Chapter 21 Doll and Mom
I have to say, being able to fall asleep without any psychological burden in such an environment is indeed an amazing skill.
Lin Qiushi had a dreamless night. He thought something would happen on the first night, but he didn't expect to spend the night so peacefully.
When the triplets woke up in the morning, their family had already prepared breakfast for them.
The triplets' mother was very gentle and the food she cooked was delicious. Although no one picked up their chopsticks when they first sat down at the table, it wasn't until Ruan Nanzhu took the first bite.
"Not bad," Ruan Nanzhu said. "Why are you looking at me? Why aren't you eating?"
"Is this edible?" Xu Xiaocheng had dark circles under her eyes and looked like she hadn't slept well the previous night. She asked, "Is the food here okay?"
Ruan Nanzhu laughed and said, "You still have to eat even if there's a problem. Have you only been drinking water for the past seven days?"
That's true, there is no other source of food in this building.
After everyone figured it out, they picked up their chopsticks and began to savor their breakfast. As they ate, the three triplets emerged from the house. They were all wearing identical red dresses, their hair tied in pigtails, and their faces were expressionless. From beginning to end, the triplets showed no emotion at all towards the sudden stranger, as if they were just facing a pile of air.
Tang Yaoyao couldn't stand the stare and whispered, "Little friends, what are your names?"
As soon as these words were spoken, three pairs of eyes turned to look at Tang Yaoyao. Those eyes were clearly black and white, without a trace of emotion, which made the people who saw them feel inexplicably creepy.
"You can't tell anyone my name," the little girl standing in the middle said. "Besides, even if I tell you, you won't recognize me."
Tang Yaoyao was a little embarrassed by this: "Okay..."
"If you don't tell us, how do you know we can't recognize you?" Ruan Nanzhu, who was sitting next to him, suddenly spoke up. He didn't seem afraid of the three strange-looking children in front of him at all. He gracefully put down his chopsticks and said in a cold tone, "When guests come to your house, you should at least be polite."
The three little girls exchanged glances when they heard this, and finally the one in the middle spoke up. She said, "My name is Xiaoyi, her name is Xiaoshi, and her name is Xiaotu."
When Lin Qiushi heard the name, he almost spit out the food in his mouth. He thought to himself, your mother is really perfunctory. She can even come up with such a name.
The others also smiled faintly after hearing this.
Xiaoyi: "I told you, so you must remember it."
Ruan Nanzhu observed their appearances for a moment, then suddenly reached out and touched Xiaoyi's head and smiled, "Okay, I'll remember that." He then patted the shoulder of the girl closest to him, "Go ahead, your mother made breakfast."
The three little girls skipped away.
Lin Qiushi felt that the little girl's last words were a little off. What did it mean that if they were told, they had to remember? What would happen if they didn't? But seeing Ruan Nanzhu's confident expression, could he really tell these three nearly identical girls apart?
Facing Lin Qiushi's puzzled look, Ruan Nanzhu had no intention of explaining. He drank the last sip of milk and said, "Let's go and take a look downstairs."
When they arrived here last night, it was already too late, so they didn't dare to go far and only investigated this floor and the upper floors. Today, while it was still early, Ruan Nanzhu suggested that they go downstairs to see if there were any other residents on the fourteenth floor.
Zeng Ruguo still hadn't wiped off the blood he had gotten on his body yesterday. Looking at his exhausted face, he probably hadn't slept all night. After hearing Ruan Nanzhu's words, he quietly asked Lin Qiushi if he could accompany him to the public bathroom as he wanted to take a shower.
Lin Qiushi expressed his admiration: "You still dare to go after seeing that thing yesterday? Just get some hot water to wash your face and make do with it. Life is more important than cleanliness."
"What did you see?" Tang Yaoyao asked.
Lin Qiushi said, "Yesterday, when Zeng Ruguo was showering, something was lying on the shower head. I'm not sure what it was, but it looked a bit like a baby's corpse."
Tang Yaoyao said "oh".
Xu Xiaocheng started sobbing again when she heard Lin Qiushi's words, saying she wouldn't dare take a shower anymore. While she was crying, she glanced at Tang Yaoyao, as if shocked by her calmness.
Tang Yaoyao said indifferently, "I'm not afraid anymore after being scared so many times. Anyway, the person is not dead, which means that the thing is not threatening at all. What's there to be afraid of?"
There was some truth to that. Lin Qiushi took a bite of his biscuit and patted the crumbs off his hands. "Just try not to go."
Zeng Ruguo was a person who valued his life. After hesitating, he did not go to the bathroom to take a shower. Instead, he filled a basin with hot water in the room and wiped his face clean.
"Let's go and take a look downstairs." Ruan Nanzhu stood up and walked out of the house.
Others followed closely behind.
Every household in this building had the same iron door. It was vermilion, the paint stained and mottled, and it was unclear how many years it had been in use. Coal and other debris were piled on the stairwells, making it look like someone was living there.
But after a simple observation, Ruan Nanzhu concluded that there was no one here.
"How did you tell that?" Tang Yaoyao said, "Even though I didn't hear any sound."
"Because the most crucial thing is missing here." Ruan Nanzhu said.
"What is it?" Tang Yaoyao asked.
"Garbage." Ruan Nanzhu said, "The trash cans on every floor here are clean."
So that's how it is. Tang Yaoyao nodded and said, "Then the only family left in this building is the one on the roof? That's not very likely."
Ruan Nanzhu glanced up at the building. "That's unlikely. Every world exists according to logic and common sense. It's impossible for an empty building to appear randomly. There must be a reason for it to be empty." It's like the mountain village in the previous world. Despite the harsh environment, there are still villagers. These seemingly insignificant people may even provide crucial information.
"Let's continue going down," Lin Qiushi said. "Aren't there six more floors?"
Although the lighting on this staircase was very dim, at least they were all moving together, so it wasn't too scary. They continued down, and when they reached the fourth floor, they finally discovered some signs of human life. In the corner, Lin Qiushi saw a half-eaten apple.
"Is this an apple core?" Lin Qiushi initially thought he was seeing things, but when he walked over there he was sure that it was indeed an apple, although the apple looked thin and small and didn't look tasty at all.
"Really?" Xu Xiaocheng whispered, "Is there anyone living on this floor?"
The floor they were currently on was the fourth floor, and at first glance, it looked no different from the other floors. However, the apple core revealed its uniqueness, and Ruan Nanzhu immediately decided to knock on every door to see if anyone lived there.
So Lin Qiushi kept knocking on the doors all the way. When he knocked on a house near a window, he heard the sound of footsteps coming from inside.
Fortunately, the old building has poor sound insulation. If it was a new building, Lin Qiushi would definitely miss it.
"There seems to be someone here." Lin Qiushi stopped and said, "I heard some noises in the house."
Everyone gathered around after hearing this. Tang Yaoyao raised her hand and knocked on the door twice: "Is anyone inside?"
It was completely silent inside, as if the sound Lin Qiushi heard was just an illusion.
"Is anyone inside?" Tang Yaoyao called out. "We're new residents and would like to ask you something—" She knocked for a long time, but no one answered. "Yu Linlin, are you sure you heard correctly?"
"No," Lin Qiushi said, "This is the last house. Could the sound be coming from outside the window?"
There was no shelter outside, only a dark fog.
Ruan Nanzhu studied the lock for a moment: "It's an old lock. It's easy to open."
Lin Qiushi was shocked: "You still have this skill?"
Ruan Nanzhu said, "Life forces me."
Lin Qiushi: “…” What on earth has life done to you?
After he finished speaking, he casually took a hairpin from his hair and began to tinker with it while squatting. But before he could come up with anything, the door creaked open, revealing a terrified face behind it: "What are you doing?"
Ruan Nanzhu was caught in the act, but he wasn't panicked at all. He stood up and smiled sweetly, "Hello, sir. We just moved in. Can I ask you something?"
Behind the door was a young man with disheveled hair and a dirty face. At first, his eyes were full of vigilance and fear, but after seeing Ruan Nanzhu's deceptive face, he relaxed: "I don't know anything, you don't need to ask me."
"Sir." Ruan Nanzhu said pitifully, "Can't you even do us such a small favor?"
The man hesitated for a moment: "What do you want to ask?"
Ruan Nanzhu said, "Why is there no one in this building?"
The man whispered, "Are you new here? Move out now. This building is cursed. People who live here won't live long..."
Ruan Nanzhu: "The one on the roof?"
No one knew what touched the man's heart with these words, but he suddenly became hysterical: "I told you to move out, there's a ghost here!! There's a ghost!!" He gasped and wanted to close the door, but was stopped by two men in the team.
"What the hell?" Ruan Nanzhu continued to ask.
"Don't you know?" the man said, "The one on the roof is a ghost!!!"
Everyone was a little surprised when they heard this, but the man took advantage of their daze and slammed the door shut.
"What do you mean?" Tang Yaoyao asked in surprise, "Could it be that the one who gave us the mission this time isn't a human?"
Ruan Nanzhu shook his head and said nothing.
Lin Qiushi suddenly noticed something: "What's that spilled at his door...? Is it blood?"
Everyone looked down and found that there seemed to be a layer of black stuff at the door of this person, like dried blood, sticky on the black ground. If you don't look carefully, you really can't see it.
"It really is blood." After squatting down and observing carefully, Tang Yaoyao came to a conclusion, "I just don't know if it's human blood or something else. It's been a while..."
Lin Qiushi: "This blood was spilled intentionally, right?"
Tang Yaoyao: "What do you mean?"
"If it wasn't spilled intentionally, it would have been cleaned up long ago. Look, there aren't any flyers nearby." Lin Qiushi expressed his opinion. "This owner must be quite clean."
"That's right." Tang Yaoyao said, "Then what is the use of this blood? To ward off evil spirits?"
Lin Qiushi didn't say anything. In fact, after seeing the blood, he immediately remembered the fairy tale on the note - the Philxia Bird.
When the sister holding the egg entered the room full of corpses, the egg in her hand fell onto the blood. I just don’t know if the blood in front of them has anything to do with the fairy tale.
Then they went downstairs and found that there was another resident on the first floor. The resident was an elderly grandmother with severe hearing problems. They knocked on the door for a long time before the grandmother came to open it. Then the group of people communicated with each other for a long time, and finally decided to give up. After all, the content of the conversation on both sides was similar to them asking, "Grandma, do you know why there is no one in the building?", and the grandmother replied, "I have eaten."
As conversations like this became more frequent, everyone began to feel helpless.
The building had fourteen floors, but only two households lived there, one on the fourth floor and one on the first. However, they still found traces of blood sprayed outside the doors of both houses.
"I think this is a hint for us." Tang Yaoyao whispered to everyone during lunch, "Do you want to try sprinkling some blood at the door?"
"Where are you going to get blood?" Ruan Nanzhu suddenly asked.
Tang Yaoyao: "Just find an animal or something."
Ruan Nanzhu: "Whose door should it be sprinkled at? Your door?"
Faced with Ruan Nanzhu's aggressiveness, Tang Yaoyao remained silent. Obviously, she did not dare to sprinkle blood at her door. After all, no one knew whether this was a condition to ward off evil spirits or to trigger death.
"Even if you disagree, you don't have to be so harsh." Tang Yaoyao was a little unhappy. "Or do you have any good ideas?"
Ruan Nanzhu said indifferently: "No."
Tang Yaoyao was so angry that she gritted her teeth. It had to be said that although Ruan Nanzhu looked strong, he was very attractive. Just sitting there, doing nothing, made people feel particularly at ease. During the team discussion, almost everyone's eyes were on her, especially the two men, one new and one old. The way they looked at Ruan Nanzhu was full of distinction - after all, they didn't know Ruan Nanzhu was a crossdresser.
"Then what should we do now?" Tang Yaoyao asked.
Ruan Nanzhu said, "Wait."
Tang Yaoyao said, "What are you waiting for?"
Ruan Nanzhu said, "Of course, I'm waiting for something to happen." She said, "Of course, if you'd like to try and see if sprinkling blood on the doorway works beforehand, I wouldn't mind."
Tang Yaoyao stopped talking, expressing her refusal with silence.
Xu Xiaocheng looked like she was about to cry again, but when she met Ruan Nanzhu's eyes, she forced herself to hold back her tears and said weakly, "Are the triplets really human? They look so scary."
"I don't know." Ruan Nanzhu said, "I'm not sure yet."
Speak of the devil! Just as they were discussing the triplets, the three girls suddenly appeared behind them. Lin Qiushi was the first to see them. Seeing the three of them standing hand in hand by the door, he was startled. "When did you get here?"
None of the three girls spoke. Lin Qiushi asked again, and one of them finally spoke. However, she didn't answer Lin Qiushi's question. Instead, she asked, "Do you know who I am?"
"What?" Lin Qiushi didn't react for a moment.
"Do you know who I am?" another girl said the same thing.
The atmosphere instantly quieted down, and everyone clearly sensed something was wrong. Tang Yaoyao forced a smile and said, "Little sister, we're discussing something, please stop making noise."
"Don't you know who I am?" the last little girl spoke.
"I know." Ruan Nanzhu's voice broke the silence. He stood up, walked to the little girls, squatted down, and pinched one of their cheeks: "You are Xiaoyi."
Xiaoyi blinked.
"You are Xiao Shi." Ruan Nanzhu pointed to the one on the right.
Xiao Shi smiled.
"You're Xiao Tu," Ruan Nanzhu said. "We recognized you. Is there any reward?"
"We'll reward you by letting you play with us for a while longer." Xiaoyi grinned. Behind her bright red lips were snow-white teeth. Her teeth were very neat and densely packed together, giving people an inexplicable chill. "Sister, I like you very much."
"I like you, too." Ruan Nanzhu stood up and said, "Go play. I have other things to do."
After she said this, the triplets in front of her actually turned around and left obediently.
Everyone was dumbfounded watching this scene, wondering how Ruan Nanzhu had identified these three little girls.
Facing everyone's gaze, Ruan Nanzhu calmly sat back down at the table and uttered two words, "Guessed."
Everyone:"……"
Lin Qiushi thought, "I'd be surprised if I believed you." He absolutely didn't believe Ruan Nanzhu would so easily give an answer based on unfounded speculation. He must have his own identification method, but he just didn't want to share it.
"I always feel like there's something wrong with those triplets." Xu Xiaocheng whispered, "They look so scary."
"It's quite scary." Ruan Nanzhu pondered, "But they should be human now." He said, "At least they feel warm to the touch." - He pinched the little girl's face just now to confirm this.
"There are still six days left." Tang Yaoyao said, "What will happen at their birthday party?"
This kind of waiting feeling is not pleasant, it feels like the days are long.
Lin Qiushi had pretty much gotten to know the entire team. Xu Xiaocheng, Tang Yaoyao, and Zeng Ruguo had been introduced before. The remaining two men, one old and one new, were named Zhang Xinghuo and Zhong Chengjian. Zhang Xinghuo was entering the world within the gate for the third time, while Zhong Chengjian was entering it for the first time. Both men were quite introverted and barely spoke during the discussion.
Everyone spent two days peacefully in the building. Just when Lin Qiushi was wondering whether the terrorist incident would happen until his birthday, an accident broke the peace.
Someone died.
He died at the entrance of the stairs, his body chopped into several pieces by a sharp weapon. Blood flowed down the stairs, forming black stains on the ground.
After hearing Xu Xiaocheng's screams, Lin Qiushi rushed over. Before he even arrived, he heard Xu Xiaocheng's shrill cries: "Someone's dead, someone's dead—"
After hearing this, Lin Qiushi's first reaction was to look for Ruan Nanzhu. However, when he turned around, he saw Ruan Nanzhu standing beside him. She looked at him with a smile and asked softly, "What are you looking for?"
His face and smile were so deceptive that even though Lin Qiushi knew he was a man, he couldn't help but feel his heart beating faster when faced with his gaze.
"It's okay," Lin Qiushi said, "I was just looking for you."
Ruan Nanzhu smiled and said, "Don't worry too much about me."
The two walked to the stairs together and saw the mess on the ground and Xu Xiaocheng collapsed on the stairs.
"Woo woo woo, this is so scary." Xu Xiaocheng saw someone coming and quickly crawled over. "I was chopped into pieces——"
Because of his experience in the previous world, Lin Qiushi didn't seem too panicked. He walked to the stairs and saw the dead man Xu Xiaocheng mentioned. But after just one glance, he was stunned: "This is..."
Ruan Nanzhu frowned.
They all thought the dead person would be one of their team, but unexpectedly they saw the body of a little girl. Although it had been chopped into pieces, they could still recognize the identity of the deceased from her clothes - it was one of the triplets.
The little girl's body had been chopped to pieces, with limbs practically flying everywhere. The ground was covered in blood and various human tissues, making one's scalp tingle.
"Ugh..." Zeng Ruguo's tolerance was even worse than Xu Xiaocheng's. He couldn't help vomiting after just one look.
Lin Qiushi appeared remarkably calm. He scanned the scattered body parts and spotted the head in a corner. As he had expected, the deceased was indeed one of the triplets.
"How could this happen?" Tang Yaoyao thought it was a bit absurd, "How could an NPC be the first to die?"
"Who killed her?" Xu Xiaocheng's voice was filled with fear. "We didn't hear any sound..."
A man was chopped into this state, but no one on the same floor heard any sound.
“Ahhhhhhh!!!” A shrill scream rang out behind them. Lin Qiushi turned around and saw the girl’s mother. She was still wearing an apron and seemed to be making lunch for them. After seeing her daughter’s torn body, she immediately broke down and collapsed to the ground, wailing loudly, “My daughter—my poor daughter—you died so tragically—who killed you—”
Lin Qiushi was about to step forward when Ruan Nanzhu stretched out his hand to stop him.
"Wait a moment." Ruan Nanzhu said, "Don't go over there."
Lin Qiushi looked puzzled.
Ruan Nanzhu whispered, "Look at her shoes."
Lin Qiushi lowered his head and looked at the girl's mother's shoes. He discovered that the soles seemed to be stained with something. Judging from the color, it seemed to be blood...
Seeing this situation, Lin Qiushi's expression changed slightly.
The others did not notice this detail and looked at the mother who was crying loudly because she had lost her daughter with sympathy.
Tang Yaoyao stepped forward and said a few words of comfort, but was grabbed by the mother's arm: "It's you, it must be you, you are the only outsiders here, you must have killed my daughter!!" She seemed to be very strong. Tang Yaoyao cried out in pain when she was grabbed by her. She wanted to take her hand back, but found that she could not resist her strength at all.
"It has nothing to do with us. It hurts when you hold me like that. Let go!" Tang Yaoyao screamed.
Seeing this, others rushed forward to help. Zhang Xinghuo pushed the girl's mother away and rescued Tang Yaoyao from her hands.
"Are you okay?" Zhang Xinghuo asked.
"It's okay." Tang Yaoyao was terrified. After lifting her sleeves, she saw five dark blue marks on her arms. "She's so strong..."
"Wow, my poor daughter, my poor daughter." The woman continued to lie on the ground and howl.
Just as she was crying, two shadowy figures appeared from the door behind her. Lin Qiushi looked closely and found that they were the remaining two twins.
The two stood far inside the door, looking in through the crack with indifferent expressions. Their sisters had died so tragically, yet their faces showed no emotion, nor did they even make any move to come over and persuade their mother. They stood there for a moment, then quickly disappeared. If Ruan Nanzhu hadn't seen them, Lin Qiushi would probably have thought it was just a misunderstanding.
The woman lay on the ground and cried for a long time. Just when everyone's patience was about to run out, she silently stood up from the ground, turned around and went back to the house. A moment later, she walked out with a mop and a bag.
"Daughter, my poor daughter, mom will take you home now." The woman said this, and then she put all the broken limbs into her pocket with a gentle expression, and then began to mop the bloodstains on the ground with her head buried.
Her hair was disheveled, but she showed no adverse reaction to the broken limbs and debris. She slowly cleaned up the mess.
Everyone's expressions changed slightly when they saw this scene, and those who could not bear it began to feel like vomiting.
"Let's go and eat something." Ruan Nanzhu was very calm. "I'm hungry."
"How could you possibly eat that?" Tang Yaoyao looked at Ruan Nanzhu in disbelief, as if she were looking at a monster. "I've only just seen something like this..."
Ruan Nanzhu said, "There are so many of these things. If I can't eat after seeing them, won't I starve to death?"
Tang Yaoyao wanted to say something else, but Ruan Nanzhu no longer wanted to listen and pulled Lin Qiushi into the house.
The two of them sat at the table, eating the dry bread. Lin Qiushi lost his appetite and whispered, "What's going on with their mother?"
"I guess she hacked her daughter to death," Ruan Nanzhu said. "The soles of her shoes were covered in blood, but luckily no one else noticed."
"Then why did she do this?" Lin Qiushi was a little stunned. "And when I saw her cleaning up the bodies, I felt she was very skilled..."
Ruan Nanzhu supported his chin and said nothing.
The woman looked very skilled when doing these things. She first put the large pieces of corpse into the bag, and then swept the small pieces of meat together. It was as if she was doing some insignificant housework.
The two were discussing when footsteps were heard at the door. Lin Qiushi looked and saw Xu Xiaocheng, trembling with fear. It was the first time she had witnessed such a horrifying scene. Her face turned as pale as paper. She walked weakly to sit next to Ruan Nanzhu, covering her mouth and saying nothing.
Lin Qiushi was about to say something when he saw Ruan Nanzhu turn around and gently say to Xu Xiaocheng, "Good girl, don't be afraid. I won't let you die."
Xu Xiaocheng nodded vigorously, looking as if she wanted to curl up in Ruan Nanzhu's arms. She asked, "Sister, did you also take on this job?"
Work? Lin Qiushi was stunned when he heard the word.
"No, he's not." Ruan Nanzhu said, "He's my boyfriend, and he's here with me to protect you."
Xu Xiaocheng breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and there was a hint of dependence in his eyes as he looked at Lin Qiushi.
Lin Qiushi suddenly felt a little embarrassed about being called his boyfriend. Looking at Ruan Nanzhu's beautiful face, he inexplicably felt as if he actually had a girlfriend. Of course, this feeling was only fleeting, because he remembered something very important—what did he look like in the world inside the gate?
While Ruan Nanzhu was still trying to comfort Xu Xiaocheng, Lin Qiushi found an excuse to go to the bathroom. Then, in the bathroom mirror, he saw a completely unfamiliar face.
He was a young man with a pair of peach blossom eyes. The corners of his eyes were slightly drooping, which made him look more gentle when he smiled. His nose was straight, and his lips were slightly raised with a warm smile - it was a face that was not aggressive at all.
He has the kind of appearance that makes girls feel at ease when they see him. To use a more direct adjective to describe him, Lin Qiushi now looks like a standard central air conditioner.
Lin Qiushi: “…” Well, at least she’s not ugly.
After seeing his own appearance, Lin Qiushi came out of the bathroom and saw that Xu Xiaocheng's face looked much better. He didn't know how Ruan Nanzhu comforted her.
"By the way, let me tell you something," Ruan Nanzhu said, "If those three girls come and ask you their names, I left some marks on their bodies."
"What traces?" Lin Qiushi was stunned.
"It's a very fine glitter that can be seen in the light. Ruan Nanzhu said, 'The one with glitter on his shoulders is Xiao Shi, the one with glitter in his hair is Xiao Tu, and the one with nothing on is Xiao Yi.' He shrugged and said, 'Of course, it's easier to recognize now that one is missing.'
"When did you stay?" Lin Qiushi asked.
Ruan Nanzhu: "This should be quite important information when they first introduce themselves. When they ask questions, don't make the wrong choice."
"Should we tell others?" Lin Qiushi asked again.
Ruan Nanzhu shook his head: "Not yet. If you can't be sure whether they are enemies or friends, treat them all as enemies."
Xu Xiaocheng went to the restroom during the session, during which time Lin Qiushi asked Ruan Nanzhu what work meant.
Ruan Nanzhu said, "Someone paid me to protect them." He pointed in the direction of the restroom. "She looks ordinary, doesn't she? But in real life she's a big star. You must have seen her movies."
Lin Qiushi: “…” He didn’t recognize her at all.
"This isn't her first time coming in," Ruan Nanzhu said. "So while you're guarding against ghosts, you also have to guard against your teammates." He stopped talking here because someone else walked in from outside.
Lin Qiushi saw Tang Yaoyao and the others.
"You guys can really eat that?" Tang Yaoyao said coldly, "You're really careless."
"It's better to walk away full than to die of hunger." Ruan Nanzhu's slender fingers grasped the bread and took another bite. The bread, which originally had no taste, seemed to become delicious after he ate it like this. "Would you like a bite?"
Before Tang Yaoyao could say anything, Zhang Xinghuo beside her nodded and said, "Eat, I'm hungry too."
So everyone started sitting at the table and eating bread.
"Something's bound to happen tonight." Tang Yaoyao rubbed her arm. The scratches she had just received looked quite severe. "Everyone, be careful and try not to go out."
"Who killed that girl?" Zeng Ruguo trembled, "Could it really be one of us?"
After he said this, he breathed a sigh of relief and whispered, "Fortunately, I live alone."
The expressions of the other two residents turned ugly, especially Zhang Xinghuo and Zhong Chengjian, who looked at each other warily.
"Don't think too much about it. It definitely wasn't done by a human." Ruan Nanzhu said, "If it was murdered, why wouldn't the girl call for help? Besides, we were all upstairs. How could we not hear a single sound when such a big thing happened?"
This made sense, and everyone calmed down a little.
Tang Yaoyao glanced at Zeng Ruguo and suddenly asked, "Oh, by the way, I forgot to ask you, what did you see in the thick fog?"
Zeng Ruguo's expression turned extremely grim upon hearing this question. After hesitating for a long time, he finally said in a hoarse voice, "They are all... moving corpses."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone fell silent.
Lin Qiushi secretly thanked his lucky stars that he didn't have the courage to challenge the thick fog. Although Zeng Ruguo said only a few words, they could also imagine the hellish scene.
Just as they were discussing, the mother of the triplets appeared again. She had come back at some point, but she was wearing a dark apron and holding a large bowl in her hand.
There was steam rising from the basin.
She said, "Are you hungry? I made something delicious for you." She walked to the table and put down the bowl. "Come and try it."
The bowl contained a pot of soup with fresh meatballs floating in it, exuding a rich aroma.
However, looking at the pot of meatballs, no one picked up their chopsticks, and their facial expressions became ugly.
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