PDLP Chapter 990 I'm not a monster!
Chapter 990 I'm not a monster!
Caojia Village.
A group of seven- or eight-year-old boys were playing and frolicking in the stream outside the village.
Catching fish, shrimp, and having water fights—even these energetic little guys eventually run out of energy.
A group of people were lying on a large rock, sunbathing and chatting, when one of the children yawned.
"Cao Yuan, did you go and peep at Widow Chen next door taking a bath again last night?"
"Hahahahaha!"
The children burst into laughter instantly.
Cao Yuan's face flushed red, and he said angrily, "I didn't! I'm not! Don't talk nonsense!"
"You look like you've just woken up. You didn't get tired of playing so quickly, did you?"
"Hmph, you don't know anything! That was just a bored yawn!" Cao Yuan retorted stubbornly.
"Okay, let's continue playing. Next, let's play a game where we fight monsters!"
"I want to be the Monkey King!"
A child grabbed a straight tree branch next to him and used it as a magic staff.
"I am Erlang Shen!! My dog, Dahuang, is the Celestial Hound!!"
A small dog with its tail wagging incessantly is standing around a child's feet.
"I am Nezha, and my iron ring is my Universe Ring!!!"
Another child picked up his iron ring from the shore and hung it around his neck.
"Cao Yuan, you're a monster!"
Cao Yuan said reluctantly, "Why should I be the monster? I've been a monster several times already. It's time for someone else to take over!"
The other children laughed and said, "It's because you look so fierce. Now, when we put the kids to sleep, we don't say 'The wolf is coming,' we say 'You're coming.'"
"With this reputation, if you're not the monster, who is?"
Cao Yuan said angrily, "Hmph, I don't care, I'm not going to be a monster! I'd rather quit playing!"
When Cao Yuan gave up, his friends panicked and immediately surrounded him, grabbing his arms and trying to appease him.
"Hey Cao Yuan, look how impatient you are. I have some good food in my bag. If you treat me like a monster this time, I'll share half with you, okay?"
"Tch, I'm not interested in delicious food!" Cao Yuan said with a disdainful look.
"Cao Yuan, Cao Yuan, I've got another puppy at home. If you become a monster, I'll treat you like a dog and give you as a gift."
Cao Yuan: ? ? ?
"What do you mean? Do I look like I enjoy being someone's dog?!"
"No, no, I misspoke. What I meant was, if you become a monster, I'll give you a dog as a gift!"
Cao Yuan replied with a similarly disdainful look, "Tch, it's just a puppy. I'll ask my dad to buy me one at the market. What's so special about it?"
Seeing that Cao Yuan was unyielding, the crowd was at a loss for what to do.
One of the children, who seemed the smarter, put his arm around Cao Yuan's shoulder and whispered, "Yuan'er, if you play the monster this time, I'll switch seats with you."
"You've always wanted to be deskmates with Niu Xiaohua in our class, right? I'll switch with you, you can be the monster, how about it?"
Upon hearing this, Cao Yuan's eyes lit up, and he grinned foolishly.
"Hehehe, really?"
"We grew up playing together naked, would I lie to you?"
"Alright, I'll continue being the monster today. Erzhu, don't forget to give me your puppy. Xiaohua loves puppies, hehehe..."
Cao Yuan gave a silly grin.
The group assigned roles and started running into the village.
"Run! Run!"
"A monster is coming! A monster is coming!"
"Hehehe, hehehe..."
Cao Yuan let out a series of sinister laughs, mimicking the appearance of a monster, and chased after his companions.
At the village entrance, someone hastily left behind a rusty wood-chopping knife.
Cao Yuan happened to be unarmed, so he decided to use this woodcutter's knife as a weapon.
Just as Cao Yuan was about to pick up the wood-chopping knife on the ground, a torrent of memories surged forth like a tidal wave!
"what!!!"
Cao Yuan clutched his throbbing head, cold sweat pouring down his back!
Those scenes just now felt so real, as if I had experienced them myself...
The turning point in my life came when I picked up this wood-chopping knife!
Once I pick up this wood-chopping knife, I will transform into a monster engulfed in black, malevolent flames and slaughter all 333 people in Caojia Village!
Thinking back to what had just happened, the realism of the experience made Cao Yuan shudder with lingering fear!
Was it a dream?
"No."
A cold voice interrupted Cao Yuan's self-doubt.
Cao Yuan was startled and somewhat frightened when he saw the gray-robed figure that had suddenly appeared before him.
"Who...who are you?"
The man in the gray robe didn't answer Cao Yuan's question. Instead, like an emotionless machine, he began to speak slowly:
"When you were three years old, you accidentally swallowed soap. It was your dad who carried you for thirty miles through the mountains to the clinic in town and saved your life."
“When you were five years old, you climbed a tree to steal birds’ nests and accidentally fell from the tree. That’s when you got the scar on your forehead.”
"When you were six, you stole money from home to buy candy for Niu Xiaohua. After your parents found out, you experienced the power of a doubles beating for the first time..."
The gray-robed figure, like an emotionless repeating machine, silently recounted Cao Yuan's past, even knowing some details better than Cao Yuan himself...
A nameless fear rose in Cao Yuan's heart, and he staggered back, "You...you...who exactly are you?!"
The man in the gray robe said coldly, "Who I am is not important. What is important is that if you pick up this wood-chopping knife that will change your fate today, everything will be irreversible."
"Everything that just flashed through your mind was your real experience."
"I'm giving you a chance to change your fate, Cao Yuan. It's up to you whether you want to pick up this wood-chopping knife."
Cao Yuan looked at the rusty woodcutter's knife on the ground as if it were a demon, and retreated repeatedly.
"Don't...don't..."
"I don't want to become that kind of monster!"
"I'm not a monster! I'm not a monster!!"
"No, I'm not!!"
Cao Yuan's eyes were filled with extreme fear. He didn't even have the courage to look at it again and ran home in a panic!
Cao Yuan's family.
Cao Yuan's parents returned home and inspected the cooking pots and stoves.
Seeing that there was nothing in the pot, Cao Yuan's mother said angrily, "This child went out to play all day today and didn't even cook. I'll teach him a lesson!"
Cao Yuan's father chuckled and said, "He probably forgot because he was tired from playing. Let me look for him and see where he went."
"I'm not a monster, I'm not a monster..."
In the corner of Cao Yuan's room, a figure hugged himself and kept muttering to himself, hiding in the shadows.
Cao Yuan's father followed the sound and slowly pushed open the door to the room.
"Yuan'er, did you play too much again today and forget to cook? Did you make your mother angry again? Come over here and cook for her..."
Holy crap!
Cao Yuan's father approached the corner and was startled. He looked at the figure in the corner and demanded, "Who are you?!"