All the illusions had faded. This small town was just a nightmare used to imprison Yu Jian.
In this nightmare, Yu Jian was wrapped in a thick shell, and the ghost fetus became his closest mother.
Perhaps the ghost fetus wanted to use this method to make Yu Jian understand him, to make him understand his sincerity. After all, they once shared the same worldview. They were both 'monsters' who radiated malice from the bottom of their hearts.
The ghost fetus believed that Yu Jian was the same kind of person as him. Yu Jian believed that the ghost fetus could help him do many things. They had once worked together and committed many crimes together.
But one day, Yu Jian ran into the teacher who changed his life. He started to go against the ghost fetus' words and his orders.
Chen Ge looked at Yu Jian, who was locked inside Du Ming's body, and all the questions were answered.
He was thankful that he did not use violence from the start. If he had gone against his principles and destroyed this small town, he might have become the ghost fetus' bargaining chip to convince Yu Jian.
The ghost fetus would have told Yu Jian that there was a demon living inside everyone's heart. That was normal. Everyone would do things like that, and there was no need for him to follow the female teacher's instructions.
Once the ghost fetus successfully convinced Yu Jian, Chen Ge would not only have to deal with the ghost fetus, he would be targeted by Yu Jian.
"The worst situation didn't happen. My patience has paid off." Chen Ge used his own actions to teach Yu Jian a lesson. If the teacher that Yu Jian met was the ray of light in his life, allowing him to see the real world beyond the fog, then Chen Ge was the pair of hands that grabbed him, trying to pull him out of the swamp.
In the end, the ghost fetus did not gain Yu Jian's approval. Everything that he had done only caused Yu Jian to resist even more.
The ghost fetus could not understand the black cursed threads that crawled around his body. His eyes that looked at Yu Jian started to turn venomous.
"I've been so good to you, helping you with everything I have, and you treat me like this?" The baby's face twisted. The hatred in the ghost fetus' heart reached its peak. He could not understand why this was the result after all the sacrifice that he had made.
The words that he kept repeating appeared to have been said to someone before. He repeated them again and again, and the presence around him became scarier. Soon, it surpassed a normal Red Specter.
"Could this man really be the ghost fetus? It's hidden behind this door? " Chen Ge was not confident. He knew that his luck was not very good, but that was under normal circumstances. Under certain unusual circumstances, like when he was drawing prizes, he always had an inexplicable connection with Specters and Red Specters.
Yu Jian was unconscious and surrounded by layers of curses. Chen Ge had no way of getting him out. If he left him here alone, something bad might happen.
After giving it some thought, Chen Ge took out the comic from his backpack. Whether the ghost fetus before him was real or fake, he decided to deal with him here and now.
This time, when he was immersed in the world behind the door, his mental state had reached its limit. His eyes were bloodshot, and he was on the verge of collapse.
"It's time to end this."
Flipping through the comic, Chen Ge called out the names of his employees. The bloodstained comic seemed to be surging with blood, and the pungent smell of blood suppressed the strong stench in the room.
The Red Specter and the most venomous curse clashed inside the office. Two forces that were terrifying in the eyes of a normal person clashed.
"Du Ming's mother is much stronger than the woman in Wu Sheng's world. They are not even on the same level."
There was no way to hide in the narrow space. As blood-red figures appeared one after another, this strange world was dyed in a ghastly shade of red.
Blood flowed, and a pair of pale hands pierced through the cage weaved by the curses to pull Yu Jian out.
"Xu Yin, Ol 'Bai, stay beside me. Don't go over for now."
After calling for ten whole days, the barrier of the world behind the door was finally broken. With the appearance of the employees, this fake world could not exist for much longer.
The scenario that was weaved from the memories of Chen Ge, the ghost fetus, and Yu Jian was about to collapse. Chen Ge wanted to personally destroy this dream of his.
"The two of you should go and test it out." Chen Ge summoned the Red Specter in the costume that he had found at the futuristic theme park and the Red Specter from Jiang Yuan Apartments.
They had been trapped for a long time, and the first thing they saw was the ghost fetus that was turning darker. The rapidly rising presence gave the two Red Specters a lot of pressure.
The snail behind Jiang Ming's door has a sturdy shell, and it took ten Red Specters to work together to open it. The faceless woman behind Wu Sheng's door can control blood and multitask. The ghost fetus behind Fang Yu's door is very calm. He can control curses and set up traps. The ghost fetus behind each door has a different power. This guy's power is unknown, so I should use the Red Specter in the costume and the Red Specter to test him out.
Chen Ge was very careful. He had been behind the door for so long, and he would not allow anything to go wrong at the last moment.
"Xiao Bu, watch for the right moment and be ready to make your move!"
Of the Red Specters around Chen Ge, the strongest was Xiao Bu.
Ever since the girl became the real door pusher in Li Wan City, she had not shown her full power.
All the Red Specters had shown up, and Chen Ge could only give them a few simple instructions before they made their move.
The battle between the Red Specters was bloody and cruel. They were all entangled by deep resentment. Unless they were suppressed by absolute power, once they started fighting, it would be a battle to the death. No one would be able to pull them away from each other.
Of course, a very rational Red Specter like Meng Nan was an exception; he was an exception.
The Red Specter in the costume and the water ghost appeared before Du Ming's mother. They had no choice but to join the battle; they had no other choice.
The Red Specter in the costume was fine. She hated the ghost fetus to begin with, and it was the ghost fetus who had forcefully taken over her altar.
The Red Specter in the water ghost's mind even started to think about joining the enemy. This was completely different from what he had expected. "Chen Ge, our promise doesn't include fighting with other Red Specters, right?"
He wanted to struggle. After all, the ghost fetus' disguise as Du Ming's mother gave him a very dangerous feeling.
"This is our promise. Didn't you ask me to help you find the door pusher at Jiang Yuan Apartments? The ghost fetus is the door pusher. After you kill him, you will be the owner of that door. "Chen Ge was not lying. At least, he did not think he had lied.
"Our promise is to kill the door pusher together!" The Red Specter was very powerful in the water, but he could not use his power here. Soon, his body was scratched by the curse. "Help me! Help me! "
"What others give is charity; what you fight for is dignity." Chen Ge kept his eyes on the Red Specter. The threads of the curse crawled into the Red Specter's body through the wound and crawled toward his heart.
He slowly lost his mind, and all the negative emotions in his heart were triggered. If this continued, he would become a collection of resentment that could not be communicated with.
Other than hatred, hatred, and killing, there was no other emotion.
"The ghost fetus behind this door can use curses to corrupt people's spirits? To corrupt a Red Specter's heart? "
The Red Specter's heart was the foundation of their existence, the crystallization of their lingering spirits. Chen Ge did not expect the ghost fetus' curse to be so scary.
"End this quickly! Let's attack together! Be careful not to get hurt! "
After understanding the ghost fetus' power, Chen Ge did not dare hold back anymore.
The ghost fetus' curse was too scary. With this kind of power, if the ghost fetus could survive the initial period, when the curse took effect, Chen Ge's group would lose their advantage in numbers.
A Red Specter whose heart was corrupted would tear apart everything before him, be it his former colleagues or the owner of the Haunted House, Chen Ge.
"Now that I've tested out the ghost fetus' power, the more I understand him, the scarier I find him."
All the Red Specters did not hide their power. They attacked with full power. The ghost fetus' body was damaged instantly. He was no longer human, but he did not disappear.
The black threads that were hidden behind the door kept surging into his body to help him recover.
"The world behind Yu Jian's door is helping him?" Chen Ge knew that he could not waste any more time. He grabbed the boy on the ground by his shoulders. "Yu Jian, can you hear me? Your persistence has paid off. I'm here to take you home! "
"Wake up! The mother in your heart is a disguise made by the ghost fetus. She is not your real mother!
"Have you really given up on this world? Don't you want to see your teacher one more time? There are many people like her in this world. The ghost fetus has only shown you the darkest side, but in reality, it is because there is light that there is darkness! "
As if hearing the word 'teacher', Yu Jian's eyes blinked. His brows slowly creased like he was dreaming about something bad.
"Yu Jian, if you really think you've found love, don't wallow behind the door. Don't make her sad. Use everything you have to change yourself." Chen Ge picked Yu Jian up and punched him in the face. "Cheer up! Perhaps she is waiting for you as well! "
The sunken flesh slowly recovered. Yu Jian's eyelids fluttered, and then he slowly opened his eyes.
Chen Ge picked up the phone from the ground and showed the picture on the screen to Yu Jian. "Try to live on and walk away from the past. If there is a chance, go and see her."
The confused eyes slowly regained focus. The things that had happened in the past surfaced in his mind. Yu Jian gripped the phone with both hands, and his expression was no longer numb.
Chen Ge removed his jacket and placed it on Yu Jian. The boy had a strong sense of pride, but he did not wear anything behind the door. This probably represented one of his past psychological states.
"The ghost fetus attached himself to you and kept leading you toward the abyss. He blocked out all the light and only allowed you to see darkness and despair. Thankfully, you ran into that teacher in the end."
"Teacher Zhang …" There was light at the bottom of Yu Jian's eyes. The connection between the ghost fetus and the world behind the door was weakening. He could no longer gain power from Yu Jian's world.
"Yu Jian!" The ghost fetus' body was broken, and he was covered in wounds. He screamed, "When you were at your loneliest, it was me who accompanied you! When your father abandoned you and your mother blamed you, it was me who was by your side! When the adults were arguing and fighting to get rid of 'love', it was me who was protecting you! "
A shrill voice came out from the ghost fetus' lips. He stopped pretending to be Du Ming's mother and started to talk about the things that had happened when he was attached to Yu Jian.
Yu Jian appeared to be an illegitimate child. His mother fell in love with a married man. The argument between his parents, the gossip among the neighbors, and many other reasons caused Yu Jian's understanding of 'love' to be distorted. Combined with the ghost fetus' purposeful guidance, Yu Jian slowly lost the ability to love.
"He was not protecting you. He just wanted to turn you into his tool, a machine that did not understand love." Chen Ge shielded Yu Jian behind him. "If you still have the memory of the time after I entered the door, you can try to think about what love is and what you should do to truly love someone."
The ghost fetus could no longer gain any help from Yu Jian's world behind the door. At that moment, he looked crazed and mad. Compared to the pain on his body, he was more annoyed by Yu Jian's attitude toward him.
Seeing the ghost fetus' pitiful state, Yu Jian's lips tightened. He slowly raised his hand before slowly lowering it again.
"Yu Jian, Yu Jian!" The ghost fetus' body was completely torn apart by the ten Red Specters. All the black threads were swallowed by blood. The ghost fetus, who had disguised himself as Du Ming's mother, had disappeared, and all that was left was a child's handpainted watercolor on the ground.
The family of three stood happily before the haunted house. The sky was painted with a red sun, and the roadside was planted with green trees. The family was dressed in bright clothes, and the haunted house behind them was painted with different colors.
This painting was painted by Chen Ge when he was young. His name was written crookedly next to it. This appeared to be a homework assignment given by the teacher at the time. It was to draw a painting with his family as the theme.
"This painting is in the ghost fetus' possession?" The painting before him looked normal. Chen Ge studied it for a while before he noticed that something was off. There was an extra part in the painting that he did not remember.
The family of three stood happily before the haunted house. The red sun shone down on the small person that represented Chen Ge, and someone had added a small shadow behind it.
"A shadow?"
Chen Ge placed the painting inside his backpack. He supported Yu Jian and walked out of the office with the accompaniment of the Red Specters.
"It's time to leave."
The small town had changed beyond recognition. The beautiful dream had been shattered. Chen Ge looked out the window blankly like he was looking for someone.
The streets were filled with cracks, and the rain was pouring. The world behind the door was about to collapse.
In the end, Chen Ge still did not see the figure. He walked to the black iron door that led to the school's equipment room.
Just as he was about to push open the iron door with the Red Specters, his phone suddenly rang.
Without hesitation, Chen Ge answered the call. He placed the phone next to his ear and held his breath.
Moments later, Zhang Ya's voice came from the other end of the phone. "I promised you that I would tell you before I leave. Chen Ge …"
"Where are you?" Chen Ge grabbed the phone and ran to the window. "I'm coming to find you!"
Without an umbrella, Chen Ge carried the backpack and the phone and rushed into the storm. He ran down the cracked streets. He passed through the world that was about to collapse before he finally saw the rather lonely figure at the junction of the small town.
Zhang Ya stood by the roadside holding a red umbrella. The phone in her hand had not been hung up.
Gasping for air, Chen Ge's whole body was soaked by the rain.
"I did not want to call you because I was afraid that I might disturb your study, but when I really made up my mind to leave, I couldn't control myself." Zhang Ya raised the red umbrella over Chen Ge's head and stood quietly before him. "Can you forgive me for my selfishness?"
The gray town started to tilt, and the black cracks tore at the whole world.
Chen Ge did not answer Zhang Ya's question. This was the first time that he had looked at Zhang Ya at such a close distance. "If that incident at the dance studio did not happen, if we were not teacher and student, if you were just Zhang Ya and I was just Chen Ge, how wonderful would that be?"
Hearing Chen Ge's words, Zhang Ya did not say anything. She took another step forward, stood on her tiptoes, and leaned lightly against Chen Ge.
Raising her hands, Zhang Ya whispered into Chen Ge's ear, "Hug me tight."
Under the red umbrella, before Chen Ge's arms landed, Zhang Ya's body had already faded away.
The red umbrella fell to the ground. There was nothing in Chen Ge's arms, and he stood silently in the rain.
The world behind the door collapsed. The Red Specter led Yu Jian and Chen Ge to the iron door and pushed it open together.
Just as they left the world behind the door, several drops of red rain fell on Chen Ge's backpack. They seeped into it and dyed Zhang Ya's book red.
…
Stepping out from the iron door, the world spun, and Chen Ge collapsed inside Yu Jian's bedroom.
His eyes were red. Without caring about anything else, he opened the backpack and took out Zhang Ya's bedtime story.
Flipping through the pages, Chen Ge flipped to the last page.
"X Year X Month X Day, I had a dream. I dreamt that I became a teacher, and he became my student.
"I dreamt that I shared the same umbrella with him to go home. I dreamt that we waited at the bus stop together. I dreamt that we cooked together and lived together.
"I also dreamt that I hugged him, and he hugged me back tightly.
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