Horror Game Designer Chapter 71: Busybody

Wan Qiu last appeared on the camera at the noodles shop next to Si Sui Apartments. The surveillance showed him walking across the street and into Building B of Si Sui Apartments.

“Did the kid really not lose his memory?” Gao Ming paid a lot for this chance. Gao Ming found wet footprints in the corridor, and he followed them to the fifth floor.

“The footprints disappeared?!” Gao Ming turned the corner and realised the door to Room 506 was left open. The flyers that were slid into the door fell to the ground.

“Room 506 has been abandoned for a long time already.”

Gao Ming picked up a flyer and blew away the dust. He looked into Room 506. The outside was very dusty, but the room inside was very clean, like everyone still came to clean it every day. Gao Ming tried to knock on the door. A thin figure walked out of the kitchen. Wan Qiu wore the apron used by Ghost Mother and held the pan fearfully. “Who, who are you?”

Wan Qiu was very cowardly in the past. He didn’t dare to talk to strangers. He closed himself up. He started to communicate with others after he met Gao Ming. However, it was different this time. Wan Qiu was not only cooking but also actively greeting the guests.

“My name is Gao Ming. I was requested by a mother to look after her two daughters.” Gao Ming said politely, “The older daughter is Xian Xian, and the younger daughter is Yuan Yuan.”

The front door slammed close behind it. The temperature in the room dropped. Wet footprints appeared in the living room.

“Impossible! They said they don’t know you!” Wan Qiu held the pan and walked out of the kitchen. He gathered his courage to face Gao Ming, “We don’t wel-welcome you here. Please leave.”

Smelling the burnt smell from the kitchen, Gao Ming raised his brows. “I know you want to take care of the two kids, but can you really do it?”

Ignoring the danger, Gao Ming walked past Wan Qiu and into the kitchen. He took out the burning pan. Seeing the charred item inside the pan, Gao Ming’s smile twitched. “Did you make this?”

Wan Qiu was embarrassed. He said weakly, “Yes.”

“You should ask the two girls. Don’t they miss their mother even more after seeing your cooking?” Gao Ming tossed the mess into the trash. He took out a new pan and tried to cook something, but as he opened the fridge, he noticed everything was rotten. “Guess we’ll call take-outs.”

Gao Ming returned to the dining table. He noticed the shadows moving in the room. The two girls’ aura was stronger than before. Gao Ming stared at Wan Qiu curiously, “You don’t remember me, but you remember to come here to look after the girls. What made you make this decision?”

Wan Qiu put down the pan and sat across from Gao Ming. His special eyes appeared to see things more than just ghosts. “I just thought… I should take care of them. There’s no other reason.” Picking up the tablecloth, Wan Qiu wanted to wipe the black stains off the pan. “I’m a bit dumb and have always been bullied, but they don’t mind me.”
Wan Qiu didn’t know why, but after he cleaned the pan, he asked Gao Ming shyly, “Can you teach me how to cook in the future?”

Gao Ming had a hard time seeing Wan Qiu as a supercriminal in the future.

“Leave cooking aside for now. I’m really here because of the girls’ mother.” Gao Ming touched his heart. Ghost Mother was dragged by Qing Ge into the blood pool during the final fight and melted into the God of Flesh and Blood. Her presence might still linger on the figurine.

The blood gathered. The scary presence spread. The two girls were triggered, and shadow enveloped the room!

The curtains closed. A pair of girls appeared beside the dining table. Their eyes were red, and their faces were pale. Without the Ghost Mother, the girls became very scary. They slowly approached Gao Ming.

“Did you braid the girls’ hair?” Gao Ming glanced at the girls’ tousled hair.

“No… I don’t know how to do that.” Wan Qiu shook his head. He stood between the girls and Gao Ming, but Gao Ming didn’t mind it. He stood up and picked up Yuan Yuan’s hair. He started to braid her hair as he remembered it.

The God of Flesh and Blood didn’t appear. Gao Ming patiently helped the girl with her hair like her mother used to do. The smell of blood floated above the shadow. The more Yuan Yuan looked at Gao Ming, the more familiar he became. She really saw her mother’s shadow on him. The two girls stopped resisting. However, the shadow in Room 506 had spread. They were dragged into the shadow world.

“Si Sui Apartments is too dangerous. I’ll arrange a new place for you to stay.” Gao Ming told the two girls, “I know you are staying here to wait for your mom, but I can bring you to see your mom.” The two girls hesitated.

“Not only you two, but the other tenants and Wan Qiu will also have to come with me.” Gao Ming had taken the God of Flesh and Blood. Situ An would not forgive him. After all, he had planned twenty years for this.

“Stop hesitating. We should go find the others first.” There was another reason Gao Ming came to Si Sui Apartments. He wanted to find Granny Shen. The old lady was very special. Gao Ming had just walked out to the corridor when he saw Auntie Busybody’s scary face. The old lady was a real gossipmonger. Gao Ming greeted her with a smile. Following his memory, Gao Ming led the three kids to the corner of the first floor. When the shadow disappeared fully, Gao Ming knocked on the door respectfully. As his hand touched the door, the entire door turned red. Blood vessels ran on the door. The talismans on the door broke. The sound of figurines shattering came from inside the room. Gao Ming tried to push the door open. He saw an elder with white hair kneeling on the ground. The mud figurine of the God of Flesh and Blood before her cracked.

The elder raised her head in disbelief. She extended her branch-like arm and said in a cold breath. “God of Flesh and Blood! You’re the God of Flesh and Blood!”

“I guess you can say that.” Gao Ming led the kids into- the room. He saw the 365 figurines inside the room. “Granny, I want to collaborate with you.”

“Are you here to change your fate?” Granny Shen slowly calmed down. She picked up the cracked pieces of the figurine and placed them on the table.

“Not that. I believe in the fate a lot.” Gao Ming moved the chair over and sat down across from Granny Shen. “I have no idea what Situ An promised you to make you stay here, but I have to tell you that he is very dangerous.”

“He didn’t promise me anything, and I don’t want to help him.” Granny Shen lit up three joss sticks and bowed at all the divines in the room. “He has captured the children of my two younger sisters. If I don’t help him, he’ll kill my entire family.”

“How can a person be more vicious than ghosts?” Gao Ming said after some thought. “Situ An wants to create the God of Blood and Flesh. But I am that God. He will not succeed. Your family will not be saved. How about you work with me to figure out a way to kill Situ An?”

…

“Your delivery is here!”

Xiao Mo carried two giant bags and hurried into Si Sui Apartments. He ran to the fifth floor and knocked on Room 506, “Your delivery is here!”

There was no answer, but the neighbouring door opened. A middle-aged woman said without turning around, “They’ve gone to the first floor.”

“Auntie, I’m on a time crunch. How about I leave the delivery here? Can you tell them for me when they come back?” Xiao Mo turned to the kind auntie.

“I don’t dare to do that. Don’t blame me for being a busybody, but you better not accept delivery orders at Si Sui Apartments anymore.” Auntie Busybody turned around. The four mouths opened and closed.

The delivery fell, and Xiao Mo fell beside it.

“Hey. Handsome! Wake up!”