What It's Like Being a Vampire

Chapter 603: Chapter 603: Where is the Pork Knuckle?

While Xiang Kun was watching the video, Alice also showed up, crouching next to him, watching and chuckling.

“Haven’t you seen it before?” Xiang Kun jokingly said, flicking her with his elbow.

Alice crouched down again, slowly shifting closer, giggling and looking mischievous.

Xiang Kun immediately became alert, “What are you up to now?”

“Boss, you allowed me to show up in front of Sister Nana because she is one of us, right?” Alice rested her head on her knees and said.

“Mmm.” Xiang Kun responded distractedly. He was very clear that Alice was leading up to something, and he was probably guessing what it was.

“Then Sister Lingdang, Sister Xiao Pingguo, as well as Zhen’er, they all are our own people, right!” Alice counted on her fingers.

“Mmm.”

“So… I want to show up and play with them, it should be fine too!” Alice said excitedly.

“Play?”

“Just walk around together, play games, eat together!” Alice said.

“You can eat?”

“Of course!”

As Alice was speaking, a roasted chicken wing materialized in her hand, which was then shoved into her mouth. Three seconds later, she spat out the chicken bones and proudly showed them to Xiang Kun: “Just like normal people!”

Xiang Kun sat on the ground, watching her intently while Alice squatting next to him watched him back, her eyes wide open, smiling cheerfully.

A few seconds later, the smile on Alice’s face slowly faded, and the chicken wing in her hand dispersed. She said dejectedly, “So it’s still not okay?”

“Cut the drama!” Xiang Kun flicked Alice’s forehead and said, “Keep a low profile when you’re out, don’t cause a big fuss.”

“Okay!” Recognizing Xiang Kun’s consent, Alice happily jumped up and disappeared.

Xiang Kun, too, stood up from the ground and looked behind him at the huge indentation. Mr. Liang had revealed himself and completed another blood feeding.

If compared to the night when he first met Xiang Kun, Mr. Liang now seemed much more human – his facial features had softened and he had started to develop a slightly more discernible nasal bridge. His skin full of strange patterns had become more lustrous, and it became easier to lose him in sight when he moved, even if he wasn’t in an invisible state.

“It seemed as if someone was standing by you just now?” Curious, Mr. Liang glanced around. According to the feedback from his drones, there was no one around within a few kilometers. He wondered whether it was a misperception.

However, upon hearing Xiang Kun nod and grunt, Mr. Liang was taken aback. So there really was someone just now?

Xiang Kun naturally knew what he was thinking. “It’s a naughty little kid. I’ll introduce you next time.”

“What to do next? Continue ‘hunting’?”

“Next…there are some other things that need to be taken care of.” Xiang Kun rubbed his hands together.

…

Chongyun Village.

When Xiang Kun wasn’t around, for Old Xia, Yang Lao San, Little Apple, and Fatty girl, the best dining option was to visit the Youlong Restaurant. The next best option was to take advantage of Liu Caifu’s meals, then ordering takeaways, then ready-made meals, and lastly, making a meal together.

However, in terms of the joy level, the order was reversed: making a meal together was a lot of fun, except for the eating part which might be a bit painful.

Of course, such fun could only occur occasionally. After all, they had two minors amongst them, both were still growing up, so they must not frequently eat such poorly prepared food.

So, at noon, the four of them decided to take a car to Tongshi Town and dine in the Youlong Restaurant.

“Eh? Nana isn’t picking up her phone. I’m a little worried about Uncle Tang’s situation. Had I known there would be an incident, I would have gone back to Shenhai with Nana.” Sitting in the passenger’s seat, Yang Zhen Er worriedly held her phone, saying, “I should have gone back to Shenhai with Nana.”

Driving Old Xia suddenly said: “Uncle Tang is fine, Sister Nana is also fine.”

Yang Zhen Er was just murmuring to herself, not expecting anyone to answer her, since the subject was about the situation in Shenhai and Nana, things they couldn’t possibly know while being here.

“Old Xia, how do you know that?” Yang Zhen Er asked, puzzled. If it had been someone else who said those words, they would without a doubt be the usual comforting words, not referring to the specific events. But when Old Xia was the one saying it, she knew that the literal meaning was indeed the intended one.

“I know too! Pretty sister surely won’t have anything wrong! Don’t worry, Older Sister Fairy!” The chubby girl sitting in the back seat also leaned forward and said.

Apple sitting on the other side of the back seat also nodded: “Mmm. Sister Nana is fine, old…um, Sister Zhen’er, don’t worry!”

Yang Zhen Er turned around to look at the two girls, suspiciously, “It seems like you both have some special source of information.”

“Old Fairy Sister, don’t worry!” The Chubby Girl firmly said.

“Mmm, don’t worry!” Little Apple also nodded.

“Mysterious, something’s fishy.” Yang Zhen Er looked at the two of them again and suspiciously said. However, after being reassured by the three in the car, she no longer felt any worry.

The GL8 continued to drive towards the pedestrian street of Tongshi Town. Sitting in the second row, Little Apple and Alice were quietly discussing a new comedy sketch.

At that very moment, both the shoulders of the fatty girl and Little Apple were lightly pat one after the other.

The chubby girl turned around and was stunned to find Alice in a white princess dress standing in front of the third row, gleefully looking at them both.

Little Apple also turned her head. Although she could not “see”, she sensed Alice’s appearance in the car even before the chubby girl did.

After Alice silently greeted them, she moved her butt over and sat on the third row, the joyful demeanor of “I’m going to ride in the car with you all” was all over her.

The first reaction of Little Fatty Girl and Xiao Pingguo upon seeing Alice was to turn their heads simultaneously and look at Yang Zhen’er sitting in the passenger seat. After all, in this car, Yang Zhen’er – “Sister Fairy,” was probably the only one who wasn’t aware of Alice’s existence.

The chattering voices from the “Bell-Apple Duo” in the back seat suddenly stopped. Sensing something odd, Yang Zhen’er glanced back at them: “Did you two fall asleep? Soon we will…”

Mid-sentence, she caught sight of the little girl in the white skirt sitting in the third row, then turned her gaze to Little Fatty Girl and Xiao Pingguo.

For two seconds, the three of them stared at each other strangely – including the invisible Xiao Pingguo.

Yang Zhen’er didn’t scream or show fear, instead, she turned to Old Xia who was driving beside her, blinked, and glanced back at the little girl in the white skirt before finally saying, “Old Xia, your ‘little elf’ is here.”

“Her name is Alice.” Xia Libing, who was driving, calmly responded without taking his eyes off the road.

Hearing this, Liu Shiling in the second row responded with excitement and joy, “Sister Fairy, she’s not a little elf, she’s Xiao Luosi… Eh? ~Alice! She’s amazing! She can help me find study materials for anything I want to learn, and she can also help me to use my phone and iPad. Little… Alice, this is my Sister Fairy, she’s also amazing! She can create a magic robe and wand for me, she can create many things!”

Xiao Pingguo nodded repeatedly, her eyes turning into crescent moons as she happily exclaimed, “Alice is super amazing!”

Alice, sitting in the back seat, glowed with satisfaction from Little Fatty Girl and Xiao Pingguo’s praise.

Unable to resist, Yang Zhen’er leaned over from the armrest box, almost losing her balance as she was barely caught by Xiao Pingguo. She then moved through the aisle in the second row and sat next to Alice in the third row.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

“Your name is… Little Alice?” Yang Zhen’er looked at the little girl next to her, who bore an uncanny resemblance to a young Old Xia. She reached out and pinched the girl’s cheek. It felt silky smooth and incredibly real!

Alice tilted her head, resisting the ‘clutches,’ and frowned. “It’s Alice! I am Alice!” she corrected.

As Alice clarified, Yang Zhen’er reached out with both hands and held her face, smiling, “Is the ‘little elf’ that little,” she asked.

Alice, her mouth puckered from being squeezed, helplessly corrected, “I am Nana’s ‘little elf,’ I am Xiao Lingdang’s ‘Xiao Luosi,’ but my name is still Alice.”

“Haha, Alice is so cute!” Yang Zhen’er laughed, picking Alice up and planting a big kiss on her cheek.

Seeing Alice’s helpless expression, Little Fatty Girl, who had climbed up to kneel on the seats, looked both sympathetic and pleased.

After escaping from Yang Zhen’er’s “clutches,” Alice saw Xiao Pingguo, who had similarly turned around and was leaning on her seat, and extended her hand.

Getting the hint, Alice obediently walked over, took Xiao Pingguo’s hand, and then rested her cheek on it.

Though Xiao Pingguo and Alice had known each other for a while in a conscious sense and had collaborated many times, this was their first physical contact.

Yang Zhen’er laughed, “Alice, you’re so biased! You dodge when I try to pinch you, but when Xiao Pingguo wants to, you lean in yourself.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Liu Shiling reached out and gently pinched Alice’s other cheek. Simultaneously, Alice reached out and pinched Little Fatty Girl’s cheek, causing everyone to burst out in laughter.

Xia Libing, who was driving, occasionally glanced at the four “people” in the car through the rear-view mirror. Yang Zhen’er’s natural, rapid, and unobstructed acceptance of Alice’s abrupt presence was actually what he had anticipated.

He knew that in recent times, Yang Lao San had noticed various unusual phenomena around them and Xiang Kun. Especially since gaining her own extraordinary abilities and playing various “game-like attempts” with Xiao Lingdang. Given what he knew about Yang Lao San, it was incredibly easy for her to accept Alice.

Of course, what’s most important was that Alice looked just like how Yang Zhen’er did when she was young, which naturally made her feel close and trusting towards Alice. If Alice had taken on a different appearance, even if she remained as a cute little girl, when Alice first appeared, Yang Lao San would probably have been startled.

Seeing that Alice was allowed to fully show herself in front of everyone, Xia Libing knew that Xiang Kun’s “plan” was likely going to accelerate.

The GL8 stopped at the parking lot of the pedestrian street. Alice and Liu Shiling went hand in hand from the car, walked onto the pedestrian street, into the “Youlong Restaurant”, and to the private room they always went to.

All along the way, Yang Zhen’er was observing the expressions of the people around her, because when she got out of the car, she had taken her phone to take a picture of Alice, but there was no image of Alice on her phone, the space next to Liu Shiling was empty.

However, judging from her observations along the way, other people seemed to be able to see Alice, especially when they entered “Youlong Restaurant”. You Meng’s wife, Liang Yulong, even touched Alice’s head and asked, “Whose pretty little girl is this?”

What Yang Zhen’er didn’t know was that, all along the pedestrian street, they could not be seen on any of the monitors. Or rather, wherever Alice went, the actual filming on the monitor would stop, and all the footage would be edited and stitched together to be played seamlessly on the display screen.

There were a few people who wanted to take photos from a distance because they thought Yang Zhen’er, Old Xia, Little Apple looked beautiful and Alice, Little Fatty Girl looked cute, but as soon as they picked up their phones or cameras, they found them blacked out or malfunctioned, completely unusable, and were unable to even frame a shot.

After the dishes had been served, Yang Zhen’er suddenly noticed an extra dish of Crispy Pig’s Elbow on the table, which they clearly had not ordered.

Moreover, she was quite certain that the Crispy Pig’s Elbow at the Youlong Restaurant didn’t look like this. This dish of pig’s elbow looked more like it was crafted by Brother Xiang the chef!

Could it be that Old Xia had stashed it away, prepared by Brother Xiang before he went out? No, that can’t be, this pig’s elbow looked freshly made, not reheated.

Old Xia, Xiao Lingdang, Little Apple including Alice, all reached for the Crispy Pig’s Elbow the moment it appeared, happily gnawing at it. Even Little Apple did the same, not needing anyone else’s help to take a piece. She held it accurately with her hand and ate with an oil-smeared mouth.

Seeing only one piece of Crispy Pig’s Elbow left on the plate, Yang Zhen’er carefully picked it up, observed it for a while, and then took a bite.

Hmm… It was Brother Xiang’s flavor! There’s no mistake! Delicious!

Yang Zhen’er squinted with delight, but as she prepared to take a second bite, she suddenly found herself biting into thin air. The piece of Crispy Pig’s Elbow in her hand had disappeared!

Gone!?

Not only was the one in her hand gone, but the entire plate was missing from the table.

Liang Yulong entered with a dish in her hands and said, “Come on, try this cold dish. It’s a new creation of my own, Mr. You had no part in this. Let me know how it is. Deputy Director Liu, Brother Chu, Brother Xia, they all praised it.”

After Liang Yulong left and the door to the private room was closed again, Yang Zhen’er immediately asked, “Where’s the pig’s elbow? Where’s that big piece of pig’s elbow? Where’s yours?”

Little Apple replied smilingly, “Oh, we finished it.”

Liu Shiling also nodded affirmatively, “Finished!”

“No! There’s not even a bone left on your plates! Wait, how did that plate of pig’s elbow get here? Clearly, we didn’t order that, and it looked exactly like what Brother Xiang would make…” Yang Zhen’er abruptly stopped talking as a light bulb went off in her head, and she turned to Alice, “I get it! Alice, you are that pig’s elbow!”

Alice’s eyes widened roundly, her cheeks puffed out.

Thankfully Yang Zhen’er quickly corrected herself, “No no, I mean, the way you appeared is the same as that pig’s elbow, right?”