don't be cheap

After nightfall, the city is free from the hustle and bustle of the day, and the cool breeze blows away with the fragrance of gardenia, making people feel comfortable and refreshed.

Shen Bei was paralyzed on the rattan chair on the balcony playing games, and the little leopard was lying at his feet basking in the moonlight, turning over from time to time, calling Shen Bei's attention with a few wailing sounds.

"Good boy, I'll take you out for a walk after this round." Shen Bei stretched out a foot to gently rub it on its stomach, keeping his eyes on the screen for half a second.

"Aww..." Little Leopard felt a little helpless, he couldn't play happily with Huahua from the next door today.

The little leopard lay down on the ground and dozed off with a bitter face, when suddenly a familiar breath wafted to the tip of its nose.

The round eyes opened suddenly, shining with a light that was completely different from before.

It was the excitement of seeing loved ones.

Turning his head to look at the living room, the little leopard was stunned for a moment, then jumped up and ran towards the door, still screaming.

Before Shen Bei could retract his feet, he was tripped by its sudden movement and rolled under the chair. The game was dead, and he was so angry that he chased after the little leopard with his slippers in his hands, trying to teach it a lesson.

As soon as he picked up the little leopard who was lying on the door and kept pawing, the doorbell rang.

Shen Bei realized that the new tenant should have arrived, and quickly hugged his son into his arms, and pointed at its nose to warn it: "Be good and don't make trouble. Whether we can improve our living standards in the future depends on now."

After opening the door, Shen Bei was stunned.

The visitor was wearing a simple white coat and black trousers, and was standing at the door with a suitcase in his hand. He was completely different from the shirt and trousers in the afternoon.

He was very handsome, with a clean and short haircut, just stood there, smiling at Shen Bei: "Hello, I am the new tenant here, Qi Ao."

Shen Bei hadn't turned the corner from how a crazy person could become his co-tenant, the little leopard in his arms immediately jumped into Qi Ao's arms after introducing himself.

"Aooooooooooow."

"Hehe, hello, little friend." Qi Ao lightly smiled and stroked the little leopard's head, so comfortable that it kept rubbing against his palm.

Shen Bei watched his son, who was usually kept close to others, rolling around in Qi Ao's hands, the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching.

What about the tall and cold little tsundere?

"Sorry, my son is more familiar with him." Shen Bei opened his eyes and said nonsense, he stretched out his hand to hug the little leopard back, but was rejected by the little leopard.

Qi Ao gently stroked its head, and gave it back to Shen Bei: "Hey, I'll take you out to play after I pack it up." After finishing speaking, he carried the suitcase and walked to the guest room.

Shen Bei angrily poked the little leopard's ear, "Little white-eyed leopard!"

But this also made Shen Bei feel relieved, the new tenants did not reject Little Leopard, except that he might have some occupational diseases, it seemed to be pretty good.

He is tall and handsome, and he also likes small animals.He walked to the door of Qi Ao's room, watched him carefully wipe the thin dust on the bed and cabinet, nodded in his heart, he is still a clean young man.

"Well, my name is Shen Bei. Let me talk about the rent first. I sleep in the master bedroom. The monthly rent is 100 yuan more than yours. Except for the bedroom, it is a public area. We share water, electricity and electricity equally. Oh, yes, my son is This little leopard was brought up by me, it is not aggressive, and some of its hair may be stained on the sofa at home, can you accept it?"

Qi Ao answered while folding his clothes: "No problem."

Shen Bei then introduced the surrounding environment of this community, and Qi Ao responded to them one by one.

After he finished tidying up, he walked up to Shen Bei and hugged the little leopard who had wanted to pounce on him a long time ago, "Your son is very cute, what's his name?"

"Aww~ow~" the little leopard yelled excitedly while staying in Qi Ao's arms.

Shen Bei completely lost his temper for its abnormality today, let it lie in Qi Ao's arms, and said, "No name."

"Then what do you usually call it?"

"Just call him son."

Now Qi Ao was silent, he patted the little leopard's head sympathetically, and said: "Then call it Gu Xiaoyan, it's a good name."

"Aoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" the little leopard was very excited when he heard the name, and yelled cheerfully as he grabbed Qi Ao's front.

Shen Bei looked at their intimacy, one person and one leopard, and began to suspect that he was actually the tenant who moved in today.

He said faintly: "Shouldn't the surname be Shen?"

"Huh?" Qi Ao raised his eyebrows and looked at Shen Bei, from Shen Bei's perspective, his eyes seemed to be full of charm, which seemed very attractive.

"But it likes the name very much."

Qi Ao lifted the little leopard in front of Shen Bei, letting him see his son happy.

"Aww~" The little leopard began to act like a baby to Shen Bei.

Shen Bei suddenly said: "Do you understand animal language?"

Qi Ao didn't expect Shen Bei to ask such a question, he was taken aback for a moment before he said: "Having been with animals for a long time, I will more or less understand."

Shen Bei nodded, thinking that he was a fanatic of wild animal photography, he could figure out why the little leopard reacted so strongly to him.

After staying with wild beasts for a long time, perhaps they have been contaminated with their breath, so they can get in close contact with them.

"Okay, little guy, you'll be called Gu Xiaoyan from now on." Shen Bei patted it on the head, and said to it with a smile.

Qi Ao volunteered to go downstairs to sneak around Gu Xiaoyan, Shen Bei looked down from the balcony and saw Gu Xiaoyan joyfully jumping up and down around him, even more lively than being around him.

I couldn't help being jealous, feeling that my son who had worked so hard to grow up was suddenly snatched away.The mood of playing games disappeared immediately, so I simply opened the search engine to find animal language teaching.

After searching for a long time without finding anything, Shen Bei slumped back to the rattan chair, logged into the game interface again, thinking that he might as well learn from Qi Ao.

***

Downstairs garden.

Qi Ao took Gu Xiaoyan to a secluded bench and sat down.He hugged Gu Xiaoyan in his arms, placed his right hand lightly on its head, closed his eyes and felt its past.

After a while, Qi Ao took his hand away, with sad eyes, "Xiaoyan, I'm sorry, uncle is late."

Gu Xiaoyan rubbed his palm, put his paw on the back of his hand, and communicated with Qi Ao with his thoughts: "Uncle Qi, when can I transform into a human form?"

Qi Ao frowned, "You have been restricted, you cannot use spells in the human world, and you can only undo it after you return to the demon world."

"Then let's go back quickly!"

"Not yet." Qi Ao said slowly in a gentle voice, pacifying Gu Xiaoyan's anxiety little by little, "The door between the two worlds will only open once every half a year, and it will have to wait until two months at the earliest." You can only go back after that. Besides, one day in the demon world and one month in the human world, if you suddenly disappear, Shen Bei will go crazy if he can't find you."

When Gu Xiaoyan heard Qi Ao's words, his anxious heart completely calmed down.Indeed, it couldn't just leave Shen Bei behind and leave, the person who has been taking care of it since its birth, it really sees it as its own father.

I just don't know how he will react when he knows his true identity.

Gu Xiaoyan looked up at Qi Ao and asked, "Uncle Qi, do you know my dad? Um...it's Shen Bei."

Qi Ao smiled, touched Gu Xiaoyan's body to sort out his meridians, and watched a large group of mosquitoes frantically surrounded by the street lamps in front of him, flapping their wings.

Everyone is scrambling to chase their own light.

"Yeah, I also met him when I was just born. But at that time, he was also a kid running around with his buttocks naked, and now he doesn't remember me."

Gu Xiaoyan felt that Qi Ao's mood was a little low, so it didn't know what to do, so it could only grab his skirt and lean against him, trying to warm him.

Qi Ao lowered his head and smiled slightly, and said to Gu Xiaoyan: "Although you can't go back now, you can't just let yourself go. It's almost six months now, and you don't even have the most basic life skills, even if you become a human, He is also a weakling who has no power to restrain a chicken."

Gu Xiaoyan lowered his head in shame. It is true that he gave up cultivation because he couldn't transform into form. Up to now, it seems that he has no ability except eating and playing.

Qi Ao's voice continued to ring above his head: "From now on, I will bring you down every night. These flowers are full of aura, not many, but nothing is better than nothing. You can practice here quietly."

Let Gu Xiaoyan sit quietly among the flowers for half an hour, and Qi Ao took him to the basketball court in the community to train his jumping and running ability.

After a few back and forth, Gu Xiaoyan was so tired that he lay on the ground unwilling to move, looking at Qi Ao with watery eyes, wanting to get through the day.

"Ouch..."

Qi Ao sighed and shook his head, walked over and looked down at Gu Xiaoyan, without any sympathy, and said firmly, "Gu Xiaoyan, you still have fifty back and forth, when you finish, you can go home .”

Gu Xiaoyan saw that the pair of Shen Bei Baishi Bailing didn't respond to Qi Ao's tricks at all, so he gritted his teeth and continued to use it.

Qi Ao stood aside and looked at Gu Xiaoyan's four short legs, although they had started to tremble, but still made the correct posture according to his instructions, it would be a lie to say that he didn't feel distressed.

But they are demons, and their natural abilities are not their proud capital.

In the demon world, a place that relies entirely on strength, natural selection and survival of the fittest, only the strong can stand at the top.

Gu Xiaoyan has already wasted too much time, it must improve its strength as soon as possible.

It still has enemies, waiting for it to defeat.

***

When Qi Ao carried Gu Xiaoyan, who was tired and asleep, back to the house, Shen Bei was also drowsy on the rattan chair.

Hearing the sound of closing the door, he immediately stood up and walked towards Qi Ao, "You guys have been playing for a long time, huh? You fell asleep!"

Carefully taking Gu Xiaoyan over and putting it into its den, Shen Bei felt that its body was a little wet, then turned his head and asked, "You took him for a run? Why is he sweating all over?"

Qi Ao took Gu Xiaobei's special towel to wipe it's body, and replied softly: "Take it for a basic training, it is a beast after all, some skills still need to be learned."

Shen Bei looked at him in admiration, and stretched out his thumb, "You are amazing, if you can, please help me train it in the future, I can pay on time. I wanted to train it before, but every time it I can't help but look at me pitifully."

"No need to pay." Qi Ao smiled, "I really like this little guy, it's not a big deal to take him running and dancing."

"Hey, that's fine, then please. There is one more thing, I have to ask you for help."

"what?"

"Please teach me animal language, I also want to communicate more with Gu Xiaoyan." Shen Bei smiled and looked at Qi Ao, showing his big white teeth, his eyes curved slightly, and a halo of light appeared behind him under the backlight , seeing that Qi Ao was a little distracted.

Realizing that he was starting to think wildly, Qi Ao turned his head and gave a fake cough, got up in a hurry, left a "yes" to Shen Bei, and went back to his room.

Shen Bei opened his mouth and wanted to tell him about what happened at the zoo this afternoon, but Qi Ao didn't even give him a chance to speak.

Before going to sleep, Shen Bei thought, go to the garden tomorrow to ask about the situation, if he can not pursue it, then forget it.Qi Ao didn't look like the kind of person who would often commit suicide, maybe there was something hidden.

For the sake of being roommates, let's cancel that unpleasant matter for the time being.