Chapter 102: Hometown

It was getting late when Wu Xiaohang returned home. He spent some money and bought a catty of pork head at the lo-mei shop downstairs. Business in the shop is very good today, so the boss kept him for a while. It's just that there is no overtime pay for such overtime, but before leaving, you can get a hot boxed lunch in the kitchen. The content of the box lunch is quite plentiful. There are chicken, rice, and some vegetables. Wu Xiaohang eats enough by himself, but now he has an extra mouth at home, so he has to buy something else to bring back.
He walked downstairs and saw that his room was already lit with an orange light. He raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his cheeks, showing a smile, took the key from his pocket and opened the door.
The room was very quiet, except for the light, there was only the slight sound of the shaking of the electric fan. The boy was lying on the table and seemed to have fallen asleep. His hair was stained with warm light and looked extra soft. As soon as Wu Xiaohang entered the house, he straightened up and rubbed his eyes in a daze: "You are back..."
"Yeah." Wu Xiaohang said, "I brought you delicious food, wait a while, I'll make some porridge."
"No need." The boy said with a vague sleepiness in his voice, "I've gotten it through." He seemed a little embarrassed, his voice lowered, "It's the first time, I don't know if it tastes good..."
"It must be delicious. Get up quickly and wash your face." Wu Xiaohang said, "Come over for dinner."
The boy went to the toilet happily.
Wu Xiaohang went into the kitchen and set up the dishes.
A young man named Wu Ruhuo has been at Wu Xiaohang’s house for almost a month. At first Wu Xiaohang wanted to find his parents and send him back. Until one day, the young man suddenly left for three days. After returning on the third day, it was full. Body scars.
Wu Xiaohang's first reaction was that Wu Ruhuo was beaten and immediately wanted to call the police, but Wu Ruhuo refused Wu Xiaohang's proposal to call the police, and said dullly that his parents did it.
"The police don't care." Wu Ruhuo said, "It's a family matter, I don't want to go back..."
Wu Xiaohang became angry after hearing it. He rolled up his sleeves and wanted to ask Wu Ruhuo's parents for an explanation, but after calming down, he found that he was not qualified to help Wu Ruhuo get justice back. To put it bluntly, he has nothing to do with Wu Ruhuo. The police don't care, and he is not qualified to be an outsider.
"I don't want to go back." Wu Ruhuo's beautiful eyes were full of tears, "I will be beaten to death at home."
Wu Xiaohang's heart is softened. His parents died early. They grew up with his grandmother since childhood. He also grew up with his younger brother who was one year younger than him. The two have lived on each other since childhood. Only later, his brother died in an accident. Seeing Wu Ruhuo, he thought of his lovely brother. If the younger brother is still alive, he will definitely be reluctant to beat him, and will help him find what he has been wronged.
Thinking about it, Wu Ruhuo had already sat down in front of Wu Xiaohang, picked up the chopsticks, bit the head of the chopsticks with his teeth, and stared at the meat in front of him eagerly.
"Eat." Wu Xiaohang smiled and put the bowl in front of Wu Ruhuo.
Although it is the first time to make porridge, Wu Ruhuo's technique is not bad. The porridge is not thick or thin, just right. The pork head is marinated and mixed with various seasonings and chili. It tastes very good. Wu Xiaohang especially likes the peanuts that have been fried in oil.
Wu Ruhuo and Wu Xiaohang also have similar tastes and are full of interest in peanuts.
Wu Xiaohang asked: "Do you like it?"
Wu Ruhuo nodded as if pounding garlic, and said, "I have never eaten something so delicious..."
"Then what did you eat before." Wu Xiaohang asked.
"It's raw meat." Wu Ruhuo replied casually.
"Raw meat? Your family feeds you raw meat?" Wu Xiaohang showed an incredible expression.
Wu Ruhuo was stunned for a moment, and then vaguely responded.
Wu Xiaohang became angry because of this. In his opinion, this is another evidence of the abuse of Wu Ruhuo by Wu Ruhuo's family. It is no wonder that when he first saw the child, the child was so small, wearing inappropriate clothes, and was almost robbed...
After the two had eaten the pork head, they watched TV under the fan. Wu Xiaohang was tired for a day and took a bath after eating, and sleepiness quickly came to his mind. He slowly closed his eyes, breathing evenly, and fell asleep like this. But the young man who had been sitting quietly beside him turned his head and looked at Wu Xiaohang with unclear eyes. His black eyes gradually became a red, but the red was only fleeting. He quickly retreated from his eyes.
The human world is really interesting, especially the people here, who obviously seem so vulnerable, but they think about how to protect others.
Wu Ruhuo laughed. He pressed the remote control in his hand, and the TV screen in front of him went dark, and the whole room was plunged into darkness.
...
Since Chun Shen was killed, Bai Yuehu has been busy for a long time.
He goes out early and returns late every day, and he will go out after breakfast when he comes back from the field in the morning. Lu Qingjiu was worried about his meals and would give him enough pocket money every day, but Baiyuehu still said he prefers Lu Qingjiu's own dishes. So Lu Qingjiu thought of a way and prepared a thermos bucket for him. After adding hot soup to the bottom of the thermos bucket, the temperature of the food inside can be maintained.
In this way, even though the white moon fox is on business every day, he can still eat hot meals at home.
However, although Baiyue Fox got busy, the frequency of Zhulong’s crimes began to decrease rapidly. From two or three times a week to half a month, there was no movement. This may be a good thing for the police, but for Baiyue Fox and the others. In other words, this is bad news, because it will be more difficult to capture the trail of the candle dragon.
Fortunately, Baiyue Fox's intensive search came back with results. They found the trace of the candle dragon and had a fight with the candle dragon.
If you want to let go, the candle dragon is not the opponent of the white moon fox, but considering the surrounding residential areas, the white moon fox still let the candle dragon run away, he can choose to change back to the prototype and swallow the candle dragon, but if it is After doing this, I'm afraid there will be humans next to them who enter the entrance with the candle dragon. In desperation, Baiyue Fox could only choose to give up, but fortunately he still seriously injured the Candle Dragon, but the seriously injured Candle Dragon lost his trace, and has not committed any more crimes for more than ten days.
By this time it was mid-August, and Lu Qingjiu’s parents’ death day was approaching. As usual, he wanted to go home to worship his parents’ cloak, and by the way see an old tree he hadn’t seen for a long time.
Bai Yuehu insisted on going back with Lu Qingjiu. Although Lu Qingjiu said that he could do it alone, his attitude was very firm. In the end, Lu Qingjiu agreed.
The planned itinerary was three days, and Lu Qingjiu prepared Yin Xun in advance the food that he could eat when he warmed it up. He fried a big pot of meatballs and put them in the refrigerator. He also stewed the meat and chicken. It didn't matter if Yin Xun opened it up for eating.
In the small truck that changed its appearance, Lu Qingjiu and Baiyuehu were on the road.
This is the first time that Baiyuehu has traveled to other provinces by transportation. According to Lu Qingjiu's inquiry, Baiyuehu rarely leaves Shuifu Village. Even if he leaves, he will go back in the evening. This time he will go back to his hometown with Lu Qingjiu. It was a long journey, and Lu Qingjiu saw some anticipation on his face.
After more than ten hours of traveling, Lu Qingjiu returned to the city where he worked.
Zhu Miaomiao knew that he was coming back and enthusiastically invited him to live in his own house, but because Bai Yuehu was there, Lu Qingjiu chose to live in the hotel. He opened the room and put his luggage, so he took the Baiyue Fox to the road. .
Unlike the urban area over there, it is closer to the coast and the economy is more developed, with tall buildings and cars coming and going.
It was really hot at the moment, and Lu Qingjiu bought a big vanilla-flavored cone for Baiyuehu by the side of the road and watched him happily eat it.
"What do you want to eat tonight?" Lu Qingjiu said, "The seafood here is quite famous, otherwise let's eat seafood pot?"
The white moon fox ate the cone and said it would do.
I have to say that a handsome young man with a tall, handsome face and a cold expression is still very attractive when walking on the street to eat a cone. The atmosphere here is open, and Lu Qingjiu has noticed that many people around are taking out their phones. He was inexplicably upset when he wanted to shoot the white moon fox, pulled the white moon fox away from the street, and casually found a milk tea shop to sit down.
Bai Yuehu didn't know what Lu Qingjiu was thinking, but he still followed Lu Qingjiu obediently.
After Lu Qingjiu ordered two cups of milk tea, he held his chin and joked with Bai Yuehu, "What should I do if I see others looking at you?"
Bai Yuehu bit off most of the cone in one bite, and the corners of his lips were stained with a little white cream. After hearing the words, his black eyes stared at Lu Sake, and after a while, he whispered, "Then hide me from others. "
Lu Qingjiu laughed and leaned in to lick the cream from the corners of Baiyue Fox's lips. Because of his action, there was a gasp sound around him, Lu Qingjiu didn't care, he waited until the milk tea came up before leaving with Bai Yuehu leisurely.
Announcing his ownership of the white moon fox, Lu Qingjiu's mood improved a lot, and even the eyes around him coveting the white moon fox were not so dazzling. This is probably the bad part of big cities. Everyone is not too reserved. When you see someone you like, the first response is to ask for WeChat. After all, the place is such a big place. If you don’t want to contact us, maybe this is the last time we meet in this life. .
I had seafood pot for dinner, and Lu Qingjiu ordered the biggest one. Because of Bai Yuehu's outstanding appearance and huge appetite, he was constantly asked for WeChat during the meal. In desperation, Lu Qingjiu could only ask the store to change their boxes.
It finally calmed down in the box, and the white moon fox could enjoy his food.
Lu Qingjiu sat next to the glass and watched the people coming and going outside the house. After night fell, the neon lights in the city became a river of light, illuminating the skyline, and the traffic on the road kept flowing. In summer, for many people, the night is not the end but the beginning.
This seafood pot is very light, and the dipping sauce is only soy sauce. What you eat is the original taste of seafood. Because it is fresh enough, the taste is also very good. It is just that Lu Qingjiu accompanied the white moon fox to eat a lot of snacks in the afternoon, so this I wasn't hungry at all for a while, and I put down my chopsticks after a taste.
Baiyue Fox doesn’t have this trouble anymore. All his attention is on the food in front of him. The prawns that are about the size of the palms, the octopuses that are still twisted and curled when they are cooked, open the mussels of their shells when they are cooked. With clams, and abalone, which is plump and flexible, all in all, every seafood in it is delicious, and the white moon fox enjoys it.
Lu Qingjiu said, "After a while, I'll go shopping at the night market?"
"Yeah." Bai Yuehu agreed.
Lu Qingjiu smiled and said, "There are a lot of specialties here, but it's a pity that Yin Xun can't leave the water mansion for too long...otherwise it would be nice for our family to take a trip."
Bai Yuehu was not commenting on this, obviously it was still very good at protecting food, and it was full of hostility to everyone who might share food with him-except Lu Qingjiu.
At the end of the seafood pot, Baiyue Fox didn't even let the soup inside. In the end, the whole pot was as clean as it was washed. The waiters who came in to clean up were all stunned and didn't want to understand how they did it. of.
Lu Qingjiu ignored the waiter's surprised expression and walked straight to the front desk to check out. Then the two left the hotel and headed for the night market.
After the sun went down, the temperature began to drop gradually, but the heat was still steaming on the ground. After arriving at the night market, Lu Qingjiu took out his wallet and let the white moon fox eat. The oysters here are special. The roadside stalls cost ten dollars for two. They are very fresh. There are garlic, steamed, and raw food. The taste is different.
Lu Qingjiu directly ordered Baiyuehu for a hundred yuan, and thirty or so came, and then went to buy two coconuts nearby, plugged in a straw and drank it.
Baiyue Fox ate the oysters contentedly, and Lu Qingjiu watched him next to him: "Do you want to see the sea?"
Bai Yuehu said: "The sea?"
"Well, the sea of ​​the human world." Lu Qingjiu said, "it is a little different from the sea of ​​the other world."
Bai Yuehu said: "Okay."
The night market is not far from the beach. It takes only ten minutes to walk. The beach is also very lively. The weather has been hot these days and there is no rain. The beach is full of citizens who come here to enjoy the cool and swim. However, Baiyuehu and Lu Qingjiu came a little later, most of them had already gone home, and only a small number of people were still on the beach.
The sea at night is ferocious, the setting sun in the distance is about to fall into the horizon, and the sea is slapped against the sand by the moon's gravity. The sea, which was originally beautiful and blue in the sun, was black at this time, like a lurking beast, always wanting to tear up the prey that approaches.
"It's much darker than the sea at your place." Lu Qingjiu said slowly, "It will be more beautiful in the daytime..."
Bai Yuehu turned his head and glanced at Lu Qingjiu: "Do you like this place?"
Lu Qingjiu said, "I like it."
After leaving Shuifu Village, he grew up here and naturally likes this place. It can be said that this is his second hometown. If it were not for the accident of his parents, he would not choose to return to Shuifu Village to find the truth.
Bai Yuehu fell silent, and there was only the rustling of waves in their ears.
"Go back." Lu Qingjiu said, "it's a bit late."
Bai Yuehu nodded.
The two began to walk back.
Along the way, Lu Qingjiu and Bai Yuehu said something about his childhood, some happened in Shuifu Village, and some happened here. He said that when he left Shuifu Village, he was still unhappy because he couldn't bear his grandma.
"I know." Bai Yuehu said, "I know you cried when you left." He said slowly, "Yin Xun chased the train you left for a long time, and wanted to give you game coins. ."
Lu Qingjiu: "...you all know?"
Bai Yuehu nodded.
Lu Qingjiu thought for a while, "So actually, you have been by my side since I was born?"
Bai Yuehu hummed softly.
Lu Qingjiu: "Then why haven't I seen you?"
Bai Yuehu said, "Because your grandma doesn't want you to repeat her mistakes." He sighed softly, "She doesn't want you to be a guardian."
Lu Qingjiu was dumb.
Indeed, when his parents died suddenly, Lu Qingjiu wanted to return to Shuifu Village to accompany his grandmother, but was driven away by his grandmother. Grandma asked him to finish his studies well, wait for the end of his studies, and then consider other things. He also thought about bringing his grandma near the school, but grandma still did not agree. She said that the water house was her root and she could not leave the root for too long. From childhood to age, Lu Qingjiu had never seen Bai Yuehu, nor had he heard his name. Now, thinking about it, perhaps his grandma didn't intend to let him contact Bai Yuehu at first, because only the Guardian had contact with the dragon.
"So are you happy in Shuifu Village?" Bai Yuehu asked.
"Naturally happy." Lu Qingjiu laughed, "I am not a person who likes to force myself."
Baiyue Fox lowered his eyes.
When the two arrived at the hotel, Lu Qingjiu went to take a shower and washed away the sweat and dust on his body. After he finished washing, he saw the white moon fox sitting by the window wandering. The location of the hotel was very good, and the night view of the whole city could be seen from the window. Whether it is the beautiful neon lights, or the buildings emitting various lights and the traffic flowing through the water, they are all beautiful sights of the city.
"It's beautiful." Baiyuehu's finger touched the smooth glass, and he didn't look back.
"It's pretty." Lu Qingjiu walked to Bai Yuehu's side.
Bai Yuehu said: "I rarely come to the city." Even if I come, I don't live in a hotel.
Lu Qingjiu couldn't hear the loss in Bai Yuehu's tone. He stretched out his hand, took Bai Yuehu's face, and looked at his beautiful eyes seriously: "Your eyes are not as beautiful as you yet." He lowered his head and kissed the white moon fox's eyelashes, "You know what, I like best when I lie in the yard with you at night."
Bai Yuehu mumbled softly, with some doubts.
"Because at that time, your eyes were full of stars." Lu Qingjiu said, "It seems that you are the entire galaxy." He hugged the white moon fox, "I will not leave you, I will not go anywhere, here It’s not a place I like. I only like you. I only like the Shuifu Village with you."
Bai Yuehu's eyes lit up suddenly, and he said, "Really?"
Lu Qingjiu smiled and said, "Naturally it is true."
Bai Yuehu said, "Shuifu Village is very boring..."
Lu Qingjiu said: "Places staying for a long time are very boring, but if you have someone you like, you won't be bored."
The white moon fox stopped talking, and the two lingered together.
That night, they slept very late, which caused Lu Qingjiu to almost not get up the next day.
Today, I planned to go to the grave early. Lu Qingjiu was lying on the bedside with a sore waist and said that he was going to die. Bai Yuehu's hand hooked Lu Qingjiu's ears, his voice was gentle, deep and sexy. He said that Lu Qingjiu I will not allow you to die, and I have a way to save you.
Lu Qingjiu keenly felt something, and despite his physical pain, he crawled out of the bed. If he was tossed again, I guess he wouldn't want to go anywhere today.
Bai Yuehu laughed at Lu Qingjiu's scared look. Lu Qingjiu said angrily: "I am ashamed to laugh. If I can't walk today, I will stick to you and make you carry me."
The white moon fox doesn't matter very much: "I am willing to carry you if you can walk."
Lu Qingjiu: "..." Forget it, don't care about the shameless fox spirit.
He limped to take a shower, and then ate a hotel buffet breakfast with Bai Yuehu before slowly getting into the pickup truck. Fortunately, there will be no accident without the small truck being driven, otherwise Lu Qingjiu really dare not drive today.
The cemetery is in the suburbs. It used to take at least an hour before Lu Qingjiu almost fell asleep in the driver's seat. Bai Yuehu was very considerate and kept quiet all the way, until he was approaching the cemetery, he woke Lu Qingjiu softly.
Lu Qingjiu yawned, rubbed his eyes and came to his senses. Seeing that the small truck had been parked in the parking space, he instructed Baiyue Fox to buy paper money incense candles and a beautiful bouquet of yellow chrysanthemums.
Walking on the bluestone slab, there are tall pines and cypresses on both sides, and the solemn atmosphere here makes Lu Qingjiu and Baiyuehu no smile on their faces, instead they have serious expressions.
I found the tombstone quickly. I haven't been here for a year. Some moss and weeds accumulated on the tombstone. Lu Qingjiu took out the prepared wet towel to clean the tombstone little by little.
Baiyuehu squatted aside and helped Lu Qingjiu light the incense candle.
After wiping the tombstone, Lu Qingjiu burned the paper while talking to his parents for a while, saying that he had come back to see them, and that he had a good time during this period, so that they should not worry about themselves. He was referring to the white moon fox. At the time, he said frankly that Bai Yuehu was his boyfriend and he liked him very much.
Bai Yuehu quietly continued to burn paper money beside him like a little daughter-in-law.
"He is cute." Lu Qingjiu said, "I like him very much, Mom and Dad. If there is anything uncomfortable underneath, remember to give me a dream." He said that, and remembered that Zhulong seemed to be a manager. Underworld, does that mean that there are and ghosts in the world?
So he looked at the white moon fox. The white moon fox was connected with him. He immediately understood the question he wanted to ask. He shook his head and said that the underworld is a very broad concept. When there is yang, there is yin, which is more like a harmony. Opposite world. And not all creatures have souls. It also depends on luck. Good luck will reincarnate. If luck is bad, they will be livestock in the next life.
Lu Qingjiu was in a mixed mood after listening to it. He didn't really want to accept that his parents might be killed and eat meat in the next life.
Fortunately, Baiyue Fox probably sensed Lu Qingjiu’s mood at this time, and explained that Lu Qingjiu’s mother was a half-dragon bloodline. People with this bloodline should be able to travel in the underworld even if they die. No obstruction, no need to worry about being bullied.
Lu Qingjiu was relieved now.
After burning the paper money, Lu Qingjiu said that Zhu Miaomiao would invite him to dinner at noon today, and he wanted to stop by and meet the old tree in the park near the company. Bai Yuehu also wanted to take a look at the fortune-telling tree spirit that Lu Qingjiu had always mentioned, and the two drove in the direction of the company.