Lu Ke's words were completely beyond my imagination.

Tianbei is a benefactor for me, I also tried a few part-time jobs when I first came to school in A city, but it didn't continue because of my strange performance and personality, one day it suddenly rained, I inadvertently walked into Tianbei groceries to hide from the rain, that was the first time I saw this unfriendly old man, the rain fell for almost half an hour, he didn't say a word to me from beginning to end, and he didn't mean to drive me out, I thanked him when I left, and he just snorted softly.

The next day, I asked him if he needed a part-time job with the idea of giving it a try, and he finally raised his eyes to glance at me, took out a notebook from a drawer and threw it in front of me.

"Write whatever you want. "These were the first words the old man said to me.

I was a little overwhelmed, if this was an interview, it would be too casual, hesitated for a moment, but still took out the pen I had with me, and wrote the poem I saw recently in the notebook:

"Jingwei Weimu will fill the sea. Xingtian Dance is dry, and fierce ambition is always there.

There is no concern about the same thing, and there is no regret when it is gone. Set in the heart of the past, a good day can be waited. ”

As soon as I finished writing, the old man took the notebook out of my hand, and after reading it, he looked at me from head to toe, "If you want to come, come to work at six o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and work at night." ”

The next day, when I came to Tianbei groceries again, the old man gave me a key and pointed to the warehouse, "You sleep there at night, the store only accepts cash, all records are written by hand, I look at the ledger in the drawer, the salary is settled every month, the meal is solved by myself, and the hygiene is cleaned every day." "That's neatly said.

As soon as he finished speaking, he was about to leave, and I hurriedly stopped him, "Boss!" This part-time job search went so smoothly that I didn't think it was real, but when he turned his head, I didn't know where to start.

The old man looked at me red-faced, and finally asked a normal question, "What's your name?"

"My name is Yek. ”

"Yeke... Okay, I'll leave if nothing happens. "This time the old man really left without looking back.

I looked at the store and sighed, he didn't ask me where I came from, he didn't tell me what I needed to do, he just gave me the store key, he wasn't afraid that I would run away with the money?

Soon I found out that I was overly concerned, the things in the store were old and old, and the shelves were mostly ordinary daily necessities, and from 6 p.m. until the store closed, not a single customer came in. How did such a store survive? Will it be able to pay wages on time at the end of the month? I was full of questions. But I still feel comfortable not having to go back to my dorm, and I don't have anything to worry about if I'm alone.

After closing the door of the store, I lay on the bed in the storeroom tossing and turning, always feeling that something was wrong, so I kept turning until two o'clock in the middle of the night and did not fall asleep, when suddenly I heard the sound of something falling from the shelf, could it be a thief? I pulled a broom from the side, and I turned on the light in the store.

A guy with a very big head stood in the store and looked at me, "Can you write a letter for me?"

Of course, even though I knew I could see the youkai, I still made an instinctive attack when I showed up at my part-time job at night, and as an apology, I had to write a letter for the youkai.

The next day, I cleaned up with panda eyes, and the old man came without asking a superfluous word, followed by the next day, the third day, a week, For a month, almost every night, there are monsters in the store, sometimes one, sometimes several, most of them let me help write letters, and some come because of other needs, and I also try to help them as much as possible and get paid, most of the rewards given by monsters are expensive, and after a long time, Tianbei groceries do have a lot of income, but even so, the old man still doesn't ask anything, I doubted at that time, maybe he can see the monsters?

With this in mind, I began to test him again and again, but each time I became more convinced that he really couldn't see the youkai. Strangely, no matter what happened in the store, he was extremely calm, and finally I came to the conclusion that the old man was a man with a story. After a long time, we invisibly came to an agreement that he would not delve into my affairs, and I would not ask about his past.

And today, I suddenly heard a demon slayer tell me that the old man could see monsters before?

"You don't know?" I guess my expression was too surprised, Lu Ke asked.

“... I don't know. ”

"He didn't know you could see youkai?"

"Should... I don't know.

"Haha, how could he not know," Lu Ke laughed when he heard me, "Tian Bei is a master of perceiving details, and the reason why I can easily see people's thoughts is that he gave it to me." ”

...... "If that's the case, then I think I'm really stupid."

"When he can still see monsters, he is a famous demon slayer," Lu Ke continued to say to himself, "but he is not the same as ordinary demon slayers, he has no interest in things like the level of demon slayers, demon slayer is just a job he does by the way, he has been to many places, and it seems that he has been looking for something." She looked at me carefully, I couldn't understand her expression, "He is also a very gentle person with youkai, and he will never hurt youkai who do not do evil, this is really like you." ”

"Demon slayer?" I don't see the boss who I look up and see every day, but he used to be a demon slayer. I was hoping to find someone who could see youkai, and it turned out to be the person closest to me.

"You seem to be disappointed," Lu Ke sat cross-legged by the flower bed, "why do you have such a big prejudice against demon slayers?"

"I don't know... I just think that most youkai shouldn't be harmed. ”

"Most demon slayers won't hurt youkai at will," Lu Ke put away his smile and looked at me, "Not every demon slayer has the same hatred for youkai as Zong An, and not every demon slayer will use youkai at will." Of course, I don't deny that there are many such demon exterminators. ”

"Old man... Tian Bei, what kind of demon exterminator is it?"

"You have too many questions, didn't you say it, he is different from all demon slayers, what is the difference, you better ask him yourself. Lu Ke jumped down from the flower bed lightly, "I'll go back first, the only interesting thing about today's gathering is to meet the legendary late-night ghostwriter, it's not in vain, I'll go to you and Tian Bei to play when I'm free." With a wave of her hand, she quickly disappeared from my sight.

Zong An was discussing things with different demon killer families throughout the meeting, I ended my first demon exterminator meeting with a stomach full of questions, there were all kinds of monsters pointing at me along the way, but I was not in the mood to pay attention to them, there were too many things happening today, when I returned to Tianbei groceries, there were a few monsters waiting at the door for me to come back and help them write letters, the next few days were no different from usual, Tsubaki didn't know where to go to play, Guan Qing came to eat from time to time, Lu Ke came to the store with Zong An as she said, and left after finding that the old man was not there, so the peaceful days lasted until the sixth day of the Lunar New Year。

After I woke up in the morning, I opened the window to ventilate and clean as usual, and suddenly, I heard the sound of the wheels of the suitcase dragging from the ground, and I was stunned for a moment, put down my work and ran out, and sure enough, the old man appeared at the door.

"The owner...... Welcome back. ”