Zhang Bo:...
He looked at Xiao Xiao.
Xiao Xiao smiled.
"Not a girl."
"It's..."
He paused, then curled his lips into a smile.
"A gift from a monster."
After a moment of silence—
"Wow?!"
Zhuge Yun and the others looked amazed and envious.
"Really?"
"A monster actually gave you a gift?!"
"Huh?"
Zhuge Yun had an unusual angle on it. "So monsters give gifts, too?"
He'd thought only humans did things like give gifts...
At that, Zhang Bo and Zhao Luzheng were both a little speechless.
Why wouldn't monsters give gifts?
Monsters—
Uh...
Thinking it over, monsters giving gifts...
It did seem pretty special?
"That's so nice."
Zhuge Yun sighed theatrically.
"I want a monster to give me a gift, too."
"It's just like Santa Claus."
You woke up the next day to find a present beside your bed.
But the person who'd left it was nowhere to be seen.
The surprise of seeing the gift was all the greater for it.
It gave you a special feeling, as if you were blessed by heaven.
"Third Brother."
Zhang Bo spoke with feeling.
"Your everyday life is like a fairy tale."
There was even a part where a monster gave you a gift.
It was really special.
And especially unreal.
Like something out of a book.
"Mm."
Zhuge Yun nodded.
"Third Brother, sometimes when I hear about your experiences and then go back to my own life..."
"It feels..."
"How do I put it..."
Zhuge Yun furrowed his brows, searching for the words. "Like the jarring feeling of coming back to reality?"
He couldn't help but marvel.
People really were different from one another.
Even though they shared a dorm room with Third Brother,
there were plenty of things Third Brother had experienced that