Comic conventions are held in big cities and small towns... In fact, they are quite common nowadays, but there are differences in the number of people and the size. Some are sponsored by nationally renowned animation brands, while others are just small animation brands from the next village.
Yuan Yuanyuan is very interested in comic conventions, whether it is spending dozens of dollars to buy a lucky bag that costs four or five dollars, or buying a drink mixed with Sprite and coloring... The life of ordinary people is too boring, and being able to go to a place where everyone is wearing "strange costumes" is a kind of spice of life.
However, as time goes by... Yuan Yuanyuan's interest in comic exhibitions is getting less and less. It's not because of anything else, she can wear strange clothes all day long even if she doesn't go to comic exhibitions, it just depends on whether she has this interest.
Yuan Yuanyuan turned off the chattering of the Penguin Group discussing the comic convention and switched to silent mode to prevent any noise from her cell phone from disrupting the negotiations.
She had a headache in her head. Although she had come here and was ready to sign something, she didn't say that to the other party... She acted very reserved, as if she was reluctant.
After all... it's a rather sensitive identity now, and I was quite vague in the message.
The woman in white only asked her to write a reply. She would reply if she agreed or not. She just came like that, without saying yes or no, so she just came like that.
Improvise? What if that woman gets the upper hand? I'll pay her three visits...
In ancient times, abdication had to be done in a pretense manner, and it had to be done three times. If he agreed the third time, he wouldn't look too hasty.
This was Yuan Yuanyuan's plan. She wanted to see if the woman in white understood what she meant... To be honest, she didn't want to be targeted by the monsters outside. If this place could give her a place to hide her identity, she thought it would be great.
A few years ago, she was fearless and felt that she didn't have to worry about anything. Maybe she wouldn't have signed this document at that time; but after so many years, she has become a lot more experienced in this world... Over the years, her biggest feeling is that working alone is never as good as working in a team.
Haven’t you seen that I was wandering outside alone before, and was as miserable as my grandson for many years? But after coming to City C, my life became much better.
After sending the message to the other party, Yuan Yuanyuan waited for less than two minutes before she saw a woman in white walking over there. This speed was so fast that she even suspected that this woman had been waiting for her here for the past two days.
"Have you made up your mind? Are you ready to sign your name?" said the woman in white.
She didn't come alone, there were two little monsters following her, each with a small bun on her hair.
The time is now 4:30 in the morning. The sun has not risen yet and it is not bright here. Yuan Yuanyuan was standing alone in the dark, quietly leaning against a street lamp that had long been broken due to age.
However, as soon as this woman arrived, the place suddenly became bright.
There were two little monsters behind her, one on the left and one on the right. The one on the left held a small plate, and the one on the right held a lamp, which emitted a bright blue light. In the dark night, it looked very strange, with a hint of indescribable beauty.
The woman had very delicate makeup on her face, which did not look like modern makeup, but rather like ancient makeup in ancient scrolls. Combined with everything around her, she could only be described as a "ghost in the middle of the night."
Yuan Yuanyuan was choked by her words and almost forgot what she wanted to say.
Damn... Do you have to be so direct, sister? Isn't it normal to say a few words to ease the atmosphere first? Don't you find that the atmosphere is very stiff
She was wearing all black and standing under the dark street lights. She looked like a gangster. If she had a cigarette in her mouth, she would look even more like one...
Yuan Yuanyuan was thinking about how to turn this around. While she was thinking, the woman opposite her spoke again. She continued her first sentence with this sentence, "... Or, sir, you are not prepared to accept this condition?"
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"Why do you think I will accept this condition?" said a man in black under the broken street light.
He was dressed entirely in black; the only colour was his face, which looked like transparent mutton-fat jelly under the blue firelight surrounding it.
Seeing the man in black looking at her, the woman in white took a deep breath and said to the back, "Bring it up."
The little monster holding the tray immediately brought up the tray in his hand. The woman in white took it and presented it with both hands, "Please take a look."
The man in black who had always been called "Yuan" looked up and picked up the things on the tray. His brows furrowed slightly, and his long eyelashes cast a shadow on the snow-white skin under his eyes.
"This is... the current contract for City C." The woman in white took a deep breath and said, "We don't know which category you should be classified into. Generally speaking, registration is to register your name under the name of a great monster, but we think that is not appropriate for you."
"So, we brought another contract over here." The woman said, "It contains the names of all the local families in City C. All the families that are not classified as great monsters have a separate contract. We hope you will sign your name on this one."
Yuan took the contract, which looked very old. It was actually written on a piece of silk cloth. There were many names of noble families written on it.
Although C City is a mess, there are still some local families, just like all other cities. Because C City has not been so chaotic since ancient times, the source of its chaos can be traced back to decades ago.
Some of these families are powerful, some are not so powerful. In order to protect these local monster families, they have another contract of their own. Their contract is different from that of the small monsters. They do not pay tribute to the big monsters. What they have to do is to protect the stability of City C.
Even those small families have been passed down for who knows how many years... Their contributions to City C are indelible. They may not be very powerful, but they are deeply rooted. Some of City C's daily life cannot be separated from them.
The woman in white discussed with many people for a long time yesterday before deciding to take this out today. She felt that the things on the contract were enough to attract the big monster in front of her who had lived for who knows how many years.
Yuan read it bit by bit. There was no telling how many noble families in City C were recorded on it. He flipped to the end and suddenly paused.
The woman in white suddenly felt an alarm in her heart.
He saw it.
After a while, she heard Yuan on the other side say calmly, "What does this mean?"
There was no emotion in his voice, it was still very calm. The woman in white had not intended to see anything useful from his expression. After all, she knew that the big monster opposite was an unparalleled spy.
His voice was very pleasant, even though it was so faint. It was particularly magnetic and low. The woman in white had read a little about his biography in an unknown book of witchcraft.
It was vaguely mentioned that his voice was particularly pleasant and he could imitate a woman's voice perfectly and seamlessly, especially when he was singing a minor tune. Even the best singer at the time couldn't sing as well as he did.
With his good voice and wearing red clothes, he sneaked into the Taoist temple.
"As you can see." The woman bowed slowly. "We are going to record your name on this contract. It will not belong to any monster. We will open up a place just for you. From now on, you will be a family of C City."
When she spoke, she looked down and didn't dare to look up.
In fact, she was also very panicked. She didn't know what the other party's attitude was towards the past, so this action was very risky.
I don’t know how long the silence lasted. The woman felt that it was too long, so long that she found it difficult to breathe.
“…Okay, I’ll sign.”
The woman raised her head suddenly and looked at the man in front of her. His voice was very gentle.
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Yuan Yuanyuan looked at the roll of cloth and was stunned for a second.
The reason why she was stunned was simple... She saw a familiar name on it.
The appearance of this name was a bit unexpected, and it gave her goose bumps all over her body.
—Li Siqun.
... Four groups of people
Wait... Is Siqun'er's last name Li? Isn't this focus wrong...
Yuan Yuanyuan saw it completely by accident. She herself didn't expect to see this name. The hair on her arms has not yet gone down.
That name was under a branch of the "Li" family, and it was very conspicuous... Why was it so conspicuous? Because in that Li family, only this name was crossed out with a pen.
Yuan Yuanyuan appeared calm on the surface, but her heart was in turmoil.
And crossed out the name... What the hell, are you guys always pure Black? This isn't Harry Potter.
And what on earth did the cute Siqun do to cross out his name... This kid is the most listless person she has ever seen in her life, and he doesn't look like someone who likes to cause trouble at all.
She glanced at it and didn't see the name "Pear", so she quickly skipped it, fearing that the woman opposite would notice something, although she seemed to be so frightened by Yuan Yuanyuan's whole body shock that she didn't dare to look up again.
Yuan Yuanyuan flipped all the way to the end before she saw the last line, which was the line the woman in white wanted her to see.
There was a newly opened branch there, which was empty.
Blood Jade Demon Army
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These four words, when placed together with those of other aristocratic families, are particularly eye-catching and look like a joke.
Because there's nothing down there—nothing.
Compared with other noble families that have one or two pages at most, or half a page at least... this page looks particularly shabby.
Even with the addition of a name - Yuan - it still looks particularly shabby.
When she got home, Yuan Yuanyuan lay on the bed and thought for a long time, and finally only one sentence popped into her mind.
A family of only one person.
Why did it become like this... Actually, Yuan Yuanyuan is not a true Yi Qi person. When she saw that section, she felt upset for a moment.
The emptiness is hard to describe, especially when compared with the family tree that is almost full of names around it...
If this is really Yiqi, then it's really...tsk tsk.
This felt even more miserable. She agreed to sign it because she thought this was already miserable enough. She couldn't think of a worse situation.
I wonder how other families feel after seeing the addition of such a noble family.
Yuan Yuanyuan rolled around on the bed, and suddenly thought of something - Oh, by the way, I heard that the noble families will divide the land, and they will have to bear part of the responsibility of City C, I wonder what it is.
There are four more groups... four groups... Are their surnames actually Li
Li Siqun? This name is... so rustic and cute.
What’s tacky is the name itself… What’s cute is the person himself.
If you haven't seen the real person... This name is just like Liu Cuihua and Niu Wanxia, and now people can still praise her for being rustic and cute...
Still has a good face.
Yuan Yuanyuan turned over and fell asleep.
Forget it... Why ask about other people's affairs when there is nothing to do? Maybe they have something to say that they can't even express.
The sun rises outside, and it is a new day. The latest issue of "Mengman" comes into the newsstand, and the man in white is glowing in the sun.
A female student passed by, glanced there casually, suddenly froze, and then slipped to the newsstand.
"Hey? My idol is used as the cover for today's comic?" The girl picked up the comic and took a look. "Did Master Ji Qiu finally decide to give my idol a name?"