At 9: 30 p.m. when Bai Liu thought he wouldn’t receive a call from little Bai Liu (6) tonight, his walkie-talkie rang.
Bai Liu picked it up. This version of the old walkie-talkie had a bad signal sound and there was the gasping of soone running at extre speed. It felt like soone was running with this walkie-talkie and they were out of breath due to running so quickly.
Bai Liu didn’t make a sound until the gasping sound over there gradually cald down and the other person said, “Wait, sothing is chasing .”
The mont little Bai Liu (6) said this, Bai Liu’s system interface erged.
[System tip: Congratulations to player Bai Liu’s secondary identity line for triggering the monster book.]
[The Love Welfare Institute Monster Book has refreshed—Deford Child (1/3)]
[Monster Na: Deford Child]
[Features: Faster movent speed (350-600)]
[Weaknesses: ??? (Unexplored)]
[Attack mode: Likes to play with the player’s secondary identity line. Playing with the player’s secondary identity line will make them disappear from the welfare ho.]
After five minutes, there was the sound of clothes rubbing on the ground. Little Bai Liu (6) seed to be hiding sowhere as he lowered his voice to speak. “Okay, it hasn’t caught up for the ti being. You can speak.”
Little Bai Liu (6)’s voice was full of ups and downs but there were no obvious mood swings. He wasn’t afraid after being chased. Bai Liu asked, “What is chasing you?”
“A child.” Bai Liu (6)’s voice was still a bit uneven. “He squatted on the ground and chased on all fours like a monkey. He is very thin and keeps drooling as he smiles. He looks very strange, like soone born with a congenital defect.”
Little Bai Liu (6) described it like this and Bai Liu understood. He had children with Down syndro before when he stayed at the welfare ho. Their appearance was very distinctive with a narrow and flat nose, a long mouth, fat and bulging cheeks, a short neck and wide-spaced eyes. In the welfare ho, Bai Liu had seen so children nickna them as ‘frogs’ because they looked like frogs.
Such a frog-like child was on the ground on all four limbs, drooling while chasing little Bai Liu (6)… fortunately, Bai Liu (6)’s obsession with money made him call Bai Liu or else a normal child would’ve been scared and started crying a long ti ago. Who would keep running without hanging up the phone?
“So is he gone?” Bai Liu asked.
“No.” The mont that Bai Liu (6) answered this question, Bai Liu heard the voice of a small child and the sound of clothes against the gravel of the ground as soone moved on all fours. It was very fast and created a hissing effect like a snake. The child chasing little Bai Liu (6) moved very quickly.
Little Bai Liu (6) was silent after answering this question. Bai Liu could only hear the sound of his rapid breathing and footsteps as he ran. There was the laughter of the child behind him and the friction of clothing rubbing on the ground. The sound was getting louder. It seed that the contact area between the clothing and the ground had increased. The child chasing Bai Liu (6) must’ve lowered his body to chase and would soon catch up.
Bai Liu waited quietly, not disturbing little Bai Liu (6) who was being chased. Another five minutes passed before the out of breath Bai Liu (6) spoke. “It’s fine.”
“Did you avoid him?”
“No, he is chasing after other people.” Little Bai Liu (6) had no sympathy in his tone. “So other children ca out to make calls and were chased as soon as they ca out. Now they are running and crying so the child stopped chasing .”
Bai Liu understood. There should be only one deford child chasing outside the welfare ho. Now his aggro had been transferred to others and Bai Liu (6) was relatively safe.
Bai Liu inquired, “What is going on over there? What happened after you were brought in by the dean?”
“The process was normal after being brought in. The people in the welfare ho assigned us rooms. I was assigned a room with three other newcor boys. anwhile, the blind little girl lives in another building across from us. We are staying in rooms on the first floor.” Bai Liu (6)’s organization of things was very clear. He first briefly talked about the overall situation before ntioning what Bai Liu would care about.
Bai Liu (6) hadn’t caught his breath yet. “Our phones were confiscated. The teacher in the welfare ho banned this communication tool. Then later, he said they would give us a period of adjustnt. We are allowed to carry it for a week but he set a ti when we are allowed to call, which is the sa as what you said. It is also impossible for us to call in the room since it will disturb other people’s rest.”
“In addition, the teachers and carers I t all warned not to follow the sound of the flute at night and to not go outside if I hear it. They said that the flute player will abduct children.” Little Bai Liu (6)’s tone was very calm. “As a result, at 9:30 p.m., I heard soone using the flute to play a ssy nursery rhy.”
“I didn’t want to go out but the flute player was too accurate. It happened to be just after 9 o’clock and you told to call you and you would give money for every minute of the call ti. Thus, I ca out.”
Don’t follow the sound of the flute. Bai Liu thought that there was also such a plot in the real world welfare ho. The four children were said to have gone out after hearing the sound of the flute. Then they disappeared.
Bai Liu thought of a fairytale.
“Don’t follow the sound of the flute, the person playing the flute will abduct children. What do you think about when hearing this?” Bai Liu wondered.
Over there, little Bai Liu (6) was silent for a mont. “Since you ntioned this, you should think of sothing similar to . I rember that the na is the Pied Piper of Halin.”
“That is the na.” Bai Liu said, “It is an English children’s poem.”
The poem ‘Pied Piper of Halin’ told of a small plague-ridden town where the townspeople were tornted by the rats running around. They tried many things but nothing worked. Then a piper in flowery clothes ca to the town and said his flute would take away the rats, but he asked the townspeople to pay him.
The townspeople agreed. The piper played the flute and the rats ca from every corner of the town, following the piper. The piper played as he walked and the rats were happy to follow behind him every step of the way. The piper walked to the small river that went up to his waist. The rats also walked into this small river. They were drowned by the waist-high water and floated on the river.
The plague was over and the townspeople were very happy, but they regretted it and were unwilling to pay the piper. Then the piper played the flute again. The mont the flute was heard, the ones that ca out from the town were the townspeople’s children. The children laughed and lined up behind the piper like the rats before. They jumped and rejoiced. No matter how the townspeople cried out and dissuaded them, the piper took them away from the town to never be seen again.
So people said that the piper took these children to the waist-high river, trying to drown the children to get revenge on the townspeople. So said that the piper turned the children into rats and took them to make trouble in the next town so he could continue to receive paynt.
Bai Liu inquired, “Did you see who was playing the flute?”
Bai Liu (6) thought about it. “I didn’t see it. The flute sound ca from everywhere and it felt like there was more than one person. However, the flute player wasn’t very skilled. They played several wrong notes and played the sa few nursery rhys over and over for half an hour. This gave the feeling that they are a beginner.”
Then Bai Liu asked, “Did any children co out after hearing the flute?”
“No.” Little Bai Liu (6) responded very quickly this ti. “Apart from the rooms of the newcors where there are no teachers, all the other rooms have teachers or carers to accompany them. Thus, only we could co out to make calls.”
On the other end of the phone, there was a child’s shrill crying and the ethereal laugher of the child chasing after him. Then Bai Liu (6) rembered sothing. “By the way, the one being chased is Miao Feichi, another investor’s child.”
“Little Miao Feichi?” Bai Liu spoke with interest. “Why did he co out to call? Oh yes, this child has a bad hobby. You should stay away from him.”
Bai Liu (6) wondered, “What hobby?”
“He likes to eat human flesh.”
The other end of the phone was quiet before little Bai Liu (6)’s calm and rational voice was heard. “Then I understand why he ca out to make a call at night. He saw the child crawling on the ground and took the initiative to co out. I thought he ca out to make a phone call but after your words, I think he probably ca out to eat under the guise of making a phone call.”
Then he encountered a fierce enemy.
“I have a bit of a grudge against this kid’s investor. You should try not to socialize with him.”
“Do I need to do sothing for you? For example, give him a kick and let him fall to the ground to be caught and killed?” Little Bai Liu (6)’s tone was very plain when talking about doing these bad things. He didn’t sound at all like a teenager. “I will do it for you as long as you give money.”
“There’s no need for the ti being. Just protect yourself. You are more important to than he is.” Bai Liu touched his chin and chuckled. “I don’t rember being so bold when I was your age.”
Little Bai Liu (6)’s reply was indifferent. “Perhaps at my age, you didn’t encounter an investor who doesn’t look like a good person at first glance but offered a sky-high price to chat with you.”
Bai Liu heard this sentence and couldn’t help recalling his 14 year old self. He had to admit that if he didn’t have Lu Yizhan to firmly lead him down the road of being a person and had t a man who gave him money to do bad things then he really would’ve done such things.
“You don’t have to care about Miao Feichi but if sothing happens with two children then you can help if possible.” Bai Liu changed the topic. “One is called Mu Ke and the other is that blind little girl. I will naturally pay you to help them.”
Little Bai Liu (6) wondered in a strange tone, “You want to save that little boy and girl too? What is your relationship with them that you would give money to save them? They looked good…”
“What are you thinking about? She is a child that a friend of mine wants to adopt.” Bai Liu instantly understood the implications in Bai Liu (6)’s words and was a bit speechless. Bai Liu (6)’s estimation of his moral level in adulthood was too low. “I’m not as bad as you say. I’m not interested in children.”
Then Bai Liu considered his characteristic of always wanting money and added, “However, the premise of you helping them is to ensure your own safety. You are the most important to . Rember this.”
Over there, little Bai Liu (6) was quiet for a few seconds. He didn’t answer Bai Liu directly and instead said, “The call ti is 17 minutes and 3 seconds. I will make it 17 minutes. It is 100 yuan a minute so the total is 1,700. Rember to settle it with .”
“In addition, you aren’t a good person at all so don’t say such words of concern for .” Little Bai Liu (6)‘s tone was expressionless. “It is strangely disgusting to hear, Mr Investor.”
Then Bai Liu (6) hung up the phone.
Bai Liu, “……”
A minute later, Bai Liu’s walkie-talkie rang again. The voice on the other side was still polite with no fluctuations. “By the way, Mr Investor. I fell three tis tonight. Please reimburse my dical expenses. I will ask the dean to send you the bill. Good night.”
Then he hung up again. Bai Liu put away his walkie-talkie and murmured to himself in a slightly incredulous manner, “Was I so annoying when I was 14 years old?”
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