Jia Xiu had originally thought that, given Senior Brother Juan's style, whatever he brought was definitely not going to be anything decent.
No—more precisely, even "indecent" might have been putting it too mildly.
Especially when he saw Senior Brother Juan shove over a box nearly as tall as a person.
The premonition that if this thing got opened in public, his already less-than-positive image would be completely finished grew stronger and stronger in Jia Xiu's heart.
At this size, could it have evolved from a little toy into a vaguely humanoid realistic big toy?
To be fair, although this world's pure technology was lacking, with magic helping out, its craftsmanship really was not bad.
For all he knew, the big toy might have been made with excellent texture, and with spells like those used in golem construction that granted artificial objects a certain degree of vitality—well, well, the room for imagination was enormous.
Jia Xiu's imagination was currently very three-dimensional.
So when he saw Juan reaching out to open the box, Jia Xiu hurriedly shouted, "Um, wait—"
However, it was too late.
Apparently, the tradition here was that gifts had to be opened on the spot, and Juan carried out that tradition very faithfully.
"It's fine, no need to trouble yourself. This box is hard to open, really complicated. I'll do it."
Being too efficient at work was not always a virtue.
Judging from the number of steps Juan completed, this box really was quite difficult to open.
But his nimble movements made up for that perfectly.
Jia Xiu could not help closing his eyes. He really did not want to witness what might become the ultimate awkward scene firsthand, but he still left a slit open because he was indeed a little curious.
"Ta-da! Surprise!"
Juan displayed it with