When the young men on the patrol were rummaging through the grass under the scorching sun, looking for the big snail that is said to spit out longevity water.
On the top floor of Shushan Pavilion not far from the lakeside forest.
A tall figure was standing behind the clear floor-to-ceiling windows, looking silently at the large lake in front of him through the thick glass.
Her eyes moved slowly between a tall rockery and the ant-like figures on the lawn.
It didn't move for a long time.
Several blue paper cranes of different sizes circled around her, dancing gracefully, trying to land on her shoulders that were exposed in the air like white porcelain.
But they seemed to be under a spell, unable to get close to this figure.
"How long do you plan to let them fly?" A curious voice sounded next to him: "This is Zheng Qing's paper crane, right?"
The person asking the question was Liu Feifei. She was sitting behind a desk not far from the floor-to-ceiling windows, with a thick hard-cover book spread out in front of her eyes and a pink quill spinning between her fingers.
In the remaining space on the desk, a large, lazy snake slumped.
This big snake put its head on a shelf made of several reference books, and circled the desk a few times. The tip of its tail crossed the edge of the table and hung in the air, trembling happily.
For this cold-blooded creature, the almost constant cool breath of Shushan Pavilion is its favorite.
"How long will it take to fly?" The tall figure paused for a moment and whispered to himself: "How long will it take to fly like this involuntarily?"
As she spoke, her fingers holding the cards shook slightly, and a tarot card floated into the air.
"Reversed Magician."
A hoarse, melodious voice sounded softly.
The blue paper cranes that were flying around the witch were stunned for a moment and almost fell out of the air because they forgot to flap their wings.
A few seconds later, as if they had received some message, the paper cranes all turned around, stumbled and flew towards the outside of the library.
Perhaps the magical interference was serious, and a few paper cranes even accidentally bumped into the bookshelf.
After sending away those annoying little goblins, Elena flipped her burgundy wavy hair around her ears, turned her head, looked at Liu Feifei, and showed a bright smile: "Why did you say it was his paper crane?"
"Oh, this." Liu Feifei's face turned red immediately, and she hesitated for a long time before saying hesitantly: "Nicholas told me... He said that you and Zheng Qing are in love."
Elena raised her eyebrows and looked at the restless girl in front of her in surprise, a narrow smile gradually appeared on her face: "It turns out to be Nicholas...ah."
Her last voice seemed a bit long and hoarse.
There seems to be a lot of unknown curiosity, exclamation and so on hidden in those trembling tones.
Liu Feifei obviously couldn't handle the gypsy witch's teasing.
She almost immediately forgot the question she had just asked Elena, but blushed and defended: "It's not what you think... I was helping him with his homework... He helped me a lot when school started.
busy."
As she spoke, she nervously stroked the big snake under her hand, straightened it out, then coiled it into a circle, straightened it again, and coiled it up again.
The big snake drooped its tongue and relaxed its body as much as possible. It was obvious that it had rich experience in dealing with the hostess's behavior of ordering it when it was nervous.
"Oh..." was another meaningful sigh.
Elena stretched out her jade-like index finger, raised it in front of her bright red lips, and nodded slightly: "I understand, I understand... we are all classmates, we help each other."
Liu Feifei was obviously relieved.
She clenched her white and tender little fists, punched the coiled snake hard, and nodded in agreement: "That's right, that's right... we are all classmates, helping each other."
Under her fist, the poor pet snake opened its mouth and let out a silent cry of pain.
"What a cute little thing." Elena whispered.
The big snake spit out the letter and shook pitifully.
"How did you bring this little cutie into Shushan Pavilion?" The gypsy witch stretched out two slender fingers, pressed them on the big snake's head, and slowly stroked it downwards along the top of its head.
The big snake seemed to be stimulated by something, and its whole body became stiff and stiff, like a stick.
"Professor Zhang... is Mr. Octopus who manages the bookshelf gallery. He heard that the big snake I raised was sick and he was very interested." Liu Feifei obviously didn't mind changing the topic. In fact, when Elena changed the topic, she
He looked much more relaxed: "So he asked me to bring Xiaolong here so that he can help with the eyes."
"Your wording... is really interesting." Elena's eyebrows wrinkled, her nose also wrinkled, looking very cute: "Why didn't I see that this... this lovely 'Miss Big Snake' is sick?"
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While talking, she kept pressing two fingers on the big snake's body.
"Miss?" Liu Feifei opened her eyes wide in surprise: "It's a male...my grandma told me."
"Oh!" the gypsy witch suddenly realized, and repeated: "Snake, sir?"
She tilted her head and stared at the long worm under her finger with great interest.
The big snake blinked rapidly and slumped obediently on the table, motionless.
"Let's draw a card." Elena tilted her head, looked at Liu Feifei, moved her fingers slightly, and the deck of tarot cards floated in the air, with the back of the cards facing the hostess of the serpent.
"Me?" Liu Feifei was obviously very interested, but seemed a little embarrassed, and murmured: "Would you like to take a random card?"
After receiving a positive answer, the somewhat restrained witch closed her eyes and clicked casually in the air.
"Upright Position·Moon."
Elena's hoarse voice sounded in her ears.
"Yeah!" Liu Feifei suddenly opened her eyes and glanced at the gypsy witch in panic: "I suddenly remembered that something urgent...I'll go out for a while and I'll be back soon...Can you help me take care of the little dragon."
As she said this, she clasped her hands together and looked at Elena imploringly.
The gypsy witch smiled slightly, held her left hand in the air, and took back the tarot cards floating in the air.
"It's my pleasure." She smiled as she watched the freshman chief student hurriedly disappear behind the bookshelf in the distance.
The whole corner suddenly became much emptier.
There was only a big snake lying on the desk pretending to be dead, and a beautiful witch.
"How long do you plan to lie here?" The witch poked the snake with her slender fingers, as if she was looking for a more convenient place to start: "If you don't plan to say anything, then you don't mind if I scratch some snake skin.
Rub your handbag."
"This little bit of skin is not enough to make clothes for those sand bugs of yours." A hissing sound suddenly came from the mouth of the big snake.
It stared at the gypsy witch in front of it with cold eyes, and the tip of its tail was hooked.
A translucent flying insect the size of a rice grain was tightly clamped by the wrinkled skin at the tip of its tail.
Elena narrowed her eyes.
"Guess where I found this little bug?" The big snake's hoarse voice seemed a little proud.
"Is this a threat?" The witch's voice was very calm.
"Threat?" The big snake hurriedly flicked its tail to get rid of the little bug, and the corners of its hard mouth curled up: "No, no, no, this is just a greeting gift for friendly exchanges... as a little secret between us.
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When he escaped from the sand at the snake's tail, he shook his wings, flew up lightly, circled several times in mid-air, got into Elena's bag and disappeared.
The curve of the corners of the big snake's mouth became more and more obvious.
The gypsy witch removed her fingers from the big snake, took out a tissue from her bag, wiped it hard, and threw it into the trash can not far away in disgust.
"Who would deal with a... smelly demon disguised as a pet?" she sneered.
"Of course it's those...existences who raised a group of strange bugs on campus and didn't immediately throw a poor little monster to the working committee of the First University." The big snake blinked and replied slickly: "If
To say there is really any difference between the two...maybe it’s just the purpose.”
Elena was silent for a moment, turned around, and returned to the floor-to-ceiling window.
"Although I can guess who your master is...but I don't think there is any use for a little demon that smells like seafood to sneak into First University."
"So, I don't want you to wander around this campus casually and cause some unpredictable consequences."
The witch's voice was very cold, but she still couldn't hide her disgust:
"For example, kill a kitten."
"Although I have reservations about your accusation." The big snake tied its body into several knots, arched its head, and said in a very gentle tone: "But I will do as you wish, madam."