It doesn't matter what the lord is.

"Why are you back so late again? Did you raise a kid outside?"

I replied unhappily:

"The big ones haven't been found yet, so where would the small ones come from?"

Bai Huang snorted, tilted his head, and his eyes kept scanning my body.

"Then why do you run outside every day and never see a single person?"

I said casually:

"Isn't this just physical training? You know what special training is? I have reformed myself, and from now on, I can't fall any further. I have to work hard to improve myself and not hold everyone back."

Bai Huang said with disdain:

"Come on. I think you'd rather tie yourself to our hind legs and let us drag you along every day."

"How do you know... ahem, I don't have any."

Bai Huang came close to me, put on a cute expression that she thought was extremely cute, but in my opinion was extremely stupid, and said in a coquettish voice:

"Hey, what are you busy with recently, Brother Lide? Just tell me, okay~"

I took three steps back, my hair standing on end, and answered:

"No! Get lost."

Bai Huang was so angry that he stomped heavily on my foot, then swung his arms and walked towards his room:

"Whatever you want! I don't care about you, go do whatever you want!"

After saying that, Bai Huang slammed the door and went to bed.

Leave me in the night wind.

I feel very sad because I am misunderstood and cannot argue.

Ah! Lonely night, only the moon and stars are still with me -

Just as I was sighing like this, Shiloh suddenly appeared behind me and stabbed me in the head. I was still lost in my own poetic thoughts and almost didn't react. I dodged in a very awkward way and even got my arm scratched by the knife.

Blood flowed out and dripped onto the ground.

I didn't dare to curse too loudly, so I whispered:

"Can't you just leave me alone in this situation? How could you do this?"

Shiloh looked at me without blinking, as if telling me that she had no idea.

OK, awesome.

I walked towards the house, intending to sleep soundly to make up for the sadness caused by being misunderstood. But I was stabbed twice in the middle of the night, and I was so angry that I really wanted to catch her and beat her up, or just roll her into a ball and throw her directly from the wall of Yuxi City.

The next day, I got up early and went to the city to buy pancakes.

I felt like I was just blooming in the melon rind, and I was like a mentally retarded person among idiots. If I had known earlier, I would have slapped Xi Luo to the ground. It would be a bit difficult to catch her now. I could only comfort myself in my heart that I had already kissed her, and it would be a waste if I didn't pull her over.

I, Lid, have made such a great sacrifice, how can I not get someone in return? ?

The more I thought about it, the angrier I got. I took out two copper coins from my pocket, slapped them on the table, and said loudly:

“Give me two more eggs!!”

The shop assistant responded:

"Okay! Sir, please wait a moment~"

I crossed my arms and waited for the waiter to hand me the pancake. I took a bite of the pancake and walked out. Suddenly, a knife stabbed at my waist. It seems that Shiloh changed his mind this time. Since he couldn't kill me in a place with few people, he would do it in a place with many people.

Unfortunately, she couldn't do anything in a crowded place. I was wearing thick clothes today. When her blade just pierced my coat, I reacted and turned to the side seductively. Her knife only shredded my clothes. I wanted to teach her a lesson, but I found that I had no weapon in my hand, so I pushed the pancake in my hand directly into her mouth.

When I turned around, I found that Shiloh's small red lips were wrapped around a rolled-up pancake, with a look of pain and anger.

But when the aroma of the pancake spread, she put down the knife, held the pancake with both hands, looked at me, and quickly ran away. She was relatively small, and could barely shuttle through the crowd, but I didn't have this ability, so I let her slip away.

I didn't chase him either.

The expression on her face when she held the pancake in her mouth was in my mind. I don’t know if it was my illusion, but at that moment, there seemed to be some kind of desire in her empty eyes.

Desire for food.

I touched my chin and vaguely felt that I seemed to have some idea.

44. Grilled fish and sweet potatoes

The next day, I got up early as usual. The weather was damp, cold and foggy.

I left the city, blew a few breaths of hot air on my hands, found a flat place near the lower reaches of the river to sit down, and took the fishing rod from behind. I first chose a place to sprinkle a handful of fermented rice to lure the fish, then hung an earthworm on the hook and slowly lowered it into the river. The water flow was slow in winter, and I was lazy, so I just waited silently for the fish to bite the hook.

Around mid-morning, several slender silver-scaled fish were laid on the ground beside me. This fish is in the shape of a long rhombus, with plump meat and crispy bones. Its scales are all silvery white, which is quite beautiful... and also quite delicious. The reason for fishing this fish is that silver-scaled fish are relatively active and have a big appetite. Even in winter, they will always fight for food.

After catching six or seven fish, I put away my fishing rod, cut open the fish belly with a small knife, and removed the internal organs. Then I cut a few holes in the fish, picked up some dry branches nearby, and grilled them over a fire. After the fishy smell gradually dissipated, I took out the bottle of homemade seasoning from my bosom, poured it on the brush, and didn't care how much spilled, and just slowly brushed it on the grilled fish.

The fragrance immediately overflowed.

When a fish was roasted to a dark brown, I took it off the fire and took a bite. The fish skin was crispy and delicious, with a faint burnt aroma. The snow-white fish meat inside was mixed with the soup, tender and fragrant. Just as I was enjoying it, the river water in front of me suddenly rippled, a cold light came first, and then a silver knife flashed by like a comet across the sky.

With a plop, the unfinished grilled fish in my hand fell to the ground.

The grilled fish and the branch were cut in half, and a section of my hair was cut off. The blade brushed past my ear, and I almost became one of the mortal enemies of Black Cat Sheriff.

Xi Luo gasped for breath, not knowing how long she had been lying in ambush underwater. Seeing that her first sneak attack had failed, she turned around and left without any desire to fight. This time it was broad daylight, and there was an open field around her. She had nowhere to escape, so she could only go back the way she came, intending to jump into the water and leave.

But her cloth clothes were soaked by the cold water, and her whole body was carrying too much weight, so she could no longer move as erratically as before. Before she could run two steps, I grabbed her wrist and pulled her back.

"What are you doing, winter swimming enthusiast? Staying underwater in this cold weather to keep fit?"

Shiloh held the knife in one hand and looked at me coldly.

I waved my hand and said:

"Alright. I won't be polite with you. You know it well in your heart, right? If you want to kill me, you can only succeed with one strike. Once you are exposed, there will be no second chance. Besides, there is no one else around this time. It can be said that whether you can leave or not depends entirely on whether I want to let you go."

Shiloh's expression remained indifferent.

I guess she was looking for a chance to escape, but I couldn't think of one for now.

I pulled a fish off the grill and poked Shiloh's mouth with the head.

Shiloh kept his mouth closed but glanced at the grilled fish.

I smiled and said:

"Eat one! It's not poisonous. Try my cooking and I'll let you go."

Shiloh opened her mouth with difficulty and bit the fish. I also let go of her hand and was about to invite her to sit here and dry her clothes before eating two fishes. But as soon as I let go, Shiloh, holding the grilled fish in her mouth, quickly retreated like a cat with its fur standing on end, dived into the water and disappeared.

I shook my head and cursed:

"You're such a spendthrift! You've ruined all the sauce on the fish."

Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, I knew that Shiloh definitely found a place where she thought was safe, climbed up, took off her clothes and wrung them out, changed into her thin nightgown while they were drying, then took the already cold grilled fish out of her mouth and chewed it with big mouthfuls. After finishing it in a few bites, she licked her fingers and threw the branch into the corner.

She was like a stray cat rummaging through trash cans on the street.

But it doesn't matter.

I slowly finished eating all the grilled fish, then went back to the City Lord's Mansion holding a piece of fish bone and the fishing rod in my mouth.

The next day I went out of town again.

This time, I went to the woods and collected a lot of dead branches and leaves. Then I built a circle of isolation belt with pebbles, filled it with dead branches and leaves, and set it on fire.

As the flames gradually rose, I took out two sweet potatoes from my arms and threw them into the fire. I then took a branch from the side and turned over the fallen leaves, letting them bury the sweet potatoes. Then I found a place to lie down and waited silently.

After the dead leaves and branches were gradually burned and the flames gradually disappeared, I used a branch to scrape away the ashes on the surface, and found two sweet potatoes from the fallen leaves that were not completely burned. I took them in my hands and began to peel them. The hot sweet potatoes gave off an enticing aroma, and at the same time, the sound of wind could be heard above my head.

As we all know, lolis will grow on trees in winter.

And when the loli matures, she will naturally fall down and do free fall.

But be careful, this purely wild loli is very dangerous. She carries a knife and can threaten the lives of those sitting under the tree at any time.

But there was no need to panic. If she just turned to the side at this moment, she would fall into the cold pile of ashes.

When he raised his head again, his face was as black as a coal ball.

I casually threw a baked sweet potato to her. Shiloh was holding a knife in both hands, and dust got into her eyes. She thought I had thrown a hidden weapon at her, so she opened her little mouth and bit it, then quickly retreated far away, wiping the dust off her face with her sleeves. After the coal ball turned into a zebra, Shiloh opened her eyes, sniffed it gently, and took the fragrant baked sweet potato.

I didn't look at her, I just peeled the skin of the sweet potato in my hand, revealing the golden flesh, which was full of sweetness and warmth. Shiloh stood there for a while, then grabbed the sweet potato and ran away quickly.

As for where she will take it to eat in a dark corner, it is none of my business. It is just like raising a hamster. You throw food to it and it can eat it in front of you, but it must hide it in its cheek pouch and eat it secretly. Maybe it is just its nature. There is no need to force anything.

"See you tomorrow~"

I shouted after her, yawned, and threw the remaining sweet potato directly into my mouth. Today's Shilobi was a little less hostile than yesterday, which in my opinion was a very big improvement.

I'm not in a hurry. Winter is a lazy season.

I buried the dust in the ground, patted the dust off my body, and prayed that the forest would grow better next year. Then I stood up and returned to Yuxi City.

45. That is kindness mixed with purpose

Over the following week, similar scenes continued to unfold inside and outside the city.

In the first three days, I clearly felt that Xiluo was becoming impatient. The frequency of her assassinations against me was obviously higher. You know, once an assassin fails, the target's vigilance will soar in the short term, and it will be difficult to find a good opportunity. However, Xiluo didn't care about this kind of common sense. As long as I relaxed a little, she would appear immediately, and of course she would fail almost every time.

The only trouble is when I sleep.

The next day, Shiloh used the old method, hanging a rope from the beam and launching a surprise attack. I was sleeping soundly that time, and she almost succeeded. The short knife cut open my clothes on my chest, leaving a long wound on my chest. Blood was everywhere. Although I pushed Shiloh's head to the ground with my backhand, that night was really thrilling.

On the third night, I took off my clothes as usual and took a bath. As soon as I stepped halfway into the bathtub, Shiloh emerged from the water. I was caught off guard and fell backwards. As a result, I slipped and barely avoided the knife. Shiloh was wet all over. His flaxen short hair stuck to his face wetly, and a few strands of hair were hanging around his rosy lips. Because he had been in the water for too long, his eyes were covered with a layer of mist, which made him look a little more lively than usual.

While I was falling, Shiloh tried to attack me again, but I tripped him and he fell back into the bathtub.

Her small body struggled in the bathtub, and finally stabilized. I had already climbed up from the ground successfully, and she lost her last chance.

Shiloh spat out the water he had just drunk in a panic, held his sword in front of him, sat in the bathtub, and looked at me warily.

I said unhappily:

"What's wrong? You still want to take a shower with me? You're not old, but you have a lot of ideas. Let me tell you, it's impossible! I'm the man you can't have."

Shiloh was a little annoyed.

Although you couldn't tell from her expression, she knew she couldn't beat me in a head-on fight, but she didn't run away. Instead, she struggled to stand up from the bathtub and slashed at me with the knife.

I held her head and pushed her back into the bathtub and said:

"Okay, now you finally have a chance to take a hot bath. Just wash yourself and then go wherever you need to go."

Half an hour later, I went back to take a shower and found that the window was open and one of my bathrobes was missing, probably taken away by Shiloh.

Since the one missing was Bai Huang's, it caused quite a stir afterwards. Bai Huang insisted that no one had any reason to steal her yukata except me, and she directly called me a pervert. I had no choice but to hint that besides me, He Ji was also a man and had a motive for committing the crime, and Bai Huang gave up.

Starting from the fourth day, I could feel that Shiloh had slightly different feelings towards me.

It’s not a melodramatic love story, and it’s not even a good impression. It’s just a “habit”.

Just like a street cat, it is very afraid of people at first. When you take something to feed it, it will hide far away. When you put the food down and walk away, it will quietly run over, sniff it, and then eat it carefully. But if you repeat this, you can get closer to the cat little by little, because it is used to you giving it food.

The same seems to me to be true of Shiloh.

Every time she failed in the assassination, I would let her go, and she gradually formed a judgment that "I will not hurt her." In my opinion, this is just a simple reflex formed by repeated training, to put it bluntly, it is a habit.

So what are the benefits of this habit?

In my opinion, this is the first step to trust.

On the fourth day, I went to a horned rabbit farm and caught two fat rabbits that were hibernating. Then I cooked a pot of rabbit meat and mushroom soup nearby. A bowl of soup in winter is definitely an extraordinary temptation. After a few mouthfuls, my whole body was warm and indescribably comfortable. When I was dozing off with the soup in my hand, a horned rabbit suddenly ran by my side.

I looked back and saw Shiloh standing there with a knife in his hand.

Seeing me looking at her, she hesitated and left.

It seemed that it wanted to assassinate me while I was drinking soup, but I didn't expect the rabbit nests here to be too dense. I accidentally stepped on a nest, which startled the rabbit inside and made me notice it in advance.

I called Shiloh and handed her a bowl of soup.

Shiloh held the soup, was silent for a while, and drank it in small sips.

She had very good teeth, so when she drank the rabbit meat, she just chewed it up whole, including the meat and bones, and swallowed it.

Then when she returned the bowl to me, she suddenly pulled out a knife and stabbed my throat.