Chapter 858 - Why Did I Appear? (2/2)

I wonder what the Haunted House behind the door looks like.

Chen Ge was curious, but with his current power, if he went in, he would probably not come out.

Since the person behind the door is calling my name, won’t I walk into their trap if I enter the door voluntarily? Before I understand everything, I have to control myself.

Chen Ge decided to add another door to the toilet cubicle after he returned to the Haunted House. Perhaps he might add a cement wall as well, pinning it down with wooden planks now felt too weak.

The door only opens at midnight. If I can deal with this problem, my Haunted House can open at night. That will increase the operating hours and increase income.

Shaking his head, Chen Ge stopped himself from thinking too far ahead. He put down his bag and squatted down between Yin Hong and Yin Bai.

Regardless of whether or not they were a hint left behind by his family, he had some questions for them.

“I will not harm you; I merely see my past self in you. So, I need to understand one thing. When did this happen to you? Or should I say, when did Yin Hong show up?” Chen Ge was getting closer to the truth step by step. It was like he was walking through the fog. Any source of light was something that he needed to hold onto.

“I don’t know.” Yin Bai was helpless. Her hands were gripped together. Of everyone there, she was closest to the old headmaster, but the headmaster was shielding another girl, and the girl looked so much like her. Chen Ge did not force Yin Bai, instead turning to Yin Hong.

Scrutinized by him, Yin Hong was first afraid and nervous, reacting the same way Yin Bai did. But when she realized that this would not work and could not earn her sympathy from Chen Ge, her real self surfaced. The red eyes stared at her own bag on the ground. Yin Hong kept her head lowered so others could not see her expression. “If I tell you the answer, will you return my bag?”

Yin Hong’s schoolbag looked normal; it was very feminine and youthlike. Who would have thought it would be filled with papers reciting curses and murders?

“Okay.” Chen Ge gave his promise.

“It was nighttime when I first opened my eyes, around 2 am. I heard movement from inside the bedroom, and when I turned to look, I saw my adopted father inside my room.” Yin Hong’s voice was eerily calm like she was telling another person’s story. “I was spooked, and a scream escaped. My adopted father opened the door and ran.”

After some pause, she said, “I surfaced on that day. I only appeared after Yin Bai fell asleep. I know everything that she’s experienced, but she never remembers me.

“I do not blame her because I understand her best in this world. I know the kind of hell she lives in, the fears that she must face. I don’t know why I appeared. Perhaps Yin Bai was too scared, too cowardly, but couldn’t seek help, so she created me.” Yin Hong glanced at Yin Bai. “Of course, it could be that I am a ghost who happened to come across her.”

A cruel smile lit up her lips. Yin Hong reached out wanting to touch Yin Bai’s face, but the latter shied away. “In the morning, I was the innocent, cute angel, but I can’t even describe what I am at night. I tried to find meaning to my existence, and I eventually found it.”

Yin Hong pulled back her long sleeves. There were signs of burn on them. “The old dog liked to come into my bedroom at night. I prepared a glass of hot water by my bedside. That was the first time I resisted, but because I was too weak, the result wasn’t perfect. Still, it did give him quite a scare.”

Yin Hong’s term of reference to her adopted father kept changing. The girl had started to slowly shed her disguise.