May you be happy and prosperous

At this moment, Wu Yu was staring with gentle eyes at the black-haired young man not far away who was stunned in place. The base of the latter's ears were slightly red, and it seemed that it was probably because he said "bad things" about others and made people feel uncomfortable. It was very embarrassing to meet him on the spot. At this time, the man standing by the door stopped stroking Ilya's head, his eyes softened a little, revealing a hint of a smile, as if he thought it was funny.

Lu Twelve moved his lips, thought for a long time, and finally choked out a sentence: "In short, the phantom beast needs to take a bath."

After Lu Twelve finished speaking, he closed his mouth helplessly. He felt that an ordinary citizen like him was really not good at getting along with tall people... But what he didn't expect was that Wu Yu didn't laugh at him at this time, He just nodded and said "I know" lightly, and then moved away from the uncomfortable gaze, and turned to the young woman beside him——

"I told you long ago that there is no such thing as Eudemons not being able to take a bath, but you didn't listen, and you just believed what those ignorant people said-I would like to know, is it in your opinion that there is no such thing in this world? Is there anyone else who knows how to raise Eudemons better than me?" Wu Yu's voice was gentle, not a question, but there seemed to be a hint of ridicule in it, "Why didn't you tell me when such a big thing happened? Advise to bring Ilya to such a place?"

"..."

Before that, that woman had been hesitant to speak, but now seeing Wu Yu looking at her, her complexion became a little paler than before... I don't know why, but Lu Twelve felt that she seemed to have these things. Afraid of Wu Yu.

Not sure why this is happening.

Although I have known for a long time that Wu Yu is the future head of the Wu family, and she looks indifferent and serious, but if Ilya calls him "uncle", then this woman is Wu Yu's older sister or younger sister at least—a family meeting , it’s fine if you’re not hot, no matter what, it shouldn’t be in this embarrassing atmosphere... At this time, under Lu Twelve’s probing eyes, the woman hurriedly said in a low voice after Wu Yu’s words After saying a few words, he pulled Ilya back from the man. Ilya seemed reluctant, but Wu Yu didn't stop her but let go according to her wishes. The woman said What, after Wu Yu nodded, she turned her head and took a deep look at Lu Twelve, then hurried away with Ilya.

The black-haired young man standing not far away seemed to have just realized it, and blinked and said, "Wait, wait, your phantom beast...?"

It's just that when Lu Twelve finished speaking, the backs of the mother and daughter had completely disappeared from his sight. During this period, Ilya seemed to turn her head to look at Lu Twelve unwillingly, but she was a little Of course, the girl couldn't resist the strength of an adult, and was finally dragged away reluctantly...

When the door of Area B of Eudemons Recycling Station was closed again, Wu Yu walked towards Lu Twelve, and said in a tone that he didn't know if he was explaining to Lu Twelve as he walked, "I happened to be in this place today. There was a meeting, and it ended in the middle of it. Someone came to tell me that my sister brought her daughter and a strange Phantom Beast worker to the B area of ​​the recycle bin, so I temporarily stopped the meeting and came to take a look. That 'unfamiliar Phantom Beast Staff' was talking about you."

Wu Yu fell silent, the last sentence in his words made Lu Twelve sure that he was talking to him.

It's just that Lu Shieryi didn't know how to answer this sentence for a while - in fact, he felt that Wu Yu didn't seem to need him to answer this sentence, at least from the tone of his analysis.

At this time, the man glanced at his serious appearance in front of the media, stretched out his hand and pulled the tie tied around his neck, and after pulling it away slightly, he unbuttoned the top tie of the suit shirt on his body. Two buttons tore open the shirt to reveal a small piece of skin underneath——the tailor-made suit that looked expensive was immediately worn out with a gangster look.

He seemed to notice that the black-haired young man in front of him was looking at him. He smiled and didn't care. He rolled up his sleeves and came to Lu Twelve. The man was so close, so when Wu Yu approached him, he almost subconsciously got out of the way—this dodging action was so obvious that it was almost impolite, but the man unexpectedly didn't say anything, just passed him, He took the phantom beast that was still soaked in the small bucket out of the disinfectant solution and placed it on the table next to him. A series of movements were done in one go and let the flow take its course, as if he was going to do it in the first place.

This made Lu Twelve a little embarrassed. This kind of thing had happened twice, and it was almost at the same place. Every time the heir of the Wu family approached him, he always felt a sense of discomfort. A comfortable intrusion—as if he's going to do something to him the next second.

And the facts of the two times proved that they didn't plan to do anything to him.

Turning his head aside, Lu Twelve breathed lightly in a corner that Wu Yu couldn't see, and began to think about whether he had persecution paranoia...

But at this time, he only heard the sound of rushing water, and he turned his head again, only to see that the man beside him had taken off his suit jacket at some point, and was only wearing a shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows. , he was holding the juvenile phantom beast that looked weaker than before compared with his hand - the phantom beast was very obedient in his hand, motionless, Wu Yu squeezed the water on its body slightly Dry, put it back on the table and let it shake the water.

After completing a series of actions, he turned his head and said to the black-haired young man beside him in a calm tone: "Soaking disinfectant is indeed the best way to eliminate parasitic insects, but if you soak it for too long, it will damage the fur of phantom beasts." Cause damage, this kind of damage is irreversible, in the future, the phantom beast's fur may become dry and dull, and the worst case is that it may lose the effect of protecting against the cold." Lu Twelve was stunned for a while, and then thought, as if This is indeed the case - he knows what Wu Yu said, but the series of things that happened just now made him forget to think about these things for a while.

However, he didn't speak out to defend himself, just nodded silently to show that he heard the other party's words, his eyes fixed for a while, he took the sterilized towel hanging by the table and handed it to Wu Yu - after the latter thanked him He took it, wiped his hands, and put the towel aside. Just when Lu Twelve thought he would back away, he didn't expect the man to reach out and grab the young Eudemon's jaw and lift its head slightly. While checking its status, he asked in a natural tone, "Besides the parasitic insects on his body, have you seen clearly that it has other symptoms before?"

"I found some eyes, it should be caused by eating too much human food, but it has been cleaned up - Ilya's mother insisted before that the eyes of this phantom beast are already blind, but it should be a misdiagnosis, it's just dirty. It’s just that the eyes are covered with something and can’t open them for the time being.” Lu Twelve said while pointing to the eye of the young phantom beast, the corner of the right eye was indeed red, swollen and congested, and there was unclean filth. Symptoms of inflammation, but absolutely nothing to do with "blindness".

Hearing this, Wu Yu nodded casually at first, then raised the head of the young phantom beast a little closer to the eye that Lu Twelve had mentioned for a closer look—unexpectedly, this look , the original calm expression on his face suddenly changed a little bit - it seemed that there was a flash of surprise, but the emotion disappeared very quickly, almost before Lu Twelve had time to see it clearly, He regained his composure, turned his head and said to Lu Twelve, "Its eyes were indeed blind once."

Lu Twelve was taken aback, thinking that there was something wrong with his ears: "What?"

"It's just a congenital deformity caused by improper hatching at birth." Wu Yu frowned slightly, his pupils became slightly darker, and his eyes that looked at Lu Twelve became thoughtful. , "But now it seems that there is nothing wrong with it-what did you do to it?"

It's just that Lu Twelve didn't care about the emotion in the man's eyes.

He just waved his hands, and said in an indifferent tone as if he was relieved: "No wonder Ilya's mother said that she was blind, so that's the case—but I think you must have misunderstood, I didn't do anything to it. I just used sterile cotton swabs and hydrogen peroxide to clean up the dirt on the outside of its eyes, so that it could open its eyes again... Ah, I also dealt with the ears at the time, because the ears There are also quite a lot of scars, which should be caused by long-term uncleaned and relatively serious otitis media—”

Before Lu Twelve finished speaking, he saw Wu Yu reaching out to look at the ear of the young phantom beast. After reading it, he turned his head and looked at Lu Twelve with flickering eyes. After a moment's pause, he said seriously: : "Its ears are very good and clean, there is no problem."

Lu Twelve's voice stopped abruptly.

"What did you say?" He blinked, as if he couldn't understand human language for a moment.

"I said, its ears are very good, and it didn't see the severe otitis media or pollution you mentioned." Wu Yu patiently repeated her words.

He leaned over as if in disbelief—Wu Yu stepped aside a little cooperatively, and immediately stretched out his hand to look at the ear of the young phantom beast—what he saw made the black-haired young man's pupils slightly faint. Shrinkage——Because at this moment, the ears of the juvenile Eudemons, as the man said, are completely clean pink, and there is also a layer of fine fluff, both of which indicate that this is a very normal pair and healthy ears.

In Lu Twelve's memory, at least three or ten minutes ago, the ears of this phantom beast were full of wounds bitten by parasites, pus, dust and dirt, and even a little closer could smell a suffocating stench. taste.

Lu Twelve frowned, and muttered as if talking to himself: "How is it possible, I just saw that its ears are in bad condition..."

The black-haired young man who was completely in a state of shock did not notice that the gaze of the man standing beside him became more and more unfathomable - the quiet gaze of the black-haired young man was exposed because he lowered his head. The slender and white back of the neck swept across, and finally, when his eyes touched the red mark hidden under the collar somewhere close to the collarbone, he He stopped his gaze for a moment.

But at this moment, Lu Twelve raised his head without warning, and the moment he looked at Wu Yu, he saw an unnatural emotion flash across the latter's face, but such an expression was naturally caught by Lu Shi. Er understood it as disgust for him or other emotions—after all, even Lu Twelve himself felt that his previous series of remarks about this young Eudemons, except for the flea bag on Ilya's body, could prove Except for the existence of parasitic insects, the rest seemed like he was talking nonsense.

...Maybe, Wu Yu has already classified him as a "liar full of lies".

In addition, the first official meeting before, the person in front of him directly said that Lu Twelve "can't look away from him", and now he chose the day when he was in the Eudemons Recycle Bin, Lu Twelve also said at the same time. Appeared in the Eudemons recycle bin, met his family members, and a series of inexplicable things happened...

Let alone Wu Yu, even Lu Twelve felt like he did it on purpose.

Deliberately attracting people's attention or something...

For a moment, Lu Twelve was so embarrassed that he almost suffocated, and suddenly felt an unspeakable sense of aggrieved.

Moving his lips, he felt that it was better for him to explain, so after thinking about how to explain, he finally said: "Mr. Wu, I am not—"

"I know," Wu Yu interrupted him unhurriedly, but stared at his face seriously and said, "Today's meeting at the Phantom Beast Recycling Station was a temporary decision, and no one else knew about it. , So, there is no such thing as someone coming to this place specifically to meet me."

"..."

Lu Twelve closed his mouth, but unfortunately, he found that not only did he not shut up because of his "understanding", but... he felt even more embarrassed.

In Wu Yu's sight, time seemed to be slowed down ten times. Lu Twelve's mind was completely occupied by "embarrassment". Ability drops to zero in an instant", "Stranger phobia", "Social barriers are true", at this moment, when his mind is empty, he realizes that he should find something to divert his attention... So he turned to Turning around, grabbed the towel that Wu Yu used to wipe her hands before, and wrapped up the juvenile phantom beast standing on the table—because it was already the beginning of winter, although the phantom beast recycling station was controlled by central air conditioning , but the juvenile phantom beast that was lifted out of the solution just now will inevitably feel cold, so when Lu Twelve hugged it with a towel, it made a small "humming" sound.

Lu Twelve lowered his head and wiped the wet hair around the eyes of the phantom beast with an extra towel.

The tall man standing beside him didn't move. When Lu Twelve silently said in his heart, "You have nothing to do, go back to your meeting quickly", but suddenly heard Wu Yu standing close to him He said abruptly: "You seem to have some research on how to deal with the physical state of Eudemons."

Lu Twelve was taken aback when he heard the words, paused when he mentioned the action of the young phantom beast wiping the water in his ears, turned his head and glanced at the man quickly, and then said vaguely: "It's okay."

"You are young, but you know a lot."

"It's just guessing," Lu Twelve said modestly, "I also raise phantom beasts myself."

"I know, you raised that phantom beast...it's 'famous'," Wu Yu nodded, taking advantage of her height, her gaze seemed a little careless as she swept across the open collar gap of the black-haired young man beside her , moved away lightly, paused, and added, "It's still very 'powerful'."

When it comes to the words "famous" and "great", he seems to have deliberately amplified and slowed down his tone, and there always seems to be some meaningful ridicule or irony in his words-it's a pity that the black man in front of him at this time The young man didn't realize it. When he mentioned his Eudemons, he was taken aback for a moment, then he just lowered his head, answered from his throat in a low voice, and said "It's okay", as if his attention was completely lost at this moment. Put it on the juvenile Eudemons in the arms of the handler.

Of course Wu Yu noticed.

Almost on purpose, he raised the corner of his lips and asked, "What's the matter, it seems like you don't want to mention your phantom beast."

Lu Twelve was poked at the sore spot and muttered, but the people next to him didn't hear what he said clearly, so the smile on the corner of his lips deepened a little, as if he wanted to be pure-hearted so as not to make people feel better. Question: "Is it because the Eudemons are not very obedient? - I heard that many Eudemons have this problem. When they were young, they were very obedient and clingy. When they grew up, their wings hardened and they became less obedient. I often do things that make the staff feel very headache.”

Lu Twelve stopped talking - because Wu Yu's short sentence had...perfectly summed up Brother Cai's not-too-long "cat" life since he was born.

Seeing that Lu Twelve was silent, Wu Yu stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said in a calm tone: "Don't worry too much, Eudemons will always grow, and there is nothing you can do to encounter such a thing."

Lu Twelve thought for a while and turned his head. It was almost rare for him to take the initiative to talk: "Is your phantom beast like this too?"

Wu Yu smiled, and instead of answering Lu Twelve's question, she just said a name: "Chaoyun."

With just such a name, Lu Twelve fully understands—that’s right, looking at the entire Phantom Beast staff group, there may not be any staff who are more troubled by their Phantom Beasts than the Wu family. Running away has already had some impact on their family's reputation. If it wasn't for the Wu family and another mysterious awakened phantom beast to save face, I am afraid they don't know what situation they are going to face now--as for Chaoyun, he tried his best in the Wu family. When saving her face, which was about to be swept away, she not only refused to restrain herself and went home honestly, but also made high-profile appearances in several successive attacks one after another...

The Wu family may already have a headache because of this.

Recently, some social comments have begun to appear, saying that the Wu family actually does not have another mysterious awakened phantom beast at all, because even though Chaoyun is making such a fuss now, the Wu family still did not bring that phantom beast out to rescue her. How about it……

Thinking of this, for Wu Yu, Lu Twelve would inevitably have a sense of identification with "he is also a fallen person in the end of the world", so even the embarrassing atmosphere before did not seem so embarrassing.

The weird atmosphere became a little relaxed because of the wonderful topic of "disobedient phantom beast". Lu Twelve casually talked to Wu Yu about the troubles brought by his phantom beast. The phantom beast that had just awakened as an infant was huddled in the arms of the black-haired young man and remained motionless. Seeing that it was still quiet and its body had been wiped clean, Lu Twelve simply turned around and handed it to Wu Yu—the man didn't say anything. , but there was a flash of surprise in his eyes, and then he stretched out his hand and took the young phantom beast calmly.

Because it was already close to two o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Twelve started his real work today at the Eudemons Recycle Bin.

When he was cleaning the cage, he would tell the men around him about raising Eudemons. I don't know if it was because the atmosphere was too relaxed. He even told Wu Yu that the last time he approached him to express his desire to participate in Eudemons Part of the shares in the recycle bin is mainly because he has seen the appearance of the Eudemons recycle bin before, and he is a little afraid that this new recycle bin will become the same as before in a few years... and he thinks that the people who are locked here In fact, most of the phantom beasts, after being treated like this juvenile phantom beast today, have a great chance of being able to recover and be adopted, because phantom beasts themselves are very expensive. If they are healthy phantom beasts, there will definitely be Many ordinary people who really want to raise phantom beasts to change their life, but can't afford phantom beast eggs are willing to raise them.

Lu Twelve felt that this was a win-win situation—whether it was for those who hoped to change their lives by raising Eudemons, or for those Eudemons who hoped to regain a responsible worker.

But these things are easy to say, and you may encounter countless obstacles when you sit up. If it weren't for the relevant person in charge of the Eudemons Recycle Bin having some power in their hands, it would be impossible to do it.

Lu Twelve talked about what he wanted to do while cleaning the Eudemons cage, and the more he talked, the more people behind him always responded to him in just the right place, although it was just "this idea is good" "me too Think" is such a simple statement, but it gives people an unobtrusive feeling——

The previous embarrassing atmosphere was completely gone, probably because Lu Twelve was still cleaning the phantom beast cage and he didn't have time to think about it - now he suddenly felt that Wu Yu might actually be a very easy to get along with people.

Right now he is squatting on the ground, dealing with a birdcage that looks like a flying phantom beast. During the process of washing the cage, the phantom beast in the cage looked down at him quietly with its wings folded. Lu Shi Er glanced at it casually, and quickly discovered why it was abandoned - because although the wings of this phantom beast had metallization, one of the wings was seriously damaged for some reason. The liquid that flowed out of the wound, whether it was blood or something, dripped down at a slow speed, and an unpleasant stench could be smelled from a distance... Lu Twelve used the faucet to blow the liquid under the cage to the ground. Rinse off the accumulated liquid, brush it carefully with a brush, and then say without looking back: "If this phantom beast has healthy wings, it will most likely be adopted soon."

"Of course, the phantom beast eggs of flying-type phantom beasts are very expensive," Wu Yu said in a low voice behind him, "and the metallization of their wings will greatly improve their abilities...but it's a pity that this phantom beast has already flown. It's not moving."

While he was speaking, he saw the black-haired young man reaching out to touch the phantom beast—he moved his lips, and was about to stop it, but at this moment, he unexpectedly saw the phantom beast in the cage. The phantom beast screamed loudly, and opened its wings cooperatively to let the black-haired young man examine his wound.

Wu Yu was taken aback for a moment, then quieted down.

After a while, he saw the black-haired young man standing not far in front of him turn his head and said casually: "The wing of this phantom beast is still salvageable, the wound is not particularly serious now, but if you continue to let it go, it may The wound will be continuously corroded and enlarged—"

As Lu Twelve spoke, he let go of the phantom beast's wings, and stretched out a finger to touch the phantom beast's small head...Wu Yu watched his series of movements, and the emotion in his eyes changed. He changed again and again, but in the end he just nodded, as if he wanted to say something, but at this moment, he suddenly saw the black-haired young man quiet down. Looking at Wu Yu in a somewhat difficult posture at first——that look, as if he had discovered something serious in an instant.

Wu Yu frowned: "What's wrong?"

"..." The black-haired young man said after a moment of silence, "Why are you still here?"

Wu Yu: "..."

After a moment of silence, the man seemed to twitch the corners of his lips in amused manner, and continued, "I've been here all the time."

Lu Twelve: "...you don't need to go to the meeting?"

Wu Yu was silent, and then she seemed to remember that such a thing happened, but said in a deep voice after a moment: "I'll go later, it's okay."

At this moment, Lu Twelve finally realized that after he had just dealt with the entire Phantom Beast cage in Area B for nearly an hour, the man in front of him just followed him and walked through most of the phantom beast recovery Standing in area B, and in his arms, the young Eudemons hugged by a terry cloth had already fallen asleep peacefully, breathing evenly at this moment, and seemed to be sleeping soundly.

Lu Twelve blinked in shock.

However, before he could realize what had happened, the man standing beside him and looking down at him stretched out his hand and pulled him up from the ground, and it seemed very natural that he stretched out his hand and swept off the shoulder just now. Because of cleaning up the bird feathers on the cage, at the same time, he asked in a very casual tone: "I am a little interested in the plan you mentioned earlier. How many gold coins do you have now that you can use to buy shares from me?"

"..." Lu Twelve's whole brain was a little overwhelmed, and he seemed to be unable to understand why the topic suddenly jumped to this topic. After a while, he subconsciously said, "About [-] gold coins..."

Wu Yu paused in cleaning the bird's feathers for him, then raised her head and glanced at him calmly.

The other party gave such a calm look, but Lu Twelve said a little embarrassedly: "But since I still have to eat and raise a phantom beast with a big appetite, finally..."

When Wu Yu heard "the phantom beast with a big appetite", a strange emotion flashed across his face, and he returned to normal after a while, and said calmly, "Finally?"

Lu Twelve was even more embarrassed: "...Maybe I can only get [-] gold coins in the end."

Wu Yu's hand paused, and then retracted. Just when Lu Shier thought that the latter would let him wash and sleep quickly, he didn't expect him to say in a calm manner: "No need to be embarrassed, three thousand gold coins are worth it." Not too little, enough to buy a small share of equity.”

Lu Twelve's heart jumped wildly, his eyes lit up as if he couldn't believe what he heard just now, he slightly widened his eyes and said expectantly: "Really?"

"Yes, the premise is that what you say yourself, you have to make achievements for me to see, otherwise I will take back the equity at any time." Wu Yu stood firm, and stuffed the young Eudemons in her arms into Lu Shier's arms中, "You can come to my office on Sunday, and we will discuss this matter in detail-I am going back to the meeting, see you on Sunday."

After finishing speaking, Wu Yu lowered her eyes, paused slightly, then turned and left.

Lu Twelve: "...Oh, goodbye?"

Until his back completely disappeared from Lu Twelve's sight, Lu Twelve hugged the juvenile phantom beast, as if he still couldn't believe it was real—he completely remembered the last time he heard him think When it came time to buy equity, Wu Yu's reaction seemed... not so polite at all.

It can even be said to be mean.

The black-haired young man froze in place, looked at the closed gate of Area B, then lowered his head to look at the phantom beast sleeping soundly in his arms—the whole person was in a state of: completely unaware of what happened inside Things, but things suddenly went smoothly so logically.

Lu Shishier only felt that it must have been written in the almanac today: It is better to quarrel with the phantom beast, it is better to run away from home, it is better to work alone, and everything will be fine.

……

Of course, Lu Twelve's good luck today probably came to an end here.

Because what he never expected was that when he came home happily with a juvenile Phantom Beast that he "don't know where to put for the time being", he announced to his family that he might participate in the shares of the Phantom Beast Recycling Station. "Good news", faced with his good news, an old man who was sitting on the sofa quietly reading the newspaper didn't look up, and didn't give him a single glance, and calmly flipped the newspaper in his hand over Ye, paused for a moment, and said firmly after a while: "No."