monster shelter

The little monster grinned and turned its head, trying to bite Ao Fei's hand, but when Ao Fei put a little force on his hand, it immediately let out a piercing scream, and fell limp like a boneless noodle. Ao Fei held it with one hand.

When the little monster screamed, Yuan Mo was worried that it would wake up his parents, so he quickly closed the kitchen door, and then he hid behind the door and listened for a while, and found that Yuan's parents and mother didn't seem to be disturbed by the little monster. After waking up, he was relieved.

Yuan Mo walked up to Ao Fei, stared at the trembling little monster in Ao Fei's hands, and asked curiously, "Boss, what kind of animal is this? I've never seen it before?"

Ao Fei frowned and looked at the little black thing in his hand. After the other party felt the breath coming from him, he became even more frightened. He couldn't help but put his tail between his legs to cover his belly, and followed a man who was carrying the aura by his neck. Like a cat getting up, the body shrinks into a ball unconsciously.

Ao Fei observed the other party for a while, and the expression on his face became quite disgusting: "This is the Nian beast."

Yuan Mo was taken aback: "What beast?"

Ao Fei: "Nian Beast, also called Xi, is the one that your human race will set off firecrackers to drive away every New Year."

Yuan Mo: "..."

Yuan Mo never expected that the evil beast in the folklore that would show up every New Year to attack the common people and make trouble everywhere...is actually so small?

But isn't the legendary Nian beast a cannibal?It's such a small thing, who can it eat?

After Yuan Mo told Ao Fei about his doubts, Ao Fei shook his head and said, "It wasn't like this before. I remember when I saw it for the first time, it was quite big. It looked bigger than an adult." The elephant is going to be twice as big..."

Yuan Mo: "Then why is it so small now?"

Ao Fei thought for a while, and said with some uncertainty: "Probably because people don't have a taste for Chinese New Year now, right?"

Yuan Mo: "... the inner flavor?"

"Nian Taste." Ao Fei glanced at Yuan Mo, "Nian beast is different from ordinary beasts, it is a kind of strange beast born from the heaven and earth in response to the festival of the human race, its own existence and strength , all rely on the importance the human race attaches to the New Year, the stronger and more enthusiastic the atmosphere of the New Year, the stronger and bigger the strength and shape of the Nian Beast."

Yuan Mo nodded in understanding, he glanced at the Nian Beast in Ao Fei's hand, which was as big as a kitten, and mourned for it in his heart for a second.

Although with the development of the times, the life of the human race is getting better and better, but at the same time, the expectations and emphasis on the New Year are indeed getting weaker and weaker. No wonder this Nian beast has become so weak...

With its size, it probably won't be able to beat even a bigger stray cat when going out, right? ——From a certain point of view, it is the truth.

Nian Beast didn't know what the humans in front of him were slandering. After it was captured, it knew that it was no match for the two people in front of it. Gaining mercy, at the same time weakly shouted: "Nian..."

Yuan Mo: "..."

Yuan Mo sighed rather embarrassingly, who would have thought that the powerful monster in myths and legends that would come out every year to wreak havoc on the world would one day rely on being cute to survive?

Ao Fei frowned and looked at the poor Nian Beast in his hands, and said with a frown, "Why don't you throw it out of the window?"

Yuan Mo was startled: "What if I fell to my death?"

After all, it is the only Nian beast in the world, and it is as cherished as the second generation of dragons in front of us!

Ao Fei didn't take it seriously: "It's an ancient beast anyway, its skin is solid, it can't die."

Yuan Mo: "..."

Yuan Mo still felt that something was wrong, so he asked Ao Fei to put down the trembling Nian Beast, then picked up the half-eaten meatballs from Nian Beast, and handed it to it.

"Eat, aren't you hungry?" Yuan Mo looked at Nian Beast and said.

Nian Beast carefully looked up at Yuan Mo, seeing that he was very kind and had no intention of hurting him, so he relaxed a little, buried his head in the pot containing the meatballs again, and started eating .

Ao Fei was a little annoyed that Yuan Mo was so kind to Nian Beast, he whispered: "Why do you care about it? Don't think it's small, it might be eaten..."

Yuan Mo ignored his complaints, and asked instead: "The Nian beast only appears every year during Chinese New Year, so where is it usually?"

Ao Fei frowned watching Nian Beast eating, and said casually, "It's at the bottom of the sea."

Yuan Mo asked in surprise, "Is it aquarium?"

"How is it possible?" Ao Fei said with a look of disgust, "It's just that we are not afraid of water. We aquariums don't want such a guy who eats and sleeps."

Then, Ao Fei explained the habits of the Nian Beast to Yuan Mo. It turned out that this guy not only looks like a cat, but even his habits are somewhat similar to a cat.

It is said that in a year, the Nian beast is only awake for a short period of time during the Chinese New Year.

At other times, it basically sleeps in a cave under the sea. It will climb out of the sea when the New Year is approaching, look for food everywhere, and return to the bottom of the sea to sleep when it is full, until it wakes up again the next year.

Ao Fei said that he didn't understand the meaning of the existence of creatures like Nian Beast. Is it just for once a year to have enough food and sleep all the time?What's the fun in living then?

But obviously in the eyes of Nian Beast, its life is very interesting. I saw it plunged into the meatball, eating sweetly like a piglet, with a constant "ahoo" in its throat, and even its tail was excited He swayed from side to side, obviously very happy.

Yuan Mo couldn't help but reached out and stroked Lunian Beast's head. He felt that the hair on his hand was not much different from cat hair. It was soft and warm, and at most it was longer than ordinary cat hair.

Nian Beast felt that his head was being touched, so he couldn't help but put his head against Yuan Mo's palm, then buried his head and continued to gnaw on the meatballs.

As Ao Fei said, Nian Beast was really good at eating. After a while, it finished a small pot of meatballs. However, after eating the meatballs, it was still not full. It licked its tongue and looked at it with pleading eyes. At the end of the day, I hope to be fed again.

Yuan Mo brought out the fried fruit from the cupboard for it to eat, but this year the Nian Beast just sniffed it and turned away, obviously not interested in food other than meat, Yuan Mo had no choice but to open the refrigerator and eat the leftovers from the New Year's Eve dinner All the meat dishes under the table were brought out.

Only then was Nian Beast satisfied, and plunged into the plate to eat the leftovers. It was probably because the food just taken out of the refrigerator was cold and affected the taste. As it ate, a little disgust appeared on its face.

Seeing that it was so ignorant of good and evil, Ao Fei stretched out his hand and slapped it hard on the head, cursing: "It's good to have something to eat, how dare you pick and choose? You deserve a beating."

The Nian beast was hit hard on the head, and immediately stopped eating the leftovers. It hugged its head with its two front paws and let out a wail, as if it was in extreme pain.

Yuan Mo looked at his boss speechlessly: "Don't be so fierce, why are you beating him?"

This year the head of the beast is only so big... Isn't Ao Fei bullying the small with the big?

Ao Fei glared at Yuan Mo angrily, and said in disbelief, "You actually chose to help it?"

Yuan Mo: "..."

I don't know why, it's obviously just a very common thing, but being looked at by Ao Fei with such betrayed eyes, Yuan Mo somehow feels guilty and short of breath.

He said weakly: "This...you can't say that. I'm afraid that you won't hit it seriously and break it? It's quite rare..."

Isn't it rare? There is only one Nian beast in heaven and earth, and its rarity can't even be compared with Ao Fei.

After all, in ancient times, the dragon race was a huge and powerful race. It was only because after the battle between the dragon, phoenix, and unicorn clans that the dragon clan died and only one dragon egg, Ao Fei, remained, it became rare.

Ao Fei was angry: "No matter how rare it is to protect animals, your human race's government has not legislated for them!"

Yuan Mo: "..." The logic is too strict, he really can't refute it.

Yuan Mo could only change the subject, looking at Nian Beast who had already pouted his buttocks and started eating again, he said casually, "It's quite edible..."

Ao Fei raised his eyebrows: "I said it earlier, although it is not big, it has a big appetite. It will take a year to come out to eat."

Yuan Mo: "..."

Sure enough, just as Ao Fei said, although this year's beast is small in size, it has a really big appetite. It ate up all the leftovers in Yuan Mo's refrigerator, and it didn't appear to be full. Still screaming "year after year", wanting to beg for food again.

Yuan Mo was helpless, and was thinking about whether to take out the raw meat in the refrigerator to feed it, but Ao Fei couldn't take it anymore.

He stretched out his hand to pick up the back of Nian Beast's neck, and said quietly: "I said you are enough, go outside to find food by yourself if you are not full, run faster, maybe the swill trucks of those big restaurants have not been taken away .”

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Yuan Mo: "..."

Yuan Mo sweated a little, thinking, could it be that the dignified Nian Beast has survived these years by relying on the swill of the hotel restaurant? ...This mess is too miserable.

Yuan Mo felt compassion immediately, opened the refrigerator, took out the frozen raw meat and handed it to Nian Beast, wanting to see if it would eat it.

Nian Beast struggled to get out of Ao Fei's hands, and landed on the kitchen counter. It ran to Yuan Mo in two or three steps, and stretched out its claws to reach the raw meat between his fingers.

Yuan Mo threw the meat to it, Nian Beast hugged it, opened its mouth and began to tear it, and quickly finished eating a piece of fresh beef the size of an adult's palm, looked up and continued to look at Yuan Mo with expectant eyes.

Yuan Mo: "Huh? Do you really eat raw meat?"

Ao Fei: "This guy used to eat raw meat, probably because he has rummaged through too many trash cans in the past few years, and he has also learned the taste of human race."

Yuan Mo: "..."

Yuan Mo sweated a little, feeling that there was too much to eat, so he could only continue to feed raw meat to Nian Beast.

This time, after Yuan Mo ate all the chicken, duck and fish in the refrigerator that his parents had in stock, the little Nian finally showed signs of being full, licking its paws and belching contentedly.

Seeing this, Yuan Mo also heaved a sigh of relief, thinking that if it was not enough to eat, he would have no place to buy meat for it in the middle of the night.

He couldn't help touching Nian Beast's head again, thinking that it was only so big that even if it was going to dig through the trash cans of restaurants, it probably wouldn't be able to beat those stray dogs.

Anyway, this is also the famous Nian beast in myths and legends. Don't starve to death in a few years because you can't find enough food.

Yuan Mo thought for a while, and suggested to Ao Fei: "Boss, why don't we let Nian Beast eat in our company cafeteria during the Chinese New Year?"

Anyway, their company has employees on duty during the Chinese New Year, and the cafeteria is open as usual. Although the Nian beast has a big appetite, their shelter is not short of a few bites of meat for it.

When Nian Beast heard this, he paused in licking his paws, the expression on his face was very excited, and he flicked his tail unconsciously, as if he was very eager.

Ao Fei was very dissatisfied when he heard the words: "Why should I raise it for nothing?"

"..." Seeing his reluctance, Yuan Mo quickly explained, "It's not for nothing... If you really don't want to, I'll apply to the human race government and ask them to allocate a relief fund every year. As food expenses."

Yuan Mo felt that his idea was good, but it was just a sum of food expenses, and it was only a few thousand yuan at the top, not much.

Besides, the Nian Beast is the most important symbol of the Spring Festival festival for the human race. If the relevant departments know its current situation, they will definitely not be stingy with this fee.

Ao Fei became even more angry when he heard the words: "Why should the race be involved in the affairs of the monster race?!"

Yuan Mo: "..."

The author has something to say: Ao Fei: Although there is no evidence, I think you are looking down on me!

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