Only then did Chi Yan's heart completely fall back into his stomach, although he had already subconsciously chosen to trust Ye Yingzhi earlier.
He turned his head and glanced at the bookshelf behind him, and sure enough, Hu Xing was no longer there.
Chi Yan retracted her phone and saw that Ye Yingzhi had picked up the book and cake box on the table and put them in her schoolbag.
He raised his head, somewhat unexpectedly: "Let's go now? You... don't learn?"
Ye Yingzhi nodded: "If you don't study anymore, let's go home. It's still early, there's no traffic jam at this point, and there's still time to buy vegetables and cook."
"Oh." Chi Yan followed him out of the way, inexplicably feeling like some kind of enchantress who was so confused that the king didn't come to court sooner.
After getting into the car, Chi Yan took off the backpack and held it in his arms. The little black fox looked at him from the inside unwillingly.
Ye Yingzhi glanced lightly: "What is this?"
Chi Yan remembered that Hu Xing had deliberately sent Lao Yuan away to prevent him from being involved in such a strange and chaotic affair, saying that it was not good for ordinary people. He didn't know these things before, and every time he saw a ghost, he called Ye Yingzhi and Ye Yingzhi to talk, but now that he knew it, he naturally didn't want to implicate the other party, so he casually made up: "Lao Yuan is chasing a girl recently. , people recently entrusted the fox they raised to him when they wanted to go out, but he had to go out during the day and couldn't take care of the fox, so he entrusted the fox to me again. The main reason for inviting me to dinner today is for this matter, and I will take care of him for a while time."
Now there are all kinds of pets, and although foxes are rare, they are not too strange.
When Chi Yan said this, he cautiously asked Ye Yingzhi, "...I forgot to ask you before, can I bring the fox to your house?" He remembered that Ye Yingzhi had said that the house was lent to him by someone else.
Ye Yingzhi didn't care, and said indifferently: "It's okay, I'm not afraid of small animals in my house, but the small animals are very afraid of me."
Chi Yan only thought he was joking and didn't care what he said.
After returning to Ye Ying's house, Chi Yan set up a nest for the little fox in the kitchen. As Ye Yingzhi said, as soon as he went in to cook, the little fox ran out "rubbing". It looked like a black lightning bolt, and Chi Yan laughed out loud.
It was already five o'clock when the two of them went home after shopping. Ye Yingzhi sat down on the dining table and chairs in the kitchen after preparing the preparations. He used a plate to put out the cake that Chi Yan bought, and took a small silver fork to divide it. I put a small piece in my mouth, tilted my head and tasted it.
Chi Yan sat across from him and looked at him eagerly, and asked, "Is it delicious?"
Ye Yingzhi forked another small piece and handed it to Chi Yan's mouth. After watching Chi Yan eat it, he slowly opened his mouth and said, "Do you like this?"
He poked the cake with a fork, and unceremoniously ate the rest: "I'll make this too, I'll make it for you another day."
"Okay." Chi Yan nodded and replied with a smile. In fact, although the cake is delicious, it's average. If you eat too much, it will make you tired. The hot pot made by Ye Yingzhi is more delicious. No matter how much you eat, you will endure it. You won't feel tired.
But he was embarrassed to say it, saying it seemed like he was coveting other people's hot pot every day.
In the evening, Chi Yan stayed on Ye Yingzhi's bed where he belonged to after taking a shower as usual, and when Ye Yingzhi came out of the shower, he was almost asleep in a daze.
Ye Yingzhi lay down and turned off the light, squinted at him for a long time by the moonlight, and then reached out to touch his hair lightly, and said softly, "You're good, I didn't think that with the protection of that female fox, you wouldn't want a husband. ." He said in a low voice, with a faint smile on his face.
Then he leaned over, brushed the broken hair from his forehead, and kissed his forehead. Lie down beside him again, holding the man firmly in his arms.
Chi Yan lightly hummed twice, then nestled on Ye Yingzhi's shoulder and didn't move, sleeping soundly.
There was nothing wrong all night, and the next day the two of them were in the study together, Ye Yingzhi was holding the notebook and didn't know what to do. Chi Yan sat next to him holding his notebook to sort out the data. Although the tutor went out temporarily, he had to report his work to the other party by regular emails. Naturally, he did not dare to be too slack.
The two of them sat in a row, almost like elementary school students sitting at the same table.
When it's time for dinner, the two of them go out to eat together, take a bath and sleep together, and go to rest together. The work and rest are very synchronized.
It wasn't until the middle of the night when Chi Yan slept in the middle of the night when he suddenly heard the faint sound of an animal outside the door. He lay there and made a distinction, and realized that it seemed to be the cry of the little fox A Sheng. Foxes were no more common than cats and dogs, and this was the first time he heard a fox bark.
Chi Yan's heart skipped a beat, remembering what Hu Xing had said that a little fox can slay evil, and vaguely guessed that something was wrong. He glanced at Ye Yingzhi who was sleeping beside him, quietly turned on the bedside lamp on his side slightly, picked up his mobile phone and got out of bed gently, pushing open the bedroom door.
People also change with the times. In the past, people took torches and candlesticks and felt safe going out. Later, people held flashlights. Now mobile phones have become the most secure thing.
It can illuminate, and more importantly, it means the possibility of connecting with the outside world and others. Perhaps what people fear most is not the calamity of demons, but the helplessness of being alone, the despair of knowing that they are in a desperate situation but unable to escape and no one can save them.
The sound came from the stairs. Chi Yan walked to the edge of the stairs and followed the sound and looked down. The little fox was staring at the stairwell with a pair of brown eyes. After hearing the sound, it turned back to see Chi Yan and ran up. He took two steps to stand firmly in front of Chi Yan. Its limbs rested on the ground, the hair on its neck exploded slightly, and it tilted its head forward, as if it was always ready to attack.
Chi Yan turned on the wall lamps in the corridor on the second floor, and could vaguely see two pale figures in the shadows of the corners of the first floor - they were standing straight there, one without a nose and the other without ears.
This time, two victims appeared at the same time.
The little fox bared his teeth, croaked and assumed a threatening posture, but the two things didn't realize it, and still moved upstairs step by step and stiffly.
Chi Yan involuntarily took a step back, and unexpectedly, the little fox followed him and took another step up.
Chi Yan stared at the little thing under her feet and said no, Miss, you look very good, and your master also praised you for your ability to help, but in fact you are just a fox who can only pretend
He kept rolling in his heart, staring at the two figures on the stairs, resisting the urge to run away, hide in the bedroom, lock the door, retreat under the quilt and hide beside Ye Yingzhi.
The corridor suddenly brightened at this moment, Chi Yan turned around and saw that Ye Yingzhi had opened the bedroom door that had been lightly closed after he came out. With a reassuring grace and ease.
The light from the ceiling lamp in the bedroom was bright, streaming from the open doorway, illuminating the somewhat dim corridor.
Chi Yan suddenly felt no fear at this moment.
He looked back at the stairs, and the two figures just now had indeed disappeared.
Ye Yingzhi tilted his head slightly and looked at him: "What do you do when you don't sleep in the middle of the night?"
Chi Yan hurriedly picked up the little fox and made up the reason: "It's okay... I just heard the fox bark, I was afraid it was hungry and sick or something." After hearing Hu Xing say that ordinary people should not be involved in these matters, he said: He deliberately wanted Ye Yingzhi to avoid these things, but he didn't dare to let him know when he saw that kind of thing just now.
Ye Yingzhi glanced at him again, and then said: "Don't hold it, this animal is different from ordinary pet cats and dogs, and may carry more germs or parasites on it. I heard that foxes have spirituality, this is a little female fox, and it is not very good for you to hold others."
The first sentence makes sense, the latter sentence is pure nonsense. But Chi Yan immediately obediently put the little fox on the ground.
A Sheng immediately ran downstairs honestly, and it seemed that he had returned to the nest by himself.
Chi Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He just saw those two things at the corner of the stairs, and he didn't dare to let him go downstairs and send the little fox back to the nest.
Ye Yingzhi had been silently watching him, obviously frightened, but still held back his words, but at this time he couldn't help showing a little smile and beckoned to him: "What are you doing standing still, come back to sleep soon ."
Chi Yan followed him into the door and carefully locked the bedroom door before climbing into the bed and turning off the bedside lamp on his side. The bedroom fell into darkness again, and after a long time, he peeked at his roommate who seemed to have fallen asleep again, and quietly rubbed himself in the direction of his bedmate without anyone noticing.
In the darkness, the corners of Ye Yingzhi's mouth curved upwards almost invisible.
The next day, he hid on the balcony early in the morning and called Hu Xing to tell Hu Xing what happened that night.
Hu Xing's voice sounded very tired: "It seems that there is still no defense, and another victim has appeared, and this time there are two at a time... That thing is really urgent."
It was only then that Chi Yan realized that Hu Xing had been busy with this matter for the past two days, and had been trying to catch the trace of the evil monster every night, but found nothing.
"By the way, Sister Hu, there is one more thing. The little fox was a little tired after yesterday. It didn't eat much of the food I fed this morning. What's going on?" Chi Yan has no experience in raising small animals, let alone It is said that it is raising foxes. If you encounter problems, you can only consult the owner as soon as possible.
Hu Xing was very anxious when he heard it, and asked Chi Yan for the address of Ye Ying's house, saying that she would come over immediately.
Sure enough, she arrived more than an hour later. Chi Yan lied to Ye Yingzhi that it was the girl Lao Yuan was pursuing recently who came to pick up the little fox in foster care, and walked out with A Sheng in his arms.
Hu Xing hugged the little thing in his arms distressedly and stroked its ears. The little fox let out a low cry in her arms and rubbed.
She hugged A Sheng and looked at it repeatedly, and let out a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, there is no serious problem, but it was just kicked back by evil spirits."
"Repulsed by evil energy?" Chi Yan wondered. Didn't you say that this little fox can ward off evil? Will it be attacked by evil spirits
Hu Xing nodded: "A Sheng is much more sensitive to this kind of thing than us humans, and it can also sense the evil energy that I can't detect. Looking at it like this... It should be that he has been exposed to a lot of evil energy here in the past two days. I didn't expect the evil spirit of that thing to be so powerful, but the resentful ghost transformed by the person killed by it actually carries such a heavy evil spirit, and can even recoil at A Sheng."
"But in this case, I have to take A Sheng back to cultivate. I can't let him stay here any longer. You have to be more careful." Hu Xing urged.
Chi Yan said in his heart that it didn't matter, he couldn't bear to see this little guy suffer with him, and to be honest, he felt that this little fox was not as useful as his roommate.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help asking Hu Xing: "Sister Hu, what's the matter with my roommate? You say he is an ordinary person, but it seems that every time he appears those ghosts disappear."
Hu Xing shook his head and said with a light smile: "I don't know that. Humans are very complex creatures. Some people are very lucky, some people are heavy, and some people are born with the ability to overcome all evils. It is clear. The study of man and heaven is 'Dao'. I have studied the art of subduing demons and exorcising evil since I was a child.