Ding Pa, the son of the shop owner, vaguely expressed his intention to pursue her.Dingpa is a cheerful young man with dyed red hair. His appearance is not eye-catching, but his sunny smile is easy to make people feel good.With Rilla's looks, that's not bad--so people thought.

Rila didn't think so.

"Because I look mediocre, do people think that I can only marry a mediocre person?" She rested her chin on her hands, sitting by the stream, and couldn't help expressing her thoughts.

Zhang Bi opened his eyes slightly in surprise.Seven years later, she has grown into a slim and beautiful girl with fair complexion, big and round eyes, staring like a proud cat.Her light blonde curly hair was almost white, and as she turned her head, a lock of hair fell mischievously next to her cheek.

"How come, I never think so. Rilla is beautiful." She said, there was a hint of expectation in her bright black eyes, but she thought of something, and pursed her pink lips, "I want to Taller, but not as good genes as Rilla."

"1.9 meters one." Rilla muttered.

This is her current height, already surpassing many young men in the town, and it has become the source of her troubles.

Zhang Bi looked at her, her long eyelashes flickering.

"What's so good about being tall?" Rilla threw a stone into the stream, jumped twice on the surface of the water, causing a series of ripples, "It's just a big fool."

Zhang Bi guessed at the first sentence when contacting Rila: "So...you don't like Dingpa, do you have someone else you like? Is he an excellent person?"

Rila thought, yes.It was Musa—the only son of a wealthy banker, tall and handsome. His mother was the organizer of social activities in the town, and his family was the focus of attention in the town.

But Musa has been courting another pretty girl in town.Rila didn't want to annoy her friend, so she shook her head casually and said perfunctorily, "Maybe I should leave the town and go to the city outside. I'm just too bored, maybe it would be better to have more choices."

At this time, Dingpa began to help his father run the grocery store together, and Musa entered the bank.Banks are the choice of aspiring young people in small towns.The townspeople think Rilla will marry Dingpa and Dingpa will take over his father's grocery store.

"They're right," Rilla said to herself. "It's set the course of my life... isn't it?"

At this moment, Rila heard Zhang Bi's voice outside the door: "Rilla—are you ready?"

Rilla smoothed the folds of her coat and opened the door.

Musa deserved to be the focus of the ball, not to mention that as his dance partner, Zhang Bi was so radiant, far better than every girl present.

But Mr. Du Lantian's eyes wandered to the other side.

In a corner, he saw Li Ruila.The overly tall girl stood by the door and looked at Musa, unaware that the expression on her face revealed what she was thinking.No one noticed this—except Du Lantian.He saw Rilla in an ill-fitting dress and with uneven hair; Musa was well-dressed and confident.Then Dingpa appears there and invites Rila to dance.

Rilla smiled amiably and walked onto the dance floor.

"Mr. Du Lantian?"

Du Lantian came back to his senses, and showed a handsome and decent smile to the person who made the voice, "You are so gorgeous tonight, this dress and you are the most perfect combination I have ever seen, it will make you look like the moon goddess .”

Mrs. Zhang laughed from ear to ear. They clinked glasses with each other, and the colliding wine glasses made a crisp clinking sound.

"Mom!" Zhang Bi ran down from the dance floor with her skirt in hand, and greeted Du Lantian with a standard ladylike courtesy, "Mr. Du."

Mrs. Zhang winked at her, "Then leave the time to you young people."

After watching his mother leave, Zhang Bi turned his head and said, "Mr. Du, please..."

Du Lantian raised his hand and made a gesture to stop her words: "I can take you back after the dance, and it's not too late to talk at that time. Let's enjoy the time of the party now."

The next day, Du Lantian made an astonishing announcement.

"I am an illustrator. In just a few days, there are many beautiful things in the small town that have become my artistic muses. Of course, the most beautiful are the girls like flowers. I decided to give the small town The most beautiful girl draws a picture, and I will show her beauty to everyone, and when I go back, I will have her portrait in my magazine."

Every girl who knew the news fell into madness.They desperately hope to become the most beautiful girl in Du Lantian's eyes, and others are also full of curiosity about Du Lantian's choice.Zhang Bi is currently recognized as the most beautiful girl in the town, but who can guarantee that she is still the most beautiful in the eyes of Mr. Du Lantian from the big city?Every girl is convinced that there is hope for them.

Except Rila.

Zhang Bi, who was well dressed, ran into Rila's room and found that she was sharpening a wooden bow seriously.She didn't seem to take the news to heart at all. She was wearing short, ill-fitting clothes as usual, and her hair hadn't been carefully combed. It looked like a weed.

"Rilla! Why are you still sitting here?" Zhang Bi ran over to hold Rilla's arm, "Don't you know that Mr. Du Lantian is going to paint a portrait of the most beautiful girl in town?"

In her opinion, if Rilla knew, she would not be so indifferent.

Rila simply raised her eyelids: "Oh, I'm not interested in a game that is destined to lose."

Zhang Bi was taken aback: "How do you know if you don't try it? Maybe in big cities, tall girls will be judged beautiful."

"You go, I don't want to participate." Rila said in a nonchalant tone, "Even in a big city, a girl with ordinary facial features will not be considered beautiful. Even if she is tall, she will only be the first to be noticed. Flaws of appearance."

Zhang Bi stood up and held Rila's arm stubbornly: "No, you must accompany me to participate! Just treat it as accompanying me."

Rila slowly raised her head and looked at Zhang Bi. Her curly hair was carefully braided into several small braids and finally gathered into a beautiful big braid that grew to her waist.A thin layer of powder was applied to her face, which made her already fair and supple skin look even more flimsy.Her two curved eyebrows are like willow leaves sprouting in early spring, and the beautiful big eyes under the eyebrows are staring at herself persistently.Under the high bridge of the nose, a small rosy lip was pursed in dissatisfaction.

She is the well-deserved winner of this competition, maybe - Du Lantian's selection was originally tailor-made for her.

What the hell are you going to join in the fun with?It's just self-defeating.

Rila frowned, and suddenly threw down the millstone in a rage, and kicked the stone table she was sitting on vigorously, allowing it to shake twice and fall down, making a loud noise.She yelled at Zhang Bi: "Why are you so kind! You just want me, an ugly girl, to stand beside you to bring out your beauty! Ever since I was a child, I've had enough! I don't want to see you again!"

After finishing speaking, she seemed not to want to stay with Zhang Bi for a moment, strode into the room, and slammed the door.

Zhang Bi, who had never been put down by such harsh words before, opened her lips, her round eyes widened, and tears soon gathered in her eyes.She stretched out her hand to wipe her eye sockets, as if she didn't care about the makeup she had spent, she stood there in a daze, staring at the door closed by Rila.

After a long time, she picked up the wooden bow that Rilla had dropped on the ground, wiped the nicks and dust on it with her hands, and gently pressed it against her cheek.

God's Beastmaster

Another recent big event in the town is that many people have seen a strange animal on the edge of the nearby woods.The head is like a tiger, the legs are like a deer, and the body is like a camel.There was a lot of discussion among the people, but no results were reached.Finally decided to wait and see.It coincided with Du Lantian's visit, so he put the matter behind him.

People from Bimei came and went, but no one noticed Li Ruila's back as she left the path.

When Li Ruila went out, Zhang Bi had already left the yard.She was in a bad mood, so she walked faster and faster, and unknowingly came to the edge of the town, near the woods.There is a house that has been abandoned for a long time. The old runner is beside the dry pond. The leaves of the runner have rotted and occasionally creak.But the wooden frame was still intact, something was painted on it, and no bugs were even nailed to it.

She sat down on a rock and couldn't help but think of Zhang Bi's shocked expression. After she calmed down, she felt that her words were a little too much. "Apologize to her when you go back." Just as she was thinking, the wild grass beside her suddenly trembled.

Rilla didn't care at first, and continued to finger the blades of grass protruding from the cracks in the stone.Unexpectedly, the wild grass shook more and more violently. After a while, a gust of wind blew, flying sand and rocks. Rila covered her eyes and looked through her fingers, only to see a tiger-headed monster with a white forehead and hanging eyes jumping out. His eyes fixed on her, and he opened his mouth wide to let out a roar.

"Ouch-"

"Why is a tiger barking like a wolf?" Li Ruila was startled and frightened, and observed intently. There were two peaks on the body of the tiger-headed monster. Its fur was light brown, like a camel, and its four hooves were dotted with spots. . "Is this the monster the residents have seen?"

Li Ruila recalled witnesses' descriptions that this kind of monster generally does not attack people unless people actively disturb or attack it. "Although everyone says so, I can't completely rely on experience to judge." The tiger-headed monster in front of her made a series of performances, as if it was about to catch prey

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