Lin Qiye stepped through the thick snow and pushed open the door of the courtyard.
The rich aroma of food mixed with lively shouts came from the courtyard. The sunlight in the distance gradually dimmed, and the orange sunset began to climb into the blue sky.
"came back?"
Shen Qingzhu, who was leaning against the wall and smoking, smiled slightly when he saw Lin Qiye coming back.
"Um."
"Is everything settled?"
"It's all over." Lin Qiye stood at the door, feeling the relaxed and joyful atmosphere in the courtyard, and stretched out rarely, "Although the process was a bit tortuous, the result is very satisfactory."
"That's good."
Shen Qingzhu naturally took out a cigarette from his arms and handed it to Lin Qiye, "Would you like to try it?"
Before she finished speaking, Shen Qingzhu shook his head and took back the hand holding the cigarette, "Forget it, it's not good for your health."
Lin Qiye smiled, passed by him, and patted his shoulder, "I will ask you for it when I need it in the future."
He walked straight into the courtyard.
"Instructor Lin!"
As soon as he entered the courtyard, Li Zhenzhen hugged a white cat and trotted out of the room.
The white cat in her arms had one foot bandaged and seemed to have some difficulty moving. She could only be held in Li Zhenzhen's arms, letting the delicate and warm palms caress his fur, with a slight embarrassment in her eyes.
It turned its head slightly, as if a little embarrassed to look at Lin Qiye.
Lin Qiye looked at Li Zhenzhen, then at the white cat with red cheeks in her arms, and raised her eyebrows.
"Instructor Lin, are you okay? Do you need treatment?" Li Zhenzhen asked worriedly, "How are those 'mysteries'? And Ding Chongfeng and the others..."
"The 'mysterious' matter has been resolved. After Ding Chongfeng and the other three knew that you were fine, they went down the mountain to have New Year's Eve dinner." Lin Qiye touched her head and smiled, "You still have to have some confidence in the instructor.
"
"As expected of Instructor Lin."
"Fang Mo, how are you recovering?" Lin Qiye's eyes fell on the white cat in her arms, and she took the initiative to speak with a smile on her face.
The white cat's body shook slightly.
"It's nothing serious, Master Qiye." The white cat Fang Mo had an embarrassed look on his face and answered bravely.
"Huh? This cat can still talk?"
Zhang Zhengting, who was busy preparing dishes on the side, walked forward in surprise, wiped his hands on his apron, and asked Li Zhenzhen curiously:
"Really, this is..."
"Oh, this is my classmate." Li Zhenzhen grabbed the white cat's injured paw, waved it gently, and said with a smile, "It was injured, so it can only look like this, and it has some difficulty in moving...
It seems that he can only stay at our house for the New Year."
"Classmates?" Zhang Zhengting's expression became subtle, "A male classmate or a female classmate?"
"Male classmate."
"oh……"
Zhang Zhengting's mouth twitched slightly and he glanced at the white cat Fang Mo. He didn't say anything more, but said quietly, "Then let's stay and celebrate the New Year together."
Fang Mo:(ー_ー)
Just as a few people were chatting, the door of the courtyard was pushed open again, and everyone turned to look at it at the same time, slightly startled.
Standing at the door was a strange face wearing leather boots and a military coat.
He stood at the door, looked around, took his hands out of his pockets, seemed a little overwhelmed, and said awkwardly:
"Well...it was Captain Shao who asked me to come to the New Year's Eve dinner."
Zhang Zhengting and others looked at each other, as if they had thought of something, and a look of surprise appeared in their eyes.
"Chen Han, let's sit here together." Lin Qiye noticed his embarrassment, smiled, stretched out his hand, and patted the seat next to him, "The food will be ready soon."
"okay."
Chen Han felt like he was being pardoned and quickly walked to Lin Qiye's side.
"Hello, my name is Zhang Zhengting, and I am a member of the 006 team." Zhang Zhengting reached out his hand.
"Hello, my name is Chen Han."
"My name is Yuan Gang, and I am the vice-captain here."
"My name is Lu Rover..."
Everyone shook hands with Chen Han enthusiastically and introduced him.
After all the social activities were over, Chen Han sat relaxedly next to Lin Qiye. The other team members went to busy themselves with the New Year's Eve dinner. Only the two of them sat in the empty corridor, quietly admiring the snow scenery.
"The environment here is really nice." Chen Han looked around and couldn't help but sigh.
"Compared to your Anta County Forestry Bureau, living here is indeed much more comfortable."
"No, that's not what I'm talking about." Chen Han shook his head, stretched out his hand, and pointed at the scattered snowflakes in the sky, "I like the snow here and the tranquility here. I have been in Anta County for a long time, and I am not used to it.
Fast-paced urban life.”
"Anyway, as long as you like it." Lin Qiye turned to look at him, "After all, you may have to live here for a long time."
Chen Han was silent for a moment and sighed.
"To be honest, I still haven't figured out what happened. It was about to fail, but as soon as the demon ape appeared, the situation inexplicably got back on track...
You say, is there really a ‘mystery’ on the side of mankind in this world?”
"maybe."
Lin Qiye smiled mysteriously.
While the two were chatting, Li Zhenzhen held the white cat and walked around the yard, then walked to Lin Qiye and Chen Han.
"Uncle Chen, have you seen my uncle Shao?" she couldn't help but ask.
"I saw it."
"Did he say when he would come back?"
"He said that if everything goes well, he should be able to come back for the New Year's Eve dinner." Chen Han glanced at the sky and said doubtfully, "Logically speaking, it should be almost there..."
Suddenly, Lin Qiye seemed to sense something, raised his head slightly and looked into the distance, falling into silence.
…
Outside the courtyard.
Shao Pingge wore a dark red cloak, stepped on the snow, and walked towards the gate.
Suddenly, the phone in his arms rang. Shao Pingge was startled. After hesitating for a moment, he took out his phone.
"Hello?"
"Ping Ge, Happy New Year."
"You too, Commander Zuo." Shao Pingge smiled helplessly, "Call me at this time, shouldn't it just be to wish me a happy New Year?"
"……Um."
Zuo Qing on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment, and then said, "Today, the two passes on the northwest border detected fluctuations in the invasion of alien creatures, but after careful investigation, no signs of the entry of alien gods were found.
I'm worried that those outside gods will take advantage of our Chinese New Year to do some tricks, just in case..."
"I understand." Shao Pingge nodded, "I will go to the front line now, sit at the pass, and set up a dream net to prevent anything else from sneaking in."
"Thanks for your hard work."
"It should."
Shao Pingge hung up the phone and stood silently in front of the vermilion door of the courtyard.
The familiar aroma of food, mixed with laughter and laughter, floated out from behind the door. Shao Pingge stood alone in the snow, wearing a dark red cloak, fluttering slightly in the wind.
After an unknown amount of time, he let out a long sigh, moved his steps, and turned around to leave, full of regret and reluctance.
Squeak——!
He had just taken two steps when the vermilion door behind him was gently pushed open.
Shao Pingge froze on the spot.
He turned around and saw Lin Qiye standing quietly in front of the door, looking at him with a smile.
"Captain Shao, Happy New Year." Lin Qiye paused and added,