The road of the house owner of the pig in the Chanyuan

Because Zhizai's sculpting skills are quite good, Lin Mingde didn't teach him something directly when he came up, but turned around and went to the bookshelf suspended by ropes, squinted his eyes and searched back and forth, and pulled out a book related to the illustrations of the biological encyclopedia , and handed it to Naoya, "You first pick a favorite animal from the above, and after the selection is finished, it will be our lesson for today."

"Actually, if conditions permit, I should take you to the outskirts of the wild to see with my own eyes what animals look like in their natural state," Lin Mingde said with a smile, with a hint of nostalgia unconsciously in his eyes, "My master used to be In this way, I took me and a group of brothers and sisters to run around the mountains and fields in the forest, and saw all kinds of birds and beasts... But now, I can only let you make up your mind and read the book first. "

Naoya took the book with both hands, and found that it was one of the ones he had glimpsed inadvertently when he came last time. He didn't expect it to be handed over to him so soon. After listening to the teacher's words, he shook his head with a smile, " It’s okay, teacher, I can also find time to go to the zoo to have a look, and now there are many documentaries about various animals, all of which are good.”

"Of course it's best if you can find a suitable method by yourself," Lin Mingde patted Zhizai's head and smiled in relief, "I'm just a little guilty that I can't teach you with all my heart like my master."

"No, I'm very pleasantly surprised if you agree to my request!" Naoya quickly retorted, his eyes full of seriousness, "What's more, the ideas about sculpture that the teacher said before have also benefited me a lot. "

"If you can think that way, I will feel at ease."

Lin Mingde nodded in relief, and then urged with a kind smile, "Okay, pick one quickly, remember to carefully look at its living habits after picking one, and then conceive it in your heart, carve out what you want Attitude, remember, the so-called conception does not mean that you deliberately make some good-looking and special shapes in your mind, but choose a daily fragment that may appear in your life, freeze it, and then present it in a sculptural way Come out, this is the best and most natural."

Hearing this, Naoya nodded, and began to look down at the book in his hand, and finally settled on one of the pages - the wolf.

"Wolf," Lin Mingde rubbed his chin, murmured softly, his expression revealing a bit of thought, but soon he laughed, "I thought you would choose some cute animals, such as rabbits, but yes, Boy, does Naoya think wolves are handsome?"

"Well," Naoya thought for a while, then said softly, "I always feel that wolves give people a very free feeling, and I quite like it."

"So... If that's the case, let's make it our course today." After a pause, Lin Mingde continued, "Wolves live in packs, and there is a strict hierarchy within them. It is just right for a strong pair to lead the wolf pack together, two days ago I received two pieces of white peach and walnut wood, and today they can be used to carve a pair of wolves for you."

"Animals themselves don't have any so-called special meanings, most of them are just added by later generations," Lin Mingde looked at the pages in Naoya's hands, and said slowly, with guidance, "Since you feel that you have found a sense of freedom from it , then for you, the wolf is a symbol of freedom, so with this feeling, go and carve carefully with the carving knife in your hand."

"Okay, I understand," Naoya nodded, then thought of something, hesitated, and asked, "Teacher, after the carving is finished, can I give one of them to my friend?"

"Of course, this is also your own work, I'm just helping you to complete it better," Lin Mingde rubbed Naoya's soft hair and said warmly, "I plan to give it to the white-haired person who came with you last time boy?"

"Yes, that's him," Naoya nodded and nodded, then lowered his eyes slightly, and rubbed his fingers against the ink-printed image on the page, making soft rustling noises, "I hope...he can forever free."

He will not be sealed by the prison gate, and he will act as his 'backer' well, Naoya raised the corner of his mouth and added in his heart jokingly.

----

The class lasted from ten o'clock in the morning until around four o'clock in the afternoon. In the middle of the lunch, Naoya's backpack was originally packed with a bento carefully prepared by Zhenwang, but Lin Mingde took Huaguo's habit after all, and regarded Naoya as his own. Junior, I always feel that if I eat such a cold meal, my stomach should feel uncomfortable.

He first steamed the bento for Naoya for about ten minutes, and then warmly greeted people to the table. There was a dish and a soup on it, which were shredded pork with green pepper and egg drop with tomato, both of which were very homely Chinese dishes.

"I did both of these things on my own. See if you like it." After finishing speaking, Lin Mingde sighed, "It's been a long time since no one has had a good meal with me. If you get used to it, next time Don’t bring bento, treat it as an old man with me.”

"No, it looks delicious. I didn't expect the teacher's cooking skills to be so good," Naoya said with a smile. Rather, he hadn't seen such a familiar dish for a long time, and he even felt a little nostalgic, "I just I'm afraid I will trouble you too much, Teacher."

"What's the matter? It's just the effort of adding a pair of chopsticks. I don't know how much I should make to eat by myself." Lin Mingde waved his hand, seeing what Naoya wanted to say, he immediately put on a straight face, pretending to be serious. Decided, "Okay, let's eat quickly, the food will be cold if you wait any longer." But at the end, there was still a hint of a smile in his tone.

Naoya had no choice but to respond with a smile.

About two hours before the end of the course, Naoya greeted Lin Mingde who was beside him, and sent a message to Zhen Wang, so that the other party could go out to pick him up.

When Zhenwang drove to the store, Naoya began to pack his things and waved goodbye to Lin Mingde.

"How is the young master's study today? Is everything going well?" In the car, Zhen Wang looked straight ahead and asked softly, "You seem to be very happy to see the young master?"

"Well, the teacher taught you very well, and I learned a lot," Naoya gently rubbed his fingertips against the wooden statue of two wolves that had begun to take shape under the guidance of the teacher, with a smile on his lips, obviously very satisfied , "By the way, we agreed to find a suitable place to set up an office together, do you have any suggestions?"

"Yes, master, I have looked through the detailed maps of all the surrounding areas of Tokyo in the past two days, and learned some information. I think the Mihua Town in Shinjuku District may be very suitable," Zhen Wang replied, "Shinjuku District is a commercial district, and the flow of people Naturally, there is no need to worry, but Mihua Town is relatively low-key and not eye-catching, and there are many office buildings and floors for sale or lease.”

"And..." Zhenwang paused, lowered his voice, and said in a solemn tone, "I don't know why, after a few days of field investigation, I found that the number of spell spirits in that area far exceeds The surrounding area, although most of them are just third-level and fourth-level curse spirits like teeny-headed ones, do not cause much actual harm, but..."

"But there are too many curse spirits, and it is also a burden for the people in that area." Naoya frowned and added, "Do the people at the top of the spell just let it go?"

"I have investigated this point," Zhen Wang replied, "The high-level people seem to send people to clean up at a fixed time every year, but after all, they are just some third- and fourth-level curse spirits. , After a few times, I slack off and perfunctory, and don't pay too much attention to it."

"It's indeed their style." Naoya sneered, "That's just right, setting up the office there may make our business go smoothly... Speaking of which, Shier's recent two Did Tian send you a message?"

Since Shi'er left last week, he hasn't been back for a whole week today. Although he knows that it is almost impossible for Shi'er, who has the sky and the curse, to have an accident, Naoya is still a little worried, so on the weekend, use The newly acquired phone dialed Shi Er's number.

While waiting, he still felt a little uneasy. After all, his number had just been set up for a few days, and Shi Er didn't know about it. If he called and was rejected by the other party... then he would use Zhenwang's cell phone called again.

No matter what, you have to contact the person first before talking.

Fortunately, the long-pitched beep in the phone receiver was interrupted after about ten seconds, and Shi Er on the other end quickly connected the phone, still in a familiar and casual tone, with a hint of The noise of beating electric current, [Hey, what's the matter? ]

The other party's very familiar attitude without any sense of strangeness made Naoya slightly taken aback, and asked involuntarily, "Do you know it's me?"

[嗤,] I could obviously hear a disdainful sneer on the phone, and then the man's hoarse and low voice with a few traces of laziness sounded again, [Otherwise, young master, do you think anyone can easily get through to me? phone? ]

"Makoto told you?" Naoya couldn't help asking, and glanced at Mamoko's direction by the way, only to see Mamoko hear the words, and nodded slightly to him with crooked eyebrows and a smile, which was a tacit consent.

It's still really hopeful that he was thoughtful, Naozai thought to himself, in fact, the moment he heard Shi Er's voice, his heart suddenly became more at ease, so right now he is in a very good mood to ignore what the other party says. , but chose to go straight to the topic, "When will you be back? I have something to discuss with you."

[The list on my side has not been finished yet,] Shier on the other end of the phone answered, paused, seemed to be holding something in his mouth, took a breath, and said in a slightly vague voice, [If you have anything to do directly Say no on the phone? ]

"I can't speak clearly on the phone for a while," Naoya frowned, "Are you eating? Why can't I hear what you said clearly?"

[smokes. ] The other party said concisely, and let out another breath after speaking.

"...smoking is bad for your health."

Zhizai was speechless, and glanced sideways at the phone. This person really started to let go of himself after going out for a trip, so he had to remind him angrily, hoping that the other party would listen, "Anyway, if you get it done, go early When you come back, remember to inform me in time if you have any news, or tell Zhenwang it's the same... Finally, you must pay attention to safety, you promised me."

When it came to the end, Naoya's tone was a lot more serious, and he conveyed this seriousness to the other end of the phone word by word.

[Tsk, got it, nagging young master. ] After a while, Shi Er sneered on the other end, as if a little dissatisfied, but the voice of the speech was much clearer than before, and the sound of soles rubbing against the ground could be vaguely heard, [My side is about to start Yes, hang up. ] Then there was a busy tone of hanging up.

However, until today, Shi Er has never sent him a message.

Even if he took the initiative to send a short message to ask when the other party will come back, most of the responses he got were casual and perfunctory, such as 'soon', 'just these two days', etc., and sometimes he would simply not Heed his message.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Shi Er didn't contact me, young master." Zhen Wang replied, "But before leaving, Mr. Shi Er told me that he would go out for about a week, and the time should be the last few days. Goodness, you don't have to worry."

"Oh, I hope." Naoya sighed, looked out of the window, and found that they were driving past a park, and there was a sign of 'Mihua Park' in front of the main entrance, and he couldn't help being stunned, "We have already arrived at Mihua Town, so quick?"

"Yes, master, there is Mihua Park over there, and there is a parking lot next to it, we can park the car there," Zhenwang said with a smile, and the speed of the car is also gradually slowing down, "The main car rental in Mihua Town Most of the office buildings are also concentrated in this area.”

"The surrounding environment looks quite good, there are not many vehicles passing by, it is quite quiet, it is indeed a good place..." Naoya looked around and commented briefly, but on the way to look away, Out of the corner of his eye, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of a faint black shadow, which instantly attracted him. At the same time, something strange flashed in his heart inexplicably, and he subconsciously shouted, "Wait, Zhenwang, stop first."

Hearing the words, Zhen Wang didn't ask the reason, and immediately pulled over the car and stopped, and Naoya finally saw the appearance of the black shadow clearly again.

It was on the swing in Mihua Park. A little boy was sitting on it with his head bowed, silent, and seemed to be in a low mood, almost blending into the silent park. .

However, on the boy's shoulders, Naoya saw a transparent black shadow the size of a calf standing there, pushing down the boy's hunched back inch by inch.