Flame red

Facts have proved that Mu Yu did not lie to Yan Hong.The agent drove around the city center, then circled into a residential area, and finally stopped in front of a luxury villa that looked like it was indeed the case.It is no different from the villa next to it, except that there are obviously more flowers and plants planted in the courtyard than in the two neighboring villas. There are no tables, chairs or children's toys in the yard. A solitary sweet-scented osmanthus sapling stands alone on the grass. It is probably thinking of providing a pleasant shade when it grows up.

Red tiles and white walls, silver-gray railings, and basically all the windows have drawn curtains, so you can't see the scene inside.

The Porsche SUV drove into the small garage next to the yard, and the manager got out of the car and returned the keys to Mu Yu.

He looked at Yanhong and the young man with the hiking bag, and said to Mu Yu: "Is there any problem?"

"Well, no problem." The big star nodded.

"Then I'll go home first, and I'll pick you up tomorrow."

"Well, thank you."

Mu Yu didn't keep her, even though it was raining so hard, Yanhong thought it would be better to keep her for a while.But in the end, the manager just took out the umbrella and walked towards the gate of the community against the wind and rain.

It was the young man who spoke first. "Is it okay for the rain to be so heavy?"

Mu Yu took out two umbrellas from the garage and threw them to him and Yan Hong indifferently, and replied: "His car is right outside the door." After speaking, he led them to the house.

Entered the iron gate of the yard, then walked across the lawn to the gate.There is nothing posted outside the door, and there are no other decorations, it is as simple as it has just been renovated.Mu Yu opened the door, then walked to the shoe rack in front of the entrance, found two pairs of women's slippers and put them on the ground, and looked at the young man with an embarrassed expression.

"I've never had a man in my house. Sorry."

"..." A look of hopelessness flashed across the other party's face, and then he sighed in resignation. "I wish I could wear men's slippers next time I'm here."

——And next time?

Yan Hong muttered in her heart while changing her shoes, and couldn't help but glance at the young man again.

But Mu Yu didn't seem to care, and walked into the house after changing his shoes.

To be honest, Yanhong has imagined countless times how luxurious and beautiful her home would be for a star, with golden chandeliers, exquisite murals, and high-end electronic equipment.A huge rectangular white sofa is domineeringly horizontal in the living room, and then a coffee table with colorful patterns is placed in the center of the carpet, and various neat potted plants are placed on the balcony.

But in Mu Yu's living room, the only things that fit Yan Hong's imagination are the white sofa domineeringly lying across the living room, and the simple and clean glass coffee table with only one teacup.There were papers that looked like scripts scattered on the carpet, and two signature pens of different colors were thrown among them.

There are no murals, no golden chandeliers, no potted plants on the balconies.On the contrary, the LCD TV screen mounted on the wall and the luxurious and huge sound box below are very eye-catching.

In every way, it looks very much like it just moved here.Yanhong thought.There was a very pleasant fragrance in the air, a bit like some kind of fresh flower, or like a ripe lemon without a sour taste.

A cloud of black mist hit Yanhong head-on, she subconsciously turned her head to avoid it, then heard a crackling sound behind her, turned around and saw that the young man was holding two small scarlet stones in his hand, and just now Because of her dodging, the cloud of black mist that rushed to the back was bounced into the corner, white smoke was rising from her body, and she let out a threatening whisper, while those green eyes turned around on the young man and Yan Hong several times. Did not stop.

"This is cinnabar. I just have some in my pocket." Seeing Yan Hong staring at the small stone in his hand, the young man introduced it to her like this.Then hand one of them to her.

Yanhong held it in his hand, and it melted into sand.It's not much different from what I imagined, just a little hot.

At this time, Mu Yu came out with two cups of hot tea, and motioned for the two of them to sit casually. "It's fine anywhere as long as it's not sitting on my script."

After the young man took the hot tea, he walked directly to the sofa. When he sat down, there was a large dent on the white sofa, but he didn't care at all.

Yan Hong also took the tea, hesitated for a while and walked to the side of the sofa, sitting on the edge.The soft sofa is sunken and feels very comfortable to the touch.

Mu Yu picked up the script on the ground, put it on the coffee table, and then glanced at Yan Hong again. "Would you like to change your clothes a bit?"

"I'm fine, no need."

"Go back and catch a cold."

Yan Hong still shook her head.Mu Yu didn't force her, nodded and sat on the other side of the sofa.

The living room was filled with a black mist that blurred people's eyes, and black shadows of various shapes were piled up in the corners of the walls.Yan Hong looked around, but found that the huge centipede was missing.However, many black figures in the shape of centipedes were found in the corridor leading to the room.

While she was looking around, the young man spoke first. "Miss Mu's family is very evil."

Mu Yu turned his head to look, and then sighed seriously. "I can't see it anyway."

"A large number of low-level monsters are gathered here." The young man raised an index finger and tapped the coffee table, looking around the corners. "It exudes evil spirits all over the body, and it is more difficult to deal with than ordinary evildoers outside." Then, he said that instead of planting sweet-scented osmanthus in the yard, peach trees should be planted. Here it also involves the things behind Feng Shui Yunyun, Yan Hong didn't pay much attention to it.

As for what Mu Yu was thinking, she didn't know, because that man listened very seriously.

Then the young man took out a bronze mirror and a wooden statue of Zhong Kui from his hiking bag, and started walking around the house.Tell Mu Yu to find a good place to enshrine the celestial masters to cure diseases and misfortunes, and put the bronze mirror at the door of the kitchen with the concave side outside, it is said that it can absorb all evil spirits.

Although I don't know if these things can work, at least in Yanhong's eyes, whether it is the statue of Zhong Kui or the bronze mirror, it is indeed genuine, with a faint golden light in it.

"I see." She muttered, and then looked at the shadows in the corridor.It seemed that the copper mirror had indeed played a role, and the black fog everywhere was slightly dispersed towards the French windows and door leading to the balcony.

"That's right." Hearing Yan Hong talking to herself, the young man turned his head and looked at her curiously. "This little girl also seems to have the eyes of the sky, can she see?" He said and pointed to the black shadow under his feet.

Yanhong nodded.

Mu Yu seemed to remember that he hadn't introduced him yet, so he smiled apologetically. "Yanhong, Master Lu is the exorcist introduced by my family."

"Oh, that's amazing..." Looking a little older than Jian Xiangli, Yan Hong naturally thought of the formula that age is directly proportional to ability, and she looked at Master Lu with a little more respect in her eyes.

"Don't dare to act, dare not act." Master Lu smiled a little embarrassedly, then straightened his back and continued to look around with Zhong Kui's portrait.

Because the clothes on her body were still damp, Yan Hong couldn't help shaking again, and almost sneezed.

Mu Yu didn't say who Yan Hong was or his relationship with him. He only introduced Master Lu to her but not Yan Hong to Master Lu. I don't know why, maybe it's because they are still in the observation stage.And what makes Yanhong strange is that ordinary people should subconsciously ask another person's identity at this time, but Master Lu has no such thought at all, walking around talking about something incessantly, as if he has fallen into his own world inside.

Originally, she thought that the other party was really too dedicated to his work and had no distractions, but in the next second, he caught Master Lu glancing at Mu Yu while he was walking, and after being discovered by Yan Hong, he hurriedly looked away, pretending to be looking at Feng Shui.

The corner of Yanhong's mouth twitched, and the admiration in her heart was immediately diluted by three points.

She tilted her body and glanced again at the hallway leading to the bedroom.He waved to Master Lu. "Sir, don't you plan to look over here?"

"there?"

Mu Yu glanced at the direction Yan Hong pointed at. "Oh, that's the bedroom."

Originally, it was just a plain sentence, but unexpectedly Master Lu waved his hands anxiously. "No no no." He refused. "The land of the boudoir is not allowed to step on it at will."

Yanhong was taken aback. "ah?"

"Lu Mou was taught by his parents since he was a child, and women's boudoirs are not allowed to break into the women's boudoir for various superficial reasons."

"..."

"..."

Regardless of the fact that the owner of the house has not expressed his opinion here, the mere mention of the bedroom made Master Lu, who was holding the portrait of Zhong Kui, blush all of a sudden.

Yan Hong sighed.Based on her experience last time, she guessed that the places with the heaviest black fog should be in the bedroom.But that Mr. Lu just dared to walk back and forth in the living room wasting time, there was really nothing he could do.Yan Hong could only turn her head to look at Mu Yu who was puzzled.

"Can I go to the bedroom and have a look?" She asked the man carefully. She didn't know why, maybe it was because the other party's aura was too strong in the bookstore last time, and she always felt that such a height difference of almost one head would make the other party feel uncomfortable. In the next second, he showed a sense of oppression like a black panther chasing after him.Mu Yu raised his eyebrows, Yan Hong quickly added another sentence. "You too."

So the big star nodded, and turned to look at Master Lu who stopped and walked not far away to look at them. "Mr. Lu, please do your own thing first. I'll accompany her to the bedroom."

"Ah, yes." Master Lu's expression was a little subtle, he hesitated to speak, and then he opened his mouth. "Please be careful with it."

Mu Yu hummed, then led Yan Hong to the bedroom.Along the way, Yan Hong coquettishly avoided a few black centipede shadows lying in the corridor, the big star in front looked back at her suspiciously, and walked forward on her own after being puzzled.

They came all the way to Mu Yu's bedroom, Yanhong did another mental construction before opening the door, and then she couldn't help but take two steps back when she stepped into the door.It made Mu Yu look back at her in doubt again.

Yan Hong looked at her with some embarrassment. "You have nothing... are you uncomfortable? In the room."

"There is nothing except wanting to sleep." Mu Yu replied.

"Oh."

Taking a deep breath, Yan Hong stepped into the room carefully.

Mu Yu's room is very clean, the computer is placed on the desk, the bookshelf is next to the closet, and the floor is covered with cotton wool carpets, there is a separate toilet and wash room, and the floor-to-ceiling windows are large.Facing the desk was a very big bed, big enough for Yanhong to roll over on it, with only one pillow on it, the quilt was neat and looked very soft.And Mu Yu casually sat on the bed, and signaled Yan Hong to visit by himself.

No, compared to the simple living room of a big star, what shocked Yanhong even more was the centipede that covered the floor and walls.Although not as fat and strong as the one I saw last time, each one has her thick and long forearm, and the twinkling green eyes made Yan Hong's heart tingle.

"So why don't you come to the bedroom..." Yan Hong gritted her teeth and muttered in a low voice.

But Mu Yu suddenly smiled, and there was still no obvious smile in his eyes.It's just the raised corners of her mouth that let Yanhong know that she is really smiling. "It seems that the situation here is more serious than that in the living room."

"It's just impossible to do anything." Seeing that she wasn't nervous or scared at all, Yan Hong felt depressed instead, stretched out her hand to rub the center of her brows and sighed.

"Oh……"

"Don't put it lightly on the front!"

"Then is there any way? I'll ask Master Lu to come in?" Mu Yu pointed to the door of the room, and told Yan Hong like this.

Yan Hong thought about it for a while, and felt that Mr. Exorcist who was still looking for the location of Zhong Kui's statue just because he could peek at Mu Yu gave her a premonition that something big would happen.

So he said to Mu Yu solemnly: "No, I think he seems to like you."

Mu Yu was stunned for a moment, then tilted his head in confusion. "I just met him today." He explained like this, and after thinking about it, he felt that something was wrong. "And what does that have to do with letting him in to help?"

"...Yeah, what's the relationship?" Yan Hong muttered to herself, then remembered Jian Xiangli's saying that she had a good impression of Mu Yu, she shook her head solemnly, and blurted out: "Because of your luck Excellent, so basically even if you meet for the first time, everyone will have a very high opinion of you."

"Then the manager's brother still has a family." Mu Yu said amusedly.

"...Uh, I didn't say that I would definitely like you, I just said that I would have a good impression." Yan Hong waved her hand to correct. "But there is also the possibility of liking, otherwise why would he want to peek at you?"

"So he was peeking at me?"

"..."

Being in this state of not knowing the depth of the fog in Mount Lu again, Yan Hong sighed and looked at Mu Yu's seemingly innocent but playful expression.In fact, what she said was just a wild guess without any basis. Maybe the big star in front of her really has the charm of falling in love at first sight.

And favorability and exorcism should have nothing to do with each other.Why did the topic go in this direction?Annoyed, Yanhong reflected on her "blurred words".

But Mu Yu didn't seem to care much about the direction of the topic, and suddenly said seriously: "If this is the case, then you have to be careful."

Yan Hong raised her eyebrows. "Why?"

"If you like me, it will be embarrassing." The other party said so firmly, the next second Yan Hong almost picked up a centipede from his feet and threw it on the face that should be taken for granted.

But she gritted her teeth and resisted the urge to complain, and decided not to dwell on this topic. "In short, this is not the point now."

Yes, the point is obviously to find a way to make Mu Yu's bedroom simple and comfortable again, not the world of these arm-sized centipedes.

But it seems very unrealistic to drive them all out. Even if the three spells are used, Yan Hong still has to shed a lot of blood.Maybe she wouldn't have to go to school the next day, and she would just lie down in the hospital.

So since they can't be driven away, what is the way to keep these centipedes from approaching Mu Yu?

"That's right. Ask Mr. Lu if he has something to ward off evil spirits, something that can be worn around the neck." Yan Hong said to Mu Yu.

Mu Yu sat on the bed and looked at her for a while, then nodded. "I'll ask."

Yanhong watched her open the door and leave, only to realize that she was waiting for her to take the initiative to ask, after all, it is not good to leave an unfamiliar person in the bedroom.

It's a pity that Yanhong didn't understand what Mu Yu meant at the time, but in the end she seemed very rude.

Some uncomfortably rubbed the hem of the clothes, the wet cloth felt really uncomfortable, Yan Hong waited for a while, then saw Mu Yu slowly returning to the room, holding a string of square-hole copper coins in his hand, a total of six A piece, polished to a shiny finish.I have also heard Uncle Zhang from the newsstand said that ancient coins are handed by thousands of people, and they gather the yang energy of everyone, which is just right to ward off evil spirits.

So Yan Hong took the copper coin, and then approached the centipede at her feet, but the other party just moved a little to the side, without any reaction.

It doesn't seem to be a good way to ward off this evil.Yan Hong sighed, took out the indigo blue jade knife from her pocket, turned her head and glanced behind her, Mu Yu stared at herself without saying a word.

Without explaining anything, he gritted his teeth and made a neat incision on the pulp of his index finger. The jade knife, which can't even cut through plastic bags, is extremely sharp when it touches human body temperature. Basically, it doesn't take too much force to cut Broken flesh.

Mu Yu, who had been watching behind her, frowned slightly.Yanhong squeezed out bright red warm blood and wiped each copper coin once, and the string of bronze-colored coins revealed a bright vermilion color, like mottled iron rust.A few drops of blood sprinkled on the ground touched the centipede beside him, and he heard a neighing sound. Originally, he had no reaction to the copper coin, but after being sprinkled with red blood, he struggled to escape to a distance, but nothing like before. Like the black shadow in the toilet, it disappeared when touched.

And Yanhong tried to move the blood-stained copper coin to the wall again this time, and the centipede lying on it immediately scattered and fled.She nodded with satisfaction, and handed the copper coin in her hand to Mu Yu.

The other party had already pulled out two tissues from the bedside table, and handed them to her while taking the copper coins.

"It's best not to leave this copper coin, and don't wash off the blood. If it's gone, let me know, and I'll make it up later." Yan Hong said to Mu Yu while pressing the wound with a tissue.

Mu Yu frowned and looked at the string of copper coins. "I'm going to wear this to sleep at night?"

"Well, this will be more comfortable."

"..."

In the end, the big star didn't answer yes or no, but turned around and walked to the desk, opened the drawer and rummaged through to find a band-aid and handed it to Yanhong.

After the National Day holiday, on the first day of school, before the morning classes started, the most discussed among the wealthy children in the class was where they went to play again.Showing off the villas and real estate in the north and south of the river, and at the same time, there are not a few people who travel abroad like Yu Le, and they have basically traveled all over Europe, America and Australia.In these years, the slightly rich children in ordinary high schools are still proud of their trips to Hawaii, and the sons and daughters have already gone to Prague and Provence.

Yu Le went surfing in New Zealand. The young lady who looks as thin and small as Yan Hong is actually a good athlete. Although she may not be able to run compared to someone with taller legs, she can win in any event. The ranking Yu Le is definitely the trump card in the class.If she plays well, she can basically win No.1. Unfortunately, for her, the number of times she performs well is less than the number of times she slipped and fell on the track.

But Yang Bai went to Russia, and when he came back, he learned a lot of Russian, which made Yan Hong dizzy.

As for the others, they all talked about what they had seen and heard. It was obviously just a very ordinary National Day holiday. Just sitting in their seats and listening to others, it seemed as if they had traveled around the world.

Scenery, exciting experience, what you see and what you learn, in the minds of contemporary teenagers during the National Day holiday, it is estimated that the most enviable thing is not the golden autumn scenery of Russia, nor the blue waves of New Zealand, nor the idyllic songs of Provence.

In Yanhong's heart, she thought that if she told her that when everyone else was busy flying around the world to spend money, she would not only have gotten into Mu Yu's car, but also entered Mu Yu's house.Then, it is estimated that all the jealousy and envy will be concentrated on Yan Hong in an instant, right?

But she won't say it, and most people won't show off after experiencing such inexplicable things.So when Yu Le asked what Yanhong did during the holidays, she could only smile awkwardly and say that she stayed at home and watched TV.

"Isn't this too wasteful?" Yu Le frowned with pity.

"I also help with things at home." Yan Hong's words were not wrong, she not only helped Snake Lady go out to set up a stall, but also went to the newsstand to help.Even if the first two points are not counted, at least she has been running around because of Mu Yu's affairs.

Yu Le glanced at her index finger wrapped around a Band-Aid. "I think so." It seemed that he believed it, and nodded without further questioning.After that, the class bell rang just in time, and the classroom gradually quieted down.

Afterwards, life returned to the right track. In the gradually cooler weather, the school’s cheap rental housing was running around at two o’clock and one line. Every day, I watched a few math problems that were just as simple as a child’s pencil drawing in the eyes of top students, racking my brains. In physical education class, the teacher drove a blue and white volleyball until a deep red mark was left on his arm.The topics in the class are always celebrities and cosmetics, and occasionally the boys will discuss game consoles with each other, but Yanhong is even more ignorant of this, and can only lament her short-sightedness while listening to a few seemingly advanced terms. .

Life is not pleasant, but it is never boring.

For Yanhong, three meals a day, not being disliked or bullied, and passing homework and passing exams are already very satisfying. Any deeper thinking about life, any extracurricular activities and national competitions are not within the scope of her attention. .

Good-looking people will look back, but they will not open any poems full of thoughts.

Yu Le always hates iron and steel, saying that internal cultivation is more important than appearance.But Yanhong will neither make effort to dress herself up, nor will she specially read some esoteric philosophy books.

She vaguely remembered that the reason why Yu Le was nominated by others to compete for the colonel was that one day during the lunch break, when she was reading Heidegger's "Being and Time" in the corridor, the troubled boy in the same class took a photo with her mobile phone. The photo was posted on the forum, and it aroused countless people's pursuit and praise.

If she pouted to show her cuteness like other girls, maybe Yu Le wouldn't be able to skyrocket in popularity overnight.I have seen too many selfie poses of beautiful girls nowadays, and her image of being casually immersed in the literary world makes others praise her refreshing temperament.

So is it the Heidegger's book, the beauty of Yu Le itself, or the combination of the two?Maybe those who like it include all three situations.

In-depth thinking is too complicated, and the brain that is already exhausted from one or two math problems will be overloaded, so when Yanhong encounters such a thing, she will just perfunctorily throw it aside. When others ask about the result, she just throws it out. A superficial answer to cope.

A lot happened in October.During this period, because Mu Yu didn't call Yan Hong for the past two weeks, Yan Hong, who was always worried about the blood stains on the copper coins being rubbed off, could only take the initiative to send a text message to the other party before going to bed.Unexpectedly, there was no news after this post, and there was no reply for several days, like a stone sinking into the sea.

How should I say it, out of politeness, I should react a bit, right?Yan Hong, who was clearly able to patiently endure half a month of military training, felt that she was too impatient to concentrate at this time, and even often had the illusion of her phone vibrating during class.She thought about it later, maybe it was because worry turned into anxiety and then anger.

No matter what, Yanhong dialed Mu Yu's phone directly before going to bed on the fifth night. After the popular square dance rang in her ears for two loops, the big star finally answered.

It seems that they are attending some kind of celebration banquet, and it is very noisy over there.

"What's wrong?" Mu Yu asked her.

Yan Hong didn't dare to get mad at her, she gritted her teeth hard, trying to make her voice sound calm. "The blood on those copper coins should be wiped clean, right?"

The answer is nothing more than two directions, clean and unclean.

However, Mu Yu always seemed to be against Yan Hong, even the answer would not be as she wished. "It was very inconvenient for me as an actor to wear that string of copper coins all day long."

Well, I should have thought of it long ago. As a celebrity who pays great attention to his appearance, a string of ancient copper coins hung around his neck is really not good for clothes.Maybe it will be photographed by the media, and then it will be widely evaluated.Yan Hong sighed, and murmured in her heart how could she not have thought of this at that time?

When she was secretly annoyed, Mu Yu said again: "Mr. Lu Master has been by my side all this time, my parents trust him very much."

Yan Hong was taken aback. "On your side?"

"He will be there when I go out. I will wear the string of copper coins when I sleep at night."

"Oh..." It would be a little reassuring if someone followed.Out of a sense of responsibility, Yan Hong asked one more question. "Is it okay?"

"Yes." Mu Yu replied quickly. "He has helped our relatives solve many problems before, so I also believe in his ability."

Since Mu Yu and his parents have won the trust, it is difficult for Yan Hong to say anything.I don't know if it's because of her psychological sensitivity, Mu Yu's answer gave her a feeling that the other party believed in Master Lu more than herself.

Maybe this is true.After all, compared to the young man known as the exorcist, Yan Hong is a layman who doesn't even know anything about gossip and feng shui, and only has the ability to see ghosts and evildoers.

She sighed, then said that you should be careful, and hung up the phone.

Then I thought that maybe this was the last conversation between them, because they were not that familiar with each other, so there was no special regret and sadness.

When I went home at night, I told the snake woman that Mu Yu had found an exorcist, so there was no need to worry about it now.The old man just sighed at this, and squinted at Yanhong.She pretended not to notice, and went back to the room by herself.

When I was looking for my homework in my schoolbag, I found that the spells were pitifully pressed on the bottom of the schoolbag. The originally smooth paper was wrinkled, like a face full of unhappy faces.

Yan Hong spread them all out on the desk, not knowing what to do.Maybe just stay at home as a talisman, or return it to Jian Xiangli when he has time.

Thinking of the exorcist in the national government, she decided to tell him about the situation, including Master Lu.Taking advantage of the time before dinner, Yanhong dialed Jian Xiangli's phone number, and the other party answered quickly.

Unexpectedly, Jian Xiangli didn't seem too surprised by Master Lu's appearance.Just hummed, and then introduced to Yanhong.

"The Lu family and our family are both families of exorcists, but they belong to different divisions." He said. "I've also heard about Mr. Lu. It's wrong to say that he is a fledgling, and it's wrong to say that he has a lot of experience. He basically belongs to most of the examples that swing in the middle."

"Do you think he can protect Mu Yu well?"

"If it's an exorcist with a little bit of experience, I don't think there's anything to worry about. But he's hard to say." Jian Xiangli replied with a smile, and then comforted Yanhong. "But it's better to have someone follow than no one. Let me tell the Lu family about the information in my hand first, so that they can pay more attention."

"Well, please."

"You keep those spells, maybe you'll need them soon."

He said so casually, but Yan Hong suddenly had a bad feeling.