"It's a beast, and it's the umbrella it gave me. ”

"Beasts?" I asked, and if I remember correctly, Beasts are a monster that only tells lies.

"Well, it told me on its own. "But I haven't seen it for a long time, only this umbrella." ”

"As an aside," I said, "how did you find me?"

"Listen to the yokai. ”

"Can you see youkai?"

"Can't... "I can sometimes hear the voice of the monster, but the only thing I really see is the beast." ”

It seems to be the same situation as Guan Qing's grandmother, with demon power, but not strong, and can only occasionally see one or two monsters.

"Aren't you afraid?" I asked.

The boy shook his head, "Don't be afraid, their voices are cute, and a lot of suggestions are interesting." ”

"What advice?"

"There's a lot of creativity in terms of style. The boy said, "I usually like to make some leather goods by myself." ”

"Craftsman!" I have always been interested in handmade things, and I immediately had a good impression of this guest, "Come to the house, what is your surname?"

"Just call me Xiao Qi. ”

Xiao Qi looked stiff and didn't seem to know where to stand.

"Don't be so nervous," I said, "sit down and I'll pour you a glass of water." ”

"Do you have a youkai here?" he looked around, "I hear who's there—" he didn't continue.

"What do you hear?" I said, bringing him warm water.

“... Snoring. "I feel like I have a snoring sound." ”

"Well, indeed..."I looked at the mushroom monsters sleeping on the table, "I'm here tonight... Ahem, well, party. But don't worry, they're all drunk and asleep. You won't wake up for a while, just say yours. ”

"I've heard you charge a lot here, but I don't have much money," he looked down at the glass in his hand.

"Well, I do charge a lot. As soon as I finished speaking, Xiao Qi's head lowered, "If you don't have a leather keychain, I won't help you." ”

He snapped into a talk, his eyes full of surprise, "You're really... Thank you!"

"Don't call me 'you,'" I said, "we look about the same age, just call me Yek." ”

"Well, okay...," Xiao Qi took a sip of water, "The owner of that umbrella is a monster that looks like a rabbit, and it tells me it's a beast." ”

I nodded and continued to listen to him.

"I'm a very useless person, because of my bad grades, I came out to work early, I didn't make any achievements in the company, and I was promoted and raised. Xiao Qi said.

"Don't you know how to make leather by hand?" I asked.

"It's just a hobby. He didn't seem to have much confidence, "I have been working hard to make achievements in the company, working hard to do everything well, whether it is overtime or socializing, I never complain, but double down to do a good job, finally the leader finally decided to give me a better position, but maybe I was really stupid, I made a big mistake at this critical time." ”

He took another sip of water and took another breath, as if he was mustering up the courage to say something.

"When I was crowding the subway, I lost the materials I needed for an important meeting, which was due to take place in half an hour. "Of course, it's really my own problem." That day, the leader never mentioned the change of position for me, I felt very uncomfortable, I felt that I had finally worked hard to see the future, but I was messed up by myself, and I still had a party that night, and I was drunk. ”

I looked at the same drunken yokai in the room...

"It was already twelve o'clock in the evening when the party was over, I vomited a lot, and when I was sent back to the downstairs of my rented house by my colleagues, I was already sober, I felt dizzy, I wanted to sit on the steps of the entrance of the building to breathe, the moon was very round that day, and I looked up at the moon in a daze. "At this time, I heard very nice music, very soft, it sounded like an accordion. ”

"Is that the beast?"

"Well, I followed the sound and found a youkai dancing with a red umbrella in a moonlit clearing in front of the doorway. He said, "I thought I had drunk too much, and I rubbed my eyes and realized that the youkai was still there." ”

“... Dancing?"

"Well, it's dancing," Xiao Qi said, "and the strange thing is that it looks exactly like a human, and if it weren't for a pair of tiger ears and a tiger tail, I would really think it would be a human." ”

"How can humans be so short," I said, pointing to the red umbrella, "this monster is only ten centimeters tall." ”

"Because I drank too much at the time," he smiled embarrassedly, "the dancing monster looks like a girl, and its facial features are very delicate, very... It was beautiful, it was dancing in circles in the moonlight, and I watched it for a long time before I realized that the sound of music came from the red umbrella. ”

I looked at the little umbrella again, and it was very exquisitely made.

"It's dancing so beautifully, it's like the magic of the moonlight, the accordion accompaniment, the soft dancing, it doesn't seem to notice that I'm looking at it, it's dancing very freely, it looks very... Freely. Xiao Qi seemed to be confirming with himself, "Yes, it's freedom." ”

"It turns out that the beast loves to dance... First time I heard about it. I said.

"I didn't know it was a beast at the time. "It's so mesmerized when it's dancing, and when the music stops, it's still closing in the moonlight, and I can't help but applaud and startle it." ”

"It thinks you can't see youkai. ”

"Well, it treats me like an ordinary drunk," Xiao Qi said, "but it is indeed a drunkard, I found out that I was scared of it and hurriedly apologized, telling it that I can usually hear the voice of the monster, but it is the first time to see the monster, because it was attracted by its dancing posture, it couldn't help but applaud, it didn't seem to recognize life, walked slowly in front of me, and gestured like a professional dancer." ”

"The beast is said to be a good talker, a clever speaker, and a good manner," I said, "but it is a liar." ”

"It introduced itself very generously, saying that he was a beast, he liked to dance, and the reason why he wore a red umbrella was because the umbrella would play beautiful music when it rotated in the moonlight, and the moon was the fullest on the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar every month, and the open space in front of me happened to be the best place for the moonlight nearby. Xiao Qi automatically blocked what I said, "The way it speaks is also very beautiful, and then I realized that although it has the appearance of a human and wears human clothes, it is barefoot." ”

I also poured myself a glass of water, it seems that Xiao Qi's story will not be too short.

"I praised it for dancing very well, and it was so happy that it went to dance again, and it seemed that the melody of the red umbrella would change with its dancing. It didn't stop until the moonlight waned and the sun began to peek. Xiao Qi said, "Before leaving, it asked me, will you come again the next time the moon is full?"

(End of chapter)