Volume 6: Summer Chapter 73 The Kid Next Door
A string of raindrops slid down from the leaves, fell on Liu Boyang's head, and flowed down along his forehead.
Liu Boyang shuddered, raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, his vision went from blurry to clear. He saw Jiang Mo walking in front of him, saw Tang Butian helping Guan Qingtong who had fallen to the ground, saw Jiang You and Lin Yu standing by the swing...
Chirp!
Liu Boyang raised his head and saw a coal tit flying down from a branch and landing on the back of his hand.
Liu Boyang felt his heart suddenly settled.
Jiang You slowly walked up to Liu Boyang.
Liu Boyang stood up holding Jiujiu and said, "Thank you, Jiang Ge, thank you so much."
"Why are you being so polite?"
Jiang You stretched out his hand to touch Jiujiu's head, but Jiujiu quickly turned its head and pecked Jiang You's finger.
"It's quite naughty," Jiang You shook his hands and looked at Liu Boyang, "After a few days, you can take it home and raise it, but you have to come and stay for a few days every month, at least half a month. It's better for it to be here."
"I, I can just come and see you often."
"Come anytime, I'll give you a key to the yard." Jiang You thought for a moment, and then said, "It's not good to keep it in a cage forever, so I plan to build a birdhouse for it and hang it on a tree."
"Brother Jiang, what kind do you want?" Liu Boyang asked.
"It should be more beautiful, with brighter colors."
Liu Boyang took a deep breath and said, "I, I'll design one and it will be done quickly."
"I'm sorry to trouble you again..."
"No trouble, no trouble."
…
After everyone returned to the insect house, they chatted for a while, played with the birds for a while , and then said goodbye and left.
Jiang You cleaned the store, then went to the kitchen to heat two cups of milk and brought them to the long table.
Jiujiu pecked at the crushed peanuts on the table.
"Grow bigger, grow bigger quickly, let me experience the feeling of riding a big bird." Jiang You said to Jiujiu.
Jiujiu turned around and pointed its tail at Jiang You.
"Remember this, I'll find a cat to cure you someday."
Jiang You drank a sip of hot milk. He looked at Jiang Mo who had sat down at the long table at some point and said, "I saw something quite interesting."
The amount of milk in the cup in front of Jiang Min gradually decreased.
"Your friend is amazing. He can even pretend to be a human. The benefactor of Hu Yuefeng was possessed by him. You see, he was a secular backer for Hu Yuefeng and his brothers, dispatching them and guiding them. He was very schizophrenic and did not arouse the suspicion of Hu Yuefeng and his brothers. After the fall of Jinghu Society, he died cleanly. Look at you. You can only fight, kill, level up and fight monsters in dungeons. Your friend is playing a conspiracy dungeon. If it were made into a movie, you would be a web drama with 50-cent special effects, but he would be at the top of the IQ contempt chain for watching dramas, triggering all kinds of terrifying discussions."
A ball of spider silk was thrown at Jiang You's face.
"If he didn't have some great ambitions and just wanted to gain personal power, we would have been out of luck long ago. But it's okay, his luck is relatively low," Jiang You said while pulling the spider silk, "Look, when we arrived, we hadn't decided whether to be friends or enemies with it, but it lost its disguise and broke several of its foreshadowings. You are simply destined to be enemies for life."
Another ball of spider silk hit him in the face.
"He probably managed to survive with great difficulty thirty years ago, and he probably hasn't recovered yet." After pulling off the spider silk, Jiang You raised his head and drank the milk in the cup. He said, "Let's stick to the old rules. You make the decision."
Jiang Mo hooked his finger at Jiujiu, and Jiujiu spread its wings and flew onto his shoulder.
…
Tang Butian returned home.
She put the golden leaves of Jiaronghua into the vase.
There was originally a green flower in the vase.
After adjusting the position of the flowers and leaves, she looked up and saw the painting hanging on the wall - Jiang Mo's painting.
…
Guan Qingtong refused Liu Boyang's offer to take her home and instead called a car for herself, with Laojinshan as her destination.
The city lights were blurred on the car windows, scattered by the rain and then gathered together again.
When she was almost there, she took out her cell phone and sent a message to Zhuang Zekun.
…
The screen of the mobile phone on the desk lit up. Zhuang Zekun took a sip of tea, picked up the phone, took a look at it, then stood up, pushed the door and walked out of the office.
He met Ji Xiaozhen holding a folder in front of the elevator door.
Zhuang Zekun greeted him and said, "Teacher Ji, are you not off work yet?"
Ji Xiaozhen said, "I just figured out some clues, but you didn't take a rest, did you?"
The elevator has arrived.
They walked in.
"Which floor?" Zhuang Zekun asked.
"Third floor."
Zhuang Zekun pressed the buttons for the third floor and the first floor.
After the door slowly closed, Ji Xiaozhen asked, "How is Guan Nuo's progress?"
"He's trying hard to catch up, but..."
"I think he should concentrate on divination."
Zhuang Zekun shook his head and sighed.
After reaching the third floor, Ji Xiaozhen said goodbye to Zhuang Zekun and walked out.
Zhuang Zekun went all the way to the first floor. He sat on the sofa in the hall for a while. Soon, Guan Qingtong appeared at the door.
Zhuang Zekun stood up and walked towards Guan Qingtong.
"Aren't you going to Jiang You's place today?"
"It's over there."
"Did you really summon the bird?"
"Yes."
"Have you told him about the core matter?"
"He doesn't agree, and..." Guan Qingtong thought about it, but couldn't remember what she wanted to say.
"And what?" Zhuang Zekun asked.
"Jin Cheng's precognitive dream. I saw some scenes similar to his dream tonight. I saw Jiang You in it. I feel that he has no hostility towards us."
Zhuang Zekun said: "I understand what you mean."
Guan Qingtong tucked her hair behind her ears and said, "Lao Zhuang."
"What's wrong, Xiaotong?"
"I had a dream."
Zhuang Zekun looked at her with some concern.
Guan Qingtong leaned against the door and looked outside. It was late at night and the rain had finally stopped. The mountains and forests were quiet and deep.
"I dreamed that Brother Xu came home."
"Xiaotong..."
Guan Qingtong looked back at Zhuang Zekun, "He came back before. Three months after he disappeared, we began to notice something was wrong. At that time, I calculated that he had a chance of survival."
"He escaped with a little soul."
Guan Qingtong asked: "What did he say to you?"
"He told me to be careful and take good care of you and Xiao Nuo, and then he disappeared."
"He knew what I would do," Guan Qingtong forced a smile, and then she said, "He said goodbye to me and Xiao Nuo. After I woke up, I forgot everything. After that, I couldn't calculate anything related to him accurately, and there would be some deviations."
"He wants to protect you."
“How annoying.”
"Your brother entrusted you to me..."
"I'm already an adult."
"Xiao Nuo has lost his father."
"It's all empty talk."
"Xiaotong, Jinghu Society has been destroyed. We have avenged Sang Xu."
"But I'm also a member of the Special Operations Group!"
Guan Qingtong finally burst into tears.
