Chapter 1071 - Nightmare Residential Area [2 in 1] (2/2)

Jin Hwa Apartments looked at least relatively normal. From the surface, it was a typical residential area. Other than the lack of tenants and a still quietness, there was nothing wrong with it. In contrast, Jiu Hong Apartments next to it was completely different. It was the direct opposite of Jin Hwa Apartments. There was not even one human life that could be seen. It was more like a deserted building than an apartment housing area.

“I say, is this residential area completely empty?”

“It’s not that bad. There are good old tenants who have lived here for a very long time. The rent here is very cheap, and you can get cheap supplies around the area. After some time, you will get used to it, and you might even find the freedom quite enjoyable.”

“Those who can get used to living at a place like this are not so simple themselves probably.”

Narrowing his eyes, Chen Ge swept the few old buildings. It was just a quick glance, but he had already noticed some very scary details. On the balcony of the third floor of the first building, there hung a row of wigs. The tenant was probably a hairdresser, but this was the first time that Chen Ge had seen someone dry their rows of wigs out in the sun and rain in such a manner before.

“What’s up with the wigs?”

“The tenant on the third floor of the first building of Jiu Hong Apartments was a teacher at hairdressing school, but after his school shut down, he brought all the fake head models and wigs home. Since this place is so close to the water, the air can get pretty humid at times. So, he occasionally puts his wigs out in the sun to prevent them from getting moldy.” The woman was not lying when she said that she had been living here for years. She was familiar with most of the tenants there.

“The other tenants have no issue with him doing something like this?”

“He has done nothing wrong. He’s just drying the wigs out in the sunlight. How does it affect others?”

The wigs stood in a row on the third floor. As scary as they were, it was still acceptable. His eyes continued to move upward, and on the fourth floor, Chen Ge saw a human shadow standing behind the curtain. Ever since Chen Ge stepped into this place, the human shadow had not moved from his spot.

“Do you know who lives on the fourth floor?”

“It is a single middle-aged man. He is rarely seen outside his home. No one knows what he does for a living, but whenever he’s seen, he’s dressed from head to toe in branded clothes.”

“Then, there is a very big problem with that. Why would a person decked out in expensive clothes choose to live in a place like this?” Chen Ge had already memorized the man’s room location in his mind.

“Who knows? Perhaps he is running away from some debt.”

As his eyes continued to move up, Chen Ge discovered something else on the fifth floor. The room on the leftmost side had the curtain pulled off slightly, and through the gap, half of a binocular and some professional camera equipment were exposed. If not for Chen Ge’s Yin Yang Vision, he would not have caught sight of those things.

“A peeping tom?”

Out of habit, he turned to the opposite building. There were female undergarments of various colors and even different sizes hung on the balcony of the fifth floor on the second building. If that was just everything, Chen Ge would not have minded it, but the problem was that he noticed many very big and bulging black plastic bags that occupied the balcony as well. Who knew what was stuffed inside them?

“Hey! It is rude for you to stare like that,” the woman warned Chen Ge softly. “A pair of sisters live on the fifth floor of the second building. They are both quite young, and they came from the countryside. They are quite innocent and new to the city.”

“Innocent and naïve?” Standing inside the residential area, Chen Ge already felt a headache coming. The problem with this residential area was much more serious than he thought. Most of the normal tenants were gearing up to leave already, and those who wanted to stay were abnormal to a certain degree. “Other than the ghosts, I will need to be careful of the tenants as well.”

There were too many extenuating factors to consider. It was surprisingly hard to get to know the boy, but at this point, Chen Ge had no other choice but to keep going. After moving around for half an hour, Chen Ge was covered in sweat. He was feeling rather fatigued.

“You lack physical training. We have not even walked for that long.” After this period of interaction with Chen Ge, the woman realized that the man was quite a good person. Even though he might come up with some strange comments and have a naturally suspicious personality, he was quite an interesting person and was quite approachable and kind.

Chen Ge wiped away the sweat from his forehead. He also felt that this was very weird. He had never had any problem with his physique before. He rarely felt tried, but as the ghost fetus trial mission continued, his physical condition had continued to spiral downward.

To become a complete person, one must fulfil two conditions--a coffin that buries the past and a body brimming with life. Could the vessel that the ghost fetus is planning to use be mine? Or perhaps when he is completed, will I become a defect?

It was the final day for the ghost fetus mission. Chen Ge knew that allowing his thoughts to wander to impossible places was not going to help his case, but he could not stop himself. It was as if his body could sense that something bad was about to happen.

“You do not look so good. Is it from the sun? Do you want to stop by my place to take a quick rest?”

“That’s not a bad idea.”

The woman did not expect Chen Ge to take up her offer so readily. After a pause, she led Chen Ge into Building A of Jin Hwa Apartments. They took the old elevator to the fourth floor. Before they walked out from the elevator, they could hear the screaming and crying of a child.

“Damn it!” The woman jogged to Room 401. She pushed open the door and dashed into it. The place was a complete mess. Plastic cups littered the ground, and puddles were everywhere. The fruit basket on the coffee table was overturned, and different kinds of fruit rolled all over the ground.

Chen Ge followed the woman into the room. He noticed that all the lights in the room was switched on. Not only that, all the drawers and cupboard doors were pulled open. Even the fridge was left open, as if someone had been searching for something inside the room. Side-stepping the fruit and trash on the ground, Chen Ge walked toward the bedroom and then saw a gut-wrenching scene.

The boy had cried until his eyes had swollen shut. A scary noise was coming out of his mouth. His teeth were tightly gritted together, and the expression on his face spoke of pain. The boy seemed unable to control his emotions. His whacked heavily and repeatedly on the woman, and he even used his mouth to bite on her shoulder.

“Do you need some help?”

“It’s fine. Xiang Nuan is just afraid.”

Blood was coming out from her shoulder wound, but the woman maintained her posture. The boy knocked heavily into the woman’s body, but she lightly caressed him, her fingers trailing gingerly down the boy’s back. After a few minutes of this, the boy finally returned to normal. He plonked to the ground and pulled on the woman’s sleeve with an innocent expression on his face.

Chen Ge had many questions, but to not impose too much on the woman, he waited for a long time before he asked them. “How often does this happen? Why didn’t you just send him to a special ed school?”

“I sincerely do not know where to start.” The woman rubbed her shoulder and looked at the boy on the ground. “Xiang Nuan is a bit different from other children.”

[1] Jin Hwa can also mean Golden Shine.

[2] Jiu Hong can also mean Nine Great.