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When he turned his eyes to the book again, there were only some familiar words at first, but Shao Jun read it as if he had read it countless times. He just glanced at it casually and knew what was written.Even the more he turned back, the more Shao Jun felt that he had long been familiar with the content written in the book. At this time, he was not so much reading, but rather comparing and confirming with the content recorded in his mind.

Even unconsciously, he suddenly found that the book had turned to the last page.

At this time, Yao Yingyan, who was quietly waiting for Shao Jun to read, asked, "Jun Jun, have you finished reading?"

"En." Shao Jun responded.

"What did it say in the book?" Yao Yingyan put his arms around Shao Jun from behind, pressed against his ear, and asked a little casually.

Shao Jun recalled the content of the book he just finished reading.

He thought it was a book explaining ghouls, but it turned out to be a storybook about the weird experiences of a woman in the countryside.He couldn't tell if the stories told there were true or not.But he had seen the ghoul that was said to be Yao Yingyi with his own eyes, and he knew that the existence of ghouls was indeed true, so the story recorded in the book in his hand was probably also true.

"Jun Jun, what is written in the book?" Yao Yingyan's question brought Shao Jun's consciousness back from thinking.

He looked at the book in his hand, turned his face to the side, looked at Yao Yingyan carefully, and said, "There is a story written in it."

"What story?" Yao Yingyan asked.

"Brother, do you want me to tell you carefully?" Shao Jun asked hesitantly.

"Brother wants to hear, can Shao Jun tell my brother?" Yao Yingyan smiled and kissed Shao Jun's cheek.

Shao Jun blushed slightly, nodded shyly, and said, "This is a story about a woman. There was a girl who went to visit relatives in another village, where she met a handsome young man and fell in love at first sight. The young man fell in love with her at first sight. She also had a good impression, and the two got married."

"That's it?" Yao Yingyan looked at Shao Jun suspiciously.

Shao Jun didn't refute, and continued unhurriedly: "After they got married, the girl found out that her husband was nocturnal and always hiding from her what he was eating. There was always a vague smell at home The rancid smell. She didn't pay attention to it at first, because of the nearby workshops, people in the whole village were upside down day and night, and their work and rest were different from ordinary people. But one day she found that her husband's food..."

"What is it?" Yao Yingyan asked.

"A rotten...human head." Shao Jun whispered.

"Is it really a human head?" Yao Yingyan suddenly whispered meaningfully. .

Shao Jun vaguely heard the word "Rentou" and felt strange, but felt that he might have heard it wrong, and asked, "Brother, what are you talking about?"

"Jun Jun, keep talking," Yao Yingyan urged, patting Shao Jun's arm.

"Okay. The woman fled back to her original village in horror. She found out from her parents that she had been missing for a long time, and that she had gone to the wrong village from the beginning. The village where she married and lived was suffering from war and hunger. There have been no living people for a long time. Although she did not believe that there were no living people in that village, but thinking of the rotten head, the woman never dared to go back to look for her husband. However, one day she found that her husband also appeared in this village But the man at this moment is no longer handsome, if the woman hadn't been with him day and night, she would never have recognized that the monster that gathered a group of monsters at this moment would be her husband."

"That monster is a ghoul?" Yao Yingyan interjected when he turned to the illustration on that page.

Shao Jun nodded: "The content here just happens to be the illustration on this page."

"What happened after that?"

"The monster believed that the woman was treacherous, and led his companions to attack the village where the woman was. Many people were killed and devoured by them, because they did not eat the living, but preferred the rotting corpses after death. They were called ghouls by the terrified villagers. .”

"After that, all the people in the village died later?"

Shao Jun shook his head, "A kind passerby passed by and told the surviving villagers that they could be killed..."

"What method?" Yao Yingyan suddenly interrupted Shao Jun and asked.

Shao Jun pursed his lips, turned to the last page without saying a word, and thoughtfully stroked the last line of words on the page——Brother is a liar.

"Junjun, tell brother what can kill..." Yao Yingyan paused and said, "What's the continuation of the story? Junjun!"

Shao Jun turned his head and stared at Yao Yingyan without blinking.

"Jun Jun?" Yao Yingyan looked flustered, and asked cautiously, "Are you angry?"

"No, I don't." Shao Jun lowered his head, turned to the corresponding plot in the book, and read the words "As long as there is a black goat, you can crush and eat them." Wrap stones in grass and throw them at the ghouls on a sunny day, and they will be killed."

"The villagers have adopted this method, and all the monsters have been killed?"

"Yes." Shao Jun replied.

"The story is over?"

"No, no, shortly after the monsters were all killed, the woman found out that she was pregnant. By the time she found out, it was too late, and she missed the opportunity to have a miscarriage. So the woman gave birth with anxiety. A pair of twins, a pair of lovely normal boys."

Shao Jun looked at the illustration at the end of the page.

The illustration shows a blurred-faced woman holding a cute smiling boy in each hand.However, the shadow of one of the two boys was a roaring monster.

"It ends here."

In fact, after reading this story, Shao Jun already had some guesses about Yao Yingyi's situation.

He lives in an orphanage with himself and has no memory of his biological parents.And he and Yao Yingyan are also a pair of twins just like in the story.Then maybe one of the parents of him and Yao Yingyan is not human.He and Yao Yingyan were, most likely, hybrids of ordinary humans and ghouls.

In the final illustration, only the shadow of one person is a monster, so it may imply that one of the twins will become a ghoul, and the other may still be a human being.

But why the person who turned into a monster must be my brother.

Shao Jun heard a voice in his heart and shouted unwillingly.

Yeah, why must it be him.Shao Jun couldn't help but also sighed.

I don't know if it was because of that voice, he suddenly wanted to meet Yao Yingyi, the elder brother whom he couldn't ask for before he lost his memory.

"I want to see him." Shao Jun closed the book with a bang, pushed away the quilt, and rushed out like a lost soul.

"Jun Jun, who are you talking about?" Yao Yingyan grabbed Shao Jun and pushed him back on the bed.

"It's him."

Even if Shao Jun didn't say that person's name, Yao Yingyan already knew the answer.Without thinking about it, he said with a straight face:

"no!"

Shao Jun didn't care about Yao Yingyan's attitude, he smiled and said, "Brother, I remember you once said that I am its owner and the person who knows where he is best?"

Yao Yingyan was stunned for a moment, his expression changed drastically, he stared at Shao Jun without saying a word.

"I'll recover my memory sooner or later, right?" Shao Jun lay on the bed, looked up at Yao Yingyan, and said calmly, "Even if my brother stops me, I will see him sooner or later."