My Healing Games

Chapter 25 I just said it casually

I went to the supermarket alone, went to the movies alone, and ate hot pot alone.

As night fell, Han Fei came to the riverbank alone.

The setting sun dipped into the river, and the streetlights shone on me.

The temperature gradually dropped, and fewer and fewer pedestrians appeared around him, but Han Fei remained standing there, looking at the other side of the river.

"Han Fei? Why are you here alone?" Li Xue, dressed in casual clothes, jogged over.

"I didn't have any scenes to film today, so I went out for a stroll." With midnight fast approaching, it would be a lie to say Han Fei wasn't nervous. Whether he'd survive the next time he went online would be entirely up to luck.

“I just saw you eating hot pot alone at the mall. I was going to say hello, but you just left after you finished eating.” Li Xue stood next to Han Fei and said, “When you’re in a bad mood, it’s best to go out and have fun with your friends, don’t think about anything, and just relax.”

"I...have no friends." Han Fei thought for a moment, then added, "I only have one neighbor who is not bad."

"So you've always been alone?"

"Mm." Han Fei's voice was very magnetic.

Looking at Han Fei standing by the river, Li Xue recalled a saying her leader had once made: "Those who are too idealistic are often out of step with the times."

The river breeze ruffled Han Fei's bangs as he silently gazed at the smart new city across the river. The skyscrapers were brightly lit, but the dazzling light could not reach him on the other side of the river.

Han Fei and Li Xue stood by the river, while Zhao Ming and Zhang Xiaotian hid in the bushes about twenty meters away from them.

"Why do I feel like Li Xue values ​​Han Fei a lot? Do you think girls like someone with Han Fei's personality?" Zhang Xiaotian asked in a low voice, half-squatting down.

"It depends. Someone like Han Fei, who is decent-looking, might be perceived as having a melancholic air by girls; but if someone like you is ugly and deformed, girls will probably think you're just making a fuss over nothing."

"Are you asking for a beating?"

"Just telling the truth." Zhao Ming didn't continue arguing with Zhang Xiaotian. He took out his phone and dialed Captain Wang's number: "Captain, we followed Han Fei for a day, and he has indeed changed my opinion of him. It's unlikely that someone like him would commit arson."

Zhao Ming and Zhang Xiaotian's suspicions about Han Fei have lessened considerably; Han Fei's unintentional kindness has touched them.

"Did he discover you while you were following him?" Captain Wang seemed somewhat skeptical of Zhao Ming's tracking abilities. "Where's Li Xue? Let her answer the phone. That girl may not follow the rules, but she's very capable."

"Sister Li? She's chatting with Han Fei by the river right now."

"What?"

"They were just talking about life and stuff..."

"Is that what I asked?! Is that the point? I told you to observe from the shadows! All three of you, get back here right now! Immediately!"

Li Xue, who was standing with Han Fei by the river, suddenly received a message, but she didn't seem to have any intention of reading it.

After a while, her phone started vibrating again.

"Your phone? Aren't you going to answer it?" Han Fei could hear the buzzing vibration.

"Let's talk again next time." Li Xue hung up the phone, took her phone, and left the riverbank.

As the night grew darker, Han Fei stayed alone until after ten o'clock before going home.

Walking along the familiar road, Han Fei returned to his rented room. He ordered barbecue takeout and played some of the shows he had acted in before on his computer.

"I laughed so happily on the show, but was I really that happy?"

Time passed by unnoticed. Han Fei, who had drunk some wine, sat quietly at the table. He skillfully connected all the wires and then picked up the game helmet with both hands.

Watching the time change at the bottom of the computer screen, Han Fei didn't know what he was thinking. He forced himself to stay focused and put on the gaming helmet when midnight arrived.

My vision was blocked, and my body felt as if it were sinking in the ocean. Then everything around me turned blood red.

"Welcome to the Perfect Life! Now you can choose your own perfect life!"

Before he even opened his eyes, Han Fei smelled a pungent stench. He didn't move, but carefully felt the coolness coming from his ring finger.

"The ghost is right beside me."

There couldn't be worse news. Han Fei tried his best to calm himself down, because he knew that the next few minutes might determine his life or death.

As soon as he opened his eyes, almost the instant his vision focused, a morbid excitement welled up in Han Fei's eyes. He was going to use his acting skills to establish his "persona".

Looking around, he was still in room 1034, but the room had changed dramatically since he left.

All the furniture was destroyed, the floor was covered with debris and crumbs, the wardrobe was smashed, the bed was overturned, the blankets and mattresses were torn to shreds, and there were children's handprints everywhere in the room.

It seems the little devil in the house turned the whole room upside down in order to find him.

The landlord's ring emanated a cold, eerie aura, though the intensity of this aura was inconsistent and somewhat indistinct.

Han Fei raised his arm, feeling the coolness at his fingertips, and turned around to see "Ku" standing on the altar in the corner of the living room.

The aura emanating from this short, dark figure was much weaker than before. Both of his arms were gone and were now regenerating at a very slow pace.

Upon seeing this, Han Fei understood two things.

First, after searching the entire room and still not finding himself, he went berserk. Then, he probably went to the other neighbors in the building to continue searching, and got into a conflict with them.

Secondly, the fact that the crying figure's arms disappeared and its breathing became increasingly weak suggests that there is likely more than one ghost, even more dangerous than the crying figure, hiding in this building!
He just said it casually, but it seems to have had a very big impact.

Having lost both arms, he stood quietly on the badly damaged altar, surrounded by torn paper figures, but no other children could be seen.

"You just wanted someone to play games with you, and they cruelly took away your arms. That's not fair." Han Fei took the initiative to approach the girl who cried and said, "Who did this? Maybe I can help you."

Han Fei didn't directly tell him that he had lost the game, nor did he force him to cry to keep his promise, and he didn't even mention the three things the other party needed to do for him.

At this moment, Han Fei seemed to have discovered an interesting toy. He made no attempt to hide his malice and squatted down in front of the crying woman: "Don't cry, don't cry, what happened?"

He said the same thing during the day, and now he says it casually, but it gives people a completely different feeling.

Crouching beside the crying man, he resembled a wild beast ready to devour its prey, secretly rubbing his fangs.

The dark figure turned its head to face Han Fei, seemingly sizing him up.

Everyone in the neighborhood told him to cry, but Han Fei was the only one who told him not to cry, and seemed completely unafraid of him.

He cried, unwilling to believe it, but his heart was beginning to waver. The person in front of him might be a more evil and terrifying being than himself, or perhaps the man in front of him was actually a ghost in human skin.

(End of this chapter)