Cute Beast Food Garden

After a short period of excitement, the customers in the restaurant returned to their seats, and no one seemed to have noticed what happened on the ground just now—except Qi Yan.He watched Boss Lan stand up holding the wind beast, and walked towards the inner courtyard expressionlessly, the slender figure in the light blue gown disappeared from sight.

A hand gently pushed his shoulder.It was Dong Mo, he asked softly with concern: "Qi Yan, what are you thinking?"

Qi Yan shook his head and hastily wiped it on his face.

"It's nothing..." he murmured, his head still a little dizzy, "it's just... I always feel that something is wrong..."

"Something wrong? You mean our bisque, or?"

"No, it's not about the thick soup. It has nothing to do with the soup." Qi Yan suddenly felt the nerves on his forehead twitching and stirring. He covered his forehead reflexively and gritted his teeth slightly. "It just... feels a little weird."

There must be something wrong.The perception ability copied from the keen night bear made Qi Yan troubled by this subtle intuition, but he didn't open his eyes after all, and he couldn't see through the truth shrouded in fog at a glance.

Boss Lan, Wind Beast, Restaurant, Luoxia Town.

Some kind of perception beyond the senses told him that there must be something indescribable involved in these few things.Perhaps this connection had flashed in his memory before, but he couldn't recall it now anyway.

Memories are like desperately trying to salvage a lost needle in the sea of ​​memories... It's really a suffocating feeling.

Qi Yan carefully rubbed the center of his eyebrows, trying to relieve the pain in his head.With his eyes closed, he felt that someone was gently pulling his arm, leading him away in the opposite direction of the crowd.

"Qi Yan, you are too tired." Dongmo whispered behind his ears, "Why don't we go back first. Go to the small inn, apply hot water to your forehead, and then have a good sleep. Your face looks like So pale."

"Well... Actually, I'm fine."

Qi Yan stretched out his thumb, rubbed the tingling part of his head for a while, then opened his eyes, walked to the backyard of the restaurant with the man, and rested on the wicker chair for a while.

"By the way, Dongmo." Looking at the lights in the rest cabin next to the stove house, he suddenly whispered, "What do you think is the origin of the wind blowing beast?"

Si Dongmo was a little surprised by his question, but he still replied: "It is said that Boss Lan specially bought it from the animal hall in order to remove the oily fume from the stove in the restaurant." After a pause, he asked again: "You In the past two days, it seems that he has paid special attention to matters related to Boss Lan."

Qi Yan stared at the lights in the room, and slowly said: "Dong Mo, I always have a feeling... that wind blowing beast seems to be a little abnormal."

Dong Mo frowned: "Anomaly? You mean... the thing where it speaks human language?"

"It's not too uncommon for a strange beast to speak human language. After all, ordinary animals like the parrot starling can also imitate people to speak specific words. However, I feel more and more that the thinking, expression and Behavior, very much like... people."

Seeing Dongmo looking at him in bewilderment, he added: "The wind drum beast looks stupid on the surface, and it doesn't know how to do things, but when I think about its behavior I have seen, I feel that everything it does is not It’s not easy. The most obvious thing is that when the gang of beggars came to the restaurant to kick out the restaurant, everyone in the restaurant, including the two of us and Boss Lan, were trying their best to fulfill the requests made by the beggars and deal with them Only Gufeng Beast went to the yamen alone and asked Governor Su to come and help him.

What surprised me was that among our group of people, this strange beast made the wisest choice—if it hadn't been for it to sneak away to find Mr. Laisu, once the gang of beggars broke out, the restaurant would It would be the worst ending to be smashed upside down by them. "

Qi Yan recalled piecemeal, "Besides, when Master Qin was arresting Boss Lan, he took the risk of being beaten to death with random sticks and blew all the servants into the sky... and, every time Boss Lan met When it is in danger or needs help, it will use unexpected methods to help him out.

What is even more peculiar is that these actions are all of its own will, and no one ordered it to do so.Although sometimes it will do some ridiculous things, but these actions are all for one purpose - that is to protect Boss Lan!

In my opinion, Gufeng Beast's intelligence is not even inferior to any ordinary person, and emotionally, Gufeng Beast also likes him from the bottom of his heart. "

Qi Yan turned his eyes sideways and saw the shock on Si Dongmo's face.He knew that his guess was probably too bold, beyond the normal range that Dongmo could accept.

"Dong Mo, you once told me that most people in the Zhu Kingdom only regard alien beasts as tools or food, but in my opinion, alien beasts are not only rich in wisdom, but also produce rich emotions, even more powerful than others. People have to be like people, not just wind beasts." Qi Yan counted the strange beasts he had seen one by one with his fingers, "Painted wolf, Xiaobao, Lobster King, etc... Think back, except Apart from appearance and calls, they may not be much different from humans."

Dong Mo suddenly trembled slightly.He looked at Qi Yan with complicated eyes: "To be honest, your words make me feel creepy and weird." After a pause, he said again: "I always think that alien beasts are cute creatures, but they have an absolute relationship with humans. I can accept a spirit beast like you that can transform into a human form as a companion, but as for other ordinary beasts... With all due respect, the more they behave like humans, the more panicked I feel."

Qi Yan could understand Dongmo's thoughts.When living on the earth in the previous life, most of the animals were very different from humans. Only a few animals could have intelligence and emotions that were slightly close to humans, which is commonly known as "common humanity", but they still have similarities with human beings in the end. Real humans are far from it.

But when he arrived in Zhu Country, he found that most of the strange beasts here can easily understand people's thinking, and even develop rich emotions when getting along with people.This completely overturned his understanding of non-human creatures, and there is an illusion that these strange beasts have human-like souls under the skin.

Perhaps it is also because of this that the vast majority of people in the Zhu Kingdom refuse to see alien beasts as their companions—just imagine, alien beast races that are completely different in appearance from their own have emotions and thinking similar to those of the human race. It's frightening to think about.

He looked at Si Dongmo, and found that the man was also looking at him quietly.Qi Yan was suddenly relieved that after he had just crossed over, he had survived with difficulty in Jiangxin as a little chick.

Fortunately, he unexpectedly had the chance to transform back into a human form.Otherwise, if he has always maintained the appearance of a little stupid bird, he and Dongmo will probably never become more than ordinary close friends.Just like Gufeng Beast to Boss Lan... No matter how hard Gufeng Beast tries to protect him, it will always be just a stupid beast in people's eyes because it cannot transform into a human form. It also secretly likes Boss Lan. Only Qi Yan was able to detect it, and he would never be recognized by the world.

Thinking of this, he was thankful for his situation, but also slightly sad.

The nights in early winter are extremely cold.There was a gust of cool wind blowing in the small courtyard behind the restaurant, and slowly, a drizzle of drizzle mixed with the wind slanted down on his face.

"It's raining."

Qi Yan stretched out his hand, watching the raindrops hitting his palm.

Dong Mo looked up, and the sky tonight was shrouded in layers of dark clouds, and there was not a single ray of moonlight to be seen.The yard was dark, and the icy winter rain was getting heavier and heavier.

"Qi Yan, let's go back to the house."

He stood up and let Qi Yan hide under his coat.The two leaned close and walked slowly into the room.

It was late at night.As closing time approached, all the customers in the restaurant dispersed and left, only two young guys were still trotting back and forth in the restaurant, clearing up the dishes on the dining table.

Dong Mo said goodbye to them: "You are busy, Qi Yan and I will go back first."

When it was almost time to go home, the shop waiter smiled happily, showing his white teeth and waving at them: "Hey, Brother Mo and Xiaoyan, go slowly, hehe."

The other looked out of the window worriedly while relaxing, "By the way - it seems to be raining outside, and it's raining heavily. Do you have to prepare an umbrella..."

Hearing this, Qi Yan looked up at the bamboo window.Through the slightly flickering lights, he saw that the street outside was almost deserted, only the sound of pattering rain mixed with howling cold wind, crackling against the bamboo windows of restaurants.

Dong Mo found an oil-paper umbrella from the store, lit the lamp again, and led Qi Yan to the outside of the house.When he was almost at the door, Qi Yan stopped suddenly.

"Dongmo, I seem to smell... a bloody smell."

Dong Mo saw the young man's slightly pale face, he didn't say any doubts, walked to the door first, and pushed the door open.

"thump."

A black shadow fell heavily at his feet, accompanied by an extremely strong bloody smell, which instantly filled the entire room.

"who is it?!"

Smelling the danger, Si Dongmo instinctively pushed Qi Yan behind him with his backhand, and then pulled out the precision forged blade he carried with him from under his cuff, pointing the sharp blade with a cold light at the lump that fell on the ground .But only heard a few coughs of "cough, cough", the black mass trembled a few times, and then a bloody hand stretched out tremblingly, holding a small black stone tablet on it.

Si Dongmo didn't go to accept the black card, and pointed the tip of the knife at "him" vigilantly.Seeing this scene, the two guys behind collecting the dishes lost their dishes in fright, and ran to the backyard screaming and howling.Only Si Dongmo, who was guarding the door, and Qi Yan, who was standing still behind him, were left in the room.

At this moment, the man is like a cheetah in distress, his body arched, his muscles tensed, and he has already entered a state of extreme vigilance.The black unknown object squirmed a few times on the ground, facing the threat of the blade in Si Dongmo's hand, "it" didn't seem to feel anything, but tried to crawl towards the house step by step.

Dong Mo's patience had reached its limit, he gritted his teeth, and threatened word by word from between his teeth: "If you get closer, I will really attack!"

Hearing his words, the "it" on the ground paused, and seemed to be taken aback for a moment.Then, "it" raised its face—it was a human face half red with blood.

It really is a person.It's a man.

The man who fell to the ground opened and closed his chapped lips a few times, and managed to utter three words:

"Lan... Ze... Qing..."

Hearing this name, Qi Yan immediately stepped forward: "Are you talking about 'Lan Zeqing'?" He noticed the sign in this person's hand, and suddenly had the urge to take it over to have a look.

But Dong Mo held his arm in time and stopped him.The man said in a low voice: "Qi Yan, this person's identity is unknown, let's not act rashly. Do you still remember the words of Inspector Su? The town is not peaceful recently, if you find something abnormal, you should report it to the Yamen as soon as possible, and let the commissioner deal with it."

Hearing the word "Yamen", the man crawling on the ground immediately flinched. He seemed to want to flee to the outside of the house, but Si Dongmo immediately chased after him and stepped on his back, trampling him firmly on the ground. on the ground, unable to move.

Immediately, more blood spilled from under his body, staining the floor of the restaurant red.Seeing this scene, Qi Yan's scalp felt numb, and he couldn't help reminding: "Dongmo, he's bleeding too much, and he looks like he's dying. Don't attack too hard, and hurt a life."

"En." The man responded in a low voice, and the strength on his feet relaxed a little, "Qi Yan, you can go to Governor Su. I'll stay here and watch him."

Qi Yan looked at the strange man who was coughing up blood on the ground, and hesitantly picked up the oil-paper umbrella on the ground.Just as he was about to step out the door, he suddenly heard a familiar voice behind him: "Qi Yan, wait a minute."

It was Boss Lan. The two guys who ran back to the backyard just now came to him in a panic. They were trotting all the way to the door where the noise happened.When he saw the man pinned down by Si Dongmo, he immediately walked over, "Brother Mo, please let him go. He is someone I know well and a good friend of mine."

"Friend?"

Startled, Si Dongmo let go of the man's restraint, and took a few steps back.Boss Lan squatted down, stretched out his hands and turned the man in the blood-clothed man over. In an instant, the shocking large wounds under the black clothes were exposed in front of everyone's eyes.

"He's hurt too much...Qi Yan, Brother Mo," Boss Lan raised his head and cast a begging look at them, "Can you help me?"

Qi Yan walked over immediately, but Si Dongmo, who was usually gentle and talkative, stayed where he was and didn't come up to help immediately.He gently stopped Qi Yan, his dark eyes fixed on Boss Lan calmly.

"Boss Lan, please wait. I have something to ask you."

Boss Lan was slightly taken aback, his eyes froze on Dong Mo's face for a moment, his lips opened and closed slightly, but then they were compressed again.Seeing this scene, Qi Yan who was at the side suddenly tightened his heart, and walked quickly to grab Dong Mo's arm: "Dong Mo, it's urgent, we'll talk about other things later, okay?"

Dong Mo looked at him quietly, and sighed: "It's not that I don't want to save people. But, Boss Lan..." He turned to the person next to him sternly, "I won't inquire about the identity and origin of your friend easily. , I just want to know... about the black stripes, what are the black stripes on my back?"

Qi Yan didn't expect him to bring up the matter of Hei Wen at this time, and was about to speak, Dong Mo patted him on the shoulder lightly, signaling him to keep quiet for a while, and then said to Boss Lan: "Boss Lan, I know very well , about my life experience, you know much more than what you confided to me."

Qi Yan hesitated to speak.At this time, Dongmo looked crazy and determined, and it seemed that no one could stop him with words.No wonder, Boss Lan has always been evasive about the black stripes on his back.After suffering for so long, he finally found an opportunity to ask—although the timing was not very appropriate.

Boss Lan stared at him for a moment, and the two looked at each other in silence.After a while, Boss Lan finally said, "Brother Mo, you, your origin, and the black lines on your body..." His eyes gradually turned to the ground, "It is closely related to my friend who is lying on the ground now."

Looking back, seeing the man's expression of shock, Boss Lan paused and asked softly, "Then... can you help me save him?"