Chapter 047 Shadow Man-3

"Mommy...you forgot...to take us with you..."

As the voice sounded, Jiang Yan's fingers on the door handle curled up stiffly.

He turned around suddenly and found that the little paper man that was originally in the trash can had already gotten on the bed. He subconsciously frowned.

Not a dream.

The four little paper figures saw Mommy's heavy expression and said nervously, "Mommy, we washed it clean and went to bed without getting dirty."

It turned out that they thought Jiang Yan disliked them because they were dirty, after all, they had just been taken out of the trash can.

In fact, Jiang Yan could also see that the four little paper figures had been soaked in water, because there were obvious wet marks on them, but the strong sunlight coming in through the window had dried them a little.

A picture emerged in Jiang Yan's mind - four wet little paper figures were stuck together by water droplets, crawling from the smooth floor into the sun like loaches, and then shaking themselves flat to dry.

“…”

Jiang Yan fell into deep thought.

Soon after, the four little paper figures were still afraid of being abandoned by their mommy, so they crawled towards her, one by one, grabbed a piece of her trouser leg, tilted their little heads up, and said pitifully, "Mommy~"

“Gululu——”

The response to the four little paper figures was the sound of Jiang Yan’s hunger.

"Hey, Mommy is hungry too..." The tall paper man said, and he also touched his "belly", "We are all hungry."

Instantly, Jiang Yan felt dizzy. What was even more outrageous than the four little paper figures coming to life was that he, a living human being, was actually the mother of these four unknown creatures!

Jiang Yan almost choked on the air. He coughed a few times and said, "I'm not your mother. I'm a man, and I'm a human being!"

The four little paper figures didn't seem to understand what Jiang Yan said. They looked at their friends and looked at each other, "Eh... Mommy isn't our mommy?"

"My mind is empty... I can't solve this problem..."

Jiang Yan: “…”

Uncle and aunt are coming back soon, and Jiang Yan doesn't dare to leave these four little paper figures alone at home. After all, he doesn't know if they will cause trouble.

Jiang Yan shook his head, but finally took them out.

Before going out to eat, he deliberately changed into a casual sweatshirt with pockets. Jiang Yan originally wanted to stuff the four little paper figures into the pockets, but the four little paper figures thought the pockets were too stuffy and insisted on crawling into the hood of his sweatshirt.

Jiang Yan looked at the mirror in front of him. When the little paper man got into the hat behind his shoulders, he pressed the edge of the hat with his hand and warned, "Don't come out!"

"Okay mommy...we are all...good kids...very obedient..."

Jiang Yan walked out with a very bad look on his face.

The sun was about to set, and the afterglow of the sunset covered the entire street. It was just the peak of the rush hour, and the street was bustling with people and cars. The car horns almost continuously rang in my ears, causing tinnitus for passers-by for a long time.

"Noisy..."

A baby voice came from the back of my head.

Jiang Yan didn't care, "You don't have ears, how can you hear this?"

"Wuwu...you have ears...Mommy can't...can't dislike us..."

Jiang Yan walked out of the crowd and asked casually while waiting for the traffic light, "What kind of creatures are you?"

“We are mommy’s good babies…”

Jiang Yan's eyes darkened. "I don't want this answer. Do you know that you are very much like the monsters on TV? You don't have a human face, but you have human thinking."

"Woo woo... We... are not monsters..." the four little paper figures said with trembling voices and aggrieved expressions.

Jiang Yan originally thought that they would get angry or something if she said anything to them, but their next words plucked Jiang Yan's heartstrings hard, "Mommy... don't be afraid... We... are not monsters, we won't... hurt Mommy."

Are you actually worried about this?

Compared with the fragile bodies of the four little paper figures, their souls might be blown away by the next rain, or they could be crushed by just one finger.

No matter how you look at it, it is this "giant" who causes more harm.

It seems that these four little paper figures really treat him as their mother.

Jiang Yan suddenly became very curious about who the father of these four little paper figures had mentioned before was. Their father should be her so-called "husband".

It's really interesting that they had a few more "children" for no apparent reason and got married.

His thoughts were interrupted for a moment, and Jiang Yan suddenly felt a chill approaching, which was really abnormal in the middle of summer. He turned around abruptly, and there was no one behind him. He was the only one waiting for the traffic light at this intersection.

Jiang Yan yawned and rubbed his red nose.

What happened today? Suspicious.

Little did he know that Jiang Yan's shadow in the evening light was "abnormal" for a few seconds. Without him noticing, the shadow actually behaved differently from the original body.

Just when Jiang Yan was yawning, a car drove past in front of him. Then the shadow behind Jiang Yan swelled and grew in an instant, and then stretched out a black, fingerless "hand" at an extremely fast speed, grabbed the shadow of the car, and then swallowed the shadow of the car into his stomach in one gulp.

The car that passed by Jiang Yan was missing a shadow, but no one noticed that the owner of the car had driven the car into the dim bridge tunnel.

The shadow that had swam out to find food was satisfied, and after eating, it returned to its original size, and then turned into the shadow of Jiangyan again.

Everything happened silently, and only the four little paper figures in the hat saw it all.

They clung to the edge of Jiang Yan's hat and stared at him eagerly. They had hardly eaten anything and were even hungrier. While their father was enjoying his meal, they touched their stomachs and said, "I'm so hungry... I'm starving..."

Aren't you guys flat?

Jiang Yan, who was completely unaware of the situation, heard the four little guys behind his head starting to cry again and began to have a headache.

After walking for a few more minutes, Jiang Yan finally found the noodle shop he often visited.

"Young man, you're here again. Is that still two taels of braised beef rice noodles?"

As soon as Jiang Yan entered the door, he was spotted by the sharp-eyed boss, who entertained him happily.

"Change two taels to three taels."

"Okay."

Jiang Yan deliberately found an inconspicuous corner to sit down. As soon as he sat down, the four little paper figures in the hat jumped onto the table. No matter how quick he was, he couldn't stop them.

So he had to take a few pieces of paper from the napkin box to cover it up.

"Mommy...it smells so good...I'm drooling..."

Probably attracted by the smell of other people's food in the restaurant, Jiang Yan could see that the four little paper figures were eager to make a move. He said helplessly, "Wait a little longer, it will be ready soon, very quickly."

"But..." Jiang Yan suddenly remembered, staring at the face without facial features of one of Wang Xu's little paper figures, and asked in a low voice, "Can other people hear what you four are saying?"

"Hehe...only...Mommy...can hear it."

Jiang Yan felt relieved after hearing this.

At least I don't have to scare other people.

After all, he doesn't want to cause unrest in society.

Calculating the time accurately, Jiang Yan pulled out his chopsticks a few seconds in advance, and when he looked back, he saw that the rice noodles were already on the table.

The fragrance spread instantly, and Jiang Yan noticed from the corner of his eye that the few little paper figures beside him looked a little drunk, as if they had drunk some alcohol.

"Food...hungry..."

Jiang Yan saw that the tall paper man who was screaming the loudest had already grabbed the edge of the rice noodle bowl, and the little paper man kept kicking his legs as if trying to crawl into the bowl.

That won't work.

Jiang Yan pinched the little paper figurine between two fingers, then put it behind the soy milk bottle, "You guys eat here."

Jiang Yan spread two pieces of paper in front of the four little paper figures, then used chopsticks to pick up a few noodles and four pieces of beef from the bowl, just enough for each of them, and said, "Eat."

After doing a series of actions and saying the last sentence, Jiang Yan felt like laughing. If other people saw him, they would definitely think he was a psychopath.

But to be honest, Jiang Yan was a little curious about how these four little paper figures eat.

So, while he was eating noodles, he was also observing the four little paper figures.

I saw the four little paper people move the noodles and beef to a place where they could be illuminated by the light from the ceiling. After doing this strange movement, they began to eat.

However, they did not eat it directly, but ate it - the shadow of noodles and beef!

Jiang Yan's eyes widened almost instantly.

F*ck trough.

He thought to himself.

A minute later, the four hungry little paper figures were finally full. They sat down on their soy milk bottles like salted fish, patted their bloated stomachs and burped with satisfaction.

"Burp... I'm full... I'm so full..."

The noodles and beef on the paper were still there, but their shadows were gone.

Jiang Yan choked in his throat and looked a little strange.

…

When we came out of the restaurant, the sun had already set, and the traffic on the street was much lighter than when we first arrived.

Jiang Yan returned to the community and found that the lights in the rooms on that floor were on, probably because his uncle and aunt had returned from their trip.

He stopped downstairs, turned around and walked in another direction.

I don’t want to go back for now.

Jiang Yan went to the community park and found a clean bench to sit on. The long lights in the park were already on, casting a dim halo that lengthened the shadows of adults and children in the circle.

Almost all the people who come here are grandparents, bringing their grandchildren to play.

The elderly people were chatting and talking about neighborhood matters. Children like Jiang Yan's age were either writing furiously in the house or playing games without sleep.

In this comparison, Jiang Yan seemed lonely.

He has no family or friends, only a lonely shadow behind him to accompany him.

So when he is not broadcasting live, Jiang Yan often talks to himself in front of his own shadow. This way, he will look less lonely.

But where there is no light, shadows will also be absent.

"Mommy...let's...play together..."

The four little paper people were very observant. When they saw their mother sitting alone on the chair, they jumped out of their hats one after another and ran around happily on the floor in front of Jiang Yan.

"Mommy... play with us..."

Oh, I forgot about these little paper figures.

Jiang Yan raised his eyes and looked at the four cheerful unidentified creatures in front of him. Suddenly, he felt that their existence might not be a bad thing.

Compared to those inhuman monsters on TV, the four little guys in front of me are much cuter.

Jiang Yan's eyelashes twitched a few times, and he stretched out a finger and touched the flat head of one of the little paper figures in a somewhat intimate manner, "Then... what are we going to play?"

The outstretched little finger was quickly grasped by the little paper man, but before the little paper man could hold it tightly, another little paper man pounced over.

The four little paper figures strangely began to fight over the finger that Jiang Yan extended.

"I want to touch you too...Mommy..."

"It must be fair!"

"Hand-grip..."