Shopkeeper and God

The body suddenly got rid of the shackles of the enchantment, twisted and waved in pain, trying to break free from the erosion of the golden light, but it was just like a dying bug.

Probably it also found that struggling was useless, its withered hands grabbed Bao Chen's hand suddenly, trying to tear him away from his forehead.But this useless workmanship is like a moth to a flame. Its fingers close to the golden light are quickly burned off by the golden light, revealing the faint light that has been eroded within.

"... um... no" it even made a sound. This was the first time Baochen heard the sound of a soul that had turned into a dead spirit, so he couldn't help being puzzled. Seeing its painful and distorted expression, gray tears seeped from the bottom of its gray eyes.

Those tears fell very quickly, and were evaporated by the golden light very quickly, but even just this one drop was enough to explain something.

It must be the tears of knowing that I will die.Bao Chen didn't think much about it.

"No...no, um...forgive me, um, sorry..." The undead stammered, its upper body was completely corroded by the golden light, the golden color split the skin and turned it into powder, and then the half of the undead A face fell off, fingers fell off, arms fell off, and the chest was completely pierced by gold.The gray and white fell apart, and the moment Baochen withdrew his hand, its entire body turned into gray and white powder, and was swept into the silent Huaxi Lake by the breeze dissipated by the barrier.

The guests and the voices are back again. On the other side of the Huaxi Bridge, the people in the bar are full of interest, and exotic tunes will float over from time to time.People enjoy life to the fullest, and no one knows what just happened across the water.

Baochen looked at the other side of the Huaxi Bridge, the bright lights were indeed as beautiful as the world.He stood on the bridge for a while longer, and when the first bugs started chirping under the bridge, he knew it was over and he could leave.

But when he lifted his foot, a gray-white ring on the ground caught his attention.

There is no doubt that this color and shape should be something on that undead.But the dead spirit has dissipated, not only Baochen can't feel its existence, but also the activities of the creatures under the bridge are the best proof.So what is this.Baochen took half a step back, squatted down to take a closer look.

The shape of the ring is small and round, it looks like it should be worn on the hand... a ring?

Baochen thought to himself, and reached out to take it.It's just that before his hand could touch it, the ring, like its owner, turned into gray dust and dissipated in the wind.

Baochen remembered what Lu Xing said, the two people who died here loved each other, even though they were going to perish in the face of despair.Lu Xing also said before that in modern society, rings are a symbol of love.But in the memory that Bao Chen saw, the man was only full of hatred and hatred towards women in the end.

So are they in love?

The emotions of the gods are simple and straightforward, and he cannot understand the complicated emotions involved.So he sighed, and when he stood up, the night view of Huaxi Lake fell into his eyes again.

"...By the way, the night view of Huaxi Bridge is also a beautiful place. Legend has it that it is the place where many couples choose to confess their love."

He remembered what Lu Xing said again.Since it was a place to confess, how could he choose to commit suicide here.Or maybe death was just a momentary decision for him.So it's still the same question--

Are they in love?

Baochen felt very tired, he didn't really want to know the answer, but he felt uncomfortable, just like that person refused to be with him for a reason thousands of years ago that he couldn't figure out.

He felt that he was not such a qualified god after all. He embraced all things with compassion, but he couldn't understand the meaning of the word "feeling".

Thinking of this, Baochen sighed, and without looking at the night of Huaxi Lake in a blink of an eye, he stepped off the bridge.

And Huaxi is still the same, how many infatuated loves have been fulfilled?

Calculate (1)

It's been almost a week since the Huaxi incident, except for a few goblins who came to Lu Xing to comment on trivial matters, the shop has been quiet these days.If there is any major event, then the only major event is probably:

Qi Xie couldn't get out of the pot.

Qi Harmony has always only accepted commissions from spirits and ghosts. Apart from being in the human world, Qi Xie has very little contact with human society.Qi Xie doesn't charge money for doing things, only items.Therefore, in order to exchange real things for human money, Qi Xie has to go through another leader.And this leader is the Jin Chan family.

Qi Xie will hand over some items in the warehouse to the Jinchan family every few months, and the Jinchan family will exchange these items for human currency and then hand them over to Qi Xie.It is said that the Jinchan Family has been exchanging items for money for successive shopkeepers since the establishment of Qixie. Naturally, the benefits obtained from Qixie are also quite a lot. Harmony gave them good things.Although Baochen knew that the golden toad had a close relationship with humans, he was still curious about how they sold those items that belonged to monsters to humans.It's just that in this day and age, the Jinchan family has already learned to send money to Lu Xing's account through the Internet, and they don't usually come to the store, and Lu Xing only visits during the holidays, so it's not easy to meet each other from time to time. .

But how should I put it...it's really advancing with the times...

When Baochen watched Lu Xing pick up the mobile bank statement, he suddenly had the illusion that he was abandoned by the times.

But this time, the money has been delayed for four days.

Although it was only four days late, during these four days, Lu Xing's eye circles were almost dark with worry.It was rare for Chen Yiguang to see his master like this, he could only stick out his tongue at Baochen and dare not even ask for pocket money.And Lu Xing almost naturally reduced Bao Chen's three meals a day, euphemistically saying: "You should lose weight".

Baochen knew that Lu Xing was just trying to save money, and he could feel it just by looking at the changes in the food on the table.In the past, when Lu Xing was in a good mood, he could still order some takeaway. These days, besides tofu stewed with spinach, there was spinach stewed tofu on the dinner table.However, Lu Xing still remembered not to delay Chen Yiguang, who was growing up, and gave him two eggs every day.It's just that poor Baochen can only sustain himself by absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon, and gradually he has a feeling of reminiscing about bitterness and thinking about sweetness.

Fortunately, this kind of life didn't last too long. On the afternoon of the fifth day, Jin Chan sent the money over.

Lu Xing almost jumped up for joy, and even asked Baochen if he wanted to go out to eat tonight.But Baochen asked him what he should do if a guest came to visit.When Lu Xing was asked this question, he realized that he was getting carried away. He snorted and said, "The body is the capital, so how can I help you monsters when my life is gone?"

Lu Xing is right and left.

Baochen didn't bother to poke him, and Lu Xing was in a happy moment, so he couldn't help turning over the bill several times.Turning over and over, I felt something was wrong.Baochen didn't understand these things, but seeing Lu Xing's frown furrowed, he felt that something was wrong.When Chen Yiguang came back from school at night, while Lu Xing was still doing the math in the hall, Baochen knew that Lu Xing's bragging about going out to eat probably wouldn't work.He simply greeted Lu Xing, took his pocket money, and took Chen Yiguang to the market to buy food.

When the two of them bought takeaways and came back, Lu Xing's account was settled.However, his complexion was really not very good-looking, and even his sitting posture revealed a bit of fierce anger, which reminded Chen Yiguang that his master had the same complexion when he couldn't recite the text.

But Chen Yiguang ran away in fright, but he might not be able to scare Baochen.Baochen sent the children to the kitchen to serve the dishes, set up the dining table next to him, and said, "If the accounts don't match, just call them over. Since it's a friendship from generation to generation, even if the money is undercounted, it should be done." There is a reason, why bother yourself to be so sulking."

Lu Xing looked at him with raised eyes, as if he felt that he talked a lot today, so he sneered, "How do you know that the money is short?" Bao Chen's subordinates hesitated slightly, and turned to look at him.Lu Xing twitched the corner of his mouth, and continued: "This time the money is not only not less, but more."

Bao Chen was taken aback by these words, and couldn't help asking, "How do you say it?"

Lu Xing sighed, and said, "This time I will give Jin Chan three things. One, an ink landscape painting I got last year; Small statue of Avalokitesvara. I don’t know how these prices are, but Jin Chan will tell me the price once the item is sold, and finally send the money on the appointed day every month. Of course, the money is already after tax. In theory Because of the tax deduction, there must be a discrepancy between the money sent by the phone call and the one added when the item was sold, but this time, in addition to the tax deducted, Jin Chan gave me [-] more, which happened to be the ink and wash landscape painting. final price."

After finishing speaking, Lu Xing crossed his arms and leaned back on the back of the chair, the luster in his eyes became tense and serious.

"It's just extra money, wouldn't it be nice to return it?" Baochen asked casually, seeing Chen Yiguang coming over with a table and chopsticks carefully, he simply stepped forward to pick one up.

Lu Xing licked the corners of his lips in embarrassment, and said: "Jin Chan doesn't like people returning money back, and they give more money because they have a reason to give more... Qi Xie doesn't take money from monsters but uses money from the world , I'm just afraid..."

"Entrustment fee." Bao Chen also thought of this.Lu Xing nodded, his expression was serious and he didn't speak for a while.Chen Yiguang tugged on Baochen's sleeve worriedly, and Baochen patted him on the shoulder comfortingly. Looking at Lu Xing's appearance, he couldn't help but said, "Let's eat first, we'll talk about anything after dinner."