Lord of Rot

Chapter 487 Holding Hands and Falling Asleep (4600 words)
The carriage stopped and there was a light knock on the door.

Li Qi, who was wrapped in a cloak and wearing a rabbit mask, pushed open the door.

Most of the sun's head was hidden under the city wall, and the dim sunlight was like a gun, penetrating through the gaps in the building, and pierced in front of Li Qi's toes.

This is a hidden back door, as tall as a person. It is inlaid with iron sheets on the wooden door, and there is only one big iron ring.

"This is in Bear Castle!" Li Qi raised his head, and instantly recognized his location, which was the Bear Castle where the king lived.

But thinking that only a slap in the face can be given the qualifications to enter the big library, it is very reasonable in Xiongbao.

"squeak"

The sound of the door hinge turning made people feel toothache, and a man in black robe who also wore a rabbit mask stepped out of it.

The other party stretched out his hand, even with gloves on.

"You can't tell the difference between men and women." Li Qi frowned slightly: "It's very well hidden, and there are many extraordinary people in it, and there are no extraordinary people who hide their aura."

The other party beckoned to Li Qi, perhaps because he was wearing a mask, his voice was muffled when he spoke.

"Don't talk, listen to me about the rules."

"First, from entering this door until choosing your respective dance partners, you are not allowed to take off your mask, and you are not allowed to speak."

"Second, you are not allowed to speak out about everything here, otherwise you will be disqualified from coming again."

"Third, the man needs to take the initiative to invite a dance partner. If there are more than one invitation at the same time, the woman needs to choose back."

"Fourth, no one has a choice, you can leave directly."

"Fifth..., Sylt is my friend." He lowered his voice, which made his subwoofer-like voice sound even more difficult: "Please choose Miss Twelve."

Li Qi's heart moved, he understood what it meant, and nodded slightly to show that he understood.

"Welcome to the Masked Ball, please enjoy the whole night, sir."

Li Qi is really curious about the gameplay of City People, but the most important thing is to get the permission to enter the big library.

After walking into the tunnel, after a while, the front suddenly became clear, and hundreds of lit candles lit up the place.

With his eyes hidden behind the rabbit mask, Li Qi quickly scanned the surrounding environment: "From the perspective of the architectural style, it should not belong to the banquet hall of Bear Castle, nor does it look like the place where I live, which means it is on the other side. It's far away from my residence, which is an even older castle area?"

There were already a dozen men in black robes and rabbit masks standing there. They just glanced at Li Qi, and then turned their heads away.

The men's rabbit mask is ordinary, while the women's rabbit mask has shorter ears and a small flower. The poor Li Qi was wondering how to choose a partner from a group of black-robed rabbits.

Under the guidance, Li Qi stood still in an open space, while Mr. Rabbit who brought him turned around and left.

He was idle and idle, so he began to look at the people attending the dance.

"I can't tell her face at all, and her body is well covered. It must not be a special party."

Could it be that he entered the Wangdu Entertainment Club by mistake?

Although I am not very resistant, it is very delaying things.

After a while, another party participant came. The other party was a black-robed rabbit lady who seemed rather nervous. Judging from her somewhat fragmented steps, she must be in a state of agitation, probably the same as Li Qi. Participate once.

And for some reason, the rabbit lady always gave Li Qi a very familiar feeling.

"In the capital, do I have any familiar female friends?" Li Qi couldn't help thinking.

Mr. Rabbit, who was in charge of the management, began to hand out signs, and no one spoke during the whole process.

Li Qi got his own brand, NO.12, and hung it around his neck.

"You're lucky." He looked across from him, the tall and slender rabbit lady, who was also twelve, and she nodded slightly at him to show her friendliness.

You are the one!

Li Qi still has some confidence in himself, but it's just dancing. He has participated in several noble balls and has a lot of experience in dancing.

"Go invite your dance partners, gentlemen," Mr. Rabbit said.

There were exactly 24 people, a total of 12 pairs. The one Li Qi wanted to invite was ranked 12th. Basically, Li Qi didn't have to do anything, just wait until the end.

The premise is that none of the other gentlemen are targeting her, otherwise the lady needs to re-election.

If there are still women left after the 12 men invite, then the women can also make a reverse invitation, where everyone wears masks and can have a lot of fun.

Li Qi's gaze once again fell on the somewhat reserved lady Rabbit, whose number was 8.

"very familiar!"

Li Qi felt that the answer was close at hand.

Lady No. 1 was invited away by Man No. 2, and Lady No. 2 was invited away by No. 4. There was no music or dancing. They left together and went deeper.

Sure enough, the dance party was just a cover!
The speed of choosing a dance partner was very fast, maybe everyone enjoyed the joy of picking a blind box, and in the blink of an eye, they came to No. 7 Ms. Rabbit.

Lady No. 7 was invited by Man No. 1, she hesitated and nodded in agreement.

However, when he was leaving, he accidentally staggered, and his body was tilted. The man No. 8 who was closest to him suddenly put his arms around her, and even spun half a circle with her in his arms, before he stopped steadily.

"Pei De!" Li Qi recognized who this coquettish guy was almost at a glance. It was really an experience during the day that he still remembered.

Unexpectedly, the other party also came.

In other words, there is his goal here?Li Qi doesn't have much affection for guys who eat both men and women.

Finally arrived at Ms. Rabbit No. 8, whom Li Qi had always cared about. Pei De stepped over immediately, bent down and extended his hand to invite her.

Ms. Rabbit No. 8 was obviously hesitant, but she still stretched out her hand slowly. She didn't seem to know what was waiting for her after accepting the other party's invitation.

Li Qi recognized who she was the moment she raised her hand.

Thinking of Pei De's reputation, and the far from pure ball, Li Qi immediately gave up on No. 12 lady, and at worst, put on the [Invisible Pot] and try it once, the living will never be suffocated to death by urine.

He didn't choose to violate the rules either. The few people who hid in the dark and unscrupulously released their extraordinary aura were using their own methods to warn all the dancers to abide by the rules.

So Li Qi also took a step forward and stretched out his hand towards Ms. No. 8 Rabbit.

Ms. Rabbit No. 8 is tangled and hesitant.

Noticing that everyone was looking at her, she slowly passed her hand to Pei De, the first man who came to invite her.

Li Qi had no choice but to flex his index and middle fingers, making a gesture of knocking on the window.

The movement is not very hidden, and everyone present is not blind and can see it, but only two people can understand the meaning of the gesture.

The wrist shook slightly, but there was no sound.

But in the hearts of the two of them, there was a tacit understanding of "knock knock" knocking.

So the hand that was supposed to be in front of Pei De was quickly withdrawn, and then it was sent to Li Qi.

Squeezing the opponent's hand, Li Qi felt that she seemed to be sweating a lot.

Pei De turned his head to look at Li Qi in disbelief, not knowing what happened in the middle.

Li Qi pulled Ms. Rabbit No. 8 and left with the rabbit attendant leading the way.

After turning left and right for a while, they stopped in front of a room.

"Tomorrow morning I will come to inform the two of you to leave." The rabbit attendant opened the door and stepped back.

After entering the room, Li Qi immediately locked the door.

"Miss Ewen Jielin, I really want to know why you are here!" Li Qi took off the rabbit mask and looked at Ms. No. 8 Rabbit who was staring at the big bed.

"I……"

She took off the mask, revealing that delicate and familiar face.

Then he took off the hood and cloak, revealing a head of dazzling red hair.

Like a girl who made a mistake, she whispered: "A maid in Bear Castle told me that if I want to quickly integrate into the life of Bear Castle, it is best to attend a dance. She helped me arrange all of this."

Li Qi sighed: "This is not a simple trading dance."

It was Duke Yaori who protected her so well, even when Pine didn't inherit the title, he still loved his sister very much.

Li Qi was not surprised by this. She wanted to help him deal with his stepmother at the beginning. She was a simple lady of justice. Even after she realized her mission as the daughter of a duke, her style of doing things didn't change much.

"Are we going to stay here all night?"

Red Qiangwei looked at this handsome young man who had been transformed into a baron with her own eyes, and accompanied her all the way, her mood was no longer the same as before, but she still remembered her mission.

But looking at a bed in the room, her cheeks heated up rapidly, but fortunately, the red hair falling down effectively covered her up, and Li Qi didn't notice it.

"You stay on the bed, I can meditate." Li Qi sat cross-legged on the ground, fortunately there was a carpet, otherwise it would not be comfortable to sit on the cold and hard ground in winter.

He likes the feeling of sleeping in, but if necessary, meditation can also reduce fatigue.

"Yes." Hong Qiangwei sat on the bed, her heart beating fast.

Being in the same room with the opposite sex made her nervous.

It's still early, it's just getting dark.

"Are you hungry?" Li Qi asked.

He had noticed just now that there was a small cubicle with a toilet and a table, but there was no food.

The dignified aristocratic dance party, even the food was not prepared, it was a bit of a deduction.

"Fortunately."

Li Qi took out his snakeskin pocket and took out the food he bought while wandering outside today, including fruits, pastries, and two roast chickens.

It was the first time for Hong Qiangwei to see such a miraculous pocket, so she couldn't help but look around curiously.

Li Qi said: "Alchemy techniques, runes, and magic are used in it. The materials are more precious. I will find suitable materials later and I can give you one."

"Ok!"

He picked up the cake, opened his mouth wide, and stuffed it into his mouth.

Mouth full of satisfaction.

Red Qiangwei swallowed greedily at his exaggeration, so she also leaned over and sat down on the carpet in front of the table, picked up a small piece of pastry, and ate it in small bites.

It was the first time for them to get along so close since the exchange outside the king's city that day.

They were avoiding each other before, to be precise, Red Rose deliberately avoided Li Qi.

"How is it?" Li Qi said proudly: "The pastries in this shop are soft and not very sweet, but they taste first-class. I plan to spend a lot of money to hire him back to my territory as a pastry chef and give him a house. Let his son be my servant."

Hong Qiangwei swallowed the cake in her mouth, and couldn't help but said: "Sir Li Qi, do you want to accept a servant for a piece of cake?"

"If the cake he makes is delicious enough, I can make him a knight!" He blinked, cooking delicious food is also a talent, how can there be prejudice!
Li Qi clapped his hands and grabbed the roast chicken. Although it was cold, it still tasted good.

She broke off a chicken leg and handed it to Hong Qiangwei. She took the chicken leg and ate it in small bites, but stopped after taking a few bites, and stared at Li Qi while eating.

During the one and a half months of getting along, she saw with her own eyes how terrible Li Qi's appetite was, and she also developed a hobby, which was to watch Li Qi eat.

She wants to maintain a good figure, and her appetite is small, so she can't eat so much food at all, but she will feel very satisfied when she sees Li Qi eating big mouthfuls. Something happened, now it's finally made up.

Probably feeling that the atmosphere between the two of them had warmed up a bit and was not as awkward as before, Hong Qiangwei asked, "Do you have a dance partner you want to invite too?"

"Ms. No. 12" Li Qi said: "I found her through connections. It is said that she can help me get permission to enter the big library, but the chance is gone. It seems that I can only think of other ways."

Hong Qiangwei seemed to be in a good mood: "So you recognized me and then gave up on that number 12 lady?"

"Not only did he recognize you, but also Pei De, the bastard who invited you." Li Qi said, "Men and women take it all in. He probably has his eyes on you. Maybe he is the maid who coaxed you to come to the masked ball." What are you laughing at?"

Li Qi looked at Hong Qiangwei in bewilderment, and was almost tricked by a pervert who took all men and women, yet he could still laugh?

"I think of happy things," she said.

Li Qi: "That's my word."

The well-behaved young lady of the Duke's family even stole the meme of a mere country baron.

After eating, the room became quiet again.

Hong Qiangwei took off her shoes and lay on the bed, while Li Qi sat on the carpet in the distance and began to meditate.

No candles were lit in the room, only the moon shone in through the glazed windows.

Suddenly there was a slight voice, suddenly high-pitched, which made people tremble in fright...

The rooms here are not very soundproof, the sound is a bit hoarse.

Li Qi's meditation was forced to stop, and with his night vision ability, he could clearly see Hong Qiangwei's eyes widening in embarrassment.

After a long silence.

Li Qi got up suddenly, scaring Hong Qiangwei. She hugged the quilt tightly and looked in the direction of the sound.

"Li Qi?" The faint light could not make out the figure at all, Hong Qiangwei could only call out roughly, her legs were crossed, and she couldn't help rubbing.

I felt nervous and apprehensive.

Li Qi's voice came: "I'll eat something and divert my attention."

"I, I think, I might be hungry too." She got off the bed, fumbled forward, and when she was about to fall, a hand grabbed her wrist and led her forward.

Luckily, Hong Qiangwei closed her eyes, anyway, opening her eyes was the same as closing her eyes, she couldn't see anything.

Instead, being held by hand feels safer.

A sense of peace of mind that completely entrusts the trust to the other party.

"Sit down, right here."

"En." Hong Qiangwei sat down, and then that big safe hand left, and a piece of pastry was stuffed into her hand.

Hong Qiangwei, who was already full just now, took the pastry and only bit off one tip, and had to give up, she was already very full.

"Li Qi"

"what happened?"

"It's kind of dark, I can't see you."

"I didn't bring a candle." Li Qi has night vision capabilities, so he doesn't need to light a lamp at all, and he doesn't prepare useless things on his body. If he has that space, he might as well bring two more pieces of meat.

Hong Qiangwei didn't speak, and stretched out her hand to explore in the direction of Li Qi's voice. Seeing this, Li Qi, who was eating wildly, had no choice but to raise her hand to grab him.

The little hand struggled a few times, then calmed down, being suppressed by Li Qi like an appointment, Li Qi was finally able to let go of the suppression, and eat with peace of mind, without worrying about being scratched in the face by a sudden claw.

In the darkness, there was only the sound of Li Qi eating and drinking.

Hong Qiangwei stared at the direction of the voice. In the past, she only looked twice occasionally, but now she can keep staring in the dark, although she can't see anything.

Unbeknownst to him, Li Qi, whose vision could not be affected by the darkness at all, felt uncomfortable being stared at without blinking.

Fortunately, it didn't last long, and Hong Qiangwei lay down on the carpet and fell asleep.

Li Qi bent down to pick her up and put her on the bed.

Looking at the little white hand that was holding her, she tried to break it, but found that it was not broken, so she stopped forcing her and let it hold her hand, leaning against the bed and closing her eyes.

Although, he could clearly hear the sound of the red rose beating faster in the darkness, as well as the sound of more and more rapid breathing.

Sometimes, people still have to learn to pretend to be confused.

　[Floating Airspace] A total of 1500 rewards, thank you.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)