You are not monster girls!

Chapter 120: Looking Through the Keyhole at the Forest (4k)

".hiss."

"Lin Muran, why did you suddenly shudder?"

"It's coming out." Emperor Roar said, seeing through his perverted older brother's physiological reaction.

"Come out, my foot!"

Lin Muran pressed Xia Li's head down and shook it several times until the other girl kept swishing her tail and begging for mercy before stopping and saying, "I just suddenly felt a chill down my spine."

"Could someone have issued a kill order in the martial arts world?"

Bai Mengqing stood at the door of the room, holding Manbo in her arms. She often watched Lin Muran's videos and saw many female boxing masters, but they were all suppressed by their followers using Southern Fist.

If they can't win openly, it's not impossible for them to draw a circle and curse someone.

"My skill level isn't good enough to make it onto Xiaohongshu's must-have list."

Lin Muran thought about it for a moment. He realized that he only received one or two private messages from his girlfriends who were cursing him, and even if they did, it wouldn't make him feel disgusted. It must be that some acquaintances were secretly talking badly about him behind his back.

I don't know why, but I always felt that the scolding was very heavy.

"I'm about to start recording, so please keep quiet."

Lin Muran took the eel from Bai Mengqing's hand, put on her headphones, sat down in front of the computer, and brought up the pre-edited video project to prepare for recording.

The most difficult part of this Monster Ramblings was actually the character design. All the other actions could only be done after Ghost Princess had a concrete image. Fortunately, Bai Mengqing only spent about two days from the initial character design draft to the illustration sketch. The remaining details didn't require much brainpower; it just required time to slowly revise them.

During this period, Lin Muran and Xia Li also completed the storyboard and script for the video, pushing their work efficiency to the limit.

There's only one computer at home, so there's no way to use magic to speed up digital drawing.

If he had to wait for Bai Mengqing to refine the illustrations to completion, it might take another day or two. So he decided to first use schematic sketches to complete the video dubbing and the preset effects to be used. Then, after the dragon had finished drawing all the drafts, he would create the dynamic illustrations and finally synthesize the video.

"Please put your phone on silent, and stop pounding the floor with your tail."

The last sentence was spoken to Bai Mengqing alone. The weight of this dragon's tail was no less than that of the dragon itself. While others made two alternating sounds when they walked, she would make a muffled thud after every two steps.

Thankfully, no one lives downstairs; otherwise, if the other party came knocking, I would have been scared half to death.

"Oh." Bai Mengqing raised her tail, but felt a little tired, so she quickly lowered it again, and then unconsciously started tapping the floor.

Finally, having no other choice, Lin Muran forced Bai Mengqing to sit on her bed with Xia Li, hugging her tail, and play on her phone. She then checked the sound card settings and started recording.

"Everyone~"

"Wait a minute, Lin Muran, I suddenly thought of a very important question." Before Lin Muran could even utter the first word, Bai Mengqing interrupted her.

"what?"

Are computers very expensive?

"It depends on the configuration. My old machine cost more than 10,000 yuan when it was built."

"Then why don't we just buy one more?"

“Add one,” Emperor Roar said, puzzled.

Bai Mengqing is the kind of artist who has to finish a drawing in one go. Of course, she also knows that the entire video is not just her own drawing, and without exception, it all requires the use of a computer.

Lin Muran's interruption made her feel a sense of frustration, like she had exhausted all her energy but couldn't release it.

She remembered that the pleasant ringtone that popped up on Lin Muran's phone last time cost nearly 30,000 yuan, and then she got another 10,000 yuan from Red Milk Dragon, which should be more than enough to buy a new computer.

"It's possible, but..."

Lin Muran looked around. The studio itself wasn't very big. With a computer desk, a workbench, and now a bed, there was basically no extra space for a computer.

Needless to say, Bai Mengqing's room wasn't very big to begin with. She had set up a bunch of easels and an extremely long desk for painting and calligraphy, and there wasn't much space for a computer.

"However, with a computer like this, you can only use it in the living room because there's no space anywhere else. If you want to use it in your room, you can only use a laptop, the flip type."

"Can I use the small one next to you?"

Bai Mengqing secretly glanced at Lin Muran's screen. She knew that the study materials were all collected and compiled by Lin Muran, and they definitely wouldn't be on the new computer. She had previously searched online and found that as long as the two computers were placed together, the contents could be transferred between them.

"Not really, the computer desk is only this big."

Buying a computer for this dragon is a must, but Lin Muran doesn't plan to buy it now. The account hasn't reached the stage where it can be stably monetized yet, and the money he earns now is basically used for the daily expenses of these two spirit beasts.

If we receive a large order, placing the order directly is not out of the question.

"Then let's wait until we've saved up more money before buying it," Bai Mengqing said, shaking her head.

For a dragon as studious as her, not being able to steal Lin Muran's study materials would be even more frustrating than not being able to finish her drawing in one go.

“Agreed, saving money is a good habit,” Di Hou said, recounting his experience of his master spending all his savings on leftovers.

Xia Li saw through Bai Mengqing's little scheme, but still agreed with her idea.

As expected of a spirit beast, it is more human-like than Jimei.

Lin Muran felt a surge of relief. To be honest, he suddenly understood why some of his seniors would rather play with monsters than find a girlfriend.

The otherworld version is still too ahead of its time.

"Alright, if you're going to stay here, please be quiet for a bit."

Lin Muran deleted the recording file, explained the rules to the two spirit beasts, and then put on her headphones to start recording again.

This time, the two spirit beasts were very well-behaved and didn't make any noise. They simply sat on Lin Muran's bed in perfect sync, their tails swaying from side to side, their eyes, one in sunset and one in gold, fixed on each other.

However, Lin Muran encountered a problem instead.

In the past, when reading scripts from a storyboard, he could speak very fluently. But today, for some reason, Lin Muran found that he had misread four out of the 15 characters in a sentence as soon as he finished reading the first sentence, and his breathing was also very uneven.

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He glanced back at the two spirit beasts behind him, then turned his gaze back to the screen, coughed twice, and resumed recording.

"As everyone knows, Lin Ji is called 'Pui pui pui' in every system!"

This time, Lin Muran still misread the script, making the two spirit beasts behind her almost burst into laughter.

"Are you nervous?" Bai Mengqing had never seen Lin Muran in such an awkward situation before, so she deliberately put on a mischievous smile.

"I've already made so many videos, how could I still be nervous? I just feel a little uncomfortable," Lin Muran explained calmly.

"Brother, do you feel your face trembling, your pores opening, and you feel uncomfortable no matter how you sit?" Emperor Roar asked with concern.

"How did you know?" Lin Muran asked curiously. She had her back to Xia Li, who was wearing sunglasses, so how could she see so much information? "Either she's nervous, or she has prickly heat," Di Hou concluded.

"You all grow, but I won't grow." Lin Muran said speechlessly.

Just like when you're urinating and someone is standing behind you, you stop the flow, or when you're using a public restroom and the cleaning staff suddenly knocks on the door, making you want to finish quickly but you're left feeling awkward. Lin Muran had this feeling while doing voice acting, and it was very strong.

It seems I really need to put buying a computer on my agenda.

The next video needs to be a big order.

Otherwise, if I have these two spirit beasts watching me every time I work, how am I supposed to make videos?

In the end, he could only hand his phone to the two spirit beasts, letting them play on their phones and watch TV in the living room to pass the time until he finished his work.

"I've already given you all the requirements. You two can go and have some fun first. Bai Mengqing, if you don't know how to use a phone, ask Xia Li to teach you. She does."

"I guarantee the mission will be completed," Emperor Roar solemnly declared.

"Wait, does she really know how?" Bai Mengqing still had doubts about whether her fellow villager could use modern magical artifacts.

"If you can teach the master, you can naturally teach the ingredients," Emperor Roar said dismissively.

Xia Li's movements when swiping Lin Muran's phone were completely different from Bai Mengqing's; they were practically no different from those of a modern child.

"Now you believe it."

Seeing Bai Mengqing's bewildered expression, Lin Muran closed the door, plunging the corridor into silence, leaving only the two spirit beasts staring at each other.

(￢_￢)
(=■_■)=)
Bai Mengqing stood at the door for a long time, and seeing that Xia Li showed no sign of leaving, she finally spoke her first words: "Why aren't you leaving yet?"

"Why aren't the ingredients leaving?" Emperor Roar retorted. Xia Li twitched her ears, meeting the other's gaze directly.

"Hey, do you know about the dinosaur sharing pears? I'm waiting for you to pick a seat."

“Respecting the ingredients is what Emperor Hou should do,” Emperor Hou said, puzzled. Xia Li twitched her ears and, instead of moving towards the sofa, took a step towards the door.

"I think you should watch more TV and learn more about modern knowledge."

"No," said Dihou, who believes that ingredients need to learn modern knowledge.

The corridor fell silent again, with only the sound of the fan and intermittent voiceovers coming from inside the room.

"I'll say something unpleasant, and I don't know if you'll agree," Bai Mengqing said, breaking the awkward silence after hesitating for a long time, realizing that continuing to stare at each other was not a solution.

“Speak,” said Emperor Roar, indicating that he was all ears. As Xia Li spoke, her cat ears perked up again.

"Actually, I think watching TV is not as funny as watching Lin Muran's awkwardness."

After Bai Mengqing finished speaking, she realized that Xia Li was on Lin Muran's side, so she immediately changed her tune and kept waving her green gloves in denial:
"You, you don't misunderstand. I mean I think it's necessary for us to understand Lin Muran's work process so that we can cooperate with him better and not hold him back."

"I completely agree. Emperor Roar supports the ingredients with both hands, feet, and ears."

Xia Li's long, thin tail, like a cat's tail, began to wag uncontrollably. "Opening the door will lead to discovery," Di Hou said earnestly.

"Hmph~ Lin Muran said we weren't allowed to open the door, but she didn't say we weren't allowed to look."

Bai Mengqing conjured a calligraphy brush and drew two strokes on the original door lock. The keyhole slowly changed. She leaned closer to take a look, and her tail immediately swung around, waving at Xia Li.

"goo"

Xia Li brought her face close to the keyhole and found that her vision was completely black. She tried with her other eye, but the result was the same. After glancing back at Bai Mengqing, she hesitantly took off her sunglasses and brought her left eye to the keyhole. Lin Muran's figure at work was clearly visible.

"N, nice," she said, her voice trembling slightly, her ears twitching, whether from excitement or shyness, it was hard to tell.

"I learned this move from watching JoJo recently, isn't it amazing, Meng-jie?"

"Powerful, amazing, very powerful, Emperor Roar likes it."

"Yes, that's right. My ink wasn't wasted."

Seeing Xia Li like this, Bai Mengqing couldn't help but puff out her proud breasts. She really liked the way Xia Li admired her; the pleasure was even more intense than eating ten packs of spicy strips in a row.

Bai Mengqing learned this move from watching cartoons.

The studio and her room are separated by only one wall, so she often can't sleep at night and uses the wall to practice this trick. So far, she can draw a small hole to observe Lin Muran's every move in the room.

"Let me see it too."

Having learned from her previous bathing experience, Bai Mengqing wasn't afraid of Xia Li, who had taken off her sunglasses. She simply pushed her aside and pointed her vertical pupils at the keyhole.

"Lin Muran, this chair is way in the way. What's so interesting about half a head like that?"

Bai Mengqing blinked her vertical pupils, and was just about to push her face forward a little more when the delicate, soft, and elastic sensation on her cheek squeezed her vision to only half.

"Emperor's Roar...can be seen...from the front."

Xia Li pressed her face against Bai Mengqing's, her hand against the wall, her tail wrapped around her calf.

"Is it real or fake? Let me see?"

Bai Mengqing forcefully pushed Xia Li aside and looked at the keyhole with her right eye. At this moment, the chair had indeed turned around, but the person on it was gone.

"There's no one here. Xia Li, even you, a spirit beast with thick eyebrows and big eyes, have learned to lie?"

"Take another look."

Bai Mengqing shrank back and glanced at Xia Li. Seeing that the other party had lowered her head and covered her face, she felt that as a spirit beast, she should not have any reason to lie, so she went back to the keyhole.

But this time she only saw complete darkness.
To be precise, it was a dark black with a hint of red, like the internal structure of some creature.

Bai Mengqing turned to look at Xia Li in confusion, only to find that the other party had already moved five or six steps away from her and retreated to the end of the corridor.

Why are you backing up so far?

"Hurry! Hurry!"

"What's quick?"

"flash"

"Flash? The lighting inside is fine."

I don't understand.
Bai Mengqing shifted her gaze back to the keyhole and found that the view inside had been restored, and the interior of the studio was clearly visible. However, unlike before, this time it was a dark green pistol.

At that moment, she finally understood what Xia Li meant by "flash".

(End of this chapter)