you turned on the love game

Four months later.

There was a cloud of dust on the sandy ground of the training ground, and a figure shot through it like a sharp arrow out of its scabbard.His movements were so fast that others could only see a strand of flowing red hair when he paused for a moment.

There was a loud bang.

The human-shaped wooden board in the corner of the field was smashed vigorously.

The nimble young boy fell to the ground from mid-air, his face dripping with sweat, and he casually pulled the hair sticking to his forehead to the back of his head, revealing his golden eyes that were still fighting.

There was a rustling sound from the chipped wood, and a few seconds later there was a complaining voice: "You are too scary."

With a bang, the uppermost plank was lifted, and the person lying inside turned over and got up—it was Hisoka's combat training teacher.

"I'm improving so fast, I'll be out of work soon." The trainer sat on the crumbs of the wood and said generously, "It's hard to find an employer as generous as Missy."

The tone was full of the helplessness of social animals.

Hisoka narrowed his eyes slightly, a wanton smile curled up on his lips.He didn't take the teacher's complaints to heart at all. Instead, he arrogantly raised his chin at the other party and said provocatively, "That's all?"

The teacher raised his eyebrows and smiled angrily: "You brat..."

The two figures collided again, stirring up dust.

You lie faceless on the window sill of your study, treating their fight as a martial arts movie, when suddenly there are footsteps in the corridor outside the room, and you don't need to turn your head to know who it is.

"What's the matter?" You asked lazily, "Is there anything happy for my little Linna to tell me?"

The girl quickly wrapped her arms around your waist, buried her head on your back and rubbed her coquettishly, "Yes! How did Missy know that I have something to say?"

"Because your footsteps are so loud—"

You deliberately dragged your voice, and Linna giggled because of you, and leaned over to poke your face several times, "Sister Butler is going to Youkexin to deal with business, she agreed to take me with her!"

You turned around and touched her face: "That's good."

"Miss, let's go too!" She wrapped her arms around your arms, shaking them back and forth non-stop, "Let's go to You Kexin to play!"

You froze for a moment, then raised your head to meet the butler's gaze.

The shy expression on that face during the celebration has disappeared, and it has changed back to the usual calm and staid butler lady.

She folded her hands in front of her and stared at you calmly.

You smiled, lowered your eyes and said to Linna: "I won't go."

"Ah..." She puffed up her face in disappointment, "Why don't you visit other cities, won't you feel bored if you always stay here?"

The small face is bulging and looks easy to pinch.

Thinking of this, you pinched her face affectionately in her cute little eyes, and rubbed her face gently back and forth a few times.Without answering her question, he directly told the housekeeper, "Take care of her."

"Yes, Miss."

Linna had no choice but to cover her red face and pamper you in your arms before leaving with the housekeeper.

You watch them leave, think for a moment and then say: "Bijima, you go to Youkexin with them."

The "wooden stake" standing in the corner was awakened by you, "Miss?"

He asked puzzledly: "My duty is to protect your safety. The housekeeper is only going to Youkexin to deal with affairs, and I don't need to accompany you."

After a pause, he added: "And Linna went to Youkexin to have fun...there is no need for me to be present."

You didn't speak for a long time, you kept watching the battle on the training field outside, and you didn't look at the bodyguard until the two sides finished the battle and left the field.

"Just to see your wife." You said with a smile, "and bring her here by the way. Didn't we agree a few months ago?"

You are deliberately reminding him.

Bijima was silent and did not speak, his face was hidden in the shadow cast by the bookcase, making it difficult to see the expression on his face.

"One week."

You leaned back on the soft chair, with a smile on your lips, and repeated the time, "They will be away for a week."

As if hinting, your voice is extremely soft, and the end sound almost disappears, "Isn't there enough time, Bijima?"

"..." After a long time, the man whose feet seemed to be nailed to the ground finally moved. He lifted his feet and stepped out of the shadow.

Looking at you with an indescribably complex look.

"Yes, Miss."

He responded in a low voice and left here.

You also watched him leave, sat down at the desk and opened the drawer, and took out three small boxes from the deepest part.

Inside is the hand-carved seal when you are free. It is crooked and not good-looking at all. You accidentally scratched yourself several times, which made the maid blow her beard and stare.

"This is Linna's..."

You take out the cutest box and put it aside, and put the other two together, "These two are..."

A voice suddenly rang in the ear, "What is it?"

You froze for a moment, then turned your head to look.

Hisoka probably just took a shower, his hair is wet, and his body is still steaming hot, his eyes are fixed on the box in your hand.

Finding that you didn't speak, he asked again: "What is it?"

This time the strange ending was gone.

Your eyes lit up and you waved at him: "Come here..."

His expression suddenly became weird, he hesitated for two seconds before coming over, and his expression was a little alert.Like if you're going to do something weird and he'll just run away.

"I made handmade gifts."

You opened the box enthusiastically, pinched the seal, and hooked your fingers at him, like a villain who deceived children: "Don't be afraid."

"...?" He stood in front of you suspiciously, allowing you to press that strange seal on his face, and then watched you pick up another seal and press it on the other side of his face as well.

"Well, I think it's not bad." You are very confident, and show him the vanity mirror, "How about it, okay?"

He glanced at it, and the smile on the corner of his mouth immediately collapsed.

The boy in the mirror had exquisite eyebrows and eyes, but crooked red stars and weirdly shaped green water droplets were printed on his cheeks, making him look silly.

Hisoka: "?"

Hisoka: "."

He put down the vanity mirror and looked at you blankly.

Wow--

Why do you feel murderous?

You feel a little guilty: "It's not particularly ugly, is it?"

Hisoka is a kid who pays attention to his image. After training, he must take a shower and change clothes. He usually likes to wear some beautiful armbands on his arms, and he is also very particular about his clothes.

So for things that are not good-looking, he is especially...

"Ha ha……"

can not stand.

You thought to yourself and started to sneer, it seems that you are really unhappy.

The immature and clean face is printed with imperfect patterns, which does spoil his image a bit, but you think it's cute.

No way, the person in question doesn't like it.

You took out the wet tissue in frustration: "I've been engraving for a long time."

When the wet tissue was about to touch his face, he turned his head away, and the unhappiness that was still in his eyes just now disappeared inexplicably.

"Why?" he asked.

Your hand was raised in the air, and you were stunned for half a second before answering: "I wanted to give you a gift, so I made it specially. If I have to ask why... I just like it."

You bent your eyes and said to him with a smile: "I like you."

Hisoka...

He showed an extremely awkward expression.

It's a bit like he accidentally ate a very sour candy some time ago.Obviously I couldn't stand it, but I refused to spit it out. After the sour layer on the outside melted, the inside was extremely sweet and fruity.

"Don't worry, it's not a birthday present." You put the stamp back in the box, thinking he was worried about it, explaining.

Once installed, you are about to put them back in the drawer when Hisoka snatches them away.

He turned the two boxes upside down, and glanced at the remaining one.

"That belongs to Linna."

Linna's seal is her stick figure avatar.

Although it doesn't look too refined, it is much more difficult than Hisoka's stars and water droplets-so there is only one.

But you saw the corners of his lips slightly raised because of the quantity victory, and you swallowed the explanation back to your stomach.

"correct……"

Hisoka's strange voice came back to him again, "There are so many people missing suddenly, did something interesting happen?"

Like a cat overflowing with curiosity.

"No, the housekeeper has something to go to You Kexin, so he took some people away." You said, "Nothing interesting happened."

"Well... aren't you going?"

"The housekeeper will do those things, I don't need to go."

His golden eyes stared at you, and after a few seconds, he let out a snort from his nose: "You can't go at all, can you?"

You paused in your hands, surprised: "Why do you say that?"

"The daily patrol of the bodyguards has become stricter, and there are more people in places where there were no guards before, just like... to prevent people from escaping."

Hisoka lightly jumped and sat on the desk, his eyes were at the same level as yours, and he said firmly: "They are afraid that you will run away."

You slightly opened your eyes wide.After a while, the corners of his lips curled up slightly, and he leaned forward, covering his mouth with his palm, and whispered to him, "You're so smart..."

Even Lena didn't know this.

She always thought that you always stayed in the manor because you didn't want to leave the city, but in fact you couldn't leave.

"You were the first to guess."

The maids, bodyguards, cooks, and even the cleaning staff in the manor...all of them are the "eyes" of the Morrow family.

On the one hand they respect you, on the other hand they are wary of you.

Hisoka put his hands on the table and leaned back, tilted his head and glanced at you, his eyes full of ridicule: "So you were locked up..."

You blinked your eyes and said, "There's nothing I can do. I can't beat so many people, and I can't even run away; I have no money to buy? Murder, so I have to persuade myself to be patient."

"Would you like to go out?"

"Think, I have a lot of things I want to see."

You find the best-preserved old book on the bookshelf, which contains strange landscapes from all over the world.

"It is said that there is a Wanbing Cave in the northernmost part of the mainland. It is full of extreme blue. The hunters who have been there say it is super beautiful."

"If you go south, there is a jungle called Wet Wild Woodland, which is full of endangered rare animals. I really want to see it."

"And oh..."

You told Hisoka about those mysterious scenery while flipping through the book.He looked at you quietly, the golden pupils that were always cold in the past actually had a strange softness under the warm sunshine.

However, while you were talking about it, you suddenly felt a little boring. Those beautiful things are probably something you will never see in your life.

The eloquent words came to an abrupt end, and you were silent for a few seconds before putting the book back on the shelf.

You turned your back to him, smiled and said, "Unfortunately, you can't even go."

Suddenly, his voice sounded behind him: "I can help you..."

You startled slightly, and turned to look at him.

The red-haired boy sits cross-legged on top of your desk, with towers of playing cards stacked up next to his legs.

During the time you place the book, it has been stacked to three layers.

He casually held the playing cards, then slowly opened his eyes and looked at you: "Just kill them?"

"..." You softened your heart, walked over and stroked his hair, and got an impatient little look from him, and said softly, "How can it be so simple?"

"I am the target set by the Moro family. If I escape, they will directly issue a wanted warrant. These people will not be the only ones."

"Um...that's it."

The wolf cub stretched out his hand and pushed, and the playing cards fell down with a clatter.He raised the corners of his lips recklessly, with a cold smile, "It's fine to kill them all..."

The declaration is quite domineering.

Your eyes are inexplicably kind, and your eyes are crooked with a smile, pointing to the point: "You can't even beat the training teacher now."

He chuckled twice, then picked up the ghost ace, flipped his wrist skillfully, and inserted the playing card straight into the book you like, with a rare and flat tone: "It won't be long."

This confident look is so cute, you can't help but look at him and smile, but you can't quite smile when you smile.

There was no arrogance in his eyes, as if he was just announcing a doomed thing in a very ordinary way.

He's going to be stronger than everyone here.

--sooner or later.

Suddenly a sour emotion welled up in your heart, and you opened your mouth, some words piled up in your throat but you couldn't get them out, and you could only swallow them back in the end.

——Even my heart trembled slightly.

"It's amazing."

You lowered your eyes, took Hisoka's hand with a chuckle, and pressed it to your face, the thin calluses on your fingertips rubbed your face a little itchy.

"I feel pampered."

You lowered your head and couldn't see Hisoka's expression.

But you guess, he will probably look at you calmly, or turn his head away, playing poker as if nothing had happened.

He won't say anything.

You smiled lightly, even your voice became light and ethereal, as if you were about to melt into this peaceful atmosphere.

"Hisso, next Monday is your birthday, and there are four days left. I have already chosen a present, and it is a very, very beautiful present."

"..."

"What do you think of diamond-encrusted playing cards? The most expensive ice-blue diamonds make playing cards must also be the most shining."

"..." He wanted to pull his hand out unhappily.

"Don't go, you're just kidding."

You burst out laughing, feeling the warm and soft touch on your cheeks, and slowly closed your eyes.The heart in the chest became heavier and heavier, and the voice became softer, almost inaudible.

Like the last vestiges left in the world.

"It's something more beautiful."

three days later.

Suddenly there was the sound of gunfire outside the manor, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps in the corridor, your door was suddenly pushed open, and the maid rushed in in panic: "Miss—"

"A lot of people came suddenly outside, the manor has opened emergency protection, please go to the basement to avoid danger!"

"Miss?"

"Miss!"

The maid was already stomping her feet anxiously, so you turned your eyes from the page to her, and smiled at her comfortingly: "Don't worry..."

"Have you called Bijima?"

The maid said in a daze, "Yes, yes, I have beaten...Mr. Bijima said he would come back as soon as possible."

"Well, that's good." You lowered your head again.

The maid frowned immediately, and raised her voice: "No! Mr. Bijima doesn't know when he will be back. Your safety is definitely not something to be joked about!"

You still said in an unhurried tone: "It's okay."

After a pause, you suddenly let out an "ah" and regretted, "Tomorrow happens to be Hisoka's birthday, so it's really difficult..."

"It's time like this, don't worry about these little things!"

"How can it be a trivial matter?"

No emotion can be heard in your tone, "I'm going to break my promise."

Under the maid's incomprehensible gaze, you turned the book in your hand back and said softly, "Don't worry, Bijima will definitely come back. He needs me to live, and he only needs me to live."

You are obviously smiling, but there is a bit of coldness in your eyes for no reason.

"after all……"

"That's what he did four years ago."