Chapter 328 Happy Birthday
To be honest, receiving gifts was quite enjoyable - even though she received two sets of "College Entrance Examination Sprint", Little Red Riding Hood still felt quite happy.
Then, the barbecue grill was set up, and the court musicians summoned by the king began to play new music. Long Hair took advantage of no one's attention to launch a few fireworks into the sky, and the atmosphere on the scene instantly became lively.
The children were running and making noises around the bonfire. Irene also split into two bodies to join in the fun. She even deliberately went to provoke a group of doll heads, so after a while the traditional show of being chased by the little ones like a doll began again.
The mermaid was urged by everyone to go up and sing a song, so she stood in front of the big bonfire and sang a chorus whose name was unknown - with the accompaniment of a whole symphony orchestra, a chorus of at least two hundred people, and at the end there was applause and cheers from at least five thousand people. Yu Sheng, who lacked artistic talent, didn't understand anything at all, but he was indeed very excited listening to it.
Mr. Sun sent someone to deliver two boxes of beer.
A large group of "Fairy Tale" members rushed over to join in the fun, but Yu Sheng stood in front of the beer, and next to him was the wolf summoned by Little Red Riding Hood. The king squatted on the beer box with great pride, waving his paws at the group of half-grown children: "Underage people, get out of the way! The juice over there on the big table is for you!"
Yu Sheng turned his head and looked at Little Red Riding Hood: "Congratulations on becoming an adult - just this once, drink it once before you graduate from high school."
The red light of the fire not far away was reflected on Little Red Riding Hood's face. Her eyes were shining. She looked at the beer expectantly but a little hesitantly: "... This is not healthy."
"You're really taking care of yourself now!" Rapunzel came over with a skewer of lamb. "You didn't have this attitude when you thought you wouldn't live past 18."
Little Red Riding Hood opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, Yu Sheng beside her slapped down a strand of her golden hair that was slowly creeping up the table leg, and took out two cans of beer from Rapunzel's hair: "Don't fish in troubled waters - you're only sixteen!"
"Ah - why are adults so mean!" Rapunzel complained in an exaggerated manner and left with resentment.
Hu Li came over curiously, took a can of beer from the table, opened it, licked it with his tongue, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "My benefactor! This tastes very interesting!"
Yu Sheng didn’t know what “interesting” tasted like, but it seemed that the nine-tailed fox was quite satisfied with this thing.
"Okay then," Little Red Riding Hood finally relaxed. She licked her lips and casually picked up a can of beer and opened it. However, she almost spit it out after taking a sip. "It doesn't taste good!"
"Oh, this is how it was the first time," the king's cat even showed a cat's expression on his face, and raised his paw to summon a servant while talking to Little Red Riding Hood, "Drink it a few more times and you will find that this thing is a bit interesting."
Before the cat finished speaking, the dull-looking servant opened a can of beer for it and poured it into a bowl on the table. The king nodded with satisfaction and put his head closer.
Yu Sheng was shocked when he saw this scene: "Can a cat drink this!?"
"Cats can't talk!" The king raised his head and looked at Yu Sheng as if he was a fool. "What can't a spirit do? Can't your fox eat chocolate?"
Yu Sheng glanced at the nine-tailed fox who was eating and drinking a beer can with the barbecue, and opened a can himself. He sighed casually: "She really can't eat chocolate. She gets a stomachache after eating it. I think this is amazing too."
Little Red Riding Hood looked at Yu Sheng, then at Hu Li, hesitated for a moment, and took another sip of the wine, but still felt it did not taste good.
But she was happy.
She had rarely been this happy in the past decade or so.
The sky was lit up by fireworks, and in the sudden burst of light, there was the shadow of a flying object.
Yu Sheng looked up and saw a gorgeously decorated pumpkin carriage flying over the square. Rapunzel hung herself under the carriage with her hair, holding a huge firecracker in each hand and shooting at the surroundings. The firelight illuminated the surroundings, and the girl laughed heartily in the fireworks.
She seemed to be the happiest person here tonight except Little Red Riding Hood.
The bonfire burned brighter and brighter, and the king sent people to add firewood to the fire twice.
After the meat prepared in advance was grilled, the children began to hold skewers and go to the grill to roast marshmallows, vegetables, and bread slices.
Snow White got a bunch of sweet potatoes from somewhere and secretly buried them in the hot ashes next to the bonfire. But not long after she buried them, she was discovered by Hu Li, who ate three of them raw on the spot and was caught when he was about to eat the fourth. He buried the sweet potatoes back again with a feeling of grievance.
Then, the king got drunk. It was the first time that Yu Sheng saw a drunken cat. It walked to the bonfire without caring about its relatives. It got a loud speaker from somewhere and scared everyone when it turned it on: "Now, I'll meow a few words..."
As a result, he vomited all over the floor as soon as he meowed the first sentence, and was then carried away by the servant who came running over.
A normal cat may not be like this when it drinks too much.
Yu Sheng was holding a half-can of beer, with a smile on his face, and he sat contentedly in a corner of the square.
There was another figure with him.
Luna stood quietly beside Yu Sheng, the firelight in the distance reflected on her shiny shell, as if it was coated with a layer of jumping phantoms. She didn't say a word and didn't move. When she stood there, she was like a sculpture without warmth and life. Looking from a distance, it was even a little... weird.
But Yu Sheng could vaguely feel her mood.
"Don't you want to go?" Yu Sheng suddenly said, "They are very welcoming to new friends."
Luna hesitated and responded slowly: "I am slow to speak. Child, I am impatient."
"You don't have to worry about that, these kids are more tolerant than you think," Yu Sheng smiled, but quickly waved his hand, "But it doesn't matter, if you don't want to go, then don't go. Integrating into the environment is a gradual process. It's good for you to stay here with me for a while."
Luna nodded slightly and continued to stare at the bonfire.
No one knew what she was thinking.
After a long while, she suddenly broke the silence: "Do you like fire?"
"Fire?" Yu Sheng felt a little puzzled. Due to the obvious difficulty in language communication, he sometimes could not fully understand the thoughts of the artificial saint beside him. However, he still thought about it seriously and gave a response, "Then I think I still like it very much - warmth and light, people need these two things, especially in the dark, the firelight can always make people feel at ease."
Luna slowly lowered her head.
He didn’t know if it was an illusion, but at that moment, Yu Sheng suddenly felt that the iron doll in front of him had some kind of...holiness.
Of course, her "nun" posture was originally holy, but that was just the elaborate design of the monastic order - the perfect appearance, the elegant posture, were all symbols of the "path to holiness", but now Yu Sheng felt something completely different.
He heard the iron puppet speak, still with difficulty and slowness, with a low and unclear tremor in his voice -
"Then, I will protect the fire for you."
The light from the bonfire in the distance reflected on her "shell", as if there were real and illusory flames jumping on her body, unreal and hazy.
"Uh," Yu Sheng scratched his hair. Although he didn't quite understand what Luna meant, he nodded confusedly, "That's... good."
Luna smiled—the corners of her mouth were not that cold, hard smile of steel, but an arc that held a hint of life.
Yu Sheng looked at the other person's face in a daze, and for a moment he didn't know if he had drunk too much.
"Luna, can your face change expression?"
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"I have no idea."
Yu Sheng blinked, and the smile just now disappeared, as if it was just an illusion.
The party around the campfire was still going on - but the noise of the little kids' squeaking and screaming gradually faded away.
The youngest group of children almost all felt sleepy around ten o'clock and were sent to bed by their parents. Gradually, only the older children and adults were left in the square.
After using up all the fireworks she had stored, Long Hair tried to trick Dorothy into borrowing her anti-aircraft gun, but was rejected. She then tried to trick Match, but was dragged back by the others as soon as she opened her mouth. The mermaid sat by the campfire humming an unknown tune. The lyrics were made up by herself, and only when you got closer could you hear clearly that what she was singing was "Just sit by the high fire, and you'll turn into a dried fish in a while"; Cinderella found that her pumpkin carriage was blackened by Long Hair's fireworks, and she was feeling sad.
Little Red Riding Hood, who had been complaining that the wine was not tasty, finally got drunk - the result was that the howling of wolves was heard in the square.
When Yu Sheng heard the sound and looked up, he saw Little Red Riding Hood and Hu Li squatting on the table side by side. The former stretched her neck and raised her voice to the sky: "Awoo——"
Then, every time she made an "Awooo" sound, Hu Li would also raise his voice and make a much sharper "Awoo" sound.
Occasionally, the two of them would bark together, confusing the group of shadow wolves squatting next to the table.
Everyone around was stunned. The Dragon Slayer rubbed his eyes vigorously. "This is the first time I see Sister Red Riding Hood like this... Will she kill us when she wakes up?"
"Don't think too much," said the long-haired man, pulling out his cell phone and taking photos with the video tape, "This scene is rare."
As soon as she finished speaking, the Little Red Riding Hood on the table suddenly stood up. However, after scaring everyone around her (especially the long-haired girl who was recording the video), she just pointed at the still squatting Hu Li and said with great momentum: "We are destined to be together, let's form a team!"
Hu Li happily wagged his tail: "Okay, okay."
"Then we will just be good friends from now on..."
As soon as she finished speaking, the girl in red fell straight down, snoring evenly on the table.
Yu Sheng saw this scene when he walked over - he tried to stop it but failed, and only had time to record a 15-second video.
The surroundings gradually became quiet.
After a while, Yu Sheng heard someone muttering quietly: "What time is it?"
The long-haired man muttered, "Didn't you take your phone? Look for yourself."
Yu Sheng also subconsciously glanced at the time on his mobile phone.
"It's just past twelve o'clock." Bai Xue muttered softly.
Someone came up to the table and whispered, "Congratulations, Sister Red Riding Hood." "Happy birthday, sister." "You've become a boring adult~"
Little Red Riding Hood suddenly sat up straight from the table, closed her eyes, and looked very imposing.
"I want to get a driver's license!!"
So everyone started laughing.
"Happy birthday, Wang Jiajia."
Yu Sheng whispered to the girl in red who had fallen asleep.
(End of this chapter)
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