National Rare Monster Illustrated Book

Why is there no shadow?

Shen Qing turned her head, behind him... was empty.

The door of the dormitory, which was originally only a crack, was pushed open at some point, and it opened wide open to the dark and dull corridor.

On both sides of the corridor, emergency lights emit a faint green light.There was a white shadow at the stairs lowering its head and slowly disappearing around the corner. Shen Qing chased after it, and saw a wet water mark on the steps by the moonlight.

There is the fishy smell of aquatic plants in the air, and the sound of "tick-tick-tick" water can be vaguely heard.

Shen Qing walked down the stairs step by step along the water traces, the cold wind gusts outside the dormitory building, he exhaled, trying to warm his cold palms.

It's freezing.

Ink Snake thought expressionlessly.

I'm going back to sleep.

Tick, tick.

As if to prevent him from fulfilling his wish, there was another sound of water droplets on the open space outside the dormitory, and it could be vaguely discerned that it came from one direction—the "ghost lake".

Shen Qing walked slowly following the sound of water drops, the lake surface sparkled under the moonlight, and in the dark night, a figure appeared by the lake...it was Xiao Ya.

Shen Qing frowned slightly.

"Teacher, why are you so unhappy when you see me?"

Xiao Ya smiled authentically, "Are you looking for something?"

Shen Qing said: "What are you doing here?"

"Me? Of course I came to see what you do."

Xiao Ya said, "I couldn't sleep at night, but I saw you sneaking around outside the dormitory... Seriously, who are you, teacher?"

He crossed his arms and looked at Shen Qing from top to bottom—that gaze didn't seem to be looking at a person, but more like... looking at a precious and fragile piece of porcelain, mixed with naked appreciation and ignorance emotion of the name.

Shen Qing took a step back and said, "It's very late, go back to the dormitory immediately."

"What is there to go back to the dormitory, one will die when one goes back."

Xiao Ya spread his hands, "Teacher, take me to live with you—hey, hey, just kidding, don't look at me like that, tsk, teacher, your eyes are too cold."

"go back."

"Okay, okay, got it."

Xiao Ya walked unhurriedly, and said helplessly, "I listen to you, teacher, whatever you say is what you say."

He turned around slowly and passed Shen Qing.

Shen Qing stood there quietly without looking back.

Just as he was about to walk over, Xiao Ya seemed to suddenly think of something, and raised his hand to put on Shen Qing's shoulder: "Teacher——"

puff.

Black air overflowed, and a pitch-black sharp blade pierced flesh and bones, and passed through Xiao Ya's chest.

Blood spattered, and a few points fell on Black Snake Qingjun's side face. He looked back indifferently, his eyes were poisonous and cold.

"Stabbing someone in the back... hiss,"

Xiao Ya staggered and grabbed the sharp blade on his chest, "Teacher, you are really ruthless."

Shen Qing smiled coldly: "It's not as good as you, Song Xiao."

"..."

Blood flowed from Xiao Ya's palm, but he didn't seem to feel the pain, so he raised his head and smiled at Shen Qing.

"Little black snake."

His voice is elegant and sweet, like a personable and modest gentleman, and the ending sounds almost affectionate.

"You've really grown up, my little black snake."

Pale five fingers clenched the handle of the blade tightly, Shen Qing pushed the sharp blade to the end bit by bit, completely piercing the person in front of him.

"I was never yours."

He said, "Go back... Go back to your grave."

Song Xiao smiled lightly.

"I am in the grave... in the same coffin as you."

He raised his hand, and his cool fingertips touched Shen Qing's face.In the next second, black air surged up and swallowed him whole.

The thick blood exploded in an instant, and the black air was like a crazy monster tearing at the flesh, and large swaths of blood spread on the ground. In just a few seconds, the bones of the people who were standing here just now were gone.

Shen Qing closed her eyes and took a few steps back.

The night wind picked up the freezing temperature, and he stood alone under the moonlight, his slender shadow being drawn by the moonlight.

After an unknown amount of time, Shen Qing heard the sound of the wheelchair rolling. He turned around and was supported by a hand.

"You need to get some sleep."

Qin Mo grabbed the young man's back and let him rest his head on his shoulder, "Take you back, huh?"

"...there may be a body at the bottom of the lake,"

Shen Qing said in a low voice, "It was manipulated by someone."

"Understood, little black snake."

The wheelchair turned spontaneously, Qin Mo stroked the young man's hair, and covered his eyes with warm and dry palms.

"Go to sleep first."

The man's voice is deep and magnetic, especially calm and reassuring in the night.

Shen Qing curled up quietly in Qin Mo's arms, and slowly fell asleep.

-

The next day, Haicheng Experimental Middle School exploded.

The police, who got the news from nowhere, salvaged a body from the bottom of the lake that had been vacant for a long time behind the school. It was Luo Yu.At the same time, Xiao Ya also disappeared.

Zheng Lun has been on fire for the past two days, and a row of blisters formed on his mouth.Ouyang Yu and Xiao Ya were both his students, the police station had searched for him several times for this incident, and they were too busy to pick up the next time, so they poured a big glass of water for themselves when they returned to the office.

"What is this all about!"

He complained to Shen Qing who was next to him, "What does Ouyang Yu's accident have to do with me, can I still stare at them all day? It makes people look at me strangely now."

Shen Qing was packing up her textbooks, when she heard the words, she said calmly, "It will be fine when the case is solved."

"It's easy to say... Hey wait a minute, Mr. Ji, are you leaving?"

"Um,"

Shen Qing said, "There is no need to stay any longer."

Zheng Lun: "..."

He was silent for a while, then sneaked into Shen Qing's ear and said: "Well, you are actually from the police, and you came here specially for this matter, right?"

Shen Qing looked casually across the side of the office and said, "Yes."

Zheng Lun patted his thigh: "I'll just say it! Hey, well, has the murderer been found? If that's the case, I don't have to suffer."

Shen Qing said: "We found it, and we can arrest him tonight."

Zheng Lun said "oh", and said: "Then I can rest assured, it's really hard work for you police—cough, hard work for Mr. Ji."

As he spoke, he helped Shen Qing pack up his things, in fact, there were only a few books, and they were sorted out in a blink of an eye.

Seeing that Shen Qing walked out of the office directly, Zheng Lun suggested again: "Mr. Ji, why don't you wait a little longer and let the students in the class thank you well? After all, he is also our trainee teacher, so we must send you a farewell." Yes."

"No, I'm not familiar with it anyway."

Shen Qing said, "Teacher Zheng doesn't need to send it away."

Without waiting for Zheng Lun to say anything else, he walked out of the office.

It is still class time, and the whole school is quiet.At the gate of the school, a small colorful bird flew across the sky and landed firmly on the back of Shen Qing's hand.

Shen Qing said: "Luanniao, what's the matter?"

"The people from the Yao Neighborhood Committee just sent an invitation card,"

Luan Niao said, "In another week, it will be the Demon Association Exchange Conference, and they want to invite you to participate."

Shen Qing said: "Are you crazy?"

"Well, I don't know."

Luan Niao said, "I don't know what the people above the Yao Neighborhood Committee are thinking. In recent years, a few big demons have been invited to participate in the Demon Association Exchange Meeting. In the past few years, it was Phoenix, and this year invited you and Fuzhu."

"Don't go."

"OK,"

Luanniao said cheerfully, "I also think it's been so cold recently, it's better for you not to stay outside."

"……Wait a moment,"

Shen Qing suddenly thought of something, and said, "Will Qin Mo go?"

Luanniao: "..."

She said in a dry tone: "Yes, ah."

Shen Qing said: "Then I'll go, remember to tell them."

Luanniao: "...Oh."

She fluttered her wings and flew away limply.

The little colorful bird quickly disappeared into the sky, and Shen Qing was immediately taken back to Qin Mo's villa by Lu Ge who drove over.

"Mister is in the study,"

When he got out of the car, Lu Ge said, "He said that you can eavesdrop outside the study, or you can go in and be hugged by him."

Shen Qing: "..."

He came to the second floor, the door of the study room was ajar, and someone was talking inside.

Shen Qing half leaned against the door, listening to the conversation coming from the crack of the door.

"The Song family was the largest family of monster catching thousands of years ago. Song Xiao was once the adopted son of the Song family, but his whereabouts have disappeared for some reason. There are not many records about him in the history books of monster catching."

——It was Li Xuan's voice.

"I'm afraid only Mr. Ji knows about the past between him and Mr. Ji. The history books only record the battle between Mr. Ji and many monster hunting families thousands of years ago, and..."

It's this kind of topic again.

Shen Qing leaned against the door frame boredly, feeling a little sleepy, and closed her eyes slightly.

Li Xuan inside was still talking, talking a lot, and almost fell asleep when he heard Black Snake's head nodding.

"We couldn't find much information about this person, but we still found..."

squeak--

The door fluttered open.

Shen Qing grabbed the doorknob unsteadily, raised his head, and was at a loss for a moment.

He almost fell asleep.

Li Xuan stopped talking, took a step back and respectfully said: "Mr. Ji."

"……Go on."

On the other side was Qin Mo's slightly smiling gaze. Shen Qing walked past the desk without looking directly, and sat down on the sofa.

Li Xuan paused, then continued talking about the topic just now.

Half an hour later, he put down the documents in his hands, bowed to Qin Mo and exited the study.

On the other side of the study, Shen Qing fell asleep wrapped in a blanket, and the whole black snake sank into the soft sofa.

A few strands of black hair fell down, he seemed to feel a little itchy, muttered a few times, and shrank himself into the blanket again.

The wheelchair rolled automatically, Qin Mo came to the side of the sofa, and raised his hand to brush away the young man's slightly messy hair.

His arms wrapped around the youth's supple waist, wrapping the soft black snake that was sleeping soundly, including the man and the blanket.

"..."

Shen Qing opened her eyes in a daze, and then slowly rubbed against Qin Mo's arms.

"So sleepy,"

Qin Mo gently supported the back of his head and pressed against his forehead, "What's uncomfortable?"

"No……"

Shen Qing nestled for a while, moved away from Qin Mo's arms, and sat on the sofa again.

He said: "Where is Xuanming?"

"Demon House Committee."

"Ask what happened."

"No,"

Qin Mo put Shen Qing's hands in his palms, and kneaded his slender finger bones, "I'll tell you when I ask."

Shen Qing responded without any objection, hugging the blanket, lazily.

Qin Mo said: "Little Black Snake, answer me a question."

Shen Qing: "What's the problem?"

Qin Mo put his arm around Shen Qing's back, and slowly stroked it along the spine.

Shen Qing seemed to have noticed something, struggled a bit, and was firmly held down by the man.

"The man who pulled your bones out,"

Qin Mo half embraced the restless young man, and whispered in his ear, "Who is it?"