my fox girl

Chapter 1 The Girl from Qingqiu

In mid-August, it is midsummer, ten o'clock in the evening.

It was pouring rain.

In the northern suburbs of Ancheng City, on a commercial pedestrian street, the street is usually crowded with people, but affected by the bad weather at this time, few people can be seen at all.

The only sound was the crackling of raindrops pouring down on the masonry floor.

On the easternmost side of the pedestrian street, there stands a two-story building.

The small building is an antique structure with flying eaves and bucket arches. Whether it is a frame structure or a ridge-kissed tile, it has the characteristics of ancient buildings. This style looks out of place with the surrounding modern shops.

On the first floor of the small building facing the street, there is a lighted signboard at the door, with four big characters [Youjian Bookstore] written on it, which is very conspicuous in the rainy night.

Inside the library.
Lin Yi sat behind the counter, closed the book in his hand, and looked up at the door. At this time, it was still raining heavily outside, and the rain showed no sign of stopping, and the roar of thunder and lightning could be heard from time to time.

Looking away, he couldn't help but sigh softly: "Today is another day without business."

Sure enough, opening a bookstore is a dead end.

In recent years, affected by the impact of e-commerce, the business of physical stores has been difficult to do. This can also be seen from the faces of the owners of several nearby clothing stores. There is a large backlog of inventory , The rent has been rising year after year, so they can only tighten their belts and barely survive.

But despite this, whenever they set their sights on this bookstore, they always have a somewhat gratified smile on their faces, without him, because this bookstore is definitely the worst one in this commercial street. one.

It's okay if there are no customers at ordinary times, but when you finally come to one, you just look at it and don't buy it. In addition, his bookstore is different from the small green tea outside.

There is no snack area, no coffee bar, and even the sofas in the reading area are second-hand, not to mention affecting the reading experience, and even the books on the shelves have not been updated for a long time, such a bookstore, if the business is good, then it is real the hell.

"Hey, close the door." Lin Yi glanced at the wall clock on the wall, then found the door key from the counter drawer, got up and walked to the door.

At this time, there was no one on the street, and most of the shops were closed. Only the street lamps on both sides of the street were still standing quietly in the rain, and the dim lights brought a glimmer of brilliance to the night rain.

Lin Yi grasped the edge of the rolling shutter door with his hands and was about to pull it down, but out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly spotted a dark shadow squatting under the eaves on the other side. Looking through the lights in the bookstore, it seemed... It was a people.

Maybe it was for shelter from the rain.

Taking a casual glance, Lin Yi didn't think much anymore, but the movement in his hands stopped, and he raised his head and subconsciously looked at the street. At this moment, the rain was getting heavier than before. It was impossible to stop for half a moment. After thinking for a moment, he turned around and walked to the umbrella stand of the bookstore, took out an umbrella that was prepared for the guests, and walked to the door again.

Not surprisingly, the black shadow outside the door was still squatting under the eaves, showing no intention of moving.

Lin Yi coughed a few times, and walked up to the black shadow. With the help of the dim streetlight, he could barely see the outline of the other person. She was petite and should be a woman. At this moment, the other person was sitting with her legs crossed against the wall, her face Buried deeply between her arms, her hair was wet with black hair. It may be because of the rainy weather and the cold weather. Her body trembled slightly, and she looked very helpless.

Lin Yi handed over the umbrella in his hand and said, "Well, it's raining so hard, you should go home quickly with an umbrella."

Sombra didn't respond.

Seeing that there was no movement from the other party, Lin Yi couldn't help being a little embarrassed, and then remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Don't get me wrong, I am not driving you away, the main reason is to see the momentum of the rain, it may take the next night, or you give Family members call and ask them to pick you up?"

Seemingly hearing the word family, Hei Ying finally reacted. The other party raised his small face buried between his arms, glanced at Lin Yi, and then quickly lowered his head. I don't know if it was an illusion, but Lin Yi I felt that the opponent's body seemed to be shaking a little more intensely.

Am I that scary looking?
Lin Yi smiled wryly in his heart, but he was not angry. The moment the other party raised his head, he caught sight of the other party's face. Although he only had a glimpse, it seemed to be a young girl.

He can't do such a thing with a little girl.

Lin Yi was silent for a while, then took a deep breath, trying to make his tone as gentle as possible, and said, "Well, did you run away from home?"

The other party did not respond.

After a pause, Lin Yi bit the bullet and continued: "Is there anyone who needs my help, um, for example, help you contact your family, or call the police?"

However, after waiting for a while, the other party still did not respond.

Forget it, let's hand it over to the police.

Lin Yi sighed, took out his mobile phone from his trouser pocket, and prepared to call the police.

"I, I want to go home."

Before the call was made, an immature voice suddenly sounded. Although it was hardly audible and stumbling, Lin Yi was sure that he heard it right. He followed the source of the voice, and sure enough, it was the squatting man in front of him. The girl at the door of his bookstore.

At this time, the girl was also looking up at him, as if out of fear. The moment the two eyes met, she quickly lowered her head. After a while, she seemed to muster up great courage and raised her head again. But he didn't dare to look at Lin Yi, and repeated: "I, I want to go home."

"Then do you have your family's phone number?"

"I, I don't understand." The little girl looked a little dazed.

"Don't understand?" Lin Yi's tone faltered, he thought about it, changed the question, and said, "Then where is your home?"

"Qingqiu."

This time, the girl rarely stuttered, but Lin Yi couldn't help but wonder, what the hell is Qingqiu?

He frowned, stunned for a long time, and then asked uncertainly: "Qing, Qingqiu. Community?"

The little girl shook her head, her immature voice came out, and her tone returned to the previous stumbling: "Yes, it's Qingqiu country."

"Qingqiu country?" After confirming that he had heard correctly, Lin Yi couldn't help being confused, and began to quickly recall the geography knowledge he had learned in his mind. I feel a little familiar, I seem to have heard it somewhere, but I can't remember it for a while.

Forget it, if you're in doubt, ask Du Niang.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi picked up his phone and entered the word Qingqiu to start searching.

"Three hundred miles to the east is the mountain of Qingqiu. Its yang is full of jade, and its yin is full of green mallets. There are beasts, its shape is like a fox with nine tails, its sound is like a baby, it can eat people, and the eaters are not gu."

Muttering to himself, Lin Yi's eyes widened and he took a deep breath: "Mountain, Classic of Mountains and Seas?"

He put down the phone, and couldn't suppress his heartbeat for a moment. It wasn't because the other party claimed to be from the legendary Qingqiu Kingdom, but because he suddenly realized that if the girl in front of him was not a middle school student, then she might have some kind of existence. A mental cognitive impairment, also known as neurosis.

Thinking of the little girl's weird behavior just now, Lin Yi strengthened his guess. He didn't expect that the other party suffered from severe hypochondria at a young age. It must be because he couldn't stand the treatment in the hospital, so he sneaked out. .

(End of this chapter)