It was already late at night when Shi'er came, Qiuqiu was not asleep, and she sat up when she heard his voice.
"I haven't fallen asleep yet?"
"Why are you here so late?"
Shi'er whispered: "Come and see you."
Qiuqiu didn't know how to answer this sentence, but she felt a little happy and a little shy.
Qiuqiu moved into the bed: "You can sit too."
Shi'er sat down on the outside of the bed.
Xiaolong came out from the pillow and climbed onto Shi'er's sleeve.
Shi'er plucked Xiaolong's chin and asked Qiuqiu: "What did it eat today?"
"I didn't eat anything, I ate some beans for it... and, it ate a snake." Qiuqiu suddenly remembered this incident.
"snake?"
"I ate it before I saw it. Is there anything wrong with the snake?"
"Huo'er likes highly toxic things very much. The more poisonous it is, the more it likes it."
Is it a poisonous snake?
Qiuqiu is a little strange: "There are never poisonous snakes in the flower garden."
Shi'er asked Xiaolong to breathe out: "It's a highly poisonous fiery snake. As long as it bites a person, ordinary people will die immediately. Even cultivators will be seriously injured. Even if they take the right medicine, it will not be surprising to lie on for several months or even half a year."
Qiuqiu didn't even see the snake, and of course he didn't know what the fire snake was.
How could there be poisonous snakes in the Ziyu Pavilion? Qiuqiu had never heard of such poisonous snakes in the sect. She and her master took care of the flower garden every day, but they had never discovered it.
"Is this snake from outside?"
"It seems that's the case."
Qiuqiu was a little confused, she thought for a while and whispered: "This snake... could not be for me, right?"
Shi'er just said, "You must be careful."
Qiuqiu swallowed a bit hard: "Really?"
"This kind of snake should not be present, not to mention the Zi Yu Pavilion, but should not be present in the entire Jiangnan area. This snake should be born in the Western Regions. It is of course an unusual thing to suddenly appear here."
Someone wants to use a poisonous snake to harm her?
Qiuqiu was shocked at first, and immediately thought, who was trying to harm her?
I really bit it. She didn't have any antidote medicine at hand, so she might really die.
But what kind of enemies will she have?
After thinking about it, Qiuqiu could only think of He Meijun.
Because she had a conflict with her, Huo'er even burned her hair, and it was natural for her to hate herself.
Fortunately, Huo'er is there, and this little guy is addicted to eating poisonous insects? This taste is really strange. But luckily it is there, otherwise... Qiuqiu couldn't help but shiver when he thought of the half-section snake tail exposed outside Huo'er's mouth.
She suddenly thought of something and raised her head to ask him: "You let Huoer follow me all the time. Do you just want it to protect me?"
Shi'er's finger gently rubbed her lips: "It likes to follow you. It used to be the same. It likes you better than me and is always willing to be with you. Even if it has been so many years in between, it still recognizes you."
is that so?
Qiuqiu also touched Huo'er's horn, and Huo'er kissed her fingers.
It is indeed very close to her, and she loves to stay by her side when she has nothing to do. She doesn't make trouble. She eats everything she gives her with relish.
And it just now swallowed the poisonous snake to protect its safety.
Qiuqiu said softly: "Thank you, Huo'er."
Huo'er obviously understood this sentence. He happily rolled up his tail and his whole body was wrapped in a ring, wrapping around Qiuqiu's wrist, looking like a unique bracelet.
Qiuqiu smiled and looked at it, then looked at Shi'er on the side, and suddenly felt that they were like an old couple and a child.
Although this child was a little strange.
"Will Huoer grow up?"
"Its true body is not like this. It's just that it's used to it."
Qiuqiu asked curiously: "So what is its actual size?"
Shi'er thought about it and opened her hands to gesture: "It must be as big as this room."
Qiuqiu looked around her hut. She was a tiny man, which was acceptable. But she was really not small, and the big python was even longer than it.
Shi'er added: "I mean it's so thick."
Qiuqiu's mouth suddenly opened and couldn't close for a long time.
It's as thick as a house...
How many do you have to do?
Isn’t the real size of the fire the same as a train?
Qiuqiu looked at the small snake in his hand and couldn't imagine it could be so huge.
"You rest."
"And you?"
"I'll be here, read a book for a while."
Qiuqiu lay down again. She thought that Shi'er would feel uncomfortable and unable to sleep when she was in the room.
But in fact, she slept very soundly and deeply when she lay down, and she didn't wake up until the morning.
Shi'er didn't leave until she woke up, and Huo'er still followed her in an instant.
Qiuqiu no longer regards it as a harmless little pet now. Huo'er's real skills must be much better than her.
Another day was the day of taking the school exam. Qiuqiu didn't go anywhere today, so she stayed in the house to read books. She has been practicing for a while now, and she doesn't have to eat or feel hungry. She drank water once in the middle, and the more she looked, the more she became more energetic.
When she was taking the exam, even if she couldn't compare to others, she wouldn't be too embarrassed to her master.
She forgot the time when she read the book, and suddenly she heard someone knocking on the door outside.
"Junior Sister Su Qiu, are you in the house?"
Qiuqiu responded quickly: "Here."
She got up and opened the door. She stood outside with a senior sister of her classmates, and Su Feng, who was learning the Zi Yu Jie together this time. "Senior Sister Su Feng."
Su Feng gave birth to a small face, and when he smiled, there was a dimpled on his face, which was very kind.
"Are you alone? Is Mr. Yan not here?"
"Master is out of the city, is there anything wrong with Senior Sister?"
She asked Su Feng to come into the room. Su Feng sat at the table with a smile and looked at the book on the table: "Young sister is working hard?"
"It's not like working hard, it's just a moment of cramming." Qiuqiu poured a glass of water and said, "Is there anything important to senior sister? If it's very important, I'm afraid I can't make the decision."
"No, I'm fine. I just thought I'd be taking the school exam tomorrow. I felt a little panicked and couldn't sit still in the house, so I wanted to come out and take a look and came to you and wanted to talk to you."
Qiuqiu smiled: "Senior sister will be nervous?"
"Why can't it?" Su Feng said with a smile: "You are much better than me, and you are still so calm now."
"I'm not calming down." Qiuqiu said frankly: "I know I have no hope. I'm reading more books now, just to not be too ugly when I take the exam tomorrow, and I'm losing my master's person. I still don't remember the Zi Yu Jue at all. I really don't know how to answer when the leader of the sect asks tomorrow."
"Look at you, it's so untrue to talk to your senior sister. The leader seemed to praise you for your good understanding."
Qiuqiu shook her head: "Senior sister, don't make fun of me. My master also said that the Purple Jade Art is the most important thing to do. If you don't have fate, everything else will be useless."
Su Feng nodded and said, "That's true. I don't think I have much hope."
Su Feng and Qiuqiu talked for a while before leaving. Qiuqiu sent her out and turned back to clean up the teacup that had poured water for Su Feng just now.
There was no less water in the cup. Su Feng just picked up the cup and seemed to be smearing his lips. He didn't drink it.
Qiuqiu washed the cup, but turned around and saw Huoer lying on another cup on the table.
The cup was used by Qiuqiu himself. There was half a cup of water inside. Huoer lay on the edge of the cup, stretched out his mouth and sucked hard, sucking the remaining water at the bottom of the cup clean.
"Are you thirsty?" Qiuqiu picked up Huo'er, but Huo'er was still unhappy, stretched out her tongue and wanted to lick the bottom of the cup.
"There is no water, I'll pour it for you if I want to drink it."
Qiuqiu smiled and put the fire aside. He picked up the water bottle and wanted to pour water into the cup. Before the water could be poured into the cup, Qiuqiu's movement suddenly stopped.
Why did Huoer drink that half a glass of water just now? Are you really thirsty?
She put down the water bottle, held Huo'er in the palm of her hand, and asked softly: "Huo'er, is it... poisonous in the half glass of water you just drank?"
Huo'er looked at her with two round eyes and lit her little head twice.
Qiuqiu felt nervous: "It's really poisonous?"
Huo'er nodded seriously again.
Qiuqiu gasped.
How could the water in the cup be poisoned? She had just drunk half a cup, but there was nothing unusual.
Why... Senior Sister Su Feng came and the water in the cup became poisonous?
She picked up the cup on the table.
The cup is still the same cup, but Qiuqiu stared at it with alert eyes.
It is impossible for poison to run into the cup by yourself.
But what reason does Senior Sister Su Qiu poison her?
Moreover, this poison has no color, no smell, and is attracted by Huo'er... Obviously, it is an unknown and powerful poison.
But at this time, the master was not here, and Shi'er was not there either. She didn't even have someone to discuss.
Yesterday she encountered a poisonous snake, and she guessed that it might be He Meijun who wanted to take revenge.
She could figure this out because the two had a holiday.
But what reason does the senior sister want to harm her?
Qiuqiu's eyes wandered, and she felt her throat dry and her chest was suffocated.
Her eyes fell on the books that were spread out on the table, and then she stopped there.
Books...school exams...
Su Feng just said everything he said was not separated from the school entrance exam.
I can't... She wants to attack herself for the school exam?
Eliminate competitors.
Is this really the case?
But everyone is a fellow disciple, how could he want the other party’s life because of such a thing?
Is it really her?
Isn’t she afraid that the incident will be exposed and the person will be held accountable?
Qiuqiu held that cup and was no longer in the mood to read.
She was originally in a peaceful mood when she sat in the room. But now that this happened, she was restless when she sat in the room, looking around, afraid that danger would emerge from somewhere.
Could it be that yesterday's poisonous snake was also from Su Feng's hands?
Or, are there other fellow disciples who are taking action in secret?
If you find that she is not hit, will there be a backup plan waiting for her?
—————(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support are my greatest motivation.)
ps: It's still a bit card... I feel it's not well written... I feel depressed...