The woman gritted her teeth. Since there were no security cameras installed in this neighborhood, she decided to go all in!
She took the fruit knife the boy offered her without asking why he carried it with him.
Working together, the two gouged out the girl's eyes and cut off her tongue. "I've heard that if you remove her eyes and cut off her tongue, even if she becomes a ghost, she won't be able to take revenge."
The girl was awakened by pain during the journey, but before she could make a sound, she was strangled unconscious again.
The mother and son worked together to throw the girl into an abandoned water tank.
"I'll throw this medal somewhere in the neighborhood, so no one will think of this place. You'll just remember you've never been here..." the woman said wearily.
"Thank you, Mom. You're the best person in the world to me. I'll definitely be the most filial to you when I grow up."
The adult and the child left the rooftop.
Rainwater accumulated in the tank, and the girl drowned before she could even regain consciousness.
The increasingly heavy rain washed away the blood on the ground, and no one knew that there was a body in the abandoned water tank.
Ruoruo stared at the water tank, stroking the medal she had put back on. Her resentment made her eyes appear as bloody holes, blood flowing continuously from her mouth, staining her pink dress a glaring, bright red...
It looked at Su Cheng and mouthed two words: "Help me."
Su Cheng frowned. "You only remember your memories from before you died, and nothing else, right?"
Based on the phantom memory just now, the boy and his mother were clearly acquaintances of Ruoruo in her previous life. If she regains all her memories, she would be fully capable of taking revenge on her own.
Ruoruo nodded, pointed to the medal and then to herself, mouthing. "Box."
"You mean you know whose things are in the box?" Su Cheng pondered for a moment, "There are things belonging to that mother and child in the box, right?"
Ruoruo continued to nod.
Su Cheng looked at its blood-covered body; fueled by hatred, it couldn't revert to its docile, obedient form. "I can help you find them and bring them here."
Thanks.
Ruoruo's lips parted and closed as she turned her head to look at the horizon.
A sliver of dawn slowly emerged at the horizon, the dark clouds dispersed to reveal the pale blue sky below, the rain stopped, and the sky brightened.
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Chapter 127
Su Cheng returned to 401, where Mu Ling lay on the sofa looking at a magazine floating in mid-air.
Hearing the noise, Mu Ling quickly darted back into the bracelet. "The bracelet is still the most comfortable; she seems to be back to normal."
The "she "Mu Ling was referring to was naturally Xu Shaowei in the bedroom.
Su Cheng knocked on the bedroom door, and when the door opened, she was greeted with a "warm" hug.
Xu Shaowei was so moved she almost cried. "Cheng, I'm so glad I had you, otherwise I would have been finished last night. Meeting you is the luckiest thing that ever happened to me!"
Su Cheng was amused by her exaggerated words, "You finally remembered."
Xu Shaowei changed out of her wet clothes, and her complexion and condition were much better than before. It was estimated that she had been awake for a while and had already sorted out the situation in the dungeon.
"You've reminded me three times already; if I still can't wake up, I'm truly hopeless."
Xu Shaowei felt a wave of fear. "This competition's dungeon actually sealed memories. I never expected such a format. I underestimated the difficulty of this competition."
Su Cheng patted him gently to comfort him, "It's not just you, everyone probably didn't expect them to use the memory-sealing trick. It's not too late to restore your memories now."
"You're right." Xu Shaowei felt much more at ease. This competition had a set schedule, so regaining her memory was already half the battle won.
"Oh right, I saw Yan Yu. She's the receptionist at the haunted hotel. It looks like she hasn't regained her memory yet."
"Yes, I saw it too." Su Cheng released her. "You've finished receiving your mission, right? What's your third mission?"
Su Cheng wouldn't have asked anyone else so directly.
Only with friends like Xu Shaowei or Yan Yu, whom she considers one of her own, and with whom she knows their character, can she speak frankly without too much concern.
Xu Shaowei answered without reservation, "To help the plaza's annual meeting proceed smoothly."
After saying that, she looked at Su Cheng nervously, "Are you like me?"
"Same."
"That's good."
Both of them secretly breathed a sigh of relief; having the same goal was naturally the best outcome.
Once Xu Shaowei regained consciousness, communication became much easier.
The two first shared what they had seen and heard over the past few days, and then focused on discussing Shen Ying's identity as the Rain Night assassin.
"There must be a reason why she chose to go out on a rainy day, and the hidden door at the end of the alley is not simple."
Su Cheng continued, "She couldn't possibly have created that secret door before she was awakened... Shen Ying might not be backed by one person; perhaps it's an assassin organization. There must be a reason why she specifically targets rainy nights."
"In short, since she has chosen you as her prey, she may target you again, regardless of whether she has awakened her memories."
"I understand, I'll be careful." Xu Shaowei sighed. "My current job is as a tutor, and I've taken two days off, so I probably won't get my certification for the job. I need to get this sorted out as soon as possible."
" Yan Yu, I'll take care of Yan Yu."
Xu Shaowei couldn't help but hug Su Cheng again, "Being in the same instance as Sister Cheng makes me feel so safe."
"Don't just say nice things, treat me to dinner when you get back."
"Of course!"
After exchanging a few jokes, they both felt much more relaxed.
The two had other things to do and were pressed for time, so they exchanged contact information and quickly left the room one after the other.
Taking advantage of the early hour, Su Cheng headed to apartment 605 in building 5, which Wang Tai had mentioned.
Building 5 is not as deserted as Building 4; the clothes hanging out to dry outside the windows indicate that quite a few people live in Building 5.
Although it was early, some people were already up. Shouts and the sounds of pots and pans mingled in the building, creating a noisy and lively atmosphere.
"As expected, only four buildings are haunted."
Su Cheng walked into the building with a sigh and took the elevator to the 6th floor. Looking around, she saw that 605 was at the end of one side of the corridor.
She walked quickly to the door, where a conspicuous red paper was pasted, with the words written in black on it:
Warning! The owner of this house is in extremely poor mental condition. Do not knock on the door or approach, or you will be responsible for the consequences!
--Hongyue Red Moon Garden Property Management
The content on the paper and the message "There is a vicious dog in the house, please do not approach" give the same impression.
Looking again at the curled-up tape on the red paper, it was clear that it hadn't been applied recently. The fact that it hadn't been removed yet indicated that the people in the room had tacitly approved of its presence.
Su Cheng knocked on the door, but there was no response.
She tapped harder, and then tapped again.
It was indeed a bit impolite to disturb someone's sleep so early in the morning, but she had to go to work at the storage room later and was worried that the homeowner would be out at noon, so she could only visit early in the morning.
After Su Cheng knocked several times, the door finally opened.
The person who opened the door was a middle-aged woman with a hunched back. Her messy, dry hair covered half of her face, her sallow skin looked like it was from malnutrition, and her droopy eyes were dull and lifeless.
"... Who are you?"
Su Cheng stared intently at the woman's eyes and nose peeking out from under her hair, confirming her identity. "Are you Ruoruo's family?"
The woman suddenly looked up, and a short, frantic roar escaped her throat as she waved her withered hands and lunged at Su Cheng with bloodshot eyes!
"Calm down." Su Cheng dodged to the side, controlled the woman's hands, and easily pushed her into the house.
Stepping into the house, the stench from the piles of garbage hit you.
The windows in the room were tightly closed and had been without ventilation for a long time. The curtains were also drawn, with only a ring of light shining through the edges.
"Aaaaaah!" the woman screamed madly, trying to grab Su Cheng's face, but her face showed hatred as she was firmly controlled.
Su Cheng understood that normal communication was impossible in the woman's current mental state, so she simply injected a sedative into her arm.
Take advantage of her weakened state and forcefully push her to the ground.
The woman was powerless to break free, but her eyes were fixed on Su Cheng as if she had seen an enemy and wished she could tear him to pieces.
Su Cheng used one hand to brush aside her hair and compared them carefully, confirming that she was indeed Ruoruo's relative.
With features that were five or six parts similar to hers, and hearing her name made her so excited—she was Ruoruo's mother.
"I'm not a bad person," Su Cheng sighed.
It's unimaginable what this woman went through to become so frantic and attack people at the mere mention of her daughter's name.
"I live in Building 4. I saw Ruoruo on the rooftop. She was wearing a pink dress and her long jump medal from school," Su Cheng said slowly as she crouched down.
Perhaps the tranquilizers were taking effect, or perhaps she realized that Su Cheng wasn't one of those who used to torment her, Ye Mei gradually calmed down, vaguely repeating, "Building 4... rooftop..."
"Who were Ruoruo's male friends of the same age living in the same neighborhood? You must have collected this information, right?"
Ye Mei did not answer, but instead looked towards a room.
Clearly, the room contained the information Su Cheng wanted to know.
Su Cheng released her, got up and went into the room. Unlike the mess in the living room, this bedroom was clean and tidy.
The pink decorations, the bed full of dolls, and the photos on the wall all indicate that this was Ruoruo's room when she was alive.
A stack of missing person posters lay on the table, printed two years ago.
There was also a stack of documents next to her, which contained a diagram of Ruoruo's social relationships.
Ye Mei refused to believe that Ruoruo would disappear without a trace. She searched for every clue she could find, but unfortunately, after two years, she had made no progress.
Su Cheng found the photos of the mother and son who killed Ruoruo in the files.
Ye Mei captioned the photo: Deceased.
The photo was accompanied by related paper-cutting articles that I had collected.
The boy's name is Yue Chao, and his mother's name is Wen Chun. They live in apartment 606, building 4 of the residential complex.
Wen Chun also suddenly disappeared two months after Ruoruo's disappearance. Wen Chun's husband Yue Rong, died shortly after reporting the case to the police due to accidental ingestion of rat poison.
After his father's death, Yue Chao did not report it to the police. The following night, he accidentally died from electrocution in the bathroom.