Chapter 94: The stench turns to filth (VI)
"Is it...Xiaohua?"
Xie Mian was unsure at first, but after seeing the boy's face clearly, Xie Mian was sure that the little boy who died after turning into a mayfly yesterday had come back.
"What's going on?"
Neither Xie Mian nor Lin Heng could explain what was happening.
E Shifang was most likely the one who knew what was going on, but he couldn't speak and had no body language to express it.
"Let's go and take a look." Lin Heng said.
"Um."
They tacitly kept their distance and followed the familiar yet unfamiliar figure through the winding alleys to the welfare home.
The iron gate of the welfare home still retained the damaged appearance of yesterday. A few dark brown blood stains hung on the twisted metal railings, and the clothes that Xie Mian threw away yesterday were still thrown on the ground.
Everything was the same as when they left yesterday.
The only thing that had changed was that the children they had taken away reappeared in the yard—the children who had died yesterday after turning into mayflies, they seemed to have been resurrected.
Some of these children lay numbly on the ground, their filthy skirts drooping, revealing calves covered in purple bruises. Some huddled in rusty iron cages, mechanically biting each other's fingers. Some faced the wall, their heads sunken at an abnormal angle, yet they kept banging their foreheads against the brick wall, muttering, "I was wrong. I won't run away again."
The children's expressions did not change after seeing Xie Mian and Lin Heng.
His eyes were still empty and numb, without any spirit.
Just like yesterday, he twisted his neck mechanically and followed them with his eyes.
——These children don’t recognize them anymore.
"One, two, three..." Lin Heng finished counting the children in the yard and frowned, "One child is missing."
"No, there are two missing." Xie Mian said as he looked at the group of children.
The two looked at each other and exchanged information.
Of the two missing children, one was the one who died from being sucked dry by Xie Mian when he sneaked into the orphanage the night before; the other was the one who died in the cafeteria.
"Neither of these two children was resurrected," Lin Heng said with speculation, "Could it be that children who died before transforming into mayflies will never have another chance to be resurrected?"
Xie Mian seemed to be lost in thought.
"Brother, you stay and take care of these kids. I'll go inside and take a look."
Lin Heng took the backpack full of supplies and nodded.
No matter why these children were resurrected, since they are still alive, he must take good care of them.
Lin Heng opened the zipper of his backpack and took out the food and medicine inside. He began to check the children's physical condition and distribute food and water.
Xie Mian held the long sword tightly. The blood stains on the long sword had long been cleaned and became as smooth as new.
The gravel was under his feet, and Xie Mian, holding the goose Shifang in his arms, made no sound.
When turning around the half-collapsed laundry room, Xie Mian suddenly stopped.
He saw Chen Rongsheng.
The man he had killed yesterday by crushing the insect stone was now leaning against the broken pillar, smoking a cigarette with his big belly.
"Why did you come back to life?"
Xie Mian's appearance startled Chen Rongsheng, and his cigarette butt fell into the pit, making a "hissing" sound.
Chen Rongsheng narrowed his eyes as he looked at the green-haired boy, and suddenly a lewd smile appeared on his face: "Where did you come from, little green-haired beauty? Do you want to come to my office..."
"You're already dead, why are you still here?"
Xie Mian interrupted Chen Rongsheng with a cold look in his eyes.
"What do you mean dead? What are you talking about? Why don't we go to the bed and discuss this..."
It seemed that Chen Rongsheng didn't know why he "came back to life". Xie Mian said no more and took advantage of his unpreparedness to pierce his chest with the tip of the knife accurately.
"Pah—"
It was the sound of insect stones breaking.
Chen Rongsheng's expression of astonishment froze on his face, and his body fell to the ground like a pile of rotten meat.
Since Chen Rongsheng has been resurrected, then... Xie Mian turned towards the cafeteria.
There was a rhythmic "dong dong" sound coming from the cafeteria.
When Xie Mian walked in, avoiding the sticky blood, the cafeteria aunt was holding a machete and splitting a white thigh bone.
There were several pieces of body parts with teeth marks piled up next to the chopping board, and the soup in the iron pot was a strange pink color.
"Why did you come back to life?"
The cafeteria auntie slowly turned her head, her cloudy eyes were bloodshot, and her two tentacles were shaking with pleasure.
She suddenly grinned, revealing her jagged yellow teeth:
"Where did this little bastard come from..."
When the machete came with the sound of wind, Xie Mian's knife flashed first and the fat head of the cafeteria aunt rolled into the boiling soup pot.
The headless body was still trying to kill Xie Mian, so Xie Mian swung his sword again, splitting the flesh, blood, insects and stones into two.
When Mo Hongmei was found, she was combing her hair in front of a broken mirror.
There was a clump of dry hair tangled between the teeth of the comb, and a crooked arrow-pierced heart was drawn on the mirror with lipstick.
Xie Mian's sneak attack was as fast as lightning. The blade pierced directly into her back chest and dug out the still beating insect stone.
"ah--"
The moment the worm stone was dug out, Mo Hongmei convulsed in pain, her fingers painted with bright red nail polish scratching the ground non-stop.
"Why did you come back from the dead?"
Xie Mian held the insect stone in front of her and spoke condescendingly.
"Who are you and why are you digging up my worm stone?"
Mo Hongmei's voice became sharper because of the pain.
"Answer my question."
Xie Mian tightened his fingers. If he applied a little more strength, the insect stone would be crushed into pieces.
"I don't know what you're talking about, resurrection from the dead. Give me back my insect stone, and I'll give you whatever you want..."
Click——
The crushed insect stones fell to the ground like clods of dried mud.
Xie Mian shook off the mucus on his hands, and strode away without even looking at Mo Hongmei who was lying on the ground.
On the way back, Xie Mian passed by the house he had not entered yesterday. He pried open the iron lock and pushed open the door.
The moment the door opened, a musty smell hit me in the face.
This was a storage room filled with all sorts of junk. It was covered in thick dust, and there were cobwebs hanging in the corners, but no spiders.
There seems to be nothing unusual.
Just as Xie Mian was about to go out, his footsteps suddenly stopped.
He found that the dust was thinner in one place than in others.
——It was a heavy metal cabinet, more than one meter high.
Xie Mian walked over and pushed the cabinet open. An iron door appeared behind the cabinet.
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