The night before Founding Day will be extraordinarily lively, similar to Christmas Eve before Christmas.
It is also the day of this annual celebration. The town of Twilight, where the sun sets all year round, will usher in a night that is only one night a year. With the setting sun, countless fireworks rise into the sky, and the beautiful fireworks bloom in the star-studded night. Both aborigines and players will come to the seaside on this night to celebrate the arrival of the establishment day and to celebrate their luck to spend another year in this dangerous world.
That afternoon, the Qi Le people sent Aya back to her shelter, and went back to take a nap by himself, but thinking about the proposal at night, he couldn't sleep over and over again, and when he heard the sound of Ning Zhou opening the door after get off work, he immediately sat down on the bed Woke up, not feeling sleepy at all.
Today's dinner had a strange atmosphere. Ning Zhou was more silent than usual, but he was louder than usual, chattering about the fireworks at night: "...Chen Baiqi asked Si Lin to borrow a private beach, I can't tell he's so rich Si Lin said that he would come later. Dr. Lu also came, oh, I met Du Yue and Xue Yingying last time, and they also said to watch the fireworks together. Anyway, the night is quite lively, Aya said the most I want to take a group photo for everyone. She wants to take it home as a souvenir. I want to develop a few more photos. Today is really a good day, a special day... "
Ning Zhou, who was eating, suddenly dropped his chopsticks, and silently picked them up under Qi Leren's surprised gaze.
"Did something happen?" It's not that Qi Leren didn't feel the strangeness of Ning Zhou recently. He often looked at him with evasive eyes, and when Qi Leren looked over, he suddenly looked away again. Sometimes the ears are still red.
Although Ning Zhou is an introverted person by nature and very shy, but recently he has been "sneak attacking" a lot, and there are more kisses and hugs between lovers, why does he seem to be seeing him for the first time.
"No." Ning Zhou denied it flatly, and answered quickly.
Because he also had ghosts in his heart, Qi Leren quickly let go of Ning Zhou's strangeness, and the two walked towards the beach behind the trial office in a particularly strange atmosphere.
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"Wow, why is this beach so quiet? I thought the beach would be full of people now." Dr. Lu, who arrived at the destination first, looked at the quiet beach in front of him and asked in surprise.
"This is a private beach, not open to the public." The illusionist said.
"Whose?" Doctor Lu asked curiously.
Chen Baiqi walked up to the two of them: "Si Lin's, I asked him to borrow the beach, and he will come over later."
The illusionist frowned: "Huh? He will come? Isn't he the kind of person who works until late at night regardless of holidays? How come he has time to attend the fireworks display?"
"I told Xiaozhi about the fireworks display, and he said he wanted to come. Si Lin agreed, but it probably won't last long." Chen Baiqi said.
"What a blast. Who else?" asked the illusionist.
Chen Baiqi pointed to Qi Le's group who were adjusting the camera in the distance: "Qi Le and Ning Zhou picked up the daughter... Aya came here to take pictures, Sissy is walking the dog, and will be here later, Al and Ning Zhou Miao Li is also coming, who else?"
"My two friends with Qi Leren, Xue Yingying and Du Yue." Dr. Lu raised his hand. When Qi Leren invited him before, the two of them happened to be there, so they invited him together.
"Sister! Shall we take a group photo together?" Sissy, who was trotting along with the three-headed hell dog, came to Chen Baiqi panting and asked excitedly.
Chen Baiqi hugged his younger sister's shoulders and said casually, "If everyone is willing."
Sissy jumped up immediately: "I'll go ask!"
As she spoke, she led the dog and ran towards Qi Le people.
Qi Leren, who was discussing the pose for taking pictures with Aya, felt a chill behind him, turned his head suddenly, saw the hell three-headed dog that was running towards him, immediately took two steps back with a pale face, and hid behind Ning Zhou.
Those days of being chased by dogs to buy breakfast are really psychological shadows.
Fortunately, Ning Zhou was very strong, he just gave the dog a cold look, and the domineering three-headed dog immediately "wowed", lowered his head and lay on the ground in grievance, looking like an honest dog.
Qi Leren let out a "wow", pulled Ning Zhou's arm and bit his ear: "Why does this dog cowardly see you?"
"It's a low-level demon." Ning Zhou explained.
Qi Leren understood immediately. The level suppression between demons is very powerful. If a high-level demon wants to coerce a low-level demon, it only needs to release a little demon power.
Sissy looked at the honest three-headed dog, touched its head curiously, and raised her head to ask Aya's opinion on the group photo. Aya was full of enthusiasm for taking pictures, and agreed immediately.
Qi Leren emphasized: "I don't take pictures with vicious dogs!"
Sissy pouted, and the boss said unwillingly, "That's fine, I'll tie the dog aside."
The three-headed hellhound "owed" a few times with great aggrievedness, its honest appearance made everyone in Qi Le laugh.
If only it was so honest every day!
"Senior! I haven't seen you for a long time!" Du, who had just arrived on the beach, waved at Qi Leren all the way, and ran towards him.
Qi Leren, who was talking to Ning Zhou, raised his head, looked at Du Yue who was running all the way and Xue Yingying who was chasing after him, and the corner of his mouth twitched.
According to Dr. Lu, Xue Yingying is now fascinated by this boy who is several years younger than her, and has fallen into love again. Du Yue still didn't feel it after chasing him for a long time.
But obviously Xue Yingying has not lost her dream, she has not given up.
Qi Leren chatted with Du Yue for a few words, but Ning Zhou remained silent, standing upright beside Qi Leren, no one could ignore his existence. Qi Le people simply sent Du Yue and Xue Yingying to find Dr. Lu, and continued to chat with Ning Zhou.
At this moment, he was extremely excited and uneasy.
The commandment hidden in him prevented him from concentrating on the conversation with Ning Zhou, and frequently missed and forgot words. Fortunately, Ning Zhou seemed to have something on his mind, and would check the time from time to time.
"Is it getting dark?" Qi Leren asked.
"Hmm... um? What?" Ning Zhou asked after answering twice.
Qi Leren repeated the question once. He heard that on this day, the sunset in Twilight Land would sink below the horizon, replaced by a sky full of stars and brilliant fireworks. The lively carnival will continue until tomorrow morning, and then the "sunset" rises, re-fixing the Twilight Land at this moment.
"There is still half an hour." Ning Zhou said.
Qi Leren glanced at him: "I still feel that something is wrong with you today."
Ning Zhou's face froze, and he said in an unprecedented tone of hesitation: "Today is a very special day."
Of course, today is Ning Zhou's birthday.
A flash of light flashed in Qi Leren's mind: Could it be that Ning Zhou thought he forgot his birthday
That's right, they have been taking Aya around for the past few days, and they are inseparable. Ning Zhou probably didn't expect that he had already prepared this special birthday present. It was an entire photo album related to Ning Zhou, recording the traces they left in every corner of Twilight Town these days. After Aya found out, she secretly asked him to keep a backup, and she wanted to take it home for collection.
Thinking of Ning Zhou secretly anxious but shy to remind him, Qi Leren felt that he was going to be turned over again.
Qi Le people pretended not to remember: "Yes, tomorrow is the establishment day, today is Christmas Eve, and there will be fireworks, I am very looking forward to it."
Qi Leren almost lost his expression when Ning Zhou hesitated to speak.
Just when Qi Leren was hesitating whether to tell Ning Zhou that he had prepared a birthday present, the crowd in front of him became restless, and Qi Leren took a quick look, and it turned out that Si Lin brought Xiaozhi here.
"What a rarity, I thought you forgot you had a beach," said the illusionist.
Si Lin ignored his junior, but lowered his head and asked Xiaozhi, "Do you want to go there?"
Xiao Zhi took Si Lin's hand, stared blankly at the crowd for a while, and asked in a low voice, "Who are they?"
"Unimportant people." Si Lin said.
The illusionist was so angry that he gave him the middle finger in public, but Si Lin taught him a lesson: "Pay attention to your behavior."
The illusionist didn't want to pay attention to him anymore, he took Xiaozhi's hand and left: "Let's go, I'll take you to pick up shells."
Seeing this scene, Qi Leren was thoughtful.
If he was just skeptical before, he is basically sure now. Aya's seven or eight-year-old body is her incarnation, going out instead of her who is stationed in the underground ant city, so similarly, the domain-level prophet should also have at least one incarnation to go out instead of him who has been sleeping in the underground ice lake all year round . But he had never seen or heard of an incarnation of the Prophet, which was unusual.
If Xiaozhi is the incarnation of the prophet, then it can explain the similarity in appearance between him and the prophet, but why the situation between Xiaozhi and Aya is completely different, Aya can control her incarnation at will, but Xiaozhi is more like an independent And people with birth defects
"Is everyone here? When can we take pictures?" Aya tugged at the corner of Qi Leren's clothes and asked impatiently.
Qi Leren came back to his senses and looked around. Miaoli came. Since Fu Yue was on vacation, she was so busy that she urged Qi Leren to go to work every day, but Qi Leren was still in a state of ignorance, so she pushed her once. Once again; Al is also here, he is very busy every day, his face is expressionless and only sleepy, and he looks very unpleasant to everyone. Si Lin, Illusionist, Xiaozhi, Chen Baiqi, Qianqian, Dr. Lu, Du Yue... everyone is here.
Some of them knew about tonight's proposal, some didn't, but none of that mattered.
Sissy asked everyone all over the place, and pulled all the people on the beach together.
Aya and Xiaozhi were the smallest, and they were arranged in the front row. Dr. Lu was also caught in the front row. The other one was Qian Qian. The rest were arranged according to their height. Ning Zhou was in the second row to the left, and there was still room next to it. A position, waiting for the Qi Le people who are adjusting the height of the old-fashioned camera and setting up the timed shooting.
"I count from one to ten, and the camera will automatically shoot. Remember to laugh!" Qi Leren said loudly.
After setting up the camera, Qi Leren gesticulated and shouted: "Ten!"
"Nine!" Qi Leren pressed the switch and rushed towards the crowd.
"Eight!" The hell three-headed dog who was lying on the side raised its head.
"Seven!" The hell three-headed dog stood up excitedly.
"Six!" It wagged its tail and rushed towards Qi Le people.
"Five!" Qi Leren felt something.
"Four!" He looked back.
"Three!" Damn it!
"Two!" Run!
"one!"
The frightened Qi Leren threw himself on Ning Zhou's body. Ning Zhou leaned back and caught him steadily, but the Yuying on his shoulder flew away. Standing beside the two of them, Chen Baiqi looked at the hell three-headed dog who had just captured a third of the dog's head in the mirror, and frowned with a smile.
Du Yue in the third row stretched out his hand to pull Qi Leren, and he was almost there. Xue Yingying beside him was already ready to smile, but because of the dramatic change in this scene, the smile froze on his face.
Aya and Xiaozhi didn't react too slowly, they both stretched out their hands to pull someone back, but they didn't succeed. Dr. Lu, who was also in the first row, reacted extremely slowly. He only had time to turn his head and his face was buried. in the shadows.
Sissy was the funniest, covering her face with her hands and screaming like a portrait in "The Scream". Miao Li and Al stood next to Chen Baiqi in the second row, poking their heads out one after the other to look over. Si Lin and Illusionist, who were farthest away, held their foreheads with their left hand and covered their faces with their right hands, and couldn't bear to look directly at this farce.
This messy scene was captured by the camera, and in the setting sun that was about to fall, the moment became eternity.
PS: An insignificant detail, the order of the characters in the photo is probably ↓↓↓
Third Row: Xue Yingying, Du Yue, Si Lin, Illusionist
The second row: Qi Leren, Ning Zhou, Chen Baiqi, Al, Miaoli
First row: Sissi, Xiaozhi, Aya, Dr. Lu