It was pitch black outside, and inside there was a small flickering candle.

Yuan Yuanyuan held a small cotton ball and disinfectant in her hand and disinfected Liu An. Liu An looked tearful. Yuan Yuanyuan threw away the red cotton ball in her hand and picked up another one.

Liu An has been howling since he came in. Yuan Yuanyuan was upset that he was howling. Finally, she slapped him after Liu An howled again, "Why are you howling? People who don't know would think I did something to you. There are several children here. Can you set a good example for them?"

The five children next to them had blank expressions on their faces.

A little girl silently picked up the hot water and took a sip.

"No, you stabbed me as soon as I came in..." Liu An bared his teeth, Yuan Yuanyuan looked at him with disgust, "Do you think you are still a monster? Which monster would scream like you after being stabbed? Even the lowest-level gangster monsters are not as hypocritical as you."

Yuan Yuanyuan was not lying, Liu An was indeed the most hypocritical monster she had ever seen. Other monsters would not scream like Liu An even if they were stabbed several times. Yuan Yuanyuan did not do that when she first turned into a monster.

A monster?... There is something very monster in my blood. When I get really excited, the more blood I see, the more excited I get.

Liu An opened his mouth several times, seemingly wanting to refute, but finally found himself speechless and could only say: "Boss, I suddenly realized that I want to cry..."

“…”

"Why did I come here when I was so depressed?"

"Ah, I was the one who took you in, and now you're saying that?"

"No, no boss would stab someone as soon as he walks in the door." Liu An looked out the window at the sky which looked like it was going to rain.

After Yuan Yuanyuan finished wiping it for him, the candle next to him suddenly went out again, and the children next to him started shaking again. It has been like this since the beginning, the candle would light up for a while and then go out automatically. It could only be repeated again and again. Yuan Yuanyuan didn't think it was a big deal, but the children next to him were obviously very scared.

This will happen when the evil spirit gathers to a certain degree. Of course, candles that have been specially treated will not do this. However, the candles in Yuan Yuanyuan's home are just white candles bought from the store, so they will naturally go out at any time.

Yuan Yuanyuan asked several children to form a circle and lit a candle next to each of them. There were five children in total, and they lit five candles and formed a small circle. Then she bit her finger and drew a few spells on the ground next to her. The candles never went out again.

"Wow, big monster brother you are so awesome!" several children said.

Yuan Yuanyuan sat among the talismans all over the floor. It was her first time making this thing and she actually succeeded. This was actually a small talisman for gathering evil spirits, which she had seen in the Tang poetry textbook.

The room was dimly lit. Yuan Yuanyuan looked at the children sitting together, feeling a little sleepy. Liu An asked tremblingly, "Boss, what's going on outside?"

"How should I know what's going on?" Yuan Yuanyuan said with her eyes closed, lying on the ground, looking very powerless.

"This happened frequently here a few days ago." A little monster next to him whispered.

"Every day there are a lot of dark clouds overhead, and there are a lot of monsters walking on the streets." said another little monster.

"Boss." Liu An pointed out the window, "Look."

Yuan Yuanyuan opened her eyes and looked outside. Everywhere she looked, red eyes appeared and disappeared, flashing in the air.

She stared at the eyes above her head, in a daze. The little kids beside her whispered, "Big monster brother, we are scared."

"What should I do if I'm scared..." Yuan Yuanyuan said sleepily, "Do you want to hear a story?"

"want!"

Yuan Yuanyuan kicked Liu An next to her and said, "Go tell a story."

Suddenly, there was a loud thunder outside, illuminating the room. Yuan Yuanyuan saw a flash of white in front of her eyes, and then it turned pitch black in an instant.

The candle in front of her shook violently.

"Ah!" The other little monsters immediately started screaming involuntarily.

Yuan Yuanyuan suddenly remembered.

Ah...it seems like the parents of these children died in the riot in City C some time ago, so they may be more afraid of these things.

When Yuan Yuanyuan thought about this, she felt that the children in front of her were indescribably pitiful. However, it seemed that they were pitiful but also a little bit smart, and smart but also a little bit stable, so Yuan Yuanyuan didn't know how to treat them.

She looked at the boy who had always been the leader of the children, sitting there with his legs crossed and his lips tightly pursed. Yuan Yuanyuan watched for a while and suddenly asked, "Are you hungry?"

“…I’m hungry.”

"...Then I'll go cook. You guys just stay in this circle. Don't move around or go out."

As Yuan Yuanyuan was talking, she stood up and walked to the kitchen. After a while, she heard footsteps behind her. She turned around and suddenly found that it was Liu An behind her.

Liu An's face turned pale and he limped. Yuan Yuanyuan wondered, "I stabbed his stomach instead of his leg?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Liu An's legs straightened and instantly returned to normal, "Boss, what's going on outside? Where did those little brats come from? Where are their parents?"

"Ah...those kids." Yuan Yuanyuan said as she brushed potatoes, "They are the children of members of the security team who died at their peril. I feel sorry for them, so let them stay for a while."

"I didn't expect that, boss... you unexpectedly have a conscience."

"Yes, I still have a conscience. So please, Master Liu An, go to the living room and keep the kids company. I'm afraid they might tear down the house."

Yuan Yuanyuan washed the potatoes, peeled them, cut them into strips, and then washed them. Liu An stood quietly beside her. Yuan Yuanyuan turned around and saw that Liu An had not left yet. She asked curiously, "Hey, why haven't you gone yet?"

"Boss, I have always had a question." Liu An asked quietly, "Are you really a big monster?"

"Uh, yes, why do you ask?" Yuan Yuanyuan turned around and said.

"Because I never felt that you were a big monster... I never had the concept that you were a big monster."

The room was very dark and Yuan Yuanyuan didn't light any candles because she could still see in such a dark place. Her pupils had gradually dilated, just like a cat's.

In the darkness, Liu An seemed to hear the boss's hand suddenly pause, but it seemed as if nothing happened. It was too dark, so he couldn't really see. Even though he could change his own scent into that of a monster, there were some things that monsters had that he didn't have.

Because Liu An couldn't see, he didn't realize that Yuan Yuanyuan's expression was a little strange. Fortunately, the kitchen was so dark that Liu An couldn't see what she looked like. After a while, Liu An heard Yuan Yuanyuan say: "Do you think that every big monster... can be seen?"

"I think... it seems to be like this." Liu An said hesitantly, "I went back to my hometown some time ago and saw many big monsters. Each of them was very powerful."

Yuan Yuanyuan turned her head and glanced at Liu An, as if she knew what he wanted to say.

"Everyone who is called a big monster has a different aura... Boss, you are the only big monster I have ever seen that is so salty. I am not saying that there is anything wrong with being so salty, but I always feel that a big monster should not be like this, so I always think that you are a little weird."

"What's so strange about that?"

"I always feel that compared to other big monsters, you are a little..." Liu An froze in the middle of his words. He shook his head and suddenly stopped talking.

The kitchen was very quiet. After a long time, Liu An suddenly heard a very faint sigh. He didn't know if it was his illusion.

"Don't look at me like a loser." Yuan Yuanyuan picked out the shredded potatoes, threw them into the pot, and began to fry them slowly. "Actually, I'm really good."

"Hey?" Liu An's voice became a little lingering, "Could it be that Boss, you..."

"I'm really powerful, okay?" Yuan Yuanyuan said. Although she herself was not sure, she had killed many monsters in this period of time, so her experience was gradually increasing.

"If you are so powerful, why do you always stay here with a little monster like me?"

"That? Of course there is a reason." Yuan Yuanyuan said, "Big monsters also have their own ways of living. How do you know what my purpose is if you stay here?"

"What's your purpose?"

Save your life?

Yuan Yuanyuan silently threw the shredded pork in her hand back into the pot and stir-fried it.

"Actually, a big monster..." Yuan Yuanyuan whispered, "There are all kinds of weird ones. As for whether I am a big monster, do you want to try it out?"

"How do I try this thing?" Liu An was stunned.

"Don't you want to feel what it's like to be a big monster? Then I'll give you a direct experience."

As soon as she finished speaking, Liu An suddenly had a very bad premonition.

However, Yuan Yuanyuan had already turned to look at Liu An, and suddenly her eyes turned red, and the demonic marks on her face gradually emerged.

The demonic patterns flickered, first appearing on the forehead, then slowly spreading to the corners of the eyes, and finally converging, about to become one...

In the dark kitchen, a beam of red light suddenly appeared.

…

Liu An watched his boss' eyes grow redder and redder. An indescribable pressure approached him, and he suddenly felt as if his heart was being pinched.

He suddenly felt that the boss in front of him seemed to have become a different person. After he finished speaking, his aura suddenly became stronger, causing Liu An's breathing to stop.

Liu An didn't expect the boss to show up so suddenly, but the boss in front of him was indeed someone he had never seen before. It felt to him like something was slowly waking up from the darkness...

He suddenly felt like he had won a big prize. He had just casually complained about his boss's situation. In his opinion, it was quite unbelievable that a monster like his boss could live in such a small place, especially in the eyes of someone like him who knew the status of a big monster.

Liu An didn't know why he said those words just now, but he felt that... he didn't want his boss to continue to be a pervert. Although he didn't know why his boss was here, he subconsciously felt that his boss was a pervert...

As a result, his words seemed to have triggered some incredible switch, and it seemed that all the things that the boss had been hiding for a long time were blown out. He quickly shouted, "Boss, boss, I was wrong! Boss, stop it!"

Oh my god! Who is this ancient god in front of me?

He just said a few words casually, how could it suddenly become like this! So he has been working for such a scary guy?

Yuan Yuanyuan released her evil aura for a while, and suddenly she heard someone knocking on the door. She was stunned for a moment, then listened carefully and found that someone was knocking on the door.

Oh my god, knocking on the door in this weather... Is this a ghost?

Yuan Yuanyuan immediately let go of the evil spirit on her body. Liu An, who was standing opposite her, exhaled sharply and seemed to want to speak. Yuan Yuanyuan put her finger to her mouth and said, "Hmm, listen."

Liu An also heard the knock on the door.

Who is coming this time...The last one was Liu An, who will it be this time?

She doesn’t even have a second clerk in this crappy shop!

Yuan Yuanyuan bypassed Liu An and quietly walked out of the door, then she heard someone knocking on the door slowly, neither fast nor slow.

“Bang, bang.”

Before Yuan Yuanyuan went out, she used the chessboard technique and listened to the people outside.

is one.

A strange monster.