Self-cultivation of passerby male protagonist

Patting Wu Ye's shoulder boldly, Meihong looked extremely enthusiastic. Although Wu as a beneficiary shouldn't say much, he is still quite embarrassed in a sense.

Under normal circumstances, Meihong is not so enthusiastic about people. She is better at thinking alone and doesn't like to cause trouble to others. Such a personality creates the impression of uncomfortable high coldness.

But in fact, she is a kind person.

In normal times, Meihong is responsible for the security of the people, but it is the security. When there are no powerful monsters invading, her job is generally to take the humans out of the lost bamboo forest.

In the human world, no, in Gensokyo, there are only three people who can be treated specially by Meihong. One of them is Huiyin. It is said that Meihong has been taken care of by her in the past, so she often sees her in the daytime. The red place is probably the Temple House.

Then the other is Wu Ye. The reason is very simple. From Meihong's point of view, Wu Ye, although not from Penglai, is very similar to Penglai and belongs to the category of "immortality".

Probably because of her kindness, Meihong has taken special care of Wu since she was a child. For a while, she also abducted Wu from the shrine as a younger brother, and asked Wu to call her "big sister".

Although this title was later abandoned because Wu Ye grew up with shame, it did not hinder the relationship between the two.

Compared to ordinary friends, they should be more like siblings?

Anyway, because of such an inexplicable relationship, Wu Ye and Meihong's relationship has always been very good.

Then there is the last person who was treated specially by Meihong. Even Wu knows very little about that person. Even Huiyin is silent about it. His name is not clear. It is said to be Meihong’s enemy every time. Every time you meet, you have to fight to death and life.

However, because Meihong will not die, this statement is roughly inaccurate...

Well, in short, this can be regarded as a special treatment in another sense.

"So, have you heard Huiyin say that the prisoner is in this bamboo forest?"

Hearing Wu Ye's explanation, the younger sister asked with a weird look.

"Teacher Huiyin said, "Even if it isn't, I can know more important information."

Wu Ye repeated Huiyin's words, then looked at Meihong strangely.

"By the way, Meihong, do you live in the lost bamboo forest?"

"Yes what's the matter?"

"No... I always thought you lived with Teacher Huiyin."

"Ahem, what are you talking about!"

She patted Wu Ye's head severely, and an abnormal blush appeared on Mei Hong's face.

"I have my own home, why should I live with Huiyin, idiot!"

"Speak well, don't do it casually, savage..."

While rubbing the aching back of his head, Wu Ye complained in a low voice, and she knew how serious she was when she started, otherwise Wu had already "goed home" now.

"So, do you have any clues, after all, I live here."

"...Well, maybe, anyway, come with me first."

The strange blush on her face faded, and, rarely, Meihong's expression became a little unnatural.

"If Huiyin said that someone who may know the news lives here, I think there is only that guy."

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Note: hakama: also known as pleated skirt in Chinese, it is a kind of kimono pants; refers to hakama: evolved from the Nara period, a hakama worn by nobles since the Heian period

Chapter 22 The Past of Penglai People

"So, Meihong, do you really know anything?"

"Ok."

Nodding sullenly, the hatred on the girl's red face is a powerful degree that even Wu can clearly feel.

"That, Meihong."

Subconsciously swallowing saliva to calm his inner anxiety, Wu also tried to ask:

"Could it be that the'guy' you are talking about is what you have always hated, that person?"

"... It is more appropriate to replace'hate' with'hate'."

I made a cold joke. Even if Meihong wanted to be kind, all she could do at this moment was to pick up the corners of her mouth mechanically and make a smile that was uglier than crying.

"is it?"

Wu also sensibly didn't follow up. He listened to some things that Meihong was willing to talk about. If he didn't want to talk, he didn't want to talk too much.

"... That person also lives in the lost bamboo forest."

After walking forward silently for a long time, Mei Hong said in a low voice.

"In the deep part of the bamboo forest, there is a huge house. There seem to be three or four people living in it. They are probably not humans, and there are rabbit monsters. Oh, by the way, the rabbits here are all of them. Pets in captivity."

"Eh, that's it."

"I didn't know she lived here at first."

Looking up at the full moon liberated from the shelter of bamboo leaves, Meihong said in a very contradictory tone, like hatred and hope:

"Suddenly one day I was in a daze in the bamboo forest. When I recovered, I found that guy's figure..."

"and then?"

"Then we opened it."

Frowning and squeezing out an ugly smile, Meihong said with a mockery:

"In my memory, there are scenes of me and that guy beating you to death. There are broken limbs and so on everywhere, and I have lived like this without knowing it."

"what."

Meihong's shocking rhetoric made Wu Ye dumbfounded:

"Is there such a big difference in strength? Meihong, you are so miserable every time, why don't you ask Huiyin for help?"

"Haha, can't you let Huiyin accompany me crazy every time, right? And, that's not all part of me, there are a lot of that guy,"

"...Wait, Meihong."

Perceiving a word worth paying attention to in Meihong's words, Wu also asked with difficulty:

"The person you are talking about is also...Penglai, right?"