I have a weird dynasty

Chapter 507 [Gluttony #1]

The room was dim and the clock on the wall was ticking, pointing to two in the morning.

The kitchen refrigerator door was open, and the faint light illuminated the figure of a woman, and there were bursts of tearing, swallowing and chewing sounds.

After a while, the swallowing sound suddenly stopped.

"what!!!"

With a scream, Qin Xiao crawled backwards using his hands and feet. His hands, cheeks and body were stained with a mixture of animal blood and food residues such as cake.

Qin Xiao was trembling all over and his face turned pale. He got up tremblingly and rushed to the bathroom. He picked his throat and tried to spit out what he had eaten, but in the end all he vomited out was sour and bitter water.

This was the tenth time she had woken up in the middle of the night to eat while sleepwalking.

But she had already emptied the refrigerator and there was no food in the house. Where did the food in the refrigerator come from?

She lived alone in a one-bedroom apartment, and no one else came to her house during the day.

And before going to bed, she had tied one of her hands to the head of the bed.

Qin Xiao pulled up the sleeves of her pajamas and found marks on her wrists. She quickly returned to the bedroom, turned on all the lights, and saw the untied rope at the head of the bed.

Qin Xiao took back the mobile phone that was facing the bed and checked the video with trembling hands.

Everything was normal before going to bed and just after going to bed. As the progress bar moved quickly, the time came to two o'clock in the morning and Qin Xiao's pupils suddenly shrank.

In the dim light of the desk lamp, she saw herself sitting up from the bed, her eyes open but lifeless, she untied the ropes that bound her hands, and walked out of the bedroom like a zombie.

The sound of taking the key and opening the door to go out was heard. Qin Xiao pulled the progress bar again until she came back from outside by herself.

So she went out and bought the food, put it in the refrigerator, and then sat in front of the refrigerator and started eating it?
Qin Xiao didn't know what was going on. She went to see a psychiatrist, took medicine, and tried everything she could, but nothing worked.

Who can come and help her?

At this moment, the sound of something falling came from behind, and Qin Xiao jumped up from his chair in fright.

After looking carefully, Qin Xiao found that the spider was crawling away quickly on the floor, and there was a black business card with a line of gold words on it.

[A grocery store]

Qin Xiao picked up the business card. Apart from this line of words, there was no other information on it.

The window was open and the cold night wind blew the curtains. Qin Xiao didn't think too much about it. He just thought that the wind blew the business card away and threw it on the table.

That night, she turned on all the lights in the house, curled up on the sofa, hugged herself and dared not sleep.

The next day when Qin Xiao went out to work, he was in a daze. He only ate two bites of the meal and felt nauseous and couldn't eat anymore. He persisted until he got off work and went home.

Qin Xiao's family background is average, but she lives a very refined life. She spends all her money on herself and is a typical moonlighter.

She had no money to move, no money to stay in a hotel, and no friends who could take her in.

Qin Xiao was afraid to go home, so he just strolled on the street. As he walked, a shop with a black plaque and ancient style suddenly came into his sight.

"A grocery store? It's right near my house?"

Out of curiosity, Qin Xiao pushed open the door of the grocery store and walked in.

Ringing~
The crisp sound of the wind chimes at the door made Qin Xiao, who had not slept all night, feel refreshed and much more clear-headed.

The shop is not big, and is surrounded by antique shelves and ancient-style chests, which display all kinds of things, including antiques and modern items. It is retro and full of the charm of time.

At the deepest part of the store, right opposite the door, there is a long table with a green desk lamp in the style of the Republic of China on. A girl in her early twenties is sitting there, concentrating on writing something.

Hearing the noise, the girl slowly raised her head and looked towards Qin Xiao.

When their eyes met, Qin Xiao's breath stagnated, and he was amazed by the girl's appearance and temperament. Her long black hair was draped behind her like silk, her face was as white as snow, and had a texture that was almost transparent. There was a hint of coldness on the tip of her eyebrows, and a distant scrutiny in her eyes, which made people feel as if they were being seen through and dragged into a cold abyss just by looking at her.

"What do you want to buy? Or is there anything you want to sell?"

The voice was just as cold. Qin Xiao swallowed hard and looked away, but his hands subconsciously pressed the bag in his arms.

"I... I'll just take a look."

The girl lowered her head and continued writing, "The things in the store are valuable, don't touch them unless you buy them."

Qin Xiao took a casual walk around and always felt that the place was very gloomy. It seemed that there were countless pairs of eyes staring at her in the dark, which made her very uncomfortable.

Qin Xiao saw an ancient shrine with a golden toad at the door. Inside was a small Miao doll, which was very delicate and pretty, and made her very excited.

However, the shrine was placed in the middle of the store, on a separate Bagua-shaped table, and it was obvious at first glance that it was the store's treasure.

Qin Xiao could only give up and didn't even have the courage to ask the price.

Although this is called a grocery store, it is actually more like an antique house. There are indeed some shabby sundries here, such as a broken record player, burnt picture books, tattered puppet dolls, etc.

When Qin Xiao was about to leave, he saw a few candles on the shelf next to him. Suddenly, he had an idea and turned to ask the girl inside.

"Excuse me, do you have any aromatherapy that can help me sleep? I've been suffering from severe insomnia lately."

The girl still sat there motionless, opened the drawer under the table, took out a long and thin box and placed it on the table.

"Spirit-calming incense, eighty-eight!"

Qin Xiao opened her eyes wide, she didn't expect it to be so expensive, but inexplicably, the atmosphere here and the girl gave her a sense of confidence, prompting her to buy this extremely expensive calming incense.

When Qin Xiao went to the girl to scan the code to pay, he realized that she had been writing on the test paper.

Do high school students still plan to take the college entrance examination on their own?
Qin Xiao didn't dare to ask more questions, paid the bill and left.

After returning home, Qin Xiao still turned on all the lights in the house, made sure again and again that there was no food in the house, and even put a chair behind the door.

Then I went back to the bedroom, charged my phone again, and took pictures of the bed.

Finally, she lit the eighty-eight-note soothing incense with a nervous heart.

Wisps of smoke emanated from the incense, carrying a faint scent of sandalwood, very much like the smell in a Taoist temple.

Smelling the fragrance, Qin Xiao yawned repeatedly and fell asleep in a daze.

That night, Qin Xiao slept very soundly except for feeling a bit of cold wind blowing on her face in the middle of the night. When she opened her eyes, it was already dawn outside.

She didn't even get up to sleepwalk and eat again!
Qin Xiao looked at the desk next to him and saw that the calming incense on the table had burned out.

Qin Xiao secretly regretted that he should have broken it into two parts and used it twice!

He took back his phone to check last night's video. When the progress bar reached two in the morning, Qin Xiao suddenly screamed and threw the phone away.

The phone fell to the ground. On the screen, a human figure appeared in the swirling smoke. It stood beside Qin Xiao's bed, looking down at her.

Eventually, it was blown away by a gust of cold wind along with the smoke.

"Is this... a ghost?"

Qin Xiao immediately got up, changed his clothes, and went out to find a grocery store without even washing his face.

But when she arrived at the place where she was yesterday, she found that there was no grocery store there at all. There was only an empty wall with a black cat squatting on the wall licking its paws.

meow~
Continue tomorrow~