The sky was gloomy, the remaining glow of the clouds shrouded the earth, and the curtain of darkness was still on the horizon. Ji Chunzao just wanted to go home before the surroundings completely darkened.
She was walking home alone. The asphalt road was adjacent to a forest with deep bushes, and there was a cement "embankment" no more than ten centimeters high in the middle. On one side was a flat road, and on the other side was a forest with overgrown grass.
Ji Chunzao deliberately walked along this low and narrow "embankment", one foot in front and one foot behind, with his arms spread out to maintain balance, and he staggered forward alternately.
Perhaps from the perspective of others, she is still the child who has not grown up——
However, the passage of time cannot be turned back, and who can never change.
It was the end of another alien adventure with her companions. Her thoughts and mood were different from the last time.
For the first time, Ji Chunzao was unrestrained and had no worries. All he had in his heart was the pursuit and pursuit of the adventure itself, as well as curiosity about the mysterious alien planet - a brand new world that he had never seen before.
She felt satisfied and happy because of this, and she still remembered it after the journey was over. She always urged her friends to get ready as soon as possible and go to their secret base, fully looking forward to the next adventure.
But during this process, something unexpected happened to her:
His two companions, for some unknown reason, formed a relationship as an unmarried couple.
It’s not about falling in love, it’s about being boyfriend and girlfriend, it’s more about getting married and becoming a family in the future——
Everything happened so suddenly that Ji Chunzao couldn't help but feel like "she was being attacked", and then she felt bad all over. She didn't want to talk to those two people, and just stayed at home alone and lost her temper. , I would rather close my eyes and cover my ears than hear what happened next.
Thinking about it afterwards, she couldn't even figure out why she lost her temper at the time, but...
Something important had changed without her even realizing it. She didn't have to be an ignorant fool to understand this.
Now, after Ji Chunzao understood her own thoughts, she chose to reconcile herself - and at the moment after the second adventure ended, she felt slightly relaxed.
Now she has understood that even if Yan Jingxing and Xie Yuzhi become an unmarried couple, they have no intention of abandoning her. They are unwilling to give up their relationship with her. This at least makes her feel at ease. Come……
...It's just a little bit more relaxed.
Occasionally, she couldn't help but think that if she could have discovered and noticed other people's thoughts earlier, maybe nothing would have happened;
Even, even -
"Ah, that makes no sense!"
Chun Zao scratched his head with some irritation, scratching his long hair that had grown as densely as waterweed into an even messier state.
The white-washed sneakers flew up and kicked the stones on the ground. The girl watched them roll down the concrete embankment.
It would be great if all the worries in her heart could be kicked away by her like pebbles, she couldn't help but think.
…
To go home from Shigang Village, she first had to take a bus for half an hour, and then walk for half an hour. This journey was neither too short nor too long. When Ji Chunzao was addicted to his inner battle and fighting with the stupid self in his past memories, he had already arrived at the door of his home without even realizing it.
Only then did she come to her senses, and quickly took off the key hanging around her neck and prepared to open the door.
——In the past, this home was a source of trouble for girls.
When Ji Chunzao was still very young, her parents were abducted by a UFO - this was the only thing she could recall without remembering anything.
Of course, it is impossible for adults to believe such nonsense. They only feel that the little girl is very pitiful. She is talking nonsense because she has suffered too much mental shock. But it is a fact that Jichun Zao's parents have evaporated.
As the case reached a deadlock, people regarded the couple as missing, but in fact they were dead, leaving only their only daughter as an orphan.
Finally, among the relatives, it was Ji Chunzao's uncle who adopted her.
The children in my uncle's family are older and have gone to study abroad early; Ji Chunzao is the only child in this family. Her uncle's attitude towards her wasn't bad, but her aunt was different. This woman had objected to other people's children entering the family from the very beginning, so one can imagine her attitude towards Ji Chunzao.
Although there is no physical abuse, being looked down upon by adults and often having to endure cynicism. This kind of undoubted cold violence may also become a lifelong shadow for children with sensitive and soft minds...
However, before things could get more serious, they were forcibly interrupted.
The people who helped her were Yan Jingxing and Xie Yuzhi. Her aunt, who had suffered a loss from them, no longer had any objections to her, but instead ignored her.
This is undoubtedly a relief for Ji Chunzao. Coupled with the subsequent alien adventure and the acquisition of superpowers, she gradually gained confidence. The girl thought that there was nothing worth worrying about -
She thought that some things were right. Troubles were something that would follow people throughout their lives, but they would go through different stages as they grew older.
"I'm back."
As Ji Chunzao spoke, he took off his shoes and walked into the room.
Normally, she would have gone directly upstairs to her room. Her aunt treated her as nothing but air, and she only treated her as if she didn't exist.
But today was different. Ji Chunzao smelled the aroma of the food, and immediately heard a growl in his stomach.
She blushed a little and rubbed her belly.
"Hey, let's eat first and fill our stomachs later."
After coming to the kitchen, Ji Chunzao saw the table full of food. In addition, not only my aunt, but my uncle was also there. Both of them were sitting at the table, motionless, as if in a daze.
"Uncle, you are here too. Why don't you say anything?"
Ji Chunzao subconsciously asked questions, but no one answered her.
"Uncle?...Aunt? Are you...going to eat?"
She felt that the situation between the two of them was a bit strange. The girl sat down carefully on the chair and found that not a single bite of the food on the table had been touched.
Only then did my uncle open his mouth.
"Let's eat."
He said.
However, just after this sound, an astonishing chill climbed up her spine.
No...something's wrong!
Sure enough, something is strange!
Ji Chunzao lowered his head tightly and did not dare to raise his head.
What she heard just now was definitely not her uncle's voice, but the words coming from the mouth of a very strange person.
It's strange to say that one's ears can clearly tell that this person's voice is very similar to his uncle's original timbre. It's almost like they come from the same mouth and one vocal cord, but Ji Chunzao just knows that it's not the same person's voice.
She didn't know if it was a subtle change in pronunciation, a change in rhythm, or a certain tone of voice... There was something wrong with something, but she just knew it.
It was impossible for her to admit her mistake to the elders who had lived under the same roof every day since elementary school.
Although he couldn't figure out what the problem was, after relying on instinct to come to this conclusion, Ji Chunzao's wariness rose in his throat.
She remained calm and couldn't help but look at them carefully from the corner of her eyes.
However, her uncle and aunt didn't seem to notice at all, nor did they want to pay attention to her. They continued to say "Eat, let's eat."
At the same time, the middle-aged couple held up the bowls in exactly the same posture, like a machine with a switch pressed, and took the rice into their mouths one by one.
Although the uncle and aunt in front of me look exactly like them before, their words and deeds are full of weirdness, almost like... "something wearing human skin"!
Ji Chunzao's breathing became rapid. She quietly pressed her slightly rising chest and subconsciously activated her abilities.
——Sure enough, I still can’t feel anything unusual.
In fact, from the moment she walked into the house, she was already sure that there were no traces of alien activity around her.
After all, Ji Chunzao didn't dare to stay in the kitchen anymore. Just looking at the two of them made his hair stand on end, let alone talking to them as if nothing happened.
...Call Jing Xing first!
After the girl made up her mind, she didn't even have time to take a few bites of the food, she put down her chopsticks, got up and walked back.
"I-I'm full!"
She hurried to the second floor.
Ji Chunzao didn't dare to look back, for fear that he would be blocked or stopped by the two people behind him.
*
Instead of running away, she went up to the second floor because the phone was here.
It would be terrible if I ran away and caused some bad or more drastic changes...
After entering the room, she immediately closed the door, her back pressed against the door, her forehead was covered with cold sweat, and her clothes and back were also wet with sweat.
Ji Chunzao took several deep breaths and tried very hard to calm down.
what happened? What happened?
First...call first!
She panicked and informed her two friends, and Yan Jingxing and Xie Yuzhi quickly gave her reassuring replies.
"You wait at home, I'll be there soon."
"I know, I'll come right away."
The girl's mood temporarily relaxed, and her body slowly slid down against the door, finally sitting on the ground.
She was still hesitating whether to stay here and wait for support or find a chance to escape, but now she doesn't have to worry about it.
...So, do you want to find a place to hide? But there seems to be no hiding place at home——
Ji Chunzao thought for a while and decided to check the situation first.
After all, so far, the weird and strange "uncle" and "aunt" didn't actually do anything to her. She was just following her instinct to avoid danger.
The curly-haired girl stood up from the ground and looked out through the crack of the door to see what was going on.
It doesn't matter if you don't look at it. After looking at it, Ji Chunzao's pupils shrank rapidly, and his scalp felt numb as if it was tense:
I don’t know when, the sound of dishes and chopsticks in the kitchen has stopped, and it has fallen into an eerie silence. My uncle and mother, who were eating in the restaurant, have now come to the living room, standing side by side quietly at the door of the bedroom on the second floor. Behind her, where she could just see;
As if sensing her gaze at the same moment, they suddenly turned their heads.
The corners of the "Uncle" and "Auntie's" mouths turned upward in unison, revealing weird smiles.
(End of chapter)
