Trafford’s Trading Club

Milk and strawberry flavored candies seem to suit Lena's taste. Δ

"Brother, can you tell me a story?" Lina suddenly asked.

"story?"

The little girl nodded and said, "At this time every night, my mother will tell me stories and coax me to sleep."

Luo Qiu suddenly remembered that the little monsters he met at Yang Taizi's dojo last time seemed to have been treated in this way... He subconsciously had a strange idea.

Could it be... He has the kind of naughty kid who tells stories at first sight.

"What story do you want to hear?"

Lina thought for a while and said: "Brother, do you know the ending of that story? It's the story my mother told me on the train during the day."

Luo Qiu said: "Didn't your father already tell you the ending of this story?"

"Lina doesn't believe dad's ending!" The little girl raised her head and pouted, "I want to hear the real ending!"

"Then what do you think the real ending should be?" Luo Qiu suddenly asked.

The little girl lowered her head and thought for a while and said, "Well...Mr. Monster is so pitiful! He should marry the little girl and live together happily!"

"What is Mr. Monster?" Ellie suddenly interrupted... Maybe it was because she was too silent. She needed some topics and some voices.

"I heard he is a very kind, but very ugly monster." Luo Qiu looked at Ellie and slowly told the first half of the story he heard from Mrs. Maggie in the morning.

"So that's the story!" Ellie showed a look of surprise at this time. Seeing the little girl's gaze, she smiled and said, "I heard this story when I was a kid... Well, it's actually a story that's been circulated in this area."

Lina immediately turned from Boss Luo to Ally.

Ellie touched her head and said, "But at the end of the story, Mr. Monster and the little girl did not get married and lived happily together."

"Ah? Why?" Lina suddenly asked in disappointment: "Did Mr. Monster really eat her bride?"

Wait...why did you suddenly jump to the bride stage? Luo Qiu looked at this little girl in surprise... How far have you imagined?

"No." Ellie said seriously: "On the contrary, it was the little girl who later ate Mr. Monster's heart!"

"Why did she eat Mr. Monster's heart?" The little girl Lina looked sad.

Ellie said calmly: "After the story, the little girl grew up and left Mr. Monster. She went to the outside world, met many people, and learned many things. Then, she also fell in love with a man. The son of a nobleman. However, when the little girl grew up, she was not actually beautiful, and the nobleman's son did not like her. Later, she met a wizard who told her that as long as she ate Mr. Monster's heart, she would be able to become a man immediately. Become beautiful and make everyone fall in love with her.”

Ellie sighed and said: "Mr. Monster was very sad when he found out. But he still dug out his heart. Because he liked the little girl very much. Even if the little girl grew up and didn't like him anymore, he still dug out his heart. He wanted her to be happy. So Mr. Monster dug out his heart, handed it to her with his own hands, and then left alone."

"Then, did she really marry the noble's son in the end?"

"No." Ellie shook her head and said, "After eating Mr. Monster's heart, instead of becoming more beautiful, she became as ugly as Mr. Monster. The son of a nobleman would not like her even more. Even her parents despised her. In the end, she could only go back to live in the forest and dare not see people. But this time, there is no Mr. Monster to accompany her."

Lina said sadly: "Mr. Monster... is he dead?"

"I don't know, the story ends here. But later there was a legend that after Mr. Monster dug out his own heart, he wandered outside alone."

Ellie said slowly: "People say that when a monster has no heart, it has no memories, leaving only a body, like a walking zombie. But it wants to find its heart. So, it attacks innocent people everywhere. The little girl wanted to find the heart she had lost. But it ate many little girls, and in the end she could not find it. Finally, Mr. Monster came to a lake and jumped into the water. It hasn’t been seen since.”

"Mr. Monster is so pitiful!" Lina said even more sadly.

Ally had no choice but to reach out and touch Lina's face, comforting her softly.

"Is this a local legend?" Luo Qiu suddenly asked.

Ellie nodded and smiled bitterly: "I don't know the mentality of the person who made up this story. Anyway, when I look back on it when I grow up, I always feel that this story should not be heard by children at all."

But you still said it exactly as it is, right?

Boss Luo, who didn't know what kind of mentality Ai was in, shook his head, looked out the window, and said softly: "The lake..."

"This is it, Lake Ladoga."

…

…

The three of them opened the car windows respectively, shined the strong flashlights on the trees on both sides of the small road, and kept calling Maggie's husband's name.

But it seems that nothing is gained along the way.

"It stands to reason that this place is so remote, and there are no homes at least twenty or thirty kilometers away... Could it be that we encountered a large beast or something?"

Blehan suddenly put forward his hypothesis. Ryan couldn't help but bump the guy.

"Mrs. Maggie, don't worry, this is not a dangerous area for brown bears. Even if there are wild animals, I think there are more squirrels." Ryan quickly comforted.

"This is it. Our car was parked here just now." Maggie stopped the car at this time.

"Then let's get out of the car and look carefully to see if we can find anything." Alex suggested.

Mrs. Maggie nodded, then pointed in one direction and said, "My husband's cell phone was found in front."

A few people then walked in this direction and entered the forest. Their shoes stepped on the dry branches and leaves, which sounded unusually loud.

"I suddenly felt something."

Walking behind.

Bolehan lowered his voice and said in Ryan's ear: "We will encounter the body of Mrs. Maggie's husband later!"

Ryan was stunned and said quickly: "Don't talk nonsense!"

Bolehan smiled and said: "Don't you think it's exciting? When we found the body, he suddenly stood up like 'Wow!'! Then he ran after you, and kept chasing you! What happened? ? I’m just saying, are you so scared now? How come you’re so cowardly and fell in love with Ellie?”

"Bolahan, are we...lost?" Ryan swallowed, and the flashlight shone in front of him.

Not a single person. (To be continued.) 8