Chapter 72

◎It’s over, it’s over (second update)◎

Lin Qi humbly asked for advice: "What do you understand?"

Understand that there are other emotions in this world.

Si Lan always felt that no matter what Qilin said or what the mermaid said now, he had some similarities, but he just didn't know where the commonality and difference lay.

Why do we always want to be together no matter what kind of relationship we are in?

What is the difference between these together?

It's so complicated.

"Principal, I'm so sorry," Yu Le said. "Next time, we'll remember to hand out earplugs in advance. Otherwise, we'll go somewhere else to have some fun."

Lian Jiu shook his head: "It's not your fault."

Wasn't it my fault that all those humans were knocked unconscious? The couple waited cautiously for Director Lian Jiu to continue.

Through their words, Lian Jiu finally realized that the demon world is now focused on development, but has forgotten that they also need to relax and have fun.

There are so many entertainment facilities and methods in the human world, but there is nothing in the demon world.

It would be bad enough if they were sealed here, but now they have to work every day and will have the pressure of studying in the future.

Not to mention the mermaids who are sensitive to sound, other monsters can't stand it either.

Once you are trapped in one place for a long time, especially passively and your freedom is restricted, you will definitely have some emotions.

They lack ways to vent.

Now the human world has promised to hold a social qualification test every month. Even if they pass the test and can enter and leave the human world freely, because of their different growing environments, they may still have many difficulties to adapt to when they go out, and their activities will still be very restricted.

The more you suppress it, the bigger the problem will be in the future. You have to find a way to solve it.

After thinking for a while, Lian Jiu said, "Perhaps, I can find something else for you to do."

This hadn't been mentioned during the meeting. It was obvious that the director had suddenly come up with this idea after encountering this incident today. Lin Qi asked, "Aside from raising fish and digging for pearls, are there other things we can do?"

"Besides our work," Lian Jiu said gently, "it's time for us to start living."

The demon gods and monsters were all stunned: "Life?"

Lian Jiu turned around and picked up the kelp the two mermaids had left behind, which was covered with daily unhappiness. "We're working now and earning money for a better life in the future. But because I'm inexperienced, I've been ignoring this issue. As we grow, the pressure on everyone will increase. If this pressure isn't properly alleviated, we'll see more and more quarrels between couples in the future."

"Yuyin and Yule have actually done a good job. They know how to choose the right way to relax themselves, but what about the other monsters?"

Seeing that the Yu couple had stopped arguing, the other monsters were slowly approaching this side.

The main thing is that when I see the head teacher, I can't help but want to go over and stick to him. I always feel very happy.

The demon gods also looked around, and the monsters, big and small, were peeking their heads out, as if they were always cautious.

Ever since the so-called restrictive treaty was signed with the human world, the monsters always felt like they had done something wrong.

If the monsters that awakened at the beginning had not gone out without knowing how to restrain themselves and caused panic in the human world, they would not have been driven back by the human world.

Nor will the demon gods be implicated and have to think about the demon world all the time, break the barrier of a demon, and worry about this development and that condition all day long.

Now with the arrival of Director Lian Jiu, conditions in all aspects have improved, and they have become more cautious.

I’m afraid that if I do something wrong, I’ll lose the good conditions I have now.

Lian Jiu naturally noticed their expressions, so he waved his hand to signal everyone to come over.

The monsters slowly approached in groups of three or four, and asked expectantly, "Director, what's going on?"

"Look," Lian Jiu said to the demon gods, "whether it's Fuyu Mountain or Nanyu Mountain, everyone seems to always do what I want them to do. If I tell them to go east, they never go west. If I don't tell them to do anything else, they just sit there quietly, not knowing what to do. But each of them is an independent individual, and I hope they live for themselves."

She looked at the demon gods present and said, "The same goes for you."

Her eyebrows curved. "Like an ordinary person, I get up early every day to go to work or school. After work, I can meet up with a few friends for dinner, sing some children's songs, drink tea and chat. There are always some people and things that can offset the fatigue of the day."

Lin Qi's heart moved: "You mean..."

"I think the demon world should be like this too," Lian Jiu said, "while developing experience and moving forward, there should be many ways to relax."

Jiang An was eager to try: "Just to play, right?"

"That's understandable." Lian Jiu looked at all the serious monsters around him, "I want you to know that my words are not everything for you. You still have a lot of time to become yourselves. Don't put so much pressure on yourself."

The monsters looked at the director, speechless.

I usually don’t dare to say, and can’t say, what’s in my heart.

Everyone is working together for the future of the demon world, so one must suppress one's personal emotions. If one speaks them out, one will seem a little immature.

But the head teacher told them that they could be themselves.

You can release the pressure instead of hiding it in your heart.

Yu Le was about to cry. He and his wife had always quarreled, and this had almost made them the most criticized monsters in Nanyu Mountain. But today, the director said that this was right. He pulled his wife forward and said loudly, "Thank you, Director!"

The sound was like thunder, and all the monsters in the entire underwater living area heard it.

More effective than a speaker.

"Sorry, sorry." Yu Yin covered her husband's mouth. "He tends to do this when he gets excited."

Then he looked at Lian Jiu: "Then, Director, what is it that you want to find for us?"

Lian Jiu touched his ear and said with a helpless smile: "Don't always talk about the things I found for you."

Yu Yin smiled shyly: "It will take a while to change."

Lian Jiu understood. She said, "When I was in Fuyu Mountain, I had planned to turn the mountain into a community. However, the houses are still under construction, and since I came to the South China Sea, I haven't put this idea into action yet. It would be much more convenient for you sea monsters to live together here."

"Then similarly, your Nanyu Mountain is also a community, with many monsters and demons living in it. You can try to solve all the problems on your own in the future." Lian Jiu said, "After all, the demon gods don't have the time to come here all the time."

"Solve it yourself?" Yu Le asked doubtfully, "Isn't it no longer under the jurisdiction of the demon god?"

"The demon gods all have their own responsibilities. They are responsible for the big things, so how can they care about the small things?"

Just look at the reactions of Jingwei and Qilin before.

They are not transformed from animals or humans, and they don't understand these little things as well as ordinary monsters. They will most likely have to stop them by force.

Lian Jiu explained: "Of course the demon gods are there. They will intervene in major incidents that you cannot handle."

Now that the human world has begun to allow the demon world to develop institutions and units that imitate those of the human world, the demon world will naturally have to gradually become standardized.

"For example, your community has its own neighborhood committee. The members of the neighborhood committee are elected by you monsters to represent the entire community. Usually, all community affairs are handled by the neighborhood committee, organizing activities and resolving conflicts within the community." Lian Jiu used a human analogy to explain, "Then comes our monster god."

In this way, not only will the pressure on the monsters be reduced, but the demon gods will also not be so busy and anxious all day long.

The monsters were still a little confused: "What exactly is the event?"

"Nothing specific," Lian Jiu said with a smile. "Just do whatever you like. Do something group, like a diving competition, an underwater trash cleanup contest, or go out for a picnic or barbecue together... Anything that can strengthen neighborhood bonds and help you feel less stressed is fine."

Now everyone finally understood.

Just like the time we celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival together at Fuyushan Mountain!

But that time it was organized by the head teacher. From now on, everyone can organize it themselves anytime they want!

"I think it's okay." Henshui was the first to agree, "This way I can free up some time to watch TV series."

"..." Lian Jiu laughed, "That's good too. This is also a way to relax."

Lin Qi asked: "What are the conditions for the election of this neighborhood committee?"

"Democracy." Lian Jiu casually picked up a small shell. "You can vote anonymously. If you want this monster to be your representative, then vote for her. The monster gods can help you announce the results and ensure that they are open on the public screen."

"I think it would be best if we just had the mermaid couple come!" said a monster standing on the outer circle. "They're under the most pressure. If they quarrel, we'll all suffer. It would be a good idea to do something like this!"

As soon as these words came out, all the monsters immediately agreed: "Right, right, right!!!"

It can be seen how many days the mermaid couple had given them nightmares.

"That's up to you." Lian Jiu didn't draw conclusions for them. "Even if they both stay, there are still other monsters. Anyone who wants to come can run for election freely. Then they can talk about their strengths and abilities and then vote. Besides, the neighborhood committee has a certain salary, so it's not free work. It can also cultivate your cooperation and organizational leadership skills."

Having a salary is no longer important to the monsters.

Now that I have food to eat, shelter to live in and other jobs to do, I have to learn to be content as a demon.

But being able to cultivate abilities is very attractive to monsters.

The merman couple immediately said, "Then we'll sign up first and find out the results during the election."

It's fair competition, there's no shady dealings, everyone agrees.

"Okay, that's it." In order to resolve this matter, several demon gods came down before dinner. Lian Jiu said, "Let's go back first. You can discuss it among yourselves."

The monsters made way: "Okay, okay, thank you for your hard work, Director!"

Lian Jiu took the demon gods away, but he didn't know that someone was secretly staying behind to take advantage of the situation.

The sea monsters were gathering together to discuss the election, but they discovered that there was a sinister god behind them.

Being stared at, Yu Le felt a little scared: "Lord Si, Lord Si Lan, do you have any instructions?"

Si Lan raised his chin slightly: "I have something to ask you."

Oh no, will I be punished for knocking out the human experts this time?

Yu Le quietly covered his wife and pushed her back: "Okay, okay."

"Lord God, if you want to punish us, let's do it together." But Yu Yin still stuck his head out.

"Punishment?" Si Lan frowned. "What punishment?"

Yu Yin: "Isn't it because our quarrel disturbed the humans?"

Si Lan didn't understand why they had such a rich imagination, so he repeated, "I have something to ask."

Besides, those people didn’t do anything wrong and shouldn’t be punished.

Even if they need to be punished, it should be for not having dinner on time, but dinner is not that important right now.

"It's okay, it's okay." Yu Le comforted his wife and hugged her. "I'll be back soon."

Yu Yin was worried and anxious, so she could only hold her husband's hand tightly and say, "If anything happens, just yell and I'll come find you."

The two monsters hugged each other tightly, as if they were facing a life-and-death separation.

Si Lan watched their movements with a hint of subtle inquiry in his dark eyes, completely unaware that they were afraid of him.

Of course the mermaids were afraid. Although Lord Si Lan rarely visited Nanyu Mountain, the entire mountain was covered by his divine power. This innate sense of oppression was always there, penetrating deep into their souls.

The two mermaids turned their heads nervously to look at Si Lan, and then found that the God was staring at their movements intently.

His expression seems exactly the same as those of the experts who study blue whales.

The original fear suddenly became a little embarrassing.

Lord God, do you always stare at couples in the human world like this?!

Yu Yin was shy and buried her head in Yu Le's arms embarrassedly.

Yu Le patted her back, coughed lightly and let her go: "You go home first, I'll be back soon."

He was worried that if he didn't go over there, the God might come over with instruments like the experts.

Separated from his wife, Yu Le quickly walked towards Si Lan: "What do you want to ask, Lord God?"

Si Lan took him to a place where there were no monsters. He thought for a long time but couldn't find a suitable starting point. Because he himself was still a mess, he thought for a while and finally found a suitable way to ask: "You want to be with your partner. How do you know if this is... love?"

Yu Le: “???”

"ah?"

God, what weird questions are you asking?

Si Lan was particularly patient at this moment: "What don't you understand?"

I understood everything, but it seemed like I didn’t understand anything.

Yu Le never expected that the almighty Lord Si Lan would actually ask... such a private topic about demons!

Seeing that Si Lan Shenjun had been staring at him, as if he was determined to get an answer, Yu Le swallowed his saliva and said, "I don't quite understand it either. It was only when the headmaster told me just now that I knew this was love."

Si Lan was not satisfied with this answer and said with a straight face: "This kind of feeling is different from your friendship and family affection."

He is an orphan, the only one in the world. He doesn't even know the feeling of family. Friendship... seems vague and naturally he can't distinguish it.

"Oh!" Yu Le seemed to understand what he meant. "You mean the difference between these kinds of emotions, right?"

"Um."

Yu Le scratched his head: "That's very simple. I like her, but it's different from liking friends and family."

"What's the difference?"

Yu Le's face flushed instantly. How could this God ask such a question so bluntly? Isn't he shy?

But when he looked at the God, he looked calm and had no idea that he was asking a shocking question.

Yu Le was infected by his righteous expression and stammered, "I just... I just want to mate with her."

Si Lanyun's calm expression suddenly froze, and the look in his eyes when he looked at him was filled with disbelief and absurdity.

How, how can such a word be used to describe that person!

It's blasphemy!

Yu Le had no idea that the God had such thoughts. He was an animal transformed into a demon, so he naturally spoke in the most primitive way.

But why did the Divine Lord look at him with such strong condemnation?!

He suddenly panicked: "Did I say something wrong?"

But this is the truth!

Si Lan calmed himself down, adhering to his previous learning spirit and discarding other thoughts: "Go on."

"Oh..." Yu Le racked his brains, "From the beginning, I wanted to play with her, and only with her. I didn't want her to play with other fish."

Si Lan frowned: You’re right.

Yu Le: "I miss her when I can't see her, and I miss her when I see her. I can't help but want to stick to her and stay by her side all the time."

Keeping a straight face: Yeah.

Yu Le was so obsessed: "When I see her happy, I am happy too. When she is unhappy, I will try every possible way to make her happy. In short, she is the only one I think about. When she is with other fish and monsters, she is the first one I see. She is the only one I want to see."

Keeping a straight face: ...Yeah.

Yu Le: "Even if I get hurt and suffer, I don't want her to be like me. I want her to be well."

Still with a stern face:...Yeah.

Finally, Yu Le's face turned even redder. He still felt embarrassed when he said this, and covered his face: "Later, when I grew up, I wanted to kiss her and hug her. I would never do that to other fish or monsters."

Si Lan: “…”

Um? ? ?

Yu Le spread her fingers and said shyly, "Whenever I think about the future where we can live together, have a family, share happiness and life every day, support each other, and most likely have a lovely child calling us mom and dad, I am full of anticipation and joy when I think about such a life."

Si Lan…Si Lan was silent.

No, it’s still not right.

I don’t have such disrespectful thoughts!!

Then it seems that this is not love either.

Seeing that Si Lan hadn't spoken for a long time, Yu Le asked cautiously, "Why does the Lord God ask this?"

"nothing."

"Oh oh." Yu Le patted his chest, feeling that he had escaped a disaster. "Do you have any other questions? I will tell you everything I know. I remember every detail of Yinyin and I from the time we met until now, and I still dig it out and reminisce from time to time."

Si Lan was extremely depressed after being stabbed again.

I remember those things in the past clearly, and they often come back to me in my dreams at midnight.

He frowned, and finally decided to ask more questions, and said carefully: "I have a friend."

Yu Le, who had just started using the Internet and had no idea what the profound meaning of this sentence was, was very naive and said, "Yeah!"

"I have a friend who wants to be with someone forever," Si Lan said, "but he doesn't know what this feeling is."

It turns out that the God’s friend is having relationship problems!

Yu Le instantly felt that the God had become down-to-earth, and that he must care about this friend very much. He was so loyal and helped his friend solve his problems, so he had to help!

So he sat down seriously and asked, "Do your friends have the same ideas I just mentioned?"

Si Lan: "Some have, some don't."

"What?"

Si Lan had a blank expression on his face and found it difficult to speak: "With that person...that thing."

"What?"

Si Lan was about to lose his temper. How could he say such a thing?!

Saying it out loud is disrespectful to her!

So he stared at Yu Le, who fortunately quickly realized that such shy words were indeed difficult to say: "You said mate?"

"No, the other party is a person?" He was surprised.

Si Lan frowned: "Is this important?"

"That's not the case." Yu Le exclaimed, "Your friend is truly extraordinary. Human emotions are much more complex than ours."

He touched his chin and asked again: "Why doesn't he want to?"

Si Lan: "Why is that?"

"Of course." Yu Le stretched out his hand. After all, he was married and very experienced in this. "The other party is a person, so we have to consider many aspects."

"What aspects?"

"Is the reason for not wanting to mate due to species differences?"

"no."

Yu Le: "Is it because you don't have this thought when you think of the other person?"

Si Lan couldn't bear it any longer and gritted his teeth: "I never thought about it at all."

Yu Le turned his head, ignoring the Lord's exasperation, and earnestly suggested, "Why don't you think about it?"

"..." Si Lan was stunned by the question and said dryly, "My friend didn't tell me."

"Then go back and ask your friends." Yu Le was very sure of his judgment. "If they have such thoughts after thinking about it, then it is love. If not, then it is friendship or family, but it is definitely not love."

think?

As soon as Si Lan matched that word with Lian Jiu, he didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Yu Le encouraged: "Tell your friend, it's very simple."

No, it's not simple at all.

After Si Lan left with a heavy face, Yu Le returned to his shell.

Yu Yin examined him from head to toe: "Did the Lord God give you any trouble?"

"No." Yu Le found it unbelievable when he thought about it, and asked himself all the questions Si Lan had asked him.

Yu Yin was surprised: "I didn't expect that Lord Si Lan is so loyal. He would worry about his friends even in such a matter."

"Yes." Yu Le nodded. "He must have a very good relationship with his friend. He must know such a private matter clearly. But which God could it be?"

"It seems that only Lord Lin Qi and Lord Si Lan have a better relationship."

"It turns out to be Lord Lin Qi!!"

Lin Qi was sitting in the cafeteria, the pot came from the sky, his eyes were filled with clear stupidity, all he could see was the food on the table, all his love affairs were fleeting.

Lian Jiu put the dishes on the table and looked around: "Where's Si Lan?"

"I don't know. Wasn't he here just now?" Lin Qi put the bowl away. "Don't worry about him. No one is as enthusiastic about eating as he is. He'll be here as soon as we start eating."

It was because Si Lan was so active in eating that Lian Jiu was puzzled when he didn't see him.

She walked to the cafeteria door, and before she took out her cell phone, she saw Si Lan coming out of the sea.

Lian Jiu saw that he seemed a little absent-minded. He looked behind him, but didn't see any people or monsters, so he asked, "Why are you coming out now?"

"Um."

Lian Jiu asked, "What happened?"

Si Lan was silent for a moment: "It's okay."

"Then let's eat first." Lian Jiu walked back and saw that several demon gods inside had already started eating, so he filled Si Lan's bowl with rice and placed it on the table. Turning around, he saw Si Lan was still in a daze, and he was even more confused, "Si Lan, it's time to eat."

Si Lan walked to the table and sat down, his mind full of Yu Le’s words just now.

The food has no taste in my mouth.

No, can't think about it.

She is always clean, how can you think of her like that!

Shaking his head, Si Lan stuffed the white rice into his mouth expressionlessly.

"Wow! Today's spareribs are so delicious!" Jiang An took his own bowl and inhaled it fiercely. "Jiujiu is so great! Kiss you!"

At this time, Si Lan's nerves were highly tense, and he would trigger a bullet when he heard the key words.

He turned around and saw Jiang An pouting while eating and trying to harass Lian Jiu. His face darkened and he said, "Even eating can't shut your mouth?"

Jiang An paused and groaned, "Why are you so fierce?"

Lin Qi, who was watching the show on the other side, thought something was wrong and immediately whispered, "You don't want to learn this kind of thing. I get goose bumps just thinking about it."

Si Lan was too lazy to pay attention to this useless military advisor.

But what Yu Le said about kissing her and hugging her kept spinning in her head, and she couldn't ignore it.

Si Lan was so disturbed that he lost his appetite. He mechanically finished a bowl of rice and put down his chopsticks.

Lian Jiu turned around and saw this, frowning slightly: "Not eating anymore?"

"Yeah." Si Lan raised his eyes and saw her lips. He immediately jumped up as if burned, and said without turning his head. "I'll go out first."

All the demon gods noticed that something was wrong with him. Jiang An said in shock: "He only ate one bowl of rice today! He hasn't even eaten any vegetables! Is he really angry? Just because I wanted to kiss him for a long time?!"

Lin Qi said bluntly: "You don't have that much influence yet."

Jiang An: “…”

Lian Jiu looked at Si Lan's back as he left in a hurry, and always felt that something was wrong.

Did you get sick from eating out again today?

There's no way around it. Every time Si Lan is not in good condition, it seems to be related to his stomach.

After everyone finished their meal, Lian Jiu steamed an egg custard overnight and prepared to serve it to Si Lan, but found that he was not in the room, but sitting alone on a rock by the sea, far away from the group of monsters.

She stood at the bottom of the reef: "Si Lan."

Si Lan's nerves tensed up again and he lowered his head.

"Come down."

Si Lan paused where he was, but still went down obediently.

Lian Jiu observed his face and saw that he didn't look sick, so he asked, "Are you feeling unwell?"

Si Lan shook his head.

It's good that everything is fine. He didn't lie to himself about this matter.

"Then why are you eating so little?" Lian Jiu handed him the egg custard and said, "Have some of this."

Si Lan lowered his eyes and looked at her hand holding the egg custard, and his fingertips moved.

Thinking back to when she held his hand before, he couldn't help but want to hold her hand back.

When he looked up again, he met her worried eyes.

Si Lan's eyelids twitched. At this moment, he really wanted to hug her, really wanted to hug her!

No, can’t think about it!

But her brain seemed to be out of control. When she was alone with him, all the suppressed thoughts would rush out.

Si Lan took the egg custard from her hand, trying hard not to crush the bowl.

Lian Jiu whispered, "Try it?"

Si Lan took a bite and said, "It's delicious."

Lian Jiu smiled and said, "That's good."

Si Lan stared at the upturned corners of her mouth, which seemed really kissable. This thought made his heart start to beat wildly.

Among what Yu Le mentioned, is there one about heartbeat?

"Si Lan...are you really okay?" Lian Jiu looked at him with a puzzled look in his eyes. "Your ear is sticking out again."

Si Lan closed his eyes and finished the egg custard in the bowl in one breath.

Suddenly he squatted on the ground, frantically covering his ears which he could not control.

It's over, it's over.

It's simply treasonous.

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