"My brain was like boiling paste at that moment, it just exploded with a bang."
"That Erhei guy always loves to take advantage of others; he even tries to taste the septic tank when a passing septic tank truck is passing by. How could he possibly do nothing?"
"But my girlfriend's behavior is so good that I can't find any fault with her, and she has no reason to lie to me."
"My mind was in complete turmoil at the time, and I just couldn't figure out what had happened. And even if Erhei left, why did he leave his leather shoes at my doorstep when he left? Why did he walk away barefoot?"
"I was completely baffled at the time. I noticed her movements and then asked, 'What are you doing?'"
"She smiled faintly and said, 'I'm folding clothes.' As she spoke, she showed me the folded clothes in her hand to indicate that she wasn't lying, and then put them in the closet."
His description was somewhat incoherent, and he seemed quite flustered.
Luo Tianhe and I had some difficulty understanding him, but we roughly grasped what he meant.
"I felt that the clothes looked familiar, like the ones Erhei wore."
"She walked towards me, then put her arms around my waist, smiled charmingly, and said she would cook me some nourishing dishes, and that she would make a good meal tonight."
"As she spoke, she licked her red lips and walked toward the kitchen. After she left, I hurriedly went to the wardrobe, picked up the clothes inside, unfolded them, and sure enough, they were the same clothes Erhei wore yesterday, and the pants underneath were the same too. I remember it very clearly."
"I was so scared that my legs went weak. I couldn't understand how Erhei could just vanish into thin air like that."
"I searched the whole room, under the bed, in the closet, but I couldn't find him anywhere. It's broad daylight, he couldn't have gone out naked."
"When I was searching through the closet again, I found a yellow dress in the corner. The color was strange, and I didn't remember ever buying anything like it."
"I was a little curious, so I picked it up and took a look. I found that the material was delicate and cool, a material I had never seen before."
"Moreover, there was a blue dragon printed on the clothes. The pattern was very strange. Suddenly, I had a jolt and remembered that Erhei had a dragon tattooed on his back."
"In that instant, I finally understood what it was. This wasn't clothing; it was a piece of human skin that had just been peeled off!"
"I was so scared I almost peed my pants. I held back from screaming. I didn't dare to confront her while she was busy in the kitchen. I could only quickly open the door and slip out."
"After escaping that room, I climbed into my car, floored the gas pedal, and fled my neighborhood in a panic. Then I wandered aimlessly outside. I was too scared to go back, and I didn't know where to go."
As the man spoke, his body trembled violently, his face turned deathly pale, and his forehead was covered in cold sweat.
He picked up the glass of tea on the table, which had long since gone cold. His hands trembled so much that he could barely hold the glass. He gulped down a large mouthful before he could barely suppress his fear.
Li Huai and I exchanged a glance, both seeing seriousness in each other's eyes.
"And then what?"
I asked in a low voice, my fingers unconsciously tapping the table.
"After you ran away, you came straight to us?"
"No, I was terrified and didn't know what to do. I just drove around the city aimlessly. I didn't dare go home because I was afraid that thing would haunt my parents."
His eyes were somewhat vacant as he stared blankly ahead.
"Hey, you're quite filial, aren't you?"
Suddenly, Li Huai spoke up, uttering a sentence that was neither a compliment nor a taunt.
The man had already subconsciously ignored Li Huai's words.
"I was like a headless fly, wandering from day to night, and even refueled once during that time."
"Later, I had no choice but to park the car next to a busy square and then fall asleep."
"I had been driving all day and was very tired. I closed my eyes and fell asleep, but I woke up after only a few hours. The square, which was once bustling with activity, was now deserted and eerily quiet."
"I didn't sleep a wink in the middle of the night; the slightest sound or rustling could scare me half to death!"
The man said tremblingly.
“I always felt like there was a shadow swaying outside the car window. As dawn was approaching, I was half asleep and dreamed that she was standing outside the car, smiling at me, with blood on the corner of her mouth, and holding, holding Erhei’s human skin in her hand.”
He suddenly shivered and couldn't say anything more.
Li Huai clicked his tongue, and this time he actually did something decent by offering a cigarette.
He took it with trembling hands, and after several attempts, he finally lit it. He took a greedy drag, and through the swirling smoke, his panicked expression eased slightly before he continued his story:
"The next day, I was in a daze and remembered that I seemed to have seen rumors about you online before, saying that you could handle some 'strange things'."
He looked at us, his eyes filled with the last glimmer of hope.
"I'm really desperate, please help me! I don't want to be skinned alive or drained dry!"
"Your girlfriend, oh no, that thing, does she usually show any unusual behavior?"
I pressed for details, and he said the woman wasn't a ghost; according to his description, she looked a lot like a fox spirit from legend.
"For example, what are you afraid of? What do you like? What are your regular habits? Or, since you got together with her, have any other strange things happened around you?"
I fired off a barrage of questions, and the man paused for a long time before finally answering:
"She doesn't seem to like going to temples or Taoist temples. Once, when we passed by a City God Temple, she pulled me to take a detour, saying that the smell of incense made her uncomfortable."
Nonsense, how could a monster feel comfortable smelling incense?
I couldn't help but roll my eyes.
"Also, she especially likes to eat chicken, especially live chicken. Once I saw her bite off a chicken's neck and drink its blood. At the time, she said it was a custom in her hometown, and I believed her."
The man gave a bitter smile. He had been bewitched by the fox spirit's magic and was as easily fooled as a fool.
He became increasingly frightened as he spoke: "After we got together, my health deteriorated, as you all know."
"Also, it seems there are fewer stray cats and dogs near our neighborhood. I didn't pay attention before, but now that I think about it, the municipal government hasn't sent anyone to catch stray cats and dogs recently, so why have they suddenly decreased?"
I stroked my chin, deep in thought.
I'm almost 99% sure that woman is a vixen.
"Brother Yan, what do we do now?" Li Huai looked at me.
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