zero o'clock

【Deep layout】

On the morning of the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the phone on the bedside table vibrated.

Li Huan was so tired that he couldn't open his eyes, and reached out to touch the phone very weakly.

Xing Yi, who was leaning on the bedside to read the morning news, raised his eyebrows slightly, and stared at someone with interest for a while, until the other person's hand passed by the phone for the third time, Mr. Demon Subduing Master who was in a good mood fell silent. Curving the corners of his mouth in hesitation, he leaned over to take the phone, then picked up Li Huan's thumb and pressed the Home button to unlock the screen.

The message displayed on the push is that there is an unread text message.

Li Huan turned over in a daze, put his arms around the man's waist, moved his hairy head, and chose a comfortable position to lean against Xing Yi's chest, and asked vaguely while yawning: "Who is it? "

Xing Yi glanced at the contents of the text message, and said calmly, "Nine Tails."

"Teacher?" Li Huan opened his eyes, most of the drowsiness disappeared immediately, "Is he coming back?"

Xing Yi gave an understated "hmm" and said, "The superior said he came back after lunch, so let's not arrange other things in the afternoon. He wants to relay the results of the interrogation."

"The teacher's attitude towards me is cautious now. I feel too raw. On the contrary, I prefer the days when I bumped into him and would get beaten." Li Huan sighed unhappily, and lowered his eyes to catch a glimpse of the other's nipples close at hand. , his head was hot, and he leaned over to lick it without fear of death.

Xing Yi: "..."

"Get up," Li Huan said, "I haven't seen the sun for two days."

Mr. Demon Subduing Master, who was molested for no reason, had no time to speak, and watched someone turn over and get out of bed in a grandiose manner, and without any clothes, he went into the bathroom calmly.

After a while, there was the sound of rushing water, and hot air overflowed from the open door. Xing Yi stared at the phone screen and watched the news for a few minutes in vain, but he didn't read any of the densely packed text, and his mind was full of Li Huan. Fair and refined nude...

It's been too much lately.

Mr. Demon Subduing Master, who was silently reflecting, rubbed his forehead with a headache, and after a moment of silence, he finally decided to follow his body's instincts, and went into the bathroom after getting out of bed.

It was almost noon, and the bath was barely finished. After washing, the two of them changed into clean clothes, and cleaned up the bed that had been messed up until now.Li Huan looked at the blood-stained and X-stained bed sheet and was speechless at all. In the end, he could only rejoice that he was not a pure human being, and that he might be fucked to death on the bed. Sheets are packed in a Ziploc bag, intended to be disposed of with the trash.

It's cloudy outside, and the temperature has dropped a bit. It is said that there will be sleet in the past two days. It seems that this year is another late spring.

After leaving the bedroom, the two separated temporarily, Xing Yi went to the kitchen to prepare lunch, and Li Huan went around the courtyard to find Yao Yao, who was bullied by Ari so much that he dared not show his face.Nearly two days have passed since Wanqing came back from the pawn shop. The two of them lived in such a discordant way that they didn't even go out, let alone feed the little guy. Li Huan hugged Yaoyao in his arms and weighed it. Feeling really thin.

Yao Yao wailed pitifully twice, poked his head and licked Li Huan's chin.

"Okay, don't act like a baby," Li Huan patted his head, "I'll feed you later."

Not far away, Ari, who was trying to create a chance encounter, saw this: "..."

"Excessive!" Ari said angrily, "You also said that if you have a new love, you will never forget her! You have been hugging me for two days and you don't know how to comfort me! Liar!" After finishing speaking, he rushed into the peach blossom forest , Hiding in the kennel and getting angry.

Li Huan: "..."

It was inconvenient for Li Huan to dig in while holding the Yaoyao, so he took out his mobile phone and sent a 200 red envelope to Ari, who received it in seconds, and returned with a [╭(╯^╰)╮] expression.Li Huan stared at the screen and couldn't help laughing, and continued coaxing it with red envelopes. After a few minutes, he threw a small 3000 yuan to it, and the jealous fox over there finally calmed down, and replied: [What's for lunch? ] Li Huan quickly pressed the screen with one thumb, and said: [I don’t know, Brother Yi cooks~(≧▽≦)/~] Ah Li: [Yo, the name is quite friendly... your guy actually Can cook, I can’t tell→＿→] Li Huan: [It’s necessary, don’t you know that cooking is a standard for a good man now╮(╯▽╰)╭] Ahri: [I know, you don’t Yes, so you are a scumbag! ! ! ] Li Huan: [The scumbag asked you to eat together, will you come? ? ▼＿▼] Ari: [The shopping cart settlement is still 800 short... T^T] Li Huan thought it was troublesome to give out red envelopes, so he directly transferred a thousand.

Ah Li: [I knew you loved me! 】

Li Huan: [If you don't get out, labor management will show you scum:)]

Ah Li: [Let’s discuss, let’s throw that bastard outside, I’ve prepared cat food for it →_→] Li Huan: [3...:)]

Ari: [It’s okay to enter the house, but you can’t hug →_→]

Li Huan: [2...:)]

Ari: [I'm coming! ! ! 】

Li Huan put away his cell phone, walked into the main room of the teahouse with the little Yaoyao in his arms.

Since he didn't have much time to prepare, Xing Yi only ordered dried noodles in a pot. The staple food was simple, but the ingredients were particularly rich.

Years ago, monsters from all over the world paid tribute to many local specialties. Xing Yi chose some dried scallops and liao ginseng with fresh pine mushrooms in the soup base, and stewed it for nearly an hour before adding the dried vermicelli. It stands to reason that the taste must be bad if it is not at this time. Some, but for Li Huan and Ari, who don't know how to cook and rely on takeaways to survive every day, after a mouthful of soup, the whole person's happiness is about to go to heaven.

Li Huan endured the drooling to straighten out the noodles in the bowl, and arranged the ingredients into a nice shape, then took a picture with his mobile phone, and adjusted a literary filter with Meitu Xiuxiu, without matching words and patterns, and it was done These began to show affection in the circle of friends.

As a result, as soon as the photo was posted, the group of monsters who have been scum for hundreds of years didn't care who cooked the noodles at all, and jumped out to show their presence——

Hei Xiong wished Master Nine Tails good fortune and Qitian replied: [Our Liao ginseng in Dalian is rich in nutrition, welcome to come for vacation anytime! 】The snake demon is as beautiful as a flower and replies: [Xishuangbanna next year's matsutake is also ready for the nine-tailed master and the young master~] A handsome hairtail replied: [The spicy chicken and bear demon changed the name to flatter! 20 sea cucumbers are considered a bird!Hainan has endless seafood all year round, the young master wants to eat it, and the small one will charter a flight to deliver it to your door tomorrow! ! ! 】Sad Yuan Gungun replied: 【For God's sake, don't cook noodles with sausages!It's also delicious! ! ! 】Li Huan: "..."

The young master came out of the order today and replied: [Damn you monsters, didn't you see Laozi showing off her boyfriend? ! ! ! ] The comment area was instantly quiet. Three seconds later, Boss Qi and Shopkeeper Yan liked it.

The monsters had an epiphany one after another, and after all kinds of likes, they began to wish the young master a happy Valentine's Day, and asked if they wanted to send some supplements.

A few minutes later, the Moments were swiped by photos of SF express orders, and visually, there were a large number of deer antlers and tiger whips ready to go on the road.

Li Huan felt tired and put his phone aside to concentrate on eating.

……

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Qi Jingyu walked in with a puppet cat in his arms, and arrived at the innermost booth of the tea house as usual.

Xing Yi had been waiting there for a long time, and stood up when he saw him coming. The two looked at each other and nodded very politely.After saying hello, Xing Yi looked at the cat in his arms again, and said calmly, "Mr. Yan is here too?"

The puppet cat raised its exquisite and beautiful face, but its eyes were as malicious as ever. It said in Yan Mo's voice: "Yes, come and have a look."

Li Huan stepped forward to take the cloak and hung it on the hanger, and then respectfully presented Biluochun, which had just the right temperature.

Qi Jingyu sat down to pick up the teacup, pinched the lid of the cup and gently pushed aside the floating leaves, took a sip of the tea, looked up at Li Huan with a gentle smile, and teased meaningfully: "It could have been earlier, but in the end your circle of friends Sending it out just gave the group of monsters a reason to contact me, and they almost blow up the phone."

Li Huan scolded "this group of monsters" in a low voice, then weakly admitted his mistake and said, "It's my apprentice who was reckless."

"It's not a problem, everyone has a heart of clinging, and they are also for the protection in times of trouble in the future." Qi Jingyu put down his teacup, and subconsciously wanted to pat the empty space beside him, but when he raised his hand, he suddenly realized something, and turned around again Pointing to the set of sofas opposite, he said, "Sit down."

Li Huan breathed a sigh of relief, and sat down next to Xing Yi as promised.

The puppet cat jumped down from Qi Jingyu's arms and occupied the empty seat, squatting very gracefully, with its long furry tail winding around its side, wrapping its two front paws.

At this moment, there were only the four of them in the entire teahouse. Qi Jingyu didn't rush to speak, but squeezed out a few witchcraft barriers with his bare hands and released them. In this protected and airtight courtyard, the teahouse was only isolated. .

Li Huan was slightly startled, and looked at him inexplicably: "Teacher, who is this?"

"Your senior sister came back this time and brought me a message, saying that the demon in Shanghai who was in charge of transferring Ao Yin's case was dealt with quietly on the night you were attacked." Qi Jingyu said, "That Ao Yin Because it is obviously Chong Ye's masterpiece, the purpose of going north is to find your whereabouts, but the description of the case has been modified by someone. That person is very accurate, knowing that if the case is simple, I will send you out in all likelihood. The purpose of this matter Clearly, the teacher has to be careful."

This sentence contained a huge amount of information, and Li Huan said "hmm" calmly on the surface, but his mind turned.

He originally thought that the senior sister was delayed by the case at hand, but now it seems obvious that the teacher dispatched her to Shanghai temporarily.

"Speaking of which," the puppet cat stared straight at Xing Yi with its blue eyes, "While Li Huan was following Ao Yin, your demon-subduing masters were also taking action, and since they could detect the presence of the other party on the railway track, it means This time difference is not big, how did you determine the target movement?"

Xing Yi: "The description of this mission says that there are human corpses with their brains sucked dry in several areas of Shanghai. Let me hunt down the monster who committed the crime as soon as possible. It is inconvenient for me to move with a newcomer, but I accidentally found it near the hotel where I stayed. Found a dead body that was just attacked, and followed the clues to the couple who were about to get in the car."

Yan Mo said: "This luck is really a coincidence."

Qi Jingyu sneered when he heard the words, and said, "You have a strand of Chongye's soul in your body, so it's not a surprise that this task fell on you."

Xing Yi frowned, feeling that there was something in the words of these two people, so he said bluntly: "What do you mean?"

Li Huan also heard the clues, and felt that his teacher and Mo Luo sang together, and all the questions were aimed at Xing Yi, but he never mentioned the result of the Nightmare interrogation. He couldn't help frowning slightly, and said firmly: "Mr. Just say what you want, no need to go around in circles."

Qi Jingyu glanced at Li Huan, smiled helplessly, and said, "Did the Nightmare say anything in the double dream?"

Nightmare revealed a lot of things that night, but since the teacher asked this question, he must be referring to something. Li Huan is not stupid, of course he knew that what he meant was related to Xing Yi, so he said, "You mean, what happened to Brother Yi's parents?" The relevant part?"

Qi Jingyu shook his head slowly: "You are only half right."

Li Huan was puzzled, Qi Jingyu knew that he was suspicious, and then said: "That night, Nightmare admitted that she was the one who kidnapped the young Xing Yi for Chong Ye, but before this sentence, she also mentioned about The fusion of demon souls and humans."

Li Huan was suddenly stunned, and subconsciously continued: "Humans with spiritual power are more suitable for fusion with demon souls."

Qi Jingyu: "Yes, Xing Yi is just one of these people. She has been searching for this kind of human being for many years. If this is the case, then there is an obvious problem before us—"

Before he finished speaking, Xing Yi suddenly interjected, "I was hijacked by the Nightmare, and I was fused with a demon soul to become a half-demon, but I have been working for the association. This is what you want to talk about, right?"

"Well," Qi Jingyu said, "I discussed this with Yan Mo, and I think you must not be an exception. I am afraid that there are many artificial half-demons in the Demon Subduing Masters Association. These people may not be aware of their situation. , working for Zhongye in an unconscious state."

Yan Mo said: "However, if this assumption is true, then we can go back to the conclusion we first reached when we first asked Xing Yi—it was not a coincidence that he took over Ao Yin's case, it was deliberately done by someone, and this person must have a high position within the association No matter if he is a human, a demon, or a half-demon, he must be very clear about his identity and who he is working for."

"In this way, the whole thing becomes more interesting." Qi Jingyu's mouth curved slightly, but the bottom of his eyes seemed to be as cold as ice, "Chongye's chess game is really ambitious, and now I There are ghosts around, and even among the demon-subduing masters who have been completely opposed to demons for thousands of years, there are his people, heh... no wonder they have been dormant for so many years."

After Jing Yu finished speaking, Li Huan turned his head to look at Xing Yi and asked, "Based on what you know about those people, is there anyone suspicious?"

Xing Yi pondered for a moment, and said: "There are serious factional disputes within the association. On the surface, it looks harmonious, but in fact they are fighting openly and secretly, and they are all coveting the position of president."

"Now you can suddenly have something to do with an ancient monster. You have to admit that with the help of this monster, you can cooperate with the outside and use the head of the monster to eradicate dissidents. The candidates promoted by this faction are all very suspicious."

After Xing Yi finished speaking, the other three couldn't help but fell silent.

Li Huanjing thought about it for a long time, and suddenly remembered something: "I remember Du Qiu once mentioned that you have outstanding abilities and are very likely to become the next president. You are a half-demon. If the faction that recommended you knew this, it must have You must know Chongye's talent. Brother Yi, who is supporting you?"

Hearing this, Xing Yi hesitated to speak for a moment.

Qi Jingyu, who was facing him, instantly sensed this hesitation, and asked, "Is there a problem?"

Xing Yi's brows tightened, and he said with some uncertainty, "If that person has contact with Chong Ye, then our previous guesses about factional disputes and coveting the position of president can all be overturned."

Li Huan vaguely realized something in his heart, and before he could speak, the puppet cat in the opposite booth jumped onto the coffee table, walked up to Xing Yi, squatted down, and stared at Xing Yi without turning around.

The unique vertical pupils of felines tightened slightly, and a thin and sly light flickered at the bottom of the pupils. It said, "The person who supports you is the current president?"

Xing Yi nodded, and said bluntly: "He has already sat in this position, and he is sitting very firmly. He should not need to spend so much time fighting for power."

- To Be Continued