Embers

In the evening, the boss cooks himself, and Li Mei is responsible for helping him.Ember sat in the lobby looking at an unknown place, wondering what she was thinking, and Xiao Taohua was sitting next to him eating candied haws.

The tea in the cup is steaming with white mist, and when you cover it with your hand, the warmth reaches the bottom of your heart.

Putting the Jieyoujie at his waist on the table, Ember stood up, walked to the door with a cup of tea, and slowly sprinkled it on the ground.

The cold breath rushed towards his face, he stared at the ground, the halo in his eyes was flowing, and it was difficult to distinguish between sorrow and joy.

Xiao Taohua didn't know when she came up behind him and tugged at his sleeve.

Turning around, Xiao Taohua opened her big eyes and raised her head to meet his four eyes: "Brother, it's cold at the door."

He was startled for a rare moment, paused, slowly raised his hand, hesitated for a moment, and rubbed her little head.

Then follow her into the house to warm up.

Not long after, Li Mei brought up the hot dishes one by one, and specially placed his favorite food in front of him.

Looking up, Li Mei smiled at him.The smile was gentle and relaxed, and even the mediocre face was fainted by that faint smile.

"Okay, New Year's Eve is only once a year, and we'll think about those things tomorrow, okay? Just be an ordinary person today and live a relaxed year, okay?"

Ember lowered her eyes, and said in a low and light voice, "Okay."

To be an ordinary person once, forget about Ye Bozhou, the Xiaxianmen, the Demon Cult, and all the love and hatred.

Just tonight, just this night, okay?

--it is good.

Thinking of this, he personally poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to Li Mei.He had been busy in the kitchen all afternoon, and he didn't even have time to drink his saliva.

This was the first time he showed concern, and Li Mei was flattered.Although he knew that Ember was actually very gentle in his bones, since Ye Bozhou's death, his gentleness has been completely sealed up by him, and now a casual action makes people's hearts boil with the tea.

There was a gleam in his eyes, and he carefully held the teacup and drank it, only feeling that he wished that time would stand still at this moment.

After a while, the boss also came out of the kitchen. Several people set up stools and sat at the table. The boss had a red face and looked very happy.

Li Mei poured wine for the three of them according to the boss's wishes. After the boss said a few words of good wishes, several people started to move their chopsticks.

The food was mediocre, it couldn't compare to Xiaxianmen, let alone the Devil's Cult, but Li Mei thought it was one of the best New Year's Eve dinners he had ever had.Looking up at Ember, the man's face was peaceful, and he looked so relaxed.

It's been a long time since I had a serious meal of hot food. Xiao Taohua ate very happily. When she couldn't reach the food, her little face couldn't help showing a trace of anxiety. He laughed out loud, even an imperceptible smile flashed across Ember's eyes.

Li Mei put everything she liked into a bowl for her, watched her sullenly eating, and secretly looked at the embers at the corner of her mouth, the light reflected the faces of several people very gently, he was suddenly in a trance , I remembered what Master said before, "The years are quiet and good".

What do you mean by quiet time?At this moment, he and Ember were sitting at the edge of a table, and the cute little girl next to him was eating intently, Ember looked at the little girl, and he looked at Ember.

It's like a family of ordinary people reunited together, without blood feuds, disillusionment, and swords.

Sensing his gaze, Ember raised his eyes and glanced over. He was startled, immediately lowered his head, and unconsciously grasped the corner of his clothes.

Before he had time to think about the past, a cold and deep voice sounded from the other side.

"Why don't you eat?"

He froze, raised his head, and Ember was holding his chopsticks and looking at him, frowning slightly.

"Ah, I forgot, eat this, eat this..."

As he spoke, he hurriedly grabbed a piece of meat for himself and smiled.

After dinner, Li Mei followed the boss to wash the dishes. Ember pushed open the door, and outside was the sound of continuous firecrackers. The sky was full of fireworks in the distance, and they exploded in the sky. It was very beautiful.

Little Taohua was so excited like an ordinary girl, she tugged at his sleeves excitedly: "Brother, brother, look! That flower is so beautiful!"

Looking in the direction of her finger, Ember's voice was very soft: "Well, it looks good."

Xiao Taohua didn't notice the sadness in his words, she was still cheering for the beautiful fireworks.

Ember lowered her eyes slightly, and suddenly, her whole body froze.

Suddenly there was the fragrance of pear blossoms in early spring wafting from behind him. Immediately afterwards, there seemed to be a warm feeling on his back, and a faintly familiar force came from his waist.

There was a distant sigh in my ear, with indescribable melancholy.

"Jin'er..."

The voice seemed to brush past the ears, and there seemed to be a trace of warm breath in the trance.

He froze, motionless, let alone turning his head.

After a long time, the fragrance gradually dissipated and went away, as if it had never appeared before.

Suddenly, someone pulled his sleeve and shook it vigorously. He came back to his senses and saw Xiao Taohua's worried face.

"Brother, brother, what's wrong with you?"

He withdrew his hand tremblingly, said "it's okay" very quickly, then turned around and went upstairs.

Li Mei came out after washing the dishes, only to see Xiao Taohua looking worriedly at the stairs.

"What's the matter?" He walked over and asked with a smile, "Where's your brother Ye?"

Xiao Taohua said nervously: "Brother Ye seems to be very wrong. Just now when we watched the fireworks together, the body kept shaking, and it seemed that something was wrong... What's wrong with him? Is he sick?"

Li Mei became nervous subconsciously, but he understood the next moment, twitched the corners of his mouth, forced a smile and said, "It's nothing, he's just tired. Don't bother him, brother Li will watch with you."

Xiao Taohua was dubious, but when her eyes touched Li Mei's gentle smiling eyes, she put the matter aside for the time being, and followed him to watch the fireworks.

In the room, Ember lowered her head slowly, and printed a very light kiss on Jieyou's scabbard.

His eyes were red, his whole body was cold, and his soul seemed to be going crazy, trembling non-stop.

As usual in the Devil's Cult, the congregation gathers together for a New Year's Eve dinner.This year Nie Budu didn't suddenly go crazy anymore, he leaned on a chair wearing a flaming red dress, and lazily raised his glass to congratulate everyone.

After a lively meal, no one noticed that the leader had been pouring wine for himself non-stop.

When Mo Yuan turned his head to look at him, he was already half drunk.

Looking at his slightly closed eyes, Mo Yuan only felt a dull pain in his heart, reached out and pressed his cup, and whispered in his ear: "Master, don't drink, this subordinate will help you go back and rest. Bar?"

Nie Budu lazily opened his eyes to look at him, with a chaotic smile in his eyes: "It doesn't count if you're not drunk yet."

Mo Yuan bit his lip at this moment, wishing he could catch Ember back from Jiangnan and send it to him.

"You'll be really drunk if you drink any more. There are so many people watching."

Someone has already noticed the movement here. On the surface, they are still drinking and chatting lively, but their eyes keep glancing here.

Nie Budu snatched the wine glass vigorously, raised his head and drank the wine in one gulp. After a long while, he smiled idiotically and said, "Let him watch, watch, watch...whatever you want, it doesn't matter...could it be that this seat... The right to get drunk once... is gone?"

Mo Yuan's eyes turned red immediately, he didn't dare to persuade him anymore, he could only watch him drink one cup after another.

After the meal, the crowd dispersed, and their leader was spread out on the seat, with low laughter constantly escaping from his throat.

His description is scattered, how can he still have half of his usual arrogance?

When everyone went out, they started whispering.

In the lobby, only Nie Budu, Mo Yuan, and Mo Suihe were left to protect the law.Seeing Nie Budu's appearance, Mo Sui frowned slightly as his expression was still cold.The left and right protectors have different expressions, and there is hidden inquiry in their eyes.

Mo Yuan hated seeing them like this the most, but after all, the positions of the left and right Dharma protectors were higher than his as a secret envoy, so he had to be respectful, so he had to endure his unhappiness and let them go first. The leader just wanted to relax after working hard recently.

Finally seeing the three of them off, Mo Yuan turned his head and saw that Nie Budu had pulled out his hairpin at some point, lying on the table with disheveled hair like a puddle of mud.

After thinking for a long time, he gritted his teeth and asked someone to call Qiao Chuhe over.

Qiao Chuhe hurried over, seeing Nie Budu's appearance, he was so shocked that he even forgot to pretend to be stupid: "He, what's wrong with him!"

"The leader is in a bad mood, hurry up and serve!"

Throwing down these words angrily, Mo Yuan walked away in a huff.

Only Qiao Chuhe and Nie Budu were left in the huge lobby, one standing and the other lying down.One sober, one drunk.

Qiao Chuhe hesitated for a moment, but he walked over and knelt down beside him: "Master?"

His voice was as melodious as ever, seven points similar to Ember.

Nie Budu was startled, slowly raised his body, and looked up at him.

The glare of the light, coupled with the strength of the wine, Nie Budu couldn't see the face clearly at all, only hearing the voice, he identified his identity.

He just smiled, a beautiful smile, a gentleness that Qiao Chuhe had never seen before.

"You are finally back……"

He spoke very vaguely, and Qiao Chuhe didn't hear what he was saying clearly, only saw him stand up staggeringly, and was about to fall when his center of gravity was unstable, so he quickly reached out to catch him.

Nie Budu collapsed in his arms, and smiled foolishly: "Hold me..."

But Qiao Chuhe heard these words clearly, his whole body froze, and his eyes widened in disbelief: "You...what did you say?"

Nie Budu smiled lazily, put his wine-smelling lips close to his ear, and murmured: "I know you won't be content to be subordinated to others, so why don't I let you come..."

Qiao Chuhe only felt that he was hallucinating and could not speak.

His heart was beating wildly, and even his fingertips began to tremble slightly.

Nie Budu snorted, raised his hand and brushed off the wine glass on the table, and lay down on his stomach, lazily posing in a pose that you can pick and choose.

At the moment of lingering with him to death, Qiao Chuhe breathed tremblingly, repeating in his heart over and over again: Don't cross, don't cross.

Nie Budu's eyes were clouded with drunkenness, and when he was about to vent his anger, he called out a name clearly.

"ember……"

The author has something to say:

I didn't even cry so badly when Ye Bozhou died, but I wrote this chapter with tears in my eyes.

Don't worry, I'm just talking, I can't give up the article.This is my only obsession these years.

This article is expected to have 50 to 70 words, and there is still a long way to go.

I will still update daily, and the full text is still free.

Thank you for watching, I'm glad.