"Is the old woman able to see this child because she is about to die?"
"wrong."
The old man quickly denied his suspicion.
It is true that she is a dying old man, but the young man who also saw this child in front of her is not.
There was a troubled expression on the old man's face.
So what is this child...
"It's a monster."
Xiao Xiao directly announced the answer.
The old man felt like the hairs all over his body stood on end.
Not afraid.
It's a feeling close to trembling.
monster?!
...
"It's a brat."
Xiao Xiao introduced the situation of monsters to the old man.
"It loves children."
"oh oh."
The old man nodded, still looking a little dazed, "I like children too."
"Ghosts always appear in children's beds at night."
"Bounce."
"It wants to play with children."
"It wants companionship."
"The child is the companion it wants to be."
"Yeah?"
A trace of distress flashed across the old man's face.
This is a lonely child.
"But to become its companion, the child needs... to die."
The old man suddenly opened his eyes wide.
"Children visited by it will have a high fever the next day."
"High fever...won't go away..."
For the first time, the old man felt that he was not an old fool.
Because when she heard these words, she suddenly thought of what the young man said at the beginning——
"Do the children in this community always have high fevers for no apparent reason?"
What's the meaning?
The old man couldn't help but reach out and grab the clothes on his chest.
She didn't dare to listen anymore.
I don’t dare to think about it anymore.
But her consciousness was not under her control, and her mind continued to follow the young man's words.
What this young man means is that...the children in the community who have high fevers...are because of the child hiding behind her now?
How can it be?
How can it be……
Even if this child is a bit special...even if no one but her can see this child before...
Even if this child is a little different from ordinary children...
But he is just a child.
A child with a somewhat peculiar appearance.
A child who would follow her here just because she said she wasn't feeling well.
A kid who was so happy to go to her house...
Such a child...such a child...how could...
"Did you make a mistake?"
The old man's voice was trembling, "He's just a child."
"How could he cause other children to have high fevers?"
"impossible."
"Such an incredible thing...how is it possible..."
The old man shook his head.
The more she talked, the more she felt that what the young man in front of her said was just nonsense.
This young man is talking nonsense.
The old man's brows furrowed, with an angry look on his face.
…
"The kid is a monster."
Xiao Xiao reiterated what he said before.
"It has the ability."
"monster……"
The old man opened his mouth, his voice almost hoarse.
The first time she heard these two words, she didn't have much reaction.
When she heard these two words from the young man in front of her again, she was still in a daze.
Her attention was attracted by the young man's words just now, and she didn't have time to think about the meaning of these two words.
Now……
Monster...ah...
Is this young man really not joking with her?
The old man opened his eyes and looked carefully at Xiao Xiao's expression.
But there was no hint of falsehood in it.
The young man in front of her was talking to her about this matter seriously.
She knew that what this young man said... was true.
The old man didn't know why, but he was somewhat resistant to this fact.
"How...how do you know this child is a monster?"
The old man shook his head, "Monsters... or something... how could it be real..."
"The monster that makes children sick..."
"How could it be true?"
The old man kept shaking his head.
"you……"
"I'm serious."
Xiao Xiao looked at the old man and said, "I don't have to joke."
The old man opened his mouth.
Yes, no matter how idle a young man is, he would not travel so far on a hot day just to play a joke with an old woman that would be ruined at the first glance.
She knows...
The old man lowered his eyes slightly.
She knows, but...
The old man raised his eyes, "Then you..."
She had almost guessed the young man's purpose.
The child's hands were still holding her clothes.
It's afraid.
The old man suddenly remembered that a week ago, when she was about to fall here, the child she was worried about was in trouble appeared next to her and held her arm.
The child's expression at that time was as panicked as it is now.
Could it be...
"Did you do anything to this kid a week ago?"
The old man asked blurtly.
"Um."
Xiao Xiao nodded, "But it ran away."
"I found this place."
"Then I saw you taking it home."
"I didn't want you to know about this."
Xiao Xiao sighed a little.
He saw the old man's struggles and entanglements in his eyes.
For an old man to accept that the child he has been with sincerely for several years is actually a monster, or a monster harmful to humans...
Such a fact is too cruel for an old man.
"You probably also suddenly met this monster one day. So, if this monster suddenly disappeared one day, it is actually not that difficult for you to accept, right?"
"But this monster is very smart."
Xiao Xiao glanced at the monster who was paying attention to their conversation.
"It knows that as long as you are by its side, I will not touch it."
"It's in your house..."
Before the last step, "I will not break into your home without permission and take action against this monster."
"You knew I would come here..."
The old man was stunned.
Many people know her habit of feeding cats.
It is not difficult to "wait and wait" here.
"Um."
Xiao Xiao nodded, "I waited a few days before coming over."
"In the past few days, whether it was because of your physical condition or because this monster was afraid of my appearance, you would not go out."
"Luckily, it seems that my time estimate was very accurate."
The old man was speechless.
This young man... is really amazing.
The old man wiped his face and forehead.
It was indeed a hot day, and even her body, which was so afraid of the cold, was sweating.
My face felt sticky and uncomfortable.
"Those children's high fevers don't go away...is it really because of...this child?"
"Partially yes."
Xiao Xiao nodded.
"A child... died?"
The old man's voice was very soft on the last two words.
She herself was a little confused as to whether she had pronounced those two sounds?
But she saw the young man in front of her nodding.
She knew that she had uttered the sound of those two words.