In front of the Assistant Star Hall, Mochizuki finally saw the little snow rabbit who had been waiting there for a long time. He lifted her up high and spun her around, as if she was back when she was a child.
Everyone was immersed in the joy of returning from victory, telling how they unlocked the Seven-tone Gate in Qingli, Tucheng, how they made the Buddha Temple appear, and how they finally started a battle with the Ape Red Demon. Here we have to mention Ouyang Xiaoleng’s sudden demonic nature. Forced by their helplessness, Ouyang Yong and Ouyang Hongye had no choice but to tell Mochi Yue and several teenagers about Li and Li Rui. This sad story made them temporarily happy. They broke away from the atmosphere, but in the end they all agreed to keep this secret.
Only Ouyang Hongye and Ouyang Xiaoleng paid more attention to the fact that Xia Qiu briefly left everyone to go to Kaiyang Palace to meet the stone demon Yan Ming. Although she tried her best to hide it when she came back, they still noticed the change in her expression. But when they asked her what the stone demon Yanming had said to her, she casually made up a prophecy, saying that she would make an unexpected friend in the Fire City Chi Lamir.
"Friend? Isn't that me!" Ling Yu listened to her words and pointed at himself while laughing.
"He said that his prediction was not 100% accurate, so I just listened to him." Xia Qiu quickly smiled stiffly and echoed along the steps of Lingyu.
"Yes! They say he has divine power, but I don't think he has predicted many important things." Qian Qi said dismissively.
"By the way, Mu Ya has already got results regarding the array materials in Fire City!" Ouyang Hongye suddenly remembered that he had just received the news from the human world from Thorns in the morning, and interjected.
"What is it?" Ouyang Xiaoleng's attention was temporarily attracted and asked.
"It's probably the Lord of Fire City, Salamander himself. You can't think of it, right?" Ouyang Hongye said in a low voice.
"No way?!" Qian Qi and Ling Yu sighed in unison.
While everyone was still amazed by the array of materials in Fire City, Ouyang Yong arranged for everyone to disperse.
"Before setting off to the Fire City Chi Lamir, Hongye, I, and Mochizuki, who has been lurking there for a long time, need to make a careful plan. You have just returned from Qingyang, and you also need to rest and relax."
"Okay!" Xia Qiu suddenly answered loudly, startling several people around him. After listening to Grandpa Yong's words, she felt as if she had finally grasped a life-saving straw. In order to avoid being asked about the prophecy again, what she wanted to do most now, exhausted both physically and mentally, was probably to go home.
"I also want to go back to Ouyang's ancient house. Let's go together!" Ouyang Xiaoleneng suddenly said to her.
Her heart tightened, and she didn't understand why he wanted to go back to Ouyang's ancient house now, and it happened at the moment when she least wanted to be alone with him. But then he thought that that was where he had been living, and he probably wanted to go back and relax, so he had to bite the bullet and say goodbye to Ouyang Yong and others, and walked with him towards the two lives corridor.
The memories of when the demonic blood in Ouyang Xiaoleng's body awakened were all retained even after his body fully recovered. He actually knew that at that time he was just using his demonic nature as a cover to put his thoughts into action, but It was a bit embarrassing when everything was restored. He didn't know if Xia Qiu was in a daze at this time because of his previous recklessness, and he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to be alone to apologize to her.
The Ershengxuan corridor was surprisingly quiet that day. Ouyang Xiaoleng rarely slowed down and walked side by side with Xia Qiu. The Manzhu Shahua sisters did not jump out immediately to greet their favorite handsome boy like before.
When they were about to go astray, Ouyang Xiaoleng stopped and asked, "How is the wound on your neck?"
"The bleeding stopped after the ape red demon's undead disappeared. Ling Dang applied ointment again, and everything is fine." Xia Qiu said, subconsciously covering the wound on his neck with his hand.
"Let me see!" Ouyang Xiaoleng held her shoulders and turned her around. Then he moved her hand away. There were two obvious rows of imprints around the red scar left by the Tianshang Sword. , he knew that she must be afraid that he would see it, so she blocked it on purpose, and asked distressedly, "Does it still hurt?"
"No!" Xia Qiu shook her head and replied. For some reason, the panic she had felt since hearing the prophecy about her own death disappeared the moment he put the weight of his hands on her shoulders, and she It's like after being submerged in water for a long time, you can finally get out and breathe freely.
"Actually, I have been hiding something before. This is not the first time I have had the urge to drink your blood. The first time we met when I was six years old was because I had the same feeling, and I was raped by Yaksha before. The reason why I avoided you after I was seriously injured was because when I was weak, I had an irresistible urge to drink your blood whenever you came near me. At that time, I didn’t know that I had the demonic nature of the flower demon in my body, but I just felt that I had become very scary. I was worried that it would hurt you, so..." Ouyang Xiaoleng told Xia Qiu all the secrets that he had not wanted to tell before, and felt relieved.
"It turns out it's not because you hate me anymore." Xia Qiu suddenly smiled after hearing his words, and the knot that had been bothering them for a long time was finally solved.
"Of course not." Ouyang Xiaoleng quickly denied.
Xia Qiu said goodbye to Ouyang Xiaoleng in front of her home, and opened the small door of the yard. Under the setting sun, the winter jasmine, hyacinths and roses planted by her grandfather all bloomed during the time she left. When she returned home, her grandparents saw her as if she had just come out of school. Although dinner was not ready yet, the dishes and chopsticks were already placed on the table, and her cutlery was also there.
After taking a hot bath, she sat at the dining table and chatted with her grandfather and grandma. She told them interesting things that happened at the cultural festival some time ago, making them laugh. She tried not to think that this might be the relationship between her and her. During the few moments of family reunion, I just want to behave naturally in front of them.
She felt that she hadn't been as leisurely as she was now for a long time. After dinner, she dialed her father's phone. His voice was somewhat unfamiliar, but it still made her feel warm. She was thinking about whether she should leave some words to look back on her short and dramatic life, but then she felt that doing so was a bit ridiculous, and she didn't want to let herself get into that weird emotional circle.
Should she completely believe what the stone demon said? Even he himself said that his prediction may not be 100% accurate, so why should she bother herself like this? She also wanted to try her best to convince herself that she was just like those heroes who wanted to save the world, righteous and fearless, but unfortunately, although she had been close to death countless times, when others predicted that death was waiting not far ahead, After holding her, it still made her feel timid, especially when the contradiction in her heart could not be shared with anyone. The feeling of isolation and helplessness was like returning to when the ape red demon blocked the sky and took away all the light. moment.
After all, she is just an ordinary human being, and no one will blame her if she shrinks or refuses. There was a brief moment when she began to waver, and she became at a loss as to what to do. Sometimes she took out the textbook that she had not read for a long time and flipped through a few pages, and sometimes she took out the seasonal clothes in the closet and folded them again, and sometimes she folded them again. I'm in bed trying to wait for sleep to come but it's hard to fall asleep...
Suddenly, a text message alert sounded next to the bed. Her phone had long been out of battery while she was away. She had just charged it up and then turned it on automatically. When she picked it up, she saw that it was from Ouyang Xiaoleng.
"Going for a walk tomorrow?"
She responded quickly.
"good.:)"
For some reason, just a simple text message made her suddenly recall the feeling of him putting his hands on her shoulders, and her restless mood instantly calmed down. She thought that since her future was unpredictable, she might as well treat every subsequent meeting as the last and do the things she had always wanted to do with him.
She finally fell asleep peacefully, and saw Plum Blade again in her dream. She was standing under the plum blossom tree that often appeared in her dreams, as if waiting for her arrival.
"Mei Ren!" Xia Qiu stepped on the mist and walked towards her.
"Master, I have been waiting for you for a long time!" Mei Ren's voice came from behind the mask.
"Did you also hear what the stone demon Yanming said?" Xia Qiu probably guessed what Mei Ren wanted to say to him, so he asked.
"Yes." Mei Ren lowered his head slightly and knelt down on one knee, and continued, "I know that you have made up your mind, so I won't say anything more, but please rest assured that Mei Ren will definitely protect you until the last moment! "
Xia Qiu stretched out her hand to lift Mei Yan up, and said to her with gratitude in her heart: "Thank you, although I don't know what is waiting for us in Chi Lamir, but I will be brave!"
The next night was dreamless, and she slept deeply. When she woke up, it was the next morning. She was not used to seeing the ceiling of her room when she opened her eyes. The weather was not particularly warm yet, but she still chose a plaid skirt and pumps for the appointment.
She didn't ask him to wait for her at the door as usual, but made an appointment to meet in the commercial street, just like an ordinary couple. From a distance, you can see him standing upright under the advertising sign. He seems to have had his hair cut specially. The military green work jacket he is wearing looks particularly energetic. Although she still had no expression when she saw her coming, she waved her hand in a rare gesture. It was just a dazed movement with a little bit of cuteness, which made her couldn't help but laugh.
He saw that she was not energetic, so he specially wanted to take her out to relax, but he was completely unsure of what to do after meeting, so he could only take her aimlessly on the street.
"Come with me to eat ice cream!" She said, grabbing his hand and pulling him towards the shopping center. There was an ice cream shop there that she often went to with Liu Lingmei in the summer. Although she was eating ice cream this season, It seemed a little early, but she just wanted to be willful for once.
"What flavor do you want to eat? I'll buy them all for you!" Ouyang Xiaoleng said while standing in front of the counter in the ice cream shop.
"Strawberry, chocolate, vanilla!" Xia Qiu replied with a smile. To her, this may be the most romantic thing Ouyang Xiaoleng has said so far, and every word seems to be sweet to her heart.
After both of them ate countless ice cream balls, Ouyang Xiaoleng asked: "What should we do next?"
"I want to go play video games!" Xia Qiu replied without thinking.
"Yeah!" Ouyang Xiaoleng nodded and responded, then led her to the elevator and walked upstairs to the amusement park.
They played racing together and played the House of Death. No matter what game they played, Xia Qiu was no match for Ouyang Xiaoleng. Obviously the fox's reaction ability was much stronger than that of humans. Especially in the shooting game, he even broke records and won countless game coins.
Finally, they played the game of catching dolls, and there happened to be a machine filled with little fox dolls. Xia Qiu asked Ouyang Xiaoleng to catch one for her anyway. He tried many times without success, and finally, without any patience, he used his demonic power to pull out one and stuffed it into her.
Looking at his angry face, she reached out and stroked his hair, like petting a small animal. His warmth spread from his fingers, and happiness seemed to be frozen in this moment.