Chapter 113
It could be said that for the first time, demons and humans were seriously collaborating on the issue of stray demons and handling the related follow-up matters.
And the little guy was taken back to the Demon World by Lin Ran. At first, he was still a bit unwell, listlessly curling up in Lin Ran’s arms.
After Lin Ran placed the core on the little guy’s chest as instructed by “Demon World,” bursts of purplish-black light and mist appeared, and as the core was restored, his condition gradually improved.
[It will take some time for the demon to fully recover. Please take good care of him during this period.]
“Demon World” verified the identity of this little demon who had returned home, so he was truly home and wouldn’t get lost again.
“Baby, can you run?”
A few days later, Lin Ran half-squatted a few meters away, looking at the cub who was learning to stand and run bit by bit.
“Chi- Chibi!”
The little guy looked at the ground, then up at A-Ran not far away, and instinctively took a few steps, trying to run back into his arms.
“Good job, baby, you’re recovering so fast!”
Lin Ran smiled, seeing that the cub could already run, and steadily caught the little demon who pounced into his arms, picking him up.
“Cheep cheep!”
Sootball and the other little demons surrounding them also breathed a sigh of relief. They had been prepared to help if he fell.
And unlike the human world, which was about to enter the snowy winter of the New Year, the flowers in the Demon World courtyard were blooming one after another, the entire garden a riot of color.
A few cubs ran in, played around, and then ran out, covered in fragrant, colorful petals.
Chibi also ran around with them, but seeing the most beautiful pink flower, he couldn’t help but bite it.
[Beautiful! Want to give to A-Ran]
[That one is clearly more beautiful.]
However, the other head clearly had different preferences and chose a purple flower.
After taking a few steps and bringing the flowers to A-Ran, Lin Ran, who was sitting at the sewing machine in the workroom, looked down at the little guy.
The little demon seemed to be silently asking which flower A-Ran liked?
“Both are very beautiful, but your personalities really do seem different?”
Lin Ran took the flowers, carefully placed them in the vase, and smiled, touching both their little heads, and the little guy was stunned.
[He discovered it!]
A-Ran had actually discovered their two personalities at once.
The reason Xiao Mingfei was scared at the beginning was because he found that Boktor, whom he had brought home, seemed to have multiple personalities, sometimes full of hostility, sometimes extremely docile.
Because of this, the more aggressive head gradually learned to be silent after being hit many times, even pretending not to exist.
“The personalities of Two-Headed Dogs do indeed present two opposing extremes.”
And usually, after they reached adulthood, one personality would devour the other. The probability of them coexisting was extremely small, almost a miracle.
But Shao Mian explained, not saying the second half of the sentence for the moment.
Because Shao Mian suddenly felt that if it was Lin Ran, a miracle might not be impossible.
Lin Ran’s appearance was a miracle in itself for the Demon World.
“Then it seems like we should give him two names, baby, what do you think?”
Lin Ran held the cub and placed him on the sewing table, asking seriously.
He had been thinking about this recently.
Two names?
The little guy seemed to be in a daze, because he had never thought of having two names!
[I like two names~ This way, you can also have a name!]
The softer one became genuinely happy.
Actually, the name “Boktor” had almost been given to him by default before, and every time he saw the other half’s disappointed and silent look, he didn’t seem so happy himself.
He didn’t expect that the problem could be solved so easily!
[…I don’t really care about names.]
The usually fierce one was a little embarrassed but subconsciously looked at A-Ran.
It was just that he was too shy to speak when being held by A-Ran.
Actually, Lin Ran felt that naming wasn’t a simple matter.
“For a nickname, how about Dark Cloud?”
This one with the colder personality had fur that was slightly lighter than dark black, closer to the color of dark clouds, and when he was held in his arms, he felt like a small cloud.
Little Dark Cloud also sounded very cute.
“Do you like it?”
Lin Ran touched the aloof fluffy creature uncertainly.
“Chibi!”
The little guy was stunned, his face a little hot looking at A-Ran.
Because he really liked rainy days the most, and there would be lightning in dark clouds, which seemed to match his magic attribute!
So Lin Ran was shocked to see the little guy extend his fluffy little paw, a small purplish-black lightning bolt flashing past, just like a small dark cloud with thunder and lightning.
“Eh, you can actually generate electricity, Dark Cloud.” Lin Ran rubbed his little paw, feeling a slight tingling sensation.
Even Shao Mian looked down in surprise.
Indeed, this was a very rare demon cub with the lightning attribute. If he grew up, he would probably be very powerful.
“Chibi, Chibi!”
What about me?!
The other head also gently nudged A-Ran, afraid of being forgotten, feeling that Dark Cloud’s name was very fitting and he liked it very much.
“I’ve also been thinking about yours for a long time, baby, it’s a different style.”
Lin Ran smiled and comforted the other fluffy dog head.
“Look, you have a tuft of white fur under your chin, just like a small white pear blossom, how about Pear Blossom?”
The little demon: !!!
The little guy really didn’t expect A-Ran to even notice the small tuft of white fur under his chin.
And he even called him Little Pear Blossom!
Personality-wise, he actually liked the name Little Pear Blossom more.
The little guy was so excited for the first time since his core was restored, and Lin Ran also smiled, reaching out and petting the fluffy creature.
If he was naming twins, he could use corresponding words, such as Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan.
But Lin Ran hesitated, feeling that if one of them had to match the other, one of them would inevitably have to compromise.
Then it would be better to name them according to their characteristics and personalities?
Little Dark Cloud sounded a bit intimidating, while Little Pear Blossom sounded softer.
He hoped they would grow up well.
Shao Mian, watching this scene, felt that no matter what name Lin Ran gave him, this demon cub would probably like it very much, but he still had to admit that these two nicknames really did fit the two personalities of this Two-Headed Dog.
“So you’ve been thinking about this for the past few days?”
“Yes, naming isn’t that simple. You also take something, we’re going to hang lanterns.”
Lin Ran responded to Shao Mian’s question with a smile and came out holding the New Year decorations he had just made with the sewing machine.
After the teaching practice ended without any major incidents, the winter vacation was gradually approaching the wonderful New Year’s holiday.
Although there wasn’t a “New Year” in “Demon World,” Lin Ran was still used to decorating the kindergarten with New Year’s decorations.
“Ee!”
Little Feather, Sootball, and the others held the lanterns and easily flew up to hang them on the roof.
As for Snowball, he helped A-Ran apply paste and stick Spring Festival couplets and door decorations on the door.
After some simple decorating, the place instantly looked different.
“Okay, let’s go and decorate our house too.”
Lin Ran felt a sense of accomplishment and decided to decorate his home with Grandma next.
“I want this too.”
Shao Mian held his hand and suggested.
“You want it too?”
Lin Ran looked at Shao Mian and remembered that Shao Mian had said he would take him to his house.
“Mm. Want to come with me for New Year’s?”
Actually, it was also Shao Mian’s first time deciding to decorate that house.
He felt that it looked good.
“Uh, then should I prepare something? It’s not good to go empty-handed.”
This really made Lin Ran nervous.
“No need.”
Shao Mian wagged his tail, finding Lin Ran’s nervous look incredibly cute, although it wasn’t difficult to explain the reason.
Although demons didn’t celebrate New Year’s, “Demon World” still held a series of New Year’s events, so the atmosphere was also very lively recently.
Among them was the latest card face “Merman A-Ran,” launched at the strong suggestion of the Scythe Clan!
The beautiful A-Ran with a fishtail instantly caused a sensation on the Demon World forum as soon as he appeared on the phone screen.
[Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, I must spend on this, I want it!! I love it!!]
[Demon World, you’ve done so many bad things, you’re finally doing something good, right? How can you only release such a beautiful card face now?]
[Ahhh, I’m crying, he even sheds little pearls, I’ll try not to make A-Ran cry QWQ]
“Demon World” even showcased several special interactions for this card face.
One hidden interaction was that if Merman A-Ran bumped into the glass while swimming, he would cry a little aggrievedly and drop a small pearl tear, which would be placed in the player’s backpack.
It completely charmed the demons.
They all said that they would really die if they couldn’t draw it and hoped that “Demon World” would have some self-awareness and increase the drop rate.
[This event is a New Year’s limited-time event, so the drop rate will be ten times higher, we wish all players a happy game~]
Rarely, facing countless demons asking about the drop rate in the background, “Demon World” actually said that it would increase it.
[Okay, okay, I’m a little unaccustomed to you being so generous… is New Year’s such a wonderful time?]
[I think so too, this card face is so beautiful, and you’re actually willing to double the drop rate??]
[Whatever, it’s too beautiful, I’m drawing like crazy!!]
To be honest, everyone was a little unaccustomed to “Demon World” being so considerate occasionally.
But because the card face was so stunning, countless demon players couldn’t care less and directly went all out, spending money and time.
But they never expected to be defeated by the words “limited-time.”
[Holy crap, I collected all of them on the first day of the event, but why does it say that it can only be kept until the eighth day of the New Year!? Does this mean that my Merman A-Ran will disappear after the eighth day!?]
[Damn, damn, damn, me too——screaming in breakdown]
It was one thing not to get it, but to have it and then lose it, this was like cutting flesh from their bodies.
How could they endure darkness after seeing the light!?
[@All players, please calm down, purchase basic limited furniture to permanently save cards with special attributes! All players who collect all the limited cards will receive an initial furniture item!]
And “Demon World” timely appeared, enthusiastically saying that there was no need to worry, they would give everyone furniture for free.
They just needed to add a fish tank furniture item in their hut to turn the limited-time card face into a permanent one.
But the problem was that this fish tank could be upgraded from a simple fish tank, an ordinary fish tank, a fish tank with small decorations… all the way to a supreme ocean aquarium!
Even the top three on the final leaderboard could activate a hidden item: a super luxurious underwater palace.
And this new event’s innovation made countless demons start grinding like crazy.
After all, it was like “Demon World” was asking: Do you think A-Ran is cute?
Of course, the demons would say he’s cute without even thinking!
Then could you bear to let A-Ran live in such a dilapidated, leaky fish tank given by the system?
Ahhh, of course not! How could they let A-Ran live in such a terrible environment!
[Demons screaming.jpg]
Heh, you can’t bear to, right? Then start grinding.
[“Demon World” smiling.jpg]
[If I work a little harder… can A-Ran live in a slightly better place!? (Foaming at the mouth) No, I have to get up and grind again!]
Such thoughts almost simultaneously appeared in the minds of all demons.
“I suspect that Demon World did this because it saw that many demons were too idle recently, wandering around doing nothing.”
Tao Shu and the other demons wiped their sweat and felt a bit suspicious as they looked at the online time and revenue data on the backend.
This was a devil!
After all, who but a devil could come up with such a hellish money-grabbing method?
However, “Demon World,” after deducting a bunch of points and expenses, was indeed constantly optimizing the environment, planting so many flowers that everyone felt that the Demon World was almost too beautiful to be the Demon World.
Even the usually desolate and terrifying abyss had a bunch of New Year’s flowers planted on top of it by “Demon World” as the New Year approached.
What if A-Ran suddenly became interested and came here to take a look?
So it had to be decorated too!
Abyss: …
Abyss was a little silent, but still obediently wore this bunch of bright red New Year’s flowers.
Just like the human saying, “If you bloom, butterflies will come; if you are wonderful, fate will arrange it!” Maybe A-Ran would really come over to play if it looked better?
So whether it was the human world or the Demon World, everyone was excited about the upcoming New Year.
However, what puzzled Lin Ran was that Yuanbao and the other fluffy creatures at home really seemed to be secretly preparing something.
Even Grandma had been “won over” and joined Yuanbao, muttering in the kitchen for a long time.
Just as he was about to go in and see, he was tugged by Sootball and the others.
“What are you guys hiding from me? You can’t even tell me?”
Lin Ran squatted down, petting the fluffy creatures and trying to find out with a smile.
Sootball, Little Feather, and the others frantically shook their heads, even Dark Cloud and Pear Blossom imitated them and shook their heads.
Because it was a birthday surprise, A-Ran, the protagonist of the surprise, naturally couldn’t know in advance!
Just like the many, many surprises A-Ran had given them.
