On the Hundred Ways of Chasing Mermaids

Imagining Xuan Mo walking towards him with a cold face, wearing a human white wedding dress and veil, holding bouquets of flowers, Lanxi couldn't help shivering.

... It's too scary, isn't it!

Therefore, facing the ardent eyes of the elder sister, Lan Xi choked out a sentence for a long time: "I... I'm afraid I can't." Although I think living with Xuan Mo is a good choice, but there is still so long in the future, Who can tell?

Lanxi has never been a scumbag who makes promises casually.

Fortunately, the eldest sister didn't go into this sentence, just smiled slightly, leaning against the railing, the breeze blew her hair, and in this deep night, her eyes turned to the distance, as if she was remembering something.

Lancey sat silently on the side without disturbing him. His body was a little dehydrated, so he silently picked up a cup of coffee.At the same time, the elder sister's words drifted into his ears with the night wind——

"I know you're not human..."

puff.

Lan Xi sprayed out the unswallowed food in his mouth without any image, took out a tissue to wipe his mouth, his eyes widened: "Sister, why are you scolding me!"

What the hell did he do?Why are you not human anymore?

The little melancholy that was finally brewing was completely dissipated by Lan Xi's words, the eldest sister of the Zhuo family couldn't laugh or cry: "You..."

She suddenly didn't know what to say!

Since she was a child, her family did not hide from her about the difference between Xuan Mo and herself. She was surprised and curious when she first learned of Xuan Mo's identity, and now she fully accepts it. This process took her several years.

This is because he grew up with Xuan Mo!

She thought that she had excellent receptivity, but she never thought that the little guy in front of her could... well, be so adaptable to her human identity.

Does it mean that the other party should be vigilant or smart?

Sister Zhuo held back her smile, and she simply spoke in Lanxi's terrified eyes, and then slowly talked about the past.

If we talk about the origin of the Zhuo family and Xuanmo, we have to trace it back to the generation of Ming Chen's grandfather.

It was a special period after the founding of the People's Republic of China. The Zhuo family's prominence before liberation turned out to be the trigger for their criticism and opposition.Being labeled, the property that the whole family depended on for survival was confiscated, coupled with the intrusion of natural disasters, the whole family seemed to be unable to survive.

As the only male in the family, my grandfather took the initiative to stand up and carry the banner of the family's livelihood even though he was weak.

However, the wall fell and everyone pushed.

When we are down and down, there are always villains who come to add insult to injury.Under the deliberate calculations of others, the grandfather lost his way and was trapped in the wilderness forest.

When he couldn't go out and couldn't find a water source, his grandfather found a black thing coiled together not far from the mountain forest. His body was heaving and heaving, as if he was breathing.

When he got closer, he saw that it was a monster he had never seen before!After a closer look, the dragon head and wolf body, with horns on the top, are exactly the gluttony mentioned in ancient books!

"So grandfather saved Xuan Mo?" Lan Xi couldn't help but interjected.

"No..." Sister Zhuo was serious, "Grandfather was shocked, turned around and ran away, and finally ran out of the woods by mistake."

Lan Xi: "..." Why does this grandfather's style of painting seem familiar?

"After running out of the forest, my grandfather felt sympathetic again. He saw that the Taotie was not chasing him, but he was afraid that it would be greedy if other people saw it, so after hesitating, he finally went back and hugged Xuanmo, hiding it in his clothes. Back home."

Wait, Lan Xi suddenly realized that she had overlooked an important point——is Xuan Mo from decades ago so well-behaved?

The eldest sister of the Zhuo family also seemed to be aware of his doubts, and explained: "I heard what my grandfather said, and when I went home, I took out Xuan Mo and took a look. It turned out that this guy was seriously injured and couldn't move at all. Later, my grandfather also Said, thanks to a thought that suddenly flashed through him at that time, otherwise there would not be the current Zhuo family."

... the Taotie hidden in his bosom.

... Xuan Mo being held in his hands.

Lanxi could instantly imagine the appearance of the other party at that time!

Small, pocket-sized...

Hey, thinking about it like this actually feels a bit rubbish!

The story is still going on, but Lanxi can almost guess what the eldest sister will say later——

"So, after Xuan Mo's injury is healed, will he help you drive away the bad guys and tide over the difficulties?"

"Do not."

Sister Zhuo's eyes became complicated again, "I heard from my grandfather that Xuan Mo had a big appetite at the time and ate a lot. So in order to support him, the whole family has been busy..."

Lan Xi's eyes straightened: "So it's not a helper, but an extra burden?"

The eldest sister laughed happily, her eyes were full of happy memories: "I also asked this question at the time."

"The answer my grandfather gave me at that time was only one sentence, 'He is a sweet burden'. I didn't understand it before, and I didn't realize the meaning until I got older." Mingchen looked at Lanxi, "At that time, Xuanmo brought Theirs is actually the courage to live."

If they don't make it through, what will happen to this little glutton they picked up?

If they were immersed in sorrow and resentment all day long as before, where would they find the rations for gluttony today?

It was with the support of such seemingly absurd reasons that the family survived those dark years without... ending their lives like many scholars.

Eventually, they made it through.

An unprecedented emotion slapped Lan Xi's heart, he was stunned for a while, and then asked: "Then, aren't they afraid of him?"

He still hasn't forgotten that the moment he knew Xuan Mo's prototype, he was so scared to death.Afraid that the other party would eat him, he didn't want to die.

The eldest sister was silent for a while, then turned her face and said seriously: "He is our relative, how could he hurt us?"

Lancey was taken aback.

Yeah, loved ones... it's different.

Then, is he considered Xuan Mo's relative?Stretching out her hand to touch her beating heart, Lancey had come to a conclusion——

Should, forget it?

---

When she got home, Lan Xi had the check from her eldest sister in her pocket.

That was enough money for him to squander for a long time.

To be honest, as a ground turtle who has never seen any big money, this is the first time he has seen such a large amount!

She tried to evade to decline the elder sister's kindness, but was blocked by the other party's domineering sentence: "With your relationship with Xuan Mo, what is this little money?"

Lancey was dumbfounded.

What is the relationship between him and Xuan Mo...?

It seems that after listening to the eldest sister talk about the past of the Zhuo family, the other party has completely regarded him as one of their own—so it is very refreshing to give pocket money.

Just about to say something more, the eldest sister's second wave of attacks came again: "Do you still think that you can't afford to pay this little money in the future?"

Lancey: ...

As a male fish, can he say that he is not good enough!

Picking up the check, she was ordered by the elder sister to "don't cooperate with magazines like "Color" any more, lest the style be lowered and not conducive to future development", Lan Xi had no choice but to nod obediently.

"Study hard, step by step. Learn to be a person first, and then learn to do things. Money is always there. First of all, you have to improve your ability..."

This bowl of thick chicken soup, Lan Xi only did it sincerely.

"So," the eldest sister put on her sunglasses, "I'll help you get back the negatives of "Color". Don't rush to become famous, at least after the college entrance examination."

...It's so easy, you're coming back?

This is the first time Lanxi directly felt the sharpness of Sister Zhuo.

"By the way, how are they treating you?" the eldest sister asked casually, and wherever she went, all the eyes in the coffee shop followed her.

Lancey wondered how to answer.

"...If you don't like it, let them close the door." The eldest sister finished the next sentence.

Lancey...Lancey knelt down.

The domineering female president, Fan Er, is really hard to resist!Is it really okay to be so capricious?

"No, no big sister." The corner of Lanxi's mouth twitched.

Until walking out of the coffee shop, Lancey could still hear the quarrel coming from behind——

"Didn't you say that there is no one on the top floor? Why don't you let us go up? Didn't you hear that my wife wants to go up to have a hair dryer?"

"Sorry, that's Zhuo Dong's exclusive position. It's not open to the public."

……

Pushing open the door, Lanxi changed her shoes, and when she looked up, she saw Xuan Mo sitting on the sofa.The TV was on, and a talent show from a certain station was playing.

"I'm back!" After experiencing this magical day, Lan Xi's mood was inexplicably so good that it flew.

Xuan Mo raised his head and glanced at him.Then he turned to look at the TV again.

"At this time, you should say, 'Welcome back'." Lancey corrected earnestly.

But after finishing speaking, he suddenly realized that something was wrong. No matter how you look at it, this conversation seems to be a daily occurrence between husband and wife...

Fortunately, Xuan Mo didn't answer his criticism, walked forward in silence, and turned off the TV with a bang.

Lancey blinked.

——Xuan Mo's behavior will easily give him the illusion that "the other party is waiting for him"?

And what's strange is that the other party didn't even ask him where he went, and he didn't make any other superfluous expressions. The whole person seemed particularly...wrong.

"What's wrong?" Randy asked cautiously.

Xuan Mo turned his head sideways: "It's nothing."

"Did you know! I met my eldest sister today..."

Xuan Mo took two steps forward, pushed open the study door, and turned on the light.The light shone down and shrouded Xuan Mo's body, making it difficult for people to observe his expression.

"Come in." He said lightly.

--what?

Lancy followed through the door with a confused look on her face.

The next second, he saw Xuan Mo sitting down, pointing to the simulated test paper on the table and said to him: "Do the questions."

Looking down at his watch, he added: "The time limit is two hours."

Lancey: ...Damn.

He worked so hard to buy birthday gifts for the other party, and what he got in return was this treatment!

With her arms unable to twist her thighs, Lanxi sat down angrily and buried her head in the test paper.

Xuan Mo stared at the hand in his hand, unable to read a word for a while.He remembered the phone call from the elder sister just now.

...For the first time, I have expectations for my own birthday.