me and my monster neighbor

A trellis woven by wisteria builds a deep path leading to the sub-district offices of Director Xu Lai and Director Luo. The lavender wisteria flowers are like the sky full of rosy clouds, so dense that they cannot see through a little bit of sunlight.

Clusters of vine flowers hang down, like a charming and passionate girl, caressing the faces of passers-by, and the vine leaves rustle, she is whispering in the ear.

The homes of Little Doctor Luji and Miss Zhizhi are farther away than Xu Lala, so we take Xu Lala back to Room No. 13 by the way.

Insects and birds chirped by the roadside, and Xu Lai could hear his hens clucking loudly in the chicken farm from afar.

When you walk to the fork of the wisteria trail, you will see the main entrance of room No.13.

Girl Zhizhi turned her head and looked at it curiously.

Fujimoto rose climbed up half of the wall with mottled paint, green vines were spread on the white wall, and pale pink flowers bloomed, like a pair of raised arms, holding up the small window of the attic in an upward posture.

Just as Xu Lala was about to bid farewell to Little Doctor Lu and the others, his heart trembled suddenly—the small attic window was open.

Two small sash windows opened wide and wide outwards.But last night he made sure to close the doors and windows of the house in every possible way, including the small sliding windows in the attic.

Who's in his attic?

Or has anyone been in his house?

While Xu Lala was shocked, he felt that the doorway seemed to be too tidy...

Xu Lala didn't dare to think about it, but he had to think about it. Although he was not sure that Little Doctor Luji and Girl Zhizhi were monster neighbors he could trust, he had to ask them for help at the moment.

Just as Doctor Luji and Miss Zhizhi were about to leave, Doctor Luji's wrist was grabbed by Xu Lala, he turned around suspiciously, and Xu Lala said nervously, "It seems...someone is in my room. "

Doctor Luji subconsciously looked at Zhizhi girl.

The two monsters looked at each other, girl Zhizhi was obviously more experienced than little doctor Luji, she patted Xu Lala on the shoulder as a pregnant woman, and said in relief: "La La, take it easy, listen to me, because you are still You haven’t recovered mana, but after giving birth, you have the instinct of a female to protect cubs. Under the conflict between lack of ability and eagerness to protect cubs, you will have persecution paranoia. This is a natural reaction, but you have to try Try to guide yourself, trust our neighbors in Zhongnandong, and tell yourself that living here will definitely guarantee your safety."

Xu Lale: "..."

All he knew was that it was absolutely not safe for him to live here.

Seeing that Xu Lala's expression was still tense, Zhizhi girl couldn't bear to suggest to the little doctor Luji: "Let's go in with Lela and have a look."

The little genius doctor Lu Ji nodded without hesitation.

Dr. Luji and Girl Zhizhi accompanied him into the house, and Xu Laile mustered up the courage to push open the door.

Everything in the house seemed to be normal, and there was nothing unusual. Doctor Lu Ji, as the only ordinary male in the house, took the initiative to climb up to the small attic. Climb up to the attic.

Xu Lai was very impressed with the attic furnishings. There was only a small bed and two small wooden boxes stacked aside, all of which were locked.

Therefore, at a glance, Xu Lai saw that the wooden box stacked on top had been picked, and the U-shaped lock head and lock body were cut in half and fell to the ground.

The wooden box was also opened.

There are some messy things in the box, such as children's rattles, girls' embroidered shoes, plush dolls... There are also many strange things, such as a philanthropist smile similar to that worn by Mr. Fu The mask, and a bird beak mask as long as a forearm, lay reclined inside the box.

Xu Lala squatted down to pick up the lock. The incision was flat and cut off by a sharp tool that cut iron like mud. He went to the window to check. The stainless steel latch under the window sill did not show any signs of wear, nor did it seem like a violent intrusion from the outside.

Apparently, a monster had rummaged through the box for something, and they didn't come here specifically to threaten Xu Lai.

Neither Girl Zhizhi nor Little Doctor Luji became curious about the contents of the wooden box. After all, respecting the privacy of other neighbors is also an important part of the treaty of friendship.

At this time, Girl Weaving just heard "Hey", she picked up a cub book by the window, it was a thin book with only a few pages including the cover and back cover, but the cover and the first page But all the pages were torn out, and only half of the copy remained.

Little Doctor Luji asked curiously, "What is that?"

Xu Lai also pretended to be calm and followed closely to look at it, only to see fragments of nursery rhymes accompanied by stick figures, written in crooked and immature brushstrokes——

*burn my daddy

*take my mom

In the painting book, orange is used to represent fire, crimson is used to spread blood, and there are stick figures drawn by Zhang Yawu.

The next sentence is to eat my brother's flesh and drink my sister's blood.

——Xu Lala heard Director Luo sing this nursery rhyme in the morning. The name of the song is "I Know You Are Human".

Xu Lai's face turned pale, thinking that when Director Luo came to knock on the door in the morning, the monster who sent him a threatening letter was probably still staring at him from the attic, and saw the whole process of him spraying perfume and stuffing stone eggs... Xu Lai couldn't help but hit A shiver, a chill down my spine...

Perhaps it was because Director Luo knocked on the door early in the morning that he saved his life.

Xu Lala could only comfort himself in bitterness: Fortunately, the stone egg is a living thing, fortunately he hatched in front of the neighbors in the morning, if he was asked to remove his clothes on the spot at the regular meeting this morning, the consequences would be even more disastrous.

Xu Lai calmed down and was a little concerned. The torn cover was stuffed in the crack of the door as a threatening letter. Where did the first inner page go?

Girl Zhizhi said strangely, "Oh, who is tearing things randomly", but she didn't care too much, she put the cub's reading book into the wooden box casually, she turned around and smiled at Xu Lala and said: "Lie La, look, Just say you were a false alarm, right?"

Xu Lala pulled up the corners of his lips and smiled stiffly, unable to express the pain in his heart.

When sending little doctor Luji and girl Zhizhi away, Xu Lale felt uneasy, and couldn't help asking about the neighbors in Room [-].Since Xu Lai came to Zhongnan Cave, he has seen all the residents of Zhongnan Cave, except for the neighbor in Room [-] who hasn't shown his face yet.

The little doctor Lu Ji said: "Mr. La La, you can rest assured that the neighbor in Room No. [-] is a little fat chirp with a fire attribute. Wherever he goes, there will be fire disasters. It is definitely impossible for him to come here."

Xu Lale's head hurt, and he asked back: "The disaster of fire?"

Little Doctor Luji nodded softly, and added: "Yes, but it is still a good neighbor. In fact, it is not bad in nature, it just likes to cause damage."

Xu Lale:?

Hear what a dissociative statement this is.

Zhizhi girl also echoed: "Little Jiujiu is still a juvenile body. Although it has become a spirit, it has not yet cultivated a human form. It is understandable that it cannot restrain its behavior."

But because of its destructiveness, it really existed, burning forests, blowing fire and burning houses, numerous crimes, too numerous to record, and never correcting after repeated admonitions, so all the neighbors in Zhongnandong signed an agreement and locked them into the No. [-] room.

Room No. [-] is the only room in Zhongnan Cave that is similar to a stone castle. Little Jiujiu is restricted in his movements, but he can breathe fire and enjoy himself freely in the stone castle.

This is freedom in a cage.

Xu Lie's head hurt even more.

Before leaving, Miss Zhizhi also advised Xu Lai not to be too anxious, but to adjust her emotions quickly to avoid complications of postpartum depression and so on.

Xu Lale nodded mechanically.

After Girl Zhizhi and Little Doctor Luji left, Xu Lai closed the door. After confirming that all the doors and windows in the house had no traces of external force intrusion, he was still worried. There was also the most suspicious chimney, the furnace wall was blackened by the continuous fire, Xu Lai After careful inspection, the soot inside and outside the fireplace is also intact.

Xu Lala put the stone egg on the bedside, while he fell to the side wearily.

From the morning till now, at least three hours, the water stains on his clothes when the shell was first broken have dried up. During this period, he has been in a state of extreme tension and anxiety. I felt a throbbing pain in my temple.

He has a splitting headache now, but he has to follow the logic of the story line he made up.

The story line he just made up in danger was full of holes, but fortunately, he left room for himself, and he barely made it back.

As for if the monster who threatened him denounced him face to face, whether it was to sell miserably or to argue on the spot, Xu Lai would not necessarily be defeated.

After all, Zhongnandong advocates friendship among neighbors and living in harmony.

Zhongnan Cave is the last oasis and a refuge for the little monsters under the strict survival rules of the weak and the strong in the monster world. They pursue love&peace wholeheartedly, and cannot tolerate suspicion, slander, or questioning of their companions.

The monster was obviously also afraid of this, so he didn't dare to expose him at the regular meeting today.

But even if the monster doesn't want to expose him, he still has to find out this "werewolf".

Xu Lala buried his face in the pillow wearily, with the titanium nameplate on his neck stuck to his forehead, and he was pressing his temple when he heard the rustling sound of the stone egg next to him.

He was too lazy to move, so he just turned over and watched the little black snake come out of the stone egg quietly. If the force is uneven, it will naturally fall obliquely to one side.

The eggshell on the little black snake's head was also shaken off by this tremor, rolled twice, and fell to Xu Lai's hand.

The little black snake poked its head out of the eggshell, its eyes closed tightly, and was at a loss for the strange disappearance of its "hard hat".

Only then did Xu Lala see its small head clearly, it didn't look like an ordinary snake at all.

Its lower jaw has a sharp line, and the junction of the back of the head and the back of the neck is like the top line of a hexagonal crown.The little guy's eyes are flat from the forehead to the forehead, and the scales are black and shiny, except for a hexagonal black scale on the forehead above the eyes, which glows with a faint silver-blue light.

The appearance of the little guy looks a bit cool, but at this time it is carrying a whole eggshell, biting the quilt with its mouth and trying to move forward, which is really stupid and cute.

Xu Lala threw away all the distracting thoughts in his mind, and just watched the little guy move towards him like a snail, biting the quilt with his mouth to use his strength.

Xu Lala thought it was coming towards the falling eggshell, but the little guy worked so hard and finally moved to a place where he could touch the eggshell, but he went straight over the eggshell, his eyes were still closed, Only by memorizing and capturing the smell, it finally carried the eggshell to the side of Xu Lai's hand on the bed. It stretched out its pink cherry petal tongue and licked Xu Lai's fingers. It was sure that it was the destination it was looking for, so it went directly Relieving the force, he put his head on the back of Xu Lai's hand with a "paji", muttered a "chu" from his mouth, and stopped moving.

Xu Lala was stunned for a moment.

It is coming towards him.

Xu Lala raised the back of his hand, and the little guy's head followed suit.

Being disturbed repeatedly by Xu Lai, the little guy was neither angry nor annoyed. He let Xu Lai be at his mercy, and his temper was even better than the golden retriever he had raised at home for several years.

Xu Lala turned over and lay on the bed, face to face with this little lazy thing.

Xu Lala's fingers touched its small head, and the pads of his fingers gently rubbed against the small reflective silver-blue scales on its forehead, and his fingertips felt a little cold.

Xu Lala asked, "Can you understand me?"

The little guy's body was twisted on the stone egg, and he pouted and responded, "chu!"

The little guy's response warmed Xu Lai's heart, and he hadn't been able to let go of his guard and communicate with anyone for a long time.

Xu Lala said, "I'll give you a name."

The little black snake replied again: "chu~"

Xu Lala's family has two big dogs, the husky is called the champion, and the golden retriever is called the rich.

Golden Retriever's original name was "the richest man", but his aunt complained that "the richest man" sounded like "down payment" and didn't sound rich at all. It was suggested to change it to "full payment" and finally it was finalized as "big money".

In short, his family's naming style is very uniform, either rich and powerful, or full of arrogance, it must not be ordinary.

Xu Lala originally planned to name the little black snake the number one scholar, but when the little black snake heard it, he turned his head back in resistance and let out a short "chu!", his dislike was obvious.

Xu Lala rubbed its little head, and said with a smile, "Do you only know chu?"

The little black snake even made another "chu" sound, but the tone changed from the first tone to the fourth falling tone. The weird pronunciation made Xu Lai finally laugh out loud.

Xu Lale re-finalized the name: "Then your name is Chuchu?"

The little black snake grunted happily: "chu~"

Xu Lala patted its head.

Although the naming style ruined the formation of his family, the most important thing is that the children like it.

Xu Lala felt no fear of Chuchu whose origin was unknown, scratched its jaw, and said, "My name is Lela, and your name is Chuchu."

Chu Chu felt comfortable being scratched, and even took the initiative to raise her little head and lengthen the neckline, making it easier for Xu Lai to scratch.

Seeing that it was cute, Xu Lai felt even more sad when he thought that it would also have to struggle in this dangerous world of monsters.

He held his chin in a fist with one hand, and gently scratched Chu Chu's jaw with the other.

Xu Lala's eyes are very light, and when he smiles, he looks like the spring breeze in March. He sincerely hopes: "Children at the beginning of the year, I hope you grow up quickly, I hope you can become a big monster, I hope you are strong enough to protect you in the monster world." yourself, and can voluntarily choose to be a free and kind big monster, I hope that even if only you are left in the future, you can live a good life."

The author has something to say: 1. The still short life of raising cubs begins, and then...)

2. "chu" exists as an onomatopoeic sound for begging for relatives, and there is really no onomatopoeic word (