576 She is Coming

 

The lights went out. The outline of the furniture was barely visible in the dark. Han Fei listened to his heartbeat and his eyes slowly moved to his phone. ‘I wonder if she’ll call again.’ This was not the first time Han Fei was chased by a Pure Hatred. This feeling of an imminent danger was uncomfortable.

His family had fallen asleep. Han Fei tossed and turned, but sleep wouldn’t come. ‘When I got off work today, I turned to glance at the hospital. The lighted rooms are like white eyeballs in the dark. This city is mutating, the center of the mutation is where the altar is.’

Han Fei curled under the blanket. He only exposed his eyes to look around. ‘I now have two chances to access my inventory. I can get Rest-in-Peace and the red paper doll so I’m not completely indefensible.’ If Han Fei was in another memory world, he would have removed the paper doll already. However, he didn’t dare to risk that in this memory world.

The wall clock ticked. At around 1 am, the phone on the table lit up. Han Fei tensed. He slowly adjusted his body. His arm slithered out of the blanket. Han Fei could feel the chill settling on his arm. The room was colder at night. Han Fei saw the caller Id. ‘Zhao Qian? Why is she calling me at this hour?’

After some hesitation, Han Fei answered it, “CEO Zhao, why are you looking for me?”

“The police investigated your home and the company. They discovered something scary on the cameras!” Zhao Qian spoke quickly. She had to be in an emergency to call at midnight.

“What is it?”

“Something is looking for you! When that thing entered the company, she stopped at your work station. Then she went to your house. You’re her real target!” Zhao Qian was urgent. “I know it’s hard to believe but you better go to a crowded place now!”

“What place is crowded at 1 am?” Han Fei was about to comfort Zhao Qian for her to calm down when another woman’s voice appeared on the phone!

I’ve called you so many times but you refused to answer. She called you once and you did…

Why didn’t you come to visit me after I fell ill…

The child says his most hated person is his father…

The icy voice was like tenterhooks piercing into Han Fei’s soul. He lowered his head to look. The caller was still Zhao Qian but her name was slowly colored over by blood.

“Fu Yi? Why aren’t you talking?”

Fu Yi, you once loved me so much but later you won’t even spend time to talk to me…

“Are you still there? The thing is going over to you! She always appears after midnight!”

You have forgotten your promises. You turned into a monster, you should have left with me…

“Fu Yi! Can you hear me? Trust me, don’t stay in the room alone!”

Fu Yi, can you hear me? Didn’t you promise that you’d take care of our child? Why did you give him the saddest fate?

You want me to trust you? Trust you to raise Fu Sheng? Then why did you give him the most despairing life?

The shrill cries came from the phone. Han Fei quickly hung up.

‘Fu Sheng’s mother already has lowered 3 hatred towards me but even so, she is acting like this. If her hatred hadn’t been lowered, would she have come directly to kill me?’ Han Fei sat up and the woman’s scary voice appeared again. “Perhaps after you die, he’ll have a better life…” Han Fei turned around and realized the voice didn’t come from the phone but the door!

Han Fei’s body shot out like an arrow. Normally, he could use less than a second to enter Fu Sheng’s room but at that moment, his brain exploded!

The pressure in his mind blew up. Fu Yi’s maddened face pressed on Han Fei’s every nerve. His face became clearer and he was making this atrocious noise. He tried his best to kill Han Fei. Han Fei collapsed on the ground. Black blood oozed through the front door, and the lock turned on its own.

The head in his mind cackled from joy. Han Fei could feel Fu Yi expanding through his body and taking over. The blood trickled to the ground. Han Fei felt like someone was pushing his eyeballs out from inside his head.

The black blood pooled. It slithered towards Han Fei like a snake. The spring eased, and the old door was slowly pushed open. A light scent of blood permeated the air. The lights in the corridor were out. A dark red shadow stood at the door. Every sound was suppressed. Even time appeared to stop moving. In this extreme stillness, the red shadow moved forward. Black blood bound around Han Fei’s wrists. This was the first time Han Fei felt the threat of death since he entered this memory world. Hatred cut his skin like surgical knives. The pain sliced through the soul.

‘Pure Hatred! She’s a real Pure Hatred!’ Han Fei had no chance. He couldn’t even move. His body was frozen.

“I once thought Fu Sheng would be happy as long as you’re alive. But now I realize you are the source of his pain.” The voice echoed in Han Fei’s ears. He looked from the corner of his eyes. A woman in red appeared inside the room and stood beside Han Fei. The thin body was covered in traumatic wounds. She was in deep pain when she died. Due to her intense memory of her child, she lingered after death. She heard Fu Sheng’s cries every night. Fu Sheng was alive, he had his father and a new family, but he kept missing her. That connection projected Fu Sheng’s voice and prayer. It dragged his mother out of the river of the dead.

She knew she should be gone, but when she saw Fu Sheng slowly sink into despair, her empty heart bloomed with red flowers. Her kind nature was consumed by hatred. Her obsession became a pointed hatred, and a scary hatred grew out of her heart. She followed Fu Sheng’s thread of memory and eventually returned home. “Come with me.” The branch-like hand reached out of the dress. The woman grabbed Han Fei.

The woman held Han Fei’s soul. As she was prepared to leave with Han Fei’s soul, she sensed something, and she hesitated. At that moment, footsteps came from the opposite bedroom.

“Wait!” The woman raised her head. She saw Fu Sheng standing at the bedroom door. Their eyes met. Fu Sheng saw the ghost he missed the most. The woman turned her ruined face away. Fu Sheng ran forward. All the hatred made way for Fu Sheng. The scary presence pulled back. The emptiness was her hug for Fu Sheng.

The twisted darkness returned to normal. When Fu Sheng reached her side, the woman and the blood on the ground disappeared. Only the open living room door proved that she had been here. Fu Sheng ran out of the door barefooted. The corridor was empty. He ran to the staircase. Then he turned back to his house as he had just remembered something.

“Wake up! Are you alright?” Fu Sheng picked up Han Fei. He looked at the bloody Han Fei, and he was nervous. The wife heard the commotion and quickly ran out.

“I’ll call the ambulance!” His wife grabbed the phone, but Han Fei struggled to grab her arm.

“There’s no need for that.” Han Fei sat on the ground. He knew one thing. If he went to the hospital, his wife and Fu Sheng would know about his latest diagnosis. They wouldn’t be happy. Han Fei had spent so much effort to glue this family back together. He couldn’t destroy it.

He knew that he needed to leave more good memories for Fu Sheng and save his family from tragedy. Furthermore, Han Fei also knew that he needed to complete the altar mission as soon as possible, or something else might happen.

“How can you not go to the hospital?” His wife, who was normally gentle, was determined. Han Fei slowly stood up as she made the call.

Han Fei, who was normally determined, was very gentle. He held his wife’s hand and wiped away the blood on his face. “I’m fine. If you don’t believe me, I’ll visit the hospital tomorrow morning.”

As his wife hesitated, Fu Tian opened the door. “What are you doing?”

“Nothing, go back to sleep.” Han Fei went to the bathroom to wash his face. He looked at himself in the mirror.

The red water slid down his cheeks. Han Fei suddenly closed the bathroom door. He looked at his face in the mirror. His fingers tightened.

“Rest in Peace!” The butcher’s knife appeared in Han Fei’s grasp. He looked at the glowing blade and then swung it at his head!