I'm being held captive by a monster

Chapter 8 As a human animal, you just need to grow up quickly, but we have more things to consider
"……brute……"

Lin Xing'an gritted his teeth and his body trembled.

The monster was just playing a trick on him.

Maybe it was just fun, or maybe it was just a whim.

Maybe it was simply to make his emotions fluctuate more violently so that he would taste better.

In short, in the eyes of the monster, he is just a fun toy that can be played with at will and a delicious food that can be enjoyed at will.

"But I'm not a toy, I'm not livestock."

"I am a human being..."

In the darkness, Lin Xing'an tightly grasped the rusty iron bar.

Even if there is no chance of winning, he must swing the iron bars towards the monster!
"An An, my sister is on the ninth floor. Where are you?"

"Sister's words still count. If you come out now, sister will become the person you are familiar with."

"Let's just pretend nothing happened tonight and go home together. I'll promise not to tell your parents, how about that?"

Xu Can's footsteps were getting closer.

Lin Xing'an could even hear the strange sound of the monster's finger joints moving and its arms sliding back and forth on the ground.

"call……"

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Feeling the thundering heartbeat of my own heart.

"It's the tenth floor. I'll find you soon~"

"It's the eleventh floor! I've already seen your little footprints~"

"It's the twelfth floor. Come out quickly, little darling. Isn't it better to be like before? Come home with your sister."

"Having a gentle mother like Aunt Yu, a responsible father like Uncle Lin, and a group of children to accompany you, isn't that great?"

"Just think of tonight as a dream, a nightmare. When you wake up, everything will return to normal, and you will be the happiest child in the world."

Xu Can's voice was getting closer and closer, and the flashlight kept flashing.

Her reflection had begun to appear on the wall, a countless number of hands holding up a piece of skin that fluttered in the wind.

"An An, I'm actually quite curious too. Why did you run away? What else are you not satisfied with?"

"Other children have already started taking extra classes, but we just want you to grow up healthy and happy."

"We can satisfy whatever you want. How can you not be satisfied with such a happy childhood?"

"Come out, An An, stop being willful. Being willful is not the way to be a good child~"

The flashlight flickered.

In the blink of an eye, Xu Canying's shadow on the wall turned into a human again, walking up the stairs step by step.

The sound of footsteps is like heartbeat.

"An An, think about it carefully. Which is more worthwhile: living a carefree life until you are eighteen or toiling away your whole life?"

"Ask those workers in big cities who work overtime every day, ask those delivery drivers."

"How many people would choose to live as they please for eighteen years? Even if it means becoming a pet, even if it means losing their dignity, right?"

"You saw that beast hanging on the seventh floor, didn't you? If he could be kept and carefree, how could he commit suicide?"

Xu Can’s words made Lin Xing’an tremble all over.

This group of monsters actually treated raising humans as alms from the beginning to the end...

They have always treated people as livestock...

"You are very lucky, An An. Your only misfortune is that you accidentally discovered the truth."

"And even if Aunt Yu isn't your biological mother, her love for you is real! She truly loves you!"

"As a human animal, you just need to grow up quickly, but we have a lot more things to consider."

"Alas, you child, you don't know how to feel sorry for us."

Xu Can sighed resentfully.

She suddenly stopped on the stairs just one level away from Lin Xing'an.

Lin Xing'an also pursed his lips, gripped the iron bars, and stood up silently.

The rust spots pricked his palms, but Lin Xing'an held them tighter.

"clatter……"

"clatter……"

"clatter……"

Xu Can stopped talking, walked up the stairs step by step, and stopped at the door of Lin Xingan's floor.

The dazzling light of the flashlight shone in, and Lin Xing'an's small body pressed against the square pillar.

The two were only three steps apart. Lin Xing'an could feel Xu Can's gaze on the square pillar where he was hiding.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

He held his breath and bent down to his knees like a baseball player.

"An An, I know you're behind that pillar. Come out, I see you!"

Xu Can chuckled.

"Hey, do I really have to go over there? Woohoo, are you so afraid of me..."

She walked towards the square pillar.

But just when the flashlight had already caught the corner of his clothes and Lin Xing'an was ready to swing his weapon, Xu Can suddenly stopped.

"It's so strange, An An, how can you, a six-year-old child, have so many levels of physical strength?"

She didn't even look behind the pillar and turned away as if nothing had happened.

"Da da da……"

Hearing Xu Can's footsteps continuing to go up the stairs, Lin Xing'an was shocked and his forehead was covered with cold sweat.

Didn’t she see it just now?
She...just left like that?

How can it be?

Lin Xing'an did not relax his vigilance at all and listened with his ears perked up.

Xu Can's footsteps were still obvious, and were getting farther and farther away.

And then suddenly... disappeared?

A few seconds later, at most one floor up, Xu Can's footsteps disappeared without any warning.

Lin Xing'an frowned, closed his eyes and listened more carefully.

The increase in physical strength also made his hearing and sense of smell more acute.

In my ears is the sound of my own heartbeat, the sound of the summer night wind, and the chirping of katydids in the weeds outside...

But Xu Can, who had been chattering just now, seemed to have suddenly evaporated.

There was no more sound from her in the entire building.

In the pitch-black darkness, it seemed as if Lin Xing'an was the only one there from beginning to end.

No, something's wrong...

Lin Xing'an felt inexplicably anxious.

Xu Can's heart, which was calm just now even though it was right in front of him, suddenly started pounding!

An unprecedented sense of crisis made Lin Xing'an feel as if he was being pricked by needles all over his body!
He knew Xu Can must be there.

It must be hidden in this devouring darkness!
but……

where?

"call……"

Lin Xing'an adjusted his breathing, held his breath, and listened more attentively.

The creaking sound of the dilapidated wooden door shaking slightly...

The sound of leaves swaying in the wind...

The rippling sound of debris falling into the dark puddle...

and also……

Lin Xing'an frowned.

What is that sound?
Faintly, he seemed to hear some small rustling sounds...

It seems to be there and not there, appearing and disappearing from time to time...

It came with the wind, seemed to be gradually approaching, as if it was right next to him.

It seems that...

at……

Lin Xing'an's breathing suddenly stopped, and a chill ran from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, making his hair stand on end.

After two seconds of silence, he slowly raised his head stiffly.

Xu Can's body extended from the upstairs and clung to the ceiling like a gecko.

The pale skin hung down on Lin Xing'an's head, only half a meter away.

Floating lightly, swaying in the wind, grinning.

"whee……"

(End of this chapter)