Chen Ruying... She had the habits and abilities of a certain insect, and her secrets were hidden in the dark. So for the past two days, she often made excuses that she had a cold and wore a mask.

  She really entered my room in this manner. Hiding in the darkness, wrapping around me, staring at me.

  She must have also mutated after leaving that ship.

  A chill ran up my spine. Tan Jiao gripped my hand tightly, clearly also frightened out of her wits. Professor Chen was so scared that he sat down on the snowy ground with a thud, his mouth trembling and unable to speak. What he had seen in Chen Ruyin's room just now were two other bandits wrapped up like pupae?

  There is still one person over there.

  It was Feng Yan. She also sat down in the snow, her hands covering her face, staring at Chen Ruyin, tears all over her face. But there was no fear or astonishment, and I suddenly understood that as a mother, she might know more than any other family member, including parents.

  The five of us, one corpse, stood quietly facing each other like this.

  The sound of the police whistle is getting closer and closer, and there seems to be a hurried footsteps.

  Chen Ruying still maintained her squatting posture, her eyes scanning each of us before finally falling on Feng Yan, saying: "Mom, I killed your adulterous husband, aren't you happy?"

  Feng Yan stumbled up, seemingly wanting to get closer to Chen Ruyin, but somewhat dared not, saying: "Ruyin, he's not important. Don't be like this, the police will arrive soon. Let's go, let's leave immediately."

  "How long has she been like this?" I asked, also wanting to stall for time.

  Chen Ruying raised her blurry eyes and looked at me. Feng Yan cried, "It started half a year ago. At first, we thought it was just an illness, but later on, it got more and more serious... and ended up like this. Ah Yu, Tan Jiao, please don't tell anyone else. Otherwise, she'll be treated as... Ruying, let's go, let's go."

  Chen Ruying, however, completely ignored her mother and instead said to Professor Chen, "Dad, I killed Mom's lover. Are you happy? Actually, I've been enduring for a long time. This is the most comfortable state I'm in. I can do many things now, and I'm no longer the weak girl I used to be."

  I suddenly thought of Kafka's "The Metamorphosis". Is Chen Ruyin in front of me also gradually losing her humanity like the protagonist of the story? Has she become accustomed to the characteristics of insects? Also influenced by that ship, I and Yan Yuan have changed too, but obviously much better than her. She has become neither human nor ghost.

  After all, she is also a victim.

  "Auntie, you take her away first," I said.

  Feng Yan hastily nodded and tried to get closer to Chen Ruyin, then whispered: "Good girl, Ruyin, see that Ah Yu is letting you go first..."

  Chen Ruying looked at me again and sighed: "A Yu......"

  I had a bad feeling in my heart.

  "A Yu is mine, whoever tries to take him from me, I'll kill them." Chen Ruyin said, "Now I can do anything. No longer will I stand behind you and watch you leave." Suddenly tears welled up in her eyes, before she could finish speaking, a silver thread shot out of her mouth and wrapped around my body. The force was too great, I couldn't resist, and I was dragged to the ground, sliding towards Chen Ruyin.

  Tan Jiao cried out and tried to grab me, I shouted: "Don't come over!" Chen Ruying's eyes flashed cold, the silk thread suddenly tightened, causing a severe pain in my waist and abdomen, and I was already rolled up in front of her.

  Her face was less than a foot away from mine. She looked at me, dazed and smiled. Then her fierce gaze swept towards Tan Jiao behind me, I knew she wanted to spit out the silk thread again to attack Tan Jiao, I punched her in the face with all my might. She was hit by me and turned her head, blood also flowed from the corner of her mouth. Her attention finally returned to me, her eyes became extremely fierce.

  "I'll take you away," she said. "Take you to a place where no one can find, trapped in the web I've spun, and spend the rest of your life with me."