Qin Qi lowered his eyelashes slightly, looking at the fair-skinned young man underneath him.
Ya Xiao was half lying on the floor, his hands supporting his body. His soft body was slightly tilted back, and because of the movement, the hem of his shirt was slightly swept up, revealing a smooth and slender waistline.
Beautiful blue eyes soaked in pure brightness, like translucent blue glass beads immersed in seawater, clean without any impurities. Yet under the light, they inexplicably exuded a tempting allure, prompting the man to look away.
With his waist hooked by his leg and a faint warmth seeping through the clothes, Qin Qi raised his hand to grasp Ya Xiao's fair calf, then ruthlessly stood up, releasing his hand, and said lightly:
"No need, you've trained quite well in these two months. There's no need for further sparring."
"Marshal, won't you consider it again?"
Ya Xiao stared at Qin Qi and couldn't help but open his mouth to fight for it again. The sparring just now made the demon's warlike blood in his body completely boil up. The corners of his eyes flushed red and his face burned. Even though he couldn't use his real strength, Ya Xiao still had a very enjoyable time fighting.
Qin Qi watched the dark-haired young man sitting cross-legged on the ground, his beautiful blue eyes tinged with anticipation and reluctance, like a soft cat coaxing its trusted human. He took a step back and turned away.
"Mmm, not coming."
Ya Xiao sadly clenched his fists. He was about to get up dejectedly and leave with Qin Qi when the man who had already walked to the door suddenly added, "When there is time in the future, I can spar with you again."
Ya Xiao: !!!
Really? Great!
After saying this, Qin Qi did not wait for the butler to react but returned to his bedroom.
The pace was a bit more hurried compared to usual.
Ya Xiao didn't notice the marshal's abnormality. He raised his hand to let the robot clean the fighting room and couldn't wait to say to the system, [Fourth Uncle, did you hear that? Qin Qi said he'll fight with me again later hehe!]
[Congratulations, host!]
The system felt that there was something strange in the fighting room just now, but after analyzing a bunch of things according to its database, it came to the conclusion that there was no problem with the sparring session. Now that it heard the host's words, it directly had its attention pulled away: [However, the host still needs to pay attention to safety lest the villain finds out that something is not right.]
Ya Xiao curved his eyes and couldn't stop nodding his head.
On the other hand, after Qin Qi returned to his room, a few complexities were revealed in his calm black eyes. Recalling everything that happened in the fighting room, Qin Qi didn't understand that he would be in such a hurry to leave the fighting room.
There was clearly nothing strange about the butler's request.
Qin Qi's eyelashes slightly lowered. If it was in the usual situation, he shouldn't mind doing it again.
The left hand that had just squeezed Ya Xiao's calf was a little hot. Qin Qi clenched his fists, trying to expel this uncomfortable feeling.
He looked at his pale palm after a while, but he still remembered the soft touch that seemed as if the slightest pressure could destroy it.
It was unlike the entire army, a fragile and brittle existence.
Ya Xiao didn't know what Qin Qi was struggling with. He waited for the robot to finish cleaning up the fighting room and then walked to the door of Qin Qi's master bedroom, raising his hand and knocking on the door.
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"Marshal, I'm coming in."
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Now that Qin Qi told himself not to follow Emily's training, it also saved him from trying to control his strength to fight with Emily every day.
With a smile on his face, Ya Xiao looked at Qin Qi who was sitting on the bed.
Because of the previous sparring with Emily, Ya Xiao had not only learned fighting techniques, but his ability to control his force was much stronger than before, which had put him in a happy mood for a long time.
Qin Qi paused for a moment. He originally thought that Ya Xiao would have doubts about his order, but he didn't expect the other party to agree without even asking.
"Adjust yourself in these few days. We'll be away for nearly a month or so for the spring meeting."
As a butler, Ya Xiao was clear about these arrangements from early on. Qin Qi telling him at this time was also a reminder to himself so that he wouldn't have his hands full when it was time to leave.
"Okay, I'll take care of the rest during this time."
Besides packing his and the marshal's bags, the most important thing was the flowers he had planted outside the villa.
Ya Xiao's mind turned. After watching Qin Qi not say anything more, he came over and mentioned the thing he cared about the most, "Marshal, so when are we going to spar together again? Can we do it tomorrow?"
Qin Qi noticed the excitement in Ya Xiao's eyes and gently rubbed his index finger and thumb together as he avoided Ya Xiao's line of sight and faintly said, "Let's talk about it in a couple of days."
"Got it."
Ya Xiao was very good at coaxing.
Hearing that the other man remembered this, the tail behind him wagged contentedly. No longer mentioning it, he turned around and went to clean up his own bed, ready to sleep with the villain.
Two months after returning from the border meeting, he was just like before, sleeping on the moved bed at night, actively guarding Qin Qi, and fulfilling his duties as a butler.
Of course, the purpose was for the demon value.
âClick, with the sound of Ya Xiao turning off the lights, the room was completely plunged into darkness, not even the moonlight could pass through the thick curtains.
Qin Qi lay on the bed, his eyes slowly shifted to Ya Xiao on the next bed. His night vision honed from the battlefield allowed him to see the young man's silhouette even in the completely dark space.
It was a courageous thing for a young butler to overcome his fear and sleep in the same room as a taboo man, not to mention the fact that the taboo was still his fierce self.
Previously, Ya Xiao had learned to fight because of his orders. Now, he wanted to fight against himself, implying his desire to show the results of his work.
If people in the outside world knew about this matter, they would definitely praise the butler's dedication. They would even vie to become Yu Xiao's employer, knowing that such an outstanding butler is worth employing at great cost by every taboo person.
Unfortunately, Ya Xiao's employer was now him. No matter how good a butler Ya Xiao was, Qin Qi would have to take him to the spring meeting.
Thinking about the upcoming spring meeting, his eyes darkened slightly.
"Marshal, are you asleep?"
A clear voice with a hint of probing rang out.
"No, what is it."
Qin Qi's voice was slightly muffled as he pulled himself away from those complicated and tricky events.
Ya Xiao was immediately relieved when he heard Qin Qi's voice, "It was fun to have fighting training with the marshal today."
It could be said that today was the happiest day for Ya Xiao in the past two months.
Qin Qi did not expect the butler to say this to himself. In the darkness, he seemed to be able to imagine the bright smile on Ya Xiao's face as he said this.
After a long time, Qin Qi hmmed. The butler was a little more strange than he had thought. With that thought, there was a hint of an unnoticeable smile in his eyes.
After Ya Xiao conveyed his mood, he pleasantly accompanied the growing demon value into dreamland.
However, Ya Xiao wouldn't forget the reason he used to mix into Qin Qi's room just because he was indulging in the beauty of the growing demon value.
Ya Xiao had woken up two or three times in the middle of the night, each time cautiously recording Qin Qi's TH value. When it was six o'clock, he didn't intend to go to sleep. After raising his spirits, he lightly ran downstairs to the courtyard.
The courtyard was filled with flower seeds that had been planted two months ago.
Now, they have already grown beautiful seedlings. At this rate, waiting until the spring meeting, the seedlings can turn into flowers. Ya Xiao's heart was harboring the beautiful dream of decorating the villa. Every day, he would get up on time to water the flowers.
"What kind of varieties are these?"
Hearing this voice, Ya Xiao's action of watering the flowers remained unchanged. He turned his head to look at Qin Qi who walked out from the entrance of the villa. The tip of his tail hidden inside his pants flicked a bit, and he said in a long out tone, "Secret ooh, you'll be able to find out when we come back, Marshal."
The young man's voice was tinged with amusement.
Qin Qi looked over at the seedlings. The green branches and leaves were covered with large and small black or purple spots, as if they were suffering from a disease. He was silent for a moment, "The flowers that bloom should be very beautiful."
"Yeah, super beautiful."
Ya Xiao waved his hands around, his eyes shining brightly.
Meanwhile, Adjutant Mist, who had received the marshal's order to come to the villa early to pick up the people, heard this before he even entered and looked over at the strangely colored green nursery.
Seriously, he was having a hard time visualizing the beautiful flowers that could bloom in the future from this ghostly thing that could drive someone with an intense phobia crazy.
How could the two of them, Ya Xiao and the marshal, say that without changing their expressions? It couldn't be that they really thought this looked good, could it?
According to the two's previous aesthetics, it was really possible.
Mist's face was full of complexity as he led the two of them away.
Ya Xiao actually wanted to show the marshal the beautiful future appearance of the flowers, but thinking of the surprise afterward, he could only forcibly resist the impulse.
[Fourth Uncle, keeping secrets is really a difficult thing.]
Ya Xiao covered his heart with a pained expression.
System: ......
It's good that you're happy, host.
There was still a week left in the spring meeting.
The Sixth Base also became busy. There were various meetings to be held early in the morning, which was also the reason why Qin Qi came to the building early. Ya Xiao also followed suit and was much busier. Even his breakfast was eaten in the headquarters building.
Ya Xiao, who has now become the representative of the butlers, was no longer as idle as before. In addition to serving Qin Qi, he also had to deal with all kinds of proposal documents sent by the butlers from other borders.
Working from eight o'clock until ten o'clock, Ya Xiao felt that he had already worked hard enough. He picked up his cup, and with light steps, he intended to go to the pantry to make a cup of black tea. Just as he walked to the doorway, Ya Xiao seemed to realize something. He stopped his steps, and the smile in his eyes deepened a little bit.
Inside the pantry, there were only two people, Wittin and Sheng Cheng.
"Sheng Cheng, do you know who among the three of us Ya Xiao will take to the spring meeting?"
Although Wittin, who was also a butler's assistant, had an ordinary appearance, his smile had the simplicity of a middle-aged man, and he seemed to be easy to get along with.
"I don't know. Everything is at Ya Xiao's arrangement, but I think it would be Emily. She is an excellent butler's assistant and has strong fighting skills. Ya Xiao also thinks highly of her."
Sheng Cheng's response was succinct and naturally aligned them both on the same front.
Wittin nodded. He could equally see that Ya Xiao trusted Emily more, but on the surface, this simple middle-aged man still consoled Sheng Cheng: "You are also very trusted by Ya Xiao. He will leave any problems to you to deal with. There is a high probability that he will bring you along to the spring meeting."
"Where? You are also very trusted."
Sheng Cheng couldn't hold his smile up when he thought about the endless information that he couldn't check, just like he had been shot with an arrow.
If it weren't for going to the spring meeting, he would have resigned a long time ago, okay? Who wants to start checking information every morning as soon as he opens his eyes?
Ya Xiao listened to the two men's conversation outside the door and fell into deep thought.
Sheng Cheng should really want to go to the spring meeting.
In the plot, he had started a series of plans around the spring meeting and even managed to kill Soren from the villain's camp along the way.
It was at this moment that Sheng Cheng and Wittin, who had finished their small talk, came out of the pantry. Both of them felt a thump in their hearts when they saw Ya Xiao standing outside the door.
"Y...Ya Xiao, what are you doing outside the door?"
Sheng Cheng said nervously, his mind constantly recalling the conversation in the pantry for fear of saying something he shouldn't say to annoy Ya Xiao.
"Not doing anything oh."
Ya Xiao curled his eyes.
Just thinking about whether or not to leave you at the base ah.