Quick Wear: Salted Fish anchor always eats melons on the scene

Chapter 2425 Different Nian Beast

As the seasons changed, Shi Li, with the care of the proprietress and her own efforts, stayed safely in the small restaurant until another Spring Festival.

The weather is cold in the twelfth lunar month, and water freezes into ice. Business at small restaurants is also a bit poor, and no one is willing to go out or start preparing for the New Year.

On the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, the proprietress gave the chef who lived in another city a holiday and closed the restaurant.

Turning around, she asked Shi Li, "Are you going anywhere for the New Year?"

Shi Li already knew the boss lady's character, so she shook her head obediently, "I have nowhere to go, can the boss lady take me in?"

"Hmph." The proprietress snorted unhappily, "Just stay here and don't get in the way!"

After closing the shop, the proprietress had more time and began to enthusiastically prepare New Year's goods. She also asked Shi Li to help her.

Shi Li looked at the fried dough sticks and twisted dough sticks tumbling in the frying pan, and a warm feeling of happiness welled up in her heart.

After the first batch of sugar and oil mixture came out of the pot, the proprietress picked up a twisted dough stick without fear of the heat and stuffed it directly into Shi Li's mouth.

Caught off guard, Shi Li widened her eyes.

"Spit it out! Burn your tongue!"

Of course, it was not Shi Li who suddenly called out, but the boy next to her. Fortunately, the lady boss couldn't see it, otherwise she would have been frightened.

Shi Li also jumped up in fright. It was the first time she heard the boy speak so loudly. Before she could explain that it was not that hot, she saw the boy's hand reach out to her mouth, meaning for her to spit it out.

Shi Li: ...

If she spits it out and the fried dough twist floats in the air, the proprietress will be scared to death, right?

[It may sound like I'm cursing, but I still want to say - the boy is becoming more and more like a human! ]

[Yes, like a gentle big brother, he seems to be not interested in anything except accompanying the anchor every day~]

[From the mountain village to the bridge hole and now, the boy is really good! ]

"It's not hot, it's okay." Shi Li certainly couldn't spit it out, so she took a bite and held the remaining half of the fried dough twist in her hand.

The lady boss was about to put the second batch of fried dough twists into the pot. She gave her a strange look and said, "I know it's not hot, otherwise I wouldn't give it to you! What are you mumbling about?"

Shi Li lowered her head. It was hard for her to say that she didn't explain it to her. She only explained it to her because she saw that the boy was so anxious that he wanted to pick her mouth.

It was only later, when they were sleeping in the small storeroom, that the boy dawdled his way to the bed.

"I'm leaving." The young man lowered his eyes, a hint of sadness on his delicate face.

Shi Li was so shocked that she sat up from the bed, "Leave? Where to?"

She had to admit that after being together day and night for so long, she had already regarded the boy as her own. When she heard that he was leaving, her heart skipped a beat.

"Go back, it's New Year's Day." The boy's words were brief, with unconcealable sadness in his eyes. He just looked at Shi Li quietly.

Yes... Chinese New Year is coming soon.

Life was so busy and fulfilling that Shi Li almost forgot that the boy was actually the Nian monster. In a city like this, the sound of firecrackers would be more frequent and louder than in a mountain village, and the boy would definitely not be able to stand it.

"Then...will you come back?" She reached out her hand and gently grabbed the boy's sleeve. Although she knew she couldn't rely on anyone, after so long, she couldn't accept the sudden separation from the boy.

The young man looked at the hand grabbing his sleeve, then looked at Shi Li who was frowning, and subconsciously said: "Then I won't leave..."

"No, you'd better go quickly, but I'm in a hurry to come back early!" Shi Li suddenly let go of his hand and turned her back to him.

Although she was reluctant to separate, the boy's fear of firecrackers was still fresh in her mind. She could not let the boy suffer just because of her selfishness.

The boy looked at Shi Li's back and silently reached out his hand to touch her head.

But he suddenly remembered that he heard a guest in the restaurant say yesterday that when girls grow up, they can't let others touch them easily, so he put his hand down awkwardly.

He was also reluctant to leave Shi Li, although he didn't know why he had such complicated emotions, but when Shi Li grabbed his sleeve just now, he didn't want to leave even if he had to endure firecrackers.

"Hurry up, hurry up, what if someone sets off firecrackers too early!" Shi Li turned around and pushed him gently.

The boy took a step back, still looking at Shi Li, and then slowly disappeared into the night...