Chapter 1058 – Two Helpers
Chen Ge’s initial plan was to find Ying Chen, but from the clues he had now, he might need to find the four of them, Ah Ying, Ah Meg, Ah Tong, and Ying Chen.
”Ying Chen is aware of the existence of the three Ame brothers, it can even be said that the appearance of these three children are all related to him, and it was he who personally created these three tragedies.”
”The three children suffered from three different mental illnesses, all three of which were most likely forced out by Yingchen, corresponding to sharpshooting, imprisonment, and shock.”
”He asked the ‘corpse’ to take care of the three children, which in reality means that he hid the corpse in his house, and Yingchen lived with the corpse for a long time, creating three pressurized personalities.”
”This would also be able to explain why none of the three children were able to leave the house, and should Hitomi was the only one who constantly chose to escape.”
”Another thing to note is that Ame is not blind, but Ame’s age is only six years old, so if what I analyzed before is correct, and Ame is one of Ying pupil’s pressurized personalities, then from here it can also be indirectly proved that Ying pupil wasn’t blind before she was six years old, or at least she wasn’t completely blind.”
The more he analyzed, the more terrifying Chen Ge felt, he took a deep breath and opened his mouth towards the living room side and asked, “Ms. Skirt are you still there? Can you tell me when Ying pupil first ran away from home?”
”It was very early, about five years ago, at that time, Ying Chen’s relatives had just moved away, and Ying Chen and Ying Hitomi were the only two brothers left in the house.” Ms. Skirt revealed another very important piece of information.
”The relatives had just moved away and Ying pupil ran away from home, you really don’t think there’s a problem with that? How could Ying pupil run away for no reason when he’s fine? His brother, Ying Chen, must have done something bad to make his younger brother, Ying pupil, feel scared.” Chen Ge could not see Ms. Skirt’s expression and did not know whether the other party agreed with him, “Think about one more thing, Ame’s age is the same as when Ying pupil ran away from home, Ame suffers from a phobia of sharp objects, Ying pupil ran away from home and was found by Ying Chen after the location close to his eyes was nailed, nails are not sharp objects, is not that a nail? Doesn’t Ame always fantasize that someone is trying to stab his eyes with a sharp object when he sees one?”
”What are you trying to say?”
”Ame is the Ying pupil at that time, the reason why he suffers from sharps phobia is because Ying Chen once did something similar to Ying pupil, that’s why he gets scared when he sees sharp objects, that’s the cause of his illness!” The world behind the door was absurd and strange, and there was no way to be logical in many cases, but when combined with the memories of the people who pushed the door in reality, one would realize that underneath all of the absurd exteriors was wrapped the scarred heart in reality.
In order to convince Ms. Skirt, Chen Ge told all of his inferences and guesses, “If you don’t believe me, you can take me to see Ah Tong and Ah Ying, the combination of these three children’s experiences is the wounds Ying pupil once suffered.”
”I still can’t understand, Ah Ying is a living, breathing person, a separate existence, how could he represent Ying pupil’s memories from a certain age?” Ms. Skirt, as an aborigine of the world behind the door, was herself woven from Ying Hitomi’s memories, and the meaning of her existence was to take care of Ying Hitomi, accompany her, and serve as Ying Hitomi’s friend.
”This problem will naturally be understood after you find Ying Hitomi, although he is disfigured and blind, he has absolutely no problem communicating with people normally.” Chen Ge sighed, “That child’s voice that you have never listened to carefully, those words that sound inexplicable to you are actually him asking for help. The tragedy wouldn’t have been repeated, it’s just a pity that all of you were fooled by Ying Chen, the kindness and zeal that you saw were all put on by that bastard, his true appearance would make all of you feel sick.”
The residents in the building all thought that Ying Chen was a very nice person, they all thought that Ying pupil was a drag, in reality, this was exactly what Ying Chen had deliberately created.
It was because of believing in Ying Chen that all most of the residents turned into corpses.
”I don’t expect you to trust me completely, I just hope you can give me a chance to prove it.” Chen Ge’s attitude was very sincere, he had no choice, Ying Chen’s world behind the door was the most difficult world behind the door he had ever experienced, he had to do everything he could to seize every opportunity, only then would he be able to find a way out of the cracks that might exist.
The room went quiet, and after a long time Ms. Skirt spoke, “How do you want to prove it? Let me help you find Ying pupil?”
”At least until you find Ying pupil, don’t ever tell Ying Chen about me, plus you must take care to protect yourself.” The tenants in the building treated Ying Chen as their neighbors, but in Ying Chen’s eyes these tenants were just dolls on the bleachers, he would not hesitate to kill them once he got tired of playing with them.
”Alright, until we find Ying pupil, I promise to help you keep your secret. But after we find Ying pupil, if you can’t prove what you just said, then I will hand you over to Ying Chen.”
”Fair enough, it’s a deal.” Receiving the woman’s affirmative reply, Chen Ge sighed in relief as he leaned against the wall, “Has Ame not left the house once since staying with you?”
”Yes, he hasn’t gone out since Yingchen sent Ame here.”
”Did Yingchen ask you to do this?”
”En, he was worried about Ame getting hurt.” Ms. Skirt didn’t know what Chen Ge was up to, she just told everything she knew.
”It’s understandable that Ame suffers from a phobia of sharp objects and he can’t leave the hut, but what about Ah Tong and Ah Ying? You said before that Tong suffers from severe confinement phobia, can’t this child just leave his house either? Is it really for his own good to keep a child who suffers from confinement phobia locked up in the house all the time?” Chen Ge asked to the point at once, and after the woman pondered for a while, she suddenly realized that what Chen Ge said made sense.
”Yingchen not letting Ame leave the house isn’t really for his own good, he just wants to hide him from being found by Ying pupil.” Chen Ge finally found a chair after groping for half a day and sat on it, “Ame is a part of Ying pupil, I suspect that after Ying pupil finds Ame, some sort of change will happen in him.”
Ying pupil didn’t dare to open his eyes because he had to be a blind man or else he would die and be stabbed in the eyes, hence the appearance of Ame.
If the Ying pupil behind the door was allowed to find Ame, Ying pupil would most likely regain some of his sight.
More crucially, Chen Ge, as an outsider, was experiencing the most desperate experience Ying pupil had ever had, so if Ying pupil’s situation could improve, he should be able to gain a great deal as well.
”I noticed the problem as early as when I was pushed downstairs by the children, they didn’t say I was blind, they were just curious about how I kept my eyes closed. At that moment I was wondering if Ying pupil was really blind or not. I didn’t expect that I would be allowed to guess, Ying pupil’s probability is not completely blind, he just doesn’t dare to open his eyes, I have to make Ying pupil come out of despair and try to open his eyes.”
Chen Ge’s tone was firm, he had never wanted to help someone so much, some pain could only be empathized with after experiencing it, Chen Ge was having this experience now.
He must walk out of the door alive, save Ying pupil in reality, and then let Ying Chen receive the punishment he deserved.
Chen Ge’s voice was gentle yet contained strength, carrying a firmness that would never back down, and the woman in the room also had a great change of heart towards Chen Ge: “I’ll take you to Mr. Wood first, but he’s not as nice as I am, he’s a wooden lump that recognizes death.”
”Thanks a lot.”
”There’s no need to thank me, I’m just more curious about what you said.” Ms. Skirt was a girl with a great personality when she was alive, she opened the security door and grabbed Chen Ge’s arm, “Mr. Woody lives on Tuesdays, let’s go upstairs first.”
”Lives on Tuesday?” Chen Ge stopped in her tracks, “What do you mean by living on Tuesday?”
”You can understand the second floor, the first floor is Monday, the second floor is Tuesday, seven days a week corresponds to seven floors.” Ms. Skirt, who had a big grin, didn’t chat much with Chen Ge on this issue as she helped Chen Ge enter the hallway.
”The number of floors is the date, and the date may represent the date of death.” Chen Ge felt cold winds blowing from all directions, he was now extremely insecure: “Ms. Skirt, later on, can you promise me something?”
”What is it?”
”If there’s an accident, you run in whichever direction I tell you to take me in, don’t ask anything, don’t say anything.”
”Okay.”
Probably because Ying Chen hadn’t finished disposing of the body yet, Chen Ge and Ms. Skirt didn’t encounter him, and the two of them smoothly arrived at the third room on the second floor near the left staircase.
Knocking lightly on the door of the room, Ms. Skirt called out Tong’s name in a low voice, and it didn’t take long for the security door to open.
”Didn’t you just come to get your medicine? Why are you running here again?” The voice that opened the door was that of a middle-aged man, who spoke in a flat tone as if he wasn’t interested in anything.
”There’s something I want to ask you.” Ms. Skirt helped Chen Ge, who was behind her, into the house.
”The blind man?”
”He just told me a story, I think it’s quite interesting, do you want to hear it?” Ms. Skirt let Chen Ge sit on the sofa, while Chen Ge worried about hurrying to close the security door first.
”Can I listen to it too?” Another voice came out from inside the house, this voice was eight or nine percent similar to Ame’s voice, if Ame looked like a four or five year old judging from the voice alone, then the owner of this voice should be seven or eight years old.
The tone was not as childish, and it felt much softer to listen to.
”Are you Ah Tong?” Chen Ge looked towards the source of the voice, but of course it was pitch black in front of him and he saw nothing.
”En, you recognize me?”
”Not only do I know you, I also know your father and mother.” Chen Ge had a smile on his face, “I’m going to talk to Mr. Wood and Ms. Skirt about something, can you go back to your room first?”
”Okay.” The boy was very well-behaved.
Chen Ge listened to the footsteps, he waited for the boy to walk away and then quietly said to Ms. Skirt, “Close the door, it’s not a good idea to let him hear some of the words now.”
”Can’t be done, this child suffers from confinement phobia, I removed all the doors in the house and just left a security door in the living room.” Mr. Wood seemed to think Chen Ge was a liar, and his attitude towards Chen Ge was not too friendly.
”It’s fine, then.” Chen Ge told Mr. Wood what he had told the skirt lady again.
After listening to all of it, Mr. Wood didn’t reply immediately, he thought for a long time, and in the end, it was Ah Tong who ran out.
The boy had also heard Chen Ge’s story, and he had some sympathy for Ying Xie in the story, and instinctively begged Mr. Wood to help Ying Xie.
”I still can’t fully trust you, hearing is not believing.” Although Mr. Wood is nice, he has a curmudgeonly personality.
”What you see with your eyes might just be what others deliberately want you to see, his true appearance has long rotted beneath the exquisite exterior.”
In order to convince Mr. Wood, Chen Ge told another thing: “There’s a middle-aged man living on the fourth floor, Ying Chen killed him just a short while ago, and I’m able to walk around inside the building with impunity right now because I know that he’s disposing of the corpse on the fourth floor.”
”I still don’t think it’s possible, unless you let me see the body.”
”There is a headless corpse hidden underneath Ying Chen’s bedroom bed, you can go and see it if you don’t believe me, but I advise you better not to do so, once you see that corpse, you will be the next one to be killed by Ying Chen.” Chen Ge had to earn Mr. Wood’s trust, if the other party didn’t listen to him, then it was likely that his existence would be exposed and the situation would get out of hand.
Chen Ge didn’t look like he was lying, and with Tong talking beside him, Mr. Wood finally decided to cooperate with Chen Ge for the time being and search for Ying Xie together.
”No matter what, don’t tell Ying Chen about my existence, let alone say that someone is helping Ying Chen, and you guys have to keep the same appearance as before to give Ying Chen the illusion that the whole world is isolating Ying Chen, only then will all of us all be able to survive.”
After explaining the situation, Chen Ge was ready to leave, he had to hurry to find Ms. Red.
”Tong and Ame are just like normal children when they aren’t sick, and I even feel that they are more understanding and cute than normal children.” Chen Ge sighed, then entered the building on the left with the skirt lady’s assistance, “Which floor does Miss Red’s family live on?”
”Saturday.”
”Sixth floor?” Chen Ge’s brows furrowed, this world behind the door was the world where he frowned the most times, “Ying Chen is probably disposing of the corpse on the fourth floor, we definitely have to pass through the fourth floor to get to the sixth floor, it wouldn’t be good in case he discovers us, and the sixth and seventh floors are also very close to each other.”
Heart thumping, Chen Ge felt like he was walking a tightrope on a cliff right now.
Taking a step into the hallway, Chen Ge and Ms. Skirt quickly arrived at the third floor, and as they were about to head towards the fourth floor, a cat’s purr, if there was one, suddenly rang out.
”Stop!” Chen Ge backhanded Ms. Skirt, “Ying Chen is on the fourth floor.”
”How do you know?” Ms. Skirt inquired in a low voice, but Chen Ge did not answer.
He held his breath and listened to the catcalls, what made him feel strange was that the catcalls neither got louder nor smaller, as if Ying Chen had been standing in the same position.
”What is he doing?” Chen Ge leaned his back against the wall, “Is he hiding in some room with a murder weapon in his hand, ready to suddenly appear when people pass by?”
Chen Ge signaled Ms. Skirt to keep quiet as he carefully came to the fourth floor, and the catcalls remained unchanged.
”Could that bastard have sensed that I have the means to predict his location? Is he doing some sort of experiment at this time?”
The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he felt, Chen Ge pointed towards the fourth floor: “Ms. Skirt, help me see if Ying Chen is standing in the hallway?”
”No, there’s no one in the hallway.”
”Good, then we’ll go to the sixth floor first.” Chen Ge pointed to the top of his head, not daring to stay here for a long time, preparing to go to the sixth floor first to find Ms. Red before saying anything.