Chapter 41 - Horror Variety (6) (2/2)

He rested for a while. No longer gasping for air and no longer crawling, the ventilation ducts returned to silence. He could then hear a faint sound of someone talking.

Is that Zhou Luo Chen and the visitor that had pressed the doorbell? What are they talking about?

Cheng Zhi Chu was curious. He also wanted to have Zhou Luo Chen in his line of sight so that he could have a grasp of where and what he was doing so he carefully climbed towards the source of the sound. He paid extra attention not to make any sound.

He climbed over to a place with a mesh cover. Warm light from the chandelier came in from outside so he was able to see the living room at first glance. Zhou Luo Chen stood at the door talking to two young teenagers.

“Teacher, I heard that child had gone missing and they still haven’t found him yet.”

The person who spoke was Bai Xi Xing. He furrowed his brows and he had an anxious expression: “His parents think he might have entered the residential area, but the security guard said that he didn’t see a child and they would never let outsiders in.”

“We met his parents outside and promised to help them look for him. I also think that the child might have entered the residential area. Perhaps he was brought in by someone……..Teacher Zhou, do you have any ideas?”

“I’m sorry, I also have no idea. I have already heard about this and I have helped Mr Cheng find Zhi Chu but unfortunately we couldn’t find him.”

Zhou Luo Chen sighed. His voice was filled with worry: “I hope Zhi Chu is safe……”

Seeing that fake expression of his, Cheng Zhi Chu almost vomited. He no longer looked at him and looked over at the other young teenager only to be surprised to see that the young teenager next to Bai Xi Xing was Bai Yi.

This Bai Yi was a lot younger than the one he had met in the game. He was still a young and slender teenager, but his posture was straight, and his appearance was beautiful. The tear mole next to his dark pupil made him appear quite devilish and flirtatious. Comparable to those of his adult self, the young Bai Yi had extremely refined and beautiful features and was undeniably a pretty boy.

At this moment, the young teenager’s eyes were cold, and his expression was dark. There was not a hint of a smile on his face and it even looked a little gloomy.

Even while facing Teacher Zhou Luo Chen, he was cold and indifferent. With a slight bow, he said: “Since Teacher has no clues, we won’t bother you and go look for him somewhere else.”

“Okay, I hope you can find him. I won’t delay you anymore.”

Zhou Luo Chen shook his head and sighed: “I’m sorry. Perhaps it is because I tired myself out during the day that I am not feeling very well right now. Otherwise, I would also go with you.”

“It’s okay Teacher. Please go rest well. My cousin and I will go first.”

Bai Xi Xing bowed to Zhou Luo Chen and then turned around and hurriedly chased after Bai Yi who had already left. Cheng Zhi Chu didn’t call out to them because Zhou Luo Chen was there. If he was seen by him, it would be considered his loss.

Of course, if it was under normal circumstances, he would have definitely called for help.

Seeing that the two teenagers had left, Zhou Luo Chen closed the door. He shook his head and started chuckle quietly as he said in a small voice, “You will never see him again. From now on, he will be mine alone.”

Scram! He would rather choose Qin Ji that psychopathic killer from the Beginner Instance than a pervert like you!!

Cheng Zhi Chu’s raged inside. He crouched inside the vent and threw Zhou Luo Chen a middle finger. At this moment, he saw Zhou Luo Chen suddenly move over to the big aquarium. He picked up a tong and appeared to be trying to take something out of the aquarium.

That’s………

When Cheng Zhi Chu was able to clearly make out what was being kept inside the aquarium, his scalp immediately went numb.

Earlier when he had first entered the villa and saw the empty aquarium, he had thought that it was used to raise fish and that the water had been drained out since no further fish were raised following Zhou Luo Chen’s death. But, using the light from the lobby, he saw Zhou Luo Chen take out several snakes from it and store it inside a glass box next to his feet.

Did this pervert intend to let the snake bite him??

Cheng Zhi Chu felt a chill through his body. He couldn’t help but feel glad that he had escaped from the basement. If he didn’t, he would have definitely been bitten by the snake. He then heard Zhou Luo Chen mutter to himself.

“I have been away from the basement for a while now so the anaesthetic should have worn off. Maybe Zhi Chu has already woken up and escaped out through the ventilation duct?”

Those words of his made Cheng Zhi Chu’s face suddenly change colour. He completely didn’t expect Zhou Luo Chen to be able to predict that he had escaped. To be more precise, it didn’t even cross his mind the fact that Zhou Luo Chen had deliberately left an escape route —– Could one of the children have tried to escape from the ventilation ducts?

“If he is still in the vents……..”

Zhou Luo Chen lifted the glass box containing snakes. A small smile appeared on his handsome face.

“Maybe he will like these little guys.”

“They are very sensitive to the smell of blood. They will find him, and play with him.”

“He won’t be lonely.”

All the colour in Cheng Zhi Chu’s face had completely drained away.

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Bai Yi’s Diary (part 41)

Had a nightmare.

I dreamt that I had fallen into a goddess’s spring and Zhi Chu wanted to save me.

The goddess took out three of me. One was myself, one was my younger self and the other was a girl that looked like me.

The goddess asked Zhi Chu: Was the one that he had lost me, the younger me or the girl that looks like me?

Zhi Chu answered truthfully that he had lost me and that he didn’t know the other two.

I was very happy that Zhi Chu had chosen me, but the goddess appreciated his honesty so, to reward him, she gave him all three of me.

But Zhi Chu didn’t even spare me a glance and just walked away with the other two. Before he left, he looked at me with a very angry expression. Afterall, he had seen the sketchbook that I had hidden away.