"My lord, this painting..."
Mond spoke softly, interrupting Su Jinzhi's thoughts. He quickly came back to his senses and replied, "I drew it."
"But I didn't see any paint lines on the painting." Mond was a little surprised.
Su Jinzhi was silent for a while, and then said: "Only I can see this painting, and it is my lover."
"He is such a jerk, he only wants to see me at night, makes me miss him during the day, and disturbs my sleep at night, running into my dreams. He is also stingy and doesn't like others to see his handsome face "Su Jinzhi raised his eyes to look at the painting, he could feel that Reeves' gaze on him was getting hotter and hotter, but he just refused to move his gaze to look at him, "So I can only secretly He drew it and left it for one of my own to see."
Mond was a little dazed: "You already have a lover..."
"Of course, is this surprising?" Su Jinzhi turned to look at him and asked.
Mond lowered his eyes: "No, nothing."
Su Jinzhi said, "Let's go, we're going to miss lunch time."
Mary Jane was not able to come to the table to have lunch with them because her head hurt, and Mond, as a temple saint and a magician of light, was obliged to heal her wounds, so it took a long time. On the long dining table, only Su Jin was seated again.
As in countless days in the past, the boy sat alone at the table owner's position, and his loyal servant waited beside him, laying out food for him.
But today, after the maids had placed the plates, Reeves couldn't wait to drive them away.
The maid bent over, and when she was about to leave, Su Jinzhi called to her: "You don't need to leave, come and pour me some wine."
Reeves immediately said, "I'll just pour it for Mr. Josh."
"No." Su Jinzhi was finally willing to look up. He looked at Reeves with a smile, and handed him a piece of bread, "Come and spread jam for me."
Reeves squeezed the slice of bread, sighed softly, took out the jam jar and resigned himself to spread jam on him.
So after Su Jinzhi dillydally finished his lunch, and Reeves finally got his wish and cleared away all the servants in the hall, Su Jinzhi was pushed down on the long table by him without any surprise.
"My little Josh..." The man kissed him eagerly and fiercely, with uncontrollable joy in his voice, "Have you remembered me?"
"Remember what?" Panting, Su Jinzhi pushed Reeves away, straightened his messed-up collar arrogantly, then glanced at him and walked out, "Oh, I remembered, I haven't reviewed my magic homework for many days, it's time to read the book."
Reeves hugged his waist from behind, wrapped him into his arms, and kissed his neck tenderly: "I knew you wouldn't forget me."
Su Jinzhi elbowed him: "Let go, I'm going to read a book."
"I can teach you that," Reeves said.
"Teach me what?" The boy turned his head, his beautiful blue eyes were full of concern, "Missing magic? You are good at learning magic."
"I have never left you." Reeves held his shoulder, "I have always been by your side."
Su Jinzhi stared at him without speaking.
Reeves sighed, leaned over to kiss his eyes again: "Well, this thing is a bit complicated..."
Reeves brought Su Jinzhi to the bedroom. It was noon at this time. The curtains of the bedroom were drawn, and the bright and clean sunlight was projected on the thick and gorgeous felt carpet through the rose window, and the dust floating in the air could be vaguely seen , Reeves took him to stop where the sun and shadow meet.
He stood in the dim shadows in a warm, bright beige shirt, while Reeves, in his dark gray valet, held his hand in the sun. Su Jinzhi could feel the heat in his palm, and the continuous warmth coming from around him.
"Is it warm?" Reeves tore off the mask on his face and asked Su Jinzhi's hand together.
Su Jinzhi raised his eyes to look at him, the bright light soaked in the man's deep eyes, intertwined with love, the moment his eyes met, Su Jinzhi drowned in that wave of tenderness.
He lowered his eyes and said softly: "Warm."
"But I shouldn't have such a temperature." Reeves raised the corners of his lips, and his voice was a little slow, "Because I'm not human."
When Reeves was talking, he leaned down slightly. The next moment, Su Jinzhi heard the sound of clothes being torn, and then a shadow enveloped him. When he looked up, he saw two pieces suddenly sticking out from behind the man's back. Huge black wings.
It is a great irony that people who come from the depths of darkness can stand under the light, while those who should stand under the sun can only curl up in the embrace of darkness forever.
The feathers as black as night fluttered lightly at his feet. Su Jinzhi looked down at the feathers, then looked up at the man's wings, frowned and said, "...are you an angel?"
"Of course not, my little Josh." The man hugged him, and the black wings slowly surrounded him. Su Jinzhi lay in front of his chest, listening to the man's dull laughter from his chest, "My mother just yes."
"I am a blood race just like my father." Reeves hugged him, covered him carefully with his wings, and stepped into the sun with him, "But there is a part of light in my blood, so I There is temperature, there is heartbeat, and the sun will bless me."
There was some grievance in his voice: "But you think my blood is bad to drink, so I can only carefully remove all the golden blood."
Listening to his words, Su Jinzhi suddenly remembered the question that the man asked him once——
"Do you like your own blood?"
"like."
"Then wait for me, and when I come back, you will definitely like the smell of my blood."
Reeves lowered his head and kissed the corner of his lips: "I'm back. I'm glad you haven't forgotten me, my dear little Josh."
"But no matter how bad your blood is, I like it." Su Jinzhi raised his hand to hug him back, and gently sniffed the man's breath. The smell was refreshing and clean, like the smell of the sun he had been away from for a long time, warm and Hot, "Will you leave in the future?"
Reeves kissed his eyes lightly: "No, I will always be by your side."
Su Jinzhi raised his head and gently stroked the face he was very familiar with.
At this moment, he is absolutely sure of the existence of the soul, because he really fell in love with this soul that is unique to him, it has nothing to do with the bodies they are in, and it has nothing to do with the world they live in, it is only with him related to people.
Suddenly, for some reason, Su Jinzhi wanted to cry, his eyes were red, but he couldn't shed tears, so he could only reply in a shy voice: "I also sincerely hope that I can be with you forever."
Reeves looked back at Su Jinzhi, his gray eyes were full of tenderness, and he said, "Yes, it will."
In the Leeds Mountains in July, summer is drawing to a close.
People in the imperial capital have already started preparing for the autumn harvest, but Mond still didn't catch Jimmy who was hiding in the Black Swan Castle. Mary Jane is the only female slave of Black Swan who has lived from winter to the end of summer so far, so at some point, the news that Earl Josh Hillier intends to marry her has spread.
When Su Jinzhi knew about the rumor, he received a letter from the emperor.
The emperor said in the letter that a lady of humble status is not qualified to be the Countess of Hillier. In a few days, your cousin Doris Attlee will come to see you. Very pure, if you marry her, you will be able to give birth to healthy and lovely offspring.
Su Jinzhi scoffed at this kind of statement. The probability of deformed children born to close relatives within three generations is very high. Even if the nobles' appearance genes are very good at the beginning, they can't resist the destruction of several generations of close relatives and porphyria. Therefore, Healy The real reason why the Earl family hid in the Leeds Mountains was not only because of porphyria, but also because of part of their deformed body.
So Su Jinzhi hurriedly wrote to the emperor, saying that his castle is not safe recently, and for the sake of his cousin's life, she had better not come here. It was not enough for Su Jin to write alone, so he also asked Lamond to write together.
Mond also agreed with Su Jinzhi's approach. After all, the blood race of the sixth generation is not a small character. During this period of time, two slaves and a maid died in Black Swan Castle, and even one of their temple attendants died. Who knew that after they did this, the emperor's reply came even faster. The emperor said in his reply that he was still a little worried at first, but since there is the existence of Mond, the great saint of the temple, he will definitely be able to protect Doris, so Josh Hillier's cousin Doris also came with the letter. Liz Attlee.
Doris Attlee is the married sister of old Josh and the daughter of Earl Attlee. She was so healthy that it was forgotten for a time that she had Hillier blood running through her as well.
Josh Hillier had only heard of this cousin's name before, and had never met her before, nor had she ever seen her come to the Leeds Mountains. Why didn't she come early or late, but she chose to be in the Black Swan What about when the castle is not peaceful
Su Jinzhi posed this question to No. 1, and No. 1 quickly asked him: "You know that the Hillier family is so bloodthirsty and cruel, but why hasn't this family been defeated for hundreds of years?"
"I don't know." Su Jinzhi said.
"Because of the magic stone mine in the Leeds Mountains, only men with the blood of the Hillier family can open it."
"Women can't?"
"no."
At this point on the first day, Su Jinzhi already vaguely knew why the emperor asked his cousin to come to him.
No matter how powerful Josh Hillier was, he was just an illegitimate child in the final analysis. In such an era of strict hierarchy and status, it would definitely not be so easy for him to successfully inherit the title of old Josh. But the blood of the Hillier family flowed through him, so the emperor made him the Earl of Hillier easily for the reason of the magic stone mine on the Leeds Mountains.
Josh Hillier is twenty years old, and although he has a long lifespan and ages slowly, there is no woman around him. Ordinary nobles at his age, even if they are not married, must have some beautiful female slaves by their side.
But everyone knows that Josh Hillier's maids are more plainly dressed than anyone else, trying to make one uglier than the other... In addition, the scandals between him and Mary Jane have caused trouble in the imperial capital these days, and the emperor can't sit still. That's why he sent his cousin to test, to see if he can continue to hold him in the palm of his hand, or - wait for him and his cousin to give birth to a child together, and re-train a more loyal Hillier The Count comes out.
Josh Hillier's bloody and cruel reputation is too great, and he is not so loyal to the emperor. In addition, the huge magic stone mine in the Leeds Mountains is only in his hands. It is not impossible for the emperor to fear him .
But even if he sent Doris Attlee, it would be no use, he didn't like women. Su Jinzhi thought, and Doris is here, Reeves must be unhappy.
Reeves was really upset. He made Su Jinzhi unable to get out of bed the day before Doris came, and he also sucked and bit a large red hickey on his neck—the kind that even a high-necked shirt can't hide , so on the day Doris entered Black Swan Castle, only a bunch of senior male and female servants went out to greet her.
Mond is a guest of Black Swan Castle, and Mary Jane is a fallen noble who was bought into the castle as a slave. Neither of them is qualified to welcome Doris. But because of Reeves' disturbance, Su Jinzhi could only say that he was sick, and asked Reeves to take his servants to pick up Doris. But Reeves refused to move a step, saying that he wanted to stay and "take care" of him, and refused to leave the bedroom.
Su Jinzhi thinks about it too. Reeves and him like each other. Doris is now a rival in love to Reeves. How can you let your partner welcome a rival in love? Although it was very rude to Doris to do so, he loved Reeves and could only be sorry for Doris.
So on the first day Doris entered Black Swan Castle, she was taken to the guest room by the servants without even seeing the owner of the castle.
It wasn't until the next day, when the marks on Su Jinzhi's neck faded, that he saw his cousin at the dining table in the living room.
Doris is good-looking, with long honey-colored curly hair and beautiful blue eyes. She is wearing a dark blue velvet dress and is sitting in an armchair. Holding a cup of black tea and drinking it quietly, when he saw him coming, he immediately put down the cup and smiled sweetly at him: "Cousin Josh."
Su Jinzhi sat down at the table and smiled at her: "Doris."
Doris is not as quiet and reserved as ordinary noble ladies. On the contrary, she is very elegant and generous. During breakfast, she told many interesting stories with Su Jinzhi, which made Su Jinzhi couldn't help laughing along with her.
She seems to have a magical power that can make people get close to her involuntarily.
After Su Jinzhi stayed with her for a while, he couldn't help feeling a little fond of her, so after breakfast, Reeves became upset again, dragged him to the study and closed the door, and there was a wall thump.
"Master Josh seems to like Miss Doris very much?" Reeves asked him word by word, leaning over and staring into his eyes.
"No." Su Jinzhi quickly retorted, "I only love you."
Sure enough, Reeves raised the corners of his lips after hearing what he said, and even lowered his voice: "But you talked and laughed with her all morning."
Su Jinzhi immediately answered, "Then I will spend the rest of the day with you, okay?"
"You're always like this..." Reeves sighed, raised his hand to gently caress his cheek, and then lowered his head to kiss the corner of his mouth, "It can easily make me angry, and it can quickly make me happy."
Su Jinzhi's heart trembled, and she couldn't help but hugged his neck and raised her head to reach his lips.
Falling in love is really a miraculous thing. Sometimes you obviously haven’t done anything, but when you get close to each other, hug each other, and kiss each other, there is always a sweet feeling in your heart.
This kind of feeling makes people can't help being addicted, can't help but fall, and surrounding this sweetness is the valley of the abyss that can't be seen to the bottom, if you are not careful, you will fall into it, and if you want to get close, you have to go through it The narrow path full of thorns was covered in bruises.
But even so, no one can resist its temptation.
It's like a sweet slow poison, when you take the first sip, you know that you will die from it one day, but you won't regret it.
Since the first world, No. 1 has been warning him not to fall in love with the general goal of saving, and not to have too much emotional involvement with him, no matter hate or love. As long as the favorability value for him reaches one hundred, it means that he is killed by him.
In the last world, Su Jinzhi already knew that as long as he let go of the valve of his emotional control, his condition would deteriorate rapidly and he would suffer from pain for a long time. He knew all these consequences.
From the moment he fell in love with him, he was dying, but he didn't regret it.
Even if this relationship lasts for a very short time, he is willing to exchange all the things he owns.
In the end, Su Jinzhi and Reeves spent the whole afternoon in the study, casually reading some magic books, or books that recorded anecdotes and strange events in the mainland, and did not go out until the evening dance began.
This ball was specially prepared for Doris to welcome her. Although it was a ball, it was actually just a small party.
But Doris wants to hold the ball according to the specifications of the ball. The wine must be the most mellow, and the fruits and vegetables must be the freshest. These things are in the remote and desolate Leeds Mountains. If you don’t have enough money, it’s very difficult to get them. There's money in Josh Hillier, so it's not a big deal for him. So when Doris made this request, Su Jinzhi quickly agreed.
There were not many people in Black Swan Castle, but fortunately, people from the temple were there these days, so they were also invited to the ball.
As the owner of the castle, Su Jinzhi is also the protagonist of this ball, so he must dance with Doris at the beginning of the ball. This is a responsibility he cannot shirk, and Reeves knows it.
He didn't stop Su Jinzhi, but pulled Su Jinzhi to a dimly lit place and kissed him for a while before Su Jinzhi entered the dance floor.
Fortunately, he still remembered that Su Jinzhi and others would be exposed to bright lights, so when he sucked the young man's lips, he didn't use too much force.
Su Jinzhi can dance ordinary ballroom dancing, but the opening dance of the ball in this world is more complicated and difficult, so he greeted number zero in advance, and let number zero control his body to help finish the dance.
During the dance, the bodies of the two were very close, and Doris also changed into a low-cut light pink dress. Her breasts were not small, and a part of her breasts were exposed in white flowers. And the movements between the dance steps fluctuated and trembled slightly.
This time, Su Jinzhi didn't appreciate Daoupai's mood any more. He kept staring at her eyes during the dance, and didn't dare to look around blindly, because he knew that Reeves was staring at him all the time.
"Number zero, help me see, is Reeves still staring at me?" Su Jinzhi sighed faintly, feeling that he was doomed tonight, even though he had always behaved, but he felt that Reeves Siyou's resentful and fiery eyes almost burned a hole in him, especially the arms he held Doris, which was simply the hardest hit.
Zero glanced quickly, and replied: "Yes, Lord Host, the general target of saving has never taken his eyes off you."
Su Jinzhi's heart was suddenly sweet and sour. The sweetness was because Reeves cared about him so much, and the sourness was because he felt that he was a little sorry for Reeves. If the dancers at the moment were Reeves and other women, he would also jealous.
Just thinking about it, Number Zero suddenly added: "It's like Miss Mary Jane has been watching him."
Mary Jane has been staring at Reeves
Su Jinzhi was stunned for a few seconds before realizing what No. 0 was saying, and immediately subconsciously turned his head to look at Mary Jane outside the dance floor. It is indeed as No. 1 said, the girl in the goose yellow fishtail skirt has been watching the tall man not far from her, and the emotion in her eyes is no stranger to Su Jinzhi, because he often looks at Li Wei with this look. Reeves—so Mary Jane likes Reeves? !
"She likes Reeves?" Su Jinzhi asked Zero in disbelief.
"Yes, Master Host." Zero quickly replied, "She has reached 80 favorability points for saving the overall target, Master Host, you must not be like her."
Su Jinzhi didn't care about what was said behind No. 0 at all. He stared at Mary Jane for a while, and after making sure that he had read the affection in Mary Jane's eyes, he asked No. 0: "No. 0, do you know when Mary Jane likes you?" Did you go to Reeves?"
Reeves was by his side and circled around him as a whole, where was the time to get in touch with Mary Jane? Could it be that Reeves did something sneaky behind his back
Zero thought for a while, and explained to Su Jinzhi: "It should be during the period when she first came to Black Swan Castle. At that time, Mr. Host, didn't you often ask Reeves to get Miss Mary Jane's blood for you?" ?”