And how can a goshawk get along with a bird?

As soon as she put her hands down, the young man's thin body leaned and sat down on the ground. He touched his pinched cheek, resisting his own heart.

And Mrs. Oki continued to have that little smile on her face:

"I feel like you're lying......"

The coffin makes the sound of metal hitting the stone as it moves on the ground. As she spoke, she circled around Gu Chuan, looking at the meek and clean-looking boy with a more aggressive gaze.

"I ......"

The young man didn't know how to speak.

Only for a moment, he heard the voice of Lady Oki above:

"Follow me."

She walked to the other side of the display shelf, Gu Chuan reluctantly got up, followed behind her, and soon saw that there was a large open space in the corner of this room. In the open space is Mrs. Okiri's desk and sofa.

When the coffin fell to the couch, she asked back meaningfully:

"Did Lichuan mention me? Has she ever told you what kind of person I am? ”

Gu Chuan stood one meter away, his eyes shining, and said bluntly:

"My mother didn't mention you or say anything about you until she called me into town."

"I see......"

Mrs. Oki leaned back on the sofa and bowed her head thoughtfully.

There was a painting hanging on the wall behind her. In the center of the picture is a sunset cemetery, with birch signs and white ribbons inserted everywhere. Thousands of soldiers are around the frame, and at the very edge is a tall woman in a formal uniform, hanging her head with all the soldiers. Among them, the faces that are clearly drawn are extremely melancholy.

Gu Chuan thought that it should be a painting of the recent war, and at this time, Mrs. Ogiri raised her head and ordered:

"Come here, I want to see you again."

The young man hesitated slightly.

Mrs. Okiri's complexion immediately became very bad, and she said in a low voice with a cold face:

"I said, come here, don't hesitate! Lichuan has asked you to be my disciple, so you should regard me as your father now. The so-called one day as a teacher, life as a father. Now, are you still hesitating? ”

As soon as the words fell, the panicked young man hurriedly walked forward. Something with a metallic sheen stretched out from the bottom of Lady Okiri's clothes until it was tied around his waist and threw him towards Lady Okiri. Gu Chuan couldn't react at all, and at the same time that his waist was coldly touched by the metal-like limbs, a strange and fragrant breath had been spit in his ears.

"Yes."

Mrs. Ogiri looked at him with a look of contemplation.

He was picked up by Mrs. Ogiri for the second time. This time, the cold texture of the coffin began to rub against his face.

As soon as he tried to speak and struggle, Lady Oki grabbed his cheek with one hand, and her nails left a bright red mark on the young man's clean face. He was completely unable to resist, and was forced to turn his head with the movement of his hand until his eyes met Lady Ogiri's gaze again.

The sense of emptiness in mid-air and the powerlessness of not being able to move made Gu Chuan feel an unprecedented uneasiness. Lady Okiri's slender hand protruding from the crack in the coffin was wearing black silk gloves. The gloves fit the skin tightly, but there were holes in the metacarpal bones, so that Gu Chuan could see that there was no flesh in them...... Shimmer of luster.

It's some kind of ...... Extraordinary strength has given Lady Ogiri an unimaginable strength.

"Your eyebrows and eyes are very similar to Lichuan, which is very good."

Her tone softened a little.

Mrs. Okiri's words seemed to have a fragrance of its own, and it sounded very cordial. Only when the eyes are narrowed, they are narrow and vicious, like an eagle looking at a snake.

Gu Chuan was pressed on his cheeks, unable to make a sound, he could only blush his face in a muffled snort, and asked Mrs. Otong to chuckle happily. Then, she let go of the hand that was holding her cheeks, and at the same time, some kind of rope around Gu Chuan's waist loosened.

Gu Chuan could only step on the ground with two feet, staggered in two steps, and in the process of moving backwards, he lost his balance, sat on the ground with one butt, and saw more than a dozen slender things like spider legs disappearing behind Mrs. Okiri.

"What are you going to do?"

The young man couldn't help but ask in a loud voice.

And the woman's lofty face was filled with nothing but a wordless contempt:

"Don't get in the way, don't get in the way, just look at your body and bones, your mother and your father in that remote country, give birth to you, it is inevitable that you may suffer from worm disease, sorrow, soft disease, addiction and splitting disease, I just saw, you are still normal, not infected with any impractical inferiority, then you can be regarded as a qualified product."

This woman who is not a thing of the world never cares about the opinions of any of the inferior people, but just does what she wants to do according to her own will.

She's a ...... Terrible high up privileged.

And he is not a person of the same level.

The young man realized this and touched his cheek

The blood marks from his nails stained his fingers, like a few blooming plum blossoms.

Mrs. Oki continued to observe Gu Chuan, only to feel that the young man's panicked appearance was similar to the appearance of Lichuan when he was doing experiments, and her heart fluttered, and she let out a light laugh to herself.

But Gu Chuan's mood was completely different, and the more Mrs. Oki laughed, the more frightened he became.

Mrs. Ogiri didn't laugh long. After only a while, she remembered that this person was not Lichuan, but had the blood of the man she hated, and suddenly she was bored, stopped suddenly, and called out:

"Kirimi, are you there?"

"I'm here."

"Come in."

"Yes, ma'am!"

From the jungle of the bookshelf, came the maiden attendant who had led Gu Chuan before.

Her name is Kirisi, which is the name given to her by Mrs. Okiri.

"Arrange a room for him, and he will be your junior brother in the future."

"Okay."

The attendant named Kirishi hurriedly walked over, saw Gu Chuan's angry expression, and knew that Mrs. Oki must have been moody and did something to him, so she took Gu Chuan's hand and was about to pull him away.

She also whispered in Gu Chuan's ear:

"Stop talking, junior brother! It's okay now. Madame is actually a very nice person. There is no need to take what she did to you to heart, I will complain and complain about her for you in the future. ”

It's just that Gu Chuan didn't seem to hear it, shook his head, and refused Tong Shi's hand.

Kirishi hurriedly glanced at him again, guessing that the boy's young temper was about to attack, and hurriedly said:

"Don't be angry...... Don't be angry. ”

It's just that at this time, Gu Chuan stood up by himself, patted the ash on his body, and asked calmly:

"May I ask what my mother's letter says?"

Mrs. Ogiri also stood up, condescending. Said:

"Lichuan hopes that I can take you as an apprentice and take good care of you in the city. Hehe, out of my previous friendship, I should promise myself, you don't have to worry...... I'll treat you well. ”

Gu Chuan said neither humbly nor arrogantly:

"I'm sorry, Mrs. Ogiri, but my mother didn't allow me to open the letter when she wrote it, so I don't know the contents of the letter, so I may have misunderstood you. That's what Mother meant, not me. ”

Mrs. Oki raised her eyebrows and smiled:

"And what do you mean?"

"Since my mother has written to you, I have naturally sent my mother's letter here, and I have nothing else to think about. Now, Mrs. Ogiri, please let me go, my friends must be waiting for me to go back. ”

This made the corners of Mrs. Okiri's mouth grin. She took two steps forward, bent down to meet Gu Chuan's eyes, and reached out again to grab Gu Chuan's chin:

"Oh......"

The stranger's unscrupulous physical contact made Gu Chuan tremble. Mrs. Okiri's hands were cold.

Gu Chuan's heart speed quickened due to nervousness, and he suddenly thought that this kind of refusal itself was also offensive. But he held on, his eyes were impartial, and he looked at each other as usual. And Mrs. Ogiri clearly saw the shadow of Lichuan in the past from this reluctance. She was shocked in her heart, let go of the hand that grabbed Gu Chuan, raised her head, turned her eyes to the mural of a past war in the distance, and said softly:

"Could it be that I hurt you just now? So you're having this kid temper. ”

Kirimi stood aside, watching the two talk, a fine sweat on his forehead.

"It's not like that, I never lie."

Gu Chuan didn't admit that this was a strong spirit.

On the surface, he only said:

"It's just true, Mother really didn't mean me. I do have a covenant, and I'm really sorry if my mother offends you. I'm sorry! ”

He bent down and bowed in apology.

After apologizing, he raised his eyes, and saw that Mrs. Oki was standing upright, her waist straight, as if she was a little taller.

Standing so straight and standing so tall, doesn't you feel lonely?

He thought.

Mrs. Okiri's hair is coiled behind her head, like a snail bun, without any bangs. Her forehead is white and clean, and her facial features are clear and beautiful, and when she seems to be smiling, no one can see what kind of mood she is in now.

For a long time, she did not answer.

It's just that the floor rattled.

Gu Chuan glanced down and saw that there were obvious cracks on the floor under Mrs. Otong's clothes. This woman's strength must have been superbly constructed.

But he didn't want to give in, so he pursed his lips and stood there for a long time. And the floor kept cracking under Mrs. Okiri's feet.

Finally, Mrs. Oki said:

"Kirimi, let him go."

Tong Shi hurriedly replied yes, led Gu Chuan, and walked out.

When passing through the familiar corridor, Tong Shi said to Gu Chuan:

"Actually, Lady Ogiri is really a good person, she won't really hurt you."

Gu Chuan just joked:

"First of all, I can't be sure of what you said, what if Lady Okiri just won't hurt you? Perhaps you are an important and irreplaceable apprentice to Lady Ogiri? ”

In the darkness, Kirimi somehow blushed and retorted:

"It's not like that!"

"And secondly...... "I don't want to be an angry servant." ”

"What kind of servant! You're an apprentice! ”

"An apprentice is an apprentice, yes, and if I live here, who am I eating with? What kind of room do you sleep in? ”

Kirimi was silent for a moment.

For she could not share a table with her wife, she could only take a small bowl and eat in a small room in the middle of nowhere, with the handymen and maids whom she despised her.

"You ......"

Kirishi didn't know what to say for a while, and hesitated:

"You're so weird...... How do you think that......"

"Am I wrong to think so?"

Kirimi didn't say much, only sighed:

"But if you don't have anyone to protect you, it's going to be hard for you to live in Sunset City."

When we approached the door, it was already dark outside, and the carpenter was still waiting outside. Seeing that Gu Chuan was leaving, Tong Shi hesitated, "Wait a minute." ”

"What's wrong?"

"Although I have only been a senior brother for a few moments, if you have something, you can come to the market to find me at sunset, I usually purchase supplies at this time, maybe I can give you some help."

She originally thought that she could have multiple juniors and companions.

Now, she's back to serving Lady Ogiri.

The carpenter looked at them puzzled. Gu Chuan smiled:

"Thank you, Kirimi, you're a good man."

"Actually, you don't have to pay too much attention to that move, it's just the teacher's impulsiveness. She's always in a bit of an impulsive mood. Kirimi explained for Mrs. Ogiri.

Gu Chuan smiled:

"But I've thought it through!"

Tong Shi stopped talking, and only watched the carpenter and Gu Chuan go away.

When Kirimi returned to the study, Mrs. Oki was sitting in her place and poured a glass of sake. At that time, she was holding her wine glass, staring at her own shadow in the lamp, motionless.

"Madame, why are you so annoyed today? It's really not like you are usually. ”

Kirimi whispered as she estimated the cost of repairing the cracked floor.

After taking a sip, Mrs. Oki said:

"Kirishi, because there are many things that you don't know, and many things that you haven't experienced and won't understand."

Kirimi was puzzled, and couldn't help asking:

"Is this related to Ms. Lichuan?"

"Yes, it's related." Mrs. Oki put down her wine glass, waited for Kirimi to pour wine, and said in a drunken state, "When Lichuan asked me to study, I was still using the name of unknown, and the possibility of transplanting strange things has not yet been figured out, so I can only deceive the border people who moved to Sunset City from other places, relying on their ancestral home, pretending to be a great doctor, to collect tuition fees, and ask them to work to live. And, Kirimi, I don't know where you were at that time. ”

Kirumi smiled meekly.

For some reason, Mrs. Oki gradually lost her soul:

"Lichuan was not originally called Lichuan, she only had a nickname, and her big name Lichuan was taken by me, which means the bright sunshine reflected in the river."

At that time, Mrs. Oki had a serious medical accident and cured an impotent nobleman to death, and was almost beaten to death or sold into a brothel by the nobleman's angry mother. She barely escaped by relying on her ancestors' connections, and after those relatives settled the matter for her, they didn't contact her. Then, all the students around her were gone, except Lichuan, who did not leave, and reassured her that her research would be successful.

At that time, Mrs. Oki always thought that Lichuan would be her best and best disciple, and she was also a friend, like a relative, and she would definitely accompany her to success.

She even paid Lichuan an apprenticeship salary with a little spare money, which was more than the tuition fees paid by Lichuan - she was afraid that Lichuan would leave her.

As a result, just before the one hundred and fifty-six solar terms, Lichuan returned her apprenticeship salary, and it turned out that she didn't spend a penny, and then said to her with a smile:

"Okiri, Okiri! Now that it's chaotic outside, my parents are going to take me out of Sunset City and open up a new land! ”

"What does that mean?"

At that time, Oki was cutting Lichuan's hair. The master's haircut for the apprentice is a special event in Sunset City, which means that the master is like a father.

"I'm leaving!"

Lichuan said.

Oki was immediately stunned, Mu Ne nodded, and almost cut the scissors into her hands, but she thought that she must not cut Lichuan ugly, so she took the scissors in the confusion and used a comb to comb Lichuan's hair.

"Ah...... Oh, okay. How long are you going to go? ”

She still remembered Lichuan's expression at that time, with a little smile, and said softly and calmly:

"It's going to be a long, long time, and I probably won't come back."

"Why?"

"We have people of our own people who have committed crimes, and we cannot stay in the city. Lately my mother has been afraid to sleep, and has been waiting at the door until it is dark, and we have found some land that may be fertile according to the drawings given by the merchants, and when we find it, we will take root in that land. ”

Her comb went limp. She had heard a lot about the migration of families who couldn't survive in Sunset City, most of them scattered into countless villages and towns along the river, but she didn't think it would be this person, and it would be this time.

And Lichuan didn't seem to understand her pain, so she just lowered her head and let the girl's bright hair fall one by one. The girl continued to babble:

"You may not believe it, but I already have ...... Well...... The fiancé, well, is the meaning of the future husband right away! Haha, I'm getting married! It's also my first time...... I'm really nervous, whew—everyone says it hurts, doesn't it really hurt...... Okiri, Okiri, after I learned the news, yesterday I also had a dream that a star flew out of my stomach, and he was still with me at first, but soon flew farther and farther away, and I was never seen again...... Isn't that strange! ”

The girl laughed.

"Oh, oh...... I know...... It's okay, everything is fast, fast. ”

She didn't know what she was talking about.

She only knew that her mind was chaotic, and she could understand every word, but she didn't know the meaning of this long string of connected words, as if she was at a loss like a child when she first learned the language of Sunset City.

After all these years, she thought she had forgotten that there was a person she could trust with all her heart, and that person had treated her the way she had treated her.

Now she thought of Lichuan again, of her jet-black hair, of the fact that she pinned the comb to the back of her neck as a decoration, and of the coarse cloth clothes she wore that wrapped her body tightly.

Kirimi poured the wine. Oki raised his glass again, and then took a small sip, blowing out a mouthful of scattered wine. Kirimi heard her say in despair:

"I didn't know how much she meant to me until I had nothing."

At that time, Kirimi looked sideways and saw that Lichuan's letter was lying flat on the table. The last paragraph on the letter reads in Juanxiu's handwriting:

Finally, thank you, Mr. Ogiri, for having a great time with you. Well, that's all for now, I hope Ogawa won't get you in trouble. He is a treasure of my life...... Please treat him well, this is the ...... of my life The most important request! And, goodbye!

Mrs. Ogiri drank it all, then put down her glass, stared at her own vague reflection in the glass flask, and said:

"You can ask me tomorrow about this group of visitors from Rizhao Village. That boy named Gu Chuan, if he is in trouble, you can also help him. ”

Kirimi knew that this was Mrs. Okiri, who did not forget the old love, biting her lip, and her heart was inexplicably sour. She lowered her head and asked:

"Then you're going to let him go? Madam. ”

The power of the Ogiri family can't take care of the outside.

The woman stepped out of the wide coffin, revealing her perfect white shoulders. Beneath the white shoulders is a body of steel that is as long as a scorpion.

She turned her head, stared at Kirimi who lowered her head, and said with a smile:

"...... me? That's what I'm doing, don't you have any grievances? ”

Subsequently, sleepy eyes opened:

"If he dies, that is, he is dead, and I don't need to do anything to Lichuan. We are no longer teachers and students. ”

At this time, the carpenter walking on the road already knew that Gu Chuan had rejected Tail Tong's invitation. A feeling of hatred that iron is not made of steel made him slam his fist on the top of Gu Chuan's head.

"It hurts! What are you doing, uncle? ”

Mrs. Otong is a move that Gu Chuan wants to refuse but can't refuse.

And what the carpenter did was a move that Gu Chuan could resist, but did not resist.

The carpenter said:

"You refused? Why! What an opportunity! You're missing it, you'd be hard-pressed to find such a good place in this city! Are you stupid again, don't care about anything, and just talk according to your mood! ”

Gu Chuan laughed a few times, didn't answer much, and prevaricated.

The carpenter asked again:

"Chuanzi, then do you want to stay in the city after that?"

"Stay, stay, there are many opportunities in the city, I want to see more."

He replied as he looked at the different buildings around him, as well as the trickling water of the Rizhao River.

The clouds soon obscured the light completely, and the clock of the sundial tower was already resting. The moment the sky darkened, the branches of Gu Chuan's thick trees on the roadside shimmered with phosphorescence, and suddenly a light was released, illuminating the road ahead.

For a while, the night light is dreamy, and it is indeed a foreign land.

In the rented house, everyone else was waiting for the carpenter and Gu Chuan, and the small table was full of portable dried fruits and dried meat that they had brought from the village. They had bought the lamps and lit them.

"You're back, it's time to eat!"

It was the girl named Yama Momo who spoke.

"But before I eat, I've got something good for you."

She said to Gu Chuan.

"What a good thing!" Gu Chuan said curiously.

Yamamoto stretched out his hands, and in his hands was a dead moth. The wings are a wonderful moon yellow, with beautiful spots and colored patterns, and they are sandwiched between small iron plates that I found out of nowhere.

"That's what I found out before. Seeing that you have been out there for a long time, I will give it to you! ”

There are a lot of bugs hiding in this house.

But moths are stupid and will always pounce on the light source on their own.

"Thank you!"

Gu Chuan called out in surprise, took out his hands, took it carefully, sandwiched it into the book his mother gave him, and then joined the small crowd.