"...Big monster?" Yuan Yuanyuan sat up with her legs crossed. "This...this magic monster who pretended to be loyal and then was killed in the end?"
"Yes, that's him." Fat Cat licked his beard again. "When I was very young, my grandfather told me this story. At that time, I wanted to know who this person was. Later, I looked it up and found out that this person was Yuan."
"How...did you figure that out?" Yuan Yuanyuan crossed her legs, hugged a quilt and sat there, looking as if she was humbly asking for advice.
"This is a story that has been circulating in the demon world for a long time. Adults usually tell it to children when they are young, telling them to run away quickly when they encounter a big demon. There are several other stories in the same series, but in those stories, it is the small demons that suffer, while in this one, it is the big demon that suffers."
Fat Cat paused for a moment, then suddenly added, "I always feel that because this story is about a great monster being in trouble, it is the most widely circulated of the stories."
"…Is it because everyone likes to see big monsters suffer misfortunes?" Yuan Yuanyuan asked.
"You could say that." The fat cat lowered his head and began to lick his paws.
"Don't... don't keep licking me. I don't want my pillow to be covered with your saliva." Yuan Yuanyuan pulled the fat cat's paw down. "How did you find out later?"
"Just a little bit, right? Although this is a story and may differ from reality in some ways, some of the information is very reliable, such as the 'civil turmoil after World War I'," said Fat Cat. "That period of time corresponds to the famous Hongshajing War in history. This is what humans call it, but most of the little monsters don't know it and only say 'civil turmoil after World War I', just like you."
"The Battle of Hongshajing, I know this. Isn't it the war fought in 1917?" Yuan Yuanyuan said.
"The Hongshajing War lasted for a long time." Fat Cat said, "It doesn't refer to just that one time. It refers to the general term for all the wars that took place when the Blood Jade Demon Army rose up in the late period of World War I, just like the Civil War or the Liberation War."
As he spoke, he jumped onto the table and said, "It's not easy to find a truly knowledgeable cat like me these days. Don't you have a little notebook? Take it out and write it down for me."
"Oh!" Yuan Yuanyuan suddenly came to her senses and quickly turned around to get her notebook.
…
Liu An frowned as he read the plot in the comic.
As he read, he thought, wasn't this what Three Scars told him a few days ago...
In fact, there are many differences between what Scar said and what is in the comic. At least Scar definitely did not tell him in such detail. Such a rough man does not look like someone who can tell a good bedtime story. If he really told a bedtime story like an old lady... that would be a strange picture.
He just mentioned it to Liu An casually that day, because Liu An wanted to know some customs in this regard during those days, so he asked a few questions.
Ji Qiu expanded this a lot...
Liu An looked at the picture and suddenly a wonderful idea popped into his mind.
In the future, could he just briefly mention something he wants to know in his daily life, and then see if Ji Qiu would explain it to him in detail in the comics?
Well...the idea...is indeed a good one.
...It's just that the operability is a bit difficult.
Liu An shook his head, put the idea aside, and continued reading alone.
When "Fanning" and his friend were talking to each other in the comic, the picture suddenly changed, and a scene was inserted in as if it was an interlude.
[There was a man... He lowered his head, quietly fiddling with something in his hand. His right hand held a pen. With his slender white hand, he slowly and quietly drew a beautiful red plum blossom on a bottle.
The red plum blossom is long and curved, looking particularly elegant and slender, with a large blank space left on the side.
There was no expression on his face, he just looked at the red plum blossom in his hand seriously, while he was painting and slowly turning the bottle.
A pair of eyes stared at the bottle in his hand, occasionally blinking, long eyelashes like feathers. 】
[That big monster... is too tragic. What happened to the little monster later?] At this moment, the voice-over of "Faning" suddenly sounded.
[“That little monster…”] His friend’s voice also rang out, [“Who knows? But I feel like the ending wasn’t that good… The big monster’s ending was so tragic, so the ending of this little monster must not be that bad either. But at least it’s better than dying in jail.”]
The scene suddenly switched back to Fanning.
[“Huh?”] Fanning asked, [“After all this time… you still don’t know who this little monster is?”]
【“I…how can I know!” His friend started to get angry again, “Why are you asking so many questions? This is a story! A story! If someone tells a story to a child, it has to have a source and a destination!”】
…
"So I found all the clues about the story and sorted out the sources and destinations." The fat cat nested in Yuan Yuanyuan's legs.
He said as he recalled, "The war back then corresponds to the Hongshajing War. The civil turmoil in the story is the civil turmoil in the later period of Hongshajing, that is, the civil turmoil caused by the blood cleansing. The big monster in the Blood Jade Monster Army corresponds to Yiqi, and the little monster corresponds to the monster on the cover this time. They were indeed famous good friends back then... I seriously suspect that this story actually implies some truth about the cause of Yiqi's death back then."
"Teacher, why did you talk about my legs?" Yuan Yuanyuan asked.
"Because it's warm, you just turned on the electric blanket. Don't you have any idea?"
"How much does your butt weigh? Don't you have any idea?" Yuan Yuanyuan asked.
"Shut up, you unfilial student." The fat cat swung his tail fiercely at Yuan Yuanyuan. "Just listen to me carefully. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"
"Oh." Yuan Yuanyuan sat back down with a wronged look on her face. She was silent for a while, then suddenly asked, "So you said...were these two good friends back then?"
"Exactly...how gay can it be?"
"My grandfather told me that these two were called the Two Flowers of the Army. They were the face of the army. Whenever the army wanted to promote something, they would call on them. They were the ones who held a sign that said 'The Army Welcomes You!' and stood at the door with a friendly look on their faces," said the fat cat.
"Is that little monster also from the Blood Jade Demon Army?"
"No." Fat Cat said, "He was not selected... but from another army. How difficult was it to join the Blood Jade Army back then? How could a bug monster like him get in?"
"Didn't the 17th one go in?"
"Yiqi is Yiqi." Fat Cat said, "The monster species of the Blood Jade Monster Army are all kept secret. The few known ones have obvious characteristics and cannot be hidden. But from the beginning to the end, no one knows what kind of monster Yiqi is. I think that although his family has fallen, his ancestors should have very powerful monster bloodline."
Yuan Yuanyuan stroked the cat in her hand unconsciously, and was pinched again before she reacted. She was thinking about the fact that Siqun and Yiqi were gay friends back then.
After thinking for a long time, Yuan Yuanyuan suddenly spoke slowly.
She didn't know what her mood was, she just suddenly wanted to talk to someone.
"Fat Cat... that little monster... You actually saw him that day. He is actually stupid now, you know? And the fucking thing is that he is not only stupid but also fierce..."
"Ah... Actually, I can see a little bit." The fat cat shook his tail. "After all, they were the four groups of dragon kings in the northwest. How could they be afraid of blood?"
"I remember that you and Heihongse both knew him." Yuan Yuanyuan lowered her head. "Is the Fourth Group famous?"
"The famous Li Siqun?" Fat Cat said, "I don't know what his name was before, but he was the fourth Gu King to survive in the Gu Kiln in the Northwest, so everyone called him Siqun later."
…
[The one in white! Damn, he's just not giving anyone a chance to live, so damn handsome!!!]
[He should be a big monster, right? I really want to take a look at him... Or maybe we should go to see the handsome guy in white clothes after we finish watching Yuan...]
"The one in white clothes! He's not the big monster! He's the little monster! Little monster!" Gao Ling shouted frantically into the microphone.
The chat box on the computer froze for a second.
[Fuck... The boss's heart-wrenching voice is my ears. ]
[Why is the boss so excited... What did the boss just say? Isn't that big monster the one in white clothes? ]
[But according to what Ji Qiu meant, the guy in white clothes should be one of the big monster or the small monster...]
"I know what you mean! But it's not what you think!" Gao Ling continued to shout into the microphone, "Ji Qiu's way of drawing is very misleading, but it's not like this. He used ancient costumes and hairstyles to mislead readers, but the body shape will not change."
Gao Ling said as she took a screenshot, "Look at this silhouette. I used Photoshop to close it up. The body shapes are basically the same. The only differences are the clothes and the hairstyle."
She took a screenshot of the picture on her computer and sent it to the group. Immediately, everyone in the group was shocked. "What the hell is going on? Why is the relationship so stable?"
[Oh my god, without the clothes and hair, she is exactly the same person... Why didn't I see it just now? ]
[Boss, you are worthy of being a boss. Such observation skills! Boss, how did you find out? 】
Gao Ling actually didn't notice it at first...but after all, she had studied painting and was sensitive to the human body, so there was a picture in it that made her inexplicably concerned.
So she searched for several hours before she found a picture of Yuan. She used Photoshop to zoom in and out and compared the pictures, and found that it was indeed the same person.
But there are definitely not many people who can tell... Ji Qiu is so amazing, just by changing her hair and clothes, she is a completely different person.
...Or maybe Yuan is just too amazing. Just by changing his clothes and hairstyle, he becomes a completely different person.
Gao Ling's heart was inexplicably agitated. She sat on a chair, looking sideways at the door, the screen in front of her was refreshing one after another, [Wait, if this big monster is Yuan... Oh my god! ]
[So Yuan saved the little monster, and because of the little monster, he had a miserable end...Is that right?]
[My, my mother...did we accidentally discover the truth? ]
[Detective, has anyone else discovered this on the Internet? Or are we the only ones who have discovered it?]
Gao Ling stared at the door for a while, and suddenly the door opened. Her mother pushed the door open and walked in. "Xiao Ling'er? Why aren't you asleep yet?"
"Ah, I'll go to sleep right away." Gao Ling suddenly seemed to wake up. She quickly turned around and turned off the computer, then picked up her mobile phone, got into bed, and secretly watched from under the quilt.
The chatter in the group had changed from [Oh my god, how could that person be Yuan?] to [What the hell!! That person is Yuan ahh ...
[Oh my god...if that person is Yuan...oh my god, this foreshadowing is too big and too scary...I can't accept it...]
[Nima, I can’t accept it even more… When I think about the fact that this monster actually exists in the three-dimensional world, I can’t accept it even more…]
[Yeah, wait… this person actually exists in the three-dimensional world? ! ! How come I just forgot about this? ! ! ]
【！ ！ 】
[Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Mommy, I can’t sleep tonight. Help me! ]
Gao Ling looked at the records in the chat column, and suddenly he felt a little weird.
Oh my god... this person exists in the three-dimensional world... he is not just a paper man...
And she had met him once.
...Can we meet again?
She turned her head to look at the small talisman that had just been sent to the bedside, hung it a little more straight, then buried her head in the quilt, and suddenly let out a strange laugh.