"How do you feel about this year's Hundred Demons Festival?"
A very old but peaceful voice sounded.
The interior of the car is very comfortable. At least when Yuan Yuanyuan was outside, she never thought that the car would be so comfortable.
They sat in the car, one on each side. Although the car was large, the two of them did not get close to each other, but just sat facing each other.
Yuan Yuanyuan looked at the scenery outside the window. In fact, it was impossible to see the entire outside from the car.
She could only see a group of various monsters beside the car, and countless lights flying past the car.
The entire team of monsters seemed to be traveling through a galaxy of purple light.
Yuan Yuanyuan actually wanted to get off the car and take a look. From the outside, she knew what the car she was sitting in looked like... She felt it must be quite extraordinary.
Outside, one could faintly hear the monsters shouting, and Yuan Yuanyuan could vaguely see the monsters over there saying some strange words. These words sounded like the chanting of some kind of demonic spell, but also a bit like nonsense.
Anyway, no matter what it is, Yuan Yuanyuan must think it sounds nice, even if she doesn't understand a word it says.
The person sitting opposite her was the legendary city lord, and the person who said he wanted to talk to her that day.
Before Yuan Yuanyuan came, she thought this person must be a very scary person, but after meeting him, she found that she surprisingly didn't hate him at all.
At least he is much more likable than the old man from the Li family.
"What time is it now outside?" The city lord suddenly opened the curtains and asked the monster outside.
"It's already halfway done." Someone outside answered.
The old man nodded, and the curtains were lowered again.
There was a small candle lamp in the car, burning quietly. The candle wick was blue, and the blue light shone on Yuan Yuanyuan's face, making her look a little different from usual.
Yuan Yuanyuan didn't quite understand why the monsters always liked to use blue fire. This fire was just like the underworld fire, and although it felt hot to the touch, the color was very different.
"It feels very good." Yuan Yuanyuan said.
In fact, she didn't see anything except those scattered lights and a bunch of monsters chanting like scriptures.
However, the monster outside just now told her that it was only halfway done.
"Thank you very much for agreeing to come here today." The old man said, "Although the current Hundred Demons Festival does not have the grandeur of your era, we still put in a lot of effort to prepare for it."
Yuan Yuanyuan felt that this feeling was a bit strange, that is, others treated her with the attitude of a big monster from n years ago. This feeling was not an ordinary one, especially from Yuan Yuanyuan's subjective feeling, this was a magical taste that she had not experienced in 800 years.
"Where are we now?" she asked suddenly.
The old man was stunned, then thought for a moment and said, "We should have returned to the city... Are you tired? If you are tired, we can stop the convoy and take you back."
“… No need.” Yuan Yuanyuan originally wanted to ask which district of City C this was, the Hero District, the Peace District, or the East Lake, but who knew that the city lord actually told her “return to the city”.
Did you just take a walk outside the city
Yuan Yuanyuan thought that the mayor had come to call her tonight for something important, but he didn't say anything, but chatted with her about some trivial things, such as "what happened in C City recently" and "what interesting attractions have been added to C City in recent years? You can go and have a look if you have nothing to do."
She had a cold face throughout the whole process, and answered questions like "Oh, I haven't been there" and "Oh, you can go". In fact, she felt very sorry for the old man and was quite guilty, but she was afraid of saying too much and making mistakes, so she kept answering in the way of an ancient swordsman.
The whole night, Yuan Yuanyuan felt extremely tired, as if she had attended a banquet that she had to go to but extremely did not want to go to.
By the time she got home, she was tired as a dog.
When she opened the door, she saw Liu An looking up at her stupidly, like a hungry child.
"Why haven't you slept yet?" Yuan Yuanyuan looked at the time.
"Look after the house." Liu An said.
Yuan Yuanyuan walked over and found that he seemed to have not moved at all. He was sitting there quietly, as if he had been there all night.
“Uh… silly boy, I was just saying it casually…” Yuan Yuanyuan walked over and patted his head. Liu An blinked his dull eyes.
"Let's go to bed." Yuan Yuanyuan yawned lazily, "Let's go to bed quickly. I'm not going out tonight. Let's stay at home for a day. It's time to go to work in two days."
Liu An looked at Yuan Yuanyuan in a daze again. Yuan Yuanyuan yawned and went to the kitchen to cook instant noodles without bothering Liu An.
…
Time passed quickly, and soon the Hundred Demons Festival was over. Yuan Yuanyuan and Liu An began to clean up the house and prepare to reopen.
For the monsters, the New Year is over after the Hundred Monsters Festival. The two of them packed up their things, cleaned the house from inside to outside, and then replaced the broken window.
Yuan Yuanyuan didn't put up couplets in the pub at first, because she had already done so at home, and she always felt that this place was just a workplace, not her home.
But Liu An didn't think so. Even though the Chinese New Year had already passed, he still found a pair of couplets and posted them on the door.
Yuan Yuanyuan looked at the four huge characters on the horizontal banner, "Matters are coming in", and felt a little depressed for some reason.
Oh, that's not right. She has no reason to be upset. She already has a pile of gold bars.
When Yuan Yuanyuan thought of this, her mood suddenly improved. They ate some food together, then rolled up their sleeves and prepared to continue cleaning up.
Tang Shi and Qiu Ling haven't been here since the Chinese New Year, but they are supposed to go back to school tomorrow. Senior high school students only have seven days off, not even the Lantern Festival, and Yuan Yuanyuan didn't let them come here again.
"Boss, that illusion... am I using it correctly?" Liu An asked hesitantly.
"Yes." Yuan Yuanyuan said, "I think you have a great talent for learning sorcery. At least you are much better than Tang Shi."
She was actually embarrassed to say that she couldn't match Liu An's talent. Liu An was really amazing. At least Yuan Yuanyuan had to study for several months before she figured out how to use illusion to hide her body.
Liu An had just started learning, but he was already able to create his own magic technique that used illusion to hide his body shape... It was only after watching his operation that Yuan Yuanyuan realized that this thing could be used in this way, which was much better than her original method.
"Just make do with it like this." Yuan Yuanyuan wiped the sweat from her forehead.
She and Liu An threw down the rag. It was already dark outside, so she lit the lamp. After the Hundred Demons Festival, it was time to go back to work at the tavern. These two days happened to be Saturday, so she didn't go. She had to go on Monday.
Liu An was the same, but they went to work late. Yuan Yuanyuan usually hated going to work, but this time she inexplicably wanted to go there earlier.
Because she wanted to take a look at the four groups.
Yuan Yuanyuan had a lot of questions about Siqun, but then she thought again that maybe she had seen Siqun, and she had no way of asking him anything clear.
But there is one urgent thing... She has to verify whether the four groups are really stupid.
Yuan Yuanyuan looked up at the starry sky for four seconds.
Well, this question... Actually, it's probably not that important.
"Is there anything fun today, Saturday?" Yuan Yuanyuan asked herself as she sat on a chair. Suddenly, she remembered that, yes, today is Saturday and "Monster Records" should be broadcast.
She flipped through her phone and took a look. This year was quite colorful. She hadn't interacted with many people except Liu An. She almost forgot about it. If she hadn't suddenly realized that today was Saturday, she would have missed it.
Yuan Yuanyuan found a piece of clothing and started sewing it while waiting until twelve o'clock in the evening. Suddenly, an idea came to her -
Tonight...will she draw what she said to the Li family patriarch last time
Yuan Yuanyuan's hand suddenly stopped.
After a long, long time, she suddenly showed a sneer on her face.
Damn it, just draw it. This was the first time she was looking forward to Ji Qiu drawing something related to her.
Liu An was looking at Yuan Yuanyuan and suddenly a sneer appeared on her face. He shuddered for no reason.
I always feel like... the boss is planning something bad...
The two of them sat opposite each other in the room with different moods. The candlelight flickered. There were more and more cars outside in the past two days, and the sound of horns could be heard faintly.
"Is it twelve o'clock?" Yuan Yuanyuan suddenly asked.
"We're here." Liu An looked at his watch.
Yuan Yuanyuan threw down the clothes and needle and thread in her hands, picked up her mobile phone, and refreshed "Monster Records" several times.
She now had an inexplicable sense of anticipation, a feeling she had never experienced before.
If Ji Qiu can really draw... She wouldn't mind raising her expectations for "The Tale of Demons" a little bit in the future. Yuan Yuanyuan thought inexplicably.
The moment it refreshed, she suddenly felt a little unhappy, because the picture on it was not about what happened between her and the Patriarch of the Li family that night... It directly transitioned to the day of the Hundred Demons Festival, and she met the Patriarch of the Li family before the Hundred Demons Festival.
Yuan Yuanyuan looked extremely grumpy, but Liu An next to her was watching with great interest.
Fanning's figure appeared on it, as well as the man in red who took him in.
"I'm going out." said the man in red.
Only his back was drawn, and his face was not visible. But he was dressed differently today, and although he was still wearing red, he had changed out of his sweater.
He was wearing a rather gorgeous red robe. Although his face could not be seen clearly, judging from the back, the clothes should be very formal.
"Oh... then you better be careful." Fanning waved his hand.
The man in red turned and walked out, and the door was closed gently. Fanning sat in the room and watched the man in red disappear from the room.