antique on the run

That voice sounded cold and clear, but somehow there was a faint warmth.

"No? What won't? I..."

The voice stopped abruptly, because Saiwei suddenly realized that something was wrong!There is only him and Qi Xiao a cat in this room, where can anyone talk to him!

What's more, the voice just now was so familiar, it was exactly the same as the beautiful woman who was so amazed by him after meeting him once, and couldn't help recalling it even when facing the cherry blossoms!

"... Qi Xiao?"

Sewe turned around abruptly, staring fixedly at the low table.

There was a person sitting there, wearing a black-bottomed silver-patterned shirt, with black hair and black eyes, his facial features were delicate and beautiful, his gestures and gestures had a dignified demeanor, and his eyebrows and eyes were like paintings.

If this is not Qi Xiao, who is it!

But this Qi Xiao looks a bit strange, because his whole body is transparent, like a phantom condensed by a mass of air, which will dissipate when the wind blows.

"Is that you...Qi Xiao?"

Sai Wei's voice trembled a little, and he suddenly thought of Qi Xiao's transformed kitten Fatty, and ran to the low table quickly, only to find that the white kitten was lying quietly beside Qi Xiao, curled up with its eyes closed. In a ball, its body undulates slightly, as if asleep.

His eyes wandered back and forth between Qi Xiao's phantom and the kitten, his mind was spinning rapidly, trying to explain the illusory scene in front of him with scientific knowledge.

"Don't look, I'm here." Qi Xiao on the other side of the table frowned, looked down at his watch, "6 minutes, I only have 6 minutes."

"6 minutes? What do you mean?"

Time was limited, Qi Xiao didn't make any detours, and said bluntly: "My consciousness can temporarily leave the cat's body for 6 minutes, and what you see now is the virtual image refracted by my consciousness."

He pointed to the time meteorite hanging around Sai Wei's neck, "I borrowed 6 minutes from the order of time and space, but the price is that I will fall into a deep sleep for the next six days."

China has the world's most advanced antiquities hunting technology. Similarly, it is far ahead of other countries in the development of time meteorites. Just four months before Qi Xiao went to the Louvre, smart Chinese scientists even worked out how to Taking advantage of the loopholes in the order of time and space, the consciousness and thoughts of the hunters in the pursuit of antiques are separated from the characters possessed in the form of spirits, allowing the body to appear in the time and space of the pursuit of antiques in the form of a virtual image for a short time.

However, exploiting the loopholes of the time-space order means accepting the next punishment of the time-space order, and this punishment is: 1 minute for a day.A minute of separation between consciousness and body means a day of deep sleep.

This discovery is a bit tasteless, because most of the antique hunting hunters are single-handedly fighting alone, and the price of sleeping for a day is too high. It is very likely that the day they sleep will just involve the success or failure of the entire antique hunting operation. The key to no, once the right timing is missed, there is no possibility of recovering the antiques.

What's more, the separation of consciousness and body is useless in their opinion, and it is of no help to hunt for antiques. If it is not done well, it will accidentally scare the natives, so no antique hunter has tried it so far. .

However, Qi Xiao did this, not because of a moment of fun.

In fact, Qi Xiao wanted to do this as early as the night Soma Toyotomi came to visit. He felt that it was necessary for him to have a face-to-face talk with Saiwei. limited.

It's just that the matter of finding a teacher hadn't been finalized yet. Although Soma Toyotomi was entrusted, Qi Xiao was afraid that something might go wrong halfway. If he fell into a deep sleep, then everything would have to be solved by Sai Wei alone, without him watching him. Seve expressed concern.

But now, everything is on the right track, Sai Wei is learning pottery making very smoothly, Qi Xiao feels that it is not a big problem even if he doesn't look at it, so he took advantage of the loopholes in the order of time and space, making such a seemingly wrong Good deal.

Although the price of sleeping for six days is indeed a bit high, Qi Xiao never does meaningless things. He has a premonition that if Saiwei is really like his previous judgment, an old hand who pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger, as long as he can put this The guy's distorted concept of hunting for antiques has been corrected, let alone six days, even if the next pursuit is all left to Saiwei, he can complete it brilliantly.

After briefly explaining the scientific miracle that happened to him and the crystallization of the wisdom of the industrious and brave Chinese people, Qi Xiao quickly entered the topic.

"The night before yesterday, after Soma Toyotomi left, you asked a question. Do you still remember it?"

Sevi hesitated for a moment, then shook his head.

He couldn't remember what question he had asked.

Qi Xiao didn't expect him to remember, and said slowly, word by word: "You ask me, is it really wrong to bring your own values ​​and principles of life into the world of antiques, and only do what you think is right?"

He recounted the score exactly, and Saiwei was stunned for a moment, then showed an expression of enlightenment.

"Remember now?"

"Ah."

There was a slight smile in Sewei's eyes, and he didn't expect Qi Xiao to write down the words he said casually to himself at that time.

Does this mean that Qi Xiao is paying attention to him all the time?

Think it's a little sweet.

Qi Xiao didn't know what was going on in his mind, and asked: "Then Saiwei, tell me now, do you think you are wrong?"

"……Um?"

"I said, do you think you are wrong?" He slowed down and said the question again, and then patiently waited for Sewi's reply.

"Am I wrong..." Saiwei repeated softly with blank eyes.

A lot of messy images flashed through his mind in an instant, but his slack eyes finally fixed on Qi Xiao on the opposite side. Sewei pursed his lips, put away the messy images in his mind just now, and looked directly into Qi Xiao's eyes.

Those beautiful, deep eyes, like the stars in the night sky.

He said slowly but firmly: "No, I don't think I'm wrong."

Qi Xiao said: "Then why do you have doubts about yourself?"

Saiwei was silent for a while, then suddenly smiled, helplessly.

"Because of the facts that have happened, I seem to be wrong."

"seem?"

Qi Xiao frowned slightly, he rested his right hand on the table, and gently tapped the table with his slender and beautiful index finger.

"I don't know what happened to you." He said, "You give me a strange feeling, whether it's your way of doing things or those...those opportunistic ideas, they are very sophisticated, not at all like a newcomer You are a novice, but sometimes you insist too much on principles, but it makes me feel like you are not a veteran."

No veteran who has experienced many battles will insist on sticking to his principles. They have been to too many times and spaces, and have "played" too many roles. They can freely switch between themselves and their roles, just like Those actors with outstanding acting skills can show the extremely ever-changing personalities of the characters in the play, but they can return to their usual appearance at the moment of the play.

Under the candlelight, Qi Xiao's beautiful black pupils reflected Saiwei's figure opposite him, even though he was just a transparent virtual image now, Saiwei could still feel that he was looking at him intently.

"So, would you mind telling me about that fact?"

That so-called fact that proved him wrong.

"You want to know about that."

Sai Wei casually picked up the teacup on the table, and took a sip of the cold green tea inside.

"That's the only failure I've experienced since I was engaged in hunting antiques. If I can, I don't want to mention it to anyone. ... But if the target is you, it doesn't matter."

If it were you, Qi Xiao, I would like to tell you, and I want you to tell me after listening to whether what I insist on has any meaning.

"but--"

He changed his words.

Under Qi Xiao's puzzled gaze, Sai Wei innocently pointed to the pocket watch and said, "4 minutes have passed, are you sure you want to listen now?"

Qi Xiao's breath stagnates: "..."

Well, he did forget the question of time.