Chapter 1060 – The Story of Light

　　The ear-piercing catcalls drilled into his ears, Chen Ge’s hand that was gripping Ying pupil was already soaked with calmness, he couldn’t see anything, but he knew that Ying Chen was in the hallway, and the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer.

　　”Ying Chen? Don’t you usually like to take the elevator? Why are you interested in climbing the stairs today?” The voice of the lady in the skirt came from the entrance of the sixth floor hallway, probably because the shock from seeing the human head hadn’t completely dissipated, there was a hint of tremor in her speaking voice.

　　”I just seemed to hear someone talking in the hallway, so I came up to take a look, by the way, why are you here?” Ying Chen’s voice sounded at the corner of the stairs, at this time there was only less than five meters between Chen Ge and Ying Xie and him, he should be able to see Chen Ge and Ying Xie whose bodies were close to the wall if he took a few more steps up.

　　”Aim ran out of medicine, I wanted to see if Ms. Red had any here.” Ms. Skirt slowly calmed down, and the reason she gave was very convincing.

　　”Oh, get the medicine.” Ying Chen’s tone obviously relaxed as he brought a hint of a smile, “Taking care of Ame is hard, isn’t it, soon I won’t have to trouble you guys, I’ve already contacted the welfare organization, and I’ll send them all out in a few more days.”

　　While the two were conversing, Chen Ge and Ying Xie quietly moved their feet and walked up a little bit in the darkness, at this time, if they made any little sound, they would be discovered by Ying Chen.

　　”You’re sending Ame away?” There was still a hint of nervousness in Ms. Skirt’s voice, she simply couldn’t face Yingchen like she normally would after knowing his true face.

　　”Yes, I can’t bear it in my heart to keep letting you guys take care of those kids.” Ying Chen’s voice appeared on the sixth floor, and he seemed to walk in front of Ms. Skirt, “After all, those few children will become like that ……”

　　Ying Chen’s voice got lower and lower, and Ms. Skirt didn’t hear clearly, “What did you say?”

　　”I said after all those kids would turn out like that ……” Ying Chen seemed to stick to Ms. Skirt’s side, “It’s entirely because of me!”

　　”Boom!”

　　Ms. Skirt’s body hit the wall hard, whimpering sounds came from within the floor, her mouth seemed to be gagged by something.

　　”Shhh, keep quiet, take it easy, I won’t cut your neck here.” Ying Chen’s voice rang out in the hallway, as usual, giving people a comfortable feeling, as if he was playing a game with a child.

　　”Just now downstairs, I heard you seem to have said the word human head? You don’t need to answer, just nod or shake your head.”

　　”Didn’t say it?”

　　”I’m not going to like you if you keep that up, I’ve always admired your straightforwardness, just like you’ve always admired my enthusiasm and selflessness.”

　　”I’ll ask you again, did you say the word head?”

　　”So you did say it, and since you said the word heads, you must have seen my damn brother who snuck the heads out of my locker.”

　　”Next is the second question, my brother should be around here somewhere, is he upstairs, or behind some door, or is he hiding inside the janitorial closet?”

　　”Did I push too hard? Your eyes that are about to bulge out seem to have glanced upstairs unintentionally?”

　　”Don’t worry, I won’t go looking for him, I’ve fantasized about the feeling of choking you like this countless times, rough palms choking such a soft neck, knuckles pressing against your veins, contracting them a little bit, and then watching your expression slowly change, how could I ever want to leave?”

　　”You’re like a graceful cat, no, you’re going to be the most beautiful one I’ve ever adopted.”

　　The hallway gradually became silent, Chen Ge and Ying Xie had already arrived at the seventh floor by now.

　　”Each floor is named after a date, and the whole building is like an inescapable reincarnation, which means that going further up on the seventh floor will most likely bring you back to the first floor.”

　　Ms. Skirt lived on the first floor, and Ame was still in her room.

　　”When Ying Chen knew that Ms. Skirt had seen Ying Hitomi, he definitely wouldn’t feel comfortable continuing to leave Ame in Ms. Skirt’s room, and he would definitely go look for Ame.”

　　”I have two choices now, to enter Ms. Skirt’s room ahead of Yingchen and find Ame, but there are two drawbacks to doing so. The first is that Ame may not necessarily open the door for me, and the knocking on the door is likely to trigger more changes; the second is that after I enter Ms. Skirt’s house, Yingchen will likely crouch outside, waiting for a rabbit.”

　　Time was running out, Chen Ge didn’t have more time to think, Ying Chen walked without sound, but the catcalls in his ears were always present, and the distance between them and Ying Chen hadn’t widened.

　　”If we let Ying Chen take away Ame, it will be even more difficult to find Ame in the future, maybe he will even kill Ame directly! Once he does that, a part of Ying pupil’s memory might be missing forever, and if it’s because of this that Ying pupil can’t open his eyes behind the door, that would be too bad.” Chen Ge tugged on Ying Xie’s hand and continued forward, but Ying Xie had no intention of moving up, “Ying Xie? Hurry up and follow.”

　　”Let’s split up, the people who wanted to help me are dead, I ……”

　　”Don’t stop your steps.” Chen Ge didn’t want to discuss anything with Ying Xie here, he lowered his voice and grabbed Ying Xie’s arm as he walked through the seventh floor.

　　Stepping onto a new staircase, Chen Ge touched the skirt lady’s home based on the memories in his mind.

　　Knocking lightly on the door of the room, the sound of catcalls slowly grew louder as the knocking resounded within the corridor.

　　And besides the catcalls, Chen Ge also heard another sound, as if some heavy object was being dragged on the ground.

　　”Ame? Open the door! Open the door quickly!”

　　Sweat broke out sharply on his forehead as the catcalls tormented his nerves, Chen Ge’s heartbeat continued to accelerate as he knocked on the door slowly getting louder, and at this point, he couldn’t care less about the fact that he would be exposed.

　　Since he had made a choice, he had to go through the consequences caused by the choice, and in this building, the consequence of a wrong choice was death.

　　”Ame! Ame!”

　　Footsteps sounded inside the house, and at the same time that sound of dragging a heavy object disappeared, replaced by an increasingly shrill catcall!

　　Ying Chen had dropped the body and was running towards the place at full speed!

　　”Ame!”

　　The door lock opened in response, and at the same time as it rattled, Chen Ge tugged on Ying Chen’s hand and crashed into the house.

　　He didn’t dare to have any hesitation as his body tipped over, and after entering the house, he immediately touched the security door to close it!

　　”Don’t speak! Don’t ever speak!”

　　With his back against the security door, Chen Ge sat on the ground as he gripped his backpack tightly with both hands.

　　The cat’s screams in the darkness echoed in his ears, getting closer and closer, and finally stopped right outside the door.

　　”Knock, knock, knock!”

　　The knock on the door sounded, Chen Ge’s heart also seized up at once, his back was pressed against the security door, cold sweat couldn’t stop flowing down, he didn’t suddenly remember a very frightening thing until this time, “Ying Chen killed Ms. Skirt! Ms. Skirt might have the key to this room on her!”

　　A hundred secrets were not enough, in such an extreme situation, it was inevitable that Chen Ge would also have a hole in his thinking, ever since he entered this door the world his nerves had been taut, especially in that moment just now.

　　”Calm down, calm down! Ms. Skirt didn’t take her cell phone out with her, and it’s also possible that she didn’t bring her keys with her, after all, she left in a hurry.”

　　Chen Ge hadn’t spent much time with Ms. Skirt, and he felt that Ms. Skirt was the type of character that had a big grin on her face.

　　Besides, with Ame being unable to leave the house and the house being occupied all the time, there should be a high probability that she didn’t have her key with her.

　　The sound of knocking on the door mixed with catcalls, Chen Ge’s heart was beating fast, he hadn’t felt like this in a long time.

　　He didn’t even dare to breathe very hard, and after spending half a minute like this, the knocking finally stopped, but the cat calls didn’t end.

　　Ying Chen was still guarding the door, and he was probably standing in the dead corner where the cat’s eye of the security door couldn’t see.

　　It was enough to wait for almost half an hour more before the catcalls slowly faded away.

　　”Cunning, devious, and also extremely patient, this asshole is too difficult to deal with.”

　　Chen Ge didn’t waste any time, he remained at the door and pressed his back against the door of the room, “Ying Chen will definitely come over again, he heard the knocking just now in order to rush over as fast as he could, at that time, the sound of the cat’s cries became louder and louder, but the sound of dragging a heavy object stopped. It means that he put down the skirt lady that he was dragging in his hand and chose to come over to me first, he might be going back to look for the key on the skirt lady now.”

　　”The sound of dragging a heavy object stopped in the seventh floor hallway, it probably only takes him about ten seconds to go back and forth, and there’s no way for me to leave with Ying Hitomi and Ame in this time, so I can only stand guard here.”

　　Standing up, Chen Ge stumbled and ran towards the living room, he grabbed the edge of the sofa with both hands and desperately moved it to the door.

　　”Ame, can you see if the sofa is blocking the door to the room?” Chen Ge couldn’t see and could only ask Ame to help.

　　”It’s blocked, but how will Ms. Skirt come in after you block it?”

　　”Did Ms. Skirt bring her key with her when she left?”

　　”I don’t know, I think I brought it.”

　　Ame’s words made Chen Ge’s heart half-cold, he blocked the security door with the sofa, then got a mop to lean against the lock.

　　”You two stay away from the door, Ame you go get the skirt lady’s cell phone.”

　　”Okay.”

　　No sooner had Ame agreed than the catcalls started again, and to make matters worse in addition to the catcalls there was the sound of a girl singing from a music box.

　　”Yingchen and his helpers are outside the door!”

　　The key was inserted into the lock hole and the card spring turned a little, the subtle sound causing goose bumps to rise on Chen Ge’s neck.

　　With a soft click, the door lock was opened!

　　But when the other party wanted to press down on the door handle to push the door open, they realized that they couldn’t push it at all.

　　The door panel shook, and Chen Ge stood on one side of the sofa, pushing his body against it.

　　”Is Ms. Skirt back?” Ame’s voice was trembling as the person outside the door moved very roughly.

　　”It’s Ying Chen, he’s the one who turned you into what you are now.” Chen Ge lowered his voice.

　　”Yingchen? But the adults around me all said that he was the one who took care of me, that he was the one who found me first, and that if it wasn’t for him, I would have died alone a long time ago.”

　　”From the time you were able to understand the meaning of the word death, you should have realized that something was wrong, Ame, you’ve forgotten a lot of things, perhaps you should talk to Yingchen more.” Chen Ge suggested in a low voice, in fact, he was also eager to hear what kind of person Ying Chen was from Ying Hitomi’s mouth.

　　The door panel vibrated for a long time, and eventually, under Chen Ge’s protection, the other party did not enter the house.

　　Across the door panel, the cat’s screams continued to ring out, and a man’s very faint voice could be vaguely heard in the midst of the cat’s screams: ”I found the key and came over, and it only took less than a minute for the people in the house to directly block the door, whether it was making judgments in such a short period of time, or moving a large object, both of these abilities were not possessed by Ying pupil. There is an adult in this building besides that woman who is helping him.”

　　Chen Ge possessed Ghost Ears, his five senses were far beyond those of an ordinary person, and after losing his vision, his other senses seemed to have been strengthened to a certain extent, so even if the other person’s voice was very small he could still hear it.

　　”Why are you helping that bad boy Ying Hitomi?” Another voice rang out, this voice Chen Ge had heard before, it was the kid who had pushed himself down the stairs.

　　”Maybe that person was tricked by Ying pupil, you know, Ying pupil is a bad kid who loves to lie.” Ying Chen continued, “I’ll stay here, you go to the second floor 204 and take a look.”

　　The sound of the music box had disappeared, but the sound of the cat was still there. Ying Chen’s helpers seemed to have left, but Ying Chen remained outside, he was really a very patient “hunter”.

　　Chen Ge heard the conversation outside the door, and almost at the same time, he whispered for Ame to come over with the skirt lady’s cell phone, and asked him to dial Mr. Wood’s number.

　　The moment the phone was connected, Chen Ge immediately spoke, ”Don’t say anything, just me. Ying Chen killed Ms. Skirt, and he blocked me, Megumi, and Ying pupil in the room. His next target is you or Ms. Red. Later on, someone will go to your door, you can watch from the cat’s eye ahead of time, but definitely don’t open the door, that kid and Ying Chen are in cahoots.”

　　Hearing what Chen Ge said, Mr. Wood’s breathing visibly changed, he really couldn’t accept the fact that Ying Chen had killed Ms. Skirt.

　　”I don’t cross paths with Ms. Red, so later on, you have to go and call Ms. Red to inform her of this matter, and tell her to never leave the room, let alone open the door to anyone.”

　　”The last thing I’ll say is that you keep your cell phone with you at all times, the only way for the several of us to all survive is to cooperate with each other, so please, you must trust me!”

　　There was a long silence on the other side of the phone, and Mr. Wood returned two words, “Understood.”

　　Everything returned to calm, but Chen Ge understood that the danger hadn’t gone far, he returned the phone to Amu and realized that none of Amu and Ying pupil had opened their mouths to speak, “Ying pupil, tell us about your brother’s, tell us everything you know.”

　　It was very quiet in the living room, and Ying Hitomi still hadn’t opened her mouth.

　　”Are you concerned about something?” Chen Ge whispered, “Don’t be afraid, we can only help you if you tell the truth.”

　　”It’s useless.” It seemed that the death of Ms. Skirt made Ying Xie feel very guilty and painful, “All those who hear the truth will die, the only way to live is to be blind, the only way to live is to know nothing, I don’t want to harm you.”

　　”Is that why you are not blind, but you don’t dare to open your eyes?” Chen Ge held Ying Xie’s hand, “But many people in this building already know the truth, everyone wants to help you, your world is not completely dark, there is also light here.”

　　”Light?”

　　”Ying Chen showed you the ultimate cruelty and the evil that you can’t get rid of, he killed one person after another to try to prove the darkness to you, but even so there are still people who will stand up and help you, like Ms. Skirt, Auntie Wu the cleaning lady, and me.” Chen Ge held Ying Xie’s hand tightly, “Trust me, no matter what, I will take you away. The world outside is very beautiful, there are all kinds of colors there, and there’s an ocean of light there.”

　　In this world that was shrouded by eternal night and could not penetrate a single ray of light, a blind man tightly grasped the hand of another blind man and told him the story of light.