Chapter Thirteen: Chinese New Year
"Of course I hope you can learn from me... but unfortunately, no matter how I teach you or how I teach you by words, in the end you are still you, and I am still me." Yin Clan narrowed his eyes, raised his lips slightly, and said in a nearly giggle tone, "Stume, have you learned anything from today's lesson?"
"Maybe I once again confirmed your shameless speech, and became increasingly determined to kill." Tapir's eyes became sharper. After a habitual sentence, he finally turned the topic back on the right path. "Since you don't want to talk about what happened to you recently... well, today is the New Year. For the sake of the ancestors, I won't be more troubled with you." He did not support the ground with his hands, but with the help of the power of his knees, he thrust his legs and directly "pulled" his slender body from the floor and returned to a straight standing position. His sharp nails scraped across the floor, making a sound that made people goosebumps burst. Just a slight wipe, he left ten extremely deep scratches.
"All the monsters in this country originated from the great 'Nian beast'. Although he was sealed by a leisurely and panicked Taoist priest thousands of years ago, we are still willing to believe him, worship him, and admire him. In order to commemorate his existence, monsters are generally not provocative at this time... From this perspective, the holidays we enjoy are similar to humans." After saying this, the figure of the tapir? began to fade, and the outline of the white coat fluttered, making him become as erratic as an electronic screen flashing in an old TV. "Yin clan, remember."
The Yin clan also stood up and smiled and nodded at each other like a farewell friend. He couldn't see the expression of the tapir under the crow's mask, but he could also imagine what the other party was like at this moment.
"Next time... I will definitely make you worse than death, just like you did to me."
"Where did you get this ring?" Yin asked with a smile.
"Picked up." Yin clan couldn't see the expression of tapir?, but it can be imagined that his tone was full of seriousness, as natural as saying "one plus one equals two".
"That's my thing."
"Your? Call it and see if it agrees." Tapir sneered, "Besides... I want to kill you, not playing any game like tearing up a name tag. Do you still have to care about the means? For example, if you go to a scenic place, you spent 5,000 yuan, they used this money to make 500 bullets. Then one day, the army of this country invaded in a large-scale manner, and one of the bullets happened to hit your heart with the power of karma. Who are you blaming?"
Don’t look at the tapir? It always shows a cold aura of “I am the big devil” in front of people, and I watch many variety shows in private...
"Swish--" With a light sound, the already very vague figure completely faded away, narrowed, and eventually turned into a golden stream of light that disappeared from this old house.
The house became deserted again, and you could vaguely see the dark sky outside the window and the occasional light flashing in the sky.
Ajiu finally opened her eyes, glanced around, then took a step forward, walked up from behind Yin clan in a pretty decent cat walk, and fumbled in the pocket of the maid's suit with his right hand and took out a silver-shiny bracelet. She held the bracelet firmly in her hand and handed her arms forward. The silver-shiny bracelet looked particularly metallic on the black leather gloves. It seemed that there was a circle of extremely small ancient characters on the inner circle of the bracelet. Because their arrangement was too close and too small, ordinary people might not be able to find it even if they were staring at it for a long time, and they might not be able to recognize what they were writing.
It is written: "When I close my eyes, you can't see me."
What is interesting is that this sentence is clearly written in vernacular Chinese. Just looking at the sentence structure, it is mostly from a modern person. However, its writing method is a hieroglyph that is similar to that of oracle bone inscriptions. If its font is enlarged and pasted directly in any newly unearthed cave, there is no sense of incongruity. The only explanation is probably... An archaeological and micro-carving artist was idle and had nothing to do, and engraved a line of words on it.
"Young Master, you forgot to wear a bracelet when you went out this morning." Once there was no one around, Ajiu said more, "This silver bracelet is your shield. Once taken off, all those with the ability to reconnaissance, foresight, and sensing system superpowers may notice your existence. If nothing unexpected happens, your negligence has exposed your coordinates and identity to the outside world. This may attract some people with bad intentions. Please prepare for your response as appropriate."
After she reminded her, she turned her head and kept cleaning the trays on the table as if nothing had happened. The maid's sister's tone was similar... "You make the sweets all over the room, which may attract mice and other things. Clean it up as appropriate and don't add to my work burden." It was filled with a casual smell, as if the matter itself was not serious.
"Maybe you should remind me before you go out." Yin clan obviously didn't take it seriously and said with a smile, "When it comes to the detection system... Ajiu, can you see me in the 'this house'?"
"You can see that one of my superpowers is 'super visual'. Although there are many superpowers in this city, the density is far from overwhelming to the point where I can't handle it. Once the young master takes off his bracelet and moves outside, his unique 'qi' will be very conspicuous, like a beauties wandering around the streets in a bikini in the middle of winter. It's impossible to see it." Ajiu folded a stack of plates, pointed his right hand, and they floated neatly in the air, and drifted into the kitchen according to the established route. After a while, the sound of "hurrying" water came from inside, and the plates began to clean their "body". "My preliminary judgment is that the young master did not forget to wear the silver bracelet for a while, but deliberately did not wear it."
"I have been working as a maid for nine years. Every day during this period, the young master never took off his bracelet, but he only took it off yesterday. The only possibility that Ajiu could think of is... The young master wanted a certain ability person to see him, or to announce his existence to the person who could see his ability, so as to cause a chain reaction. Since the young master has his own considerations, Ajiu naturally doesn't have to speak."
"..." A satisfied smile appeared on the thin face of Yin clan. After a moment, the smile flew in a flash, turning into an unconcealed regret and regret. He turned his back and faced the landscape calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall. He pondered for about a few minutes, and sighed, "Ajiu... You and your brother are becoming more and more like."
Hearing this, Ajiu suddenly stopped. Her "mind motivation" also paused for a brief moment, and almost smashed all the floating plates. As the word "brother" was expressed, the emotions of shock, worry, sentimentality, and at a loss hit her heart like a bullet. But the strong girl just raised her eyebrows slightly and began to operate her mind to move the furniture that needs to be cleaned. There was no look of grievance on this face as beautiful as a doll.
The Yin clan saw it and couldn't help but tremble in his heart, and secretly sighed at Ajiu's inner strength and resilience. There is a saying that "break and then stand". Just like an eagle, when at the right age, they will crash into the cliff like crazy, using stone walls to sharpen their loose claws and teeth. Even if they hit blood and their muscles and bones are broken, they will persist until they complete their transformation, or fall off the cliff and crush them to pieces. In short, they either break or stand, and there is no third kind of misfortune!
Ajiu is a qualified eagle.
She stayed here longer and had more and more experiences. The Yin clan clearly felt that the girl's various abilities were rapidly approaching the man in her memory. No wonder she said that her brother and sister had a deep relationship. Whether it was analysis, detective, or flexible use of superpowers, Ajiu was subconsciously imitating her brother.
"Don't worry, your brother is my old friend, I will help you find him..."
The Yin clan thought about it, but just read this sentence in his heart without saying it. According to his understanding, Ajiu should be as stubborn as her brother. This kind of arrogance has a common characteristic: he does not accept food given to him, nor is he willing to easily accept help from others. When the Yin clan adopted Ajiu, he thought of raising her as his sister to provide her with food and clothing, but the latter refused righteously.
Back then, the little Ajiu bravely looked straight into the Yin clan's eyes and said righteously, "I want to trade labor for food, clothing, housing and transportation, let me do something!"
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"Ajiu." Yin clan walked over, hesitated for a while, and put down the hand that was originally going to rub her head, and gently patted her shoulder, "Happy New Year."
"Happy New Year, Master."
Outside the house, noon was already here. You could vaguely hear festive cheers from several residential buildings, but most places were silent. Considering the need for safety, the city had banned the setting of fireworks a few years ago, and the streets were empty, which seemed a little deserted. However, the lights on every household were still slightly more like the New Year atmosphere. At least, people have not completely forgotten the tradition of staying up to the New Year. There are also quite a few people who are guarding the TV, pinching seconds, putting down all the burdens of the year, and excitedly waiting for the arrival of the New Year.
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Yin clan and Ajiu are not the kind of chattering personality, and the way of expressing emotions naturally does not need to be complicated. Many times, the two of them only need a simple look and movement to understand what they mean. This may be the tacit understanding that men and women who have lived together for nine years can develop.
After the sensation, the two quickly returned to their daily rhythm of getting along, and summarized it in four words, "Each person does their own things". Ajiu went back to her room. Since this was a girl's room and she had enough ability to take care of it herself, the Yin clan had never been in for the past nine years, which was considered a personal respect for others.
He enjoyed the night view for a while, stood up, turned back to his room, sat comfortably on a recliner, and raised his legs, which was extremely enjoyable.
With the moonlight, he took out the jade ring that Lao Sun gave him from his pocket, played with it repeatedly under the soft moonlight, and kept muttering, "What kind of thing are you..."
Chapter completed!