Odd Containment Specialist

She will never forget the damp garbage dump, where she and her mother, who was covered with acne, lived.

"It's just eczema, it's okay, it will be fine when your father takes us back."

In Shangguan Yan's memory, her mother always said such things, but she couldn't even remember what her father looked like.

But her mother stubbornly emphasized the surname Shangguan, as if this name could bring food, even though in this place, names are not important at all, and nicknames are names.

"Red-haired child... red-haired..."

Others called her that, only her mother called her Xiaoyan, saying that she had the same surname as her father, Shangguan, and repeated that she almost died when she gave birth to her at the age of fourteen.

Her mother said that she also left this place, and she seemed to be only seven or eight years old when she left.

She was sold by her mother, Shangguan Yan's grandmother, and then was lucky enough to be selected, washed clean, and then put on clean clothes to meet those people outside.

Then, her mother was chosen and told that she could leave here forever. She lived in a very large, very clean house with the fragrance of flowers in the air.

Shangguan Yan didn't have much impression, but she felt that her mother was not lying.

She vaguely remembered her childhood, as if she had indeed spent it in a very large house. There were people wearing black and white clothes walking back and forth outside the window, both men and women wearing black and white clothes.

But in the slums, she had never seen such clothes, so this impression was regarded as an illusion left in her memory for a long time afterwards.

Those impressions might be what she dreamed of when she was very young.

It was not until later, after a longer time, long after she left the slums, that she knew that they were called servant clothes and suits.

Before leaving that place, she and her mother made a living by picking up garbage.

In the garbage dump, they occasionally picked up some edible leftovers, but earlier, she ate better than this.

She remembered that as long as her mother and those people walked into the house.

Then, she only needed to squat at the door and wait for a while. When her mother came out, she could go to eat, some biscuits and bread.

Unfortunately, her mother had eczema, so she never had a normal meal again. This situation did not improve until her mother died and she became self-reliant.

Thinking about it now, Shangguan Yan still regretted it. If she had realized the convenience of violence earlier, maybe her mother would not have died.

No... It was just wishful thinking. She would have died a long time ago.

But violence is indeed a good thing. She does not hate her bad experience now. This extreme environment has made her what she is now.

In short, when she met Xia Shou for the first time, the atmosphere was actually very tense. She was really considering whether to kill this well-dressed man.

Looking back now, she felt that it was not entirely her fault, and at that time, Xia Shou was indeed too suspicious.

What he did was so similar to what she heard from her mother, saying that he would take her away from here and would always support her.

In the face of such a thing, who would think that the other party had no intention?

However, after several contacts, she was still taken away. After asking the other party for medicine several times, she fainted on the spot because of fever. When she woke up, she was already in a room with a fragrant air.

He pulled her out of the slum, gave her food, clothes, treated her wounds and pains, and gave her a warm environment.

She didn't dare to eat the beautiful food on the plate, as if there was some dangerous intention hidden in the food that no one knew about, and even she herself didn't know what she was guarding against.

She didn't want to rest on the soft Simmons mattress. At night, she liked to wrap herself in a quilt and curl up in the corner of the bedroom. Any slight movement could wake her up from her sleep.

She saw the world clearly very early. It's not that no one left this slum, but most of those who left did not have a good end.

From her mother's failed life, she learned to doubt everything, never believe it easily, and vowed never to repeat her mother's mistakes.

After being taken in by the man, she kept waiting for the other party to reveal his true purpose.

However, what she waited for in the end was a school notice.

It was from that place called school that she began to know that there was another way to live in reality.

When she was bullied at school for the first time, she poked out one of the man's eyes... That was the first time she was severely taught and scolded by Xia Shou.

And she did not make any compromises, smashed the vase on his face, and the mask broke.

She saw his true appearance, but the other party seemed to have changed into a different person, although he was also very gentle and had a similar tone.

But Shangguan Yan knew very well that it was not the person she saw.

From then on, she knew that Xia Shou was the same Xia Shou only when he was wearing a mask.

And this made her feel that the other party was more suspicious.

She was unwilling to let herself change in the slightest, and repeatedly reminded herself that she must not end up like her mother.

After the fight, she transferred to another school and adapted to the new life a little.

The first thing she learned was a normal fight.

Then, the second thing she learned in school was a very important skill that she would need in her later experiences.

That was reading.

Books taught her many things.

As the days passed, she was carefully taken care of and enjoyed a privileged life that an orphan should not have, but she never made any act of gratitude.

For a long time, she firmly believed in her heart that Xia Shou was not named Xia at all, but Shangguan.

And he took care of her just out of guilt for someone.

This conjecture tortured her for a long time, but she could not find any evidence, so she could only assign some unreasonable meaning to the crying and laughing mask.

She knew many of the people around him and now remembers every name.

Dongfang Ya, Lu Sha, Li Tianhe...

and those other adults who come and go around the house.

Each of them was very friendly to her, but she never really got to know them.

And then, until that happens.

Until now, Shangguan Yan has understood that the other party's adoption of her must have something to do with her special physique.

But this time, she believed that this was not the real reason.

Shangguanyan stretched his arms a little tiredly, hooked the handle of the drawer with his index finger, pulled it open, and took out the photo frame from inside.

In the photo, Xia Shou, wearing a crying and laughing mask, is sitting on a stool and making very childish scissor hands gestures to the camera.

In the other hand, he held a crayon drawing that was taped shut.

It was a drawing she made. When he discovered it, she tore the crayon drawing into pieces and threw it into the trash can.

Unexpectedly, he picked it up and taped it up, and he didn’t know who took the photo for him.

Deep purple cracks opened in the space behind Shangguan Yan, and a sheep-headed skeleton walked out from behind the dimensional curtain.

"Are you regretting that you were not better behaved before? Didn't you listen to him and tell him what was on your mind?"

The goat-headed demon asked in a mocking tone.

Shangguanyan didn't answer.

The goat-headed demon then muttered to himself: "Actually, you shouldn't be blamed. A man who seems to have a split personality picked up a girl and took her home out of nowhere, gave her food, gave her a place to live, and allowed her to receive a good education.

It is impossible to do this kind of thing without intention.

I think your judgment is actually correct, except that he was cut into pieces and put in a cardboard box before his intention was exposed. "