After knowing the method to escape, Chen Ge calmed down.
This door is approaching the boy, and when a Red Specter appears, it will make a sound to warn him. No matter how I look at it, this door doesn't mean Jiang Ming any harm.
Chen Ge scratched his chin. Something is trying to come out from behind the door, but when I entered the world behind the door, I couldn't find that thing. Is it hiding somewhere?
The thing behind the door did not want to harm Jiang Ming, so it couldn't be those malicious monsters.
Perhaps this is where Jiang Ming lost his hearing.
Chen Ge still remembered the mission details on the black phone. The ghost fetus mission is a game of hide-and-seek. After I enter the door, will I have to find the thing hidden by the ghost fetus? Will this be the first battle between me and the ghost fetus?
Chen Ge believed that was possible. He took out the black phone and was about to confirm the mission when footsteps came from the second-floor corridor.
The footsteps were very light, like a child walking on their tiptoes. If not for Chen Ge's Ghost Ear, he would not have heard it.
Someone is passing by? When this thought appeared in Chen Ge's mind, his eyes widened. No! The monsters behind the door formed from my memory won't make any sound. I've tested it earlier!
Since he had lost his hearing, Jiang Ming could not hear the outside world, but he could hear the voice inside his heart.
The world behind the door was made from his memory. The only person who could make a sound here, other than an outsider, was probably Jiang Ming himself!
When he pushed open the toilet cubicle door, he saw that there was no one inside.
Chen Ge walked out from the toilet with the hammer and backpack. He saw a few children standing in the corridor.
The children were wearing clothes that were much cleaner than the neighbors. They were holding various toys and seemed to be playing a game.
Is Jiang Ming among them? Chen Ge slowly approached them with the hammer. Before he reached them, the children noticed Chen Ge.
The children looked bright, and their clothes were clean and pretty, but their appearance was hard to describe.
Their eyes were especially big, and their mouths were split open as if they were making faces.
The leader of the group pointed at Chen Ge and pulled on his own ear. The surrounding children all looked at him and laughed.
From Chen Ge's point of view, there was no sound around him. He could not hear the children's laughter, only their hateful expressions.
"Those guys are laughing at me."
Narrowing his eyes, Chen Ge's observation became more meticulous. Through the opening and closing of the children's lips, he had a rough idea of what they were saying.
The children thought that Chen Ge was stupid and that he was different from normal people. They thought that whoever played with him would lose their hearing.
"Looks like Jiang Ming isn't among them. It's impossible for a deaf and mute person to laugh with them after hearing such a 'joke'." Chen Ge raised the hammer, but he did not make a move. "There's no point in arguing with children. After I leave this door, I'll teach them how to behave in real life and have them apologize to Jiang Ming while I'm at it."
The reason why the neighbors were unable to communicate was because Jiang Ming was just a child and did not have much interaction with adults, but it was different for people his age.
Jiang Ming remembered the mockery and mockery of these children very clearly. They should have played together often, and Chen Ge believed that he might be able to find clues about Jiang Ming from these children.
He squatted down and used his hands to gesture with difficulty. He tried his best to communicate with the other children without making any noise.
Chen Ge did not want to go through so much trouble, but once he made a sound, the drunkard would chase after him. It was better to avoid unnecessary trouble, so Chen Ge had no choice but to do this.
After gesturing for a long time, the group of children did not reveal any information to Chen Ge. They seemed to only know how to mock and humiliate him to gain satisfaction.
Just as Chen Ge was about to give up, one of the children suggested playing a game. Chen Ge said that he wanted to join in.
The leading child 'kindly' gestured to Chen Ge. They wanted to play hide and seek, using rock, paper, scissors to determine who would be the one to catch.
In the end, all the children offered paper, and only Chen Ge offered rock.
The group of children had obviously conspired to trick Chen Ge. They scattered and started to hide, leaving Chen Ge alone in the second-floor corridor.
"A bunch of children, when I catch you, I'll …"
Chen Ge grumbled involuntarily. He only realized something was wrong when he was halfway through his sentence. He looked around, and thankfully, there were no monsters around.
"I'm used to talking, so I'm not used to suddenly being asked to keep quiet." Picking up the backpack, Chen Ge was about to move forward when he heard a sound next to his ear. It sounded like someone had accidentally knocked into a chair.
The sound came from the direction where Chen Ge had heard the footsteps earlier.
"Jiang Ming?"
Chen Ge slowly walked to the end of the corridor. He noticed that one of the rental rooms was not locked.
He pushed the door open lightly. The room was littered with the unique watercolor embroidery of Jiujiang. There were not many people who knew how to do watercolor embroidery anymore, so Chen Ge did not expect to see it here.
On the table were pieces of cloth of many colors, as well as embroidery needles of different lengths and threads of different colors.
The whole apartment was dark in color, but this room appeared warm and bright.
"The bamboo chair is not by the table. Someone seems to have touched it earlier." Chen Ge closed the door and looked around.
The room was not big. The person who lived here should be an old man because there was a pair of reading glasses inside the sewing frame, and there was a walking stick next to the bed.
The table was placed in the middle of the room, and there were two bamboo chairs next to it. Normally, two people worked here.
There was a black and white picture of the old man next to the bed. There was a sentence written under the picture frame. It was a mourning for her late husband.
"The owner of this room should be an old lady. This is where she lives and where she works." Chen Ge walked around the room, but he did not see the owner. "This room is brightly colored, completely different from the other rentals. This should be a very special place for Jiang Ming. He feels warmth here."
In Jiang Ming's memory, the owner must have treated him very well, but the problem was that the owner was not inside the room at the moment.
Chen Ge did not want to give up just like that. When he searched the room for the second time, he heard a sound coming from the bedroom closet.
Sneaking closer, Chen Ge yanked the closet open.
A faded smell of mildew drifted into his nose. Chen Ge saw a four or five-year-old boy hiding inside the closet.
The boy was hiding in the corner of the closet. He was different from the other people behind the door. His facial features and body were completely normal, and there was not a trace of distortion.
"Jiang Ming?" Chen Ge asked in a whisper.
Hearing Chen Ge's voice, the boy's face was filled with disbelief. In this silent world, someone had suddenly said his name!
After a short pause, Jiang Ming finally came back to his senses. He nodded his head vigorously!
"The boy was not born deaf. He has the impression of sound in his mind, but how did he become like this?" Chen Ge squatted down beside the closet. He studied the boy before him closely.
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