Yuan Yuanyuan had nightmares for two days, and the contents of the dreams were all surprisingly similar.
She dreamed of a lot of messy things, and the scenes in the dream seemed to happen in a painting. She felt vaguely that she was in a painting, with comic book frames and various split shots everywhere.
When she woke up, she lay on the bed, looking at the pitch-black ceiling, and thought... This nightmare wasn't actually that scary, but she just felt tired. She felt more tired after sleeping than without sleeping.
The waiting time is always very long. Especially when the consequences are unpredictable, such as when waiting for the college entrance examination results or waiting for the interview notice. It is very difficult to endure.
She felt that there were many things that were difficult to explain, such as the neighbor's child, who had been hiding from her for two days, and she had to carry the garbage out in the middle of the night.
The faces in that magazine were so confusing. Even though there was a certain gap between the two-dimensional and three-dimensional worlds, acquaintances could still recognize them at a glance. So Yuan Yuanyuan recognized the man in black in the comics at a glance... He was very accurate in capturing the general features of the face. Ji Qiu was quite good at it.
She still hasn’t figured out what to say if she runs into those two kids… These two kids are different from the others, they actually know the correspondence between the people in the comics and the three-dimensional world, after all, they have seen the “Men in Black” with their own eyes.
Ah... the man in black is actually her... Isn't this the sin she has brought upon herself
After thinking about it for two days, Yuan Yuanyuan came to the conclusion that she would never tell anyone, no matter how hard it tried, and she would insist that she didn't know the man.
She has been very listless these past two days. Every day when she goes to work, she doesn't feel as energetic as before. Fortunately, Sister Lizi told her that she doesn't need to continue to pour wine in the front. So she stayed in the kitchen these two days and fished in troubled waters when she had nothing to do.
On Saturday night, she was packing up her things and suddenly found a small gadget in the cupboard. She brought it from home, squatted in front of the cupboard, gestured for a long time, and then pasted it on.
It was a small sticky hook left over from hanging calendars. There were three in a box, and there was one left at home.
She looked at the stain in the cupboard, tore off the paper on the back of the sticky hook, and pressed it on the stain. The sticky hook was a Japanese cat face with long whiskers, which looked cute. It was just a little small. The stain was not completely stuck, and a small piece was left. It looked like the cat had an extra tail.
"Do you know what era this cabinet is from?" Sister Li Zi asked her when she returned to the kitchen when she was free.
“What era is it from…” Yuan Yuanyuan said in a low voice.
"Anyway... forget it." Sister Li Zi waved her hand, "This is our kitchen's personal belongings, just don't let others see it, otherwise they will scold you for being a spendthrift."
“… Hey, I’m doing this for your brother, okay?” Yuan Yuanyuan actually wanted to say this, but then she thought that this was her superior, and there was no point in making things difficult for his brother, so she held back the words.
She looked at Siqun who was scrubbing the cups. He kept his head down. He hadn't looked up when Yuan Yuanyuan was talking to his sister just now. He scrubbed the cups carefully with both hands in the water.
They don't allow the use of detergent to scrub the cups here. Yuan Yuanyuan brought it once, but Sister Li Zi disliked it, saying that the cups had a strange smell after being scrubbed, so now they use loofah sponge.
Yuan Yuanyuan looked at him. He was quite skilled at washing the cups and generally worked efficiently, but it was just his personality... It was quite tiring. It was not easy for his sister to raise him to this age.
As if noticing Yuan Yuanyuan's gaze, the action of brushing the cup suddenly stopped, and then became smaller and smaller, and finally stopped.
Yuan Yuanyuan wanted to go over and give his hair a cut, otherwise she would feel uncomfortable. That hair was really... too unscrupulous, it was like a dog chewing it.
Si Qun didn't move, letting Yuan Yuanyuan lift up his dog-bitten bangs, then glanced at her... His face suddenly turned red, even his ears turned red.
Yuan Yuanyuan silently put his bangs back.
After half a minute, Siqun found that Yuan Yuanyuan had not made any other moves, so he started washing the dishes again.
Everything was fine between the two of them. Yuan Yuanyuan was thinking whether he should suggest his sister to buy some black hairpins.
Anyway, Yuan Yuanyuan endured two days in fear. On Sunday night, she sat in the kitchen helping to count the number of cups and wine jugs, while checking the app, waiting for the update of the new issue.
The impact of the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons took a full day to disappear. It was foggy all day on Saturday and no signal could be received in the tavern.
Siqun was still standing there washing dishes. Yuan Yuanyuan was sitting on a small stool, browsing her phone. Sister Lizi glanced at her from behind and asked, "What are you looking at?"
"It's the picture book you told me about before." Yuan Yuanyuan said.
She looked at the latest comments and saw people constantly refreshing the screen. Some wrote, "I'm so excited! More to come, more to come!", and some left messages saying, "Why have I never been this excited before? I feel like something is going to go wrong in the next chapter."
Yuan Yuanyuan thought... Your premonition is so accurate, the next chapter is not just going to be a big event, it's a nuclear bomb.
She picked up the hot tea on the side and took a sip. Seeing that the time was up, she clicked in. After waiting for a long time for the rotating chrysanthemum, she finally got in.
"What sketchbook? I want to see what the drawings are like." While Yuan Yuanyuan was waiting for the refresh, Sister Li actually brought a small stool over and squeezed next to Yuan Yuanyuan.
"Uh... there's nothing good to see, it's just the kind for kids..." Yuan Yuanyuan put the phone away feeling a little guilty.
When did Sister Li Zi come... I can't show this to her. Yuan Yuanyuan guessed that there would be a lot of scenes about her in today's issue - scenes about how the men in black smashed the tavern.
Also, the story of how she set up a trap with the protagonist that day was probably also drawn here. If Li Zi saw this, she would probably be furious. Because now everyone in the tavern still thinks that the situation that day was that the man in black kidnapped a girl and ran away...
"Can you show it to me? Why are you so stingy?" Sister Lizi snatched it away while laughing. Yuan Yuanyuan didn't stop her at all. She just heard her swiping on the phone with her hand while saying: "Is this how I see it? I see you always do this..."
Her voice became smaller and smaller, until it could no longer be heard.
Yuan Yuanyuan, who was standing nearby, immediately hugged the bench under her butt, ran two or three meters to the side, and then hugged her head.
She witnessed with her own eyes what it meant for a smile to slowly disappear. Sister Li seemed to be shrouded in a dark cloud, and Yuan Yuanyuan was terrified, fearing that she would crush her phone in excitement.
If she crushes it, she probably won't have the money to buy a second one.
Fortunately, Sister Li Zi showed mercy and returned the phone to Yuan Yuanyuan after about twenty minutes. Yuan Yuanyuan saw that she had been looking at the phone for such a long time and had no idea what she had seen. After taking the phone, she also looked at it with trepidation.
"What's that sound?" Fanning covered his chest and looked outside, but suddenly found that the light from the crack in the door was blocked.
At that moment, he reacted immediately and grabbed the cabinet door tightly from the inside. There was a pulling force from the outside, but it didn't open.
For a second, he smelled a very familiar scent of powder.
When the footsteps outside gradually faded away, Fanning gritted his teeth and rushed out of the closet, wanting the girl outside to take her out. Unexpectedly, a sharp sound of wind suddenly rang in his ears, and then he felt that his eyes went dark...
… Yuan Yuanyuan looked at the guy on the screen with a grim expression and eyes covered by bangs. The expression in his eyes hidden under the bangs could not be seen, the corners of his mouth were as straight as a sharp line, and the whole person was like a sword drawn from its sheath.
The entire screen is pure black and white. Black and white are actually the most common colors and also the most difficult colors to control. However, there are only these two colors on the screen, black hair and background, and white clothes and face.
There are not many people who wear black and white in comics, but the few that do are all quite classic, and Yuan Yuanyuan could only think of a few of them on the spur of the moment.
She looked up at the dishwasher again.
…Oh my god, this contrast is so damn intuitive.
The dishwasher opposite was holding a loofah scoop in his hand, his hands were full of water. Now he had finished washing the cups and was counting, his head following his hands, just like the kid counting ducks downstairs in Yuan Yuanyuan's house...
Oh my god!!!
No wonder Sister Li has that expression. Anyone would be anxious if this happened to them. It’s good enough that she didn’t beat anyone up.
Yuan Yuanyuan made a judgment within three seconds, picked up her small stool and rushed out of the kitchen, then sat at the door with her knees together, listening to the sounds in the house.
Sister Li probably feels embarrassed to get angry with her here, so she will take her along later.
Three seconds later, there was a chaotic noise coming from the kitchen. Some people bumped into chairs, some cried out in pain, and some "slap"... Ah, don't get me wrong, this is the sound of Sister Li Zi spanking her brother with her shoe sole. Yuan Yuanyuan saw it once... When they were hiding in the closet...
Yuan Yuanyuan covered her face and decided to pretend that she didn't hear the noise in the room and continued to read on.
She flipped through a few pages and her expression suddenly became serious because she saw herself appear on the screen.
Fanning sensed the intention of the person behind him, he relaxed, and followed the man quietly, thinking... Why did he come here
He glanced sideways at the man's face. He was more beautiful than all the female monsters he had just seen in the tavern. Even the female monster in red was not as beautiful as him.
This person... What's his name? He thought vaguely.