What It’s Like Being a Vampire

"Liu Gaoshang brought the gift from Little Lingdang yesterday. I originally thought that after finishing the cake in the evening, I would take it out to Lao Xia. It is in the cabinet under the living room outside, the SF express package." Xiang Kun in the kitchen replied with a smile after listening to Yang Zhener's urging.

Yang Zhener immediately ran out, found the package in the cabinet, took it out and said to Xia Libing, "This should be it! Open it and take a look?"

"Hey, Yang Laosan, this is a birthday gift for Lao Xia and not for you. Why are you so excited!" Xia Tianhuo laughed.

"Both Lao Xia and Xiao Lingdang won't mind, right, Xiao Lingdang?" Yang Zhener turned around the notebook he was using for the video call and let the camera face him. He held the package and said with a smile, "Little Lingdang?" , Sister Fairy, can you help your Sister Chicken Legs open your gifts?"

Tang Baona was drinking tea and almost choked. She laughed and scolded: "Zhen'er, you are too shameless! You have the nerve to just call yourself 'Sister Fairy'..."

Yang Zhener obtained the remote "authorization" from the little fat girl and started to unpack the express package. As for her dear cousin, she would definitely have no objection!

After unpacking it, I quickly saw a gift from the little fat girl. It was a rolled-up, 4-inch large paper with colored pencils. But what was special was that this painting seemed to be divided into two painting styles. , except for the middle area, the surrounding environmental elements including the mountains and forests below, the dark clouds above, and the lightning on the sides are all realistic color pictures. If you look closely, it seems that they are not directly drawn with color pens but printed out.

As for the painting style in the middle part, it is obvious that it was written by the little fat girl.

On top of the mountain forest, a very long, ponytailed female magician wearing a robe raised her right hand high and thrust the magic wand in her hand straight into the sky and clouds. The lightning around her seemed to be triggered by her.

Next to the tall, majestic ponytailed female magician, there is a multi-winged flying object that is only about 1/10 of its size, carrying a little magician who is also wearing a magic robe, but because it is too small, it has The facial features under the hat are only replaced by a few simple strokes, which look like ":)".

Although this painting should be very carefully drawn at the level of a chubby girl, especially the ponytail magician, it is completely beyond his level, but Yang Zhener still laughed when he saw the content of the painting. She almost burst into tears: "Hahahahaha, little bell, why did you draw Lao Xia like the Statue of Liberty? Hahahahaha, and the one next to me looks like a fly, oh no, like a bee." , is it Egg Yolk Pie? The person carrying it is you, right? Why is it so small? Hahahahahaha, the painting is very good, so cute, hahahaha, you and Egg Yolk Pie combined are not as big as Lao Xia’s eyeballs, Hahahahaha..."

Others didn't feel much about this painting when they first saw it, but when Yang Zhener said it,

They were all laughing so hard.

Only Xia Tianhuo, who was helping Yang Zhener display the painting, saw half of the body of a huge creature with eight eyes and eight arms stepping on the foot of the ponytail magician. He was stunned for a moment and looked at him in surprise. The little fat girl who was videotaping through her laptop asked: "Little sister, what is this... giant with eight eyes and eight hands that you drew?"

Only then did Yang Zhener notice that there was an eight-armed and eight-eyed monster at the feet of Lao Xia in the painting. She didn't have much reaction, subconsciously thinking that the little fat girl had seen Xiang Kun's eight-armed and eight-eyed monster wood carving.

The little fat girl was asked by Xia Tianhuo and almost blurted out "Barbie Warrior". Fortunately, she immediately realized that on the other side of the video, there were not only Xia Libing and Little Apple, two sisters who both belong to the magical world, but also many others. Although my uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters are all very good people, according to the bald uncle's confidentiality requirements, I cannot tell them.

So the little fat girl blinked her eyes twice and replied: "It's the crab essence I saw on TV..."

Xia Tianhuo asked in confusion: "Crab essence? Why do crabs have so many eyes?"

"Ah? Then... spider spirit! Spiders have so many eyes... right?" the little fat girl changed her words.

However, no one doubted the little fat girl's answer. Even Xia Tianhuo just thought that the little fat girl might have accidentally seen the eight-armed eight-eyed man when the news about Monta Mira was broadcast on TV some time ago. The giant illusion left an impression, and it was regarded as a cartoon image of a spider spirit, a crab spirit or something. After all, when many TV stations broadcast news some time ago, they had 3D images based on eyewitness descriptions or sketches drawn directly by the people involved.

Only when Tang Baona was explaining the details of the painting to Little Apple next to her, she vaguely felt that Little Fatty hadn’t finished her words. They went to Star City before and saw the four pairs of wings she had painted at Little Fatty’s house. As a cat, when we discussed why those wings were painted like that, this girl was very excited. Unlike now, she just talked about it in one sentence. She didn't seem to want to talk more.

And like Yang Zhener, she felt that the giant drawn by the little fat girl should be the impression left by Xiang Kun's "Eight Arms and Eight Eyes Monster Wooden Sculpture" that she had seen before. The statue itself was actually quite cartoonish.

"Little bell, did your mother help you make these mountains, clouds, lightning and other patterns on this paper? Did you use a computer to draw them? They are so beautiful!" Yang Zhener asked while holding the drawings. road.

"Little Screw did it for me." Liu Shiling replied. Little Screw was her nickname, so it certainly wasn't a leak.

Yang Zhener didn't ask any further questions, thinking that "Little Screw" was Liu Shiling's friend in Star City.

Xia Libing knew that this was probably because Alice helped make the environment map and then printed it out for the little fat girl. As for how to do it specifically, how to let the little fat girl in Star City get the drawing paper with the printed pattern? I want to come to Xiang Kun You should know. For example, use Xiang Kun's account to find a merchant on the Internet to print out the completed pictures, and then send them to Star City by express delivery.

However, those environmental patterns of mountains, clouds, and lightning made Xia Libing quite concerned, because these patterns were not directly synthesized from real pictures or other ready-made pictures on the Internet, but were obviously "drawn" by Alice. Although the details of these patterns are very fine, and they look obviously much better than those drawn by Little Fat Girl, as if they were drawn by someone who specializes in art, there are still many flaws and rough places, and even in some places, it can be vaguely seen and small. The "habits" and "style" of Fat Niu come from the same origin.

But it is in these places, with the obvious humanistic growth curve of the painting style, that Xia Libing can intuitively see Alice's "sentimental growth" - for Alice, it is very easy to paint realistic or beautiful paintings , on the contrary, this kind of real "flaws" and "clumsiness" is much more difficult.

Just like when the little fat girl taught Alice to draw for the first time in the dream, the simple and crooked stick figures she drew were already a huge breakthrough for Alice.

When I helped the little fat girl draw this picture, Alice had not yet fully integrated into the "super-sensory object system". With the help of Little Apple the day before yesterday, after completing the final integration, Alice's next evolution will definitely be even more rapid. Xia Libing was somewhat looking forward to how Alice would grow up in this state.

"Lao Xia, why are you in a daze? Xiao Lingdang's painting is pretty good, right?" Tang Baona saw Lao Xia staring at the painting without moving. Even the little chubby girl in the video was a little nervous. When he got up, he couldn't help but call her softly, and then said to the little fat girl: "Next time it's my birthday, would you like Little Bell to draw a picture for me too?"

Liu Shiling quickly nodded in agreement: "Yeah!"

Xia Libing came to his senses, took the painting from Yang Zhener, and said to Liu Shiling: "The painting is great, I am very satisfied, thank you, little bell."

Yang Zhener said: "Little bell, I want it too! You have to draw it for me too! But you have to draw me more beautifully. Well, I will find some reference pictures for you then!"

Originally, gifts were given after dinner and when getting ready to eat cake, but since they had already seen the little fat girl’s gift and had nothing else to do now, everyone simply took out their gifts.

Yang Zhener's gift was a pair of hiking boots. She found that Lao Xia and Xiang Kun often went to Chongyun Mountain for "research" and to check the progress of the construction site. The previous shoes were dirty and worn out, so they prepared a new pair for her. Shoes that are more durable and adaptable to the occasion. Anyway, she is Lao Xia's old clothing, shoes and hats sponsor, so she knows the sizes accurately.

Tang Baona and Yang Zhener had the same idea. They gave her an outdoor watch. The function and brand were naturally much better than Lao Xia's original G-SHOCK.

In addition, after Zhang Qian learned about Lao Xia's birthday, she also sent a gift and asked Tang Baona to give it to Lao Xia - it was a sports-style backpack from a luxury brand - the reason why she gave it to Xiang Kun and the others was when they went to Pengcheng. , when I saw the men’s backpack that Lao Xia was carrying, it was large and somewhat old, and I thought it must have been used for a long time.

Zicheng and Chu Xiaoting only found out yesterday that Little Apple and the others came to Chongyun Mountain to celebrate Lao Xia's birthday, so they prepared in a hurry and gave them a small handicraft bought in Tongshi Town.

Yang Zhener saw Xia Tianhuo sitting still and asked, "Big man, what gift did you give Lao Xia?"

"Me, hehe, I'm ashamed to say it. I only found out that Lao Xia's birthday was coming when I heard you talk about it in the car on the 20th. Haven't I been living in the village these days? I haven't gone out, so I haven't had time to prepare gifts. . Hehe, remember this gift first, I will make up for it later. I have a lot of local specialties from Africa and Southeast Asia at home. Lao Xia can choose at will." Xia Tianhuo was not embarrassed at all, and said shamelessly, he also knew very well, Lao Xia definitely doesn't care about birthday gifts.

"Wow! This cousin of yours is really...tsk, tsk, tsk!" Yang Zhener shook his head in disgust.

"Hey, Yang Laosan, you didn't give me a birthday gift on my birthday! Oh, by the way, I remember, on my eighteenth birthday, you even blew out my candles! "Xia Tianhuo glared at his cousin.

Yang Zhener also glared at him: "I was still a child at that time! How dare you argue with a primary school student?"

"What a bastard! You were in junior high school at that time!"

Although he knew that the brother and sister were joking, Professor Li Yang still changed the subject and asked Little Apple to take out the gift she had prepared - he knew that his daughter had put a lot of effort into preparing this gift.

Little Apple's gift was very special. She didn't bring anything in kind, but asked Tang Baona to open her mailbox and play an audio file.

As soon as the audio file was played, everyone in the living room fell silent and listened with wonder on their faces.

This audio is full of bird calls, but these bird calls are not chaotic. There is a melody in the sweet chirping. If you listen carefully, the melody is "Happy Birthday Song"!

It can be heard that one of the birds sings the loudest and clearest, while the other birds sing more like harmony and accompaniment.

At the end, it was Little Apple's humming voice that joined in, and it was actually quite harmonious. After singing, Little Apple said softly: "Sister Bing, happy birthday."

Chu Xiaoting, who was stunned just now, couldn't help but applaud: "That's great! It's the first time I know that the bird's chirping is so beautiful. It's really great. Is this edited? No, that singing The sound is so coherent, it doesn’t look like it was edited, but is it an AI synthesized sound?”

The singing of birds lasted only a minute, but to everyone, it was like listening to a performance.

Even if Tang Baona is involved in helping with the audio production, I can't help but admire it no matter how hard it sounds.

Little Apple only said that it mainly relied on "Golden Sparkle" to provide the voice, but did not elaborate on whether it was synthesized or edited or how it was done.

Naturally, she couldn't tell anyone except Lao Xia that the birds singing along in the audio were all coerced by "Jin Shining" to sing along, and she only needed to teach "Jin Shining".

When the audio was playing, Xia Libing was also listening very carefully. From this audio, she could see to some extent the learning and understanding abilities of "Golden Shining", and the comparison of the vocalizations of other birds in the same video could also be clearly seen. Perceive the "golden" difference.

"A very good gift, thank you Little Apple." Xia Libing said.

"As long as Sister Bing likes it." Little Apple smiled happily, and the "Golden Shining" by the window also puffed up her chest slightly.

Yang Zhener looked around the living room and found that everyone had already displayed gifts. Suddenly she remembered something and jumped up from the stool: "By the way, there is also Chef Xiang. Chef Xiang must have prepared gifts!"

So she rushed into the kitchen, and a few seconds later she rushed out and ran into Xiang Kun's room on the first floor. Half a minute later, she returned to the living room with a small wooden box, handed it to Lao Xia, and said with a slight breath: "Chef Xiang's Gift."

Xia Libing took the small wooden box and opened it under everyone's gaze, causing a burst of "eh" sounds.

But it's not a surprise, but a puzzlement, because most people didn't understand what it was at the first time.

Yang Zhener picked it up and looked at it, then frowned and said, "Is this... worn on the wrist?"

Inside the wooden box is a black leather wristband with many small metal patches on it, which looks a bit punk or gothic.

Yang Zhener put it on her wrist and looked at it, and said strangely: "Is it really a wristband? Chef Xiang didn't make this himself, right? This is so... ugly! Oh, how could Chef Xiang do it? Such a wristband is completely inconsistent with Lao Xia’s style, isn’t it? Lao Xia, I have to reject this gift and have to fight it back. Even if Chef Xiang makes a few new wood carvings, it will look better than this ugly wristband!”

Tang Baona couldn't help but nod along, and then described the "ugly" wristband to Little Apple next to her.

Zicheng also had a dumbfounded expression: "A Tu's aesthetics are really 'A Tu'! He has a super straight man style! So tacky!"

However, Xia Libing asked for the wristband back, put it on himself, and said calmly: "I think it's okay."

What others don't know is that this wristband was actually made by Xiang Kun and Lao Xia. Xiang Kun had previously thought about how to make it easier for Lao Xia to carry more "hyper-connected things" after establishing a connection. Before, she always carried nine coins, not to mention the weight, if they were not fixed in her pocket. , I often make jingling noises when I walk. Although the "tungsten steel balls" are small, if there are too many, they are also inconvenient to carry. After much deliberation, it is more appropriate to get a "modular wearable equipment" that can be added and reduced at any time, so the idea of ​​this wristband Just came out.

The small iron pieces of the same size inlaid on it are naturally Xiang Kun's "super-connected objects". After removing these iron pieces using a special method, there are still a large number of small spaces opened up inside the wristband, where the tungsten steel balls can be placed. With the beads stuffed in, it can carry up to more than a hundred.

Moreover, no matter what material or structure this kind of decoration is made of, it will not arouse suspicion. It can be removed after going through security inspections and so on, and there is no fear of inspection.

Xiang Kun is responsible for the internal functions and craftsmanship of this wristband, and the appearance is actually more of Xia Libing's opinion.

"It's time to eat, it's time to eat!" At this time, Xiang Kun came out of the kitchen with a bowl of vegetables and asked Zicheng and Yang Zhen'er to come in to help serve the dishes and set up the dishes. "By the way, Brother Fu knows that Lao Xia likes crispy food the most. Skinned pork knuckles, I went to the slaughterhouse today to get the freshest and best quality pork knuckles, everyone can eat them freely, make sure you have enough!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Shiling, who had not finished the online video, stretched her neck on the other side, as if she wanted to stick her head out of the video. Unfortunately, the angle of the camera was not facing the dining table, and she could only see other people's excited faces. His expression made her think about the delicacies cooked by her "bald uncle".

When dinner was about to start, You Meng's wife Liang Yulong also rushed over from Tongshi Town, bringing some dishes cooked by You Meng.

Liu Caifu also sent some jars of the special fruit wine here.

Everyone enjoyed this sumptuous dinner, not only because Xiang Kun put in a lot of effort to cook a lot of dishes, but also because it was paired with good wine, but also because today is Lao Xia's birthday, so all friends can get together.

After almost eating, when Xiang Kun and Tang Baona started to prepare the cake, Xia Libing felt the vibration of her phone. She picked it up and looked at it. There was a system notification: "Come to the door."

She knew instantly that this was Alice.

Xia Libing raised her head and glanced at Xiang Kun. The latter, who was unpacking the birthday cake, looked back at her and continued working. She immediately understood that Alice was not looking for her because of Xiang Kun's instructions, but Xiang Kun knew it.

Xia Libing went to the bathroom first, then walked through the courtyard naturally, opened the door, and walked out.

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