Back to the Future 1999: Raining at the Same Time

"It's you... who are you?"

Liberty stood up and looked curiously at his brother who seemed to be smiling maliciously.

"You can think of me as one of the legendary lake monsters that eats disobedient children!"

When you are away from home, your identity is given by yourself. After hearing what Liberty said just now, Chen Xi also wanted to tease this little girl.

"But you don't look scary, do you?"

Chen Xi, who had originally intended to scare this little cutie, was stunned. Who could have thought that this kid would not play by the rules?!

Liberty shook the small stick in his hand that he used to wake people up, walked around Chen Xi, and looked him up and down.

"I don't see anything strange about you. Are you really Mr. Lake Monster?"

"Have you thought it through? If you see my true face, there's no going back~"

Chen Xi, who didn't believe in evil, planned to continue to scare this obviously precocious little child to see if he could get some interesting reactions.

"If the legend is true, then I wouldn't be able to escape now, would I? Mr. Monster."

There was still only curiosity in Liberty's eyes, and a kind of indifference that shouldn't appear in a child of this age slowly emerged from her.

Chen Xi was shocked, thinking that he had underestimated this kid after all, but he had to put on a complete show, and he happened to have some tricks up his sleeve, didn't he?

"Then you better think it through carefully. There's no room for regrets now!"

He tried hard to make his voice sound scary and terrifying, but all he got was Liberty's increasingly expectant gaze.

"Ugh."

With an inaudible sigh, countless tentacles pierced out from Chen Xi's exposed skin, waving fiercely and cutting the afterglow of the sunset into pieces.

"Hahahaha! You can feel lucky to have seen me like this! Now, just accept your fate!"

As he said this, he rushed towards Liberty who was standing in front of him.

However, on the way, Chen Xi discovered that the little wake-up worker in front of him just closed his eyes quietly.

Seeing that his ultimate intimidation had no effect, Chen Xi immediately lost his playful mood, rolled over, retracted all his appendages, and stood in front of Liberty as a human again.

"Okay, open your eyes."

"Hmm? Is it over already?"

"Yeah, it's over."

Chen Xi responded unhappily, but Liberty touched his body as if he didn't hear her.

"But, I'm obviously fine."

"It was okay at the time. I don't eat children."

"But……"

Before Liberty could finish her words, Chen Xi had already attacked her head and rubbed it vigorously.

"No, but you, little kid, are really not cute at all. I'll definitely introduce you to Blue Handkerchief someday, so you can understand what nightmares are like."

"Uh huh huh..."

Although he was only being touched on the head, it made a cute sound as if his face was being rubbed, and Chen Xi finally withdrew his hand contentedly.

Liberty, who regained his freedom, keenly caught the name of another "monster" in Chenxi's words.

"Is the blue handkerchief you mentioned also a 'monster'? What's your name? Are there other 'monsters' here?..."

"Okay, you have too many questions!"

Pinching Liberty's face, Chen Xi held his forehead and sighed helplessly: Why didn't I notice that she was such a troublesome child when I was going through the plot?

No, she does seem to be quite troublesome in some ways.

Resigned to his fate, Chen Xi let go of his hand, sat down on the ground and patted the space beside him.

Liberty also sat obediently beside him, continuing to look at him with those big eyes that seemed to contain countless questions.

"Alright, alright, don't look at me like that. My name is Chen Xi, don't call me Mr. Monster, Mr. Monster all the time, it's very rude.

Then there's Miss Blue Handkerchief. She's probably a ghost or something, right? She seems to float around, and she's a woman. If you see her next time, be polite and say hello.

Finally, regarding monsters... maybe you'll encounter some other legendary creatures soon."

As Chen Xi answered, Liberty's eyes became brighter and brighter - because no one had ever answered her questions so patiently, even if this gentleman seemed impatient.

"So I'm already dead?"

"Do you have any memory of being eaten by me?"

Facing Chen Xi's question, Liberty raised his eyes to the sky and thought seriously:

"No."

"That's okay."

With some amusement in his joke, and seeing that Liberty had to think carefully about even such a question, Chen Xi retracted his initial unlovable evaluation of the child.

Feeling the breeze brushing against his cheeks, Liberty imagined himself as a piece of paper that could fly away at any time. He didn't know if he was thankful for the fact that he was still alive.

"Wait...what is that?"

The child's attention was drawn to something that obviously could not have grown from a tree. Among the treetops above her head... there seemed to be something hidden.

Chen Xi followed her instructions and of course saw that thing. He just curled the corners of his mouth: Here it comes!

Closing his eyes comfortably, Chen Xi spoke the truth in the form of a sarcastic remark:

"Well, who knows, maybe it's your ticket to a wonderful adventure."

“Hey…whoosh!”

While Chen Xi was still joking, Liberty had already climbed up the tree nimbly and got the bag.

When he opened his eyes, he saw Liberty standing on a high tree branch. Chen Xi was so scared that he immediately sat up from the ground and came under her.

"Hey! When did you go up there? It's dangerous! Come down quickly!"

The wind lifted the girl's skirt, Liberty let go of the branch, jumped down lightly, and was held in Chen Xi's arms.

"When did you go up there? Why didn't I feel anything at all? What if you fall and get hurt?"

Liberty was obediently placed on the ground by Chen Xi. He looked at Chen Xi's angry face with curiosity and surprise, and smiled gently:

"Mr. Chen Xi, are you worried about me?"

"Yes! Of course I'm worried that you, a little fool, might jump down from the tree and break my dinner."

Gently extending a finger and tapping her head, Chen Xi said with a hint of pride:

"I'm not some twisted, arrogant, and venomous older sister. You'd better put away your little tricks and go back to deal with that witch lady deep in your garden."

"Hmm? What is Mr. Chenxi talking about?"

The little wake-up caller looked at Mr. "Monster" who suddenly became arrogant in confusion, wondering if all "monsters" were so strange?

Chen Xi realized it later and her face turned red with her hands on her hips.

Yes! This is just a child! How can he be so cunning? This time, he was really fooled by a basic attack. It's embarrassing to think about it.

So Chen Xi, who was feeling proud and blushing, quickly changed the subject under the increasingly unbearable gaze of Liberty.

"Okay, none of this matters. Come and take a look at the bag you just got."

Liberty then remembered the pocket he had just taken.

A label had been written on it: Open Me! Then it was crossed out and a Don't! was added on top.

"Hmm..."

They both stared at the strange bag without saying a word. After a long pause, Liberty was the first to conclude his thoughts:

"Wait a minute, I have to admit... that's pretty clever.

If it said 'open me', I wouldn't open it, that would be stupid.

If it said 'don't open me', I wouldn't necessarily open it because it's still very straightforward.

But this?

'No! Open me.'...

Well done, you caught me."

After hearing Liberty's words, Chen Xi stood aside without saying a word, as if he saw a cute girl struggling with what to write.

Then, he just smiled as Liberty opened his pocket and passed out...