"I'll do it."
He was very enthusiastic, which made the other party a little dazed and almost lost the opportunity to respond.
Naturally, all the pockets of the coat were not spared and were searched by Lin Mo.
You know what, he actually took out some things.
There is a medical record.
It was old, and it said 'Jesse Robinson, Reef Asylum, Patient No. 13.'
Apart from that, there is nothing else, except for some descriptions of the symptoms.
For example, descriptors such as violent tendencies, multiple personalities, mental disorders, and extreme danger.
Lin Mo knew that the grumpy father in this family should be Jesse Robinson.
"Dinner is ready, Carol, help me clear the table." Mom's voice came from the kitchen.
Carol is my younger sister's name.
"Okay, Mom." My sister walked over.
"I'll help too." Lin Mo also said. He could see that 'Dad' had a very bad temper and was a very vulgar and violent man.
He also met his sister, who was a little emotionally unstable. He suspected that she had a personal relationship with the actor who played the previous "brother". She was very powerful. Lin Mo felt that it might take some effort for him to fight with her.
The odds of winning may be slightly better.
Now, I have to observe my mother.
In the kitchen, 'Mom' saw her son.
The mother is the calmest person in the family. After seeing her son grow taller, she didn't doubt it at all, wasn't surprised at all, and didn't even show the slightest abnormality.
The acting is natural.
You know, the 'Dad' before also showed some surprise.
Without a doubt, the best actress in the family is 'Mom'.
Lin Mo also took it to heart.
Soon, a table of food was served.
The food was hard to describe, either moldy or rotten. I finally got a plate of fresh food, but it was covered with a bunch of twisted and moving white worms.
It's really fresh.
But who can eat this?
"Call your father to eat." Mom instructed as she placed the knives and forks.
"I'll go." Lin Mo took the lead in taking on this task.
He walked into the living room and saw his grumpy old father sitting on the sofa watching TV. The sofa creaked under the pressure of his huge body. He was holding the remote control with a pair of sandbag-sized fists and changing channels continuously.
The expression drawn on the paper bag still looked angry, as if it was very dissatisfied with the program on TV.
"Dad, Mom called you to eat."
Lin Mo said something.
"knew!"
The man stood up and walked over.
At a close distance, Lin Mo discovered that this grumpy old father was at least two heads taller than him, with an aura of tyranny all over his body. He was like a powder keg that could be ignited with just a spark.
Soon, the family was seated.
There were several candlesticks on the table, and the melted candles had condensed into various strange shapes at the bottom of the candlesticks. The flickering light of the candles made the family look like members of a cult. Coupled with such a table of "delicious" food, Lin Mo really had no appetite at all.
Lin Mo doesn't want to eat this kind of thing.
“Don’t forget to say your prayers before meals!”
Mom said gently at this time.
The father on the other side was obviously suppressing his anger: "Screw the prayers, screw the Heavenly Father."
"No, you can't say that. God is always watching us. God is everywhere, and He is watching our every move. You can't express any dissatisfaction with Him, otherwise..."
Mom's tone was a little harsh. To Lin Mo, it sounded more like a threat than a warning.
Dad's mood was obviously unstable.
The huge palm deformed the fork that had been picked up. Lin Mo really hoped that this person could overturn the table at once so that he wouldn't have to eat.
But it didn't work. After getting angry again, Dad put down the deformed metal fork.
"That's right, children, let us hold hands and thank the Almighty God for all that He has given us."
Mom stretched out her hand, and Lin Mo also stretched out his hand. After holding his mother's hand, he could feel a chill.
It’s definitely not a living person.
But Lin Mo was not sure what it was.
The four of them held hands, gathered around the table, and then bowed their heads and began to pray.
“Almighty Heavenly Father, thank you for sending the sun and rain, so that the earth can produce abundant food…”
Lin Mo didn't understand at all.
He had never prayed before, but he could pretend.
At this moment, he was thinking, if he suddenly launched all the attack curses at this time, would his parents be killed? Killing them would definitely be good, but if they couldn't kill them, they would kill him next.
Oh, and my sister too.
The other party has been wanting to take action for a long time.
"Assuming they all know that this is an act, why do they continue? Why doesn't anyone expose it?" Lin Mo has been thinking about this question since just now.
He concluded that it was 'taboo'.
In other words, there was some force that forced them to play this sweet family.
But both father and mother are very terrifying.
Especially his father, with that tyrannical power, even with the curse of aging, Lin Mo is definitely no match for him.
And there is mom, who is second only to dad in terms of terror.
If they are so powerful and yet are forced to act, it only means that the existence that forces them is even more terrifying.
Maybe that thing is hidden in some corner of this room.
The prayer is over at this time.
Start eating.
Lin Mo discovered that his father and sister were really eating. They put food under the paper bag and could hear the sound of crunching chewing.
It tastes quite delicious.
Lin Mo was a little worried. He took a look and found that there was nothing edible on the table.
He would just make do with some leaves.
Now, he really couldn't eat these.
"Romi, why don't you eat?" Mom was staring at Lin Mo at this time. The expression on the paper bag showed concern, but there was a temptation in her eyes.
At the same time, Dad and sister also raised their heads and looked at Lin Mo.
Lin Mo immediately realized that maybe they didn’t want to eat either.
But just like we have to pretend to be a family, this meal must be eaten.
"Romi, are you feeling unwell?" Mom asked again at this time.
The tone is very gentle.
It's like a real mother caring about her child.
Lin Mo realized something and nodded immediately: "Yes, my stomach is not feeling well."
"Okay then, go back to your room and rest. Mom will heat it up for you when you want to eat."
Actually dodged it.
Lin Mo stood up hurriedly: "Then I'll go back to my room."
Only at this moment did Lin Mo breathe a sigh of relief.
The situation just now seemed normal, but it was actually very dangerous. Lin Mo had a feeling that he was only one step away from death.
This feeling is very unpleasant.
Lin Mo had experienced so many things, but this time, he was the most confused.
There is still too little information available.
Just now, 'Mom' was obviously helping him.
Lin Mo could see this.
But why? What is the other party's mentality and purpose? Maybe he seems to be helping, but in fact he is cheating.
Lin Mo was searching around in the room full of broken televisions. He urgently needed new clues. Otherwise, he would be like a blind man who would not know even when danger or death was approaching.
But there really is nothing here.
Lin Mo searched for a while but found nothing.
After taking a look at the only sofa where he could sit down and rest, Lin Mo walked over and sat down.
The only TV set opposite was still playing cartoons intermittently. Lin Mo took a look at the content of the cartoon and found it very boring. It was just a mouse and a cat chasing and fighting each other. Children might like it.
There might be some clues hidden in the cartoon, but Lin Mo couldn't see them.
At this moment, he was leaning on the sofa, with his legs crossed on a broken TV opposite him. This posture was much more comfortable.
The 'brother' before seemed to be sitting like this, staring at the TV intently.
"Maybe the other party also wants to find clues from TV..." Lin Mo muttered to himself.
Suddenly, he realized something.
In this house, as of now, there are only two televisions that can work properly, one in this room and the other in the living room.
This can't be a coincidence.
Lin Mo reached out and touched the armrest of the sofa. As he was touching it, he suddenly stood up and looked down at the bottom of the armrest.
There is a line of words engraved under the handrail.
I just found it out.
"We must find it, or we will keep dying."
Lin Mo read out this line of words.
This discovery cheered up Lin Mo.
"Found it, what does this "it" mean? Continuously dying, does it mean dying and living, living and dying?" Lin Mo fell into deep thought. This discovery was very important.
But at the same time, it brought new problems.
Moreover, there are two new problems.
At the moment, Lin Mo can only make inferences based on assumptions.
The writing was found beneath the armrest of the sofa in this room.
First of all, who carved it?
Lin Mo assumed that it was the 'brother' from before, who was looking for someone, or something else.
This thing is referred to as 'it'.
Only by finding 'it' can we stop 'us' from dying.
If we assume that it was written by the previous "brother", then "we" most likely refers to this family of four.
Of course, it is also possible that there are only two or three of them.
The words were carved in such a hidden place, probably for fear of being discovered by others.
Are you afraid of someone finding out?
Is that 'it'?
If this is the case, there is only one outcome.
'It' is hidden among this family of four.
This is the only reasonable explanation.
Lin Mo felt that he was beginning to uncover the secrets of this family.
Although he is an outsider who joined this family halfway and knows the least, he is now beginning to get into the state.
Based on the few clues he had, Lin Mo had deduced that there were four people in this family, no, three, because Lin Mo had excluded himself.
Among these three people, father, mother and sister, there is an "it" hidden among them.
Only by finding this 'it' can we stop the constant death.
That's roughly what I mean.
What Lin Mo needs to figure out now is, even if he finds it, how to identify 'it' next, and also, whether the continuous deaths will affect himself.
After all, I put on the paper bag and became Romi, a member of this family.
Lin Mo did not doubt the word "death".
Because he was really here and felt the real danger. That kind of danger was a matter of life and death, and it was definitely not an illusion. It was like someone was pointing a gun at you in an invisible place, and if you made a slight mistake, the other party would shoot.
The previous brother Romi is dead and the TV was smashed into pieces, so what we need to do now is to find the suspicious one among the other three family members.
Lin Mo thought for a moment and muttered, "The question is, among the three of them, are there any who are not suspicious? They are all very strange and suspicious."
How about finding the most suspicious one first? Lin Mo thought about it carefully again.
It's useless.
Dad, mom, and sister, all three are very suspicious, all the same.
The reasoning based on the clues is stuck here.
Can't go on.
Although Lin Mo was somewhat helpless, he also knew that how long had he been in the world of television? It was already remarkable to have made these discoveries.
Next, we can only slowly dig out other clues.
My father was a cruel, irritable, and impulsive man; my sister was immature, did not hide her hostility towards herself, and seemed a bit reckless, of course, that might be intentional; my mother was gentle and gracious, but she was the most mysterious one. She had clearly been trying to give me a way out before, as if she had helped me.
This is Lin Mo’s current impression of these three people.
However, this impression may not be true, and each of them may be "acting".
You definitely can't trust it completely and you have to be careful.
"Perhaps, they are also wary of each other, because since Romi already knew to find the key 'it', the other three family members may also know it."
Lin Mo was just thinking about it when he heard a knock on the door.
"Romi, Mommy wants to see you for something, can you come in?"
It's mom! Lin Mo didn't notice that she was at the door.
How long has this been coming?
Lin Mo quickly got up, walked to the door and opened it.
Outside, Mom was the only one there. Behind her was the dark corridor and the sound of the TV.
"Mom, what's the matter?" Lin Mo asked.
He was still on guard against the other party.
"Can I go in and talk to you?" Mom's voice still had a lazy tone, very steady, and a gentleness that made people relax. It sounded very comfortable.
Lin Mo did not refuse because he also wanted to contact the other three people.
Only through conversation and observation can we obtain more clues.
"Come in!" Lin Mo made way and saw his mother walk in. She had a good figure and her hair should have been tied up. Only a few wisps of brown hair could be seen through the gap under the paper bag.
(End of this chapter)