Chapter 88: 88


    Han Fei found Ying Yue. She looked about the same age as Weep and they both came from pitiable backgrounds. “Can you hear me?” Holding the broken girl, Han Fei’s sympathy won over his fear. After knowing about the girl’s past, Han Fei was even more determined to survive. He needed to live to provide salvation for this poor girl. The chill from the ring almost froze Han Fei’s finger off but the man still did not let go. If anything, he hugged the dismembered girl tighter. After her parents passed away, no one had given her a sincere hug ever again. “You might not believe me now, but I will use my actions to prove myself.”


    Scrutinized by the bleeding eyes, Han Fei promised earnestly. The eyes could not tell whether he was lying or not. Han Fei sighed inwardly as the image of Weep ovepped with that of the girl in his arms. Children were one of the worlds’ most vulnerable parties. They should be protected and cherished.


    Gradually, pieces of the girl started to respond. Her bones contorted. Her human form dissolved to take on a more monstrous appearance. ‘What is happening?’ The hatred and pain inside the girl’s heart hacked at her humanity. The bone chips pierced through Han Fei’s skin but he still did not let go. ck capiries broke out on the girls’ body and face. The pair of lips on her ghoulish face started to tremble. A voice squeezed out from the girl’s body. “That is my birthday present.”


    “Birthday present?”


    “You have already taken everything, can’t you leave this for me? It’s thest thing I have from my daddy and mommy.”


    “Ying Yue, what is thisst birthday present your parents have given you?” Han Fei decided to y along to see if he could draw out more information.


    “That is mine, mine…” Ying Yue’s expression tightened. The ck blood capiries pulled her broken bodies together. Following a heavy thump of the dead heart, Ying Yue’s eyes flew open!


    Two dark holes stared eerily at Han Fei. The only ce that should have a pair of eyes was missing them. “Mine, that’s mine!” Her misshapen arms grabbed at Han Fei’s body. Ying Yue’s neck cracked noisily as her head detached from her shoulder. Her head rose to Han Fei’s eye level. The angry deration was the only thing that came out from the girl’s mouth. Ying Yue hadpletely lost her mind. The hollow eye sockets slowly approached Han Fei as if they were trying to suck Han Fei’s soul into them!


    “Ying Yue, I won’t be able to help you if you kill me!” Han Fei shouted loudly but itnded on deaf ears. Ying Yue was too consumed by hatred and resentment to be reasoned with. Her body morphed into a smear of shadow. The hollows on her face were shown to contain many caged souls. Wails echoed around the house. The bloody eyes cried vehemently. If Han Fei did not leave now, his eyes would end up as another pair of decorations on the wall.


    “I really wish to help you, youngdy…” Han Fei knew he had to leave now. Facing the advancing hollows, he revealed a gentle smile. Han Fei moved his heavy hands to pat the girl’s head and ruffle her hair softly. Just as a sense of tearing gripped his eyes, Han Fei clicked on the quit button.


    Red sea swallowed him. Han Fei removed the gaming helmet, his heart still palpitating from what he experienced. He could not even start to imagine the horror Ying Yue must have been through to turn into such a monster from a in little girl. Despite the lethargy, Han Fei went to hisputer to search for information on Ying Yue. He hoped a case had been lodged regarding her death but what he found instead was a missing person’s advert. “Have you seen this girl about 7 years old, wearing a red dress? She has a sweet and innocent smile. She suffers from ocr disease and wasst seen at the old city’s Northern Street…’ The advert was ced a long time ago but it was not answered. The missing person’s website still carried Ying Yue’s rted information. ‘The user who posted the advert is someone called Ying Qingmei, that should be Ying Yue’s aunt…’


    Han Fei’s expression darkened as he stared at the screen, “She looks like she’s living quite a good life for herself.”


    Han Fei wished to drag the woman into Perfect World so Ying Yue could exact her vengeance but he did not know how to do that. After giving it a long thought, Han Fei decided to leave this to the police. He calcted the time of the murder and collected all the information he managed to glean from the House of Eyes and sent an anonymous tip to the police. ‘I should keep a low profile for now.’


    After ensuring thew enforcement had epted his email, Han Fei crawled into bed and slept. Soon, he was woken up by his rm and he hurried to the set after a quick wash up. ‘Thankfully, my stamina is much better than before, or else I won’t be able to survive a life like this.’


    Han Fei got into his characters easily. He mastered theplexity of the character emotions. Basically his scenes were allpleted with just one shot. The crew and Director Jiang looked at him like he was some kind of monster. Han Fei’s perfect performance ced a huge pressure on the other actors. Their ws would be hugely amplified when they were in the same scene as Han Fei should they fail to pull their own weight. Han Fei’s acting skill that was honed at the edge of life and deathpletely won over Zhan Yueyue and Mian Nian. This new main character waspletely different from the previous one. Han Fei’s Meng Changxi felt so authentic, it was as if the man had personally experienced the same madness and despair Meng Changxi had been through.


    The time passed by quickly and soon it was time for noon break. Mian Nian and Zhan Yueyue wanted to sit down with Han Fei to get some pointers from him but they noticed Han Fei was busy talking on his phone. He didn’t even have time to take a bite of the boxed lunch the crew had prepared for him.


    “Li Xue, the Happiness Street Station you’re posted at is responsible for the security of Northern Street, right? Did any new murder case open this morning?’


    “You mean the Toy Plushie Case? Wait a minute, how would you know this? Are you the anonymous tipper?”


    “Erm, can you keep that detail to yourself for now?” Han Fei lowered his voice. “I’m mainly calling to check on the update and also I need to ask a favor from you. I need you to help me check something.”


    “If you must know, Ying Qingmei’s daughter suffers from mental illness. When the police visited them this morning, some problems were inly visible. Now the pair of mother and daughter are in custody. However, Ying Qingmei’s husband has gone into hiding probably because he was spooked.” After giving a brief update, Li Xue concluded, “The case is not thatplicated, so what do you need me to check?”


    “What is thest birthday present Ying Yue’s parents gave her?”


    “That… I’m not sure. But I do know that Ying Yue’s parents have left her with a rather unique present before they died… Ying Yue’s mother was still conscious when she was rushed to the emergency room. During thest moment of her life, she signed a certificate at the hospital, donating her and her husband’s cornea to their daughter for transnt after they pass away.”