Is she a monster?

  Huo Xiao Ran's astonished face didn't fade away until the doctor came back, but he didn't say anything, just stroked my abdomen with a surprised expression.

  And I fell asleep with a sense of security in my heart, and when he left, I didn't even have an impression until a sharp pain came from the back of my hand, and I opened my eyes dazedly.

  "Alright! From now on, you need to pay attention to your diet, your body is very weak." The doctor handed the needle he was holding to my hand and started dealing with the empty IV bottle after seeing me nod.

  When I was taken back to the cell by the prison guard, there was no one inside and I felt a bit uneasy.

  "Xiao Ran?" I called out his name loudly, though I didn't want to admit it, but I couldn't deny that I hoped he would appear. Time passed minute by minute, and I occasionally called out his name, but there was still no sign of him in the room.

  The cell door opened, and the fat woman, Hong Ning, and the frail woman returned together. However, the fat woman's gaze at me was not very friendly, while Hong Ning had a sinister smile on her face. The frail woman didn't even glance at me before lying down on her bed with her face to the wall.

  The moment the door closed, the fat woman grabbed my hair and pushed me against the wall corner, saying viciously: "Where's the thing?"

  I looked into her eyes and saw the venom, her gaze was like a vicious wolf, as if it would swallow me whole. I nervously explained: "Today... today I didn't see the person I wanted to see, so..." No money, not even out yet, I was intimidated by her glare.

  "Hurry up and say: 'I'll give it to you, double! Give me some more time, I'll pay you double!' Seeing her raised hand, both of my hands covered my body, afraid that she would hit me."

  "Double?" The fat woman grasped my hair, making me stare straight at her, and smiled: "You think I'm a fool?"

  "No! I'll definitely pay!" I shouted. The island head was stunned.

  I thought the fat woman would beat me up, but at this moment I hoped that Huo Xiao Ran would appear and save me. However, even when the fat woman's large hand grasped my jaw, he still didn't show up, and my heart fell again, extremely painful, because I always thought he was different from those people, but it turns out that he is no different after all!

  The fat woman suddenly let go of me, and I fell to the ground. She turned around and sat on the bed, looking at me and saying: "Your share of money has been paid by Hong Ning, so this month you belong to her! Remember, next month pay the money on time, otherwise..." The fat woman snorted coldly after speaking, got up and crawled onto her own bed, no longer looking at me.

  Hong Ning gazed at me with a sinister look, and his eyes flashed with an unusual expression. My body involuntarily trembled, and that night, I woke up from my dream to see Hong Ning's face, which was directly the embodiment of my nightmare.

  "No! Please, I'll pay you, I just need time." I curled up into a ball, my arms wrapped tightly around myself, I was scared, even Red Ning's gaze frightened me.

  Hong Ning suddenly smiled coldly, walked to my side, and her hand touched my face. I was so scared that I buried my face in my knees, avoiding her touch, and shouted non-stop: "Don't! Get away from me, don't..."

  But all my protests got was the fat woman's laughter and Hong Ning's even more brazen touches. I buried my head, wildly waving my two hands, wanting to make Hong Ning stay away from me, but unexpectedly she grabbed my hand and started stroking it, making my screams even louder.

  "Get out, Hong Ning! Stop messing around here! Disgusting!" After the fat woman finished speaking, I only heard the creaking of the bed, and I knew that the fat woman had climbed up to the upper bunk. And Hong Ning also let go of my hand with a cold smile, whispering in my ear: "You'd better behave yourself, don't cause any trouble, or your one-month period will be extended again."

  I burst into tears, I had never thought that a place with only women could have such disgusting people and things. I even wanted to smash my head here and die rather than let myself be touched by Hong Ning again.

  Until the lights-out bell rang, the fat woman turned off the lights in the cell, I was still curled up there, trembling all over and crying, because of my fear of Hong Ning. My expression had become somewhat dazed with terror. My terrified eyes stared fixedly at Hong Ning's bed, if she dared to come near me again, I would really fight her to the death.

  In the darkness, I stared at her tightly, not daring to be careless. It was only when I was struggling through the torture of time that Hong Ning didn't get up, until nearly two o'clock, when I saw the high-low bed where Hong Ning slept start shaking, and I thought she was going to come down.

  I stand up and I'm ready to fight her to the death!

  But Hong Ning didn't sit up, instead he lay on the bed, which creaked loudly. I was puzzled and narrowed my eyes, my feet unconsciously moved forward a few steps, only to see Hong Ning's pale face struggling on the bed, his legs constantly kicking, both hands covering his neck.

  She was breathing rapidly, her mouth opening and closing as if someone was strangling her. I retreated in fear, my mind clearing up a lot. Ghost? This was the first word that floated into my mind. No way! If it were a ghost, I should be able to see something on her body, but there was nothing at all!

  I walked forward again, this time a bit closer, because I knew she wouldn't come down, so my courage grew a bit. When I was almost about to reach the bedside, I saw Hong Ning's eyes wide open, her eyeballs bulging out, staring fixedly at the ceiling, and making "woo woo" sounds with her mouth. As I looked at her face, it started to turn from pale to slowly flush red, then gradually turned cyan...

  Her eyeballs slowly rotated, finally staring straight at me, the hand covering her neck stretched out towards me, her fingers stretched straight, I was suddenly frightened and retreated several steps, doubt filled my heart, carefully examining upwards, nothing! There's nothing at all!

  What's going on? The upper and lower bunks were crashing against the wall, banging loudly, and my heart was racing irregularly with the impact. Suddenly, the fat woman grumbled in a low voice: "Hong Ning! Be quieter!" After that, she turned over and continued sleeping. I saw the weak woman on the lower bunk open her eyes slightly to look at me, but then closed them again without saying anything.

  I was at a loss, but suddenly I heard a soft and tender voice in my ear: "Mom! Don't worry, she won't bother you again!" As soon as the voice stopped, Hong Ning suddenly stopped convulsing and fell still, and the room fell silent once more.

  Standing there, I was so flustered that my feet couldn't move. This voice, it's the voice of that child I fantasized about that day! How could it possibly appear here? And... I anxiously looked around, but saw nothing, couldn't see anything. I tried to calm myself down and feel the temperature of the air more clearly.

  I remember that when a ghost appears, the air temperature always drops sharply. But here, I closed my eyes and after a while, I can be sure that the air temperature in the room has not changed.

  "Mom! Don't worry, you can rest assured now, she won't bother you again, all that you don't like, baby will make them disappear!"

  The sound came again, and my heart skipped a beat. This time, I heard it clearly, and my hand unconsciously touched my abdomen, but there seemed to be a hand in the palm of my hand, rubbing gently against me. A faint warmth began to spread from there, through my palm, and into my body.

  In an instant, the panic in my heart vanished. Looking at Hong Ning's stiff feet on the upper bunk and her hands stretched out to the edge of the bed, I didn't even feel scared anymore.

  I walked weakly to the bed, sat down and stared blankly ahead. What had happened? Had she killed Hong Ning? My child, had she killed Hong Ning?

  "Ho Xiao Ran!" I called out softly, I want to see him, I want to ask clearly, what kind of child is in my belly, was everything I thought before wrong? I started to worry, now the only person I can ask is Ho Xiao Ran!

  An eerie, frightening silence. He didn't show up. I opened my mouth again: "Come out for me, or else I'll die here, do you believe it?" I wasn't scaring him. If my child was a monster, I'd rather take her with me to leave this world together. Before, I never thought about what kind of child would be born from a ghost.

  Because she was in my belly, because the doctor's examination and normal pregnancy were no different, I buried all my doubts deep in my heart. But now? Now everything that has happened tells me that I was wrong! No, this is absolutely impossible, if she is a monster, I have lost even the will to live.

  "You!"

  He finally showed up, ever since I told him I was pregnant, he finally showed up. I anxiously looked at him and asked: "The child, my child is...". I hesitated, I couldn't ask it out loud, the words were stuck in my throat, the last few words just got stuck there.

  I stared at him, feeling a bit anxious, tightly grasping the bed sheet, waiting!

  "What's going on?" he asked.

  I stared at him with wide eyes and asked loudly: "Don't you know what just happened?"

  When I saw him shaking his head, I almost fainted, tears fell instantly, he furrowed his brow, and his icy hand stroked my face: "What just happened?"

  "I... just now... Hong Ning... my child..." I stuttered for half a day, unable to get the words out completely.

  "What's wrong?" He was getting anxious, staring at me for half a day without finishing his sentence, and the rare look of anxiety began to appear on his face.

  I just made up what happened earlier, of course I changed the disgusting thing Hong Ning did to them hitting me, not because I was scared, but because I also have my own dignity, and... I'm a bit afraid that Huo Xiao Ran will know that Hong Ning's dirty hands touched my body.

  "Did they hit you?" he asked coldly, but his eyes were on the fat woman opposite him who was puffing away.

  I nodded, and the next second he raised his hand high against the fat woman. I looked over anxiously, only to see that the quilt on the fat woman's body flew up suddenly, and in an instant, the quilt wrapped the fat woman tightly. The fat woman's muffled voice came from under the quilt...