【Qijie】The Kingdom of Eternal Life

The next day, Qiya and Xiaojie went to the affiliated hospital of the tower to visit the sentinel Strange who had been on a mission with Xiaojie.The latter is an A-level sentinel, a big man with dark skin and curly hair, gentle temperament, likes to take care of others, good skills, and his spiritual guide is a musk ox.

Kiya flipped through the information that Kurapika gave him, without raising his head, he said, "That's all?"

Xiaojie scratched his chin: "That's all I know..."

"How did you perform on the mission?"

"It's pretty good." Xiaojie said, "He's very stable, unlike the other two."

Qi Ya slightly raised his eyebrows: "What happened to the other two?"

"Hmm...it's a little rushed." Xiaojie replied, "something happened during our mission, and it was Strange who helped me cover it all the way, and finally came out... It's not convenient to talk about the details here."

They found a nurse, and led them to Strange's single ward with flowers and fruits.The nurse introduced the latter's recovery to them all the way: "He was still in a coma a few days ago, and he was just transferred from the ICU to the intensive care unit. He woke up about two or three days ago, but he is recovering well, eating, defecating and so on. It's all normal. Sentry's recovery ability is amazing."

"I heard it was a concussion?" Qi Ya asked.

This is the information given to them by the female intermediary Bonaye.

"Yes." The nurse replied, "It was the last time I was on a mission with Mr. Fulishi, and when I rolled off the car while protecting the mission target, I hit my head."

Qi Ya looked at Xiaojie questioningly, Xiaojie nodded.

There is no problem at present, the two pushed the door and went in.

The ward was clean and tidy, with a white bed and blue curtains, and the same decoration as the room Xiaojie lived in before. Strange, a big man with dark skin and curly hair, was playing with a child. When he saw Xiaojie come in, he was very happy. He waved his hand: "Jie!"

Qi Ya followed in the next second, and Strange glanced at him, probably confirming that he didn't know him, and asked Xiaojie suspiciously, "Jie, who is this?"

Xiaojie: "Let me introduce, this is my guide, Kiya Beat the Enemy. Kiya, this is Strange Dogu, a rank-A sentry."

Strange stared: "...Beat the enemy? Kiya? Oh my god, is that the Kiya I thought of?"

Qi Ya put the visiting bouquet into the vase, and nodded at the big man.

His gaze quickly took in the arrangement of the entire room, and Strange was sitting alone on the bed with the child in his arms.There was no sign that animals had been in or out of the room.According to the information, Musk Ox, Strange's spiritual guide, was not present either.

Strange was obviously taken aback, and while Qi Ya was carrying a vase to the bathroom to fetch water, he winked at the corners of Xiao Jie's eyes, with a happy and teasing expression in his blue eyes: "Jie, you bastard, I didn't expect Ah! That's 'the guide'! When did it happen?"

Xiaojie didn't know why he was too embarrassed to talk about just a month, so he could only vaguely say: "Well... it's just a recent thing. By the way, Strange, do you feel better?"

"It's much better!" Strange said regretfully, "Actually, I think I can be discharged from the hospital and continue to take on tasks, but the hospital still won't let me go."

The nurse who was looking at the instrument data cursed with a smile: "This is not for your own good!"

Strange scratched his head: "Yes, thank you all."

Qi Ya put the vase filled with water on the bedside, and Strange thanked him politely.The little boy sitting on his lap stretched out his hands to touch those blooming flower branches, with an innocent expression on his face.Qi Ya took one and handed it to him, Xiaojie asked, "Is this your son?"

Strange smiled and picked up the little boy, showing it to them both with a little show off: "Cute, isn't it?"

The little boy has curly hair and fair skin. He has inherited his father's blue eyes. He is really cute when he blinks and smiles.The nurse was killed with one blow, and she held her heart when she exited the ward.Xiaojie reached out and picked up the little boy, and put him on his lap. The little boy was very well-behaved, he didn't cry, and laughed whenever he was teased.Xiaojie liked children, played finger-to-finger games with him for a while, and then hid his face for a while, playing with him by hiding from left to right.The little boy ate this set and was made to laugh non-stop. Qi Ya stood with his arms folded and looked at the big and the small. The latter accosted, "He and Xiaojie get along quite well."

Qi Ya twitched the corner of his lower lip helplessly, vaguely saying that "there is nothing to do with this childish guy".

Strange looked at his expression: "I heard a few nurses gossiping that Ta completed the incubation cabin not long ago..."

Qi Ya was choked up: "No... wait, you misunderstood—"

Big Hei's expression became very ambiguous: "Well, I understand. Hahaha, it's okay, everyone has this stage."

Qiu: "..."

What did you understand by yourself!

He couldn't help feeling a little hot in his ears, and wanted to argue, but he opened his mouth several times, but he couldn't find a suitable sentence to refute it. In addition, if he overreacted, he would be considered strange, so he could only stand there dryly in the end.The other nurse who hadn't left probably came over to talk to her after checking the data, and said with a smile, "So you two are a couple! They seem to be a good match. I've also heard about the training cabin. It's very convenient. If the two If you have this idea, you can come to our hospital for a prenatal examination."

Qi Ya twitched the corners of his mouth in embarrassment, and the ears hidden between the silver hair were so hot that they were about to fall off.

"...Thank you...but no need..."

The nurse and Strange looked at each other with ambiguity and understanding: "Well, there's no rush. Hahaha, take it easy."

Qiu: "..."

Can't stand this place anymore.

He glanced at Xiaojie.The latter paid no attention to what they were saying, and was absorbed in playing with the children.The past few days have been snowy and sunny, and the sun is warming. The tips of his black hair catch a ray of sunlight falling from the window, and the side face is also covered with a layer of soft, furry edges. His eyelashes are black and long. The honey-colored eyes looked intently at the little boy, blinked, and then smiled again.

Qi Ya looked at him unblinkingly.

Then Xiaojie suddenly turned his head and smiled at him frankly.

Qi Ya was taken aback for a moment, but before he could respond hesitantly, Xiao Jie had already turned back.The little boy probably wanted the candy on the bedside table, so he turned around to get it, and the waist under the white shirt showed a beautiful line under the material.A big black hand took those few candies for him: "Smelly boy, you can only eat two. Don't act like a spoiled child just because Brother Xiaojie is here."

The little boy hid in Xiaojie's arms and stuck out his tongue at his father.

Everyone laughed.Qi Ya glanced at Xiaojie who was peeling candy wrappers for the child, and gave a soft snort helplessly.

Child?

If this guy really had a child, he would definitely be the type to be pampered blindly.

Besides, the guy was a kid himself.

He said, "Hey, don't..."

He originally wanted to say, "Don't steal the child's candy", but Xiaojie, who secretly stuffed a hidden candy into his mouth, blinked. Relying on his skill as a sentinel, he quickly covered the little boy ears.Then he put the little boy down, walked up to Qiya, and stretched out his hand.Qi Ya was watching him play tricks with cold eyes, but in the next second Xiaojie covered his mouth with one hand and stuffed a candy in.

Qiu: "..."

It still smells like lemon.

Xiaojie put a finger in front of his lips, made a "shush" gesture, and winked at him again.It probably means "if you share one, don't expose me".

Qiu: "..."

Have you ever thought that someone else's father is sitting on the side watching the whole thing?

With one hand on his forehead, he reached out helplessly and pinched Xiaojie's ear.

The little boy asked while chewing candy, "Dad, are they..."

Strange patted his head: "Don't ask nonsense, be careful not to be kicked by a horse."

Qiu: "..."

He silently bit the lemon candy in his mouth, chewed it, and swallowed it helplessly.

After laughing and laughing, they started talking about business.

"Did you say when you will be discharged from the hospital?"

"I don't know yet, it seems to be at least a week or so." Strange scratched his head, "Oh, I heard that Agum and the others have already sent out their next mission. It's quite annoying. I didn't know they were How did you escape?"

Qi Ya raised his eyebrows slightly, but didn't take advantage of the situation to ask further.Xiaojie continued: "I have been hospitalized before, and I haven't had time to see them. Their injuries should not be serious."

"That's good." Strange said sincerely. "All four of us returned safely from that kind of place. Although we are still living in the hospital, we haven't lost any limbs or lost our minds. I think it's already very good."

Tired of playing, the little boy had fallen asleep on his lap.His big hand was gently stroking the boy's hair.

Xiaojie nodded, and said softly: "Thank you for your hard work. I didn't fulfill my responsibility."

Qi Ya twitched his eyebrows slightly, and glanced at him quickly.Xiaojie didn't notice it, but Strange yelled when he heard it: "What did you say? What's wrong with you? Although the task can't be said to have been completed satisfactorily, but for this sake, I think I have done my best. Don't you?" What did someone say about you?" Probably because he was afraid of waking up his son, his voice was lowered, but he was really angry, as if he was about to jump up from the hospital bed and roll up his sleeves to fight, which made the last sentence sound a bit contradictory funny.He glanced at Qi Ya: "Do you know what?"

Qi Ya shook his head.

"Didn't Xiaojie tell you?" Strange whispered, "Although there is an agreement on mission independence and confidentiality, in principle, sentries and guides who are bound to each other can communicate with each other about mission content under special circumstances."

...they don't know that.

Or maybe I didn't remember it.

Xiaojie turned his head slightly to look at Qi Ya, then turned his head and patted Strange on the shoulder, saying: "Calm down, no one is talking about me." He paused, and then said: "Thank you, Strange."

"Thank you!" Strange also patted the back of his hand.Xiaojie looked down, and his eyes stopped on the sleeping side of the little boy, "How old is he?"

"Five years old." Strange also looked back at his son, his eyes became gentle.Xiaojie stroked the little boy's hair lightly, and asked casually, "Where's his mother?"

Strange's eyes lowered, and Xiaojie immediately realized that he had asked something that shouldn't be asked, and apologized: "I'm sorry."

"It's okay." Strange gently stroked the boy's hair: "It was gone when he was two or three years old. Fortunately, Zoe is very good."

The atmosphere was silent for a while, and Qi Ya slowly changed the subject.They chatted about things in the tower, and also talked about training and missions, and the atmosphere eased a lot.Taking advantage of this atmosphere, Qi Ya asked, "May I ask, are you also injured in the spiritual realm?"

Strange said: "Yes, the four of us were more or less damaged in the spiritual realm during that mission."

...What exactly is the mission.

The bad premonition in Qi Ya's heart became stronger and stronger.He glanced at Xiaojie: "Speaking of which, that's it, we want to ask your spiritual guide..."

"Hey." Strange interrupted him suddenly, his eyes suddenly shifted to the side of the bed, and asked: "Hey, when it comes to spiritual guides, I've always wanted to ask."

He pouted his mouth towards the bed, and made an expression to signal them to look there:

"Whose snow leopard is it? It's lying there all the time. Is it Kiya's?"

Qi Ya was taken aback for a moment, exchanged a glance with Xiaojie, nodded and said, "Yes, I'm sorry. I'll let him come back now."

"Hey, it's okay." Strange bent down and scratched Gale Feng's chin very familiarly: "I was quite curious when I saw such a handsome spiritual body for the first time. It turns out that Qi Ya's guide is a snow leopard, as expected It's you. Hey, speaking of it, where's your boob, Xiaojie?"

Bubu, a cute and childlike name, belongs to Xiaojie's spiritual guide.Although Qi Ya has never been lucky enough to see what Xiaojie is like since he formally met Xiaojie.Before going to the underground bar to do missions, we needed aliases, but Qi Ya conveniently used the name of the spiritual guide of the two of them.

They chatted a few more words later, and when they were about to leave, Zooey just woke up, sitting in her father's arms, rubbing her eyes and saying goodbye to her two good-looking brothers.Xiaojie touched a piece of chocolate from somewhere for him to eat, and got a timid but very happy "Jijiu" on his cheek.They said goodbye to the father and son and left the hospital.

Only when he got into the car did Qi Ya speak: "...he can see the blast."

Xiaojie snapped on his seat belt: "Hmm... what's going on?"

The director of the intermediary office, Bonaye, told them before, "Except for Xiaojie, the other three sentries who participated in the original mission did not appear to be unable to see the spiritual guide."

No matter what, Bonaye lied.

But now, contrary to the speculated situation, Strange not only could see other people's spiritual guides, but also accurately touched Gale, ruling out the possibility of him opening his eyes and telling lies.

Both of them believed that Bonaye had lied, and the possibility of error was extremely low.Bonayer should indeed be hiding something.

... Is it really so rare that both of them made mistakes?

Or was it because their presumed orientation was wrong?

No matter how much you think about it, you can't think of a result for the time being. Thinking of Strange's saying that the bound sentinel guide can communicate with each other about the mission situation, Qi Ya said: "After you go back, sort out the content of your last mission...tell me."

He didn't look at Xiaojie, but withdrew his gaze, looked straight ahead, and his eyes fell on a rivet of the wiper.He didn't quite know why he suddenly stopped looking at Xiaojie.Out of the corner of his eye, Xiaojie glanced at him, then looked forward, and nodded.

After a few seconds, he probably suddenly remembered that Qi Ya was looking straight ahead at the road ahead and couldn't see him nodding, so he hummed again.

TBC.