The night was gloomy.
The wind lingered outside the house, sometimes making weird howls in the treetops, sometimes making intermittent low hums in the tiles, and turning its head, it would smile weirdly against the window sill.
The little girl tossed and turned, struggling repeatedly while half asleep.
I don’t know when it started.
There was a strange, pungent, disgusting, yet somewhat familiar smell lingering on the bed.
The little girl finally woke up from the smoke, but she was so confused that she couldn't remember what the smell was.
"Wake up."
In the darkness, the voice of the mother-in-law sounded faintly.
"Well."
She responded in a daze, and then she realized with some confusion that her sleeping appearance was very dishonest tonight. She actually did somersaults in her dream and put her feet into her mother-in-law's arms.
The little girl blushed a little, but was surprised to find that the bedding on the mother-in-law and Erwazi's side was wet, and even her feet were stained with some warm and viscous liquid.
"Mother-in-law."
the little guy asked.
"Why is the bed damp?"
"It's Erwazi who peed."
The mother-in-law's speech was unclear, as if she was chewing something in her mouth.
The little girl didn't think anything of him, turned her body back and continued to sleep.
But not for a while.
There was a crisp sound of "crack, bang, bang, bang" in my ears.
"Grandma, what are you eating?"
"I'm eating beans."
OK! No wonder he didn't eat pancakes because he said he wasn't hungry before. It turned out that he had hidden beans, so he had to eat them secretly by himself.
"I want to eat, too."
"can not eat."
The mother-in-law had no room for rejection, and the little girl pouted, but she was a good girl after all and did not ask for anything. She just curled up and tried to fall asleep again with grievances.
But when he fell asleep, he found that the strange smell was getting stronger and stronger, and the moisture on the bedding spread more and more.
"Erwazi?"
The young lady called out angrily, but there was no response for a long time in the darkness, only the mother-in-law's voice sounded slowly.
"He slept to death."
"oh."
She complained slightly, but she didn't expect that the moisture on the quilt aroused her inner anxiety.
She just got up...
"What are you going to do?"
The mother-in-law's hurried question suddenly sounded, accompanied by two dim green lights that suddenly lit up.
The little guy was startled, rubbed his eyes, and looked again. There was no green light anywhere, only a vague outline rising in the darkness.
It's dazzling.
She thought so and then responded:
"I'm going to go out and relieve myself (to the bathroom)."
The mother-in-law seemed reluctant to let her go out.
"Urine bucket?"
"Outside."
"The corner?"
"Daddy doesn't allow it."
"The stove?"
"You have the Stove Lord."
"Okay..."
I really can't find a reason to stop it.
"Go and come back quickly."
…………
The little girl closed the door behind her.
Lock the second child, the youngest child, the mother-in-law, as well as the strange smell and crunching sound in the house into the dark house.
But it was still dark in the courtyard. After using the toilet in the dark, she was about to go back to the house to sleep.
at this time.
There was a gap in the heavy clouds in the sky, and the moonlight shone brightly into the yard.
The little girl shuddered violently.
She saw a pair of bloody footprints "walking" out of the house, spreading all the way to... She lowered her head... Her feet were so red that they were dazzling.
She spread her palms tremblingly again.
There was supposed to be a pea in her palm, which she accidentally touched on the couch. She was not greedy and just took one to taste it.
But now, there are no beans in the palm, only a smooth, pale toe bone without a trace of flesh and blood.
Clouds covered the gap, the moonlight shrank, and the shadows rolled in, covering her pale little face.
She finally remembered what the strange and pungent smell was.
That's the smell of blood.
…………
The little girl covered her mouth hard, and her big tears kept flowing down.
Behind him, across the wall, the crisp sound of "crack, bang, bang, bang" still penetrated his ears.
She finally realized that the sound was not that of the mother-in-law chewing beans, but that the mother-in-law... no, it was the monster chewing on Erwa's toes.
The second baby did not wet the bed, but the second baby was eaten by a monster!
She was so frightened that she wanted to run away.
But.
The youngest brother, Yao Wa, who had just turned one year old, was still in the house, still with the monster.
I cried silently for a long time.
The young lady rubbed her red eyes.
Get up.
Returned to the room.
…
The room was still dark, and even if he tried his best to open his eyes, he could only see three vague outlines on the bed.
The little one snoring slightly is Yao Wa; the one who is motionless and makes no sound is Er Wa; the one crawling next to Er Wa, making a creepy "crack" sound...
It's the man-eating monster!
The little girl held back her tears and climbed onto the bed despite her fear.
But at this time.
The chewing sound in the darkness suddenly stopped.
The strong smell of blood hugged him.
"Why have you been gone so long?"
The little girl's heart almost stopped. Even though the darkness was blurry, she seemed to still be able to see the monster grinning at her, showing its bloody teeth.
She didn't dare to look, so she turned her back and replied cautiously.
"It's too dark outside, so I walk very slowly."
There was silence in the darkness for a moment.
"Why is your heartbeat so fast?"
"I almost stepped on a snake in the yard, and I'm still scared now."
She didn't dare to let the monster continue to ask questions, so she pinched Yao Wa secretly.
"Wow."
The youngest suddenly started crying, and the little sister quickly picked him up.
"Yaowazi is crying again. He must be peeing. I'll take him out to pee."
But the smell of blood approached again, and immediately, her arms were empty, and Yao baby was snatched away by a monster.
She gritted her teeth and did not dare to do anything out of the ordinary. She only listened with fear to the gentle humming of the monster and the baby's "babble" laughter.
This unlucky little thing was actually coaxed to sleep by the monster.
"Listen, he's not crying anymore."
The monster placed Yao Wa next to him, and the little girl had no choice but to curl up back on the bed.
For a while.
There were only crisp sounds in the darkness. These sounds were like little ants burrowing into her body from her ears, gnawing at her heart.
Anger, sorrow, helplessness, fear...
But immediately, the "crack" sound suddenly stopped.
Her heart trembled, and the complicated thoughts were swept away, leaving only fear that slowly enlarged and occupied her entire body.
She couldn't bear it any longer.
"Mother-in-law?"
"What are you going to do again?"
The impatient voice was accompanied by two dim lights.
The little girl shivered.
"I'm going to relieve myself."
"Didn't you just go there?"
"That's the little hand, I want to free the big hand."
In the darkness, the vague outline of the monster suddenly approached, and the string in the little girl's heart was almost broken. Fortunately, the monster immediately retreated, leaving the little girl to notice that something was tied to her ankle.
"What's this?"
"rope."
"Why tie the rope?"
"I've been restless at night recently. If something happens, I can just pull him back."
The little girl didn't dare to refute anymore, she cowardly responded a few times, dragged the rope and groped away.
…
It was still dark outside.
Then he closed the door.
The little girl hurriedly squatted down (harmony).
The thing on the foot is wet and slippery, not like a rope, but like intestines.
It's tied up in a tight knot that can't be untied at all.
Fortunately, she had found a hatchet before, but she didn't dare to bring it into the room and left it at the door.
He quickly found the knife, cut the "rope", and tied it to the beam next to it.
She didn't dare to go through the door, for fear that the sound of opening the door would alert the monster inside, so she fumbled her way out through the dog hole in the corner.
…………
Because of last night's news, the government officials were furious and ordered the officials to step up patrols and track down the murderer.
But Capt. Xing still played a trick and quietly slipped out of work and went shopping at the lantern market with his old wife.
But after all, I am too old to stay up late.
Seeing that Haishi had passed, the two old people gave up on the prosperity and went back to their houses.
There is no moonlight tonight, and everything is quiet.
The two of them used a lantern to guide the way, talking quietly as they walked through the streets.
"Is there really a monster?"
"It's true! Smoke-like things are said to be 'ghosts'."
"How can there be monsters in this peaceful world?"
"No. What's even more strange is that the Taoist also said..."
"Which Taoist?"
"Feng Daoren. He said that the monster might have turned into a beggar. Oh, a man turning into a monster? He can explain such a ridiculous thing."
Lao Xing kept talking for a while, but when he turned around, he found that his wife stopped suddenly.
"how?"
We're almost at the door of our house, why aren't we leaving yet?
The old wife looked solemn and winked in the direction of the neighbor.
Lao Xing then looked around and saw some smoke-like mist slowly seeping through the edge illuminated by the lantern, and in the darkness farther away, a short black figure loomed.
Lao Xing's heart skipped a beat.
He drew out his saber and stood in front of his wife.
…………
"Er baby?"
"Been eaten by a monster."
"Yaowa?"
"Still in the house. I...I'm useless. I can't save my brother."
As she spoke, the little girl's tears burst out like a flood that had been released.
The old wife felt very distressed and quickly held the little guy in her arms and comforted him softly.
"Don't cry, don't cry, no, you're already very brave."
Beside him, Lao Xing's eyebrows, nose, and eyes were almost crumpled into a ball.
He originally thought that tonight would be a rare peaceful night, with no ghost-faced woman killing people, no sudden monsters, and even the troublemaker Li Taoist... According to the brothers on patrol... he had returned to his hotel early.
Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the door of his house, there was a scared little girl waiting for him.
He clutched the knife tightly and paced back and forth, anxious.
Finally, he gritted his teeth.
"Old woman..."
No need to say more.
The old wife nodded: "I know."
For some people, even if their edges have been smoothed by time and their passion has been replaced by fat, the things deep inside their bones are absolutely unchangeable.
The wife continued:
"Be careful. I'm going to the Lantern Festival to look for help."
Lao Xing nodded, but then shook his head.
"No."
"The Dengshi market is too far away, and how can those brothers deal with the monsters? Go to the Yujiadi store in Fangshi next door and find Master Li!"
…………
"Bang dong."
The wooden window lattice burst.
Xing Baotou was thrown out with a mess all over his body and hit the wall, causing him to vomit a large mouthful of blood.
He was in terrible shape at the moment.
Not only was his body covered in wounds, even his self-defense saber was nowhere to be seen.
But the good thing is.
He looked down at his arms, and saw a little baby smiling at him.
"What a heartless little bastard, Nai Gongwei almost lost his life, yet he still has the cheek to smile."
He cursed with a smile and raised his head.
I don't know when the night wind moved away the clouds, leaving the moonlight bright.
It illuminates everything in the courtyard and also illuminates the monsters slowly walking out of the house.
It looks like a thin humanoid, wearing blood-stained clothes, with a fluffy tail, and its face is covered with black hair.
Is this a monster?
Lao Xing gritted his teeth in pain.
She clearly looks like a wizened old woman with a long tail and hairy front, but she is as strong as a bear. Weird? Upon closer inspection, the monster's body shape and face are very similar to that of the woman. Could it be that a man really turned into a monster?
soon.
Lao Xing put this doubt behind him, because the monster had already opened its bloody mouth and pounced forward.
He had suffered a lot, so he didn't dare to resist, so he turned over and tried to avoid it.
But at the critical moment, his feet were unable to exert any force.
Oops!
My whole body was in severe pain just now, but I didn't realize that my leg was broken.
What's worse is that after such a slight delay, it is no longer possible to avoid the monster's attack.
Seeing the monster waving its withered palm, the fierce wind roared towards him.
Lao Xing clenched his teeth, turned sideways, held the little boy in his arms, and withstood the blow.
"boom."
There was a muffled sound.
Lao Xing flew out like a cannonball and hit the other side of the yard, causing mud and dust to fly everywhere.
The severe pain almost overwhelmed his consciousness. He tried his best to hold on, but sadly found that his old body was already overwhelmed by the heavy injuries and could not obey the orders at all.
He could only stare at his increasingly blurry eyes, watching the monster approaching step by step, baring its pale fangs under the moonlight, and then biting his throat.
It's over.
Others think so.
"Qiang."
There was a sudden ringing in my ears.
Immediately, a dazzling cold light burst out in front of his eyes.
Lao Xing heard the monster let out a scream, jumped a few times, and hid back in the dark house.
Then the cold light in front of him stopped and turned into a three-foot green blade.
He heard clothes fluttering, and a short-haired Taoist stepped out from behind him.
finally come!
Lao Xing breathed a sigh of relief, but struggled to speak out.
"Baby?"
"Baby, it's okay."
"Peace of mind."
The Taoist said.
"The rest can be left to Pindao."
