Chapter 46 said “Thank You” to me
Xu Hongfu knew the origin of this teddy bear.
It was a birthday gift from Xu Wanrong’s mother.
Although it was very worn out, it was very clean.
However, after he took in Xu Wanrong, he felt that the thing was a bit of an eyesore, and he threw it into the trash can more than once.
But for some reason, every time he threw it into the garbage heap, the girl would pick it back up.
This repeated many times, until finally, the doll became dirty and tattered, and the cotton wadding inside was leaking out.
Even so, the girl did not throw it away, but still cherished it as a treasure, placing it on the table in her room.
The doll that now appeared before Xu Hongfu, although still so worn out, was clean and tidy, without the girl’s unskilled stitches.
This teddy bear was as if it had returned to the past…
Xu Hongfu swallowed hard.
He was covered in cold sweat.
The dim detention center was strangely quiet.
It was as if his hearing had been taken away, and he could not hear any sound.
And at this time, shouldn’t the patrolling prison guards have come by now?
Where were they now?
In the desolate and dim room, Xu Hongfu looked at the teddy bear in his hand, fell silent for a long while, and then threw it directly into the trash can.
In the dark room, Xu Hongfu lay down on the cold bed again.
But this time he tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.
Every time he closed his eyes again, the ferocious and terrifying face of the teddy bear would appear before him.
It was like the teddy bear, thrown into the trash can, was crawling on him, opening its bloody mouth, ready to tear him to shreds at any moment.
Then, he seemed to see himself shoving the girl into the box again.
In the girl’s boudoir, the already sickly girl was no match for the man. Amidst her continuous begging and wailing, she was forcefully stuffed into the box.
Then the man left the girl’s boudoir.
But as he left, his perspective strangely remained in the girl’s boudoir.
The box no longer shook or struggled, as if… the person inside was already dead.
Then, the box slowly opened a crack.
The girl’s face, purple and black from suffocation, peered at Xu Hongfu from the crack…
He woke up from the dream again.
And this time, Xu Hongfu found that the teddy bear, which should have been thrown into the trash can, had disappeared.
No one had entered this cell, so… who had moved this teddy bear away?
Xu Hongfu’s face was a little pale at this moment.
He slightly turned his body, preparing to continue sleeping.
However, when he turned around, he saw that the teddy bear was still lying beside him!
Although its body was plump, for some reason, it could now lie on its side steadily, facing Xu Hongfu.
“What is it!”
Extreme fear turned into extreme rage. The man tore the doll to shreds and threw it into the trash can, then rushed to the front of the cell and shouted.
“Where is it! Where is it! This place is haunted!”
“What are you shouting about?”
Unexpectedly, after hearing Xu Hongfu’s voice, a prison guard did come over.
He looked at the mental patient in front of him impatiently and said.
“Everyone else is sleeping, be quiet!”
“There’s a ghost here! Let me out quickly!”
Xu Hongfu knew who this prison guard was.
He was considered a very approachable police officer here, and he had some dealings with him.
However, facing Xu Hongfu’s request, the prison guard just frowned.
“It’s not time for an outdoor activity, just stay put.”
After saying that, the prison guard left.
Leaving Xu Hongfu alone at the scene, shouting and incessantly banging on the iron door of the cell.
Perhaps it was because he was tired, or perhaps it was because of fear.
Xu Hongfu stopped what he was doing.
He was panting, and for some reason, although he was alone in the cell, it felt unusually lively.
But the cell remained quiet and deathly still.
Xu Hongfu, feeling weak all over, collapsed to his knees, like a toy with a broken spring.
“Let me out… Grandma, let me out!”
The feeling of being watched was causing his sanity to unravel bit by bit.
“What are you yelling about!”
At this moment, a prisoner from the neighboring cell cursed.
“Can’t people sleep?”
Upon hearing this voice, Xu Hongfu’s unfocused pupils seemed to find a sliver of new hope.
Right…
He wasn’t the only one in this place.
With so many male prisoners locked up.
Even if there were ghosts, they wouldn’t dare to come to such a place with such strong yang energy, would they?
He should be safe.
Xu Hongfu struggled to stand up, walked to the sink, cupped his hands with water, and splashed it on his face.
The cold water helped him regain some of his sanity.
After tightening the faucet, he returned to the bed.
He no longer dared to close his eyes, for fear that if he closed them, he would dream of the girl’s tragic death again.
“Tap…”
“Tap…”
In the quiet cell, for some reason, there was a strange sound of footsteps.
This sound seemed to be from outside, or perhaps from inside the cell.
But what was certain was that this sound was not like the sound of prison guards’ shoes.
It was more like… the canvas shoes that girls wear.
Could it be her?!
Xu Hongfu sat up in terror, looking around the situation.
However, the detention center rooms were all dim and unobstructed open spaces.
Whether it was the bed to sleep on, the pit for going to the toilet, or the washbasin, it was all in this room.
The bed faced the door. As long as outsiders looked in from the railing at the door, even the space under the bed could not hide anything.
Xu Hongfu, being in this detention center, swallowed hard with difficulty.
He walked to the door and shouted to the outside.
“Is anyone there?”
There was no response.
It was as if this cell had been isolated from the entire world.
“Is anyone there?”
Xu Hongfu shouted again.
However, it seemed that some entity lurking in the darkness had heard his voice.
This caused the feeling of being watched in Xu Hongfu’s heart to intensify.
It was as if the four walls, including the ceiling, were covered with eyes, staring at him coldly.
Xu Hongfu felt his heart about to leap out of his throat.
Under the oppressive weight of extreme fear, he quickly returned to the bed and buried his head in the quilt.
He curled up his body, and only after confirming that his hands and feet would not feel the chill of the outside air did he breathe a sigh of relief.
Whether it was psychological comfort or some other reason, after burying himself in the quilt, he felt that no matter what happened outside, it had nothing to do with him.
“Hoo…”
He exhaled, and his breathing became a little steadier.
Then he felt a fluffy hand.
Xu Hongfu’s eyes suddenly opened, and then he saw that inside the quilt, besides him… there was also a child-sized teddy bear!
It didn’t move at all, but its appearance at this time and place was so strange and terrifying.
Xu Hongfu’s eyes widened, and in extreme fear, he tried to throw off the quilt.
But no matter how much he struggled or exerted himself, the quilt remained on him without moving.
And the quilt began to become colder and colder, as if… as if he were buried in cement.
He wanted to call for help, to shout, but his voice could only echo inside the quilt.
Oxygen was rapidly depleting. To him, the teddy bear struggling beside him looked so funny, so ridiculous.
He tore open the quilt’s cotton with his fingers, but no matter how he ripped it, it seemed impossible to escape.
His movements began to slow down, and his face had already turned blue and purple from suffocation.
Finally, he collapsed on the bed, motionless, completely losing his life.
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Inside the haunted house, Liu Haoyu closed his eyes quietly.
In his hand, he held a chain.
The resentment on this chain was beginning to dissipate.
Although there was only candlelight around, Liu Haoyu seemed to see the man’s terror and desperate struggle, as well as his tragic cries.
“It seems she has completed her obsession.”
Liu Haoyu put down the chain and slowly walked out of the haunted house.
Xu Wanrong was calling him through this chain, asking him to come out of the haunted house.
Because this timid girl dared not enter the haunted house.
Liu Haoyu arrived on the grass outside the haunted house, and the cold, biting wind blew on his face.
Under the bright moonlight, there was a girl holding a teddy bear.
This girl didn’t even look like an adult.
And she stood quietly in front of Liu Haoyu. Due to her long-term illness, she looked so pale.
In her eyes, there was such timid coldness.
After making eye contact with Liu Haoyu, she finally bent down slightly.
She bowed awkwardly.
Under the moonlight, Liu Haoyu could see the reluctance in the girl’s eyes and her longing for her mother.
Liu Haoyu reached out his hand, trying to place it on the girl’s head.
However, the hand he reached out directly passed through her body, and hung down powerlessly.
At this moment, Xu Wanrong’s body had become semi-transparent, and she seemed to be about to disappear.
Liu Haoyu wanted to say something, but the words got stuck in his throat.
The girl, tormented by fate, was truly heartbreaking.
The girl looked up at the starry sky, with a hint of tears in her eyes. Even though she still had many things she wanted to say to her mother, she held them all back in her heart. Then she showed a relieved smile.
She knew that if she told her mother about her death, she would be sad…
So the girl looked at Liu Haoyu and said bravely.
“Please tell my mother,”
“I’ve gone to a very beautiful place…”
“Don’t worry about me…”
In the starry night sky, a bright shooting star flashed overhead.
At the last moment before her body dissipated, the girl extended her slender and weak hands and gently, with a soft strength, grasped Liu Haoyu’s hand.
“And… thank you…”
“Mr. Perverted Foot-Fetish Murderer.”
