Chapter 104 Play Another Song

This Pipa ghost is just a monster trying hard to scare people, right?

But ordinary people can't see it.

No matter how hard it tried to make faces, no matter how scary they were, it couldn't scare these people.

Looking at the Pipa Ghost laughing so happily, why did Xiao Xiao suddenly feel that this monster was a little pitiful?
This monster must have tried countless times, right?
Every time when others were immersed in the music of the pipa, he would stop and make faces.

If these people could see it, they would be scared to death, right?
……

After laughing to himself for a while, the Pipa Demon returned to his handsome young appearance, holding the Pipa, and walked towards Xiao Xiao.

Xiao Xiao:?
The Pipa Demon walked over and saw Feifei on Xiao Xiao's other shoulder.

It was obviously stunned for a moment.

The two monsters stared at each other silently for a while, then looked away.

The Pipa Demon looked at Xiao Xiao with a strange look.

But there was no other reaction. Just like he had done countless times before, his pale and slender fingers lightly plucked the silk strings, and a distant celestial sound came out.

Admiring it from such a close distance, Xiao Xiao lowered his head slightly and closed his eyes. He felt his heart was clear and the years were peaceful. The slight melancholy was as intoxicating as fine wine.

……

Even though I know the monster's evil deeds, it is still difficult to resist the urge to beat it up after experiencing it myself.

What a great song, what a beautiful performance.

It stopped abruptly like this. Xiao Xiao felt as if his heart was burning with anger. He scratched his ears and cheeks, wishing he could grab the Pipa Demon's hand to continue playing.

Xiao Xiao endured it again and again, looking expressionlessly at the Pipa Ghost in front of him with his eyes wide open and his tongue sticking out, but he couldn't help but ask, "Why don't you finish playing a song?"

"!" The Pipa demon's expression froze.

His eyeballs were hanging outside his sockets and his tongue was hanging under his chin, which was inexplicably funny.

Xiao Xiao pursed his lips, but still let out a few smiles with a "puff". He quickly cleared his cough a few times to suppress the smile that was about to burst out.

The resentment that had been caused by the pipa music being interrupted midway was also dissipated.

……

"Hualala~" The rain was getting heavier.

The roaring sound of rain, the hazy water vapor and the heavy rain curtains created a relatively independent little world for Xiao Xiao.

And on this rainy day, he met a monster who liked to play the pipa and like to scare people.

What an interesting experience.

"Hello."

Xiao Xiao suddenly had the idea of ​​getting to know this monster.

It was the second humanoid monster he had encountered besides the fox monster. Both its appearance and body shape were almost indistinguishable from humans.

No, maybe this Biwa ghost was the first humanoid monster he had encountered. The fox demon only took on a human form by possessing a human girl, but its true form was a fox.

If it weren't for possession, with its two-tailed power, it would not be able to transform into a human.

So this Pipa ghost can be said to be blessed by nature, right?

Isn’t it an important goal for many monsters to cultivate into human form?
Well, maybe this Pipa ghost is surprisingly powerful?
……

The Pipa Ghost was a little stunned when he saw Xiao Xiao showing no fear and even a little smile on his face.

This was the first time it encountered a human who could see it.

Ever since it can remember, it has been wandering around this city with its pipa in its arms.

It plays music for the humans it likes, and remembers that it first played the entire piece with all its heart.

However, no matter how hard it tries, no matter how well it plays the pipa, no human being can truly hear it, let alone appreciate it.

After repeated disappointments, it became angry.

He no longer played the complete piece, and liked to stop the piece abruptly at the climax, then made the most horrible face he could think of, and then laughed so hard that his stomach was in knots. Even though it was his own one-man show, the Pipa Ghost was actually enjoying himself, without a trace of gloom between his eyebrows.

After all, no matter how much it looks like a human, it is still a monster, and monsters do not have the sentimentality of humans.

……

This time, the Pipa Demon did not open his eyes, but just grinned, still grinning all the way to his ears.

The "hehe" sound coming from the throat was not pleasant, but more like the roar of a wild beast.

Are you laughing?
Xiao Xiao couldn't help but smile as well.

Although I was a little surprised and regretful that this Pipa monster couldn't speak.

The Pipa Demon, who was not making faces, looked like an ordinary boy. He always felt that as long as he spoke to him, it would answer him the next moment.

Moreover, even though the pipa music it played was so beautiful and melodious, its voice sounded hoarse and unpleasant, as if it had been burned by smoke and fire.

However, looking at the exaggerated yet innocent smile on the Pipa Ghost's face, he felt that such a Pipa Ghost was pretty good.

The smile on Xiao Xiao's lips couldn't help but deepen a little bit.

……

"Hello, Pipa Ghost, my name is Xiao Xiao, can you play another song for me?"

“A complete song.”

"Hehe~" The Pipa Ghost nodded. Since this was the first human being who could hear its performance, it was naturally willing to play the entire song for him.

Moreover, I don’t know how long ago, it seemed to have a wish. What was it?

Oh, yes, I just hope there will be a human being who can listen to it play a piece seriously and completely.

But how long ago was this thought? Hmm, I don't quite remember.
In short, it can realize its wish today, so happy!
The Pipa ghost's face has returned to normal.

The Pipa Ghost was focused and serious in the performance. The clear and low-pitched voice and the faint melody seemed to carry a slight warmth, with a kind of melancholy and tenderness of the afterglow.

Xiao Xiao and Feifei on his shoulder both looked intoxicated.

……

The song ended, and the lingering sound made it linger. Xiao Xiao, who was still immersed in the music, looked up and saw the Pipa Ghost with his eyes wide open and his tongue sticking out. All of a sudden, he lost all sense of emotion and felt only at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"Hehe~" Seeing this, the Pipa Demon had a look of pride and excitement on his face.

The brown eyeballs were filled with golden light, this was... Xiao Xiao tilted his head to look at the sky. He didn't know when the heavy rain had stopped, and a few rays of sunlight penetrated the gradually dispersing clouds and poured down.

A ray of sunlight just happened to shine into the eyes of the Pipa Demon.

Sparkling eyes? Pfft, Xiao Xiao couldn't help but want to laugh again.

"Thank you, Pipa Ghost, you play the pipa really well."

“It’s a very beautiful song.”

……

"Your faces are funny, too."

Seeing the Pipa Ghost's eyes becoming brighter and brighter, Xiao Xiao couldn't help laughing. It seemed that the Pipa Ghost was always bothered by the fact that the faces he made never received the expected response.

"Then the rain has stopped."

"The car is coming too."

"I'm leaving."

"Fei Fei~" Perhaps it was because of the beautiful music, the usually aloof Fei Fei also screamed a few times at the pipa.

"Have a drink~"

The Pipa demon retracted its eyes that had fallen out and its tongue that had hung out, but opened its mouth wide again, stretching all the way to its ears.

Xiao Xiao also smiled, "Goodbye."

(End of this chapter)