I guessed it right! I said Yuan would be in this year's yearbook! Fat Cat shouted madly in the group, you bunch of scum, none of you guessed it right!
Black and Red: Where did you place the bet? What are the odds there
Group leader: Yes, the casino was very excited to see this kind of thing. The casino here opened a betting market some time ago, and I bet a hundred dollars.
BlackRed:… So how much did you earn
Group leader: Of course it’s a lot! Otherwise, why would I send out red envelopes
Yuan Yuanyuan, who was standing aside, was watching the discussion in the group with a confused look on her face. She originally wanted to come over to ask what was going on, but when she came over she found that they were already chatting, and the fat cat's little Kou was so excited that he sent a big red envelope for the first time.
She glanced at the red envelope she received, and couldn't help but exclaimed, "Oh my god!" She quickly asked in the group chat, "Are you guys... still betting on this kind of thing?"
Black and red: I wanted to bet on it originally... but I couldn't bring myself to do it. I really didn't expect that Yuan would be included in the yearbook.
Group leader: This is a very embarrassing behavior, understand? Wasn't Yuan the traitor's voice very loud some time ago? At that time, he was almost a disgrace to the monsters. So many people wanted him to commit suicide to apologize. This time he was directly included in the yearbook. In just one hour, the outside world must have changed.
Circle: How great is this yearbook? I know it's great, but can you give me a concrete example
Black and Red: Hmm... Can you give me an example? How can I give you an example? You've got me stumped by my question. Let me think about it...
Group leader: Even after you tell her so much she still has no idea. Let me just put it this way, by posting this, you are bringing glory to the monsters. Does this example qualify
Yuan Yuanyuan on the other side of the screen was shocked when she saw Fat Cat's reply.
To win glory for the monsters
She even suspected that she had seen it wrong, but the words on the screen were written exactly like that, so there was no way Yuan Yuanyuan could deceive herself.
Yuan Yuanyuan looked at the fat cat's avatar on the screen, moving her fingers frantically, and typing out a bunch of things.
Circle:… What the hell? ! ! What? What? To, to bring honor to the monsters? What's going on? What the hell, isn't it just a yearbook
Black and Red: That yearbook is recognized by all monsters and humans. Even humans read it. There are tens of thousands of monsters in the monster world, and most humans can only know a few of them in the yearbook every year. The monsters in the yearbook are carefully selected...
Group leader: You can just say that this thing is for humans to see and to scare them at the same time. I thought they wouldn't put Yuan up there. It seems that they haven't had a big monster to show off in all these years, so they are anxious. Now that one suddenly appears, they quickly draw him up to save the day.
Black and Red: Oh, but this way...
Group leader: We all scolded him a while ago, but now he has become some kind of monster Yu Guang... Hey, what do you think the humans are thinking? Are they deliberately trying to slap us in the face
Black and Red: Who knows... They have the final say, but now, the human side should recognize Yuan. It's quite sad to think that such a big demon world now has to rely on an old demon with a bad reputation to support the scene.
Group owner: Haha.
Black and Red: Don't act so happy about other people's misfortune... You're afraid that others won't notice. Are you the type who will get beaten up as soon as you go out
Yuan Yuanyuan watched the conversation between Heihongse and Fat Cat vaguely. In the end, the two of them were completely immersed in fighting pictures and sending each other emoticons.
Black Red scolded Fat Cat for being scheming and too sinister, while Fat Cat scolded Black Red for being stupid. Anyway, the two of them were so busy insulting each other that they had no intention of continuing to discuss what had just happened...
She turned and looked at the students' website to see if there was anything introducing this, and then she found a very short introduction.
Yokai Yearbook - a yearbook published every year by the Yokai world and recognized by the human world.
Included content: records of major events, records of major monsters, exchange talks, etc.
This yearbook will be distributed to various monsters around the New Year.
Yuan Yuanyuan flipped through the yearbook at hand again. What was written on it was similar to the one here. When she flipped through it for the second time, she discovered something interesting.
That petal... is definitely not just for the monsters to see, because the last page of it has something similar to a partner printed on it.
On the partner list, Yuan Yuanyuan saw the names of several Taoist sects... and even the government's seal. To be honest, seeing this big red round seal on this kind of monster book really gave her a feeling of traveling through time and space.
Holy shit... Are humans so arrogant? They even want to get involved in something like this
Yuan Yuanyuan sighed with an ambiguous meaning, although she was inexplicably a little excited in her heart... She opened her phone again, and the fat cat and black and red finally ended their emoticon war and returned to the previous topic.
Group leader: Look at the monster above... Isn’t this the most discordant one
BlackRed: What do you want to say? Do you want to say that he looks like a dog
Group leader: Please don't play the same old joke with me. What I mean is that his appearance is different from those bitchy big monsters. Are you doing him justice by choosing such a pure picture
Black and red: That’s right. He obviously has so many more bitchy pictures, why did he choose this one? It makes him look like a minor. Others who see it will think we invited an underage monster this year.
… Well, Yuan Yuanyuan couldn’t understand this kind of aesthetic. The big monsters she met seemed to have a mysterious aesthetic. Generally, the more powerful the monster was, the more messy bits and pieces it had on its body.
Just like when you're in a tavern, if a monster comes in with a big fur coat and deep monster patterns on his face, it suddenly looks like he's cosplaying as Seshomaru... Those are all really scary big monsters, and some small monsters are relatively plain, without so many messy things.
So far, the only person Yuan Yuanyuan has seen who doesn’t have a mess on his body and who is still very awesome is Si Qun... But his messy hair is quite non-mainstream, and ordinary people really can’t pull off his look.
Yuan Yuanyuan didn't have much stuff on her, and in their tavern they would often see some very young monsters who suddenly had something extra on them, and then happily showed it off to them.
Maybe it's because the dean was too strict when she was in school. Sometimes when Yuan Yuanyuan thought about having to wear so many messy things on her body, she always felt like her neck was going to be broken. It was tiring enough to carry so many things when she was cosplaying, and these people actually wear like this every day.
Although she had heard that this thing was awesome, she still had no idea how awesome it was. She couldn't stand it anymore after reading it. Both of her eyes were hurting and she was immersed in a very metaphysical atmosphere.
So Yuan Yuanyuan thought about it for a while, and then hesitantly locked the door and went back home to sleep.
Before she left, she left another note next to the row of notes on the door saying "We'll meet again if we're lucky" and "If you want to see the owner, just tell him what you want to say and don't be secretive."
…
Yuan Yuanyuan slept like this for a whole day. When she woke up, she looked out the window silently, and she didn't want to get out of bed for a long time.
She slept like this, directly from the first day of the Chinese New Year to the second day of the Chinese New Year... It's just getting dark outside now, and the news broadcast is probably about to start.
Yuan Yuanyuan wanted to stay in bed for a while, but she saw a new group of monsters suddenly appeared in the sky outside. So she forced herself to get up from the bed and wake herself up.
The Hundred Demons Festival... I got it from Fat Cat a few days ago. It will probably be on the fifth or sixth day of the Chinese New Year. She is not prepared at all now. She just knows which day it is.
Yuan Yuanyuan climbed up, rubbed her eyes, stretched, and looked down. There were actually a lot more monsters there, and it looked even more lively than the first two days.
It seems like the monsters are getting more and more lively... Maybe this is just a warm-up? The monsters will become more and more lively until the fifth day of the Lunar New Year
Yuan Yuanyuan thought so. She packed up and went back to the shop to see if there was anyone waiting at the door.
When she got there, she found that someone had actually left something there, but it was not a stranger, but someone she knew.
"Tang poetry?"
Yuan Yuanyuan picked up the small box on the ground. Tang Shi's name was written on the box in a very formal way, using traditional Chinese characters and a small symbol.
As she looked at this, she suddenly remembered something that happened a few days ago... Tang Shi took a lot of photos for her from the square over there, and she felt that those photos were very familiar.
She didn't remember why it looked familiar at the time, but she remembered it afterwards. It turned out that the thing that made her feel familiar was the packaging of the boxes.
The packaging of these boxes was exactly the same as the one Siqun had given her... They were all thick boxes made of various materials, with a seal on which her name was written in traditional Chinese characters and a symbol was drawn.
Perhaps the only difference is that the powder box has "Yuan" written on it, while this one has "Deng" written on it.
Yuan Yuanyuan looked at this symbol. She had seen the symbol of that symbol before... in Tang Shi's homework book.
At that time, she thought that thing was very beautiful and thought it was a signature, so she practiced it secretly. Tang Shi came over and told her that this was their family symbol, which was abstracted from the shape of a cow.
This thing... was given to her by Tang Shi
Yuan Yuanyuan felt inexplicably flattered. She took the box and walked into the house.
"Dad! Dad! He took it away!" Tang Shi, who was secretly watching from upstairs, suddenly turned around and shouted.
"Has it been taken away?" Tang Shi's father took a look from above and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Dad... why didn't you let me tell him about the gifts in the square? Do you know how poor the boss is?" Tang Shi asked.
"That boss... well, his status in the city is quite complicated. If he doesn't move, then he can't move." Tang Shi's father said.
"Wow... Although I don't quite understand what you said, I still feel it's impressive. But to be honest, being a big monster is so miserable. Dad, didn't you tell me to study hard and become a big monster, and then let other monsters pay tribute to me? Why do I find that being a big monster is more pitiful than not being one?" Tang Shi asked.
"Don't talk nonsense to me." Tang Shi's father knocked Tang Shi on the forehead, "Hurry up and memorize the book. I don't think you are a monster or not."