"Hey hey hey..."*2

"..."

The sloth hung upside down on a branch not far away, squinting its eyes and whispering to its orthogonal head, making love to the two of them, with a pair of dead fish eyes full of speechlessness.

Who is it, where is it, why is it here?

It should not hang upside down on the branches, it should be buried under the roots of the tree...

"Hello."

The voice of the sloth came faintly.

"You don't have to be so quiet. I'm not interested in your love talk and I'm too lazy to listen."

"Aha?"

Hong Li moved her head away from Hei Yang's shoulder, looked at the sloth and raised her eyebrows.

"Since you're too lazy to listen, why don't you just be too lazy to talk?"

"That's right, why talk so much!"

The Heiyang woman sings about following her husband, with a displeased face.

"To be a light bulb, you have to have the awareness to be a light bulb, okay? It's your gentleness not to disturb me, thank you!"

Sloth: "..."

"From the time I was born to now, I haven't said as many words in total as these few hours."

The sloth sighed and looked at the two of them with a melancholy expression.

"It's possible that this is the only chance I'll have to communicate with others in this life. Don't you want to say a few more words to me?"

"What does that have to do with us?"

Hei Yang said expressionlessly: "You chose the road yourself. If you don't want to communicate with others, then you blame us?"

"Ah this..."

The sloth felt like an arrow had hit his back.

"That's right, moral kidnapping, hurry up, hurry up!"

Hongli's husband sings and follows his wife, with a look of contempt on his face.

"I confronted you in court before, but you hesitated... No, you didn't say a word. Now you want to talk again. Why?"

"Ah this..."

The sloth was hit by an arrow in the back again.

"Indeed!"

Hei Yang hummed softly: "If you want to say it, just say it. If you don't want to say it, don't say it. What do you think we are, confiding in the tree hole?

Sorry, I suggest you go find a real tree hole and whisper. The tree hole will not resist."

"Ah this..."

The sloth was hit by an arrow in the back again.

"You're right."

Hongli nodded.

"If you are serious..."

"Stop! Stop pricking, stop pricking..."

The sloth looked hopeless.

"If you prick your child again, he will turn into a hedgehog."

"Speaking of which, you know so many things even though you have been sleeping..."

Hong Li frowned and suddenly came back to her senses mid-sentence.

"Oh, I understand, let's pass on the memory, right? I understand, I understand, then it's okay!"

"So..."

The sloth said quietly: "I am a person who is born to know, and I am also a person who is born to be lazy. I just want to sleep, I just don't want to do things, I just feel tired. How can you blame me?"

"Ah?"

Hei Yang frowned, waved his hand and said: "Then you go and change, restrain your nature a little bit or something."

"No!"

The sloth looked determined and confident.

"I will never betray laziness in my life! I really like the feeling of not thinking about anything!"

"How can you like it if you don't think about it?"

Hei Yang scratched his head, imaginary images appeared in his mind.

[Already... broken... so comfortable... don't have to think about anything... give up thinking... enjoy... Black Sun... like...]

"Bah, bah, bah!"

Hei Yang shook his head vigorously. Damn it, there are too many scraps. Get out of here!

"Huh?"

Hong Li seemed to feel something, and turned to look at Hei Yang with a suspicious look on her face, questioning her soul.

"Why do I feel that you are thinking of something very rude..."

"Illusion."

"I wasn't sure before, but now I believe it."

"What an illusion!"

"Ah, yes, yes."

Hongli rolled her eyes and looked at the sloth expressionlessly.

"Then there's nothing more to say. You chose your own path, and you deserve it."

"Same feeling."

Black Yang looked at the sloth and pointed to the sky.

"I said, why don't you leave quickly while you can still move... No, just leave!

That little bit of anxiety won't last long, and I feel like your influence on the world is getting bigger and bigger."

"Of course."

The sloth said matter-of-factly: "Creatures like me that entered your world through illegal means will continue to affect the surroundings as time goes by.

The higher the strength, the greater the impact on the surroundings. I am also in the Nascent Soul stage after all, right?"

"That's it..."

Hongli nodded thoughtfully.

[Hongli: Did you hear that? Look at the good things you have done. You must have influenced me. If you are not responsible for me, won’t your conscience hurt?]

[Hei Yang: Don’t be embarrassed, I was a weakling for the past ten years, what influence can I have?]

[Hei Yang: Besides, Grandma Meng has already helped me apply for a new identity. I am now a legal citizen traveling around the world!]

[Hongli: Wow, by saying so much, do you mean you don’t want to be responsible?]

[Hei Yang: Ahem, it’s all my fault. It’s all my fault. I take full responsibility. I sold myself to pay off the debt and pledged myself to you. Lord Hongli, please use it as you wish!]

[Hongli: That’s pretty much it.]

"Maybe you are curious..."

The sloth suddenly spoke, a look of sorrow on his face.

"Why does lazy me still exist in this cruel world?"

"No, we are not curious at all. Laziness is a character that affects a better life. I know this very well."

Hei Yang stretched out a hand.

"That's right, we two little trash can live to this day. We are always grateful to our parents, our neighbors, and the harmonious world of immortality!"

Hongli stretched out a hand.

The hands of the two moved closer and apart, closer and apart, like playing an accordion.

"No one understands laziness better than us!"*2

Sloth: "..."

"I guess you guys would really like to hear my story?"

The sloth suddenly showed a vicissitudes of life.

"No, we don't want to!"*2

Hei Yang Hongli stared with dead eyes and refused to listen.
To be continued...