Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Silence permeated the darkened bedroom.
Xue Meng slept on the inner side of the bed, with a thin blanket on his body. Because of the small tricks performed by Jiang Lan, he fell asleep unconsciously. The space to his right was vacant, but the sheets and blankets were a bit messy, obviously someone had slept there before.
Ying Qiao looked at Xue Meng silently, he remembered that this was a colleague of the little demon, and they had met during the day.
The little demon seemed to be very popular, he could chat and laugh with anyone, there was the demon clan member last time, and now there was the person in front of him.
In the concept of the human race, it should be very common for colleagues and friends to stay overnight or even share the same bed.
But for the demons, the nest or lair was a very important place, and people should not be brought in and out casually. Ying Qiao thought calmly, the little demon was probably too young to understand these things. I am older than him, and he is my nominal boyfriend. Although it is fake, I have the obligation to remind the other party.
Thinking of this, Ying Qiao felt relieved.
He glanced at the human’s wrist and found that the bead string he had seen during the day was gone. But the little demon was not at home in the middle of the night, probably because he noticed something was wrong.
“Where did your brother go?” Ying Qiao asked Suan Ni with downcast eyes.
The small cub struggled dissatisfiedly under his hands. It seemed that the nape of its neck was uncomfortable. He wanted to change his position. The four immature claws scratched and scratched, trying to grab his clothes.
Ying Qiao stared at him for a few seconds, then hugged him hesitantly.
He had never held such a small cub before, and his movements were a little rusty and stiff.
Suan Ni glared at him angrily, but he remembered that this person was his brother’s blind date, so he replied in a waxy voice: “Fifth Brother has gone to the Demon Management Bureau.”
Ying Qiao was relieved, it should be that Jiang Lan must have found out that there was a problem with the bead string, and he couldn’t solve it by himself, so he went to the Demon Management Bureau for help.
Jiang Lan went to the Demon Management Bureau, and when he came back, he found the door of the house was wide open. He felt nervous, but he didn’t rush in rashly. Instead, he secretly gathered his strength and sneaked towards the bedroom without making a sound.
It so happened that Ying Qiao came out of the bedroom with Suan Ni in his arms and was going to find Jiang Lan at this time.
The two met each other in the living room where the lights were not turned on, and both of them were startled.
Jiang Lan’s sharp claws hidden behind him retracted in an instant, and he took his hand out as if nothing had happened, with a puzzled look on his face: “Why are you here?”
Sneaking under his nose was an extraordinary skill.
This little demon was not as fragile as he thought.
There was a look of admiration in his eyes, and he slowly said: “The boss is investigating a case related to a jewelry store. I remember that you were wearing the bracelet from that jewelry store when we met during the day. I was worried about you, so I came to have a look.”
Jiang Lan said “ah”: “So your boss is investigating?”
He said that, since when he went to report to the bureau, the clerk told him that someone was already following this case, and he was still on the way back because he was not happy about not receiving a new case.
“Did you catch that demon?”
Ying Qiao shook his head, “It escaped.”
He asked again, “When I came here, I found a strange fragrance in the room. Have you met it?”
“Ah? I met it.”
After he finished speaking, Ying Qiao looked at him with burning eyes, and when he continued to talk, he secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva and stumbled and made up: “No, that should be its incarnation. Something like that, I met it in a dream…”
“Yeah.” Ying Qiao listened to him patiently, seeing him stammering and thinking he was frightened, he hesitated for a moment, and stretched out his hand to him. Then he touched the top of his head and comforted him, “Don’t be afraid, it won’t hurt you.”
Seeing that he didn’t seem to doubt him, Jiang Lan quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
He certainly couldn’t say that I was too hungry to hold back and swallowed the other party directly. He could only follow Ying Qiao’s words, put on a weak, pitiful and helpless appearance, and briefly describe the situation in the dream: “… Then it ran away suddenly for some reason, and I woke up from the dream.” He carefully probed: “What is it?”
Ying Qiao thought about it for a while, and there was nothing he couldn’t say, and then said, “It’s a Tai Sui plant with enlightened wisdom. Its cultivation is not very powerful, but it has luck that can deceive the sky, so it is difficult to find its whereabouts.”
Tai Sui?
Jiang Lan stared, suddenly remembering what that familiar feeling was like before!
No wonder he always had a sense of familiarity, about a long, long time ago, he ate the Tai Sui! At that time, he had not been picked up by his elder brother, and he was wandering outside alone, and accidentally caught a Tai Sui plant. The Tai Sui plant pretended to be a ghost and killed many people at that time. He hid behind him and caught that Tai Sui.
Tai Sui meat was tender and inexhaustible, so he locked him in his nest and ate it for a long time. It was just that he didn’t know how but it ran away later, causing him to go out of the nest to look for food again. At that time, he was still sad for several days. So, he still had the impression.
Unexpectedly, there would be a time to meet this Tai Sui again. It was a pity that the case was taken over by Ying Qiao’s boss, otherwise he would have taken the opportunity to eat his fill.
Thinking of this, Jiang Lan couldn’t help feeling sad.
Seeing him stare blankly, Ying Qiao thought that he was frightened, so he took his mobile phone and stored his number: “Next time you meet it, call me directly.”
Jiang Lan rolled his eyes slowly. Turning around, he subconsciously wanted to say, what should I eat if I find you?
The words stopped suddenly, remembering that he had just pretended to be a weak and helpless little demon, he thought now I can’t reveal my secrets, so he nodded, “Yes”, and said very obediently: “Okay.”
Ying Qiao’s words reminded him, and he opened his eyes curiously and said, “Aren’t you working in the company? Why do you still have to deal with the affairs of the Demon Management Bureau?”
Probably because there were too many lies, Ying Qiao didn’t change his face when he heard this question, and just opened his mouth to talk nonsense: “Follow the boss to earn some extra money, otherwise, how much money can you make by going to work from nine to five every day?”
Jiang Lan understood now. This was the same as him who was working part-time in the Sub-district office.
He looked at Ying Qiao with a friendly look, eager to find an ally. It seemed that no matter big or small, everyone was working hard to make money.
But Ying Qiao only felt that he was suddenly looking at him with bright eyes, and he was hesitant to speak.
Jiang Lan originally had a deceptively good appearance, especially his pair of eyes. The eyelashes were long and curly, the double eyelids were deep, and the almond-shaped eyes were blue and white, like a pool of soft water.
Ying Qiao thought that during this long time, he had already cultivated a copper-skinned iron bone and a cold heart, but when he saw Jiang Lan’s expression, his heart still couldn’t help softening.
He had never raised a cub, but in his eyes at this moment, the fragile little demon was like a cub that needed to be taken care of carefully.
He was suddenly full of patience.
“You are still young, so you probably don’t understand the hardships of life in human society. If you need money in the future, just tell me.”
Did this mean he wanted to support him?
Jiang Lan opened his eyes wide in surprise, then shook his head seriously. Ying Qiao was the first demon who was willing to raise him besides the eldest and fourth brothers.
But it seemed that Ying Qiao had to work overtime in the middle of the night to earn extra money, so he was probably poorer than him.
Jiang Lan refused him very seriously: “I can support myself, and the money you earn can be saved by yourself.”
After thinking for a while, he added: “Don’t spend it indiscriminately.”
Finally, he said this sentence. He had wanted to talk to Ying Qiao about this for a long time!
Ying Qiao didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, but the poor man’s persona had already been established, and he couldn’t change it for a while, so he could only hold his nose and nod in recognition.
Immediately, he thought of Xue Meng in the bedroom again, and asked in the tone of an elder teaching a cub: “Do you often bring your colleagues and friends to your home for the night?”
Jiang Lan tilted his head and thought for a while: “Only Xue Meng alone. Right? He was drunk at the dinner party today.”
Ying Qiao’s eyes flashed, and he gave a faint “hmm”, and then instructed: “Human society is full of material desires, and temptation is everywhere. You will inevitably be affected by it when you come into contact with human beings. After all, the demon race is different from the human race. The demon race needs to persevere in their practice, and they also need to resist the temptation of sensuality. Once caught, it is easy to go astray.”
After he had finished speaking, Jiang Lan looked confused and didn’t seem to understand, so he gave another easy-to-understand example: “For example, this time, the human race likes to have sex after drinking, and you rashly brought people back to sleep in the same bed. If you can’t resist the temptation, I’m afraid it’s not good for your practice.”
“…”
Jiang Lan never thought about what could have happened with Xue Meng. He vaguely felt that these words were not right, but after careful consideration, he couldn’t think of any problems, so he could only nod in response: “I see.”
The corners of Ying Qiao’s lips curved in an imperceptible arc, subconsciously wanting to touch his head, but just as he raised his hand, he retracted it nonchalantly, and said indifferently: “Human race’s life is short, if you want to find a partner in the future, look for it among demons. Don’t learn from those demon clan members who promote love between humans and demons.”
Jiang Lan continued to nod, and then yawned involuntarily.
Looking at Suan Ni, he had already fallen asleep in Ying Qiao’s arms while they were talking.
Ying Qiao remembered that he would have to go to work tomorrow, the little demon must not be full of energy without sleeping like himself, so he said: “It’s getting late, you should go to bed early. If you meet Tai Sui again, call me anytime.”
Jiang Lan narrowed his eyes sleepily, nodded obediently, picked up Suan Ni again, and sent him out.
….
Ying Qiao left the community and drove all the way around.
When he got home, he found the lights on the first floor of the villa were alit, and on the sofa in the living room, Chen Hua’s face was pitch black, and when he saw him come back, he immediately showed a mean expression: “Boss Ying is still willing to come back?”
Ying Qiao frowned: “What are you doing here?”
Chen Hua turned blue with anger, and complained about his evil deeds in a mournful tone: “Why don’t you ask how I came back when you threw me on the side of the road?”
The Bureau of Demon Control had regulations. In human cities, in non-emergency situations, demon races must apply for high-altitude flights. There was nothing to do on weekdays, and they could only rely on transportation.
In the end, the old bastard Ying Qiao drove the car away and left him on the side of the road alone!
“You don’t know how to take a taxi?” Ying Qiao looked at him as if he was looking at a mentally handicapped person: “Did you walk back by yourself?”
Chen Hua: …
His weeping voice stagnated strangely, and then changed abruptly. He raised a topic: “Let me guess where you went in the middle of the night? Didn’t you just worry about that little demon, and chase him to guard him?”
He originally thought that Ying Qiao would deny it or give him an irritable kick to kick him out of the house.
Who knew that this irascible old bastard actually smiled abnormally, and said, “Yeah.”
Chen Hua said, “Is the old sow going to climb a tree?”
Ying Qiao saw his eyeballs rolling around, and snorted: “Put away your dirty thoughts, Jiang Lan is young, he’s really a brat.”
Chen Hua dragged out his tone in a strange way: “Oh …So you like to play with young grass, huh?”
Ying Qiao: …
“Get out.”
The author has something to say:
Jiang Lan: I’m afraid to scare you by saying it, I’m actually a big demon ╰(‵ ′)╯
Mr. Ying (kindly): The little demon is so cute, I have to protect him.
Chen Hua: Vomit!
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Today is the day for Jiang Lan and Mr. Ying to talk with each other. Mr. Ying puts on the 800-meter filter and is addicted to his own thoughts.
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