HGD - Chapter 279: No One Is Innocent

Xuan Wen and the woman turned around at the same time. Sunlight filtered into the room. Gao Ming, who stood beside the dresser earlier, had disappeared.

“My son is back. He’s outside!” The woman hung up the phone, put on her slippers and ran to the door. Xuan Wen followed her. Only the little fatty remained, eating the ribs at the table. The woman opened the door and came to the corridor. The sun was blinding. She looked around, but there was no one in the corridor.

“I heard the music just now.” The middle-aged woman was confused. She grabbed Xuan Wen’s hand. “Girl, did you hear the music too? That was my son’s phone ringtone. He has always used the same one.”

“Phone ringtone?” Xuan Wen’s brain spun. Her confusion became more obvious, “I heard no such thing.”

“There was!” The middle-aged woman shouted at the little fatty who was eating, “Xiao Wei! You heard the ringtone too, right?”

The little fatty had just shoved a piece of meat into his mouth. He froze beside the table silently as if afraid of being captured.

“I really heard it!” The middle-aged woman ran towards the stairwell. Xuan Wen tailed her closely. There was shock in her eyes. She had been at the apartment for a long time already. The middle-aged woman had never left her home. If she needed anything, she would ask her neighbours to help her. This was her first time leaving her home. Just as the woman stepped out of her home, the light distorted. A chill invaded the apartment.

“Auntie, slow down.” Xuan Wen and the woman ran down the stairs. They couldn’t find the person they were looking for. The anticipation on the woman’s face slowly turned into anxiousness. The greatest cruelty in the world was to show someone hope and then take it away.

“My child will never not answer my calls.” The middle-aged woman was sure she heard her son’s ringtone. Her son was right outside their home, but he was evading her. Why? “He was so close to me…”

“But none of us heard that sound.” Xuan Wen consoled the lady. She looked at the exit a few steps away. “Shall we look for him around

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Horror Game Designer Chapter 279: No One Is Innocent

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