The fat woman chopped the kitchen knife hard on the chopping board, and bright red blood dripped down the chopping board.
She didn't seem to be aware of this, she just squinted her eyes and looked at the pregnant woman standing outside the door.
After a while, the fat woman spoke, her voice sounding like an old clockwork, forced out of her throat.
"Click, click... you are an outsider...not from our Shadow Street."
The fat woman's expression gradually became dangerous.
"What are you doing outside my store? Leave now!"
The woman outside the door was holding her belly, with a rather unwilling expression on her sallow face.
She took a deep look at Xie Xiaoyu in the store, turned around, held her belly and left step by step.
Xie Xiaoyu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the pregnant woman left.
She was about to walk out of the store quietly.
However, when she looked up, a pair of dark eyes, squeezed into gaps by fat, faced her unexpectedly.
The fat woman stared at her silently for who knows how long.
Xie Xiaoyu's cold sweat fell off in a flash.
Did she time out?
The fat woman's plump lips moved and she spoke.
"Where did the kid come from? Come on, come on, don't delay my business!"
The fat woman waved her arms impatiently as if chasing away flies.
Xie Xiaoyu pursed his lips, and a trace of luck flashed in his heart.
She was about to walk out hurriedly, and as soon as she stepped out the door, something suddenly occurred to her.
Xie Xiaoyu turned around again, bowed to the fat woman, and then left.
Xie Xiaoyu left the butcher shop and continued walking along the road.
This street, called Shadow Street, has only one main road in the middle.
Along the main road, there are street lights or decorative sycamore trees at regular intervals.
On both sides of the road, there are rows of closed shops.
Xie Xiaoyu did not find another way.
Xie Xiaoyu turned another corner.
She walked around the corner carefully, fearing that she would see the pregnant woman from before again.
Fortunately, there was nothing this time.
There was nothing in front of me except the three or two fallen leaves that flew down when the wind blew through the sycamore trees.
The streets were dead silent and desolate.
Xie Xiaoyu breathed a sigh of relief.
While walking forward cautiously, he looked around.
The street scenes on both sides of the road gave her a very familiar feeling.
Is it because the whole street is too depressed and most of the shops are closed, so they are all the same?
Walked a short distance.
Xie Xiaoyu's steps suddenly stopped.
Ahead, at the corner at the end of the road, stood a bulletin board silently.
Extremely familiar.
Xie Xiaoyu recognized that this was the bulletin board she saw when she first entered this strange story.
Could it be that she has been walking in circles for so long?
Xie Xiaoyu pursed his lips.
She had taken too many turns before, and even she had lost her sense of direction.
She stood there, hesitated for a moment, and then slowly walked towards the bulletin board.
The bulletin board is still the same bulletin board as before.
You can see that in addition to the piece of paper with the rules and regulations, the corners of the bulletin board still have psoriasis left by the small advertisements that were posted in the past.
There are words written on these psoriasis, such as "A lot of money to seek a child", "A master of men's medicine" and "Missing notice".
Xie Xiaoyu's eyes returned to the rules, and his expression suddenly changed.
The rules have changed compared to before!
Under Article 9, there is actually one more article.
【10. Look down at your shadow. 】
Xie Xiaoyu lowered his head subconsciously and looked at his own shadow.
The sun shines from her side, casting her shadow on the ground beside her.
A long one, thin and thin.
Xie Xiaoyu's body suddenly tensed up.
It was like someone poured a bucket of cement on his head and solidified it in place.
The cold hairs stood on end.
A strong sense of danger filled her heart instantly.
behind!
one person!
That's right, right behind her shadow, another shadow, also stretched by the sunlight, was approaching.
Getting closer……
Getting closer……
"!"
Xie Xiaoyu turned around suddenly.
The face of a woman with snow-white skin came into her eyes instantly.
"Hey, it's you!"
The woman's expression was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly burst into surprise.
Like an acquaintance suddenly meeting after not seeing him for a long time, he greeted Xie Xiaoyu familiarly.
"This street is empty. I thought I was alone, but I didn't expect to meet you here."
Xie Xiaoyu stared at the familiar face for a few seconds.
He immediately recognized who she was.
"Wang Qing...?"
Xie Xiaoyu suddenly lost his voice.
Her eyes fell behind Wang Qing.
A huge monster covered in thick dog hair was waving several thick tentacles at the moment, seemingly ready to bite at any time!
"You, behind you!"
Xie Xiaoyu's pupils dilated due to fear and his lips trembled.
The excessive fright made her throat stiff and her vocal cords tense, and she could only squeeze out a few gossamer-like breaths from her throat.
"Behind me?" Wang Qing looked back and said, "Ah, you mean Xiao Hei."
Wang Qing pulled the rope in his hand.
Xie Xiaoyu then noticed that Wang Qing was still holding a dog leash in his hand, and the other end of the dog leash was tied to the monster.
Wang Qing greeted the dog twice.
"Hey, hey, hey, come on, Xiaohei, show me to my sister."
The dog immediately waved its tentacles happily and ran forward in small steps.
Of course, Wang Qing also knew that his dog's appearance would hinder the appearance of the city, and he was afraid that Xie Xiaoyu wouldn't be able to accept it.
"Although Xiao Hei looks a little weird and ugly, Xiao Hei has a good temper." Wang Qing said, with a shy smile on his face.
Under the thick dog fur, a low bark came, "Woof."
The pink bows on the tentacles swayed in the wind.
Xie Xiaoyu: "..."
She struggled to control her urge to run away and focus on the so-called "dog".
Seeing that the monster really didn't seem to have any intention of attacking him.
Xie Xiaoyu breathed a sigh of relief, raised a hand and said hello to Gouzi.
"H-hello."
"Woof!"
Gouzi raised his voice and answered particularly sweetly.
Even though the thick dog hair tentacles cover its face tightly, the facial features and expressions are completely invisible.
Just from the voice, you can hear how flattering and pretentious it is.
"Look, let me just say that Xiao Hei is very good."
Wang Qing was very satisfied with Gouzi's performance and reached out to stroke Gouzi's hair.
Xie Xiaoyu laughed twice.
Looking at the "dog" held by Wang Qing, she suddenly thought that there was something related to dogs in the rules.
Rule 7, [The dog will protect you briefly while the dog is still alive. 】
Could it be that the "dog" mentioned in the rules is this monster in front of me?
But how could it be such a coincidence that I met Wang Qing in this strange story?
Obviously I didn't meet her when I just walked the first lap.
Could it be that Wang Qing just entered this weird rules talk?
At this time, the sweat on Xie Xiaoyu's back had not yet dried, and was soaked in the cold by the wind.
Xie Xiaoyu couldn't help but think:
Or... is there something weird in this weird story that can be disguised as someone else's appearance?
