God's Prayer and Nightwish

Today, when Nightwish once again stood on the Eclipse, he was surprised to find that this spaceship, known as the largest airship in history, was actually far less boundless than he remembered.

Yeyuan walked alone through the small garden and the fountain on the deck to the front hall. At ten o'clock in the morning, the hall was not lit, so it looked a little dark—the main house has been empty since Hijiri moved out with all his daily affairs Half of the paintings from the collection that were moved to the Victoria have not yet returned to their original positions. Only a few family portraits are left hanging on the stairs, and the whole house looks dilapidated and deserted.

He stopped a servant who was wiping the railing of the stairs, and asked, "Uncle Joe, where is Master Dorne?"

Uncle Joe turned his face and looked at him with one good eye—he only had one eye, and the other was gray. It was accidentally injured by Master Dorn when he was playing with a plastic rope to light a fire when he was a child, but because of this "work injury" was able to survive. Stay on Eclipse until now.

Uncle Qiao was a little surprised and said, "Nightwish... why are you back?"

Ye Yuan gestured to the gift box held in both hands, and said, "Come here to give Master Dorn a birthday present."

Uncle Qiao nodded and said, "The young master is in the study. He is not in a good mood today and was scolded by his wife."

"Thank you, Uncle Qiao." Ye Yuan didn't go upstairs immediately, but asked again: "Madam is at home today? I heard that she often goes out recently."

After hearing this, Uncle Qiao quickly pulled Yewish to the back of the stairs, rubbed his rough fingers on his wrist, and asked, "Who did you listen to?"

Ye Yuan replied: "Many people say that Madam often goes to the Antler recently."

Uncle Qiao quickly waved his hands and lowered his voice: "Don't talk nonsense about such things."

"It came from outside," Ye Yuan said, "if it reached my ears, it would have reached Master Sisi's ears long ago. The master has not shown up for so long, and everyone is saying that Madam is going to have sex with Mande." Together, we will swallow the Eclipse together."

Uncle Qiao didn't expect him to be so straightforward, and his blind eyes also showed a horrified expression, and said intermittently: "No, it's impossible."

Ye Yuan knew that people were more willing to refute the other party than to take the initiative to explain, so he deliberately asked: "How many years have you been on the Eclipse, and how many years have you not seen the master?"

Uncle Qiao said: "That's not it, the master's daily life is specially taken care of..."

"Special person? Who brought those people? Aren't they all servants brought by Fan Xiulian'en's family?" Ye Yuan asked, "They never work with us, and even the accommodation is separate. See you in the bilge Have you passed them?"

When Nightwish spoke, it seemed that he still considered himself a member of the bilge servants.

Uncle Qiao looked around, picked up the bucket and rag on the ground, and said, "Stop talking here, it's not like the past, come down with me."

Nightwish walked down the passage through the side door of the hall, and came to the servant's room in the bottom cabin—it was lower than he remembered, and there was a damp musty smell.As soon as Ye Yuan and Uncle Qiao sat down, two more people came in at the door.

These two people are quite young, and Ye Yuan has only met face to face but they are not very familiar with each other. When they saw him, they panicked immediately, and stammered to explain: "I, we just came down to put something, we are definitely not lazy!"

Ye Yuan couldn't help laughing: "Why are you telling me this, I don't care about it."

He looks clean and tidy, with a kind and gentle smile. Even though he is wearing high-end clothes and shoes, he sits very calmly in this humble servant room where no "upstairs" have ever set foot, without appearing cramped or out of place. .

The two still looked at each other in surprise, Ye Yuan patted the gift box next to him again, and said, "I was sent to give a gift to Master Dorn, but I heard that he was angry, so I came down to avoid the limelight .”

Only then did the two young men dressed as servants feel relieved and walked over and said, "Yes, the young master and his wife had a big fight and dropped a lot of things."

Uncle Qiao corrected, "It's the young master."

The two didn't react for a while, and then realized that Ye Yuan was Hiuji's close attendant, and Hijimi was the real heir of the family, so they closed their lips tightly and dared not speak.

Ye Yuan waved casually and said, "Don't be so nervous, I'm not doing anything, come and sit." He turned his head to look, pointed to a place and said, "Ah, I used to sleep on this bed."

A young man was surprised and said, "You also lived here before?"

"That's right, the two of you weren't there at the time, but..." Ye Yuan said, "No one has repaired the floor yet? Every time I go to the toilet at night, it makes creaking noises, which is annoying."

Another boy laughed: "Yeah, I get scolded all the time."

"I get scolded upstairs during the day, and I get scolded when I go back to the house at night." Ye Yuan said.

The other three people present nodded with concern.

Ye Yuan observed the expressions of the three of them, and asked, "Didn't Master Dawn just celebrate his birthday? He's already eighteen, and he still has such a big temper."

"Yeah, Master Zhou was much more stable when he was young..." Before Uncle Qiao finished speaking, he was interrupted by another boy: "That's right, everyone is complaining about Master Zhou. The master doesn't care about things. It doesn't make sense for the young master to handle all the affairs of Leonis's family by himself, and he was kicked out of the Eclipse."

Kicked out of Eclipse?It turned out that it was spread like this in the main house, Ye Yuan thought to himself, and said: "You can't say that, let's talk about the outside things, the wife is in charge of the affairs on the Eclipse, and I heard that recently she took the initiative to talk to the Mande family. people to discuss the project of joint exploitation of lunar energy.”

The three of them didn't know anything about lunar energy at all, and only showed some weird expressions. Ye Yuan pretended to be at a loss and asked, "What's wrong?"

The two teenagers looked at each other without saying a word, while Uncle Qiao sighed and said, "Not only does Madam always go to the Antler, but also the master of Mande's family often comes here. They are not allowed to go in to serve, and the servants are not very nice to say."

Ye Yuan was surprised and said: "Where is Master Dawn? Are you not allowed to enter?"

Uncle Qiao shook his head, Ye Yuan asked again: "Where is the master?"

The three of them looked at each other and shook their heads, as if they had no idea of ​​Shen Cang's whereabouts.

Ye Yuan thought about it, he vaguely remembered the tall figure he had seen when he was a child, and he was used to this legendary son of God who witnessed the 50 years of Humoti's golden age. I haven't seen him up close for a long time.

But before Yeyuan could say anything, another servant entered the room—this time a completely new face, looking suspiciously at their strange foursome.

The other three people at the scene also stopped talking for a moment when they saw him, and Ye Yuan came to his senses, and took the initiative to stop the person: "Excuse me..."

The man turned to look at him, and Ye Yuan asked, "Is Master Dawn in a better mood now? I'm here to deliver birthday presents for others."

The man glanced at him again, nodded slowly, then turned to ignore him, and squatted beside his bed alone, opened the drawer and looked for things.

Ye Yuan shrugged, picked up the gift box, and said with a smile, "Wish me good luck!"

He walked through the narrow corridor - he could already see through the round window without using any boxes. The sky outside was gray and an acid rain was brewing.

Nightwish cat stepped on the thick plush carpet, and made some appropriate noises when he was approaching Dorne's door, before knocking on the half-open door.

"Go away." Don's voice came out.

Ye Yuan knocked on the door again and said, "Master Dawn, I'm coming in."

Don turned his head sharply, glared at him and said, "What are you doing here!"

Ye Yuan lied without changing his expression: "The eldest young master told me that I must hand over the gift to you with my own hands."

In fact, Hijiki didn't know what was in the box at all, and he came back to the main house purely to inquire about the latest movements of Roth Fanxiulian.

Don frowned, and after a while he said unhappy, "Why didn't he come by himself?"

"Eldest Young Master was going to hand it over to you in person, but he was called away today because of something urgent." Ye Yuan said.

"Nonsense!" Dorn roared, "Why didn't he give it to me himself on his birthday? You left before the fireworks made a wish, and I knew it!"

Ye Yuan calmly explained: "At that time, you were surrounded by too many guests who gave blessings and gifts. The young master said don't disturb you, so we..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Don had strode over and knocked the gift box in his arms away with his hand. The box fell heavily on the carpet with a muffled sound.

Ye Yuan was about to pick it up, but Don stopped him and asked, "What's inside, can it be broken?"

Ye Yuan paused, and replied, "I don't know."

"I don't know?" Don sneered, "You don't know what's inside? Isn't this what you prepared? My brother will take the time to choose gifts for me?"

Dawn never called Brother Zhou Si in person, but he was willing to call him "my brother" behind his back.

Ye Yuan found it interesting in his heart, and his face was very sincere: "I really don't know."

Dawn stared at him angrily, and Yeyuan let him watch calmly. After a while, Dawn bent down to pick up the gift box, turned around and put it on the table and opened it.

He took out the bag inside and pulled it open, revealing a silver-blue squash racket with a black elastic tape wrapped around the handle and a beautiful black-and-white gradient mesh string stretched across the racket.

Don held the racket in his hand and put it on a pad—very lightly. He hooked the surface of the net with his fingers again, and whispered: "I haven't been playing for a long time..."

Ye Yuan knowingly asked: "Is this a squash racket?"

Don's face softened a little, he said "hmm", and suddenly asked, "Can you play squash?"

Nightwish shook his head and said, "No."

"Oh," Dawn seemed to be in a better mood suddenly, "you can't, I thought my brother would definitely teach you."

There was a squash court on the Eclipse, and before Mrs. Yuan passed away, Dawn lived with his mother in Fan Xiulian's house, and only came over occasionally.In the days when he accidentally placed it, Yewish saw the day teacher Xiaodun playing squash, and was secretly jealous, so he remembered it very clearly.

Now it seems that Dorn also remembers—he completely forgot about his bad mood just now, moved his shoulders, and swung dangerously around the room holding the beat.

Ye Yuan felt a little funny in his heart - people can grow up overnight, but they can't grow up overnight, he asked: "Is the master also at home? I want to say hello to him."

Donne sneered and said, "I don't know, I haven't seen Dad for a long time."

He was about to say more, when he suddenly looked behind Ye Yuan and his expression changed.

Ye Yuan sighed softly in her heart, adjusted her facial expression, turned around and bowed slightly: "Hi Ma'am."

Donne's mother, Roth Fanciulian, had like him a thick head of red hair, which was beautifully glossy and coiled behind his head.In Nightwish's memory, she was very beautiful, with a slender and elegant neck, and an arrogant and intimidating attitude.But at this moment, standing in front of Ye Yuan, she is not only a head shorter than him, but the corners of her eyes are drooping a little, and her fingers covered with rings are also wrinkled, showing traces of time everywhere.

Nightwish murmured in his heart - he had not been away from the Eclipse for a long time, so it seemed as if everything and everyone had been reversed by time.

"Dawn, go to the next door first." Rott said, her accent has some ancient Mediterranean accents, which can be detected without careful distinction.

Don was not very happy immediately, and said back: "Why, this is my room! It's fine if you don't let me in when you talk in the study, but I can't even stay in my own room?"

Rott looked at him without saying a word, Donne stared back not to be outdone, his chest heaving.

In the end, although His Majesty Mother didn't say a word, Dorne was defeated, and he blew out like a whirlwind, slamming the door loudly.

After the lingering sound of the door slamming, Ye Yuan asked politely, "What's your order, madam?"

Luo Teshi suddenly walked to the side and sat down, but he didn't ask Ye Yuan to sit down too, so Ye Yuan stood obediently, with his head slightly lowered.

"I know what you're doing," Rott finally said, "No matter what you think you're looking for, or what you think you've found out, I advise you to be careful."

"I don't quite understand what Madam is talking about," Ye Yuan raised his head and carefully observed Rot's expression - this is what the master taught him - playing cards is playing "people", instead of paying attention to the cards in your hand and on the table , it is better to pay attention to the licensed opponent.

"Oh, Ma'am, is that what everyone is talking about?" Ye Yuan said.

Rott's eyes seemed to turn cold a few degrees, but it seemed to be an illusion. She asked, "What's the matter? Tell me and listen."

Ye Yuan looked at her condescendingly, and was surprised to find that the aura that oppressed her in the past had disappeared.

Maybe it wasn't gone, but it no longer affected him.

Ye Yuan suddenly understood—it was him who had grown up.The ceiling of the hold did not lower, nor did the round window of the aisle get shorter, but he grew taller.He's no longer that oily-faced sailor boy, he's the captain's second-in-command who has to watch out for icebergs in the dark.

"About Madam's house arrest of the master and her close contacts with the Mande family." Ye Yuan said clearly.

The next moment, with a wave of Rott's hand, the cup on the coffee table flew straight towards Yewish's face—although he didn't turn his head away, he still closed his eyes subconsciously. Fortunately, the cup wiped his ear and hit the wall behind him On the ground, glass shards splashed into his collar.

"What are you, dare to talk to me like this?" Rot raised his voice, and his momentum suddenly rose.

Ye Yuan opened her eyes again and said calmly, "I'm just answering Madam's question."

Rot stood up, looked him around from top to bottom, and suddenly smiled: "Why, the little toy of that guy Hiroshi dares to stand in front of me and pretend now? Has he not tired of playing with you? It’s nostalgic enough, but...you’ve heard the rumors, the first time Hiji let go of his willingness to consider marriage, and now every family in Humoti is preparing their own marriage chips.”

Ye Yuan's smile remained unchanged: "I know, the young master said it at the birthday party of the young master Dawn, and I was there at the time."

A mocking and pitiful expression appeared on Rott's face, and he said in a raised voice, "With a new owner, there is usually no room for a pet lover at home. What are you going to do then? It's so pitiful."

Ye Yuan looked directly into Luo Te's eyes, and replied: "That will be the young master's decision, not something I need to consider, besides, the young master and I don't have that kind of relationship, I'm just a servant, and everything is subject to the master's orders. "

"Come on, you two really thought who didn't know about the little things before?" Rott's voice was full of disgust: "But you are right, it's just for fun, and how to deal with you at that time depends entirely on the master." Meaning, and... you are not a servant, just a dog."

He also had the master's intimacy...although it was short-lived.

Ye Yuan tried hard to keep those memories out of his mind, and with an unexpectedly calm face, he answered: "Yes."

Rot frowned, and Ye Yuan continued: "It's just... why are you saying these words? It doesn't matter if you compare me to a dog, I won't be angry, or it doesn't matter whether I am angry or not. You have spent so much effort to shift the focus of the topic, which topic are you trying to avoid?"

"Is it the rumor about your house arrest, master... or the rumor about your close relationship with the Mande family..." Yewish paused, and said, "Compared to the eldest young master, Master Dawn and the master look much the same. It's nothing like... a rumour."

He whispered the word "rumor" softly but clearly, Roth narrowed his eyes, and his voice was full of threats: "You are simply too presumptuous, believe it or not, I can keep you from getting out of the eclipse today .”

Ye Yuan smiled: "Naturally, it's just that I believe that Madam doesn't bother to deal with such a small person as me. It won't do you any good to catch me or kill me. It's just superfluous."

Rott stared at him, and Yewish could see that she was angry--this was good, the more emotionally out of control a person was, the easier it was to show his feet.

Nightwish said, "I have one last question, if you don't mind."

Rotor leaked a few words from between his teeth: "Get out."

"The Mander family has recently recruited a large number of workers, nominally to build a lunar exploration base on the wasteland for helium three mining. Is this related to you?"

Rott's eyes flashed, his throat moved, and he said in a low voice, "It's none of your business, get out now."

Ye Yuan understood, and bowed lightly: "I understand."

When he turned to leave, another photo frame flew over and hit him behind his back. He faltered slightly, then continued to walk away.

Before Nightwish walked out of the front hall, a message was sent from the portable terminal - the address of the "Mande Lunar Exploration Base" in the wasteland.

The satellite image was extremely blurry, as if it had been disturbed by something, even if Ye Yuan magnified the image twenty times, he couldn't see why.

Had to go himself, he sighed—this would be his third trip to the Wasteland in a short period of time, and luckily there was a relaxing rest stop along the way, his "new friend."

Only this time, more than one person rested in peace on board.