Chapter 16: Red and White
The sky grew dark, and finally it became completely dark, and the people in the street market gradually burned until the night market was empty.
After seven o'clock in the night, it becomes quiet, and most people go to bed early to prepare for the next day's hard work.
However, there are always people who are different.
There has always been a saying that people don't sleep at night, but even bold young people don't dare to come here at night, because the people who come and go to the Nishiichi store at night are youkai.
That's right, youkai, a non-human race, the race that poses the greatest threat to Gensokyo humans.
There is a contradiction here, if the threat is so great, why would anyone still open a shop in the middle of the night, and why would the people allow youkai to enter the village at night without defense?
The answer is very simple, the monsters who can come to the people have quite a lot of wisdom, and generally do not hurt humans lightly, human beings give them respect and fear, and they are happy to enjoy it, and then consume in various stores like ordinary humans, although the monsters do not know the prices in people, and the remuneration is also given casually, but they always know to leave something for the store owner to facilitate their future comeback, and some bosses have even collected large pieces of gold, which can be called a huge profit, so the West Market nightclub began to develop and prosper.
Therefore, there is a saying that the owners of the shops in the West Market are the most courageous people among the people, which is a bit of a joke, but it is not unfounded.
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Lao Enoshima needed to rest because he was old, so he returned home early and handed over the sunset moon and the shop to Bai Mingqiu, so Bai Mingqiu had to face this kind of business tonight - the Monster Tavern.
After half past seven, the tavern began to come in one after another.
"Two pots of wine, one cold dish, and two pairs of cups and chopsticks."
A bland girlish voice.
Bai Mingqiu lowered his head and was thinking about what kind of encounter he would encounter tonight, when a voice sounded in front of him, he was stunned, and raised his head, only to see a head of pale waist-length hair.
Seeing that the back was a girl, the white hair lined with a red bow was very conspicuous, the girl seemed to be a regular customer of the tavern, casually ordered, and without even looking back, she walked to the double table by the window, and sat down alone.
Monster?
The pale hair color is obviously not something that ordinary young people can have, and young people don't have the courage to come to the West Market at night, but the girl walks into the tavern like no one, who is she?
Bai Mingqiu didn't care about the curiosity in his heart, and hurriedly went to the inner room to order food.
On the eve of the month, Yue and Lao Enoshima had already taught him all kinds of attention in the tavern, and at this time, Bai Mingqiu shouted [two drinks and one dish] to the kitchen, and Xiyue poured the wine and side dishes inside, and Bai Mingqiu was responsible for serving the wine and food and collecting the money.
"Okay, Brother Mingqiu, let's bring it over." Xiyue handed the things to Bai Mingqiu, Bai Mingqiu nodded, and put the wine and food on the tray.
"Your food and drink, a total of eight dollars." Bai Mingqiu brought the wine and food to the girl sitting alone and helped her set up the two pairs of cups and chopsticks.
The girl looked out the window without a match, her crimson eyes were dull, and she let out a light "um", took out eight copper coins from her pants pocket, put them on the table, and raised her head to look at Bai Mingqiu.
"New here?" The voice is low and hoarse, but it is surprisingly good.
Bai Mingqiu nodded and smiled: "Yes, this is the first day to come to the tavern." β
"Hmm... There are many rights and wrongs at night, pay attention to yourself. The girl reminded faintly.
Are you talking about youkai?
Bai Mingqiu was a little puzzled, but immediately smiled: "Okay, thank you for this young lady, please, I'm still busy later." β
Bai Mingqiu motioned for the girl to take care of herself, put it away and turned to leave.
The girl stared at Bai Mingqiu's back, her brows suddenly furrowed.
ββ¦ Wait a minute. The girl spoke.
Bai Mingqiu turned around and wondered, "What else do you have to do?" β
The girl's eyes suddenly became sharp, Bai Mingqiu was a little uncomfortable, and was about to open her mouth to ask again, but the girl turned back and began to pour herself a drink.
Bai Mingqiu returned to the counter for some reason, and another guest came, not thinking about what happened before, Bai Mingqiu stepped forward to greet the guest.
"Welcome, how many of you?"
There were a few strange-looking guys coming on, some with ears like dogs, some hands like paws, some noses like dogs, and some with long tails, all in all, although they were all walking upright, they still retained the characteristics of animals, if ordinary people saw them, they would definitely be startled, Bai Mingqiu had nothing to be afraid of, and he went up to receive them familiarly.
"Ah, here's the newcomer!" The leader looked like a dog demon, and when he saw the guy he didn't know, he naturally called out, "What about Sister Enoshima?" Where's Sister Koenoshimaβ"
The dog demon just barked, but it stopped abruptly, Bai Mingqiu was surprised, and the dog demon walked to the white-haired girl's table with a few people behind him.
Bai Mingqiu thought that these monsters were going to do something to that girl, the muscles of his whole body were already tense, if those monsters were going to do something wrong, Bai Mingqiu could get there instantly at any time.
But Bai Mingqiu was obviously worried about it, and the dog demon stepped forward cautiously and said respectfully, "Lord Fujiwara." β
"Hmm." The white-haired girl nodded and said lightly, "Settle down." β
"Yes." The dog demon looked very nervous, and quickly agreed, and then found a position far away from the girl and sat down, and one of the dog demon companions came over and said the need for the table, and left in a hurry.
Bai Mingqiu took all this qiΔ in his eyes and ears, and wondered in his heart, the curiosity just now rose again, who was that girl, not only entering the monster tavern at will at night, but also making the monsters shudder.
After receiving this table, the next wave of guests will come again, Bai Mingqiu began to familiarize himself with the reception process of these monsters, these monsters are actually no different from humans, they will not be scary or eat people, but they are like those open-mouthed drinkers in ordinary taverns, and the topics discussed are some strange and interesting things in the monster world, such as the kappa market in Monster Mountain, the newspapers that Tengu litters casually, the purple cherry blossoms in the unedged mound, the poisonous mushrooms in the Enchanted Forest, the concert in the sun flower field, and the barbecue shop on the animal road. Bai Mingqiu casually heard something very interesting.
The tavern is a place to gather information, and the same is true for youkai.
Bai Mingqiu recalled that when he heard the movements of the pirates who were drinking in the tavern discussing huge bounties or the gossip of the highly rated navy, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
The monsters can't make Bai Mingqiu feel strange anymore, the weirdest thing tonight is that girl, as long as the monsters who enter the tavern find the girl, their behavior will subconsciously converge and go up to say "Fujiwara-sama", and no monster mentions this girl in the discussion of drinking, it's like some natural enemy. The girl just said "um" faintly after hearing the greeting, and then continued to drink while looking out the window in the sky, there were two pairs of cups and chopsticks on the table, obviously waiting for someone, but the person was delayed, and the girl was not in a hurry, still drinking slowly.
The monsters are very drunk, and they will not leave the tavern for a while, the number of people in the store is gradually abundant, and Bai Mingqiu is also happy to be idle, sitting on the counter and thinking about things.
Another guest came, and Bai Mingqiu got up to receive him.
The bright white hair almost flowed to the ground, the red eyes contained intellectuality and gentleness, the blue dress just right outlined the girl's wonderful figure, and the red scarf tied on the chest made the girl feel a little strict.
"Someone should have come to my seat first, this little brother, you see?" A soft but dignified voice asked.
If someone comes first, there will only be one seat for the white-haired girl in the entire hotel, Bai Mingqiu pointed in that direction and said with a smile: "There, that guest has been waiting for a while, please." β
The girl also smiled back, and walked in the direction Bai Mingqiu pointed.
Bai Mingqiu was about to sit down, but saw a monster stand up, one, two, three, gradually, as the bright white-haired girl walked by, the monsters all stood up.
"Mr. Kami-Shirasawa." I don't know who took the lead, everyone followed suit.
The girl smiled softly: "Everyone sit down, don't worry about us." β
"Oh?" The white-haired girl who had been sitting turned her head and muttered softly, "Are you here?" β
The girl stood up and smiled lightly but warmly: "Huiyin." β
The girl named Shangbai Ze Huiyin responded softly: "Sister Hong, I'm here." β
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PS: Red and white is actually the red and white dress of sister red, Fujiwara sister red and Kamibai Ze Huiyin, sister red and white Mingqiu, not Reimu, I thought that Reimu was going to appear again and lost, how, did I deceive you~
PS: Tsk, the bamboo forest group is a good praise.
ps: I guess you still have to say that Lao Bai stared at a girl he didn't know when he saw it...... No, it's all said that it's to practice appearance description! No Road Race!
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