Fishing Beauty Dressed As a Vicious Stepmother

"Bleeding." Rong Yin squatted under the street lamp and carefully held her feet to look. It's amazing, this woman even looks so good on her feet.

He carefully wiped the blood from her feet with his hands. "Did you just get scratched by something?" A cut was made on the right side of her foot, which was probably caused by broken glass in the room.

"Does it hurt?" He raised his head to look at her, and found that she was smiling at him with her head down under the street lamp, smiling beautifully and tenderly, with her soft palms reaching out and touching his head gently.

"You look like this, so good." She put her fingers through his short black hair and stroked him complimentarily.

The concealed ears warmed up again. He had never been praised for being "good". He had been regarded as a monster since he was a child, and even his mother did not praise him for being good.

Is he good? He obviously loses control so easily, killing his mother and even killing others.

"I'm not a puppy." He muttered, lowering his eyes, but didn't remove her hand that touched his head.

Before tonight, no one had hugged him or touched him. He thought he didn't like being touched and approached.

But he found that her fingers were very comfortable, and he seemed to like it.

"Can you still walk?" Rong Yin put her feet in the slippers and asked her to try to walk.

She stood on tiptoes without stomping on it too hard, and said, "It hurts, and I may not be able to walk."

"Really?" Rong Yin carefully studied the wound on her foot. The wound was on the side, so she couldn't walk in pain?

Qiao Sha couldn't help but smile, and reached out to hold up his chin to let him look at her, "I said it hurts, I want you to carry me, understand?"

Fool.

The concealed face heated up a little under her fingers.

The air after the heavy rain was the scent of leaves and soil, and under his nose was her scent, the damp air and the scent of her fragrance.

Is this woman acting coquettishly to him?

Rong Yin blushed and held her hand and moved it away from her chin. There was a little smug and a little nervous, and she said stiffly: "You are really troublesome, just say it if you want to get your back."

He turned around, squatted on the ground, blushing extremely, but pretending to be troublesome, he said, "Come on."

Qiao Sha looked at his hot ears and leaned over on his back. The young boy's tight back trembled, and his neck became red. She pressed against him with arms around him. Hug him, he is so hot.

Like a small stove burning up.

His tense whole body was tense, stretched out his hand to support her leg, and put his fingers on her soft leg, as if being electrocuted, he curled up into a fist and slammed her back up.

"Is it heavy?" Qiao Sha put her head on his shoulder and asked deliberately in his ear.

He seemed to be stunned, and he didn't even bother to answer her, but just walked forward with her back on his back.

Qiao Sha pursed her mouth and smiled, his tight fist wrapped around her leg, and he didn't dare to stretch it out.

What are you thinking about? Are you struggling fiercely in your heart to open your palms and touch her thighs?

Sure enough, his fist opened, but he suddenly curled up when he touched her lace, as if he was fighting fiercely in his heart.

It's so cute.

Qiao Sha couldn't help laughing, really wanting to see the astringent heart of the 19-year-old boy.

101 has a hint of helplessness, "If you have this function, you might be disappointed. Boys at this age are when they are full of pornography."

Yeah? That's great.

Qiao Sha looked at his staring gaze, as if he was carrying out a mission of seeing death as home.

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What was he thinking about?

He was thinking she was wearing a skirt!

He buried his head and walked straight forward, his fists clenched tightly, no, no, she trusted him so much, he couldn't be so disgusting!

He quickened his pace, almost trotting, otherwise his mind was full of images of Xiao thinking about her.

She hugged him tightly, smiled and asked him, "Do you know the way?"

He stopped abruptly, with a sudden heartbeat, yes, he didn't know the road, he had hardly gone out, every road was strange to him.

He stood at a crossroads, watching strange traffic lights and zebra crossings, panting, he had only seen these in the video of the tutor.

He knows the traffic lights, and he knows how to pass the traffic lights.

The tutor will tell him every thing and rule of daily life, he knows everything.

But he has never "practised", he has no daily life, just like he has a mobile phone, he can also use a mobile phone, but he has no friends in his mobile phone.

"Over there." Qiao Sha stretched out her hand on her shoulder and pointed out a way for him, "Cross the road and walk forward."

He looked at Qiao Sha's fingers, looked at the direction Qiao Sha pointed out, and his heart was filled with strange excitement and joy.

He walked upright on the road for the first time. The first time he crossed the road, he was not at all panicked. He was wary of everyone passing by, warned that they would see that he was non-human and would take him away. Was hurt by him out of control.

Because he knew that Qiao Sha was safe, she could calm him down, and she made him look less strange, like a normal person.

Although he does not know Lu, she does.

He listened to her, crossed the road and walked forward.

The heart seems to be flying, no one will find that he is non-human, and Qiao Sha is by his side, which makes him feel safe.

He really likes walking!

He walked under the street lights and passed by every convenience store with lights on, he couldn't help but look sideways and sniff.

Qiao Sha looked at each of his small expressions. He was so cute, like a dog who went out for a walk for the first time, full of curiosity and excitement about everything, but he needed to be led by a rope to feel safe.

"Want to eat?" Qiao Sha followed his gaze and looked at it. It was a 24-hour convenience store. Oden was steaming. She didn't ask him to answer and said, "I will bring you to eat tomorrow, okay?"

"Tomorrow?" His eyes were bright, "I can come out tomorrow?"

"Of course." Qiao Sha said to him: "You and I are so good together, of course you can come out every day."

every day.

He stared at the brightly lit convenience store, feeling incredible, as if he was dreaming.

No, he has never even dreamed of such a happy thing. His dreams are painful and barren, because he has never gone out and lived like this, so he can't imagine it. It turned out to be like this when walking on the road. It feels like this is the original taste at the entrance of the convenience store.

It smells so good, so happy.

He likes to be with her, every day.

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"Don't you buy one for him?" 101 was also a little unbearable, so let's buy one for the child.

Not tonight.

Qiao Sha looked happy and concealed, and couldn't give too many rewards at once, otherwise he would easily become dissatisfied in the future.

Let him look forward with excitement, waiting to be with her tomorrow, with her every day.

Like walking a dog, with twenty minutes of happy time every day, it will start to look forward to its owner getting off work and taking it out every day.

Happiness with limits is happiness.

101 admired nothing. The host proposed to walk to his grandfather's house in order to let him experience the happiness of a "normal person" that he had never experienced before.

Let him think that he can have this kind of happiness with her.

How could he not listen to her obediently?

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It’s not far from the original owner’s old community to Rong Yin’s grandpa’s house. It takes more than 20 minutes to walk. Rong Yin’s physical strength is much better than ordinary people. In ten minutes, he walked outside the Ruan’s villa with Qiao Sha on his back.

The Ruan family has been in business for several generations, not only wealthy, but also very well-connected. Living in the famous private scenic Cuihu, the entire Cuihu area, there are only five or six mansions, and all the dignitaries can live in.

It's a pity that the Ruan family only has the hidden mother Ruan Yi, and this daughter, after Ruan Yi's death, in the huge Ruan family villa, only the old couple of the Ruan family are left.

Rong Yin didn't want to go home, and Qiao Sha's residence couldn't stay anymore. Qiao Sha suggested whether or not to send him to his grandfather's house.

In fact, he didn’t get along much with his grandpa and grandma. When his mother was still there, he took him to live with his grandpa for a year or two. Later, after his mother passed away, he was locked up in the Rong’s old house. At first, grandma would often visit him. He takes care of him.

Later, grandma became seriously ill, and there was no way to see him again, so only grandpa came.

Later, he often lost control, and even Grandpa didn't come to see him much.

But he knew very well in his heart that his father hated him and wanted to send him to the supervision center tower several times. It was his grandpa and grandmother trying to protect him.

Rong Yin stood outside the big villa and regretted coming here. Perhaps grandpa and grandma didn't want to see him, he killed their only daughter.

Qiao Sha didn't give him time to hesitate, and pressed the doorbell.

There was a housekeeper asking who it was, and Qiao Sha and his face appeared on the monitor at the door.

He retreated a little bit of resistance and discomfort, suddenly didn't want to go in, wanted to leave, and wanted to hide in a small hotel where no one knew him.

In case they are afraid to see him, in case he suddenly loses control...

The wrist was held by warm fingers, Qiao Sha took his hand, and stepped back to him and asked him, "Are you afraid? Afraid they don't want to see you?"

He lowered his head and stood there without speaking, as if he had put up his thorn again, protecting himself.

Qiao Sha understands that she understands his "cowardly", he has never been treated as a normal person, he is the monster that killed his mother.

Was locked in an old house, locked in a basement, and had no normal contact with anyone.

He doesn't know how to socialize and is afraid of socializing.

"If you don't want to go in, we'll go to find a little hotel that's a little too close." Qiao Sha held his wrist and gently stroked the back of his hand with her thumb, "But you have to answer me, okay?"

She waited for him to answer.

His tense arms slackened a little bit, looking at Qiao Sha's injured foot, pursing his mouth, and trying to talk to her about his thoughts, with a low and soft voice: "I will lose control."

Will it get out of control?

Qiao Sha tilted her head to look at him. He stared at her feet and said, "The hotel has no disinfectant."

Qiao Sha looked at him and blinked slightly. The cute puppy was fighting with himself in his heart. He resisted entering. He was afraid that he would lose control in front of the only relative who loved him, but he was worried about her feet.

There is no disinfectant in the small hotel.

His cute, soft-hearted hair, wants to give him a hug.

Qiao Sha thought for a while, stretched out her hand to take off the black hair rope, took his hand, and put it around his wrist.

"Isn't you going to lose control when I hold your hand?" Qiao Sha said to him while pulling the headband, "Just treat this as my spiritual body, I will trap you and give you a disobedient spiritual body. Put on the collar, it listens to me very much, it will not lose control."

He stared blankly at her headband on his wrist, which was black with a pearl on it.

Collar, she put a collar on his mental body, making him obedient to his mental body that is easy to lose control.

The rope was full of her breath, as if she had been holding him.

She leads him so he won't lose control.

it seems to be like this.

The big iron door creaked open.

He was disturbed by the sound, and Qiao Sha's fingers crossed his wrist, reached into his fingers, and shook his fingers, the palms were held together against the palms.

His mind was all attracted by her touch, he unconsciously ignored those voices, and ignored the people who came hurriedly.

He didn't react until the person stood in front of him and talked to Qiao Sha.

It's his grandfather.

He stood a few steps away from him with a cane, did not let anyone follow, as if he was afraid of frightening him, did not get too close, and the voice was very soft.

Just looking at his eyes, they made a red circle.

"Don't be afraid, Xiaoyin, grandpa won't go over, don't go over." Ruan Simin looked at his grandson with sour eyes. He didn't dare to go or speak loudly. He knew very well how to get along with so-called non-human beings, because his daughter was .

She has become extremely sensitive, and a little voice can make her frightened and afraid.

She was afraid of being touched, and anyone approaching would make her panic.

She can sense the emotions of everyone around her, and when someone is upset, she will also be upset.

He understands all of these.

So when he ran out, he was prepared, calmed down, and wanted to calm his emotions so as not to disturb Xiao Yin.

But when he saw that Xiao Yin was already so high, he suddenly couldn't control his emotions. He hadn't seen Xiao Yin for a long, long time, because every time he saw Xiao Yin, Xiao Yin would always lose control.

Perhaps he reminded Xiaoyin of his mother, and then he dared not visit him again.

He didn't even dare to dream, Xiao Yin took the initiative to stand in front of him, calmly standing in front of him.

"Little Yin is so tall..." Ruan Simin said, tears welling up. If his daughter is still there, he must be very happy. Xiao Yin is tall and handsome, very similar to her.

Qiao Sha squeezed Rongyin's nervous hand, and gently said to Old Man Ruan: "Xiaoyin came out for a walk. I want to see you and Madam Ruan on the way."

She guessed that Rong Anyu must have called and told the Ruan family that Rong Yin ran away and asked the Ruan family to help find someone.

"Okay." Ruan Simin wiped away tears and stepped back. "Your grandma was still talking about going to see you this morning. She heard that you are coming and must get out in a wheelchair. Don't be afraid, Xiaoyin. Grandpa let everyone else do it. Go to rest."

There were not many people in this big villa. After Ruan Yi split up, she was afraid of crowds, so Master Ruan dismissed most of the servants, leaving only a few old employees familiar to Ruan Yi.

Qiao Sha glanced at Rong Yin, he was not resisting, he was also looking at his grandfather, maybe he was just afraid that losing control would hurt them and disappoint them.

Or maybe, he doesn't know how to establish an intimate relationship with people.

No one has taught him how to get along with others.

He held Qiao Sha's hand in a daze, and followed her into the villa. He couldn't remember too little things, but many places in the villa made him feel familiar.

The quiet villa, green lawn, as if his mother helped him learn to walk there when he was young.

As he walked in, he saw his mother's easel under the corridor, and beside the easel was the children's chair he had sat on when he was a child.

When he was a child, he was expected to grow up like a normal child, right?

He stepped into the living room and saw the grandmother sitting in the wheelchair in the living room. The grandmother was so old. He remembered that the grandmother had black hair and dressed appropriately in a cheongsam. He patiently taught him to write and use chopsticks.

"Xiao Yin." Grandma opened her mouth and cried without saying anything.

He was standing in the living room, looking at the photo on the wall-it was a family portrait with grandpa and grandma, and his mother. He was hugged and sat on his lap by his grandpa and grandma.

Everyone laughed happily.

Until, he killed his mother...

"Xiao Yin."

Someone called him softly, the back of his cold hand was wrapped in warm palms, and he lowered his eyes to see Qiao Sha who was looking at him.

She was calling him, she stroked the back of his hand, and said to him in a calm and gentle tone: "Aren't you looking for disinfectant for me?"

He seemed to be pulled out of the emotion that was about to overwhelm him, and looked down at Qiao Sha's feet.

Yes, he wants to find disinfection water for her, to disinfect.

He raised his head subconsciously, looked at the two old people in the room, and blurted out: "Grandma..."

After calling, I remembered that he hadn't called them for a long time, and the embarrassing throat was blocked for a while.

Mrs. Ruan in the wheelchair was crying harder. She didn't expect to see her grandson alive and hear him call her grandmother.

"It's all right." Ruan Simin hurriedly calmed his wife. "If you cry again, Xiao Yin will be uncomfortable." He was afraid that their emotions would make Xiao Yin upset, so he was busy and said gently, "Xiao Yin wants to disinfect water." Isn't it? Miss Qiao was injured?"

He looked at Qiao Sha, and naturally saw Qiao Sha and Xiaoyin’s hands holding each other early in the morning, but this is not important. What’s important is that Xiao Yin was willing to let her approach, touch, or even be led by her. here.

Xiao Yin seemed to listen to her very much.

If so, that would be great! They agreed to Rong Anyu to marry Miss Qiao at first because she was a trainer and they hoped that she could help Xiaoyin stabilize her emotions.

It's just that after getting married, Xiao Yin's condition has not improved, but worsened, so he thought that the trainer was useless.

Unexpectedly, it can be so good now!

He watched Xiaoyin nod to him, and was so happy that he didn't know what to do, turned around and went to find the medicine box in person.

Sitting on the sofa, Qiao Sha noticed that the lights in this villa had been transformed, close to the scattered lights of natural light.

The villa is very quiet, almost no other people can be seen, and even the stereo in the corner of the room has low white noise.

All settings are close to the monitoring center tower, which can comfort non-humans who are sensitive to the five senses and easily lose control.

So Rong Yin came in and adjusted to the two elderly people, and soon became emotionally stable.

The two old people also quickly tried to calm their emotions and looked quietly at Rong Yi.

They really love this grandson, the only child left by their daughter.

In contrast, the Rong family’s old house is like a prison, guarding the hidden cage. Does Rong Anyu’s father have feelings for his son?

Qiao Sha looked sideways at Rong Yin. He was sitting on the sofa next to her, bending over and holding cotton wool, carefully cleaning the wound on her foot.

His eyelashes were very long, and a black feather seemed to cover his beautiful eye pupils. Her feet were on his knees. He didn't mind if others would misunderstand him. He just wiped her wounds seriously.

He is like an autistic and paranoid teenager living in his own world, with a sensitive and fragile core, so he needs to use a terrible mental body to protect himself.

——He is not a bad boy.

This is what Ruan Simin secretly added to her WeChat and sent it to her.

Ruan Simin didn't dare to speak in front of Rong Yin, so he told her on WeChat that he felt Xiao Yin was still saved. Xiao Yin was not a bad boy, but he was sick with a strange disease that made him unable to control himself. It was not that he killed him. It's a strange disease in his body to kill his mother.

He hoped that Qiao Sha could help Xiaoyin.

Yes, when Rong Yin's mother died, Rong Yin was only three years old, such a small child, he didn't even know what "death" was.

He was forced to divide, was forced to become a non-human, and killed his mother without knowing anything.

But no one cares about this, except his grandparents, everyone around him will monitor him in fear, believing that he is the monster that killed his biological mother.

Including his father.

The living room door was pushed open with a slight sound.

Rong Yin trembled, and the fingers holding her ankle contracted subconsciously. He didn't look up, but he knew who had come in.

That breath, that kind of irritability, fear, and disgust.

Is his father.

He stopped, his eyes on him.

Rong Yin clearly felt his father's fear and disgust, and his father walked away from him and walked to his grandfather and grandmother's side.

He held Qiao Sha's ankle tighter with his fingers, would she take it away? Will he be taken away in order to avoid suspicion and fear that his father will misunderstand him, and keep a distance from him?

But her feet were still obediently in his palm, and her emotions did not change at all. Even if his father watched him and her, she was still calm and calm.

He subconsciously raised his eyes and peeped at her, her beautiful face still has a gentle smile, which made him easily infected by other people's emotions, and settled back safely on her.

She is like a strong and gentle barrier, bearing his unrest and violence.

"Why did you bring him here?" Rong Anyu asked her blamelessly, "In the middle of the night, do you know that I am running around looking for you?"

Ruan Simin looked at Rong Yin, frowned and tapped Rong Anyu's instep with his cane, and whispered to him: "Talk to Miss Qiao." Didn't he know that Xiao Yin was easily emotionally stimulated?

Rong Anyu was surprised and displeased when he was ordered, why? The old man had a lot of opinions on Qiao Sha before, and felt that she could not help Xiaoyin at all, so why did he speak for her now?

Why is he speaking bad?

If he hadn't taken care of Rong Yin's easy loss of control, he would have lost his temper. As his wife, she had not fulfilled his wife's duties, and even Rong Yin had not taken care of her.

Now, she is sitting there with her feet in her concealed arms, not knowing to avoid suspicion at all, when he does not exist?

Rong Anyu wanted to say something, but looking at Rong Yin's gloomy profile, he could endure it. Rong Yin's loss of control was too terrifying to stimulate him.

"I was too anxious." Rong Anyu's tone was as gentle as possible and asked Ruan Simin what to do tonight? Do you want to take Rong Yin back, or stay here for one night?

Ruan Simin had communicated with Qiao Sha on WeChat. Xiaoyin was going to stay here for a few days, and the room was ready, so he told Rong Anyu to keep Xiaoyin and Qiao Sha.

Rong Anyu nodded and said, "Then I will stay with Qiao Sha, and I will trouble my parents tonight."

Faintly frowned, his father wants to stay? Do you live with Qiao Sha?

"Come on, Qiao Sha, I have something to ask you." Rong Anyu raised his chin to Qiao Sha, motioned her to go upstairs to the guest room with him, and uncomfortably said to Rong Yin, "Xiao Yin, you will live first tonight. it's here."

Qiao Sha's feet were taken away from his palm. He seemed to want to move. Qiao Sha reached out and held his shoulders. When she got up, she whispered in her ears and said to him, "Go to bed obediently, and go to the convenience store tomorrow."

He sat there with his eyes down, did not move or speak.

Qiao Sha left him. He listened to her footsteps and followed his father's upstairs, leaving him little by little.

Then he walked into the room and closed the door with a "click".

They will live in one room, they will sleep on a bed, and their father will touch her, right? They are husband and wife, and he knows what the husband and wife will do.

His fingers hooked the black headband on his wrist uneasyly. What is he doing? Why did he want to kill his father...

No, no.

She was originally his father's wife, not his.

His fingers were twisted with black-headed ropes, tightly wrapped around his fingers, tangling pain and blue-purple.

"Xiaoyin?" A few steps away from behind, Grandpa asked him softly, "Will grandpa and grandma take you to see the room?"

He sat there twisting his emotions into his head rope, and tried his best to calmly say to his grandpa: "I want to sit here."

He added: "Sit here for a while."

Ruan Simin stood behind him, looked at him, knowing that he could not be forced, and said softly: "Okay, okay, then here."

Madam Ruan couldn't help crying again, she pulled Ruan Simin and gestured upstairs, wanting him to go upstairs to invite Miss Qiao down, Xiao Yin now only wants to let Miss Qiao approach, what is important for Rong Anyu , Must call Miss Qiao away?

But Ruan Simin shook his head. After all, Miss Qiao is Rong Anyu's wife.

In the guest room upstairs, Rong Anyu called Qiao Sha in, and immediately lowered her voice and asked her: "What's the matter? I just went to the place where you lived before to find you, and found that people from the Supervision Bureau were guarding outside your residence. Have you found out that Xiaoyin is non-human?"

"No." As soon as Qiao Sha came in, she didn't bother to smile at him, and asked him where the bathroom was. There was a lot of dried blood in her hair. Before she could wash it off, she returned to him: "Perhaps she went to Qiao Yiming. , He lives there now, I am afraid that I would meet him, so I didn't take the room to hide there."

Qiao Yiming? That gambler who borrows usury everywhere can alarm the Supervision Bureau?

Rong Anyu still felt uneasy, but Qiao Sha no longer paid attention to him, went straight to the bathroom, closed the door and took a bath.

He was locked outside the bathroom door, distraught, took off his jacket and tie at will, and then cautiously opened the door of the room to look outside, wanting to make sure if Rong Yin went to sleep in peace.

The light in the living room downstairs had been turned off and it was completely dark. He thought that Rong Yin was going to sleep, so he closed the door with confidence.

He didn't see the concealment who was still sitting there on the sofa downstairs.

He loosened his shirt button and was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief. He was originally on a business trip. He heard that Rong Yin ran out of the old house out of control, and hurried back. Now he hasn't even bothered to drink.

He was unspeakably upset for his son. He still had some feelings before the age of three, but he could kill his mother at the age of three, and he was terrified to think about it.

After drinking a glass of water, Qiao Sha walked out of the bathroom.

She was still wearing the same clothes she had when she entered, a white shirt and a black skirt, and she was wiping her wet hair.

Rong Anyu really couldn't get angry every time he saw her. He never regretted marrying such a woman for 60 million.

He is not without other lovers, but none of them can compare with her.

That's why he can bear her until now, even if he doesn't let him touch, he will buy her a diamond bag.

She is replying to whose message she is holding the phone.

Rong Anyu walked over, and she darkened the phone.

"Who is looking for you so late?" Rong Anyu reached out and took her towel and wiped her hair. "Don't you have any other friends?" When he married him, he checked her mobile phone.

Apart from him, there was only one [Sun] in her address book, and she said it was her psychotherapist.

He also sent her to several psychotherapy sessions. The psychotherapist was a woman named Dongqing.

"New friend." As he got closer and closer, Qiao Sha could only step back and sat down on the bed.

He leaned over and grabbed her hand and pressed it down. He didn't bother to care about men and women, and he got close to Qiao Sha's neck and smelled it.

But Qiao Sha grabbed her neck in disgust, "I don't like old men, I hope you don't ask for trouble, I haven't planned to die my husband so early." He kept it for some use.

He froze for a moment. This was the first time Qiao Sha had said this to him in such a tone. Even if she resisted having a relationship with him before, she only made excuses and begged him.

He looked at Qiao Sha in surprise, and asked again, "What did you say?"

Qiao Sha looked at him and smiled, holding the fingers of his neck with little force, "I said." She raised her head and whispered in his ear: "Don't touch me, your son will kill you."

There was an inexplicable cold on his back, as if something was staring at him behind his back, hot breath sprayed on the back of his neck.

He trembled all over, turned his head hurriedly, and opened his mouth in shock when he saw the huge red eyes behind him.

Qiao Sha covered his mouth and said softly: "Don't call, you will irritate him if you call, and it will eat you directly."

He stared at the giant beast that appeared behind him without knowing when, trembling all over, he dared not make a single word.

That, that is... the hidden spirit monster, it's this monster...

The monster lowered his head towards him, barked his white fangs, and barked low at him. He was frightened and limp on the floor beside the bed, only to see that the giant monster circled Qiao Sha on the bed with his claws. In his arms, the huge head arched her gently.

This is, what is going on? The monster that concealed his mother to death would not hurt Qiao Sha? ?

Qiao Sha was itchy, hugging its big head, and asked it gently: "Do you miss me?"

Its ears were sprayed hot and itchy, and then they collapsed softly with a whine.