me and my monster neighbor

Xu Lala was disturbed by the "initialization" that Yuan Chu inadvertently revealed.

Yuan Chu didn't even look back at him, the two of them didn't meet each other's eyes, the only contact was Yuan Chu's pillow on Xu La La's lap, Yuan Chu's low body temperature was transmitted to Xu La La's body through the thin fabric of school uniform pants.

Xu Lala lowered his head, and as far as he could see, he could see the original black hair and half of his neck that was exposed.

The original skin color on the back of the neck was so white that it could be described as translucent and translucent, and the fair skin color seemed to be dazzlingly bright, forcing Xu Lae to move his eyes away.

After a night of silence, Xu Lala didn't feel sleepy, but in order to end the embarrassment of being speechless, he leaned against the window frame, folded his hands on his chest, closed his eyes and squinted for a while.

Xu Lai's breathing gradually became steady.

In the hazy night, Yuan Chu didn't know when to change his sleeping position, he faced Xu Lala, with his side face pillowed on Xu Lala's lap.

The pitch-black pupils were bathed in the cold moonlight, with a faint golden gleam floating in them, and Xu Lai's face was reflected in the eyes.

The contours of Xu Lai's face are very beautiful, the moonlight has turned on the special effect of soft light, and even the three-dimensional facial features have become more gentle, and the shallow mole under the eyes is also unique in the soft moonlight.

But what attracted Yuan Yuan the most was the silver studs on Xu Lela's ears.

The material is inferior, the workmanship is rough, but the silver stud earrings attract the original attention.

Sword Village is very quiet at night, there are occasional faint sounds of insects outside the window, suddenly it seems to be disturbed by a rustling noise, the surroundings are quiet, the light and shadow on the wall have not changed, but as Yuan Chu got up, Xu Lai The pleat pattern on the trousers has been slightly distorted.

Yuan Yuan put one hand on the window sill, his right hand was hanging by his side, and was still tied to Xu Lai. He leaned down and tilted his head slightly. The sharp jaw line connected with the neck, and the protruding Adam's apple was as eye-catching as the slightly parted thin lips. .

The cold light brown lips moved close to Xu Lai's ears, the three-dimensional upper lip was attached to the outline of his outer ear, the lower lip was slightly opened, and half of the light pink tongue tip was exposed, the bottom of the tongue was against the lower lip, and the tongue surface was lightly touched. He licked his round earlobe.

Xu Lala frowned in his uneasy sleep, moved his Adam's apple, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, subconsciously adjusted his sleeping position, and became quiet again.

Yuan Chu lowered his eyes to look at Xu Lai's face, his half-closed eyes looked lazy and tender, and he kissed Xu Lai's earlobe self-servingly.

The original tip of the tongue was divided into two parts, the light pink tongue was soft and cold, and a round lip stud could be vaguely seen at the bifurcation in the hazy moonlight.

When the tongue surface is attached to Xu Lai’s earlobe, it can be seen that this lip stud is very similar to Xu Lai’s earrings in terms of material and workmanship. They are not like ornaments carved out of molds. The workmanship is rough and slightly different. , but this does not prevent them from being paired.

The moment the two silver nails came into contact, the silver-gray eyelashes trembled, and there was a gilt golden light overflowing from the original dark eyes.

Between the kisses, Yuan Yuan was a little lost in thought, thinking of the murals he saw during the day.

A skinny human race confronted the evil dragon single-handedly, and the little man who was born without demon power was suspended in the sky.

Although the wall under the little man's feet has been mottled, the original complete appearance of the mural can be seen at first.

When I first saw the mural, I interpreted the meaning that the human race intended to challenge his divine power. When I looked at it again, I disdained the absurdity of the human race's dream of spring and autumn, but when he unconsciously turned his head to meet Xu Lai's eyes, all the small emotions His brain vanished into nothingness, and he realized that the story on the mural actually happened in his missing memory.

Thinking of this, the original mood fluctuated slightly.

Compared with the length of his long life, the small piece of memory that was originally missing was even more insignificant, like a small white foam floating on the surface of a vast black sea.

At this time, in that small blank sea of ​​consciousness, a colorful memory bubble was born out of thin air.

Yuan Chu was taken aback.

His original memories were lifeless, but this small piece of missing memory was actually colorful.

……

There were no chickens and dogs barking in Daojian Village, and the night was very clean. When Xu Lala woke up, it was already five or six o'clock in the morning. As soon as he opened his eyes, his consciousness was still very confused, and when he met the original sight, he immediately woke up.

Yuan Chu didn't lie on Xu La La's lap anymore, but because he had to stay with Xu La La every step of the way, and had to maintain the law of physical contact, Yuan Chu sat on the chair all night.

Xu Lala lowered his head, avoided Yuan Chu's gaze, bent his index finger knuckles and pressed his temple, he rubbed heavily several times, glanced at Yuan Chu out of the corner of his eye, then got up, and dragged Yuan Chu out together.

The Human Prophet VIP room enjoyed by Xu Lai is a bit far from the houses of other residents of Daojian Village. The original intention is that this place is a haunted house, and it is used to receive the Human Prophet. Bring in the original evil spirit, who can be called the disaster in the demon world, to live in.

Xu Lai and Yuan Chu's first stop of "Looking for Lost Memories" did not yield any results. When the children in the village were still lying in bed, Xu Lai decided to leave Sword Village early in the morning.

Before the villagers of Daojian Village came out to see them off, Xu Lai had already gone straight to the entrance and exit of the village.

The damp and cold air in the early morning penetrated directly through the neckline. Xu Lai pulled the chain of the school uniform to the top and raised the collar. He shrank his shoulders and buried his chin in the collar.He met the gray-haired old man under the big banyan tree again.

The old man was wearing a thick coat, his body was hunched, and there were occasional low coughing sounds.

The old man was also very surprised when he saw Xu Lai. He is an old man who lives alone. He does not have close contact with the neighbors in Daojian Village on weekdays. He contracted a cold in the past two days and was ill in bed yesterday. Therefore, he missed the meeting with Xu Lai. I woke up early again today, and I haven't met my neighbors yet, so I haven't heard Xu Lai mentioned.

The memory of the old man has already begun to decline. In recent years, a human prophet with an unfamiliar face will appear in Sword Village every now and then. There are many people coming and going from this village. Life is short, just live.” There are many people who have met and seen off, but the old man is the only one who is deeply impressed by Xu Lai.

The cause was that an unidentified creature with a shiny black body was drilled out of Xu Lai's schoolbag at that time;

Then Xu Lai is also the only human prophet who revisited the old place of Sword Village in the records;

Finally, Sword Village has been protected by an enchantment since ancient times, and only human prophets are allowed to enter and exit. The human prophets who are summoned to another world have always been single-handed, and there has never been a precedent for too many people to travel. Therefore, at this time, the same age as Xu Lai People are very attractive.

The young boy who was born with this face was extraordinarily handsome, handsome beyond the ordinary, handsome like ordinary people——

The old man quickly realized this problem, and grasped the most important point: this young man is not like a human being.

The old man's eyes are criss-crossed with fine lines, his eyes are slightly cloudy, but his eyes are clear, the old man's face is only stunned for a moment, and then he is interrupted by Xu Lai's voice.

Xu Lala: "Grandpa, we meet again, do you still remember me?"

Xu Lala smiled brightly. He had a good impression of this old man, because he was the first aborigine in the demon world who told him not to take the responsibility of the human prophet too seriously.

The old man smiled at Xu Lala, nodded, and said, "You have done a good job."

As he said that, the chess piece in the old man's hand fell on the chessboard divided into two by the Chu River-Han boundary: the red chariot drove straight in, crossed the Chu River-Han boundary, and pushed in front of the chariots and horses of the enemy camp.

Xu Lala only glanced at the chessboard hastily. He was just getting started with chess, and he knew the rules roughly, but he couldn't even talk about a rough mastery.

Xu Lala was not interested in the chess game, but saw that the voice of the old man was hoarse, and the wind at the entrance of the village was strong, and the old man would cough two or three times from time to time. Before leaving, Xu Lale said: "The morning is cool, and the wind at the entrance of the village is strong. Grandpa, Let's go back and rest."

The old man waved his hand and said, "It's okay, are you leaving?"

Xu Lai nodded.

The old man's eyes fell on Xu Lai's back, and he said suspiciously: "You should come to repair the dragon-slaying knife and the devil-slaying sword, right? Where are your knives and swords? They are the foundation of your life and the way of survival. Can't fall down."

Xu Lai also waved his hands imitating the old man, and replied: "It's okay, the Dragon Slaying Saber and Demon Slaying Sword are just keepsakes, not my weapons, and they have nothing to do with 'survival'."

The old man was very surprised when he heard it, but he stopped talking, finally shook his head and said: "Perhaps what you said is right."

After all, among so many human prophets before Xu Lai, only Xu Lai was able to come back.

And Xu Lai also thought that what he said was right.

He has seen dozens or hundreds of severed remains lying in the awakening ceremony of the human prophets, and their limbs were cut off.

Xu Lala was able to survive by luck, perhaps it was also related to the fact that he put down his sword twice. He didn't kill himself the first time, and didn't kill Yuanyuan the second time.

Even Xu Lala never imagined that he could survive until now in this bloody and cruel demon world with his hands clean.

Xu Lala subconsciously turned her head, glanced at Yuan Chu, then lowered her head in a trance and stroked the bandage on her hand.

There was a loud noise at the entrance of the village, prying the iron roof not far away, and there were bursts of tinkling sounds. Xu Lai finally came back to his senses. He seemed to hear the song sung by a child:

Ding ding ding, the craftsman forges the sword.

Clang clang clang, the iron shop opened again.

The knife cuts gold, the sword cuts jade.

Cut off the head, cut off the limbs.

Where is the Prophet?Oh, he's still on his way...

The "human prophet" in the ballad should refer to the next human prophet.

As long as the summoning pool of Bubai City is still there, new generations of human prophets will still be in the "coming time".

Xu Lala's mood suddenly sank again, he subconsciously pulled off the hands tied to Yuan Chu, he whispered to Yuan Chu "Let's go", and at the same time said goodbye to the old man, the old man nodded and wished him well Luckily, Xu Lala took two steps forward, but Yuan Chu didn't move, and he lowered his eyes to glance at the old man for a rare moment, his light brown thin lips moved.

I only heard Yuan Chu suddenly say without beginning or end: "Don't wait."

Xu Lala was confused when he heard it, but when he saw the kind-hearted old man, when he heard Yuan Chu say this sentence, his originally stretched facial features tensed up.

The old man suddenly looked up at the strange boy, his hands trembled slightly, and the chess in his hand fell on the board. The old man's face was full of astonishment, and he asked in a trembling voice: "Did you...see it?"

Yuan Yuan didn't answer, the eyes of the old man and Xu Lai followed his, and landed in a small corner of the barrier at the entrance of the village.

The old man and Xu Lai didn't see anything, only Yuan Chu saw it. A khaki-haired pastoral dog's soul curled up in a corner. As soon as it sensed Yuan Yuan's sight, the invisible coercion forced the yellow dog to clamp its tail immediately. The little head got into the dry grass, one hind leg was dragging behind in a weird posture, and the skinny body was trembling like a fallen leaf in the autumn wind.

Yuan Chu didn't answer, but the old man had waited for many years to no avail. Seeing Yuan Chu now was like a drowning man grabbing the last piece of driftwood. His legs and feet were weak, his cough hadn't healed, and his face was flushed with excitement and anxiety. He got up on crutches, looked at Yuan Chu with cloudy eyes, and asked again: "...will it come back?"

Seeing the old man getting up and approaching at first, he subconsciously squinted his eyes and stepped back as he was not used to being close to "all beings". Fortunately, the old man stood still and did not take a step forward.

Yuan Chu's expression was cold from beginning to end, and he ignored the old man.

But in a corner invisible to Xu Lai and the old man, a memory bubble was extracted from the yellow dog's soul.

Xu Lala only saw a small bubble float across the barrier of Sword Village to him and Yuan Yuan. Before he had time to take a second look, the small bubble shattered into foam with a "pop".

Xu Lala asked: "What is this?"

It's not the first time Xu Lai has seen memory bubbles, but since he doesn't have the help of the four great demon spirits, he can't see the soul, so he wonders who the original memory bubbles come from.

Just when Xu Lai was wondering, Yuan Chu had already shared the memory of the yellow dog through the memory bubble.

In the memory of the yellow dog, the old man is not the white-haired man he is now, but a young boy with clear eyes and bright eyes.

The little yellow dog had strayed into the maze outside Daojian Village by mistake. After several rounds, he couldn’t find the way out. He was so hungry that he slipped into the village to look for food. But he couldn’t find food, so he was discovered by the villagers. Under the chaos of the stick, one of the little yellow dog's hind legs was broken. In the chaos, it was the old man who was also the young man back then who secretly rescued him.

Against the background of the world of monsters, the little yellow dog is a "contraband" that was secretly raised in the village by the left-behind teenagers. In addition, its hind legs are disabled, and it becomes more and more dependent on the teenager, who is also fortunate to have its company. A dog and a dog have been together for several years, during which they were almost discovered by the neighbors many times, but fortunately, they were all safe and sound...

Until later, the little yellow dog grew up to be a big yellow dog, and the boy also grew up to be a young man. At the age of marriage, the young man will marry his fiancee. The young man likes his fiancee very much. Whenever he sees his fiancee, he will blush and stammer, but the fiancee sees the big yellow dog. When she was overly frightened, her screams attracted her natal family and neighbors in the village.

There was chaos that day, the whole village was full of turmoil, the big yellow dog was beaten severely, and hid under the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village to save his life. The big yellow dog was wronged and hid under the tree, and secretly delivered food to the big yellow dog every day.

The big yellow dog has a home and can’t go back, but he is still reluctant to leave the young man. He didn’t leave until he knew that his life was not long. Just because he didn’t want the young man to see his dead body, he dragged his old, sick and weak body away from the sword overnight. Village, sleeping outside the village.

Perhaps it is because the big yellow dog still misses the youth, and after death, because of his last wish, his soul will not dissipate for a long time.It's a pity that the big yellow dog's last wish was "to be with the young people after death", but its soul after death has become a demon spirit, and it can no longer enter the sword village protected by the forbidden barrier.

Over the years, the old man knew that the big yellow dog would not come back, but he still waited at the entrance of the village every day; the big yellow dog knew that the old man had been waiting for him, and the distance between them was even less than 20 meters, but the soul of the big yellow dog was outside the barrier Their souls were scattered and they howled day and night. The young man had turned into an old man whose body was buried in the loess. They were still separated inside and outside the barrier of the village and never saw each other again.

……

The original cold face and silence made the old man calm down a little, his bony hands holding the cane trembled slightly, the old man took a step back, tried his best to make himself decent, and said, "I just want to know... has it become a demon through cultivation?" ?”

Yuan Chu glanced at the old man lightly and shook his head.

Originally did not say much.

The big yellow dog's obsession turned into a demon spirit, but perhaps its obsession retained goodwill, so the demon spirit it transformed into was too weak. If it weren't for the maze in the place where Sword Village is located, there would be no monsters in a radius of ten miles, otherwise the rhubarb The dog's demon spirit has long been eaten as a snack.

Disappointment welled up in the eyes of the old man.

Old people are naturally also afraid of monsters, but becoming a demon is the only way the big yellow dog can maintain its life. Now that it has failed to become a demon, after so many years, the big yellow dog must have passed away, but I don’t know how the young man in front of him knew it's there...

In old age, people miss the good times when they were young, and regret the regrets when they were young, and the big yellow dog left without saying goodbye, which made the old man toss and turn every night.

The strange boy in front of him is not as easy to talk to as Xu Lai. Although Xu Lai is not friendly, he is not easy to get close to, but he is easy to get close to. Obviously, the strange boy does not want to interact with other people. Compared with " Reluctant", but like "disdain".

Although the old man had good eyesight, years of shortcomings made him feel unwilling. He sighed and said, "I just asked it...why did it leave without saying goodbye back then."

The voice fell to the ground, and there was a moment of silence. Standing by the side, Xu Lala couldn't even make a good guess. He didn't think Yuan Chu would tell you kindly, and was about to change the subject. He said, "I don't want you to know that it is dead."

Yuanyuan just copied the original words, but did not say the whole thing. The original intention of the big yellow dog is puzzling to Yuanyuan—because the big yellow dog once lived with the old man, and also accompanied the young man through the confused period. The only light in the dog's life, the big yellow dog thinks that he is equal to the old man. He is afraid that the boy will not be able to live without it, and even thinks that it violates the agreement between them by leaving first...

Xu Lala has been standing by the side silently, but he guessed most of it from the old man's few words and reactions, but he feels that the old man's remorse and regret have no practical significance.

The relationship between humans and domesticated animals has never been equal, even in this world, the moment you raise pet cats and dogs is the beginning of the story of indebtedness to them, perhaps as the public service advertisement says, "You will have Many friends, but it is only you."

Not to mention the world where the human race and the demon race are incompatible.

People always form a relationship without authorization, break into its world without authorization, and continue to owe it with an apologetic attitude of indebtedness.

……

When the first ray of dawn pierced the sky, Yuan Chu and Xu Lai had already set off to leave Sword Village, and the villagers of Sword Village also realized later that the Prophet had already left first.

One morning, the villager who went to look for the Prophet but couldn't find him suddenly stopped and looked back when he passed the open space in front of two blacksmith shops. Unusual changes were seen on the advertising wall.

I saw that under the feet of the human prophet who was fighting the dragon, a large black area where the wall had been peeled off due to years of wind and sun, unexpectedly showed a complete mural at some point——

At the feet of the human prophet, a giant dragon with flapping wings stands proudly on the mural. Because of its power, the arrogance of the evil dragon on the opposite side is suppressed by seven points.

The giant dragon carried the prophet of the human race on its back, and its existence could perfectly match the strokes and strokes of the original mural. Even the color tone and strokes are like products of the same age, and they are completely integrated without any difference.

The villagers were terrified in their hearts. Apart from their fear, they also felt a little awe because the dragon and the brave human race stood in the same camp.He couldn't help but take a second look, and saw that the giant dragon was completely black. He noticed that only the giant dragon's eyes were white, and he guessed that its pupils should be light-colored.

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On the road.

Xu Lala couldn't help but take another look at Yuan Chu, and when Yuan Chu looked over, Xu Lala asked, "Why are you so kind?"

Xu Lai expressed doubts.

Although Yuanyuan did not give any help to the old man, it was not easy for him to repeat those words. You must know that even the monsters in Wanyao shop who respected His Royal Highness Yuanyuan couldn't get Yuanyuan's good looks, not to mention the human race, let alone What's more, it's still a human race from Sword Village who owns two patents for the production of Dragon Slaying Sword and Demon Slaying Sword...

In the beginning, he didn't take advantage of Xu Lai's inattention to directly massacre the village to give him enough face, but he was suddenly willing to talk to the old man, which was a shock.

Yuan Yuan lazily raised his eyelids and glanced at Xu Lai, his dark eyes did not fluctuate at all, and his expression was as cold as ever.

But he suddenly raised his arms and raised his hands above his head in a gesture of prostration, which startled Xu Lala, thinking he was possessed by some cultist.

When Yuan Chu opened his mouth, his voice was clear and calm, and he used his usual high-spirited expression and unusual posture to perfunctoryly say:

"The friendship between the monster race and the human race lasts forever."