Chapter 83.3: Love Welfare Institute (1/2)

At 9: 30 p.m. when Bai Liu thought he wouldn’t receive a call from little Bai Liu (6) tonight, his walkie-talkie rang.

Bai Liu picked it up. This version of the old walkie-talkie had a bad signal sound and there was the gasping of someone running at extreme speed. It felt like someone was running with this walkie-talkie and they were out of breath due to running so quickly.

Bai Liu didn’t make a sound until the gasping sound over there gradually calmed down and the other person said, “Wait, something is chasing me.”

The moment little Bai Liu (6) said this, Bai Liu’s system interface emerged.

[System tip: Congratulations to player Bai Liu’s secondary identity line for triggering the monster book.]

[The Love Welfare Institute Monster Book has refreshed—Deformed Child (1/3)]

[Monster Name: Deformed Child]

[Features: Faster movement speed (350-600)]

[Weaknesses: ??? (Unexplored)]

[Attack mode: Likes to play with the player’s secondary identity line. Playing with the player’s secondary identity line will make them disappear from the welfare home.]

After five minutes, there was the sound of clothes rubbing on the ground. Little Bai Liu (6) seemed to be hiding somewhere as he lowered his voice to speak. “Okay, it hasn’t caught up for the time being. You can speak.”

Little Bai Liu (6)’s voice was full of ups and downs but there were no obvious mood swings. He wasn’t afraid after being chased. Bai Liu asked, “What is chasing you?”

“A child.” Bai Liu (6)’s voice was still a bit uneven. “He squatted on the ground and chased me on all fours like a monkey. He is very thin and keeps drooling as he smiles. He looks very strange, like someone born with a congenital defect.”

Little Bai Liu (6) described it like this and Bai Liu understood. He had children with Down syndrome before when he stayed at the welfare home. Their appearance was very distinctive with a narrow and flat nose, a long mouth, fat and bulging cheeks, a short neck and wide-spaced eyes. In the welfare home, Bai Liu had seen some children nickname them as ‘frogs’ because they looked like frogs.

Such a frog-like child was on the ground on all four limbs, drooling while chasing little Bai Liu (6)… fortunately, Bai Liu (6)’s obsession with money made him call Bai Liu or else a normal child would’ve been scared and started crying a long time ago. Who would keep running without hanging up the phone?

“So is he gone?” Bai Liu asked.

“No.” The moment that Bai Liu (6) answered this question, Bai Liu heard the voice of a small child and the sound of clothes against the gravel of the ground as someone moved on all fours. It was very fast and created a hissing effect like a snake. The child chasing little Bai Liu (6) moved very quickly.

Little Bai Liu (6) was silent after answering this question. Bai Liu could only hear the sound of his rapid breathing and footsteps as he ran. There was the laughter of the child behind him and the friction of clothing rubbing on the ground. The sound was getting louder. It seemed that the contact area between the clothing and the ground had increased. The child chasing Bai Liu (6) must’ve lowered his body to chase and would soon catch up.

Bai Liu waited quietly, not disturbing little Bai Liu (6) who was being chased. Another five minutes passed before the out of breath Bai Liu (6) spoke. “It’s fine.”

“Did you avoid him?”

“No, he is chasing after other people.” Little Bai Liu (6) had no sympathy in his tone. “Some other children came out to make calls and were chased as soon as they came out. Now they are running and crying so the child stopped chasing me.”

Bai Liu understood. There should be only one deformed child chasing outside the welfare home. Now his aggro had been transferred to others and Bai Liu (6) was relatively safe.

Bai Liu inquired, “What is going on over there? What happened after you were brought in by the dean?”

“The process was normal after being brought in. The people in the welfare home assigned us rooms. I was assigned a room with three other newcomer boys. Meanwhile, the blind little girl lives in another building across from us. We are staying in rooms on the first floor.” Bai Liu (6)’s organization of things was very clear. He first briefly talked about the overall situation before mentioning what Bai Liu would care about.

Bai Liu (6) hadn’t caught his breath yet. “Our phones were confiscated. The teacher in the welfare home banned this communication tool. Then later, he said they would give us a period of adjustment. We are allowed to carry it for a week but he set a time when we are allowed to call, which is the same as what you said. It is also impossible for us to call in the room since it will disturb other people’s rest.”

“In addition, the teachers and carers I met all warned me not to follow the sound of the flute at night and to not go outside if I hear it. They said that the flute player will abduct children.” Little Bai Liu (6)’s tone was very calm. “As a result, at 9:30 p.m., I heard someone using the flute to play a messy nursery rhyme.”

“I didn’t want to go out but the flute player was too accurate. It happened to be just after 9 o’clock and you told me to call you and you would give me money for every minute of the call time. Thus, I came out.”

Don’t follow the sound of the flute. Bai Liu thought that there was also such a plot in the real world welfare home. The four children were said to have gone out after hearing the sound of the flute. Then they disappeared.

Bai Liu thought of a fairytale.

“Don’t follow the sound of the flute, the person playing the flute will abduct children. What do you think about when hearing this?” Bai Liu wondered.

Over there, little Bai Liu (6) was silent for a moment. “Since you mentioned this, you should think of something similar to me. I remember that the name is the Pied Piper of Hamelin.”