Chapter 26: The Praying Mantis Catches the Cicada

The moment the cloth bag covering his head was removed, the bright light stung Yu Xiaoyao's eyes, and he blinked, gradually adapting to the environment in front of him.

In front of him was a magnificent room, where candles were lit everywhere, illuminating the whole room as if it were day, and the black and red curtains hung down from the ends of the pillars, classical and atmospheric. The tables and chairs are made of fine mahogany, and the tables are lined with fashionable fruits, ice-cracked flasks and cups. Opposite is a row of Nanmu bookshelves filled with volumes of books.

This is clearly the study of a wealthy family.

Mao Xiao threw the cloth bag in his hand aside, sat down on the chair opposite Yu Xiaoyao, picked up a bright red apple from the fruit bowl casually, played with it in his hand, and looked at Yu Xiaoyao with a smile.

"Are you wondering why I didn't kill you yet?" asked the cat with a smile.

Jade Xiaoyao blinked.

The cat smiled at the apple in his hand and said, "Do you think I'll tell you?"

The extremely clever Jade Xiaoyao turned into a mouse played with by this cat.

He thought it was funny, but he couldn't laugh out loud, he couldn't even grin.

So he could only blink again.

The cat giggled, "Let me guess, that's what you can't guess?"

Jade blinked again.

The cat laughed, "I think you're begging me to untie the hole in your mouth." ”

Jade Xiaoyao blinked.

Mao Xiao stretched out a slender jade finger, swiped it lightly across Yu Xiaoyao's face, and lightly tapped his forehead.

"I heard that this mouth of yours is the best at deceiving girls, so I don't dare to unravel it for you. Giggles, gurgles. The cat smiled and bent over.

The window of the study was suddenly slammed open, and a man in black rolled in, rolled twice on the ground, rolled to the feet of Mao Xiao, and stopped.

It was a dark-faced man with a slender build, like a bamboo pole.

The cat looked at the man with a smile and said dissatisfiedly: "Ghost, don't you know who walked through the door?"

The man lay on the ground and said, "Cat, don't you see I'm hurt." ”

Mao Xiao sneered: "Even an old monk can't figure it out, are you a man or not." ”

Ghost Cry slowly got up from the ground, and said with a sad face: "That monk is a senior monk of Shaolin Temple, I worked hard for you to come back, can't you be better to me." ”

Mao Xiao also stood up, and the whole person pressed towards Ghost Cry, and a pair of white little hands slipped in through the gap in Ghost Cry's clothes, sliding gently.

So the ghost cried and stopped talking, he squinted, stretched out his hand to hug the cat and smiled, and said, "Good cat, good cat, I know that you are the best for me." ”

Maoxiao leaned her head lightly on his chest and said, "Good ghost, I know you're working hard. Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, we won't have to work hard anytime soon. ”

After saying this, the expression on Ghost Cry's face suddenly condensed, he roared wildly, pushed Mao Xiao away with one hand, and staggered back two steps.

Cat Xiao's little white hand was stained with crimson blood, and she giggled, sticking out her tongue and gently licking the blood from her hand.

"You... You..." Ghost Cry looked at her in disbelief, at this woman who had been with her day and night.

He wanted to say something, but the vitality of life faded from his face. He slammed down on the wooden floor, his hollow eyes wide open as he stared at the roof.

After all, he didn't say what he wanted to say.

Blood seeped out of his clothes, staining the ground red.

Maoxiao threw a wink at Yu Yao, "Do you know why I killed him?"

Jade Xiaoyao blinked.

The cat smiled at the corpse on the ground with a strange smile on her face, "Do you know that I also used to love this man in front of me madly, and even gave up everything I once had for him." ”

The cat smiled and sighed, "But do you know how annoying it is to face the same face every day for a year, two years, or ten years?" ”

The cat smiled and walked over and gently stroked the corpse's cheek, "When you are bored with a person, you will realize how disgusting his sweet words used to be. ”

"What's more, he only talks sweetly to me when he wants me. ”

"You say, isn't it more disgusting to have such a man. ”

"But he still thinks he still loves me deeply, and he won't let me go, even if I'm impatient with him, he still stalks and refuses to let go. ”

Mao Xiao suddenly made a move and smashed the black head with one palm, "So, I can only let him die." ”

Yu Xiaoyao closed her eyes, not wanting to pay attention to her anymore, and not wanting to look at the scene in front of her again.

"But," continued the cat's laughter, "it's not surprising that he's dead, and that I'm thinking of him again." ”

"You don't have to read his good. A man pushed open the door and walked in.

Yu Xiaoyao suddenly opened his eyes.

Because of this person, he knows, it is the eldest son of the Jiangnan Liu family who once went to Cuiwei Pavilion to help him, Liu Junyi!

Liu Junyi is still as handsome and extraordinary as ever, he is wearing a moon-white robe, and a jade sword with a jade sheath hangs around his waist, as if the whole person has turned into a beautiful jade.

Cat Xiao saw him walk in, and her eyes were smiling.

Liu Junyi walked closer, reached out and gently stroked her hair, and said, "Cat, cat, thank you for your hard work." ”

The cat smiled and kissed him on the cheek and smiled, "As long as you're happy." ”

Liu Junyi took out a brocade handkerchief from his arms, and gently wiped the blood on her hands for Mao Xiao. The cat looked at him with a smile, her eyes full of happiness and tenderness.

If it weren't for Yu Xiaoyao who had just seen her smash someone's head, maybe she would really think of her as a girl who was just starting to fall in love.

Liu Junyi cleaned her hands for the cat's smile, patted her head, and said, "There is fruit on the table, you can take it and eat it, I want to talk to him for a while." ”

Mao Xiao was like a well-behaved cat at the moment, and he was very obedient and picked up the apple he had just played, sat down and ate it.

Yu Xiaoyao looked at the corpse of the ghost crying, and then at the innocent-looking smiling face of the cat smile, and suddenly wanted to vomit.

Liu Junyi reached out and unlocked the acupoints on his face. Yu Xiaoyao moved his chin and tongue, and at this moment he really felt that it was really a joy to be able to speak.

There are things that we think are so ordinary, and we don't know how precious they are until we lose them.

The first thing he said was just one word.

"Wine. ”

Liu Junyi laughed, he picked up the wine jug from the table, filled a glass of wine for Yu Xiaoyao, and fed him to drink.

He obviously only needs to unlock Yu Xiaoyao's acupoint, and Yu Xiaoyao will be able to drink the wine by himself, but he didn't, he chose this troublesome way.

Yu Xiaoyao drank a glass of wine and spat on the wine in satisfaction.

"You're not here to save me. Yu Xiaoyao said lightly.

Liu Junyi nodded with a smile, he is a child of a family, and he is quite a child of a family, no matter when, he always has this faint smile on his face, which will not make people feel cold, nor will he be too close.

Maybe the cat smile fell into his smile, Yu Xiaoyao thought.

He sighed and said, "I thought we were friends. ”

Liu Junyi said: "Of course we are friends. ”

Yu Xiaoyao looked down at his immobile body and said, "I don't think so." ”

Liu Junyi smiled: "My friend is in trouble, didn't I come." ”

Yu Xiaoyao said: "But you are not willing to unlock the acupoint for me." ”

Liu Junyi said: "Once I unlock your acupoint, this matter will be complicated. I've always liked to keep things simple. ”

Yu Yaoyao said: "What is a simple method?"

Liu Junyi smiled slightly, poured another glass of wine for him, and said, "Drink." ”

Yu Xiaoyao then drank another glass of wine. Liu Junyi poured him a full glass of wine again, but he didn't rush to feed him, just held it in his hand and said slowly: "That friend is in trouble, do you want to help or not?"

Yu Xiaoyao blinked, "Then it depends on what kind of friend it is, and how difficult it is?"

Liu Junyi fed him another glass of wine, "It's not a big difficulty, it's just a small difficulty of five thousand taels of silver." ”

Yu Xiaoyao smiled, "With such a big family business as the Liu family in Jiangnan, will you lose these five thousand taels of silver?"

Liu Junyi said: "I was originally very rich. ”

Yu Xiaoyao was stunned for a moment, "Originally?"

Liu Junyi suddenly said, "Do you like to drink very much?"

This sentence is a marginal question, and even a little redundant. Yu Xiaoyao nodded.

Liu Junyi said: "Do you know that drinking alcohol hurts your body?"

Yu Xiaoyao nodded again.

Liu Junyi said: "Since you know that drinking hurts your body, but you still want to drink, why?"

Without waiting for Yu Xiaoyao to answer, he continued on his own, "Because everyone will have some problems, they will have their own hobbies, some hobbies, you know that they are not good, but there is no way to quit them, right?"

Yu Xiaoyao said: "I don't know this, I do know a story." ”

"What's the story?" asked Liu Junyi.

Yu Xiaoyao said: "Someone went to ask the doctor how to live a long life. The doctor asked him, "Do you like to drink the most?" The doctor asked again, "Are you addicted to women?" The man shook his head again. The doctor said, "Then what are you going to do to live a long life?"

Liu Junyi laughed, "In this way, this doctor is very free." ”

Yu Xiaoyao also smiled: "If you don't drink because you are afraid of hurting your body, there will be a lot less fun in this world, so what's the point of living longer." ”

Liu Junyi nodded and said, "That's exactly the truth." ”

"So. Yu Xiaoyao blinked, "What's wrong with you?"

Liu Junyi gently spit out a word, "Bet." ”

Yu Xiaoyao sighed, "This is worse than my problem. ”

Liu Junyi said: "I have been the eldest young master of the Liu family since I was a child, and I have five silk shops, four restaurants, and two pawnshops before I have a title. I like to learn martial arts, so my family found me the best martial artist in Jiangnan and taught me mastery of martial arts. When I reach the age where I understand the things of men and women, the woman I want will take the initiative to give me a hug without waiting for me to speak. ”

"Money, martial arts, women, these are too easy to come by, so I'm tired of it, and I can't be interested in these things. ”

Liu Junyi's eyes lit up, "Only betting, only when gambling, others don't care who I am." Have you ever seen a gambler at the table, even if the king of heaven is sitting across from them, there is only one thing on their minds, and that is to win his money. ”

"I gambled from a child to a big gamble, and when I gambled all the money on my body, I took the shop to gamble, and when the shop gambled out, I took the women around me to gamble. ”

Speaking of this, he laughed, "You won't believe that the gambling money that my six concubines exchanged for is actually on the top of a good shop." ”

He smiled, but his eyes dimmed, "In the end, I even gambled on the women around me." I thought I'd stop there. ”

Yu Xiaoyao said: "But you don't." ”

Persuading gamblers to quit gambling and persuading alcoholics to quit drinking are the two most difficult things in the world.

Liu Junyi said: "No." ”

He gritted his teeth and said, "Although I have no money, no shop, no women. But I still have a group of "good friends"!"

"The good friends lent me a lot of money, and I was free for a while. ”

"It wasn't until two months ago that my father, who had been a layman all year round, came home, and my good friends heard about it, and came to visit me with good wine and meat, and brought me all the IOUs I had written all these years. ”

"The way of business is just a letter, and if someone else takes an IOU, then you have to take out the money. What's more, many of my good friends have family backgrounds that even our Liu family can't afford to offend. ”

Liu Junyi smiled bitterly: "My father paid back the money for me, but he also kicked me out of the house, and now the person standing in front of you is no longer the eldest son of the Liu family, just a gambler who wanders the world." ”

"What?!" The cat, who had been eating apples quietly next to him just now, laughed at this and jumped up suddenly, "You said you have no money?"

Liu Junyi smiled: "Do you regret it now?"

Maoxiao's hand trembled slightly, "Then you said you want to marry me and make me the eldest and youngest grandmother of the Liu family?"

Liu Junyi said: "Naturally, I lied to you." ”

"Man, man!" the cat laughed and hissed, "Giggle, men really don't have a good thing!"

Liu Junyi sat still, looking at the cat with a smile on his face, "Are you angry now?"

Maoxiao's whole face was distorted by anger, she stared at Liu Junyi deadly, panting heavily: "I want, I want, I want you to die!"

She rushed towards Liu Junyi with her teeth and claws, and when she was about to touch Liu Junyi, she stumbled under her feet and fell to the ground with a thud.

"Apples... There's poison in apples!" the cat laughed and screamed in horror.

Liu Junyi stretched out his hand, gently stroked her hair, and said softly, "So why are you so obedient?"

Mao Xiao glanced at him with resentful eyes, but she didn't even have the strength to do it, and as soon as she moved just now, the poison invaded her heart.

Liu Junyi slowly pulled the sword out of the scabbard and said, "If you ask me, I can give you a good time." ”

The cat giggled a few times, and her eyes were filled with tears.

With the last of her strength, she crawled towards the fallen ghost, but she didn't get far before she could no longer crawl.

She struggled to reach out, as if trying to touch Devil Cry's corpse.

Did she regret it, regretting that she shouldn't have betrayed this man who loved her deeply?

But it was too late, and she paid the price of blood for the betrayal.

The hand froze in mid-air, and she would never get a chance to touch the man again.

Forever.