"She... saw me?"
Yin Xi, who was hiding deep in the trees, hesitated for a rare moment. Thinking of the gaze that landed here and then quickly drifted away, he tugged on the leaves at hand from time to time, feeling uneasy.
It wasn't until a quarter of an hour later that he didn't attract the man's attention that his expression became slightly brighter.
Yinxi moved his sore legs, and a faint light fell from his forehead. Before he noticed, the warmth became intermittent again.
With the cool touch of the cold wind, the originally relaxed mood seemed to have hit the bottom. The thin young boy looked down at his juice-stained palms, and his weak breathing gradually became colder.
He didn't know how long he stood there. It wasn't until the familiar footsteps came from behind him again that the longing gaze disappeared.
"You're here," Yinxi turned around calmly.
"Yes, young master," the smiling butler bowed slightly. Even though he used honorifics, there was not much respect in his tone.
"It's time for you to go back. If you get lost in such a chaotic place, even the Duke will feel a little distressed."
The housekeeper looked at the young master, who was always in a deep mood, and took a step forward. When he spoke again, there was a hint of coercion, "Master Yinxi, the Duke is about to bring your brother over here."
"Ah... that's it," Yin Xi's dark red eyes slowly focused, and she threw away the last leaf she was holding tightly in her hand, and whispered softly: "Isn't this the end..."
The butler, who didn't hear clearly, had a serious face. He suppressed the irritability in his heart and wanted to urge Yin Xi again, but this time, he met the young man's slightly opened eyes before he opened his mouth.
Those blood-colored eyes were as deep as a deep pool, staring straight at him, as if they were about to be submerged and torn apart in the next second.
"Aren't you leaving yet?"
The eyes that were silent just now "awoke" without any warning.
Yinxi's calm tone was mixed with a hint of gloom and innocence, and she lightly knocked back those disrespectful words, passing them by randomly and mercilessly.
"Although it hasn't been long... but for the sake of your poor little heart, it's better to cooperate with me."
"Do you think that's the case?"
Yinxi paused for a moment, looking at the butler's eyes that were gradually losing focus, with a trace of blood flashing in his eyes.
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"Is there anyone over there?"
After keeping an eye on the two uninvited guests, Rong Xu was keenly aware of something, and his anxiety because he was late for Yu You's arrival was somewhat relieved, "Do you want me to go..."
"Rong Xu," Xue Chu glanced at him inexplicably, unable to understand this eagerness to try, "I think it's better for you to finish what you are doing first."
After a pause, she pinched the chin of the little guy in her arms, and added: "It's not the time yet."
At least for now, the system's part about Yin Xi has not been unblocked.
...It seems we can only wait.
Xue Chu returned to the bed in silence. In just such a short time, he climbed up from the window and bumped into the porcelain by the way. He came here specially to make nonsense and was hit against the wall... This place really can't be lived in any longer.
The big demon who hated trouble pinched his eyebrows and was thinking about whether to change his residence when the hand hanging on the other side felt the soft warmth first.
"Well..." Yu Laijia waved his short maple-leaf hands and hugged the owner. His golden eyes were filled with tears, and half a tear fell from his eyes in the next second.
"Are you sleepy?" Xuechu lowered her eyes to look at him, thinking of this little kid's non-stop turmoil, she began to sigh.
"...Go to sleep first."
She frowned, thinking about the fastest way to improve the situation. She moved her fingertips, and the next second she wrapped her hands into a small ball for Yu Laijia.
The little dragon cub who was held in his arms finally couldn't resist the sleepiness and fell asleep. His soft little face was filled with heat, and he kept rubbing against Xue Chu's body in his sleep, as if he was looking for a sense of presence.
Xuechu wanted to sigh again.
He straightened You Laijia's messy soft hair aimlessly. At this moment, Rong Xu, who had finished all the work, also happened to look up.
Gazing at Xue Chu's suddenly soft temperament, Rong Xu pressed the corners of his lips and frowned unhappily.
Rong Xu stared stubbornly and refused to leave, but his very little experience could not tell him where this feeling came from. He just remembered how this man was completely unpretentious towards him, and originally wanted to step forward. The feeling of asking for credit began to drop infinitely.
This won't work, he thought to himself.
Driven by past memories and inner persistence, Rong Xu raised his head with a serious face and "floated" over with very light and fast movements.
Xuechu, who still wanted to see what he wanted to do, raised his eyebrows.
Three minutes later...
The big demon calmly looked at Rong Xu, who was sitting next to him very naturally, and even measured the posture of Rong Xu who was leaning towards him, his eyebrows twitching fiercely.
Not wanting to wake up Yu Laijia, Xuechu decided to give him another chance to die, "What are you doing?"
Rong Xu felt that it was not close enough and tried to move closer: "...?"
"I'm sticking to you," his empty eyes showed a rare degree of rigor, and he pointed at the sleeping Yu Laika again, his tone was plain and a little aggrieved, "It's different, he can do it, but I can't? "
Xuechu: "..."
Xue Chu: “…………”
Xuechu looked at him, and suddenly asked with a smile on his face, "Do you think it's different? But I also want to do something to you that I wouldn't do to Yu Laijia... Are you willing?"
"I do!" Rong Xu opened his eyes wide, and his long black eyelashes trembled slightly, and then... the pupils that reflected Xue Chu began to be slowly and completely occupied.
"You..." Rong Xu's eyes curled up uncontrollably.
"boom--"
There was a loud bang.
Two seconds later, someone with a still-widening smile was slapped against another intact wall.
Xue Chu, who retracted his hand, instantly covered Yu Laika's ears with demonic power and coaxed him softly. After making sure that he fell asleep again, he casually glanced at Rong, who was struggling to pull himself off the wall.
and successfully draw conclusions.
Rong Xu, this "unknown species" is indeed very resistant to beatings.
"S-Sir...?" The innkeeper who came to apologize but bumped into the murder scene again: "..."
"What's the matter?" Xue Chu gave him a look in a good mood.
"..."
"This is a meal prepared by the rescued people. I'm here to invite you to taste it." The innkeeper once again ignored the violent scene with great difficulty and pushed up the table behind him before he could answer.
Wufang City is not rich in supplies, but once they are gathered together, they can barely get a big meal.
Xue Chu was startled, and then she seemed to be reminded of something, and said bluntly: "There is no need to do such unnecessary things. I said before, I don't need to thank you."
"Sir," the innkeeper, who has always only given in, rarely retorted, and said firmly: "...this is not just a thank you."
