At this point, the letter came to an abrupt end.

"There should be a follow-up, right?" I thought to myself, flipping through the letter, but finding nothing.

Was it written by a youkai or by a human? I'm a little unsure right now. I sat there and waited for a long time, but I didn't wait for this mysterious letter writer.

Odd... What is this anticlimactic letter trying to illustrate?

I put the letter in my bag and continued on my way with questions.

A few days later, I finally arrived at the brewers who took Tsubaki, and no doubt they couldn't remember that I had been here, but they still remembered writing to me to help him translate the recipe.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Yeck," said the brewing man, "and I don't know why those recipes turned into blank paper overnight, making you travel so far and wide for nothing. ”

"It's okay, you're polite," I resisted the urge to return Fang Zi to them, after all, it involved a gap in time, and Fang Zi was probably given to them by Qi Qi, "The letter said that your business here has not been good lately?"

"Just call me Lao Fan," said the winemaker, "Indeed, as the letter says, the winemaking business has become more and more difficult lately, and now the technology is very advanced, and our old method can no longer meet the requirements of the guests, but I am not willing to lose Fan's wine industry in my hands, so I look forward to those winemaking recipes." ”

"If it's like you've described, I'm afraid it's all youkai stuff," I said, "and it's better not to use it lightly, but when it comes to brewing, maybe there's a yokai out there who can help you." ”

"Really?" Lao Fan's eyes flashed.

"Well, there's a kind of youkai called the Fungi, and they're rumored to be good at fermentation, so I can help you find out. ”

"Thank you so much," said Lao Fan, "if you don't mind, stay with us for one night, it's getting dark, and although business is sluggish now, there is still a good wine to try." ”

"I'm afraid not," I said, "I'd love to stay overnight, too, but I'm worried about attracting other youkai, so forget it." "How should I talk about Tsubaki? Ask you if there is a white cat in your house?

"Haha, it's okay," he smiled, "I can't see much, but I've seen some monsters, so don't worry about causing me trouble, come in and sit down, go and make tea for this brother." After Lao Fan finished speaking, his son slipped into the house, and I was dragged into the house by him.

I have to say that even the brewers who have a poor business are still very wealthy...

The dinner was extraordinarily sumptuous, there was no shortage of chicken, duck and fish, the wine was warm and heavy, and Lao Fan and I chatted with each other about things related to monsters.

When he was slightly drunk, Lao Fan suddenly sighed softly, "Alas, there have been a lot of strange things recently, and you should know about the infectious disease among monsters some time ago, right?"

Finally getting to the point, I nodded.

"I originally thought, maybe you came to translate the brewing recipes, and those recipes have wine that can heal these monsters, but it seems that on the same day, the recipe turned into a blank sheet of paper, and the surrounding monsters suddenly returned to their former vitality, and my white cat also disappeared on that day, you say strange. ”

"White cat... Disappeared?" My mood instantly fell to the bottom, and I thought that this time I found that little guy must not let her run around casually, who knew that it was still a step too late.

"yes, all of a sudden," he said, looking at me, "how do I think I feel like I've told you about cats before?"

... I don't think about me taking his recipe at such a time...

"I'm sorry," he shook his head, "I don't know what's going on lately, I've always felt a little confused, I feel like a lot of things have happened, but I can't remember what happened, maybe I drank too much." ”

"The white cat," I asked, "when did you leave?"

"Not long ago," said Fan Lao, "it was very weak when it first came to me, but it always looked different from other cats, I always thought it was a monster, but this little guy got along very well with my family, and I don't know why it left suddenly, maybe there was something important to do..."

"Was she still weak when she left?"

"Not really, it seems to have suddenly regained its lively appearance," Fan looked at me, "Why do you care so much about this cat?"

“... Oh, and because I also have a cat, I'm more concerned about cat things. ”

"Fellow cat lovers, come, have a drink. ”

......

When I returned to the guest room that Lao Fan gave me, it was already midnight, I was dazed, the big bed was very soft, my eyelids were very heavy, I took off my glasses and planned to sleep well, and tomorrow I had to inquire where there were germs, I just turned over, and I felt something pressed under my body.

Another letter.

There is also no signature, and there is no reason for writing the letter, but it continues with the story of the last time.

I put on my glasses and shook my head to clear myself up.

"In school, I put all my energy into drawing, practicing day and night, and soon I became the best student in my class, which also made me breathe a sigh of relief. ”

Isn't this guy going to explain how he knows my whereabouts?

"One day, I was looking for information in the library, and I accidentally bumped into a short girl, who seemed to be a student of our school, she was holding several large books in her hand, stacked higher than her people, and I hit her like this, the books in her hand crackled and fell to the ground, and the whole person sat on the ground, looking at me with a confused face. ”

Why did another girl pop up? Didn't you just talk about the girl next door?

"I was embarrassed to help her up, only to find that she seemed to have poor eyesight, so she looked at everything with a foggy face, she kept apologizing to me, saying that she didn't see the road clearly before she fell, she was still very shy, and she didn't dare to look me in the eyes from beginning to end, maybe she couldn't see clearly? But none of this matters, because I was fascinated by this girl, not because of her looks, her appearance is not outstanding, she is very short, just as tall as a middle school student, her hair is messy, her presence is also very low, plus she is silent and shy and highly myopia, it can be said that in a school full of beautiful women, it is very, very ordinary. ”

Was it love at first sight? I read on.

However, she is such a person, her hands and face are covered with dried oil paint, and the books she borrows are also books that most students will not refer to, because it is too difficult, and there is something special about her, should it be said that concentration? Or perseverance? After a brief chat with her, I found that she was a senior sister who was one level higher than me, and I asked to see her works, she was a little hesitant, but finally agreed. ”

When I saw this, I had an indescribable feeling in my heart.

Sure enough, this short-looking girl really had amazing paintings, and we exchanged our understanding of paintings, and we didn't go back to our dorms until the curfew, and then we met in the library many times, and finally one day, I confessed to her, and she agreed. ”

Alas... The girl next door has been forgotten.

"Later, we practiced together, commented on each other's work, and each other improved at a speed that could be seen. Once she asked me why I learned to draw, I told her about the girl who opened my horizons, of course, I cut back some of the plot, she was silent for a long time after listening to it, probably angry, but fortunately it didn't take long for us to turn our attention to painting again, and this life lasted for two years, and after two years, we separated. ”

It's not easy to have a long-lasting relationship when you were a student.

"The reason for the separation is also a little strange, one day I proposed to take her to meet my friends, because my friends didn't believe that I had such a good girlfriend, but she didn't know why she firmly rejected me, and then there was a quarrel and a cold war, and the last thing I got was the news that she had dropped out of school, and she was never heard from since. ”