I don't know when it began, the sky was filled with a strange red. It was as if someone had poured a bucket of blood on the canopy and let it run wild.

The gaunt old woman suddenly appeared like a ghost in the bleak autumn wind.

She carried a basket in her hand, and from time to time a certain sweet aroma wafted from the basket.

"Mother-in-law, what do you have in your basket?" The rogue huddled on the corner swallowed hard.

A mysterious and terrifying smile quickly swept over the old man's cloudy eyes, and instantly turned into peace. Of course, the flow of change in this moment is invisible. His attention was all focused on the small bamboo basket.

"It's baked sweet potatoes. Steaming roasted sweet potatoes. The old woman's wrinkled face was filled with a loving smile.

Liu'er stared straight at the bamboo basket before he spoke, "I...... I haven't eaten in two days. His voice was soft, as light as a humble fly.

The old woman's smile almost overflowed from her face. She reached out and took out a fist-sized sweet potato, handed it to Liulang'er, and said, "Eat it, child." ”

Liulang'er snatched the sweet potato, did not peel it, and sacrificed the sweet potato to the Five Organs Temple in three or two clicks. The old woman was very happy, smiled and handed the whole basket to Liu'er, and said, "Eat, eat." ”

Liu'er buried his head in the wind and clouds, not realizing that the old woman looked at him with the same eyes as he had just stared at the basket.

Liulang'er wiped her mouth with her dirty little hands, and sobbed with tears in her eyes: "Mother-in-law, you are really a good person. My mom and dad went to work far away, leaving me to live with my grandmother. Half a year ago, my grandmother died of illness, and I couldn't find my parents, so I could only wander the streets. Most of the time, I can only pick up other people's leftovers in the trash......"

"Enough!" The old woman suddenly snorted irritably, and rudely interrupted Liu'er's words. Liu'er was startled, and looked at her with big black eyes in horror and confusion.

The old woman's face was full of smiles, and there seemed to be two points of apology in the smile. "I'm sorry," she said. It's just that I'm really not interested in your experience. Hey...... When you eat sweet potatoes, do you want to know how these sweet potatoes grow in the ground? ”

Liu'er vaguely heard that something was wrong, subconsciously took a step back, and asked timidly: "Mother-in-law, you, what do you mean?" ”

The old woman smiled brightly and said slowly, "Isn't the meaning obvious? To me, you're a tempting sweet potato. ”

Liu'er was taken aback, dropped the basket and turned to run. The old woman laughed strangely, and when she saw the black shadow flicker, she stood in front of Liu'er again.

Liu'er was so frightened that he couldn't understand why the old woman in front of him was so fast. He felt that the old man was moving as fast as a bolt of lightning, like a gust of wind, like a cat.

Cat? Liulang'er's heart sank, and he remembered the story that his grandmother had told him in front of his bed in the past - Mao Rongpo. Cat Rong Po.

Human-faced, human-body, cat-eared.

Bodhisattva face demon heart.

Feed your stomach and eat your brain.

……

Ten sharp claws delicately lifted the Heavenly Spirit Cover of Liulang'er.

Blood, if magma erupts.

There was also an eerie red on the earth.

The red of the sky was soon swallowed up by the boundless darkness. The red on the ground also slowly cooled, dimmed, and finally dried into a helpless purple-black.

The old woman disappeared suddenly. Disappear into the long street. Disappear into the autumn wind. It's ghostly.