What It’s Like Being a Vampire

As soon as the multi-person video chat on QQ was connected, "Little Apple" heard a very clear and nervous little girl's voice: "Hello, Sister Apple! Hello, Sister Laoxian!"

Then Yang Zhener's somewhat depressed "roaring": "Little bell, it's not an old fairy! It's a fairy! Come and say to me, Xiyi Anxian, fish girl, fairy sister!"

The little girl on the other side was quiet for two seconds, and then said timidly: "Sister Xianlu..."

Hearing their cheerful voices, "Little Apple" raised the corners of her mouth slightly and greeted happily: "Hello, Little Bell."

"Hey, Sister Apple, the bird on your shoulder is alive!" Liu Shiling suddenly noticed that the canary standing on "Little Apple"'s shoulder moved and said excitedly: "Is it your pet?"

"Jin Shining Shining" seemed to know what he was talking about, tilted his head and chirped twice.

"Little Apple" tapped "Golden Shining"'s head with his index finger, and then said with a smile: "It is my pet, my friend, my guide bird. I rely on it to take me with me when I go out. It's called 'Jin Shining Shining'... By the way, I heard from Sister Zhen'er that your family used to live next door to Uncle Xiang, right? 'Jin Shining Shining' was originally raised by Uncle Xiang."

"Jin Shining Shining? Is that Jin Shining Shining from bulingbuling? What a nice name!" Liu Shiling said, suddenly picked up the "Egg Yolk Pie" that was lying on the edge of the table, put its face in front of the camera, and said happily: "I also have a pet and a partner. His name is Yolk Pie, and he is a big cat!"

As she was talking, Liu Shiling suddenly remembered that Sister Laoxian had told her about Sister Apple's condition before the video chat between the three of them, knowing that Sister Apple could not see.

So she added: "'Egg Yolk Pie' looks a lot like 'Golden Shining'!"

"Little Apple", who was originally smiling, couldn't help but froze when he heard this, and his mind was a little confused. Her understanding of cats mainly relies on the text descriptions in the books she read, and the cat raised by a friend in blind school when she was a child. She once touched the cat's face slowly, so she probably had a cognitive impression.

The cat's face is round and big, its fur is soft to the touch, and its voice is very pleasant. When she usually listens to the chirping of birds in the park next to the community, she occasionally hears the calls of wild cats.

But... what does a cat that looks like a canary look like? She found she couldn't imagine it.

Fortunately, Yang Zhener exclaimed: "Wow! Little Lingdang, you still have a cat?! What kind of cat is this? Hold it far away and let me see. Is it British short? Golden layer? Oh, it's so fleshy, so cute, I really want to hug it! You said it looks similar to 'Golden Sparkle', did you mean the color?"

Liu Shiling nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, the egg yolk pie and Jin Shining Shining are both yellow, Jin Shining Shining is a beautiful yellow, and the egg yolk pie is earthy yellow..."

"Jin Shining" standing on the shoulder of "Little Apple" suddenly chirped twice at the screen, and "Egg Yolk Pie", who was being held by Liu Shiling on the screen, heard the voice and let out a series of very loud noises. A strange, bird-like sound.

"Golden Sparkle" screamed even more fiercely, and "Egg Yolk Pie" no longer imitated the bird's call, but also let out a relatively low roar, and even stretched out its claws to slap the iPad screen.

Liu Shiling quickly hugged Egg Yolk Pie and pressed her chin on the cat's head: "'Egg Yolk Pie' must be good, or I won't let you play with me!"

And "Little Apple" also lightly tapped "Jin Shining" on the head with his finger: "Don't bark, otherwise I won't give you extra food tonight!"

Seeing that a cat and a bird were trained by their two owners in an instant and became "well-behaved" and "quiet" again, Yang Zhener looked around him and suddenly felt that the empty living room was strangely deserted.

So she got up and went into the bedroom,

After looking at the glass cabinet where Tang Baona placed various figures, peripherals, and wood carvings, she chuckled and took out the saber wood carving that Xiang Kun gave to Tang Baona as a birthday gift, brought it to the living room, and placed it carefully in front of the camera.

"Here, let me introduce you. This is my pet and partner, Tang Botoria!" Yang Zhen'er said, describing the appearance of the wooden sculpture to "Little Apple".

But Liu Shiling couldn't help but said: "Sister Lao Xian, this is the wood carving of my beautiful sister, she showed it to me."

"I'm the fairy sister!" Yang Zhen'er corrected, and then added: "What she showed you was the Saber wood carving, and what I showed you was Tang Bo Tolia. It's different!"

"Oh." Liu Shiling didn't care.

Then the three of them began to discuss what children's songs they should learn. In fact, this was originally a "weekend homework" assigned by the kindergarten for parents and children to complete together, but now Shiling's mother went out, and Liu Shiling was alone at home playing with cats and drawing, and it happened to be the same. Yang Zhener, who was having a hard time at home, had a video with the little chubby girl. When he found out about this, he volunteered to teach her to sing children's songs. But after singing for a while, he found that he couldn't do it, so he had to find the reinforcement "Little Apple".

Since "Little Apple" met Tang Baona through Xiang Kun's introduction, she has often sang with her, recorded audio, and made videos to post online. It also immediately stimulated her interest in music and discovered her musical talent.

So although she didn't usually listen to or sing children's songs, she quickly found a song that suited "Little Bell", which was "Learning to Meow" which has been particularly popular in the past two years. It can be called the brainwashing song in the kindergarten world and the most popular song. It shows off the ethnic style, and Liu Shiling happened to have never learned this song in her current kindergarten.

The song study stopped when it was almost dinner time and Shiling’s mother came home. Although Liu Shiling had never learned this song in kindergarten, she had listened to it frequently. Sister Pingguo taught it very well and she learned it very quickly. She could sing the whole song smoothly under the guidance of Pingguo.

The process of learning songs between the three of them was particularly joyful. Even Yang Zhener, who was watching the soy sauce performance, was so happy that when Liu Shiling said goodbye, she shouted "Goodbye, old fairy sister!" She didn't react immediately. After exiting the chat screen, he realized what he was doing. He slapped his forehead and turned to Don Botollia and muttered: "Isn't this little girl doing this on purpose?"

After turning off the video, Liu Shiling ran to present the song she had learned to her mother, who had just come back and was preparing dinner in the kitchen.

Although I forgot a third of the lyrics and had to meow meow to fool them, the overall sound was quite smooth. In addition, the "Egg Yolk Pie" who was following him raised his head and meowed along from time to time, which made him do it. Shiling’s mother smiled from ear to ear and exclaimed.

After receiving praise from her mother, Liu Shiling went back to the room with "Egg Yolk Pie" contentedly.

She thought of Sister Apple who had just taught her how to sing, and couldn't help but feel a little strange.

Before the video, when she heard Sister Laoxian say that Sister Apple couldn't see, she felt that Sister Apple was a little pitiful. But as soon as the video was connected and she saw Sister Apple on the video, she felt another way.

I don’t know why, but Liu Shiling just has a crush on Sister Apple and wants to get close to her and play with her.

Even the bird called "Golden Shining" on her shoulder looks very cute and she likes it very much.

She said that "Egg Yolk Pie" and "Golden Sparkling" are very similar. In fact, it's not just the color, but a feeling. But when she was asked to say specifically, she couldn't tell what exactly they were like.

Moreover, in her opinion, Sister Apple is not pitiful at all, but has a temperament that makes her feel very powerful.

When she was learning the song just now, she didn't think much about it. Now she went back to the room to wait for dinner and played with "chocolate" and "ice cream", but the more she thought about it, the weirder she felt.

Then she remembered that Sister Apple had said that the "golden glitter" originally belonged to the bald uncle, so she "naturally" attributed the reason for this feeling to the bald uncle.

I can't help but think of it, maybe Sister Apple is like Sister Grilled Chicken Wings, a "magical person" and "one of our own".

Thinking of this, Liu Shiling became more certain.

That's right! That must be it!

So she speculated that Sister Apple could not see because she was practicing different magic, and her bald uncle had sealed her eyes. When she can see it, it will be the time when she has mastered super magic. By then, Sister Apple will become very powerful.

From this point of view, I have to work hard, and I can't be too far behind Sister Grilled Chicken Wings and Sister Apple - a certain "super powerful \u0026 super cute magician" thought worriedly in his heart.

Liu Shiling, who was controlling the two coins spinning and jumping in her hands, suddenly felt something in her heart. Then she ran to the living room wearing slippers, looked at a cardboard box on the shoe cabinet, frowned and thought about it, picked it up, and ran to the kitchen door to ask. Said: "Mom, what's in this box?"

Shi Ling's mother, who was cooking, glanced back, was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "I almost forgot, this is the express delivery I just got back. The gift your bald uncle sent you seems to be a change jar, ugh , when you look back, remember to keep the video with you... uh, to say thank you to uncle with you."

As soon as she finished speaking, she found that her daughter had already rushed back to the room with the express box in her arms. She couldn't help but laugh and shook her head, and continued cooking.

When Liu Shiling returned to the room, after opening the box, she saw a round and cute Rascal Rabbit coin jar. However, her attention was not on the coin jar, but on the crumpled newspapers in the box.

Liu Shiling took out the newspaper and unfolded it. When she saw three one-yuan coins lying inside, she smiled happily.

When she was in the room just now, she suddenly had a vague feeling. Now that she saw these coins, she was naturally very happy. The bald uncle kept his promise and really gave her more "magic coins." "coming.

Liu Shiling held the coins in her hands and wanted to control them like "chocolate" and "ice cream", but these coins were motionless.

Liu Shiling was not surprised by this. She took it for granted that the magic power of the three new "magic coins" had not yet been refined and tamed by herself.

"Egg Yolk Pie" also jumped on the table, put his nose to the pile of coins and smelled it.

The three coins suddenly trembled in Liu Shiling's little hand, which frightened "Egg Yolk Pie" and flew away. The cat's face was frightened, and he jumped directly under the table in two or two times.

It often fights and fights with the two coins controlled by Liu Shiling. When it suddenly discovered that "Chocolate" and "Ice Cream" had come to reinforce it, it couldn't help but feel a little desperate:

I almost couldn't fight before, how will I survive in the future?

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In fact, not only did Liu Shiling feel close to Little Apple, but Little Apple also felt the same way about Liu Shiling.

People with normal vision will subconsciously have a rough image in their minds when they hear other people's voices. If they are people they have met before. If it is someone you have never seen before, you will recognize it based on past experience, and then combine it with the sound to anchor a vague image setting. For example, a rude male voice will be imagined as a tall man, and a gentle female voice will be automatically judged as a beautiful young lady.

But Little Apple is different. Since she has not been able to see since she was born, her judgment and cognition of all things are based on hearing, smell, and touch, especially hearing.

If it were an ordinary person she met for the first time, she could only establish the first recognition in her mind through the sound transmitted through the external speaker of her mobile phone.

But for Liu Shiling, I don't know why. When I heard her voice, "Little Apple" felt an inexplicable sense of connection even though she was sure it was the first time she heard it.

It was as if she was gently pinching Liu Shiling's cheek while listening to Liu Shiling's words. There was a very tangible and certain perception, a more comprehensive understanding than hearing alone.

But she knew very well that she was not pinching Liu Shiling's cheek, and she had no tactile connection with Liu Shiling. The two were not in the same city, but thousands of miles apart. This was a different perception than before.

Why do you feel this way about a little girl you've never met?

By the way, this feeling is a little bit similar to the feeling when she and "Golden Shining" first established a connection - of course, it is much weaker than that feeling.

Then she thought about "Jin Shining's" reaction. Because she had established that special connection, she could feel that when "Jin Shining" saw the child Liu Shiling when the video was just connected, he was also like her. There is a sense of closeness.

At first she thought "Golden Shining" was because she felt her attitude towards Liu Shiling, so she felt the same way as her because of the emotional resonance.

But later it was discovered that this did not seem to be the case.

When "Golden Shining" and "Egg Yolk Pie" briefly "quarreled" across the screen, she couldn't fully interpret "Egg Yolk Pie's" meows, but she knew the meaning of "Golden Shining's" meows very clearly.

"Golden Shining" is speaking harshly to "Egg Yolk Pie", a bit like "Be respectful! Or I'll beat you up!", or "Don't underestimate me! I can beat you very well!" or the like.

Although he looks fierce, there is actually no deep hostility.

"Little Apple" had a vague intuition that the bird and the cat, separated by the screen and the network cable, seemed to be "deliberately" expressing themselves in front of her and Liu Shiling.

"Golden Shining" seems to be a bit flattering to Liu Shiling.

While thinking about it, "Little Apple" sent a WeChat voice message to Xiang Kun, asking if he was free.

But it wasn't until after dinner, around eight o'clock, that Xiang Kun's reply came.

"Little Apple" called and told Xiang Kun the content of Officer Wang's call that he heard through "Golden Shining" at the lake, and asked: "Uncle Xiang, that monster with many arms in the dream of Officer Wang's friend" , is it related to our ‘multi-armed monster’?”

On the other side, at Xia Libing's home in Citong City, Xiang Kun, who had just finished a blood-drinking period and woke up from a deep sleep, was quite surprised. He didn't expect that he would find out about it from "Little Apple" in another city right away. "Alarm in Dreams" follow-up.

It seems that Officer Wang was obsessed with the "multi-armed monster hallucination" seen by the suspects during the "Little Apple" case, and had contact with Officer Xiao Zhao who was far away in Citong, and This should be Officer Xiao Zhao's other source of information about the "multi-armed monster" besides the three car thieves from Yungang Branch.

Xiang Kun hesitated for a moment while holding the phone, and then chose to tell "Little Apple" part of the truth: "It was our 'multi-armed monster' who guided the police officer to discover the corpse so that those people could be buried by their families. .”

After receiving this reply, "Little Apple" was quite excited and felt a sense of pride in being the "just party".

Then "Little Apple" spent her time exploring the city with "Jin Shining". The deepening of the connection and the improvement of sensory abilities were described in detail to Xiang Kun.

Finally, she talked about teaching Liu Shiling to sing in the afternoon, told Xiang Kun about her strange feeling, and asked curiously: "Uncle Xiang, are you familiar with Xiao Lingdang? Is she...like me? ...Super power?" When he mentioned that he had super powers, Little Apple felt a little ashamed and embarrassed for no reason.

"Well... you can also say that Xiao Lingdang and you are like my sisters, so you can just treat her as your sister. She is a very well-behaved, cute, and very talented child." Xiang Kun smiled said.

He could probably guess that Little Apple's special feeling for Liu Shiling should be due to the fact that they are both in the "super-sensory object system" and the end of their power comes from the same source.

After seeing Xiang Kun finish the call with Little Apple, Xia Libing, who was sitting opposite him and checking something on his laptop, raised his head and looked at him: "You think Little Apple and Little Lingdang are sisters?"

Xiang Kun said strangely: "That's right.".

Xia Libing: "But they call you uncle."

Xiang Kun: "..."