Sister Li brought a bunch of snacks. When Yuan Yuanyuan went over to take a look, she couldn't figure out what kind of snacks they were.

Basically, they are all made into flower-shaped cakes... Every kind of cake looks delicious, just like the messy cakes described in ancient novels. When Yuan Yuanyuan was reading Dream of the Red Chamber, she read the part related to food over and over again for more than ten times.

Oh... look at that, the transparent skin is made into the shape of lotus petals, it looks delicious.

Before Yuan Yuanyuan had even finished reading, Sister Li Zi stuffed a piece of cake into her mouth. She ate until tears were about to flow, and she deeply realized how many cruel things a poor person has to face in this world, such as... not being able to eat delicious food.

"Where did you buy this?" Yuan Yuanyuan asked. She wondered if she could save money to eat it once a month...

"I didn't buy this, I brought it from home. I just went back to my hometown." Sister Lizi said, "Siqun's birthday is coming up in a few days. He loved eating this when he was little. I saw some leftovers when I went home this time, so I brought a bunch back."

Yuan Yuanyuan's chewing movements gradually slowed down, and the Siqun hiding in the wine jar was attracted by the smell. When the box was opened, the room was filled with the fragrance of flowers. Siqun staggered out of the wine jar, then carefully took the box, sat in the corner and began to open the box...

"When is your birthday?" Yuan Yuanyuan came to the side of the four groups and took a piece of chocolate from the box. "I don't know when you were born."

"Next, next week." The four groups said in a low voice.

Yuan Yuanyuan looked at Siqun's furry head and asked, "How do you usually celebrate your birthday? Do you actually celebrate your birthday..."

Siqun stuffed food into his mouth and whispered to Yuan Yuanyuan, "Eat, eat noodles..."

"Longevity noodles?"

"Also, I want to eat eggs..."

He and Yuan Yuanyuan finished a whole box of food in just one night.

When they were leaving in the morning, Yuan Yuanyuan looked at Siqun and suddenly said, "It's becoming popular among humans to celebrate birthdays in a different way. I'll bring you something else on your birthday."

The four groups looked at Yuan Yuanyuan. Yuan Yuanyuan inexplicably felt that his eyes were sparkling. That sparkle...

"Sweet, do you like sweet things?" Yuan Yuanyuan felt a little creepy when he stared at her. She thought that there was a new cake shop downstairs that was having a promotion and discount this month. She had just received her salary, so she could buy a cheaper fruit cake...

The four groups nodded vigorously.

Yuan Yuanyuan silently helped him calm his nervous head, and then rushed out...

I have a feeling that... ever since the words "bring something" were said, the four groups have become particularly excited.

…

The next day, Yuan Yuanyuan went out to shoot a scene with Xiaoying from next door. Li Xin had not met Yuan Yuanyuan since she was exposed. Yuan Yuanyuan thought she had scared him, but when they met again, Li Xin seemed to be adapting well.

The three of them arrived at a nearby park, which is usually a place where a bunch of old men and women work out or walk their dogs. There is a lake there, with a small wooden pavilion in the center of the lake and a long corridor. Usually many people go there to take pictures, and they also planned to go there this time.

When Yuan Yuanyuan squatted down to help Li Xin put on the clothes she had brought from the tavern, Xiaoying was curious about the clothes for a while. She touched the clothes and kept saying, "Is this something a monster has worn?"

"Yes, I've washed it for you, don't worry." Yuan Yuanyuan put the clothes on Li Xin.

When they arrived at the pavilion, they were dumbfounded.

I don't know when a group of men and women singing opera appeared in the pavilion. Everyone was wearing Peking Opera costumes. The man had a beard and the women had drawn eyebrows and sideburns. They actually looked quite good.

The three of them stood outside, staring blankly at the cold wind for a while. Finally, Yuan Yuanyuan said, "So where are those guys who sang Qinqiang with their loud speakers? Qinqiang has never been used to perform Peking Opera?"

"... Wait a moment. At this time, it will be done in an hour at most." Li Xin said, and then the three of them sat outside the pavilion, looking in that direction.

Yuan Yuanyuan was looking at the old man and old woman who were helping to sing Peking opera, and gradually became dazed. Although she didn't understand what kind of opera it was, she found it somewhat interesting as she watched, and she became absorbed in watching it.

The story on stage seemed to be about a woman who married a treacherous man and then burst into tears of grief.

The pronunciation in Peking Opera was very strange, and many words were not used in daily life, so Yuan Yuanyuan could not understand it very well. She just watched the old lady singing and made up stories in her mind.

For example, the woman and the man once made a vow of eternal love... For example, the man left her and never looked back after he became successful...

When Yuan Yuanyuan was daydreaming, she suddenly heard Li Xin beside her whisper, "Sister Yuanyuan, you should be careful recently."

"Ah?" Yuan Yuanyuan didn't hear clearly and asked again.

"I mean, you should be careful." Li Xin repeated helplessly, she said, "I think something big is going to happen to you monsters recently..."

Yuan Yuanyuan saw Xiaoying secretly pulling Li Xin, and Li Xin glared at Xiaoying.

"Ahem." Yuan Yuanyuan pretended to clear her throat. She looked at Li Xin and asked, "Why do you say that?"

"Aren't all the things that happened in the "Monster Chronicle" true?" Li Xin said, "If they are true, then the nature of it is different from random drawings... I read the second volume, and it seems that this cartoonist is going to do something big. I think your demon world may get into trouble in a few years... no, a year. You should find a more stable partner first."

"How did you know that?" Yuan Yuanyuan became interested and asked Li Xin.

"The cartoonist named Ji Qiu... has a complicated purpose for drawing this comic. I always feel that his purpose is not pure... It seems that he wants to settle old scores. Since the second volume came out, this feeling has become completely subtle. I feel that he wants to put his own personal opinions into the comic." Li Xin said.

Yuan Yuanyuan thought to herself, she actually thought so too...

If she hadn't known that there was no monster or person named "Ji Qiu" in the war, she would have suspected that this Ji Qiu was some old man who had participated in the war. It seemed that he was familiar with what happened in the past.

Yuan Yuanyuan, as an ant living in the center of a storm, now thinks so much, which is useless. It's not that she is decadent, it's really useless. She has figured it out herself. Just from the fact that she has never seen Ji Qiu's true face so far, and he even knows her daily life clearly, she can know that she can't play him at all.

However, Yuan Yuanyuan still wanted to ask other people what they thought, especially those who were not involved but had wild ideas. She leaned back and asked, "So, who should I cling to?"

"It must be Fanning, is there any need to ask. But there's no need to rush to curry favor with him... It's just that you've appeared in the comic once, and many people still remember you. What if you appear again one day?" Li Xin said.

"You mean if I do it again I'll quickly cling to Fanning's thighs... that makes sense." Yuan Yuanyuan nodded.

Li Xin's thoughts were exactly the same as hers, the kind of thoughts that a hardcore comic fan would have if they followed the natural development of the comics...

"Then...what about Yuan? Why don't you hug Yuan's thigh?" Xiaoying suddenly asked.

Yuan Yuanyuan saw Li Xin pinch Xiaoying again, and she cleared her throat awkwardly...

Li Xin turned his head, hesitated for a few seconds, and said, "That Yuan... Actually, Xiaoying and I originally thought he was pretty good, but now that we've seen the plot, we're a little hesitant..."

Yuan Yuanyuan waited for her to continue.

Li Xin thought about it, as if she was organizing her words. After a while, she suddenly raised her hand and pointed at the old man and old lady who were performing in the pavilion opposite, and said, "He...how should I put it, he seems to be a bit out of the picture."

"It feels like he will save the monsters he likes, but he will ignore the ones he doesn't like. But sometimes he will ignore the monsters he likes, and he will also care about the ones he doesn't like... Uh, does it sound crazy when I say this?"

"A little...but isn't this good?" Yuan Yuanyuan complained in a low voice.

"He's a pretty psychotic monster, but he's met Xiaoying and I once or twice, so I can't say anything bad about him... Didn't he appear in a comic before as a spy while singing opera?" Li Xin said, "Actors seem to be heartless, and they're not the same on and off the stage. After all, they have to play different characters every day. Plus, he was a spy. If he really took it seriously in private, then it wouldn't be interesting..."

The opera in the pavilion had stopped. The lady who played the miserable woman and the gentleman who played the ungrateful man changed their clothes and walked away together in a loving manner. It turned out that they were an old couple performing an opera.

"An actor who can become a spy chief must be a scary monster with strong psychological quality... Although I think he is really good to young ladies, this guy may have a complex for young ladies, so you can also consider him. Sister Yuanyuan, you have the temperament that combines sisterhood and stupidity, you will definitely be able to conquer him." Li Xin patted Yuan Yuanyuan's shoulder, very sincerely.

Yuan Yuanyuan looked at the two old men and women walking together, and as she looked at them, she was actually a little dazed.

"You talk as if there is no actor in the world who can be a little bit sincere. At least consider the species diversity of China." Yuan Yuanyuan said.

"Actors are disloyal. This saying was passed down by the old people. I don't believe there are any sincere and well-lived actors in this world. It's just like saying that Xiaoying and I can hang out all day and still do well in our studies. It's fundamentally contradictory. Look at the loyal and affectionate actors, how miserable Comrade Dieyi is. If he was as smart as Youyuan, he wouldn't be so miserable, right?" said Li Xin.

Yuan Yuanyuan looked at the pavilion and thought, but he is indeed in a very miserable state.

…She stood up and followed Li Xin and Xiaoying to the pavilion, and suddenly she felt suffocated again.

In fact, all the people and monsters in comics are acting, and they all have a lot of things they can't say.

Yuan Yuanyuan felt that she was quite hypocritical. For example, she didn't dare to say "Yuan = she".

She could tell anyone who was in her heart except this one thing. This thing would be rotten in her bones and she would carry it to hell.

…

Friday of the second week was a rainy morning.

When Yuan Yuanyuan got up, she thought that today was Siqun's birthday. When she went downstairs, she ordered a fruit cake and prepared to give it to Siqun when she went to work.

On this day, the sky in City C was particularly gloomy and thundered continuously, and finally the sky turned red.

Yuan Yuanyuan was sleeping at home, covering her ears with a pillow. She was completely asleep and didn't feel the small mirror hidden in her chest vibrating violently at all.

This... She stayed up all night last night, and now even her dreams are filled with a bunch of sorcery terms...

"Why is it so noisy outside today?" Sister Li Zi heard a lot of noise outside when she came out. Just as she finished speaking, she heard a "click, click, click" sound coming from behind her. She turned around and was startled by four groups of sparkling eyes...

"Brother, what are you doing?" Sister Li yelled.

"I, I want to go out and take a look." Siqun said brightly.

"Go, go..." Sister Li Zi said stutteringly.

She looked at the four groups of people who were so excited and wondered what was going on. Why were they so excited today?

Siqun ran to the front of the tavern happily. He heard last week that Yuan Yuanyuan was going to give him a birthday surprise, so he waited for a whole week... He got up early this morning, changed into new clothes, and then moved a small stool to sit in the kitchen and wait.

He arrived at the hall and saw groups of young ladies in beautiful clothes standing in the middle of the hall. Everyone was dressed up, and the scene looked particularly grand.

These young ladies did not move at all, just stood there quietly. From time to time, some monsters came over. Gradually, almost all the female monsters who were pouring wine and lighting incense in the front of the tavern had gathered.

The four groups watched this scene in silence for a minute...

Then, he suddenly became excited, his eyes sparkling.

Is this a gathering to celebrate?

Could it be... this is my birthday present!

Suddenly, a loud roar came from the front, "Everyone kneel down! Don't stand up, just stay still!"

There was a burst of screams in the hall, and all the young ladies knelt down with their heads in their hands. The whole scene suddenly became weird.

…

Yuan Yuanyuan got up in a daze, picked up the small mirror and took a look. She was stunned. There were hundreds of messages on it.

"Master Yuan! A demon from the outside world has now broken into City C! We have learned that their leader is a white snake demon. Now this group of demons are roaming around the city at will. We ask for your help!"

…

A white snake suddenly appeared in the front.

He looked at all the monsters that had already knelt down in front of him and continued to shout, "Are there any more? If there are, call them out to me!"

The four people standing in the dark corner at the back looked at the long white snake and were silent for two seconds.

His eyes were hidden by his bangs, casting a shadow so that his expression could not be seen. His mouth was pursed like a sharp blade.

…

After half a minute, he suddenly raised his head, his eyes sparkling and frightening...

A very long, very long, very long... piece of noodle!

Could it be... this is my birthday present!

"...Who is that monster over there? His expression looks so disgusting." said a lackey next to the white snake.

"Catch him for me!" White Snake gave an order, and several little monsters came over with Si Qun tied up.

Four groups were brought over, their faces sparkling.

Yes, come to the front!

Could it be... this is my birthday present!

Then, the white snake looked at Siqun and thought he was really annoying, so it swallowed him in one gulp.

The four groups looked at the white snake's big mouth with sparkling faces.

Could it be... this is my birthday present!

…

"Fuck, what's going on? Why is it so scary down there?" Yuan Yuanyuan was lying on the roof, holding a discounted fruit cake from downstairs and trying hard to look down.

When she saw the white snake swallow up the four groups, she froze like a statue on the roof...