In those years of beating the enemy to work

"Gaba."

A walnut was crushed with bare hands, Mu Ning took out the walnut kernel inside, and stretched out his hand to Qi Ya beside him.

"Qiu."

"Hi--"

Qi Ya casually took out a jujube from the basin, quickly cut the knife across the jujube body, took out the jujube core, and handed it to Mu Ning.

Combine jujubes and walnuts into one, and a jujube with walnuts is ready.

Mu Ning threw the finished product into the half-full basin.

"Kage Cage, I'm Mubi!"

"Hi! Woody! I'm Cage!"

On the TV not far away, "The Adventures of Cage and Mubi" is playing.Although Qi Ya sneered at the childish behavior of the protagonist in it, he still turned his eyes to take a look from time to time.

Mu Ning, who crushed another walnut, glanced at the calendar on the wall, and said with some emotion in his heart: "Time flies so fast..."

I've known this guy for almost 4 months.

Looking away from the TV, Qi Ya looked at Mu Ning: "Ah..."

He blinked, his blue eyes glowing softly: "Actually, to be honest, I didn't expect to be able to get along with you happily for so long, it always feels unreal." After all, the previous...

The warm atmosphere stopped because of this sentence.

As if being slapped in the face, both of them froze for a moment.Afterwards, the warmth seemed to be drawn away.Mu Ning shuddered, and Qi Ya's eyes darkened.

Mu Ning: "You said..."

Qi Ya: "Could it be..."

The two who thought of going together paused for a moment, then swallowed the words back into their stomachs.

Mu Ning: Although very careful, but after all, it is under the nose of others, it is really unrealistic to hide it 100%...

Qi Ya: Damn it!Sure enough, he was too happy, even his vigilance became worse.

The firewood in the fireplace crackled, but the fiery temperature could no longer warm the current body.The atmosphere also became inexplicably dignified.

Qi Ya's eyes were absent for a while, when the wooden fish key chain fell on the coffee table, he paused, and when he recovered, he had already picked it up.

"This thing... ah."

The wooden fish fell from his hand, and the iron chain at the mouth of the fish broke due to too much force.

Qi Ya blinked, his expression became bewildered: "...I...didn't..."

"Ah, is it broken?" Mu Ning leaned over and stretched out his hand, "I'll see if it can be repaired."

Then, before Mu Ning reached out to take the wooden fish back, Qi Ya put the wooden fish into his pocket first.

He bowed his head and said, "Leave me here first, and return it to you after the restoration is complete."

"No, it's fine." Mu Ning shook his head.

"I'll fix it." Qi Ya pursed his lips with his eyes hidden under the silver-white hair.

Did he...

Mu Ning felt that he understood something.

Her fingertips moved slightly, and then she withdrew her hand.

"Then trouble Xiao Qiya, please fix it."

She lowered her head and smiled, her eyes were a little sad.

Because of an unintentional sigh, the two got along unhappy this time.

Qi Ya was going to take a bag of dates and walnuts, on the way back, he seemed a little preoccupied.Then, halfway through the journey, the wooden fish in his pocket slipped down.

"It happened!"

The wooden fish flipped in mid-air and fell into the frozen gap of the ice and snow.

Qi Ya crouched by the crack, stretched out his hand enough.But the gap was too deep for his arm's length to reach.

Time passed slowly.He squatted quietly by the gap, his hair covering his expression.Small body, looks lonely and helpless.

"Whoa..."

The leaves rustled, and a woman in a black suit appeared in the woods.She stood for a while, hesitated for a moment, and walked out of the woods.

"Master Qi Ya, Madam asked me to ask you to go to the restaurant for dinner..." She squatted in front of Qi Ya, poked her head towards him, with a worried expression, "You... what happened to you?"

"My fish..." Qi Ya raised his head, his fair and immature face was full of grievances, and his ice blue eyes were filled with tears.

"Xilian—" he clenched his little hands, his voice was crying, "my fish...the fish fell in..."

"...?!"

Xi Lian, who was so cute that her nose bleeds, took out her handkerchief in a hurry: "You, don't cry! Master Qi Ya, I, I will help you get it back!"

"Really?" Qi Ya couldn't shed his tears, he took a step forward and looked up at Xi Lian, "Can Xi Lian get it back?"

"Really! It's true! I'll pick it up for you right now!"

Maybe the impact of beating the most beautiful cat of the enemy was too great, or maybe it was to prove that he could fulfill his promise, Xi Lian knelt by the gap and stretched out his hand inside.

Two minutes later, Xi Lian picked up a wooden fish covered with snow and mud.

Taking the wooden fish handed by the other party, staring at the missing fish lip, Qi Ya shriveled aggrievedly: "It's broken..."

"I wanted to give it to my mother..." Qi Ya looked helplessly at the housekeeper in front of him, "What should I do? Xilian...the gift is broken..."

Xi Lian squatted beside Qi Ya, also staring at Mu Yu with a frowning face.Then, she thought of something, and suddenly raised her head: "That's right! Master! I know there is a repair shop at the foot of the mountain. I don't know if it can fix this fish... So... Do you want to give it to me to try?"

She looked at Qi Ya expectantly.

"……Is it."

Qi Ya lowered his head and stared at the wooden fish, and said softly.

"There is no other way... Then, let Xi Lian teach this to fix it."

Xi Lian took Qi Ya's wooden fish with both hands, and smiled confidently: "I will definitely work hard to repair the gift that Master Qi Ya gave to his wife."

"En!" Qi Ya put a pair of small hands in the palm of Xi Lian, and finally smiled happily, "Thank you, Xi Lian!"

"No..." Xi Lian scratched her head and smiled shyly, "It's a small honor to share your worries."

The two walked back to the main house holding hands.

Qi Ya, who was half a step behind Xi Lian, looked at the woman on the right who was holding her hand, and quietly pursed his lips.

"So, she didn't know that you gave me the wooden fish."

"Ah, I tested it a little bit. It should have just started monitoring me, and I don't know much about it."

But since the surveillance has started, it means that mother has begun to suspect.

In the middle of the night, in the kitchen of the beating enemy.

Mu Ning stood by the pot, stirring the chicken soup inside with a spoon.

Qi Ya sat on the cooking table, holding his face in his hands, his legs dangling in the air, looking bored at the glass cabinet in front of him.

The two of them didn't make eye contact the whole time, just like a normal master and servant cooking for the young master.

"The last time we met at the wooden house, how did you deceive Mrs. Kiqiu?"

"I gave your date and walnut to mom, saying that I passed by your place to ask for it. In this way, even if Xilian reports it, mom won't be too suspicious of you."

"Yes. You are really brave."

Qi Ya propped his chin with his hand with a sleepy expression: "It's not so much courage as it is because I know them too well."

Do you understand too well, so it is.

Mu Ning narrowed his eyes: "Yes."

The conversation was interrupted, and the two had no topic to talk about.

The atmosphere became stiff again, the two of them knew exactly what to do next and how to do it, but neither of them said it out, piercing that layer of fragile paper.

Finally, the chicken soup is ready.Mu Ning cut the chicken into small pieces, put it into a bowl filled with chicken soup and noodles, and then put the bowl of chicken soup noodles beside Qi Ya.

"It's time to eat." Looking at Qi Ya's back, she said softly.

"Ah..." Turning around, Qi Ya picked up the bowl of noodles, a trace of loneliness flashed in his eyes, "3Q..."

After that, there was the sound of quietly eating noodles.

The noodles are eaten slowly, but there is always time to finish.When the soup bottomed out, Qi Ya put down the bowl and spoke first: "Because I have the habit of eating supper at night, so they won't doubt it for the time being when I eat here."

He bit his lower lip, his eyes struggled: "Besides...we..."

"We...don't meet in other places for now..."

The action of putting away the bowl paused, Mu Ning picked up the bowl and walked to the pool.

The sound of water splashing, she said, "Do you have any plans?"

"Ah, sort of." Qi Ya evoked a icy smile, and he said sweetly, "However, there is no need for Mu Ning to get involved for the time being."

Jumping off the cooking table, Qi Ya left the kitchen with his hands in his pockets.

"Goodbye." He turned his back to Mu Ning and waved his right hand.

Mu Ning looked at his back and didn't know what to say for a while.

"...Goodbye, Master Qi Ya."

The warm light in the kitchen is the only light in the night sky.The stars in winter also seem to be so cold that they have lost their energy, so dim that they are about to disappear into the sky.

The kitchen door was open, and the warm light made the white snow transparent, revealing a few wisps of grass that had been frozen before it withered and turned yellow.

"call……"

A cold wind blew in.

"It's so cold..."

After washing the bowl, Mu Ning wiped her hands with a towel, and she sighed softly.

The warm time can only stop here for the time being.

In the woods, a black shadow squatted on a branch, and when Qi Ya's figure was far away, she jumped off the branch and quickly followed.