The little girl stopped crying and turned around to look at Chen Ge dumbly. Her palm-sized face was covered in tears, and her eyes were red and puffy. There was a layer of mist around them.
The girl's pitiful eyes seemed to be able to melt anything. Even the coldest person would have their expression soften before her.
The nurse could not control herself anymore. She hugged the girl, pressed her face against the girl's head, and patted her back lightly.
Just by looking at the female nurse and the two children in the bedroom, one would feel very warm. It was like an older sister who worked alone and raised her two younger brothers and sisters. Although they were poor and hard, they always looked forward to happiness and beauty.
However, with the addition of Chen Ge, the scene inside the room became strange.
He stood at the door, and his muscles were tense like he was alone in the middle of a forest, being targeted by a beast.
"Based on the scale in Fan Yu's painting, the monster is three times the size of a grown man."
Chen Ge, who had interacted with Fan Yu before, could clearly remember that Fan Yu's eyes could see ghosts. In other words, the giant spider monster in Fan Yu's painting was really behind him!
His finger pressed on the recorder, and green veins popped up on his arms.
Before he came, he did not expect to run into a ghost at this kind of warm Children's Home.
"Fan Yu and the little girl look like they have a good relationship, and Fan Yu and I can be considered to be acquaintances. Does this mean that I'm also friends with the little girl?" Chen Ge stood at the door and grumbled to himself. His voice was not loud, so it could be heard behind him.
"Don't cry. Big sister has already left. I'll bring you to find her tomorrow." Fan Yu touched the girl's head. He was very kind to this girl.
"Okay." The girl rubbed her red eyes and struggled out of the nurse's embrace. She sat unwillingly on the mattress in the bedroom. She was still holding the spider carcass in her hands, unwilling to throw it away.
Hearing Fan Yu say that the girl's big sister had left, Chen Ge finally relaxed. He walked into the room and picked up the broom behind the door to sweep the broken glass to the corner.
Standing in the middle of the three, the nurse felt a little awkward. She felt as if she was being ignored and no one cared about her.
"Mr. Chen Ge, let me do it." The nurse swept the glass fragments into the dustpan and dragged Chen Ge out of the room.
"You saw the situation inside, right?" There was helplessness in the nurse's voice. "Ever since Jiang Ling came to the Children's Home, I've been taking care of her. It's been half a year, and she used to call me mother. She was like a little angel. But ever since Fan Yu came, everything changed. This child follows Fan Yu all day long and only listens to him. "
"Why do I hear a trace of jealousy in your voice?" Chen Ge leaned against the wall. The Children's Home had given him a good impression; it was doing something practical.
"I didn't!" The nurse glared at Chen Ge. "If Jiang Ling was playing with other children, I wouldn't have stopped her, but the problem is, Fan Yu is not normal. You've seen the things he draws. Do you think it's appropriate for a five-year-old girl to look at those things every day?"
"That's a bit too much." Chen Ge did not know how to explain it to the nurse. After all, he could not tell her that Fan Yu's drawings were real.
"It's not just too much!" The nurse closed the bedroom door and pulled Chen Ge to the corner of the living room. "Jiang Ling was discovered by the police at the crime scene. You have no idea what she has been through. Half a year ago, when she was sent to the Children's Home, Jiang Ling could not even speak, and she was afraid of everyone. After half a year of counseling by Doctor Chen, her condition improved. "
Chen Ge's expression turned serious. "Can you tell me about her past?"
The nurse lowered her voice. "I heard it from the police. Jiang Ling used to have a happy family. Her family of four lived in a faraway village. Even though they were not rich, they lived a happy life.
"Her father was an honest farmer, and her mother did not seem to be local. She was very fair, and she had a big sister. She inherited her mother's genes and was very pretty.
"About a year ago, her father borrowed some money to contract a peach forest to plant peaches. The whole family lived far away from the village, and they rarely interacted with other people.
"Just as the peaches were about to be harvested, and their life was about to improve, something happened."
Sighing, the nurse's eyes were filled with sympathy and anger. "First, Jiang Ling's big sister disappeared, and not long after that, something happened to Jiang Ling's parents. There was a large amount of rat poison in the food and soup. The killer was determined to kill them."
"Has the killer been caught?"
"No." The nurse shook her head. "The police did not reveal too much information. I only know that the killer did not touch the family's money, and it was not for sex. I suspect the killer is the villagers who were jealous of Jiang Ling's happiness! The place was secluded, and other than other villagers, not many people would go there. Also, a few days before the incident, there were people from the neighboring village who went to steal the unripe peaches. One time, the thief was caught by Jiang Ling's father, and they got into a fight inside the peach forest. "
After hearing the nurse's description, Chen Ge also felt like the villagers were the killers. Murder usually had a motive, and it made sense.
"After the police's investigation, they did not find the culprit. The only survivor at the scene was Jiang Ling, who did not drink the soup. However, when she saw her parents collapse after dinner, she was scared out of her wits. The police suspected that Jiang Ling had seen the killer before, but they could not communicate with Jiang Ling. Ever since the incident, the girl started to have some mental problems.
"As you can see, whenever she sees a spider, she will call her sister. What others are afraid of, she will run over excitedly. Can you imagine her cute face near a spider's web? Can you imagine her cute face near a spider's web?"
"After spending some time with her, I realized there were other problems with her."
"The child was confused. She often called the blanket on the bed mother and the hanging rope father. Other people asked her why, but she couldn't tell them. "
The nurse was depressed. It was clear that she was worried about the girl. "Our Children's Home has been trying to correct Jiang Ling's misperception. She no longer calls the blanket or the rope father or mother. If we can change her perception of spiders, the girl will be able to live a normal life. But Fan Yu came, and with just a few words, he ruined all our efforts. "
"Let's not talk about Fan Yu for now." Chen Ge had to face the Society of Strange Tales, so he was more interested in ghosts. "Have the police investigated Jiang Ling's big sister? Why did she disappear? Could she be the killer? "
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