Chapter 327 On the Day of Eighteen Years Old
What happens on the day you turn eighteen?
Little Red Riding Hood has been trying her best to avoid thinking about this question for the past decade or so of her life - even though she has always acted as the most mature one in the "fairy tale" and is the trustworthy eldest sister in the hearts of all her younger brothers and sisters, and even though she often talks to people about her adulthood and her possible future in a nonchalant tone, if someone really asks her how she plans to spend her eighteenth day, she will say... this day is no big deal.
She thought that this day should be similar to every birthday in her past life, because that was what the previous generation of Little Red Riding Hood taught her. She would go to class, talk to people, and see the world as usual, and then go home and reunite with her brothers and sisters before dark. Everyone would prepare cakes and gifts for her, but this time she probably didn't need to make a wish.
Finally, before curfew, she would go to a special room in the west building, lock herself in, and open her birthday presents one by one - the king or Snow White would guard the door, or some other child who was good at fighting.
If she had to make any plans for this day in her past life, her only thought was to insist on opening every last gift and then placing them carefully around herself.
But now, that special room in the west building was gone—it had been transformed into a bubble in Ankaela’s waking nightmare during her fall.
The rest was just as she had imagined.
She went to school, met her teachers and classmates. She didn't mention her birthday to people "outside", but some well-informed or thoughtful classmates still brought her small gifts. There were not many gifts because high school students generally don't have much energy, and she had very few friends in school.
Today's class was not difficult, as half of the content was reviewing previous knowledge. She almost fell asleep in the last class... In fact, she had already fallen asleep, but was soon awakened by the noise of her desk mate jumping out of his seat and running towards the cafeteria.
She had a good lunch and ordered braised pork - she seldom ate these during the difficult days in the orphanage, but now the consumption of sanity blockers and other drugs has been greatly reduced, and... a guy who is good at taking advantage of the situation has been swindling various funds from the Secret Service and distributing them to the children in the orphanage. The conditions are much better than before, and all the "parents" no longer have to live the tight life they had before.
The afternoon classes were even more boring than the morning ones, and they were all things she had already mastered, so she spent half of the time using the wolf's perspective to secretly read the posts on the border newsletter. She also saw the warning notice issued by the Secret Service to all spiritual detectives and investigators, reminding everyone to pay attention to abnormal phenomena appearing in various mirrors around them and clues related to "fog".
Three days ago, the Secret Service announced the existence of the "City in the Mist". In today's announcement, they additionally mentioned the progress of the exploration of the City in the Mist and released a series of safety rules that have been explored. The discussion area below the post was very lively. Among the large number of serious replies, an abstract post with a humidifier placed in front of a mirror was inexplicably pushed to the first page. The post was full of questions about the brand of the humidifier. In addition, the mermaid posted a post in the comment area with a small account saying "Welcome to follow Yu Yu official meow~". A bunch of people were swearing in the post, and she liked all of them.
It was not until the end of the school day that the mermaid post was deleted by the administrator. Little Red Riding Hood felt that this was quite embarrassing, but she was not surprised. After all, that salted fish had been making abstractions for a long time. Everyone thought that she was playing fish-and-man killing with a group of sailors on the boat every night.
Then, it was time to go home from school - the teacher did not keep the class after class today, and announced the end of get out of class as soon as the bell rang.
Little Red Riding Hood carefully packed up the books on the table, stuffed the homework that needed to be taken home into her schoolbag, then stood at the door of the classroom and took a deep breath.
She will come to class tomorrow.
She left the school, found a deserted place, rode on the shadow wolf, and jumped into the shadow world with the wolf pack. In just a moment, she came from the school to the ruins of the old orphanage - the entrance to the valley was at the site of the orphanage, which had now been cleared into an open space, and a separate cottage stood in the corner of the old wall. Little Red Riding Hood greeted the guard on duty in the cottage, and pushed open the door to a foreign land.
Then as soon as I entered the door, there were two "bang bang" sounds.
But Little Red Riding Hood knew the group of naughty kids around her too well. She was tense before entering the door, and she rushed out as soon as two cannons were fired. Confetti and sequins fluttered behind her, not getting on her hair at all.
"Hey, you're boring now!" The long-haired princess who was guarding the door with a firework tube in her hand suddenly shouted, "Sense of ceremony, sense of ceremony, do you understand?"
When Little Red Riding Hood looked up, she saw a group of familiar figures. Yu Sheng was among them. Rapunzel was staring at them with her eyes wide open, looking very angry.
Little Red Riding Hood laughed and was about to say something back to the long-haired girl, but the moment she let down her guard, she saw the brilliant golden hair behind her suddenly spread out, and then more than 20 firework tubes emerged from the hair - she only had time to say "Oh my god" before she heard a series of bangs and confetti all over her face...
"Happy birthday!" "Happy birthday, Sister Red Riding Hood!" "I'm eighteen!" "Another bonfire today! A big bonfire!" "Barbecue - and fireworks!"
The people around her started shouting in a mess. Little Red Riding Hood was frantically trying to pick at the colored confetti all over her head. Just when she wanted to say something to highlight the authority of her parents, she was surrounded by her brothers and sisters, and then was pushed forward by a group of people. She could only struggle and shout in the middle: "Hey! My schoolbag! Can I put my schoolbag in the house first? I've let the wolf out, if you do this again!"
With a bright smile on his face, Yu Sheng followed the others and walked forward. At the same time, he took out his mobile phone, checked the time, and waved it towards the sky.
The clouds gathered, and today's "night" came earlier than normal.
Little Red Riding Hood saw a big bonfire that had been set up in the open space outside the town, and the barbecue rack that was pushed out of the warehouse. She saw that the clouds in the sky were gathering in advance, and a group of court musicians in colorful clothes were gathering in the square. As soon as she walked over, she heard a cheerful little tune playing.
"Is it really that necessary..." The girl was a little confused by the commotion. Although she knew that everyone in "Fairy Tale" was preparing to celebrate her birthday, this was obviously beyond her expectations. "If it's just a birthday, isn't this budget too much over budget?"
"Sister Red Riding Hood! Today is not just an ordinary birthday," Dorothy shouted, "You are the first one among us to celebrate your eighteenth birthday since the curse ended. It is of great commemorative significance! I originally wanted to arrange eighteen cannon salutes around the square, and there would be aerial acrobatic performances by the flying squadron when you came in, and my Lionheart Armored Division parade formation on the ground, but my brother didn't agree..."
"From now on, there will be a grand celebration for every fairy tale member's eighteenth birthday," Yu Sheng patted Little Red Riding Hood's shoulder, "Adulthood is worth celebrating, especially yours - of course Dorothy's plan was a bit too much."
Little Red Riding Hood listened in a daze, and before she knew how to react, a blazing bonfire had already started on the huge woodpile.
The street lights inside and outside the town have been turned on. In the light and fire, several familiar figures appeared in the square - they were the employees of the council, including Teacher Su.
They were pushing a huge food cart, and on the cart was the biggest cake Little Red Riding Hood had ever seen in her life.
The cake was decorated to look like a forest, with a "shadow wolf" made of chocolate running through the forest. There was also a large sign on top of the cake with the words "Happy Birthday to Wang Jiajia" written on it.
"The cake was sent by the Secret Service," Yu Sheng said, "and the words on it were written by Baili Qing herself. She said she had written a similar greeting card before but was unable to send it. Today, she has fulfilled her wish."
Little Red Riding Hood's expression was a little dazed, and she looked like she was about to cry.
But Rapunzel always interrupts others’ emotions at the right time. The hair monster came over and pinched Little Red Riding Hood’s face: “Let’s talk about the cake later! Take the presents first!”
"Oh, yes! Everyone has prepared a gift for you!" Bai Xue came over happily, "I spent a long time choosing mine!"
"I have prepared it for you too." Yu Sheng also said with a smile.
Little Red Riding Hood stood there in a daze, watching everyone bring their gifts to the open space next to the campfire and pile them up like a small mountain.
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She didn't have to open them alone in that special room, she could just open them right here.
Cinderella urged him, "Open it, open it~~ Let's open it right here! Let's see what everyone gave!"
Little Red Riding Hood hesitated for a moment, and finally walked towards the "hill".
She picked up the box with Rapunzel's name on it first - the gift was heavy and she had no idea what was inside.
The long-haired man immediately became happy: "Oh! He's the first one to tear mine apart!"
"Because you are prone to mischief," Little Red Riding Hood wiped her eyes and glanced up at her long hair, "I'll tear you apart first so I can have peace of mind later."
As she spoke, she casually unwrapped the gift and opened the thick cardboard box that looked sturdy.
There was another box inside: a brand new set of "90 Days to College Entrance Examination Sprint", a boxed edition.
There were "Oh" sounds all around, and some people even praised this gift as something that only a human could come up with. Long-haired girl smiled like Irene, waving her hands around and saying, "Thank you, thank you, I'll just do my best, thank you for the compliment..."
Little Red Riding Hood didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She rolled her eyes at Long Hair, raised her hand and picked up the gift prepared by Yu Sheng, ready to comfort herself.
Yu Sheng's expression was a little strange at this time: "What..."
Little Red Riding Hood didn't notice that she had already opened the equally heavy gift box.
I opened it and saw that it was a boxed edition of "120 Days to College Entrance Examination Preparation".
little Red Riding Hood:"……?"
After a long silence, the girl slowly raised her head and looked at the two people in front of her.
"Are you sick?!"
(End of this chapter)
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