"Uncle, my school has arrived."

I followed the direction Qi You pointed and looked directly across the road.

I saw a campus gate that did not look very magnificent, but it did not lose its heritage, and behind the school gate were teaching buildings with brown and red as the main color, and students who came to school walked into the school gate from time to time.

When Qi You and I walked into the school gate, an old man walked out of the security room, looked at me and said, "Wait, are you ......?" ”

I raised my hand and touched Qi You's head, and explained in Qi You's rather unhappy gaze: "I'm this child's cousin, and this child's math test is hanging again, so I..."

The old man waved his hand and handed me a "I understand" look, "Let's go in." Then, he instructed Qi You: "Study hard, don't trouble your brother, delay people from going to work." ”

“…… Oh," Qi You nodded with his little head down.

When I walked into the school gate, I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my lower back.

"W-good one, why are you pinching me?" Even if you pinch it, why do you still screw it?

"Who told you to talk nonsense." Qi You looked at me without fear.

"Isn't that improvisation?" I patted her on the shoulder, "Alright, take me to your first year of junior high school English office." ”

After ......hearing this, Qi You's pace suddenly slowed down.

"There are some things that you have to face. If you escape for a while, you can't escape for a lifetime. Either way, after you lead me to the office, you go back to the classroom first, and I'll test your English teacher myself. ”

“…… Know... Road... Finish... Uncle, you're so long-winded. ”

Afterwards, Qi You led me to the door of the office of the English group of the first grade of junior high school.

"Alright, you go to class, I'll text you if there's something."

Qi You pinched the strap of his schoolbag and whispered to me, "Uncle, you have to be careful." ”

"Don't worry, if things don't go right, I'll run faster than anyone else."

After Qi You left, I took a deep breath and raised my hand to knock on the office door in front of me.

"Knock knock..."

"Please come in."

When I opened the door, I saw a kind-looking uncle drinking tea behind his desk, most of his hair on the top of his head missing from overwork.

You should really let Qi You take a look, this is the real uncle.

"Are you...?" Uncle stared at me suspiciously.

"Oh, I'm a former student of Teacher Yao Mingjing, I'm coming to see her, where is she now?"

Uncle was stunned, but I smiled in a friendly way.

"Xiao Yao, she hasn't come here today. Yo, it's ten o'clock, it should be a traffic jam, in the past, she was the first to arrive at school, you find a place to sit first, wait a while. ”

"Don't bother, I'm going to go around the school, I haven't been back for a long time, it's strange to miss it."

"Uh-huh, you go. Teacher Yao should be coming soon, there will be her in the first class of a while, in the fourth class of junior high school, if you can't find her in the office, go to the class to have a look. ”

"Okay, thank you."

I walked out of the office, closed the door tightly, and then took out my mobile phone and sent a text message to Qi You-

"The English teacher hasn't come yet, so I'm going to walk around the school first."

After a while, a reply came from Qi You's side-

"Don't get lost, then I'll have to look for you."

I smiled and put away my phone.

Alas, I grew up wanting to have a brother or sister who was many years younger than me. Now, I can be regarded as finding this feeling in Qi You, but such days can only last for a short period of seven days, and in these seven days, we still have to complete one difficult task after another.

Unfortunately.

As I wandered around campus, thinking about my next plans, my phone in my pocket vibrated for a second.

I took out my phone and saw that it was Qi You's text message-

"Teacher Yao, she is on sick leave today, what should I do?"

Leave?

…… Is it because of illness, or because you can't fully adapt to your new body.

"Send me Mr. Yao's home address, and I'll take a look." I thought for a moment and replied to Qi You with such a message.

This time, after waiting for a while, Qi You sent a reply-

"Building 13, Biwan Community, North L Street, Huangg District......"

At the end of this message, Qi You added two words-

"Be careful!"

"Don't worry."

After replying to the text, I put my phone on silent mode. Because I can't know what kind of changes have happened to Mr. Yao after being parasitized, I have to face it with a lot of energy.

……

An hour later, I came to the door of Mr. Yao's residence.

"Ding Dong~" I rang the doorbell on the wall of the hallway.

No one responded inside the door.

"Ding Dong~"

There was a sound of footsteps coming from far and near in the room.

But there was still no response.

The person who came probably crouched on the security door and observed through the cat's eye for a while before he said, "You... Who is it? ”

Her voice is very gentle, but it feels a little weird, like a person who has just recovered from aphasia, and it feels very jerky to speak.

I subconsciously took a half-step back and made a defensive gesture.

Take it easy, take it easy...

I said to myself in my heart.

I took a breath, raised my head, stepped forward again, raised the bag containing the fruit in my hand again, and said in a calm voice as much as possible: "Hello Teacher Yao, I am the cousin of Qi You in your class, and when I sent her to school today, I happened to learn that you were sick, so I came to visit you, thank you very much for taking care of Qi You these days." ”

“…… You... Qi You... Thank me. ”

“…… Teacher Yao, don't you invite me in, why don't you let me put down the fruit before leaving? ”

"Squeak!" the door opened.

At the same time, I also saw Mr. Yao's appearance clearly-

At about thirty-five years old, you can feel the beauty of her youth from the delicate outline of her facial features. At this time, she was wearing a pair of pajamas, and her curly hair dyed brown was messily draped, seemingly uncared for.

"Please... Come in. She didn't show any discomfort from her disorganized appearance.

"Excuse me." I smiled at her.

She was stunned and then smiled at me.

She was obviously smiling, but I suddenly felt a chill in my back, because her smile looked so stiff, like... It's like you're simply imitating me.

"You... It's Xiaoyou's... Brother. ”

"Well, thank you very much for taking care of Qi You."

"No... What, you sit, I'll pour you a glass of water. ”

"......" I looked at Teacher Yao's back, and I had roughly come to the conclusion that she had indeed been parasitized.

I quietly unloaded my backpack, took out the bottle of spray anesthetic hidden in the backpack, and held it tightly in my hand. The thumb trembled slightly and hooked the safety lock that could open the anesthetic.

"Here you go... Water. ”

Mr. Yao placed the glass full of boiled water in front of me, "Thank you... Thank you for visiting me. As she spoke, she smiled at me again.

My heart pounded.

Because, compared to before, her smile has become much more natural, and she has basically taken the appearance of a human.

My thumb, which was about to unhook the anesthetic lock, froze in motion.

"Please... Drink water, put lemons in it, my son... Loved it. ”

Looking at the simple gaze projected in Mr. Yao's eyes that was seriously inconsistent with her actual age, feeling the sincerity and kindness contained in her strange gaze, and the more skillful smile on the corner of her mouth, my heartbeat was completely still at this moment-

Why?

Why did you behave like this?

You're a different creature! You are the enemy of humanity, and you are an existence that must be completely destroyed...... But how can you, all of a sudden, look so similar to an ordinary human mother?

It's a disguise, it's all a disguise!

"You... Uncomfortable? Teacher Yao looked at me sideways, then smiled and stretched out her hand, touching my forehead with her warm palm, "Sweaty, I... Go get the towel, you wait for me,"

As I watched her walk to the bathroom, my expression shifted, and I suddenly clenched my free hand into a fist, raised it, and then slammed it into my chest.

"Bang..."

The sharp pain that accompanied the muffled sound made me clench my teeth.

I...

What exactly is to be done now?

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