Ran Mingzhu has long forgotten the appearance of her father Ran Tianyou, because she was only two or three years old when her father left Japan. There were only some vague fragments of her memory about him, and she could only vaguely remember his back. The tall man always sat alone on the table extending to the courtyard in the living room and sighed. Sometimes he would hold a can of beer in his hand.
If he realizes that she is behind him, he will call her over, sit on his lap, cool her face with a cold beer can, and look at her cute look with her eyes closed, which seems to make him temporarily Forget about the things that had been bothering him for so long, and the pain of losing his sister. But even so, she and that family still couldn't keep him.
In fact, the biggest reason why Ran Mingzhu is so disgusted and defensive about monsters is that she believes that it is these monsters that caused the death of her aunt Ran Susu and ultimately caused her father Ran Tianyou to run away. They tore apart her supposedly happy family and took away all the happiness in her life. Under the strong appearance of her mother Keiko was full of pain from losing her father, which she had experienced deeply since she was a child.
After saying goodbye to Ran Mingzhu, Xia Qiu naturally handed over the diary left by Ran Tianyou to Ouyang Xiaoleng. She could feel that no matter how much he resisted this sudden sister on the surface, in fact, he subconsciously I still want to help her.
As a result, Ouyang Xiaoleng's first reaction after writing the diary was to open the diary, put it in front of his nose, smell it, and then said: "Sure enough!"
"What?" Xia Qiu turned to him and asked.
"Besides the smell of ink, there is something else on it. It seems to be a special fluorescent agent." Ouyang Xiaoleng answered her after closing the diary.
"Oh? Is it like the invisible words in movies that can only be revealed under special light?" Xia Qiu remembered that she had read similar plots in detective novels and movies.
"Yeah, maybe Dong Muya and that hacker boy will really help us solve some great questions." Ouyang Xiaoleng suddenly felt that the diary in his hand became heavy. But before that, he decided to send Xia Qiu home first.
Walking on that familiar road again, he deliberately slowed down his pace to match her speed. The moonlight cast the slender shadows of the two of them. The uppermost edge of the shadows seemed to be blurred by water vapor, and a faint smoke could be seen. In a rhythmic groove. The two shadows moved forward in parallel, occasionally overlapping, and there was a harmonious and quiet beauty. He decided to take the initiative and stretched out a hand in her direction, holding her hand, and their shadows were connected together.
Unexpectedly, the romantic moment had just begun and ended quickly. Xia Qiu looked up suddenly, saw the figure under the street lamp clearly, stopped suddenly, and exclaimed: "Dad!"
"Huh?" It took a few seconds for Ouyang Xiaoleng to realize what the two words she shouted meant.
The middle-aged man in front of him was holding a cigarette. He was tall and thin, with sunken eye sockets. He looked like he was seriously lacking sleep. Perhaps their appearance also gave him such a shock that his cigarette fell from his mouth to the ground.
Xia Qiu had the impression that her father Xia Xuesong's visits to Yongchuan were very limited. Although she knew that most of the time his busy work was just an excuse, she had long been used to it. The father in front of her was older than she remembered, but more of a stranger. She tried hard to think about what the first words she should say to her father were, but she completely forgot that her hands were still tightly held with Ouyang Xiaoleng's.
"Who is this?" Xia Xuesong asked, sizing up the young man in front of him with vigilance and hostility, wondering how brave this young man was to hold his daughter's hand in front of him.
"he is my classmate."
After answering his father's question, Xia Qiu finally freed his hand from Ouyang Xiaoleng. While she felt her cheeks getting hot, she was also waiting for her father's reaction.
"Oh... I am Xia Qiu's father." Xia Xuesong quickly introduced himself to establish his status and at the same time erected a wall in front of him and the young man.
"Hello, uncle!" Ouyang Xiaoleng greeted him without hesitation.
Xia Qiu was originally a little worried that Ouyang Xiaoleng, who never liked to interact with others, would react unexpectedly, but fortunately his attitude was normal. But what struck her most strangely was the reason why her father suddenly appeared, so she asked, "Why are you back?"
"Let's talk about this when we get home!" Xia Xuesong glanced at Ouyang Xiaoleng impatiently and said.
Xia Qiu had to say goodbye to Ouyang Xiaoleng and follow his father home. The moment she walked in, she clearly saw her grandma wink at her. With the tacit understanding between grandma and her, she knew that this was a bad omen and that her father would probably get angry with her.
There were only her and her father in the living room. He took out a pack of cigarettes from his trouser pocket, tapped the cigarette box with his finger, took out a cigarette and put it to his mouth, about to light it, then put it down after thinking about it.
In fact, Xia Xuesong was as nervous as his daughter. He was not very used to scolding Xia Qiu, and he didn't know what tone to use to discuss the next topic with her. After hesitating for a while, he finally said: "It's been a long time." For a while, no matter what time I called home, you were not there. Although grandma has been covering for you, I still feel that this is very abnormal for a girl who is still in high school. I came back this time just to go through the transfer procedures for you."
"Transfer procedures?!" Xia Qiu didn't expect her father to give her a bombshell when he came up.
"Yes! I've been thinking about it for a long time. I haven't taken enough care of you, and my grandparents have been too indulgent to you. If this continues, I'm worried that you will learn bad things." Xia Xuesong frowned and replied.
"A bad learner?!" Xia Qiu asked with a wry smile. She didn't know why her father suddenly found the sense of responsibility as a father after leaving her to her grandparents for sixteen years.
"Yes, I'm thinking it would be better for you to live with me. I have contacted the schools in Beijing for you." Xia Xuesong said in a tone that made up his mind and could not be denied.
"Do I have a choice?" Xia Qiu felt a rebellious flame ignite in her chest.
"Originally I wanted you to choose, but after seeing the boy just now, I feel that my idea is right." Xia Xuesong didn't want to give in at all.
"I will not leave Yongchuan, at least not now." Xia Qiu's eyes revealed stubbornness.
"Because of that boy just now? I think I need to talk to him!" Xia Xuesong became more and more angry.
"What are you talking about?!" Xia Qiu was even more sure that she didn't understand her father at all. She couldn't imagine that he could be such an unreasonable person.
"Anyway, ask him to come home tomorrow!" Xia Xuesong then changed his mind and said, "Forget it, let's make an appointment outside. I don't want your grandparents to worry about it."
Xia Qiu couldn't think of how to continue the conversation between her and her father. It was obvious that his father couldn't listen to what she said for a while. In desperation, she returned to her room and locked the door. Now it seemed that only this space was completely her own. She lay on the desk, feeling filled with grievances and began to cry.
She could not explain to her father what she was doing, and she also thought about whether she would have given up her life if she had not become a blood pact, if she had not been responsible for the safety of the demon world and the human world, if she was just an ordinary high school student. What about leaving Yongchuan with his father
Crying not only made her tired, but also made her ears ring a little, so that the knocking on the window became so distant. She slowly raised her head, and saw Ouyang Xiaoleng outside the window, which was filled with tears. She couldn't help but wonder if he was just her imagination.
But she still opened the window, and he landed next to her and asked softly in her ear: "Are you okay?"
His voice was unexpectedly gentle. She looked at him. He must have gone back to Ouyang's ancient house and then returned, because his school uniform had been replaced by a light gray cotton sweater. She didn't speak, she just grabbed a corner of his clothes, buried her face deeply into his clothes, and slowly allowed her body to regain strength. And he stroked her hair again and again, waiting quietly for her to stop crying.
Xia Qiu finally calmed down a little. She moved her face away from his clothes, sighed and said, "He said he was coming back to help me transfer to another school."
"Where to transfer to?" Ouyang Xiaoleng asked eagerly.
"Beijing..." Xia Qiu's voice was still trembling.
"This...maybe a good thing." Ouyang Xiaoleng's eyes dimmed instantly, but he still said.
"You think so too? Haha." Xia Qiu asked with a sneer.
"I don't want you to be in trouble, if you want to..."
She interrupted him and said, "You know I want to stay."
"Then stay!"
Ouyang Xiaoleng seemed to be waiting for her words. He reached out and took her hand that was holding the corner of his clothes, and then squatted down so that his forehead could be pressed against Xia Qiu who was sitting in the chair.
"He said he wanted to talk to you tomorrow. I hope you can use your hypnosis to make him change his mind and go back to Beijing." Xia Qiu could feel his breath coming against her face, and the distance between him and her was so Being close allowed her to find a sense of security again.
"Okay, that's all." Ouyang Xiaoleng responded.
Being in this not-too-spacious room with Xia Qiu, he was unknowingly surrounded by her fragrance. Just thinking of this made his heart beat faster, plus the power of gods and demons in his body yearned for her blood. It became increasingly obvious at this moment that he knew he had to leave, otherwise the consequences would be out of control.
"Are you going back?" Xia Qiu asked reluctantly after noticing that Ouyang Xiaoleng slowly let go of his hand.
"Get some rest early!" He nodded and responded, then jumped out of the window and disappeared.
He went straight back to Ouyang's ancient house, with an unquenchable desire still remaining in his body. This feeling had not occurred for a long time, but this time it was suddenly strong. Just now, he had handed over the diary of Ziran Tianyou to Dong Muya and Min Endong. Dong Muya happened to have a fluorescent lamp that could make this kind of invisible text appear. As long as it was illuminated with this kind of light, he could read out the words that Ziran Tianyou had intentionally hidden. What exactly are words? He urgently needs to turn his attention to these things, otherwise he feels that he may even go to Xia Qiu uncontrollably.
As Ouyang Xiaoleng speculated, Dong Muya and the others quickly read out the hidden words, and the content of the words happened to be a summary of the dense records on the pages, or a reminder. She recorded this useful information, and in the process of recording, she also learned what happened to Ran Tianyou from the time he began to independently investigate Ran Susu's death to before his disappearance.
He just mentioned Mrs. Lan, the previous owner of the Sparrow Hotel, and clearly marked Mrs. Lan as a very powerful snake demon. The most important thing is that she worked for Qingyun.