Where Are They? (Second Update)

"..."

Xiao Xiao as if he had been electrocuted, completely stunned on the spot.

"Mom had a heart attack?"

Suddenly, a tremendous sense of tearing apart rushed over me.

Mingming they knew the city itself was fake, the giant monster was affecting everyone, and everything was just a manifestation of superficial logic.

But deep down, I couldn't help but feel a deep sense of worry and tension.

At this moment, emotions seemed to have completely escaped my control, roaring wildly and instantly overwhelming me.

He stood there blankly for two seconds, not even understanding why he was stunned, before immediately going out.

At that moment, I felt surprised and confused, and a sense of panic and depression enveloped me.

Upon arriving at the hospital, Xiao Xiao quickly took the elevator to the tenth floor, where he was greeted by a middle-aged woman with curly Xiao Xiao. She immediately came over, looked him up and down, and said, "Xiao Xiao, right? Oh my, I recognized you from afar! No wonder your mother always praises her son; who wouldn't love a son like that? How old are you? Do you have a girlfriend?"

"What time is it and you're still asking this..."

Xiao Xiao was in a state of confusion and had no intention of discussing this, so he quickly asked, "Where is Mom?"

"Inside, they're asleep..."

The woman with curly hair asked, "Did you bring any money with you?"

Xiao Xiao nodded quickly and said, "I brought it."

"Then let's go down first."

Aunt Zhang said, "I helped your mother with part of it, but she still owes a lot..."

Xiao Xiao nodded, glanced through the small window at the door of the ward, and saw his mother lying on the hospital bed with tubes in her nostrils and her face pale. He felt a pang of inexplicable pain in his heart and silently followed Aunt Wang down from the ward area.

"Oh, don't worry about the child."

This Aunt Zhang gets her hair permed, has the typical gossipy personality of most auntie hairdressers. While comforting Xiao Xiao, she also criticized Xiao Xiao: "Your mom is such a worrywart. She's been very concerned about you before. She even told me that she didn't understand things before, that she wasn't good to you, and that she didn't take you to see a psychologist in time. Now she's getting more and more afraid that you don't like talking to her and that you're not close to her as your mother anymore..."

"But Xiao Xiao, you have to be sensible too."

"Didn't we tell you about your mother's heart condition before? She can't stand getting angry..."

"..."

Listening to Aunt Zhang's ramblings, Xiao Xiao felt a deep sense of regret.

He genuinely didn't know that his mother had a heart condition.

As far as I can remember, my mother's personality has remained the same for the past four years, sometimes good and sometimes bad. I have been suffering from headaches and panic, and it is difficult for me to even control my focus. At its worst, I cannot even read a passage of text accurately.

They become even less able to care about the things around them.

Later, as he gradually recovered, he discovered another side of the world and fell into another kind of despair.

At home, I would even subconsciously avoid her.

Even now, Xiao Xiao's other perception is involuntarily influencing him.

He couldn't be sure if his mother was also an indigenous person, or if she was essentially a monster.

So perhaps all of this is just a logic of how the city operates.

A kind of performance.

But why am I still so angry and feeling such intense frustration right now?

A wave of immense pressure washed over him. Xiao Xiao remained silent until he and Aunt Zhang went downstairs to pay the remaining fees and returned the money Aunt Zhang had advanced him, before finally saying, "Who angered Mom so much that she was hospitalized? You just mentioned it was Dad's..."

"..."

"You really have to ask your dad about this."

Aunt Zhang declined several times before finally accepting Xiao Xiao's money. Her expression turned somewhat angry as she said, "Can't we discuss things together? Why did that vixen have to bring people over to look at the house in front of your mother? How many times has your mother said that the house is for your marriage? How can you not be angry when your stepmother brings people to see it out of the blue? Especially since she was pushed..."

"Is it because of that house again?"

Xiao Xiao's face instantly turned gloomy.

After listening to Aunt Zhang's story, he understood the whole story, and a strong sense of oppression grew in his heart.

Xiao Xiao knew that his father and his current wife had previously been interested in this old house in the city center.

My father mentioned it briefly during his birthday celebration, but because of the appearance of that gun, nothing came of it.

Xiao Xiao originally thought that the matter was over.

After all, I made it very clear at the time that there was no need to keep the house forever, but I just hoped that my father would consider my mother's feelings.

But I never expected things to deteriorate to this extent.

My father's new girlfriend was clearly still not satisfied. Today, she brought her younger brother and some other people and barged in to see the house and discuss how to deal with it. My mother was caught off guard by these people and naturally got angry and started arguing with them.

Unexpectedly, the younger brother of the woman who had married the man later, taking advantage of his size and strength, shoved his mother, knocking her to the ground...

The injury may not have been serious, but it really upset my mother, and she even had a heart attack.

When those people saw that something had happened, they turned around and left. It was Aunt Zhang, who happened to be there at the time, who helped take him to the hospital.

Xiao Xiao couldn't describe his feelings at that moment.

He tried his best to remain polite, thanked Aunt Zhang, and then went out to see her off to her car before returning to the tenth floor alone.

Looking at his mother on the hospital bed, his hands trembled uncontrollably.

Is it to upset her father? Or his new girlfriend?

Was it the man who pushed Mom in anger?

Or rather, Xiao Xiao was even angrier about was himself!

When my mother encountered a problem, her first thought wasn't to call me, but to confront the other party.

After she suffered a heart attack due to anger and fainted, she couldn't reach her by phone. Aunt Zhang couldn't contact her either. She even had to call the mall to find her registered phone number from her mother's emergency contact.

This series of events caused Xiao Xiao's emotions to fluctuate, and countless distracting thoughts arose.

Is this world real or fake?

He had seen enormous monsters, and even his mother had seen what she looked like when she turned into a "monster".

But are they really fake?

According to Yang Jia and the others, were they also a member of the indigenous people before they woke up?

Isn't it actually ourselves who have changed?

If Mom is still Mom, then the current indifference caused by my estrangement...

He suddenly raised his hands and covered his face with force.

At that moment, he felt an indescribable, immense sense of tearing apart, as if he had discovered something, yet was unable to grasp it.

Until, someone appeared in front of him, looking at him with a conflicted expression.

Xiao Xiao took a deep breath, suppressing his chaotic and torn emotions. He looked up and saw his father, who was wearing a black trench coat, his hair still neatly combed, and carrying some tonics. His face seemed to show some guilt and tension. Meeting Xiao Xiao's gaze, he calmed himself down and said in a low voice, "I rushed over as soon as I heard about it. It was quite a struggle to find this place."

"Um, how's your mom?"

Are you alright?

"..."

Xiao Xiao looked at the man in surprise.

He should have been the other person I knew best in this world, but I didn't feel that sense of familiarity.

After a brief silence, he asked softly, "Where is she?"

Dad was visibly more nervous and asked, "Who are you talking about?"

Xiao Xiao interrupted him, saying, "The one who brought people into my house, your wife, and the one who pushed my mother down..."

"... Your brother-in-law?"

"..."

He spoke slowly but very seriously, his eyes fixed on his father's.

Dad seemed a little flustered and said, "What are you doing? It was all a misunderstanding, don't get so agitated."

The tone of his voice seemed to carry a hint of reprimand, intended to dissuade Xiao Xiao from thinking about such things.

However, he didn't seem to have much confidence in saying these words.

Xiao Xiao was completely unaffected by his father's elder-like attitude. His eyes were fixed on his father's face. As an observer, he could keenly see the guilt, worry, anger, helplessness and other subtle emotions on his father's face. He could even tell from his father's evasive micro-expressions that he seemed to be trying to hide something.

With their Extreme Sensitivity, these answers were practically written all over their faces.

Then it dawned on Xiao Xiao: "They came along too?"

The father was immediately taken aback and looked at Xiao Xiao in disbelief.

Xiao Xiao looked into his eyes. "They came with you. You were worried about causing trouble, so you had her wait downstairs?"

The father's expression was one of horror and shock, and he blinked involuntarily.

Xiao Xiao looked at him with unusual calm. "At the hospital entrance? Or in the parking lot?"

Dad instinctively stepped back, flustered, and said, "What are you saying? Don't cause any more trouble now..."

"It's a parking lot..."

Xiao Xiao read the answer from his father's expression, and suddenly asked, "Which district? A? B? C? D?"

The father could hardly describe his fear. "You... how could you?"

"D District, is it?"

Xiao Xiao stood up, turned and walked towards the elevator, saying softly, "I'll go talk to them."

"You... come here..."

The father was clearly frightened by Xiao Xiao's calm and resolute demeanor. The extremely strange feeling that Xiao Xiao had seen through all his secrets without him saying a word made him inexplicably panicked, and he subconsciously reached out to grab Xiao Xiao's arm.

Xiao Xiao suddenly stopped and turned to look at him.

With a thud, the skin on his shoulder tore open, and a strange, dark red eye squeezed out of his body, floating in mid-air. Then, another eye appeared, and immediately afterward, a third eye flew out, with all three eyes appearing at the same time.

His vertical pupils were cold and sinister as he looked at his father's face.

The lights in the entire corridor suddenly became unstable, buzzing and flickering on my face.

Xiao Xiao's expressionless face twisted and changed in the ever-changing lights.

The sudden impact caused Dad's expression to change drastically; he turned pale instantly and staggered back a few steps.

A device on my waist suddenly started flashing red light wildly.