When the magic flower blooms

This was the first time Ming Ruoxing and He Tiansi drove between S City and Jinyu Village.The car drove a little slowly, and it took two and a half hours to get off the high-speed toll booth, and it was already seven o'clock at night when we drove out of the valley from Changle Town.

At twilight, Jinyu Village surrounded by mountains is like a bunch of glowing fireflies, gathered in the dark valley, looking quiet and warm.

"Actually, there are none here..."

He Tiansi in the passenger seat muttered, "There is no light for me."

"Because you didn't train Boss Bai to turn on the lights."

Ming Ruoxing, who rarely joked, blurted out instantly, but felt a little embarrassed because the joke was too cold.

He Tiansi laughed very appreciatively.

"Yes, but Boss Bai can open the refrigerator."

The vehicle drove down the hillside slowly and turned to the left in front of the big camphor tree.

Looking down from the sky, the dim light of the headlights is like a spark, throwing towards the dark old house, lighting up the entire room in no time.

-

As Ming Ruoxing predicted, they were warmly welcomed by Boss Bai when they arrived home.The white cat seemed to be very unaccustomed to the sudden disappearance of its owner, and would pounce on it and howl as soon as the courtyard door opened.

He Tiansi hastened to appease him, and then turned around to get the canned food as compensation for mental damage.Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ming Ruoxing also knelt down and apologized to Boss Bai, saying that he knew that he also had psychological shadows, and that he would report to him when he went out in the future.

The two cats, one big and one small, had just communicated here, only to hear He Tiansi in the living room suddenly screamed.

Ming Ruoxing was startled, and immediately ran over to check.But he found that He Tiansi was standing on the sidelines, and the floor in front of him was piled up with broken wood and broken tiles, making it a mess.

"I'm fine, don't come over, be careful with your feet."

Seeing him running over to care about him, He Tiansi reminded him while pointing to a few wires exposed on the ceiling.

"It looks like the chandelier fell down."

This is really the case-the old and bulky ceramic chandelier, whether it was in disrepair or overwhelmed, was crumbling long before He Tiansi moved in.This time it finally crashed when they were leaving home, smashing the willow onto the wooden dining table below.

The dining table was also really old, its four legs were not level, and it creaked when it was touched. It was smashed by the chandelier and immediately fell apart. It was as classic as a prop in a martial arts movie.Of course, the cold water jug ​​and cups on the table were doomed, and they died together at the scene of this large-scale disaster movie.

The two looked at the huge mess and were silent for a while.Then they came to the same conclusion - as long as Boss Bai is fine.

Anyway, things are no longer usable.The two of them simply took a broom and a dustpan, packed everything up and threw it out.The living room was suddenly quite empty, leaving only the potholes on the floor as the remnants of the disaster.

They just came back from other places and were forced to clean up the battlefield again. Both of them were a little tired.Before taking a bath, however, they have another troublesome thing to do.

He Tiansi led Ming Ruoxing up to the second floor - usually, this is a "secret realm" that even he rarely sets foot in.

According to Uncle Guang, this old house has been used as a rental house in the past ten years.Tenants discarded all kinds of sundries before moving out, and some even disappeared during the lease period.It has accumulated over time, and the old couple are really unable to clean it.Even if He Tiansi wanted to move in later, he simply vacated the first floor, and threw all the sundries that had been cleaned up to the second floor.

"It's like having a haunted house on top of your everyday life."

He Tiansi expressed his thoughts without hesitation, even with a little adventure-like excitement.

Ming Ruoxing couldn't help reminding him that the only purpose they came upstairs was to find a decent bed—because the only condition Ming Ruoxing "promised" to stay was to have a single bedroom with a bed.

The layout of the second floor is basically the same as that of the first floor.It's just that the corridor connected with the courtyard garden has been changed into a closed corridor.The circular structure does not matter whether it starts or ends, which makes people in it have to pay attention to the front and the back at the same time, which makes them feel very insecure.

The faint moonlight casts dim spots of light through the glass windows.Walking on the flickering old wooden floor, the creaking sound under your feet is like a dark version of the moonlight sonata.

Accompanied by the turning sound of the old door hinge, He Tiansi opened the first room.A strong musty smell and dust rushed towards him. He took half a step back and used a flashlight to illuminate a narrow space of about ten square meters. Cardboard boxes, sewing machines, and a life-sized mannequin were piled up on the ground...

Wait, there's something moving in the corner...!

He Tiansi flicked his wrist, and the flashlight quickly shone in that direction. Before he could see what was moving, he was almost blinded by a blinding white light.

It turned out that there was a large wardrobe standing in the corner, and his suspicious and ridiculous expression was reflected in the full-length mirror.

"...Uncle Guang is really, why did you leave it like this without covering it with a piece of cloth!"

He Tiansi was a little embarrassed, and quickly complained as a self-mockery.But no one laughed at him—because Ming Ruoxing was not by his side at all.

"Ming Ruoxing? Ming Ruoxing? Little Ming?!"

There were neither footsteps nor responses in the dark corridor.It was as if he was the only one from the beginning.

He Tiansi was a little apprehensive, but comforted himself: anyway, cats have always been so elusive.Leave him alone, sooner or later it will pop up by itself.

He had just collected himself and was about to unscrew the doorknob of a room.Suddenly, there was another creaking sound of the door opening from behind.

It should be Ming Ruoxing, it must be Ming Ruoxing...

He Tiansi silently chanted Ming Ruoxing's name like a mantra, turned his head to look, but saw two faint green lights hanging in the air like will-o'-the-wisps——

"Ghost!!!"

Instinctively, he picked up the flashlight and shone it.

"Are you stupid?! Don't look into my eyes!!!"

The "ghost" on the opposite side made an angry protest.

Indeed, Ming Ruoxing was not wrong.Under the light of the flashlight, his two eyeballs lit up like green light bulbs, even though he was a beauty, he still looked super scary.

But He Tiansi calmed down - he had seen similar effects many times in Boss Bai's body.

"A demihuman who has been trained can flexibly turn a part of his body into a beast. For example, just now, I have improved my night vision ability, and I can see clearly at night without a flashlight...Didn't I tell you all about it? "

Blaming He Tiansi for not listening attentively is not the focus now, Ming Ruoxing asked him to follow him into the room - there was an old wooden bed against the wall, which was full of various sundries.

The two immediately removed the sundries one by one, and started to disassemble the bed, preparing to transport it downstairs.

However, just at the step of dismantling the bed board, He Tiansi grabbed the headpost of the bed and exerted light force, only to hear a crisp "click". For some reason, the whole bed suddenly collapsed and scattered into a pile. wood chips.

"What brute force!" Ming Ruoxing glared angrily.

He Tiansi felt aggrieved: "It's really not that I have strong hands. I just broke it lightly..."

Anyway, the bed was definitely useless and they just kept changing rooms.However, I searched all over the second floor, except for a bed with a lot of suspicious stains on the mattress, there was no second bed that could be used.

There was no way, and the two finally returned home in defeat.When I got back downstairs, I found out that the commotion they made on the second floor just now caused a "earth rain" on the first floor, and even Boss Bai was covered in gray dust.Coincidentally, the bath water had already been boiled, so the two of them took a bath disheartened, and retreated to He Tiansi's small bedroom.

"I said... let's do a big cleaning tomorrow."

Lying on the narrow single bed, Ming Ruoxing suddenly made a suggestion: "If you're willing, throw out all those tattered things."

"Okay, there's nothing to be reluctant about."

He Tiansi chuckled: "Actually, I've thought about it a long time ago. It's just that I was alone before, and I was always not interested. After cleaning up, I will go to the town to buy some new things."

"I have to make a list. If you can't buy it, you can find it online."

"Or make it yourself... Speaking of which, the garden should also be tidied up..."

The two of you talk to each other, although they are talking about troublesome things to do tomorrow.But my heart was very happy, even with a little childish excitement.

Before you know it, it's another new day.

-

At around five o'clock the next morning, Ming Ruoxing was awakened by the sound of the door opening.

He opened his eyes and brushed away his long hair, which was messed up with sleep, and saw that He Tiansi was fully dressed, in sportswear, with a skipping rope wrapped around his arms, and he was about to go out for exercise.

"So early? Are you going to town?"

Ming Ruoxing rubbed his eyes, pulled back the collar of the sweatshirt that had slipped off to his shoulders, scratched his collarbone, and followed in a daze.

But He Tiansi stopped him.

"No, it's still early. I didn't exercise two days ago, so I have to make up for it twice today. I can go alone."

Hearing what He Tiansi said, Ming Ruoxing woke up instead.

"Don't go."

He lay face down on the bed, grabbed the pillow and hugged to hide the slight embarrassment on his face.

"...I lied to you before. Fitness has nothing to do with improving the ability of demihumans. Do what you want to do. You can paint or do whatever else you want."

He Tiansi laughed dumbfounded: "Then why did you lie to me?"

"This...is my business." Ming Ruoxing turned his head away from him.

The bedroom fell silent again.He Tiansi's gaze lingered on Ming Ruoxing, who occupied his bed, from head to foot, then from foot to leg, and then passed the part covered by the towel blanket, and landed on a small area exposed under the white T-shirt. Cut off the waist.

The waist is really a good waist, thin and thin, but it is full of strength at first glance, and there are two obvious waist dimples.

If you pour wine on that...

"I'd better run two laps."

Frightened by his sudden evil thoughts, He Tiansi quickly fled to the corridor.

-

When He Tiansi came back from his morning exercise, Ming Ruoxing had already woken up.And for the first time, he made breakfast.

The seafood in the refrigerator was taken out to defrost and boiled with celery and rice.When it is about to come out of the pan, sprinkle a handful of fried broken rice, which is full of fragrance.Served with a plate of pickled crispy cucumbers, it was just the right amount of texture.

"You can cook?!"

He Tiansi, who came out of the shower with a towel on, looked at the big pot unexpectedly, and couldn't wait to scoop a spoonful into his mouth.

"Hot hot! My God... how can it be so delicious!"

You were still eating energy bars when I knew how to cook—Ming Ruoxing complained so much in his heart, but he still calmly fed He Tiansi a sip of cold water.

"Since I have decided to live here temporarily, I can't bother you with everything. I will do some housework as much as I can in the future... By the way, I will pay you the rent and meals on a monthly basis."

"Oh, oh, why are you so polite."

While devouring, He Tiansi slightly raised his head, scraped off the rice grains stuck to his cheeks with his thumb and put it into his mouth.

"It's better to get rid of the rent and meals, but you will cook all the meals, how about it?"

"Think beautifully."