zero o'clock

【game】

Now that the matter has come to this point, Li Huan feels very uncomfortable after hearing this, and inevitably regrets asking this question.He began to understand Ahri's hesitation and dodge, just as it said, it was indeed an undeniable casualty caused by hostile conflicts, but because of his relationship with Xing Yi, all this became difficult to describe.

Seeing Li Huan lost his mind, Ari closed his ears helplessly, and shook his nine tails behind him. He raised his fur paws and patted his cheek, comforting him: "Don't think too much, the master is a sensible person, he won't I put this account on Xing Yi because of other people's sins, but it's a bit difficult to accept in my heart after all, and you should be considerate."

Li Huan did not speak, but nodded slightly.

But he knew very well in his heart that although this incident itself would not have any real impact, at most it would make the teacher's attitude towards Xing Yi colder, but in the future, if there is a conflict of ideas, or even a fight between the two sides, if there are more casualties, Xing Yi will be killed. The previous identity is very likely to become the fuse of the conflict, and the consequences will be incalculable by then...

It seemed that he really wanted to leave this tea house as soon as possible, Li Huan sighed silently in his heart.

He looked up at Ari and said, "You are waiting here, is it the teacher who wants to see me?"

Ari gave a weak "um" and couldn't help reminding: "You must be careful when you speak in the past. The master called you last night. At the end of the call, your phone seemed to be turned off. He turned off the phone in a fit of anger. It was all smashed, and the young master almost sent someone to look for you, but fortunately, he was stopped by the cat."

"That's not shutting down, it's running out of battery." Li Huan defended in a low voice, got up and dawdled in getting dressed, while thinking about how to explain to the teacher later.

In fact, there is nothing to explain, the young master thought depressingly, it can't really be because of the vibration of the car, right?

"Actually, he's just worried about you!" Ahri stood up, wagging his tail and running around behind him, "Think about it, I didn't want to leave the matter of the tea house to you, mainly because I was afraid of danger, but you The first time I went to investigate, I didn’t return all night, and after I sent a WeChat message saying that I would be back soon... To be honest, it’s true love if the master didn’t just drag you up and beat you!”

Li Huan: "..."

"Stop talking!" Li Huan fastened the last button of his shirt angrily, "Where's the cane teacher used to hit me? Bring it to me!"

Ari was taken aback, thought for a while, and said, "Come on, didn't the master say that he won't punish you again?"

Li Huan: "..."

Ah...the more I think about it, the more I feel guilty.

"Forget it, go tell the teacher that I'll be right away." After finishing speaking, Li Huan pushed the door out of the house, almost stepping on the little ghost jumping around the door because of his fast pace.

Ari happily ran out after him, seeing the demon getting in the way, he kicked into the bushes with his hind legs, and asked, "Master, where are you going?"

"Make tea for the old man!"

"Then I'll go there first~"

"go!!!"

……

It took nearly an hour to boil the water, wash the tea and cook the tea. Li Huan was a little swayed by the heat, and he used a tray alone to hold a blue and white porcelain teacup with two small dishes of rock sugar and plums on top. accessories, they hurried to the front yard.

It rained all night yesterday, and the weather is fine at this time, with a rare blue sky and white clouds.

Li Huan squinted his eyes and looked at the position of the sun. It was estimated that it was just after noon, and it seemed to be around two o'clock. Thinking about Xing Yi's failure to close his eyes until now, his heart really hurts.

At this time, the courtyard of the tea house.

Qi Jingyu and Xing Yi sat at the two ends of the stone table, and on the table was a game of Reversi with more than half the position.

Qi Jingyu held the white piece, carefully observed where the piece was placed, and caressed the cat's belly absently.The puppet cat possessed by Mo Luo lay lazily on the side in the man's arms, squinting a pair of blue cat eyes to peek at the chess game, while Ahri sat beside him, staring at the little bitch's wagging tail with great difficulty, calmly He ground his teeth.

After turning the corner, Li Huan intentionally slowed down his pace, and cautiously came to the stone table, knelt down on one knee in front of Qi Jingyu, lowered his head, and said respectfully, "Teacher, drink tea."

The white chess that had been pondered for a long time was finally settled, Qi Jingyu raised his head calmly, and his eyes fell on Li Huan. There was a faint smile in those light amber eyes, looking as gentle and elegant as ever.He took the teacup from the tray and put it on the table, and was about to help the little apprentice up when he heard the sound of a piece falling on the chessboard carved from white marble.

A very crisp "da".

Nine-tails-sama's half-raised arm suddenly fell down, and his face turned cold immediately.

The puppet cat stood up slowly and squatted on Qi Jingyu's lap with a treacherous expression of waiting for a good show.

Li Huan: "..."

On the chess board, a small piece of white pieces happened to be surrounded by black pieces. Xing Yi looked calm, picking up the eaten white pieces one by one, and throwing them all into the lid of the box that was turned over.

Li Huan rolled his eyes in his heart and said no!Labor and management have come to admit their mistakes, you two just fight on the chessboard, if you quarrel again, who should labor and management be protecting!

Immediately afterwards, after picking up the last chess piece, Xing Yi stared at the situation in front of him without raising his head, and said indifferently: "Huanhuan, you are not young anymore, don't just kneel down to others casually in the future, Get up."

"Mr. Xing is being a bit lenient." Qi Jingyu picked up another white piece from the chess box, but he still didn't make up his mind, but said, "Xiao Huan recognizes me as a teacher. Kneeling is filial piety, so Emotion and reason are both taken for granted, even if I want to avoid courtesy, I have to speak up, right?"

Hearing this, Xing Yi slowly curled the corners of his mouth, but there was no smile in his eyes. He was about to speak when he felt that his left wrist resting on the table was tightened in vain, and he shook it hintingly.

The five fingers that landed on the wrist were clean and beautiful. Because of the force, the back of the snow-white hand was faintly covered with blood vessels and veins. Xing Yi stared at the hand for a few seconds, then looked at the owner of the hand, and said calmly: "Huanhuan, I understand what you're thinking, it's just that Nine-Tails-sama deliberately made things difficult, and I've been able to play chess with him here for your sake."

Li Huan bowed his head and remained silent. After a long time, he suddenly stood up while supporting Xing Yi's wrist. He sat on the stone pier chair between the two of them, quietly staring at the chessboard, pretending that he was in the background of a human figure.

Qi Jingyu was slightly taken aback calmly. The little apprentice's move was obviously partial. Realizing this, he still felt very uncomfortable.

Xing Yi turned to hold Li Huan's hand, and politely reminded Qi Jingyu, "Lord Nine Tails, it's your turn."

Qi Jingyu breathed a sigh of relief, and returned his attention to the chess game.

——Forget it, the relationship between master and apprentice is more important than that of the person next to the pillow. Master Kyuubi thought about it for himself, besides, he knew that he would kneel down and admit his mistakes when he came here. Too harsh.

"What did you discover last night?" After figuring it out, Qi Jingyu consciously changed the topic to avoid the little apprentice being caught in the middle, which would be too difficult to be a human being.

Li Huanlue went to the walking corpse section and briefly explained what had happened. Qi Jingyu listened carefully, and finally couldn't help frowning, and said, "It's nothing serious, why didn't you know you came back?"

"Cough—" Li Huan cleared his throat, "We..."

"It's the holidays, Lord Nine-Tails probably won't want to know the details." Xing Yi interjected, "Let's lose the hand first, this round is too slow."

The puppet cat wagged its tail maliciously and said, "I'm quite interested, what details can you tell me?"

Without saying a word, Li Huan hugged the cat from the teacher's lap, turned over, pinched the pair of fluffy cat balls, and said seriously: "Spring is here, this cat needs to be neutered."

The puppet cat twitched in pain, and then felt a little refreshed afterward. It turned to look at Qi Jingyu: "Your apprentice molested me... don't you care?"

Qi Jingyu didn't bother to talk to him, and said casually, "You also know that's my apprentice, bear with it."

Master Mo Luo: "..."

Hearing this meaning, Li Huan knew that the teacher's tone was sympathetic, so he took the white piece in his hand with a smile, dropped it on the chessboard for him, and said, "Teacher, let's go here."

Qi Jingyu thought that his little apprentice knew nothing about Go?Looking at the chessboard again, I found that the position was really terrible. It was a disadvantage in the first place, and if this piece fell, it would lose another important area.

Qi Jingyu couldn't help laughing, and said playfully, "Xiao Huan, you are too biased, do you want the teacher to lose faster?"

"How to say?" Li Huan couldn't understand the chess game and looked at him blankly.

"You go here." Qi Jingyu stretched out two fingers to indicate where he had placed the balls just now, and then stroked lightly around, "Then I will give these balls to Mr. Xing as a teacher."

Li Huan gave a clear "Oh" and said with a smile, "It's okay."

"Why doesn't it matter?" Xing Yi asked, "I will ignore such an obvious victory?"

After all, he is about to settle his move.

Li Huan gave him a sideways glance lightly, and only said two words: "You will."

Xing Yi: "..."

The sky was bright and the sun was just right, Mr. Demon Subduing Master suddenly stopped raising his chess hand, and under the gaze of those smiling peach blossom eyes, he inexplicably felt a chill down his spine.

This cheating is too obvious... But he really hesitated whether to fall or not.

Seeing this, Qi Jingyu couldn't help laughing out loud, rubbed his little apprentice's forehead hair with his hands, and said loosely, "Okay, your teacher and I can still afford to lose. There is no need to let the water go like this. Mr. Xing is good at chess. Put it here." It’s really rare at a young age, and we will often learn from each other in the future.”

Li Huan was so guilty that he gently scratched the back of Xing Yi's hand with his fingers.

"Don't dare to take it." Xing Yi said back to Qi Jingyu, but his eyes fell on someone's face alone. He didn't say anything on the surface, but he was flattered by this cute little gesture in his heart.Playing with Qi Jingyu has been annoying for a long time now. After a few games, the two of them killed each other. He doesn't care about winning or losing this game at all, he just wants to finish it quickly and go back to the room to rest.

Qi Jingyu finished tidying up the white clothes by himself, closed the lid, got up and straightened the folds on the shirt that didn't exist, and said, "Teacher will go out later and won't come back tonight. You worked hard last night, so take a good rest today. "

After he finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave. The puppet cat rolled its eyes, jumped off Li Huan's lap, and rubbed against Qi Jingyu's feet in an obscene manner, asking, "Where are you going?"

Qi Jingyu lowered his eyes and glanced at him: "What do you think?"

The puppet cat heard that the whole cat was in good spirits, its fur tail stood up and shook: "Then I'll go back first~"

Qi Jingyu gave a very cold "hmm", without saying much, opened the door and entered the main room of the tea house.

Looking at the back of this monster, Li Huan always felt that there was something strange about it. Before he could think about it, he was carried by Xing Yi on his shoulders, and he was forced to take him back to the room with no temper. A thought-provoking in-depth discussion was launched.

A week later, the Lantern Festival.

I missed the New Year's Eve, and it is not until today that the Bi'an Tea House can really be regarded as a family reunion.

After nightfall, the red lanterns all over the courtyard were lit up, and Ari performed a magic trick, causing the lanterns to hang up and down in mid-air, and tied the lantern fans written by Qi Jingyu himself with a thin rope.

After dinner, Xing Yi was dragged to play chess by Qi Jingyu again. The three brothers and a raccoon chatted and guessed riddles in the yard according to the usual practice. At midnight, they could go to the teacher with the correct guess to exchange red envelopes. .

This tradition has lasted for hundreds of years. Today, apart from Li Huan and Ari, who are still a little fresh, Shen Chixiu and Ji Qingci are more likely to take walks along the yard, chatting about tasks related to this year.

The two walked very slowly. Li Huan suspected that the senior sister was taking the opportunity to get the words out of the senior brother's mouth, so he slowly and deliberately distanced himself from him. Ah Li kept following him, jumping up from time to time and biting off a piece of paper. Can you guess the riddle above.

Seeing the two of them turning the corner, Ari deliberately lowered his voice, leaned close to Li Huan and said, "Young master, are you really planning to tell the master about the attack you got that night?"

"According to Senior Sister's character, she won't sit still on this matter. Either it's her, or the result hasn't been found out yet. In that case, I just need to wait and see." Li Huan put another lamp fan in his trouser pocket and stretched out his hand Take the next one, "Besides, it's a big holiday, why bother the teacher again."

Ari thought for a while, then muttered: "That's right."

Li Huan tore off the note, and looked at the riddle written on it by the light of the lantern.

The lowercase script written by Qi Jingyu is upright and beautiful, and every stroke resembles him very much.Li Huan read it twice to keep the content in his heart, before he had time to think about it in detail, he heard two soft "dong dong" sounds from the gate of the courtyard.

At the same time, the phone in his trouser pocket vibrated.

There has been no news of monsters coming to visit recently, and it is so late now, it is even more impossible for mortals.

Suspicious, Li Huan exchanged a glance with Ari. Instead of rushing to open the door, he took out his phone and unlocked it to check.

The screen automatically jumps to the WeChat interface. There is a small red dot next to the avatar of the guy named "shaw" that prompts new news.

The person said: [Dear client, your new face has arrived, please pay attention to check~] Further down, there is a long list of text introductions about voice changes and disguise masks.

Li Huan held his phone in a daze for a few seconds, then walked quickly towards the door.

On the steps in front of the main entrance of the teahouse, there was a tightly packed corrugated cardboard box without a courier sticker on it. Li Huan vaguely remembered that the other party was not in the country, so this thing obviously did not come through formal channels.

Li Huan picked up the box and weighed it, feeling that it was not heavy. Ari poked his head over and sniffed it with his wet nose, and asked strangely, "What is this, is the courier already at work?"

"Maybe..." Li Huan pursed his lips hesitantly, and said very confidently, "Nightmare's face."

Ali: "..."

Li Huan said, "I'll go in and have a look, you can continue playing."

After Li Huan finished speaking, he locked the door again, and then hurried back to the bedroom with the box in his arms. He never told the other party his address, but the things appeared at the door of the tea house without warning a week later.

The other party should be human, right?He was suddenly a little uncertain.

Although monsters are omnipotent and can easily confuse mortals' minds and manipulate their behavior, they are still somewhat helpless in the face of modern technology and electronic products that cannot be penetrated by monsters.

Li Huan put the box on the desk, pulled out a dagger and cut the waterproof tape used for sealing——

Inside was a bottle of unlabeled western medicine in tablets, a box of ordinary acupuncture needles, a pair of special thickened chest stickers, and a piece of plastic wrap wrapped with no visible material, but it clearly left human facial features. Blank skin.

He held that face to examine it carefully under the light of the overhead light, and the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became.

The texture of the face is so delicate that it looks exactly like a woman's skin with the naked eye!

That guy is really a ghost, Li Huan unconsciously looked at the profile picture belonging to Shaw on the WeChat interface, but fortunately he is just a mortal, otherwise this guy who can become a spirit, if he is a monster, he would be fine!

——inued