fool around

Si Yu's flustered heartbeat gradually calmed down.

"Don't worry," Qi Lu turned his head to look at Si Yu, with a smile hidden in his deep eyes, "he has grown up well, his character is very similar to yours, he is very brave and kind, although sometimes he is a little dumb, but everyone I like him a lot, and so do I.”

Si Yu's ears burned, and he lightly pinched Qi Luhu's mouth: "Who are you talking about?"

"He is most like you, and the most remarkable thing is——" Qi Lu paused, and continued after a while, "He never judges whether a person or a demon is high or low based on the blood flowing from his body. You also believe that all life that upholds a pure nature has the right to survive in this world."

Si Yu was stunned for a few seconds when he heard this, and then tightly held Qi Lu's warm palm.

There was a plastic baby bottle in front of the small soil bag, and a few flowers of different colors were inserted around it. It looked like a child's play house. It was obviously a funny and absurd scene, but Qi Lu's tone was extremely serious and sincere. .

Si Yu felt the heat in his eye sockets, and closed his drooping eyes forcefully, his wet eyelashes trembling slightly.

"He's really good, you can rest assured." Qi Lu said with a smile, "You saved so many ghosts back then, and he lived up to your expectations. He saved the entire ancient pond, and he saved the monster race."

Si Yu sniffed, his voice choked up: "It's not so great..."

"Of course, he also saved me." Qi Lu scratched Si Yu's palm lightly with his fingertips, "I can stand here and talk to you because of his bravery without hesitation. I am very grateful to him and admire him very much." , and more importantly, I love him."

Si Yu's heart skipped a beat, and he raised his eyes to look at Qi Lu, the birdsong in his ears quickly faded away, only Qi Lu's quiet and firm voice could be heard.

Their fingers were intertwined, and Si Yu could almost feel every trace of Qi Lu's palm, he could feel the blood of the same temperature flowing in their veins, and he could even feel the pulse beating frequency under Qi Lu's skin.

"Will he blame me?" Si Yu's eyes flickered slightly.

Qi Lu looked at him and said, "Ask."

Si Yu pursed his lips nervously, Qi Lu nodded to him, as if he was encouraged, he turned his head to look at the little soil bag, squatted down after a while, and said in a low voice: " I know how to use the manual and wooden sword you left me. I didn’t use them to do bad things, and I worked hard to live. This place is very good, and I like it very much. Had a great time...but..."

Having said that, Si Yu still paused, Qi Lu's shadow cast on him, as if hugging him tightly from behind.

"It's just..." Si Yu curled his fingers slightly, "I seem to have become a little monster too, you will understand, right?"

As soon as the words fell, Si Yu held his breath unconsciously, with a cautious expression, as if waiting for some response.

In the mountains and forests, there are still only birds and beasts chirping, and no other sounds can be heard.

A trace of disappointment flashed across Si Yu's eyes.

Suddenly a gust of wind blew by, and the little purple flower suddenly bent over, and the petals stretched and swayed.

"Did he hear it?" Si Yu turned his head in surprise, raised his face and said to Qi Lu, "It seems that he really heard it?!"

Qi Lu saw the sparkle in Si Yu's eyes, and nodded with a chuckle: "He heard it, he said you did a good job, and he is also happy for you."

Si Yu blinked, and a tear fell from his eye socket.

"Let's go," Qi Lu stretched out his hand, "It's time to make breakfast, otherwise Xiaofu will make trouble again."

Si Yu put his hand in his palm and stood up with a smile: "Let's go home."

A week later, the Ghost Management Office sent people to Gutang.

The one who came back was a young man in his early thirties, who was poking his head around the entrance of the village with his documents in his hands, so he dared not come in.

Si Yu went to the village to pick him up, and the man said his surname was Feng, and he was now the temporary director of the office. Si Yu said hello to Director Feng, and asked Director Feng to chat with him at home.

Director Feng just took a step with his left leg, but immediately retracted, his eyeballs rolled around, looked towards the village and then turned away immediately.

Si Yu greeted: "Feng Bureau, come in!"

Director Feng coughed twice, and asked a little embarrassedly and curiously, "Then what... are there really monsters living here?"

Only then did Si Yu realize that the new director was afraid!

He comforted and said, "Don't be afraid, just follow me, it's fine."

"I'm mentally preparing."

Director Feng took a few deep breaths, finally mustered up the courage to take two steps forward, and was scared back by a gust of wind.

Si Yu couldn't help laughing out loud: "You are really like a soldier."

"Hey! Isn't this a novelty!" Director Feng scratched his neck, "What do monsters look like? How many eyes? Do they have three heads and six arms? Well, that, what, I always say in the movies that this monster will Transformation technique, like changing into whatever appearance you turn into, isn't it true?"

"How many eyes and mouth do you think I have?" Si Yu pointed at his face and asked dumbfoundedly.

"You? You are just like a person!" Director Feng said.

"That's it." Si Yu spread his hands, "Whatever I look like, the monster will look like."

"Really?" Director Feng couldn't believe it, and asked suspiciously, "I've never seen a monster, so don't lie to me."

"Oh, it's true!" Si Yu just wanted to say that he is also a monster now, but he was afraid of frightening the interim director, so he said, "You said you have never seen a monster, so do you remember Fan Tianxing? Think about it What does Fan Tianxing look like, don't he have two eyes and one nose?"

Director Feng thought so too, a big monster like Fan Tianxing looks like a human being, and he has worked with Fan Tianxing for so many years and has not noticed anything unusual, so it can be seen that there is nothing special about monsters.

"Okay, it's hard work for you to lead the way."

Director Feng managed to finish the psychological work for himself, and was about to take a leap forward when there was a loud "boom, boom, boom" in front of him. It was written in the report that Qi Lu, the leader of the monster tribe at the time, summoned Tianlei at the last moment, and only then did the big monster Fan Tianxing be solved.

The roar from a distance gradually became louder, and Director Feng trembled, thinking that this is another thunder coming, right?His legs were trembling, and he turned around and ran after saying, "I have something else to do, I'll go first, Xiaosi, let's have a video conference tonight."

"Hey—this is dragging—"

Before Si Yu could finish his words, he looked at Director Feng's back and thought to himself that this old Feng seemed to weigh two hundred catties, but he didn't expect to run quite fast.

The tractor stopped beside him, Qi Lu sat on the driver's seat, raised his chin: "Where is the person?"

"Over there," Si Yu raised his hand and pointed at the entrance of the village, "You scared people away."

"That's right, you don't need to keep him for dinner." Qi Lu was quite satisfied, and he hooked his palm to Si Yu, "Get in the car."

Si Yu smiled helplessly, went around to the other side and climbed into the driver's seat.

This tractor originally had only one seat, but Lin Mubai slightly modified it a few days ago and added a small cushion next to the driver's seat, Si Yu climbed up to sit firmly, buckled the seat belt and said, "Why did you come out? Didn't you say you don't want to move?"

Just now Qi Lu was asked to come out with him to pick up people, Qi Lu was still not happy, he leaned on the sofa with two long legs crossed, looking arrogant and expensive, saying that he was too lazy to move.Si Yu knew that he was not willing to contact the human government, so he didn't force him.

"You've been out for too long, I'll pick you up." Qi Lu said.

"Too long?" Si Yu blinked, "Mr. Qi, I only went out for less than half an hour, right?"

Qi Lu coughed twice, and the roots of his ears were a little unnaturally red.

"You're not worried about me being abducted, are you?" Si Yu suppressed a smile, "Where else can I go?"

"You're still young, you don't know," Qi Lu said with the tone of someone who has come here, "Those who are in politics among human beings are the best at deceiving others with sweet words."

Si Yu couldn't hold back any longer, laughing until tears flowed out.

Passing by Li Mao and Ruan Ruan's house on the way, Si Yu went to say hello, sent Li Mao the medicine newly prepared by Qi Lu, and invited them to have dinner together in the evening - Li Mao and Ruan Ruan built a new house beside the farmland , Li Mao had a lot of old injuries and new ones, luckily Ruan Ruan was by his side to take care of him.

Back home, Xiaofu was squatting in the yard to catch ants, and the little crab was lying lazily next to his heels, moving its big claws from time to time.

Hearing the sound of the tractor, the little guy immediately jumped up, shouting: "Guest, guest! Has the guest come! Guest, guest!"

Last week, some old friends of Si Yu came to Gutang as guests, and brought many toys to Xiaofu. The little guy probably thought that as long as there were guests, he could have delicious food and fun, and now he was looking forward to guests all day long.

Xiaofu ran around Qi Lu and Si Yu for a few laps, climbed onto the tractor and double-checked, but he didn't see the guest he wanted, so he asked dejectedly, "Brother, where are Xiaofu's guests?"

"The guest has left." Si Yu patted his head.

Xiaofu said disappointedly: "Aren't the guests coming to eat today?"

"The guests won't come to eat today," Si Yu said, "Come again next time."

"Then Xiaofu doesn't have trains and puzzles anymore today," the little guy sighed melancholy, "Then when will they be available?"

Qi Lu glanced at him and commented: "Playing with things and losing one's ambition."

Xiaofu made a face at him, picked up the little crab and ran away.

"Children are always playful," Si Yu said to Qi Lu, "You are too demanding."

Qi Lu said blankly: "When I was his age, I didn't have any toys."

"Aren't you envious?" Si Yu approached and asked, "Isn't that right, Mr. Qi?"

Qi Lu snorted, walked away without saying a word.

Si Yu followed behind him, and asked persistently, "You can tell me if you want it, and I'll buy it for you. Do you want Mr. Qi's little train? Where's the puzzle?"

Qi Lu turned around and pinched his lips: "Stop talking."

Si Yu laughed out of embarrassment.

Within two hours, Si Yu received an electronic document from Director Feng, which was a letter of appointment from the Ghost Affairs Bureau.

He took a rough look, and probably hoped that Qi Lu would be the new director of the management bureau. At the same time, the human government would introduce a series of new policies related to ghosts, including establishing schools, helping monsters develop professional skills, and accepting monsters into humans. Social survival work and so on.

Si Yu can also understand the thinking of the government. Humans have always been ignorant of ghosts. Naturally, there is no way to manage such a special department as the Ghost Affairs Administration. Fan Tianxing, the previous director, had such a thing happen again. Instead of letting such a similar If the incident repeats itself, it is better to let a real monster dominate the authority.

On the one hand, it can help restore the relationship between the monsters, and on the other hand, it can also put Qi Lu under their noses, which is a way to kill two birds with one stone.

Si Yu and Qi Lu discussed this matter, Qi Lu thought for a moment, and agreed.

This surprised Si Yu, who thought Qi Lu would flatly refuse, but unexpectedly he agreed.

"You're right, it's not a good idea to stand still," Qi Lu smiled and explained, "If you want to live normally in human society, you must abide by human order, I accept."

Si Yu's heart softened, he took Qi Lu's hand and said, "You don't have to force yourself."

"No," Qi Lu stroked the back of his hand, "and..."

"What?" Si Yu asked.

"The reward is very high," Qi Lu said.

Si Yu didn't pay attention before, but after hearing what Qi Lu said, he immediately pulled the file to the bottom, and his eyes lit up—the salary is really high!

"Then you must agree!" Si Yu clapped his hands, "Whether you are reluctant or not, this matter is settled like this!"

Even though he said that as a joke, Si Yu still read the letter of appointment carefully, and asked a legal friend to analyze the terms, and after confirming again and again that it was correct, he gave Director Feng an affirmative answer.

Everything is slowly getting better as Si Yu hoped.

Little Crab's broken leg grew out, Xiaofu's head jumped up a few centimeters, Li Mao's scar became shallower, order in Gutang Village was gradually restored, and the relationship between humans and monsters also had a new turning point.

That night, Si Yu returned to the room after taking a shower, and saw Qi Lu sitting on the bed, looking at something with a small night light on.

"What are you looking at?" Si Yu asked.

"It's nothing." Qi Lu folded the piece of paper in his hand.

"A piece of paper?" Si Yu said, "What's written on it? Let me see."

Qi Lu smiled, put the piece of paper on the bedside, and waved to Si Yu.

Si Yu stepped forward, and Qi Lu pulled him into his arms, stroking the wet hair on the back of his head with one hand.

"Written what?"

Si Yu didn't understand, and said, "I should ask you this, right?"

He stretched out his hand to pick up the piece of paper, and when the paper was unfolded halfway, Si Yu suddenly thought of something, and his movements suddenly stopped.

——This is the suicide note he left to Qi Lu when his life and death were uncertain.

"Mr. Qi, why do you..."

Why did I suddenly think of watching this?

"I've read it countless times," Qi Lu said in a deep voice, "so what did you write?"

The sheet of paper was blank, with nothing on it.

"No," Si Yu shook his head, "I didn't write anything."

At that time, he obviously had a lot of things to write to Qi Lu, but he picked up the pen but found that he couldn't start.

For all words are too light.

"It must have been written," Qi Lu pressed his palm against Si Yu's heart, "It's written here, right?"

There was a steady and strong heartbeat in his chest, Si Yu took a deep breath, nodded, "Yes."

"I will read it carefully," Qi Lu looked deeply into his eyes, lowered his head and held Si Yu steady, "no matter how long it takes."

"Okay." Si Yu said with a smile.

——End of text——