Monster Tea Party

Chapter 5449 is even worse

The woodcutter spoke a lot in one breath.

He told the woman everything he had just learned from his brother today.

……

The more the woman listened, the more her expression became as... weird as the woodcutter's.

……

"...Brother really said that?"

It took me several seconds to digest what the woodcutter said...

of course.

Successful digestion is impossible.

But the woman finally sorted out some of her thoughts.

"There is a black monster beside him..."

Is this some kind of fantasy?

because……

“We didn’t see it.”

The woman was sure of this.

"We spend every day with my brother..."

Although because his younger brother had to go to school, they didn't have much time to meet.

But they lived under the same roof.

If there really is a black monster next to my brother...

"Why didn't we see it?"

"I bring food to my brother every day..."

……

The woodcutter smiled bitterly.

"Yes."

"If there really is a black monster next to my brother as he said..."

"How come we didn't notice?"

"But my brother said we couldn't see it."

……

"We can't see it?"

The woman's mouth dropped open slightly, "That black monster?"

"We can't see it?"

"why?"

"Didn't my brother say it was next to me?"

……

"Ah."

The woodcutter nodded, "But we just can't see it."

"That's why my brother is so convinced that the black monster is some kind of auspicious sign from God."

"May he be blessed with success in the imperial examination."

……

"But didn't your brother fail the exam?"

the woman blurted out.

Then, as if realizing something, the woman pursed her lips.

……

"Yes."

The woodcutter nodded.

"So my brother felt that he was cheated."

"Very angry."

"He got stuck in a dead end..."

The woodcutter shook his head.

The woman was told about the young scholar who had barged into someone else's abandoned house and had been left exposed to the rain for several days.

……

"…The owner of the house thought he was crazy…"

The woodcutter clenched his hands.

……

The woman opened her mouth.

She was surprised.

Both she and the woodcutter had high hopes for her younger brother.

The younger brother's performance has never disappointed them.

This exam...

The worst outcome they could imagine was failing the exam.

But it's okay.

There are still opportunities to take the exam.

Just treat the first time as a warm-up.

As a way to accumulate experience.

They never expected...

What happened turned out to be worse than the worst outcome they had expected.

For a moment, the woman didn't know what to say.

……

“…I can’t find my brother anywhere.”

The woodcutter narrated how he found his missing brother.

"Just when I didn't know what to do..."

"I heard the voice of the owner of the house."

"He is looking for a family member or friend of a candidate."

"I immediately felt that the person he was looking for was me."

The woodcutter smiled.

"I don't know if it's some mysterious connection..."

"I followed the owner of the house to the house."

"I really found my brother."

The smile on the woodcutter's face faded.

"But what I saw was a very strange brother."

"I have never seen my brother look so miserable."

"I am anxious."

“Very angry too.”

"I couldn't help but question the owner of the house."

"Then the owner of the house told me..."

The woodcutter pursed his lips and said, "Every year there are a few crazy candidates."

"Because he couldn't accept his failure..." "He was somewhat puzzled by his brother's intense reaction."

"My brother is still young."

“There are still many opportunities.”

"He asked me to persuade my brother more."

……

"I'm confused too."

"I take the owner's words with a grain of salt."

"I don't have the impression that my brother is such a fragile person."

The woodcutter curled his lips.

"Even though this exam is important, it's not the only exam you'll take."

"Brother still has a chance."

"I thought my brother would be more motivated to fight because of this failure."

"did not think of……"

"I even doubt whether I know my brother well enough."

....
"But soon..."

The woodcutter curled his lips.

"I know the reason."

"Brother, it's not because-"

"It's not just because I failed the exam that I feel so depressed, frustrated and angry."

"He feels so unwilling to accept that he was deceived by that black monster."

"do you know?"

The woodcutter curled the corners of his mouth.

"My brother calls that black monster a small auspicious sign."

……

"Little auspicious sign?"

The woman murmured repeatedly.

What an auspicious name.

But on a monster...

Is something inappropriate?

……

"Ah."

The woodcutter nodded.

"You can also tell from this what my brother expects from that black monster."

"Until the exam results came out, my brother was sure that he would be blessed by a small auspicious sign and would definitely pass the exam."

"result……"

……

woman:……

There is a lot of information.

Women need to be stroked.

……

“…Are there really black monsters?”

For a long while, the woman opened and closed her mouth, and couldn't help but confirm the question again.

……

"..."

"What do you think?"

After a moment's silence, the woodcutter asked back.

"Do you think what my brother said is true?"

"There really is a black monster beside him..."

"A black monster that neither you nor I can see?"

"But the black monster he and your brother saw?"

……

The woman was stumped by the question.

She didn’t even see…

How can we determine the authenticity of the black monster?
only……

People tend to be more inclined towards their own eyes.

“…I really didn’t see it then…”

The woman thought of the way she had seen a young scholar talking to someone...

She was also confused at that time.

I even suspected...
But her brother's explanation dispelled her doubts.

Now it seems that her suspicion was correct...

"He's talking to... a black monster?"

The woman's tone was a little strange.

After all, this is really weird.

The younger brother is talking to a black monster that they can't see...
……

The woman opened her mouth.

But I don’t know what to say.

This situation is so strange...

……

The woodcutter didn't say anything either.

The room fell into silence.

……

"…My brother told me that I saw a black monster."

The woodcutter broke the silence.

……

Hey?
The woman opened her mouth wide, "He wants you to see a black monster?!"

Can this really be done?

.....
"do not know."

The woodcutter shook his head. “He said, since your brother’s children can see it, then I can see it too.”

“He wants me to see it, too.”

……

Ah!
The woman suddenly realized, "My brother just told me that he wanted to eat steamed buns..."

In fact, it is not the young scholars who want to eat steamed buns.

But it is to be fed to the so-called black monster...right?
……

The woodcutter nodded.

“It should be for me to see…”