Mountain and sea essence

Xu Chang: Although it can be said that almost any monster can participate in this party, I advise you that it is best not to participate.

Qiao Jun: Why?

Xu Chang: Because it's dangerous!Most of the party participants are big monsters, that belongs to the world of monsters!The world of monsters is different from human society, their law is the law of the jungle.Little monsters like us have no reason to be eaten at the party!

Xu Chang: When the Monster Association was established, in the first two years of the party, there were indeed many little monsters who went to join in the fun, but were eaten by big monsters in the end!Our current monsters generally don't eat creatures with enlightened intelligence, but some ancient big monsters are not so particular, even if they are cultivated to become fine monsters, they can still eat monsters!Because people did this in ancient times, it is a rare and common thing for them.

Qiao Jun: Ah!

Xu Chang: The Monster Association was originally an organization for monsters to adapt to human society and learn from each other, but because of what happened, no little monsters dared to go to the party held by the Monster Association.The elders in the clan will not mention the Monster Association to the younger generation. We little monsters learn the knowledge of human society, either from the elders, or from some seniors we know.It is also because of this that many monsters have never heard of the Monster Association.

Qiao Jun: But I want to find the ancient monster!If I don't attend the party, how can I find the ancient demon?

Xu Chang: Just wander around the place near the party, try your luck, and see if you can meet the ancient monster.

Xu Chang: Talk to someone with a good personality, and stay away from someone with a bad temper.

Xu Chang: Anyway, I don't approve of your participation in that party!Speaking of which, why did you insist on looking for the ancient monster?

Qiao Jun: I want to ask them something.

Qiao Jun: Where is the venue for this year's gala?

Xu Chang: On the Liberty cruise ship. At 12 o'clock in the evening on December 31, board a ship at Izumo Port in Baiyun City and go to sea, and return to the port the next morning.

Qiao Jun: Oh oh!

Qiao Jun hurriedly recorded the time and address of the party held by the Monster Association in the memo on the phone.

Xu Chang: Don't get on the boat, just have a look at the port.Little monsters like us might never come back after boarding a boat!

Qiao Jun: Okay, I see.

Qiao Jun replied with a guilty expression on his face, if Xu Chang was in front of him, he would be able to see through him at a glance.

Qiao Jun: Xu Chang, thank you.

Xu Chang: You're welcome, I just asked for information, but I didn't do much.

After finishing the chat with Xu Chang, Qiao Jun exited the private chat interface and went to the contact column.Among the few friends, he found Zhu Yan.

Zhu Yan is also an ancient great monster, maybe he will go to the party held by the Monster Association.If Zhu Yan goes, maybe he can introduce some ancient monsters he knows at the party!

Qiao Jun clicked on Zhu Yan's private chat box, and was about to send him a message, but stopped after typing two words.He told Zhu Yan that he was going to the party, would Zhu Yan stop him like Xu Chang did?After all, Zhu Yan is a kind and good monster.Qiao Jun struggled with the private chat box for a while, then quit WeChat neatly.

Forget it, let's not tell Zhu Yan.

Qiao Jun stuffed the phone back into his pocket, hung two Christmas stockings on the Christmas tree, and the Christmas tree decoration was completely completed.

"Fu Li, the red Christmas stocking is yours, and the blue one is mine." Qiao Jun walked around the Christmas tree taller than a person in satisfaction, and then pointed to the last two Christmas stockings that were hung up. Said to Fu Li who came out of the kitchen with a teacup.

"Got it." I don't know how many times I said this before decorating the Christmas tree. Even though he has Alzheimer's, he should remember it.

Fu Li glanced at the two Christmas socks hanging on the Christmas tree, and sat down on the sofa.

"Then remember to put gifts in the blue socks then!" Qiao Jun ran to the back of the sofa where Fu Li was sitting, lay down on the sofa, and said in Fu Li's ear.

Fu Li squinted at him, which directly indicated that he was giving a gift.

"We'll talk about it later." Fu Li replied lightly.

"Do you need me to write you a memo?" Qiao Jun suggested.

"No need." Fu Li refused without thinking.

"Then you must not forget!"

Fu Li turned sideways slightly, avoiding the breath that came to his ears when Qiao Jun spoke, rubbed his thumb on the teacup, and repeated his previous answer: "We'll talk about it when the time comes."

Qiao Jun: "..."

Although Fu Li didn't say that he would definitely give him a Christmas present, Qiao Jun was still looking forward to Christmas.Even without presents, spending Christmas with Fu Li is a very happy thing.

Qiao Jun spent two days in anticipation, but on the morning of Christmas, Fu Li and Qiao Jun received an assignment from the bureau to investigate a monster theft incident in a certain local jurisdiction.The task was not difficult, but as the end of the year approached, the number of monster incidents increased, and the bureau could not transfer manpower, so it was assigned to Fu Li and the others.

That monster has been stealing goods frequently in the recent period, and its activity area is only in one jurisdiction, but the scope of a jurisdiction is definitely not small.Fu Li and Qiao Jun started their investigation from the morning until late at night before they caught the monster.It was a demon hamster with an ID card, because he was fired from his job and his life was difficult, so he came up with the idea of ​​using magic to steal.

Although the hamster monster made a mistake, he just stole and did not harm others, so there is no need to seal it and send it to the Demon Locking Tower, as long as it is brought back to the Tiangong Bureau and handed over to the review department for criticism and education.

Qiao Jun followed Fu Li to the Tiangong Bureau to hand in the task. When he got home, the time was past midnight, and his long-awaited Christmas was completely over.

Qiao Jun entered the house, and sat in front of the Christmas tree that he and Fu Li worked so hard to arrange, looking at the twinkling lights on the Christmas tree with a sad face.

Fu Li ignored him and went directly to take a shower.

Qiao Jun took a photo of the Christmas tree and sent it to Moments, with a crying emoji.

After posting to Moments, Qiao Jun continued to stare at the Christmas tree in a daze.Just looking at it, I suddenly felt that there was something wrong with the Christmas stocking.Qiaoju stood up and took off his blue Christmas sock, feeling heavy in his hands——there was something inside!Qiao Jun reached out and took out a flat gift box.

It's a gift!Christmas gift!Fu Li gave him a Christmas present!

Qiao Jun carefully opened the gift box, and soon revealed the unopened tablet inside.

Fu Li has a tablet, which is used to look up information. Qiao Jun has played it a few times before, and said he wanted one at the time.He almost forgot about it. He didn't even think of buying the salary card when he had it in his hand, but Fu Li still remembered it.

Qiao Jun ran around the living room twice excitedly holding the tablet, and then went to knock on Fu Li's door.

"Fu Li! Fu Li!"

Just as Fu Li came out of the bathroom after taking a shower, the bathrobe on his body was not fastened, when he heard a rapid knock on the door, accompanied by Qiao Jun's shout.He thought Qiao Jun was in a hurry, so he hurried over to open the door.

"Fu Li! Look! The Christmas present I received!" Qiao Jun showed Fu Li the tablet in his hand.

Fu Li: "..." What kind of operation is this showing off to the person who gave the gift?

"I also prepared a gift for you, did you see it?"

"No." He left in a hurry in the morning, and he only had time to stuff Qiao Jun's presents into his Christmas stocking while Qiao Jun wasn't paying attention, but he didn't notice what Qiao Jun put into the other Christmas stocking.

Qiao Jun glanced at the seam of Fu Li's unfastened bathrobe, then silently looked away, grabbed Fu Li's arm and walked towards the living room.Pulling him all the way to the Christmas tree, Qiao Jun took off the red Christmas stocking and stuffed it into Fu Li's arms.

"Open it and see."

Fu Li took the funny red Christmas stocking, glanced at Qiao Jun, opened the stocking with expectant eyes, and took out the contents.It was a keychain, and a plush toy no bigger than a fist was hanging on it. It was a red bird, a very classic one among Angry Birds.

Fu Li: "..."

"This is a treasure I cherish very much." Qiao Jun said to Fu Li, "This is the only little red bird that I successfully caught in the claw machine before I was cheated out of money by beggars. I will give it to you today Already!"

Fu Li pinched the little red bird with his fingers, it was soft and it felt good.

"Do you like it?" Qiao Jun asked.

"It's okay." Fu Li said, and returned to the room with Qiao Junsong's little red bird.

"It's okay, do you like it or not?" Qiao Jun looked at Fu Li's back and scratched his head in doubt.

As soon as Christmas was over, it was December 12st, the time for the Monster Association to hold a party.

Qiao Jun rehearsed in his mind for a long time before he told Fu Li that he was going to visit Xu Chang in Huize City and applied to leave Xunzhou City for a day.

The current stage is a period of martial law in various local Tiangong bureaus, requiring the return of combat power, but it is not forcibly restricting the staff of Tiangong bureaus to stay in their places, and there is nothing wrong with leaving for a day.Fu Li thought that Qiao Jun might be thinking of Xu Chang. Qiao Jun had been away from Huize City for almost three months, and it was fine to go back, so he agreed to his application.

Fu Li originally planned to send Qiao Jun to the station, but Qiao Jun refused.Qiao Jun didn't dare to let Fu Li see him off. Although Fu Li couldn't enter the waiting hall at the station, he was still afraid that Fu Li would accidentally find out that the ticket he bought was not for Huize City, but for Baiyun City.

That afternoon, Qiao Jun arrived in Baiyun City, and according to the address Xu Chang gave him, he took a taxi and went straight to Izumo Port.

The season has entered winter, and Baiyun City is experiencing a major drop in temperature, and the temperature has dropped below zero.The wind at the port was extremely violent again. Standing in the bitterly cold wind at the port, even Qiao Jun, who was not very afraid of the cold, couldn't help shrinking his neck and wrapping himself tightly in the white down jacket.

A little after 05:30 in the evening, the sky has already darkened, and only the distant junction of the sea and the sky can still see some remaining brightness of the day.

Qiao Jun walked around Izumo Port, and finally found the Liberty cruise ship when it was almost six o'clock.This is a cruise ship that has been cast with spells, ordinary people cannot see it, and monsters need to focus their demon power on their eyes to see it.

It was an extremely luxurious cruise ship, and there were six or seven floors on the upper floor.The lights on the cruise ship are bright, but the pier in the port is shining brightly.

With a look of amazement on his face, Qiao Jun boarded the Liberty cruise ship.No one stopped him, and the people on the cruise ship who saw him didn't care at all.As Xu Chang said, this is a party that almost any monster can attend, as long as the monster in question is willing.