Chapter 0569 Seeds

　　Chen Ge accompanied the father and daughter, playing all the programs that could be played in the park, and by three or four in the afternoon, the girl was a little tired.

　　She leaned against her father’s side and sat in the lounge outside the haunted house.

　　Eyes closed, a bottle of water cradled in her hand, a hint of a smile lingering on her face, she could tell she had a good time today.

　　The father’s features were askew, looking lovingly at the little girl, his hand gently touched the girl’s head, suddenly realizing that the back of the girl’s head had been braided with a very naughty pigtail, he didn’t know who did this, but with this pigtail, it felt like the girl had become a little more lively as well.

　　Father and daughter leaned together, they were both physically challenged, but it had to be said that the picture was very cozy at this point.

　　”You guys rest here for a while, don’t ever run around, I’ll go to the haunted house to give a greeting to the other employees, then send you guys home.” Chen Ge had always maintained his sanity, one of the big reasons why he had agreed to the woman accompanying the father and daughter around the amusement park was because he could use this opportunity to get closer to the other party and let them relax their sense of vigilance.

　　Of course, Chen Ge never wanted to harm them, he just wanted to get to the bottom of things.

　　The girl leaned against her father, looking sleepy and her eyes were a bit open.

　　At this point, there was still quite a while before the time he had agreed with the woman, so Chen Ge decided to go and send them home himself, and take a look at the situation in their home.

　　He had a hunch that there was definitely a connection between the girl and the water ghost.

　　Back at the haunted house, Duan Yue and Old Zhou had already fully adapted to their new identities, and after explaining some precautions to them, Chen Ge found Xu Wan and told her that it would close at six o’clock in the evening.

　　After arranging these things, Chen Ge found his backpack and packed the repeater and comic book inside.

　　The skull crushing hammer Xiao Gu was using, all Chen Ge did not carry it this time.

　　”Let’s go, I’ll send you guys home.” Chen Ge carried the bag single-handedly, and his sincere expression left no way to refuse.

　　The man scratched his head, seemingly hesitating, “My, sister, won’t let, other people, go home.”

　　”Your sister won’t let you lead strangers to your home?” Chen Ge smiled, “I understand, he’s worried that the two of you will lead wolves into the house and attract thieves or something, but I’m not a stranger ah, how much fun did we have together today?”

　　After a good deal of persuasion, the middle-aged man finally agreed to come down.

　　Send the two people out of the New Century Paradise, Chen Ge called a cab and sat up with the father and daughter.

　　The little girl fell asleep not long after getting into the car, in order not to disturb her, Chen Ge and the middle-aged man both tacitly did not speak.

　　According to the address the middle-aged man said, the cab came to the edge of the eastern suburb in a residential area that looked a little shabby.

　　The place was full of six or seven-story old buildings, with the wall skin peeling off so badly that even the color of the original paint couldn’t be seen anymore.

　　”By the looks of it, it’s estimated to have been built for twenty to thirty years, right?”

　　Paying for the car, several people stepped out from the car.

　　”Your family lives here? Didn’t you say Donggang before?”

　　Chen Ge specifically asked the driver in the car that this residential area was still a long distance from Donggang Reservoir.

　　”I, live, home.” A few incoherent words came out of the man’s mouth, and Chen Ge didn’t know exactly what he was trying to convey.

　　Holding the sleeping little girl in both hands, the middle-aged man walked ahead alone, the other party didn’t chase Chen Ge away, so Chen Ge naturally followed behind.

　　The middle-aged man was intellectually deficient, but he still had basic common sense, he walked through a dilapidated old building, came to the innermost part of the residential area, and entered the first building hole.

　　The sun was hanging diagonally in the sky, about to go down, the surrounding area was a bit cold, obviously it wasn’t dark yet, but it made Chen Ge feel that the surrounding area was a bit dim, maybe it was just an illusion.

　　The top of the building was relatively low, and could be touched with a light jump, and after entering it, the first feeling was depressing.

　　Led by the middle-aged man, they arrived at the third floor, the man put his hand into his neck and fumbled for half a day before finding the key hanging on his neck.

　　Like a small child, he brought the key to his eyes, looked at it carefully, and then opened the door to the room.

　　”Can I come in and have a look?”

　　The man didn’t reply, he opened the door and carried the little girl into the house, placing the girl on the sofa, and then he himself trotted and rushed into the bedroom, as if he was looking for something.

　　The house was clean, different from the filth Chen Ge had imagined, although it was simple, everything was neatly packed.

　　”There are only two pairs of slippers, one large and one small, and there are only two toothbrushes in the bathroom, it seems that the man’s sister doesn’t live with them, and usually it’s this man with a defective intellect who is taking care of this child.”

　　A person whose intellect was defective itself, and then pulling a child whose intellect was also below average, could actually still keep everything organized, which made Chen Ge somewhat surprised.

　　He looked towards the bedroom, where the man was kneeling on the floor, opening the nightstand and taking out a towel quilt.

　　It seemed that he was afraid of messing up the things inside, he moved very carefully, and after getting the quilt, he organized everything again before walking out of the bedroom.

　　The middle-aged man’s eyes seemed to only have the little girl in them, as he gently covered the quilt on the girl, while he himself sat on the other side of the sofa and looked at the girl lovingly, completely ignoring Chen Ge, who was still standing in the room.

　　”No wonder your sister doesn’t let you bring strangers back, if you meet a bad guy here, I’m afraid that the house will be emptied and you won’t even know it.” Chen Ge himself turned around in the house, the room wasn’t that big, there was only a bedroom and a very small living room, simple, but cozy.

　　”Suffering from a family genetic disease, being abandoned by the only normal wife, and still being able to live and be so strong, it’s quite impressive.”

　　Chen Ge walked into the bedroom, and as he swept his eyes over the bedside table, he accidentally saw a photo.

　　He reached out and picked up the photo, and there was something strange about this photo in a frame.

　　On the sunny grass, the middle-aged man grinning and giggling, the butterfly that the little girl was chasing, next to the two of them there should have been another person standing, only that person had been cropped out, and there was a gaping hole in the photo in the shape of a person.

　　”Is that the girl’s mother?”

　　Wanting to find more clues, he opened the nightstand and found a notebook under some clothes.

　　Flipping it casually, Chen Ge realized that there wasn’t a single word in the notebook, but he could clearly tell that it had been torn out of many pages.

　　”Whose notebook is this?” Looking at the notebook, Chen Ge thought of another thing, although the little girl suffered from a genetic disease and her intelligence was lower than that of her peers, she could write, and in the haunted house Chen Ge watched her write down the word sister.

　　”Who taught her to write? Was it her father, and someone else?”

　　The middle-aged man’s sister’s expression was drastic when she heard the two words sister, these two words should be a taboo that can’t be mentioned in their family, so the person who taught the little girl to write these two words should not be her relatives.

　　Closing the notebook, Chen Ge put it back to its original position, he closed the cabinet door and stood up ready to leave before realizing that the middle-aged man stood in the bedroom doorway at an unknown time.

　　Seemingly because of the pressure on his cerebral nerves, his five senses were tilted, and there was a hint of incomprehension in his gaze as he looked at Chen Ge.

　　”Photo …… “Chen Ge didn’t know how to digress, and casually picked up the photo frame on the nightstand.

　　Before he could think of a reason, the man had already walked in, he didn’t seem to care what Chen Ge did, he just silently walked past Chen Ge and picked up the pillows on the bed.

　　He didn’t say a word to Chen Ge during the entire process, and after getting the pillow, he just walked out and put the pillow behind the girl’s head.

　　After a false alarm, Chen Ge continued to wander around the house again, but he didn’t find anything of value.

　　”I’m relieved to have delivered you all safely, if you still want to come to New Century Land to play in the future, or if you need help, you can come to me.” Chen Ge found a pen and paper, wrote down his phone number, and placed it on the coffee table.

　　The girl lay down on the sofa and fell asleep, and the black cell phone didn’t send any more messages for the entire day, the mission that this particular tourist was carrying wasn’t triggered by Chen Ge.

　　However, Chen Ge wasn’t in a hurry, he had already determined the identity and address of the other party, there would be plenty of opportunities in the future.

　　After greeting the middle-aged man, Chen Ge left.

　　Closing the door to his room, Chen Ge was about to head downstairs when a voice suddenly came from the hallway.

　　”Hello.”

　　Stopping his steps, Chen Ge looked around, and he realized that the door of the house opposite the middle-aged man had been opened a crack, and the voice came from there.

　　”Are you calling me?”

　　”If you don’t want to cause trouble, you’d better stay away from their family.”

　　This time Chen Ge heard it more clearly, the one who spoke was an old woman with a stern voice.

　　”I’m not afraid of trouble, their family looks too pitiful, it’s better to try to help if you can with this.” Chen Ge took a few steps towards the door of the room where the old man was.

　　”The pitiful will be hateful, I advise you that it’s better not to get too close to them, be careful of getting into trouble.”

　　The old man’s words aroused Chen Ge’s interest, the other party seemed to know a lot of things.

　　”Granny, their family has a genetic disease, which is congenital ……”

　　”I see that you’re kind-hearted, that’s why I’ve spoken more to remind you, as for how you’re willing to go about it, it’s your own business.”

　　The old lady was ready to close the door when she finished speaking, but Chen Ge grabbed the door panel first: “Granny, don’t talk in half! It’s making me have no idea in my heart.”

　　That old lady probably also saw that Chen Ge had a good face and was indeed doing a good deed, she paused for a few seconds and then opened the door completely, “Come in and talk.”

　　”Okay.” Things took a turn for the worse, so Chen Ge would of course seize this opportunity.

　　After entering the old lady’s house, Chen Ge realized that something was wrong, this old man’s house was plastered with all kinds of} human charms, and the door of the room was also taped with all kinds of things to ward off evil spirits.

　　This house and the middle-aged man’s room were completely different types.

　　”Granny, this house of yours ……”

　　”Don’t be afraid, these talismans are all meant to deal with evil spirits and are not harmful to people.” The old lady’s tone was very certain, but Chen Ge shook his head, the ghosts and monsters in his own body didn’t have the slightest fear of these charms, so he could be sure that the old lady had been tricked.

　　”You got involved with that family, you might be haunted by dirty things in the future as well, I can give you two of them when you leave.”

　　”Dirty things? There really are ghosts and monsters in this world?” Chen Ge stroked his chin, “Grandma, you’ve seen it with your own eyes?”

　　”Sins, really sins.” The old lady pondered for a moment and nodded, “Just within this building, every time after zero hour, the sound of water dripping from the hallway will sound like it’s raining. Then you will hear the sound as if a wet mop is sliding on the floor, but if you think about it at one or two o’clock in the morning, who would have nothing to do but mop the floor in the hallway with a wet mop?”

　　”Could there really be ghosts?!” Chen Ge very much cooperated with the old lady, revealing a surprised expression.

　　”Once I was so noisy that I couldn’t sleep, so I looked outside through the cat’s eye on the door.”

　　”What did you see?”

　　The old man seemed to be recalling something very horrible, the wrinkles on his face were all squeezed together, his expression was very grave: “I won’t lie to you, at that time, I saw a drenched woman walking up from downstairs, and she was parked at the door of the opposite room. Her skin was soaked white, it wasn’t the kind of skin a living person would have at all, she had some water plants and strange things wrapped around her body, her hair was dragging on the floor, and the name of the girl across the hall that she was chanting was on her lips.”

　　”A woman soaked to the bone? Chanting Wen Wen’s name?” A thought crossed Chen Ge’s mind and he blurted out two words, “Sister?”

　　The old man also didn’t expect Chen Ge to say these two words, and her expression eased quite a bit, “It seems like you know about his family as well.”

　　”I don’t know.” Chen Ge took out the piece of white paper that the little girl had left behind in the haunted house from his pocket, “I’m an employee of the New Century Paradise, our park saw that the father and daughter were not in good health and were worried about their safety, so they specifically sent me to send them home safely. The reason I know about my sister is because that girl had written these two words inside one of our entertainment facilities.”

　　Looking at the crooked two words Sister on the white paper, the old woman tensed her mouth and signaled Chen Ge to move away from the door of the room.

　　The two of them walked into the middle of the living room, and only then did the old man lower his voice and said, “I won’t hide this from you, this is actually something that many people in the old building know about, their family used to plant seeds, and now they’re getting retribution.”

　　”Seeded?” Chen Ge didn’t quite understand.

　　”The first seed means planted, the second seed means seed, their family has a genetic disease, it’s said to be passed on from male to female, but their family wants a healthy male child to continue the lineage. In the end, they looked for partial remedies, and someone gave them the idea to plant seeds.” The old lady explained the meaning of seeding to Chen Ge: “The method sounds a bit cruel, it’s to find a child first, use her as a seed, and then just plant it in another child. I don’t really understand the exact method of operation, I only know that their family has planted seeds but failed, not only did they not give birth to a boy, the girl they gave birth to also suffered from the same genetic disease.”

　　”But what does this have to do with the ghost you saw?”

　　”The one that was used as a seed by his family was their first child, the older sister, they used their first child as a seed and planted the seed to give birth to the second child, Wen Wen.”

　　What the old lady said made Chen Ge gently suck in a breath of cool air, and he vaguely understood why that trial quest was called Twin-born Water Ghost.