At night, you can still soak your legs in the lake to absorb the water element comfortably.
A slight footstep sounded behind him, and then Ivey's voice came: "Why are you going to Warsong Camp?"
While paddling on the water, Shang Ke replied, "I want to inquire about some news."
"Ghost jade?" Ivey sat beside Shang Ke.
Shang Ke nodded.
Ivey said: "The ghost clan has issued a bounty order, and all the mixed-blood elves are the target of their bounty. So don't go out. If there is any news, I will inform you."
Shang Ke had heard of the reward order, but he didn't expect that the ghost clan would kill the mixed-blood elves. If that's the case, he really isn't fit to show up. After all, his current priority is to protect the twelve elves, and they are likely to be the main force to deal with the ghost clan in the future.
"Okay, I'll try not to go out in the future." Shang Ke agreed cooperatively.
Seeing his well-behaved appearance, Ivey couldn't help but want to touch his head, but he stretched out his hand in the air and put it down again. Thinking of his ugly face, a flash of self-loathing flashed in Ivey's eyes. The elves around him were too beautiful, and he couldn't bear to blaspheme.
Shang Ke was keenly aware of the bright and sad aura of bitterness emerging from the man, clearly wanting to get close, but trying to suppress it.
"Ivey." Shang Ke put his hands on both sides of his body and looked at him sideways, "I will always wait for your news at home, don't break your promise."
Ivey's heart jumped, and he turned to look at the elf beside him. In the night, a pair of blue eyes flickered with a faint halo, revealing endless trust and tenderness. He often heard people say that elves are the purest creatures in the world. He didn't take it seriously before, but now he feels deeply.
Without warning, a strong thought surged in his heart, wanting to own this elf, wanting to take him as his own.
Ivey tightened his fists hard, his heart beat violently, and two clusters of blazing flames were hidden in his bowed eyes.
At this moment, a melodious piano sound came from the side, soothing Ivey's restless heart like a breeze.
Shang Ke held a xylophone, slender fingers plucked the strings rhythmically, the beautiful music rippling gently in the night, each note with the power of elements, like stars falling into the sky, on the silent lake. Glittering beautifully.
Ivey's heart gradually calmed down, and the whole person was immersed in the sound of the elf. At this moment, there was a sudden burning pain in his left eye.
"Hmm." He stretched out his hand to cover his eyes, and the bandage on his left face became twisted, as if dozens of bugs were squirming under the bandage.
"What's wrong with you?" Shang Ke stopped playing and looked at him worriedly.
"It's nothing." Ivey turned his head away, avoiding his sight.
"Let me see." Shang Ke pulled his legs out of the water and knelt in front of Ivey, trying to pull away the hand covering his left face.
"It's okay." Ivey blocked his hand.
"If you don't let me see it," Shang Ke threatened calmly, "I won't let you see it in the future."
Ivey moved for a while, then turned to look at Shang Ke: "Why don't you let me see?"
"I won't let you look at my face, my eyes, my body, my room, my bed!" Shang Ke knelt on the ground, with his hands on his knees, a look of "acceptance by you" attitude.
Ivey stared at him for a long time, as if to pierce him, and after a while, he slowly put down his hand.
Just when Shang Ke was able to successfully cast the bait, he heard him say stiffly, "Sorry, I don't want you to see me."
Ivey's heart is bleeding, God knows how much he wants to agree!
"What's wrong with your appearance?" Shang Ke asked inexplicably.
"Ugly."
"It's okay, although it doesn't quite meet the public's aesthetics, it's still quite individual." Shang Ke commented pertinently.
"You don't have to comfort me..." Ivey's voice suddenly stopped, and he asked in surprise, "Have you seen me?"
"Yeah." Shang Yu replied in a casual tone, "The last time you treated you, in order to determine the injury on your face, I took off your mask and took a look."
"You, are you not afraid at all?" His face, even he himself felt terrible!
"What's there to be afraid of?" Shang Ke didn't expect this man to feel inferior because of his appearance. "Not only am I not afraid, but my elf is not afraid either."
"They watched it too?" Is it really good to let children see messy things
Can still nod.
Ivey's mind came to the scene where he was calmly watched by one big, two small, three elves while he was in a coma, and the whole person felt a little bad.
"So, you don't have to worry about it." Shang Ke reached out to him again.
This time Ivey did not refuse, and let Shang Ke remove the bandage on his face.
His eyes were fixed on this beautiful face so close at hand, and the faint fragrance from him lingered in his nose. As the bandages were lifted layer by layer, his heart seemed to be opened a little bit. The originally dark and cold world was completely occupied by a warm and shining figure.
He felt the coolness of the night wind on his face, and before he knew it, the bandage that covered his ugliness had been removed, and his true self was completely exposed to this elf's sight.
"How did you do this?" Shang Ke's fingers brushed lightly across Ivey's uneven left face.
"I don't know." Ivey replied, "It's been there since I can remember."
Shang Ke groped carefully for a while, but it didn't feel like a scar caused by external force, but a natural one. You can still think it's a birthmark at first, but the birthmark won't wriggle.
Ivey's attention was attracted by the lips that opened and closed in front of him. The distance was only a few centimeters, and he could touch it with a slight bow.
Shang Ke was concentrating on checking the scars, and suddenly felt that his lips were lightly touched by something, and the movement was so fast that it almost made people think it was just an illusion.
Shang Ke's gaze swept across the man's face and saw that his face was calm and his eyes were straight, as if the guy who stole the fish just now was not him.
"I have a proposal." Shang Ke said.
"What proposal?"
"Cut these spots directly and look at them."
Ivey's face stiffened, he pursed his lips and asked, "Is it necessary?"
"I think it's necessary." Shang Ke's tone didn't mean a joke.
Ivey's face twitched a few times, and the snake-shaped spots wriggled along with it, looking even more terrifying.
In the end, Shang Ke still couldn't use a knife on Ivey's face, even though he felt that these marks were of great research value. Since the sound of his piano can make it move, it means that it probably has the power to repel natural elements. It's definitely not a good thing for this kind of thing to appear on Ivey.
In fact, in order to get rid of the scars on his face, Ivey had used various methods and asked the priest to help him treat it. As a result, the priest was attacked by the power on the snake-shaped scars and almost died. Therefore, he did not dare to let Shang Ke try anyway.
Ivey felt that this might be an ominous curse, because of its existence, he was forced to leave his family, his relatives, and travel alone. He thought that he was destined to wander all his life, but he was lucky enough to meet this elf, who brought back his depressed self and made him feel the taste of home again.
Ivey looked at Shang Ke, who was communicating with plants in the orchard, with tenderness in his eyes. The feeling of stealing the kiss that night remained on his lips, enough to make him reminisce for a long time.
"These are for you." Ivey handed Shang Ke a few gold coins.
"What are you doing for me?" Shang Ke looked at the gleaming gold coins in his hand, puzzled.
"Money to buy fruit."
"so much?"
Ivey carried a basket of fruits and said, "If you want to sell anything in the future, I will help you sell it, and I promise not to let you suffer." Ivey expressed that he could not bear the elf's behavior of using the precious aura fruit as the tentacles of ordinary fruits. .
"Well, good." Shang Ke put away the gold coins and showed Ivey a kind and deceiving smile.
Ivey swears again that he must protect this ignorant elf!
Saying goodbye to Shang Ke, Ivey left the forest with the fruit on his back. The horse he rode back before, after living with the elves for a few days, no longer wants to move the nest. So Ivey could only walk away and let the horse free himself happily.
This time Ivey didn't leave for too long and came back five days later. Not only did he buy many gifts for the four elves, but he also opened up a secret sales channel for Shang Ke. In the future, all the properties in Shangke's hands can be sold through this channel, and there is no need to worry about being spied on.
Ivey wanted to give Shang Ke a surprise, but he didn't expect that he had only been away for five days, and Shang Ke had two more elves by his side, but he was surprised.
It's just these two elves, one can't speak and the other is deaf. Their anomalies, Ivey discovered long ago, did not take it to heart at first, but now it seems that there are other hidden reasons.
Ivey guessed that Shang didn't specifically adopt disabled elves, otherwise why would new elves appear around him every once in a while, and all of them were disabled? Although mixed-blood elves are not as good as pure-blooded elves, most of them have good physical fitness and the probability of disability is very low.
Shang Ke is very nice to these elves, whether they have disabilities or not.
Ivey didn't care either, and did his best to take care of them and protect them. As long as he returns to Shang Ke, he will take off the mask on his face, face his true self calmly, and enjoy a peaceful life.
It was only a few times that he almost failed to control the urge to hug Shang Ke, the more and more fiery desire that made him feel pain and happiness, and his reason and emotion were colliding fiercely every day.
But he never dared to go beyond, afraid of destroying everything that existed.
In the middle of the night, Ivey listened to Shang Ke's even breathing on the tree, and his body became restless again. He ran a few steps and jumped into the lake, trying to cool himself down. But the cold lake water couldn't extinguish the flames in his body, and all kinds of bloodshot images kept appearing in his mind.
He never knew that his concentration was so vulnerable.
In the dream, the elf was tossing and turning under him, the touch of the skin, the repressed breath, so ecstasy... In the dimness, a familiar figure came to him, Ivey took him into his arms without hesitation, kissed him Live on his lips and suck like crazy...