Chapter 33:

"Ah, it's soft... like a jellyfish."
The translucent creature floating in the air, cleverly let Linyou touch.
It does not have an umbrella hat like a jellyfish. It looks like a ghost in a white bed sheet, but its body is crystal clear, slightly blue, and there are two dull peas on its head.
Um... feels like jelly.
This is undoubtedly a mutated creature. In the situation just now, at first glance, it looks like a ghost like a traditional image. After careful examination, it looks pretty cute.
Linyou touched it again: "Does Xiao Xiao know it?" It seemed to be looking for someone specially.
"Um..." Xiao Xiao looked a little sloppy.
Was it really scared just now? Linyou can only think so, but feels different.
"So what's the matter with it coming to you?" Linyou remembered that Xiaoqing had fallen into the yard last time, and Xiao Xiao offered to go back to the giant tree to sort out her collection.
It just happened that some time ago, but it has passed for a long time.
Linyou was slightly distracted.
For the first time, she realized that her feelings for Xiao Xiao were there. The previous festival was also...
……Well.
Linyou cleared away the irrelevant associations in her brain, took the jelly in her arms and listened to Xiao Xiao.
"Look for me...help." Xiao Xiao selected the wording and glanced at the mutant creature shrunk on Linyou's legs. "It is poisonous, and even if the grapefruit has the ability, still be careful."
Linyou didn't challenge her ability, let go of the jelly: "Help?"
The soft jelly floated to the side, the hem dangling in front of Lucky Eyes, and the big cat fiddled twice with his paws, twisting his head and yawning with interest.
Xiao Xiao said: "They are relatively fragile. There are many natural enemies outside, they are easy to be killed, and occasionally they will ask me to clean up the environment."
They sound like an ethnic group. Lin You felt a little strange: "Xiao Xiao is going to help them?"
To be honest, Xiao Xiao is not that kind of "enthusiastic". In addition to the plants she brought home, she also had mutant creatures that she often looked after, but she was more inclined to observe and would not deliberately interfere with the survival of the fittest.
Xiao Xiao nodded: "Because it is very rare."
...Got it, protect rare animals.
Suddenly Lin Yu burst into laughter and ridiculed: "Well, it feels very handsome. Guardian of nature?"
"……Handsome?"
Today, I don't understand what makes grapefruit interesting, and Xiao Xiao is a bit distressed. But it may be heard that Linyou is agreeing. She reluctantly echoed: "Well, if the grapefruit likes it, just fine."
Don't rush to help for a while, it's too late today, Xiao Xiao let the mutant go back first. Since there is an event tomorrow, the two men took a little time to wash and sleep.
The next morning, Linyou brought out the shepherd's purse and pork porridge, using actions to show that coquettishness was useless to her.
But she didn't cut the vegetables very finely. Xiao Xiao held the bowl and pursed her lips in trouble. She didn’t like the waste, and she didn’t have the habit of picking the dishes she didn’t like to eat. She could only concentrate on picking a few shepherd’s purses first, and then she was relieved. Drink porridge happily.
Linyou grinned and laughed beside her, and always thought it was funny to look at her troubled appearance.
After eating, Linyou went to change clothes to go out.
These two days are still hot, but it can be said that the temperature is lower than the previous scorching heat, and it is a little cooler at night. She can tolerate long-sleeved trousers when she goes out. After all, she walks in the wild and wears a little more.
Xiao Xiao will not be afraid of heat at all, making Linyou extremely envious.
The jellies live far away from each other. In order to come back for lunch, Xiao Xiao let Jin Bao fly them directly.
Cleaning up the environment sounds troublesome. For Xiao Xiao, he just stood there for a while, marking the mutant creatures nearby one by one, keeping them away from the jelly. No matter how far apart, as long as Xiao Xiao is still alive, this imprint will always take effect.
It can be achieved within a moment of operation in the spiritual sea. Lin You only observed the surrounding environment, and heard Xiao Xiao say, "Okay."
"Eh? Is it so fast?" What did she do with it?
Lin You was surprised. She has also encountered mental control abilities among humans before, and it is mostly difficult for them to mobilize abilities. Should we say that the zombie king is powerful, or is Xiao Xiao talented? After she completed such a large workload, she still looked relaxed.
Xiao Xiao obviously had long thought about what they were doing, like sharing toys with good children, and asked expectantly, "Grapefruit, do you want to see where they live?"
All come. Moreover, can she refuse this expression of Xiao Xiao? Linyou said, "Go check it out."
Xiao Xiao took her into a cave.
They are walking down. Fortunately at the beginning, the darker the field of vision, Lin Yu did not have the night vision ability like the zombie king, nor did he bring a flashlight. When he went deep, he almost watched everything dark.
The outline of Xiao Xiao leading the way also became vague, and only the holding hands connected the two together.
Xiao Xiao noticed her slight uneasiness and shook her hand: "Grapefruit, don't be afraid."
Her voice echoed gently in the cave, Linyou immediately reassured her, and Yuyu kept her face: "I'm not scared... Is there a dark river in it?" She heard a thin stream of water .
Xiao Xiao said: "Well, they live in the deep pool."
Oh... no wonder they look like jellyfish.
Lin You asked: "How did you find them?" Living in such a hidden place.
"When I pass by, I feel that there are mutant creatures, so I came in and found it."
The answer given by Xiao Xiao is very uninteresting. Linyou listened to her and naturally imagined a zombie king wandering in the wild.
Before meeting her, did Xiao Xiao often explore outside all day and all night?
...I'm afraid it is.
The decoration in the giant tree is extremely simple, unlike the place where it has lived for a long time. And Xiao Xiao is the opposite of her. Although she likes it, she will calm down and read carefully, but she is obviously more interested in going out. I usually go out to take care of the fields, and I will go home in an extra circle.
Suddenly, patches of bluish-green fluorescence appeared in the dark-painted holes, and they clung to the rock wall.
Is it a bug? Fireflies like that?
Linyou's eyes were drawn away, staring at it for a while, it was hard to see clearly.
This kind of fluorescence is in pieces, and it is appearing more and more. Although it can't illuminate the way forward, it makes the environment less dark.
Linyou can see Xiao Xiao raises the other hand and pulls her hair back... She should be before going out.
"This is a kind of moss." Xiao Xiao stopped to explain to Linyou, and reminded her, "In front, you will step on the water."
"Ah, wait a minute..." Linyou didn't like the feeling of wet clothes sticking on her body. The shoes couldn't help. She wanted to roll up her trousers and was pulled by Xiao Xiao.
"Grapefruit, can't you see? I'll be fine."
"Eh? Didn't this..."
Lin Yu's words didn't finish. Xiao Xiao has released her hand and squatted down, lowering her right leg a bit, like a half-kneeling posture, helping her to pull up the trouser legs, and also took off the loose shoelace and fasten it again.
"..."
I don't know why, this move is more shy than usual. Linyou bit her lip lightly, her expression was not very natural: "...Thank you."
Xiao Xiao took her hand again and seemed to smile: "No need to thank you?"
She continued to guide Linyou forward.
Linyou stepped into the shallow dark river, and the cold river water didn't cross her ankles, making her stunned.
Xiao Xiao's hands are also cool, but stable and gentle, maybe it has been holding for a long time, and it is also contaminated with her body warmth and up.
Lin You thought of a question that had never been thought of before: "Xiao Xiao."
"Ok?"
Lin You hesitated and said, "Xiao Xiao...Is it better to live a more comfortable life?"
She was a little scared that Xiao Xiao was accommodating her, so she stayed in a place for a long time in order to stay bored at home. It's like binding a bird in a cage.
"comfortable……?"
Even if she couldn't see it, Linyou heard Xiao Xiao's doubts. She didn't seem to understand the meaning of this sentence.
Linyou said: "Is it better to walk around and stop as before?"
"Um..." Xiao Xiao thought for a moment, as if thinking.
"Grapefruit, go here, you can't step on it."
She took Linyou away from the roadblock and gently shook the hand they held together, with a light smile in her tone: "It used to be like this before. Now, I like to be by the side of grapefruit. ."
"..."
Lin Yu tightened his hands, and the parts he gripped could feel each other's inseparable strength.
"Like... because, are we family?"
Maybe it was because Xiao Xiao’s eyes could not be seen, or because of the serious feelings in Xiao Xiao’s discourse, Lin Yu suddenly felt that it was not so difficult to speak: "Still, you also treat me..."
She paused.
and also……
Xiao Xiao caught the word, clasped his fingertips suddenly, and shifted his attention away from the road ahead.
Linyou took a deep breath: "Also..."
thump!
The ground motion interrupted her. Lin You was brought down by the force of her hand. Fortunately, she had already walked over the part of the dark river. She sat on the ground and sat up. Looking up, Xiao Xiao faintly disappeared.
She looked over with her hands clasped: "Xiao Xiao..."
"..."
"..."
"...Why did you fall here?"
Linyou understood the situation. She knew that she should worry about walking the zombie king in the pit, but she couldn't help but smiled with her face covered: "Are you okay? I'll pull you up."
Xiao Xiao: "..."
The pit was not deep, Xiao Xiao supported the ground with one hand without a word, and jumped up with the strength of Linyou with one hand.
Linyou smiled and asked, "Is there any injury? Has it been to your feet?"
Xiao Xiao's voice sounded dull: "...No."
The brewing atmosphere was clean before, and Linyou finally couldn't stop laughing, and couldn't get back to the mood just now: "Okay, okay, then look at the road carefully? I can't see anything, but I can count on you."
Xiao Xiao stayed in place.
"Xiao Xiao?"
"...Grapefruit, don't you ask?"
"what?"
Xiao Xiao said: "Yes, ask again... the question just now."