes and looked at the person sitting in front of him.

The wanton smile on his face was restrained a little because of this reminder, but soon revived, "I just thought of something funny, it's normal to laugh."

As he spoke, the man with black glasses gently stroked the scales that spread from behind Chi Yu's ears to the back of his neck, and began to ask him: "Boss Chi, I noticed that the area covered by your scales seems to be getting larger and larger. Can't you control it?"

"These are naturally growing scales, just like human hair, and I certainly can't control that."

Chi Yu moved, shook off the hand that was messing around his neck, and said in a cold tone: "When will you change this bad habit of touching everything you see?"

The man with black glasses hesitated for a moment and said, "Well...it's a habit. It may be a little difficult to change this."

"Really? Then why don't you touch the horns this time?"

Hearing this, the man with black glasses looked at the horns hidden in the hair, with only a small part of them showing on the left and right. He laughed dryly twice, and even the hands that were combing Chi Yu's long hair became more cautious:

"Boss Chi, I am curious, but I am not stupid. Anyone who touches your corner will fall down, but I am a blind man and cannot enjoy it."

"And last time you actually left me alone in the deep mountains and old forests to feed insects. You weren't afraid that I would be snatched away by passing wolves and tigers. I am really miserable to have such a heartless person like you."

Chi Yu smiled softly and said, "Nonsense, I left a spell to repel creatures beside you before I left. No insect or tiger can get close to you."

So the man with black glasses also laughed: "I was wondering why those puppies kept circling around me when I just woke up. They stared at me with those green eyes as if they wanted to eat me. It was really creepy."

"It's better to let them really eat you next time than for you to never learn your lesson."

"That won't do, Boss Chi. If I, a blind man, were really eaten by some random cat or dog from nowhere, who would be able to give you such a pleasing hairstyle?"

As the man with black glasses spoke, he tied up the long braids on both sides and combed them into a bun. Under the moonlight, they reflected a soft and beautiful luster like silk, but -

Sure enough, something is still missing, Black Glasses thought.

Chi Yu's eyes would always unconsciously chase colorful things, just like snakes are naturally more interested in moving prey. It is an instinctive impulse.

Although Chi Yu seemed to be restraining this subconscious reaction, Black Glasses would not miss those moments.

Black Glasses kept in mind Chi Yu's reactions to different things, thinking that although Chi Yu was a minimalist, he probably also liked those jewelry decorations.

Just like the inexplicable preference for sweets.

So when Black Glasses saw the man who claimed to be a collector standing on the booth, boasting about how he got the gold hairpin and the history of this collection, the first thought that popped into his mind was actually:

——This is a very suitable gift for Chi Yu.

The gold hairpin was well preserved by the collector, so Black Glasses was willing to use some relatively gentle means to get it back.

The gorgeous gold ornaments and gems were rare treasures at the time, and the fine mutton-fat jade was given new life by the craftsmen. But if all this had not fallen on Chi Yu, it would have lost some of its luster.

The man with black glasses pushed the golden hairpin into his bun, took his hand back, stepped back a few steps, and smiled with satisfaction: "Just as I thought, only this one can match you."

Chi Yu didn't feel anything about it. He tapped his fingers on the table twice and said, "If you've had enough fun, continue talking. I'm still waiting for you."

So the man with black glasses sat back across from Chi Yu, smiled, and pointed at him from a distance: "Hateful."

Chi Yu:?

He raised an eyebrow and looked at the black glasses: "I didn't know your moods were so fluctuating before."

"Then there are so many things you don't know, Boss Chi."

The man with black glasses sighed, resting his elbows on the table and holding his face with one hand. He crossed his legs and swung his calves in the air for a few times. "Come to think of it, can Teng Snake grow horns? Could it be that it is about to transform into a dragon?"

"Does it matter?" Chi Yu asked back.

"A little bit, I suppose."

The man with black glasses said, "To talk about my immortality, I have to mention a person. Although I don't know where he is now, I worked with him for a while and heard some interesting stories about him. That's how I got there."

"Which side is 'that side'?"

"Well, in the Northeast, to be more specific, Jilin." Black Glasses thought for a moment and asked him, "Boss Chi, you should still remember what we saw underground when we first worked together, right?"

"Queen Mother of the West." Chi Yu said.

The man with black glasses shook his head.

"Zombie."

"snake."

"Tree."

Every time Chi Yu said a word, the man with black glasses would shake his head slowly, looking like he was enjoying it. So Chi Yu squinted his eyes, too lazy to watch him talk nonsense.

Black Glasses knew Chi Yu was impatient when he saw his expression. He said, "I blame you, Blind Man, for giving too wide a range. It's normal that you didn't guess it right away, Boss Chi. What I wanted to talk about was actually the Bronze Gate."

Chi Yu said "Hmm?" and those past images were dug out again.

The surging shadows circled in his mind and were quickly stuffed back into the depths of his memory. Chi Yu blinked, "Is there anything special about the bronze door?"

"The bronze door itself is not important, what's important is what's behind the door."

The man with black glasses said, "We were lucky. Although the things behind us were a little strange, at least they were not very harmful. However, when I was exploring Jilin alone, my luck was not as good as yours, Boss Chi."

Chi Yu looked at him, “So what did you encounter behind the bronze door in Jilin?”

The man with black glasses lowered his head and smiled, then sighed, "It's hard for me to describe it."

When the man with black glasses raised his head again, he had taken off the sunglasses he had been wearing on his face.

Those light-colored eyes seemed to be always shrouded in a layer of gray mist. Even though they were exposed to the moonlight at this moment, they did not shine much.

"Anyway, after that, I gained immortality - even though it was not what I wanted, I did pay a price for it."