Yuan Yuanyuan was curled up on the bed with the fat cat lying next to her. Xiaoying was sitting on the floor not far away, looking at the two of them with a frown in her eyes.
Yuan Yuanyuan felt inexplicably stressed... How should I put it? It was not until Xiaoying from next door came back that she suddenly realized that she had a holiday. Because her life was so chaotic, she had completely forgotten about it.
Xiaoying was admitted to a place that is neither far nor near, and she seldom comes back. However, her school has holidays quite early. Now there is still about a month or two left before the Chinese New Year, and Xiaoying's school has already had holidays. Yuan Yuanyuan couldn't help but feel envious and jealous.
Still a student...
She said this because she felt a little depressed when she thought about having to go to the pub to punch in as usual today.
Xiaoying is now sitting cross-legged on the floor, chatting happily with Fat Cat. Yuan Yuanyuan watches silently with the sidelong glance. It seems that Xiaoying had some interest in Fat Cat back then, and it seems now... she still has some interest in him
Yuan Yuanyuan thought that when Xiaoying was in her third year of high school, she had tried her best to nip in the bud of early love. Now Xiaoying is already a freshman in college, if she wants to have a relationship... it seems that it is not impossible...
According to experience, the success rate of dating in college is exponentially decreasing. People who keep dating will keep dating, and people who are still single will probably stay single forever... Don't ask Yuan Yuanyuan where she got this experience...
Yuan Yuanyuan began to think uncontrollably, it seems that it is not impossible for Xiaoying and Fat Cat to fall in love, but this raises a problem - the three views of monsters and humans.
Just when Yuan Yuanyuan was imagining that the two of them had given birth to a bunch of little half-demons, who were unwelcome in both the demon and human worlds and were suffering all kinds of hardships, Xiaoying over there was already listening to Fatty Cat bragging... Yes, the way these two get along is one bragging and the other listening, very harmonious.
"What do big monsters look like? Are you considered a big monster?" Xiaoying asked.
"No, meow, I'm still some distance away from the big monster." Fat Cat said, "But if I really fight a big monster, I can run away, meow~"
Listen, listen to this strange habit... Yuan Yuanyuan continued to look at the fat cat with the sidelong glance. Xiaoying was obviously fooled by the fat cat. Yuan Yuanyuan silently complained that the way for you to escape was to fake your death... The last time when a street of monsters surrounded him, it was Yuan Yuanyuan who went to rescue him.
"Awesome!" Xiaoying looked at Fat Cat with admiration. Here I have to complain about one thing, many people think that big monsters are simple because of the monster record, because the big monsters in the monster record are just like the standard ones, but Xiaoying is completely the opposite, maybe because she knows that monsters exist, she thinks that monsters are particularly complicated, and thinks that big monsters are just like giant pandas.
In fact, for Yuan Yuanyuan, although big monsters are precious, they are not particularly precious in the current situation. After all, the situation is different from before. Big monsters are the most basic configuration. Monsters that are not big monsters cannot be included in the current monster records unless they have special backgrounds and abilities.
"Have you ever seen the characters in Monster Records? Have you seen Faning?" Xiaoying asked excitedly. Fat Cat shook his head. "I really haven't seen Faning. Whether he is a real person or not is still debatable... But I did see Yuan Yingli once, when I was very young. Our two families are old friends."
Hmm? Xiaoying was instantly attracted to it. Not only her, but even Yuan Yuanyuan couldn't help wanting to listen to what they were talking about.
"When I saw him back then, he always seemed to be unsociable and mean." Fat Cat said, "But we didn't say much. He was quite unpopular at the time. The adults didn't even let us play with him..."
"So you know Yuan Yingli!" Xiaoying became more and more excited. She came closer and asked Fat Cat, "Hey, in that case, can you come to the Demon Record?"
"Me?" The fat cat's narrowed eyes suddenly widened, "No, no, no, I can't do that. If I go up there, I'll die..."
No, no, no, in fact, Fat Cat, if you are on the Monster Record like this, you might be able to find a new way and catch up with Yuan Yingli in popularity. Yuan Yuanyuan looked at Fat Cat and Xiaoying silently, and suddenly his mind opened up again.
Maybe there will be a comic book with a fat cat as the protagonist in the future...
When Yuan Yuanyuan was completely lost in her thoughts, something the two people said suddenly caught her attention. Xiaoying asked Feimao if he had seen Yuan. Feimao nodded and said yes.
Then Xiaoying said that she had it too, and so she told her story about that incident a long, long time ago. When Yuan Yuanyuan heard what Xiaoying said, she suddenly recalled that stormy night, and the bag of bones that was forced into her hand... She almost vomited blood.
After hearing Xiaoying's story, Feimao seemed very excited. He kept asking Xiaoying for details, and laughed out loud when he heard Xiaoying chase Yuan out of the house... Yuan Yuanyuan began to suspect that Feimao was a fake fan. What happened to the promise of loving for 170 years? Is it really that deceptive
"I saw Yuan once, too." Fat Cat suddenly changed his tone to a more serious one, which was quite similar to the tone he used when he told Yuan Yuanyuan stories. "It was a long time ago."
Yuan Yuanyuan recalled in her mind when she had met Fei Mao with Yuan's attitude, and then suddenly it dawned on her, ah, it was that time when Fei Mao was surrounded by a group of people and couldn't get out.
"Why did you two meet?" Xiaoying asked curiously.
"Hmm... How should I put it?" Fat Cat thought for a moment, "It feels... pretty cool? Although he didn't look very well at that time, maybe because his body hadn't recovered well enough..."
The two guys actually started to reminisce about the past. Yuan Yuanyuan resigned herself to pouring drinks for the two of them, went to the kitchen to get some cups, and when she came back she heard the two of them starting to talk about what they had gotten that time.
"I touched that thing." Fat Cat whispered, "It was a small whistle, made of bone, I don't know what kind of bone it was, but it felt very cold."
When Fatty said that, Yuan Yuanyuan suddenly remembered something. Oh, that whistle... Where is that whistle now? She almost lost it.
She didn't know what the whistle was used for until later, she just put it there casually, and because she had no idea what it was used for, she forgot it quickly. Yuan Yuanyuan thought about it and suddenly remembered where the thing went. Then she breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately it was not lost, otherwise she would lose face.
"Bone whistle?" Xiaoying asked again, "What kind of bones? Human bones?"
"It's definitely not human bones. If human bones were taken away in broad daylight, it would be cold." Fat Cat said, "I also seriously thought about what that thing was, because that thing caused quite a stir during that period. This thing must have been in Yuan's hands, and then for some reason it was given to the neighboring city... and then it has been kept as a house-guarding treasure, so I guess that thing... might be a tiger talisman."
"Tiger... what the hell?" When Fat Cat wanted to continue speaking, a head suddenly came over and stuck in front of him.
"Tiger Tally." Xiaoying said, "Sister Yuanyuan, don't you know this thing? It's the thing in the hands of ancient generals."
“… I know about the tiger talisman.” Yuan Yuanyuan said, “But shouldn’t the tiger talisman be in the shape of a tiger? And it has two halves… that fit together perfectly.”
"Of course the things used by monsters are more sophisticated." Fanning said, "They are definitely not as crude as you humans. After all, monsters have so many illusion techniques that it's easy to imitate some things."
Yuan Yuanyuan looked at the mysterious expression on Fatty's face and said, "So the thing used as the tiger talisman must be very magical, so the material of the whistle must be extraordinary. Guess whose bone that is?"
Fat Cat's voice and expression sounded like Hannibal in The Silence of the Lambs. After he said this, Yuan Yuanyuan and Xiaoying both fell silent. They looked at each other and both saw something from Fat Cat's expression.
"That bone... is it Yuan's own?" Xiaoying finally broke the silence.
"I didn't say it was certain, but there is a possibility." Fat Cat said, "But I don't know where the tiger talisman is now. It was taken away by Yuan that day. After he disappeared, who had it? Is there anyone in charge of this tiger talisman?"
"Could it be that Yuan had been wearing it on his body, and then when Yuan disappeared, the tiger talisman disappeared with him?" Xiaoying asked.
"Well... there is such a possibility, but the possibility is a little small." Fat Cat said, "You have to consider Yuan's character. Who knows how many tricks he has left? How could he still have such a big trick?"
Wait, wait, Yuan Yuanyuan felt a little confused. She looked at Fat Cat and Xiaoying who were discussing excitedly, and suddenly someone put on his clothes and went out, digging for a long time in a vacant lot on the outskirts of the city, and finally dug out a small box.
She put the box away, and when it was time to go to the pub, she simply took the box with her.
During the journey, Yuan Yuanyuan began to think about a question - everyone said that Yuan had a backup plan, but Yuan Yuanyuan really didn't know what Yuan's backup plan was... This idea was actually wrong.
What if we let another living person help to "realize" these back-up plans one by one? Commonly known as getting on the bus first and buying the ticket later
While Yuan Yuanyuan was daydreaming, Faning and Yuan Yingli were sitting in the tavern very seriously. The proprietress sat on one side and said lazily, "Even if you come to ask me, I don't know anything... So let's go back first."
Faning and Yuan Yingli looked at each other, but still insisted on sitting down. No one moved, and the room was silent.
After a while, Fanning suddenly asked, "When will the red-robed gentleman arrive?"
"Maybe later."
"Okay." Yuan Yingli and Fanning looked at each other, "Then let's wait a little longer."