Miss Zashiki

When seeing the drug seller come back, most of the left-behind people on the boat were very excited.

But Inugami and Nine Lives Cat are exceptions.

Before, not long after the drug seller left, Fu Xiaoyue followed Jinyu Ji, and he hadn't brought them both with him—this made them very unhappy.

Ever since they came to the water lake, Comrade Fu Xiaoyao often gave them a sense of sight... like a brat who would run away without seeing a prison... This sense of sight makes everyone feel like a cat and a dog. I feel quite tired.

The same is true now.

During the waiting process, they even hated each other. Even facing the lively scene of a crowd of people chatting around the drug seller, the two (demons) always kept an indifferent expression on their faces.

"Yakuro-kun! Have you really met the Lord of Arakawa!?"

"The name Lord of Arakawa is famous even in the human world, but I don't know what kind of person he is?"

"Isn't there a rumor that in the beginning, he used his own monster power and used the small Arakawa as the source to build a land that carried the entire water swamp? It's so majestic to have thousands of aquatic monsters as his master!"

"Yao Lang-kun, what does the Lord of Arakawa look like?"

"I heard that he is a tyrant who kills monsters without blinking an eye. He eats raw meat, sucks blood and drinks marrow. He is extremely cruel! Is it true?"

"It is said that he can go up to the world and escape, and his demon power can be said to be abnormally powerful!"

"Such a powerful big monster, maybe it has three heads, six arms, hideous eyes and a mouth full of fangs than a copper bell?"

"..."

As soon as the drug seller came back, he was surrounded by the gossip center, so he quietly leaned against the railing, listening to the chattering in his ears expressionlessly, without saying a word.After a long while, she seemed to feel that she was really noisy, and only then did her pair of delicate brows furrow slightly.

At this time, another voice suddenly sounded from the periphery of the crowd, but it was different from the rough voice of the crew and sailors. This voice was soft and sweet, like a clear spring of rice wine. Ear"--

"Oh, I heard that the Lord of Arakawa is a handsome man."

The cat and the dog, who were standing silently beside the wooden stake, became active when they heard the sound, and immediately rushed towards this side with their ears pricked up.

The crew also turned their heads when they heard the sound, and they saw the light and slender girl standing quietly behind them with her hands behind her back.

A plump goldfish floated beside her.On the back of the goldfish, there is actually a small and unique seat, the combination is a bit weird.

This person is naturally Fu Xiaoyao.She took out one of the hands hidden behind her, and patted the fat goldfish beside her on the head: "Thank you for your hard work, go back!"

She didn't turn her head until she saw the fat goldfish shaking its head and rubbing against her palm, turning around and jumping back into the water.There was a smile on his small face, and he seemed to be in a good mood.

The sharp-eyed Miss Nine Lives Cat stared closely at her other hand hidden behind her, and quickly narrowed her beautiful cat eyes suspiciously:

"Stupid Fu Xiaoyao, what are you holding in your hand, meow?"

Fu Xiao heard the words yesterday, but she didn't answer immediately. The corners of her eyes and brows were full of smugness, and she tried her best to hold back the smile on her lips. Only then did he raise the other hand behind his back to the front: "Qing, qiang—!"

Fu Xiaoyue's face was radiant with the meaning of "I'll show you a treasure", and he raised the things in his hands as if offering treasures, as if he was holding the torch of freedom:

"Watch me bring back an out-of-print souvenir!"

In the tightly clenched fist, there is a brightly colored and lifelike little carp banner, slowly fluttering and rippling in the passing breeze.

-

After generously sharing the biggest gain of his trip to them, Fu Xiaoyue did not get the expected response.

The crew and sailors on the deck saw the things in her hands clearly, and the expressions on their faces were startled and slightly stunned, which transformed into an indescribably obscure and complicated expression.After making eye contact several times, everyone seemed to lose interest in continuing to gossip about the Lord of Arakawa, and they all dispersed from this corner laughing.

It wasn't until they were a little farther away that they secretly looked at the monsters who were still here in twos and threes with pity, and whispered in a low voice——

"Damn it! I thought it was some kind of shocking treasure... If I read it correctly, it seems to be... a carp banner, right?"

"Today's kids don't even look down on this stuff..."

"Even if you are ignorant, it's not such an ignorant method!"

"It's really pitiful for a monster without childhood!"

"It looks so sad! Ahh, when I have a daughter, I must pamper her! Pamper her! I will give her whatever she wants!"

"Stop dreaming, you don't even have a wife..."

……

Although Fu Xiaoyue felt that the atmosphere was a bit weird, he couldn't understand what it meant and could only watch the crowd disperse blankly.

But the Inugami and the Nine Lives Cat at the side, because of their extremely sensitive five senses, could clearly hear every word whispered and discussed in the distance.

The dog spirit boy clenched his fingers into fists, rattled between his fingers, gritted his teeth and half knelt in front of the stunned Fu Xiaozhang, his eyes full of self-blame and distress: "Master...you must have had a hard time before!"

The smile on Fu Xiaoyue's face gradually froze: "...huh?"

Miss Jiumingmao's proud and pretty eyes were full of irritability, and she kicked her toes: "Isn't it just a carp banner? If you like, I can make all the carp banners in the world be contracted by you alone!"

The smile on Fu Xiaoyue's face gradually disappeared: "...huh?"

Slightly frightened by this inexplicable development, the hand holding the carp banner that she had held high before subconsciously put it down at this time, and folded it with the other hand in front of her chest, her face covered with tears. inexplicable.

And the cat and the dog in front of her, seeing her holding the carp flag to her chest like a treasure (fog), somehow made up some eight-point plot out of her brain, and both of them were stung and couldn't bear to look at it any more. Looking around, he fled away from her eyes staggeringly.

Fu Xiaoyue: "..."

——shenmegui?

Staring at the carp flag in his hand for a long while, and then trying to contact the reaction of Inugami and Jiumingmao, after a long time, Fu Xiaoyue was slowed down by dozens of beats in his mind, and a thought came to him, and finally he roughly figured out these bastards The direction of the brain circuit.

Then, the whole monster couldn't laugh or cry, and choked speechlessly.

When she raised her eyes, she saw the figure of the medicine seller who was still in place in front of her. She struggled and made a final attempt:

"Mr. Yaolang, you may not believe it... This thing is really a great treasure for me!"

This is really no ordinary carp banner!This is a big baby produced by Ebisu himself. It can add blood and return milk anytime and anywhere without consuming will-o'-the-wisps!

The medicine seller pulled out the sword of exorcising demons once before, and Jinyu Ji released another goldfish, which was equivalent to dropping two bars of her health, but after getting this carp banner——in an instant, she Then he regained his energetic state of bouncing and bouncing three feet high!

Moreover, this flag can not only increase her own blood, but even bless her "teammates"!Just like just now, when they were by her side, didn't Inugami and Jiumingmao feel refreshed? !

——Well, they are all full of blood and full state now, and they should really not feel any difference...

But no matter what, Fu Xiaoyue couldn't help but feel aggrieved for the flag in his hand when he thought that these guys actually made up such a god-defying artifact so embarrassingly.

So at this moment, facing the final object of persuasion, she stared at the drug seller with a particularly sincere and implied expectation.

——Boss!You are a drug seller!You must not have such a big brain hole, right! ?

The drug seller who was stared at by her leaned against the fence, looked at her calmly, and nodded slightly: "Come here."

Holding the flag in his hand, Fu Xiaoyao obediently walked over to him, and when he was in front of him, Baba raised his head and looked at him.

Looking at her quietly for a while with lowered eyes, the young man squatted down, his cold eyes were like a cold pool, and he spoke slowly: "At the beginning, how did you come to Lanxing Building."

"..."

Fu Xiao's expression froze when he heard the words yesterday, he was tongue-tied for a while, and finally he said:

"It seems that because, because I have no money... I sold myself in..."

——How do you feel, if you continue like this, you can’t explain it clearly...?

Although it was true that she had no money at the beginning, in the final analysis, she actually sold herself voluntarily to save the dog god... But how should she explain why she sold herself into a prostitute for a dog monster she didn't know? Museum too! ?

Fu Xiaoyue looked at him completely stupefied, the whole monster was incompetent.

...It's really not what you imagined!My past was really not that miserable!

After hearing her answer, the drug seller didn't say anything, and looked at her without saying a word, which made her panic.

After a long time, the young man moved again, reached out to hug her, stood up and walked down the boat.

-

Because he failed to save the atmosphere and resolve the misunderstanding, Fu Xiaoyue fell into an inexplicable depression. He lay on the shoulder of the drug seller for a long time before he asked feebly, "Mr. Yaolang, where are we going...?"

He got off the boat with her in his arms, and walked along the water's edge, seemingly aimlessly, without knowing where he was going.

Hearing her question, the drug seller kept on stepping, but he didn't answer the question out of his mouth: "In the concept of human beings, carp symbolizes strength and courage."

"Ok?"

The young man lowered his eyes slightly, glanced at the carp flag in her hand, and said in a deep voice: "Among the three colors of black, red, and blue, black represents father, red represents mother, and blue represents 'boy'."

Fu Xiaoyue was stunned when he heard it, and looked at his hands, and heard him continue:

"So, on human festivals, carp flags are used to enshrine parents' expectations for their sons—hope that boys can grow up vigorously like carp, and become brave and strong human warriors."

"...Only boys?"

Fu Xiaoyue looked at him curiously: "Where's the girl?"

"In the customs of human beings, carp flags are not used to place wishes on girls," the drug seller looked ahead, narrowing his slender and beautiful eyes slightly, as if taking a breath: "Instead, Peach Blossom."

With that said, he stopped in his tracks.

At this time, there seemed to be a touch of fresh pink falling from the eyes - Fu Xiaoyue suddenly realized something, and raised his eyes to look forward.

On the bank of a stream in front of me, there are several peach trees in full bloom, full of pink stamens, layer upon layer, and when a gust of wind blows, the pink petals are fluttering and falling—it is a kind of peach tree that seems to be transparent. A beautiful sight of sweet and soft aroma.

Fu Xiaoyue repeated in a daze: "...peach, flower?"

The medicine seller put her down on the ground, and then walked under one of the trees by himself, the voice that came over was still cold and indifferent: "I saw it by accident when I passed by before."

... Did he mean the passage, the way to send the carp spirit home?

Fu Xiaoyester held the flag in his hand and stared blankly at his back.At that time, on that road, she just stared at the tail of the carp spirit, and didn't notice at all whether there were peach blossoms or pear blossoms on the side of the road.

She watched the medicine seller stretch out his hand, and gently folded off a handful of flower branches. His delicate white wrist was lined with the flowers, which was as delicate and beautiful as cold jade.

The young man clung to the little flower in his fingers, turned around and walked towards her, leaned down, and carefully pinned the flower branch to the tie in front of her breast.Looking into her eyes at last, he said slowly: "Use peach blossoms to pray for the girl, and wish her happiness and health."

"..."

Inexplicably, looking at those calm eyes as before, and listening to the words in his ear, Fu Xiaoyue couldn't help holding his breath slightly.

I don't know if it was her illusion, but she seemed to see that the corners of the young man's thin and indifferent mouth curled up slightly, almost immediately showing a kind of softness: "Has it ever happened before?"

--what?

Fu Xiao didn't realize until he saw his gaze yesterday, he probably asked if anyone had prayed for her with peach blossoms before.

When she opened her mouth to answer, she felt a little dry in her mouth, and her voice became very small:

"……No."

The drug seller hummed lightly, and said in a low voice:

"Add it later."