Demon's Self-cultivation

Seeing his host walk out of the school gate, Qiao Qiao took a step forward excitedly, trying to run towards Mandel, but was stopped by the other's gesture.

Speeding up his pace in front of Jojo, Mandel gave him a restrained and strong hug, with a hint of reproach in his tone: "Why did you come so early? I keep telling you to be late, but you always don't listen."

Qiao Qiao pursed her lips and smiled, without any disappointment of being blamed. She wrapped her backhand around her host's waist which had strengthened a lot, and rubbed happily: "Because I want to see my brother soon~"

——The high school affiliated to the Central Military Academy really lives up to its "good reputation" of "militarized management". Compared with a high school, it looks more like a military camp.

For a whole semester, the students in the affiliated high school can get very few vacations. Even if Qiao Qiao's junior class is not too far away from the affiliated high school, Mandel's shadow is rarely seen.

... After all, Mandel couldn't even get out of the school gate, and no matter how much the little demon missed his host, there was no chance to meet him at all.

Therefore, every time a holiday comes, the little devil who fully understands what is called "Xiao Bie Sheng Newly Married (?)" can't wait to stick to Mandel's side all the time and feel a sense of presence, for fear that his host will have other things in school. dog.And he ran to the school gate early to wait, one is to make his host feel bad, and the other is to declare his ownership of Mandel to other students, and by the way, spy on the "enemy situation" to see who his host can get along with .

——This kind of piety can be regarded as very scheming.Fortunately, in the past three years, except for a stupid Miao Feng, Xiaoxiaomo has not found any "rivals in love" that he needs to focus on.And as for that Miao Feng, he was no match for Xiao Xiaomo at all.

The heart that was rubbed by Qiao Qiao was crisp and soft, Mandel laughed and rubbed his head: "How old are you still acting like a baby?"

After that, he no longer mentioned this topic.Anyway, Mandel knew that even if he said it, Jojo would not listen to it—and every time they met, they had to repeat such "meaningless and unnutritious" conversations, but they never got tired of it.

"I have a three-day vacation this time, how about you?" Mandel took Jojo to a cold drink shop and bought him a cup of milk tea. "If you have time, where should we go?"

"Okay!" Qiao Qiao squinted her eyes, and took a sip of milk tea contentedly, "I have already asked Teacher Chen Chuan for leave! The teacher also promised to give me a three-day vacation!"

Just like Mandel was triumphant all the way in the affiliated high school, Qiao Qiao also got along like a fish in water in the junior class. On the surface, he maintained a bright but not excessive learning progress, but in private he made a fuss with Zhang Chongming and Chen Chuan.

Yes, due to the entrustment of his old friend Xu Zhengjie, and after meeting Qiao Qiao, he found that teaching children is not an unbearable thing, but full of a sense of accomplishment. After Qiao Qiao was admitted to the youth class, Chen Chuan also Accepted the employment of the youth class, and became one of the mentors of the youth class like Zhang Chongming, and together they protected Qiao Qiao tightly.

However, any child who has excellent grades in the junior class and has spare energy while accepting the course can get permission to enter the laboratory of the scientific research institute for internship. Watching in the laboratory is still very helpful to the cultivation of their scientific literacy, allowing them to get used to the strict regulations in the laboratory earlier.

After getting permission to study in the laboratory, Qiao Qiao considered for a moment, then resolutely abandoned Zhang Chongming, who was in the field of genetic physiology, and switched to the embrace of the laboratory under the name of Chen Chuan, which specializes in particle weapons research, so that Zhang Chongming, who had always regarded himself as Qiao Qiao's mentor, Gritting her teeth angrily, she didn't say a word to Chen Chuan for more than half a month.

——Of course, he was coaxed by Qiao Qiao in a few words in the end.

Chen Chuan is rigorous, and even more demanding in experiments.Under his management, the researchers in the entire laboratory are like a well-operated machine, everyone has their own irreplaceable positions and responsibilities, even Qiao Qiao is no exception—even if it is a Small screws also play an important role.

Since joining Chen Chuan's laboratory, Qiao Qiao's busyness has become even better. Fortunately, the demon has always been a strong adaptable existence. It didn't take long for Qiao Qiao to get used to such a high-intensity laboratory life, and even gradually became more comfortable with it.

"Did you stay up all night to catch up with the progress for the three-day vacation?" Noticing the light purple-blue color in Qiaoqiao's eyes, Mandel frowned vigorously, raised his hand to caress the blue-purple skin .

Qiao Qiao's eyes drifted slightly for a moment, and she coquettishly said, "It's okay, it's not too late~ Brother, don't be angry~"

——In fact, there is no such thing as catching up with the schedule. Even if he wanted to do this, Chen Chuan would not be willing to "squeeze child labor" like this.In order to make his host believe that he has paid a lot for the three-day vacation, Be careful Mo Mao read a lot of "miscellaneous books" under the covers, and finally felt so haggard and tired.

——To be honest, it’s not easy.

"You know I'm angry and dare to do this?" Mandel, who didn't know it, was naturally moved, but he was also a little angry.He raised his eyebrows slightly, and flicked towards Jojo's forehead, "I wanted to take you out to play today, but now I have changed my mind." He pinched the back of Jojo's neck, and Mandel firmly said, "You need to go back rest."

Qiaoqiao covered her forehead pitifully with one hand, and grabbed Mandel's clothes with the other hand, shaking it delicately: "If I rest, my brother will also rest with me~"

"Well, I'll accompany you." Mandel raised the corners of his lips and nodded - he hasn't seen this little guy for several months, and he also wants to spend more time with Jojo to see if this little thing "moves" Do not love".This feeling is exactly the same as Jojo's thoughts.

After getting Mandel's answer, Jojo laughed in satisfaction: "As long as brother Mandel is with me, I will be happy no matter what I do!"

Hearing Qiao Qiao's words, Mandel raised his eyebrows, raised his hand and pinched his cheek: "The small mouth is getting sweeter and sweeter, isn't it often used to make girls happy?"

"No~" Qiaoqiao's eyes flickered slightly, and he keenly felt the restless and gloomy mood of Mandel, who was calm on the surface and even slightly smiling.

"Children nowadays mature very precociously." Mandel seemed to tease, "Are there no girls in school who confess to you?"

"A few." Qiao Qiao scratched her hair, paused for a moment, then blushed, and replied in a low voice, "But I didn't agree, and they also regretted it soon..."

"Why go back on your word?" Mandel narrowed his eyes.

"Because they said..." Qiao Qiao curled her lips depressedly, "They said I was prettier than them, let alone falling in love, I would feel inferior when walking with me." His voice became smaller and smaller, and finally seemed Complaining dissatisfiedly to himself, "Where is it so exaggerated..."

"I don't think they are exaggerating." Mandel smiled, his tone much lighter.

Qiaoqiao snorted, raised her hand and patted Mandel's chest in protest: "It doesn't matter if there are no girls to confess to me, there are quite a few boys who like me! They like to make me happy, and they bring a lot of good things." Give me something to eat!"

Mandel's expression sank suddenly, the smile on the corner of his mouth remained unchanged, but a sharp light flashed across his dark gray eyes: "Have you eaten?"

"No!" Jojo was proud, "I don't want to eat other people's food! If I like something, I can ask Brother Mandel to buy it for me~"

"Yes, Jojo is really good." Mandel softened his face again, and rubbed Jojo's head approvingly, "Just tell me what you want, and I'll buy it for you."

"Yeah!" Qiao Qiao narrowed his eyes and rubbed back, completely obedient and considerate.

This conversation seems ordinary, like a daily ridicule between elder brother and younger brother, but in fact there are hidden undercurrents - at least in the feelings of the little devil, his calm and self-retaining host has changed three or four times during the ups and downs This emotion, even once uncontrollable, faintly leaked a bit of dark and ruthless breath.

For such mood swings, Little Demon is naturally excited.After several years of secret exploration, he was surprised to find that whenever he talked about his emotional (?) problems, and mistakenly thought that he could get along well with someone, his host would appear so bad, which made the little devil Happy and confused at the same time.

Originally, Qiao Qiao always thought that the biggest "demon" of his host was hatred, but in fact, the other party's control over hatred was very stable, but he frequently lost control of emotions that had nothing to do with "revenge" (?).

The Be Careful Demon is afraid that the host he likes will go too far with others, and he is guarding against the other party's escape from his control; and his own host does not want to get close to others, is it also because he wants to control himself?

Qiao Qiao doesn't understand the complex emotions of human beings. He once thought that his host "loved" him, but after watching his classmates fall in love, he personally experienced the feeling that is sticky enough to make goosebumps all over his body. Later, he denied such speculation.

There is no doubt that his host has no "love" for him, so Xiaoxiaomo is in trouble again.

Because the specific reason for Mandel's emotional fluctuations is not clear, the Little Demon did not over-stimulate the host in this regard, so as not to go too far and lose the big for the small.

But from time to time, the love of the heart demon still makes him unable to hold back his itchy paws, always wanting to sneak up on him secretly to stimulate and tease him, and then happily watching his host's emotions play with him "Dancing lightly" under the control of the word Yan, worrying about gains and losses.

Bite on the straw of milk tea, Be Careful Demon steps forward with joy, and his mental power quietly protrudes out of his body, hooking up with the negative emotions left around his host, while secretly thinking whether he should continue to stick to the "revenge plan" originally planned, or turn to the And cast into the inexplicable emotional puzzle.

Just when Xiaomo was hesitating and was about to change the topic, Mandel suddenly raised his hand and pulled him: "Be careful!"

Jojo flung himself into Mandel's arms, and looked blankly at a tightly packed man wearing a hat, windbreaker, and running over from the corner, and then unexpectedly bumped into Mandel who was protecting him. .

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" The man raised his head, glanced at Mandel briefly, then lowered the brim of his hat, and walked away quickly sideways.

When the man left, Mandel looked down at Jojo and asked softly, "Aren't you hurt?"

"No." Jojo blinked.

"That's good." Mandel nodded slightly, and continued to move forward, but did not let go of Jojo's hand.

Qiao Qiao was obediently led by him, took a sip of milk tea, and narrowed her eyes slightly.

——What happened just now seemed to be just an accident that was so ordinary that it couldn't be more ordinary. If he hadn't been a demon and naturally keen, he would have probably ignored this trivial matter.

——Unfortunately, Qiao Qiao never let go of any clues.

When that person bumped into him just now, Mandel was very calm, without the slightest change in emotion. On the contrary, when the other person was apologizing and backing away, he suddenly tensed up, and his emotions fluctuated violently in an instant. .

As for the person who bumped into him, there were even more telltale signs.He looked obviously flustered, but under the flustered appearance, Little Demon clearly felt other emotions that didn't conform to common sense.

——Such as curiosity, such as apprehension, such as impatient, or...the trace of hidden deeper...contempt and disdain?