Lu Xunji supported Xie Ji's waist to prevent him from getting too excited, and replied softly in a cooperative tone, "What?"
Xie Ji carefully opened his palm, and a tiny firefly crawled around in his hand, its tail feathers flashing with a bright green light. "A firefly!"
Lu Xunji raised an eyebrow and praised, "Beautiful."
"Right!" Xie Ji said, "There are many over in the paddy fields. It took me and A-Gang a lot of effort to catch one."
Lu Xunji nodded. "Rare."
Xie Ji carefully cradled it and asked Lu Xunji, "Can I keep this as a pet?"
Shang Yan sat to one side and said, "You really do want to raise everything."
Xie Ji then noticed Shang Yan and happily went over to him, saying, "Brother, you're back! Look at the fireflies I caught!"
Shang Yan glanced at Xie Ji's lively expression and noticed that he must have run all the way back, as there was still sweat on his nose and his face was a little flushed.
"Mmm, it looks really good and pretty. Go wash your face quickly, you're all sweaty and smell awful."
Xie Ji wiggled his hips and snorted, "Doesn't Lu Xunji mind me?"
Shang Yan sat on the sofa and sneered, "Then go find him, but don't call me brother."
Xie Ji curled his lip. "You're so childish."
Shang Yan lowered his head to look at the design drawings, ignoring Xie Ji.
Xie Ji then held up the fireflies and went to Lu Xunji: " Lu Xunji, Lu Xunji, what do these fireflies eat?"
Lu Xunji glanced at it and said calmly, "No need to feed them."
"Huh?" Xie Ji was taken aback. "Why?"
"Hmm." Lu Xunji: "Because it's about to die."
Xie Ji: "..."
"Fireflies only live for about five days after reaching adulthood, and their survival time after being captured by humans is probably within 24 hours." Lu Xunji pointed to the firefly in his hand. "Until then, you can enjoy its beauty to your heart's content."
"Ah." Xie Ji frowned. "Then let's not."
Lu Xunji said, "One or two is fine. As long as we don't catch them in large numbers, they won't pose a threat to the firefly's ecosystem."
"Forget it, I'll release it," Xie Ji said. "It could have lived for five more days."
After saying that, he grabbed the fireflies and ran off like a whirlwind.
Ji Shi, holding A-Gang A-Qiang's hands, had just entered the room when he saw Xie Ji heading out again. He called out, "Where are you going again, little darling?"
"Go—release—fireflies!!"
"Don't run so fast, wait for me!" Ji Shi, leading the two puppies, chased after them again.
Xie Ji, holding the fireflies, returned to the paddy field where the fireflies had been found, where at least a dozen more fireflies were still resting.
Xie Ji squatted down and opened his palm. "I'm sorry, brother. I didn't know you wouldn't accept charity. You thought you'd die if you got caught? I'm really sorry about this mess. Alright, I've brought you back. Go find your family. Remember, you absolutely must live for at least five days..."
The firefly fluttered its wings in his palm, as if about to take flight.
A joyful bark rang out, and Gangzi, now free, happily pounced on Xie Ji, howling as he swallowed the firefly whole.
Xie Ji: "..."
Xie Ji: "???????"
Xie Ji: "!!!! Gangzi!!! What are you doing, Gangzi! Spit Little Ying out Gangzi, Gangzi!!!"
A-Gang: "Huh?"
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh--!!!"
"Awoo awoo awoo awoo awoo awoo--"
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
A man and a dog barked at each other. Ji Shi, Ji Shi had just arrived, was a little confused. "Bu'er, what are you doing?"
Xie Ji grabbed A A-Gang by the back of the neck and ran away like a whirlwind.
Ji Shi: "..."
I feel like I've been led astray.
He enjoys being Xie Ji's dog, but Xie Ji actually walk him?
Lu Xunji stood in the courtyard, tidied himself up, and was about to go into the kitchen to cook when he heard two familiar voices mixed together, coming in from afar.
"Aaaaaaahhhhhh--"
"Awooooooo--"
Lu Xunji: "..."
What two things did he keep?
"Aaaaaaah, Lu Xunji! Lu Xunji! Lu Xunji!" Xie Ji yelled, grabbing A-Gang, " A-Gang ate the fireflies!! It! Eat! The! Fireflies!
Lu Xunji: "Don't worry, it's not poisonous, it'll be fine."
"What about fireflies? Will they be alright too?"
Lu Xunji looked down at him as if he were looking at an idiot. "What do you think?"
"I didn't mean to!!!" Xie Ji grabbed A-Gang, shaking it by the neck. "You insect killer, apologize to the fireflies!!!"
Lu Xunji: "..."
Xie Ji open the dog's mouth, his hands almost reaching its throat, but he couldn't reach the Brother Bug's corpse. He could only press Gangzi's head down and kowtow repeatedly. "Say sorry! Repent! Hurry!!!"
"Awoo?"
Lu Xunji pulled Xie Ji up. "Alright, stop messing with it, wash your hands and get ready to eat."
Xie Ji, carrying A-Gang, rushed into the villa with a blank expression on his face.
Lu Xunji ignored him and let him make a scene.
When he finished cooking and came out, he saw a small wooden tombstone erected in the dog villa in the yard.
Upon closer inspection, I discovered two elegiac couplets written on it.
"His voice and smile remain, but the Little Brother Bug of yesteryear is nowhere to be seen."
Signed: Tomb of Brother Bug -- by Gangzi
Three green leaves were placed in front of the tombstone.
Lu Xunji: "..."
He stood in front of the tombstone for a while, then picked up the pen he had tossed aside and wrote a horizontal inscription on the tombstone.
Then he walked away nonchalantly.
Xie Ji made a collar out of white paper for Gangzi and hung it around his neck. He then solemnly carried him back, saying, "From now on, observe three days of mourning for Little Brother Bug..."
Then I saw four powerful characters added to his crooked tombstone.
Canine teeth are fragrant.
Xie Ji: "..."
Bro, are you a living Yama?
" Little Ji."
Lu Xunji's voice.
Xie Ji poked his head out from behind the fence. "What's wrong?"
"Put the dog down, come back and wash your hands before eating."
"Oh, coming."
Xie Ji put Gangzi down, closed the gate, and ran off happily to wash his hands and eat.