I woke up to the sound of crackling rain outside my window.

When I opened my eyes, I saw that the room was dark, and for a moment I thought I was in the fox village, sleeping on my own small bamboo bed. It wasn't until I saw the hazy gauze tent next to the bed that I realized where I was.

Someone had propped up the sash in the house—or maybe it was open before I moved in, and I saw through the window that the rain on the eaves was like a waterfall, and it crackled on the mantle of the green bricks, and I began to worry not only about the little fox with the black tail.

I wonder if it was rained?

Look at the rain, the leaves of the paulownia tree where the little fox sleeps are watered!

I was thinking to myself when I heard a knock on the door of my room.

"Miss Lin, I'm in!"

As soon as the words fell, Cotton Tree pushed open the door.

I sat up by the head of the bed, and saw Cotton Tree come in with a basin with a towel hanging by the basin.

"You wipe your face first, the front yard has already set up a meal, can you see if you can go? If it doesn't work, I'll ask Bai Huang to move the table here. ”

Bai Huang is the cat demon who opened the door for us last night, with yellow and white hair.

I answered, sat down on the edge of the bed with my sore legs, stood up slowly, and staggered to the basin stand behind the door under the gaze of the red cotton.

I grabbed a towel and carefully wiped my hands and face, and then tried to pick up the basin to splash the residual water, but I didn't get my feet weak, and even someone fell to the ground with the basin.

Cotton Tree hurriedly picked me up, helped me to the bedside, then picked up the basin, rolled up his sleeves and began to wipe the water stains on the floor.

I tilted my head to see that the red cotton was busy with his hands and feet. She is wearing a light blue narrow-sleeved blouse today, the sleeves are inlaid with an inch wide of the same color inlay hem, and a blue floor-length gauze skirt is tied underneath, and a few silver butterflies are embroidered on the corners of the skirt.

When she looked up and saw me staring at her, she turned around and looked left and right in confusion, and asked, "Did I get anything on my clothes?" ”

"No, no!" I hurriedly shook my head and said, "I just think your clothes look good, and I want to look at them for a while." ”

Hongmian was stunned for a moment, then pursed his lips and smiled, and said: "This is what I bought in the ready-to-wear shop in Yecheng, if you like it, I will take you to see it when the weather is clear." ”

After speaking, he glanced at me and said, "The clothes on your body are made of your own fur, right?" Although it saves trouble, I always wear such a dress, and after a long time, I will get bored! My daughter's family still dresses up more to look good. ”

I lifted my sleeve and looked at it, and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

My dad was a man and couldn't sew clothes, so growing up, I only had this outfit - a rust-red shirt and a pair of pants of the same color, with longer legs in winter and shorter legs in summer, and that's it.

Because the garment is made of my fur, the color can only be red or white; Since I was a child, my clothes get dirty quickly, so I chose a dull rust red – because this color is the most resistant to dirt.

In the past, when I was in Fox Village, everyone wore gray clothes, and I didn't think it was ugly, but now that I see the red cotton, I suddenly began to feel inferior.

I waved my sleeves, imitating the red cotton dress and turning the clothes and pants on my body into a plain white skirt, and then looked left and right, and I really felt that I looked much better.

Hongmian looked at me in white clothes and was stunned for a moment, then hesitated for a moment and said: "Although white is plain and elegant, it can't be worn on weekdays, so you better change the color." ”

"Why?" I asked, puzzled.

"In the world, white is the color of mourning clothes, taboo."

Oh!

I hurriedly made a trick and changed into a bright red gauze dress.

I remember that Eleven loves to wear a red dress, which looks very bright and moving!

It's just that......

I lowered my head and pulled the big red wrap on my chest, how I looked at it and felt weird!

Looks like I'm not fit to wear something like that!

Seeing my tangled look, Hongmian couldn't help but smile: "You better change back to your original clothes, and when the weather is clear, I will take you to Yecheng to buy clothes." It is said that we are demons, but when we walk in this world, we must prepare some replacement clothes like human beings. ”

"That's a lot of trouble!" I frowned and said, "We have fur and skin, why do we need human clothes?" In case one day it turns back to its original shape, and the clothes are scattered all over the ground, do you pick it up or not? ”

"Then you're not afraid of being seen when you transform into your original form?" Hongmian stood up and went to the door to wring the towel on the floor, and said while twisting: "This is the world, human beings have a saying called following the customs, and our demon clan must also do it, otherwise, when you appear in front of people, it will be miserable to attract a warlock to eliminate demons!" ”

How can you talk to the warlock who sculpts demons at every turn, like that Langya?

I was not convinced and said: "There are so many spirits in Liuxian Town, and I haven't seen any warlocks looking for them!" ”

"Because this is where Aoi-sama lived." Hongmian wrung out the towel and put it on the railing at the door, shook his hand and walked in, and said: "I heard the head of the Black Mountain family say that when Lord Aoi left, he took out a trace of divine power from himself and put it in Liuxian Town, this trace of divine power can cover up the demonic energy, so, in the eyes of the warlock, Liuxian Town is the cleanest place in the world, and there will be no demon killer staying here at all." ”

Oh?

I will be suspicious: "Aoi-sama is so powerful?" ”

Instead of answering directly, Kapok asked, "Did you notice that the streets were empty last night, and there was no one left?" ”

I thought about it, then nodded.

The little black-tailed fox ran around me for a long time, and I didn't touch anyone.

"I have lived in Liuxian Town for more than a hundred years, and I have experienced several conflicts between demon clans during this period, but every time, no mortals are present!"

Seeing my look of disbelief, Kapok said: "I remember that the latest conflict was more than ten years ago, it was still daytime, and the locust tree spirit who lived in the west of the town came to the door, and he had to say that Wuhua had stolen his locust rice and would not let it go." Wuhua didn't admit it, and fought with it, they started from Liuxianju Zhidoudao Street, but it was raining at that time, and there was no one left on the street, so no mortal saw two goblins fighting on the street! ”

"You mean, that's also Aoi-sama's work?"

"At first, I thought it was a coincidence, but there were so many coincidences that even I didn't believe in it, so I believed what the head of the Black Mountain family said: Lord Aoi is protecting all the demon clans in Liuxian Town in his own way."

"Really?" I was skeptical: "Then I'm also in Liuxian Town now, why doesn't he protect me?" ”

"This ......," Cotton Tree shook his head blankly.

"Could it be—" Our eyes widened, "Now this Aoi-sama who wants to kill me is an impostor?" ”