[comprehensive] not human

People who play with fire probably never imagine how painful it is to be burned by flames.

Yan Bai woke up from the overwhelming beauty.He sat up abruptly from the bed and found himself drenched in sweat and tight in his chest, as if he had just run a marathon.It was still midnight, and it was pitch black outside the window, and the luminous alarm clock by the bed was ticking with a green fluorescent second hand.

Yan Bai regained his composure, turned on the bedside lamp, and looked carefully at his hands—the joints were distinct and the skin was intact, not the appearance of being burnt to pieces in his dream and smelling like roasted meat.He is safe, not burned; he is lying on his own bed safe and sound, not facing the torrent of steel, the black muzzle of the gun, and the hail of bullets...

He closed his eyes, inserted his fingers into his sweaty bangs and brushed them back, dreaming of such a lifelike life twice in succession let him know that something was wrong.Glancing at the alarm clock, it was only two o'clock, and the drowsiness came slowly again. Yan Bai half-sat and struggled for a while, but finally couldn't hold back the surging drowsiness, turned off the light and lay down. As soon as he closed his eyes, he fell asleep past.

This sleep was very deep, and he didn't even dream.The previous exhaustion was swept away, and Yan Bai was finally woken up by the itching in his nasal cavity.He turned over to avoid the itch, but after three seconds of calm, the itch followed, and he had to sneezed and opened his eyes.

A soft green grass was being held under his eyelids by a tender white hand.Yan Bai's heart sank, and he looked up, and there were two pretty girls looking at him with a smile, one with black hair and gray eyes, the other with blonde hair and blue eyes, and the former was holding the grass.

"Brother! You're finally awake!" The black-haired and gray-eyed little Lolita had a sly smile on her face. She was wearing a blue-gray silk dress, her hair was tied up, and her immature facial features had already become sharp. People can imagine what kind of glamorous beauty she will be when she grows up.

The other little loli is more round and cute, her big blue eyes are like the cloudless sky in the summer morning, clear and clean, her golden hair is braided into two braids and hangs on her chest, she is wearing the same clothes as the shouting Brother Bai's girl had a pink skirt of a similar style, with more lace bows on the skirt and sleeves.

Seeing that Yan Bai remained silent and expressionless, the blond-haired and blue-eyed little Loli thought he was angry, and tugged on his companion's sleeve uneasy.And her companion is obviously much bolder, tilting his head, holding the grass, and his face is the fearless expression I made you think.

Yan Bai yawned, rubbed the head of the girl who was supposed to be his sister, stood up and stretched.I found myself standing under a big tree on a small hillside, the hillside was covered with green grass—the kind that Heifa Lolita held in her hand—and there were two manor houses next to each other under the hillside, with connected There is a huge garden, in which the main building is a three-story white building, and there is a huge maze made of grass walls in front of the manor.In the sunlight, the white statue in the center of the maze seems to be shining.

The grass is rolling like a wave, and a warm wind mixed with the fragrance of flowers blows from the bottom of the hillside, Yan Bai feels his bangs being blown back.He turned his head and read out the two names that appeared in his mind just now: "Vanasha, Mina, have you sneaked out again?"

Mina, the fair-haired little girl, blushed all over her fair face. She lowered her head shyly and kicked the grass under her feet.

And Vanessa, Yan Bai's current younger sister, raised one eyebrow, took her timid companion with one hand, and shook the grass on her face in the other, imitating the movement of a lady shaking a fan: "Obviously it's brother You ran out, Mina and I just came looking for you."

Yan Bai shook his head and raised his hand to his sister: "But I'm not a little girl."

Vanessa pouted, threw away the grass in her hands, and put her soft little hands into her brother's big hands, arguing: "I don't think girls are weaker than boys."

Yan Bai shrugged: "The adults don't think so."

Vanessa and Mina heard the shouts of the servants brought by the wind at the same time: "Vanessa - Mina - Vanessa -" Her brother Ward Eves curled his mouth just right: "You Look."

Vanessa pursed her lips enough to hang a bunch of keys.Mina's little face was also redder. She looked at the smiling Yan Bai sheepishly, and pulled her friend's hand to hold her.

"Okay, okay, but I will prove that girls are not as bad as boys." Finally, Vanessa said angrily.

Yan Bai sent the two little girls to Mina's house, and the servants there had gotten to know him so well that they didn't call him Master Eves, but called him Ward directly. "Vanasha, Mina, you guys sneaked out again! Fortunately, Ward sent you back, otherwise everyone will die!"

The reason for such a familiar tone is that the two families have been friends for generations, and until their generation, they happened to have a son and a daughter, and the four children played together since childhood.Among them, Yan Bai is the oldest, now 15 years old, followed by Mina's elder brother, Pete, who is 14 years old, and the two little girls are the same age, both are 10 years old.Especially for these two girls, their relationship is almost no different from that of real sisters.Yan Bai's memory told him that at first it was his mother who carried Vanessa to visit Mina's house from time to time, and later, when Vanessa was older and could go by herself, she passed the small iron gate in the middle of the two gardens to find Mi Na. Na Wan, as time goes by, Yan Bai, like his sister, has two families.And they all prefer latecomers.

From the analysis of adult thinking, Yan Bai thinks it is because both his and Vanessa's parents are devout Catholics.Compared with Mina's family, whose father is an explorer, who believes in freedom, their own family is more serious.For children, whether they like an open and free family, or a rigid family that always prays before meals and prays before going to bed to maintain etiquette is a multiple-choice question that does not need to be considered at all.

Being dragged by his sister to the third-floor white bungalow, Yan Bai turned his head and saw the steeple of his house through the trees and flowers in the garden.The difference between them can be seen from the buildings of the two.The house of Mina's house is white Rococo style, with rounded arcs and plaster carvings with shell patterns everywhere, and its decorative patterns are all in an exquisite style that pursues freedom, asymmetry, and full of dynamics.And his and Vanessa's home is more Gothic style, with gray walls, black steeple-like roofs, and even many windows with stained glass painted with biblical stories, which is synonymous with depression in the eyes of children.

"Ward! You're here, come quickly, and take a look at my new specimen!" Pete Malcolm walked out of the specimen room to welcome the arrival of three people.Because Mr. Malcolm is an explorer-he brings back various animal carcasses from all over the world from time to time-the Mina family not only has a special herbarium, but even the four children are very familiar with the process of making specimens. By heart.In Yan Bai's memory, his younger sister also loves to make specimens. She likes to make those ferocious predators, eagles, bobcats, gray wolves... She put mirror fragments in the eyes of specimens, so that they look like they are alive When the fierce look.Mina and his brother prefer docile herbivores.

Yan Bai thinks that from this, he can see how aggressive his sister is. It doesn't mean how bad she is, but that she is more like the predators under her hands in nature.Mina and Pete are gentle and less angular.

As for confessing yourself?He is good at everything, whether it is a herbivore or a carnivore, any animal corpses under his hands will return to their previous appearance, even more dynamic.There was once a maid who was frightened by the stuffed vultures made in vain when she was cleaning.Since the work presented him with no difficulty, he stopped making specimens from the age of ten.

Now Pete is proudly showing the stuffed snow rabbit he made to Yan Bai: "Look! How is it?"

Pete is a thin 14-year-old blond boy with freckles and neat bangs. His shirt and trousers are always neat and tidy, and his collar and cuffs are never messed up.A pair of blue eyes fluttered under the eyelashes, they were the tender and affectionate eyes of a girl.

"Not bad." Yan Bai put his hand on the back of the stuffed snow rabbit, and gently stroked the soft white fur, "It's really good, Pete."

A faint blush came over Pete's cheeks, and he blushed just as easily as his sister.Just as easily shy as they are.Blood relationship is really an incredible thing, which makes boys and girls who are four years apart feel so imaginative.

"I think I'm doing better." Vanessa's voice came from the end of the herbarium.

Yan Bai walked along the long workbench - covered with various specimen-making tools and ready-made specimens - to the end of the table, where an American horned eagle was spreading its wings, with its claws stretched forward, a pair of It looks like it's hunting.The horned eagle has a wingspan of 1.5 meters. Its head and neck are light gray. There are two distinct feather crests, which stand up together to form a disc-mounted face. A pair of gray eyes are shining.There is no doubt that Vanessa has added lenses to the eyes of the largest and most ferocious bird of prey in America.

Its creator is slowly stroking the neatly arranged, thick and thick feathers with his small white hands: "Look, it's so beautiful."

Yan Bai stared into the horned eagle's eyes, and felt that a soul was watching him inside the dead animal.He heard Mina and Pete gasp at the same time beside him—whether it was amazement, fear, or both.

"You always like to be this kind of animal." Yan Bai looked up at the eastern corner of the herbarium, where Vanessa's works were specially displayed, and they were all fierce and lifelike predators.There is a faint worry in his heart, the worry that can't be restrained by his sister's preference: "Why don't you make some small animals like Mina and Pete?"

Vanessa didn't notice Yan Bai's worries at all. She was just a little girl who had just passed her 10th birthday. All she thought about all day was dressing up and reading books and embroidery. She didn't think about anything else at all. It seems that it's just that everyone has different hobbies. She just doesn't like those weak animals that seem to die when pinched. She is fascinated by these beasts: "No, brother, I just like them."

Vanessa held Yanbai's shirt and swayed her body slightly to act like a baby to him, which made the latter suppress his worries, sighed lightly and rubbed his sister's head: "Okay, as you wish."

"Ah!" Vanessa exclaimed, she opened Yanbai's hand and complained dissatisfiedly, "You're going to loose my hair! Mom will talk about me again when I go back."