Chapter 3: Abnormality (2/2)

The junior high student appreciatively received the tissue and used it to blow his nose loudly, choking out, “Thank you, brother.”

“You’re welcome.”

After thanking him, the junior high student silently stood in place without budging. Bai Yan thought for a moment and quickly exposed a warm smile, saying in an understanding tone, “Right, this was your puzzle, I’ll return it to you. You can give me the man’s puzzle.”

“How could I do that…” Even though the student said this, his face was filled with struggle and reluctance. He hesitated for a long time but still ended up stuffing the man’s puzzle to Bai Yan, feeling relieved inside.

Seeing Bai Yan indifferently receiving the puzzle, the student couldn’t help but feel guilty, but his fear had gotten the best of him. He was too afraid that the ghost would kill him.

His intense will to live overcame his conscience, and to calm his guilt,  he even told himself silly excuses——This was the puzzle that he had originally found, having the person return this puzzle to him was only natural.

In the end, the student didn’t utter a single word. He bowed his head, received his little ghost boy puzzle, and silently walked towards the table.

Having received the new puzzle from the student’s hand, Bai Yan did not rush to see its contents.

Because cold-hearted people always assumed that people were the same as them. So in the first few moments of obtaining the puzzle, Bai Yan silently counted the pieces. After confirming that there were no less than 63 pieces, he started attentively looking at the ghost, figuring out which one it was.

If it were as the man had said, the ghost in this puzzle was frightening at first glance.

Donning a bright red skirt and a dark and miserable face, even though he thought that there was no mistake that this was the mother of the family, Bai Yan still carefully examined the piece and confirmed that it was indeed a woman.

In recent years, the number of men who liked to cross-dress rose, so there might be a possibility that male ghosts would also have this kind of interest. He didn’t want to make a grave mistake in the minor details.

According to the diary, after the mother had returned, she started acting strangely. There was no doubt that she was also dead at that point. The ‘mother’ ‘s body was ice cold which could be pertained to drowning or freezing to death.

Even though it was normal for a corpse to become ice-cold and rigid, the father’s obsession with excessive eating was abnormal while the little brother’s abnormality was his disobedience. Even though the girl’s diary logs didn’t describe it thoroughly, Bai Yan regarded the physical coldness of the mother to be her abnormality.

There were plenty of clues written in the diary. Bai Yan remembered that the man had found this puzzle while searching inside the wardrobe, and so, with the puzzle in his hand, he walked towards the wardrobe and directly opened it.

“Creak——”

Along with the pull of the hand, the closet revealed several kinds of men and women’s clothes hanging brimming inside. There were even two piles of children’s clothing at the bottom, which probably belonged to the two children of the family.

Seeing the clothes from a lit perspective, there seemed to be nothing abnormal about them. It only clearly showed that there used to be a family of four that lived here.

Bai Yan couldn’t find any more clues, so he simply touched the items directly. Once he had a touch, he immediately felt something peculiar.

All of the woman’s clothes were wet to the touch.

Bai Yan felt the other clothes once again and found that the man’s and children’s clothes were in good condition, having a smooth and dry touch to them.

And so, Bai Yan pulled out a piece of women’s clothing and took a whiff of it. Immediately, a strong perfume scent assailed his nostrils.

Moreover, there was another smell mixed in with the perfume. It was a hard-to-describe smell, but one whiff of it would make someone retch, it was the smell of a decaying corpse.

The instant that he smelled the stench, Bai Yan realized something. There was no doubt that the ‘mother’ had worn these clothes.

Otherwise, there was no way anyone would go near such a tear-inducing smell.

He quickly stuffed the clothes back into the wardrobe.

Unfortunately, after pondering for a bit, he had no choice but to bear the suffering, clutching the woman’s clothes in his arms and bringing them outside.

At the same time, he also pulled out two pieces of thick men’s clothing.

When Bai Yan returned to his seat with the clothes and puzzle, apart from him, the three other players had already been prepared. They’d long been piecing together their puzzles before he had.

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The author has something to say:

It is my first time writing about a crazy male lead. It was a pleasure to write this but sometimes, I can’t grasp what the male lead would do next. I hope I won’t collapse from writing = =