Devil's Department Store

The next day, Harry just woke up, and before he had time to brush his teeth, Miser threw a ball of paper over his head: "Throw away the trash."

Harry: "..."

There is a trash can in your room!

The vampire's fangs were stretched out, wishing to bite the succubus to death with one bite, but after a stalemate for a while, he finally swallowed his anger and picked up the paper ball.

It's best that there is no way to cancel this devil's contract, otherwise he must turn the succubus into a blood servant!

However, just when Harry was gnashing his teeth and was about to throw away the ball of paper, he suddenly discovered that it was a newspaper from the human world. The exposed side was crumpled, and the word "Looking for someone" could barely be read.

Harry froze for a moment, then unfolded the newspaper in a strange way, only to see a familiar photo crowded in the missing persons column in embarrassment, looking hesitant and helpless.

Harry: "..."

The vampire stayed where he was, and didn't know how to react for a moment. He held the piece of paper, and after a long time he came back to his senses and knocked on Miser's door: "Wait a minute! Come out! What does this mean? !"

The noise Harry made was so loud that it woke up both Robert and Benben. The cat and the bird squeaked, "What, what?"

Miser also opened the door: "What are you doing? It's just throwing away trash..."

Harry ignored him at all, and handed out the newspaper in his hand: "What is this?"

Miser took a look and said with a smile, "Oh, isn't this you? Why is it still in the newspaper?"

"Come on!" Harry gritted his teeth, "You gave me this newspaper! Don't you know what's on it?"

Miser said honestly, "I don't know, I picked it up and used it to shine shoes."

Harry stared at him for a long time, realizing that he couldn't ask anything from Miser, so he opened the newspaper angrily and looked again.

The publication date of the newspaper was a month ago, that is to say, until a month ago, his parents were still looking for him.

"How is this possible..." Harry murmured, then his face changed, and he said angrily, "This is fake, it's all fake! You must be trying to trick me back! Don't even think about it, I won't be fooled!"

After speaking, he slammed the newspaper to the ground and walked away without looking back.

Miser was puzzled: "What logic? I lied to you to go back? Where are you going to go back after you've sold everyone to me?" Seeing that Harry kept walking, Miser raised his voice to remind: "Good employees can't be affected by emotions. Work! Don't be lazy, remember to work!"

The vampire ignored Miser. Instead, Robert, who was woken up, stretched out in the nest, trotted over to watch the excitement, and said in surprise, "You actually paid for newspapers just for him!"

Miser rolled his eyes: "How is it possible, I got along with the homeless man, okay?"

Robert: "So you did get the newspaper just for him?"

Miser: "..."

Miser hissed: "Go, go! What do kittens know! Do your work when you wake up, and stop chewing your tongue!"

Robert snorted with envy and disdain, and left with a flick of his tail: "I don't care about you!"

Harry decided that the newspaper was a trap that Miser used to play tricks on him, just to see how ugly he looked, but no matter how much he warned himself, he was still uncontrollably distracted while working.

In the afternoon, he couldn't resist knocking on Miser's door.

It's really worthless, Harry thought unwillingly, and he would probably be ridiculed by that annoying succubus again.

The vampire imagined [-] images of the succubus humiliating him, but Miser opened the door and saw him without any reaction, only saying, "Let's go now?"

Harry froze in place.

Miser smiled and said, "Little Kitty asked me to take you back to the vampire land, but I think you probably have no interest there."

Harry blushed all of a sudden: "You...you..."

Miser said helplessly: "Robert's stupid cat can see that I did it on purpose, so should I go?"

When no one persuaded him before, Harry wanted to go back, but when Miser spoke, he fell silent again.

Miser leaned against the door and said calmly, "I think you should go back and have a look."

Harry looked up at him.

Misser looked at him and said, "It's a terrible thing that people have no origin. Many people who had worse childhood experiences than you can't get rid of their families. At least you know this now."

Miser took out the newspaper from behind: "It's kind of a hope, maybe you should know what happened after you left."

Harry pursed his lips for a moment, then nodded.

His parents seemed to have moved, and the newspaper published an address that Harry had never heard of. Fortunately, Devil's Department Store had a positioning function, and they arrived at their destination without much effort.

Before opening the door of Devil's Department Store, Harry was extremely nervous, feeling uneasy for a while, and numb for a while. He didn't know how to face his parents at all. What should they do if they didn't look for him?What if they were indeed looking for him?How are they doing now?Got a new kid?Or……

"It's okay." Miser glanced at him and said, "I'm here."

When Harry heard this, thinking of what Miser had done for him, he couldn't help but feel the need to depend on him again.

Miser continued calmly: "Anyway, you signed the contract, and I can't let you go back."

Harry: "..."

Or go to hell, hateful devil!

Miser smiled at him, showing a row of white teeth: "Are you happy? You don't need to choose whether to go back or stay!"

Harry squeezed out a voice through his teeth: "Thank you."

Miser waved his hand, indicating that you are welcome, and then stretched out his hand to help Harry open the door.

Harry was stunned when he saw the scene outside the door.

Different from the quiet and beautiful high-end community he imagined, this is a very ordinary neighborhood. The roads and buildings are a bit old, and vehicles and pedestrians come and go from time to time, making noisy sounds.

Harry subconsciously turned his head to look at Miser: "Did you go the wrong way?"

Miser said dissatisfied: "You can question me, but you can't question my store. Devil's Department Store senses that your parents live nearby."

Harry didn't know how to react. In his memory, his parents were always decent and proud. Quietness and tidiness were carved into their bones. How could they suddenly move to such a place?

"Come on," Miser said, "the place in the newspaper is not far away."

Harry followed Miser out the door in a daze. The second they stepped out of the Devil's Department Store, the entire store disappeared out of thin air, and the passers-by didn't notice the two people who appeared suddenly.

It was easy to find Harry's parents' residence, because Harry's missing person notice was pasted on the door. The vampire was silent, subconsciously looking for the doorbell, but Miser pulled him away and knocked on the door.

After a while, no one answered, Miser said, "Maybe he went out, do you want to wait here?"

Harry nodded absentmindedly.

Miser reminded: "The time wasted will be counted as working hours. Next time you have a vacation, uh...you don't seem to have a vacation, what should I do..."

The succubus was distressed, and Harry didn't hear what he was saying, just nodded.

After a while, footsteps suddenly sounded in the corridor, and Harry woke up immediately, "It's my mother!"

Before Miser could react, she was pulled to the side and hid. The two only exposed their heads to look out.

It was an old woman who looked to be in her 60s. Her movements were slow, and she could vaguely look elegant, but her back was already a little bent. She was holding a paper bag in her hand, which contained bread and some cheap food. vegetable.

She took a bunch of keys out of her pocket, opened the door, and walked in.

"That's your mother?" Miser turned to look at Harry. The vampire was still 15 years old, and his mother already looked like his grandma in the past ten years.

Harry was also stunned, and he murmured, "I don't know."

"do not know?"

Harry stared blankly at the closed door, just like the estrangement between him and his parents for so many years: "I don't know that she will grow up like this, I don't know that I still remember her footsteps, I don't know... ...they've been looking for me."

Harry's eyes were red, but vampires don't shed tears. He could only taste the sadness that had nowhere to vent, until his heart began to ache.

The succubus didn't cry either. Miser looked leisurely at the re-closed door and said, "I thought you would be happy to see them looking for you like this. Look, they regret the way they treated you back then. You paid the price, and you know they do love you."

The vampire looked at the succubus with red eyes.

Miser laughed, and opened his hands toward him in a compromised manner. Harry threw himself into his arms without hesitation, almost breaking Miser in two with such strength.

"How can you say such words so ruthlessly?" the vampire asked in a tearful tone.

Miser patted him on the back emotionlessly: "Demon, understand."

"I don't understand!" Harry urgently needed something to save his emotions: "If you are a demon without emotions, why did you bring me here!"

"Well," Miser thought for a while, and said, "Maybe it's because your parents know that you can only live for three months when you leave, but they have been asking you for a reason for more than ten years."

Harry: "..."

Miser: "Be gentle, I'm really going to break in two."