Monster Tea Party

Chapter 5441 I thought

“You want to catch it.”

The young scholar said.

……

The woodcutter closed his eyes.

As if trying to avoid everything in front of him.

But the so-called picture emerged in his mind and was projected before his eyes.

He couldn't hide.

……

He finally remembered why he was so slow to recall this not-too-distant memory...

He did that on purpose.

because……

My brother's performance at that time...

original……

Some things were evident very early on.

Just because of his escape, his neglect...it was forgotten.

……

"That day you..."

The woodcutter didn't know what to say.

……

The young scholar smiled knowingly.

"It was that time..."

"I discovered a fact that I really don't understand."

"That is……"

"You, you and sister-in-law, can't see Xiao Xiangrui."

……

"Little auspicious sign?"

The woodcutter was puzzled.

……

After a brief moment of stunned silence, the young scholar curled the corners of his mouth.

He blurted out those three words without thinking.

Little Auspiciousness...

Ah.

A hint of sharp sarcasm flashed across the young scholar's eyes.

……

"younger brother?"

The woodcutter spoke.

He vaguely felt the change in the young scholar's aura.

……

The young scholar came back to his senses.

He dropped his eyes.

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

"…That's what I call the black monster."

"I'm used to calling it Little Xiangrui."

……

The woodcutter opened his mouth.

"……Oh."

"Good name."

What a lucky name.

……

The young scholar wanted to laugh.

It’s a good name indeed.

“Because I really thought it was a good omen.”

……

what?
The woodcutter was stunned.

“Is it really a good omen?”

The woodcutter was surprised.

……

"I thought."

The young scholar spoke word by word.

……

"Do you think?"

The woodcutter's brows were knitted together.

Why does this sound weird?

“So is it a good omen?”

The woodcutter stopped worrying.

he asked directly.

……

"I said what I thought."

The young scholar wanted to laugh again.

But still didn't laugh.

“I really thought it was a good omen.”

“It looks a lot like Taotie.”

"It's only visible to me."

"You, sister-in-law, and aunt..."

“No one can see it.”

"just me."

The young scholar paused.

It was this particularity that confused him.

“Only I can see it.”

“Isn’t this special?”

The young scholar stared at the woodcutter with some burning gaze.

……

The woodcutter's mouth opened slightly.

Especially especially...

but……

“Does something like this really exist?”

An auspicious sign that only my younger brother can see?
……

The young scholar was slightly stunned.

Then he shook his head.

"I do not know."

“But it did happen to me.”

……

"You believe it?"

The woodcutter was a little surprised.

His younger brother...

His clever brother...

Did he believe that he really encountered a good omen? A good omen that only he could see?
……

“That’s how I saw it.”

The young scholar defended himself at that time.

So, what reason did he have not to believe his own eyes?
……

The woodcutter's mouth dropped open.

"Why didn't you tell your brother earlier?"

Many words were spinning and tumbling in the woodcutter's head, and finally, the woodcutter uttered this sentence.

Yes.

Why didn't you tell him about this earlier?
If I had told him earlier...

What can he do?
The woodcutter was a little confused.

……

"I……"

After a few seconds of silence, the young scholar smiled bitterly.

"I thought it was a good omen that belonged to me alone."

"Please bless me with the auspiciousness of passing the imperial examination."

He was even secretly happy that he had such an opportunity...

Yes.

He thought that the small auspicious sign was an opportunity that belonged to him alone.

Anyway, my brother and sister-in-law can’t see Xiao Xiangrui.

There was no need for him to waste his breath.

……

The woodcutter was speechless.

He is not good at speaking.

The situation at this time was beyond his expectations and even cognition, and the woodcutter didn't know what to say for a moment.
He obviously has many doubts and questions...

In the end, he could only repeat his brother's words: "May you be admitted to the imperial examination with auspiciousness..."

He seemed to begin to understand...

……

"Ah."

The young scholar nodded.

"I just wishfully think so."

“And the longer it’s been with me, the more I’m convinced of it.”

"after all……"

The young scholar smiled and said, "A special creature that only you can see is always following you..."

"Most people would overthink that, right?"

"I was busy preparing for the exam at that time."

"It's inevitable that everything will depend on this."

"I just think it is a blessing for me to pass the exam."

"I feed it a lot of food every day, just like offering sacrifices."

"The closer the exam is, the more I ask it to bless me to pass the exam..."

"Before I knew it..."

The young scholar lowered his eyes for a moment.

Then he looked at the woodcutter.

“I began to view my success in the exams as … more dependent on my own abilities.”

"I firmly believe that Xiao Xiangrui will protect me."

"With Xiao Xiangrui here, I will definitely pass the imperial examination."

"I do not know either……"

"I just believed it for some reason..."

……

The woodcutter opened his mouth wide.

……

“Isn’t that ridiculous?”

The young scholar wanted to smile, but in the end the corners of his mouth twitched.

"Now that I think about it..."

“I felt like I was possessed by a demon.”

"How could I pin my ideals on such an illusory... auspicious sign?"

"actually……"

The young scholar covered his face.

"I don't even know if it's a good omen or not."

“…I failed the exam.”

“It means it’s not a good omen at all.”

"It can't protect me."

"pity."

The young scholar rubbed his face vigorously.

“I didn’t know until I failed the exam.”

……

"younger brother……"

The woodcutter opened his mouth.

Everything the young scholar said seemed like a fantasy to the woodcutter.

He was surprised.

No.

It was a shock.

This is what happened...

My brother's problem...

Worse than he thought... worse than his worst suspicions.

The woodcutter clenched his fists.

……

"elder brother."

The young scholar exhaled slowly.

The stuffiness in my chest couldn't be relieved at all.

"Like you said..."

"I'm not such a fragile person."

"Failed the exam..."

"It's not that I can't accept it."

"But……"

There were some red bloodshot eyes in the young scholar's eyes.

"I can not be reconciled."

"elder brother."

"do you understand?"

"I can not be reconciled!"

The young scholar growled in a low voice.

The veins on his neck were bulging.

“This is not my normal level.”

“I could have done better!”

But he thought he was blessed by a small auspicious sign...

He is destined to pass the imperial examination.