The sky gradually darkened.
Shen Yi knocked on the door as usual, then pushed it open.
Lin Baiwei hid in the backyard as usual and only poked her head out after hearing his voice.
Unlike her wet look yesterday, the woman changed into a white dress today. The slim long gown had fluttering sleeves, making her look like she was out of this world. If she could restrain her greedy look on her delicate face and not swallow her saliva so easily, she would look like an immortal.
"Hee, I smell meat."
"Have you received your salary?"
She reached out to take the earthenware jar and lotus leaf bag from Shen Yi's hand, and couldn't wait to put them on the table and open them.
Shen Yi looked at her profile, feeling a little envious.
Whether he was eating steamed bread or delicious food, he could still show the same smile. If he had such a character in his previous life, maybe he wouldn't have to live so hard.
"There are blood stains on your body again. You go out every day..."
Lin Baiwei pretended to tease unintentionally, but as the lotus leaves and the earthen jar were uncovered, she frowned slightly and her expression became much colder.
Shen Yi saw her face change and didn't know what happened.
But I am too lazy to care, I can eat it if I want.
He sat down at the table and reached out to grab the goose leg. The aroma of the crispy skin and gravy bloomed on his tongue, which masked the shortcomings of its slightly bland taste.
Lin Baiwei's nose twitched slightly, she simply closed her eyes and hugged her arms: "I'm so sick of it! I have no appetite at all."
Shen Yi rolled his eyes at her and took a sip of Huadiao directly from the spout of the pot.
Lin Baiwei opened her eyes a little, her eyelashes trembling slightly, and glanced at him with the corner of her eyes, biting her red lips with her pearly teeth: "If you are not used to eating sesame cakes, buy some raw meat and soy sauce tomorrow, and I will cook it for you, okay? Why bother to steal from others..."
"Can you cook?"
Shen Yi raised his head, somewhat surprised.
"If I didn't know how to cook, I would have starved to death. Aren't there restaurants everywhere... Are you listening to me?"
Lin Baiwei picked at her fingers and said, "A pound of pork costs about twenty cents. If you save your monthly salary, you can eat meat almost every day after taking into account the daily necessities of life. I can also sew, so you don't need to buy new clothes or shoes when they get torn."
In the dim room, Shen Yi silently watched her know everything like the back of her hand, and thought about how generous Mr. Lin was in casually taking out eight hundred taels of silver.
"Are you really Miss Lin?"
"Are you deaf?" Lin Baiwei was annoyed. Why didn't he listen?
An honest official who receives a salary from the imperial court either hangs out with demons or bullies ordinary people, which is a waste of his qualifications.
In the past, I would have pulled the other person's ears off.
The woman looked very obedient when she was angry. Shen Yi looked away, took out a few coins from his waist and threw them on the table, interrupting her chattering: "Your father gave it to me."
As soon as these words came out.
Lin Baiwei was stunned for a moment, her eyes moving back and forth between the bloodstains on Yin Zi and Shen Yi's bodies.
"You went to see her?"
Without waiting for the other party to reply, she stood up suddenly, leaned over and put her pretty face in front of the young man, and said anxiously: "Do you know how serious the problem is? They are not as simple as you think. The elders of the North Cliff Fox Demon have traveled here. The reason why they didn't come into the city is that they are afraid of my identity! But if you really kill its younger generation and make it completely angry, no one can save you!"
She was obviously really anxious.
Shen Yi felt the fragrance coming towards him, and said calmly: "So, who are you?"
Hearing this, Lin Baiwei stopped talking abruptly. After a long silence, she said in a muffled voice: "You heard the key point of this sentence."
Shen Yi also stood up, expressionless, and without hesitation suppressed the strange emotion that arose in his heart.
This woman really was hiding something. The trouble she was in was much bigger than he had imagined.
"Let's eat."
Shen Yi returned to the bed and sat down.
"Anyway, I'm not a bad person." Feeling his distance, Lin Baiwei sat back and poked the yellow croaker with chopsticks.
This time she really lost her appetite. After a long while, she whispered, "Is my father okay?" "For now."
Shen Yi probably understood the other person's current mood: "The fox demon is not at your house, but it brought other demons into your house."
"Thanks."
The bloodstains on the young man's body and the silver on the table already tell us something.
Lin Baiwei tried hard to calm her trembling hands, holding the clay pot and sipping the fish soup in small sips.
She slowed down her breathing and her emotions gradually calmed down.
Shen Yi remembered what the other party had said before, that she must stay alive... It turned out that the more precise meaning was that even if her own parents' life or death was uncertain, she had to stay alive.
According to Lin Baiwei, the so-called fox demon elder was afraid of her identity and did not dare to enter the city.
"I want more money."
"What?"
Under Lin Baiwei's surprised gaze, Shen Yi took a rag and carefully wiped the scabbard: "I said, two elementary martial arts books are not enough, I want two books for the Jade Liquid Realm, and I want one in advance as a deposit."
Since the identity has changed, the price will naturally be different.
Lin Baiwei stared at him silently. She actually accepted this "taking advantage of the situation". She picked up the chopsticks again and picked up the fish meat: "I can only remember one book. Please prepare paper and pen for me. I will give it to you in three days."
The woman chewed the fish hard to hide the grievance in her eyes.
She is not used to showing weakness in front of anyone.
Suddenly, that indifferent and annoying voice came to my ears again.
"Does what you just said still count?"
"What are you talking about?" Lin Baiwei tried hard to stuff the sweet and tender fish meat into her mouth. Her cheeks were puffed up and her lips were stained with oil. She didn't want him to hear the trembling in her voice.
"Cooking."
Shen Yi hung the clean scabbard on the wall.
Even though the other party seemed like a riddle man, he still roughly sorted out his thoughts.
The fox demon was afraid of her identity and did not kill her, but casually threw the powerless woman to her predecessor. No matter how powerful these foxes are, can they still guard against them day and night?
He simply wanted to use his predecessor's hand to get rid of this woman.
Then what is so special about him?
After thinking about it, Shen Yi could only think of the identity of a police officer, from which he could easily infer the fact that Lin Baiwei was hesitating and trying to cover up.
Tsk, the Lin family sent their only daughter out to learn skills from a master, and she ended up in the Demon Suppression Division, right?
What she feared the most was not the fox demon, but herself.
If they were harmed by imperial officials, the fox demons could easily extricate themselves from the matter and pass on all the blame.
If I had been slightly wrong in my original thought.
Zhen killed the woman with one blow and killed the people from the Demon Suppression Division with his own hands.
Just thinking about the scene of being put on the bounty list by the entire Daqian Dynasty, Shen Yi felt a chill down his spine, and in his heart he cursed his predecessor for being so lustful.
You dare to touch any woman!
"..."
Lin Baiwei had no idea of Shen Yi's thoughts. She swallowed the fish meat, sniffed her slightly red nose, and said in a hoarse voice, "Just do it!"
It's just cooking, you'll be so full that you'll die!
She squeezed the chopsticks in her small hands until they made a crackling sound. She was waiting to get through this month and then find a way to break the seal.
When the time comes, be sure to prepare a large basin of pot-washing water and pinch his nose to pour the water down.
Thinking of this, Lin Baiwei felt a little better. She took the wine jug and drank it all in one gulp.
(End of this chapter)