Little Bosses and Little Monsters

Fengzi Spring dried up overnight, and the lake water was reduced by half, exposing loess, rotting grass and fish bones.

The trees by the lake also seemed to have lost all their vitality in this short period of time, with their heads lowered in despondency, and their dark leaf canopies hung over the lake with a thick layer.

There were no fish in the lake anymore, the live fish were eaten by the fishwife, and the dead fish were killed by Hou Qing again, so it became a pool of stagnant water without wind or ripples.

"Crack."

"Crack."

The sound of the soles of the feet stepping on the fallen leaves was clearly indistinguishable, and the meridians were broken, broken into pieces, and then crushed into powder.

Peggy sat on the branch of an old banyan tree near the lake, shaking his legs playfully. There was nothing to see on the dead and silent lake. He obviously felt very bored, and his eyes wandered around. Yan's deep mountain is very picky.

Until the footsteps stopped below him.

He lowered his head, and before he could say anything, he frowned in disgust: "Where did you get this, it's disgusting."

There was a man standing crookedly under the tree. He didn't stand out of shape on purpose. He looked really unstable, as if his bones were all out of place. He was very small, with thin arms and legs.He also seemed to be very dissatisfied with his appearance, twisting his stiff limbs, trying to bring back these disobedient limbs.

Peggy pointed at his funny appearance and laughed loudly. The clear and clear boyish voice echoed and amplified in the silent valley, and there was a strangeness in the hollowness.

"Yinggou, you've really lived and returned, look at you now, hahahaha!"

The man under the tree couldn't raise his head because of the stiffness of his spine, so he could only tilt his head and squint at Peggy. When he spoke, his voice was as thick as a strong man, which was in great contrast to his skin.

"I was originally a person of life and death, with a wandering soul, and my flesh/body belonged to me, but it was like a temporary roof, if it didn't suit me, I could change it at any time."

Peggy looked at the body smaller than herself with a smile: "But you look like this, it's not easy to do things. The world is different now. I'm afraid that someone will complain about my employment of child labor."

"You are looking for me in a hurry, so naturally I can only search for one nearby at random, and I can change it to a fresh one another day."

Peggy clapped her hands and praised: "It's very true, they say you are so good, and I think that's what suits me best."

This remark seems to be a compliment, but it is actually a derogation.

Ying Gou smiled speculatively and said, "If you think about it, it's very easy. Let the general suck up your blood, take out your soul and beat it for seven or four or nine days, and then I'll feed you a breath of corpse air, and you'll be transformed."

Peggy's complexion changed, but it was not because of the sarcasm in his words: "Can you call my lord's name directly?!"

"Hahahahahahahahaha..." Ying Gou seemed to have heard the most ridiculous sentence in the world, laughing so hard that he could barely stand his tattered body, and Peggy's expression became more and more ugly.

"What kind of a lord is he, a general?! What is he? He just took up his body and thought he could reach the sky in one step? Really, I am the master of that body."

Peggy smiled angrily, with a white face and downcast eyelashes, casting a shadow of contempt: "Yinggou, you'd better save yourself, don't forget that Houqing is still alive."

"Hmph, that little boy, what do I have to fear? He was useless when he was alive, and he is also a waste after death. If he is honestly handed over by the force, maybe I will leave him a decent way to die."

"Speaking so much, what have you done to him for the past 5000 years? You don't need to be complacent, anyway, my lord will regain all his power soon."

The meaning hidden in these words made Ying Gou silent, but he did not show any surprise. It seemed that Ying Gou was no stranger to the "he" that the general referred to.

The morning light first appeared, but the valley was like eternal night, boundless, only the traces of the morning were dripping with dew, condensed and gathered on the grass leaves, and suddenly an unbearable tremor fell to the calm lake.

quite a while.

Ying Gou suddenly walked towards a rock near the shore, which was exposed due to the low water level. His gait was unsteady, but his strike was as fast as lightning. From the gap under the rock, he picked up a little fishwife, about half an arm long. , there was a deformed hand on the left fin, and the distorted face made a crying expression, and was roughly grabbed by Ying Gou, and the fishwife let out a hoarse scream.

Ying Gou lifted the fishwife in front of him, took a deep breath, and the fishwife weakened and shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye, and turned into a ball of coke in just a few seconds. On the other hand, Yinggou seemed to be more energetic .

Not only did he absorb the corpse aura contained in the fishwife, but more importantly, he sensed a long-lost familiar aura through this fish that slipped through the net.

"Oh, Queen? Really, long time no see..."

He turned his head, and it was hard to imagine that such a sharp gaze could burst out from this immature and fragile body.

"Peggy, even if I am now defeated by the general and forced to cooperate with him, you are just his pet dog. From now on, keep your barking mouth shut and your eyes wide open. Who can win?" Have the last laugh."

When they left the dark forest and returned to the sunny place, the light returned to the two of them, shining on Ying Gou's young face, it was the boy who drowned in Fengzi Lake.

……

"Are you sure you have considered it?" Shu Jing stared at the rare young man in front of him who looked unusually serious.

Xu Ran clutched his backpack strap, wearing his baseball cap backwards, this scene subtly overlapped with the day they first met.

"Well, I've thought about it very clearly."

"Xu Ran, in fact, you don't have to put so much pressure on yourself. You are so young and you are already doing very well."

Xu Ran came to say goodbye. Their school is on winter vacation, but that is not the point. The point is that Xu Ran said that he is going back to Hezhi Mountain, and he will not come back so soon.

"Boss, when am I not young? Comparing with Hou Qing and Di Jiang, even when I am seventy and eighty, and the day I die, I will still be very young and insignificant to them. My age has nothing to do, I don't have that much time, but becoming a qualified exorcist has been my dream since I was a child. In the past, my master always perfunctory me, and I sat in the sky, so I just got by, but after so much time Things, things about Tiantian, things about Banqiao Village, and... things about Dijiang saving me, I finally understand that I am still far, far away from the person I want to be."

Shu Jing stood looking at him from a very long distance, this is not a distance in space, it is a gap that time cannot bridge, it is a place that Xu Ran will never be able to reach no matter how hard he works, but Shu Jing never underestimates him because of this Xu Ran's efforts, all changes in the world, first of all need a person to try, maybe he can't succeed even if he is bloody, but there will always be someone who can see the string of footprints. There are many people walking on this road, and eventually someone will be able to reach the end of.

Shu Jing smiled.

"Xu Ran, go early and return early."

Xu Ran gave a big smile: "Of course, I'm so smart!"

Before he left, he wanted to rub Tianwang's hair, but of course he was slapped away mercilessly.

"Brother Tianwang, wait for your brother to upgrade and come back, I will take you flying."

Tian Wang, who had eaten green vegetables for two days and fell into a loveless mood, sat on the bench with his knees hugged, watching Xu Ran walk out of "There Is a Story", his back disappearing into the clear and transparent winter sunlight.

Shu Jing looked at his silent profile with a smile.

"I can't bear it, why didn't you talk just now?"

Tianwang frowned: "How could I be reluctant to part with him?"

"Okay." Shu Jing shrugged: "I'm quite reluctant. It's rare to meet a child who suits me so much. With him around, I feel younger."

"I'm younger than him, I'm enough."

"Hehe, without you, I will only age faster."

Tianwang was sullen: "You don't love me anymore."

This is a trick, Tianwang knew that Shu Jing hated seeing him being wronged the most, but it's a pity that today is not usual.

Facts have proved that the old monster who seems to have faded from the world of mortals can be called really messy and unreasonable when he becomes jealous.

Baishi Bailing's nirvana was also abolished, and Tianwang finally determined that the situation was really serious.

"Why are you upset? I will touch my belly for you. No matter what the reason is, don't be angry anymore."

Shu Jing looked at Tianwang pitifully tugging at his sleeve with a cold face, and moved his eyes down to Tianwang's stomach.

Tianwang looked down and realized that he didn't have a fluffy belly now, so this condition didn't sound as attractive as before.

Ah, too blue.

Tianwang lowered his head in frustration.

Shu Jing squeezed the corners of his mouth that were about to turn up.

"Let me ask you, is that girl really beautiful?"

What? ? ?

Tianwang was dumbfounded.

"Which girl?"

"It's the one you were the hero who saved the beauty and played hard to get."

These are all the words Xu Ran used in his vivid description that day. Tianwang finally got something, and at this moment he really wanted to drag Xu Ran back who had just left for a while and bite him.

"I don't remember!"

Of course Shu Jing didn't believe it, but Tianwang answered firmly: "Anyway, it's definitely not as good-looking as you."

He carefully observed Shu Jing's expression, and felt a little loose, so he made persistent efforts and hugged Shu Jing's waist. He sat on a chair at a height where he could bury his head on Shu Jing's chest and look at people with his eyes raised. Sometimes it seems very innocent and sincere.

"No one in this world is as good-looking as you, you are the prettiest!"

Xu Ran also said that day that Tianwang was very talented and was born to flirt with girls. He should really show him this presumptuous and coquettish Tianwang, only to realize that Tianwang's talent and skills are only for one person. Alley distance.

Shu Jing wondered, "When did you become so talkative?"

Tianwang was stunned: "What do you mean? Haven't I always been like this?"

Realizing what she said wrong, Shu Jing coughed: "I mean, who taught you these glib words?"

"You don't need to teach, I feel it when I look at you."

Shu Jing had to admit that although he was not used to this man's sweet mouth, everyone loved to hear nice words.

"Then why did you help her and tell her her name?"

Tianwang answered naturally: "Because you taught me that it is a virtue to be helpful. If someone robs her, I help her get it back. Is it considered helpful? You also taught me to be polite. She told me her name, so reciprocity." , should I tell her mine too?"

There were so many words before, but none of these few words made Shu Jing happy.

Tianwang suddenly rubbed his chin and pondered: "I don't remember it unless you tell me, she told my name, but I can't remember it now, but she knows mine, what a disadvantage."

Even Shu Jing's own memory of being beaten by thousands of knives still remembered that the girl was called Peipei, but he didn't believe that Tianwang really forgot.

However, Shu Jing also refused to consider the possibility because he had been brooding about it all along.

Anyway, when Tianwang saw the squirrel fish and sweet and sour short ribs on the dining table at night, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that this chapter has been completely over.

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my past...

On Monday night, I actually thought about finishing the report and going out to eat happily, but yesterday I started to be so busy...