My Healing Games

Chapter 36 A Loving Family (Happy New Year!)

Among all the deceased whose bodies were pieced together, Wei Youfu was the most unique.

The murderer used his good looks to kill, but Wei Youfu was really too ordinary; there was nothing particularly attractive about him. Although it's not very polite to say this, that's the truth.

Han Fei searched through all the information online. According to the forensic autopsy report, the police concluded that Wei Youfu's death was completely accidental. He had stumbled upon a murder case, and the first-time perpetrator, in a panic, killed him as well.

However, some people on the internet hold a different opinion, saying that the murderer's entire plan, from the method of the crime to his escape, was very meticulous, and he would have been caught if there had been even the slightest mistake.

Such a meticulous madman would never overlook Wei Youfu's existence. Just as the murderer killed Cui Tianci and Cui Caiyi on the same night, some people believe that the murderer had Wei Youfu as a target from the beginning.

They even believe that the reason the murderer chose to target Amei was because of Wei Youfu.

The netizens' discussion made some sense, but there was no evidence to support it. Han Fei didn't pay attention to it at first, but after seeing Wei Youfu in the game, he gradually changed his mind.

Looking back on Wei Youfu's life, it was ordinary and unremarkable; he never did anything out of the ordinary.

He deeply loved his wife and father, worked hard without complaint, and never complained even when he was exhausted, as if he was always full of hope for life.

Such a person also possesses a beautiful quality: his heart, or rather, his soul.

Han Fei didn't know if the murderer had taken a liking to this point; he had no evidence. However, he remembered the scene he witnessed the first time he went to Wei Youfu's house.

It was a detail he almost overlooked: he found a lot of Lego toys and various puzzles on the cabinet in Wei Youfu's living room.

LEGO is an educational toy from many years ago. These plastic building blocks have studs on one side and holes on the other side where the studs can be inserted. There are about 1300 different shapes, and each shape comes in several different colors. They can be assembled into endlessly varied shapes and are known as "magic plastic building blocks".

As times change, fewer and fewer children play with Lego bricks, but some adults still like to buy them for collection.

Wei Youfu and the murderer may both be puzzle enthusiasts, except that Wei Youfu was piecing together building blocks, while the murderer was piecing together lives.

For a moment, Han Fei had a strange thought: Could the murderer be Wei Youfu? Or someone who knew him very well?
After all, appearance can be seen directly with the eyes, and information about models can be found online, but whether a person has a beautiful and flawless soul can only be determined after getting to know them better.

"Was the murderer who created the human body mosaic a friend of Wei Youfu?"

As Han Fei was pondering, footsteps came from the innermost bedroom.

At 3:14 AM, the seventh victim appeared.
This model named Gu Ye was once very famous in the industry. His body was known as the golden ratio. Unfortunately, he was in a car accident at the peak of his career.

The man was rescued, but his face was severely lacerated. After undergoing plastic surgery, his career began to decline.

Among the seven dead, Gu Ye was the oldest, and his appearance seemed to foreshadow the passing of the night and the impending change.

After Gu Ye passed the bedroom door, Wei Youfu also left from Han Fei's door, and all seven deceased sat on the living room sofa.

They turned their backs to Han Fei and silently watched the television.

The images on the screen seemed to correspond to reality, and Han Fei also noticed a problem.

When he was doing his TV-watching assignment, he watched a ghostly animation with a very bizarre and abstract style, which felt like a child's nightmare.

At that time, the monster standing behind him was watching TV with him. The seven victims were pieced together and were out of control, violent, and filled with despair and murderous intent.

Tonight's situation is different from before. The seven victims appeared individually. Before they were pieced together into a monster, they all seemed to maintain a certain level of rationality, at least they did not have the naked murderous intent towards Han Fei as before.

As time ticked by, and the indoor temperature dropped to freezing, the image on the television screen finally changed.

In reality, Wei Youfu was still sitting on the sofa, but on the television screen, he picked up a photo frame from the table and gently wiped it.

He pointed to the figure in the photo frame and gently moved closer to Amei. Amei on the screen was a little shy and wanted to push him away, but she gave up after a few attempts. She seemed to be quietly scolding Wei Youfu, but her eyes were full of happiness.

The other victims on the screen also got up and did their own things. Xiao Qing liked food and cooking. Tianci and Caiyi, the siblings, were arguing. The younger brother, Tianci, couldn't win the argument with his sister, nor could he beat her, and he was so angry that he was about to cry.

The female anchor Zhang Lingfan put on a beautiful makeup in front of a small mirror, while the oldest, Gu Ye, took out a beer from the refrigerator, listened to music with his headphones on, and drank the beer.

The television was playing what were probably the victims' only remaining beautiful memories, but even these last vestiges of beauty were slowly fading. It seemed they were watching it again and again because they didn't want to forget.

They once had beautiful and happy times.

"After the monster is pieced together, a nightmarish underworld program will be played on the television. When the victims are separated, their respective beautiful memories will be played on the television."

The world outside the haunted house is developing in a more bizarre and dangerous direction, but inside the haunted house, everything remains calm and peaceful.

Han Fei hid under the covers, silently observing everything. The more he learned, the more uneasy he felt.

As an actor, he is very good at observing others and is very sensitive to their emotional changes, so he was able to better understand the feelings of the victims at that moment.

Nobody wants to become a monster.

Han Fei glanced at the digital clock on the wall; it was 3:30 a.m.

The bathing task had to be completed before 4 a.m., leaving him with little time.

At 3:35 a.m., Han Fei made a very bold decision: he slowly lifted the blanket.

If you woke up in the middle of the night to find seven ghosts sitting in the living room watching TV, most people would probably be terrified. Some might choose to call the police, run away, or continue to hide under the covers and pretend to be asleep.

However, Han Fei's reaction was different from the above. He chose to leave the bedroom and watch TV with the seven ghosts.

The monsters pieced together cannot communicate; they can only understand each other when the victims are separated.

Having completed the sleep task and exceeding three hours of game time, Han Fei tried to calm himself down before leaving the bedroom.

All seven victims were watching themselves on television; no one paid any attention to Han Fei.

He quietly sat at the end of the sofa, and from behind, he blended in perfectly.

Suffering from social anxiety and not good at speaking, Han Fei was also an orphan. He had never thought about how to communicate with his family because he had never experienced the feeling of family before.

Leaning back on the sofa, Han Fei didn't disturb the victims watching TV; he simply sat with them and watched along.

"I ate dumplings at my grandma's house on New Year's Day. I wonder if I will watch the Spring Festival Gala with the seven of them on New Year's Eve."

(End of this chapter)