Chapter 0381 – Statue in Tears

　　At the most dangerous time of the situation, Liu Xianxian found the statue that they had been searching so hard for, it should be a happy thing by all rights, but Ma Ying couldn’t smile.

　　She knew that there was a third person hiding in the warehouse, and at this moment, that person might be standing in a corner watching them.

　　Should they leave? Or take a chance and try?

　　”No, I still think it’s too dangerous, anyway, we already know the location of the sculpture, we can still come over tomorrow, there’s no need to rush.” Ma Ying tried to persuade her best friend, “Listen to me, let’s go out first.”

　　”It’s only a matter of asking two questions, it won’t take more than a few minutes.” Liu Xianxian was a bit stubborn, the man she liked had become a heart disease she couldn’t get rid of.

　　Loosening her hand, Liu Xianxian walked alone towards the depths of the warehouse, “It’ll be over soon, soon I’ll know the answer.”

　　As if she was bewitched, her tone of voice was a bit strange.

　　”Liu Xianxian!”

　　Ma Ying was anxious in her heart, she wanted to leave, but she was unwilling to leave Liu Xianxian here alone.

　　Holding the chair with both hands, she chased after her with a clench of her teeth.

　　The two girls came to the last row of shelves on the left side of the warehouse, Liu Xianxian pointed to the gap between the shelves and the wall, “The back of the shelves is hollowed out, the statue is in there.”

　　Ma Ying lay down on the shelves and looked inside with the help of the light from her cell phone, and an ugly human face could be seen in the depths of the shelves.

　　The plaster statue’s eyes seemed to blink gently when the light shone on the statue.

　　”This is the only statue in the entire warehouse, this should be it.” Liu Xianxian grabbed the edge of the shelf, “What are you waiting for? The thing we’ve been searching for a few nights is right in front of us, why don’t you come and help?”

　　”I always feel that this statue was deliberately hidden behind the shelves.” Ma Ying looked at the statue, she didn’t know why, it felt a bit familiar.

　　The two of them pushed open the shelves together, and a faint stench wafted out.

　　”Do you smell a stench? It seems to emanate from the sculpture, kind of like …… corpse odor?”

　　”How can a plaster sculpture emit a corpse odor?” Liu Xianxian walked to the statue with her cell phone and the light shone on the statue’s body.

　　It was an adult male sculpture, slightly larger than a normal person, without clothes, with a good figure, but the face was extremely ugly and unbearable to look at.

　　Very few sculptors would trash their work like this, unless there was a special symbolism.

　　”Carved words on the base, ugly face, this is exactly the same as that sculpture in your video.” Liu Xianxian looked at the sculpture in front of her, her fingers lightly trembling, she finally found this statue and could figure out that question that had been bothering her for a long time.

　　The middle between the shelves and the wall was only a meter or so wide, and that sculpture stood in the deepest part, as if it was a devil with arms outstretched, ready to embrace the lost traveler.

　　Standing in front of the sculpture, the stench became stronger, but Liu Xianxian acted as if she didn’t smell it, she folded her hands, didn’t dare to look at the eyes of the sculpture, and silently lowered her head.

　　”In my heart ……”

　　”Wait!”

　　Liu Xianxian was interrupted by Ma Ying from behind before she finished her sentence, “Think about it before you ask, it was said in that weird story that the statue can verify the truth of a sentence, if the sentence states the truth, it will shed tears of blood, but if it’s a falsehood, then something very horrible will happen.”

　　”I know.” Liu Xianxian couldn’t listen to any advice right now, she took another step forward and whispered to the statue, “The person I like in my heart, he’s liking me too, right?”

　　In the closed and gloomy warehouse, the girl spoke her deepest doubts to the sculpture, and she looked into the sculpture’s eyes with immense anticipation.

　　If the sculpture shed tears, it would prove that what she said was true.

　　Liu Xianxian couldn’t help but get nervous, she could even hear her heart beating.

　　One second, two seconds ……

　　Half a minute passed and nothing happened in the warehouse.

　　The sculpture didn’t shed any tears, nor did anything very scary appear.

　　”The legend is false?”

　　As if the strength in her body had been drained, Liu Xianxian leaned against the wall, all of her expectations shattered into a bubble.

　　Ma Ying stood behind Liu Xianxian, she had expected this outcome.

　　Often people do something not for the sake of results, but just want to have an idea of what to expect.

　　Gently patting Liu Xianxian’s shoulder, Ma Ying didn’t know how to comfort her roommate.

　　”I’m fine.” Liu Xianxian had that trained smile on her face, “This sculpture once appeared amongst the videos recorded by your sister, so go and see if you can find any clues, don’t worry about me.”

　　Ma Ying nodded as she took out her cell phone and paused the video at the place where the sculpture appeared.

　　”The statue in the video is exactly the same as this one, I just need to figure out who the original owner of this statue was to find out the murderer.”

　　She took out her cell phone and shot at the sculpture, not sparing any detail.

　　As the camera moved from the sculpture’s chest to its cheeks, that odd sense of familiarity grew stronger in Ma Ying’s heart, as if she had done this before.

　　”Am I forgetting something?” After all the shots were taken, Ma Ying put away her cell phone, “The weird talk about the sculpture is false, but to me the appearance of this sculpture proves at least one thing, the video my sister sent me before she disappeared is real.”

　　She stared at the statue close by, a sudden urge arose in her heart as she looked at the ugly face.

　　Reaching out to touch the statue’s cold skin, Ma Ying asked a question that had been bothering her for a long time, “Has my sister been killed?”

　　Missing and being killed were two different things, and even after so many years had passed, there was still a hint of fluke left in her heart.

　　After waiting for a second or two, Ma Ying shook her head, “The strange story is false, how could the sculpture shed tears? Everything is made up by people, and the poor two of us would even go so far as to believe it.”

　　She was muttering to herself, after she finished speaking the stench in the air seemed to become a little bit thicker, the light from the cell phone started to distort, and the most crucial thing was that there was a thumping sound coming from the originally quiet warehouse, as if something had touched the shelves.

　　Ma Ying sensed the abnormality, she raised her head and was about to turn around and leave when Liu Xianxian, who was standing behind her, suddenly shrieked!

　　”Xiao Ying! Look at its eyes!”

　　”Eyes?” Ma Ying quickly realized what was going on as she turned her head to look at the sculpture’s face.

　　Two lines of blood tears were sliding down the corners of the sculpture’s eyes, the blood was thick and emitted a foul odor, contrasting sharply with the plaster statue’s ghastly white skin.

　　”The statue shed tears?!”

　　Ma Ying stayed in place, and soon she was surrounded by fear again, “Stating facts statues shed tears, but when Liu Xianxian questioned the statue just now, it didn’t have much of a reaction.”

　　The cell phone light was distorted and the thumping sound outside the door became clearer and clearer.