Ren Suo glanced at the door of the guest room and thought that there was no sound coming from inside - it didn't make sense. These two people bumped into each other, so they should be surprised, right?
But even though Ren Suo had the help of "Insight into the World", there was no sound at all.
Could it be that they have also learned spells like silencing...?
The doorbell stopped ringing. Ren Suo went to open the door, but found that there was no one outside.
The elevator stopped at the first floor, and there was no one in the corridor. At this moment, a cold wind blew, and Ren Suo couldn't help but shiver.
Could it be that some blind ghost came to Tianlian Academy... ?
Every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor. The murders and arson in Lianjiang City were all done by Yu Kuangtu. Go to the Countermeasures Bureau!
Don't mess with me, I'm super fierce. Once I equip the "Lotus Jade Pendant", I can beat the monsters and demons into experience points!
He quickly closed the door and locked it, but before Ren Suo could breathe a sigh of relief, his super hearing keenly detected the faint crackling sound of ice flakes exploding outside.
The rumbling white fog blurred the moonlight. Ren Suo walked to the balcony and saw a huge icicle rising from the ground, reaching the same height as the fourth floor. The top of the icicle blossomed like petals, revealing a handsome figure sitting on the throne inside.
The cold moonlight fell on his slender figure, and the rising mist made him look like a prince who walked out of a fairy tale.
“This is…” Ren Suo stared at him with wide eyes: “…The Frozen Throne!?”
"Shh." Bai Ji put a finger in front of his mouth and laughed softly, "It's late at night, don't disturb others."
As he spoke, he leaped lightly from the throne and landed steadily on the balcony. The icicles that were more than ten meters high also quietly turned into ice mist and dissipated. There was not even a sound of falling into the water, as if nothing had happened just now.
Ren Suo couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "Awesome!"
His poor language made it impossible for him to think of any other words of praise except "awesome" and "666" - seeing such a cool and awesome appearance, he felt that "a real man should act like this".
Bai Ji smiled and picked up the box in his hand: "Happy birthday."
"Well...thank you." This was the third time that Ren Suo had received a blessing tonight. He felt no emotion at all. He even thought that he might not be able to finish the three cakes...
"I made it myself." Bai Ji said, "It's a cantaloupe fruit cake."
"You can also bake cakes?" Ren Suo curled his lips. "If I take a picture and post it on WeChat Moments, telling everyone that this is a gift from Bai Ji, I'm afraid I can get hundreds of likes... Although the number of my friends is not even in the three digits. The cakes made by Bai Ji, the 'Ice Emperor' of Lianjiang, this nickname can be used as a trademark to harvest a wave of young people's wallets..."
"Then you have to finish it tonight." Bai Ji smiled and said, "I spent a lot of time making the cake, not for you to sell it."
"I'm just talking. I don't know how to take photos." Ren Suo waved his hand: "You don't even know that someone from my hometown actually asked me out for a blind date."
"Oh?" Bai Ji said in a long tone, "And then?"
"Then my mom told me that the other party actually wanted to get to know you, and used the Thirty-Six Stratagems of Stratagems to attack Guo through a false route, hoping that I could arrange for you to meet the other party..." Ren Suo sighed, "I just revealed my information about Tianlian College, and someone wanted to get to know you. If others knew that I was quite familiar with you, I'm afraid my phone would be blown up."
Bai Ji sat down, crossed his legs, untied his scarf and put it on the sofa, and said with a smile: "Indeed, several entertainment companies have sent invitations directly to the college, hoping that I can become an idol or form a youth group, participate in variety shows, etc...."
Ren Suo asked with a smile: "Is there any rich woman who wants to support you?"
Bai Ji lowered his eyelids and said softly, "She's not just a rich woman..."
Bai Ji's low hum echoed: "I don't like being teased like this..."
"Sorry, sorry." Ren Suo said immediately, "I'm used to talking trash with Zhao Huo and the others like this. I just feel that your appearance has brought you many benefits and happiness that a mortal like me can hardly imagine."
"It's okay." After hearing Ren Suo apologize immediately, Bai Ji brushed his bangs and said with a smile: "I don't think there are many benefits or happiness. I don't want to use this advantage to gain anything."
"Really?" Ren Suo shrugged. "In fact, it's clear if you look at you and Yu Kuangtu. Yu Kuangtu has more actions than you, and he uses flamboyant fire, which is no worse than your ice... But do you know what Yu Kuangtu's nickname is among the people?"
"What is it?"
"Akainu. Although Yu Kuangtu himself is quite satisfied with this nickname, Zhao Huo even envies him...but compared with your 'Ice Emperor', people feel that he is overwhelmed in terms of appearance."
Ren Suo held his chin up and said, "Look, someone came to you to be an idol, but Yu Kuangtu didn't get that treatment. He doesn't even have fans. He even had to trick his girlfriend into coming back with a bunch of skewers..."
"Really? On the contrary, I envy Yu Kuangtu." Bai Ji said: "Idols, fans, fangirls... what do these mean to us monks? On the contrary, Yu Kuangtu can find someone who truly loves him, which is more real than all vanity."
"Ren Suo, do you still remember my previous predictions about the future?"
Ren Suo was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, and said, "You mean, you used to think that the world would be destroyed sooner or later by a supernatural being with all the power in one? If individualism takes precedence over collectivism, society will inevitably collapse on its own..."
"I still think so now," Bai Ji said, "If it weren't for the existence of the Asgard World Tree, the sources of chaos in the Destiny live broadcast would sooner or later lead to greater disasters that would befall mankind..."
"The individual combat power of the extraordinary heroes that are now being praised by various countries, such as You Jian and the angel Zach, can no longer be limited by conventional tactics. If they launch lightning destructive attacks, seeking only to destroy but not to kill the enemy, how many countries can resist their attacks? We must use extraordinary people to control them."
"Although there are still only three gods appearing on Earth, and the Church of the Three Gods is not very popular, and its doctrine advocates helping others, but who can guarantee that there are no other gods? And will the other gods be evil gods who crave killing and chaos?"
Noticing that Ren Suo wanted to speak, Bai Ji waved his hand and said, "Although I am a pessimist, I will also work hard on my cultivation and will not slack off because of pessimism. I just want to say..."
"Life is short, and no one knows if the world will end the next day, so I don't care about other people's love. After all, if I really reach the last moment of my life, it won't be my fans who will be with me."
"So I envy Yu Kuangtu very much. No matter how big a crisis he faces in the future, or how dark and cold the night he encounters, there will always be a firefly in his heart that will make him never lose hope and make him try his best to return to someone."
Ren Suo: “…”
I also know that falling in love is a very good thing, but you have elevated it to the level of "you must do it once in your life" and "you are not a human if you don't do it", which makes me, the birthday boy, envy Yu Kuangtu...
"But... you are good-looking. If you like someone, it would be easy to get them, right?" Ren Suo changed the subject.
Bai Ji smiled and said, "Maybe not. Sometimes, my appearance may be an obstacle..."
Is being handsome a hindrance? Is this world really like what Zhao Huo said, with beautiful girls who are crazy about fat otakus?
Click.
The two looked at the French window on the balcony that was knocked by the pebbles again. Bai Ji asked curiously, "Is it easy for the balcony here to be windy? There are quite a few stones on the ground."
"Hehe." Ren Suo said, "Not really, it's just that it's very windy today. By the way, I didn't plan to celebrate my birthday, and I didn't have any other activities, so I had nothing to do after eating the cake. You..."
"Then let's talk about it all night long." Bai Ji suddenly got a little excited and said, "When I was in college, I didn't live in a dormitory. I always longed for the kind of activities where roommates stayed up all night chatting... After joining the Yangtze River Army, we were so busy with training every day that everyone fell asleep as soon as their heads hit the pillow and didn't want to chat at all."
Chat like in the dormitory?
Ren Suo thought about it, when he was in college, the topics he usually talked about before going to bed at night were usually "girls in other majors", "what time to get up tomorrow morning", "complaining about the teacher's random class", all of which were closely related to school.
What else is there to talk about now? Do you still remember Lagrange's mean value theorem and the applications of Fourier transform?
"Chatting all night?" Ren Suo sighed, thinking that he had promised Dong Chengling and Qiao Muyi to chase them away, so how should he say it now? "But I'm actually quite sleepy, and I want to go to bed early."
"That's fine. Then we can chat while sleeping. If you feel tired, just go to sleep directly." Bai Ji nodded.
"Chatting while sleeping?" Ren Suo was stunned.
"Yeah, why don't we sleep together?" Bai Ji said, "The school bed can barely accommodate two people. I'm not fat, and neither are you... This is the only way to have a dormitory atmosphere!"
Although the beds in school can indeed accommodate two people, what I mean is that you should go back to the dormitory and sleep!
Ding Dong——
The doorbell rang, and Ren Suo immediately stared at Bai Ji and said, "If someone saw you at my house late at night, no one would suspect that I had any improper relationship with you, right?"
Bai Ji was stunned for a moment: "...No."
Ren Suo breathed a sigh of relief: "Then just stand here and don't move. I'll go open the door—"
Pop.
任索刚走一步，肩膀就被白忌按住了。
白忌好整以暇地说道：“你觉得是谁来了？”
“肯定是我妹妹。”任索已经想不到其他可能了。
“未必吧，也许是承灵，也许是……乔木依。”白忌露出一个冷冽的笑容：“我深夜在你家固然无所谓，但如果女人深夜到你家，发现我在你家……她肯定会不好意思的吧？”
“为什么会不好意思？”任索略感疑惑。
“女人深夜到男人家里，会显得很不自重，很**，如果还被其他人发现，肯定会羞愧万分。”白忌在‘不自重’和‘**’这两个词上咬的很重：“为了对方的名声着想，你应该尽快让对方离开，才比较合适。”
“……但外面肯定不是东承灵或者乔木依。”任索十分肯定地说道：“就是我妹妹啊。”
因为东承灵和乔木依就在你后面的客房里呢！
白忌心念急转，他早就发现任星美特别不喜欢自己——虽然不知道这种敌意从何而来，但用脚趾头都能想到，要是任星美发现自己在这，肯定会缠着任索，要求让白忌回家。
好不容易才有理由过来，白忌可不愿意就这样白白错过这次机会。他本来的计划是温水煮青蛙，但奈何任索几乎都没有落单的时候，他温水都快成冰水了，这一晚得用沸水加快一下进度！
而且，来的人也未必是任星美……
既然找不到什么正当理由……
那就只能从来者身上下手了！
如果是其他人，就赶紧赶走；如果是任星美，就想办法收买！
白忌目光一寒，抢先打开门！
“哥…”门外拿着蛋糕盒子的任星美话还没说出口就在喉咙里发生交通事故了，她愣愣看着开门的白忌，一时半会居然宕机了。
“老妹，你来的有点晚啊。”任索感叹一句。
“任索，我恰好有点事想找星美商量……”白忌亲切地接过任星美手上的蛋糕盒子，放到一边，“可以让我跟单独她聊一下吗？不会很久。”
任星美看着白忌，心里也是万分古怪——你这扑街怎么深夜在我哥的家？
你不是我哥的情敌吗？
而且我打算今晚和老哥好好庆祝生日，然后一起玩游戏通宵的……怎么半路杀出你这个程咬金？
另外你和我有什么好谈的？难道发现我在高数课帮咸鱼作弊了……？
任星美心思一转，心想得赶紧让这个死人头快点滚，便点点头说道：“嗯，哥，我也有事跟白老师说一下。”
任索看了看他们，心想这两家伙有什么事好商量的……而且还是一见面就会突然想起来，必须先谈谈的那种？
难道是有什么误会？例如任星美撞破了白忌的难言之隐，发现白忌那些不可告人的小秘密……
虽然白忌和他有深厚羁绊，不过任索可不敢这么放心，便说道：“可以，但得在屋里谈。”
“没问题。”白忌摆出一个ok的手势：“那就去你的卧室里谈吧。”
任星美也没什么意见，便跟着白忌走向主卧。但在路过客房的时候，她忽然打开客房门将白忌拉进去！
她才不愿意其他人进入她哥的卧室呢！
“就在这里谈……吧？”
进来随手关上门后，任星美话音刚落，便发现客房里的光线并非来自月亮，而是来自摇曳的烛火！
东承灵端端正正地坐在椅子上，双手放在大腿上，表情冷淡；乔木依坐在床边翘着二郎腿，手肘支着膝盖，手掌撑着下巴，歪着脑袋看着她们。
骤然看见她们，白忌也是微微一怔，他看了看放在桌面上的两个生日蛋糕，脸上就露出‘果然如此’的表情：“原来……大家都一样。”
他早就隐隐发现东承灵对任索的感情，倒是乔木依的出现着实让他有些惊讶，但他很快就释然了——怪不得乔木依会有意无意针对他。
“可以啊白忌。”乔木依笑道：“很会利用性别优势啊，还美其名‘回忆宿舍的日子’来个同榻而眠？”
东承灵淡淡说道：“‘不自重’、‘**’……白忌，背后中伤别人可不是好事。”
白忌笑道：“说什么呢，我行为没有越矩，说话也没有指名道姓，只是跟任索进行正常交往和讨论，可没有骂人……反倒是乔木依，你明天不用上班吗？这么晚在天莲学院，你来这里多久了？”
东承灵说道：“小乔，你究竟是什么时候来的？说好不偷步，但你今晚是不是想霸王硬上弓？”
乔木依呵呵一笑：“我明天放假，闲着呢，倒是东承灵你真的有立场说我吗？想霸王硬上弓的人是谁呢？”
白忌说道：“承灵，我跟你聊起任索的时候，你是不是就已经……原来你一直都在暗中监视我的行动，枉我一直信任你！”
乔木依笑了笑：“大家都有小心思，只是平常没人值得我们用罢了……你为什么会觉得承灵会是无私的人呢？”
一旁的任星美已经看得目瞪口呆。论脑子，她可以全面吊打任索，因此她很快就分析出发生了什么事——
这三人都是独自来找任索庆生！
这三人都对任索有超越朋友的感情！
这三人都对任索有触犯刑罚的不轨企图！
等，等等，我只是以为有一个东老师，或者加一个林羡鱼——林羡鱼那种傻乎乎的性子，跟沙雕老哥特别契合——我完全没想到老哥你已经达到男女通杀的程度啊！
而且东承灵这种纯情少女，我可以理解，处男处女是会互相吸引的；白忌这种爱无界限，我勉强也能理解，毕竟任索以前也有类似的战绩。但怎么连乔木依这种狐狸精也会迷上你？
你不是好好在家里打游戏的吗？你不是连网游都不玩的吗？你怎么连玩游戏这件事都做不好，玩着玩着都能变成自带亲卫队的邪恶现充？
任星美一时间被这巨大的信息量砸懵了，乔木依看了她一眼，说道：“门口已经用了「匿音无痕」，外面听不到这里的声音……机会难得，那我们就好好谈谈吧。”
“小星星，你希望谁成为你嫂子呢？”
任星美脸色一黑。
她活了18年，最讨厌的词语，就是‘嫂子’，没有之一。
……
任索看了一眼客房，耳朵动了一下，发现还是听不到里面的声音。
不过东承灵和乔木依都在里面，他不担心会有事发生，估计她们正在进行‘卧槽你怎么在这’‘卧槽你怎么也在这’‘你也带了蛋糕’‘等下吃不完’之类的讨论吧。
任索感觉该来的人应该都来了，也没理会客房发生的故事，从茶几里的零食箱里拿出两包辣鱼，走到阳台翻身跳了下去。
前些天任索起床晚了，发现分身就要迟到了，便赶紧让分身连**都不穿就套件衣服赶去校医院。而等电梯这件事还挺费时间的，去校医院值班的分身又是他的100分身，于是任索便直接让分身跳下去。
分身屁事没有。
任索自己试了一下，摔断了腿。
不过他如果踩着空调外机跳下去，倒也挺安全。但任索很少会这样做，主要是影响不好，万一被其他学生看见就太丢人了——人家都是直接飞下来，就你踩着空调外机跳下来。
但现在都深夜了，外面肯定没人，任索自然不在意影响。
仅仅三秒钟，任索就落到地面上，环视一周没看见猫影，便轻轻呼唤：“黑铃铛~？”
今晚黑铃铛可谓立大功了，连续四次预警，必须要好好嘉奖，任索便带了两包辣鱼仔下来慰劳它一下，以后还有大餐等着它。
不过任索瞄了一眼，发现黑铃铛并不在楼下，不知跑去哪了。
他鼻子嗅了嗅，「猫之进化」赐予他的嗅觉强化，其实早就被「洞悉尘世」覆盖了，但也有独特之处：例如，他可以更容易闻到猫的气味。
他拐到宿舍楼后面，很快就看到黑铃铛出现在边角的阴影里。不过除了黑铃铛并非冬天**睡不着，而是蹲在一个女孩身边，看着女孩在地上用泛着光辉的食指刻字，红缎带挂着的黄铃铛晃琅琅地响。
“古同学？”
正在地上乱涂乱画的古月言惊讶地抬起头，看见任索出现在面前，吓得一屁股坐到地上，声音打颤地说道：“你你你你你别过来。”
任索马上停下脚步举起双手：“行，没问题，我不过来，不要紧张，不要大叫。”
古月言深吸一口气，伸手将地上的痕迹全部擦去，抱着黑铃铛站起来说道：“你不是在……你怎么会出现在这里？”
“这话应该是我问你吧？”任索笑道：“你不应该是在学生宿舍吗？这里可是教职工宿舍。”
“我……”古月言沉默了好一会：“我……有别的事需要夜晚出来。”
别的事？
Ren Suo frowned and pondered for a long time, then suddenly realized: "You sneaked out to destroy flowers and plants to practice awakening spells!?"
Gu Yueyan had a history of practicing awakening spells in the back mountain late at night. Now the academy has banned individual supernatural training, and all students must practice in the combat training ground. It is normal for a diligent student like Gu Yueyan to practice secretly.
Gu Yueyan was slightly startled, and said slowly: "I didn't destroy the flowers and plants...but it is true that I trained awakening spells."
"Why did you find your way here when you didn't go to the back mountain..." Ren Suo curled his lips and threw two bags of spicy fish over.
"This is what Black Bell likes to eat. You are familiar with it, so you can feed it."
Gu Yueyan caught it steadily and asked curiously, "Black bell?"
"Hmm? I don't know what it's called, anyway I call it Black Bell, are you familiar with it?" Ren Suo said with a smile, "Go back early after you finish your training. Although Tianlian Academy is very safe, it's still a bit cold for a girl to wander around outside alone... and the weather is so cold, you should just hide in bed and enjoy yourself."
Gu Yueyan said: "Enjoyment is not a word that should appear in the mouth of a cultivator."
"You..." Ren Suo shook his head and turned away.
Gu Yueyan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and held the black bell in front of his eyes to block the figure that was about to leave. At this time, the black bell yawned and licked his lips, as if despising Gu Yueyan's cowardice.
Bad cat!
"That's right."
At this moment, Ren Suo suddenly turned back, frightening Gu Yueyan so much that he pressed himself against the wall and looked at him nervously, "What's wrong?"
"If you want to train alone late at night next time... just look for me." Ren Suo scratched his head and said, "It will be troublesome if you get hurt. It's better for me to play with my phone beside you than for you to train alone, just like you hired me as a medical assistant before."
Gu Yueyan blinked and said, "I don't want to hire you."
"It's free, but only once." Ren Suo said, "Well, didn't I promise you before that as an apology, I would do you a favor for free."
Gu Yueyan was stunned.
"You... still remember?"
Of course I remember. I talked to you for so long, and your mind kept talking about this matter... Ren Suo muttered in his heart, but now he also recalled that incident and said, "Xiang City Ailan Lake, I almost let you get killed there. As an apology, I promised to help you."
"If you need anything, please don't hesitate. I will definitely help if I can."
That was before "The Magician Under the World Tree" was reflected in reality. He accompanied Gu Yueyan to awaken, but the boat capsized while they were rowing in Lake Alan. The two of them were almost dragged into the secret realm by the Holy Grail in Lake Alan...
Now Lake Ailan seems to have become a military restricted area, and the monks from the Yangtze River and Yellow River troops go in to kill monsters every once in a while.
"don't want."
Noticing Ren Suo's surprised expression, Gu Yueyan said, "If the accompanying treatment alone can offset the help, then it's too cheap for you."
Ren Suo smiled bitterly: "Then... have you decided what you want me to do?"
"No, let's talk about it later." Gu Yueyan asked: "If I don't mention it, will you always owe me?"
"yes."
"Then remember that you owe me."
"Okay, there's no interest anyway." Ren Suo shrugged and turned to leave.
"besides."
Gu Yueyan lowered his head, stared into Hei Lingdang's big eyes, and said softly: "...Happy birthday."
Ren Suo blinked: "Thank you, do you want to come up to my house to eat cake?"
"I don't want to go to your house late at night."
"Then come over to eat tomorrow. I don't think I can finish it."
Seeing Ren Suo finally leave, Gu Yueyan breathed a sigh of relief and sat down softly against the wall. Hei Lingdang meowed, broke free from her arms, jumped onto the gift box she hid on the other side of the corner, and knocked two amusement park tickets away.
Gu Yueyan quickly picked up the two coupons, but after thinking about it, she gave a bitter smile and put the coupons into her pocket.
She picked up Hei Lingdang, held its two front paws, and squeezed its little paws. Hei Lingdang was very considerate and did not stretch out its paws. It meowed and let Gu Yueyan rub it.
She raised her head, her eyes glowing, as if reflected in the moonlight, and as if the moonlight was reflected in her pupils.
"Forget it, I won't watch it anymore." Gu Yueyan lowered his eyelids and sighed: "Ah...Xianyu will definitely say that I'm a coward later. She accompanied me for an entire night to buy gifts..."
"It would be nice if you could become a human... I feel very close to both you and Teacher Fan, but Teacher Fan doesn't teach freshmen..."
"It would be nice if you could be my bestie, Luna."