C12 (2/2)

Seeing that I did not say a word, Lina stared at the drawing on the ground and the crayons, she was silent for a while, and finally said:

”Alright, Maria had actually given me time to play with him. She's too old to take care of a child. ”He was here just a moment ago. We drew a few pictures, that's all.”

When Lina said this, she did not look at me.

I immediately thought of what Maria had faintly said in the living room last time: ”... Bring your sister's child back to the family, and let your husband understand that your child can bring happiness to the family … ”

”You're not stupid enough to believe that kind of nonsense, are you?!” I suddenly felt that Lina was about to suffocate me.

”Huh?” Lina blinked her eyes. She's still pretending, I really hate her.

”I say, you won't be so stupid as to believe that just by finding a random brat outside to raise will be able to change me, right? Do you have to tell someone else everything about us? ” I almost shouted it out.

”What do you mean?” Lina looked at me in disbelief. She suddenly stood up and shouted: ”I have never told Maria about us. I don't know why she suddenly mentioned this that afternoon! Maybe that's why they say I don't have any children to sympathize with me! I never thought of changing you. I never thought of using Alpha as a tool to change you … ”

As Lina spoke, tears flowed down her face like a waterfall. We had been married for so long, Lina had never been so sad before.

”Can't I even have a friend? ”Sob, sob …”

My heart was in pain, I hugged Lina in my arms and said, ”I'm sorry, I'm sorry …”

”I was wrong, it's all my fault. I know you just want a child, we'll definitely have a baby.”

These words were not only said to Lina, but also to myself.

I carried Lina to bed. As long as I cooperated with Lina, she would feel better.

After that, seeing Lina falling asleep in my embrace, it started to rain outside again.

He looked at his watch. It was almost 12 o'clock. I can't sleep anyway, so I just get up and read. I just borrowed two books from the library on genetics and malformed fetal pathology.

”Buzz …”

The shutter went off again.

After the last power outage, Lina had prepared a few more candles at home. The old house's voltage probably couldn't be repaired anymore.

A clap of thunder.

”Hiss — — Hiss — —”

The stray cat started scratching at the door again. I cover my ears impatiently. Who in the world would be so bored as to close the door to a junk room all day long?

Eh, something doesn't seem right. There are only two houses on this floor.

Lina and Alpha had always been very concerned about that baby miaow, so they couldn't possibly intentionally close the door; naturally, I didn't close the door; Maria, she even had to struggle to get to the storage room — Who in the world went to close the door?

The sound of the door being scratched became louder and louder. It sounded as if someone was scratching his nails. This damn cat, did he guess that I wasn't asleep?

Sigh, forget it, just treat it as opening the door for Lina.

I took the candle and walked out of the apartment. It was still dark outside, but I didn't seem as frightened as I had before. People are like that. When you know what's in the dark, you don't fear the dark.

Darkness is darkness only when you don't know what is in it.

The door to the utility room was open.

There was no stray female cat, and the little cat inside raised its neck in the dark and looked at me.

Could it be that stupid cat had gotten the wrong cat? I was a little doubtful. After looking around the chore room for a long time, I was about to turn around and head back.

There was a flash of lightning, and the window of the utility room was illuminated as bright as day.

I looked out of the window and saw a man standing under a street lamp on the other side of the stairs.

She stood in the rain, unshielded, looking toward me on the sixth floor.

It was an old gypsy woman he had met downstairs on the first day of his stay. In my memory, her eyes were blind, but I felt as if she were staring right back at me.

It's raining so hard I can't hear it.

The stray female cat I was looking for lifted her neck from her arms and looked back at me.

At this moment, the sound of someone scratching the door echoed throughout the corridor.

”Hiss — — Hiss — —”