What It’s Like Being a Vampire

Of course, Xia Libing remembered the little girl with fat compresses in that video. The first time she went to Xiang Kun's house for dinner, Xiang Kun went to the next door to "borrow rice". "Xiang Kun.

She didn't find it strange that Xiang Kun taught the little girl to flip coins, but watching the video, she felt that the little girl's coin flipping technique was a bit peculiar.

Obviously, that technique is different from that of an adult, and it is more suitable for the little girl's finger size. If an adult flips like this, it will get twice the result with half the effort, and it is even more difficult to do.

So in her opinion, if Xiang Kun taught the little girl to flip the coin, then it shouldn't be the way.

This technique looks more like the little girl figured it out by herself, which can also explain why she is so proficient.

However, apart from showing that this little girl is particularly interested and talented in flipping coins, it is also not surprising.

Next, Xia Libing watched Yang Zhen'er's mobile phone and Xiang Kun sent her the instructional video on flipping coins today, fiddled with it a few times, and quickly mastered the trick.

"Lao Xia, you can also join our bet... Hey? I'll go! Lao Xia, have you practiced before?" Yang Zhen'er hadn't finished talking about encouraging Lao Xia to participate in their "coin flip learning competition". I have already seen the coin flipping steadily and smoothly on Xia Libing's slender fingers, and the flipping of the coin tends to become faster and more proficient, as if the coin and Xia Libing's fingers are one. General mechanical parts.

Xia Libing turned the coin over and put it in the palm of his hand, and said, "I haven't practiced it before, I just learned it, so it counts as my victory?"

"Win a piece of wool! It doesn't count!" Yang Zhen'er gave her a blank look, and couldn't help complaining: "You are a monster like Chef Xiang, and you learn things too fast, you are not human at all! "

Tang Baona next to her couldn't help laughing: "Zhen'er, did you win a bet with Lao Xia just once?"

Originally, before graduating from high school, Xia Libing had short hair. It was not until the summer vacation after graduating from high school that Yang Zhen'er fooled her into making a bet. After losing the bet, she started to grow long hair.

As for the content of the bet, it is actually very simple, that is, whoever can make Xia Tianhuo call "sister" first wins.

In fact, both of them are called brother Xia Tianhuo, one is cousin and the other is cousin.

However, when Xia Libing was still devising sophisticated and complicated plans to guide her cousin to call her "sister", Yang Zhener directly called her and promised to introduce her to a beautiful female teacher in the university for a blind date, and also invited a At the price of a big meal in a luxury restaurant, Xia Tianhuo was forced to call "sister" in a vague way, unwillingly.

Lao Xia was convincingly defeated, and has grown long hair ever since.

But after that, there was another bet between the two sisters, and Yang Zhener never won again.

"Oh, I can't see the innocent and lovely old Xia from before. Since I went to university to study medicine and psychology, I can't bet with her anymore. I feel like she is like a roundworm in my stomach. I think She can guess everything." Yang Zhen'er said with a melancholy face.

Tang Baona asked, "Lao Xia, how did you learn so fast and turn over so smoothly? What's the trick?"

Xia Libing flipped the coin in the palm of his hand with his thumb, put it back on the back of his hand, placed it between the index finger joint and the middle finger joint, and said: "As long as you control the position of the coin on the finger joint, move it with the back finger, and move it with the front finger. Send one finger, let it flip to the position between the joint of the middle finger and the joint of the ring finger, and then repeat the previous action.

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While she was talking, she demonstrated that the coin flipped smoothly and steadily, just like the demonstration video Xiang Kun sent them, which made Tang Baona and Yang Zhen'er sigh helplessly.

"You use the word 'as long as' well!" Yang Zhen'er said angrily, "We just can't do what you said! Lao Xia, is there anything we 'mortals' can do?" A skill you can learn?"

Xia Libing thought for a while, and then simply said two words: "Practice more."

"Ah! Why do I have such a younger sister, I really want to hit her!" Yang Zhen'er turned her head and said to Tang Baona.

Tang Baona pursed her lips and smiled: "You can't beat her..."

Yang Zhen'er was speechless.

While playing with coins, Xia Libing asked seemingly casually: "Are the jokes You Meng and Xiang Kun told today that funny? I think you both laughed a lot."

"It's quite funny!" Yang Zhen'er replied subconsciously.

Tang Baona frowned and thought about it, and then said: "Actually, the jokes the two of them told were not very funny in themselves, but from the two of them, they found it very funny. This should be the acting ability. There are many talk shows on TV. It seems that the same is true of the performances. As far as the level of humor is concerned, the jokes last night were actually a little bit more interesting. Thinking about it tonight, it’s not that funny. I think the environment of You Meng’s restaurant may also have something to do with it. Under the specific light and atmosphere, it is easier for people to get a laugh when we have such a large group of friends together."

Xia Libing nodded thoughtfully, and then asked about the jokes Xiang Kun told in the restaurant last night before she came, and what happened to Xiang Kun when they were playing together during the past few months when she was away? No other jokes were said.

From Xia Libing's point of view, Xiang Kun's behavior patterns and habits have been changing in the past few months since the first contact in August.

At first, she thought it was because she had a problem with Xiang Kun's character and was not perfect enough. But later, with the further increase in contact, especially when Xiang Kun returned to Citong City, they bought, cooked, and ate together, she realized that her previous understanding of Xiang Kun was not wrong. Various behaviors that are inconsistent with personality should have other internal driving forces, and those behaviors themselves need to be analyzed in detail.

It was as if Xiang Kun sent her the lyrics written in calligraphy. Judging from Xiang Kun's reaction later, her analysis was in the right direction, but no definite results had been reached yet.

And today Xiang Kun performed funny jokes for everyone, although on the surface it was encouraged by everyone, but judging from the descriptions of Tang Baona and Yang Zhener, Xiang Kun also took the initiative to perform such a performance last night, and from her observation today From the looks of it, Xiang Kun also wanted to do this performance subjectively.

Whether it's her previous judgment of Xiang Kun's character or her actual observation today, Xia Libing can tell that Xiang Kun is not the kind of person who hopes to please others through her "performance" and has a strong need for other people's approval and appreciation. people.

Unless he is focused on something and has a strong interest in something, he will take the initiative to show it. Cooking is considered, woodcarving is barely considered, calligraphy is a bit of an edge, singing, telling jokes, and talk shows are obviously not.

On the surface, Xiang Kun's purpose was to entertain everyone, and to find business programs and gimmicks for the restaurant, but Xia Libing always felt that Xiang Kun had other purposes.

Just like the brush calligraphy that Xiang Kun gave her before, in her judgment, even if Xiang Kun wanted to give her calligraphy, he would only give it if he felt that he could handle it. Sending such a piece of writing on rough-edged paper can barely be called The neat lyrics of pop songs did not conform to her perception of Xiang Kun.

Similarly, if Xiang Kun wants to tell jokes, normally speaking, it must be well-prepared, funny and fun jokes.

Judging from the reactions of other people at the time, the effect was indeed good, but she noticed that everyone's emotions did not seem to be because of the joke itself. From the rhythm, it was like a person who was knocked down by a heavy punch. Before the puncher raised his hand, he fell to the ground and began to twitch, and the punch only aggravated his reaction.

No matter when Xiang Kun or You Meng were telling jokes, other people's facial expressions and body postures all reacted in advance, which did not conform to her usual observation rules.

But she couldn't make an accurate judgment about the jokes themselves, so she needed to seek reference from Tang Baona and Yang Zhen'er.

Staying in Tang Baona's room until around one o'clock in the morning, Xia Libing was about to go back to her room.

"Lao Xia, the coin." Tang Baona pointed to the one-yuan coin that Lao Xia had been playing with just now with some embarrassment.

When Xia Libing returned the coin to her, Yang Zhen'er said next to her, "That's the lucky coin that Xiang Kun gave Nana, but I think he made it up. Let's give him the same coin later. Guess, he may not be able to guess which one he sent."

Hearing this, Xia Libing, who was already about to put the coin in Tang Baona's hand, took her hand back and looked carefully at the coin in her palm.

On the surface, the coin was no different, and Xia Libing had been playing with it for a long time just now, and its weight and shape were no different than ordinary coins.

Seeing her posture, Tang Baona smiled and said, "The so-called lucky coin refers to the psychological definition. This coin itself has nothing special... Eh?!"

Before she finished speaking, she saw Xia Libing took the coin and bit it.

Yang Zhen'er was taking a sip of milk, and when she saw this scene, she sprayed it out, coughing and laughing while covering her stomach.

"Old Xia, how does it taste, is it salty..."

Xia Libing didn't change his face, took out a facial tissue, wiped the coin, and returned it to Tang Baona.

Back in her room, Xia Libing picked up the "Black Circle Graffiti" that Xiang Kun had given her when she picked her up in the morning, put it on the table, took out a pen and paper from her bag, and tried to draw from the inside of the notebook. Repeat that black circle outward, thinking as you draw.

The lines she drew did not seek to be exactly the same as Xiang Kun's, but were just thinking about Xiang Kun's possible thoughts and ideas when drawing these things.

The more she draws, the more certain she is, this is definitely not a random scribble pattern.

The black circles and arcs on that piece of paper were drawn quickly, steadily and smoothly, as if there was already a definite pattern in my mind, and it was quickly reappearing.

She seemed to be able to see Xiang Kun holding a gel pen, swiping quickly on the B5 notebook, concentrating on it.

After a while, she took out the calligraphy that Xiang Kun had given her earlier from her bag for comparison.

These two pieces of paper, one is torn from a certain B5 notebook, it looks like a black circle pattern drawn by hand, and the other is calligraphy written on the rough-edged paper used to practice calligraphy, they seem to have something in common, as if There were only "it was all written on paper" and "it seemed that Xiang Kun did it at will."

Ordinary people, even Tang Baona and Yang Zhen'er, who already had a good relationship with Xiang Kun, would probably find it a bit inexplicable or funny when they received these two "gifts", especially the second one.

But Xia Libing will be very careful and seriously think about what the "things" written and drawn on these two pieces of paper represent, and the purpose of Xiang Kun sending these two things to her.

Because she knew very well that Xiang Kun was the most special and unique person she had ever observed and come into contact with.

Xiang Kun's particularity was probably stronger than hers.

She felt that Xiang Kun seemed to be sending her some information through these things?

But why not a more direct way?

Xiang Kun must have discovered her anomaly, but how much?

Does it have anything to do with him sending the word "painting"?

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Xiang Kun didn't return to the hotel until after five o'clock in the morning. He not only searched the main peak last night, but also briefly searched the surrounding mountains.

Because the focus is on the ants, the searched perception information has a clear target, so it is easy to lock the affected area.

Xiang Kun was actually a little puzzled: In his opinion, even though it is still a mountainous area, it is still a famous scenic spot. The daily flow of people is not small. If its body has obviously mutated, it is actually not safe here. There is a possibility of being discovered, and the types of food are also limited.

As long as it goes deeper to the west, close to Tongshi Town, the popularity of the scenic spot will decrease, and the number of tourists will decrease, the impact of human beings will be much less, the area where it can move freely will be much larger, and there will be more blood sources.

Like the giant owl and the mutated spider, as the number of blood-drinking and mutations increases, the habitat will continue to move to the deep mountains. Leave their habitat and venture past or into human territory.

And judging from the impact time of the decrease in the ant colony, this mutated creature had appeared on this mountain for a long time.

So why did this mutated creature stay here?

Is there something about this place that makes it hard to leave, or is it simply "homeland hard to leave"?

Moreover, Xiang Kun speculated that the mutated creature might not be targeting individual ants, but directly targeting the queen for drinking blood.

Otherwise, the disappearance of ants will not be so complete.

Judging from the structure of the underground nest with a special smell, it is obvious that the one that inhabits here will not be the mutated big bird, or the mutated ant, or other insects with similar habits.

And when that big bird appeared here, there was a high probability that it was coming towards it.

As for the specific situation, now that the big bird has completed the hunt, got what it wanted, drank the blood and left, or let it escape, or was killed instead, based on the description of Chu Xiuwen and others and the investigation here, it is very clear. Hard to get exact results.

Xiang Kun didn't have the motivation and need to find the mutated creatures on the mountain and the whereabouts of the big mutated bird. In fact, he was more concerned about whether the anomalies he noticed would attract the attention of others, so that he could discover the at least something hidden here. Two mutated creatures, such as "Shenxing Technology".