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"uncle,"

Outside the flower shop with the rolling shutter door closed, a seven or eight-year-old boy carrying a schoolbag was politely asking the clerk of the flower shop next door, "Is my father back today?"

"No, didn't your father say he would go to Yunnan to purchase goods? It's far away. I don't know how many days it will take."

The clerk shook his head, "You can go home and ask your mother."

Mother.

Hearing this word, the little boy's expression suddenly stiffened. He politely said goodbye to the clerk, dragged his heavy steps, and strolled under the mottled shadow of the flower waterfall in the sky of the Flower and Bird Market.

His mother is not a human being.

In other words, his mother was replaced by something that was not human.

Starting about a week ago, my mother became unusual. He no longer picks himself up from school and stays at home all the time wearing a green mask and never takes it off.

There is no cooking at home anymore. He and his four-year-old sister eat bread, milk, and cereal for three meals a day.

When he got up in the middle of the night, he saw his mother burying her head in the refrigerator, and the sound of chewing meat came from it.

Until three days ago, my mother finally took off the green mask and showed a big smile.

In her frightened expression, she seemed to realize for the first time that when people smile, they cannot grin from the corner of their mouth to the bottom of their ears.

Mom is back to normal.

On the outside.

She started cooking, starting to go out, starting to greet herself and her sister, and starting to get up in the middle of the night to tuck herself into bed.

But she didn't remember her birthday, she didn't remember that she was allergic to shrimps and crabs, and she didn't remember the hook-up agreement between the two.

The little boy walked aimlessly with a dazed expression.

For the past three days, he had tried to stay at school after school, but ended up being carried home by his mother.

When she stayed at other classmates' houses, she would also call to urge them.

There was even a time when she ran to the police station with her sister in her arms and told the police that there was something wrong with her mother. She would come to the police station openly, show her household registration book and ID card, and tell the police that her son was under great pressure to study and was not sensible. , and then take him away.

Beep bell bell.

The little genius's phone watch in his pocket vibrated, coming from her phone.

"Xiao An, when are you coming back? Mom made your favorite barbecued pork today." A gentle female voice came from the other end of the phone, "It's delicious."

lie.

He used to like eating fatty barbecued pork, but since he went back to his grandma and grandpa's house a year ago and ate barbecued pork for a month, he never touched fatty meat again - real mothers know this.

He tried to make his voice sound lively and cheerful, "My classmates and I are playing in the Children's Palace. We will come back later."

The gentle female voice said: "Then hurry up, the sun is setting soon. My sister can't wait to eat."

"Brother! Save——"

The call ended abruptly.

He stared blankly at the phone and shuddered.

Yes, daddy is coming back soon. If she doesn't take action, she won't have a chance.

He made up his mind, touched the knife at the bottom of his school bag, and walked towards home.

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"As time goes by in a hurry, I only care about you~"

As soon as I opened the door, I heard my mother humming happily in the semi-open kitchen.

There were many dishes on the dining table in the living room. My sister sat at the table with a look of horror on her face. When she saw her appearance, she was so excited that she almost cried.

"Xiao An is back?"

My mother heard the door open and shouted, "Wait a minute, there's also braised pork ribs."

"Um."

He sat down at the dining table with his schoolbag in his arms and slowly shook his head to signal his sister not to speak.

"The green onions I bought this time are not very fresh, so I won't sprinkle them with chopped green onions when it comes out of the pot."

The sound of stir-frying in the kitchen continued for a moment, and my mother suddenly poked her head out from behind the glass door of the living room, smiled at her children and asked, "Is that okay?"

He nodded subconsciously, and when his mother retracted her head, he suddenly realized something, and the hairs all over his body stood up.

From the open kitchen to the living room, it is almost two meters.

And when my mother poked her head out of the living room just now, the sound of cooking in the kitchen was still going on! It didn’t stop at all! No change of location either!

"By the way, your father is back tonight."

Mom's voice was particularly happy, "Count the time, it should be here soon."

Before he finished speaking, the door opened.

Dad walked in wearing the same clothes he wore when he left home, smiling broadly and holding two gifts in his hand.

"dad!"

He and his sister were about to jump off the dining table and run over, but their father was pulled into the kitchen by his mother first, "Hubby, look at the pork ribs I made. How do you like it? Is it delicious?"

"Yeah, delicious."

The father took a bite and poked his head out from behind the glass door of the living room. He smiled at the children in the same weird and stiff posture as the mother just now: "Xiao An, go and put out the rice. You and your sister can eat."

"." He felt like falling into an ice cave.

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The news program on the TV is broadcasting world events. Mom and Dad were eating, laughing and commenting on current events from time to time.

He lowered his head, looking at the rice that was gradually getting cold in the bowl, his eyes were blank, and he murmured: "Why don't you let us leave?"

The security door of the room has been locked, and his mobile phone has been taken away, making him unable to contact the outside world.

"Xiao An, what are you talking about? Aren't we a family?"

Dad smiled and patted the back of his hand. It felt cold and without warmth.

"Yes, families should be together forever." Mom agreed, reaching out to touch the faces of the two siblings.

Click!

He suddenly got up and slammed the dinner plate on his mother's head with his left hand. He took out a table knife from his school bag with his right hand and stabbed the back of his father's hand.

The table was in a mess, and the soup seeped into the tablecloth and spread quickly.

He grabbed his sister's wrist, pulled her to jump off the stool, and rushed towards the door of the house as fast as he could in his life, while shouting: "It's on fire! Help!"

He unlocked the door, held the door handle with his hand and pressed down hard. Just before he was about to open the door and escape for his life, he was grabbed.

His mother's body sat in the original position, but her neck stretched countless times, wrapped around his and his sister's waists, and jerked them back to their original positions.

"Xiao An, you are very naughty."

Dad still maintained a smile and pulled out the blade on the back of his hand without bleeding. "Children who misbehave will be punished."

Both mom and dad opened their mouths wide, with split corners extending all the way to their ears. Through the light, one can clearly see the layers of sharp teeth in their throats.

The bloody mouth came towards the brother and sister. The moment the mouths closed, two stones flew into the house from the window and penetrated into the heads of mom and dad.

The power of the stone was so great that the couple, who were already inhuman beings, were wrapped up in the inertia, tilted their heads back, and almost fell off their chairs.

tread.

A dark figure rolled in from the window on the tenth floor.

He was wearing black night clothes, sunglasses, a hood, and gloves. Even the shoes on his feet were wrapped in several layers of black cloth and taped on the outside. Weird shape.

The eyes of all parties faced each other. The man in black, or rather Li Sheng, glanced at the scene, twisted his neck, and said hoarsely: "Have you ever heard of the Lord of Insects?"