I am not human

Liao Qingshu couldn't remember how she came out of the dream.

He only knew that when he opened his eyes, Jiufang Ziyan was holding a fire talisman and a small light cannon in his hand, with a handsome face that had been caught, staring viciously at the shivering shrub that shrank into a ball.

"Uh, Jiufang..." Liao Qingshu hesitated after waking up, and his eyes flicked to Lao Zhan, who was licking his paw calmly.

Liao Qingshu could roughly guess how it woke up Jiufang Ziyan.

"Do you want to take care of your wound?" He asked Jiufang Ziyan, in exchange for a slap in the face.

"How to deal with it? Will you lick it for me?" Jiufang Ziyan said angrily, "Don't talk to me now!"

Liao Qing stopped silently, and stepped aside.Jiufang Zi Yanfu stared at the dwarf tree again, and raised the fire talisman at it: "Hey! Can you talk? If you don't want to be made into a spelled Christmas tree, recruit everyone you know!"

All the branches on the dwarf shook wildly.Seeing this, Jiufang Ziyan raised his eyebrows, and raised his hand to throw the fire talisman down. The dwarf screamed silently, and rolled up behind Liao Qingshu. The long branches hugged Liao Qingshu's legs, shaking and dropping leaves.

Although Liao Qingshu hated it for teasing her in the dream before, she still couldn't bear to see it like this, and said to Jiufang Ziyan: "Jiufang, it seems that it can't speak, and it's useless to force it."

"...That's right." Jiufang Ziyan said grimly, "It's better to burn it directly."

The leaves of the dwarf trees fell more violently in an instant.Liao Qingshu had no choice but to speak again: "But we still need to find Shengmu Mandui, maybe it can help us."

Hearing this, the whole dwarf tree paused slightly, and immediately the entire canopy swayed up and down, and picked small fiery red fruits from behind its own leaves, and handed them to Liao Qingshu among the branches.

"Hey, I don't want your stuff, you take it back..." Liao Qingshu couldn't help but cry.He doesn't know gardening, and he doesn't know what kind of tree this tree is, so even if he asked for this fruit, he wouldn't dare to eat it.

The dwarf tree stubbornly wanted to give him the fruit.Liao Qingshu had no choice but to take it, who knew that as soon as the fruit was in his hand, he heard "bang, bang, bang", all the little red fruits in his hand exploded, and mouths opened!

Liao Qingshu was so frightened that she withdrew her hand, and the little red fruit rolled on the ground, all of them opened their small mouths and yelled in a hurry.

"Holy wood, find me. Leaf, he gave it!"

"I'm just a part-time worker! Don't take the blame!"

"Take it out, please don't kill it!"

"Don't hit me! I don't want to go back and be a fence!"

"Can you guys write for me? 'Don't poop on me'..."

"...Wait, wait, stop!" Liao Qingshu couldn't bear it and covered her ears.It's so loud!Not only noisy, but also beside the point!So shaking his head so desperately just now is not because he can't speak, but because he doesn't know which mouth to use to speak? !

"My God, it's so noisy!" Liao Qingshu said, seeing Jiufang Ziyan's expression like eating a fly, she felt the same, "You also feel noisy?"

"No." Jiufang Ziyan shook his head shamelessly, "It's just the first time I've seen such a spineless tree, and it's just rare..."

Liao Qingshu: "..."

"But it's not difficult to understand." Jiufang Ziyan said to himself, "It's not wild after all."

Liao Qingshu: "???"

Liao Qingshu failed to understand Jiufang Ziyan's point, but the dwarf tree that was entangled him became excited all of a sudden, screaming more fiercely, Liao Qingshu covered his ears and couldn't hear clearly, but Jiufang Ziyan folded his arms and listened quietly As he spoke, his face gradually became serious.

"Rush!"

"fertilizer!"

"I!"

The messy fragments of information were pieced together, and Jiufang Ziyan frowned—this dwarf tree was indeed not wild.

He wasn't even a "monster"... he said, with this appearance, he didn't look like a serious tree demon at first glance.

Wild tree demons, by nature, are all stubborn and stubborn masters, and the last thing they are willing to do is to live according to other people's wishes.However, the main body of this dwarf tree is firethorn, but it was artificially planted on the side of the road as a fence. Because of the fierce forces of the demon clan who lived in the human world one day, a monster died under its tree, covered in demon power and blood. It has penetrated into the ground under its feet, and only then has it opened its spiritual intelligence in a daze, and possessed the embryonic form of a "demon".

Because it is used to being trimmed and manipulated by others, its temperament is weaker and easier to obey; the influence of smog exhaust makes its IQ lower than that of its peers; and because its way of becoming a demon is too simple and rude, so even in the It is also considered a heresy among dryads.Even though his cultivation base is low, he can walk away from the land, and the red fruits on his body that can speak are even more weird, and people look at him blankly.

Although I tried to find a tree demon who moved to the city as a companion, but was not accepted by the other party because of its incompatible appearance, and was rejected as a miscellaneous monster; The breath of the big monster will make the weak spirits run away.Therefore, although it can walk, it has nowhere to go, so it has to find a corner in this woods to live in. It is a single shape, and every day it is either staring at its own shadow in a daze, or watching college students talking in the woods. Said that he loves playing wild games.

Until one day, the holy wood entered the woods and found it.

At first it thought that the holy wood was a companion, but soon found out that it was wrong - the holy wood had its own companion, a young human with a smile like sunshine.Shengmu looked for it, just wanted a tool.

He asked it for help and gave it a leaf of his own.As long as it holds the leaf, the soul of the holy wood on the leaf will temporarily attach to it, using its body to move and perform the spell of temptation.

The holy wood has turned the entire forest into a maze, and the dreams manipulated by its body are the second cage for Jiufang Ziyan and Liao Qingshu.Now that both of them have left the dreamland, in its view, its own work has failed, and there is no point in persevering any longer.

"Sacred wood, I won't kill you. I want to take you and exchange them."

It stammered through one of the countless fruits.Jiufang Ziyan frowned immediately: "Change? What?"

The little red fruit that fell to the ground fell silent for a moment.After a while, they replied in unison with high-pitched voices: "Freedom."

"Holy wood, you, trapped."

"Negotiate for freedom."

"Find the boss."

Even though the dwarf tree demon spoke in a hurry and was very unclear, Jiufang Ziyan and Liao Qingshu still got a general idea - it seems that Muman probably knew that they were coming to him, and specially set up a trap to trap them , just to take them as hostages and negotiate conditions with the mountain management office.As for the specific conditions, I don't know. Anyway, looking at the situation, it is clear that he wants to propose an unequal treaty that is as humiliating as the loss of land cession and compensation.

Coercing the dwarf spirit to take them out of the grove, Jiufang Ziyan hurried back to the mountain management office to intercept Muman.Liao Qingshu followed Jiufang Ziyan back to the school gate, and was about to step on the battery car, when he suddenly found that Lao Zhan who had been following behind had disappeared, so he had to go back to look for it.

Walking to the side of the grove, they found that the dwarf tree demon was still standing blankly at the place where they were sent away, not knowing what to think.Liao Qingshu couldn't help but said, "Hey, stop standing here, find a place to hide."

His original intention was to let the dwarf tree demon avoid Muman. After all, it is considered a traitor even if it is rounded up now. Who knows if it will be retaliated against.The firethorn plant heard this, but thought he was trying to hide himself, so as not to scare passers-by, he walked out in a daze, took two steps but stopped, turned left and right for a while, and stopped in a daze. He got down, as if he didn't know where to go.

Seeing it like this, Liao Qingshu couldn't tell whether it was pitiful or ridiculous.He heard from Jiufang Ziyan that most of the weird tree demons like this were not cultivated by themselves, but were quick-formed by absorbing something. The demon's power and aura are all low, and their IQ needs more care.

Seeing it like this, Liao Qingshu only thought it was being silly, walked over and asked casually "what's the matter".Huothorn hadn't answered yet, but there was a urging sound from behind, but it was Jiufang Ziyan who got impatient and came in to look for it.Liao Qingshu responded, and was about to turn around, but her clothes were firmly caught by the firethorn branches.

Jiufang Ziyan: "Hey, looking for death?!"

He walked over quickly, Liao Qingshu hurriedly advised him to calm down, and suddenly heard the red fruits on the branches opening and closing, making sounds one after another.

"I."

"It's time to go."

"Where is it?"

Where can I go when no one wants to accept me and I am not needed by anyone?

Liao Qingshu keenly caught something that was clearly unspoken, and couldn't help being slightly taken aback.

"This question...it's useless even if you ask me."

...don't make it look like he's the one who wants it.

Liao Qingshu knew how to answer.He seemed to have suddenly fallen into a long-lost melancholy, which had haunted him for a long time, especially when he was looking for work, and still haunted him now.

"Where should I go?" Jiufang Ziyan on the side just said impatiently, spoiling the atmosphere without hesitation, "Take root wherever you see it, live if you're used to it, leave if you're not used to it, what a big deal! You have to ask all these, are you hypocritical or not!"

Liao Qingshu: "..."

Firethorn shrunk the crown of the tree, and continued intermittently: "I blame. No. People. Want. Me."

"Tsk, that's true." Jiufang Ziyan nodded in agreement, "You're so ugly."

Liao Qingshu couldn't help poking him with her elbow.

"The truth." Jiufang Ziyan shouted, "Don't tell me you're ugly? You're ugly, you're weird, you're disgusted, these are all facts, but it doesn't mean you should be crying."

After a pause, he took a deep look at Liao Qingshu. The other party was standing under the tree, covered by the clear sunlight leaking from the leaves, and his eyes were shining brightly in the sunlight.Jiufang Ziyan coughed, and said slowly: "Everyone will be rejected by others, it's just to see if you can go down. It's useless to cry blindly, and it's useless to insist blindly. Wait, adjust, and be yourself , it should be your cat, none of them can escape."

Firethorn: "???"

Liao Qingshu's hair was covered with black lines, and he tried to interpret: "He... is probably a metaphor. He vividly wrote... about fate, um, impermanence... and so on."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head to look at Jiufang Ziyan: "Where did you read this half-baked chicken soup? "Youth Digest"?"

"What the hell?" Jiufang Ziyan looked at him in surprise, "You don't remember?"

Liao Qingshu was confused: "Remember what?"

"That's right, in that dream... eh, forget it!" For some reason, Jiufang Ziyan's expression became stinky again, "I won't talk nonsense with you! Hurry up and leave!"

"But old Zhan..."

"I told you that ghosts can't die of hunger! Hurry up! You don't want an internship certificate anymore, do you?"

As Jiufang Ziyan said, he grabbed Liao Qingshu by the collar and dragged him away.Firethorn stared foolishly at them drifting away, lost in thought for a long time.

It doesn't know why it compares fate to the shape of a cat, but now it is willing to believe that there may really be a person in the world who is willing to accept all its fruits and is willing to listen carefully to every word hidden in the fruits.

——After all, even such a bad guy with sunglasses has a companion.

Feeling the hope of life, it turned around and walked to the other side with good wishes.

After walking for a while, I suddenly felt something was wrong—wasn’t the curly-haired boy caught by its branches just now?Why are you walking so swiftly?

It belatedly raised the branch to have a look, and as expected, half of it was missing.

"My pole—" All the fruits screamed together, and immediately they were covered in red fruits, and ran back to look for them crying.

At the same time, in the mountain management office.

"Chapter 2, the management organization and its responsibilities..." Jiufang Zhongjun was reading out the newly revised "Third Edition of Mountain and Sea Beast Management Measures" in [-] to Muman, and he was still having sex while reading shed crystal tears.

Muman rolled his eyes and sat on the chair to listen, surrounded by villains painted by pink crystals, waiting to watch.In all fairness, he is not afraid of Jiufang Zhongjun, let alone these little devil-like bean soldiers around him, but...

Muman secretly glanced at Lei Shen who was sweeping the paper balls all over the floor, his face was ugly, and his palms were sweating.

He came to negotiate... However, from the time he walked in to the present, no one has ever heard him mention his conditions!

And just as Jiufang Zhongjun was chanting "the rights and obligations that immigrant mountain and sea beasts should have" while sniffing his nose, something unexpected happened suddenly—a peregrine falcon made of flames pierced through it with lightning speed. Crossed the barrier and rushed into the office, screaming and rushing towards Muman.Muman avoided it flexibly with a short body, and the Kestrel's extremely outstretched wings swept across the table, and the flames and hot wind ignited the paper documents on the table.

It's nothing at all, the key is that Jiufang Zhongjun looked at the flame peregrine falcon, and said, "Oh, it's Ziyan who is back."

So Thor, who had just picked up the fire extinguisher, was stunned.

After being stunned for three seconds, he didn't extinguish his fire, curled up his tail and fled towards the corridor - he didn't know that Liao Qingshu had already betrayed himself to Jiufang Ziyan, and he only wanted to be a low-key generator.

Thunderbolts surrounded Thor's tail, and he swept past Xiao Hei's desk while moving hastily.Hearing a "snap", Xiao Hei cursed "Lying grass", and rescued his computer that started to smoke at the first time, so that he didn't notice at all that Jiu Fang Zhongjun, who was knocked over by Thor, stepped on it. The powder crystals on the ground are pouring towards him uncontrollably.

With a sound of "dong", Jiu Fang Zhongjun stuck his head on the sharp corner of Xiao Hei's desk and fainted.

The little pink magic fairy in the sky suddenly fell into a panic, waving a spear and flying around.Mu Man waved away impatiently, the green light on his fingertips flickered, at this moment, Jiufang Ziyan and Liao Qingshu rushed in.Liao Qingshu's eyes were sharp, and he saw Jiufang Zhongjun fainted on the ground at a glance, and then looked at Muman who was about to perform the operation, and immediately said in grief and indignation: "Jiufang! He knocked the director unconscious..."

Noticing the wet pink tears at the corners of Jiufang Chongjun's eyes, he paused for a moment, then continued his grief and indignation: "I even beat the director to tears!"

not at all! !

Muman didn't know what to say anymore. At last, he hadn't lost his mind. Before he could speak, he pinched out a slender branch out of thin air, and pulled it vigorously to the ground. Immediately, thick and strong roots broke through the ground, intertwined and intertwined. It squirmed upwards, and in a blink of an eye, it blocked the entrance of the corridor where Thor escaped.

With another volley, the villains transformed by the powder crystals were all shattered and fell to the ground, and the world was immediately quiet.Only then did he clear his throat, and smiled at the two who rushed in: "It's our first meeting, I'm Shengmuman..."

"You big-headed ghost at the beginning, didn't you have fun playing with people before?" Jiufang Ziyan said coldly, holding up the short sword and pointing at Muman, "I don't care what you want, but your chips are gone! If you are sensible, just be honest with me..."

"Who told you that I have no chips?" Muman smiled.The opponent changed from Jiufang Zhongjun, who was completely useless, to the violent Wogua in front of him, which made him feel much more comfortable, "Why do you think that you are my only bargaining chip?"

Jiufang Ziyan frowned: "Stop bluffing here..."

"He didn't."

"Varied……"

"He really doesn't have one." Xiao Hei, who was sitting behind the computer, said coldly, "He should still have a hole card in his hand...I guess it's the tree that was left in the Mountain Sea Realm?"

"Good guess." Muman admitted.Liao Qingshu raised her hand in confusion: "Excuse me, can you explain it more clearly?"

"To put it simply, he still left a small part of his soul on the tree in the mountain and sea realm." Jiufang Ziyan also understood at this time, his face sank, "The call between souls can form a more direct bridge than dreams... ... Tsk, annoying!"

"Wait, let me stroke it." Liao Qingshu waved his hand, his eyes widened suddenly, "Does that mean he can smuggle mountain and sea beasts casually in the future?!"

"Smuggling out probably won't work. After all, the soul left in the mountain and sea world has no self-awareness, and there is no way to 'call' me; but it is absolutely no problem to sneak in." Muman sat down on the desk, provocatively Raising eyebrows, "For you, I think the latter is the bigger problem."

Coming out and going in, no matter how you think about it, the former is more troublesome.However, Liao Qingshu looked at Jiufang Ziyan and Xiao Hei, both of them were equally serious, so it seems that Mu Man's statement is not wrong.

Liao Qingshu was puzzled, and suddenly heard Xiao Hei say: "You can even tell such important things, what exactly do you want?"

Now that Muman's ability to smuggle people has been known to them, what awaits him next is undoubtedly stricter supervision than other immigrant mountain and sea beasts, and Muman will not be ignorant of this.However, even so, he has to expose himself, which shows that his next request must be extremely important to him.

Sure enough, Muman's smile stopped, and his tone became serious: "It's very simple, I hope the Mountain Management Office will not inform the Eastern Heaven Realm of my existence."

Xiao Hei: "...what the hell?"

"Just don't send me back to the Eastern Heaven Realm..." Muman repeated word by word, frowning and looking at Xiao Hei's tightly clenched lips, "Just hide my news from the Heaven Realm. What? , isn't this all right?"

Heaven and man are powerful, and he is sure that he can avoid the search of the Mountain Management Office, but there is no guarantee that he can avoid the pursuit of the heaven.If he wanted to avoid the fate of being transplanted to Tiandi Garden, he could only hope that the management office of the mountain could conceal the fact that he had fled.But if you can do this, the other party still won't agree...

Muman secretly looked at Xiao Hei, and moved towards him without a trace, calculating in his mind the feasibility of taking him as a hostage in exchange for the promise of the mountain management office.

Xiao Hei was bored for a while, and asked, "No... who told you that we are going to send you back to heaven?"

Muman immediately pointed to Jiufang Ziyan, and Xiao Hei's expression immediately became weird.It happened that Xu Moyi came back with instant noodles and meat buns, and he was taken aback by the battle as soon as he came in: "What's the matter? This baby is... ah, who knocked Chongjun out? Hey, And weeping!"

Xiao Hei thought for a while, and skillfully avoided the question: "This is Shengmu Mandui, and he is here to negotiate."

"Negotiation? What are you talking about?"

"He wants us not to send him to the Eastern Heaven Realm."

"Oh, that's it." Xu Moyi nodded knowingly, then turned to look at Muman, "We have to charge [-] management fees per month, and we have to pay extra for certificates and job hunting. Is this acceptable?"

Muman: "...Yes." Why did the topic suddenly jump to collecting money?

"Then do you want to apply for a membership card? If you apply for a membership card, you can enjoy door-to-door service. The annual fee is [-]."

"Well, let's do it." Muman said uncertainly.

"There is also a compensation fee." Xiao Hei added calmly, "The maintenance fee for the floor and the computer, and the table also needs to be replaced."

Is this all on my head?

Muman nodded hesitantly, and Xu Moyi made a decision: "Then stay here, what a big deal! Anyway, the superiors don't care about us now. Come, come here, let's sign a contract, and we can't go back on our word after signing it... Hey , Have you eaten yet? How about together? Baby, what flavor of instant noodles do you like?"

Muman was a little confused.He made such a big fuss, and he didn't hesitate to take out the biggest hole card... In the end, it's all right?It's inexplicable, okay?

Jiufang Ziyan put away the dagger, came up and patted him on the shoulder, expressing deep apology: "I'm really sorry, I just said that casually at the time, who knew you would hear it, and took it seriously..."

Did you really not mean it? !

Liao Qingshu also came up and patted him on the shoulder, with a sympathetic look on his face: "In the management of the mountain, most of the things can be solved with money, so don't be so troublesome next time, just bring a check and tell me if you have anything to do. Alipay is also available."

Muman: "..."

He felt cheated.He wanted to cry so much.

After signing in a daze, and being casted by Jiufang Ziyan with several monitoring spells, Muman walked out the door with a sad face, all he wanted was to kill the senior to soothe his wounded heart.

"Wait." He was about to go out when Xiao Hei suddenly stopped him, "Ask you something... When Su Shan was extradited, were you the only one brought out by him?"

"A dream traveler can only smuggle one monster, you don't even know that?"

"You weren't a complete 'one' when you came out." Xiao Hei said, "You brought out a part of Tosu Mountain and then transferred it... Thinking about it this way, there should be more 'seats' .”

"Think too much." Muman said casually, waved his hand, and left the mountain management office.

It was almost twelve o'clock after leaving the house, so Mu Man went to school and sent a message to Su Shan, but got no response.Mu Man guessed that Su Shan had probably finished his lunch, so he stopped bothering him and wandered to the residence by himself, wanting to skip the afternoon class and get a good night's sleep.

When I got home, I saw Su Shan sitting on the sofa in the living room in a daze.Mu Man originally wanted to go up to say hello, but just a few steps closer, he stopped abruptly.

"Didn't I tell you to get out of here quickly! Why are you still here! Damn, who allowed you to go to school!" Muman shouted angrily, his eyes turned green. "Su Shan" stood up staggeringly upon hearing the words, raised his eyes to look at Muman, his pupils narrowed into a line, but the eyes that were always bright were now filled with indifferent and dull golden color.

There was a shallow puddle of water under his feet, and the sofa he sat on also left traces of being soaked in water.Looking at Muman, he said slowly: "Originally, it's time to go. I want to go back, back to Shanhai."

"But, I met someone."

"He said..." "Su Shan" paused, and the next sentence suddenly became very fluent, as if it coincided with another mysterious voice—"He said, there are too many disaster beasts in this world gone."

"I don't know where Lao Zhan is right now." Liao Qingshu said worriedly after getting off the back seat of the battery car, "It has helped us so much, and we still haven't thanked it... It would be great if we could keep it."

As soon as he said this, he regretted it a little.The one who disagreed with Lao Zhan's stay was Jiufang Ziyan, so it seemed like a complaint.

"Well, indeed." Jiufang Ziyan said, "It's more capable than you, and it would be convenient if it stays to help."

...is this a slap in the face?Still punching me in the face?

Liao Qingshu tentatively said: "Then... if we meet again next time, will we be able to hug him back?"

"If you can hug him back, you can hug him. Anyway, you pay for the money to support him."

"Thank you so much!" Liao Qingshu said happily, and suddenly heard the phone ring, took it out to look at it, and her tone became more excited, "Director Xu said, do you want to have a barbecue together tonight! Are you going?"

"Yes, I'll call you." Jiufang Ziyan frowned, "I want you to go, I won't go."

"No, no, I asked you specifically." Liao Qingshu showed him the screen, "Go? Go, I haven't eaten barbecue for a long time."

"Are you sure you called me?" Jiufang Ziyan still hesitated, Liao Qingshu nodded vigorously: "Yeah. Go, let me take your share, okay?"

"A poor student, where did you get the money?" Jiufang Ziyan sneered, implying that he agreed.Liao Qingshu got the promise and got the answer, the joy in her heart couldn't be added, she walked to the anti-theft door and took out the key to open the door, but she didn't take it out for a while, when she turned her head and saw Jiufang Ziyan staring at her, she felt slightly embarrassed: "What are you looking at?" ?”

Jiufang Ziyan let out a "hmm", glanced across his face, and said vaguely, "Look at the kitten."

Liao Qingshu: "???"

"Little orange cat." Jiufang Ziyan added, remembering that Liao Qingshu no longer remembered what happened in his dream, he smiled, stopped talking, stepped forward to lift Liao Qingshu, and touched the key to open the door.

Then his expression froze.

"What's the matter?" Liao Qingshu saw that he was standing still at the door, so she pushed him and looked inside at the same time.Immediately, his expression became ugly.

The expected little cloth-style welcome did not appear, and the seal-colored puppet cat was meowing anxiously around its nest, looking aggrieved and helpless.A big black cat with a slightly square head is lying on the top of its cat litter, pressing the tent-shaped cat litter into a cake, with a food packaging bag in front of it.Liao Qingshu recognized it, it was the high-end sandwich biscuit specially bought by Jiufang Ziyan for Xiaobu.

The bag was half emptied, and the big black cat looked at them calmly, with crumbs of food still sticking to its whiskers.Jiufang Ziyan's air pressure dropped, and Liao Qingshu couldn't bear to look directly at him and covered his face: "That... Jiufang..."

"throw it out."

"But you just said..."

"Throw this thing out for me! Throw it now!!"