zero o'clock

【Extraordinary episode · Another year of winter ⑤】

Li Huan stood motionless in the snow in the backyard, guessing in his heart that someone in the kitchen must know that he was still outside, and would obediently open the door before coaxing him back in a short time.

It's a pity that before Xing Yi felt sorry for him being cold, there was a knock on the door in the front yard.

Li Huan sighed, silently took off his apron and slammed on the kitchen door behind him, then opened the door resignedly.

Counting the time, I thought it was the teacher and the others who came back, but Li Huan was a little surprised when he opened the door and saw someone coming.

"Brother, are you here?"

Although it is the Spring Festival holiday, some special occupations will be busier than usual. According to the previous years, the seniors would come in one or two hours before dinner. It seemed to be the first time in Li Huan's memory that they came in so early in the morning.

Li Huan felt a little unbelievable. After a long while, he hurriedly opened the door, and then went to pick up the big and small bags of gifts from his senior brother.

Naturally, Shen Chixiu couldn't let Li Huan carry heavy objects, so he hurriedly shook his head to signal that he didn't need it, but he didn't enter the door in a hurry. Instead, he glanced back and said, "This is my junior brother. His surname is Li, and his name is Huan. I can be called Brother Huan, or I can just call him by my first name, but I can’t be called Xiaohuan, that’s the teacher’s name.”

At first, Li Huan was a bit puzzled when he heard his brother suddenly say this, but it was not until he followed his line of sight that he noticed a stranger standing a few steps behind him.

The man looked to be in his early twenties, he was not tall, and his figure was thinner than Li Huan's, and he seemed to have a delicate and boneless beauty.He wore a Burberry plaid scarf of the same style and different color as Shen Chixiu, which made his skin white, and his eyelashes were black and long, but the eyeballs under the eyelashes were rare blue-green pupils.

Is it just... a demon?

Li Huan thought calmly, and nodded to the other party in a very friendly manner on the surface, which was regarded as a greeting.

But the strange thing is that the man seemed a little afraid of him. The moment his eyes met, Li Huan obviously felt the other person's body stiffen, and then he followed Shen Chixiu's intention and called out politely: "Brother Huan."

"Who is this--"

Before Shen Chixiu finished speaking, Li Huan interrupted him with a smile.

"I know," Li Huan ambiguously scanned the scarves of the two of them, guessing, "Is it sister-in-law?"

When his voice fell, the man's cheeks immediately turned red. Shen Chixiu didn't expect his little junior brother to be so straightforward, so he quickly glanced into the yard, and said in a low voice, "Don't call me casually, the teacher still has to deal with this matter." I do not know."

Li Huan looked at him with raised eyebrows, and said, "No way, now that you are free to fall in love, the teacher will care who you bring back?"

"Teacher, I don't care if it's because you love you. For so many years, when have you heard that Qingci and I are outside?" After finishing speaking, Shen Chixiu combined the gift box with one hand, and then turned to hold it. man.

After the two entered the yard, Li Huan closed the gate again, and the three walked through the front yard together.

He was very curious about the identity of that senior brother, but it would be impolite to ask him what breed he was when he met him for the first time, so he couldn't help but sneak a second look while walking.But the other party seemed to be very nervous, the knuckles of the hand that he held with Shen Chixiu turned white, and he bowed his head in silence the whole time, completely without the curiosity of ordinary people looking around when visiting a certain place for the first time.

I don't know what to be afraid of?

Li Huan felt strange, and when he reached the steps, he consciously walked two steps forward to open the door, and then said, "The teacher has stayed at Wanqing's pawnshop for the past few days, and Ari just went to pick it up, and I think he will be back in a while."

He entered the house first, causing the black bell on the door frame to jingle and jingle.

"I'm going to make tea, you can sit down wherever you want."

"Don't be too busy," Shen Chixiu said, "I'm not an outsider, I'll do it myself."

Li Huan couldn't listen to him, he had already walked to the counter and took out a set of tea sets, without turning his head, he said, "Brother, you don't need to drink, but this is the first time for my sister-in-law, so I should toast anyway Isn't tea?"

Shen Chixiu smiled and said nothing, put the things he brought in a corner, then took off his coat and scarf, turned around and saw that the person he brought was still standing there at a loss, so he said: "Go and help Huan Brother, let's make tea, he has a good temper and doesn't put on airs, you should be easy to get in touch with, don't be too afraid."

"But..." The man hesitated.

"It's okay," Shen Chixiu came over and lightly brushed the snowflakes on his forehead, and comforted him, "Go."

Over there, Li Huan was filling tea into the small funnel for washing tea. When he heard the movement behind him, he turned his head with a smile and said, "Actually, I don't need to help. Brother just doesn't want you to be too reserved, so I found something for you. Do."

"It's not reserved." The man lowered his head, not daring to look at Li Huan at all.

Li Huan frowned slightly, remained silent for a few seconds, turned around and handed an electric kettle to him, and said with a smile, "What else could it be?"

The man took the kettle, went to the sink and turned on the tap to collect the water, and whispered, "I'm afraid."

Li Huan didn't understand what he was afraid of at all, so he leaned over and looked at the other person with his head tilted, wondering, "Are you afraid of me?"

The man nodded: "I've been with Chi Xiu for several years, but I haven't dared to follow him back. He's worried about Lord Nine Tails, and I'm worried about all the monsters here."

Li Huan was stunned, and the man said again: "But there is no monster in Beijing who doesn't know this teahouse. Chi Xiu himself is the fierce beast Xuanchi, his teacher is the nine-tailed demon fox, and his junior sister is the auspicious beast Bai. Ze, and you and I have heard of it too—" Having said that, he finally turned his head to look at Li Huan, and there was a gleam of light trembling in the depths of those unique heterochromatic pupils.

"Master Qingluan, I'm just an ordinary cat demon. The address I gave you just now was too disrespectful. Please don't mind me."

Li Huan: "..."

Li Huan couldn't laugh or cry.

He grew up in a tea house since he was a child, and he has long been used to the identities of the people around him, and he is even more accustomed to high-level monsters, but the composition of their family is indeed a very cruel existence in the eyes of outsiders.

It is reasonable for this cat demon to be afraid of being crushed by the demon rank.

After receiving the water, the cat demon put the electric kettle on the base and plugged it in to heat it up, then consciously took what was in Li Huan's hand, and said respectfully: "I'll make tea, you can go to Chi Xiu's place to rest. .”

Li Huan: "..."

Li Huan's words sounded awkward, but he couldn't say anything more.

After all, the level distinction among monsters is still very important. Take the three apprentices under Nine Tails as an example. In the eyes of other monsters, they are all famous high-level monsters. No one was less punished by Qi Jingyu.Even now that Qingluan is on the same rank as Jiuwei, he still respects him and loves his little apprentice, and understands the truth that no matter how favored he is, he should not be too presumptuous.

Li Huan didn't know how to comfort him, but he didn't go to sit and chat with his senior brother, but continued to help the cat demon, so that the other party was afraid of splashing water and scalding him.

"Actually, you don't have to be too nervous. Although everyone is not a good monster, they are easy to touch when they are in human form." Li Huan took a small bowl of rock sugar and said while filling it, "You can see it later Senior sister, she looks serious on the surface and dresses like a perverted female killer, but she is very gentle in private."

Cat demon: "..."

"As for the teacher~" Li Huan thought about it carefully, "He really has to be careful, I think it's because he was spoiled by Mo Luo, he's always the same, when he's unreasonable, he really doesn't speak, and he's cold to outsiders I don’t even look at it, but it will be much better when I get used to it.”

Cat demon: "..."

"Master Qingluan, stop talking!" The cat demon was sweating on his forehead, and his eyes went straight to Shen Chixiu's side, "I just pretended I didn't hear what I said just now, otherwise I would be heard by several adults, and I don't even know how I died. of!"

Seeing that he was about to cry, Li Huan had no choice but to stop flirting and said very gently: "It's not easy for you."

The cat demon sighed: "You don't know, little demons have no human rights, especially the ones who became spirits after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Because of their lack of cultivation, even a mouse can bully me."

"Then how did you meet your brother?" Li Huan asked.

"A nightclub." The cat demon said, "Before I met him, I danced in a nightclub over there in Sanlitun."

Li Huan was a little disillusioned when he heard it, but he still had to think in a better direction, and said casually: "I met him on a mission..."

"What's the mission?" The cat demon glanced at him inexplicably, "Chi Xiu is a regular visitor there, and every time he goes there, he hits me—" Li Huan almost said "Damn", only to hear the cat demon gasp He said again, "Accompanying wine."

Li Huan: "..."

Li Huan quietly wiped off a drop of cold sweat from his forehead, thinking that although he wasn't accompanying anyone else, but a senior senior brother who was born in a major, worked in an agency, and was usually well-dressed and decent, but secretly went to nightclubs every day to pick up a cat? !It's still very disillusioning to think about it!

If the teacher finds out, it is estimated that these two will be over.

"Cough—" Li Huan cleared his throat, and kindly reminded, "If the teacher asks you, you must not tell the truth."

The cat demon frowned, looking a little hurt: "Do you really discriminate against the little demon?"

"No, no..." Li Huan, who didn't know that Kyuubi had been with Mo Luo for 3000 years, quickly explained, "Our teacher is more traditional, I'm afraid he won't be able to accept that you work in a nightclub."

"That's it." The cat demon heaved a sigh of relief, "I was also desperate. I used to have a good life in a rich second-generation family with people shoveling shit every day, but one day I suddenly became a demon. I was afraid that I would scare them overnight. Running out, I don’t know anything, I can only go to nightclubs to make a living.”

Li Huan nodded in understanding, and also felt that it was really not easy for this cat demon who had just transformed into a human form, not to mention being able to transform after waking up, but when he entered the nightclub, he was followed by such a sanctimonious wolf with a big tail like his senior brother.

The two came to the innermost booth of the tea room with the prepared tea tray. Shen Chixiu was holding the morning newspaper in his hand, but his mind was obviously not on it. When he heard the movement, he raised his head and looked at the two of them. Seeing that the atmosphere was not bad, he felt relieved Take a break.

After all, in front of the teacher, a word from the younger brother is still very useful.

"Where's Xing Yi?" Shen Chixiu had nothing to say, "I heard he came back first."

"Prepare things in the kitchen." Li Huan remembered that he was thrown out by someone again, and his expression suddenly became a little ugly.

The cat demon poured tea for the three of them, then turned to ask Shen Chixiu, "Who is Xing Yi?"

"The Demon Subduing Master I mentioned to you." Shen Chixiu said.

The cat demon was obviously very shocked, and said in surprise: "He also lives here?!"

"Of course, so the teacher's acceptance is still very high, so you don't have to worry." After speaking, Shen Chixiu opened his arms intimately, and embraced his weak and sensitive kitten into his arms.

The cat demon nodded slowly, since there was a third person present, he sat very upright.

Sitting opposite Li Huan was silently fed a mouthful of cat food, all he could think about was the greasy picture of these two hooking up in the nightclub, and he thought that the elder brother usually seemed too serious, and made a move to chase someone to the nightclub This kind of thing, this guy shouldn't be a big score, right? !

As expected of the great apprentice of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, he hides so deeply!

At this moment, the courtyard door rang again.

The three of them knew that it was probably the teacher this time, so they got up quickly, and Li Huan walked over to open the door.

As the dense snowflakes were blown into the room, the black bell rang, and Qi Jingyu, who was wearing a fox fur cloak, stepped into the door, saw the little apprentice first smiled, and then noticed two other people standing inside.

Nine-Tails-sama's complexion changed slightly.

The years that Li Huan had been with him had already cultivated his ability to observe facial expressions like fire and pure love. Seeing this, he quickly picked up Ari, who was following Pidianpidian, and hurried away before the smoke rose.

"This is?" Qi Jingyu looked at the big apprentice indifferently.

After the words were lost, a wretched silver fox hamster poked its head out from the hood of Mr. Nine Tails, stared at the demon on the other side of the tea house with round eyes, and said maliciously: "Jing Yu, what are you doing here?" When did you have an extra kitten?"

Qi Jingyu reached out and brushed the hamster away, and said calmly, "Isn't this deity just asking?"

Cat demon: "!!!!"

Damn!I have never seen such a hamster that is not a good hamster at first glance!The point is that this kind of thing that is dangerous just by looking at it was blown away by Kyuubi so simply and rudely!

The cat demon, who was already terrified, is even more terrified now...