Calamity Dance

Chapter 16 The Tranquil Village

Xu Qingquan suffered from insomnia. I don't know if it was because he had been sleeping for a month, or because he was excited to learn magic tomorrow, or because he was just not used to coming here.

It was his first night in the sanctuary, and the first night in five years that he didn't sleep in his rented room in Tallim.He lay flat on the bed, put his hands on his head, looked at the ceiling, and recalled what happened the first day he woke up.

The night in the equatorial area was still a bit stuffy. Xu Qingquan got up and opened the window, lying on the edge of the window, staring at the rainforest outside and listening to the cicadas.The wind passed through the leaves, and the moist grass breath brushed against Xu Qingquan's cheeks.A little damp and not that comfortable.It was pitch black outside, except for the moonlight, casting dappled shadows through the trees. "It's so quiet!" Xu Qingquan couldn't help sighing.In Talim District, the night sky will be as bright as daylight illuminated by lights, and there will always be people who don’t know where they are partying all night, creating the unique background noise of the city at night.He gradually fell in love with this feeling, just like in his dream, when he escaped from the void and darkness, the forest he saw made him feel extremely peaceful.

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"Boom, boom, boom!" A soft knock on the door entered Xu Qingquan's eardrums.Xu Qingquan opened his eyes, Chuyang had replaced Xingguang, and he was still lying on the window sill.Last night, he just fell asleep like this, with his right hand resting on his pillow, a little numb.The strange thing is that Xu Qingquan didn't feel tired after sitting and sleeping like this. Hearing the cicadas singing and the evening breeze made him feel very relaxed.Xu Qingquan stretched, twisted his neck, shook his hands, came to the door, and opened the door.

"How is your sleep?" Lin stood outside the door, looking at Xu Qingquan with a smile.

"At first I had insomnia, but I opened the window and let the wind blow, I didn't expect to sleep on the window sill!" Xu Qingquan scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed.

"Does it feel completely different when you come to the country! It's not good to rest for too long. You've been lying down for more than a month, and it's normal to not be able to sleep! You wash up first, and I'll make breakfast. The local eggs I bought yesterday are super delicious. Fragrant!" Lin blinked at Xu Qingquan and ran away happily.

"Well, thank you!" Although Lin was not a few years younger than herself, she looked like a carefree little girl, optimistic and cheerful, full of youthful vitality.Xu Qingquan looked at the back of Lin running away, touched his face, thought of Lin's appearance, and felt a little ashamed, he had long since lost the joy of freedom.

"I'm afraid this little girl has her eyes on you!" Xu Qingquan turned his head, and at some point, Orianna was already standing beside him, looking at the two of them with a smile, "I have to investigate you first. Magic is much more difficult!"

"Don't make fun of me! Lord Orianna!" Xu Qingquan was a little embarrassed. He always blushed when he mentioned men and women. Friends, there are only a handful of women around.

"Why do you call me my lord!" Orianna frowned, "You are not from the academy, you know who I am, you just call them like them! Do I look very old?"

"It's about sixty, it's still young." Xu Qingquan approached and whispered.

"I'm twenty-eight years old, don't talk about me here! You are not allowed to call me your lord in the future, and the two of them are the same. They have been out for so long and they still call you your lord. How many times have you said that? If you call me your lord too, Just break your other hand, so you won't have to eat!" Orianna said angrily, in fact she wasn't angry, but she stretched out her hand and pinched Xu Qingquan's face.

Xu Qingquan groaned in pain, and hurriedly shouted that he didn't dare.

"Everyone woke up really early!" Hearing their voices, Sanqianying walked out of the room and greeted them.

"Usually I know how to sleep late, but now there are boys who wake up earlier than the other!" Orianna turned her head and glanced at Sanqianying, "Look at you! This person has even done his makeup! Now the little boy The girl is really amazing! It’s still different from yesterday, and even put on eyeliner! Did you use the eyeliner I bought last time, I think it’s quite easy to use.”

"I'm not used to that eyeliner, my lord." Sanqianying said calmly.

"Okay, I understand, our old lady's things will always be disliked! It's incomparable to your delicate little girls!" Orianna pouted her mouth, said brokenly and went downstairs.Sanqianying looked at Orianna, covered her mouth and smiled sweetly.

"Morning!" Xu Qingquan waved his hand in greeting.

"You're early too, come downstairs and have breakfast later, Sister Lin should have almost finished cooking!" Sanqianying walked past Xu Qingquan and nodded.

Xu Qingquan went back to the house and looked in the mirror.Although he didn't sleep on the bed last night, he didn't sleep badly while lying on the window sill. Apart from the scar on his face, there was nothing bad about his complexion.He took a quick shower and tidied up his beard.Let the hair dry naturally, anyway, it is tropical, and it is short hair, it can be dried in a while.

When they went downstairs to the dining room, Lin had already prepared breakfast, and the three of them just sat down and started eating.

"Come on, come on, why are you so slow, we won't wait for you for breakfast, we'll eat first." Orianna said while eating fried eggs, without looking up.

"I also washed my hair, which is really good!" Lin looked at Xu Qingquan's wet hair.

"It's just a quick shower, and I'm not energetic when I go out with messy hair." Xu Qingquan sat down and said to Lin.

"Hurry up, there's soy milk, after a while you and Sakura will go to the village they went to yesterday to have a look, there should be nothing wrong, two people are enough, Lin and I will stay at home." Orianna took He picked up the soy milk and took a big sip, and praised Lin repeatedly for the good soy milk.

"Yes." Xu Qingquan replied, and started to eat breakfast.In the past few years, I have eaten Aunt Jane's pancakes every day, and this is the first time I have such a different breakfast. I feel really mixed in my heart.I don't know if Aunt Jane was injured in the explosion, but I hope she will continue to spread pancakes for the guys at the entrance of the Rennes machine repair shop as always. The taste of the pancakes will never get tired of eating.

Sanqianying finished her breakfast first, put the plate in the sink, walked to Xu Qingquan and said, "I'll prepare something first, and I'll meet you at the door after you finish eating." Xu Qingquan nodded, and hurriedly started eating, He didn't want to let others wait for him when he went out for the first time.

After a while, Xu Qingquan also finished eating, he quickly got up and put the plate into the sink, saying goodbye to the remaining two.

"Don't be so anxious, eat slowly in the future, and don't rush to fight!" Orianna said with a smile.She and Lin are still eating slowly.

Xu Qingquan walked quickly to the door, and Sanqianying was also coming down from upstairs. "Do I need to bring something?" Xu Qingquan asked.

"You don't have anything to bring, just follow along, let's go!" Sanqianying said, and at the same time, took out two small tablets from her backpack and handed one to Xu Qingquan.

Xu Qingquan took the tablet. This is the latest type of portable jet tablet, which can be used as a walking tool when people step on it. Although the speed is not fast, it is better than light. "The price of this thing is not cheap! Does it cost more than 1 flashes? I have repaired it once before, and this is the first time I use it." Xu Qingquan asked.

"It's just small money. If you go on missions with us in the future, you can afford it. I'll use the old one, and I'll give you the latest one." Sanqianying said with a smile.

Xu Qingquan thought in his heart that his hourly salary was only 15 flashes before, and he could only get 600 for a week without eating or drinking. He had never bought such an expensive thing. "Thank you! Next time I will make up the money for you, and it will be my rent!" Xu Qingquan said.

"No, let's go! It's a little far away." Sanqianying stepped on the sports tablet, and Xu Qingquan immediately followed.

Orianna and Lin were still having breakfast in the dining room, and they were still taking their time, not caring about the two who had already gone out.After three or ten minutes, Xu Qingquan and Sanqianying had arrived at the village that sent out the distress signal.Along the way, Sanqianying told Xu Qingquan about the situation in the lower village and how he received the distress signal yesterday. Xu Qingquan was a little nervous when using the exercise tablet for the first time, but he still tried his best to keep up and remember Sanqianying The content of the speech.

"It's really far away. It's been such a long journey." Xu Qingquan got off the sports tablet, put it away, and handed it to Sanqianying.Sanqianying then put the two tablets back into the bag.

"You have an impression of the situation I briefly told you on the road just now. Let's check briefly to see if there is any problem. If there is really nothing wrong, then there is no need to come again." Sanqianying instructed.

Xu Qingquan nodded and looked towards the village.There were no people on the streets and alleys of the village in the morning, but everyone should have woken up, and there was a lot of smoke from the roof of the house, as if they were making breakfast.Sanqianying walked in front, Xu Qingquan followed closely behind, looking back and forth.He didn't know what he needed to pay attention to, but he always felt that as long as he wrote down everything he saw along the way, it must be useful.

After walking a few steps, an old lady came out from the house with a courtyard on the right, holding a similarly woven straw hat in her hand.Seeing two strangers, she didn't panic, and stepped forward to chat.

"Girl, you are the one who came yesterday, is there anything else?" The old aunt asked Sanqianying who was walking ahead.

"Auntie, let's go around, because the signal is special, so we don't dare to be careless, don't disturb your life, don't worry about us~" Sanqianying said softly.Xu Qingquan didn't speak, and continued to observe the surrounding situation.

"Okay, then I will continue to work!" The old aunt turned and left, returning to the house just now.The ordinary behavior was recorded in Xu Qingquan's eyes.Xu Qingquan felt a little strange, but couldn't explain why.He lowered his head and whispered to Sanqianying, "It always feels weird, but I can't tell." Sanqianying replied, "Yes, we did the same yesterday, but I don't know what's strange. I came here to let you see it too." If you take a look, you may find something we didn't pay attention to."

The two continued to walk forward, and met several people along the way, some old and some young.Probably because they saw foreigners, everyone would come forward to say a few words of concern.After wandering around for more than half an hour, the two still found nothing.

"It seems that you are really worrying too much." Sanqianying stopped and said to Xu Qingquan.

Xu Qingquan didn't answer, his doubts about this tranquility had reached the limit, and suddenly, an idea appeared in his mind.

"No! There is a problem!" Xu Qingquan seemed to have thought of something, and shouted out.

(End of this chapter)