When the magic flower blooms

In the middle of the night that day, He Tiansi picked up a flashlight and searched the yard carefully.The bushes that look ordinary during the day are blooming in full bloom in the moonlight, exuding bursts of tangy fragrance.

It's a pity that the aroma can't guide him in the right direction.

The long-haired beauty seemed to have disappeared, leaving behind an apron, an empty milk carton, and a dish of cat food that had been displaced from the restaurant window.

After searching all over to no avail, He Tiansi could only go back to his room resentfully, leaving a few rays of cool moonlight, and continued to wait on the pond in the atrium.

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In the early morning of the next day, there was still a blue light between the sky and the earth, and the flowers in the bushes that had bloomed all night began to close together.Before the sun climbed the mountain to the east, He Tiansi changed into his sports clothes and went for a morning run.

The "fantasy" of last night still lingered in his mind, and he paid special attention to the road during his morning run.There was nothing unusual, only a small piece of bandage that was bandaged for the new white cat was found in the grass outside the yard.

Taking advantage of the coolness of the morning, the villagers also went out to work one after another.He Tiansi stopped to say hello from time to time, and asked insinuatingly if there was any particularly beautiful person in the village recently.The responses available were almost all sarcastic.Another old man said that there used to be a village of beauties in the mountains, all of whom were fox spirits, and they often went down the mountain to seduce the souls of young people.

Could it be that he really met a fox fairy?

He Tiansi, who became more and more confused, returned home, fed the scourge of Boss Bai, and made breakfast and boxed lunches.Then I packed up my mood, took the drawing board and painting tools, locked the door and went out again.

A rusty bicycle was parked in the corner of the front yard.He Tiansi went over to pinch the tires, tried the bell, and pushed out of the courtyard gate.

To the north of the small courtyard is a "medicine garden".He Tiansi pushed his cart through the fence gate in the south, and walked along the path shaded by fruit trees. An octagonal gazebo soon appeared beside the Fritillaria field on the right.

There was a bamboo basket on the stone table in the gazebo, and the new white cat was lying in the basket, balled into a ball of glutinous rice.

"Yo, I've been looking for you everywhere, and you're quite comfortable."

He Tiansi's hands were itchy, so he walked over and inserted his fingers into the fur to scratch the cat's chin.The white cat narrowed its eyes and glanced at him, stretched out its front paws.He Tiansi checked its hind leg by the way, the wound had scabbed over and healed much faster than expected.

"are you hungry?"

He Tiansi took out the cat food that was always in the bag, and took a few grains to the cat's nose.

The white cat pushed the cat food away with its paws with a look of disgust. Under the helpless gaze of He Tiansi, it walked out of the bamboo basket, flicked its tail, jumped from the stone table into the pocket of the bicycle beside it, and rummaged through the bag with ease. find it.

"Ancestor, that's my box lunch!" He Tiansi vainly tried to obstruct it.

The white cat was uncompromising, staring silently at his new slave with a pair of fiery eyes.

"...There is salt in what people eat, and I can only share a little with you."

He Tiansi was finally defeated.He opened the lunch box, took out a fried egg wrapped in minced meat and prepared to split it in half.But before he could hold it firmly, the cat grabbed his hand and licked the egg quickly.

"you really--"

He Tiansi couldn't laugh or cry, so he could only put the whole egg on the stone table.The white cat finished its breakfast slowly, licked its paws and washed its face, and then jumped back into the car pocket.

"Am I leaving?"

He Tiansi rang the bell and saw that the white cat was standing still, so he could only carry it to the west.

The sun rose, and the air quickly became hot.Outside the west gate of the medicine garden is an asphalt-paved uphill road, which leads straight to the boundary of the West Mountain.Once entering the mountain, the vegetation is luxuriant, and the temperature is cool, not to mention the mountain breeze, which makes people feel refreshed.

The west mountain is not too high, and it took about [-] minutes to ride along the winding road to reach the ridge.Turn a corner, and there are rows of graves on the south-facing hillside.

He Tiansi parked the car on the ridge, carried the tools on his back, carried the white cat on his shoulders, walked down a few rows along the bluestone steps, and found two tombstones that were close together.

There was a big pine tree growing beside the tombstone, and He Tiansi piled up the things he brought under this tree little by little.The cat also took the opportunity to jump to the ground and sniff around.

"Don't run away."

He Tiansi gave an order, kept his hands on the ground, and put the food he had brought in bowls and plates in front of the tombstone in a blink of an eye. He bowed three times to the tombstone, filled the wine cup with liquid, and offered a small bouquet of food. Freshly picked fritillary flowers.

The entire worship process was silent, as if He Tiansi didn't know what to say.After worshiping, he began to fiddle with the pile of tools under the pine tree.Set up the easel and matza, put the paper, and open the painting box.

From this hillside, you can overlook the entire plain where Goldfish Village is located, and the scenery is natural.The cicadas are noisy all around, the forest is quiet, and the breeze is blowing slowly. Even though the back is surrounded by numerous graves, it is not eerie.

He Tiansi was concentrating and calm, and his brushwork was like flying.

At some point, the white cat came quietly and squatted on the high ground behind He Tiansi.Knowing that it was peeking at him again, He Tiansi purposely made an angle to show his painting.

But he never expected that the white cat actually uttered a strange cry that sounded and didn't sound right.

He Tiansi stopped writing in horror, and stared back at it.

"...are you laughing at me?"

The white cat tilted its head, looking innocent.

He Tiansi simply picked it up, put it on his lap, and forced it to "create" with him.

After several attempts to break free failed, the white cat finally gave up and found a comfortable position to lie down and rest, and soon fell asleep.

I don't know how long it has been sleeping, but when it is about to wake up, the fragrance of lotus blossoms in the wind again.

Sensing a slight vibration, the white cat opened its eyes and found itself lying back in the pocket of the car.He Tiansi was riding a bicycle, and they were going home soon.

The bicycle stopped quickly, and the white cat didn't want to move lazily, so He Tiansi let He Tiansi pick him up and walked quickly into the house.

But it soon regretted it - because He Tiansi directly carried it into the bathroom.The moment the door was closed, it seemed to see Boss Bai showing a gloating expression outside.

The size of the bathroom was not too big, and the white cat was quickly cornered. First, the injured hind leg was covered with a plastic bag, and then it was drenched all over.

"Hey, so you're pretty skinny too."

The fluffy long hair shrunk, and the original majestic and majestic white cat shrank by half.Maybe it was frustrated, but it also slowly gave up resistance, and began to let He Tiansi do anything.

"That's good, you can go to bed after washing."

The sweet smell of cat shampoo soon permeated the whole bathroom, and He Tiansi rubbed the white cat carefully, as skillfully as a massage.The unkempt long hair was combed slowly, and some badly knotted hairs were simply cut off.

The bathroom was hot and humid, so He Tiansi simply took off his long clothes and trousers, leaving only a pair of boxer pants.It is precisely because of this that the "secret" that he always hides is exposed in this way.

There were many scars of different sizes and shapes, from limbs to torso, crisscrossing his wheat-colored body.The longest foot is more than ten centimeters, and the largest is almost half the size of a palm.

Keeping its chin rubbed, the white cat looked up at all the shocking things.It lightly climbed onto He Tiansi's knee, and touched a wound on his right abdomen with the pads of its front paws.

He Tiansi lightly pressed down on its small hands that were still covered in foam.

"You ask me how these wounds come from? That's a long story. I used to live in a big city. Two years ago, I encountered a particularly serious accident. The downstairs resident gas exploded, and half of the building The town collapsed. I was buried under the ruins, and there was a fire above. Fortunately, I was alive enough to be dug out in time."

As he spoke, he pointed to the scars on his body one by one with his hands.

"This one is an open fracture, this one is a glass cut... and those that look like bullets are penetrating steel bars, this one is all burns, and then skin grafting. How is it, isn't it amazing?!"

The white cat didn't say a word, it was so quiet and well-behaved that it made people feel distressed.

He Tiansi rubbed the long hair on his chest for it, while continuing to mutter.

"But these are nothing. The scariest thing is that I still have amnesia. Do you understand amnesia? It means that you can't remember everything that happened before. This feeling is really uncomfortable. The more you think about it, the more you think about it, the more you get a headache , The pain was so painful that I had to take medicine to control it... Later, Uncle Guang and Aunt Guang took me back to Jinyu Village, which seemed to be my hometown. On the mountain I took you to during the day, my family was buried... But I really can't even remember anything about them."

Maybe it was because of the lack of a communication partner who held back for too long, He Tiansi said a lot of words to the white cat.Fortunately, he didn't delay the serious business. He quickly washed the cat carefully from head to tail.

"Then what's your story? What are the origins of those two men chasing you? Are you still the sole heir to the property of some underworld boss?"

Of course the white cat couldn't answer, but it allowed He Tiansi to wrap it in a bath towel to dry it out very docilely.

It took only a quarter of an hour from start to finish, and it was a perfect bathing experience.

When he walked out of the bathroom with the cat in his arms, He Tiansi couldn't help lowering his head and bit the tip of its pink nose lightly, then turned his head to look at Boss Bai who was always hiding and peeping.

"Learn more! Otherwise, don't blame me for being partial in the future."

He was teaching here when there was another knock on the door from the direction of the entrance.

It wasn't Uncle Guang, but this time it was a beautiful girl in her early twenties who came to her door. She was wearing a crisp denim dress, fair skin, single eyelids, and a bun. She was the kind of light and delicate neighbor girl.

"Xiaomei? What wind brought you here?"

He Tiansi was obviously also pleasantly surprised by her sudden visit, and hurriedly invited her to the house.The girl seemed very reserved, and only said that she was here to deliver something, so she put the two small baskets of red bayberry in her hand on the floor.

He Tiansi thanked her repeatedly, and said that he had nothing to give in return, he could only pick some peaches in the medicine garden and give them to her when they were ripe.Xiaomei laughed at him, and then set her eyes on the ball of bath towels in his arms.

"Yo, the one you're holding is... Lao Bai?"

He Tiansi joked that Boss Bai could be so well-behaved, and briefly described the process of picking Xiao Bai back.

Xiaomei was amazed when she heard it, and at the same time reached out her hand to get in touch with Xinmao.However, the white cat gently pushed her hand away with its paws, without even giving her a face, it was obviously arrogant and indifferent.

After Xiaomei left, He Tiansi also went to take a shower, and then began to cook dinner.The ingredients are all prepared by Aunt Guang in advance, and it doesn't take too much trouble to process them.The two-year semi-independent life has fully exercised his ability to take care of himself, and it is natural to take care of such small things.

On the contrary, the white cat seemed to be very interested in cooking, so it simply found a corner by the door and carefully watched the whole process of preparing dinner.

Uncle Guang and Aunt Guang never ate with him, so He Tiansi only prepared two dishes and one soup with white rice.There is also a steamed fish without oil and salt, which is an extra treat for the two cats.

Without the chatting and caring at the dinner table of ordinary people, the dinner ended quickly and quietly.He Tiansi cleared the dining table and went back to the kitchen to wash the dishes. After a while, he heard noisy voices coming from the living room.

He went out to have a look and found two cats turned on the TV, lying on the sofa on the left and right to watch a movie.He Tiansi was a little touched for no reason, walked over and sat between the two of them, hugged one in each hand, and enjoyed the blessing of being equal.

As the evening passed, the bushes in the yard began to bloom again, and the flowers moved and the fragrance floated.Occasionally, a few dogs barked from the medicine garden in the north.In the atrium, the chirping of insects was accompanied by occasional cries of frogs.There is a different kind of tranquility amidst the bustle.

Maybe the movie was not good enough, and the two cats soon fell into light sleep one after another.He Tiansi gently turned off the TV, left Boss Bai on the sofa, picked up his "new favorite" and went to the bedroom alone.