The morning of the first day of junior high school was spent in a hangover headache, and it was almost twelve o'clock in the afternoon when I woke up.

"Ahh I swear I won't drink so much again," Guan Qing said, lying on the table with his eyes open, "I want to throw up..."

"Swear that you'll be struck by lightning. "I sat in a chair rubbing my temples, my head aching and my mouth was dry.

"Let the thunder kill me, it's too uncomfortable. Guan Qing opened his eyes and closed them again, "No, no, I feel like my head is going to explode as soon as I open my eyes." ”

"You said you wanted to drink alone, but you had to pull me up..."Looking at the colorful wine bottles on the table and floor, I must have drunk all the wine in my life last night.

"Ye Ke, why didn't you stop me last night and don't let me drink so much!"

"Where can I stop you, you can continue to sleep at twelve o'clock, but you have to run home to get wine, wine and foreign wine, Guan Qing, I will be killed by you one day." "I shook my head and felt like a shot put ball in my head kept hitting my head.

"You two are useless to drink this little wine. Tsubaki crossed his waist and said, "Hurry up and take a shower and change your clothes, there is a smell of alcohol in the room." ”

"We're not the No. 1 drinker in a radius of five hundred miles," I tried to keep one position still, so that I could relieve my headache a little, "You won't talk about us when you try a hangover." ”

"What did Tsubaki say?" Guan Qing was still lying on the table face down.

"It's useless to say that we are useless, and we drink too much wine like this. ”

"What's this wine... We drank a dozen bottles of beer, two bottles of wine, and a bottle of whiskey!" Guan Qing sat up straight, and immediately fell back on the table, "Ah, no, I think I need to go to the hospital..."

"Go ahead, I happen to be alone in the store and quiet," I saw Tsubaki looking at us both with disgust on his face, trying to get up from his chair, "The first day of the new year is so embarrassing, I have a hunch that this year will be bad." ”

"Phew, the old man said that you can't talk nonsense during the Chinese New Year, and if you don't do it, it will come true. A car horn sounded outside the gate, and Guan Qing finally raised his head, "I can't help you clean up the store today, you can refuel yourself!" He patted me on the shoulder and staggered out, outside the door, the driver of the Guan family was waiting for him.

"Whew... It's finally quiet. "I opened the window, and a cool breeze blew in, and I couldn't help but feel excited, and the person was a little more sober.

"You're going to catch a cold like that," Tsubaki pushed me away from the window, "grab something to eat and take a hot shower." ”

By the way, I just remembered that before the old man went out to travel, he finally had a water heater installed in the bathroom of the warehouse, and I didn't have to go back to school to take a bath, which was the third major appliance of Tianbei groceries after the refrigerator and induction cooker. That's right, the induction cooker is also a big appliance for me, and the excitement in my heart can't be hidden when I think that I am one step closer to modern life.

Even though I was fully prepared for the arrival of the water heater, when I walked into the bathroom, I was stunned by what I saw.

The brand-new shower didn't even have a single water stain, the bath towels and a change of clothes were neatly folded and placed on a small stool, the toiletries were collectively placed in a small basket, the water in the toothbrush tank was connected, the toothpaste was squeezed, and the heater was turned on in advance, and the whole room was warm.

Tsubaki chuckled behind me with his hands behind his back, "Well, not bad." ”

"It's pretty good. I nodded, gesturing to the bathroom in front of me, "You prepared it?"

"That's right, you and Guan Qing slept like dead pigs, I think you must need to take a hot bath when you wake up. ”

I felt a little embarrassed, but I still pretended to be very calm, "Please eat sashimi in the evening." Rubbing her pale gray hair, "Okay, I'm going to take a shower, you can go out and play first." ”

Closing the bathroom door, I looked at everything Tsubaki had prepared in front of me again, and I felt like something was melting in my heart, during this time, Tsubaki has been trying to adapt to the human lifestyle, this kind of meticulous care for me, it's like...

Thinking of this, I'm a little overwhelmed, people and monsters, it's fruitless. However, all the worries were left behind the moment the hot water rushed to my body, and there was nothing more pleasant than taking a hot bath in winter.

When I finally washed up and the smell of wine came out, the house had been cleaned, there was a hot lunch on the table, and the cold breeze outside the window made the air in the room much fresher, blowing on my face, I felt like I was full of blood.

"Tsubaki, I've washed it, what are you doing... What?"

Tsubaki looked up at me with a coffee-colored envelope in her hand, and the look on her face told me she was scared. Only then did I remember that today was the first day of the Lunar New Year, the day of the demon extermination meeting.

I stepped forward, pulled the envelope out of Tsubaki's hand, and bent down to look at her, "What's wrong, a look like you're about to cry?"

"You... Are you going?"

yes, am I going?

Seeing that I hadn't spoken for a long time, Tsubaki lowered his head, "You'll go, right." ”

"To be honest, I don't know. ”

"If I said I didn't want you to go, would you?" she kept her head down.

I didn't expect Tsubaki to ask me, "Why don't you want me to go?"

"Which one would you choose, an ordinary person or a demon slayer?" she didn't answer my question directly, but asked me another question.

I suddenly felt that all my anxiety had found a way to solve it.

"Thank you," I wanted to touch her head, hesitated, but patted her on the shoulder, "Don't worry, I'm who I am, and even if I go, I won't become anyone." ”

My answer didn't make Tsubaki's mood any better, "So, you decided to go anyway..."

“... Well, I'm trying to figure something out, and that's probably the only way to go at the moment. ”

Tsubaki didn't speak again until I went out, she changed back to her cat appearance, and silently lay on the beam of the house and looked at me.

"Don't worry, I'll be back in a moment. "Before I walked out the door, I turned back to her and said.

On the night of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the streets were empty, and as soon as I locked the door of the store, a voice came from behind me: "You are Lord Ye Ke, the master sent me to pick you up." ”

The youkai standing in front of me looked like a candle, it bowed slightly, and its flame-like hand made an inviting gesture, like a guiding light.

"I'm sorry for you. "Although I don't understand why Zong An did this, there are already too many things I can't understand, and this one is not bad.

Five minutes later, I began to thank him for his care. On the night of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the streets were indeed empty, because the yokai all appeared on the street en masse, as if they had said yes.

"That person, that's Ye Ke, right?"

"Ouch, looking at the clear-eyed man, I really want to take him home and raise him. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, I didn't see the Zong family's attendants beside me. ”

"Why is Ye Ke with the youkai of the sect?"

"Maybe they're going to do it to us. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, Lord Ye Ke is not the same as those demon slayers. ”

"Human beings, if there is a benefit, they will change their minds. ”

"It smells delicious, so why don't you eat it first to avoid any trouble? ”

......

Along the way, I was pointed at by all kinds of youkai, but luckily there were candle youkai around, and no one dared to approach. The strange thing is that the monsters in City A rarely appear in places where humans are active, and they have never seen such a dense appearance, and everyone seems to be waiting for something.

It didn't take long to walk to the fish rock, and today's fish rock is completely different from usual, the warm yellow lantern floats at the height of the reach, and the light illuminates a path, the road surface is covered with purple patterns, and the monsters on both sides of the road are consciously lined up in front of the path.

"Why are they standing on both sides of the road?" I whispered to the candle youkai walking in front of me.

"Lord Yeke, they all belong to different demon slayers, and today's meeting is different from usual, and the monsters are not allowed to enter. ”

"Why can't you go in?" I continued.

"Lord Yeke, you'll know when you go in," it pointed ahead, "I'll have to send you here, it's not far ahead." ”

I looked in the direction it was pointing, and at the end of the warm yellow band of light I didn't see the two big trees from last time, but instead there were large patches of lush bauhinia, which were as unreal as if they were emitting a soft light at night. I took out my invitation card and walked towards the Bauhinia Courtyard.