Looking at the Otaku Eerie with its head smashed open, Ji Yan wore a stunned expression.
He turned to look at the hunched Grandmother again and could not help taking a deep breath. Why was Grandmother here?
"Grandmother, why are you here?"
Grandmother did not answer. Beneath her silver-white hair, her face appeared so kindly, her narrowed eyes shifting toward the wall behind Ji Yan.
The wall loosened, pushing Ji Yan's body free as if he had been swallowed whole. The Cement Eerie immediately chose to flee!
Grandmother chuckled, her weathered fingers pinching a Silver Needle.
With a light stroke across the wall, the sturdy surface split open like cut cloth in the next second. Fine, transparent threads curled around her palm and tugged through the air.
When the silver threads seeped deep into the wall, the Cement Eerie hiding within was effortlessly dragged out.
It was an Eerie naked all over and covered in cement. He crouched on the ground in panic, trembling as he looked at Grandmother. "Granny Liu, I didn't know he was your grandson! If I'd known, I never would've dared lay a hand on your grandson!"
"Fatty Liu was the one who egged me on! Let me go, and from now on, whenever your grandson passes through the hallway, I'll definitely take good care of him!"
But Grandmother said with a hoarse smile, "You actually knew he was my grandson. You just didn't expect me to leave the room."
"There is someone else behind your orders. You only have one chance to tell me who it is."
Grandmother clasped her hands behind her hunched back. Her voice was soft and unhurried, yet she had frightened the Cement Eerie half to death.
Ji Yan suddenly spoke up. "Grandmother, there's no need to question him. I know who it is."
"Fine."
Grandmother did not ask further. Her fingertips lightly twisted through the air.
The Cement Eerie, still begging for mercy, had a bloody line tear open between his brows. In the next moment, the surface of his entire body was peeled apart like orange rind.
The skinned corpse rolled into the hallway.
Grandmother picked up the bloody skin and nodded slightly. "The quality is barely acceptable. It can be used to weave a doll for my good granddaughter."
As she spoke, she placed the bloody skin pouch into a cloth bag hanging from her waist.
Ji Yan watched from behind, cold sweat seeping out.
Good grief, was their Grandmother really this powerful?
No, why had Grandmother left Room 404?
Logically speaking, with his favorability not even halfway won over, it should not have been enough for Eerie Grandmother to come specifically to save him.
"Grandmother, why did you come?"
Grandmother tightened the mouth of the cloth bag and held it in her hand. Looking at Ji Yan, she slowly smiled. "I'm old. I couldn't sleep at night, so I came out for some air."
"I was planning to go to the first floor to feed the stray cats. I didn't expect to run into my own grandson being bullied."
Ji Yan looked at the two Eerie corpses, concern appearing on his face. "Will there be any trouble if they're dead?"
"These two are pests 'squatting' in the Apartment. Crushing a few of them won't matter."
Squatting in the Apartment—Ji Yan had heard Liu Yitong mention it before.
These Eeries had no homes of their own. They could only do odd jobs for the Landlord and provide that tiny bit of value before they could reside in the corners of the Apartment like parasites.
Their status was extremely low, even lower and more wretched than many Players.
Usually, these squatting Eeries only dared to frighten Players and swindle them out of their equipment. They rarely threatened Players' lives, mainly because they feared the Eerie family members behind them coming to settle accounts.
But these two Eeries had attacked Ji Yan with the intention of killing him from the very beginning.
That was rather suspicious.
"Do you know who ordered them?" Eerie Grandmother asked.
"Someone named Long Yuan."
The hidden information that had popped up earlier had already told Ji Yan the answer.
Grandmother gave an "Oh," and her wrinkled face shifted slightly.
"Grandmother knows him?"
"Old Wang from Room 703's biological grandson. That whole family treats him like the apple of their eye."
"But this old woman doesn't like that boy. He's far too sly."
Eerie Grandmother spoke slowly.
Those words also showed that Long Yuan had never tried to win over his own Grandmother.
Although he knew Long Yuan had ordered it, Grandmother merely said that she disliked him, with no intention of standing up for Ji Yan and settling the score.
Clearly, she was also unwilling to make enemies with the Eeries on the seventh floor...
Ji Yan thought that was normal.
After all, Grandmother was still only an Eerie living on the fourth floor. She would probably have a hard time dealing with the Eeries on the seventh floor. It was already very good of her to save him...
Still, Ji Yan was puzzled. He had merely traded a few barbs with that guy, yet Long Yuan had gone to such lengths to kill him.
That narrow-mindedness made him exactly the same as Dong Chu!
Ji Yan really did not want to swallow this silent loss, but when he thought of that guy's max-level equipment and max-level experience, he ultimately let it go.
"Go back and rest. You've had a tiring night too."
"When that woman comes looking for you tomorrow, be careful. Not a single one of those women has a good heart."
After giving that warning, Eerie Grandmother continued downstairs.
Ji Yan knew that "that woman" referred to Eerie Mother. So she was telling me in advance who'll be assigning the driver mission tomorrow.
"Bad mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relations really exist regardless of region or world."
After making that quip, Ji Yan returned to Room 404 as well.
Elsewhere.
Long Yuan returned to his room.
His face was equally gloomy. Looking at the cracked Chopper in his hand, his eyes were filled with hatred for Ji Yan.
To get rid of Eerie Father from Room 804's harassment, he had been put through quite an ordeal and angered badly.
"What a clever little scheme. I'll remember you, Ji Yan!"
Morning.
White fog shrouded everything.
Ji Yan got up on time. With less than three hours of sleep, he was not in great condition.
When he left his room, Liu Yitong at the dining table had already begun eating breakfast.
Even in the Eerie World, Liu Yitong gave off the distinct feeling of a nine-to-five office drone who worked on time, rested on time, and woke up on time, utterly laid-back about it all.
"Went out again last night? I can tell just by looking at you." Liu Yitong had already learned to ask and answer her own questions.
Ji Yan was speechless. Liu Yitong looked at him as though she were seeing a colleague who had taken workplace competition to a ridiculous extreme, but the truth was, he had never wanted to start this rat race.
Just as Grandmother had said the night before, when the time came, Mother's summons sounded from the room.
"Mother is the easiest to talk to among the three Eeries, and Mother herself already has a favorable impression of you, so..."
Liu Yitong habitually tried to comfort Ji Yan, but halfway through, she suddenly realized that his survival conditions were now far better than hers. Feeling bitter, she did not continue.
Ji Yan knocked on the door twice before pushing it open and entering the room.
The room was neat and carried a quiet, tranquil atmosphere.
Mother sat leaning against the bay window, staring at the gray world outside. She turned to Ji Yan with a gentle smile. "Did you use the flashlight Mommy gave you last night?"
Ji Yan nodded. "It was very dark upstairs. Thanks to Mommy's flashlight."
"It's only natural to take care of your own child. Besides, you've contributed so much to this family."
Mother's hair was pinned up, and her elegant face wore a serene smile. "When you killed that Dead Drunkard father of yours, Mommy knew you were the most sensible one."
"If you go kill your Grandmother too, Mommy will only love you from now on."
Ji Yan: "..."
This pair of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law even used the same lines.
They both wanted to trick him into killing the other. Was it simply because their relationship was bad, or would one of them gain some benefit if the other died?
"Grandmother has been pretty good to me too."
"If it hadn't been for Grandmother last night, I'm afraid I would've..."
Before Ji Yan could finish, Mother chuckled twice and shook her head. "Child, do you really think that old woman loves you so much?"
"She wants to use your hand to kill your Mommy!"
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