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Go find him!

Guisheng ran back into the house and found the boss. "Boss, take me to him! Take me there quickly!"

"Who are you looking for?! Why are you in such a hurry?! I still have business to do!" The boss was getting impatient.

"It's the person who wanted to eat almond tofu the other day!" Guisheng said anxiously.

"Ah, him!" The boss's expression softened slightly. "I don't know where he is, I only know..."

He has a house on Renmin Road, number XX, it's a detached building. Ah, you're looking for him?

"What are you doing?" Looking again, Guisheng had already run out. "Hey! You still have work to do!" Old...

He was so angry he jumped up and down.

"I'm taking the day off today—!" Guisheng's voice came from afar.

"Hmph! Taking leave?! I don't even have time to approve it! If everyone acted like you, would I still be able to work?"

"You think you can just say you're going to see him and I won't fire you? If you piss me off, hmph!"

The boss muttered discontentedly.

Guisheng was respectfully led to the central hall, where the old man was sitting in front of the stove with his back to him.

Guisheng glanced at the opulent furnishings and asked, "Where's my mother?! What have you done to her?"

The old man laughed and turned around. "I told you you would come to find me, and you really did!"

Ha ha!"

“I’m not here to talk to you about these things. I’m asking you, where is my mother? Where did you get her from?”

"A handkerchief?"

The old man smiled slightly, looked at him without saying a word, and simply twirled the steel ball in his hand.

Guisheng suddenly felt that he was that steel ball, being manipulated at will by the old man.

"I once had a pet, it was very beautiful," the old man said slowly, closing his eyes.

She drifted into memories, "I was only in my early twenties then. One day I went hunting in the mountains..."

I was chasing a rabbit when I spotted it. It was so beautiful, as white as jade.

Her skin, her pitiful eyes, seemed to be saying to me, "Don't kill me, I'll take good care of you."

"I'll follow you for the rest of my life!" A happy expression spread across the old man's face, and he remained so for a long time.

He spoke as if he were slowly savoring something.

Guisheng couldn't hold back any longer, "What does this have to do with my mother?!"

The old man opened his eyes, glaring at Guisheng as if blaming him for disturbing his sweet dream.

I adopted it and spent almost every day with it. I hired the best teachers to teach it everything.

What needs to be done; I'll hire the best tailor to sew the most beautiful clothes for it; I'll hire the best

The chef told it to taste all the delicacies in the world… and as a result,” the old man glared at Guisheng resentfully,

His eyes were bloodshot, as if he were facing his greatest enemy, and he spat out each word one by one.

"But it ran away, it escaped!" The old man clenched his fists tightly, his voice filled with fierce anger.

He pounded on the armrest of the chair, "But 10 years ago, it obediently came back, obediently returned to me."

"It's here with me! Haha! It can't live without me! It can't live without me! If it leaves me, it will die!" Old

He laughed maniacally, as if he'd gone mad. "You know what? It's been living a life of luxury with me for over twenty years, how..."

Could it tolerate the simple food elsewhere?! So, after a few years, it obediently returned.

"Haha!" Suddenly, the old man's expression changed, a resentment gathering between his brows. "But it..."

It's changed. It's been polluted by the outside air. It's no longer my pure and adorable little thing!

Therefore, I will punish it, I will punish it severely!

Guisheng grew increasingly alarmed as he listened, his heart pounding in his chest. "Could it be that his pet is..."

The old man regained his usual expressionless demeanor. "Do you know why it can't live without me?"

"For—" The old man paused, a strange light flashing in his eyes, "I give it the most delicious food in the world at every meal."

It's something that tastes good!

Guisheng cried out in surprise, remembering the old man's words, "Human—flesh?!"

The old man chuckled twice.

---Bifengke

Reply [114]: Taotie--5

Part Six: Taotie

"Don't you want to see my pet? It's very charming! Hehe!" The old man's laughter was tinged with...

There was a hint of malice in it.

Guisheng opened his mouth wide, but couldn't say a word; he could only nod unconsciously.

The old man's smile grew even more vicious. He stretched out his right hand, snapped his fingers, and the barbarian appeared.

Grandpa.

"Bring Qing'er out here!"

"Yes!" The barbarian turned and left.

"Have you ever heard of the Taotie?" The old man's expression held a hint of longing. "It's a living..."

A beautiful and dangerous animal that lived in ancient China; you could even call it a god, a master of...

Death, the god of life and death! If it wants you to live, you will live well; if it wants you to die...

You would become its prey, its meal! But, haha, but now it's mine.

My pet, the pet I poured my whole life's effort and youth into creating, you...

"Believe it or not? The Taotie has been resurrected! And it's mine! It's mine!!" The old man's eyes widened.

He clenched his right fist and swung it forcefully into the air, making the sound increasingly shrill.

Guisheng stared blankly at the old man's actions, unable to tell whether the old man had gone mad or he himself had gone mad.

The barbarian's figure appeared at the doorway.

Guisheng suddenly felt his breathing stop, his heart stop beating, and he saw the barbarians.

Standing elegantly beside him was a monster—or rather, a monster—a beauty that Guisheng had never seen before.

Beautiful, elegant, delicate, stunningly beautiful, breathtakingly beautiful, captivating, and enchanting... all these descriptions...

Adjectives describing a beautiful woman flashed through Guisheng's mind: a human face, a tiger's sharp teeth, a sheep's horns...

That face, that countenance... Guisheng felt his eyes tighten, and before he knew it, tears were welling up.

Tears streamed down her cheeks—it was her mother's face! Her gentle face, which she hadn't seen since she was six years old.

"Mother!" Guisheng called softly, his voice trembling, "Mother, do you still recognize me? I am..."

Guisheng, ah…

"Hahahaha!" the old man laughed wildly. "Do you think it still recognizes you? It has..."

After returning ten years ago, I gradually became like this, and my memories of being a human being have long since disappeared!

"Haha! It only remembers me as its master, and you?" The old man said with a hint of disdain, "If I..."

If you told it to eat you, do you think it would pounce on you?! Ah—hahaha! Hmm!

The old man clutched his chest, trying to calm his wildly beating heart. The barbarian rushed over and handed him the urgent...

The medicine that saved them.

Guisheng coldly watched the barbarian's frantic efforts, then glared resentfully at the old man, "You're the one who took my mother's life!"

"You've ruined her life! You've destroyed her like this!" Guisheng shouted emotionally, "She's a human being, she's..."

A living, breathing person! Not yours, not just yours alone! She has her own thoughts, her own...

"It's her life, what right do you have to interfere?! She's a person! Not your plaything!!"

"Ha," the old man struggled to catch his breath, "a human? It's a human? This is the first time I've ever seen one."

When I saw it, it looked like a wild beast, baring its teeth and lunging at me to bite. I...

It took all my strength to subdue it and bring it back. It was a wolf cub, not a human.

He's nothing but a beast!

"You're not allowed to talk about my mother like that! She's the kindest, gentlest, and most adorable woman in the whole world."

people!!"

"I'm merely stating a fact!" The old man's breath grew increasingly murky. "In my..."

It seems it has always been my most beloved—just a pet! Just a pet…hehe.

pet!"

Suddenly, the barbarian stopped Guisheng, "You should go! The old man needs to rest!"

Gui Sheng remained silent, his gaze growing even more piercing.

The old man gestured to the barbarian to throw a newspaper in front of Guisheng, "You know about this, right?"