"Xiuying, it's time for breakfast." The old man's voice came from the small bedroom.
A red parrot was standing on a clothes rack, calling out to the old woman with white hair lying on the bed.
Every morning, the parrot would call out to the woman.
This had become a daily routine for the past two years.
The old woman's surname was Chen, and her name was Xiuying.
Today, Xiuying didn't get out of bed as usual. She opened her eyes and smiled at the parrot.
The parrot stopped talking and stood quietly on the clothes rack, looking at Xiuying.
Xiuying didn't have any children. Twenty years ago, a car accident took away her daughter's family.
From then on, the two lonely old men depended on each other for survival and lived in this small house.
After the car accident, they received a large sum of money as compensation, but they didn't move to a new house because they were used to living in this old house.
Later, they raised a parrot.
The parrot was very smart. It could learn how to speak and imitate people's voices. It often made the two old people laugh.
The two old people became the parrot's companion. They taught the parrot how to speak, and the parrot learned to imitate the old people's voices.
A trace of warmth appeared in the cold room.
In the past, the old man used to wake Xiuying up every day. Since losing her daughter, Xiuying's mental state had not been very good, and she became very sleepy. If the old man didn't wake her up, she would often forget to eat breakfast, which was bad for her stomach.
Until two years ago, another old man passed away.
For Xiuying, this was tantamount to the collapse of the sky.
It was a dark night. She didn't know how she got through it.
The next day at dawn, the sun had just risen.
On the second day after the old man's death, the parrot in the house.
It stood beside Xiuying's bed.
It imitated the old man's voice and whispered to her, "Xiuying, it's time for breakfast."
Xiuying opened her eyes and looked at the parrot beside the bed.
That pair of eyes was very familiar and warm.
The parrot pecked at its feathers and looked up at her.
Xiuying's eyes were wet. She got out of bed and went to the kitchen to cook breakfast. She also cooked a portion for the parrot and a portion of her husband's favorite dumplings.
The parrot didn't eat. It just pecked at the dumplings and stopped.
Since then, the parrot stood beside Xiuying's bed every morning and used its familiar voice to wake her up.
Today, Xiuying didn't get out of bed as usual. Instead, she was like a little girl, curled up in bed and smiled mischievously at the parrot.
With this smile, she seemed to have returned to sixty years ago.
She returned to the time when she was still a young girl. That day was the night she married the groom.
In a trance, Xiuying became more and more exhausted. Gradually, she could no longer open her eyes.
In fact, she should have left last night. She was too old, and loneliness was constantly eating away at her.
But she just wanted to hear it again.
He listened to the old man's voice again.
She then heard the old man say to her, "Xiuying, get up and eat."
My true love, you will travel far away and leave me.
I'm counting down to when you'll return.
Tell me.
When I hear your voice again, it will be the day of our reunion.
In her daze, Xiuying saw the old man. The old man was standing beside her bed, holding her hand.
He said to her, "I'm back, my dear. Sorry to keep you waiting."
The next day, when Gao Peng went downstairs, he heard a lively discussion among the neighbors.
Granny Chen, who lived below him, had passed away. When the others entered the house, they saw Granny Chen lying on the bed with a peaceful expression.
Her fingers were gently hooked together with a small paw. On the other end of her fingers was a cold parrot.
Because Granny Chen had no immediate relatives, according to government regulations, her body would be taken in by the funeral home. Then, distant relatives would be notified to come.
If no one came, the body would be cremated according to government regulations and placed in the public cemetery.
"Oh no."
"It's manifesting!"
The noise came from the crowd. Many people ran out in shock.
Gao Peng saw spots of light suddenly appear in the crowd. The spots of light flew up into the sky.
He could vaguely see a light blue, translucent parrot flying up into the sky. Spots of light danced around its body.
[Monster Name]: Soul Guardian
[Monster Level]: Level 25
[Monster Grade]: Perfect
[Monster Attribute]: Soul
[Monster Description]: A strong spiritual obsession allows it to stay in the mortal world. Its form is different. When its obsession is complete, it will return to the underworld.
The light blue parrot flew around the window on the third floor three times. Then, it suddenly disappeared into the air.
"I saw it. They flew up. The two bodies on the metal rack turned into spots of light and flew up. The parrot and the person were clearly dead!" A worker in the funeral home was panicking. He was really scared out of his wits.
The world had changed, but the corpses hadn't.
No matter what kind of terrifying monster or person, they all looked the same after death.
Anyway, they were all cold and unmoving.
Now, even the corpses couldn't stay still!
The worker in the funeral home was really scared out of his wits.
Granny Chen had passed away. Gao Peng was stunned.
He remembered that the Striped Gray Plate Spider was Granny Chen's pet. Other than the Striped Gray Plate Spider, she also had a parrot at home.
Now that she and the parrot were gone, what about the Striped Gray Plate Spider?
He remembered that such incidents had happened in the city before. After the owner died, the familiars were left in the world. Without the control of their owners, some familiars chose to go into the mountains and rivers to return to nature.
There were also some familiars whose temperament changed drastically. They became more aggressive and attacked other humans.
Gao Peng went out to buy the other materials needed for Silly's evolution.
Other than the Wood Heart Stone, Gao Peng had heard of the other materials before. They weren't rare or precious.
After this incident, Gao Peng thought about it and decided to go upstairs to take a look.
He was quite familiar with the little spider that liked to stay in the corridor.
He went upstairs and found the little spider on the ceiling of the fifth floor.
Its eight claws were tightly hooked onto the ceiling. Its scarlet eyes were flashing crazily, and its mouth was emitting a low cry.
In Gao Peng's eyes, the Striped Gray Plate Spider was in a state of sadness.
Seeing that someone had come, the Striped Gray Plate Spider seemed to feel embarrassed. It buried its face and hid in the corner of the ceiling.
After a few minutes, seeing that Gao Peng still hadn't left, the Striped Gray Plate Spider flew into a rage. It screeched loudly at Gao Peng.
"Hiss?" Da Zi lazily crawled on Gao Peng's shoulder and made a sound.
Then, the Striped Gray Plate Spider's body stiffened and curled up into a ball.
It had just lost its owner, and now it was being bullied by this Tyrant Centipede.
After losing its dreams, it became a ball of yarn.
With a thud, it fell from the ceiling and stopped moving.
"You must be very sad, right?" Gao Peng said to it. As he spoke, he squatted down and gently stroked the Striped Gray Plate Spider's head.
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