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

Probably because it was approaching New Year's Eve, there were significantly more people walking on the street than usual, which surprised Naoya and Zhenwang who originally planned to go to the mall to buy some New Year's goods when they went out early in the morning.

"I didn't expect there to be so many people," Naoya looked at the crowds of people in the shopping mall and sighed for a moment, "I thought we were already early enough, didn't I expect it was too late, or is it always so lively here in Tokyo?"

"I'm sorry, young master." Zhenwang was a little annoyed, "It's all my fault that I didn't estimate the time well, and I didn't have a good understanding of the New Year's situation here."

"How can I blame you?" Hearing this, Naoya couldn't help laughing, "Originally, this is the first time we spend the New Year outside, and it's here in Tokyo, it's normal if we don't understand, and no matter what, we also go out It's early enough, I can only say that we think the same as everyone else, and we all want to make the New Year's goods as soon as possible."

"Also, it doesn't matter if you come late this time, it's a big deal as a small lesson," Naoya joked, "Let's come earlier next year."

"Yes," Zhenwang couldn't help but frowned after hearing this, and raised the corners of his mouth, "There's still next year."

Because the list of things to buy has been made long ago, Naoya Tong Mamochi has a clear goal, except that the crowd has to delay some time, and there is almost no wasted effort, so he carries the big and small shopping bags and rushes to the cashier When they left the 'battlefield' and came outside the gate of the shopping mall again, the flow of people pouring in was more than double that of when they first came in.

"It turns out that we really came early enough." Seeing this situation, Naoya breathed a sigh of relief, and said a little fortunately, "Fortunately, we made a quick decision and didn't waste much time, otherwise I'm afraid it will be difficult to come out later. difficulty."

"Well, I didn't expect the flow of people to be so large." Zhenwang looked around, and finally fixed his gaze on the snack bag in Naoya's hand, "Speaking of which, the young master bought a lot of sweets."

"Well, almost all of them were bought for Wu," Naoya followed Mamoko's gaze and looked at the bag in his hand, smiling a little helplessly, "Obviously knowing that he won't come in the New Year, but still couldn't resist buying a little more. ... Forget it, the extra part will be our dessert, Hiroki will probably like it too."

"I will definitely," Zhenwang replied with a smile, "The candies selected by the young master look delicious. After dinner, when everyone watches TV, I will prepare them for the young master."

"Okay, I'll trouble you when the time comes," Naoya nodded, and took out his phone to check the time, but was slightly surprised by the number displayed, and quickly put it back in his pocket and said, "I didn't expect it to be so It's getting late, let's hurry up and go back, there are still a lot of things to prepare."

I really hoped that I would speed up the pace together with Naoya. Both of them had strength in their bodies. Even if they were carrying a bunch of New Year's goods in their hands, they still walked like flying, walking steadily, and the passers-by saw it Can't help being a little startled.

As soon as they returned to the apartment, the two of them put down their things and started to get busy. Zhenwang went directly to the kitchen with the ingredients he had bought, put on his apron, and began to prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner that night. Follow those tedious and boring rules, she will do what the young master wants to eat, and she will do what she likes, without those so-called traditional concerns.

On the other side, Naoya put on the special gloves and sleeves for housework, roughly sorted the purchases for the New Year, put them in the storage room first, and then went to his own room, and took out the gift prepared for Shier , walked to each other's room - Shi Er went out almost at the same time as them, but the direction was different. When Naoya asked, he just raised the corners of his mouth and said mysteriously that he was going to pick up someone, and then he didn't look back He waved his hands vigorously, leaving only a back view.

Who are you picking up, ordinary friends?Or...girlfriend?

Looking at the empty room, Naoya frowned and thought, recalling that Shier frequently went out for no reason before, it seems that it is not impossible.

"It's so fast..." Naoya murmured. Earlier, he was worried that if he left the monastery with Shier like this, it would affect his original life trajectory. If he inadvertently, What caused a butterfly effect that he didn't even know about, and accidentally wiped out Shi Er's acquaintance experience with his future wife, so what should I do?

Now it seems that if the person Shi Er wants to bring back today is really his future wife, then his previous thoughts are really a bit too much, and even the time between the two of them is longer than he imagined. earlier.

Carefully placed the birthday present on Shier's bedside, and after confirming that it was correct, Naoya withdrew and prepared to start the cleaning work, trying to clean up the house before the guests arrived.

As for lunch, he and Zhenwang cooked some frozen dumplings and dealt with it. After all, the real big meal was still in the evening, so there was no need to waste time at noon.

Without saying a word, he lowered his head and swept and wiped the floor, as well as the corners of the furniture, and within the range of sight, almost all were cleaned by Naoya, making the apartment, which was not too dirty, look brand new, as if it had been beaten. A layer of wax oil, shining brightly everywhere.

And on the walnut gardening wooden frame by the window sill, there is a grown orchid orchid hanging down. Lan, finally pulled out its first branch!

When he saw it for the first time, Naoya thought he was dazzled, until he carefully tried to touch it with his fingertips, and what came from his fingertips was indeed obviously different from the touch of young leaves. He kept waving the leaves at him gently, as if proudly showing off the Crane Orchid, and Naoya was completely sure that it was indeed a branch of the Crane Orchid that had been branched out with great difficulty.

Thinking of this, Naozai couldn't help raising the corners of his mouth, picked up the small watering can on the side, and carefully watered the branches and leaves of the Zhehelan, and the Zhehelan also seemed to respond, and in the crystal falling water drops, it will bring The silver-edged leaves stretched out, showing a look of enjoyment. Naoya couldn't hold back seeing it for a while, and gently rubbed its delicate leaf tips.

When the housework was almost done, Naoya walked into the kitchen, ready to help Zhenwang. After all, there were a lot of meals to be prepared, and it was really hard for Zhenwang to handle it alone.

"By the way, have you processed the spare ribs you bought earlier?" Naoya looked at the various ingredients on the processing table and asked, "I want to make soup for Master, and it needs to be stewed early to taste better."

"Master, I have already processed it, and it is in the fresh-keeping layer of the refrigerator," Zhenwang replied while processing the ingredients in his hand, "Because I don't know what you want to do, so I put it in for the time being."

"That's right, that's right, I've dealt with the other materials that I need to use," Naoya opened the refrigerator and looked, and the ribs that had been chopped into pieces were quietly placed inside, and the fresh pink color indicated its freshness , "It's not too difficult, just plan to use carrots and corn to make a simple stew."

"Then I'll peel the carrots for the young master first." After finishing his work, Zhenwang took out the carrots from the shopping bag beside him and said, "Young master, you can cut the corn first. The knife is very fast, young master. Remember to be careful when using it.”

"Don't worry," Naoya laughed, feeling a little helpless about Zhenwang's occasional over-concern, took out the peeled corn, and waved it lightly, "It's just chopping vegetables."

For a while, there was only the soft sound of the two people handling the ingredients in the kitchen, the sound of the knife cutting the crispy sweet corn, and touching the cutting board, and the pleasant rustling sound of the trickling water washing the ingredients. The hot soup boiled on the stove, emitting white smoke like clouds, was also the sound of the two running in the kitchen, and the crisp and small slapping sound made by the fluffy slippers touching the floor intimately.

All these intertwine into a white noise that seems to lull people to sleep, but it also has a seductive aroma, which makes people sway and linger between drowsiness and hunger.

However, the kitchen symphony from the cooperation of the two did not last too long, and was interrupted by a brisk doorbell.

"Probably Hiroki and the others are here, I'll open the door first." Hearing the noise outside the door, Naoya temporarily put down the work in his hands, "I'll work hard on you alone, Mamoko."

"Well, let's go, young master. I'm almost ready, and I'm enough alone." Zhen Wang replied with his eyebrows bent.

Naoya nodded, wiped his hands casually with a towel, and went straight to the door without taking off his apron. Hearing the incessant ringing of the doorbell, he replied with a loud smile, "Here we are."

Pushing the door open, I saw Hiroki outside the door, holding some beautifully packaged fruit baskets in his hand, seeing him open the door, lifted it up to his eyes, and said with a loud smile, "Happy New Year, Naoya!"

And what followed behind him was a middle-aged man whom Naoya had never seen before, but just looking at his appearance, he was somewhat similar to Hiroki, especially those gray-blue eyes, which were almost the same as Hiroki's. exactly the same.

"By the way, this is my father. He heard that you invited me to the New Year's Eve dinner, so he wanted to come and have a look." Hiroki turned slightly sideways, fully revealing the people behind him. A bit embarrassed, "Sorry, I didn't make it clear to you in advance."

"It's okay, just add a pair of bowls and chopsticks." Naoya took the fruit basket and waved his hand nonchalantly, "Come in first, it's cold outside, don't catch a cold."

"Hi, Hiroki usually troubles you to take care of me." Walking into the room, the man smiled gently at Naoya, which made the corners of his eyes and brows a bit closer to Hiroki, "I always wanted to visit in person to thank you, It's just that I really can't get away from my work, and I have been dragging it out until today, I hope you don't mind."

"No, uncle, you're being polite." Naoya took out two pairs of new fluffy slippers, one big and one small, and put them on, and replied, "It should be said that Hiroki helped me a lot, and thank you very much. Willing to believe me, so that Hong Shu can continue to stay with me and do what he wants to do." He said, and glanced at Hong Shu, whose face was already slightly flushed.

"Hiroki told me all these things," the man touched Hongshu's head, with a hint of guilt in his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "It's all because I, as a father, accompany him too little and often leave him alone. At home, I don't even know what happened to him."

"Father..." probably did not expect to hear these words, Hiroki looked at his father in a daze for a while, and after realizing it, he quickly comforted, "No, it's not because of you The relationship is all..."

But the man shook his head lightly, interrupted Hiroki's unfinished words, and looked at Naoya again, "Because the friends I know are involved in the government/government, so I have some questions about the magic spirit and the magic world. , I have a certain understanding more or less, but I didn't expect that Hiroki would be..." After a pause, a trace of pain and deep fear flashed across the man's face, "So, if it wasn't I don't even dare to think about what will happen to you, Hiroki."

After finishing speaking, the man bowed deeply to Naoya, "Really, thank you very much for everything you have done for Hiroki."

Looking at the man in front of him, Naoya was slightly stunned, and did not speak immediately, while Hiroki looked back and forth between his father and Naoya, opened his mouth, feeling a little at a loss for a moment.

"... Hiroki is very powerful, I didn't help him, I just exorcised a small curse spirit for him." After a long silence, Naoya sighed, helped him up and slowly Dao, even though his mental age is much older than Hongshu’s father, he still can’t bear this deep bow, “Since you know this, you should spend more time with Hongshu, otherwise even if I did it No matter how much, it’s just out of friendship.”

"Well, my work has come to an end, and it won't be long before I can accompany Hiroki to do what he likes," the man said with a smile. Probably because of Hiroki, when he treated Naoya, he treated Naoya with the same With the attitude of a peer, he stretched out his hand and said, "It's been so long since I've been here, I almost forgot to introduce myself, my name is Zhongbin, please give me more advice in the future."

"Uncle Zhongbin, you're welcome," Naoya responded politely, and welcomed the two of them into the living room with a smile, "Come in and sit down, you guys came a little early, you may have to wait for dinner, if you're bored, watch TV first .”

"Okay, I'm sorry to trouble you." Zhongbin looked in the direction Naoya pointed, but on the coffee table in the living room, he saw a book with a familiar cover. He walked over curiously and saw that it was indeed It is one of the novels in the "Night Baron" series, and he said with some surprise at the moment, "So Naoya, are you also reading "Night Baron"?"

"Huh? What?" Zhizai looked at Zhongbin when he heard the words, and saw that the other party was holding the book "The Baron of the Night" that he forgot in the living room after flipping through it, and nodded, "Yes, I quite like this one. It's a series, I think it's very interesting, is Uncle Zhongbin watching it too?"

"I'll take a look at it in my spare time, after all..." Zhongbin paused and smiled slightly, "The author is a good friend of mine in college, so I have to support it."

"If Naoya wants the author's signature, you can also tell me." After putting the novel back, Zhongbin returned to Naoya and said warmly, "I will try my best to please, just treat it as if you have been taking care of Hiroki A little thank you."