With Qiao Xi's movements, the scarlet color in the girl's pupils faded little by little, revealing its original color.

The eyes were as clear as the sky after the rain, and he looked at Qiao Xi gently.

It wasn't until Qiao Xi pulled her hair behind her back that Sakura's big blue eyes filled with a smile of pure joy.

"That's nice...... Mistress Joe, you're still the same as before. ”

- The whole world has changed, only Master Joe is still the same as before.

Just as gentle.

Sakura smiled, reaching out and grabbing one of his fingers at the moment when Qiao Xi's finger was about to leave the edge of her hair.

"It's really ...... heartwarming"

- The same temperature as when you first touched it.

- That's nice......

Sakura Ryu grabbed Qiao Xi's fingers tightly with one hand, and then raised his other hand and gently touched Qiao Xi's eyes.

As Qiao Xi's eyes grew up, the originally rounded lines were gradually lengthened, and the slightly upturned curvature at the end of his eyes made him look more enchanting.

It's just that Qiao Xi's smiling appearance on weekdays is too gentle, so that people can only notice his warm temperament when they look at it.

But no matter whether he laughs or not, Qiao Xi's eyes are always shining, as if there are stars in the sky secretly hidden inside.

Sakura's fingertips touched the tails of Qiao Xi's eyes, and the curvature of the corners of her mouth became more and more gentle.

"Mistress Joe......"

Water from her wet hair ran down her forehead, over her eyelashes and down her eyes—giving her the illusion that she was crying.

- It's a delusion.

Youkai don't have tears.

But why?

The starlight in Lord Qiao's eyes seemed to be extinguished, and his eyes looked so sad, as if tears would flow out in the next second.

The sky was pouring rain, and the fine and dense rainwater drops fell among the trees and hit the stones, gathering into a symphony of fragments.

"Mistress Joe."

"I'm here."

"Now, can you call my name again? The name you have given me. ”

“…… Doodle. ”

"Hey, Mistress Joe."

“……”

"Am I annoyed?"

"No, you're fine."

"Really? I'm so happy. Master Joe, I'm so cold. ”

“…… Don't be afraid, it won't be cold soon. ”

"Master Qiao, I actually miss you very much."

"Well, I miss you too."

"Mistress Joe......"

- Dudu really regrets it.

If only I could have been waiting at the shrine for everyone to come back at that time.

Shredded light scattered in the rain until it vanished, and even the shallow call dissipated in the air.

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Half a month ago, the movement on the mountain had already subsided, and when Sa Dou was entrusted by the villagers to go up to inspect it, the two monsters he expected had disappeared, leaving only a mess on the mountainside.

The deep pool and the stone bridge above it had been completely destroyed as if some terrible accident had occurred, but strangely except for these two places, the rest of the mountain was as calm as ever.

Even because of the rain that fell for three days in a row, the water of the deep pool that had been destroyed gathered and flowed down the mountain again, and the river basin was gradually restored many years ago.

Not to mention the joy of the nearby humans when they learned about it, they only waited anxiously in the house for Qiao Xi to come back.

I waited for half a month.

Sa had never felt like it had been so long before.

He always thought that the length of time had lost its meaning to them, but he never expected that in this short half a month, he seemed to have spent countless years.

When Qiao Xi pushed the door in, he almost cried with joy.

“…… Welcome back! ”

Qiao Xi stood at the door stunned, and after a while, he added in hindsight, "I'm back." ”

Sa Dou quickly brewed tea and brought out snacks, and then sat next to Qiao Xi and was as quiet as a chicken.

Qiao Xi pinched the teacup and was stunned for a while, before he slowly realized that Sa Dou was surprisingly quiet today.

He glanced sideways at him, and when he saw him sitting with a serious expression, he couldn't help but smile: "What? What bad things are you doing to hide from me? ”

Bucket: "......"

He looked at Qiao Xi's expression, and was silent for a moment before mentioning the incident of half a month ago with some hesitation.

Qiao Xi just lowered his eyes slightly, and then smiled slightly.

"Jiaotu is a monster of the deep sea, and it is the best place for her to grow up in the deep sea."

Pepper is a very peculiar monster, there will only be one pepper in the world, and when the previous one dies, a new pepper will be born.

The pepper charts that survive in this way will pass on the memories of all the previous pepper charts.

So when the cherry blossom dissipated in Qiao Xi's arms, the mussel shell that had sunk into the depths of the pool suddenly bloomed with dazzling light.

Qiao Xi fished it out of the pool and sent it to the sea.

- If the newborn pepper is willing, I hope to see him again when he becomes an adult.

Listening to Qiao Xi's concise words, Sa Dou couldn't help but sigh a little.

"Actually, when she came back at first, the adults were asleep, and they missed it with her.

That bird demon is also hateful, and he actually bewitched Dudu at the gate of the shrine and took her away! Otherwise, you'll be the first to see her when you wake up. ”

Remembering that he had seen the appearance of the bird demon in Dudu's memory and Dudu's last words, Qiao Xi gradually narrowed his eyes and laughed coldly.

- This monster, he remembered.

Sa Dou was complaining, and he caught a glimpse of Qiao Xi hooking his lips and sneering, and he couldn't help but tremble at the moment, sat up obediently, and only talked about the matter of the shrine after remembering the matter of this bird demon in his heart.

Because of the change in the flow of water caused by the events that occurred on the mountain before, the humans under the mountain benefited very much, and there was only one god enshrined in the vicinity, so the human beings gathered together and summed it up, and everyone thought that this was the miracle of the god Fengyue, so they simply prepared a festival, which was tomorrow.

This is a good thing for the god Fengyue.

The purer the power of human faith, the stronger Qiao Xi will be as the god of Fengyue - but Qiao Xi really can't be happy.

As soon as he thought of the reason why humans held this festival, Qiao Xi felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

- Intellectually, he knew that Dudu had eaten a lot of humans in the past few hundred years, and it was normal for him to deal with them as a god who guarded the side.

But she's Dudu—the existence of his daughter who has lived with him for many years since she was a child, and she is different from other evil monsters.

Maybe this idea is unfair to other monsters who have been destroyed or sealed by Qiao Xi, but Qiao Xi is unwilling to change it in his own heart.

- Dudu has disappeared, and he is not happy to feel uncomfortable.

Sa Dou obviously didn't understand the various emotions in Qiao Xi's heart that were as complex as humans, but he could also see that Qiao Xi's interest in this festival was really not very high, so he didn't say anything more, just sorted out the business in the shrine and reported, and then quietly left.