Chapter 323
"gentlemen……"
In the ashes where the leaves turned to dust, Canglong looked up blankly. The protective shield formed by green spots of light had gradually dimmed. Through the light halo that looked like it would shatter at any moment, it saw the horrifying sight of the mountains and rivers changing drastically outside the shield. In the midst of the devastating catastrophe, only the inside of the shield could barely be considered a piece of pure land.
"gentlemen!"
Canglong stared for a long time before he recovered his trembling mind. He looked at the withered yellow color that had occupied most of the tree crown above his head, stumbled to his feet and rushed to the location of the tea tree.
The gentleman's body has become so tall and big, protecting them from all dangers, but why does he feel so uneasy in his heart?
Canglong rushed to the location of the tea tree that blocked out the sun. The trunk of the tea tree was very thick and strong. Even if the four cubs surrounded it together, they could only occupy a small corner. It placed its claws on the trunk and felt the tree shaking under its claws. It could not tell whether the master's injuries were getting worse, or the disasters in the outside world were getting more severe, or both.
It quickly released all the spiritual power in its body, trying to put up a protective shield for the gentleman and reduce some of the pressure, but after using up the spiritual power, it found that its spiritual power was just a drop in the bucket and was of no use.
Withered yellow leaves fell on its shoulders and could be turned into ashes with a light breath. In a blink of an eye, a layer of ashes accumulated on the shoulders of the Canglong.
“Canglong——!”
It seemed to hear someone calling it.
It turned around and saw Bai Ze and the others running towards it, each of them covered in dust.
Phoenix was the most impatient: "Why did the situation outside suddenly become like this? Can we help the master?"
Canglong wanted to talk about the sudden disaster outside, and wanted to say that their spiritual power was too weak to help, and also wanted to say that the master’s current condition was very bad, but it opened its mouth, but found that it could not utter a word—the extremely sharp anxiety temporarily deprived it of the ability to speak.
It could only point above its head, looking at the glaring yellow, without saying a word.
After being together for so many years, Canglong is actually the calmest and most like the master among the four cubs. Its current reaction makes the other three cubs, who are already uneasy, even more anxious. They also try to use their spiritual power to share the pressure for the master, but it is in vain.
The four frightened and worried cubs snuggled together against the tree trunk. It wasn't that cold in the protective cover, but the constant earthquakes were like a nightmare from which they could not wake up. Only the body temperature of each other when they were close to each other was a bit of reality in the illusion.
The sky seemed to be pressing down, and there was no distinction between day and night, only endless destruction. They were like a small boat in the raging waves, and no one knew when it would be overturned by the waves.
In the mood of fear, time seemed to be extraordinarily long. The four cubs did not dare to fall asleep. They just kept their eyes open, feeling the seemingly endless earthquake.
"Is it over?"
Because her heartstrings were too tense, Phoenix even suspected that her perception was wrong. The continuous earthquakes seemed to have stopped at this moment, and the world was silent.
Shirazawa's voice was hoarse due to the long period of tension: "It should be over..."
The ground beneath him seemed to stop shaking, and the terrifying cracks outside the shield stopped spreading. The oppressive and drooping sky suddenly cracked open, and a ray of golden sunlight poured out, spreading into a piece and dispelling the haze in the sky.
The huge trees above their heads were also illuminated by the sunlight. The golden sunlight sprinkled down, and the withered and yellow leaves almost merged with the sunlight - to be more precise, the withered and yellow leaves were dissipated bit by bit in the sunlight.
The golden spots scattered across the sky were a beautiful scene that could not be described in words. However, when the four cubs under the tree saw this scene, they were filled with endless panic and fear.
"gentlemen!!!"
The phoenix flapped its wings and flew upwards desperately. It passed through the dense treetops that were disappearing. Golden spots of light were draped on its feathers, as if it was coated with a layer of brilliant golden light - it seemed as if it was passing through a non-existent phantom.
The phoenix turned around in shock. In its pupils, the tea tree that was so familiar to it and blocked out the sun was gradually becoming transparent, as if it was about to disappear completely in the sunlight.
Bai Ze went down the tree and touched the trunk. In just a few seconds, the feeling under its claws went from solid to empty, and finally it caught nothing.
The golden spots of light were still scattering, and when they fell on them, they unexpectedly brought with them a warm temperature. The sunlight began to spread over the devastated mountains and rivers, and the mountains and rivers began to radiate the same golden spots of light in many corners. These golden spots of light gradually melted into the sunlight and could no longer be distinguished.
Born from heaven and earth, scattered in heaven and earth.
The huge tea tree that protected them disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving only a huge deep pit in its place to prove that it had ever existed.
"What are you all standing there for?" Canglong jumped over the stunned Qilin and jumped into the deep pit without hesitation, "Come down and look for it!"
If it could find some remaining tree roots, maybe Mr. could still have hope of resurrection. Having survived all the disasters, it would never believe that Mr. would just leave like this!
Its words awakened the other three cubs, and they jumped into the deep pit one after another, carefully searching inch by inch.
———They searched for five days.
They searched every inch of soil in the deep pit, but found nothing.
The four cubs, covered in dust and looking very hungry, sat blankly in the pit. The deep pit had been expanded by them in the past five days, almost becoming a large platform. The moonlight poured down unhindered, and they could see the deep blue sky by looking up, just like what they saw when they lay under the ivy trellis to enjoy the cool at night.
Everything seems as vague as before, and everything is completely different.
The phoenix cried, its beautiful tail feathers now covered with mud: "I can't find it, I can't find anything..."
It has been a long time since it has been a crybaby.
Disaster strikes unexpectedly, and so does separation.
The Canglong dropped the mud from its claws. All five of its claws were damaged from the endless digging. Every time it moved, it trembled. It said in a hoarse voice, "Let's go find Jianmu."
They have been to the Gathering of Grasses and Trees many times. If there is anyone in the world who knows how to save the master, it must be Jianmu.
No matter what kind of creature it is, it will always find a place to rely on when it is desperate. After having a new goal, the mental state of the other three cubs was obviously better. They staggered to their feet and climbed out of the mud wall of the deep pit.
Not far from the pit was a ruin, and a lot of debris could still be vaguely identified, such as the dead creeper vines between the broken bricks and tiles, the tables and chairs they had made together with patterns carved into them, the fence in the courtyard that the phoenix had carefully decorated, and the watermelon they had left behind to share with their husband...
Kirin, who usually had the most sarcastic and pretentious personality, felt a lump in his throat and tears fell silently: "My home is gone..."
"When we find the master back———" Bai Ze patted Qilin with his paw, not sure if he was comforting it or himself, "Reconstruction will be a piece of cake!"
They were all rejecting the result that they didn't want to acknowledge, so no one objected when Bai Ze comforted Qilin in this way.
The four cubs did not rest, but set out on a journey to find Jianmu under the starry night. The terrain had changed greatly due to the disaster and was no longer the same as before. All reference objects were destroyed in the earthquake, so they could only rely on luck in terms of direction, and the wolf cubs became more and more wolfish.
They took many detours and many wrong paths. After several sunrises and moonsets, they finally saw a vaguely familiar scene. They saw the Jianmu trees that once were lush and green, blocking out the sun.
But at this moment, whether it was Bai Ze or the Phoenix, Qilin or Canglong, they all felt endless regret—
Rather than saying it is Jianmu, it is more like a silent cemetery.
Under Jianmu, the ground was a strange charred black color, covered with huge and dense cracks. There was no grass growing within a thousand miles. On top of Jianmu, nine bent branches with no tops visible had peeled bark and were covered with scars. On its branches, there were many familiar trees, but they no longer had the beautiful posture of the past.
This tragic and terrifying scene frightened the four dusty cubs to the point of freezing in place. For a moment, they even had the urge to turn around and run away - as if the secret hopes in their hearts were in danger of being shattered.
The ground was scorched earth with cracks everywhere. It took them a lot of effort to reach the bottom of Jianmu. The charred black at the bottom was no longer the thick ashes accumulated by dead vegetation, but the rottenness of flesh and blood. When they stepped on it, they could hear the sound of unburned bones breaking.
Above Jianmu are the departed alien plants, below Jianmu are the sleeping alien beasts, and they are the intruders of this cemetery.
The four cubs were almost on the verge of collapse.
The familiar world was completely changed overnight. No matter how much they encouraged themselves and their companions to stay strong and calm, it was ultimately no match for the tsunami-like impacts. They searched the ground like crazy, shuttling between nine huge scarred branches. All they saw was death, ashes, and scorched earth.
Qilin found a huge withered flower in the cavity of the seventh branch. It was broken and tattered but still tightly closed. Qilin called Bai Ze and the others over, and they worked together to tear open the flower. In the center of the unique black flower of Jianmu, curled up the unconscious Shoumu. This was the only surviving creature they found in the huge Jianmu.
Shoumu's condition was not good. The same charred black color as the outside covered most of his body, and even half of his familiar face had turned to charcoal. He was in a state of half man and half tree, looking eerie and sinister.
四只幼崽輪流給壽木輸送着靈氣，但壽木內在的經絡同他的外表一樣千瘡百孔，靈氣進去後甚至走不到一個循環便會散開，根本無濟于事。
它們努力了很久很久，在壽木的外表越來越猙獰也越來越趨近樹後，他終于醒了過來。
在看到這四只像泥巴團似的幼崽的第一眼，壽木就知道玉川的假設成功了，他精心養着的四只崽崽一個都沒少，但他同時也意識到，玉川一定不在了。
如果玉川還在，這四只幼崽不會有這樣恐懼焦急又害怕的眼神，不會好像看見他，就好像抓住了唯一的救命稻草。
壽木能感覺到自己的生命力正在飛快流失，他虛弱到連手都擡不起來。
災劫降臨的時候，建木正在拼命控制那些異化的生靈，根本無法同步溝通所有的異植異獸，壽木擔任了建木意志的中轉，所以在災劫突破大家共同構築的防禦時，只有他被建木最後的力量保護着，茍延殘喘了下來。
天地間靈氣的消耗越來越大，為了維持世界的穩定，災劫必然降臨，舊的生靈還歸天地，新的生靈在清洗過後重新誕生，這是無法避免的結局。
剛生出靈智或者成年不久的異獸異植絕對無法在這樣的災劫中活下來，實力高強的異獸異植才可能有一線生機。
那個所謂的預知夢某種程度上說的也沒錯，抛棄自己的“本我”，不擇手段、不計代價的提高實力，才能在災劫降臨時多一點能活下去的概率。
即使實力高強的生靈九死一生地活了下來，天地間的靈氣儲量，運行的規律也不再适合他們生存，所以大家在商量過後，拿出了一個方案———
災劫不存在靈智，只要在災劫降臨時将這世間所有強大的異獸異植都聚在一處，災劫自然而然會将大部分力量都集中在那裏，分布在天地間其他位置的災劫力量便會小很多，這時單獨分出一些實力強大的存在護着那些無力對抗的幼崽，它們就有可能活下來。
因為幼崽們實力弱小，等它們徹底成長起來時天道規則早已重新完善，新的靈氣消耗循環也已穩定，他們會在成長過程中慢慢适應着改變，自然能與天地間誕生的新種族一樣生活在這片天地間。
吸引災劫十死無生，單獨分在各處庇護幼崽同樣生機渺茫，大家都心知肚明———他們只是用自己可能活下來的機會，去換取幼崽未來的一線生機。
求活是本能，但意志高過本能。
在災劫的大部分力量都被吸引到建木所在的位置時，當災劫化成雷霆打破防禦時，壽木說不清自己內心是什麽滋味，但他知道在場的每一株草木，每一只異獸都不會後悔，只是在失去意識時他有些遺憾，遺憾于他們膽大包天的計劃，究竟成功了多少？
———他或許沒有再看見答案的那天。
所以重新醒過來，看見玉川家的四只小幼崽，他內心的欣喜多到快要溢出來，這說明他們的計劃是可行的，那些還未長大未領略過世間精彩的幼崽，有了真正的未來。
壽木平時最喜歡逗弄麒麟，而麒麟現在在他的肩膀邊啪嗒啪嗒掉着眼淚，不同于平時的不正經，壽木猙獰的臉上露出了一個溫和的笑，看起來倒真有了那些穩重草木的模樣。
“別哭了……”他人形的聲帶已經被損毀大半，聲音聽起來怪異嘶啞，“好好活下去啊……小幼崽們……”
“我不和你吵架，不和你搶吃的，不和你對着幹，不捉弄你了———”麒麟已經哭得快要背過氣去，“你別死好不好……我害怕，我好怕……”
“先生已經不見了，我不想你也消失！”另外三個泥巴團也在悄悄的掉着眼淚，但它們沒有開口說話，因為一開口就是哭腔，整片寂靜的天地裏，只能聽到麒麟的嚎啕，“你不要丢下我們！你不要死……”
泥巴團兒哭成了泥水團，壽木想摸摸它的頭安慰它，卻沒有一絲力氣。
蒼龍使勁眨了眨眼：“別哭了，搭把手！”
白澤将自己的本體變大，蒼龍變回了人形，它試圖将脆弱的壽木搬到白澤背上，讓白澤馱着他離開這片毀滅後的焦土———這裏沒有任何靈氣，不利于傷勢愈合，他們必須将壽木帶到有靈氣的地方療傷。
麒麟用蹄子胡亂地抹了一把臉，沖上來将壽木往白澤背上推，白澤髒兮兮的白毛染上了焦黑變得更加難看，但誰都沒有在意。
幾天不眠不休的挖坑，幾天來回找路的奔波，白澤的體能其實也到了極限，駝起壽木的時候它的腿都在打顫，但聽着壽木痛苦的喘息聲，它努力将自己的腳步放穩，讓壽木免遭更多的痛苦。
鳳凰蒼龍和麒麟圍在白澤身邊搭把手，保護着壽木一步步向下走，建木的本體就像一座高大寬闊的城，但他們從來沒有感覺這座城這麽空寂寥落過。
“放我下來吧……”壽木輕聲說，“我撐不了多久了……”
他已經看不清東西了，五感也在在被一點點剝奪，但他能感覺到身下幼崽透過皮毛的體溫和正在發抖的身軀，像是一片黑暗中唯一的錨點。
“不！”
他聽到幼崽小聲又倔強的回答，不知是一個還是幾個。
鋪天蓋地的難過淹沒了壽木。
這樣可怕的災劫裏，天地驟改，四個幼崽不知道吃了多大的苦才能找到這裏來，如果可以，他希望自己能替玉川守着這四個幼崽長大，可他同樣也清楚，這是不可能實現的事。
潇灑肆意的壽木在生命的最後，試圖學着玉川的樣子開解這幾只幼崽：“我們只是短暫的離開了，也許等到足夠長的時間，我們就能再遇見……”
“我不信！”麒麟好不容易止住的眼淚又開始掉了，“你們大人都喜歡騙幼崽……”
就像先生明明說好會永遠陪着他們的，他們卻怎麽找也找不到。
“就算我……騙幼崽……玉川總不會騙幼崽吧……”壽木感覺黑暗拉扯着他，他的意識越來越沉重，“你們難道不相信……他？”
壽木聽到鳳凰嘶啞的嚎哭：“先生真的會回來嗎？”
“會的。”壽木撒了一個善意的謊言，“只要你們乖乖的、健康地長大，就能夠再遇到他……”
壽木已經聽不清幼崽們在說什麽，他的思維慢慢陷入停滞：“将我種在最前面的那條路上吧……”
他的氣息慢慢虛弱，唇角卻微微上揚，好像在永恒的黑暗裏做了一個美夢———
“……這樣大家回來時，我就能第一個看見了……”
壽木的氣息消失了。
白澤再也支撐不住地跌坐在地上，它茫然地伸出爪子輕輕搖搖壽木，卻再也沒有得到回應，建木所構建的這片天地，成了真正寂靜無聲的墳場。
麒麟似乎還沒有反應過來，它抓着壽木焦黑的胳膊，輕聲說：“你別惡作劇了，我已經發現了……”
平時會故意用各種方式吓唬到麒麟豎尾巴的樹安安靜靜地閉着眼，他的身上慢慢籠上一層淺色的光，變回了半邊焦黑的原型。
蒼龍看着壽木，又看看這滿目瘡痍的、破敗的“城”，它的五只爪子在腹部張合着，好像要握住什麽，但始終握不住。
它看着寂靜的天地，突然像是意識到了什麽，慢慢地、慢慢地蹲坐下來，用發顫的聲音說：“沒有家了……”
那片廢墟，建不起來了。
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災劫過去後仍然活着，這确實是一件值得慶幸的事，可四只幼崽環顧四周，只覺天地之大，竟無處可去。
它們在建木前方的焦土上挖了個坑，将壽木的本體栽了進去，恍惚就好像很多次草木集會，他們還沒到之前，壽木就老早地在下面等着它們，然後随機挑選一只“幸運崽”，被他帶着四處溜達。
累疼餓在狀态最脆弱的時候齊齊襲上心間，幾乎沒怎麽生過病的四只幼崽接二連三地病倒了，但這次沒有溫暖的房子，沒有好吃的食物，沒有溫柔拍着背哄睡的歌謠———什麽都沒有。
它們只能互相拖着走出這沒有靈氣的千裏焦土，出焦土範圍後各種負面狀态翻倍襲來，四只幼崽倒在有靈氣的土地上，爬都爬不起來，它們想睡覺，可又不敢睡去，只能挖着身邊剛剛發芽的野草，連着泥土一起吃下去填飽肚子。
狂暴的靈氣已經穩定了下來，于是被毀滅的山河又重新煥發生機，沒有了家，四只幼崽從此開始了流浪。
它們走過很多地方，貧瘠的、豐饒的，但無論如何它們都不會停留太久，它們也遇到過在災劫中活下來的其他異獸異植幼崽，可大家都忙于生計，大都泛泛之交。
日月輪轉，春去秋來，曾經毀滅的天地繁榮起來，在這個時間段裏，被天地所鐘愛的新種族誕生了，天地為這個種族賦予了一個統一的稱呼———
人類。
是先生曾在過去的時間裏，為他們講述的未來。
鳳凰是繼蒼龍之後第二個化形的，或許是曾經受了三珠樹的影響，鳳凰的人形是個雍容華貴的少年，它化形後不久，白澤也化作了人形，脫離了幼崽時的那股傲嬌氣，它看起來穩重了不少。
鹹魚又擺爛的麒麟在離開那片焦土後便不再似以往活潑，開始勤奮刻苦地修煉起來，如果說之前只是因為小夥伴們都在卷它迫不得已跟着卷，那麽它現在就是在自己努力，但因為之前的差距，它再怎麽追趕也只是縮小，所以最後一個才化形。
他們的人形不再像過去的蒼龍那樣是可可愛愛的三頭身，而是各有風姿的少年。
麒麟化形的第二天，四只幼崽，不，四個少年有了一場談話，談話還未正式開始前，他們便心知肚明———已經到分道揚镳的時候了。
先生離開後，他們一直形影不離，但每一個人心裏都明白，他們不可能永遠生活在一起，因為每個人都有自己要走的路。
夜晚燃起的火堆照亮了四張還有稚嫩之色的臉龐，最後一個化形的麒麟看看與自己相伴了許多年的朋友們，使用了自己的天賦———他從虛空之中掏出了很多零零散散的東西，大部分都是留影石，大的小的，新的舊的，在地上堆成了一座小小的山。
“這些年的留影石都在這裏了。”他說，“分別前……大家總得帶點禮物。”
在度過了從焦土裏出來後最艱難的那段時間，他們回了一趟家，在廢墟裏翻找出了很多東西，麒麟那幾大箱留影石已經在地動裏損毀了大半，但還完好的，都被麒麟用天賦細心保存下來了。
留影石本身也有使用壽命，投射出來的畫面會随着歲月的流逝變得不再像往日那樣清晰，就像先生在他們年幼時為他們所講述的故事，也已經在記憶中變得越來越模糊了。
時間裏，一切都無情。
麒麟不舍地将留影石分了分，給自己留下一半後，剩下的都分給了他的三個朋友。
“我不知道你們想去做什麽。”他說，“我想去找能真正避免災劫的方法，我有預感，這并不是結束。”
異獸異植們曾是這片天地間最活躍的生靈，但最終在時間裏被天地抛棄，新誕生的種族或許也會繁榮昌盛，但終究無法避免相同的結局。
蒼龍接過留影石沒有說話，自從災劫發生後，他就越發沉默寡言起來，白澤将麒麟遞給他的留影石塞到懷裏，穩重的面龐上帶出一種銳利的少年氣：“我已經化形了，我想去試着接觸人類。”
他想去看看那個被先生那般推崇與喜愛的新種族，究竟好在哪裏。
鳳凰将留影石扒拉到自己身邊，昳麗的眉眼間帶着一種無所謂的态度：“我沒什麽想法，也沒什麽追求，得過且過。”
他們在一起呆了太多年，自然也培養出了默契，大家不需要說太多，就能大概猜到其他人是怎麽想的。
火堆燃燒的火焰漸漸小起來，鳳凰曲指一彈，又成了熊熊烈焰：“你們都有自己的想法，我就不多說了。”
他垂下眼睫笑了一下：“就此別過吧。”
蒼龍言簡意赅：“記得報平安。”
說完後，他走入了深沉的夜色裏，再也沒有回頭。
白澤背起了他自制的劍，和收拾好留影石的麒麟同鳳凰告別，這處熊熊燃燒的火焰附近，就只剩下了鳳凰一個人。
鳳凰抓着麒麟特意給他的留影石，随意選了一塊注入靈力，火堆旁的空地上靈力湧動，漸漸出現了畫面與聲音———
他見到了許久未曾見到的先生。
先生懷裏抱着一大盆咕嘟咕嘟冒着熱氣的糖稀，盛滿了果實的竹編籮筐被白澤卡在彎角上，小金烏和年幼的他一左一右落在先生肩膀上，他聽到自己奶聲奶氣的賣萌：“冰糖～福祿～”
先生笑着糾正他：“是冰糖葫蘆。”
于是稚嫩的聲音和溫柔的聲音交替着出現———
“冰糖～福祿～”
“冰糖葫蘆。“
“冰糖——福祿——”
“冰糖葫蘆。”
留影石有些老舊了，于是聲音也有些失真，像是是遠遠的、很陳舊的過去———也确實是很久遠的過去。
他聽到幼崽時期的自己不服氣的聲音，連字句都吐不清晰：“冰糖福祿！”
但他被縱容着、被愛着、被在乎着———
“好，冰糖福祿～”
……
鳳凰盯着火堆旁那些淺淡的畫面，一直反反複複看了許多遍，麒麟還往後錄了不少，鳳凰甚至看到留影石裏年幼的自己在打噴嚏，打到蓬松的毛都炸開成團子。
先生說打噴嚏是有人在想他，原來在想他的不是別人，是現在的……他自己。
他看到留影石裏從白天到夜晚，看到星辰璀璨，火光跳躍，照亮一張張熟悉的臉，他聽到吵吵鬧鬧的歡聲笑語，聽到聚會散去後的風中蟬鳴……
他閉上了眼睛，留影石裏傳來先生走動時衣袖拂過爬山虎藤的窸窣聲響，躺椅搖起來咯吱咯吱，手輕柔地拍打着脊背，小夥伴們的嘀嘀咕咕時斷時續，先生哼唱着很溫柔的歌謠，老舊的留影石讓聲音略微失真。
它聽到自己在跟着哼唱，聲音還在調上———
蟲兒飛，蟲兒飛，你在思念誰？
……
在離開火堆後，麒麟和白澤并肩走了一段路，最終還是分開了，分開後沒多久，那種被偷偷摸摸跟着的感覺又浮現在了他的意識裏。
麒麟餘光看着夜色中的一抹白，俊朗的臉上浮現出些許無奈，之前他們四個形影不離，狩獵的成功率也高，但他們每次都沒有把獵物吃完，因為身後不知什麽時候偷偷摸摸跟上了一只年紀極小的幼崽———不僅年紀小，隐匿能力還差。
每次他們都要盡力無視不遠處那一抹白，怪考驗演技的。
可能是這只幼崽太像年幼時艱難求生的他自己，麒麟總會下意識地照顧兩分，結果照顧着照顧着，這只幼崽不知怎麽就賴上了它，麒麟經常能感覺到它跟着自己，一轉頭，幼崽又蹲到了草叢裏。
這次他們四個分開，麒麟還以為幼崽會跟着和它毛色更像的白澤，沒想到他和白澤分別後，小幼崽遲疑了一會兒，又了追上來。
麒麟只有一個，戰鬥力當然比不得他們四個齊聚，小幼崽這樣遠遠地跟着，一旦發生突發情況他顧不上，就會很容易受傷。
麒麟在夜色中嘆了一口氣，他沿着原路折返，在茂密的灌木中，逮出了這只被發現後驚慌失措的小幼崽。
“為什麽要跟着我？”麒麟問。
被他拎在手裏的小幼崽耳朵耷拉，它結結巴巴地說：“因為你對我最好。”
聽起來一股子傻氣。
“你能不能教我變厲害？”小幼崽的後頸皮還在麒麟手中，它的尾巴不安地甩來甩去，“等我變厲害了我就給你養老！”
麒麟：“……婉拒了哈。”
“哦……”被拒絕的小幼崽眼裏全是失落，麒麟将它放在地上，小幼崽規規矩矩地蹲坐着，等麒麟從視線中消失後，它鼓了鼓腮幫，抹了把眼睛，拖着尾巴朝相反的方向走，月光将它的影子拉的長長的，形單影只，好不可憐。
沒走兩步，它又感覺有什麽拎住了它命運的後頸皮，小幼崽懵逼地轉頭，看到了剛剛拒絕它的化形異獸。
“我剛剛拒絕了，你就不知道多磨我幾次嗎？”拎起它的異獸明顯恨鐵不成鋼，“小幼崽想活下來想學本事就得臉皮厚！”
真是一點都沒有他當年死皮賴臉、能屈能伸的風範！
被他吐槽的小幼崽樂颠颠地笑起來，露出還沒換的小乳牙：“我就知道你對我最好了！”
它信誓旦旦：“我保證從今天開始天天纏着你學厚臉皮！”
麒麟：“……？”
完了，這幼崽真的不聰明！
他又嘆了一口氣：“說吧，叫什麽名字？”
小幼崽對他露出一個大大的笑：“谛聽！”
“谛聽是吧？”麒麟将它放下來，“要跟着我學本事可別反悔。”
谛聽的小腦袋搖得像撥浪鼓：“不反悔！”
“小心點千萬別弄壞，弄壞了我就不要你了。”麒麟想了想後塞給谛聽一塊留影石，那是他珍藏的先生講課的留影，他實在是不懂怎麽教幼崽，怕給崽帶上歧路，“好好學，知道不？”
“嗯嗯。”谛聽的小腦瓜點出了殘影。
師者，傳道授業解惑也。
麒麟盯着幼崽沉默了好一會兒：“你以後就叫我‘老師’。”
要養着這個小幼崽，他不可能真的什麽都撒手不管，但問題是……麒麟看着嘿嘿傻笑的白團子，有種自己撿了個小傻瓜蛋的錯覺。