Chapter 7 Chapter Six

The lizard man stopped and lay down on the ground again.Marvin saw the tail behind her, flicking and flicking, disgusting and terrifying. Ni Ke walked up to his "daughter", pointed to Ma Wen and said to her, "This is my mother's friend and a very important person. You remember his appearance and can't hurt him. Do you understand?" The lizardman nodded and stared at Marvin, making Marvin shudder. "Okay, go back to your room." Ni Ke opened the wooden fence of the small black room next to him - this "room" looks like a storage room.After the lizard man got in, Ni could lock the wooden fence with an iron lock.She turned around and looked at Marvin sadly: "You see, this is my daughter."

Marvin didn't seem to have recovered from the great fright. He was stunned for a long time, and finally let out a breath. He sat down on the wooden bed and put one hand on his forehead. "Oh my god……" "I'm sorry, Brother Marvin, I scared you." Ni Ke said, "I told you, this is not something ordinary people can accept." Ma Wen looked at Ni Ke, shook his head in disbelief and said, "Ni Ke, this...I mean, she is really your daughter? How is this possible?" "I have asked myself this question countless times, how could this ugly and deformed monster be my daughter?" Ni Ke said with great sadness, "But the truth is, she is my daughter, no matter how much I don't want to admit it , she was born from my stomach, this is an unchangeable fact."

Ma Wen knew that asking this question might hurt Ni Ke again, but he couldn't help asking; "Who is her father?" Ni Ke was silent for a long time, closed his eyes and said, "I don't know." Marvin didn't know how to understand, he asked cautiously; "Are you being..." Ni Ke shook his head in pain, tears overflowing his eyes; "Brother Ma Wen, I don't want to talk about this, I have told my family and friends, but none of them believed me, they all thought I was making it up, yes Excuse yourself, I don't want you to see me like this."

Ma Wen pulled Ni Ke to his side and sat on the edge of the bed together. He held Ni Ke's shoulders, held her hand, and said to her: "Ni Ke, I have seen your daughter, I believe you must You have some kind of unusual experience, so if you tell me what happened, I will never doubt it." Ni Ke bit his lower lip tightly and said nothing, Marvin said: "I know, it may be very painful for you to recall these things, but I really want to help you, I want to find out what's going on, and then , find a solution, Ni Ke, you can’t live with such a daughter all your life hiding in the mountains and old forests, you have to find a way to change the status quo.” Ma Wen’s words finally moved Ni Ke.She raised her head, looked at Marvin, and nodded slightly: "Okay, brother Marvin, I will tell you everything I have experienced."

Ma Wen nodded solemnly and gave Ni Ke encouragement with his eyes. Ni Ke looked up, took a deep breath, and began to narrate the past: "I am from Qianyang County, City A, which is a remote and poor place. In the first fifteen years of my life, I was no different from ordinary girls. Studying in the school here and living an ordinary life. "When I was fifteen, I was in the third grade of middle school. At that time, I fell in love with a boy in my class, and he also liked me, but at that ignorant age, we couldn't fall in love like adults. We just often went to school together , After school, go to the mountain behind the school to play.

"Once we were together on Sunday, and we went to the mountains to play again. We had a great time eating baked potatoes and sausages on the hillside. Unfortunately, at five o'clock in the afternoon, the weather suddenly changed, and the clear sky suddenly poured down with rain. The sky also became extremely dark. We hurried down the mountain, maybe in a hurry, and the rain made the mountain road very slippery. I accidentally slipped on my foot. I fell from a small hillside. My head Hit a tree and passed out. "When I woke up, it was the boy who slapped my face and woke me up. He saw that I finally woke up. I was relieved, and I checked and found that it was just a head and arm injury. It’s okay. The boy wanted to carry me down the mountain, so I let him carry it, and my heart was very warm.

"Our house is actually not far from the foot of the mountain. It is an old-fashioned bungalow. He sent me home and told my parents honestly that we went up the mountain to play, and suddenly it rained, and I fell down when I was going down the mountain... …My parents were very angry at first, but they couldn't get angry when they saw him carrying me back, so they told him to go back by himself without even giving him an umbrella. "After returning home, I was in a trance and felt dizzy. It may be because of the rain and my head injury. My mother helped me take a bath and rubbed the medicine on the wound. At this time, my father found out that I had a fever. Originally they were going to take me to the hospital, but it was getting late and it was pouring rain outside, so they just gave me antipyretics and let me lie on the bed in my room to rest.

"I was sleeping on the bed, with dull pain from scratches on my head and body, plus fever, dizziness, nausea, and very uncomfortable. I don't know how long it took before I fell asleep..." Speaking of this, Ni Ke stopped.Marvin looked at her and said, "What's the matter?" Ni Ke shivered, his face turned pale: "Actually, what I just said may not be particularly important... What happened next is the most terrifying and incredible part of the whole incident." Ma Wen could see that Ni Ke was obviously terrified of the following memory. He was trembling all over at the moment, and his body was cold, as if the events of that day had reappeared before his eyes.

Ma Wen hugged Ni Ke, giving her warmth and strength: "Don't be afraid, speak slowly." With Ma Wen by his side, Ni Ke could go back to that night, "I remember. I fell asleep in a daze. My parents came in a few times and touched my forehead to see if my fever was gone. It seemed that my mother had fed me again. One time of medicine. Later, when it was late, they also went back to the room to rest, and I fell asleep again... After falling asleep this time, I had a dream." "Dream?" Marvin asked, "What dream?" Ni Ke closed his eyes tightly, with a painful expression, "It was a very scary dream... a huge lizard was pressing on my body, licking my face with its tongue, my body was very hot, and I felt a strange feeling , because in a dream, I couldn't struggle and resist, I could only let that lizard play with it..." He trembled violently, "I can't forget the face of that lizard now... Whether it's a dream or reality, it doesn't matter. It was the scariest picture I've ever seen in my life."

Marvin recalled that in his pet shop, what Ni Ke saw in the glass box was the always bigger Ge-style lizard.Now he understands.Why did Ni Ke show that feeling of nausea and fear? The horrible experience she said, even if it was just heard, was horrifying. Ni Ke shivered and continued: "Although I had a high fever at the time, this nightmare still left a very clear impression on me. I prayed in my dream to wake up quickly. When I opened my eyes, it was already the next morning gone." "After that, what happened?" "My fever went down, maybe the antipyretics finally helped. But I still had some headaches, so my parents took me two days off sick. After two days, I was almost recovered and went back to school. After a while, it was the same as before, but later, I gradually discovered that there was something abnormal about my body.

"But I didn't think about that at all...it wasn't until a few months later that my stomach became noticeably bigger. My parents paid attention. They took me to the hospital for an examination, and the result was a bolt from the blue—I She was...pregnant." Ni Ke couldn't continue, and covered his face and sobbed.Marvin didn't know how to comfort her, so he could only hold her tightly in his arms. Ni Ke cried for a while, and continued with tears: "My parents think that I had a relationship with a certain boy in the class, so I had this child. The first thing they think of, of course, is the boy who sent me back that day. They scolded me, beat me, and even asked me to tell the truth. I cried and told them that I didn't know what was going on. But they didn't believe me, thinking that I dared not admit it. So they found into that boy’s house.” The boy’s parents were furious, not blaming their own child, but angrily accusing my parents of planting their son.They believed it impossible for their son to do such a thing.They made a big fuss, and everyone knew about it. The boy's parents insulted me in front of my parents and everyone, saying that I framed their son, and cursed viciously, saying that I would give birth a freak. When Ni Ke said this, Ma Wen couldn't help but interrupted: "Didn't that boy stand up and clarify for you?" Ni Ke shook his head in pain, "He doesn't know what happened to me either." "Didn't you tell him about the dream?" Ni Ke bit her lip, "Actually, I told him, but I can see that although he didn't explicitly express doubts, he didn't believe what I said." This kind of thing is really unbelievable.Ma Wen secretly asked, "Then what happened after that?" "The distraught parents sent me to the hospital and asked me to induce labor, but the doctor said that the baby was already seven months old, and the hospital could not perform labor induction, which meant that I could only give birth to the baby, and the matter developed to this point , my father was so angry that he lost his mind. He thought that no matter who I gave birth to this child with, it was a bad breed, and I had humiliated him. For the sake of face, he no longer recognized me as his daughter , drove me out of the house when I was seven months pregnant, and told me to fend for myself outside." When Ni Ke spoke up to this point, she was already in tears, and the hurt she had suffered was overflowing from her body. For a fifteen-year-old girl, this was really cruel, no matter whether she made a mistake or not, this This accusation and punishment are too much. Marvin thought angrily. However, at this point, Ni Ke could no longer stop, "So, with my big belly, I wandered to a foreign land with the only two thousand yuan my mother gave me. When I was in the tenth month of pregnancy, I gave birth to this child in a private clinic in a small village, but when the midwife doctor showed the child to me, my heart was completely shattered. The curse of that woman was fulfilled, and I gave birth to a half human Half-lizard freak." Ni Ke couldn't go on talking any more, she threw herself into Ma Wen's arms, weeping uncontrollably, and Ma Wen felt very sad, and said, "No wonder you named her Meng Nu, she seemed to be born because of that dream." "That's right," Ni Ke lamented, "Unfortunately, the owner of such a beautiful name looks like this." "Actually, you had this deformed child left at that time, so you don't have to." "When I saw this child's ugly and deformed appearance, I thought so too, but, after all, she is the flesh that fell from my body, and, no matter how ugly and weird she is, and even makes me feel that her origin is unknown, she is alive. Yes, it is also a life, how can I make it out, kill her, or abandon her?" "Yeah, after all, she is your own daughter, so you took her to wander around and raised her until she was seven years old." Ma Wen sighed, "I can imagine the hardships involved without mentioning it." .” Ni Ke said sadly, "Yes, I am just a girl in her teens, but she wants to wander around with a strange child. There is no place for us in the city. I can only live in some small villages and forests." living in the village, living by begging and stealing." "Stop it," Ma Wen hugged Ni Ke tightly, tears welled up in his eyes, "It's all over, I won't let you live a hard life." Ni Ke looked at Ma Wen with emotion, feeling a surge of warmth in her heart. However, a few seconds later, she remembered something, and her eyes showed a look of panic: "No, there is no past. Now, something even more terrifying has happened." Ma Wen looked at Ni Ke suspiciously: "What is it?" Ni Ke hesitated for a while, and said with a pale face, "Have you forgotten what the police told us that day? There are three people who are missing." My God, I almost forgot about this matter, Ma Wen took a breath between his teeth, this matter, it really is... Ni Ke could see that Ma Wen had already guessed it, she tremblingly said: "Brother Ma Wen, You already know so much, so I won't hide it from you. That's right, those three people were all attacked by the dream girl, and in all likelihood, they are... dead." Although he had already thought about it, when Ni Ke said this sentence, it still made Ma Wen feel chills down his spine. He glanced at the "Dream Girl" who was locked in the small dark room, swallowed, and asked : "You know, who would do such a thing?" "No, I don't know." Ni Ke said, "If I knew, I would try my best to stop her." It's because I didn't expect her to attack people at all, that's why this happened, you mean , is this the first time she has attacked someone?Yes. Why does he attack people?Ni Ke bit her lip, unable to speak.Marvin figured it out, is it like hunting animals?Ni Ke glanced at Ma Wen, then nodded, which was tantamount to acquiescing.God, she attacked those people and put them... Marvin said in horror, "Eat?" Nike covered his face and said, I really don't know, I didn't witness these things. "Then how do you know that she attacked those people?" When the police said that the three people were missing, I wondered if it might have something to do with Meng Nu.I asked her when I got back and she admitted.Marvin glanced at the little black room, she...can speak? Nike said sadly, "Her vision may be similar to that of some animals or mentally handicapped children. She has no language ability, or what she speaks is different from ordinary people, because I have lived with her for a long time, and I can understand her to some extent. mean." Her language is that hissing sound?Ma Wen thought for a while, then asked tremblingly: "Can the bodies of those three people be found now?" Ni Ke showed a frightened expression, "I think the two people in front, that young man and woman, may have been eaten But the body of the person who disappeared recently, his body should still be somewhere in this forest." "How do you know?" Ni Ke opened his mouth and closed it again, looking as if he couldn't speak. "Ni Ke," Marvin grabbed her shoulder, "at this point, you don't have to hide anything from me anymore, no matter how bad things are, I promised you, I will help you, so you have to take everything Tell me all." Ni Ke looked directly into Ma Wen's eyes and said, "Okay. Actually, I don't want to hide anything from you, but this is scary and disgusting." "what exactly is it?" Ni Ke looked to the side, and after a few seconds, turned his head to look at Ma Wen, and said with great difficulty: "Meng Nu, she doesn't eat ordinary food, but only rotten meat." Marvin's stomach was churning. He tried his best to restrain his nausea and said, "So, she killed those people first, and then stored the corpses somewhere, and then ate them after they rot." Ni Ke covered her mouth and said: "It should be like this. In the past, her targets were only small animals in the forest, but this time, I didn't expect her to attack people." "Why did she attack people this time?" Marvin asked suspiciously. Ni Ke closed his eyes and said, "I guess it's because we didn't stay long in any place before. But this time, I found a job here, so I lived in this cabin in the forest for two months During the above time, she has a large appetite, and she may have eaten up all the small animals in the forest before attacking humans." Marvin frowned and said, "Since when did she start eating carrion?" "Almost since weaning." Ni Ke said, "In order to feed her, I went around to pick up or steal some food, but I gradually found that she hardly ate rice and vegetables, only meat, and fresh She doesn't eat meat, but when the meat starts to spoil, she eats it as if she found it delicious, I feel very disgusted, but there is nothing I can do about it." Natural scavengers.Ma Wen felt chills in his heart, "For the past seven years, she has been living on carrion?" Ni Ke nodded painfully, "I have been trying to get her to eat some normal food, but she doesn't eat at all. In desperation, we I had to pick up some spoiled meat for her every day. Later, when she was five or six years old, her body was already relatively large. The meat I brought back to her could not satisfy her at all, so I could only let her live in the forest Of course, another reason is her appearance, it is obviously impossible to live in the city, and she can only live in some places close to the forest in secret." Marvin looked around the cabin and asked : "You built this wooden house yourself, didn't you?" "How is it possible?" Ni Ke said with a wry smile: "I was lucky this time. When I came to this forest, I found an abandoned log cabin. I guess it might have been lived by the former forest guards. Since there is no Master, we will live in." "Where did you live before then?" "Some abandoned factory buildings, or build some thatched houses by yourself." "Your previous life was really bitter." "It's all in the past, it's nothing." Ni Ke said worriedly, "Now that people are killed, it's the most terrible situation." Marvin said, "Do you want to take your daughter and leave here?" "Besides, is there anything else I can do?" "Why didn't you explain it to the police?" "How to explain? Whether my daughter is a human or a monster, she killed three people! They will put her in prison and sentence her to death!" Ma Wen looked at Ni Ke and said, "You shouldn't cover her like this, she should be responsible for her actions." Ni Ke opened her eyes wide, shook her head and said: "No...you are not me, so you won't understand my feelings and difficulties. Although she is a monster, I have been with her for so many years. There is always affection. I can't leave She, she is my only relative." "You still have parents." "Don't mention them," Ni Ke said disgustedly, "For the sake of stock rights, they have long denied me as a daughter, and I just treat them as dead." Marvin didn't know what to say, he thought for a while, and said, "But have you ever thought about it, if you take your daughter and leave now, it's tantamount to not calling yourself, the police didn't suspect you, but If you leave like this, the police will definitely become suspicious, and if they issue a warrant, no matter where you flee to, you will still be caught." These words made Ni Ke's face turn pale, and she had to admit that Ma Wen's analysis made sense, and she asked helplessly, "Then, what should I do?" Ma Wen stood up from the bed and paced back and forth in the room. After a few minutes, he stopped, looked at Ni Ke and said, "Anyway, you can't leave now. You will go back to work in the store tomorrow and pretend nothing happened Same." "You mean to let it go?" Ni Ke said anxiously, "The dream girl attacked the people who came to the forest again, what should I do?" Marvin asked: “Can’t you let her stay in the house all the time?” "No, she must be exposed to light for a certain amount of time each day. Otherwise, I suspect she may die." Marvin was taken aback.It must be exposed to light for a certain amount of time every day-the same habits as lizards in pet stores. Ni Ke said with a sad face: "So, I can only let her come out for activities during the day. But...if I go to work and don't guard her, I'm afraid she will attack people again." Marvin thought for a while, "If there is enough food, will she attack people?" Ni Ke thought about it and said, "Probably not." "Then it's easy to handle." Marvin said, "I bought a batch of pork, deliberately left it for a few days, and then put it in a fixed place in the forest after it spoiled. You just ask Mengnv to eat there every day." "Okay..." Ni Ke said, frowning again, "But what if the police come to the forest and find the body of the missing person?" Marvin thought about it and said, "This forest is huge. I didn't find it after wandering here for more than two hours at first, and maybe the police won't find it easily. Moreover, if they only find the body and not the dream girl, Also think these people are just being attacked by wild beasts - they won't connect with you." "Yeah." Ni Ke nodded.