The whole world knows that I crossed

I don't know if he was vigilant, but Aizen didn't appear in front of Qiao Wen again for a long time.

The follow-up investigation of Mao's serial attacks also came to a complete halt after a period of no progress.

Except for the five "victims" who are still on indefinite leave of absence for the very reasonable reason of "the injury has not fully recovered", Mao's campus environment has not been greatly affected, and many students are too busy with their own studies. It is not even known when the special investigation team withdrew from the academy.

Kuchiki Byakuya had already expected this.

"It's because I can't see the situation clearly, and the growth of my abilities can't keep up with the expansion of my ambitions—in simple terms, my self-awareness is too high, so I'm still in the bottom class until now."

The young master unceremoniously made an extremely pungent evaluation.

"But Aizen is surprisingly calm."

Not only did he not find any excuse to explain his previous behavior of sneaking into the special investigation team, he even went back to the team building of the fifth team that night, and he never showed any interest in the follow-up of the incident and Qiao Wen himself, just like he did that day It was indeed just a coincidence that he was temporarily pulled into the investigation team, as if he followed other people to come to Qiao Wen to find out about the situation.

"Either he really has a clear conscience, or he has big plans in private."

The young master snorted.

Recently, he has become more and more relaxed in front of Qiao Wen, and the standard image of a cold, male god when we first met is almost shattered.

Faced with this situation, Qiao Wen gradually revealed his true nature, and obviously regarded himself as a young master who could expose his true nature unscrupulously in front of him. In other words, he was a trustworthy friend.

like now.

He was lying on the table without bones, but holding the carving knife firmly in his hand, he was carving a small wooden doll.

It wasn't the first time for Byakuya Kuchiki to watch Qiao Wen's handiwork.

But the young master had to admit that no matter how many times he looked at it, he would be shocked again and again—how did Qiao Wen's hands grow?

It's not that there are no craftsmen in the world of corpses and souls.

On the contrary, because the living environment here is more... old-fashioned, craftsmen are more needed than in this world—from architecture, home furnishing to all aspects of life, the existence of craftsmen is inseparable.

But Kuchiki Byakuya has never seen a craftsman like Qiao Wen... By the way, he is also a craftsman, right?

No matter what, in short, Qiao Wen is the only one who can continuously bring freshness and shock to Kuchiki Byakuya.

Seeing the handmade works that can be called works of art take shape in his hands, how do you feel, it's like drinking a glass of iced drink at the hottest time of the day in summer, and the cool water vapor flows from your throat Drive straight in for a long time, dispel all the heat in an instant, and make people feel refreshed all the way...

The young master of the Kuchiki family was distracted thinking about this, when a small wooden sculpture suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Here, see you off."

Said the black-haired youth who handed the newly carved wooden doll to him.

"It's a thank you gift."

"...Thank you?" After taking the wooden doll, looking at the chubby one carved by Qiao Wen, it was full of a strange and cute feeling, but after careful observation, one could immediately see that it was three points similar to himself. With a round wooden face, the young master was at a loss, "Did I do anything for you to express my gratitude to?"

"..." Qiao Wen sighed helplessly as he met the young master's blank stare, which was absolutely true and without any false elements.

"Whether it's helping me with my homework before, or protecting me under the wings of you and the Kuchiki family when I face Aizen and the members of the special investigation team later," he sighed, "Maybe after Kuchiki-senpai You seem to be just a little effort, or even worth mentioning, but to me, it is a valuable help."

"I don't have anything to offer in return. I just saw that senior, you seem to be interested in my handiwork, so I simply made this wood carving as a thank-you gift. If necessary, I can also paint it?"

As he said that, Qiao Wen tapped the feet of the woodcarving young master. Following his movement, Bai Zai, the dead wood of the little doll, realized that at the feet of the doll that should be "myself", there was actually There is also a big cat with a serious face...

"This is……"

"You guessed right! It's Miss Yeyi!"

Qiao Wen announced the answer that the young master failed to say in a tone of "Congratulations on learning to answer quickly".

"It's difficult to highlight the characteristics of Ms. Yeyi in the color of wood, so I still suggest a little color."

In that case, the little master doll itself will become much more vivid, and...

Even if this woodcarving suddenly fails to fit any of its tendons one day, it will become "skilled", and it will not turn into a moving wooden figure and a log-colored cat...

That was too miserable.

Qiao Wen thought.

It wasn't that he was stingy and refused to give more precious gifts.

But after thinking about it, since Kuchiki Byakuya showed more of his own attitude when interacting with him than the heir of the Kuchiki family, it means that he has more communication with Qiao Wen than the exchange of interests. It came from his own heart, and it has nothing to do with the entrustment of "keep an eye on Qiao Wen" that Sifengyuan Yeyi told him back then.

Then, Qiao Wen naturally shouldn't use the so-called "value" to measure the interaction between the two.

The handiwork he made with his own hands, although it seems to him that there is a risk of "becoming a master", the real value is completely immeasurable, but in the eyes of outsiders, it should be regarded as very shabby.However, given the young master's continued interest in his handicrafts recently, Qiao Wen decided to make a "thank you gift" for the other party by himself.

He thinks this is pretty good, but he doesn't know what the young master thinks...

Young Master: ......

Are you super happy!

In his memory, this was the first time he received a simple gift from a "friend" without any additional meaning.

It was for the person "Kuchiki Byakuya", not for the heir of the Kuchiki family, Master Byakuya.

In particular, it seems that the strange sense of satisfaction he feels at this moment is not only because it is a gift from a friend, but there seems to be some more important reason...

Even though the young master's heart was completely filled with some strange and unbelievable emotions at this moment, under the long-term inertia, the powerful expression management ability that was close to instinct still helped a lot at this time.

The young master showed a reserved yet polite smile:

"I'd love to be able to color it, too, if it doesn't bother me."

Little did he know that the answer itself had already revealed his true feelings.

Qiao Wen took back the wood carving from his hand with a smile:

"Then you probably have to wait another three to five days."

Slow work and meticulous work, and coloring is not an easy job to complete.

His hands were suddenly empty, and the young master was still a little uncomfortable.

He subconsciously shook his empty palm, and his voice couldn't help but carry a bit of loss that he couldn't explain why:

"It's okay, take your time."

Qiao Wen felt a little strange.

He could tell that the young master really liked the little wooden statue he carved, but he shouldn't like it to this extent, right?After all, it is not a peerless treasure...

I wanted to ask what was going on, but I was afraid of poking the sensitive and arrogant self-esteem of the young man.

Kuchiki Byakuya, on the other hand, broke away from that short-term feeling of loss, saw Qiao Wen looking at him a little hesitantly, and after thinking about it, he understood where he was struggling.

The young master felt that there was nothing he couldn't say, so he tidied up his emotions, and took the initiative to speak:

"I can't say why. In short, the moment I hold that wooden doll, I feel an inexplicable sense of satisfaction, as if it is very precious to me, even indispensable..."

……what? ? ?

Qiao Wen was shocked!

What kind of strange description is this?Is this the doll he was talking about?This one doesn't have any special little wood carvings? ?

Qiao Wen carefully observed the doll in his hand.

Just like any wooden doll he has ever made, it is exquisite and ordinary—it is really ordinary, the kind of ordinary without any signs of "spirituality".

It's not that Qiao Wen didn't think about what to do if his completely uncontrollable DIY power suddenly came into play at this time.But his intuition told him that in this world, he didn't need to worry about this matter.

Perhaps the power of DIY will only work in a specific world view of another world, what about strange abilities like the superpowers of supernatural beings and the superpowers of supernatural beings?

In the current world where only spiritual power exists, maybe the fundamental principle of its function is not valid?

It wasn't a fluke, it was just Qiao Wen's unfounded but quite strong intuition.

So he didn't feel at all that this statuette really had any magical powers.

But how can Kuchiki Byakuya's inexplicable feeling be explained?

Qiao Wen couldn't find a reasonable answer.

"Otherwise..." He hesitated a bit, "Otherwise, forget it? Shall I give you another gift?"

Before he finished speaking, his hands were empty, and the next second, Kuchiki Byakuya, who was sitting opposite him, had arrived at the door at some point, and left a very polite sentence: "See you next time."

Then it disappeared through the other side of the door.

Qiao Wen:? ? ?

……no.

Although it was originally a gift for the young master.

But isn't Ming Qiang a bit too much?Do you really want that?

Really unable to figure it out, Qiao Wen simply gave up thinking.

After a while, the young master seemed very ashamed of his outrageous behavior that day, and he didn't appear in front of Qiao Wen again for a while.

And as Qiao Wen's foot injury healed so much that he no longer needed leave and tutoring, the two hadn't seen each other for a while.

Qiao Wen didn't feel very disappointed. After all, if he develops normally, he and the young master belong to different grades. Even if they are both in Mao, there won't be too many opportunities to meet each other. Mixing together, I finally made my first real friend after coming to Soul Soul Realm, and now I suddenly can't see each other, I still feel a little lonely...

On the second day when Qiao Wen felt this way, he saw a certain young master waiting in front of his dormitory door as straight as a little poplar with one arm hanging.

"Senior Kuchiki? Your hand...?" Qiao Wen didn't hide the surprise and worry on his face.

The young master kept a straight face, and slightly nodded at him amidst the scrutiny and scrutiny around him: "It's been a while. Is it convenient now?"

Qiao Wen nodded quickly and led the man into his room.

Cut off from the gossip-filled probing eyes in the corridor, Qiao Wen let Kuchiki Byakuya into the room, and asked worriedly:

"What happened? How did you get hurt? Was it bad?"

Faced with Qiao Wen's question, the young master first shook his head, then nodded:

"What exactly happened, I'll explain in detail later, but before that, I want you to see this first."

As he spoke, he took out something from his sleeve and placed it on the table.

Qiao Wen took a closer look——

"This is... the small wooden sculpture I gave you?"

The one lying on the table was the wooden doll that was "robbed" by the young master before.

However, it is not the original appearance.

The details are still exquisite, but the doll itself has been broken into pieces, especially the right arm, where the complete shape can hardly be seen, it looks like a pile of wood chips...

Look at this miserable little wooden doll, and then look at Kuchiki Byakuya who "coincidentally" also has his right arm hanging...

Qiao Wen thought, he probably understood why the young master looked so serious at the moment.

The author has something to say: Young Master: ………

Qiao Xiaowen: I'm not, I haven't, don't talk nonsense!

Young master:? ? ?

—I haven’t said anything yet?

So the second stage of cheating starts! 【Really(????