"Although I don't know when I'll become a full-time employee, this income is already very high..." "With a fixed salary of five thousand per month, plus another thousand I can get from the company, I can earn six thousand!"

"And now, for tasks that need to be investigated or cleared, there are additional rewards..." "The reward for clearing a Level One mental monster is thirty thousand, and for a Level Two, it's three hundred thousand..." "Even without counting the task rewards, the six thousand I earn from my two jobs each month is already a lot. After deducting five hundred yuan for meals, I still have five thousand five hundred left. That's sixty-six thousand a year, and six hundred and sixty thousand in ten years..." "I need to move the elementary school soon. The place they live has irregular water and electricity supply, and it's too close to the high wall, which is very dangerous. I've inquired before, and if I were to buy a large house far from the high wall that could accommodate one teacher, one security guard, and a dozen children, it would cost over a million. If I save five thousand five hundred yuan each month, then..." "It would take at most fifteen years to save enough..." "..." Lu Xin calculated this in his mind and suddenly felt filled with hope. He was still young; fifteen years was doable. Moreover, if he took on a few more tasks each time, he could earn even more substantial rewards, right? Of course, there were many problems, such as the need to get promoted soon. If he didn't get promoted, what if he was fired at any time? If everything went smoothly, not only could he buy the big house sooner, but he could also save more money for meals, and maybe even take Teacher Xiaolu to the main city to find a doctor at a big hospital to cure her leg. ... ... Thinking of these things, Lu Xin, after getting off the bus, walked slowly with his hands in his pockets, feeling very good. As he was about to return to the apartment, he stopped; he wasn't in a hurry to go back now. "Brother, what are you doing? Mom and Dad are waiting for you to come back for dinner!"

A voice sounded from the streetlight beside him, and Lu Xin looked up to see his sister sitting on the crossbar of the streetlight, clutching the patchwork teddy bear in her arms. Her slender legs swung back and forth in the night breeze, her face wearing a mysterious smile. 'Sister, I just wanted to discuss something with you.' Lu Xin pondered for a moment, then slowly raised his head to look at his sister on the streetlight and said, 'I've just gotten a new job that pays much more than before, enough to rebuild our old home. I really want to take it, but it might require a lot of use of abilities. I want to ask...' He paused slightly, then said, 'Can you lend me your abilities?' 'Lend my abilities?' The sister on the streetlight laughed, her smile somewhat eerie: 'Brother, what will you exchange with me for it?' Lu Xin thought for a moment and tentatively asked, 'Screaming chicken?' The smile disappeared from his sister's face, and her figure became somewhat blurred, as if she might disappear at any moment. Lu Xin hurriedly called out, 'Wait, wait, let's talk about it...' Now that he had found this new job, which seemed to pay quite well, he naturally had to do it well. And to do this job, the first thing was to deal with his sister... Although his sister had been stopped by him, she was still angry and didn't speak, just looking at him gloomily. Lu Xin was also somewhat helpless and tentatively said, 'What kind of toy do you really want?'

“You know...” Sister looked at Lu Xin's serious expression, and suddenly a mysterious smile appeared on her face. She lightly jumped and landed beside Lu Xin like a graceful spider, then squatted down and looked up, saying, "I want that kind of fun toy!" Lu Xin's eyebrows slightly furrowed. At this moment, Sister's eyes shone brightly as she looked ahead. Under the dim streetlight, there was a drunken man leaning against the corner, relieving himself. Sister's eyes gleamed with a somewhat eerie cruelty as she said, "I like toys that can move, that can talk. I like those complete toys, because only when they are whole can I tear them apart and sew them back together..." "Brother, can you give me this toy?" "As long as you give it to me, I'll lend you my ability..." "..." "Don't always harm others..." Lu Xin looked at the man who had finished relieving himself, cursing and kicking the trash can, and whispered, "It's illegal." Sister's laughter seemed somewhat cruel as she softly said, "Then why can others harm me?"

Lu Xin didn't know how to respond for a moment. He looked at his sister's delicate little face, which seemed to have developed incongruous cracks at this moment, her gaze filled with pain. 'If you don't want me to hurt others, you could lend yourself to me as a toy to play with for a while...' His sister looked into his eyes, her smile becoming eerie. Lu Xin remained silent; he neither answered nor refused, watching as his sister's sharp fingers reached towards him. Those fingertips were delicate and sharp, as if possessing an invisible magic. Once they touched someone, terrible consequences would follow. However, as his sister's fingers slowly extended towards Lu Xin's body, they suddenly slowed down. The fingers did not pierce into Lu Xin's body but gently slid across his spine. Through the clothes, one could feel a long,Fierce and terrifying,It can be imagined,The damage that caused this scar in the beginning,How much does it weigh。 “Brother has always been a fool……” Sister, lower your voice,Whispered softly：“When someone hurts me,Only you will come forward to protect me。

horrible and terrifying scar, one could imagine how severe the injury that caused this scar must have been. 'Brother has always been a fool...' His sister's voice lowered, whispering: 'When others hurt me, only you would rush over to protect me.'

The eerie expression on her face softened, turning her back into a simple little girl, fragile and weak. She reached out both hands, but instead of harming Lu Xin, she hugged him tightly, her small face burrowing into his body as if seeking refuge. Lu Xin saw her tiny frame trembling gently, as if she was crying bitterly, yet in the silent and deserted alley, not a single sob could be heard.

Lu Xin watched his sister cry like that for a long time before he finally let out a soft sigh.

Some things, intertwined between dreams and reality, layered with fantasy and truth, had become indistinguishable to him.

After a while, he gently took his sister's shoulders and said with a smile, "Sister, do you know that I'm different from before?"

Her dirty little face still bore traces of tears, but her curiosity was unmistakable as she asked, "What?"

"I just found another job, I have money now!"

Lu Xin said earnestly, "So I can't give you that kind of toy, but I can take you to buy toys!"

He pointed towards the bustling street in the distance and declared, "Buy whatever you want, as much as you want!" "Is that okay?"

Hearing this, my sister's eyes lit up slightly, as if she had suddenly forgotten the sorrow from before. A smile appeared on her tear-stained little face, and she nodded vigorously. '...'

The money from dealing with the first-level mental monster contamination at the coffee shop had already been left at the Red Moon Orphanage, but Lu Xin had saved some money from his own work over the past few years, a total of more than two thousand yuan. He found an old ATM and withdrew all the money from his card, then took his sister's hand and headed to the street in the old town area that had the most shops.

Anyway, after getting a new job, he would be able to earn more.

Barbie dolls in exquisite dresses, adorable teddy bears, puppets with movable joints, fluffy babies that cried out 'kiss, hug, lift high' when squeezed... Lu Xin bought many toys in one go, from the beginning to the end of the street. Some were leftovers from before the Red Moon incident that people had found and sold, while others were newly processed by factories after the incident.

He ignored the gazes of everyone and didn't feel sorry about spending the money... he would just spend it all.

As long as his sister nodded in agreement, or her eyes saw something, he would buy it all.

He also knew that others couldn't see his sister. When he talked to her or walked with her, he would attract some strange looks. Normally, he would pay attention, but today he didn't care at all.

He just did his best to fulfill his sister's wishes.

In the end, he carried four or five bags in his hands, several big bears on his back, and a pile of toys under his arm. Amidst the somewhat strange gazes of the people around him, he brought his sister to the bridge over the river, where all the toys were piled up.

My sister sat amidst the toys, her eyes shining.

She twisted off Barbie's head, pulled off her legs, poked out the teddy bear's eyes, tore its body in half, swapped the arms and legs of the puppet, and took out the batteries from the fluffy baby that cried 'kiss, hug, lift high'... She thoroughly tore and destroyed these toys, showing an unprecedented satisfied expression on her face.

And Lu Xin leaned against the railing beside him, smoking a cigarette, quietly watching his sister.

'I am very happy, brother!'

" In the end, my sister lifted her head and smiled, looking unexpectedly beautiful. Lu Xin finally felt relieved and said with a smile, 'So you'll lend me your power now, right?' My sister stood up from a pile of broken toys, her eyes shining as she smiled at Lu Xin: 'My silly brother, don't you know that you can actually force me to use my ability?' '...' 'I know.' Lu Xin was silent for a moment before replying, 'But I still have to ask you.' A genuinely happy smile suddenly appeared on my sister's somewhat twisted face, and then she extended her slender palm to Lu Xin. 'When you need me, I will appear by your side!' Looking into his sister's eyes, Lu Xin seriously extended his hand. 'Smack!' Under the red moon, their hands gently met, as if sealing a promise."