Embers

Near the end of the year, Li Mei suddenly received a letter from Nineteen.

He said that he was going to rebuild the Demon Cult.

After telling Ember, Ember slightly raised her eyelids, and said only one thing, let him go.

He didn't know what he had experienced these days, and Ember didn't want to ask.Now he lives on the medicine soup every day, and he doesn't want to think about anything anymore. When he is free, he plays with flowers and plants and reads books.

It seems that he has aged many years ahead of time, but Li Mei feels that this kind of him is just right.

He could finally live for himself once.

On New Year's Day, maybe it was attracted by the smell of meat cooked by Li Mei, a kitten sneaked into the house, ran all the way to the kitchen, circling around Li Mei's feet, looking at him with pitiful eyes.

It was already emaciated, its hair was gray and stubby, its original color could not be seen, and it looked like it had been wandering for a long time.

Li Mei looked pitifully, then turned her eyes to Ember.

Ember was warming herself by the fire, and when she raised her head, she met four eyes, one person and one cat, raised her eyebrows slightly, and hooked her fingers at the kitten.

The kitten ran to his feet immediately.

Ember put the small plate at hand on the ground, there happened to be two pieces of meat in the plate, and the kitten ate happily.

This scene is too gentle, Li Mei can't help but smile.

In his impression, Ember has always been a very gentle person, but the cruel reality always forces him to be tough and indifferent, and often at a certain moment, the tenderness in his bones will be revealed inadvertently.

Just like now, the kitten's dirty body is at his feet, occasionally rubbing against his plain white clothes, and he doesn't feel any displeasure.

How wonderful it is to like such a person and stay by his side all the time.

He sincerely thought.

After eating the meat, the kitten refused to leave, lying on the ground and pretending to be dead.Li Mei shoved it away a couple of times intentionally, and glanced at Ember from the corner of her eye.

The kitten is also very shrewd, seeing that Ember is the one who is in charge of the family, so he looks at him with wet eyes, it's very pitiful.

Ember took a full view of Li Mei's careful thoughts, and acquiesced with just one look.

Li Mei couldn't help smiling, tapped the kitten's forehead with her index finger, and said: "Okay, this adult agrees, and I will take you in reluctantly."

Embers can't laugh or cry.

After bathing and drying the kitten, Li Mei carried it to Ember's side, and showed him, "Look, it's quite white after washing, and the fur is so soft, can you touch it?"

Ember raised his hand and stroked the cat twice, the kitten couldn't help but let out a comfortable snort.

"How about we give him a name?"

Ember didn't stop touching the cat's hand, and gave a faint "hmm" upon hearing this.

Li Mei found that Ember seemed to like this little guy who fell from the sky very much, why didn't he see that he liked cats before.

before--

Thinking of the past, Li Mei's originally relaxed mood became heavy again.

At that time, Ember couldn't even take care of herself, so she didn't care about raising a cat.

Fearing that Ember would find out his sentimentality, he quickly smiled and said, "Why don't we call it New Year's Eve, because they came here on New Year's Eve."

Ember nodded slightly to express approval.

"From now on, you will be called New Year's Eve, remember."

The kitten blinked its eyes, wondering if it understood.

New Year's Eve is very clingy, especially clinging to Ember. I don't know if he likes the cold fragrance on his body. In short, as long as Ember is nearby and Li Mei doesn't even see anyone, New Year's Eve will already rush into his arms in.

And Ember indulged it very much, reaching out to catch it firmly, and then not letting it go.

One person and one cat were almost inseparable, Ember fell asleep on the couch, snoring beside him on New Year's Eve.Ember reads a book, and it also sits in his arms and reads together, its fluffy ears quivering, not to mention how painful it is.

Li Mei often lamented that she had lived longer and returned home, and that her treatment was not as good as that of a cat.

When he said this, New Year's Eve was still playing with his hair with a meat pad in Ember's arms.

Hearing this, Ember raised her eyes, and glanced at him with a half-smile, noncommittal.

And that night, New Year's Eve, who had always slept with Ember, suddenly felt bad. Why was the door of the back room closed in front of his eyes!

It wandered around the door, and was about to scratch the door to remind the two of them, but suddenly heard some discordant voices.

"Ah... embers... lightly... ah... um... don't... don't touch there... ah..."

The cat froze, as if it had inadvertently glimpsed some secret, hesitated for a long time, and then huddled in a corner in desperation.

After an unknown amount of time, the door suddenly opened.Footsteps sounded, and a pair of hands gently embraced it.

"It's time to go to bed."

Recognizing that it was Li Mei's voice, with a slight hoarseness, she huddled into a ball on New Year's Eve, not daring to move, and let Li Mei pack him up and hug him on the bed.

"Strange, why is this cat pretending to be dead? Is it because it is not happy because it was left out?"

Li Mei was a little suspicious, poked its head, and looked at Ember.Ember was lazily leaning against the bedpost, upon hearing this, she took a deep look at it.

After getting along with New Year's Eve for a long time, Li Mei felt that Ember was becoming more and more like a cat, and her whole body began to show a lazy atmosphere. She would sleep when she had nothing to do, and take a walk or read a book after waking up. , even the movement of turning the pages of the book became slow.

Another spring came, and the pear blossoms in the yard were all in bloom. Looking around, it was so beautiful.Ember put a couch under the pear tree, planted it on it and took a book to read, the gentle sunlight sprinkled on his face through the flower branches.

When Li Mei packed up the house and came out, Ember had already fallen asleep, with the open book on Ye's chest, her soft white hair scattered around, and she was lying on his shoulder on New Year's Eve, sleeping soundly.

Leaning back against the door frame, Li Mei just stared at him, the corners of her mouth curled up involuntarily.

The days went by like this for a few months, and when Li Mei was going out one day, she overheard a passer-by talking, and realized that it was already Qixi Festival.

After going back to finish lunch, Li Mei expressed her desire to put lanterns at night.

Ember had just eaten enough, and she was slack, so she agreed with a "hmm".

This place is different from the north, there are very few people who have seen him, and there is no need to cover his face when going out.Li Mei picked out a blue and black long gown for him, and tied his white hair in a bunch casually, making him look indifferent and elegant.

Li Mei stared at him admiringly for a long time, but suddenly she didn't want to take him out.

Such a good-looking person, what should he do if he is targeted by others.

Ember glanced at him, her fingers still lingering on New Year's Eve's back.If it wasn't for Li Mei's yearning eyes, which he rarely showed, he wouldn't be bothered.

The two of them walked along the street all the way to the river. The place was already crowded with people who came to put the lanterns on.

Most of them are young men and women in their early twenties, and they can be seen expressing affection with a casual glance.

Two old men in their forties walked among them, Li Mei suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Glancing to the side, the man walked unhurriedly, holding the snow-white kitten in his arms, looking where to look, with a careless expression on his face.

At this moment, the wrist was suddenly grabbed by a familiar hand.He snapped back to his senses, his shoulder hit Ember's arm.

"There are so many people, don't be distracted."

The voice was as deep and melodious as ever, but Li Mei's cheeks felt hot in an instant.

Seeing that his expression was different, Ember slightly raised his eyebrows: "What's wrong?"

"No……"

Li Mei hurriedly lowered her head.

It must have been infected by these young people.

We've been together for so many years, and we've done all the intimate things, why do you suddenly feel shy because of his inadvertent action?

It was as if he had returned to the past in an instant, when he was sitting next to him at the Xiaxianmen, his mood.

After finally squeezing to the river, Li Mei held the lantern and smiled at Ember, "Only the name of the one you love can be written on this lantern. It is said that as long as you write it on, the lover will get married."

Ember looked up at him.

He took a light breath, and wrote the word Ember stroke by stroke.

For a long time, Ember didn't look back.

There has never been a word "love" between them. Perhaps what connects them is a deeper bond.

Hearing the words "beloved" unexpectedly, Ember was also a little moved.

Putting the lantern lightly on the water, watching it slowly drift away with the countless lanterns, Li Mei straightened up with a blurred expression.

When he asked for a lantern, he didn't ask Ember for one.

He was afraid that Ember would seriously write down another person's name with the same pious mood as his own.

Even if he has let go, that scene will make him feel sore.

He sighed slightly.

After putting off the lanterns, it's time for a stroll.

The street was extremely lively that day, and there were everything for sale. The two walked leisurely among the crowd, and the moonlight was just above their heads.

When passing by a small stall selling purses, New Year's Eve, who was originally huddled in Ember's arms, suddenly struggled.

Ember paused, and was about to see what was going on with it, but it broke free from his embrace and jumped down.

Even Li Mei was shocked: "New Year's Eve! Where are you going!"

Ember's eyes followed its snow-white figure all the way, and finally settled on a person.

It was a young man in fine clothes, a few steps away, his face could not be seen clearly, but it was hard to hide his dignity.

New Year's Eve jumped into his arms and was hugged tightly by him.

Facing this little guy who popped out suddenly, Shao Yunqi was delighted, but he couldn't help but yelled in a low voice: "You dare to come back! Tell me, where did you go? Do you know how long this king has been looking for you!"

The white cat gave a soft "meow", as if acting like a baby to get his forgiveness.

Seeing its appearance like this, Shao Yunqi didn't want to say anything more. After carefully checking its condition, he found that it was not only clean, but also fatter, and its coat color was much brighter.

It seems that these days are being taken care of by people.

Intuitively, the person who took care of it should be nearby, and was about to go over to thank him, he raised his head, and met a pair of deep eyes from afar.

The author has something to say:

Alas, embers.

In fact, after writing for so long, I have no signing and no manuscript fee, but after all, as an author, it is the most important thing to treat the work seriously, so I try my best to write every piece in the best state. one word.It will probably be over in mid-May. Thinking about it, I am really moved, so I will put it all in the postscript.I will probably write a long epilogue, hahaha