Chapter 2: The Fan of the Underworld
"Jia Tian, you see, this purple candle is also quite good-looking, it is still semi-circular, and the candles on both sides together are a complete candle, why do you want to separate the candles? It's funny. And how about putting a black leaf? ”
"I've never seen a black real leaf, the most important thing is that there are gold wire lines on the surface of the leaf, and there is a mystery in the position of this place?" The curious baby-like Li Xiaoyan and the puzzled Bai Jiatian looked at and studied the furnishings in the room.
"I'll keep you waiting." Xingchen, who came in with a mysterious thing, saw that the two of them were fiddling and admiring small objects, and smiled slightly.
"Sister Xingchen, is there any mystery in the furnishings in your house? You're very different from other gift shops. I had a very special feeling, and I wondered why there was a black leaf with gold threads on each of these two tables. Seeing that the stars were coming, Bai Jiatian immediately expressed the doubts in her heart, when she picked up the leaf and brushed her fingertips through the gold threads, she vaguely felt a strong breath of life, this feeling was very clear and real, not like an illusion, why is this?
"It feels so interesting, it's beautiful, hey, Sister Xingchen, what are you holding in your hand?" Li Xiaoyan was attracted by the things in Xingchen's hand, touched the back of his head and asked.
"Jia Tian, you are very smart, but this question will tell you next time, come and see what your chance is." Xingchen placed the object in his hand in the empty space on the right table, and uncovered the black veil, revealing a golden crystal box beautifully engraved with rose patterns.
"Okay, I'll hear you next time." Bai Jiatian didn't understand a little, will they come again next time? You can only nod your head.
"Wow, what a beautiful crystal box!" The two took a closer look and couldn't help but sigh.
"Xiaoyu, you try to open it." Xingchen picked up the white crystal key placed on the side of the box and handed it to Li Xiaoyi.
"I'm really like someone who started some kind of ritual, haha, the time has come to witness the miracle." Li Xiaoyi took the key with a smile and opened the box with a light movement.
At the left end of the box is a silver-white carved fan necklace. The two ends of the fan are tied with small silver bells with blue ribbons, which are delicate and small. At the right end is a golden rose hairpin interspersed with a red agate pearl bracelet.
"It's so pretty, it's so pretty!" Li Xiaoyan glanced at the fan necklace in his photo, and involuntarily picked it up and put it in the palm of his hand to look at it carefully.
"It seems that Ah Ming Fan and Xiao Yu have a fate, so Jia Tian's fate is this elf bracelet." Xingchen took out the bracelet, turned sideways and handed it to Bai Jiatian, who was beside Li Xiaoyan, and smiled.
"Thank you!" When Bai Jiatian took the bracelet handed over, there was a voice in his mind, "My queen wake up!" She involuntarily put on the bracelet and fell into a long thoughts, which seemed familiar.
"Sister Xingchen, the name of the necklace is a bit strange, Ah Ming Fan, Ah Ming Fan! Why is it called the Ashen Fan? And when you say chance, is that the necklace? Li Xiaoyi looked at Xingchen again in confusion and asked, it turned out that she had a relationship with this necklace called Ah Ming Fan, how to explain this!
"I guess the designer should be a very interesting person!"
"Xiao Yi chose the Ah Ming Fan necklace at first sight, which shows that you and Ah Ming Fan are destined for fate, this is just the beginning, you will know in the future." Xingchen explained seriously, of course, she would not tell these two girls that all this was her arrangement.
"I see, I think it's a good thing."
"By the way, what is your chance, Jiatian?" Li Xiaoyan looked at the Ah Ming fan necklace in her hand, a little suspicious, and turned her head to ask Bai Jiatian, she almost forgot about her little sister.
"Jia Tian, what's wrong with you?" Seeing that Bai Jiatian didn't react, Li Xiaoyan reached out and shook her arm, looking at Bai Jiatian who was in a trance, she couldn't help but be a little worried and asked.
"Jia Tian, are you okay?" Xingchen, who sensed that something was wrong, immediately came behind Bai Jiatian, leaned over slightly, put his hands on her shoulders, and whispered softly in her ear.
"I'm fine, I didn't know how to suddenly start, sorry!" Another soft voice sounded in Bai Jiatian's mind, which brought her back to reality at once, she nodded when she saw Li Xiaoyi's worried expression, and then turned to look at Xingchen and smiled slightly.
"It's okay, this elf bracelet is a good match for you." Seeing that she had come back to her senses, Xingchen withdrew her hands and swept her gaze at the elven bracelet she was carrying on her left hand.
"Jia Tian, you look so good when you wear it, the elf bracelet has a good name! My necklace also looks good. Li Xiaoyi shook the Ah Ming fan in his hand, and pulled Bai Jiatian's left hand with one hand to read, sincerely praise, beautiful people are worthy of delicate and beautiful things.
"It's very chic, and the name is good, let me put it on for you." Bai Jiatian smiled and helped her put on the Ah Ming fan, looking at this necklace and feeling a little strange.
"It's beautiful, and you will have good luck in the future! Be sure to cherish and love, in addition, I have a pair of talismans to keep peace here, I accidentally heard you say that you want to pick a gift to send to the elders, I think, a piece of peace means health, I hope your sister likes! I've put it in the cashier downstairs, let's go downstairs and get it. ”
Xingchen put his hands behind his waist, said quite embarrassedly, and in the next second, he pulled the two out of the room and went downstairs. The door behind him closed silently.
"It's really troublesome Sister Xingchen, next time please try the cheese cream mousse made by my sister, it tastes super good!"
"Really? I'm looking forward to it, so I'm sure I'll enjoy it! You are always welcome! ”
"I learned a lot today......
"There are activities at the opening, 20% off!"
"Thank you so much today!"
"Goodbye, Sister Xingchen!"
"See you next time!" The two said goodbye to the stars and prepared to go.
"Jia Tian will accompany me back home first, and I will put my things away."
"Let's buy some fruit by the way." Li Xiaoyan looked at the starry sky in the basket and felt a little troublesome, Bai Jiatian nodded in agreement.
"Ding Dong" At the gate of the Lin family, Bai Jiatian, who was holding a large bunch of sunflowers, rang the doorbell, and Li Xiaoyan parked the bicycle aside and carried the large frame of fruit in the basket.
"Girl Jiatian, come in."
"Hello, Brother Nianbai!"
Hearing the doorbell ringing, Su Nianbai hurriedly put down the work in his hand, took off his apron, and walked out of the room quickly.
After opening the door, seeing that there were two familiar faces, Su Nianbai hurriedly let the two in.
"You go into the house and prepare your favorite snacks and flower tea, it's easy to get heat stroke in this hot weather." Su Nianbai saw the bicycle outside the gate and motioned for the two to go to the house to escape the heat.
"Remember to help me put my bike in, thanks! Let's go, let's go for a snack first. As soon as he heard that there was something delicious, Li Xiaoyan was full of vitality and pulled Bai Jiatian to leave quickly.
"Calm down, slow down." Bai Jiatian was most afraid of her enthusiasm like a hot brain.
Such a sister is very cute, Su Nianbai smiled softly.
"Brother Dongchen's house is quite big, and the environment is also very good." The first time he came to Lin Dongchen's house, Bai Jiatian took a general look around, there were some small plants of flowers and plants planted in the courtyard, a two-story Sino-European style single-family villa, floor-to-ceiling windows on the first floor and a small balcony on the second floor.
"When I came to Brother Dongchen's house before, I took the balls to sit with me by the floor-to-ceiling window to read a book and eat snacks, and that feeling was very good! The weather is good today, you can experience my feelings in a while. Li Xiaoyan glanced up at the clear sky, nostalgic for the beauty of the past, and the hot and dazzling sunshine of midsummer.
"Let's experience it together." Bai Jiatian agreed.
"Hmm."
"Brother Dongchen, we're coming to see you."
"Jia Tian, where do you go to the sofa to rest first, I'll take a look." After the two changed their slippers, Li Xiaoyan glanced at the figure of the master who was missing in the house, raised his finger and pointed to the sofa and said to Bai Jiatian, handing her the fruit. ran up to the second floor with small steps, because Brother Dong Chen's bedroom was upstairs, and the first floor was the bedroom and guest room of Lin's father and mother.
Bai Jiatian looked at Li Xiaoyi's series of skillfulness, presumably she followed her brother to the Lin family to play, which was completely the same as being in her own home.
"Brother Dong Chen, are you in the room?" Li Xiaoyan knocked on the door to control the decibel of the voice.
"Xiao Yu?" Lin Dongchen, who was typing on the keyboard and getting the information, heard the knock outside the door, closed the laptop and got up to open the door, and saw that it was Li Xiaoyu who was wearing a black sportswear, and his cold face instantly softened a lot.
When Lin Dongchen saw her for the first time, he had a sense of intimacy with this girl with a smile as beautiful as sunshine, he has always been known for his cold face, and he always rejected people thousands of miles away, but in front of Li Xiaoyan, he always maintained a trace of gentleness, for some reason.
"Brother Dong Chen, what are you busy with? Seeing that you were not downstairs, I came up to take a look, and sure enough, as I was afraid, you were in the room, so I didn't hear me call you. Li Xiaoyan put his hands behind his waist, tilted his head to look at the handsome and charming cold man in front of him, his eyes were crooked, the corners of his mouth were raised, and a sweet smile instantly bloomed.
The height difference between one tall and one short is a bit large, and the cute height difference is undoubted.
"Sorry, I just checked some important information, let's go down." Lin Dongchen closed the door, moved very lightly, and walked away slowly.
"Brother Dongchen, your hands don't matter, right?" Almost forgetting to care about Dong Chen's injury, Li Xiaoyan knocked his head twice and hurriedly followed.
"Well, it's fine."
"Today I met a very beautiful boss sister, and we became friends, and there are a lot of chic things in the store."
"That should be fun, you guys have a lot of fun!"
"Xiao Yi is as cute and innocent as a little frog, very cute!"
"What are you talking about? Are you speaking ill of me? As soon as I got downstairs, I saw Su Nianbai drinking tea and chatting with Bai Jiatian, she rushed to the two of them with an arrow, sat in the middle of the sofa, and broke off the two to talk about her.
"Brother Dong Chen, are your hands okay?" Noticing Lin Dongchen's bandaged left hand, Bai Jiatian greeted politely.
"No problem." Lin Dongchen regained his cold expression and sat down beside Su Nianbai.
"You girl is always no big or small, by the way, Ah Chen, Jia Tian and they also specially brought sunflowers for you, I have already put them in a vase, you can water them on time, and fresh fruits to make cakes must be delicious." Su Nianbai said while pouring tea, thinking that he would make fruit cakes for them later.
"Stay for dinner in the evening, I ordered a big lobster." Lin Dongchen nodded in thanks.
"Then I want Jia Tian to peel the lobster for me, and you are responsible for the rest of Su Dabai, haha!" Li Xiaoyi smiled and patted Bai Jiatian's shoulder.
"No problem, as long as you dare to eat it, I will dare to peel it." Bai Jiatian smiled very cooperatively, this little girl dared to call her as a maid, see how she cleaned her up.
"Jia Tian usually takes care of you, you can't always rely on others." Su Nianbai was a little helpless, this girl was really spoiled by him.
"We have a good relationship and don't bother." Bai Jiatian immediately defended it for his friend, and Li Xiaoyan grimaced at his brother.
"Xiaoyi, there was a movie about the sea of stars recently, you can watch it if you're bored." Lin Dongchen took a sip of flower tea, and the faint fragrance of flowers smelled refreshing.
"Thank you, Brother Dongchen! Let's go now, Jiatian, I'll tell you that I like the movie room at Brother Dong Chen's house the most, and you can sleep on the comfortable tatami mat when you are tired of watching. Li Xiaoyu Mali got up and said hello to Lin Dongchen and Su Nianbai, and couldn't wait to pick up Bai Jiatian beside him and go upstairs.
"I'll deliver the snacks and tea to the door in a moment."
"Thanks!"
"I still have some materials that I haven't finished, and the things will be delivered at four o'clock, so I'm sorry for you." Lin Dongchen put down the teacup, got up and said, glanced at the door, turned around and went upstairs.
"Okay." Su Nianbai looked at the time, it was time to start making fruit cakes, and after cooking, she had to make dinner, so she would call her sister first.
Dream Whisper Pavilion, divination room on the second floor.
"I swear by the god of dreams, with the hope of light, the sea of dreams, all things sleep together, the stars are coming, the future of words, the spell of dreams, and dreams!"
At this moment, Xingchen, who was holding a faint blue crystal ball in her hand, was slowly reciting the spell required for divination, and pieces of fluorescent crystal leaves were suspended around her to form a circle, and the golden hair array appeared under her feet with the completion of the spell.
"I am the prophetic envoy of Tasda, and I am honored to serve you!" A masked man in a black and gold robe floated out of the crystal ball, respectfully performing a gentlemanly salute like a star, and a deep voice sounded slowly.
"Tasda, am I really going to die here in the Dream Nation Temple?" Xingchen asked, opening his eyes.
"Sleep in a nightmare, and you will perish." Tasda's words are accompanied by heaviness and solemnity.
"So! Is there a way to crack it? As soon as these words came out, Xingchen's expression was very solemn, although she had already known the ending, but her heart still couldn't be calm, and she still wanted to do something more for His Highness and the country of dreams.
Tasta shook his head, and the figure vanished.
Night falls, the stars and the sea.
"Tonight's lobster banquet is so delicious, thank you Brother Dong Chen for your hospitality!"
"Brother Dong Chen, then we will leave first, thank you for your hospitality!"
"Goodbye! Brother Dong Chen. ”
"Well, stay safe and report your safety at home."
"OK!"
At the gate of the Lin family, he said goodbye to Lin Dongchen, and Li Xiaoyi carried Bai Jiatian to the way home. Seeing off the two, Lin Dongchen raised his eyes to look at the starry sky, closed the door and walked towards the house.
"Hey, Bai Jiatian, did you deliberately let me eat mustard lobster? The prank is on your brother's head. ”
"You have to ask me to peel the shrimp for you, and you have to rely on others."
"You are murdering a good Chinese girlfriend, do you know, this is very serious."
"Tonight's punishment for you is light, you usually don't bother Miss Ben, and you really treat me as your maid?"
"What's the matter, I'm so affectionate, I love you so much! And you hurt my young heart so much, alas! You've changed! Woo~"
"Don't be hypocritical to Miss Ben, stay where it's cool, don't make up for your lessons, it's not okay to get through in the dark."
"Humph! The baby is unhappy, very unhappy, hum! ”
"I haven't seen you unhappy at any time, preschooler."
"You're not cute anymore, you don't cooperate with me at all, you don't love you, hum!"
"Have you ever seen a pig that obediently cooperated with humans to eat?"
"No, hey old man, you're calling me a pig in disguise."
"You're not stupid, you're still saved."
"Why do you keep digging holes for me and making me jump in."
"It's you who have no brains and are unresponsive, who is to blame."
"I'm unresponsive somewhere, hum, I don't want to talk to you anymore, the words are closed."
"Haha!"
The lights are bright and the traffic is busy. On the bustling streets, the bickering of the two adds a touch of fun.
“Oh,my god!”
Sister: Xiaoyi, rest early in the evening, my sister has to come home late.
Su Dabai: Confused girl, I saw a reply.
Brother Dong Chen: Did Xiao Yu arrive home safely?
......
When I got home, after washing, Li Xiaoyan pressed her calf for five minutes, at this time, the mobile phone on the computer desk turned on, clicked on it, WeChat showed more than 20 messages, the latest three messages were from her brother and sister, how did she forget to report safety, patted the back of her head, and quickly replied to their messages, so as not to worry about herself, what a sin! Her memory is about to catch up with Alzheimer's.
The rest of the news was all sent by Mo Yixuan's guy. Li Xiaoyan yawned, sleepy, and thought about it, let's reply to his message tomorrow morning. I don't know why, I came to doze off so early tonight, it's only nine o'clock, she usually goes to bed on time at ten o'clock, don't think about it first, let's have a healthy beauty sleep first.
Li Xiaoyan closed the window, closed the curtains, turned off the light and went to bed. Wake up tomorrow morning and it's another great day!
Midnight stars
"Lord Xingchen, it turns out that your hiding place is here, I am looking forward to our meeting, I will destroy everything you value and everything you love with my own hands!"
Five hundred meters away from the upper right of the Dream Whisper Pavilion, a red-haired woman in a green and red robe was suspended in the air, holding a budding red crystal scepter in her left hand, controlling a green shining gem in her right palm, and stepping on a huge purple-blue petal under her feet.
She gazed deeply at the surrounding pavilions full of enchantments, and the corners of her red mouth hooked a trace of intriguing arcs, and the smile was deep.
"Such a beautiful night, but there was a lot of fun." The woman waved her scepter slightly, and a red light flew somewhere, and her figure vanished.
The sun is rising
Li Xiaoyi's biological clock at half past six rang in her brain on time, she stayed in bed for half an hour, reached out and took the Doraemon alarm clock on the bedside table, it was already seven o'clock in the morning, slowly lifted the quilt, got up and stretched, got out of bed to open the curtains and open the window, the first rays of sunlight in the morning climbed up her whole body, and the whole person was warmly illuminated.
Suddenly remembered that she hadn't replied to someone's WeChat, so she turned around and walked to the computer desk, picked up her mobile phone, clicked on WeChat, and typed and replied.
Sister's message: Good morning! Xiaoyi, I made breakfast and put it in the steamer, the cat food of the balls has been filled, see you in the store.
After washing, Li Xiaoyi went downstairs and saw her sister's note on the dining table, poured herself a cup of hot water to moisten her throat, and looked at the sweet balls sleeping in the cat room, and a smile rose on her face.
"Hostess, a cup of American black coffee without sugar."
"Okay, please wait."
"I want a tiramisu and a latte to pack, thank you!"
"This is your receipt, please wait."
"Orange juice and lychee pie at table 5."
"Okay, here we go."
"Hello, I want two cups of hand-ground Blue Mountain coffee, a Black Forest mousse and a coconut chocolate pie, and I will send it to room 1502 of Hualin Hotel at three o'clock in the afternoon, thank you!"
"Yes sir, I made a note, goodbye!"
In the snow coffee dessert house, my sister Su Nianyue listened to the ordering call while quickly ordering food, and her sister Li Xiaoyi was in charge of the food delivery service, shuttling back and forth between the guests, opening up the busy time.
"Meow~"
"Mom, you look good at cute cats!"
Wearing a red baseball cap, Maruko sat lazily on the floor-to-ceiling windowsill covered with a pink blanket, staring at the people coming and going on the street outside the window, and the red and white sweatshirt on her body made her round body particularly cute. The children passing by were attracted by its meaty appearance, and even some of the customers who came to the store to eat snacks and drink coffee couldn't help but cast their eyes, and some cat lovers even came to pet it from time to time, which also attracted a lot of customers to the store.
Therefore, Li Xiaoyi will bring balls to the store every weekend to help.
"It's finally over!" After finishing the meal, the guests left one after another, Li Xiaoyi took off his apron, pulled over the chair and sat down.
"Thank you Xiao Yu, what do you want to eat for lunch?" Su Nianyue, who had adjusted the lemon ice soda, walked up to her sister, put it on the table in front of her, pulled over the chair and asked.
"I want to eat braised fish and sweet and sour pork ribs." Picking up the ice drink, Li Xiaoyan drank most of it in one sip, thought for a moment and replied.
"Pack up, I'll take you out." Su Nianyue opened her sleeve and looked at the time of her watch, remembered a newly opened Chinese restaurant, and decided to take Xiaoyi to eat here.
"Oh yes!" Li Xiaoyi happily gestured with a scissor hand and drank the remaining half of the soda.
"Xiaomi, I ordered lunch, and it will be delivered to the store in twenty minutes, you and Xiaojun will rest after tidying up, and I will leave you with the balls." Su Nianyue thought of the balls again, and turned back to Xiaomi, who was cleaning up the dining table, and said.
"Okay, Miss Su." Xiaomi made an OK gesture.
"I really want to take the balls with me, but it's a bit cruel to let it watch us eat, so let's stay in the store and eat cat food and canned food, haha!" Li Xiaoyi remembered that the last time she took the balls to the restaurant opened by Bai Jiatian's parents and friends, the balls kept looking at the food on their plates and meowing, looking at it but not eating, it was really funny and cute, for which she was also complained about by the good sisters, and now she still thinks it's funny.
"You, you like to play tricks on balls when you have nothing to do, you're already a big girl, why are you still naughty like a child." When Su Nianyue got up, she flicked her forehead lightly while her sister was not paying attention, and then carried the sleeping balls on the windowsill into the lounge.
"Sister!" Li Xiaoyi touched the forehead that was flicked, and pouted her pink and tender little mouth, looking very cute.