Chapter 6: Family Games You Never Get Tired of 1
After a long silence, Hongze suddenly looked at me and said, "Oh, I remember now." I accepted Hongze's gaze and felt the two giant hands pulling me disappear, leaving only peace. I calmly waited for Hongze to say what I had promised him before, and then I offered the Soul Binding Cage to him with both hands.
"You once said that your greatest wish was to have a family. Am I right?"
Hongze spoke word by word, and it was clearly in Chinese, but I seemed not to understand. My wish? I recalled the wish I blurted out when I first regarded Hongze as the genie of Aladdin's lamp. But Hongze didn't give me any response at that time. It turned out that he had always remembered it. He remembered the wish I said casually, but he didn't remember the promise I made to him seriously?
Zhou Mian had been on guard against Hongze, and never lowered his hand to protect me. At this moment, he was like a cat with its fur standing on end, protecting me tightly and saying sternly, "Hey! What's your intention in saying this suddenly? Lingmiao certainly has a family, and I am Lingmiao's family!"
Listening to Zhou Mian's words, I was moved. Zhou Mian was probably the best person to me in the world. I also always regarded Zhou Mian as an important family member of mine, but I had always accepted protection unilaterally, so I really didn't have the face to say "Zhou Mian is an important family member of mine".
At this time, I think my wish is to make a deal. However, I still can't help but feel a little bit of anticipation in my heart, and I don't even know what I am looking forward to.
I looked into Hongze's eyes and said in a deep voice, "Yes, you are not mistaken. Then what?"
Hong Ze narrowed his eyes and stared at me for a while, then suddenly reached out and pulled me forward from behind Zhou Mian. I couldn't help but follow his movements, walked out from behind Zhou Mian, and stood in front of him.
Hongze leaned down and slowly raised my hand to his lips. He lowered his head and gently pressed his lips on his thumb: "Human, let me become your family."
When Hongze said this, I couldn't help but hold my breath. Then I pulled my hand back as if I had been electrocuted. My head was buzzing and I couldn't think at all.
Zhou Mian was the first to react, and he pushed Hongze hard, causing him to stagger. Just as he was about to speak, Ji Heng next to him suddenly screamed, "Ahhh! Hongze, what are you doing? Are you crazy?"
Hongze's gentle eyes turned cold, and Jiheng stopped talking immediately. He pursed his lips and said aggrievedly: "Did you ask me to come and see the show..."
Zhou Mian clenched his fists, looking like he was ready to rush over and hit Hongze at any time. He gritted his teeth and said, "Do you think you are so great? You actually did such a thing. You are so insidious and cunning!" After Zhou Mian and Ji Heng had a fight, I calmed down and asked, "What happened next?"
"Human, I think you are different from us, and you don't have such a strong bond with the magic weapon. So, if I become a family member recognized by you, you can give me the Soul Binding Cage."
Jiheng suddenly whispered, "You must be crazy."
I looked at Ji Heng, not understanding why he said that. From his perspective as an outsider, Hongze became my family and I gave him the Soul Binding Cage, which should be a win-win result. However, I clearly promised to fully cooperate with Hongze to get out of the restriction, but now not only did I fail to fulfill my promise, but Hongze also proposed attractive conditions in exchange. From this point of view, I should be the one who is insidious and cunning.
Zhou Mian raised his hand and waved it in front of my eyes, and said with some concern: "If you don't want to give up the Soul Binding Cage, it's okay if you don't agree. I...I will always be by your side."
I shook my head: "No, I promise."
I knew in my heart that it was not me who agreed, but I had no choice but to agree. Helping Hongze to unlock the restrictions of the Soul Binding Cage was what I was supposed to do. Now that Hongze was willing to become my family, I was taking advantage of him.
"I say, Hongze, think it through! You were born and raised by nature, and have been imprisoned in the Soul Binding Cage for three hundred years. Do you really know what family is?" Ji Heng, who had been holding it in for a long time, jumped behind me and shouted to Hongze through me, "This is not a joke!"
Hongze was a little exasperated: "They are just family ! What do you not know? Go away! If Prime Minister Turtle knew that his Eight Immortals Pocket was broken, he would not forgive you."
"Hey, hey, hey, who's the reason for it being broken? How can you be so heartless! I came all the way here to save you!"
"Are you here to save me? Did you succeed?"
"Well, you can't blame me! Who knows..."
"Then why don't you go find a more powerful treasure! If she gives me the Soul Binding Cage, I won't be able to leave. I'll make you pay!"
"You! You're being unreasonable!"
Looking at Jiheng's angry back as he ran away, I suddenly felt like laughing. After all, when Hongze was annoyed by girls before, he always focused his anger on me. Now it seems that he is the kind of person who will vent his anger on people who are closer to him.
"Lingmiao, are you...you don't have to agree." Zhou Mian grabbed my shoulders, seeming to be hesitant to speak.
"Zhou Mian, that's enough! She has already promised me, and you are dithering like an old woman."
"Do you know what old lady means?"
"I do not know."
Hongze spoke confidently, but he choked Zhou Mian. I laughed out loud. Apart from Ling Jiao, this was the first time I saw Zhou Mian being choked so easily.
"I'm hungry." Hongze rubbed his stomach and looked at me pitifully, "Where's the food you brought? I remember there was steak today! I haven't eaten it for a long time!"
"You remembered it wrong..." As soon as I finished speaking, Hongze looked at me with a hurt face, as if I had secretly eaten the steak. I held my forehead helplessly, "You only ate the steak the day before yesterday! It's not even more than 48 hours..."
"Don't worry about the details! Come on, we want to eat steak, steak, steak, steak..." Hongze waved his hand and sang as he ran down the low roof. As if he remembered something, he raised his hand and hooked his fingers, and the uniform on the ground flew over lightly. In the blink of an eye, he had changed into the uniform, and continued to sing and disappeared at the corner of the stairs.
I woke up as if from a dream, and followed him: "Hey! You haven't lifted the ban yet, don't forget! Slow down!"
After lunch, until school was over, Hongze didn't do anything special. I was a little disappointed. He said he would become my family, was it just talk?
I propped my head up and looked at the students walking in the corridor, muttering, "Family members probably won't go to the same school..."
Li Zimei packed her schoolbag and came over to ask me curiously, "What are you talking about? You didn't come back for a class after being called out by Hongze this morning, and now you're saying something incomprehensible. What's wrong with you?"
"No." I shook my head reflexively, and after a moment of hesitation, I couldn't help but ask her, "What did your family do when you were in school?"
"Ah? Why are you suddenly talking about this? You must be at work. What's wrong with you?" Li Zimei said as a matter of course, as if I had asked a particularly stupid question.
I curled my lips, feeling really stupid. It was all Hongze's fault, for suddenly saying he wanted to be my family and causing me to lose my mind.
Hongze stood beside my table and knocked on it impatiently : "Let's go."
"Actually, there's something I've been concerned about for a long time." Li Zimei, who was about to leave, suddenly turned around and looked at us, "Why don't you ever call Lingmiao's name?"
Thinking of the first time Hongze called my name at noon, my face froze. Hongze's bewitching voice was still ringing in my ears, but the only time he called my name was to get me to hand over the Soul Binding Cage to him so he could leave. If that's the case, I'd rather he never call my name for the rest of his life.
Now, Li Zimei suddenly asked, and I looked at Hongze curiously, wondering what answer he would give.
"A name is just a title. What's so worthy of attention? Just like you call the teacher teacher, why don't you call him by his name?" Hongze's words were well-reasoned and neither Li Zimei nor I could refute them. He knocked on my desk again and said, "Let's go."
Li Zimei looked confused and nodded as she walked out of the classroom. When she reached the door, she remembered to retort, "You call me teacher because you respect your teacher!"
"Oh." Hongze responded expressionlessly, obviously not wanting to dwell on this issue. I shrugged indifferently and quickened the pace of packing my schoolbag. The days of going to school and going home with Hongze seemed even more precious after what happened this afternoon.
After walking two steps, I realized that Hongze didn't catch up with me. I looked back at him curiously and found that he was still standing by my desk, thinking about something.
Hongze felt my gaze, turned his head away awkwardly, and said vaguely: "I won't call you casually if you care about the bond between our names..."
I was shocked. I really care about the bond in the name, so among the small animals I picked up, only Linglong, who was particularly close to me, was named by me. However, Hongze seemed to have misunderstood something.
"I just told you not to name the little koi casually. If you do name it, you should take responsibility for it. I didn't mean to tell you not to call me by my name casually. I told you my name at the beginning, but you kept calling me 'human human'."
"You, you are originally a human being."
After saying that, Hongze quickly walked past me and walked out of the classroom.
I don't know what I touched his nerves again, I pouted and quickly followed him. This guy is increasingly not aware of keeping a ten-meter distance.
