Chapter 040 Cannibalization-14

Suspicion began to sprout in Jiang Yan's heart. Recalling all the coincidences in the past and the warning from his good friend Wang Xu a long time ago, it seemed that he was always in a situation of being deceived during this time.

In the room, Jiang Yan was getting a little restless. If his guess was true, then Meng Tang's words might not be credible, and he would not know what the situation outside was like.

Jiang Yan lowered his eyes and fell into thought.

There is only one way left now, which is to go outside and take a look at what the world has become.

Although this behavior is a bit suicidal, but——

Jiang Yan's distrust of "Mengtang" had been growing rapidly in his heart. He began to miss his two good friends, so after careful consideration, he searched for an exit along the room full of cobwebs.

A few minutes later, Jiang Yan finally found the "door". The spider spirit just now went out from here.

Jiang Yan frowned. The door was covered with spider webs. If he wanted to get out, he had to tear the spider silk apart. But when he tried to pull it with his fingers, he found that the spider silk was extremely strong and could not be torn apart at all.

At this moment, the door was opened from the outside.

Jiang Yan looked up and made eye contact with a young man with silver hair.

Meng Tang was startled at first, but quickly covered it up with an excited smile, "Jiang Yan, I found food."

Jiang Yan cast his eyes on Meng Tang's arms. He was holding a lot of snacks, including chocolate, potato chips, spicy strips... But he clearly noticed that there was some dust on the snack packaging, as if it was found in the ruins.

In fact, these snacks were indeed found by Meng Tang in the post-apocalyptic ruins. Because the catastrophe caused a shortage in the supply chain of human society, in order to raise Jiang Yan, Meng Tang had no choice but to look outside for food that humans could eat.

As a spider spirit, Meng Tang can eat insects, but this is mainly to take care of Jiang Yan. After all, Jiang Yan will definitely not eat insects.

Jiang Yan couldn't see through Meng Tang's heart. He just stared at the snacks in Meng Tang's hand, his eyelids twitching twice, "Where did you find these things?"

Meng Tang did not lie about this matter. "I got it in the supermarket, and no one cared, so -" He seemed to think of something and looked up carefully. "I didn't pay, will you blame me?"

Jiang Yan was stunned. He stood in the door for a long time and asked, "Is there anyone else alive outside?"

Jiang Yan saw the obvious hesitation on Meng Tang's face, "No, there is no one else. There are monsters everywhere outside. I met one in the supermarket. I fought for a long time before I escaped from the monster."

lie.

Jiang Yan looked at Meng Tang expressionlessly, but the other party was unaware and still looked at him innocently. His expression was innocent and pitiful, and a little weak, as if he was hoping that Jiang Yan could comfort him, after all, he had just "escaped death".

But Jiang Yan had seen through his lies. Meng Tang was dressed appropriately, in a neat and clean school uniform. The wind outside the door gently blew his hair on his forehead, with scattered sunlight falling on it. The dimples on his face were particularly dazzling in the hazy light.

There was clearly no sign of embarrassment. No matter from which angle you looked at it, the boy's behavior and attire looked as if he was going to a wedding, except that he had replaced the rose in his hand with snacks.

Jiang Yan sighed softly and said, "Mengtang, can you tell the truth?"

"What?"

Meng Tang opened his eyes slightly, with a confused expression, "Jiang Yan, what are you talking about?"

"Is there really no other living people outside?" Jiang Yan's tone seemed like he was enduring something. He seemed to be giving the other party one last chance, and also giving himself a chance at the same time.

However, Mengtang still said: "Jiang Yan, don't you believe me?"

"It's me who has been protecting you."

"You and that spider...really have no connection at all?"

"Huh?" Discovered? When? Why?

Meng Tang was a little panicked. He thought he had hidden it well, and his eyes began to blink rapidly, wondering what had happened.

"Why did the spider appear after you left?" Jiang Yan took a deep breath and continued, "Now that you are back, the spider is gone."

"Speak?!"

Jiang Yan was a little hysterical. Perhaps it was the scene brought by the doomsday that made him feel collapsed, or perhaps it was the fact that the only "friend" around him turned out to be a monster in disguise, which made him feel desperate and deceived.

The anger suddenly subsided.

Meng Tang lowered his eyes. He didn't have the heart to lie, but he was afraid that his relationship with Jiang Yan would break up after he told the truth. So after a period of silence, he looked down at the chocolate in his hand and said motionlessly: "I'm sorry, Jiang Yan, I did, did lie to you."

"That spider is me."

"There's more." Jiang Yan suddenly said, his voice calm and emotionless.

Meng Tang swallowed. His true form would be easily exposed when he was nervous, so without his knowledge, this human-looking body gradually began to change.

The originally soft silver-white short hair suddenly seemed to have life and extended outwards, like a tree branch that continued to grow and twist, becoming curly and sharp. The black and thick eyebrows also began to turn white, and the dark eyes gradually revealed a dark green color.

Because of nervousness, his fingertips could not help but "spit out" white spider silk, wrapping his fingers around like a mummy. But Meng Tang still did not notice his abnormality, he racked his brains to think about the problem of ginger salt.

What else does Jiang Yan want him to say?

Is the baby in my belly fake?

In fact, he met other living people outside, including Jiang Yan’s two good friends Wang Xu and Su Ze, who were still alive.

Meng Tang almost bit his fingers with his mouth, but when he saw his mutated fingers, he was stunned.

His fingers were no longer in human shape, but were abnormally sharp, like the claws of a wild beast. His nails were long and hard, and a slight hook like a blade could generate wind.

Realizing that he had exposed his half-beast form, Meng Tang raised his head stiffly, and then met Jiang Yan's vigilant gaze, as if he was looking at an enemy.

The other person's eyes pierced Meng Tang's heart like needles, and he felt a sharp pain, the degree of which he had never experienced before.

Even when Jiang Yan was bullied by his cousin, Meng Tang felt angry, or when Jiang Yan got along with other people, he only felt an emotion called jealousy.

Those emotions were all on the surface, but now this feeling hits the heart directly, making Meng Tang feel a heart-wrenching pain.

Meng Tang's expression was not very good. He lowered his head and looked at his fingers. The snacks he brought had already been scattered all over the floor. His lips were pressed into a straight line. It was so quiet around him that he could almost hear the sound of the wind.

So, is this what human emotions are?

I don’t know whether to be happy or sad.

The good thing is that the spider spirit Meng Tang can experience all kinds of human emotions. At least before he met Jiang Yan, he felt a sense of loneliness at most. But after meeting Jiang Yan, he gained many other emotions and was no longer a lonely beast.

What worries me is that Jiang Yan seems to... hate him.

This feeling really made the spider sad.

“Pah—”

Suddenly, a crystal tear slid down her cheek and fell directly at her feet.

Meng Tang was startled and raised his hand to touch his face. The tear marks on his face were still fresh. Because he touched it too hard, his sharp fingernails scratched the still soft facial skin. Then, red blood flowed out from the wound, mixing with the tears, exuding a faint pain.

He... is crying?

“S-Sorry.”

"I didn't hide it from you on purpose. I was just afraid..." His voice was trembling, "I was afraid that you would hate me. You... didn't you say you hated spiders..."

"So I only dared to watch you secretly in the room. During the day, I hid myself in the ceiling or under the bed, and only came out secretly at night."

Sneak into your arms, hug you and kiss you.

I'm just... just too lonely and I like you too... too much.

The following words were just Meng Tang’s inner thoughts, he did not say them out loud.

Suddenly, a brief sigh came to my ears.

Then, a pair of very warm hands touched his head. Meng Tang's heart was beating very fast, as if it was at double speed, but when he raised his head, the movement was slowed down infinitely.

"I just don't want you to keep hiding it from me." Jiang Yan rubbed Meng Tang's head and wiped away the tears from his eyes. "It's not that I hate you, Spider. I'm just afraid that you have other intentions."

Any other purpose?

He did have an ulterior motive.

Meng Tang was willing to leave that dark room and actively mutated countless times just to restore a decent human body and create a safe cocoon with spider silk... Everything he did was for Jiang Yan.

However, he cannot tell Jiang Yan about these dark thoughts (actually called secret love) yet.

So, Mengtang said: "I just want to be friends with you, but I don't quite understand the way humans make friends."

"Is that so..." Jiang Yan murmured, and a smile suddenly blossomed on the corner of his mouth, as bright as the sun, "You should have told me earlier, you made me worried for so long, I thought you wanted to eat me."

"So you were the one who defeated that scorpion?"

"Eh?" Faced with Jiang Yan's rapid change of mood, Meng Tang was a little slow to react. He thought that the other party would not forgive him after he lied, but in fact, he was forgiven so quickly?

Happiness came a little suddenly. Meng Tang curled his eyes and said with joy, "Yes, I defeated it, but..." His mood suddenly turned down, "I still let it hurt you."

"Um?"

Jiang Yan let out a doubtful tone, but Meng Tang did not respond, as if he was unwilling to bring up this topic. This topic seemed to concern him a lot, or perhaps he was blaming himself?

So Jiang Yan didn't say anything else. He bent down and picked up the snacks scattered on the ground. "But to be honest, I have never seen you eat anything in the cafeteria."

"What do you usually eat?"

"Me?" Meng Tang scratched his head. "Ant?"

"What else?"

"Um... hair?"

"ah?"

Jiang Yan pinched his chin, "Hair? Spiders eat this?"

"No, no." Meng Tang shook his head. "I am a mutant, so I eat strange things. I am different from the spiders in your textbooks."

"Are you hungry now?"

“It seems a little bit.”

“Do you still have ants there?”

Meng Tang touched his school uniform pocket and said, "I think I ate it all."

"So... you want my hair?"

"Huh?" Meng Tang opened his eyes wide and presented the two emeralds to Jiang Yan. His voice was filled with excitement and anticipation. "Is it okay?"

Jiang Yan nodded.

He looked at the spider spirit in front of him, which was covered in human skin, and suddenly felt a little confused.

The spider spirit's emotions are quite obvious, and he looks a bit dull, so how was he "tricked" by the other party before?

"By the way, I remember you said before that the baby in my belly is yours?" Jiang Yan said while fiddling with her hair.

Shock!!

I almost forgot about this!

Meng Tang's fear and helplessness were clearly written on his face, and the way he was frantically trying to find excuses made Jiang Yan, who was standing opposite him, feel a little amused.

"My...that...child." Meng Tang still put his fingers in his mouth and chewed them. He didn't dare to meet Jiang Yan's eyes, so his eyes were "accidentally" locked on Jiang Yan's belly. The white bandage there was a little loose, and the scars caused by the scorpion were faintly visible.

"Is this our child?" Jiang Yan asked with great interest, "How did you make me pregnant? Tell me?"