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The living room was brightly lit, and Zhong Ye was sitting at the dining table waiting for supper in a complicated mood.

Yingzi has completely changed her mood at this moment, and is humming a little tune to make him supper. Ever since she was able to reach the stove, Yingzi occasionally cooks by herself, so the refrigerator at home is always stocked with some non-perishable ingredients .It was impossible for her to cook a Manchurian banquet for Zhongye at night, so she simply cooked noodles.

This scene is very similar to the little wife preparing food for her husband who comes home from work. Zhong also hopes that this is true, but he is still very self-aware. He can imagine Yingzi's brain circuit. This scene is probably worrying. The younger brother went out to fight and came back. He didn't break his hands or feet. It's really worth celebrating.

Chuya: No way, thinking about it makes me even more frustrated.

It can only be said that Zhongye still knows Yingzi very well, and basically guesses the best.

Chuya was feeling overwhelmed at the thought of Yingzi saying that she missed him just now, and felt a little uncontrollable joy.He has always been the most important existence in the other party's heart, at least so far, and he has never doubted this, but he did not expect Yingzi to rely on him so much.

So since you are so dependent on him, and you are about to cry after being separated for a few days, why have you never considered being with him?He was sure that Yingzi hadn't thought about that, because if the other party had such thoughts, she would have asked him directly given her personality.

Zhong is also very sad, what should I do.

Yingzi cooked the noodles, she was not hungry at all, so she cooked for Zhong Ye, and her cooking skills were still outstanding.

"Zhongye, eat quickly, go to bed and rest after eating." The girl urged, she felt that Zhongye must be very tired, after all, he beat more than 1000 people.

"En." Zhong also nodded, slowly preparing to start.

Yingzi just looked at him with her hands on her chin with a smile on her face. Anyway, she would be very happy and satisfied when she looked at him.

Zhong Ye: "..."

Zhong also felt a little stressed, but he still calmly finished eating the noodles. Yingzi immediately got up to wash the dishes, but he stopped her.

"No, I'll do it myself, you go to rest." Zhong also naturally picked up the bowl to wash.

Yingzi didn't rush, and sat back to her seat obediently, lying lazily on the table, watching Zhongya wash the dishes, her eyes following each other's every move, she didn't want to go back to her room to sleep, she just wanted to stay in the Next to the other party, confirm that the other party has returned.

Under the girl's direct stalking, Zhong Ye finally realized that something might be wrong with the other party.

This state is a bit familiar. When Yingzi just came back from resurrection, he almost looked like this. As long as the other party is out of his sight, he will feel uneasy, but he is more restrained and will not show it on the surface. He will not talk to Yingzi. Just like the child, just staring at it so bluntly.

"You...don't go to rest?" Zhong Ye asked tentatively.

"Can't sleep." Yingzi felt that she was very awake now, and she didn't feel sleepy at all, but it was time for Zhong to rest, "Go and rest."

Chuya: How does this make him rest?

"I don't want to sleep yet, tell me about what happened in the past few days." Zhong also thought about it and decided to chat with Yingzi for a while. He knew from the other party that the matter had been resolved satisfactorily, and Mori Ogai was fine. What exactly happened is unclear.

In fact, Yingzi got a general idea. After she found out that Zhong Ye was locked in the book, she didn't care about other things. She only knew that in the end, the two organizations cooperated to catch the virus person.

"At that time, Fujiwara suddenly told me that you were locked in the book, and the book was taken away by the little raccoon. I was shocked." Yingzi still finds it incredible when she says it now.

Stolen by a little raccoon...

The corner of Chuya's mouth twitched, and then he suddenly responded with a question, "Then how did you find it?"

"I followed... anyway, and then, I found it." The girl paused suspiciously, trying to perfunctory the process of searching.

This perfunctory is too obvious, Zhong also doesn't want to evaluate the other party's level of lying, well, he himself is not good at lying, "So, how did you find me?" In all likelihood, he did something he didn't allow, so he didn't let the question go lightly.

"Zhongye, it's time for you to go to bed." Yingzi changed the subject abruptly.

"After you explain this, I'll go to rest." Zhong also said with a smile.

It was rare for a girl to have a childish flat mouth, "I just followed the golden thread and found it."

"What gold thread?" Chuya frowned.

"It's the line of the contract." Yingzi explained in a low voice with some guilt.

Zhong Ye: "..."

"Can't I see?" Zhong also couldn't get angry. In fact, he basically guessed that it was the case, but it was a headache that this contract could be established unilaterally. He never knew when Yingzi I secretly made a contract with him.

"You shouldn't be able to see it. It seems that only I can see it." The girl said, pulling up the gold thread with one hand and shaking it in front of Chuya, "Can you see it?"

Zhong Ye, who hadn't seen anything at first, suddenly saw the thin golden thread that seemed to be made up of dots of fluorescent light under Yingzi's gesture, and he was also stunned. One end of the golden thread was wrapped around the girl's slender right wrist, and the other end was wrapped around the On his left wrist, he obviously didn't feel anything before.

"I saw it." Zhong also said calmly.

"Huh?" It was Yingzi's turn to be confused.

Zhongye also tried to grab the gold thread, but his hand passed through the thread directly. He could only see it, but couldn't touch it like Yingzi. This action of Zhongye also made Yingzi understand that he really saw it. Where is the line now.

Oops, in this way, wouldn't it be possible to secretly make a contract with him in the future and be discovered!

Yingzi suddenly realized this serious problem.

Zhong also didn't notice the slight change in Yingzi's expression. He was still studying the golden thread intently. In theory, the contract should be established by mutual agreement, even if the contract is beneficial to the contracted party. Harm, if he himself refuses...

As this thought arose, Naka also found that the gold thread wrapped around his wrist had loosened.

"Eh? Why did you loosen it?" Yingzi was shocked.

Zhong also showed a clear look, this is a reasonable mechanism, if he refuses, the contract should be terminated.

"It should be my side who refused, and the contract will be terminated. You can try to re-establish it." Zhong also explained.

Yingzi tried it, and the gold thread easily rewrapped the opponent's wrist.

"That's good, if you like to hold hands, then hold hands." Zhong also nodded in satisfaction.

Yingzi's whole body is not well, that is to say, if Zhong Ye wants to refuse now, she can refuse, and in the future, Zhong Ye can cancel the contract at any time before being injured, so what's the use of her thing!If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't tell the other party.

The girl's frustration and annoyance were so obvious that Zhong couldn't help laughing, his hands were a little itchy, and he really wanted to touch the other person's head, but touching it at this time would make his hair explode.

"If you are really in danger, you have to promise me that you can't cancel the contract." Yingzi frowned delicately and said, "Zhong will die, I won't, but if Zhong also dies, then how can I?" Do it."

"I won't die." Zhongya assured after a moment of silence.

Yingzi just stared at him without saying a word, obviously dissatisfied with this answer.

"Okay, I won't undo it casually." Zhong also couldn't bear this eye attack, and in the end he chose to obey the other party's will and make a promise. As for how to do it when we actually meet, it's probably another matter, but he will try his best Avoid hurting yourself.

"You can't lie to me." Yingzi felt a little relieved, but she still regretted it, if only she hadn't said it just now.

"Then, what happened next?" Zhong also quickly changed back to the original topic.

"Then I followed the line and found Poe, who was the owner of the book. He was commissioned by Ranpo to write the story, but he said that he couldn't let you out. You have to find a way to solve the puzzle yourself. , so I arrested him, the news I heard later, the leader disappeared..."

The girl slowly stated all the things she knew, and suddenly she couldn't get a response from the other party while she was talking. Only then did she realize that Zhong Ye had fallen asleep on the sofa. He hadn't slept for five days. He was indeed very tired. If you look closely, you can still see a faint blue under the eyes.

Yingzi hesitated for a moment, but instead of waking her up, she ran back to her room and took out the thin blanket, and gently covered her. She can't hold her now, but it would be fine if she was a child. The other party went back to the room.

She also didn't intend to go back to her room to sleep at all, she sat silently by the side in a daze, and occasionally looked at Chuya beside her, as if she was thinking about something, but also seemed not thinking about anything.

At dawn, Zhong woke up first. After all, he was leaning on the sofa to sleep and was not lying on the bed. There was some weight on his side. Yingzi was sleeping peacefully on his arm, and she hadn't woken up yet.

Zhong Ye was stunned for a moment, almost thinking it was still night, but looking at the clock on the wall, it was already five o'clock in the morning.

He actually fell asleep while chatting.

Zhong also lost his mind for a while, lifted the thin blanket on his body, carefully supported the girl's head, then hugged her horizontally, and sent her back to the other party's room. It was still early, and Yingzi could continue to sleep.

After carefully putting the girl on the bed, he also thoughtfully covered her with a quilt and straightened the corners of the quilt.

Yingzi didn't go to bed until early morning last night, and Zhong Ye's return made her completely at ease, and she didn't even wake up after being moved to such a place.

Nakaya's hand accidentally touched her face, and he shrank slightly into the quilt like a young girl's small animal. He quickly retracted his hand, almost thinking that he had woken up the other party, but he was relieved when he found that the other party did not intend to wake up, and suddenly There is a feeling of being cute.

A little cute, want to kiss...

Zhong was also taken aback by the thought that came to him. He obviously just thought about it, but his face turned red uncontrollably.

No, no, you can't do this, what if you get caught?No, you can't do this without being discovered, what's the difference between this and a pervert!

Zhong also scolded himself in his heart, but he stood by the bed without moving, and his face was getting redder and redder.

Just a kiss shouldn't be a big deal...

His heartbeat was getting faster and faster, and he couldn't go back when the thought came up, Zhong Ye bent down a little stiffly, seeing the girl's face getting closer and closer, he held his breath nervously.

A light kiss landed on the girl's lips, and she left as soon as she touched it.

……

In the office, Zhong Ye had been staring at a document for 10 minutes, but he obviously didn't read it at all. The door was suddenly pushed open, and he was startled, thinking that Yingzi had come down.

Fortunately, it was Fujiwara Jienan who came in.

"Master Zhongyuan, are you back?" Jienan Fujiwara was a little surprised.

"En." Zhongya regained his composure, "Why did you come so early?"

"You're not here, there are a lot of things that have been backlogged recently, so I'll come over early to deal with them." Fujiwara Jienan explained respectfully.

"Thanks for your hard work." Zhong also nodded knowingly.

Because of the arrival of his subordinates, Chuya finally stopped wandering, asked the other party to report the important things that happened recently, and started to deal with the accumulated work.The efficiency of the two was very fast. It took two hours to deal with all the urgent tasks that had to be reviewed. The arrangements should be made, and the rest should not be rushed.

After Yingzi woke up and found that Zhong was not in the dormitory, she wanted to run down to find someone without changing her pajamas. Fortunately, the gold wire was no longer connected to the book that was thrown on the ground, which made her confirm that everything last night was not a dream. , Zhong also really came out of the book.

The girl breathed a sigh of relief, and forced her restless heart to settle back, changed her clothes, and took care of herself before going to the office.

"Zhongye, have you come to work so early? Why don't you take a break." Yingzi directly pushed open the door of the office and walked in, a little dissatisfied that the other party didn't care about her body so much.

Nakaya looked up from the file, and the moment he saw the other party, his face turned red without giving his master a face.

It's over, sneak a kiss to the other party, now I feel that I can't face it.

"Cough, it's okay, I've had enough rest." Zhong also explained awkwardly, almost forcing himself to look directly into the girl's eyes, but the next second he couldn't control his guilty conscience and moved away.

He secretly did something bad, how could he continue to sleep peacefully.

"Really?" Yingzi always felt that the other party was lying.

"Really." Zhong nodded uncomfortably, and then quickly changed the subject, "You haven't eaten breakfast yet, you should go and have breakfast first."

"Okay, have you eaten yet?" the girl asked casually, no longer entangled in the problem of getting up early, and planned to persuade the other party to take a nap for a while at noon to catch up on sleep.

"No, let's go together..." Zhongye changed his words after a pause, "You go first, I'll eat later, I have something to do." He had to adjust his mentality, and felt that he couldn't even eat normally with the other party now.

Yingzi froze for a moment, then went over to pull him unhappily, "No, Zhong has to finish his breakfast before going to work."

The girl's hands were slender and soft, with a hint of coolness.

But Zhong Ye felt as if he had been burned, he almost instinctively withdrew his hand instantly, and as soon as he pulled it back, he immediately realized that he had overreacted again, he felt that he was hopeless, and now he didn't know how to get along with Yingzi.

"Chuya, you..." What's wrong?Yingzi frowned slightly.

"It's nothing, I just want to say, let's go together." Zhong also stood up, interrupted Yingzi's question, and pretended to organize the documents at hand, as if he just pulled back his hand just to organize the documents .

The girl stared at him suspiciously for a while, and then felt embarrassed again.

"Then let's go." Yingzi looked back, smiled and nodded.

It was not too early, and the two of them went to the headquarters cafeteria to have breakfast together, and Chuya ate in silence the whole time, trying to focus all his attention on the food.Usually when everyone eats together, they will chat by the way. They have never had the rule of not talking when they eat.

"By the way, Zhongye, tell me the day Luanbu came out, let me convey you a word for him, you're welcome." Yingzi changed the topic, and suddenly remembered this, "Did he help you in the book? something?"

"Ranbu?" Zhong also frowned slightly, "No, did he say anything to you?"

How could he thank the other party, if it wasn't for him, he wouldn't have been imprisoned in the book for so many days, causing Yingzi to be terrified.

"It's nothing, forget it, anyway, we really should thank him." Yingzi felt that there was nothing to tangle with, "I wanted to find Dazai and Liuxiang to rescue you, but luckily Luanbu stopped me. If the ability directly eliminates the book, you may not be able to get out."

Chuya: "..." Oops, he seemed to suddenly understand what the other party meant by being rude.

Chuya's expression became unnatural again, and his mind unconsciously began to recall the awkward hug last night and the feather-like kiss this morning.

"Chuya, your face is so red? Don't you have a fever?"

The girl's worried voice woke up Zhongya, who was in reverie, and the next second, Yingzi had stood up, leaned over and reached out to touch his forehead.

Zhong Ye froze, allowing the other party to test the temperature of his forehead, not daring to have any over-reaction, barely maintaining his composure and explaining, "Maybe it's a bit hot today."

Yingzi showed a puzzled expression, the weather has already entered autumn, is it still hot?

After eating breakfast, Zhong Ye felt his stomach ache. After finally finishing his meal and returning home, he immediately decided to go out to deal with a business trip. Naturally, he did not bring Yingzi with him.

……

Yingzi was left alone in the office, feeling a little depressed.

Although rationally she knows that it is right for her not to follow, and Zhongya handles things faster by herself. In the past, she usually did not follow such short-term outing missions, but now she has not fully returned to normal. You probably want to be with each other all the time.

Fortunately, Liuxiang just sent a message at this time, diverting the girl's attention.

Ruxiang left Yokohama to catch Kajiwara Yusei. She was supposed to come back in three or four days, but later found some troublesome things, so she delayed the time. Although she still failed to catch Kajiwara Yusei, she seriously injured him.

[Sister Yingzi, I will return to Yokohama in the afternoon. 】

This news is definitely good news for Yingzi. Speaking of which, if Liuxiang had been by her side during the few days when Zhongye was locked in the book, she probably wouldn't be in such a bad mood.

[Liuxiang, you are finally back, so happy, Chuya also came out of the book last night. 】

On the return journey, Liu Xiang's expression froze for a moment. It was really bad news, and Chuya came out. Although she thought so in her heart, she naturally couldn't let Yingzi know.

[Sister Yingzi, I haven't seen you for a long time, let's go shopping in the afternoon! 】

[That guy Yusei Kajiwara was seriously injured by me! 】

[Although he escaped by chance, but I don't dare to show my face for a short time. You are safe recently. 】

Liu Xiang typed very fast, and sent text messages one after another, and Yingzi didn't even have time to reply, but the other party was too enthusiastic, and Zhongya was not at the headquarters, so she agreed without much hesitation, [Okay. 】

[Then I will pick you up when I arrive. 】Liuxiang is satisfied, and she is not going back to the special agent department and home. She wants to go directly to the port mafia headquarters to pick up people.

After making appointments for the afternoon itinerary, Liuxiang continued to chat with Yingzi, since she had nothing to do in the car anyway.

Chatting and chatting, Yingzi mentioned that Zhong also felt not quite right today, in fact, since she was rescued, Zhong also has been a little weird.

[I also feel weird, I have been spending money to buy things indiscriminately before, and told him not to buy them and didn’t listen, and then every time I accidentally bumped into him, the reaction would be very big, recently I didn’t look me in the eye when talking to me . 】 Yingzi carefully recalled the things that were not right in her recent work.

Yingzi couldn't figure it out, how could Liuxiang not understand, it seemed that the other party had broken his mind, this annoying guy!

Liuxiang really wanted to tell Yingzi that Zhongye had ulterior motives for her, but she was not sure what Yingzi would choose if she knew about it. She might reject the other party, and then move out to live with her to avoid embarrassment, so she would set off firecrackers to celebrate.However, it is still possible that Yingzi agreed because she was soft-hearted. Liuxiang even thinks that the latter is more likely.

Liuxiang typed a line on the phone, and then deleted it in a tangled manner. How to speak ill of Zhongye calmly, without letting sister Yingzi feel that she is slandering, this is really a question worth pondering.

Before Liuxiang could think about replying, a text message from Yingzi came in, Liuxiang looked at the text message and fell silent.

[I think Zhong may also have entered a rebellious period. 】

Liuxiang: "..." Rebellious period? The 22-year-old rebellious period?

After being silent for a while, Liuxiang silently gave an affirmative reply, [Yes, Chuya must have entered the rebellious period. 】

The so-called rebellious period naturally means that she doesn't want to be disciplined, so Liuxiang took advantage of the situation and proposed to let Yingzi live with her for a while to give her some space, but Yingzi didn't agree, because she didn't leave Zhongye at all for the time being.

But I have to say that Liuxiang is still very good at abducting people. In the afternoon, asking the girl out was another round of persuasion, and I used this weird reason to convince Yingzi.

Zhong also probably never expected that he would be labeled as a rebellious period for no reason, nor would he have thought that Liuxiang would successfully abduct Yingzi because of this unwarranted rebellious period.

This is so outrageous!