The shrill meowing of the cats crawled into his ears. Chen Ge's hand that held Ying Tong was already soaked with cold. He could not see anything, but he knew that Ying Chen was in the stairwell. The distance between them was closing.
"Ying Chen? Don't you usually like to take the elevator? Why are you climbing the stairs today? " Miss Dress' voice came from the sixth-floor staircase. Perhaps the shock from seeing the human head had not completely dissipated, there was a slight tremor in her voice.
"I think I heard someone talking in the corridor, so I came up to take a look. By the way, why are you here?" Ying Chen's voice came from the corner of the stairs. At that moment, there was less than five meters between him and Chen Ge and Ying Tong. If he took a few more steps, he would be able to see Chen Ge and Ying Tong, who were pressed against the wall.
"Ah Mu's medicine has run out. I wish to see if Miss Red has any left." Miss Dress slowly calmed down. The reason that she gave was very convincing.
"Oh, to get the medicine?" Ying Chen's tone had visibly relaxed. With a smile, he said, "It must be hard to take care of Ah Mu. Soon, we will not need to trouble you anymore. I have already contacted the welfare agency. In a few days, we will send all of them out."
While the two were conversing, Chen Ge and Ying Tong silently moved their feet. They slowly moved upward in the dark. At that moment, if they made the slightest sound, they would be discovered by Ying Chen.
"You want to send Ah Mu away?" There was a trace of nervousness in Miss Dress' voice. After she found out about Ying Chen's true nature, she could not face Ying Chen like she usually did.
"Yeah, I don't feel good letting you take care of those children." Ying Chen's voice appeared from the sixth floor. He seemed to have walked to stand before Miss Dress. "After all, those children will end up like that …"
Ying Chen's voice was getting softer and softer. Miss Dress could not hear him clearly. "What did you say?"
"I mean, after all, the reason why those few children ended up like that …" Ying Chen appeared to lean closer to Miss Dress. "It was all because of me!"
"Bang!"
Miss Dress' body slammed heavily into the wall. The sound of sobbing came from inside the building. Her mouth appeared to be gagged by something.
"Shh, keep quiet. Don't be nervous. I won't cut your neck here." Ying Chen's voice echoed down the corridor. Like usual, it gave off a comforting feeling, like he was playing a game with a child.
"Just now downstairs, I think I heard you say the word 'head'? You don't have to answer, just nod or shake your head. "
"He didn't say anything?"
"I won't like you anymore if you keep acting like this. I've always admired your straightforwardness, just like how you've always admired my enthusiasm and selflessness."
"I'll ask you again. Did you say the word 'head'?"
"So you really did. Since you said the word 'head', then you must have seen my damned little brother. He was the one who stole the head from my cabinet."
"Next is the second question. My brother should be nearby. Is he upstairs, behind one of the doors, or hiding inside the cleaning closet?"
"Did I use too much strength? Your eyes that are about to pop out of their sockets seem to have accidentally glanced up the stairs. "
"Don't worry, I will not go and find him. I have imagined this feeling of strangling your neck so many times. The rough palms wrapping around such a soft neck, the bones of my fingers pressing on your veins, slowly contracting, and then watching as your expression slowly changes. How could I bear to leave you like that?"
"You are like a graceful cat. No, you will become the most beautiful cat that I have ever adopted."
The sound in the corridor slowly faded away. By then, Chen Ge and Ying Tong had reached the seventh floor.
"Every floor is named after a date. The whole building is like a reincarnation that we cannot escape from. In other words, if we go up from the seventh floor, we might return to the first floor."
Miss Dress stayed on the first floor, and Ah Mu was still in his room.
"Ying Chen knows that Miss Dress has seen Ying Tong, so he will not leave Ah Mu alone in Miss Dress' room. He will definitely go and find Ah Mu.
"Now, I have two choices. The first is to enter Miss Dress' room before Ying Chen does to find Ah Mu, but there are two disadvantages to doing that. First, Ah Mu might not open the door for me, and the sound of knocking might trigger more changes. Second, after I enter Miss Dress' room, Ying Chen might wait outside the door, waiting for me to come. "
Time was running out. Chen Ge did not have much time to think. Ying Chen did not make any sound when he walked, but the cat's meowing lingered in their ears. The distance between them and Ying Chen had not widened.
"If Ying Chen is allowed to take Ah Mu away, it will be harder to find Ah Mu in the future. Perhaps he will even kill Ah Mu! Once he does that, part of Ying Tong's memory might be lost forever. If that is the reason why Ying Tong cannot open his eyes behind the door, that will be terrible. " Chen Ge grabbed Ying Tong's hand and continued to move forward, but Ying Tong did not plan to move any further. "Ying Tong? Come on, follow me. "
"I think we should split up. The people who wanted to help me are all dead. I …"
"Do not stop moving." Chen Ge did not want to discuss anything with Ying Tong there. He lowered his voice and grabbed Ying Tong's arm as they walked down the seventh floor.
Stepping on the new staircase, Chen Ge followed the memory in his mind and found his way to Miss Dress' home.
He knocked lightly on the door. As the knocking echoed down the corridor, the meowing of the cats grew louder.
Other than the cats' meowing, Chen Ge heard another sound. It sounded like something heavy was being dragged on the ground.
"Ah Mu? Open the door! Hurry up and open the door! "
Sweat broke out on his forehead. The cats' meowing tortured his nerves. Chen Ge's heart continued to race. The knocking on the door grew louder. At that moment, he did not care about being exposed anymore.
Since he had made the choice, he had to bear the consequences of his choice, and inside this building, the consequence of making the wrong choice was death.
"Ah Mu! Ah Mu! "
The sound of footsteps echoed inside the room. At the same time, the sound of the heavy object being dragged disappeared, and in its place was the increasingly shrill meowing of the cats!
Ying Chen had abandoned the body and was running at full speed toward the door!
"Ah Mu!"
The door creaked open, and at the same time, Chen Ge dragged Ying Tong's hand and slammed his way into the room.
He did not dare hesitate. His body leaned forward. After he was inside the room, he immediately found his way to the front door and slammed it shut!
"Do not speak! Please do not speak! "
Leaning against the front door, Chen Ge sat on the ground. His hands gripped the backpack tightly.
In the darkness, the screams of the cats echoed in his ears. They came closer and closer until they stopped outside the door.
Dong! Dong! Dong!
There was a knock on the door, and Chen Ge's heart skipped a beat. He pressed his back against the door, and cold sweat kept pouring down his face. It was not until then that he was suddenly reminded of something very scary. "Ying Chen killed Miss Dress! Miss Dress might have the key to this room! "
In such an extreme situation, it was inevitable that Chen Ge would have a flaw in his thinking. Ever since he entered this world behind the door, his nerves had been on edge, especially at that moment earlier.
"Calm down, calm down! Miss Dress did not leave the house with her phone, so she might not have brought the key with her. After all, she left in a hurry. "
Chen Ge had not spent much time with Miss Dress, but he had a feeling that Miss Dress was the kind of person who did not care about others.
Furthermore, Ah Mu was unable to leave the house. Since there was always someone in the house, there was a high chance that she did not carry the key with her.
The knocking on the door and the cats' meowing mixed together. Chen Ge's heart was racing. He had not felt this way for a long time.
He did not even dare breathe too loudly. Half a minute passed in this manner. The knocking finally stopped, but the cats' meowing did not stop.
Ying Chen was still guarding the door. He was probably standing in the blind spot that the peephole could not see.
He waited for another half an hour before the cats' meowing slowly faded away.
"Cunning, cruel, and extremely patient. This b * stard is too difficult to deal with."
Chen Ge did not waste any time. He still guarded the door and used his back to push against the door. "Ying Chen will definitely come back. When he heard the knocking, he rushed over as fast as he could. At that time, the cats' meowing grew louder and louder, but the sound of something being dragged stopped. This means that he has put down Miss Dress that he was dragging and chose to come to me first. He is probably going back to look for the key on Miss Dress. "
"The sound of something being dragged stopped at the seventh-floor staircase. It will only take him about ten seconds to go back and forth. In that amount of time, I will not be able to bring Ying Tong and Ah Mu away, so I can only wait here."
Standing up, Chen Ge stumbled into the living room. His hands gripped the edge of the sofa and tried his best to drag it to the door.
"Ah Mu, can you see if the sofa is blocking the door?" Chen Ge could not see, so he had to ask Ah Mu for help.
"It is blocking the door, but how is Miss Dress going to get in after you block it?"
"Did Miss Dress bring the key with her when she left?"
"I don't know, but I believe she did."
Ah Mu's words chilled Chen Ge's heart. He used the sofa to block the door and then found a mop to push against the lock.
"The two of you should move further away from the door. Ah Mu, go and grab Miss Dress' phone."
"Okay."
Ah Mu had just agreed when the cats started meowing again. To make matters worse, other than the cats' meowing, there was the sound of a girl singing from the music box.
"Ying Chen and his helper are waiting outside the door!"
The key was inserted into the keyhole. The spring turned little by little, and the soft sound caused goosebumps to rise on the back of Chen Ge's neck.
Following a soft click, the door was unlocked!
But when the man tried to push the doorknob open, he realized that the door would not budge at all.
The door shook violently. Chen Ge stood next to the sofa and used his body to push against it.
"Has Miss Dress returned?" Ah Mu's voice was shaking because the person outside the door was very rough.
"It is Ying Chen. He is the one who turned you into this." Chen Ge lowered his voice.
"Ying Chen? But the adults around me all said that he was the one who took care of me. He was the one who first discovered me. Without him, I would have died a long time ago. "
"From the moment you understood the meaning of the word 'death', you should have realized that something was wrong. Ah Mu, you have forgotten many things. Perhaps you should talk more with Ying Tong." Chen Ge suggested softly. Actually, he also wanted to hear what kind of person Ying Chen was.
The door shook for a long time. In the end, with Chen Ge's protection, the man did not enter the room.
Through the door, the screams of the cats kept echoing. Amid the cats' meowing, there was a very weak voice of a man. "It took me less than a minute to find the key and come here. The person inside the room blocked the door. Be it making the judgment in such a short time or moving a large object, these are two abilities that Ying Tong does not possess. Other than that woman, there is another adult helping him inside this building. "
With Ghost Ear, Chen Ge's five senses were better than a normal person's. After losing his sight, his other senses appeared to have been enhanced to a certain extent. So, even though the man's voice was very soft, he could hear most of it.
"Why are you helping that bad boy?" Another voice asked. Chen Ge had heard this voice before. It was the voice of the child who had pushed him down the stairs.
"Perhaps the man has been tricked by Ying Tong. As you know, Ying Tong is a bad boy who loves to lie," Ying Chen said. "I will stay here. You go to the second floor and take a look at Room 204."
The sound of the music box had disappeared, but the cats' meowing was still there. Ying Chen's helper appeared to have left, but Ying Chen was still waiting outside the door. He was a very patient 'hunter'.
Chen Ge heard the conversation outside the door. Almost at the same time, he whispered for Ah Mu to bring Miss Dress's phone over and had him call Mr. Wood.
The moment the call was connected, Chen Ge immediately said, "You do not need to say anything. I will do the talking alone. Ying Chen has killed Miss Dress. He has trapped me, Ah Mu, and Ying Tong inside the room. His next target is you or Miss Red. Later, someone will come to your door. You can watch through the peephole, but do not open the door. That child is in cahoots with Ying Chen. "
Hearing what Chen Ge said, Mr. Wood's breathing visibly changed. He could not accept the fact that Ying Chen had killed Miss Dress.
"I do not have any interaction with Miss Red, so I need you to call Miss Red later to inform her of this. Also, tell her not to leave the room and not to open the door to anyone.
"The last thing I want to say is, keep your phone with you at all times. Only by working together can we all survive. You have to trust me!"
There was a long silence on the other end of the phone. Finally, Mr. Wood replied with two words. "Understood."
Everything returned to normal, but Chen Ge understood that the danger was not that far away. He returned the phone to Ah Mu, and he realized that neither Ah Mu nor Ying Tong had spoken. "Ying Tong, tell us about your big brother. Tell us everything you know."
The living room was very quiet. Ying Tong still did not speak.
"Are you worried about something?" Chen Ge whispered. "Do not be afraid. Only by telling us the truth will we be able to help you."
"It is useless." It appeared like Miss Dress's death had made Ying Tong feel very guilty and pained. "Everyone who hears the truth will die. Only by not seeing, only by not knowing, can we survive. I do not want to harm any of you."
"Is that why you do not dare open your eyes even though you are not blinded?" Chen Ge held Ying Tong's hand. "But many people in this building already know the truth. Everyone wants to help you. Your world is not completely dark. There is light here as well."
"Light?"
"Ying Chen has shown you the extreme cruelty and inescapable evil. He has killed one person after another to prove to you that there is darkness. But even so, there are still people who will stand out to help you, like Miss Dress, the cleaner, Auntie Wu, and me." Chen Ge held Ying Tong's hand tightly. "Trust me. No matter what, I will bring you away from this place. The world outside is very beautiful. There are many colors there, and there is an ocean of light. "
In this world that was covered by the eternal night, a blind man held another blind man's hand tightly and told him the story of light.
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