The sumptuous dinner began. The meat was tender and smooth, and the vegetables were crisp and delicious. The hot soup was also extremely delicious. In this magical world, people often use knives and forks, but Xu Xi is more accustomed to using chopsticks, so he cut two for himself. Krisa used to use a knife and fork, but after seeing Xu Xi use chopsticks, she wanted to learn how to use chopsticks. So. A strange scene happened at Xu Xi's house. While everyone else was using knives and forks and happily spending New Year's Eve, the little witch kept fighting with chopsticks, repeatedly picking up and dropping them. She blinked blankly. "Difficult to use..."
Krisa couldn't figure out why she couldn't control these two small wooden sticks after learning for more than half a month. They were just ordinary wooden sticks, but they were harder to learn than magic. "Krisha, take your time." Xu Xi comforted her and demonstrated to her in slow motion. After another ten minutes, the girl finally picked up the first piece of meat with chopsticks. As if she had achieved some ultimate goal, she breathed a sigh of relief. Chopsticks, lifelong enemy! To prevent the dinner from getting cold, the girl finally gave up fighting with the chopsticks, switched to the familiar knife and fork, and began to taste the food made by Xu Xi. "Is it delicious?" Xu Xi asked. "Teacher, it's delicious," Krisha's eyes widened slightly. The collision of knife and fork with the plate. The sound of teeth chewing food and tongue rolling. Happened at the same time at this moment. There is no doubt that from this performance, the girl really likes the food made by Xu Xi. But after eating the first bite, she immediately stopped moving and looked at Xu Xi with her empty eyes, as if waiting for something. "Okay, I'll eat too." Xu Xi smiled and started eating as well. Under the illumination of the light, the big and the small cast long oblique shadows. The blazing white light and the dark shadow were so distinct, yet perfectly harmonious. The New Year's Eve dinner for only two people was very quiet, far less lively than that of ordinary families in the city. But Xu Xi felt that this was enough.
There were delicious food and company, isn't that enough? "Hua La La -" "Hua La La -" The strong wind hit the window. There was snow all over the world outside the house. The beautiful courtyard that was once full of flowers and plants now only had increasingly thick snow, including the withered tree, and the branches were also covered with heavy snow blocks. Xu Xi sat in the house, took a sip of hot soup, and felt inexplicably warm. Not only because of the steam and warm current flowing in the house. But also because of the girl sitting next to him. "It's like a home atmosphere..." Looking at the snow outside the window, Xu Xi had such a thought in his mind. Xu Xi spent a lot of energy on this New Year's Eve dinner, wanting to give Krisa an unforgettable New Year, but for two people, four dishes and one soup were obviously a bit too much. Even though the girl had the blood of the demon clan, her appetite was a little bigger than that of ordinary people. After half an hour of fighting. There was still a lot of food left on the table. Krisa stood up and took the initiative to clean up the dishes, wanting to wash them, but was stopped by Xu Xi. "Wait, Krisa." "Teacher...?" In the girl's confused expression, Xu Xi's fingers wiped across the space ring, and took out the sea blue necklace and a gold coin that had been prepared early. The sea blue necklace was placed in the girl's left hand. The gold coin was placed in the girl's right hand. Her expression became more confused. Xu Xi explained: "In my hometown, there is a tradition of giving gifts to children when the new year comes and the old year comes." "So, I picked this necklace for you." "I think it will look good on Krisa, and the aquamarine beads in the necklace will have a certain amplification effect on your water magic." "As for this gold coin, it is your New Year's money, which means I hope you are safe and sound." Xu Xi spoke in a gentle voice. Waiting for Krisa to accept the gift. But the young witch neither accepted nor refused, but just stood there blankly, staring at Xu Xi's figure with her still empty and lightless eyes.
The house was very quiet, but Krisa's eyes were even quieter. Like a fragile mirror, bright and fragile. This mirror has been broken many times, again and again, and even Krisa herself has forgotten how many times it happened. And today. This fragile mirror, this pair of lifeless eyes. Only Xu Xi's figure was reflected. Occupied the entire world in front of him. Somehow, Krisa suddenly felt her throat was a little dry, and she opened and closed her lips several times before she could barely utter a complete sentence. "Why... why did you......give...me..." "Do you need a reason?" Xu Xi stretched out his palm and gently rubbed the girl's hair. After two months of rest and recuperation, the hair that was once dry like straw became soft and smooth. "But...but..." The girl's eyes were full of confusion. But a bastard like me doesn't deserve a gift. It should be discarded, useless, annoying waste. But it can be illuminated by the warm "sun" and live in the light. This is happy enough, this is happy enough, as long as she can maintain such a life, the witch will feel satisfied from the bottom of her heart. Yes. How can a defective failure like her ask for more? "No buts, Krisa. " Xu Xi's words interrupted the girl's confusion and helplessness. Those words were warm, like the flickering candlelight, attracting the person struggling in the dark, unconsciously wanting to get closer. He said: "In one's life, there is actually no need to think too much, and there are not so many whys." "Do it if you like it, don't do it if you don't like it." "Krisa is usually very well-behaved and obedient, so I like Krisa and am willing to give Krisa a gift." "Similarly, if Krisa likes the gift I give her, just accept it directly, unless Krisa doesn't like it--" Hearing this.
The girl hurriedly shook her head and held the necklace and gold coins tightly in both hands. Expressing her love for these two gifts with actions. "I like the mentor's... gift." "Really? That's great. " Hearing the witch's answer, Xu Xi smiled. The frail and thin Krisha looked very quiet and well-behaved, but her expressionless face and empty eyes still made people subconsciously worry about her. However. Compared to two months ago, it's much better, isn't it? Xu Xi closed his eyelids slightly, and his mind flashed back to the miserable appearance of the girl when he first saw her two months ago. The dirty alleys with sewage flowing, the broken body covered with bruises, the young face covered with blood, and the weak legs trembling with fear. At that time, Krisha held Xiaodao robbed Xu Xi. But what Xu Xi saw and heard. was a clear cry for help. "Save me..." That was the desire hidden in the depths of the eyes, the prayer hidden in every wound, and the cry for help hidden in every bit of pain that even the witch herself had not noticed. Longing for someone to see her. Praying for someone to take her out of despair. Sending a silent cry for help to everyone she met. Xu Xi saw and heard everything, so he saved Krisha at that time. He could not abandon the witch who cried for help like that.
