It felt like his eyes stayed on her face for a long time. The other person probably got up from her because she didn't really move at all.
The wind from the air conditioner blew against An Yiran's face again, and she heard the sound of a bird's claws scraping the floor, like the sound of long human toenails scraping across the wooden floor, moving sideways.
"It turns out he really fell asleep."
She heard the scraping sound of aluminum foil on the plastic board in the other person's hand, probably checking to see if the sleeping pills had been taken.
"We can't have supper tonight." There was a hint of regret in Mo Mo's voice.
Then the lock on the door was unscrewed, and there was a click of unlocking.
The locks in your home are spherical door locks that are not very secure and are generally suitable for use at home.
There is a protrusion in the middle of the spherical door lock. As long as you press it, the door will be locked. When you turn the handle from the room, it will automatically pop open. Outside the house, you need a key.
An Yiran opened her eyes slightly. In other people's eyes, she could only see her eyelashes covering her eye hairs, and she still looked like she was asleep.
An Yiran's night vision was average, but today was the seventeenth day of the lunar calendar, and the gibbous moon was facing her directly, shining brightly, and the half-opened and half-closed curtains allowed moonlight to shine through.
Just one glance at An Yiran made her speechless in shock. She saw the back of a "monster".
The clear black outline in his eyes couldn't be called the back of a person at all. The monster had two heads, and its body was a grey-green color. It was so fat that it looked like two people were sewn together.
There are no legs underneath, replaced by a pair of skinny feet, so thin that only skin and bones are left, a bit like the slender and slender claws of a bird, but these two claws do not solely support the weight of the entire fat body.
The monster's arms have grown so long that they reach the ground. There are two hands on each side. They clenched fists and hammered them into the ground to stabilize the body.
There was almost no hair covering the top of its head, except for a few hairs that seemed to have been set on fire.
The moonlight looked particularly desolate at this time.
An Yiran suddenly felt that turning on the air conditioner was a wise decision. Now the clothes on her back were faintly wet with cold sweat, and there was a feeling of hot flashes under her neck. If anyone stretched out their hands, they would know that she was extremely nervous at this time.
Watching the "monster" drag his body away, she gently rubbed a little of the smelly liquid dripping on her face with her fingertips and examined it under the bright moonlight.
She twisted it slightly with her fingertips, and the liquid quickly dried up on her hand.
This feeling is a bit like having a nosebleed, and then accidentally rubbing it with your hand and spreading the nosebleed on your hand.
She wanted to clean her face, but the night had just begun, and she didn't know what would happen next. So she couldn't act rashly, for fear that there would be more dangerous things waiting for her later.
I'm just afraid that if I act rashly, I will become someone else's "late night snack."
The rules are correct. She doesn't need to know what will happen after 12 o'clock. She only needs to fall asleep before 12 o'clock to ensure a safe night.
An Yiran's body gradually changed from stiffness to limpness, and the tight rubber band finally relaxed.
She was just about to go to sleep when she heard the doorknob being turned again.
You can open this door if you want, lock it if you want, and they can still open it if it's locked. So, let me ask you, what's the point of installing this lock?
An Yiran:. . .
She easily knew that the person who came in this time was her mother. Because there were mosquitoes in the house, she saw her mother smearing a scented green cooling ointment on the mosquito-bitten bag.
Next, there was the sound of the lid on the wet wipes being pulled open, and her mother took out one after another and wiped her face.
"Oh." Mom sighed heavily, and then she said nothing more.
The sticky tightness on her face finally disappeared, and she suddenly felt relaxed both physically and mentally.
"Sleep, sleep, my dear baby, mother is rocking you gently with both hands..." Her mother sat in front of her and hummed a lullaby, her body swaying gently with the song.
"My baby, don't be afraid. Go to sleep peacefully. As long as mom is here, she will never let anyone hurt you." Her eyes were red, tears streaked at the corners of her eyes, but her eyes were filled with perseverance as if she was ready to die.
Mom didn't lock the door when she came in. Unexpectedly, the monster that should have left at this moment popped out half of its body and quietly stared at every move in the room.
Its gloomy eyes were currently hidden in the shadows of the wall, staring inside like a poisonous snake staring at its prey.
Mom reached out and pushed An Yiran's head slightly, pushing her head away from the door and aiming at the window on the right side.
Did her mother realize that she was pretending to sleep when she spoke like this?
Before she had time to think, there was the sound of chewing outside the door, and the sound lasted for a while.
Something like yellow grease overflowed from the corner of the monster's mouth, flowing while eating.
Most of the mother's body had been chewed away, and the monster's bite force was so strong that it crunched the human bones.
"You are really a touching mother. You can protect her ten times a year, ten years a year. How can you protect her for a lifetime?"
"You are now being 'corroded' more and more seriously. You'd better pray that you can survive for a few more days, so that your daughter won't be able to see the sun the next day! Jie Jie Jie——"
It was a torturous night, and she was destined to have no sleep tonight. From the monster's mouth, she learned that it was "her" that the monster always wanted to eat, but somehow a confrontation formed between her mother and the monster. In the countless nights when she slept peacefully, her mother would be like this today. Wipe the stains off her face and sing a lullaby.
Until he finished singing, he was devoured by the monster watching secretly.
But the mother has been guarding "her". The monster will only eat one person every night, and the person it eats is not sleeping after twelve o'clock.
The mother still doesn't seem to understand why she always "comes back to life", but she is also glad that she can always protect her children. She didn't know that she could come back from the dead because she was an NPC in this world. Before the protagonist passed her line, she could only live according to the established way of life.
But she would get up and stay by her daughter's side every night, using her body and life to endure the pain of being dismembered, so that her daughter could sleep well every night.
[Congratulations to the taskmaster for unlocking the memory fragment - world background. 】
The world has been turned upside down, and monsters have spread from night to day, invading every corner.
It's more than that. Eating away the only remaining "nutrients" in this world.
In order to resist monsters, humans started a "containment plan" and built shelters. Adults are still trying their best to make up fairy tales for their children, even if there is endless darkness behind them.
