Friday 9 September 2022

581 Who Was Hiding Under Her Bed

 

The bloody resume fell to the ground. The female player held her eyes like she was going blind.

“Sister Ling, calm down!”

Sister Ling was the first batch of players that entered the theme park. One of the reasons Absolute Truth sent in reinforcement was to find and protect Sister Ling. Sister Ling had an extremely rare Grade B Supernatural Talent. If Sister Ling’s account was wiped due to death, it would be a huge loss to the organization.

Sister Ling’s eyes bled and she couldn’t calm down. She saw not a resume but a book of the dead. Endless tragedy and misfortune gathered on that list. Every colleague, boss, client related to him were killed. They died in the strangest ways. Every name shouted for mercy. The intense presence of death crushed her mind.

“He’s not a caretaker…” Sister Ling shook her head and her voice weakened.

“Sister Ling!”

Suddenly, Sister Ling was reminded of something and she opened her eyes. She pulled on the female assistant’s shirt, “We need to leave this hospital, we can’t be his client.”

“You need to calm down and rest.” The female assistant hugged Sister Ling’s shivering body and consoled her.

“I can’t calm down!” Sister Ling was different since she met Han Fei. There was no smile on her face. “We’ll die, we’ll really die!”

“But where can we go after leaving the hospital?” The female assistant couldn’t imagine what Sister Ling saw. However, her prejudice towards Han Fei lowered. Everyone in the lobby heard the scream from VIP Room 3. The fat nurse and the manager in black didn’t respond. Instead, they shared a curious look. Their skin was like building blocks. When they were nervous, their face would crack imperceptibly.

“I’m sorry, I’ll go take a look.” The fat nurse apologized to Love. Then she ran to Room 3 with Han Fei. As they opened the door, they saw the bloody floor and resume. The fat nurse and manager quickly calmed their clients. They apologized and called the doctor.

Han Fei walked to the bed and started to clean. ‘The woman took one of my hairs. Did she perform a ritual with it?’ Han Fei saw his bloody resume. ‘She lost her mind after seeing my resume?’ Han Fei picked up his resume. The pages were filled with how kind, sunny and helpful Han Fei was. Why would someone go crazy reading a resume like that?

‘That scared me. I thought I wrote the real thing because I was too tired.’ Han Fei was very satisfied with his resume. ‘The things that I’ve done aside, I’m a very good employee.’ Han Fei left the room to throw the rubbish when Love blocked his path. “Put down the things and follow me to my room.”

Once Love said that, the temperature dropped. However, his heart was burning!

Han Fei’s heart trembled. He decided to find a time to move the red paper doll away from his chest when he had time.

“Why do you look so pale?” Love leaned close to Han Fei. “Am I that scary?”

“I merely have a question that’s been troubling me.” Han Fei was very confused. Why was the curse on the paper doll triggered? Even though it was reshaped in Xu Qin’s blood and slowly resembled Xu Qin, it was just a cursed item. Through the altar, the cursed item could transmit emotions to Xu Qin? Han Fei didn’t think that was possible but he didn’t dare to try. This didn’t mean that he was afraid. He was merely being a standup guy.

Han Fei touched his heart and retreated a few steps as Love leaned in.

“You still want to run?” Love was satisfied with Han Fei’s choice. She smiled for the first time since she arrived at the hospital. “I like it when you run.”

What kind of sick hobby is that? Han Fei had no idea what the relationship between Fu Yi and Love was. He had a feeling that if their ‘relationship’ were exposed, it wouldn’t do him any good. With a professional smile on his face, Han Fei ran to dump the trash. ‘The only good news for me is since Love is here for beauty treatment, she probably wouldn’t carry any dangerous weapon with her.’

Han Fei knew Love the least of all of Fu Yi’s female friends. Fu Yi and Love’s chat history was very straightforward too. They mainly were, are you there? Yes! Then, a room number or an address.

The confusing thing was based on the messages, he couldn’t find the reason Love would want to kill Fu Yi. The other women were either cheated or had their love turn to hate, but Love was special. She wanted to kill Fu Yi because of love.

After dealing with the trash, Han Fei planned to visit Cao Lingling, but Love trailed him everywhere. He could run away, but Love would catch up to him eventually, like how Love followed him to his company.

“Don’t you need to do some treatment?” Han Fei finally asked.

“For me, love is the best treatment. It can make me young forever.” Love moved her arms like she was practicing how to saw. “I hope you think so too.”

“Then, I’m afraid I would disappoint.” Han Fei had just turned around when he saw two officers standing outside Cao Lingling’s ward. They were talking to a doctor. Moments later, the ward door opened, and Zhao Qian walked out. She looked pale. The doctor was explaining something, but the police didn’t believe him.

Han Fei planned to leave when he saw Zhao Qian, but he was still too slow.

“Fu Yi! Didn’t I ask you to look after Cao Lingling? Come at look at her wounds!” Zhao Qian shouted through the distance.

“Everything was normal in the morning.” Han Fei knew he couldn’t hide so he turned to face the music. He hadn’t figured out what to tell Zhao Qian when footsteps came from Cao Lingling’s ward again. Soon, a woman with bandaged arms walked out. “Leader!” Lee Guo Er’s smile was still so sweet. She had a new pair of glasses. Han Fei felt quite happy seeing how well Lee Guo Er had recovered, but soon, his heart burned again. The curse was activated.

“Lee Guo Er, you should go back since you’ve visited your colleague. Don’t stay to disturb the police.” Zhao Qian ordered emotionlessly.

“I’m still recovering, and I can’t get back to work. I should stay to accompany Cao Lingling. After all, we’re good friends.” Lee Guo Er smiled at Zhao Qian.

“Your good friend is in such a state, and you’re still smiling?”

“Do you want me to cry for you?” Lee Guo Er pouted at Zhao Qian. “You’ll age faster if you’re always so angry.”

Han Fei wanted to say something to appease the two. However, just as he took a step, a hand landed on his shoulder. Love leaned close to Han Fei. “I’m tired. But I don’t know the way back. Show me the way.”

Seeing this, Lee Guo Er walked over, “Leader, I’ll help you walk her back!”

“Do you know the way…” Han Fei placed his hand over his heart. He wanted to cover the doll’s ears. There were three women on the surface, but there was another hidden paper doll.

“Are you done?” Zhao Qian glanced at Lee Guo and Love before glaring at Han Fei. “Come and tell the police. How did you look after the patient? Why are there so many wounds on Cao Lingling?”

“She was fine when I got off work. The wounds should be left at night.” Han Fei walked to the police.

“When did you get off work?” The police led Han Fei into the ward. Cao Lingling was unconscious. The back of her gown was cut open. His back was filled with scratch marks. She couldn’t do them herself!

“Ah Gou told me to get off work early since it was raining yesterday. I left around 5 pm.”

“Was the patient acting strangely when you left?”

“No, she was sleeping.” Han Fei shook his head. He hesitated before saying. “When I came to clean this ward in the morning, I heard Cao Lingling screaming something about white ghosts eating people and black ghosts standing beside her.”

“She’s traumatized. That is probably her hallucination.”

“I thought so too, but…” Han Fei walked to the bed and pulled up the sheet. He pointed at the blood under the bed. “If these two drops of blood didn’t belong to Cao Lingling, then that means someone was hiding under her bed yesterday night.”

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