She has a demonic aura; don't come near her. I'll protect you!
“Actually, I’ve been secretly observing you for a long time without you knowing. You’re different from everyone else. You would tell me which stories you drew and which publishers you submitted them to. When the landlady put a cage on me and said she was going to kill me, you secretly broke the cage so I could escape. After you moved away, I wanted to find you, so I cultivated diligently every day. But it’s a pity that I only gained spiritual intelligence and didn’t cultivate into human form… My good friend, how are you doing? I miss you so much.”
Li Yan gently touched the wound on Huang Daxian's head, asking softly, "Does it hurt?"
Huang Daxian shook his head. Li Yan nodded, dusted himself off, stood up, and looked down at Huang Daxian with a complicated expression.
“I don’t miss the past, and I even feel disgusted when I think about it. Big Yellow… just pretend I’m dead.”
Shuyi was the first to stand up and retort: "You may not know how much effort we have to put in to go from knowing only how to eat and be fed to gaining intelligence and even cultivating human form. By erasing all that has happened before, you have also stifled a part of your humanity."
"I don't need that! I just need to live well! I will climb higher and farther in the future, and I will never go back to that moment again in my life, I swear!" Li Yan's bloated and fat face had long forgotten the hardships he had come from, and in the future he would only agree with the theory of the survival of the fittest, after all, that's how he got there.
Looking at the person in front of him, who was being eroded and swallowed up by the materialistic society, Huang Daxian felt a sense of unfamiliarity. He even began to doubt whether he and the person had really had an unforgettable bond. Those pasts that the person was desperately trying to discard and erase were the ones he once cherished the most.
"It's hard to establish yourself in society if you only act based on your instincts of liking and disliking. You can't make everyone like you forever, so at least make sure you're not disliked. Now look at yourself, do you feel disliked or liked?" Wong Tai Sin said calmly, then smiled knowingly and asked in return, "Don't you remember what your comic book protagonist once said?"
Li Yan stood there, stunned. Many scenes flashed before his eyes, but each scene was accompanied by a sincere and enthusiastic smile. Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his wrist.
Shen Zhizhou and Shu Yi saw a red line burning and breaking between Li Yan and Huang Daxian's wrists, which then disappeared without a trace.
When people connect with each other, or even with demons and all things, a red thread called fate appears. When the two parties who have formed the bond decide to let go, the red thread will spontaneously combust and break, until they meet the next person and form a new bond.
"Congratulations... the ties have been broken, may you both find peace." Shen Zhizhou's tone was indifferent, revealing no emotion, but Shu Yi seemed to sense a different aura from Shen Zhizhou's usual demeanor.
Shen Zhizhou... seems to be sad?
Shu Yi turned her head to look at Shen Zhizhou, who was pursing his lips and looking somewhat vacant and lonely. She silently moved closer to Shen Zhizhou.
When Li Yan left, Shuyi carried him downstairs. There was no other reason; it was simply because Shuyi was strong and thought Shen Zhizhou was eloquent. Perhaps it would be better for him to stay and keep Huang Daxian company to offer some guidance.
"He chose to erase this memory, so what about you... do you also want to erase this memory?" Shen Zhizhou asked Wong Tai Sin, sitting cross-legged on the floor.
“I don’t want to. I understand that humans want to live a carefree life, but I feel that if it weren’t for him, I might still be that dull-witted weasel instead of the wise and intelligent Huang Daxian I am now.” Huang Daxian answered Shen Zhizhou’s question while jumping around cleaning the room for the tenant, restoring it to its original state.
Shen Zhizhou rested his chin on his hand and tilted his head to watch the busy Huang Daxian. He noticed that since meeting Shuyi, the monsters seemed to really enjoy doing housework, which was completely different from the monsters he had encountered before.
Shen Zhizhou drove Li Yan home first, then picked up Huang Daxian and Shuyi. Facing the setting sun, Huang Daxian, carrying his precious snakeskin plastic bag, turned around and examined the attic one last time.
Finally, without hesitation or turning back, he said, "Let's go."
The setting sun cast a long shadow of his small figure. Perhaps he would continue to be lonely, or perhaps he would find more suitable friends because of it. But who can say for sure what will happen on the wheel of fate? At least at this moment, Wong Tai Sin did not feel lonely.
Time may indeed be an engraving knife, turning idealistic youths into sycophants and making free-spirited souls willingly confine themselves to a small space, waiting day after day for someone who will never return.
The river of time erased that boy who once bravely spoke of love and hate, and thus all memories vanished.
Or perhaps, it exists in the heart of a little monster who hasn't even taken human form yet.
Wong Tai Sin thought, that's enough.
It's enough that we had a connection; there's no need to force anything more.
Shuyi and Huang Daxian were led by Shen Zhizhou into a dilapidated two-story villa covered in ivy. He took out his key and opened the door. Unlike the dilapidated exterior, the interior was full of life, with many plants. The entrance hall had been partitioned into a small office, with files neatly arranged on the table, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere.
“This whole building belongs to me, but it’s been converted into a company. I think you and Huang Daxian will both work here from now on. Huang Daxian, you can live here. The rest area is on the right side of the second floor. You can choose any room you like to stay in.” Shen Zhizhou explained the layout of the villa to the two demons.
Huang Daxian rubbed his hands in disbelief, standing awkwardly at the door, hesitant to step inside, and murmured to Shen Zhizhou, "Can I stay here? Really?"
“Of course, make yourself at home and relax…” Shen Zhizhou walked over and knelt on one knee, trying to squat down to look Huang Daxian in the eye.
Huang Daxian covered his mouth and jumped onto Shen Zhizhou's lap, wrapped his arms around Shen Zhizhou's neck and hooked his tail around Shen Zhizhou's wrist, and kept rubbing his face against Shen Zhizhou to express his gratitude.
Shen Zhizhou was in a good mood and, maintaining this posture, led Huang Daxian on a tour of the company, while Shuyi transformed into her original form and jumped onto Shen Zhizhou's shoulder to vie for his favor.
As Shen Zhizhou led them upstairs to explain the work, his phone kept vibrating in his pocket. Just as Shen Zhizhou was about to reach into his pocket, he saw Huang Daxian had already taken out his phone and held it high above his head, his expression full of eagerness and attentiveness.
Shuyi rolled her eyes, clutching her tail, and silently cursed him as a lackey. Just then, Shen Zhizhou raised his hand and gave Shuyi a sharp rap on the head.
"Don't bully your colleagues."
"You bastard, you've changed your mind!" Shu Yi pointed at Shen Zhizhou with her hands on her hips.
After finishing the call, Shen Zhizhou put his phone back in his pocket and went downstairs: "Then don't eat the spicy chicken burger I specially ordered for you later."
Upon hearing that there was a spicy chicken leg burger that she loved, Shu Yi immediately put on a fawning face, pushed past Huang Daxian, and stood on Shen Zhizhou's shoulder to give him a shoulder massage.
"Handsome, dashing, and domineering Shen Zhizhou, can't you be more magnanimous? At worst, I'll just love you for a second!"
Shen Zhizhou stiffly turned his head to look at Shuyi, feeling that Ji Yao's demonic version of the human vocabulary guide needed to be relearned. In addition, he must stop this white-haired rat from watching any more melodramatic romance dramas!
After dinner, Huang Daxian took charge of the company's security. Shen Zhizhou and Shuyi returned to their villa. When they parted, Huang Daxian stood on the railing, waving a rag he had somehow found. His eyes reflected light like two searchlights, which gave Shen Zhizhou goosebumps. He ran away faster than a rabbit.
Sitting in the car, Shuyi was very curious about Wong Tai Sin's salary but was too embarrassed to ask. So she silently repeated to herself how much Wong Tai Sin's salary was so that Shen Zhizhou could hear her thoughts.
Shen Zhizhou was driving, his eyebrows and eyes crinkling with a smile, but he wouldn't look at Shu Yi or say a word, which made Shu Yi keep glancing at Shen Zhizhou, her eyes looking like she was cross-eyed.
"Hey, why aren't you answering me?!" Shuyi pouted, her cheeks puffed out in anger.
Shen Zhizhou covered the smile on his face with his hand and threw the question back at Shuyi, "What's wrong? Are you jealous? Worried about your position?"
"Shen Zhizhou, you're a shameless scoundrel! You tricked me into making a contract with you, and now you're even deceiving demons. Is his salary higher than mine?!"
Hearing that Shuyi cared a lot about her salary, Shen Zhizhou raised an eyebrow, somewhat puzzled. Logically speaking, Shuyi's original form was a treasure-spitting rat and shouldn't be short of money, but this treasure-spitting rat was unexpectedly concerned about money... A bold idea came to Shen Zhizhou's mind.
Shen Zhizhou remembered that Sister Ji had left a string of blessed crystals in the car before, so he drove with one hand on the steering wheel and began to grope around for the crystals with the other.
Shuyi looked curious and wanted to help, but Shen Zhizhou pushed her away, saying he would do it himself. Shuyi's temper flared up immediately, and she insisted on helping to open the storage box. She used a little too much force and accidentally hit Shen Zhizhou's eyebrow when she pulled it out.
Startled, Shen Zhizhou lost his grip on the steering wheel. Seeing that he was about to crash into a student riding a bicycle on the side of the road, he immediately turned the steering wheel around, causing the wheels to slip and the car to overturn.
Shuyi cried out in fear, pleading, "Shen Zhizhou, please don't die!" She grabbed Shen Zhizhou's head and tried to channel her demonic power into him.
"Can you be a little gentler next time? I'm really going to be strangled to death by you..." Shen Zhizhou lay weakly in Shu Yi's arms, raising his eyes slightly to look at Shu Yi.
Shuyi held Shen Zhizhou's head, her forehead resting against Shen Zhizhou's face, as if trying to confirm whether Shen Zhizhou was really not injured.
Shen Zhizhou looked at the glistening in Shuyi's eyes and was somewhat moved. Since his mother's death, his father had stayed at home and the only one who was truly by his side was Ji Yao. And now this little rat was worried about his well-being.
Slowly raising his hand to wipe away Shuyi's tears, Shen Zhizhou indicated that he wouldn't die so easily.
Shu Yi nodded in agreement with Shen Zhizhou's point of view: "A tortoise lives for a thousand years, a turtle lives for ten thousand years, bad people tend to live longer..."
Shen Zhiyue rolled his eyes, speechless, pushed Shuyi aside, opened the car door, and climbed out.
As soon as I went outside, I saw a girl in a school uniform struggling to get up from the ground, but she had a large abrasion on her leg.
"I'm sorry, are you alright? I'll call and take you to the hospital now." As Shen Zhizhou approached the girl, he could feel the demonic compass in his arms getting hot, though it was only slightly warm.
The next second, Shuyi sensed something and flashed in front of Shen Zhizhou, spreading her arms to block him.
"She has a demonic aura about her. Stay behind me and don't come any closer."
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