Yuncheng is a small third-tier city, backed by mountains and surrounded by water, with distinct seasons throughout the year.
It was midsummer, and at eight o'clock in the morning, the bus wobbled and swayed, drifting further and further away, until it crossed the newly built bridge and finally arrived in Qingshui District, a newly developed area south of the city, with endless towering mountains behind it.
A few years ago, there was not even a bus running here.
"Young man, we've arrived at Haishan." The ticket seller reminded the young man in the front.
The sun was pouring in. A young man sitting by the window had short, slightly curly black hair, fair skin, and handsome features. He got on the bus at the starting point, bought a ticket, and drove to the end point. As soon as he got on the bus, he took out a book and read it with relish.
The conductor was very impressed.
This guy must have good grades.
So the tone of reminders was much kinder.
"Okay, thank you." Lu Cijiu put the book in his hand into his schoolbag and realized that he was the only one left in the entire carriage. He looked at the conductor and asked, "Excuse me, is there a Shanhai Village here?"
The ticket seller looked confused. What Shanhai Village? How come I haven't heard of it?
"This is Haishan, young man, are you mistaken?"
The bus stops under the shade of the trees on the roadside.
Lu Cijiu got out of the car with a puzzled look on his face. That couldn't be possible. The job posting said it was from Shanhai Village. He couldn't help but pull out his phone to confirm. The internet connection was bad here, but luckily he had saved it. Now he opened the album and confirmed it again.
That's right. Walk 300 meters west from the No. 11 bus terminal in Qingshui District, Yuncheng, and go straight up the small dirt road without paying attention to the weeds.
Although the address is written strangely, but!
Lu Cijiu's eyes lit up. This is a public institution and they are civil servants!
He was a graduate from a third-tier university and had applied for campus recruitment several times. He had signed contracts with several good companies, but in the end, either the companies went bankrupt or the supervisor who hired him was laid off due to corruption. He had a bad time all the way. Only the Shanhai Shelter said firmly that there was no problem.
Before coming here, Lu Cijiu called, and the other party was very anxious. He said he could start the job at any time, with five insurances and one fund, food and accommodation provided, and he would be the head of the shelter, with a salary of 3,000 yuan...
Considering the prices in Yuncheng and his education level, it's already very good.
Mainly including food and accommodation.
The school gave them the opportunity to stay in the dormitory for a longer period of time to help them find jobs and move out. The deadline is July. Today is the end of June. If he loses this job, he will really have to live on the streets and move bricks.
I walked three hundred meters west from the address given. This was the suburbs, a newly developed area with few people. However, the road was very wide. After three hundred meters, I came to a crossroads. Lu Cijiu frowned slightly, as the crossroads had a strong ominous aura.
The old problem has come back again.
"No feng shui, no feng shui," he muttered. "I just don't know what kind of shelter is here."
Sure enough, he saw a small dirt road near his hand, overgrown with weeds. In the distance, he saw a blue brick and tile house on the hillside. Lu Bi's old age was a happy ending! He no longer had to carry bricks!
The blue brick courtyard is very close to the foot of the hill, and it only takes five or six minutes to walk there.
The courtyard entrance consisted of two dark wooden doors, with a wooden plaque hanging at the entrance: Shanhai Shelter. Lu Cijiu smoothed his naturally curly hair, and to make a good first impression, he wanted to appear mature and reliable. After all, he was the boss, so he washed and straightened his hair manually before leaving.
It's too difficult.
"Knock knock" raised his hand and knocked on the door.
"Hello, I'm Lu Ci, here to report—"
Crunch
The wooden door made a dusty and old sound.
Before Lu Ci finished his words, a man inside interrupted him hurriedly, "You are finally here, come in and take up your post quickly, don't dawdle, I can't take it anymore, these bastards, if I stay any longer I will be dead." He gritted his teeth.
Inside the door was a middle-aged man with messy hair, listless and irritable, with a bloody claw mark on half of his face, as if scratched by a cat.
"What are you standing there for? Come in and complete the formalities. I can't stand it anymore." The man opened the door.
Lu bids farewell to the old: "——Old."
"?"
Lu Cijiu finished his self-introduction. The man was not interested and did not ask any further questions. He hurried into the yard.
The yard is square, a typical northern quadrangle. The middle of the yard is paved with stone slabs, and the gaps are filled with knee-high weeds. The middle rooms on the left and right are also pitch black, making it look very old.
"This is the contract, sign it first. We'll talk after you sign it." The man took out a piece of paper and urged.
Lu Cijiu looked at the contract and found it to be quite formal.
Shanhai Shelter hired Lu Cijiu as the shelter director and guardian of all the cubs/children in the shelter.
Cub?
"Excuse me, this cub—"
"It's just what the name says. I heard you're a college student, but you can't understand this? Are you going to sign it or not?" The man urged again impatiently.
Lu Cijiu glanced at the man, then lowered his head to look at the contract. He said, multitasking, "Your forehead is dark. Watch your mouth, or you'll have a bloody disaster."
"It's unlucky for me to stay here." The man said angrily.
There was nothing wrong with the contract. Lu Cijiu had originally seen the recruitment information on the school's official website, and the exam was also organized by the school. However, he was the only one taking the exam at the time. Now seeing the dilapidated yard and the remote location, it was no wonder that no classmates came.
The school has certified it, so he shouldn't be a liar.
Lu Cijiu thought that he could either stay or move bricks, and he didn't care about the middle-aged man's attitude and signed his name readily.
"Great, great." The middle-aged man saw the newcomer signed his name, and contrary to his previous impatience, he smiled and reached out to shake the newcomer's hands. Then he was stunned for a moment and asked in a suspicious tone: "Are you human?"
Lu Bijiu:???
Man: "Forget it, it's not me who will die anyway."
Lu Cijiu: …Calmly pulled his hand back.
"Your blood disaster has worsened."
The man gloated and said, "Hey, who's unlucky? I see you won't live for a few days. I'm telling you, there are four ugly bastards here, not even a monster, cough cough, anyone wants them. If you hadn't come, I would have skinned the waiter today!"
Lu Cijiu frowned and stared at the man with displeasure.
The man didn't take it seriously. He thought that the boy was just a human being, and sooner or later, the four bastards would eat him till nothing was left of him. Then he could let the Demon World Administration destroy the four little bastards. Why set up a shelter? It would be a waste of demonic power!
"I'll take over here now. You can leave if there's nothing else." Lu Cijiu didn't like men talking about children like that.
The man chuckled and said maliciously, "You can go, but first, you have to meet these four. They have bad tempers and will probably be man-eating monsters when they grow up. They are all little bastards, that's what you people call them, right?" He then shouted, "Little bastards, your new guardian is here, hehe."
An adult who is full of malice towards a child is a piece of shit.
The man's face was clearly filled with anticipation. Lu Cijiu didn't want to argue with him in front of the children, so he smiled, looked at the closed door, and said, "Hello, children. I'm new here. I'll take care of you from now on."
"These useless little bastards have no heart." The male demon wanted to see this new human fall.
Finally, the broken door, which had been tightly closed, creaked open. Because it was the west wing, it was backlit, and the sunlight divided the eaves and the courtyard into a sharply defined line, half sunny, half cold. Four shadows appeared, walked to the point where the light met, and stopped without moving, four pairs of large eyes staring at the newcomer in the middle of the courtyard.
"Haha, let me tell you, these brats don't know how to do good."
Lu Cijiu half-knelt down, looked at the children, and said with a smile: "Hello, I am Lu Ci——"
“Chiu!”
A baby voice.
Lu Cijiu's smile froze. The children were showing kindness, so how could he not respond!
So: "Yeah."
Four: ...
Is the newcomer, who calls himself "Chu," mentally ill? Xiao Er wondered.
The male demon chuckled proudly, "I was saying these little bastards—"
Then I saw a shadow running towards me.
The shadow was too small, swaying, running from darkness to light.
Lu Cijiu could see clearly that it was a little girl of three years old. She was skinny, as thin as a bean sprout, with dry yellow hair. She looked very cute, with a small round face, round eyes, and cute black pupils.
“Chiu!”
The little girl hugged Lu Cijiu's thighs and spoke in a baby voice.
Lu Cijiu: "Mmmmm."
Turning to look at the man, she said, "The child is very enthusiastic."
Male demon: ...
"What's your name? My name is Lu Cijiu." Lu Cijiu withdrew his gaze and looked at the little girl.
"Little sprinkle."
"It's a nice, cute name." Lu Cijiu rubbed the child's sparse hair.
The male demon was slapped in the face and said maliciously: "What's Xiao Sa Sa? Call her Xiao San. The Xiao Yi, Xiao Er, and Xiao Si at the end are just random names. Do you think it sounds good? Haha, you are so hypocritical."
"Don't say that." The oldest one, Xiaoyi, rushed over.
He has upturned almond-shaped eyes and a small red mole under his left eye. He is a little boy of about three years old. He is in Grade 1.
The male demon rolled up his sleeves and said, "Don't think the new guy can protect you, he's just a human."
"You still want to fight?" Lu Ci was angry. This scumbag even hits children?
The male demon was hit in the face by a human. He rolled up his sleeves and said arrogantly: "I will hit you today."
Just as he was about to say that, a handsome little boy with thick eyebrows and big eyes rushed out from the shadows. Lu Cijiu recognized him as the waiter. The waiter stood in front of him and said coldly, "You try."
The male demon remembered the pain on his face and said, "Forget it, forget it, I'll let you go!"
Lu Cijiu: ...It’s not necessary.
There was a look of regret on his face.
Male demon: "??? This human is so arrogant! What does he want to do to him!!!" He couldn't help but think angrily, thinking that he was a hundred-year-old demon, and yet he was injured by Xiao Er, who couldn't transform into a demon. Today, these four bastards took the wrong medicine and actually protected a human.
"I'm telling you, don't be so arrogant. These four are monsters, man-eating monsters. You won't live long."
"I can make sure your life doesn't last long right now." Lu Cijiu didn't want to talk to the scumbag any more. "If you're fine, just leave. You're just an eyesore."
The male demon wanted to curse, but when he looked into the waiter's eyes, he felt creepy and sensed danger, so he went in to get his things, rolled up his bag, but he was so angry that he kept cursing: "Who cares about these four bastards..."
"I'll take you there." Lu Cijiu interrupted, putting a hand on the scumbag's shoulder.
The curses from the male demon suddenly turned into howling cries: "It hurts, it hurts, let go, ahhhh!!!"
"The gate is here." Lu Cijiu did not loosen his grip, but instead intensified it. He carried the scum towards the door with a polite expression.
The male demon was in great pain. It was strange that he, a hundred-year-old demon, could not even struggle free from a human.
When they reached the gate, Lu Cijiu threw it away like trash, smiling and saying, "I wish you bad luck for the whole year. You will definitely encounter bloody disasters when you leave the house."
"You fucking bastard—" The male demon stretched his arms to get back at the enemy, but he stumbled and rolled with his bag onto the big rock beside the grass, hitting his face on the rock.
His face was covered in blood, two teeth were knocked out, and he was lisping.
This human is just as weird as those four little bastards! Too weird!
But the male demon didn't know it yet, but in the next year, he would be plagued by bad luck. He was a demon, and he would be hit by a car when he went out, and he would fall and break his bones when he was walking. He almost lost half his life...
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