Volume 5: Qingming Chapter 1 Challenge
Back at the insect house, Jiang You walked to the long table, picked up the cup, drank the cold black tea, and tidied the table. Then he picked up the shoulder bag on the ground, patted the dust on it, took out an empty Coke bottle from it, and threw it into the trash can. Then he walked out of the store with the shoulder bag, walked to the camphor tree, took out the branch from the bag, and held it in his hand.
The pale golden light flows on one and a half leaves and branches.
Jiang You applied a little force with his fingers.
Points of light floated out from the leaves, gradually gathered into a beam, circled around Jiang You's body, and then floated towards the camphor tree. They jumped and played, and the whole camphor tree was illuminated by the light points.
The branch turned into powder and fell to the ground from Jiang You's palm.
The light penetrated the trunk and extended all the way down to the end of the root system. There were some rumbling sounds under the ground. The sound lasted for more than three minutes. Jiang You saw a pale golden bird-shaped symbol appear on the trunk. The symbol lit up for a moment and then dimmed. At the same time, the yard also darkened.
"Is this considered an obsession?"
The branches swayed.
Jiang You turned around and took a few steps forward.
A lot of tender buds have grown on the branches of the pomegranate tree not far away, and many rice-sized flower buds are dotted among the leaves. In more than a month, the pomegranate flowers will be in full bloom.
He sat down on the swing in front of the pomegranate tree.
Shaked a few times.
Stretch my sore arms.
I took out my phone and checked Weibo for a while. There were some leaked photos of Yang Xuan’s filming. Her look was quite youthful.
Then he opened the Dream Garden and looked at the level 4005 displayed in the lower right corner. He felt that the challenge would never end.
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Lin Yu walked to the gate of the yard .
He immediately saw Jiang You, and when he was about to knock on the door to signal, he heard Jiang You's voice.
Jiang You said, "Come in, wait a moment, I'll finish this round."
A few minutes later, the level was cleared. Jiang You stood up and walked to Lin Yu, and saw the convenience store shopping bag in his hand.
Lin Yu raised the bag and said, "Just two buckets of milk."
"You're so polite."
"No, you helped me so much..."
Jiang You took the bag, looked around and said, "Let's go sit in the greenhouse and talk. You go first, I'll get something to drink."
"OK."
Lin Yu simply walked towards the greenhouse. He pushed open the door, looked at the layout of the greenhouse, and then sat down beside the bed.
After a while, Jiang You came in with two bottles of Coke, and he threw one to Lin Yu. Lin Yu caught the bottle of Coke, looked at Jiang You, hesitated for a moment and said, "Coke makes you fat, try to drink sugar-free."
"The sugar-free kind," Jiang You sat down on the other side of the bed and unscrewed the Coke bottle. "I drank it for a while and felt that there was not much difference when I drank it, but then the sugar-free kind was sold out, so I had to get a regular bottle. After taking a sip, I realized that it was different, completely different. The sugar-free kind didn't give me that kind of satisfaction at all."
There was anxiety in Lin Yu's eyes, but he did not interrupt Jiang You.
Jiang You took a big sip of Coke and said, "Show me your hand?"
Lin Yu quickly took off his coat. He was wearing a gray short-sleeved T-shirt underneath. Jiang You immediately saw a layer of black scales covering his right forearm.
Lin Yu stretched out his hand in front of Jiang You.
Jiang You looked at it carefully for a while.
Very thin.
Very detailed.
Lin Yu looked at Jiang You anxiously.
Jiang You touched the scales and tapped them a few times with his fingers. He asked, "Does it hurt?"
Lin Yu shook his head, "It doesn't hurt."
"Have you been sleeping less recently?"
Lin Yu nodded and said, "I dream as soon as I fall asleep. If I don't dare to sleep, then..."
"If you don't sleep and let your soul rest, those impurities will take advantage of the opportunity to enter."
"Is that so?" Lin Yu couldn't believe it.
"Yeah, you're a fitness trainer, you exercise so much every day and don't sleep, how can this be possible?"
"Will it be alright after a good night's sleep?"
"Why don't you take a nap here? I'll find you a blanket. Don't you want to report a case? When it's daybreak, have a good breakfast and then come with me to the police station."
"Okay." Lin Yu agreed.
"My superior and a few consultants may be here today. I'll take you to see them. Maybe they have a solution or a suitable technique."
"Okay, okay." Lin Yu said gratefully.
"I'll go get a blanket and a pillow," Jiang You stood up. When he reached the door, he suddenly turned around and said, "I sprained my ankle. I plan to take an X-ray when I have time. It would be troublesome if the ligament is broken."
Lin Yu looked at Jiang You in confusion.
Jiang You said carefully: "I may not be able to go to the gym recently."
"Oh, okay..."
After Jiang You left, Lin Yu touched the scales on his right forearm and sighed. He stood up and walked to a pot of Jiarong flowers. The fragrance of the flowers permeated his nostrils. He suddenly felt his body relax a little, and the stone pressing on his heart also loosened a little.
He looked at the other flowers in the greenhouse. Except for some of the succulents behind the chair, he couldn't recognize any of the other flowers.
Soon, Jiang You came in holding a quilt and a pillow. He put the quilt on the bed, took down the small coffee table on the bed and put it aside. Then he said, "Go to sleep. You can still sleep for four or five hours. I have melatonin . Would you like to take one to help you fall asleep?"
“No need.”
"I'm out then. Good night."
"Good night."
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Jiang You walked back to the store, heated a cup of milk, and brought it upstairs.
I didn't hear the washing machine running.
He pushed open the door of the bedroom. Jiang Mo hadn't come back yet.
He put the cup down.
Took off shoes.
Lie down on the bed.
Soon , the window opened and Jiang Mo sat on the windowsill, swinging his feet, holding a pink unicorn in his hand.
"Are there many friends on the street?" Jiang You turned his head to look at Jiang Mo.
The milk in the glass kept decreasing.
"Give me the black bead."
Jiang Mo looked at him.
"It's yours, lend it to me for a while."
A black bead flew out from the corner of the wall. Jiang You reached out to grab it, but the bead turned a corner and flew into Jiang Mo's hand.
"That muscle guy downstairs, I have a use for him."
Jiang Mo threw the beads to Jiang You.
Jiang You caught it.
"Have you seen the changes in the camphor tree downstairs? In a year or two, you will have your own little world to play with," Jiang You felt sleepiness coming on slowly. "I'll sleep for a few hours. This time it will take a long time to take care of it," he pulled the quilt, turned over and hugged it. "When the time comes, we can raise a group of flamingos in it. They are birds too."
"By the way, I haven't hung my clothes out to dry yet. Can you help me hang them out? They've already been washed."
