Chapter 7: The End of the Mountain (25)
After breakfast, Bai Yutong and Yudi came to Gu Qichen's luxurious and extravagant single officeβa pair of antler specimens hung on the white wall, and a delicate knife was solemnly erected on the stove of the fireplace.
Every time he went to Gu Qichen's office, Bai Yutong's eyes couldn't help but look around, as if he wanted to put these eye-catching accessories into his eye bags.
Yudi did not enter the office, but leaned against the door of the office with his hands behind his back, looked down at his toes, and waited patiently for Bai Yutong to come out.
Gu Qichen's old fox smiled when he saw Bai Yutong, and the corners of his mouth were cracked to the root of his ears, and he was a shush and warm.
"Thank you for saving the little girl!" Gu Qichen said sincerely, but his expression looked very lonely, "It's just that I pity my two rare swords......"
The wind and rain are epic weapons from the hands of masters, and at that level, they can already be regarded as heirlooms.
"Alas, it's good that people are fine. Gu Qichen sighed, "This cicada flower will definitely pay the price, I dare to guarantee!"
Facing Gu Qichen with an indignant face, Bai Yutong couldn't persuade him to be generous, but only slightly complied with his topic, maintaining a righteous and awe-inspiring expression.
The conversation lasted for an hour and a half, which made it rain for a while, and she kept standing on her heels, trying to relax her already sore ankles and soles.
Why didn't it come out yet, the raindrop pursed her lips and looked at the wooden door next to her.
"Yo, what is the little girl doing?" a cold and bewitching voice sounded from the side.
Raindrop turned her head blankly, one moment she was still sickly and delicate, and the next moment she jumped up, like a hare that had fled after seeing a hungry wolf.
It's Han Kui! Yudian's face was extremely ugly, she was so scared that she couldn't speak, her feet that were as limp as pickles one second became as full as white fungus soaked in water in the next second.
"Why are you retreating, little girl, it's rude not to greet the elders......" Han Kui was domineering, compared to the raindrops, she was as dazzling and hot as fireworks blooming in the night sky, constantly burning the shallow heart of the raindrops and white paper.
The raindrops did not run away, she quickly turned around, gritted her teeth and kept reaching out, and slapping the purple-painted cypress door behind her hard.
Han Kui clasped his hands in front of his chest, revealing a sneering expression, and looked at the girl who was so anxious that she squeezed out tears with interest.
"Open the door and help me!" Raindrop clumsily called for help, "Hurry up, please......"
At this time, Bai Yutong opened the door, and before he understood what was going on, the raindrops hid behind him, and the hands that grabbed the corners of his clothes trembled slightly, like a kitten whose whole body was constantly spasmodic after falling into the water.
"Why are you ......" Bai Yutong saw Han Kui with a smile on his face, "You bullied the raindrops?"
"Who bullied her, I just said hello to her!" Han Kui played with the long gray and white hair scattered on his shoulders and said with a disdainful expression, "And will I compete with a little girl who doesn't have any hair?"
Bai Yutong looked at Han Kui directly, and didn't say anything, for Han Kui, he always had a feeling of reluctance to look up and face it. If Han Kui is compared to a roaring male lion, then Bai Yutong is the female lion who is crushed under her.
In front of that woman, Bai Yutong would become temperless even when he was angry, which was really sad.
At this time, Gu Qichen came to the door, and when he saw the peerless Han Kui in Allure, his eyes widened, "Yo!
Han Kui didn't have much interest in the glasses uncle with shiny eyes, she looked into Bai Yutong's eyes and said, "Let's go, see you at lunch!" After speaking, she twisted her graceful steps and walked away.
What a woman as charming as a snake!
Bai Yutong breathed a sigh of relief, "Don't be afraid, she's already gone." β
Yudi's mood was very low, "Brother...... Am I a hassle......"
"There's no such thing!" Bai Yutong said loudly, "You're my sister!, how could I bother you?"
The raindrops fell into Bai Yutong's arms, and gently wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with the back of his white hand, and he was very moved, "Brother, thank you!"
Gu Qichen watched all this quietly, he stretched out his hand, gently pushed the white glossy glasses frame on the bridge of his nose with the tip of his index finger, and was silent.
Soon after, Yudi left the office with Bai Yutong and came to a single-family infirmary in a corner of the campus. The infirmary is neatly renovated, and its appearance looks closer to the design concept of the villa, but in fact it is not usually open to students, but is reserved for the self-cultivation of the chaplains serving in the college.
Priests are a noble profession in this world, and they are able to heal all kinds of external injuries such as trauma, poison, and curses to a certain extent. But raising a pastor requires a huge amount of resources, a lengthy amount of time, and an accumulation of knowledge. Generally speaking, only national governments, large trade unions and large organizations are willing to do so.
This also leads to the number of priests is very scarce, and most of the pastors recruited by the academy are old priests who have retired from the battlefield or whose union contracts have expired, and almost all of the priest students trained in the academy have contracts with the state departments, and they are directly sponsored by the state, and they will get the state's resources and funds on time every month.
In the future, these students will shout the title of defending their homeland and set foot on the battlefield full of dangers and contribute their modest efforts to the country. If they manage to survive until retirement, then they will receive a large pension.
A considerable number of pastors who have received pensions will choose to retire and retire, and only a very small number are willing to be active in the business circle. In order to recruit old priests who retired from the battlefield and were willing to dedicate themselves to the second time, major colleges, organizations and trade unions did not hesitate to show their favorable conditions. Over time, the status of a pastor became noble.
This detached villa is exactly the benefit promised to these old priests by Qiyao Senior Source Academy, it is located in an inconspicuous corner of the campus, quiet enough, separated from the inside and outside by a high pale yellow fence, a deep path leads to the gate of the villa, planted with green and inky shrubs carefully cut by the gardener, and farther away are the high and low oily green lawns and fragrant laurel trees.
The air here is so fresh! Bai Yutong tilted his head and took a deep breath, he had never smelled such fresh air since he left Baiyun Mountain.
The pace of the rain on the gravel path was light, like a devout congregation unwilling to pollute the holy church with its filthy noise.
"Sister Yanrou is ahead!" said Raindrop, pointing to the villa at the end of the trail that was full of creepers.
Bai Yutong heard from Yudi that Zhang Ruonan, Shang Fei and Tong Du had all returned, but Shang Fei and Tong Du both followed the inspector to Luming Town to help solve the case, and they planned to end this evil organization called the Cicada Flower Society.
Zhang Ruonan has disappeared since this morning, and the rain doesn't know where she went, it stands to reason that she should drink orange juice and write a record on the desk in the central infirmary of the college, and occasionally stretch lazily, and the students affectionately call her Sister Lan.
Listening to the raindrops, Bai Siqi always accompanied Gu Yanrou's bedside day and night to pestering her to talk. In fact, Gu Yanrou's injuries had already healed, but Gu Qichen still insisted on arranging her in this single-family villa.
And Gu Yanrou has become less talkative than before, and she would take the initiative to spit out a word or two to Bai Siqi before she disappeared, but now she will only look at herself and smirk at her toes.
In fact, Bai Yutong wanted to visit Gu Yanrou last night, but he didn't dare to go because of the inseparable Han Kui.
It's not very reliable to take her to the sick, right?
Therefore, Bai Yutong took advantage of the old fox's absence to visit Gu Yanrou, intending to inquire about her condition.
The raindrops pushed open the door of the villa, the living room on the first floor appeared spacious and bright, the living room is scattered with eight pillars thicker than the elephant's legs, the overall use of Italian design, some of which are a little Gothic style, the center of the living room has two opposite curved cypress escalators spiraling up, along the distinct steps, there are many rooms divided by aisles, each door has a house number scribbled with gold Arabic numerals.
After Raindrop led Bai Yutong to the door of 201, she hesitated for a moment, then reached out and knocked on the door gently.
There was a noisy slight sound from inside, and it sounded like "who", presumably because the sound insulation of the room was so good.
Bai Siqi opened the door, "Hey~ You come to see the rain again...... Ahh
"Ah...... Yes, yes!" Bai Yutong pushed her away without a trace, and then looked into the hidden door, "I'm here to see the cured meat, is she inside?"
"Yes!" Bai Siqi laughed, "She is looking forward to your coming back for a long time!"
Looking forward to me, looking forward to me, what are you doing! Bai Yutong secretly slandered himself, I am not a flight...... He followed Bai Siqi into the roomβthe floor-to-ceiling windows were tightly closed, and the gold-embroidered curtains were tied up on either side, like two dancers in court dresses.
There are only simple furnishings in the room, a square bamboo table, a few delicate benches and a white bed from the beginning to the end, and there is not even a storage cabinet in the whole room.
There was a girl lying on the bed, she stared blankly at the few people who came in, her eyes seemed to be looking at the second hand in the clock, focused and solid.
"Hi...... It's been a long time since I've seen the cured meat......" Bai Yutong greeted her with a shriveled and raw greeting, his expression as if he had done something wrong, and as if he had just swallowed a pressure cooker.
"You're here. The girl's tone was very light, and it sounded like a matter of course, and she looked intently at Bai Yutong, who kept tugging at the corners of her mouth, and didn't say a word.
"Ahem, how is your injury?" Bai Yutong finally opened up a normal topic.
"Teacher Xiaolan has cured me, thank you. The girl's expression was still dead, like a mask made of silicone.
At this time, Bai Siqi brought two benches made of bamboo to Yudian and Bai Yutong, Bai Yutong sat down unceremoniously, and Yudi sat down very calmly.
The room was silent, a special atmosphere was brewing, and Bai Yutong was shyly rubbing his thighs with his palms, like a young man who went to his mother-in-law's house for an interview for the first time.
The short blank period ended quickly.
Bai Siqi began to warm up to Bai Yutong, and he found that this girl's style of speaking was the same as Gu Qichen's old guy's tone, and even the way she spoke was surprisingly similar.
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