"Chen An?!" Widening his eyes in surprise, Ibaraki Hua Fan looked up at the sound and saw Chen An sitting on the tree smiling and waving to her. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info quickly fell from the tree, Chen An patted the head of the big toad affectionately, and teased:

"Why, I haven't seen you for a while, and suddenly you don't know me?"

"How is it possible, but just a moment of surprise."

Putting aside the lotus leaf in her hand, Ibaraki Hua got down from the back of the big toad as soon as she turned over, patted the back of the big toad and signaled it to return to the water, and she and Chen An also walked to the water's edge and sat down.

Taking off his shoes and putting them aside, he put his white feet and a calf into the cool water to make the water ripple, and Ibaraki Hua Fan looked at Chen An intently.

"Where has this time gone? Why hasn't there been any news? ”

"Quack!"

The big toad in the water screamed, as if it was echoing the Ibaraki fan. It wasn't like the Ibaraki Hua fan, Chen An just sat down cross-legged, and he sighed: "This question is really difficult to answer you, anyway, as long as you know that I'm fine."

"Can't you answer?" Ibaraki Hua was stunned, then gave up the question understandingly, she looked up at the sky, and suddenly laughed.

"But you're fine, good and evil will be unlucky~"

“……？”

Pointing at Chen An, and then pointing to the Bright Needle City in the sky, Ibaraki Hua smiled a little badly: "Thanks to you, in the two months that you are away, the good and evil have been cleaned up by all of you in Gensokyo in turn."

"First of all, Purple, Blue, Reimu, and the little girl named Marisa and the girl who played with the knife last time cleaned up the good and evil that day. Then there was a group of unknown people, including doctors, gods, girls with bat wings, Taoist priests and monks, plus Kazami Yuka, tanuki monsters, and human girls, and they ran to Hui Needle City one after another to find trouble. ”

"If it weren't for the fact that they were all measured, and I and Acuchimaru and those Fu Fu Gods who were born because of the Wanbao Hammer to help deal with it, not to mention good and evil, even Hui Needle City would have to be demolished for them."

Chen An was taken aback: "Is it so exaggerated!?"

"Only more exaggerated." Ibaraki Hua laughed even worse: "Because now, good and evil don't even dare to come out of Hui Needle City, otherwise they will be beaten again if they walk on the road for some reason."

Chen An smiled dumbly: "I don't even dare to come out of Hui Needle City, it's too pitiful, right?"

"Who's to say it isn't." Ibaraki shrugged, and the smile faded, replaced by melancholy: "But it's okay, it made her remember a lot before, and she won't get into trouble all day long like she did at the beginning."

Speaking of this, she couldn't help patting Chen An on the shoulder, couldn't help but smile, and said seriously: "But to give you a piece of advice, you'd better be careful next time you see good and evil." She's been furious more than once and has said she's going to kill you. ”

Chen An laughed: "Come on, with the uncle's ability to anoint the soles of his feet, how can good and evil catch me?"

"That's right."

The two looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh. Not quite understanding why the two were laughing, the big toad blinked suspiciously, but still quacked in cooperation.

In such a cheerful atmosphere, Chen An asked, "By the way, you haven't answered why I'm here." Could it be that like Cuixiang, he didn't plan to settle in the old capital? ”

"Pretty much." Ibaraki stopped laughing, then put his fingers in his mouth and whistled loudly.

“――！！！”

The crisp eagle cry and the majestic dragon groan sounded with the whistle, and Chen An looked up, and the eagle and a small dragon hovering in the sky saw it. He was a little surprised: "Dragon!? No, it's a baby dragon. ”

The dragon creature Chen An can see a lot, and Luo Yi, who has lived together for hundreds of years, will not mention it first, and then he will see a lot during the trip. Although the ability can't be compared with Roy, they are all dragons. And the one in the sky is too small!

"It's really worthy of Chen An." It was not surprising that Chen An was able to find out that the dragon in the sky was just a young dragon, and Ibaraki Hua praised it and said with a smile: "Because the underground is not very suitable for the survival of animals, even the dragon and my pet thunder beast are not very adaptable." In addition, Yokai Mountain is more suitable for my cultivation, so I did not settle in the old capital, but built a dojo in the mountain to live. ”

"Cultivation comes and goes, isn't it still a half-hung immortal?"

"Hey! Don't say such rude things! ”

A sigh made Ibaraki Hua glare, and Chen An put his arm on her shoulder affectionately.

"Don't worry about the details. By the way, I actually wanted to ask last time, what's going on with your right hand? Even if it's wrapped in bandages, it's still empty inside, what happened? In the end, Chen An's expression became serious.

I don't like trouble very much, but it depends on what kind of trouble it is. Although he slipped away at the last moment, the fan of Ibaraki Hua was indeed Chen Ancheng's wife who had married and worshipped the church.

Even the flute that was given to him at the beginning could be lent to her, and if something happened to her arm, how could Chen An be troublesome and ignore it. If it wasn't for the big trouble last time, he would have asked a long time ago!

Unexpectedly, Chen An would suddenly mention this matter, and Ibaraki Hua Fan couldn't help but be stunned. It took a while for her to hold her right hand, which was made of a special bandage, and her right hand, which was actually empty, sighed faintly: "It's not a big deal, it's just that when I was migrating with my people, I ran into an enemy, and then there was a battle. In the end, I won the battle, but at the cost of it, my right hand was cut off. ”

Try to pretend to be casual, Ibaraki Hua Fan smiled: "Honest fighting, there is no way if your skills are not as good as others."

Chen An said silently, but the hand that was holding Ibaraki Hua's shoulder unconsciously added a little strength, allowing her to lean on his shoulder.

After a while, Chen An spoke again: "What about the hand?" With the physical fitness of the ghost clan, if you find your hand, you should be able to grow back, right? ”

"Who knows." Leaning on Chen An's shoulder, Ibaraki Hua Fan whispered: "That battle was at the water's edge, and after the battle is over, the broken arm ...... The severed arm has been washed away by the water. ”

"That's right...... Can you wait a bit? ”

"Huh?"

"Your hand, I'll get it back. So, can you bear with it for a while? ”

Chen An looked sideways at the Ibaraki Hua fan, and when he met his apologetic eyes, the corners of the Ibaraki Hua fan were raised, and he suddenly smiled: "Ah, I understand."

The wonderful atmosphere revolved around Chen An and Ibaraki Huafan, and for a while, even the sound of the wind seemed to stop.

……

After spending a peaceful and silent afternoon with Ibaraki Huafan, when evening came, Chen An came to the mountainside where Hina lived.

Originally, I was still a little worried that the Hina Club would not be there, and where would I go to the mountains to play, but it was obvious that Chen An was thinking about it. Looking at the sunset, lying in a hammock made of emerald green rattan and sleeping soundly, Chen An unconsciously raised his eyebrows.

I'm still sleeping at this time, and Hina is really laid-back.

With this in mind, Chen An swaggered towards the cave, but after thinking about it, he listened to his footsteps halfway, and then went to the sleeping Hina first. Looking at Hinata's cute cheeks that were red and fluttering in the sunset, Chen An smiled, and took out a branch and wrote lazy on Hina on her left face and ghost on her right face.

When she gently pinched Hinata's nose again, making her puff up her face unhappily in her sleep, Chen An swaggered into the cave.

……

- "Ah!! The face of the chick! ”

Not long after entering the cave, he suddenly heard an exclamation, and Chen An hurriedly ran out of the cave.

"What's wrong? What's wrong? ”

With such words in his mouth, Chen An turned his head to look around, and then saw the chick squatting by the stream not far away.

Looking at her own face reflected in the water, Hina really wanted to cry without tears.

Who can tell her what the hell is going on? Why do you have the word lazy on your face after taking a nap?

Touching her face, she pursed her mouth, and she was a little depressed and wanted to cry. Who is so immoral to bully her like this?

When he came to the back of the chick, relying on his height advantage to see the tearful cute expression of the chick reflected on the water surface, Chen An, a ghost who lacked virtue, couldn't help but laugh happily.

"Hinata, who bullied you, why do you look so depressed?"

"How does Hina know it...... Hey! Hey!! Quiet!!! ”

Subconsciously answering the voice that appeared behind him, Hina suddenly reacted, and the frustration of being written on his face flew away instantly, Hina stood up from the water's edge, and then turned to look at Chen An and pointed at him and let out a cry of surprise.

"It's me." Chen An nodded with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a while, why did you have flowers on your face?"

"Huh? Ay! In a panic, he hurriedly covered his face with his hands, and Hinaru turned sideways to avoid Chen An's gaze: "Don't look, An, don't look!"

"Why don't you let me see it, isn't it pretty cute?"

"Anyway, you are not allowed to look at it!" Giving a weak protest, Hina began to tear up again: "I actually wrote on Hina when I was asleep, that bad guy should not be caught by Hina in the future, or else, or ......"

Otherwise, after a while, Hina pretended to be fierce and swore an oath: "Otherwise, Hina won't remove bad luck from that guy and let him be unlucky all the time!"

As if he felt that such a threat was very powerful, Hina and cute nodded his little head and swore solemnly: "That's right, I won't give him bad luck!"

Hina's performance made Chen An laugh, is this also ruthless? How does it feel like a young cat waving its little paws at people, except for cuteness, but there is no deterrent at all?

He couldn't help but start teasing Hina: "Even if you want to get rid of bad luck for me, you can't do it."

"What do you mean?" Hina's eyes widened, looking at Chen An's face full of evil smiles, and suddenly reacted, it turned out that the immoral ghost who wrote on her face when she was asleep was none other than Chen An!

Finally figured this out, Hina suddenly pointed the finger at Chen An angrily, and she said loudly: "I actually wrote on Hina when she was asleep, Ann, you villain!"

"There's no way, seeing Hina's cute sleeping face, I can't help it if I'm not careful." Chen An pretended to spread out a hand helplessly: "Who made the chick so cute, I can't help it."

"Don't think that if you say good things about Hina, you will be happy, but Hina's not so easy to coax."

Glancing at the young who said that he was not easy to coax, but he was already covering his face and being happy, Chen An couldn't help muttering in his heart: You are not easy to coax, who is easy to coax?

Of course, this kind of cruel truth can't be told to hit the chicks, so Chen An wisely diverted his attention. As for how to turn it, it's very simple, take out a pen and add two words to her forehead in Hinata's stunned expression - coaxing!

Looking at Chen An, who put away the pen and nodded with satisfaction to his forehead, the young man deflated his mouth and almost cried: "I actually bullied the young again, and in front of the young one, Ann is too much!"

"Don't be so careful~" The big grin bullied the chicks, and gently pinched her delicate face, Chen An patted the small box that he had been holding around his waist, and motioned to the chick to look over: "Oh, look, I have something good to show you."

Hina was very simple, as soon as she heard Chen An say this, her attention was immediately diverted, and she looked at the small box curiously, and Hina opened her eyes in surprise.

"This box...... It's Hina's! ”

The box Hina Chen An is holding is too familiar, isn't that the small box that she used to use as a small vault, hiding all her income from selling dolls, and planning to invest money in Reimeng one day, but she has never been embarrassed to go?

It's so tightly hidden at home, how did Chen An get it!

"It's mine now." Chen An patted the box with a smile: "Instead of cheapening Reimeng's dead money fan, it's better to give me these things directly, do you say, Hina?"

Hinata: "......"

"Oops, hey, hey!"

Her delicate cheeks suddenly turned redder than the sunset on the horizon, and Hina screamed and hurriedly retreated, and she did not dare to get up when she fell into the stream behind her without paying attention.

Avoiding Chen An's funny eyes, Hina, who had been exposed to the biggest secret in his heart, stammered and denied: "What, what? Ann, what did you say, why can't you understand anything? ”

"What's the matter, your performance has made your words completely unconvincing." Stretching out his hand to the shy Hina who was sitting in the water and didn't dare to look up, Chen An said softly: "Also, whether others accept it or not, it's better to have the courage to say some words early." Otherwise, it will be too late to talk about it until the end. ”

Hina opened her mouth, and then said nothing. The hand is too, she is still shy, she still lowers her head and doesn't dare to look at Chen An.

"You~ sometimes you should be bolder."

"Ahh Ann, what are you doing?! Clothes, clothes are going to get wet! ”

With a slight exhalation, Chen An simply walked into the water by himself, ignoring Hina's exclamations and insignificant struggles, bent down and picked her up from the water.

Chen An said angrily: "I told you so much, do you only care about whether your clothes will get wet?"

After being trained, Hina was a little aggrieved and muttered in a low voice: "What, Hina doesn't care if her clothes will get wet."

"Then don't talk!"

was taught another lesson by anger, and Hina was even more aggrieved, but she didn't dare to resist, so she could only hold her mouth and shrink into Chen An's arms with tears in her eyes.

Leave the creek and walk to the hammock not far away and put the chicks down on it. Regardless of the fact that the placket of his clothes had been wet, he put away the box that was floating beside him, and Chen An took out a pure black ring from his arms.

"Originally, I wanted to return the pendant to you directly, but seeing that you are so stupid, I still gave you this."

"Hey~Why is this so~ That pendant is Ann's first gift to the chick~"

Hina let out a wail of disappointment, and even the ribbon on her head that wasn't wet seemed to become listless and fell gently. She was a little unwilling: "Ann, is it okay for Hina not to have a ring?" Will you give that pendant back to Hinata? ”

"Who do you think gave me the pendant in the first place? And don't think about that pendant anymore, because I've turned it into this ring. ”

After rejecting Hinata's proposal with a straight face and making her head hang, Chen An picked up her left hand. Hinata's hands are soft and delicate, her fingers are slender, and her skin is shiny without a single blemish.

Holding Hinata's slender five fingers, Chen An's gaze wandered between her ring and middle fingers. Unable to make up his mind on which of Hinata's fingers to put on the ring, he simply asks Hina's opinion.

"Hinata, which finger do you want to wear this ring on, middle finger or ring finger?"

Hina winked curiously, "Is there any difference?"

Chen An thought about it and felt that telling the truth directly might scare the simply shy Hinata, so he replied more vaguely: "Wearing it on the middle finger means it is very intimate, and wearing it on the ring finger is very intimate."

I didn't understand the meaning of the ring on the middle finger and ring finger, but listening to Chen An's explanation, Hina made a decision without hesitation: "Ring finger!"

In Hinata's opinion, the closer the relationship between her and Chen An, the better, otherwise why did she work so hard to sell dolls before? Don't expect to earn enough money to find Reimu?

Thinking of this, Hina suddenly became depressed again, and finally earned so much money, but because she was shy, she didn't dare to go to Reimu, and now she was actually taken away by Chen An, so sad.

Although he was a little curious about why Hinata's mood suddenly became depressed again, Chen An didn't have much of the heart to care about this now. Shrinking the delicate pure black ring until it fits Hinata's ring finger perfectly, he solemnly puts the ring on Hinata's place.

In the surprised and shy gaze of the red-faced Hinata, Chen An, who put on the ring for her, gently kissed her on the forehead. Touching Hinata's head again, he smiled happily: "Okay, Hinata, the ring has been worn, don't take it off at will in the future."

"Uh-huh."

With her head down, the shy Hina whispered.

"That's it, hurry back and change my wet clothes, I'll go first if I have something."

Chen An originally wanted to stay for a while, but when he caught a glimpse of the ring on the ring finger of the chick, he always had a sense of guilt for deceiving the simple girl and not being sensible, so he coughed dryly and quickly flashed.

Hearing Chen An's footsteps in the distance, Hina had the courage to look up, look at the figure of the man in the sunset, and then look down at the ring on his ring finger, for some reason, a wonderful emotion surged into Hina heart.

It was a very, very, very sweet feeling, and her eyes unconsciously bent into a beautiful crescent moon, and Hina suddenly had the courage, and put her hands to her mouth, and she shouted loudly at the man's back:

- "Ann! Hina likes you, likes you very much! ”

The man didn't look back, just raised his right hand, and then put his right hand next to his head and nodded. Signal that you know.

"Hee-hee."

Got a response, and Hina smiled happily. In the setting sun, the girl played with the ring in her hand and watched the man go away.

…… (To be continued.) )