Chapter 6: Xiao Xiao Little Demon

  Xiao Xiao rode his bicycle back home, already three o'clock in the morning. His house was located in the suburbs of Changhai City, in the courtyard of the Forestry Bureau's residential area, where there were rows of bungalows, each with a small yard. It had been over twenty years since it was allocated to his father Xiao Liangpeng when he first started working at the Forestry Bureau, and now it was about to be demolished.

  The Forestry Bureau's residential area is just opposite Nan Huan Road, and across Nan Huan Road is the Tianwang Mountain range. The Tianwang Mountain body is long, with high peaks, undulating, lush grass and trees. At night, you can hear owls hooting. It is the southern boundary of Zhangpu City.

  Xiao Xiao pushed her bicycle, opened the door, and saw her father's Giant bicycle parked in the yard. The lights in her parents' room were off, they must be asleep. She threw her bicycle into the yard, locked the door, and went to her own room.

  In the room, a pure yellow wooden desk was placed in the east, with clear texture and bright light. On the desk, there was a black laptop computer with its lid open. To the left of the laptop, there were a colorful pencil holder, an ink brush holder, and a wooden movable ball-type human model, which served as a dynamic model for painting. Next to the model, there was a skull made of mud, about the same size as a real person's, with the same color and extremely realistic, which had scared the neighbor's little girl into crying twice.

  Under the desk are two 20-kilogram dumbbells, and when surfing the internet gets tiring, both arms immediately "clank" three hundred weight lifts.

  On the wall hangs a copy of Modigliani's single-line long face. On the right is one of his own calligraphy, with the words "Don't pretend to be forced."

  Under the window of the room, a single bed made of poplar wood was placed, and the bedding on the bed was rolled up in great disorder. A large easel stood beside the bed, and the painting paper on the board depicted the scenery outside the window.

  On the bed is a thick heating pipe. Every day, the first thing to do after waking up is to shout loudly, grasp the pipe with both hands and do 200 pull-ups.

  Xiao Xiao walked into the house, plopped down in the chair in front of the desk, lit a cigarette and took a deep drag. His mind was still basking in the joy of the Supreme Happiness ceremony, without a hint of fatigue. He remembered that Hu Xuan wanted him to follow her Weibo account, so he opened his computer and checked out her posts. In her photo album, he found many pictures of her wearing different clothes and striking various poses, showcasing her curvaceous figure, slightly inferior in literary talent, but still impressive.

  "Little vixen." Xiao Xiao's mouth watered profusely, and he saved many photos with his mouse and sent them to his phone. He clicked through them one by one, suddenly seeing Hu Shan's latest blog post.

  "The little monster scored a slam dunk, and the innocent girl was inexplicably **."

  "What a dunk!" Xiao Xiao saw such a title. It turned out that Hu Xuan had already taken a video of himself dunking with his mobile phone at the time and uploaded it to Weibo immediately. As Little Fox has many fans, this post has been forwarded 700,000 to 800,000 times.

  "Wow, little fox, is this your partner? So cool!" "The basket was blown up, it's pretty awesome, but the yellow-haired explosive head doesn't look like a good person. Girl, do you want to find someone like me?" "Special effects are no doubt, what era is this, still using such childish tricks to deceive people, can't believe in this kind of person." Various comments burst out.

  "Cut it out, what's new? I can also burst a basket."

  "Idiot upstairs, can't you stop bragging? If you're capable, upload a video too."

  "You're the stupid one, stupid people have always come from the second floor."

  "The second floor finally got it right today. Third floor, you have a way of spreading videos."

  "Fourth floor, I'm going to burst the basket with a single pound of shit."

  "Take a fart, with the average height of people in your province, you can only touch other people's knees when jumping up. Playing basketball will only make one move, pulling down pants."

  "5th floor, although I think 1st floor is a bit over the top, can you please refrain from regional attacks? Quality?"

  "What quality? Talking about quality with people from your province is an insult to quality."

  "My god, people from your province say people from our province have no quality, even pigs would laugh at that."

  "Bored, so I went to Huāhuā Nǚzǐ Wǎng (Flower Girl Net). I'm a single man, every dark night is very lonely. Didn't expect that after spending 100 yuan to register for a VIP account on Flower Girl Net, soon found a high school girl. During the bed battle, her screams were really thrilling. Address: , click me click me just click me."

  "Who the hell posted an ad? The editor is going to deduct our pay."

  "It's done."

  "Can all this be downloaded? I'm speechless. But speaking of downloading, I opened my computer/C drive/Mechanical maintenance technology/Plasma equation calculation/Advertising light box production examples/Epilepsy prevention and treatment basic theory/Seven-star ladybug breeding/The Thirty-Six Stratagems and The Art of War/Three hundred and sixty-five popular songs/Mature woman's black silk.mkv"

  "Just went on that website, looking for a good free antivirus software?"

  The chaotic comments on the building's forum are endless.

  In addition to these, many people are also asking how many Weibo followers Xiao Xiao has.

  "Why not, I'll get a Weibo account too?" Xiao Xiao took a drag on his cigarette and clicked the registration page, filling in "Xiao Xiao Little Monster" as his username. After finishing writing this name, he looked up at Modigliani's portrait on the wall.

  Nine years ago, summer, summer vacation.

  Xiao Xiao was learning to paint in a summer art class in the suburbs. The art class was run by a young male teacher who wore glasses, and it was held in a large classroom on the third floor of a building located next to a bustling road in the suburbs. The classroom faced due south and had a row of transparent windows that allowed one to see the flow of people coming and going outside.

  The rule of this summer class is to have classes at 8:00 am every day and get off school at 6:00 pm. Every day after school, the teacher locks up the classroom with a big lock.

  Xiao Xiao had been here for only a few days when she secretly made a copy of the classroom key. Sometimes, after the teacher assigned homework and she finished dinner, she would come here quietly to paint.

  At that time, there were more than 30 people in the class, all of whom were around ten years old. Among them was a girl named Ning Fanshuai, who had short hair that reached her ears, a round face, big eyes, and often wore a pink skirt, bouncing and jumping around with her tender small hands waving back and forth. She sat next to Xiao Xiao, and as time passed, the two gradually became familiar with each other. The two began to talk about everything, such as the female ghost in the neighbor's house, the small fish in the river, and the winter window flowers. There was even one time when Ning Fanshuai casually mentioned that she had a mole on her buttocks.

  One day, everyone sat together drawing pencil sketches of plaster busts. The teacher sat in the corner of the room, watching intently.

  Ning Fanshuo thought it was a bit dull, placing the drawing board on his knees, holding a pencil in his hand, looking at Xiao Xiao's painting and saying to him: "Hey? Your painting style is like Modigliani."

  Xiao Xiao raised his head and looked at her delicate face. He disliked these foreign names the most, long and sounding like local dialects, always unclear. So he asked: "Who? Mo Want and Xi Ni?"

  Ning Fanshu saw that he hadn't heard clearly, so she leaned close to his ear and whispered: "Modigliani, Italian painter. You can take a look at the book 'Up the Mountain, Up the Mountain Love'. There's an introduction to him inside."

  "What's this yellow book?" Xiao Xiao also placed the painting board on her knees, staring at her pure eyes, and unexpectedly she introduced herself to a yellow book. "'Going up the mountain to make love'? Must go up the mountain, can't stay in an inn?"

  "Oh no? Not that. It's 'Up the Mountain, Up the Love'. What's with the love?" Xiaoxue blushed and looked around, afraid others might hear. She glanced at the teacher again, saw him smiling foolishly, and immediately felt relieved.

  "It's almost there." Xiao Xiao suddenly understood that everything wasn't as she had imagined. She picked up a small knife and began to sharpen her pencil.

  "That's a big difference!" Xiaoxue scolded him severely, lifted her own chin, put her elbow on the knee drawing board, and turned the topic to the future, asking Xiao Xiao what university she wanted to attend in the future.

  "I don't know."

  "I knew you didn't know, really no future." Ning Fangxue tapped her small foot, with the tip of her toe tapping on the ground, full of longing, big eyes shining. "I want to take the entrance exam for Tianjing Academy of Fine Arts. That's the best art academy in the country. I've been there, the campus is filled with tall willow trees, so beautiful. It's said that you can meet your Prince Charming there, how romantic." She spoke, feeling as if she had already grown up, standing under the willow tree.

  "Tianjing Mei Yuan, I don't know." Xiao Xiao saw her daydreaming and shook his head in dismay. With a flick of the small knife in his hand, he cut off her fantasy. "No way, I'm still in elementary school. What's with thinking about college entrance exams? You're really precocious."

  "Go away, I'm just being simple." Ning Fangxue blinked her eyes and gazed out the window. The buildings outside rose and fell in waves. "My dad said that people should know their dreams from a young age and work hard for a lifetime to make them come true. I do know my dream."

  "Alas, women. I really can't understand them." Xiao Xiao sighed, picked up the painting board, and put his eyes on the plaster head model.

  Ning Fanshuang snapped her fingers at her own little face, extremely proud: "You're the woman. I'm a little girl. A soft and delicate little girl."

  "You're still so tender, I didn't say you were an old lady. Ah, Xiao Xue." Xiao Xiao mysteriously turned her head, looking at her slender and soft small hands, and said with a smile, "Are you afraid to go home by yourself at night? I'll send you home."

  "Get out, you wish." Ning Fangxue turned her head and picked up her own sketchbook to draw.

  He made a ghostly face and stuck out his tongue.

  In the evening, Ning Fangxue walked alone with her painting folder on her way home. When she passed by a deserted alley, two boys in their teens appeared in front of her, with sly faces, holding hands and forming a wall to block her way.

  A boy suddenly put his arm around her shoulder, pretending to be mature and cool, and teased: "Hey, beauty, my name is Shark."

  The boy next to him grinned mischievously, pointing at the shark and saying he was our boss, in charge of this area. He wants to get along with you.

  Ning Fanshu didn't expect someone would come to rob him, and was suddenly startled, then fearful in his heart, he hid to one side, preparing to run away.

  "Beautiful woman, I have admired you for a long time. Come on. Give me a deep kiss." The shark took a step forward and was about to put his arms around Ning Fangxue.

  "Slap!" Ning Fangxue slapped a shark right in the face.

  The shark didn't think she could attack herself, and she wasn't on guard, so with a stumble, she almost fell to the ground.

  Another boy pulled out a blade, grabbed Ning Fangxue's skirt and threatened with a ferocious face: "Are you going or not? Do you believe I'll slash your face and disfigure you?"

  "Fuck your mom. Look at that attitude." Xiao Xiao appeared like a ghost, several kangaroos jumped to Ning Fangxue's side, and with one kick, the boy holding the blade was kicked flying.

  The boy was kicked to the side of the road, his pants caught on a roadside railing and were instantly torn apart. He struggled to get up, holding his pants and crying as he ran away.

  Xiao Xiao's right arm wrapped around Ning Fangxue, his eyes gleaming with a fierce light as he sternly rebuked the shark: "Looking for death?"

  The shark didn't expect Xiao Xiao to kill him, it seems he needs to be more ruthless. He also took out a knife and aimed the sharp blade at Xiao Xiao, asking who he was and who he was with.

  Xiao Xiao let out a disdainful laugh, as if he was just an insignificant ant in his eyes. "You don't need to know who I am, you only need to know who you are."

  The shark also returned a scornful sneer, questioning Xiao Xiao's courage to introduce himself, fearing that he would be abandoned by others.

  "Sigh." Xiao Xiao replied coldly.

  "Alright, stop playing hero and rescuing the beauty here." Ning Fangxue struggled free from him and glared at her, "Xiao Xiao, you're really annoying. You wouldn't let me send someone, so you go find people to play hero and beat up thugs? That's too uncreative."

  "I didn't play around." Xiao Xiao spread her hands out in a helpless gesture, unable to argue clearly.

  "Get lost." Ning Fangxue pushed him and walked straight forward.

  The shark wrapped its fin around her and gestured with a blade in front of her.

  "My god, stop." Xiao Xiao stretched out his right hand to block him, with a pleading look in his eyes.

  "You two can play together. I don't believe you can come up with anything interesting." Ning Fangxue was not moved by Xiao Xiao's sincerity.

  He pointed at her with a stern finger and shouted: "I just don't get it, why are you women so damn stupid?"

  The shark smiled and thought: Kid, you're done for. The girl didn't care about him. The blade in his hand gleamed with a cold light, and if it were to be stained with a drop of red blood, it would be even more beautiful.

  Xiao Xiao shouted at the shark with all his might, telling it to let Ning Fangxue go.

  Ning Fang's eyes rolled back once, she didn't look at him and thought to herself: "You can pretend all you want. This trick may fool others, but it won't fool me, Ice Snow."

  Xiao Xiao saw her being ignored and angrily confronted the shark: "Let her go?" as if issuing an ultimatum.

  The shark threw the blade in front of Xiao Xiao and pointed at it, "You have guts, eat this blade and I'll let her go."

  Ning Fanshu was shocked and stared at the shark beside him, never expecting that he would actually come.

  Xiao Xiao picked up the blade, looking at the bloodthirsty sharp edge of the knife. His own face was reflected on it, appearing very determined. He raised his head, coldly staring at Shark, "You little brat, you'd better keep your word."

  The shark smiled and said, "I'm a man of my word. If you don't dare to eat the razor blade, then this chick is mine."

  Xiao Xiao saw his expression so willful, and with a flash of her hand, she placed the knife blade in front of her mouth.

  Ning Fang's eyes lit up as he sensed something.

  The shark saw the fluttering movement and stared with both eyes, its heart almost jumping out of its mouth.

  Xiao Xiao put a blade in her mouth, her teeth grinding, "Ka ka ka, ka ka ka." After a few bites, the blade was crushed, her throat moved, and she swallowed it all.

  "Son of an animal, beast." The shark took off in a hurry.

  Ning Fanshu hastily threw down her painting folder and ran over to look at Xiao Xiao's throat, checking if it had been pierced.

  "Ah." Xiao Xiao opened his mouth, sticking out his tongue, which was quite long. Inside, there were white teeth and a red tongue, but nothing else. "This is just a little magic trick, don't worry, I really have thrown away the razor blade."

  Ning Fanshu looked at him, feeling a bit heartbroken and also a bit fearful. After thinking for a while, she suddenly burst out laughing, "Xiao Xiao, you're a demon, a ghost, a monster. Xiao Mo Gui, Little Monster."

  "Hmm, Little Demon? Xiao Xiao Little Demon?" Xiao Xiao nodded in approval, this could be used as her nickname, not bad.

  Ning Fanshu lightly bit her lip, recalling some romantic scenes from TV shows, and softly asked, "If you were given a wish now, what would you want to do?"

  Xiao Xiao pulled her sleeve and pulled her in a bit.

  "You." Ning Fangxue's heart beats fast.

  Xiao Xiao looked around and saw two people behind a small district. "Is it possible that someone will pass by?" "Right here?"

  Ning Fanshu saw that he had finally made his move, looked around, smiled shyly, "It's okay, just here, this place is secluded, no one is around now. Come on. Be gentle." She closed her eyes and puckered up her small mouth.

  "Fine. You asked for it, so I won't hold back." Xiao Xiao steeled herself this time, biting her lip fiercely, and prepared to unleash all the evil and desire that had been accumulating in her heart.

  "Don't be polite, come on."

  "I'm here."

  Rip! With a loud tearing sound, Xiao's pink skirt was torn open, revealing her white underwear with small pink flowers.