When the magic flower blooms

"dragon?!"

He Tiansi put down the wine glass as if he had been spat with chicken blood, and began to gesticulate in the air.

"The one that looks like a snake, or the one that looks like a lizard?"

"This is China, what do you think?"

"I understand, I understand!"

He Tiansi's expression was always out of control. After all, this may be one of the most miraculous events he has learned in recent years.

"Is there really a dragon in this world? Have you seen it with your own eyes? What does it look like? Does it look like the one in the painting?"

"Have you ever heard of Shenlong seeing its head but not its tail?"

Ming Ruoxing skillfully gave him a blank stare.

"The Dragon Emperor will only come out every other century (12 years), or when there are major events. During the holidays, he will give an audio speech of more than ten seconds at most. I have grown up so much, and I have only been outside the palace for the first time. What is my impression? None left."

"Imperial Palace? Yes, there is the Emperor, of course there is the Imperial Palace... But where is the Imperial Palace? The Qiao Family Courtyard or the Forbidden City? It doesn't fit anywhere, will it be discovered by ordinary tourists?"

"You don't have to worry about it. Anyway, it's not a few years before the next public appearance. If you are interested, you can go and see for yourself."

Ming Ruoxing got a little annoyed with the explanation, and decided to end the topic unilaterally, regardless of He Tiansi's still immersion in confusion.

Before they knew it, the two had been sitting on the bar for about 45 minutes.The occupancy rate in the bar is almost [-]%.The scene also became noisy, with several groups of young men and women chatting and laughing loudly, and some single men wandered among the crowd, as if waiting for an opportunity to find their prey.

A few glasses of cocktails were not enough to make He Tiansi drunk, but the long-term quiet and peaceful night in Jinyu Village made it difficult for him to adapt to the chaotic scene in front of him.

Looking at Ming Ruoxing again, it's hard to judge whether he is drunk or not just from the appearance, anyway, his face is still so pale and his expression is still so calm.In fact, his calmness can easily lead others to have an illusion: he is not sitting at the bar to drink, but to have other plans.

Soon, some self-proclaimed sentimental people came to the door on their own initiative.

"They said that the best place to come to Xueliu is the bar, because you can see a good view."

This is a well-dressed man in his mid-thirties. Holding a glass of whiskey, he sat directly on the high stool next to Ming Ruoxing.

Ming Ruoxing slowly turned his head to look at the unexpected guest.Due to the rendering of alcohol and spotlights, his cheeks were dyed a charming pink.

The man stared intently: "I know that people who like to drink Jade Star usually have a pair of beautiful eyes. But I have never seen a beauty like you."

"..."

Too lazy to respond to this exaggerated compliment, Ming Ruoxing only smiled perfunctorily, then turned his body slightly towards He Tiansi.

Come to the rescue, you idiot!He silently looked forward to this in his heart.

If it was the former Naga, most of them would have already sent them away.However, He Tiansi was unresponsive, and actually just watched curiously from the sidelines.

Seeing that Ming Ruoxing didn't bite the bait, the man who came to the door took the initiative to go one step further, picked up his own wine glass and touched his wine glass lightly.

"Can I buy you a drink alone?"

No, it can't continue—the sound of the clinking glasses finally sounded the alarm in Ming Ruoxing's heart.Before the other party made any unreasonable requests, he had to immediately reject the accoster.

But at this moment, He Tiansi, whose reflex arc was longer than that of a dinosaur, finally reacted.

"Uh... well, you might be mistaken—"

He leaned over and tried to illustrate the key point.

"Actually, my friend is also a man."

As soon as these words came out, not only the man who struck up a conversation, but even Ming Ruoxing turned his head and looked at him with indescribable eyes.

Say the wrong thing again?He Tiansi's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately tried to remedy it.

"Uh, actually, I mean..."

"I'm with him."

Ming Ruoxing, who had drunk too much catnip, suddenly stretched out his hand, grabbed He Tiansi's neck and pulled him to his side.For the first time, they made a cheek-to-cheek intimacy.

"Two glasses if you want."

"Oh, I'm not ready for that. Have a nice night, then."

The guy who approached him showed a clear and regretful expression, but he walked away simply.Ming Ruoxing with an unhappy face, He Tiansi with a puzzled face were left behind, as well as envious onlookers nearby.

Sensing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, He Tiansi began to find nothing to say.

"Did that guy treat you as a girl just now? What kind of eyes are you looking like? How come they look like those old people in the village?"

It's all like this, still not enlightened? !

Although there is nothing wrong with He Tiansi's attitude as a person who can't remember anything, but from an emotional point of view... it just makes Ming Ruoxing very upset.

"gone!"

After drinking the remaining wine in the glass, Ming Ruoxing got up and walked towards the door.Although He Tiansi was puzzled, he didn't dare to talk too much, and could only touch his nose and follow closely behind him.

The two walked out of the bar one after another like this, and returned to the dark and quiet forest path.At around 10:30 in the evening, the air has cooled down, the evening wind passes through the woods, the moon and stars are sparse above the head, and the insects and frogs are singing in the ear, it feels a little like a goldfish village.

On the way back, He Tiansi remained silent, but Ming Ruoxing suddenly uttered a word while walking.

"That person just read it right. No, it should be said that he didn't need to read it wrong at all."

"Ah?" This topic is too mysterious, He Tiansi didn't know how to answer it.

"Tsk!"

Ming Ruoxing finally couldn't bear it any longer, and turned around impatiently.

"I mean, he didn't think of me as a woman!"

"Then he's gay?"

He Tiansi suddenly understood, but he was only surprised for a second and couldn't help but get serious, "But how do you know that he read it right? You look so good-looking, it wouldn't be surprising if you got it wrong."

"That's because most demihumans don't have a clear gender orientation! Whether it's heterosexuality or homosexuality, it's all a boring concept of ordinary human beings!"

Ming Ruoxing yelled such words loudly, but fortunately this place is in the wilderness, so there is no need to worry about being heard by passers-by.

Although he was somewhat incomprehensible to his sudden excitement, He Tiansi still seriously tried to discuss the truth with him.

"However, there is no way for the same-sex subhumans to produce the next generation, right? So even if they develop feelings with the same sex, if they want to reproduce, they still have to seek marriage and have children of the opposite sex... From this point of view, the overall sexual orientation of society There is bound to be a tilt."

"You're talking about a society that uses reproduction as a strategy, but a demihuman society is not."

After blowing the cold wind, Ming Ruoxing gradually calmed down.The moonlight fell on him, making him a little unreal.

"The gap between different races, the compatibility of pheromones with each other, and then there are family affairs, education and common language that ordinary people will consider... You know how difficult it is for a demihuman to find a perfectly compatible partner Is it? If the person who is the most suitable for you in this world happens to be the same gender as you, will you choose to give up for the sake of reproduction, or will you stay with him firmly?"

After saying this, he took a deep breath and looked up at He Tiansi.It was as if moonlight had fallen into those eyes that were originally sparkling, and they were so clear that it broke one's heart.

"……Won't!"

He Tiansi felt that he was suddenly possessed, and the voice almost bypassed his brain and came directly from his heart.

"I will not give up!"

After shouting these two sentences, he was stunned.An unprecedented sense of shame welled up in my heart, but at the same time, there was a hint of excitement in the shame, as if a paw was gently scratching my heart.

The two of them just looked at each other for a while, never expecting that it was Ming Ruoxing's laughter that broke the silence.

"fool."

Like the clouds breaking through the moon, his melancholy smile is so dazzling even in the dark.

"It's kind of inexplicable how we started discussing this."

"……yes."

Giving up the idea of ​​continuing to be more serious, He Tiansi also laughed.The two different laughter melted together, and soon became invisible in the evening wind.

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After a short hike, the two returned to the hotel safely.In the middle of the night, although the lobby was still brightly lit, there were few people, and even the doorman leaned against the wall and took a nap.

Ming Ruoxing yawned several times in a row. At this moment, he just wanted to wash off the alcohol smell and sweat all over his body as soon as possible, and then enjoy a comfortable and peaceful night.

After waiting for a while, the elevator going up opened the door.The two walked into the car, and just as they selected a floor, a middle-aged man who smelled of alcohol and flushed suddenly ran over from the corner.I saw him rushing into the elevator in one breath, stretching out his hand to prevent the elevator door from closing, while turning his head and yelling in the direction he came from, urging his companions.

After another half a minute, only a series of messy and heavy footsteps were heard, and suddenly eight men and women reeking of alcohol appeared.

These people are all dressed up as people from the society, and there is a big difference in their youth. They may be colleagues from the company who came out to do team building.Among the nine people, there was a man in his 40s with a majestic expression and the most bloated body.No matter walking or taking the elevator, he is always surrounded by other people, and he may be regarded as a middle-level leader.

The originally spacious elevator suddenly became crowded.Not only because of the joining of these nine people, but also because one of the men was holding a bunch of colorful rubber balloons in his hand.

It's hard to say where the group got the balloons, after all it's more like decorations for a children's birthday party, and these lousy grownups have apparently just returned from a hilarious pub somewhere.

Strange to say, the rooms of these nine people are scattered on different floors from the seventh floor to the fourteenth floor.While preventing the elevator from closing, they tremblingly took out their own key cards, selecting buttons layer by layer.

The space is cramped and cramped, with a mixture of booze and body odour, and the occasional smell of bad perfume—it's a torture for the sensitive demihumans.

Ming Ruoxing, who was dizzy due to drunkenness, closed his eyes in disgust, but the moment he closed his eyes, he suddenly felt that someone was staring at him.

It wasn't He Tiansi, the direction was wrong.

He shook his head slightly, and the gaze disappeared for a moment, then returned quickly.

After repeating this two or three times, Ming Ruoxing finally lost his patience.He raised his head abruptly, and sure enough, he caught a pair of bloodshot and muddy eyes.

It was the middle-aged man who seemed to have the highest status among the nine people, and at some point, he had already reached Ming Ruoxing's side.The moment Ming Ruoxing raised his head, he seemed to shrink back, but soon there was a kind of excitement in his eyes.

He continued to look Ming Ruoxing up and down, with a look that was almost provocative and full of offense.

Although he was disgusted in his heart, Ming Ruoxing still took the initiative to back down half a step, and at the same time turned around to face He Tiansi with the mentality that more things are worse than less things.

But even he himself did not expect that the inner wall of the elevator next to He Tiansi was as bright as a mirror, reflecting the middle-aged man secretly opening his mouth and sticking out his tongue, making a licking motion.

It took less than a second to transition from doubt to anger, and Ming Ruoxing immediately realized what would appear in the mirror from the perspective of the middle-aged man.

He quickly turned his head and glared angrily, and almost at the same time, He Tiansi, who seemed to be in a trance, suddenly pulled him back and stood between Ming Ruoxing and the middle-aged man on his own initiative.

The atmosphere in the elevator was tense.

Several drunks on the same ladder turned their bewildered eyes on Ming Ruoxing and He Tiansi one after another.And that wretched middle-aged man pretended to be dignified again, and took the opportunity to whisper a few words to his companion, who immediately showed a contemptuous expression towards Ming Ruoxing.

Immediately afterwards, this contemptuous expression continued to spread in the elevator, like an unreasonable collective slander.

Fortunately, the elevator continued to go up slowly, and those drunks walked out one by one.When they reached the eleventh floor, apart from Ming Ruoxing and He Tiansi, there were only four other people including the middle-aged man left in the elevator.

And just when the indicator light on the No.11 floor was on and the elevator door opened, the tense atmosphere suddenly exploded——

Ming Ruoxing, who was closest to the door, was naturally going to leave first, but the bloated middle-aged man rushed out and collided with Ming Ruoxing on purpose.

What was even worse was that, relying on his concealed perspective, he silently cursed at Ming Ruoxing.

The malice came too fast, and an ordinary person might not be able to react at all.However, Ming Ruoxing was not an ordinary person after all, he immediately reached out and grabbed the other person by the collar, pushed him back into the elevator, then rushed forward and punched him on the cheek.

The middle-aged man cried out in pain, and bumped into the female colleague standing in the elevator. The female colleague was scared to avoid it, and bumped into the young man holding the balloon.There was a crackling sound of balloons in the car and shouts one after another, making it very lively.

The anger was hard to dissipate, Ming Ruoxing, who was drunk, wanted to make up a few more punches.But at this moment, someone grabbed his wrist suddenly, and then he was pulled out of the elevator by a huge force, and rushed towards the entrance of the corridor.