29. Night 29 Orange
When Arsenal put down his knife and fork, he had finished all the food on the plate. If the previous person who took care of him saw it, he would definitely be surprised. Is this still the picky mermaid?
Lu Xi cleaned up the dishes and took them to the kitchen to wash. She didn't notice that the mermaid's eyes were following her.
Neither human nor demon.
There was no breath of life on her, and Yuan Sen knew this at the first sight. He wondered what she was.
While the mermaid was expressing her doubts, Lu Xi was also considering many things, such as whether or not to tell him that she was Lu Xi. She really had a lot of things she wanted to ask him.
But she always felt that he was very strange now, and many things were inconsistent with him. She wondered what he had been through over the years.
She had thought that Arsenal would definitely change in forty years, but she never thought he would become like this.
The mermaid in front of me looks very strange.
Lu Xi opened the control panel, hoping to find out what he wanted to know from the information, but unfortunately the system was not omnipotent.
There was no information she wanted.
In that case...
After eating, Assente did not stay in the villa, and Lu Xi didn't know where he went.
After Asent left, Lu Xi also went out.
Retro pavilions and towers, bright red lanterns hanging on the roofs, and the crisp sound of wind chimes lingering in the ears.
Lu Xi was still received by the same middle-aged man from last time.
Lu Xi sat in the room waiting. She was very concerned about the bloodstains from last night and had many questions she wanted to ask the woman.
"We meet again, Lu Xi."
Looking at the beautiful and charming woman with fox ears in front of him, Lu Xi was much more serious this time than he was calm last time.
"You knew I was coming?" The woman's expression had already told her, and Lu Xi didn't beat around the bush. "What's wrong with Arsenal's eyes? What happened over the years?"
Ji Qiuhu covered her mouth with her hands and chuckled softly, turning her gaze to the window. The breeze gently blew her long hair. "Something happened, but to put it simply, it was because he was injured."
Injury, how serious was the injury to cause blindness, and is there any possibility of recovery?
"Oh, right." The woman seemed to remember something and added, "He also has some problems with his memory."
Lu Xi narrowed her eyes slightly and her expression turned very bad, "He lost his memory?" No wonder she thought he was weird.
Even if a person changes, his temperament cannot change so drastically. He is simply a different person.
Strange, indescribably strange.
"It's not amnesia." Ji Qiuhu tapped the edge of the window with her bright red nails. "It's just that my memory is a little confused."
Anger rose in Lu Xi's heart, "It seems that the Yuan family has declined over the years and can't even protect a cub."
Ji Qiuhu's expression changed slightly, and she looked at her with displeasure. However, she was the First Lady of the Yuan Clan after all, so her expression quickly returned to normal. "It's pointless to pursue this matter. In short, you just need to take good care of him. As for the rest... we'll find a way."
Lu Xi stared at the woman's beautiful face, trying to confirm the credibility of her words, but there was no flaw on her face.
Since Yuanshi arranged for people to take good care of him and also gave him a detached villa, it seemed that she valued him.
After all, Assente is also an SSSSS-level cub. Although I don’t know why such an important seedling would suffer such harm, it should not be intentional by Yuanshi.
Lu Xi pursed her lips. Even if they couldn't cure Asent, she would find a way. She would not ignore him.
"He came back yesterday, covered in blood."
"Oh?" The woman was clearly not surprised. She simply asked with a hint of concern, "Is he injured?"
Lu Xi had a blank expression on her face. Even if he wasn't injured, wouldn't she be worried about him coming back with so much blood on his body?
Ji Qiuhu saw her inner thoughts and said slowly, "The demon race is different from humans, and the way to train heirs is also different. I hope Miss Lu Xi can understand this."
From this it seems that she knew about this matter.
This is the Yuan clan, this is the demon clan.
After Lu Xi left, the woman with fox ears looked at the car leaving outside the window and uttered a low voice.
"Lu Xi, please don't let me down."
…
Lu Xi originally thought that after meeting the mermaid this time, it would take a long time before she would see him again, but to her surprise, when she came back, she found that the mermaid had returned before her.
He sat in front of the sofa. The table in front of the sofa was covered with paper cranes, and he was folding a paper crane in his hands.
The anger and displeasure he had felt when meeting Ji Qiuhu earlier instantly vanished when he saw the mermaid.
"Do you like folding paper cranes?" Lu Xi approached him.
The mermaid has very dexterous hands. His skill in folding paper cranes has improved more than before, and he can fold one easily.
Lu Xi still remembered the scene when he folded a birthday present for her. If he continued at his current speed, he might be able to fold a room full of paper cranes before her birthday.
He didn't answer, as if he didn't hear Lu Xi talking to him, and continued to fold the paper cranes in his hands with his eyes lowered.
"You are folding a red one now. Do you like red?" Lu Xi knew he couldn't see. "Do you want to fold an orange one?"
As she spoke, she pulled out a piece of orange paper.
The mermaid's body paused, and a soft voice floated out from her throat, "Orange..."
Asante, what color do you like?
What color does Miss Lu Xi like?
orange color.
Then... I like orange too...
When the mermaid was stunned, a piece of paper was stuffed into his hand, and his fingertips gently rubbed the paper.
Orange, this is...orange.
The mermaid pursed his lips, put down the folded red paper crane, and began to fold orange paper. She didn't know if it was Lu Xi's illusion, but she felt that the mermaid's folding speed had slowed down. He had to confirm each fold several times before continuing.
After he finished folding, Lu Xi couldn't help but sigh that his hands were really skillful and this paper crane was really beautiful.
"I... want more..."
Lu Xi looked at his empty silver-blue eyes and the fingers stretched out in front of him that were so white that they were almost transparent.
"orange color."
Lu Xi put a new piece of orange paper in his hand, but this time, he did not start folding it immediately. Instead, he stared at the paper for a long time. His thick and curled eyelashes trembled slightly, and his distracted and empty eyes fell on the paper, his gaze motionless.
Lu Xi knew his intention. He tried hard to see the color of the paper clearly, but unfortunately he could not see anything.
Recalling the clear eyes of the little mermaid, Lu Xi felt an unknown sadness in her heart. Even though he was just a mission target, she did not deny that she had feelings for him.
Lu Xi was holding a stack of colorful origami in her hand. A sweet fragrance came to her nose, and she suddenly thought of something.
"You can smell it." Lu Xi suddenly said, "These papers are all fruit-flavored. The orange paper is orange-flavored."
Yuan Sen sniffed and found that there was indeed a faint scent of orange because the smell of paper had mixed in with everything else, which he hadn't noticed.
"Red tastes like watermelon, green tastes like apple, purple tastes like grape, and yellow tastes like lemon..." Lu Xi tore off pieces of paper of different colors and put them to his nose for him to smell.
The mermaid did not refuse. His beautiful eyes widened slightly, his eyelashes fluttered, and his thin lips opened slightly.
"This is...orange..." He pulled out a piece of orange paper.
"Yes, it's orange." Lu Xi said.
Lu Xi didn’t know if it was an illusion, but she saw the corners of his mouth curl up slightly, and he held the paper in his palm as if it were a treasure.
Next, Lu Xi discovered that he really liked orange, so all the other colors of paper were thrown away and he only folded orange.
She looked at him quietly folding paper, and time seemed to go back to the past. He was clearly still the same child, clearly still himself, so why did she feel that he had become completely different?
Lu Xi accompanied him and picked up a piece of paper himself.
She imitated his movements and folded the paper carefully in half. Although Asent had taught her before, unfortunately she had no talent for origami and forgot it in a blink of an eye.
"That's not the case."
When the young man's soft voice came, Lu Xi realized that Asent had stopped moving at some point.
He took the origami from Lu Xi's hand, restored the wrong steps, and handed it back to her, "Okay."
"How do you know I folded it wrong?" Lu Xi asked.
"The sound," said the mermaid, "is very unpleasant."
Lu Xi: “…”
It was unknown how much time had passed before Lu Xi finally folded one, but the paper crane was wrinkled and looked ugly.
The mermaid didn't feel bored and kept folding until dark.
Finally, Lu Xi couldn't bear it anymore and took a rest.
The next day, Assente had disappeared. Lu Xi did not go out that day and had been waiting for him, but unfortunately he did not show up.
She didn't see him for the next half month.
When I saw him again, he was still covered in blood. The mermaid was sitting in the bathtub with his eyes closed as if he was asleep.
As Lu Xi walked into the bathroom, his cicada-wing eyelashes trembled, and his eyes suddenly opened. His empty eyes glanced at her with a cold look, as if he was looking at a dead body.
At this moment, she felt a chill on her neck. Even though he didn't move, she felt as if a knife was at her neck.
She knew that the mermaid in front of her was very dangerous.
Lu Xi clenched her fists at her side, then slowly loosened them. She walked towards him, and under his locked gaze, she picked up a towel and wiped the blood off his body. She didn't ask anything, but just lowered her head and wiped it carefully. However, the fishy smell of rust could not be wiped away no matter how hard she rubbed. It was like the blood had dried up layer by layer, sticking tightly to his body and blending into his flesh and blood.
Lu Xi could feel the knife-like gaze on her all the time, but she still didn't stop.
She slowly wiped the blood off his body bit by bit. Most people would have vomited long ago, but she seemed unaware that it was blood. She washed and wiped it with the towel again and again.
Rinse over and over again...
He was like a rag doll, at the mercy of others.
By the time Lu Xi helped him wash clean, she had no idea how many times the water had been changed. After the mermaid left the bathroom, Lu Xi still stood inside for a long time, and finally let out a long sigh.
"Lu Xi, have you chosen yet?"
In the stationery store, Li Cancan took a few notebooks and pens and walked up to the girl who was staring at the shelf in a daze.
"Lu Xi, Lu Xi? What's wrong with you?"
"Huh?" Lu Xi came back to his senses.
"We've all picked ours, what about you?"
Lu Xi casually took two pens from the shelf, suddenly thought of something, and walked to the counter to ask the boss.
"Boss, do you have any fruit-flavored colored paper?"
The boss was a young man. He looked at the beautiful girl in front of him. Her long black hair was draped around her waist, and her calm and peaceful expression made her look more mature than the average high school student.
"Colored paper? How big do you want?"
She thought for a moment and said, "You can fold small pieces of paper to make a thousand paper cranes."
"Of course, I'll get it for you later."
"Lu Xi, do you want to fold a thousand paper cranes?" Xu Ting came over just as the boss brought over the colored paper. "They're so beautiful. I want some too."
"Tingting is buying it, so I want to buy some too. Boss, please get a stack for me too." Li Cancan refused to fall behind.
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