Why didn't anyone tell me this is a parallel world?

The Firefly Zoo already has two animal venues, so it would be inappropriate to continue offering free admission.

Manager Mingyue and Xia Liuying discussed it and decided to start charging formally after the New Year, at a price of ten yuan per venue.

The animal venues at the Firefly Zoo are not the kind that house only one or two animals, but rather a venue formed by an ecological combination of animals arranged by experts.

For example, some animals have the habit of cooperating when living in the wild, so we will set up a similar environment according to their living habits so that they can interact with each other.

On the one hand, it is to maintain the mental health of animals and provide a good social environment. On the other hand, it is to provide tourists with more viewing content, allowing tourists to witness more animal characteristics and understand them more deeply.

The main purpose of Xia Liuying is not to make money, so a lot of effort has been put into the construction of each animal venue. It is no longer the previous way of viewing through cages or gates.

It is more like a "real environment simulation" immersive viewing. The entire venue will be arranged with different ecological environments according to different animal species, and some one-way glass passages will be built among them.

Visitors can appreciate the real living conditions of animals in the wild through the glass passage, but in the eyes of the animals, the glass passage is just a large piece of camouflaged stone or other things, and they cannot see the tourists.

As a result, there is almost no interaction between animals and visitors.

But the number of tourists has increased instead of decreased because of this - there is no other way, because the environment in the animal venue is so good, walking inside really feels like walking in nature.

Many people come here not even to see any animals, but specifically to take pictures. As long as you make some reflective processing on the peacekeeping glass, you will have a feeling of being in a wild environment, and the background of the photo will be very beautiful.

If you are lucky, you can even take pictures of the small animals playing and entertaining themselves beside the glass passage. Because of the high-intensity sound insulation, even if you knock on the glass passage hard, the sound will not be transmitted. There is no need to worry about disturbing the small animals, so tourists can feel more at ease when taking pictures.

After the news that the Firefly Zoo would start charging admission spread, no tourists expressed dissatisfaction. Instead, more discussions online were about the cheapness of the "ten yuan ticket price."

You should know that there is no time limit for this ten-dollar ticket. Once you buy it, it doesn’t matter if you stay there from opening in the morning to closing at night. Moreover, each animal venue can be purchased separately, which is perfect.

Starting from New Year's Eve, the construction team was given seven days of annual leave, but many employees of the zoo were unable to take the holiday. After all, the animals can live without tourists but cannot live without being fed.

Xia Liuying was not stingy either. She gave triple salary to all employees who stayed during the Chinese New Year. Many people who got the holiday wanted to stay - they could go home anytime, but the triple salary was only for a few days.

The temporary training venue was also emptied for the first time as everyone went home to celebrate the New Year.

Uncle Zhao invited Xia Liuying to celebrate the New Year at their home this year, but Xia Liuying refused and chose to stay at home with her grandparents.

On this day, Xia Liuying did nothing for once. She accompanied Xie Yangran to play for the whole day. She got up early to paste couplets, went out shopping, visited various temple fairs, and returned home in the afternoon carrying a bunch of things.

In the evening, after spending some time with my grandparents preparing the New Year’s Eve dinner, Xie Yangran dragged me downstairs to set off fireworks.

While setting off fireworks, he recorded a video and sent it to Jin Linglong, Qiu Xiaoyun and others to share this ordinary happiness.

Not long after, Miss Jin's video call came in, and it was a group call with many people. Xia Liuying took a look and found that it was Miss Jin who had created a group chat and invited many people in.

In the video, Miss Jin is wearing an elegant dress and standing on what is probably a balcony. The background is her ridiculously large villa... maybe it would be more appropriate to call it a castle.

A housekeeper who looked very dedicated was guarding the entrance to the balcony to prevent anyone from disturbing Miss Jin.

"Happy New Year's Eve." Xia Liuying spoke with a smile amid the sound of fireworks and firecrackers, and aimed the video screen at the fireworks in the sky.

Zuo Chen was the first to come in and join in the fun. It could be seen that the background was a lively banquet. Zuo Shi's figure flashed by, and Xia Liuying could still hear Zuo Shi's voice, "Where are you going?"

Zuo Chen walked away without looking back, "It's too noisy here, I'm going to take a breath outside and I'll be back soon."

Xia Liuying soon noticed that Zuo Chen's background changed from indoors to outdoors, probably the small garden of the villa, and there was a swing chair. Zuo Chen sat on it without hesitation, swinging while looking at the scenes in the video curiously.

"What is this? It looks fun."

Xia Liuying lowered her head. The fireworks in the sky had temporarily passed. She was taking pictures of the toy fireworks that Xie Yangran was playing with.

In recent years, the designs of this kind of fireworks toys have become more and more bizarre. There are fireworks that can poop. After being ignited and burning for a while, a bunch of chemical products that react with the flame will come out like poop.

It's disgusting and weird, but also kind of interesting.

There are also fireworks like the one in Xie Yangran's hand, which are in the shape of an owl like a lantern. After being ignited, the owl's wings are spread on both sides, and sparks are emitted. As Xie Yangran moves his arms with a smile, the wings also sway up and down.

It looked like a silly owl flying and breathing fire. Xie Yangran couldn't stop laughing, and she didn't know what tickled her funny bone.

In addition, there were many fireworks toys. Xie Yangran lit them one by one, and Xia Liuying turned on the video with her mobile phone. Many children playing downstairs were also attracted and gathered around to watch.

Qiu Xiaoyun came into the video after a while. Unlike others, she was reading a book in her room. But judging from her clothes, there should be a party at home, but no one forced her to attend the whole thing.

Every time someone came in, Xia Liuying would say Happy New Year's Eve. Some people came in just out of curiosity to take a look, such as the big president Tang Ying. He was already involved in the family business and had a relatively high status in family gatherings. Unlike other people, he could not spare much free time to make video calls.

Not sure if he was curious or trying to gather information, but Tang Ying came in and watched Xie Yangran setting off tank fireworks for several minutes... the kind of tank-shaped toy car that would go off with a bang and set off fireworks as soon as it was ignited.

The most interesting one was a firework of Sun Wukong. At the beginning, it was just a small pop. Just when everyone thought it was meaningless and would end, the golden cudgel in Sun Wukong's hand suddenly began to glow.

As it spun, fireworks burst out from both ends of the golden hoop, and the eyes of the children watching nearby widened.

Soon after that, the somersault cloud under Monkey King also started to emit sparkles, spinning in circles while emitting sparkles. There was also a music function inside that played Monkey King’s BGM.

It took more than two minutes to end. Zuo Chen was clapping crazily for Sun Wukong in the video. Zuo Shi came to look for him twice but he refused to call him back.

Most of the classmates and teammates from the national supernatural power competition team came in and took turns entering and exiting until all the fireworks were set off. Xia Liuying never stopped watching the video, as there were always "audiences" watching.

I don’t know if it was intentional, but at midnight, everyone entered the video, and as the countdown sounded, they spoke together.

"Happy New Year!"

……

After sending Xie Yangran home, Xia Liuying walked on the streets which were gradually becoming deserted in the second half of the night, occasionally seeing fireworks flashing across the sky.

Long after midnight, she stood there, picked up her mobile phone, pointed it at the scattered fireworks in the sky, and sent a video message to Teacher Chu Jue.

"Happy New Year."

Teacher Chu Jue's reply came when Xia Liuying had already returned home, washed up, and was getting ready for bed.

"Your fireworks are no good. Let me show you a big one!"

It was a voice message, and the tone was full of laughter, but for some reason, Teacher Chu Jue's voice sounded a little hoarse, as if he hadn't drunk water for a long time.

The video call came unexpectedly. Xia Liuying answered the call. Her hair was still dripping with water from having just taken a hot shower. Teacher Chu Jue's face flashed by on the other side of the video. Her lips were covered with dead skin and had several cracks.

Judging from the background of the video, it is on a hillside, with dense trees and lush branches and leaves - but considering Teacher Chu Jue's supernatural abilities, it is not certain whether these plants grow naturally or are stimulated by supernatural powers, so there is no way to determine where the geographical environment is.

There was no lighting around, and even the light from the mobile phone screen was barely visible. Xia Liuying could only rely on her own eyesight to identify what was on the screen.

Teacher Chu Jue quickly switched the perspective of the video from the front camera to the rear camera, facing the dark, starry night sky.

Before Xia Liuying could ask what Teacher Chu Jue wanted to show her, a spot of light suddenly appeared in the darkness in the middle of the phone screen.

In a thousandth of a second, the spot of light expanded, emitting a light and brightness like the sun in the dark night sky, illuminating Xia Liuying's entire room through the phone screen.

The sound seemed to be delayed for a long time before it was transmitted through the phone.

"Oh!"

"Happy New Year!" Teacher Chu Jue said with a big laugh amid the chaotic white light and deafening noise.

The video was then hung up, leaving Xia Liuying staring at the phone screen with her eyes wide open, dumbfounded and stunned.

Ah ah ah ah ah ah! ! !

This is what you call "big fireworks"? ! ! !

Do you think I have never seen fireworks? ! ! !

Is it really okay for you to show me this? ! !

After a sleepless night, she spent the next day in a daze. Xia Liuying only felt relieved when no one came to question her.

Because of Teacher Chu Jue's trouble, Xia Liuying no longer had any intention of visiting relatives, and went back to the Firefly Zoo for training in the second year of junior high school.

Grandpa and grandma had no objection. After all, Xia Liuying’s status was different now and she had gained quite a bit of fame on the Internet, so it was better for her to go out less.

During this period, Xia Liuying only went to Uncle Zhao's house once and bought some things to send over. Zhao Yuexing, who heard that Xia Liuying was already in training, was annoyed by the matter of visiting relatives, so he immediately brought a few brothers back to train.

This is just like "studying", "doing homework" and "remedial classes". These are legitimate reasons that are naturally accepted by parents. No one will stop them and they will all support them.

The last half month of the winter vacation passed in training. When school started on March 3st, everyone reluctantly took their belongings and left the Firefly Zoo.

When you come next time, this venue will be transformed into a tropical rainforest bird house. The ticket price is ten yuan per entry.

After all, it is only a temporary training venue.

The animals who followed Xia Liuying away from school also followed Xia Liuying back to school on the first day of school.

Xia Liuying's pet breeding room had been contacted and expanded before the school started, and when Xia Liuying returned to school, all the work had been completed.

Uncle Crocodile also changed his original two-bedroom apartment with two swimming pools into a one-bedroom apartment with a sun room.

The reason why the zoo arranged a two-bedroom apartment for Uncle Crocodile was, firstly, there was plenty of space. After the venue was built, many animals did not move in, so there was room for him. Secondly, he was taken care of by ordinary staff, so for safety reasons, an extra layer of protection was taken.

Over in the pet breeding room, Xia Liuying and teacher Wenmingru, who occasionally helped out, were not afraid of Uncle E's threats, so a lot of trouble was avoided.

The 1st was Sunday, which was still a holiday to be exact, as there were no classes, but Xia Liuying couldn't enjoy a relaxing holiday.

After settling the pets at home and re-familiarizing herself with the environment, Xia Liuying turned and ran to the Student Union to fulfill her responsibilities as a member of the Student Union.

The first semester is different from the second semester. The students in the first semester are freshmen and are unfamiliar with the school. They need to familiarize themselves with it and understand it, which requires a gradual process.

There were not so many things going on in the second semester, and even the first-year students no longer had various privileges.

Students return to school on the 1st, classes start on the 2nd, and the Lantern Festival is on the 3rd, and the live broadcast event will begin. The schedule is extremely tight.

The Lantern Festival campus party can be said to be the only activity that is closest to ordinary school activities - students sign up themselves, perform on stage and celebrate the festival.

Students from other schools may need to undergo special rehearsals, but for students from Sungkyunkwan High School, their respective performance programs have been carefully trained from childhood to adulthood, and they are ready to perform on stage at any time.

Whether it is playing musical instruments, singing or dancing, they are closer to professionals and their performance is better.

Of course, Sungkyunkwan High School didn’t act on impulse and said there would be an event the day after tomorrow, so you should sign up for a few programs for me today.

During the winter vacation, the program for the Lantern Festival campus party had already been confirmed. No matter how confident you are, you still have to practice several times before actually performing on stage to avoid making mistakes.

As a student participating in the National Supernatural Competition, Xia Liuying does not need to take part in this kind of performance, and the school does not recommend that they participate. They just need to concentrate on training. Getting a good result in the competition is not more important than anything else.