Chapter 23 Nothing Is Normal

Hao Ren is quite surprised that Vivian cooks. After all, this girl is a real vampire. You can see how vampires in movies and TV shows live: red cloaks and black dresses, a 20,000-square-meter castle built by the sea, and many slaves. The warehouse is full of jewelry. Every day, I start sleeping at six in the morning and lie down until 8:30 in the evening. I get up and drink a bottle of blood plasma from 1982, and then invite a room full of friends to dance hip-hop until twelve o'clock in the evening (of course, that's what they call it) Dance), and finally standing on the balcony facing the moon with a glass of red wine until early in the morning and then going to bed - this is the life of a serious vampire, low-key luxury and connotation, but Vivian, a vampire who is crazy and poor, is not included in this : Not only does she not need to rely on blood to maintain her life, but she can also eat Hao Ren's crudely cooked noodles, and can even cook with a human gas stove...

Just thinking about this is surprising enough.

But after Vivian brought the food to the table, Hao Ren realized: he was surprised too early.

Vivian’s cooking skills are actually quite good, but the dishes are quite puzzling: there are garlic eggplants, garlic beans, and garlic vermicelli mixed with vermicelli. They are all delicious and delicious, and the whole living room is filled with a strong aroma of garlic, Hao Ren felt like he was swimming in a sea of ​​garlic, and the so-called vampire sat down at the table and threw a clove of garlic into his mouth... This way of eating is something that even ordinary people can't stand!

Hao Ren and Lily were stunned, and then they both looked at Vivian and said in unison: "Are you really a vampire?!"

Vivian immediately adjusted her expression seriously and sat upright: "Please call me a vampire. This is a very serious question..."

"Please stop being pretentious at this time, okay!" Hao Ren said while thinking about how much of his outlook on life still needed to be rebuilt. "Is it that... vampires are not afraid of garlic? You are simply treating garlic as food. Eat it!”

Vivian lowered her head and looked at the dishes on the table, and then suddenly realized: "Oh, you said this - ordinary vampires really don't like this very much. Low-level vampires can also get sick from the smell of garlic, but I don't know how to respond. Things...I'm not afraid anyway. When life is the most difficult, even eating normally is a problem, and you have to pay attention to what tastes good or not."

Hao Ren was dumbfounded, and then touched his nose: "I've always wanted to ask, how come you, the vampire, are so poor?"

"How did I know? Anyway, my financial fortune has not been good since I can remember. When I don't have money, I throw things away. When I use shells as currency, I throw shells. When I use metal currency, I throw coins. Now that I have started to lose banknotes, it is difficult to find a job. Doing business is also difficult. I made up my mind to be a bad guy and robbed a woman, but because she felt sorry for her, I gave her six pounds..." Vivian spread her hands, with a look of resignation on her face after being unlucky for thousands of years. , but as she spoke, she suddenly remembered something and looked proud, and began to fumble around on her body. After a while, she took out a pair of shining silver armbands: "Actually, I still have some good things. Look at this, When I was the poorest, I was reluctant to exchange it for money. I found this in a small village in Egypt hundreds of years ago. It was a sterling silver armband. Wearing it on my arm can ward off evil spirits..."

Hao Ren: "..."

Vivian pulled out another small chain from her collar, with a cross hanging on it: "I got this near the Vatican. I lived in Europe for a while, and my wallet was stolen, my job was lost, and my apartment was... There was a fire in the place where I lived, and I had no money and no place to stay, so I had to work in the church to make a living. Because I was diligent, the priest gave me such a cross. It is said that it was personally blessed by the Pope and it can ward off evil spirits~~"

"And this, I got this piece of wood when I went to Mount Wutai a few years ago. It was given by an old Taoist priest. It can ward off evil spirits!"

"And this amulet. I got it from a group of Vikings hundreds of years ago. I helped them a little. This amulet is very effective. Wearing it on your body can ward off evil spirits!"

"In short, I have concluded a rule, that is, I will definitely lose the money I carry, but since humans have currency, the things I carry with me will not be lost... This must be the fault of the will of the universe!"

Hao Ren silently put the bowl down, pinched his thigh hard to make sure he was not dreaming, and then looked at Vivian with wide eyes: "Repeat yourself, are you really a vampire?!"

"How many times have I told you that I'm not a vampire, you should call me blood... forget it, humans often confuse this anyway," Vivian waved her hand generously, "landlord, why do you have to worry about this?"

Hao Ren looked at the "vampire" in front of him with all kinds of magic weapons hanging all over his body (she was wearing a thin black dress before, where were all these things hidden?) and felt like he was about to have a heart attack. Guilty: "You still ward off evil?! You are an 'evil' yourself! What you have is enough to kill many vampires!"

"I don't know what's going on," Vivian said confidently, "Anyway, I haven't been afraid of these things since I was born! And wearing these things might be able to get rid of my bad luck - I can be strong even if I can't get rid of the bad luck. How brave."

Lily finished the food in the bowl as quickly as a puppy, then raised her head and muttered: "As a vampire, it's so shameful to wear a cross amulet to embolden yourself."

This idiot is not surprised at all! The angle she focuses on is really personal...

In short, the dinner was finished in a strange atmosphere, and Hao Ren got to know one of his abnormal tenants again: Vivian. Not only is this a poor vampire, but he is also a vampire who is not afraid of garlic, silverware, crosses, or even all kinds of evil-proofing tools around the world. This magical creature even hangs at least six kilograms of amulets on its body to try to reverse the situation. My own bad luck - listen to this quantifier! catty! From this you can think of how much debris this guy is carrying...

After eating, everyone had their own things to do. This makeshift "** combination" ushered in the first day of real peace and daily life (previously, they were either having fun or Hao Ren was not at home) . A human landlord (who may also be an employee of the Space-Time Management Bureau), a werewolf who was bitching, a vampire who was about to die of poverty, and not to forget a black and white kitten named "Gun", Hao Ren felt like this when he thought about it. It's a miracle that all the residents in a house can stay together.

Now Lily is squatting in the living room watching TV. Yes, she is squatting in the living room watching TV. Her posture is similar to that of a puppy, and there is also a squatting "roll" next to her. The two of them are like sisters. It seemed that the bad-ass werewolf had finally gotten used to the cat, although she was still a little trembling, and Lily would respectfully change the channel as soon as "Scram" made the slightest movement, but at least she didn't hide behind the sofa like yesterday.

Vivian went out for a walk in great spirits: as a nocturnal creature, Vivian's biological clock became active after the sun went down. She decided to fly to the city to have a look, hoping to find a job... Hao Ren was a little bit confused I understand why this vampire is so poor and can't find a job. Will she die if she adjusts her biological clock just a little bit? Is it wrong to go out looking for a job in the middle of the night?

After Vivian transformed into a huge bat and blended into the night, Hao Ren also carried the deck chair to the open space outside. There are few people here, which brings an unusually quiet environment. There is a large open space in front of the small apartment building. It has not been occupied so far, so it has become Hao Ren's "territory" by default. After dinner, Hao Ren decided to come here as usual to play Blow the cool breeze and think about life under the quiet night. This environment is much healthier than the air conditioner in the house.

Of course, the main reason is that he really doesn't want to be alone with Lily for too long, for fear of losing his IQ... Can you believe that bastard werewolf is watching a dog food advertisement? Hao Ren felt that even if he was hiding in his bedroom with a wall behind him, one-third of his intelligence would be sucked away!

The summer nights in northern cities are much cooler than those in the south. Hao Ren unfolded a deck chair in his usual place to enjoy the cool air, and listened to the distant sounds of people and insects faintly mixed together, gradually feeling a little tired.

While half asleep, he seemed to feel an unusual breeze blowing against his cheek.

This gust of wind was fresh and slightly cool, without the harshness caused by human activities in modern cities. This gust of wind made Hao Ren, who was almost asleep, suddenly wake up. He sat up suddenly - and then folded the recliner directly. Just pick him up.

But he had already seen the strange situation around him.