"Kuhahahaha, I said that the letter should have arrived, why did you reply to me now? ”

"Well, yes, I wanted to contact you a few days ago, I'm afraid it will disturb your travel. ”

"Hey, Xiaohui, you are just old and polite, how about it? Is the Eastern Metaverse fun? Do you eat fish or not? Tell you, the fruit dolphin over there is a must. Except for the durian flavor, the taste is really disgusting enough. ”

“...... yes, it's delicious. ”

"Kuhahahaha, just like it. What about the University Palace, are you comfortable to live in? You haven't fallen behind in your studies, are you? How many points do you get in the final exam?"

“...... Didn't pass the test. ”

"Oh, play and play, you can't fall behind in your studies! You shouldn't be able to pass the test, right? Did you get into a fight with your classmates?"

“......”

Yang Haohui felt that it was getting harder and harder to reply, and Hank didn't leave his bad luck three sentences, and he also said one thing accurately. He began to think carefully about whether to advise Hank to change jobs, he was better suited to be a fortune teller than a small-town doctor.

The current time is the evening of February 6, 619 in the Yuan calendar, that is, the second day when Yang Haohui came to the capital of the Seven Yuan Rebellion. He's now nestled in his inn bed, talking to Hank. The two of them don't have much to talk about other than their recent lives, but thanks to Hank's chatterbox, they can always find something new to talk about.

When the moon is in the sky, the weather in this cherry blossom capital is still as good as ever, but Yang Haohui really has no plans to go out tonight. After he and Mo Meng went to the night market last night, he accompanied the eldest lady to visit the market in the south corner of the capital for a day today, Mo Meng was in charge of shopping, money is obviously not a matter for this eldest lady, from what he likes to the small gifts that others in the ghost class bring, what to buy when he sees it. Yang Haohui's task was to be responsible for carrying the bag for the eldest lady, and the miscellaneous travel rings couldn't fit it, so he had to carry it later, and he had to hang it around his neck when his hands were full. As soon as he got back to the hotel, he threw himself on the bed, as if he had fallen apart, and felt that the soles of his clogs had been worn down by several inches.

Hank is still rambling, from asking if he needs to bring any souvenirs to telling about his past life in the Academy. Yang Haohui's mouth was slow, and he could pick up two sentences at first, but later he listened silently. Although he didn't hate to hear Hank's long-lost broken mouth, he still felt that the only shortcoming of this good uncle who was as careful as a hair might be that mouth, and he couldn't stop when the gate was opened. In the background is the sound of "clanging" thrashing, and Hank seems to be standing next to some forge table.

"Speaking of which, what about the girl, let's talk about it too. Hank said.

"Mo Meng?" Yang Haohui said, "She's next door, but now she seems to be out." ”

"Hmm, you don't live together?" Hank seemed a little confused.

"Why do we live together?" Yang Haohui was stunned.

The voice on the other end of the conch stopped for a while, and after a while, Hank suddenly let out a long sigh.

"I said you, the girls have taken you home, and you don't understand what it means?" Hank muttered, "Xiaohui, why did you talk about your EQ at the age of 12, I can't find a suitable ...... when I'm only 33 years old."

"She's not my object, and I think I'm 13 by now, Uncle Hank. Yang Haohui replied expressionlessly, everyone who has been misunderstood in the past few days is a little used to it. It's weird, since the holiday, it seems that everyone who has seen it thinks that Mo Meng has something to do with himself.

"Tsk, I didn't say you, there is something...... That, I still have to ask the man to take the initiative. Hank said hesitantly, "Although you two are still young, but you are both elementalists, your body should be fine, just take safety measures......

"I hung up. "Yang Haohui can't stand it anymore.

"Oh, hey, don't, don't, you kid haven't seen him for so long, why don't you have a sense of humor. Hank said and began to mumble again, "Why can't I find ...... when I'm so humorous?"

Yang Haohui was speechless, he really didn't know how to answer, so he had to hold the snail and stay quietly.

"How's that girl?" said Hank, who was depressed for a moment.

"What do you mean?"

"Family, appearance, personality or something. ”

Yang Haohui thought for a while: "The daughter of Mo Ye, one of the Four Emperors, is very good-looking, especially her eyes. It's very strong, but I don't know why I can't learn meta-skills. The personality is very lively.,Usually laughs a lot.,But it's also a cry when things happen.。

"Oooh...... Pretty good. Hank muttered, and then he was stunned for a moment, and the tone instantly rose by eight points, "No, no, what did you just say? Mr. Moye's daughter?! You are Mr. Moye's daughter?!"

"I didn't soak her. ”

"But that's not right, are you sure that Mo Meng is Mr. Mo Ye's daughter?" asked Hank, a little confused.

Yang Haohui was stunned: "Yes, is there any problem?"

"I lived in the Eastern Yuan Realm for a while when I was studying the palace, and you know, the little vortex gate was rescued by me over there. Hank's voice was strange, "Although I haven't seen Mo Meng, I still heard some locals talk about Mr. Mo Ye's daughter, do you know what Mo Meng's original nickname was in the Eastern Yuan Realm?"

"I don't know. Yang Haohui shook his head, "I didn't even know she had a nickname." ”

"Ice carved porcelain dolls. Hank said word by word, "This is also what I heard from a friend of the Vortex family, the Mo family has no children, only one daughter." And this girl doesn't like to talk and has a expressionless face for some reason, just like an ice sculpture, and over time she has this nickname, which is a bit similar to you. But the girl in your mouth doesn't look like this...... Are you sure you recognize the wrong person?"

"She?" Yang Haohui made up in his head, he really couldn't combine the words ice sculpture and ink meng. But then I recalled the night when Mo Meng hijacked him with a wooden stick, and his dirty little face was full of ferocity, and he suddenly found that this nickname was not necessarily completely inappropriate.

"It turned out that it might be a little, after all, it's a big lady, it's normal to have a little temper, and now it's much better. Yang Haohui had no choice but to answer.

"It's all rumors, and it's inevitable that there will be exaggerations, but at least I listen, she's a very cute little girl in front of you. Hank "Kuhaha" laughed twice, "I'd rather kill the wrong person and don't let it go, how do you feel about people?"

The last sentence of Hank is actually completely a joke, just like a boy who sees a beautiful girl standing next to his brother, whether they have one leg or not, must shrug his eyebrows, and then bump his shoulders and make a few jokes. But Yang Haohui suddenly fell silent and was silent for a long time.

After a while, there was a slight sound of scratching his hair from the other end of the snail, and Yang Haohui said, "I don't know." ”

Hank was stunned, for the first time, he thought that talking too much might really be a bad habit, he couldn't see Yang Haohui's expression through the communication snail, but he understood that his teasing seemed to have inadvertently touched something deep in the boy's heart, because he rarely heard a kind of vague ...... from Yang Haohui's tone Confused.

"Xiaohui, you ......"

Hank didn't finish what he wanted to say next, his voice suddenly became smaller, as if the snail had left his mouth, followed by a very low but excited boy's voice: "Ahhhh

Then there was a chaotic noise of children, men and women, who seemed to be vying for the ownership of the communication snail. It wasn't until finally that the voice was confirmed, and a boy shouted excitedly, "Is that you?"

"Long time no see, Eker. Listening to the familiar voice, Yang Haohui suddenly felt at ease, "Are you okay?"

"Everything, all right, what about you?" This time it was Yurina's soft voice, and it was not difficult to identify, except for Lan Borou, the only girl Yang Haohui knew who stammered was her.

"I'm fine too. ”

"Your Excellency is in good health, and you can rest assured that you are here. "This time it's Naji Uzumen.

"Thank you. ”

"Brother, when will you come back to see us, Xiao Jiu misses you. "I have already declared my name, so I don't need to say more.

"Next holiday, I'll make an appointment with Mr. Hank, and I'll bring you candy back to eat. Yang Haohui also misses that chocolate a little

The little girl with a colored complexion silently hoped that she could have fewer nightmares when she slept.

"Hmm...... Uh-huh!

"You just eat less sugar, meat balls, lose weight. ”

The communication snail was passed back and forth in the hands of the five children, and Yang Haohui responded one by one. Each pass is a different issue, a different person, a different voice. But every time it is transmitted, it also expresses the same meaning, so you should come back and see it often.

In the end, the communication snail returned to Hank's hands, he didn't ask anything more, said that he was going to take the children to the next attraction to play, left a sentence of "take care of yourself", and hurriedly hung up the communication snail.

Yang Haohui silently took back the snail from the travel ring, supported his forehead with his hand, and quietly looked up at the moonlit sky.

He understood that Hank had taken care of his mood and didn't continue with the topic that bothered him. Some things are like this, I have a headache when I think about it, and I can't do it if I don't want to. What was his feeling for Mo Meng? Counting Hank and Han Shihao, two people had already asked him this question. These days, Yang Haohui has been trying his best to avoid thinking about the answer, because the answer is a mystery, and his answer can only change from silent to I don't know.

promised Mo Meng to come to his hometown to play, not just because of the word "treat". It's just that at that moment he wanted to come, so he came.

Yang Haohui has liked Fang Xinyu and experienced the feeling of being filled by another person, and the current Mo Meng gives him the same feeling. It's her who opens her eyes, and she who closes her eyes. When she laughs, she will be happy for no reason, and when she cries, she will be sad for no reason. So he didn't regret his choice in Xihe Fantasy Realm, nor did he regret that he helped Mo Meng block Lieyu's fatal blow.

It's just instinct, and you can't ignore it, even if it's your life.

But Yang Haohui can't assert that he likes Mo Meng, or ...... He didn't know if this kind of feeling was a liking. If you like it, then when, where, and why did you like Mo Meng? If you don't like it, then where does the impulse to give your life come from? You are very important to me, can this be regarded as love? I am also very important to Mo Meng, this ...... Can it be considered love?

Maybe he also understands something deep down, he is liked by others, but he can't believe it.

Thinking of this, he suddenly laughed, laughing at himself for being really motherly and hypocritical, if he was a male protagonist, he would definitely be scolded for the water plot.

In the end, maybe it's just that one person has been for too long, so long that he has forgotten what love is.

The night was long, and the sun was leisurely and the power was cut off. Until two small hands suddenly came up on the edge of the window, and a smiling little face appeared.

"Yoha, did you miss me?" Mo Meng let go of a hand in greeting.

"Slow down!" Yang Haohui was startled, and hurriedly pulled Mo Meng into the window, "Hold on to the window and let go, aren't you afraid of falling?"

"Brother Yang, you are stupid, this is the first floor. ”

"You know that you don't go through the door on the first floor?" Yang Haohui asked.

"Look at you stupid, I want to scare you. Mo Meng said with a grin, holding two balloons in her hand, she handed one of them to Yang Haohui, "Oh, here you go, I bought it at the night market." ”

Yang Haohui took it, and the balloon deflated. He poked it again with his hand, and the balloon puffed up again. He wasn't curious, he had seen the "floating pufferfish" in the night market yesterday. A small elemental beast unique to the Eastern Metaverse, amphibious on land and sea, will swell and float when stimulated. Thanks to these two habits, the floating puffer fish is often used as a balloon by children with a string.

"It's rice. Mo Meng handed over another bamboo basket, "Grilled squid and pickled radish, still hot." ”

"Thank you. After thinking about it for a long time, Yang Haohui was also hungry, he took it and took a bite, and asked vaguely, "I came back late today, are you busy?"

Mo Meng was stunned, and hurriedly used his fingers to wrap his hair, and stumbled and said, "Ahhh...... That, I'm not busy, what's the busy playing?"

Yang Haohui looked at Mo Meng's eyes and nodded: "Pay attention to safety, after all, it's night." ”

Mo Meng didn't go out to play at night at all, the floating puffer fish was just a trick, and these Yang Haohui knew it. The biggest advantage and the biggest disadvantage of this girl is that she can't lie, but he doesn't bother to debunk it.

From the first night they came to the Seven Yuan Heavenly Capital, Yang Haohui actually noticed something unusual, and Mo Meng would sneak out in the middle of the night. If the two of them have any activities at night, they will go out until midnight after they have fallen asleep, and they will not return for about two hours each time. Although he could see that she had cleaned up before entering the door, Yang Haohui could still smell a little more cherry blossom fragrance on her body with her sense of smell, and there would be some small wounds on her fingers from time to time. Yang Haohui asked on the side, but Mo Meng didn't say it, so he didn't ask. Anyway, there is no need to worry about safety, the seven yuan against the sky is Mo Meng's own backyard, and no one dares to mess with him when he walks sideways.

"Speaking of which, I heard Brother Yang talking from afar. Mo Meng hung her "balloon" on the hanger, flicked her feet, the clogs fell, she jumped on the bed, "With whom?

"Hank Apohuan. Yang Haohui thought about it and said his full name, after all, Mo Meng had never seen it.

"Ah! Brother Yang's great benefactor!" Mo Meng immediately sat up straight and saluted the communication snail on the table, "Mo Meng hereby expresses his highest respect to Mr. Hank!"

"Do you want to give you another red scarf?" Yang Haohui shook his head, "It's all here, don't fix the test-taking education, besides, Hank can't see it." ”

"It's still necessary to be respectful, without him, I wouldn't be able to see you, Brother Yang. Mo Meng collapsed after two minutes of not being serious, and began to shake her head again, "Nana, what did you talk about? Did you mention me?"

"Yes, he asked me to introduce you, and I said you are very strong. Yang Haohui solved the grilled squid in three or two bites and broke open the jar of pickled radish.

"Is there anything else?" Mo Meng looked curious.

"Say you're good-looking. ”

"Say a little more, say a little more. ”

"Nice personality and lovely. ”

Mo Meng's heart was full of joy when she heard this, but she still tried her best to hold back her laughter, and coughed modestly: "Do you really think so? Don't force it, if you lie, your heart will hurt." “

"Don't you just want to hear me praise you more?" Yang Haohui hit the nail on the head.

"Congratulations to your brother Yang, who is good at emotional intelligence. Mo Meng didn't defend either, and laughed.

After Yang Haohui cleaned up the pickled radish, the two confirmed the itinerary for the next few days. Mo Meng didn't stay in Yang Haohui's room for too long, and at night, she took her floating conch back to the house. Yang Haohui silently listened to the sound of clogs under the girl's feet disappearing to the other end of the corridor, and suddenly took a deep breath.

That's fine...... Can't go any further, Yang Haohui silently reminded himself in his heart.

It's rare to change from a "monster" to a "human", what else do you want from yourself?

......

At the same time, the island of Margotic.

"Xi Kui, how many are these?" Geng Yan stood behind the middle-aged man and strangled his neck in a noose posture. The man knelt on the ground and slapped Geng Yan's arm frantically. But Geng Yan's elbow was as strong as iron, and the suffocating feeling made him unable to even beg for mercy.

“20。 Nozomi calmly reported the number.

"That is, there is one left. Geng Yan recalled the information sent by the client, and twisted the man's neck expressionlessly. The man's head spun 180 degrees, and he couldn't even tremble, and fell to the ground silently.

It's not worth pitiing, this man is a member of the "Scorpion of the East Sea". Just hanged instead of beheading, Geng Yan felt that he had been considered an extrajudicial favor.

The Scorpion of the East China Sea, the name of the Red Pirate Regiment, is also the target of Geng Yan's crusade in this mission. Although the name is domineering, in fact, this pirate group is weak and pitiful, which can be seen from the danger rating given by the union. There are 21 members of the pirate group, and only the leader "Sea Scorpion" is a second-order water elemental master, and the establishment time is still short, but it has only been two years.

Although the strength is weak, the scorpion of the East China Sea has done

is much more rampant than its own strength. There were 37 attacks on fishing boats, 13 killings and 22 rapes, two of which even killed three pregnant women. When it intensified, the Eastern Yuan Realm sent guards to suppress it, which made the scorpion of the East China Sea collapse for a while. But pirates and cockroaches have the same virtue, and they may resurrect as soon as they survive. In the last purge, the leader "Scorpion" escaped from the pursuit, and the pirate group has regrouped. According to the information of the union, this pirate group that does not know whether to live or die has recently started to sell opium poppies, and none of the members of this pirate group deserve pity.

"One-eyed, severed arms, and elementalists, none of these people have one. Xi Kui reconfirmed the appearance of the corpse, and sure enough, he didn't find the figure of the "sea scorpion", "What should I do, young master?"

This cunning pirate leader seems to be particularly good at escaping, and this night attack is the only one who has not been brought to justice, and it is thanks to him that Geng Yan and Xi Kui's expulsion mission, which could be completed in ten minutes, has been dragged out for a day.

"Taking people's money and eliminating disasters for others, as long as it is not a 'group annihilation', our task cannot be regarded as completed. Geng Yan kicked the corpse at his feet and said lightly.

"Could it be that the sea scorpion has escaped from the island?" Nozomi sighed as she looked around her surroundings.

Despite the small size of Margotik Island, most of the area is covered with dense tropical vegetation such as palm and coconut palms, and visibility is very limited. This caused great difficulty to the search and arrest work of the two, and the guard union made it clear that the surrounding damage should be reduced as much as possible when performing the task, otherwise Geng Yan would casually set fire to the mountain with a meta technique, and he would choke the sea scorpion to death.

"It's unlikely, I specially burned their spare boat before going ashore, and the only thing that can be used is the Blue Whale Maru, which has been placed in my spare travel ring. "In other words, the scorpion has no boats to use. Moreover, he only has a second order, and his physical function should not be enough for him to escape from the sea, he must still be on the island. ”

"Split searches?" asked Kiao.

"I'm not at ease. Geng Yan shook his head, "It's okay if I encounter it, but you don't have the ability to fight, and how many dangers you encounter." ”

"That ......"

"The old way, a quick fix. Geng Yan smiled and slowly closed his eyes,

As his eyes closed, a faint and thin gray mist spread out in a circle around Geng Yan's forehead, and the huge leaves of the palm swayed slightly, as if conveying some secret message. In about half a minute, the gray mist dissipated, and Geng Yan reopened his eyes: "On the southern edge of the island, he hid in a bush. ”

"It's so convenient for the emperor. Nodding his head.

"It's too much worse than the old man, just barely perceiving. Geng Yan lowered his body, "Let's go, don't delay too long, you have to watch the fireworks." ”

Xi Kui tacitly climbed onto Geng Yan's back, and the two of them hurried away, this kind of behavior in the task is naturally not **. Xi Kui's physical fitness can't keep up with Geng Yan's speed, and in order to stop the sea scorpion from changing directions again, carrying Xi Kui forward is the fastest way to reach the destination.

The island is small in size, and the two soon arrive near the sea scorpion. Geng Yan put Xi Kui down, and the two began to move forward slowly. They kept the sound of their breathing to a minimum, touching the ground as gently as possible with each step, and trying not to make a sound at all. These are the experience of the guards, Seidel once said in Yang Haohui's first test, even the guards have no obligation to stupidly call for a battle to kill the enemy, sneak attack, one blow to kill is far better than a frontal battle.

Brushing aside the last drooping palm leaves, the two walked behind the scorpion like ghosts. The unscrupulous pirate leader seemed to be completely unaware of his imminent death, and crouched motionless behind a bush. From the back, Geng Yan and Xi Kui couldn't confirm whether this person was one-eyed, but the same clothing as the previous members, the piercing severed arm, and the pirate hat on his head had confirmed the person's identity.

The muzzle of the broken army hovered behind the head of the sea scorpion, and Geng Yan said coldly: "The sea scorpion, whose real name is Uenoda San, is the leader of the scorpion pirate group of the East China Sea. Robbery, rape, drug trafficking, 25 articles of the "Guiyuan Code" regulations have been triggered, and the Guards Union has issued a license to kill. You'd better not resist, the difference in our strength is too big, I can let you die a happy death. Don't beg for mercy, there is a kind of person who should go to see Xihe God in life, and you belong to this kind of person. If there is any last word, say it quickly, you only have thirty seconds. ”

To be honest, Geng Yan doesn't need to say these things at all, he can completely shoot the head directly. But Xi Kui understood what Geng Yan meant, although his young master was always full of cold and arrogant face, he was actually a very gentle person in his heart. Even if the original intention is for justice, the work of the guards is nothing more than murder. Criminals are unforgivable, especially those who are full of evil like the sea scorpion. Therefore, Geng Yan will give the criminal thirty seconds of confession time for each mission, which is his last respect for people, not criminals.

But the scorpion didn't say a word, and still squatted there quietly.

"Don't you have any words? You have twenty seconds. Geng Yan tightened the trigger.

The sea scorpion is still the same, as if it had never been heard. Geng Yan thought that he might say something whitewashed to get sympathy, or simply kneel down and beg for mercy, but he didn't expect that this man who ran away in trouble was unexpectedly a little backbone.

As the minutes passed, the scorpion finally remained silent.

"Goodbye. ”

When the countdown ended, Geng Yan didn't say a word, and the cold muzzle of the broken army was completely on the back of the scorpion's head. At the moment when he pulled the trigger, the scorpion finally moved, and his head slowly leaned forward, and then forward...... Finally dropped!

Geng Yan looked at the bloody section of the scorpion's neck and suddenly became frightened, and he was about to go to Laxi Kui without even thinking about it: "Run!"

It's not that the sea scorpion doesn't speak, but it's long dead. The blood on the wound had not yet coagulated, which proved one thing, there was a third living person on the island besides him and Xikui! And it was someone who could escape his sense of courage, and his strength was not inferior to his!

"It's late. In the darkness of the dense forest, someone said with a smile, and at the same time as the sound came, there was a sudden rise of flames, and the majestic heat wave blew the palms around the whole side. Xi Kui subconsciously looked in the direction of the rising flames, and her pupils slowly dilated.

"Less...... Lord?"

Geng Yan's fingers had already touched Xi Kui's fingers, but they were not far behind after all. The man in the darkness had obviously been dormant for a long time, and he was so close to the two of them that he was one step faster than Geng Yan. A fierce bombardment of the palm wrapped in fire hit the back of the heart of Xi Aoi, and Xi Aoi flew into the air and fell into the sea at the edge of the island with a cloud of smoke.

"Xi Kui!!" Geng Yan hissed and roared.

It was too sudden, everything happened in just a few seconds, all the calmness collapsed in an instant, Geng Yan's eyes were red and he was about to run to the sea, a line of fire crossed in front of him, the beach was ploughed out by the blazing temperature of the flames like a molten line, and the sand at the edge burned slowly. This line was like a moat, hindering the pace of Geng Yan's rescue.

"Don't think about it, that is a wood elementalist, and she can't hold my fire. The man in the darkness clapped his palm, and his voice was full of joy, "That palm is to the heart, and you will die on the spot." ”

"Who !!!!" Geng Yan roared and turned around, a pair of wolf eyes covered with blood. The unprecedented killing ** filled his body and mind, and he could no longer care about suppressing the blood, and the crimson light broke out of his body, and the explosion flames that were several times greater than those of the previous person burned violently. Obviously, it was not directly touched, but some vegetation close to Geng Yan had already spontaneously combusted.

"I haven't seen you for many years, but my temper is still the same. The man in the darkness didn't seem to be afraid of the raging flames at all, and his voice was still smiling, and there was a little remembrance, "I, I miss you very much." ”

Footsteps approached, from the legs, to the waist, to the jaw, to the huge scar that stretched through half of the man's face...... The man slowly walked into the range of Geng Yan's firelight, and his face slowly became clear. Geng Yan's broken army holding the double guns gradually drooped down, and the incomprehensible consternation gradually appeared on his face, he looked at the person in front of him blankly, and trembled uncontrollably.

As if to drain all his life's courage, on the edge of the island surrounded by fire, Geng Yan's voice trembled, and he said with difficulty two words that he didn't want to mention again in his life.

"Brother......

To be continued......