In the dim room, the two looked at each other.
The moonlight shone through the window, making the bedroom even quieter.
"I'll record the Marshal's TH value."
Yaxiao answered Qin Qi's question obediently, and then asked: "Is the Marshal suffering from insomnia?"
Qin Qi looked at the young butler standing at the door. Apart from a brief moment of surprise at the beginning, the boy's attitude was not much different from usual.
"Well, I didn't fall asleep."
Qin Qi replied indifferently.
Yaxiao nodded, walked to Qin Qi and took the watch. The historical records of the watch marked the hourly fluctuations of the TH value. Overall, the value tended to be stable.
In other words, Qin Qi's mood is relatively calm now. As for why he can't sleep, perhaps only he himself knows.
"You can go back now."
After Yaxiao recorded the TH value, Qin Qi lowered his head and put on the watch with a calm tone.
Yaxiao had planned before entering the room that if Qin Qi's TH value was no problem, he would go back to the room directly. Hearing the other party urging him like this, Yaxiao's gaze stayed on Qin Qi for two more seconds.
"The Marshal needs to meet with several marshals from other bases tomorrow. Even if you can't sleep, you can lie in bed to relieve your fatigue."
"Um."
Qin Qi did not reject the butler's concern, but he still sat in the chair with no intention of moving.
Yaxiao also stood there without moving.
Dark clouds blocked the moonlight, and the room gradually became darker. The two stood face to face, and the air became tense.
"Not leaving?"
Qin Qi raised his eyelids and looked over.
Yaxiao shook his head, "I want to go, but I want to heal the Marshal before I leave."
Healing techniques are of great help to the taboo-holders, but they can also cause mental fatigue to the housekeepers.
Therefore, when the TH value of the taboo person is relatively stable, whether to carry out treatment depends entirely on the housekeeper's own decision on the employer's physical condition.
“There is nothing wrong with my TH value.”
Qin Qi's tone remained unchanged.
"Yes, I see."
Yaxiao curled his eyes and smiled brightly, "But just in case, I still need to do the treatment."
I am a devil, I can be full of energy even without sleep for several days, but humans can't do that.
Even for the strongest human being, if he doesn't sleep all night, his emotions and body will be affected to a certain extent.
This will most likely cause Qin Qi to lose control.
If you want to absorb demonic value, you must eliminate dangerous hidden dangers from all aspects.
There is no return without investment, and Yaxiao understands this matter very well.
Qin Qi was silent for a while, looking at Yaxiao's smiling face. After a while, he compromised and agreed: "Yes."
The boy's beautiful blue eyes brightened instantly.
Qin Qi was a little puzzled as to why Yaxiao was so happy. It was obvious that this matter would not bring any benefit to Yaxiao, but would instead cause a lot of trouble.
If it were usual, Qin Qi might have asked, but he was not in the mood for that now.
Yaxiao placed his fingers on Qin Qi's temple. The man leaning on the recliner with his eyes closed seemed to have a lot of things on his mind, and his frown revealed a hint of imperceptible fatigue.
"What are you thinking about?"
A low voice suddenly sounded in the quiet room. Qin Qi's voice was a little hoarse. Even with his eyes closed, he could feel that Yaxiao was staring at him intently, as if he wanted to stare a big hole in him.
Originally, Qin Qi had no intention of paying attention, but the other party's presence was too strong, so he opened his eyes and looked at Yaxiao with his gloomy black eyes.
Yaxiao slowly transferred his mental power. It was no surprise that Qin Qi noticed his sight and asked truthfully, "Is the Marshal suffering from insomnia because he saw Qin Chen not long ago?"
If you think about it carefully, the villain usually won't suffer from insomnia as long as he goes to bed before 11 o'clock on weekdays. But he hasn't fallen asleep yet today. Apart from meeting Qin Chen at night, there seems to be no other reason.
The dim room suddenly became quiet.
Qin Qi stared at Yaxiao's blue eyes that were particularly dazzling in the moonlight. After a while, he looked away and said in a slightly cold voice: "If I say yes, what will you do?"
"Of course, it is to prevent the possibility of him appearing in front of the Marshal!" Yaxiao answered without hesitation.
"Well, I did lose sleep because of him."
Qin Qi did not deny it, his tone was so calm as if he was just trying to please people, and it was impossible to figure out what he was thinking.
Yaxiao felt something was strange, and the tail hanging in his trouser leg shook slightly.
So is it true or not
While treating Qin Qi, Yaxiao was pondering the relationship between the villain and the Qin Chen brothers in the original book.
In the original plot, although the villain and Qin Chen are brothers, they do not live together. Qin Qi stays in the Sixth Base with his grandfather, while Qin Chen lives in another base with his parents.
At that time, the status of humans and demon insects was not as "stable" as it is now, and the passages between bases were not safe.
When the brothers' parents died unexpectedly, the eleven-year-old Qin Qi and his grandfather were fighting on the front line. By the time they learned the news, their three-year-old brother Qin Chen had already disappeared.
You can imagine how difficult it is to find a young child in the midst of war.
It was not until the year Qin Qi destroyed the Seventh Base that he found his brother who had been missing for many years in the Seventh Base and brought him back to the Sixth Base to live.
Although the twelve-year-old Qin Chen stayed in the Sixth Base for less than a year and insisted on going to other bases to find Wei Shi, there is no doubt that the relationship between the two brothers is still pretty good.
When Qin Chen left, Qin Qi sent many personal soldiers to escort him, and even left a confidant to protect Qin Chen until he came of age.
It can be said that before the truth about the destruction of the Seventh Base was exposed, Qin Qi attached great importance to his wandering brother, and his brother also admired Qin Qi for saving the Seventh Base.
There is a high possibility that Qin Qi will suffer from insomnia because of Qin Chen.
So this is the cause of the insomnia
Yaxiao looked at Qin Qi, who had no expression on his face. After a while, he withdrew his gaze and said in a rather brisk tone, "Then I will try my best not to let Qin Chen appear in front of you in the future."
[Fourth Uncle, remember to remind me if you run into Qin Chen next time.] Yaxiao made a decision in his heart.
[OK.]
The system responded quickly.
Qin Qi hummed when he heard this.
The room fell into a long silence. The butler's treatment took more than an hour. Yaxiao finished it on time and moved his fingers away from Qin Qi's temple.
"take a break."
"Okay."
After Yaxiao finished the treatment, he felt that the villain would not cause any more trouble, so he did not refute, curled his eyes, and left the room.
Qin Qi was the only one left in the room.
After the healing, every cell in the body seemed to be washed by the morning dew, and the laziness from staying awake all night was gone.
It is now five o'clock in the morning. Qin Qi's eyes are a little dim, and his gaze falls on the door shrouded in darkness.
The housekeeper just went out.
The thin and slender boy was an extremely kind and responsible person, he even went to his room in the middle of the night because he was too worried, this kind of personality could easily lead to him suffering, but he himself seemed to have no such awareness.
Qin Qi is not good at dealing with such existence.
This may be one of the reasons why he allowed the other party to stay in the room.
The red eyeballs were placed on the bedside.
Qin Qi stood up, walked to the bed and held it in his hand.
The butler is just an ordinary person and shouldn't know those things. To be exact, no one can know those things before he finds out the truth.
It is enough for the housekeeper to think that his insomnia is caused by Qin Chen.
As for Qin Chen who I met last night.
Qin Qi exerted force with his hands, and the simulated eyeball was instantly propped up as if it would burst in the next second. His eyes darkened slightly, and finally he closed his eyes.
The cool sunlight faintly shone through the curtains. Qin Qi stood in the shadow. After a long time, he retracted his eyes, turned around and left the room.
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Today is the day when the marshals of several bases meet. If nothing goes wrong, the marshals will hold a simple joint meeting after the meeting.
Yaxiao followed Qin Qi to the council hall in high spirits, and his two adjutants, Mist and Soren, followed closely behind.
The two adjutants had no idea what happened in the early morning, and they didn't even notice any signs that the Marshal and Yaxiao had stayed up late. In their eyes, the two were no different from usual.
When they entered the parliament hall, the other three marshals from the border base had not yet arrived, and there was only one marshal from the third base, Gwen.
"Marshal Qin, long time no see."
Marshal Gwen had deep nasolabial folds on his face and looked very serious. His hair was gray and he seemed quite old. Among the few marshals, he was the only one who had already married and had children.
"Long time no see."
Qin Qi replied and sat next to him.
Like Marshal Gwen, the other party's butler was also an old senior, but he was more kind. Seeing Yaxiao's actions, he also smiled and nodded.
"Because Gert and your brother have a good relationship, we brought them here when we came to Central City this time."
Marshal Gerwin was not good at communicating with young people. When they talked about family matters, he seemed a little unfamiliar: "You should already know these things."
Ge Wen knew that there might be some conflict between the two brothers Qin Qi and Qin Chen. He suddenly brought up this matter in order to inform Qin Qi in advance.
"Yeah, I've heard of it before."
Qin Qi nodded to show that he understood and showed respect.
Yaxiao watched the two marshals talking and acted as a background board beside them.
Gert is Gerwin's son. Although Marshal Gerwin looks serious and old-fashioned, he loves his children very much and rarely refuses Gert's requests.
As time went by, the marshals who were not present walked in from outside one after another.
Yaxiao followed the adjutants and stewards out of the council hall. This meeting was not formal and only the marshals could attend. No one else was allowed to enter.
According to the itinerary, the meeting will last three hours, during which time the housekeeper can freely arrange activities.
"Yaxiao, do you want to go out with us for some fresh air?"
Butler Yan Chi smiled and pointed outside. Standing side by side with him were Gabe and Burton, both butlers of the border base.
"certainly."
After explaining to Mist beside him, Yaxiao walked over to his three butler friends.
"Why do you want to come over here too?"
Yan Chi glanced at Burton with disdain, "Don't you feel embarrassed to be with me now?"
Bolton held his head high, his silver hair combed back neatly, "Of course it's embarrassing, but I don't want to communicate with those stewards of the second-tier base."
"What happened to the steward of the second-tier base?"
Yaxiao asked curiously.
"There's nothing wrong with them, but my employer, Marshal Wenbol, doesn't like to communicate with their employer."
The elegant and dutiful Bourdain, in support of his employer, would not communicate with their butler.
Yan Chi, who was standing next to him, rarely talked back. He explained to Yaxiao, "There is some estrangement between the marshals at the border base and the marshals at the second-tier base."
Yaxiao immediately expressed his understanding. He was very clear about this matter and knew that several marshals would fight each other in the future plot.
The four butlers walked together to the central square not far from the military building. Many ordinary people gathered in the huge square to feed the pigeons.
"Besides, we are also competitors with those housekeepers."
"The Butler Representative Conference will officially begin tomorrow. Yaxiao, how are your preparations? If there is anything, remember to tell me at any time..." As Burton was speaking, Yan Chi next to him hooked his arms around his neck.
"Okay, now that we're out for a rest, you still have to bring up these things. How could Yaxiao not know?" Yan Chi said lazily.
Burton realized belatedly that something was wrong. He pulled Yan Chi's arm away, glared at him unhappily, and never mentioned the matter again.
Gabe, who was standing beside them, tried to comfort the two of them and pointed to a flock of pigeons not far away. "Let's go over there and take a look. We finally got out. Don't keep talking about business. The pigeons in the central city are very different from those in the border base. We can go and take a look together."
Yaxiao looked at the three people talking to each other, and a smile unconsciously appeared in his blue eyes.
These humans are indeed very interesting.
The ordinary people around saw the four butlers in tuxedos and avoided them. In the central city, the status of butlers was also very high, of course, only compared to ordinary people. The butlers of the border base wanted to return to the central city, perhaps because the treatment in the central city was better.
The white pigeons in the central square were fed very fat by passers-by and were very friendly. When a few housekeepers passed by, many pigeons gathered around them.
Yaxiao is not interested in white pigeons.
In comparison, he liked crows more. When Burton and the other three suggested feeding the white pigeons, Yashao did not approach the flock of white pigeons, but sat on the bench waiting for them.
At this moment, a black cat emerged calmly from the bushes, came close to Yaxiao's feet, meowed sweetly, and revealed its pink belly.
[Host, this cat loves you very much. ]
There are some unexpected things in the system.
[I am very popular with small animals. The crows, skeletons and bats in the demon world are also very fond of me.] Yaxiao looked at the black cat at his feet and answered as a matter of course.
When he was a child, before his fourth uncle came to the demon world, Yaxiao barely survived by being fed by skeletons and bats.
system:…
Host, don't even mention the vampire crows. Besides, skeletons and the like have already gone beyond the scope of small animals, okay
Yaxiao was not very sensitive to soft creatures like cats, but the black cat was in line with his aesthetic taste. When he was about to continue talking to his fourth uncle, he noticed a black mark like a butterfly on the pad of the black cat's front paw. He thought of something and raised his hand to pick up the black cat.
"Hello, can you let me take a look at this black cat?"
A clear male voice rang out.
Yaxiao turned his head slightly and looked over. It was a brown-haired young man wearing a black windbreaker.
Seeing Yaxiao, the young man looked a little surprised.
"My name is Wei Shi, and this is my business card."
Wei Shi realized that something was wrong, he quickly came to his senses, took out a business card from the compartment of his wallet and handed it over.
The black-haired boy in front of him had delicate features and his eyes were a rare and uncommon color. But what surprised Wei Shi was not his appearance, but the fact that he had seen him before.
Last night, this young man in a tuxedo followed Marshal Qin.
If I'm not mistaken, he is Marshal Qin's butler.
Yaxiao took the business card, curled his eyes, and then told the protagonist his name.
Sure enough, this black cat is the black cat in the plot.
"Do you know this black cat?"
"Yes, its owner asked me to find it." Wei Shi said, handing over a photo of a black cat.
In the plot, the protagonists opened an office that takes on all kinds of jobs to make a living, and they make money on a daily basis by taking on all kinds of strange commissions.
"This black cat is very well behaved."
Yaxiao looked at the protagonist Weishi and a bright smile appeared on his face. Without asking any questions, he directly handed the black cat to Weishi.
"Thanks."
Wei Shi was a little surprised. After thanking him, he did not leave immediately. Instead, he sat on the bench holding the cat, intending to get close to Marshal Qin's butler.
He, Qin Chen, and his younger brother Axing moved to the central city specifically to further investigate the truth behind the destruction of the seventh base. Now meeting Yaxiao is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
If I could add him as a friend, maybe I could get news about the marshal from this young man.
When Yaxiao saw Wei Shi's behavior, the tail hidden in his trouser leg shook slightly. His blue eyes were so innocent that it seemed as if he didn't know what Wei Shi's purpose was.
"We met yesterday, do you remember?"
Wei Shi asked tentatively.
"Remember, you were standing next to the marshal's brother at that time." Yaxiao nodded obediently, like a simple and easy-to-coax boy.
Wei Shi grew up in poverty and could see at a glance that Yaxiao was an inexperienced person. He consciously narrowed the distance between them and tried to gain the boy's favor subtly.
The two sides interacted with each other and quickly became close with different thoughts. By the time Burton and others came to find Yaxiao to go back, Wei Shi had already obtained Yaxiao's computer number.
"We have time to connect."
Wei Shi held the black cat in his arms and said excitedly, "Then I'll tell you about the interesting things I encountered in other bases."
Later, he would find a way to improve the relationship between the two and get information about Marshal Qin from Yaxiao.
If they really found out that they had wrongly accused Marshal Qin, they would have to tell Qin Chen immediately so that the two brothers could reconcile quickly. Qin Chen's condition had become increasingly depressed during this period because of Marshal Qin's matter, and he couldn't stand it anymore.
"OK."
Yaxiao seemed to have a good impression of Weishi, and his blue eyes were filled with smiles.
"who is he?"
The housekeeper Yan Chi asked doubtfully, "Did you know each other before?"
"No, we just met."
Yaxiao answered casually as he followed his three butler friends out of the square.
[Host, why do you want to add Weishi as a friend? ]
The system was a little confused. Wei Shi was obviously trying to get information about the villain, and adding his words would cause another trouble.
[Of course it’s for the villain! ]
Yaxiao understood his uncle's doubts. He flicked his tail and said in his heart in a brisk tone:
[This way, I can know Qin Chen's location in advance so that he can avoid the villains. ]
Yasho is a devil who keeps his promises.
If you promise not to let the villains meet Qin Chen, then you will never let them meet unexpectedly again!
(End of this chapter)