Chapter 140 – 1992-2020

Lian Qiao was feeling emotional when three sounds of “du du du” suddenly sounded from behind. It sounded like someone knocking on the wooden door with their knuckles.

Lian Qiao became vigilant for a moment, put little RenDong in the cradle, picked up the crowbar and walked to the door by himself.

“Who is it?”

There was no answer from behind the door.

Lian Qiao asked a few more times but there was still no sound from behind the door.

Since the other party didn’t speak, of course Lian Qiao couldn’t just open the door casually. He returned to RenDong, only to see little RenDong sitting up in the cradle, staring at the door thoughtfully.

“What’s wrong?” Lian Qiao touched his little head, “What did you see again?”

Little RenDong frowned, stared at the door for a while and finally shook his head.

“Don’t be afraid, no matter what’s outside, I am here.” Lian Qiao took him out of the cradle and let him sit on his lap.

Little RenDong, which has just turned one year old, has not grown much hair yet. What he has is short, soft and sticks to his head, which feels very good to the touch. Lian Qiao couldn’t put it down and fondled it for a long time, until Little RenDong couldn’t bear it anymore and turned his head away.

Still touching! Aren’t you scared I’ll go bald!

Lian Qiao read this sentence from Little RenDong’s eyes and couldn’t help laughing out loud.

After eating the plate of bear biscuits, Little RenDong was drowsy. After all, it is a child who has just turned one year old, so it is very reasonable to eat, sleep and eat again after sleeping. Lian Qiao wanted to carry him to the bed to sleep together but Little RenDong kicked him in the face so hard and refused to go into the bed. Lian Qiao had no choice but to pull the cradle to the head of the bed where he could reach it. He put one hand on the cradle, then turned off the light and went to sleep.

Little RenDong soon fell asleep. Lian Qiao listened to the light cat-like breathing and suddenly thought: In the previous instance, RenDong seemed to never have slept so soundly.

Although Boss RenDong carried him to win every time, he could feel the extreme anxiety secretly hidden under RenDong’s seemingly easy-going coldness.

Especially the last time—they hadn’t even officially stepped into the dungeon and, while they were still in the elevator, RenDong suddenly had an emotional breakdown.

In fact, he has been under a lot of psychological pressure, but he just doesn’t say it or admit it.

He always does this. No matter what he encountered, no matter how painful it was, he gritted his teeth and endured it.

He would even say calmly: I’m fine, I’m fine.

I can still hurt more.

How can people not love someone like this?

But..

In the darkness, Lian Qiao blinked slowly, staring at the innocent sleeping face of the baby in the cradle.

But..it is precisely this kind of RenDong that sometimes makes him sometimes unable to help wanting to..

Want-to-hurt-harm-

Wanting to hear his screams. Wanting to see his miserable appearance. Wanting to hold him down and feel his struggle and resistance in his own hands.

Wanted to see how much pain he would have to suffer to—

Have a total breakdown.

Lian Qiao was startled by his own thoughts. His back was instantly drenched in cold sweat and he was shocked about his own thoughts.

Was it because the room was too dark? Still..

His hand couldn’t help reaching out to his chest, touching a hard object through his shirt.

That brass key.

The key carries his body temperature and the simple shape can be felt through the shirt.

Shi JianChuan said that the key is naturally used to unlock a lock.

So, what is hidden behind that lock of his..

Lian Qiao was thinking in a trance. Suddenly, a strange voice sounded in the quiet bedroom.

“Du, du, du.”

Lian Qiao’s heart skipped a beat. Who was it? Who is knocking again?

Lian Qiao glanced at the cradle and Little RenDong was still sleeping. He didn’t want to wake up RenDong so he got off the bed lightly and walked towards the door.

In early spring, when the warmth is turning cold again, the cool wind blows over Lian Qiao’s exposed ankles, which makes him tremble. Lian Qiao took two steps and suddenly felt something was wrong.

Why did the knock on the door just now seem.. a little closer?

Although the lights were not turned on, Lian Qiao knew the distance from the bed to the door.

The knock on the door he heard just now didn’t seem to come from outside the door, but..

From inside the door?

With this in mind, Lian Qiao couldn’t worry about bothering RenDong anymore. He picked up RenDong and pulled out the crowbar at the same time, staring vigilantly at the darkness in front of him.

The light switch in the bedroom was next to the door so it was not wise to turn it on right now. So he gently woke up Little RenDong and said in a low voice: “RenDong, look, where is the ghost?”

Little RenDong woke up in a daze and, when he heard the word “ghost”, his whole body instantly woke up.

He opened his eyes wide, rolled his dark eyes around, and soon shook his head in confusion.

“No?” Lian Qiao was surprised. He remembered the knock on the door before the lights were turned off. At that time, RenDong also stared at the door for a while but didn’t see anything.

Could it be that he was thinking too much? It wasn’t a ghost at all, but a mischievous kid?

.. Then this kid is really idle.

Lian Qiao hugged Little RenDong and waited for a while holding a crowbar. There was nothing abnormal in the room but the cool wind in early spring made his back feel chilly. He confirmed with RenDong several times, but RenDong shook his head all the time, saying that he didn’t see anything.

Lian Qiao had no choice but to give up and go back to sleep.

This time, he was worried about letting RenDong sleep in the cradle alone. Although RenDong was reluctant, he still pulled little RenDong into his bed to sleep together.

The bedroom returned to calm in the dark. Little RenDong soon fell asleep again, purring softly like a kitten.

Lian Qiao remained vigilant at first. Not long after, he was also infected by RenDong’s drowsiness and fell into a drowsy state.

He gradually became a little confused, unable to tell whether the person next to him was his lover or his child.

There was a warm but unfamiliar milky fragrance on Little RenDong. While half asleep and half awake, Lian Qiao couldn’t help leaning over to touch RenDong’s soft little face. He felt extremely at ease and satisfied, as if he had accidentally obtained a treasure that he could never get in his life.

—Until that weird sound broke the calm again.

“Du, du, du.”

The sound of knuckles tapping on wood.

“..Fuck!” Lian Qiao was awakened from a sweet dream and instantly blew up. He turned his head and yelled towards the door, “Which bastard are you, staying awake in the middle of the night pretending to be Wang ZuXian! (Note)”

Little RenDong, who was on his side, was startled awake by his yelling and struggled in his arms.

Lian Qiao patted Little RenDong on the back comfortingly, while continuing to curse at the door: “Knock! Knock again! Knock again and I’ll come out and kill you!”

Probably his scolding voice sounded too loud and scary at night, Little RenDong actually cried “Wuuu!”. Lian Qiao was shocked and quickly comforted him: “Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid, I’m not trying to hurt you, don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid..”

Little RenDong didn’t listen and his fleshy little body kept writhing in Lian Qiao’s arms, trying to crawl out. Fearing that he would fall, Lian Qiao hugged him even closer and coaxed him in a panic: “What’s wrong with you? What do you want? I’ll get you what you want. Don’t run around..”

Little RenDong babbled, desperately stretched out his hand towards the bed and tried to crawl out of Lian Qiao’s arms. Lian Qiao turned his head and saw the backpack by the bed and finally realized what RenDong wanted.

The ghost – it’s really here!

Lian Qiao pulled out the crowbar from the backpack in a snap and placed it in front of him and RenDong. Only then did Little RenDong stop struggling and his little fleshy hands grabbed the shirt of his chest, staring straight ahead with his dark eyes.

There was no light in the room and there was only darkness as far as the eye could see.

Lian Qiao opened his eyes wide. Due to the poor lighting, his pupils also dilated, trying to capture even the slightest strangeness.

One big and one small waited silently and vigilantly for a moment and finally the weird noise appeared again.

“Du, du, du.”

This time, the sound of knocking on the board was very close, as though it came from under the cradle. The cradle was touched by something and it shook slightly, making a “crack——squeak—” sound.

Without hesitation, Lian Qiao kicked the cradle away and at the same time swung the crowbar, aiming at the source of the noise in a critical blow.

He couldn’t perceive the location of the ghost so he could only wave it around. Fortunately, the crowbar was long enough. Even if it was swung wildly, the attack range was wide enough. He felt the crowbar hit something and then a sharp female scream rang out from his ears. “Aaaaaaaaaaaah!’

Lian Qiao suppressed his discomfort and swung the crowbar vigorously as though he was chasing flies. This time however his luck was not so good and the crowbar missed hitting anything. Instead, a hand came from deep under the bed and suddenly grabbed his ankle!

Lian Qiao was startled, subconsciously raised the crowbar to hit underneath him. When he looked, he froze in horror.

It turned out that the bottom of the bed had been densely covered with arms at some point. It was obviously a woman’s arm, long and thin, like countless writhing white snakes. The tips of the nails were all painted with bright red nail polish, and they were rushing from the bed desperately.

“Damn!” Lian Qiao screamed in fright, immediately lost his fighting power, and hid on top of the bed tremblingly.

Little RenDong in his arms couldn’t help but roll his eyes, roaring wildly in his heart: What are you hiding from! There is a wall behind, where can you hide?!”

Lian Qiao crawled to the end of the bed, screaming in a crying voice while crawling: “Don’t, don’t, don’t come here! Hiccup—”

RenDong’s heart skipped a beat.

It’s over! He’s hiccuping!

After hundreds of thousands of words, the author finally remembered this setting! This shows how scared Lian Qiao is at this time! {Lol.}

Little RenDong struggled vigorously in his arms, trying to say: What are you afraid of if you have a crowbar that’s been consecrated? However, Lian Qiao, who was so frightened into hiccups, had lost his mind and has forgotten everything except screaming.

Although those ghost hands were weak against his crowbar, Lian Qiao was so frightened that he retreated steadily, and the ghost hands pushed forward layer by layer, crawling from the edge of the bed to the middle. The fast climber has already climbed onto Lian Qiao’s calf.

Lian Qiao: “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”

RenDong: “..”

In desperation, RenDong could only use his killing move.

“Waaaaaahhhh–“

Cry!

The baby’s crying was loud, like an air-raid siren sounding suddenly and Lian Qiao shivered.

Xu RenDong’s original intention was to wake up other players by crying, which is equivalent to calling for help. However, when he was crying, Lian Qiao suddenly caught some courage. HIs pupils trembled and suddenly he grabbed the crowbar and slammed it hard on his leg.

Crack!

There was a creepy bone breaking sound and it exploded from Lian Qiao’s leg.

Little RenDong froze for a moment, forgetting to continue crying. He saw a cold light flickering in front of my eyes, and heard the crackling sound beside his ears.

Lian Qiao raised his stick and knocked off dozens of arms surrounding them like a whack-a-mole.

RenDong: “..” Isn’t this quite capable of fighting!

Lian Qiao was overly stimulated and even though those ghost hands could not move, he still beat them with red eyes, almost smashing the ghost hands into meat paste.

Seeing this situation, the rest of the ghost hands trembled in fright, twisted and disappeared into the corner of the floor.

“Ah, ah..” RenDong stretched out his fleshy little hand, trying to reach Lian Qiao’s hand, but Lian Qiao was still whipping the corpses like crazy.

Until there was another knock on the door.

“Du, du, du!”

Lian Qiao: “Fuck! How dare you come again?!”

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The author has something to say:

Note: Don’t sleep and pretend to be Wang ZuXian: It’s something from the movie “East and West”. The character played by Wang ZuXian liked to be sneaky in the middle of the night and others made jokes about “staying awake in the middle of the night pretending to be Wang ZuXian”. Wang ZuXian also replied: “Wang ZuXian? Who is that!?”

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