"No! I'm not that naive." Lan Jin retorted.

Jane Yi: "Then what do you want to do?"

Lan Jin didn't answer, just made two hey hey sounds with no clear meaning, and then ran around on the turf with all four paws on the ground. After adapting to the venue, he greeted warmly: "Yi Yi, come quickly! I'll carry you!"

Jane Yi's expression froze: "Huh?"

"Hurry up, it must be fun." Lan Jin ran in front of her and pressed her head against her stomach, "The yard at home is not so big, so it's not convenient for me to use it."

Jane Yi put the picnic bag on the turf: "Okay."

She tiptoed onto Lan Jin's back, not knowing where to put her hands for a moment.

"Yi Yi, hug my neck." Lan Jin said.

Jane Yi lowered her center of gravity and hugged the big cat's neck.

"Hold tight." Lan Jin reminded.

"Hug... ah!" Before Jane Yi could get ready, Lan Jin ran quickly.

Jane Yi let out a short exclamation, and hugged the big cat even tighter.

After running back and forth on the lawn for a few times, Lan Jin didn't feel satisfied, so he ran up the steep mountain road with Jane Yi on his back.

Jane Yi was both excited and worried, and couldn't help calling out his name: "Ajin!"

"It's okay Yi Yi, this path is steep and narrow, few people pass by." Lan Jin comforted.

Lan Jin's speed was getting faster and faster, and there was a whistling wind in his ears.

Not getting used to the ups and downs of vision, Jane Yi felt a little dizzy, she buried her head on the back of the big cat, not daring to open her eyes.

"Yi Yi, don't be afraid, I won't put you in danger." Lan Jin slowly slowed down and finally stopped, "Look up, the scenery here is very beautiful."

Lan Jin's soothing voice reached her ears, Jane Yi took a few deep breaths, and slowly raised her head.

They are standing on a steep stone wall.

After tossing and tossing on Danxia Mountain for so long, it is already evening.

Wujin fell to the west, and the dusk was heavy.

The glow of the sky was a strange lavender.

"Ajin, the sky is so beautiful!" Jane Yi exclaimed.

"Really." Lan Jin's tone was excited, "Danxia Mountain at dusk and in the morning is super beautiful. Yi Yi, try not to look down, look far away, look up to the sky, so you won't be afraid."

After Lan Jin said this, Jane Yi cast her eyes down uncontrollably.

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The narrow and steep stone wall slanted down like a knife, which looked particularly dangerous, but they were only standing on a very narrow stone platform, and they felt that they would fall straight upside down if they didn't pay attention.

Jane Yi trembled unconsciously, hugging the big cat even tighter.

Lan Jin noticed her small movements, and smiled helplessly: "They said don't look down."

"That's what you said..." Jian Yi muttered, rubbing Lan Jin's Maomao's head.

Invisible little flowers floated around Lan Jin.

Yi Yi is acting like a baby!so cute.

The two of them didn't stay on the stone wall for too long, after all, it would be dark soon after dusk, not to mention that Jane Yi couldn't adapt to such a steep perspective for a while.

On the way home, Jane Yi and Lan Jin met an old man selling plums at a stall.

The plums are crisp and sweet to the bite, and because the old man has business to leave the village for the city tomorrow, the price is extremely low.

"Yi Yi, let's buy them all." Lan Jin whispered into Jane Yi's ear.

"There are so many, the two of us can't finish it." The plum basket in front of the old man was full.

"We eat part of it, and I use the other part to make dried plums. It's rare to sell them so cheap." Lan Jin's tone was very moving.

Because bought a large quantity, added ten yuan, and even took away the bamboo basket containing the plums.

As soon as he got home, Lan Jin happily started the production process of dried plums.

"Ah Jin, don't rush to do it yet, I'll be your replacement." Jane Yi hastily stopped her.

"That's right, I haven't posted a video on the account for a long time." Lan Jin seemed to have just realized it, and hurried to the bedroom to take out the video recorder that he usually used to shoot videos.

The production cycle of dried plums is very long, and the video shot today will only appear in the finished product for tens of seconds after editing.

First, all the plums that are used to make dried plums are peeled.

Plums are small, and peeling them is a test of patience, and it is easy to hurt your hands.

Lan Jin only asked Jane Yi to peel a few pieces for video material, and then he did all the peeling work by himself.

The peeled plums were all red, like a different kind of fruit.

After peeling, wash it with water and marinate it overnight with salt.

"I've been busy for so long, but I can only show it for a few tens of seconds in the video? It's hard work." Jane Yi said with emotion as she watched Lan Jin cover the basin with plastic wrap and carry it into the kitchen.

"The video should be as short as possible. If it's too long, no one wants to watch it. Besides," Lan Jin rubbed the back of his head, "it's just a peeling, no hard work."

Before going to bed at night, Lan Jin transferred the leftover old bread from the refrigerator to the stove, expressing confidently that he would definitely catch the thief who stole the bread last night.

In order to let the thief take the bait as soon as possible, the two also turned off the lights early and went to bed.

In the dark environment, the two waited in silence for an unknown amount of time, until Jane Yi felt drowsy, and her eyelids drooped halfway.Lan Jin, on the other hand, opened a pair of bright big cat eyes, vigilantly paying attention to the movement around her, and even her ears stood up nervously.

Jane Yi rubbed her eyes and yawned sleepily.

"Yi Yi, go to sleep, don't hold on to me." Lan Jin patted Jane Yi's back lightly.

"It's okay, I'll wait with you." Jane Yi tried to cheer herself up.

Although the light was not turned on, Lan Jin could clearly see Jane Yi's appearance in the dark, so she simply said, "Forget it, I won't catch it, this thief shouldn't be so courageous as to steal from the same house two nights in a row.”

"Are you really not going to catch it?" Jane Yi asked.

"Stop grabbing." Lan Jin hugged her tightly, and her ears were flattened to relieve the tension, "Go to sleep."

As soon as the words fell, Lan Jin's body tensed up again.

Jane Yi, who was held in his arms, sensed something, and whispered, "Is it..."

Lan Jin's eyes became sharper: "Here we come."

He quickly jumped off the bed, relying on the thick pads on his paws, he ran to the kitchen door without making a sound.

Then he pushed the door arrogantly: "I have caught you, you who stole other people's bread——"

Sound stuck.

The thief in front of him was completely different from what he had imagined.

Jane Yi, who came later, poked her neck in curiously, and was also stunned.

This is a skinny child.

Her hair was a mess, like a mess of weeds.

The clothes on his body were gray and torn, as if he had wandered outside for a long time.

The only thing that stands out are his eyes, which are emerald green cat eyes.

Seeing the giant cat in front of him, the child was so frightened that he stuffed all the uneaten bread into his mouth. Then he looked around and found that the windows had been installed with guardrails and the door was blocked. There was no place to escape.

Panicked, he turned into a green bamboo and lay down on the ground, pretending to be dead.

Lan Jin: ...

Jane Yi: ...

The two walked closer and found that the bamboo was thin and short, with sparse leaves, lying on the ground shivering.

"This is...the Bamboo Demon?" Jane Yi poked the leaves of the bamboo curiously, only to see the leaves tremble even more.

"Where did you come from? Did you also steal the bread yesterday?" Lan Jin fiddled with the bamboo with her claws, but got no response.

"Ajin, he seems very scared." Jane Yi suggested: "Why don't you lock him up first, and ask Granny Yue Fen what to do with it tomorrow?"

Lan Jin was about to agree, but Xiao Zhuzi, who was pretending to be dead, suddenly returned to human form, and said in a trembling voice: "Don't lock me up, please, don't lock me up!"

The voice was tender and full of fear.

The small bamboo that had turned into a human form curled up into a ball, making it look thinner and smaller.

Seeing Jane Yi's sympathetic expression, Lan Jin leaned close to her ear and whispered: "Monsters are deceiving, don't easily believe their appearance."

"Don't worry, I'm sensible." After Jane Yi replied, she turned to ask the bamboo demon: "What's your name?"

"I..." The bamboo demon showed a moment of confusion on his face, "I belong to the Tizhu clan."

"Is the snot bamboo a race among monsters?" Jane Yi turned her puzzled eyes to Lan Jin.

Lan Jin was also puzzled: "I don't know either."

"Why didn't you stay with the other bamboo demons in the clan, but came to my house to steal bread?" Jane Yi continued to ask.

The little bamboo demon replied: "I am the only demon left in our family."

Jane Yi: It's actually a rare species that is on the verge of extinction!

Jane Yi and Lan Jin exchanged glances, continued the routine, and managed to piece together the origin of the little bamboo demon through questions and answers.

The Yizhu family has a very special way of reproduction. They have only one monster in each generation, and it will not produce seeds until it dies, giving birth to the next generation.

The little bamboo demon is the only snotty bamboo in this generation.

Not long after he was born, he was innocent and full of curiosity about everything. He didn't listen to the advice of other monster races, and went to play near the human village, and soon became acquainted with a human boy.

One day, the boy came to the little bamboo demon, crying and complaining that his mother had suddenly contracted a serious illness, her body was covered with festering abscesses, she had no money to see a doctor, she cried every night, and only had half her life left.

The little bamboo demon couldn't bear him being so sad, so he gave him the bamboo shoots irrigated with demon power.

After the boy returned home, he made soup with bamboo shoots for his mother to drink. Unexpectedly, all the abscesses on his mother's body fell off overnight, and even her skin became fairer and more delicate than before.

Two days later, the little bamboo demon met the boy again.

But this time, not only the little boy came, but also his father and two older brothers.

The little bamboo demon was caught.

He is not deep in the world, has a shallow knowledge, and is a plant-type monster who is not good at fighting. He suffered a lot after being caught.

The little bamboo demon became the family's money-making tool.

The bamboo he irrigates with demon power is very special. Bamboo leaves can be used to repel mosquitoes, fine bamboo can be used to make excellent bamboo flutes, and thick bamboo tubes can be used to brew fragrant rice wine., the woven mat has an amazing cool effect, and the bamboo shoots grown can treat various skin diseases.

Except for the time when she went to the bamboo forest to release the demon power to irrigate Xinzhu, the little bamboo demon was locked in the dark basement and lived under the strict surveillance of others.

"Do you know how long you have been imprisoned?" Jane Yi asked the little bamboo demon.

"Twenty-three years." The little bamboo demon blurted out, "Every Spring Festival, I will get a handful of colorful candies. I get twenty-three times in total, so twenty-three Spring Festivals have passed."

Jane Yi felt a little sad when she heard this, but looking at his half-grown child, she still couldn't help wondering: "But... after all these years, why haven't you grown up at all, and you still look like a child?"

"The demon power is too much consumed, and I haven't had time to grow up." The little bamboo demon looked down at his skinny fingers, and said with a wry smile.

Jane Yi: "Then how did you escape this time?"

"This year they bought another large piece of land and asked me to cultivate more bamboos, but my monster power can't support such a large area of irrigation, and I didn't listen to them. In the end, the quality of the bamboos went wrong," said the little bamboo demon.Frowning, "They were very angry and said they wanted to teach me a lesson, so they sealed the only window in my room that allowed light to pass through, and no one cared about me for half a month."

"I didn't have enough demon power, and I didn't bask in the sun for half a month, and my body became weaker and weaker. When they found out, they were frightened, so I lied to them that I was sick and asked them to take me out.When I was outside, they relaxed their surveillance on me, so I took the opportunity to escape. In fact, I have tried to escape many times before, but only this time I succeeded..."

The story of the little bamboo demon is basically self-consistent. Jane Yi was not sure how much of what he said was true and what was not, so she turned to Lan Jin: "Ah Jin, you say... Ah Jin!"

Lan Jin, who had been surprisingly silent since just now, now had bright tears in his eyes, as if he wanted to cry but held back.

"Ah Jin, what's the matter?" Jane Yi asked anxiously.

Lan Jin shook her head, rubbed her eyes with her hands, sniffed her nose, and whispered: "The little bamboo demon is so pitiful."

Jane Yi: ...

The mature big cat who had told her not to trust monsters before was crying softly at the moment.

Jane Yi ruaed the big cat's face and ears a few times, and coaxed him a few words in a low voice.

The little bamboo demon watched the interaction between the two curiously, and his tense nerves relaxed during the long conversation.

"Are you two lovers?" the little bamboo demon asked.

"Yes." Jane Yi answered neatly.

"Is...is it a cat demon? It's the first time I've seen such a big cat demon." When Lan Jin pushed the door and came in, he was startled.

"I'm not a cat demon, I'm a real human being." Lan Jin hurriedly corrected.

"Human?" The little bamboo demon showed a puzzled expression on his face. In his eyes, Lan Jin exuded an inhuman aura, but he couldn't figure out what kind of monster the other party was.

The cat demon should not have such a big body, could it be——

Is it a big tiger?