Reading this sentence over and over again, I felt a tingling in my scalp, closed the book, I was not even in the mood to eat, and when I looked at my watch, it was almost nine o'clock in the evening. Closing the door, I decided to sleep for a while, in case there were too many guests at night and I couldn't sleep, and I would think about the rest tomorrow.

In a daze, I felt a knock on the door, and I reluctantly rolled up from the bed, opened the door sleepily, and saw Guan Qing empty-handed.

"What time is it, I thought you weren't coming. I sighed and let Guan Qing in, but I couldn't get rid of him anyway.

But he stood uncharacteristically at the door, without speaking or coming in.

"Huh, don't come in, then I'm closed?" I was a little strange, pretending to close the door, but he still didn't react, "What's wrong?" He was so abnormal that it couldn't help but make people a little worried.

"Grandma told me everything. He finally spoke, his voice so low that I couldn't see his expression.

I just remembered that during the day, I asked him to bring the pearl back... At that time, I only wanted to let him go as soon as possible, ignoring that the old lady might mistakenly think that I wanted her to tell Guan Qing everything.

"She told you, what?" I asked, with a hint of luck.

"What happened when she was a child, and the last time she came to you. ”

"Gone?" I estimated in my heart how much of an impact these two things would have on Guan Qing.

"Well, that's all, but it's enough for me to figure out what I've always had questions about. Guan Qing's tone was very flat, not at all like his usual hippie smile, "Ye Ke, the reason why this shop has strange sounds and phenomena is because you are there, right? He finally looked up, and I couldn't quite understand what was in his eyes.

“... Now that you know everything, why come. I lowered my head and asked with the fear in my heart, yes, I was a little scared at that moment, afraid that Guan Qing would ignore me like everyone else because I was a weirdo.

"Whew..."Guan Qing exhaled deeply, and there was a seriousness in his expression that he didn't usually have, "Because I'm worried that now you have no one else to talk to except me." ”

I jerked my head up, "What did you say?" and he just said worried? worried about me? Didn't he want to stay away from me?

"I said, I'll keep everything I know secret, and you have to tell me the rest, and while I can't figure out why you can see what we can't see, you can't always be alone, and sometimes it's useful to ask for help from friends. He patted his chest, "Even if I'm not the kind of person who is particularly smart, it's better to think about problems with multiple brains than alone." ”

Sudden surprise and joy welled up in my heart, "So, you don't think I'm a weirdo, and you don't plan to cut ties with me?"

Guan Qing was stunned after hearing my words, "Ah? Why should I cut off relations with you?"

"Because... I can see youkai and have a lot of contact with them, so you don't think I'm weird, or dangerous, or whatever, so I'm so close and far away?"

“... Hahaha, Ye Ke, you are such an interesting person, of course I think you are strange, you are a person who can see monsters, I also found it unacceptable when I first knew," he laughed as usual, "but what can I do, my grandmother used to be able to see it, but she is still the kindest, gentlest and most knowledgeable old lady I have ever met, for me, knowing that you can see monsters will allow me to understand you better." ”

The feeling I felt after hearing these words was very warm, as if the shadow on my heart that I did not dare to show others was slowly illuminated by something, and I still remember that feeling vividly many years later.

"No, I'm about to freeze to death," Guan Qing strode into Tianbei's groceries and sat directly on the chair he always liked to sit on, "Do you have anything to eat here?" ”

I gently closed the door of Tianbei's groceries as usual, but the closed door in my heart began to open slowly, no longer worrying about the various conditions in the house being closed, I could feel the smile on the corner of my mouth, and the slight moistness in my eyes. After adjusting my mood, I turned my head and said: "I didn't eat either, you only came here to eat hot pot when I said it, and I was empty-handed, the old man was released and scolded me fiercely, you explain it to the old man yourself tomorrow, otherwise be careful that he will let me rewrite the instructions for entering the store tomorrow." ”

"What do you need to know when entering the store?"

"Guan Qing and dogs are not allowed to enter. ”

“... Yeke, you can't do that. ”

"Haha, if you don't apologize, he can really do it. ”

......

I ordered takeout with Guan Qing, and during the meal I told him what I did every night.

"So you're a ghostwriter for the monsters?" Guan Qing said as he nibbled on a chicken leg.

"Well, it's mainly for them to write letters, but sometimes there are commissions other than letter writing, and as long as I can do it, I usually do it. ”

"What do the monsters look like? Are they easy to get along with? Will they eat people?"

"Every yokai is different, so I can't answer that question for you, but most youkai are good. ”

"By the way," Guan Qing suddenly stopped gnawing on the chicken legs, "that girl today?"

"Well, she's not human, she's a merman. ”

"I said that if you look so good, how can a human be so beautiful, but then again, what is it?" Guan Qing must have been fascinated by You Zhen.

"Actually, I don't know, in short, it's a group other than people. ”

"Then why can I see her?"

“....... Are you a hundred thousand why..."

When we were both full of food and drink, I also tried my best to tell Guan Qing the story of Youzhen in the afternoon, and when he heard the merman crying pearls, he said thoughtfully: "When I took the pearls back this afternoon, grandma didn't seem surprised at all. ”

"Your family is a jeweler, and the old lady has never seen anything. ”

"Yes. Ye Ke, can I take a look at those letters you mentioned?" Guan Qing looked serious, and I wasn't used to it at all.

I took out a thick pile of paper-like things from the drawer and handed them to Guan Qing, "There are a lot of them." He picked it up and began to look through it, without saying a word.

I also looked through the books and newspapers I had just borrowed today, trying to find some clues about the mermaid and Mida.

I don't know how long it took, Guan Qing suddenly slammed a stack of letters on the table, "Ye Ke, that Mida is a liar." ”

"How can you see it?" Although I felt a little bad from the beginning of reading the passage in the "Naturalist Chronicle", I still wanted to know the reason for Guan Qing.

"I felt a little familiar from the first one, I checked it with my mobile phone just now, and all the poems on these letters were copied by him, but he said that he wrote it himself. If it was an ordinary person, he would have found out about his scam a long time ago, but You Zhen didn't know any of this at all, and thought it was all written by the bastard himself. Guan Qing was obviously angry, and he was not lightly angry, "This guy named Mida is too much, he actually used this method to deceive the girl's feelings, and said that he was very innocent, what an emotional liar, Ye Ke, tell You Zhen quickly, don't pay attention to this person anymore." ”

"I'm afraid it's not just about deceiving feelings. I put all the clues I found on a piece of paper, "Look at the dates of these reports, compare them with the dates of your letters there, and, look at this." I handed the information I had collected about the merman to Guan Qing, "Combined with what you just said that he plagiarized other people's poems, this guy should at least be a guy who loves to read, since I can find information about the merman at will, it is not difficult for him." ”

"The merman will only cry for the person he loves, and the tears will become high-grade pearls; the silk woven by the merman is priceless, and the love shark is a treasure that only has in legends, and it is a priceless treasure in the eyes of collectors and costume designers; the merman can turn into a human form in exchange for life, and the merman will gradually weaken and even die without the nourishment of the seawater, and the tears at this time will become a rarer black pearl..."Guan Qing's voice trembled with anger, "This Mida is not just a liar, he will kill You Zhen!"

"You just said that your grandmother was not surprised to see pearls, most likely she must have seen them in the market. "I used my pen to connect the clues one by one," and according to the news, Mida suddenly appeared in the public eye, and this time happened to be about a week after he left You Zhen for the first time. ”

"The first few times I went to a dinner with my grandmother to the jewelry industry, someone did mention that there was a lot of high-quality pearls on the market recently, but the supplier disappeared after making a lot of money. Guan Qing flipped through the calendar on his phone, "This time is about the same time as the second time he abandoned You Zhen." ”

"But at present, it can be preliminarily determined that he is using Youzhen to make money, and I can't be sure what is going on, because judging from the report, the industry has a high evaluation of this person, coupled with his high-profile performance in charity, so I can hardly find negative information, I plan to inquire about this Mida's recent itinerary after dawn, and the whereabouts of celebrities are still not easy to keep secret. "That being said, even if I find it, it's not something I can see casually.

"Ye Ke, you wait," Guan Qing had been looking at his phone since just now, "Since it's all jewelry, maybe I can find a chance to meet him face to face." Yes, tomorrow night our family will hold a charity dinner in City A, and Mida is also on the banquet list. ”