Nocturnal

Standing on Qin Mochi's shoulder, Qingning sighed, "It's going to rain, mother is going to get married... worry..."

Qin Mochi lazily leaned against the pillars under the eaves, looked at the two people who were picking beans with a basket at the other end of the vegetable garden, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly as if he didn't hear it.He has always felt that Rong Xin has an unruly personality, and whoever he is with is a virtue that others owe him money. He didn't expect that he would be so patient while carrying the vegetable basket for Ali.

Qingning carefully grabbed his collar, climbed from the left shoulder to the right shoulder, and muttered with emotion, "Actually, I have already discovered their adultery. Really."

Qin Mochi squinted at it, "How early?"

Qing Ning raised her head slightly, and thought about it very melancholy, "Since Ali picked up this stinky snake by meddling in her own business, it has started to harbor ill intentions towards my junior sister."

"Huh?" Qin Mochi looked at it in surprise, "Did you make a mistake? When Rong Xin was just picked up, he was just an ordinary animal, right? He didn't have any intelligence, why did he have evil intentions?!"

"Really!" Qingning swore, "I won't lie to you."

Qin Mochi looked at it quite speechlessly.He felt that he might be thinking too much, Qingning had only just transformed into a form, and according to Luanniao's age, he was still just a child.How can a child speak accurately?

Qing Ning patted Qin Mochi's cheek with her wings, "Let me tell you, that stinky snake wandered around Ali all day long, sometimes when Ali was sitting in the yard reading a book, it would crawl up on Ali's shoulder. Climb up..." Seeing Qin Mochi looking at herself with a strange look, Qing Ning immediately became angry, and argued, "It's different from me. You see, I'm just standing, and it's just a hooligan crawling method. Walk up, wrap your arms around your waist, and then go up..."

Qin Mochi coughed twice, "Little Master, cough, I think you are thinking too much?"

"Really!" Qing Ning said angrily: "A Li is sitting on the porch reading a book, and it hangs shamelessly on A Li's shoulder. It weighs dozens of kilograms, and A Li is not too heavy."

Qin Mochi, "..."

Why does this sound like jealousy?

Seeing the little nephew looking up and down at it with a strange look, Qingning felt a little nervous, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"It's nothing." Qin Mochi rubbed his face, "I just want to persuade you, maybe my mother thinks that Rong Xin was picked up by her, so she has to be responsible for him."

Qingning frowned, "I picked her up?!"

Qin Mochi thought to himself, this is not the same at all, okay?You picked her up as a new toy, right?

Qingning jumped off his shoulder angrily, "Do you think she should accompany me every day?"

Qin Mochi, "..."

How should he answer these words?Now he just thinks their master is really strange, other sects of cultivation also accept disciples, but no one is like their "Tianyi sect", they accept a group of birds and beasts.This confrontation is based on the relationship between the upper and lower levels of the food chain?Or is it based on their own skills?Take Rong Xin as an example, should he call Qing Ning "senior brother"?Did he think about swallowing it in one gulp when he called senior brother?

Qin Mochi shuddered, feeling that he couldn't think about this question any further.

"They're all brothers from the same family, hehe." Qin Mochi tried to make peace, "Don't hurt your friendship."

Qingning gave him a contemptuous look, and sighed old-fashionedly, "Come on, there's no need to say anything, I know you are trying to curry favor with your stepfather."

Qin Mochi, "..."

He felt that he could understand Rong Xin's mood every time he saw it.

"Actually, I can guess why you want to curry favor with that long worm." Qingning shook her paws, with a look of contempt on her face, "Isn't it because you hang out with that kid surnamed Li, and you are afraid that A Li will object, so you want him to Can you blow the pillow wind for you? Huh, I understand."

Qin Mochi, "..."

Can he say that he didn't think so long-term at all?

Qing Ning squinted at him, with a look of resentment on his face, "Actually, as soon as that kid surnamed Li appeared, I could see the little shady thoughts in his heart. What kind of bamboo horse, bamboo horse, is he just running around?" Brother Qing went there? Tell me the truth, you have lived together for so long, how many bases are you at now? Have you ever held hands? Have you kissed? Have you gone to bed yet?"

Qin Mochi's face turned pale.

Qing Ning didn't expect the little nephew to be so innocent, and she became so frightened with a few words, and laughed wickedly.Just smiling, his eyes slipped to the side, and suddenly caught a glimpse of the light green corner of his clothes.Qingning's weird laughter stopped abruptly, and she coughed due to her own saliva, "Cough...cough...little junior sister, you...why are you here?"

Qin Mochi wished he could glue Qingning's bird's beak together early, so that it would not always be so unrestrained, like a loudspeaker, talking everything out.

"Then what?" Qing Ning stepped on the stone table back and forth twice, "I'll go eat something first, and come back to chat..."

Qin Mochi angrily watched it flapping its wings and flew away in a hurry, while looking at Ali helplessly, he called softly, "Mother."

Ali looked at him with complicated eyes.

This is the case with many things. It is one thing to know secretly, but it is another thing to be exposed in person.

Ali sat down, Rong Xin stood at the bottom of the steps, and gestured to her with the basket in his hand, "Talk, I'll take these to the kitchen first." He gave Qin Mochi, a cheap son, a rather sympathetic look , Carried the basket and ran away.Qin Mochi watched him leave eagerly, then turned his head and smirked at Ali, "Mother, do you want some tea? Do you want some snacks?"

Ali sighed softly, "Qingning's question...you haven't answered yet."

Qin Mochi chuckled twice, "Mother, what are you talking about?"

"Speaking of bamboo horses, bamboo horses," Ali glanced at him angrily, "what else can I say?"

Qin Mochi sneered.

"I think the two of you are on good terms. I really didn't think much about it. I always thought it was a childhood friendship..." Ali looked at him with complicated eyes, "When did it happen?"

Qin Mochi rubbed his nose, "I can't tell." It seemed that ever since he knew that Li Yedu was the little Taoist elder brother in his memory, he never thought of breaking up with him.

"A'Du's child is not bad, but Momo, a cultivator has a very long lifespan. Two men get tired of being together all day long, and they don't have children to strengthen their relationship. Will it be..."

Hearing what she said, Qin Mochi's expression became more serious, "You and Xia Hong have a child, so what will happen in the end? If a man changes his mind, he can't stop it."

Ali, "..."

"Do you care if he's a man?"

A Li hesitated for a moment, then shook her head, "Not really." She has lived so long, what has she not seen?It is not that there is no such thing as two men becoming Taoist couples in the world of comprehension.She was just a little worried that her son would misunderstand her feelings because he was ignorant of things.If one day he wakes up by himself, there will inevitably be another disturbance.

"Mother," Qin Mochi guessed what she was worried about, "I don't seem to have much emotional needs. Before I met A'Du, I never liked anyone... All I thought about was what I am now Life: I have my own job, and I have someone to accompany me in my life. The most important thing is, besides him, I don’t know who else I can trust.”

Ali felt faintly in his heart that perhaps it was his failed marriage with Xia Hong that made Qin Mochi lose confidence in the relationship between men and women, and he suddenly blamed himself.

Qin Mochi put his arms around her shoulders and shook gently, "Mother, I will live a good life, don't worry."

Ali and him looked at each other for a moment, then sighed softly, "Actually, I don't know much about human feelings, otherwise I wouldn't have reached that point with Xia Hong..."

Qin Mochi feels sorry for her like this, "It's not good that the surname is Xia."

A Li slightly annoyed, "Don't say that, he is your father after all."

Qin Mochi pouted.

His childish movements made Ali laugh, and Ali raised her hand to stroke his hair, "Forget it, I won't say anything. A cultivator pays attention to following one's heart, otherwise it is easy to get demons. But Momo," she said He took his son's hand and shook it lightly, "Since we want to be together, we must take it seriously."

Qin Mochi nodded seriously, "I know."

Ali looked at him with a smile on his face.Her son has grown up and has his own plans for life, what else can she say?

When Li Yedu came home, Qin Mochi locked himself in the workshop to polish an emerald.Over the years, he took advantage of his job to collect some precious materials one after another. This time, he used A Li to get married, and he took out a lot of good things from the bottom of the box to prepare for A Li's dowry.

Li Yedu leaned over to take a look, and asked with some doubts: "What are you doing? The ring?"

"Pendant." Qin Mochi lifted it up to let him see the delicate facets on the surface of the gem, "Does it look good?"

The emerald has not yet been polished into shape, Li Yedu, a layman, naturally can't see what is good or bad, but he still nodded seriously and said, "It looks good."

Qin Mochi laughed.

Li Yedu rubbed his nose, "You know, I'm not like the second senior brother, I've been surrounded by good things since I was a child. I'm a child from a poor family, and I haven't seen any valuable things since I can remember." Speaking of this, his His expression froze for a moment, and then he sighed silently.

Qin Mochi knew what was on his mind, and pulled him to sit next to him, "Actually, I think you think too much sometimes. No matter why he raised you in the first place, it is a fact that he raised you. If you still can't let him go The fact that it hurts you," Qin Mochi patted him on the shoulder lightly, "Then let me ask, what have you done for him in the past 20 years?"

Li Yedu was silent.

"Of course, I'm not advising you to be a holy father." Qin Mochi looked at him seriously and said, "I just don't want your heart to be trapped in hatred. Although Zhu Quan wants to harm you, he also has kindness to you—— People often say that nurturing kindness is greater than living kindness. A'Du, kindness and hatred are balanced, let it go."

Li Yedu lowered his head and remained silent for a long time.

Qin Mochi knew that his heart had moved, so he put his arms around his neck, "I used to hate the Xia family, my father, his use and abandonment of A Li, and his indifference to me. But no According to him, there is no one like me, and I know very well that without the financial resources of the Xia family, it is impossible for me to receive such a good education and achieve the current achievements. A'Du, although it is not popular to be a holy father now. But If we only remember hatred in our hearts, then who are we?"

Li Yedu nodded, "I know what you mean."

Qin Mochi pinched his chin, "No matter how life was before, life is getting better and better now." Seeing him nodding, he continued, "We now have our own home, right? "

Li Yedu stared at him, his eyes moved slightly, "Home?"

"Family."

Qin Mochi was still very young when he met him, and the childhood friendship had nothing to do with love, but the warmth he left for Qin Mochi in his memory was mixed with the happiness that Ali gave, creating an incomparably vivid relationship about "family". In Qin Mochi's subconscious mind, his home is where Ali and Adu are.

Li Yedu lowered his eyes, but his heart felt soft because of this warm word.

He stayed by Qin Mochi's side not because he had nowhere to go.His master, senior brother, second senior brother...all left him, leaving only Qin Mochi in his spiritual world.Although the world is big, there is only one person he wants to protect.After leaving Qin Mochi, Li Yedu didn't know what else he could do.Even after meeting more people: Qu Zhi, Xia Zhifei, Jiang Shuyao... But Qin Mochi is always different, he is more important than anyone else.And those words he said really entered Li Yedu's heart.

Qin Mochi was dissatisfied with his reaction, pinched his chin and shook it, "Why don't you speak?"

Li Yedu hummed, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "I will think about it carefully."

Qin Mochi breathed a sigh of relief quietly, "I went to see my aunt today, and I brought back a basket of crabs for dinner?"

Li Yedu is from the north, and he grew up in the mountains since he was a child. He has little interest in this kind of eight-legged monster that runs rampant in the sea.But Qin Mochi liked it, so he bought the recipe and tried to follow it, and he learned it well.

Li Yedu looked at his shining eyes, and asked with some amusement: "Steaming?"

"A lot, the steamer isn't that big." Qin Mochi blinked and looked at him hopefully, "How about steaming half of it and stir-frying the other half with chili."

Li Yedu smiled and nodded, "Okay."

Qin Mochi was aroused by the food, put down the things in his hands, and followed him to the kitchen.He's not good at cooking, but he's still good as a helper.Especially in the current cuisine, peeling onions and garlic is still very motivating.

"Does your aunt know about Ali?"

"She doesn't know." Qin Mochi lowered his head and said, "Ah Li's appearance is different from before. If we meet each other, we will have to find ways to deceive others, which is too much trouble. If it involves the Xia family, it will be even more endless. Since they all remember that A Li has passed away, let's keep the status quo and keep each other clean." Of course Xia Zhifei, who once participated in the operation together, was an insider, but this person can distinguish the seriousness from the seriousness.Furthermore, Xia Zhifei's occupation is kept secret, but he will never talk to his family about any topic related to his occupation.Qin Mochi was very relieved about this.

Li Yedu nodded, "It's fine not to say anything."

The life of a mortal is too short, and decades will pass by in a blink of an eye.Qin Mochi now somewhat understands why cultivators don't want to get too involved with the world.

"My mother had a very good relationship with my aunt back then, otherwise my aunt would not have taken the initiative to ask to take care of me." Qin Mochi sighed, "But this is the only way to go now. My mother borrowed my hand to give my aunt something. , my aunt has not been in good health these past few years, I hope these herbs will be useful to her."

Li Yedu comforted him, "'Tianyi faction' is famous for its alchemy, and what Ali gave must be a good thing."

Qin Mochi nodded, watching Li Yedu skillfully set up the pan and pouring oil, and then the tempting fragrance exploded in the air, suddenly remembered what he had said to Ali during the day, and felt that his requirements for life had indeed been fulfilled: to have yourself The job he likes, someone at home cooks with him, juggles with him, sits on the sofa and watches TV together, and keeps his closet and study in order...

Qin Mochi may not be able to accurately classify Li Yedu's feelings.Because it is neither pure family affection nor pure love.But the two of them are like two seedlings growing from the same root, with similar pains and experiences, and they are destined to be inseparable from each other.

This is a feeling that seems to be connected by blood.Qin Mochi even felt that only by absorbing energy from each other, could they live firmly and freely in this troubled world.

Qin Mochi hugged Li Yedu's waist from behind, "A'Du, will you get tired of this kind of life one day?" He knew that the life Li Yedu was used to since childhood was not like this.

Li Yedu turned sideways and stroked the top of his hair with his cheek, "Why are you thinking so much? Who can say for sure what will happen in the future?"

One day in the future, they may get tired of this cuddling and entangled relationship, or fall in love with someone suddenly... Who knows, there will always be various changes in this world, and things will always happen in the future. It's hard to say, after all, there is something called "force majeure" in this world.But before all these unknown changes, such a stable life is still very intoxicating.

"As it is now," Qin Mochi thought about it and said, "Very good."

Li Yedu skillfully waved the shovel while carefully holding his hand, for fear that he would be slightly scalded by the oil splashed from the pan.Although he didn't say anything, he also felt that the life he was living now was very good. The vacancies that suddenly appeared in his life were filled by this person, and his floating heart also felt like it had fallen back to the ground.

The so-called stability in this world is nothing more than that.