A duelist never gives up!

Fanwaisan

The time is 5:15 pm.

After leaving the academy, Yuan Qi did not rush home in a hurry, but walked slowly to the nearby vegetable market.

Perhaps because it was the rush hour after get off work, there were many middle-aged women wandering around the stalls in this vegetable market, which made Yuan Qi seem a little out of place - after all, in this world, most of the housework and other tasks were still undertaken by women, and it was particularly rare to see a man like Yuan Qi coming to the vegetable market.

Fortunately, Yuan Qi was already accustomed to this kind of scene, so he just gently took out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket, and then followed the instructions on it and joined the crowd of people buying groceries.

"Let me see...grass carp, white radish, shiitake mushrooms...tofu, cauliflower, pork belly..." Just as Yuan Qi was moving between stalls according to the words on the note, a joking voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"Hey, isn't this our Mr. Zhuyuan? Out buying groceries again?"

Zhuyuan is Yuan Qi's current pseudonym. Because it is a pseudonym, it is chosen very casually. Apart from his colleagues, only a few of Yuan Qi's acquaintances know this name. The person standing behind Yuan Qi at this moment is one of his few acquaintances.

"What a coincidence, you are here to buy vegetables too." Yuan Qi slowly turned his head and looked at the woman in front of him who was wearing a gray coat, high leather boots and had long red hair, and couldn't help but sigh.

"I can't help it. I don't have a husband who can help me buy groceries, and I have a bunch of children to raise. I can't just do it half-heartedly, so I have to go out and buy groceries myself in the middle of winter." The woman said, stretching out her fair hands and saying, "Look, my hands are frozen red."

"Um, Honglian, I actually..."

"Okay, okay, I'm just kidding. I have a lot of things to do, and I don't have time to compete for favors with those people in your family." Honglian said, and pecked Yuan Qi's face lightly like a little bird, "I'm satisfied with the occasional sneak peek like this."

"You say it as if we had agreed to have an affair here." Yuan Qi touched his cheek embarrassedly.

"That's settled then. From now on, we'll have our affair here at 5:30 every afternoon." Honglian raised her eyebrows.

"I don't get off work so punctually every day, and it feels awkward to have an affair," Yuan Qi said.

"Flirting with another woman without telling your wife, if that's not cheating, what is it?" Honglian kicked Yuan Qi's calf with a sly smile, "Don't be so hypocritical, or I'll complain to your family."

"Okay, okay, but then wouldn't we be adulterers? Your reputation will also be ruined." Yuan Qi reminded.

"Haven't I always been a villain? Why do you think I would care about this kind of thing?" Honglian approached Yuan Qi nonchalantly, then suddenly reached out and snatched the note from Yuan Qi's hand and placed it in front of herself.

"What are you doing with that? That's my shopping list." Yuan Qi said.

"I know. I'll just take a look." Honglian looked at the crumpled note in her hand and couldn't help laughing. "I'm surprised you can read this handwriting...Ayi is cooking today, right?"

"Since becoming a teacher, I've seen all kinds of handwriting. Ayi's is still pretty good." Yuan Qi said this, recalling the flamboyant, serpentine, and twisted handwriting he encountered while grading homework. He couldn't help but feel a headache. Sometimes he really wondered if he and his teacher were using the same script. Were they really from the same world?

But when I thought about the fact that they were all just a bunch of kids, I could only write “Pay attention to neat and standard handwriting” on the homework book and leave it at that.

After all, even though it was a school outside the third ring road of the royal capital, even if it was not very good, there were still calligraphy classes. Yuan Qi had no intention of helping the calligraphy teacher complete the teaching tasks.

"Alright, alright, you've worked hard as a teacher." Honglian patted Yuan Qi's shoulder, stuffed the note back into Yuan Qi's hand, and said, "Let's go and start our date at the vegetable market."

"It feels weird."

"Then take me to a better place next time. Oh, and I need to buy a lot, so please help me carry it."

"Row."

About half an hour later, Yuan Qi followed Hong Lian out of the vegetable market carrying a large pile of ingredients.

"There are so many children in the orphanage now. Are these enough for you?" Yuan Qi asked as he looked at the vegetables in his hands.

"If you count me, there are seven children and one adult. It's just barely enough. Usually we buy a lot at a time and store them in the refrigerator, but it's a bit insufficient tonight, so I came out specially." Honglian said, taking out a pair of car keys from his pocket and slowly walked to a red sports car.

"Is this your car?" Yuan Qi blinked.

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Honglian blinked and said, "Oh, I forgot, Teacher Zhuyuan walks to and from get off work now. Do you want me to drive you later?"

"No, I like walking. It's low-carbon and environmentally friendly." Yuan Qi refused.

"That's such a shame." Honglian said as she opened the car door and got in. Then she patted her elastic thigh and said, "Get in, I'll give you a ride."

Yuan Qi had no reason to refuse. He put the vegetables he bought on the back seat, then opened the door on the other side and sat in the passenger seat.

"Coward." Honglian rolled her eyes in annoyance as she looked at Yuan Qi who was sitting next to her.

"With two people sitting in the driver's seat, do you think you're not lucky enough?" Yuan Qi said helplessly.

"I'll let you go today. Do you have time this Saturday?"

"No."

"Sunday?"

"nor."

Honglian's expression turned grim. She looked at Yuan Qi coldly and asked, "Which little lover are you going to meet again?"

"Can't I just go and do my business?" Yuan Qi said, tilting his head.

"Since it's serious business, you can at least free up some time in the evening, right?" Honglian continued.

"..."

"Talk to me."

"..."

Yuan Qi's home is not far from the college, otherwise he would not walk to and from get off work every day. Therefore, it didn't take long for Honglian to send Yuan Qi to his destination.

"You must come to me once this week, or you'll be in for a treat!"

Honglian said this, kicked Yuan Qi out of the car, and then drove away.

This scene happened to be seen by Ai, who was watering flowers with a watering can in the yard.

Yuan Qi suspected that Honglian did it on purpose, but even if it was intentional, he seemed to have no reason to blame him.

So, he looked at Ai, who was walking towards him step by step with a gloomy face, and couldn't help but said anxiously: "I didn't do anything!"

"hehe."

Ai sneered, then grabbed Yuan Qi's tie, like a villain in a movie, and said sinisterly, "We'll disturb the neighbors if we stay outside. Let's go inside and talk."

A drop of cold sweat slid down Yuan Qi's forehead and gently dripped onto the flat ground.

Extra four

"Okay, I believe you. You can rest first. I'll go prepare dinner."

After a fierce battle, Ai patted Yuan Qi's head affectionately, helped him tidy up his clothes, then got up from the sofa and walked into the kitchen.

"Wow, that smells really strong."

Sera walked out of the room because of the noise outside and sniffed.

"..."

"Hey, are you still alive?" Sera poked Yuan Qi's face.

"I'm still alive for now." Yuan Qi sighed. He didn't expect that he would have to work at school during the day and work overtime when he got home at night.

"As long as you're still alive." Sera nodded and stretched out her little hand to Yuan Qi.

"What are you doing?"

Yuan Qi moved back cautiously and said.

"Dry."

"..."

The time is around 7 o'clock.

Xuefeng was wearing a white mink coat. She timidly stretched out her little hand holding the key to open the door. Just as she took off the scarf around her neck and was about to enjoy the warmth of the home, a gust of cold wind suddenly blew across her snow-white, slender neck, causing her to shiver violently.

"Isn't this a new house we just bought? Why is it leaking?" Xuefeng stomped her feet and came to the living room with tears in her eyes. She found that the window of the living room was open. The cold wind from winter rushed in through the window, blowing every object in the living room unscrupulously.

"Why do we need to open the window?" Xuefeng looked at the two people sitting on the sofa watching TV with a puzzled look on his face.

Sera remained silent and poked Yuan Qi's kidney with her elbow.

"When I was buying groceries, the boss gave me a small bag of seasoning. When I just got home, I accidentally spilled it in the living room. I turned up the heat to get rid of the smell." Yuan Qi lied without blushing.

"I see." Xuefeng sniffed the smell in the living room and said, "It seems that the smell has dissipated. I'll close the window."

"Well, that's troublesome."

Xuefeng closed the window and came to the sofa. Just as he was about to sit down with Yuan Qi, he suddenly realized something was wrong.

"Why did you change the cushions on the sofa?" Xuefeng asked with a frown.

"No? Has it been changed?" Yuan Qi looked at the cushion under his butt and said with a confused look on his face.

"It has changed. I remember it was red and black checkered when I went out this morning, but now it has suddenly become red, black and white checkered." Xuefeng said with puffed cheeks.

Seeing this, Sera on the side quickly said, "That cushion is a little dirty. I plan to wash it tomorrow, so I replaced it with this one."

Xuefeng ignored Sera's excuses and looked them both over with empty eyes. Then he said in a deep voice, "Don't move, both of you."

"We didn't move." Yuan Qi said.

"Why should we move?" Sera said.

Xuefeng didn't say anything, but bent down and carefully smelled the scent of the two people, then stood up dissatisfied and said: "You two -"

"Okay, we did it before you came back, but it's not my fault. It was Ai who did it first. You should blame Ai." Sera quickly raised her white hands above her head and surrendered first.

Yuan Qi: “…”

"Okay, I knew it!" Xuefeng tapped Sera's forehead unhappily and said, "Every time I come home late, you two eat secretly!"

Sera stuck out her pink little tongue and made an innocent expression - she was not a saint, and when she saw a piece of meat in front of her, she naturally couldn't help but take a bite.

"And you!" Xuefeng glared at Yuan Qidao unhappily, "Just give it to them when they ask for it? Don't you know how to resist?"

"No, no, no, I can't resist." Yuan Qi couldn't help but defend himself. "Each of them is a Dou Di-level figure with powerful duel power within their bodies. How can I, with only Dou Li at the third level, resist them?"

That's right, although it is no longer possible to duel, the power of dueling still remains in the duelist's body. After all, the power of dueling and the duelist have long been one and the same. If it is forcibly extracted, like the Dark God of Dueling before, the vitality will be taken away together, and this will cause problems.

Yuan Qi's own duel power is very low. He has been using Ai's duel power all the time. Now that Ai has left his body, it means that his duel power has become a real state - the same as having nothing.

"Why do I feel like you seem to be enjoying this?" Xuefeng stared at Yuan Qidao suspiciously.

"Ahem, there's no such thing." Yuan Qi said with two dry coughs.

"Hmm..." Xuefeng stared at Yuan Qi for a long time, then pinched Yuan Qi's cheek and said, "I'll let you go for now, and we'll see tonight."

As she spoke, she took off her bag, walked into the kitchen and said, "Ayi, is there anything I can help you with?"

"It's almost done, come and help me carry the dishes."

"..."

"Why didn't she get angry at Ai?" Sera asked somewhat unconvinced.

"How do you know she really intended to help when she went in?" Yuan Qi asked back.

"Wow, could Xuefeng be a pink-cut black? Scary, so scary."

"How dare you say that about others..."

Yuan Qi's current small building is located outside the third ring road of the royal capital. It is not a prosperous area, but it is in a location with excellent facilities. There are also schools, shopping malls and other facilities nearby. There are only four members in the house: him, Ai, Xuefeng, and Sera. It is not known whether there will be new family members in the future. Overall, they are a very happy and ordinary family of four.

perhaps.

During dinner, everyone gathered around the small dining table, eating and sharing the interesting things they encountered during the day.

"Hongli...is that the child? The child with red hair like Honglian?" Xuefeng asked while sitting opposite Yuan Qi.

"Yes, in a sense, the three children have contributed to the development of the situation today." Yuan Qi said with a nostalgic look on his face.

"Duel King," Ai muttered the word, then turned his head to look at Xuefeng and said, "What did the Queen say about restarting the Duelist activities?"

"The situation is still too sensitive now, so we can only talk about it next year." Xuefeng sighed.

"That's unavoidable, and the technology isn't going to be easy to break through, is it?" Sera continued, "How do you create something like virtual images? Will the results be acceptable to the public? There are so many problems."

"Yes, that's right." Xuefeng nodded and said with a firm face, "But even so, I hope that Duel can be revived in another way."

"After all, it would be a shame for a culture that has been passed down for so many years to disappear like this."

Extra five

"What are you doing sitting in front of my dresser?"

Early in the morning, Ai woke up from her sleep. She first yawned, and then found that the person next to her had left the bed at some point and ran to her dressing table, doing something in front of the mirror.