The mother's own child should be the other boy in the photo.

"I didn't understand what it meant when I first got the news," Shi Xia said, "As the boy grew up in his mother's womb day by day, I accidentally noticed that her eyes looked at her bulging abdomen, gentle and sweet, I never expected my mother to have the same look at another person," it pinched its knuckles, "I always thought it was my exclusive treasure, and it was then that I realized that a child who had not yet come into the world was coming to disrupt my life that I could not have." ”

This is not easy to accept for emotional monsters.

"Soon, all the focus of the family was on the unborn child, and I started to stop talking. ”

"Didn't you tell your mother about your uneasiness?" I asked, "but she's your mother." ”

"No, at that time, I had no master, and even made the decision to leave this house.

"Leave?"

"Yes, at that time, I felt that sooner or later I would be abandoned by this family," Shi Xia said, "rather than waiting to be abandoned, it is better to leave by myself." ”

“... You're really glassy. "I couldn't help but complain.

"Haha, it's a bit of a problem now, but I couldn't figure it out at the time," it said, "Mom seemed to notice my abnormality, she was more gentle with me than usual, but I didn't notice it at the time, she was paying attention to me so hard, but I still quietly left the house after dinner one day." ”

"I'm really gone..."

"Well, for me, it's not difficult to leave quietly, but I'm still holding on to a bit of luck, so I turned into a monster form and watched them at home," Shi Xia began to smile at the corner of his mouth when he spoke, "I was really willful at that time, not long after I became a monster form, my family found out that I had disappeared, and at first I thought I was going somewhere to play, but as time passed, they began to get anxious." ”

"You still haven't changed back into human form?"

"No, I looked at their anxious appearance and felt inexplicably satisfied, Dad started to call around, Mom sat in the chair and was silent," Shi Xia said, "But it didn't take long for this satisfaction to turn into uneasiness, and I began to think that the satisfaction just now must be caused by the evil in the heart of the monster, so I am not qualified to be my mother's child." ”

"You just want people to care about you," I said, "and a lot of kids get their parents' attention when they're young." ”

"But at that time, I didn't dare to change back into human form, what kind of face should I face my parents? How can I explain why I left? I don't know the answer, and I don't dare to appear in front of them again, but I am very nostalgic for this place, so I have been sitting there and watching them become more and more anxious," Shi Xia pointed to himself a little self-deprecatingly, I didn't do anything, I just sat like this for hours, and what I didn't expect was that my mother also sat like this for hours, and I looked at her, but she couldn't see me. ”

"There's nothing farther away than not being able to see each other. I said.

"Well, I stretched out my hand to touch her, but it stopped in mid-air," it said, "and just leave," I thought to myself, but suddenly my mother spoke. ”

"Did she see you?" I asked.

"Of course not," Shi Xia shook his head, "I also mistook her for a moment that she saw me, and at that moment I was even briefly happy, if she could see me, does that mean I don't have to hide the fact that I am a monster anymore?" ”

I looked at Shi Xia's eyes, which were too similar to human eyes, full of human warmth and coldness.

"The strange thing is that she obviously can't see me, but every word she says is like saying it to me," Shi Xia touched her pocket where she put the photo, "She said, why did you leave without saying anything? Is it because Mom's cooking is not delicious? Or is Dad too strict? Actually, Mom knows and knows that you are very nervous, but no matter what, you are Mom's child, why did you run out so silently? Where did you run to?"

It sounds like some reproach, but also warmth.

"As soon as I heard this, tears fell, ah, it turns out that this is the feeling of human tears, don't they all say that tears are very bitter?, but how do I feel warm in my heart," Shi Xia seemed to be talking to himself, "I kept looking at my mother, and I didn't say a word, and at this time, my mother's eyes suddenly met my gaze." It shrugged, "I don't know when I turned back into a human and appeared in front of my mother so suddenly." ”

"That's going to scare her. ”

"Yes, at that time, my father went out to look for me, and my mother was the only one in the house, and she looked at me blankly, and I looked at her at a loss, should I say something?

"I can't guess it, it's me, I guess I can't say a word. ”

"Mom," it said, "I wanted to call her well, and I blurted it out." But suddenly she hugged me with her bulky body, without warning, without saying a word. ”

"How do you explain to her that you suddenly appeared at home?"

"There is no explanation. ”

"No explanation?"

"Well, she hugged me, and then she cried, the more she cried, the more sad she became, the more she cried, the more she couldn't control it, she began to beat me while hugging me, saying why I was hiding, saying that if I didn't obey well in the future, I wouldn't make anything to eat again," Shi Xia said, I didn't know how to explain it, but I listened to her gentle scolding, nodding and shaking my head, and it seemed to be the end of the matter, my mother told my father that I was just going out to play and running too far, and until now, my mother has not asked me how I suddenly appeared in front of her that day. ”

“... Should I say she really loves you so much that she doesn't care about your past, or should I say she has a big heart?"

"Neither," it smiled slightly, "that day, when our emotions were stabilized, I just wanted to explain to her, but my mother's stomach suddenly moved, I was startled, but my mother broke into tears and laughed, she asked me to touch her belly with my hand, and sure enough, the little guy in the stomach jumped again, and she told me that it was the beating of life, every life is like this, there are not so many differences." ”

I found something in my heart, but I pretended not to know anything, what a gentle mother...

"I think my mother must have felt something, because every time I did something that was not in line with human habits, she looked very calm, reprimanded me gently at most, and then told those who were amazed, 'Xiao Xia is a very special child. Shi Xia's eyes were full of excitement, "Since my brother was born, we have always had a good relationship, and I also live and study like a human child, and I am used to human life." ”

"In that case," I thought back to the letter I had just written, "it should not be difficult for you to write a letter, so why should it go through me?"

Shi Xia's gaze, which was still excited just now, suddenly darkened.

(End of chapter)