poor house

The man with the key also opened the security door.

Everything happened too fast in the darkness, before the man had time to tell Ink not to scream, he just felt the low growl in his ears swept away by the stench of hot wind, and then, the scream of his female partner came from behind him.

The sharp teeth and scarlet tongue were mercilessly facing the pale face, and those round pupils were blood red like the pupils of a devil.A low-pitched growl continued from the depths of his throat, and his wide mouth seemed ready to swallow the woman lying on the ground in one gulp at any time.

"what--"

Wu Xie didn't sleep well last night, not only Wu Xie, but even Wang Meng, who always sleeps peacefully, didn't sleep well.So Zhang Qiling, who came back from buying breakfast, entered the room, and saw the shop owner and his little guy lying on the counter with their arms on their heads to catch up on sleep.

"Eat." The only person who was not affected was probably Zhang Qiling, who sat down at the dining table as usual and shared the breakfast for several people.The owner of the stall selling deep-fried dough sticks and soy milk is also from the community behind. He probably didn't sleep well either, and didn't leave the stall in the morning.Zhang Qiling had no choice but to go around and buy some buns and siu mai back.

"Brother, aren't you sleepy..." The bags under his eyes almost dropped to his chin, Wang Meng sat down at the table with his head drooped, grabbed a siu mai and stuffed it into his mouth. "Boss and I are almost sleepy..."

"He slept peacefully last night." Glancing at Zhang Qiling who was pouring milk for him, Wu Xie said with a bitter face, "I was almost annoyed by that dog barking in the middle of the night, so I turned around to see his reaction." nothing."

"Tsk tsk, brother, you are really good." With two buns stuffed into his mouth, Wang Meng's whole face was bulging, "I don't know whose dog it is, why it barks so hard."

"That's right, I've never had it before." Holding the cup and yawning big, Wu Xie rubbed the tears from the corners of his eyes, always feeling that the plate of buns had turned into a pillow, and wished he could sleep on it.Last night, I was disturbed by the dog's barking, but finally fell asleep in a daze, and had another dream that didn't feel very good.Although he couldn't remember the specific content, Wu Xie vaguely remembered that a dog also appeared in the dream.

"Is it almost spring? It's called spring?" Swallowing the buns in his mouth, Wang Meng stretched out his hand to Shaomai again.

"Will lack of sleep affect IQ or is your IQ not high? Do you think dogs are like cats." Glaring at Wang Meng, Wu Xie continued, "And when you hear him barking like howling, I'd rather It felt like the house had been burglarized."

"But boss, how do you know whether it's a stray dog ​​or a domestic dog? What if the owner of the domestic dog can let him howl like that all night?" Whether lack of sleep will affect IQ Wang Meng doesn't know, but Wang Meng is sure that lack of sleep will affect his temper .How could Wu Xie be so mean in the past.

"That's right." After taking a bite of the steamed stuffed bun, Wu Xie always felt that the taste was a bit strange.Looking down at the steaming pink minced meat, it doesn't taste like pork. "Brother, what kind of filling is this bun you bought?"

"Pork." Zhang Qiling glanced at Wu Xie's steamed stuffed bun lightly, and could already smell that the stuffing was made of more than just pigs.Taking the bun from Wu Xie's hand, he replaced it with a siu mai, and Zhang Qiling ate the bun right where Wu Xie had bitten it.

"The steamed stuffed bun tastes a bit weird." Wang Meng smiled a little embarrassedly at the opposite face with the expression 'I didn't see anything'. Wu Xie turned his head and looked out the window at the yard still surrounded by a light mist. When will the foggy weather be like this?

"Speaking of which, I read the newspaper two days ago and found out that many food stalls are no longer selling dog meat for gimmicks, and even a lot of pork is mixed with dog meat." Wang Meng, who was never let go by the rumors in the neighborhood, shared the news from the previous two days.

"Dog meat is more expensive than pork." Wu Xie obviously also affected his IQ due to lack of sleep. After seeing Wang Meng's contemptuous eyes, he hurriedly continued, "Stray dogs?"

"That's right. Recently, many stray dogs have become a meal on the plate." Wang Meng shrugged, looked at the few buns left on the plate and said, "How many of the diners really know what they are eating? what."

The unheated steamed buns were lying lazily on the dinner plate, and the wrinkled dough seemed to be mocking the ignorance of the diners.Wu Xie, who had completely lost his appetite, drank milk and decided to eat more to make up for it when he was cooking for lunch.

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon." Zhang Qiling, who had been silent all this time, suddenly opened his mouth, touched Wu Xie's head, and then glanced at Wang Meng, "You all have to pay attention."

"Ah?" Wu Xie and Wang Meng didn't react.

"It's not just people who can collect debts." Zhang Qiling said lightly, turned around and looked at the thicker fog outside the window, and calmly strengthened the spell on the enchantment.

"Ah, talking about debt collection." Wu Xie stood up as if remembering something, walked behind the counter and opened the drawer, and took out an envelope that didn't look thin. "Wang Meng, here it is."

"What is this?" Wang Meng saw the envelope early in the morning, but Wang Meng didn't move it. "For me?" Opened it and saw a thick stack of pink grandpa Mao.

"Take it as a year-end award." Looking at the surprised look on Wang Meng's face, Wu Xie said with a smile, "It's been a hard year."

"Boss—" Wang Meng smiled a little embarrassedly as he held the huge bonus and didn't know what to say.Although Wu Xie threatened himself with wage deductions every now and then, for so many months, his monthly wages have never been less.In addition to treating his mother before, Wu Xie also helped himself a lot.The number of guests who came to the humble house this year did not exceed double digits, and I lived and boarded in the humble house. Wu Xie must have divided the money from his photography salary for himself. "Is it too much—"

"Are you really stupid to say that your IQ has declined?" After stuffing back the money returned by Wang Meng, Wu Xie leaned on Zhang Qiling and said, "This money is not only for you, it will be Chinese New Year soon, so it's good to buy some." Give your mother food and nutrition, and buy a few new clothes to spend the new year well."

"Boss—" He was so moved that he didn't know what to say. Wang Meng felt that the greatest luck in his life was to have a boss like Wu Xie.

"Okay, okay," he was also a little embarrassed to be called by Wang Meng, Wu Xie would not say that half of the money was called by black blind men. "Go wash the dishes."

"Hmm!" Clenched his fists full of energy, Wang Meng got into the kitchen swiftly with the dishes in his hands.

Turning his head, he found that Zhang Qiling, who was hugging him, was smiling slightly, and there was an obvious expression similar to a smirk in his eyes.Embarrassed, he nudged him lightly with his elbow, and Wu Xie said softly, "Why are you laughing?"

"Laugh at your cuteness." Knowing that Wu Xie would explode when he heard the following two words, Zhang Qiling quickly pressed him into his arms, and gently stroked his hair.

"Brother, what do you mean by debt collection?" Wu Xie asked sternly after making sure that Wang Meng in the kitchen would not hear his and Zhang Qiling's voices.

"Wu Xie, you know Xi."

"On New Year's Eve?" Frowning, Wu Xie recalled the legends he had heard when he was a child.A monster named Xi, and a child named 'Nian' who died after driving away the monster. "Does it really exist?"

"So around the New Year's Eve, the little ghosts will take advantage of the chaos to come out to collect debts, but because most of the ghosts have lost their memories of their lives, they gradually turned into alternation." Zhang Qiling didn't directly answer Wu Xie's question, but said lightly.Even if he can only live in people's legends, that guy will probably always be blamed for being a 'monster'.

"Brother, don't worry, I'm with you every day, how can there be a kid to catch me?" If it's not safe to be around Zhang Qiling, then there is no one in the world who can let Wu Xie live and live out of place.

"En." Nodding, Zhang Qiling hugged the person in his arms tightly.

Leaning in the warm embrace, the smile on Wu Xie's face gradually froze.Because a picture suddenly flashed in my mind like calcium carbide, which seemed to be the dream I had last night.

A bloody mouth, and a panic-stricken man standing opposite the bloody mouth.

When the man came back from get off work, there was no soft barking like a puppy welcoming him from the house as usual.Standing at the door and changing his shoes, the man remembered that he had kicked the dog out.

He brought his girlfriend home for the second time last night. Because of the experience that she was almost bitten by Xiao Xi for the first time, he let the dog out before going out at noon yesterday.Although he was a little bit reluctant when he was carrying him downstairs, but thinking about what might happen tonight, the man made up his mind and put him at the aunt's place in the garage in front of the building.Originally, I thought I would take the dog back to send my girlfriend away today, but who knew that the dog would stand guard at the door of the corridor last night and wait for me to get off work.

If it weren't for the fact that his girlfriend was right behind him, the man would have knelt down and picked up the dog squatting in the snow.But before his hand touched his head, the girlfriend behind him turned pale and started to scream.In desperation, the man had to leave the dog downstairs alone, and took his girlfriend upstairs.

After the candlelight dinner, I watched another movie, watched the hour hand move towards the early morning, and finally waited for the highlight of tonight.The two who were kissing had already entered the bedroom, but who knew that there was a sudden barking of dogs in the corridor.

In the stillness of the night, the sudden barking of dogs broke all the atmosphere. At first, the man thought it was the wild dogs outside.