At this moment, the system that had been silent for a long time suddenly started to move——

[Congratulations on successfully starting the side mission: "Parade with the previous generation of oiran"]

[Estimated reward for completing the task: deep-sea desalination fine dried fish*10 boxes]

[Props description (updated): A total of 240 cans of dried fish, the favorite snack of the little gray cat raised by the doctor’s family/the courtean’s family]

[Current side mission progress: 0%]

Good guy, I can reward you with ten boxes of dried fish in one go.

Qi Jiu didn't know for a moment whether this was the last time he expressed his appeal to the system and tried to get orders to earn "dried fish", or whether that guy was setting things off for him and Xiao Hui.

No matter what, his cat cannot escape the fate of becoming a fat ball.

*

Red paper lanterns are hung all over the eaves of the corridor, and the lights are swaying in the east wind.

The streets were busy with traffic and people were shouting. The news of the Qikuya Oiran's parade tonight had already spread throughout the streets. No one wanted to miss this grand scene.

An oiran wearing half-foot-thick Paulownia clogs and decadent attire appeared on the streets.

The oiran assumed a lazy and indifferent posture as usual. His eyes flicked towards the crowd and his steps moved lightly. He was obviously condescending and ignoring the uninhibited attitude of the crowd on the street, but he was also particularly bewitching and seductive.

Such an oiran is something that people on the street can only look up to.

But tonight is a little different from the past. In the past, this courtesan would never put his hand on a man's shoulder for a parade like this.

Although this man is wearing a "Sixteen" mask on his face, his tall and straight figure looks very young.

People parading in the street were talking about who this young man was who asked the courtesan to make an exception? What is his background?

Qi Ku's appearance seemed to make tonight more lively.

People gathered on both sides of the oiran parade, and the noisy and overlapping sounds of clogs reminded Qi Qiu of Miss Ikuko's fast-paced shamisen during the Blood Sakura Night Banquet.

The east wind carried fine petals, the clouds broke through the moon, and the pale moonlight shone on the stone stacks under my feet.

Qi Jiu calmly accepted the attention of everyone, tonight was destined to be absurd.

As the attendant leading the way for the oiran, the male oiran who had the same face as him put his hand on his shoulder, and they walked side by side under the gaze of millions of people.

The streets were bustling with people, but no one discovered the secret that they had the same face.

In full view of everyone, the two walked in the hustle and bustle in tacit understanding, and even their steps were consistent from beginning to end.

They walked side by side tacitly, secretly sharing this absurd and exciting little secret, like two children secretly hiding in a cupboard playing role-playing games.

Taboo. Private. No one knows except each other.

These are enough to make people addicted.

"What are you thinking about?" Through the noise around him, the male courtesan's voice sounded in his ears.

Qi Jiu asked him directly: "Why is this place called Qijiu House?"

"What about you?" the male oiran asked him, "Why are you called Qi Qiu again?"

"Does this have something to do with what you said last time about the thief who stole your data?" Qi Jiu said straight to the point.

He rarely thinks about such illusory issues as the meaning of his own existence, but at this moment, facing the existence of the other party, he thinks it is necessary to discuss it.

The male oiran was silent for a moment and then said with a smile: "Should I dissect you and observe and study it?"

As he spoke, he pressed his fingers slightly on Qi Qiu's shoulders.

Qi Jiu could sense the dangerous aura on the other party's body, and he knew that this male courtesan was the most dangerous being in the dungeon.

But he wasn't afraid at the moment, and even found it interesting.

After all, there is a contractual bond between them.

"Compared to dissecting me, for you now, the deal we signed the contract is more cost-effective, isn't it?" Qi Jiu said calmly.

Silence briefly spread between them.

The male courtesan laughed lowly: "I think it's more like a game now than a transaction."

Qi Jiu: "Really? It's a hide-and-seek game between the hunter and the prey?"

The male oiran glanced at him lightly: "Are you a hunter or a prey?"

Qi Jiu asked back: "What about you?"

They laughed in tacit understanding.

"I said, is it very unruly for an attendant to chat with an oiran during a street parade?" Qi Jiu asked half-jokingly.

Male Courtesan: "It's not against the rules, it's just something that is simply not allowed to happen."

"Oh, then what does it mean for us to be like this now?" Qi Jiu asked.

The male oiran paused and said two words lightly: "Privilege."

Qi Jiu was stunned for a moment and then smiled: "Miss Oiran, I found you. Where is the more interesting thing you promised?"

The male courtesan moved lightly, walking in the shadow of numerous lamps and under the moonlight.

He said: "Don't worry, you will know when the parade is over."

*

After the male courtesans finished their parade, they went into the boudoir to take off their makeup and change their clothes.

At this time, Qi Qiu, who was wearing a Neng mask, had become the subject of discussion among everyone, including all the wandering girls in Qijiu's house. They couldn't help but look at him secretly when they passed by him.

This masked young man who was treated differently by the oiran was really curious.

"Sir, I'm sorry for the long wait. It will take some time for the oiran to change clothes. Drinks have been prepared under the cherry blossoms in the atrium. Please move to the atrium to enjoy the cherry blossoms and wait." The girl who led the way bowed her head and said to Qi Qiu.

Qi Jiu had already expected that he would not be able to escape the oiran's bloody cherry blossom banquet tonight.

After Younu led Qi Kui to the atrium, she walked over without violating the rules: "Please."

After signaling to Qi Qiu, she bowed and left.

When the moon reaches the atrium, the moonlight dyes the snow-like white cherry blossoms on the branches scarlet red, as if countless beating fires are burning in the night.

Desserts and drinks have been prepared under the blood cherry. Qi Jiu sat in front of the arranged table and poured the blood wine for himself.

He gradually adapted to it and fell in love with the taste of blood brew.

While Qi Jiu drank the blood brew, he looked up at the branches covered with blood cherry blossoms.

The moonlight shines on Qi Qiu through the lush petals, and the fallen cherry blossoms fall gently into the cup.

Qi Chu remembered that the male courtesan once told him in the mist-filled soup pool in his dream——

"On a night when the moon is pale, there are always people who are afraid, and there are always people who are sad."

On a bright moonlit night, the blood cherry blossoms will eat the flesh and blood of the people under the tree. In Miss Ikuko’s cherry blossom viewing night banquet, the cherry blossoms are admired and the feast is human flesh.

This is fear.

When the night wind blows by, you can vaguely hear a distant cry in the rustling wind. This is the cry of the spirit body hanging on the branch like a sunny doll.

This is sadness.

But when I was soaking in the soup pool and looking up at the clear moonlit night sky, I felt an indescribable, distant and long feeling of desolation that obviously did not belong to the above two.

Maybe my emotions were in sync with that guy's.

Has he been living in this world, raising his head like this countless times, looking up at the pale moon alone?

This distant, vast and desolate emotion made Qi Jin shiver unconsciously.

Just like a traveler who keeps moving forward, walking alone in endless time and space, there is no end or starting point, there is only endlessness.

Sometimes, infinity is more desperate than despair itself.

The male oiran who had finished changing appeared in the atrium. At this moment, he had changed into a plain and wide haori. His bun had been loosened, and his black hair was hanging loosely.

The male oiran held the long knife in his hand and walked towards Qi Qiu.

"The blood cherry blossoms here are beautiful, aren't they?" The male oiran sat cross-legged across from Qi Qiu and handed him the long knife.

Qi Jiu took the familiar knife, and the blade trembled slightly.

He smiled: "Thank you, so is this the surprise you said?"

The male oiran poured the blood wine for himself and said half-jokingly: "It's just part of the surprise."

"I'm looking forward to it," Qi Jiu said with a slight smile. He looked at the time, "but I only have five minutes left."

In five minutes, this copy space will collapse.

The male oiran nodded: "I know."

As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and leaned over to pour wine for Qi Ku.

"Can you tell me why you want to make blood wine from human blood?" Qi Jiu asked, staring at his action of pouring wine.

The male oiran presented the clear blood brew to Qi Qiu: "I'm not interested in biting other people's necks directly, and I'm not interested in their fresh blood either. Blood brew is delicious, isn't it?"

As he said that, the male oiran raised his eyelids and his gaze stayed on Qi Qiu's neck for half a second.

Qi Jiu met his gaze: "Because you don't like to bite people's necks directly, so you didn't agree to Miss Ikuko's request for transformation?"

The male oiran smiled noncommittally: "I'm not interested in converting others either."

Qi Jiu continued to talk in a casual tone: "If your plot line is not abandoned, then the evil spirit who made the deal with Xiao Mi is you?"

He guessed that if this guy was still in the plot line, then the plot he experienced would probably be that a vampire courtesan was tied to a cross and burned alive. The vampire's soul was sealed in the shrine and needed to be reborn with the help of Xiaomi's power.

.

Male Oiran: "That's true, but I will most likely change the plot temporarily. For example, I will try to trick you into coming to the shrine to make a deal with me. Doesn't this sound more interesting?"

As he spoke, the male oiran took a puff of his pipe, and a fine white mist fluttered on Qi Qiu's face. He continued with a half-smile, "Guess, will you be seduced by me?"

Through the thin smoke, Qi Jiu looked deeply into the other person's eyes: "I'm not sure."

Their eyes met, and they fell silent in a tacit understanding.

The male oiran's eyes wandered over Qi Gu's face and neck. Different from the condescending inspection before, his eyes seemed to be suppressing some emotion at this moment.

For a moment, Qi Chu had the illusion that it was the gaze of a hunter gazing at his prey.

It has a hint of aggression and is waiting for an opportunity.

Qi Jiu even noticed that the male courtesan's Adam's apple was slipping.

But there was not much time left for them, and the two of them knew this tacitly.

The male oiran handed the pipe he had just bitten to Qi Qiu: "Try it?"

Qi Qiu hesitated for a moment, then took the pipe and took a puff like a courtesan.

"Ahem..."

Qi Jiu was choked in embarrassment, and the male oiran laughed.

Immediately afterwards, Qi Chu felt his body shaking a little, and his consciousness was a little vague. He seemed to suddenly become very light, the wind lifted his body, the pale and vast earth spread under his feet, and the bright moonlight reflected in his blood.

It grows vigorously.

The male courtesan came around behind him, and the dangerous and cold breath came overwhelmingly.

He pressed against Qi Qiu's neck: "This way, you won't be in too much pain."

"What..." Qi Ku suddenly had a premonition of something, but at this moment his body was weak and he had almost no strength to move.

"Didn't you ask me why this place is called Qiujiu House?" The male oiran answered the question, "It doesn't matter if I tell you."

At the same time, he gently bit Qi Qiu's neck, the tips of his teeth sinking in.

Just like what the courtesan described, Qi Jiu, who was in a state of paralysis, could not feel any pain after taking a puff of the cigarette.

He just shivered subconsciously, and then he felt a little cold as the blood drained from his body.

Vampires are cold creatures, but they desperately crave human blood.

The only exception is this male courtesan, who only desires "his" blood.

Qi Jiu wanted to ask the male oiran, "Don't you resist biting someone's neck?"

Why treat me differently?

But he no longer had the energy to ask.

There was no need to ask some words. He seemed to vaguely understand something, but it was not so clear.

Qi Jiu only knew clearly that at this moment, under the blooming blood cherry blossoms in the atrium, the male oiran was embracing him for the first time.

In Ms. Ikuko's autobiography, the courtesan clearly said that she would never fall in love with anyone for the first time.

It seems he is a liar.

Qi Jin, who was gradually losing consciousness, unconsciously raised the corners of his lips.

He didn't know when this first embrace ceremony would end, he just felt a little cold.

The male courtesan's sharp teeth, lips, and breath are also very cold.

He said--
Chapter completed!