Chapter 1017 – The Fifth Living Employee
Wu Sheng sat beside Wu Jinpeng and cried non-stop, it felt as if he wanted to vent all the tears that had been accumulated in his heart over the years.
His small hands gripped Wu Jinpeng’s clothes, his face was full of grievances and he wanted to say something, but his voice turned into a sobbing tone when it came out of his mouth.
”Did you have a nightmare? It’s okay, daddy is with you.” Wu Jinpeng hugged Wu Sheng and gently patted Wu Sheng’s back.
As father and son leaned together, Chen Ge also breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed his knees, and slowly walked outside.
As he lifted the cloth curtain, the black cell phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated, Chen Ge took out the phone and slid the screen, tapping on the latest unread message.
”The four-star trial quest Underworld Tire has completed two-ninths of the quest, and the Underworld Tire can no longer curse you through its voice. Lucky Red Favorite, your time is running out!”
”Curse through voice? It means that as long as you hear me speak, you can curse me with that? This ability of the Underworld Tire is too terrifying, isn’t it?”
Chen Ge was under the impression that curses required a medium, and if you wanted to curse someone, you had to get the other person’s hair, fingernails, worn clothes, and not to mention physical contact, etc., but the information from the black cell phone subverted Chen Ge’s previous thoughts, and it turned out that the Underworld Fetus could curse based on the voice as long as he heard the voice.
This ability was still exposed by the black cell phone, the Underworld Fetus was able to become a Fierce God, his ability must be more than that, now even with Red Clothes by his side to protect him, Chen Ge didn’t feel safe anymore, “The other side has too many tactics, unknowingly, I could be trapped, no wonder the black cell phone said that after the Underworld Fetus is born, I will die for sure.”
The crying on the other side of the cloth curtain woke up his brother who was sleeping in the living room, he was holding the broken fan and looking at Chen Ge with some fear.
At first, Chen Ge didn’t care, but after being stared at for a long time, Chen Ge felt something was wrong: “Why do you keep looking at me? Could it be that you see something in me?”
Hearing Chen Ge’s voice, Wu Jinpeng’s younger brother grabbed a thin blanket and covered his head, looking as if he was about to cry from fear.
Wu Kun was seven or eight years younger than Wu Jinpeng, and being treated like this by an adult in his thirties made Chen Ge a little uncomfortable as well.
”Are you afraid of me?” Chen Ge walked towards Wu Kun, and before he got close, Wu Kun trembled and put out his two hands.
”Fan, fan ……”
Wu Kun held the broken fan in both hands and half-kneeled on the ground, his body shaking all the time.
”You’re giving me the fan?” Chen Ge sat in front of Wu Kun, and as he prepared to pick up the fan, he saw Wu Kun’s injured hand.
”It always feels like something isn’t quite right, why does he keep talking about the fan? What exactly is he trying to express? I didn’t see Wu Kun’s presence in Wu Sheng’s world behind the door either, as his own father’s brother, it’s impossible for Wu Sheng to have no impression of him at all.”
Chen Ge returned the fan to Wu Kun, and after a long time, Wu Kun slowly calmed down.
”What are you afraid of?”
Without waiting for Wu Kun’s answer, the cloth curtains were pulled back after ten minutes, and Wu Jinpeng turned off the small light above Wu Sheng’s bed.
”Is Wu Sheng better?”
”That child fell asleep after he got tired of crying.” Wu Jinpeng’s eyes were also a little red and swollen, and he stood in front of Chen Ge: “Older brother, my biggest wish in this life is to have Wu Sheng act like a normal child, and I’m ready to take care of him for the rest of my life …… Thank you.”
”Brother Peng, to be honest, Wu Sheng was able to return to normal entirely because of you.” Chen Ge was ready to hire Wu Jinpeng as his new employee, so he didn’t hide too many things, “What I’m going to say next, you can disbelieve it, but definitely don’t tell anyone else.”
”Don’t worry, I definitely won’t tell anyone.”
”Behind that door is a world of despair, blood, weirdness, and horror, after Wu Sheng falls asleep, he will dream that he is locked up in the middle of that world, and he, a child that young, has to face all the ghosts and monsters alone.” Chen Ge lowered his voice; “In order to keep himself from breaking down, he fantasized about a you in his dreams, and the you in his dreams did the same thing as the real you did, and tried your best to protect him. It was also because it was with your existence that he didn’t lose himself and have his soul devoured by the evil spirits.”
”What you said is a bit too much information, let me run through it.” After Wu Jinpeng was silent for a moment, he suddenly pinched himself fiercely, “Doesn’t that mean that if I could have entered behind the door earlier, Wu Sheng would have suffered less?”
”That door is not for anyone to enter, an ordinary person may never come back after pushing the door open.” Chen Ge’s pupils slowly narrowed as he looked at Wu Jinpeng, and he used his Yin pupils.
Locking eyes with Chen Ge, Wu Jinpeng felt a chill run down his spine, he felt that Chen Ge’s eyes didn’t even look like the eyes of a living person.
”Are you scared?”
”A little.” Wu Jinpeng nodded honestly, this handsome uncle sat in front of Chen Ge in a regular manner, just like a child.
”Actually, I lied to you before, I told you that there is a child in my relative’s house who has the same symptoms as Wu Sheng, as a way to approach you.” Chen Ge put down his backpack and sighed softly, “The truth is that there is no such thing as a relative’s child, that child with the same symptoms as Wu Sheng – that’s me.”
”You?” Wu Jinpeng’s face was full of incredulity, “But you look so normal?”
”I was able to grow up healthy like a normal child because I also had very loving parents who entered behind a certain door for me.” Chen Ge opened his mouth and slowly lowered his head, “The difference only lies in the fact that they haven’t come out of that door until now, and I can’t find them.”
”That’s why you’re searching for the door? To see if there are your parents behind the door?” Wu Jinpeng’s eyes were red, he could understand Chen Ge very well, “Brother, if you don’t mind, let me help you in the future as well! One more person is more power, and you are the benefactor of Wu Sheng and I. I have to return this favor!”
”No need, I came to help Wu Sheng for selfish reasons, in fact, I want to see if there are any traces of my parents behind that door.”
”No matter what, it’s a fact that you saved Wu Sheng! Don’t you make me feel uneasy in my conscience!” Wu Jinpeng was anxious.
”Fine, I can’t argue with you.” Chen Ge reared his head, “My real occupation is a haunted house owner, haunted house you know? It was a haunted house in every sense of the word.”
”When I was young, I liked to play too, and I’ve been there many times.” Wu Jinpeng looked as if he was very interested.
”Brother Peng, where do you work during the day now? How much do you get paid a month?”
”Around four thousand if you count overtime, but the economic environment has been very bad lately, and we’re in the middle of a major layoff on our side.”
”How about this, if you come to work at my haunted house, I’ll give you a base salary of four thousand and another bonus at the end of the month.” Chen Ge’s haunted house had a serious shortage of living employees, and very often a person had to wear several hats, but Chen Ge couldn’t help it, his haunted house was in a special situation, and every living employee had to be 100% trustworthy in order to work.
”It’s too much, I was prepared to give you a favor, so in turn, you’re the one who solved my work problems, I’m taking advantage of a great deal.” Wu Jinpeng shook his head and refused.
”After all, you have also seen the ‘door’, some things are easier to communicate, and you have a good personality, you will definitely be welcomed by your colleagues.” Chen Ge admired Wu Jinpeng, a father who didn’t know how much adversity he had traveled through, had a heart that knew how to love, and a tough soul.