Reborn as Xiao in another world, targeted by the little red bird

The first day of the new year.

Early in the morning, just as the sky was getting light, the sound of firecrackers rang out in the city.

When it was bright, Cheng Xiao appeared outside the City Lord's Mansion.

The gate of the City Lord's Mansion was bustling with activity. Famous forces in the city sent people to deliver invitations and wish a happy new year on their behalf, and the sound of firecrackers never ceased.

Cheng Xiao took a quick glance and turned to walk towards the side door.

He has come to look for Xiao many times, and the guards here basically know him.

"Are you here to see Lord Xiao so early in the morning?" the guard asked as he made way for him.

Cheng Xiao stepped into the mansion carrying a box of pastries: "Well, I'm here to pay New Year's greetings. Can we celebrate the New Year in the mansion?"

"That depends on which distinguished guests are staying in the mansion. However, the distinguished guests in the mansion now are Lord Xiao, an immortal, and Lord Fox King. You know them all, so it should be possible." The guard replied.

"Okay." Cheng Xiao said "Happy New Year" to the guard and walked inside.

He arrived outside Xiao's residence and just as he took out the firecrackers, he heard a "squeak". He looked up and saw Red Xiao leaning against the door frame, looking at him coldly.

"What are you doing?" asked Red Mandrill.

"Happy New Year." Cheng Xiao raised the firecrackers in his hand, "Set off firecrackers to celebrate the New Year."

The Xiao in front of him made him feel indescribably strange, as if he was not the same Xiao as before. However, it could also be that he was in a bad mood after waking up.

Although he had never seen Xiao get mad when he and Xiao were roommates, people always change. It has been so long since he studied at Licheng College. Who knows what he has become now?

"Happy New Year..." Hong Xiao's eyes fell on the firecrackers. He opened his mouth, but finally swallowed his words to chase him away. He turned and walked into the house, "I know, put away the firecrackers and come in."

Cheng Xiao looked at Hong Xiao's back with a strange expression, but finally put away the firecrackers and followed him into the house.

Since the host doesn't allow me to make a fuss, I won't make a fuss. However, I still feel an indescribable sense of weirdness in my heart.

"Please sit down." Hong Xiao pointed to the chair and silently watched Cheng Xiao sit down. He placed the box of pastries on the table and also placed the firecrackers in his hand on the table.

Cheng Xiao felt a little uncomfortable being stared at, so he opened the lid and said, "Xiao, Happy New Year. I made some more rice cakes later and brought some to you."

"Well, Happy New Year." Hong Xiao replied perfunctorily.

The two of them made eye contact, but neither of them moved. The air became quiet, and the scene seemed a little awkward.

"Hey, what should we do now?" Hong Xiao asked in his heart.

Green Mandrill: "...I don't know."

Red Mandrill: "Huh? Really? Your memories are thousands of years long. Don't tell me you haven't encountered similar situations before."

Green Mandrill: "Uh...get some food?"

After he reminded him, Hong Xiao remembered that before the New Year, Xiao had specially prepared a New Year's plate full of food, probably to deal with the current situation.

Hong Xiao brought the plate and placed it in front of Cheng Xiao: "Here, you're welcome."

Cheng Xiao looked at the melon seeds and candies on the plate, then looked at Hong Xiao, and hesitated to speak. Finally, he couldn't help but asked, "Xiao, did you just get up?"

"That's it."

In fact, it hasn’t started yet.

Cheng Xiao didn't expect that on the first day of the new year, there would be someone who hadn't woken up yet. He nodded and said, "That's right, you were busy until so late last night. I won't bother you anymore, I'm leaving now."

After seeing Cheng Xiao off, Hong Xiao restored everything to the way it was before he got up and lay back down on the bed.

At the party last night, Xiao stayed in the smoke from the firecrackers for too long and was choked. After the performance, he was too excited. So, in excitement and discomfort, he tossed and turned until dawn before he fell asleep, and he hasn't woken up yet.

Although the sound of firecrackers was loud, the sound of firecrackers from the gate of the City Lord's Mansion or even farther away was no longer noisy when it reached here. However, if the source of the sound was at the gate, it would definitely wake people up. So when Hong Xiao noticed Cheng Xiao's actions, he stepped forward to stop him.

Red Xiao was very satisfied with his response and wanted to show off. But Xiao was still awake, so he turned to Green Xiao and asked him to show off: "How was my performance?"

Green Mandrill: “…”

Red Xiao said with disgust: "Tsk, what a boring person."

Red Xiao: What's wrong with praising me?

It was not until noon that Xiao woke up. He sat up from the bed and saw the cake box and firecrackers on the table.

Cheng Xiao left in a hurry and forgot to take it.

"these are......"

"Your classmate brought it here to wish him a happy new year." Hong Xiao's tone was mixed with a hint of pride. "You were sleeping like a pig at the time. I was the one who entertained him."

"You didn't leave any strange impression on others, did you?" Xiao asked suspiciously.

"You just don't trust me?" Hong Xiao said somewhat dissatisfiedly.

Green Mandrill suddenly spoke up: "He...didn't."

Xiao: You hesitated! So something must have happened, right?

Xiao: "No, I just asked casually. Didn't you often scare me with bad things before? Now it seems that you are too modest. Dealing with social problems is not a difficult task for you at all."

"You know I was just trying to scare you, but you took it seriously?" Hong Xiao snorted complacently. As for the inner voice that he "accidentally" heard just now, he just pretended not to hear it.

"What's your plan next?" he asked.

Xiao: "Let's pay New Year's greetings. Since Cheng Xiao has come to pay his respects, it is only logical that I should go to his place."

Xiao: By the way, take a look at what Red Xiao left for me and get rid of it.

After finishing lunch, Xiao went out. Before looking for Cheng Xiao, he first looked for Su Yunyan and Huang Guxuan. After all, they lived close to him and lived in the same mansion. But none of them were at home, and no one knew where they had gone.

He found Cheng Xiao, and during the chat with him, he unexpectedly discovered that Hong Xiao had not set any trap for him.

Although Hong Xiao's behavior at that time made Cheng Xiao suspicious, the latter imagined that Hong Xiao was just in a bad mood when he woke up and successfully convinced himself.

Xiao: Oh wow?

Red Mandrill: Hmm?

After leaving Cheng Xiao's house, Xiao no longer had any acquaintances in the city. He didn't want to go back so early, so he went to wander the streets and ran into Su Yunyan who was supporting a lion dance team.

After the lion dance team finished their performance, Su Yunyan pulled Xiao to a roadside tea stand and said mysteriously, "I went to play with the lion dance team this morning. Guess who I met?"

"Who?" Xiao took his tea and drank it slowly. Although he didn't cheer as loudly as Su Yunyan just now, he was a little thirsty after watching the performance for so long.

"We were buying things for Cheng Xiao a few days ago, and we ran into someone promoting the Jinpeng Fan Club. Do you remember that person? I think his name was Chenfeng."

"Hmm." Xiao paused in drinking tea, vaguely realizing that something was wrong.

"Guess what he's doing in the lion dance team?"

Xiao took a sip of tea, raised his chin, and motioned the other party to continue speaking.

"He came to the lion dance team to ask for information about a person, the one who played the general who killed the Nian beast in the last show of last night's party. He said that he was a fan of that person's performance and wanted to meet him."

"puff--"

Xiao started coughing violently.

He was choked by the news and the tea in his mouth sprayed onto a dog passing by.

The dog turned around and glared at him. The next moment, as if it saw something horrible in his eyes, it whimpered and ran away with its tail between its legs.

Su Yunyan was still excitedly talking about the ending of the story: "What a pity, you were not there at the time, and you didn't see how he went from being shocked to being distraught when he found out that the actor was you. It was as if his whole body was broken into pieces."

What does "I've been betrayed three times" mean? Is this guy incompatible with my fate?

Xiaoxiao was speechless.

Su Yunyan held the teacup and stared at Xiao, her eyes gleaming with gossip: "So, what happened between you two?"

Xiao wiped the tea from his mouth and coughed dryly: "Nothing."

"Really?" Su Yunyan looked at Xiao meaningfully.

In the end, Xiao still did not tell Chenfeng that he had been mistaken for a girl and that the other party had tried to seduce him.

Huang Guxuan's message arrived in time, allowing him to escape from the girl whose gossip soul was burning.

Huang Guxuan's voice came from the communication stone: "The support sent by the gods has arrived."