Shanhaizhi

"Hey, why are you staring at me like this?" Tu Mo threw down his hoe and roared angrily, "That look is disgusting! I'm not Duanxiu!"

I sat firmly on a slanted tree branch, with one leg crossed, my elbow resting casually on the knee of the other bent leg, and I squinted at him, "Do you want to try to kill two people?"

Tu Mo's pupils suddenly shrank to the size of a pinprick, he looked at me vigilantly, his body secretly accumulating strength, "What?"

"It's so sad. Although you have been suspecting that Lao Pan's death was related to the crane, you have no evidence at all. Instead, you have gradually accepted our subtle timing of appearance." The slowed down tone was magnetically seductive, "Actually killing It's no big deal to die. It's time to doubt yourself, the so-called monster."

"I don't understand a word you said." Tu Mo's expression darkened.

"Then why are you so disturbed?" Crane played with a few green fruits picked from the tree, and bit off half of it in one bite. "If there is something to hide, why not share it now? Anyway, for human beings, We are all monsters." The green juice flowed out and was licked off by the nimble tip of the tongue, He raised his head with an innocent smile and asked: "Master, He can torture and torture into tricks..." Noticing that the soil mole Surrounded by the sudden surge of internal force, He changed his words: "Didn't the master teach He that friendship between men is sometimes formed by fists, so can He and the earth mole be so friendly?"

Facing the suddenly darkened face of the soil mole, He smiled happily and innocently, "I believe this will definitely enhance our understanding of each other."

"Well, I'm indeed a spirit." Tu Mo paused, seeing that I didn't show the slightest strangeness, thinking about the confession last night, it was really strange, I'm afraid my identity as a spirit had already been known, so I seemed to be at ease , and continued: "But Lao Pan wasn't killed by me...it wasn't me." As if to comfort himself, he said it several times in a row, and his hesitant expression gradually became firmer, "According to what you said, Lao Pan was killed at Mao yesterday. Yes, but I should have stayed at home at that time. Chenshi said goodbye to my mother and went to the mountain to cut firewood. Later, I met you at dusk and led you into the village. If you are suspected, you are more like a murderer! This is why I saw the corpse doubt your reasons."

"Not when you saw the dead body. When you saw the crane for the first time, you took precautions and didn't want us to enter the village. Why?"

"..." Tu Mo was silent, he waved his hand and pointed to the distance, "Look."

"This is a village belonging to humans. Their lives are only a hundred years old, so short and fragile. They will get sick, get old, and die, as if any accident and blow can turn them into ashes, such a sad existence. I am here After living for half a year, I saw that the villagers would feel joy for the harvest of food, happiness for the birth of a new life, and sweet distress for not knowing how to express their love to the sweetheart.”

"They are far away from the hustle and bustle and power disputes, and they live here almost in seclusion, with simple clothes and simple food, but they are content."

"Compared with human beings, the thousand-year life of spirits is really boring. Even so, there are still many spirits who pursue immortality. In my opinion, this is really ridiculous. If you live too long, you will look down on it. Everything, nothing to cherish. Almost no ghosts would choose a fixed life partner, plus ghosts are extremely difficult to conceive, so ghosts are mostly born from mountains and seas, with the sky as their father and the earth as their mother. Before I met my adoptive mother, I I never knew that there is such a creature that can give such love in the name of mother that has nothing to do with lust and interests, regardless of reasons and rewards."

"Then let this place be my treasure! This village doesn't need any disturbing ghosts. I hope to stay here, and as a human being, at least accompany my mother through this life."

Tu Mo finished speaking seemingly calmly.The heat in his eyes clearly told us that he was resolute.

but.He evasively ignored a fact.Most of the spirits in the Shanhai Continent are close to humans, and it doesn't matter if they are cautious, there is really no need for him to show such obvious alertness when he first sees the crane.

"You should know that the passage of time in a ghost's body is completely different from that of a human. The lifespan of a ghost can be as long as the sky, but humans are so easy to grow old and die. When you go out and see more humans, you will be disappointed. I found out that human beings are overturned and betrayed for the sake of power and interests, hypocritical, cunning, cowardly and pitiful." The harsh and cold words were slowly spit out from the thin lips, and even I frowned after I finished speaking.

"Prejudice. It's as if you have been hurt deeply by humans." Tu Mo looked into my eyes and sneered after thinking for a while, "So what? I just want to protect my village. .I don't care about other people."

"Through the redistribution of internal force on the body surface, you can easily change your appearance in a short period of time. You can pretend to be a normal human being and accompany the villagers to grow old slowly. But what about five years? Ten years and 20 years? Maintaining the appearance every day It is impossible to relax even the slightest changes in the day to day." The crane showed a trace of impatience.

"...Let's try it. On the day when my internal strength is exhausted and I can't pretend, I have no choice but to design an accident and leave early." Tu Mo's tone was bitter and difficult, and he was stunned for a moment, but there were faint tears in his eyes Moved, "I just hope that my mother will send a white-haired person to a black-haired person. Don't be too sad."

He picked up the hoe, and the noon sun poured down unreservedly. He narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked up at the dazzling golden round, "It's so warm and desirable. The desire to become a human probably comes from As far away as touching the sun."

He strode forward, his figure seemed to be chasing the sun, and he was about to hug him in the next moment.

"What should I do, master...Suddenly I don't know what to say..." Looking at He again, his eyes were already tearing up, as if he was about to cry again.

I looked at the solitary dazzling and brilliant gold high in the sky.It's very lonely, the only one left in the same family is myself.The sun is really just a giant bird imprisoned on the edge of the sky, burning itself day after day, uttering a painful sigh that no living thing can hear.Soil, when you really touch his place, can you still yearn for it so much?

"Mother, I'm back." It was just a simple sentence, soaked with deep nostalgia.Home is such a safe place, and it has the magical power to let people relax naturally.

"You are back." The adoptive mother had just placed the last pot of soup.She pressed her wrist with a white handkerchief, and stood by the table smiling, the whole room seemed to be lit up.

We all returned a good smile.

The sharp-eyed mole quickly noticed something strange, "What's wrong with your hand?"

"Ah, that's it. It's just that I've been lying on the bed for too long, and my legs are not very flexible. When I slipped and fell, I accidentally brought a few dishes over, and I was cut by broken porcelain. It doesn't matter."

"It is necessary to clean up the slag of the porcelain and apply a bandage. What if it is infected?" The soil mole rushed over eagerly, and gently and carefully removed the white handkerchief that was soaked in blood.

With the exposure of the long and narrow wound, the soil mole showed a distressed expression.

"It's nothing, it's just that the wound is bleeding a bit... Soil... Soil mole..." The voice of the adoptive mother trembled twice, she tried to cover the wound with a white handkerchief again, and retreated half a step without showing any signs of expression , "It's really nothing, you let go...let go..."

I winked, but Crane held back his impulse and didn't rush up immediately.

"I didn't expect to prepare bowls and chopsticks for the guests...I'll go get them now." After speaking tremblingly, the adoptive mother was about to withdraw her injured wrist, but... she couldn't break free.

"I really want to eat..." Tu Mole approached his adoptive mother's face with deep eyes and fascinated, the tip of his nose twitched twice, and murmured.The nails were exaggerated and deformed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and embedded in the flesh. The adoptive mother endured the pain, but she tried her best not to let herself yell out, "You are hungry, mother, I will get it for you... ah!" The approaching pressure forced him to take a step back, the soles of his feet softened and he fell to the ground, his injured wrist was still clasped in the hand of the soil mole, and the bright red blood flowed out, winding down the wrist.

The soil mole knelt down on one leg, grinning at the corner of his mouth and protruding his teeth, and let out a fierce laughter from the depths of his throat, "It's you I want to eat..." The voice seemed to be ground by sandpaper, rough and ugly like a beast roar.He turned his head towards his adoptive mother's trembling neck, and his wide and cold teeth were about to bite down!

A chopstick whizzed away!Seeing that it was about to pass through the head of the earth mole, the earth mole moved its sharp ears, and within a short breath, the chopstick was bitten by the sharp teeth, and it snapped into two pieces.Letting out a howl of dissatisfaction, Tu Mo turned his head and glared at the direction where the chopsticks came from!

At the end of my line of sight, I said rambunctiously: "Are you angry now? Didn't you swear that you want to become a human being? So quickly and thoughtfully arranged for us to watch this good show?"

Two pairs of small pointed horns protruded from the soil mole's forehead.He shook off the prey under his hands, while howling in a low voice, making strange noises of unknown meaning, while propping his feet on the ground, as if he was about to sprint over.

"Are you going to silence me now? Just come here!" I picked up the remaining three chopsticks with one hand and said with a serious smile.

This is the development I want!Damn it, it's a bittersweet drama exploring the philosophy of coexistence between humans and monsters!Come and have a good time, you bitch!

But he saw struggling and hesitant flashing repeatedly on Tu Mo's face, "No...no!" He screamed to the sky in pain, but jumped up, broke through the roof and rushed away!

"Are you actually losing your self-awareness... It's really boring."

Tu Mo's movement was extremely fast, but in an instant, he only saw a figure staggering and running away in mid-air. "crane!"

No answer.At the same time as I spoke, the crane nodded, and immediately followed the soil mole and disappeared.

"Master Shushi!" The adoptive mother's anxious voice sounded.

"Don't hurt my child!"

I turned around and looked at the woman crawling on the ground in embarrassment.She fell hard, covered with dirt, dust, blood and bits of thatch, looking miserable and pitiful.The painful face wears real anxiety and concern, no matter how perfect it looks.

"Why?" I looked down at her indifferently, without reaching out, "You should know that he is a monster. He wanted to eat you just now."

"No! Tu Mo is a good boy! There must be something wrong, it must be!" She explained eagerly, tears streaming down her face, "Please! I'm very worried about him! Please, please make sure to bring him back intact. Come back! I beg you!"

Mo Ming's expression changed silently on my face.In the end, the wide black robe sleeves were shaking, and a slender and bony hand stretched out,

"I promise you."

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