Chapter 109 - I will Transcend Soon

A strange shiver made Meng Guo's entire body rock like something from inside her was trying to break out. What made it painful and terrifying to her was that she felt like she was being held down by a film against the wall.

Liu Xiaodan was only standing in front of her, and yet her body only wriggled like she was being electrified. She felt her arms shake in their places, and when they lifted from his waist, they were both slammed against the wall like Liu Xiaodan grabbed them and pinned them there.

However, his hands remained on her jaws, fingers resting on her nape.

"How dare you…" A low howl came out of Meng Guo's mouth as soon as she opened it. She knew that she didn't say those words, and yet they came out just the same. Another string of words came out of her mouth, but it had a higher pitch than what she could make.

"You will be eaten! You will be eaten!"

"Aren't you worried I will eat you first?" Liu Xiaodan pulled back a little, his eyes seemingly glinting with a red light. "Aren't you scared that I won't mind digging through your host to crush you?"

Meng Guo's eyes widened, and yet her mouth remained open. The strange voices then mixed as if they were hissing and calling Liu Xiaodan names. However, he only moved his thumb to put it inside her mouth. The male smiled some more.

As he spoke, the wind in the room had grown colder. "You make me hungry… do you know that?"

"King…" the voices cried… and died down.

For the first time, Meng Guo felt complete control of her own body. The constant fear that clad her bones dissipated as well as the throbbing feeling of her crotch. As soon as Liu Xiaodan stepped away from her, she couldn't help but run to the toilet in the room and sat down for a release.

Her eyes then crawled to Liu Xiaodan's image as he walked to his drawers to pick out a thin packet of wet tissue for the girl. When she finished, she didn't even move anymore… until Liu Xiaodan stood in front of her and handed her the packet.

"Please don't drip around my room." Liu Xiaodan then left as soon as she received the packet with shaking hands. He also picked up his shirt from the floor and put it on before sitting on his bed, back facing Meng Guo.

"...B-Big Brother..." Meng Guo never knew his proper name so she had to resort to calling him the way the spirits were forcing her to do so. Even if she was quite sure that she was older than Liu Xiaodan.

"Yeah?"

Meng Guo settled her business and made use of the tissue before walking closer, hands on the packet and pulling down her dress. "Can I stay here? I'm scared that… if I step away from you, they would come back… and torture me again..."

Liu Xiaodan was surprised by her actually m.a.t.u.r.e voice. She didn't sound remotely like the cute girl calling herself Mango again and again. When he took a look at her again, he realized that Mango was actually being enslaved by those spirits for too long that her face had changed.

Right now, she was an a.d.u.l.t, hoping to be safe in someone's company.

A smile came from Liu Xiaodan as an answer, but it was from a living human. He offered his bed to her and then took Old Xiong off of it. He then volunteered to sleep on the floor so she could have the bed for herself.

Not much was spoken between them after.

Meng Guo curled up on the bed and hogged the blanket. She faced Liu Xiaodan's direction and watched him sleep on that huge bear. That was the same bear he was lying on when they first met, but it felt different by then. That bear was a bear… this one right now was a creep looking back at her.

The woman closed her eyes and forced the thoughts out of her head. Tonight was another one of those where she was passing the night in a man's room, sleeping in a man's bed… inhaling a man's scent. However, the man wasn't threading her body… for he was on the floor, laying on a seven-foot black teddy bear.

…

The dark void welcomed Liu Xiaodan once more. When he got up, he knew that the Mother had come to see him again. He walked into the darkness and saw the lamp and the two bodies once more. However, the Mother wasn't there.

Liu Xiaodan stood in front of the two bodies known to him as Wanwan and Wuji. He then kneeled down. "Are you Wuji? One of your friends said that you didn't accept the Mother's hand. If you are Wuji, then you shouldn't be here, right?"

"When he realized that it was too late to regret, he cried to me." The Mother's voice echoed from behind, and her body crawled along the ceiling of the cave. She then descended to the side to assume her previous position based on what Liu Xiaodan remembered from that time.

"How about you, Xiaodan? Do you want to spare yourself from the trouble?"

"I heard that I made a baby cry. Do you know where I can find her?" Liu Xiaodan smiled at the Mother, hoping to get information from her kind. If there was something ghosts wouldn't lie about, it was about their strengths and how they would crush a puny human.

Maybe the Mother would be kind enough to threaten him using the baby.

A smile curled the Mother's lips. "Most of us are cramped up in a hall unknown to most patients. However, if you ended up being selected for the… treatment, perhaps, you will find her. When greater ghosts like her run in fear, there is only one king that would listen to their pleas…

"Dear Xiaodan, you have made a lot of them cry. You wouldn't like the end waiting for you. Take my hand now… and let me show you a life of bliss."

The Mother stretched her hand, and Liu Xiaodan readily reached out to touch her. However, she moved her hand away in shock. She didn't think Liu Xiaodan would be so bold.

He reached out not because he wanted to die… but to find out how she would consume her victims.

"Oh, why did you pull back, Mother?" Liu Xiaodan didn't feel good referring to her as 'Mother'. He only had one mother, and that was the sweetest and greatest mother he ever had the p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e to have, Wu Qianqian.

The Mother cast her gaze at Liu Xiaodan and his outstretched hand. She then reached out as well and held onto his cold hand. Unlike what she first planned, she didn't try to consume the man. Her fingers felt the callous hand and the lines on his palm. She stared at it longer and sighed inwardly.

There was no rush to gobble this one up. He was too strong for her not to gamble death.

"It's too early for me to walk you, Xiaodan." The Mother backed away. "See me again when you have the chance to escape and the misfortune of having something to run away from."

"If I find a way to the treatment facility, will I find you there? It would be a shame if I didn't drop by to greet you." Liu Xiaodan smiled, but the Mother only raised her hand and grew long nails. She used one to stab toward Liu Xiaodan, but the man didn't flinch at all.

The nails only pierced through the ground near Liu Xiaodan. The Mother didn't smile as she raked at the ground. "Liu Xiaodan, just because you have the power to subdue one of us doesn't mean you can control everyone. Mind how you talk to me. I am also a king, but I will transcend soon.

"Who knows? Your flesh might be the one taking me there."

…

Liu Xiaodan woke up from the nightmare again, but unlike yesterday, he had Old Xiong still behind him. Moreover, Guangru was curling up next to him as if welcoming his embrace. Seeing this, Liu Xiaodan didn't move and chose to close his eyes again.

It's just that…

Footsteps echoed from outside, but it came from far away. Someone was walking around frantically and was very loud in Liu Xiaodan's opinion. His eyes opened again and begrudgingly got up from his bear bed. He glanced at Meng Guo once before opening his door.

When he looked around, he saw Yun He and Six making rounds as if checking the side panels of the rooms. However, it didn't take Yun He a minute to notice that his pager was beeping. Yun He then turned to the direction of Liu Xiaodan's door, and the patient greeted him with a smile.

"Xiaodan." Yun He decided to speak to him while leaving Six to check the remaining panels going from far to Liu Xiaodan's neighbor. "Xiaodan, why are you up so early in the morning?"

"You were running around." Liu Xiaodan then looked at what the other guy was doing. "Did someone… did something happen to someone?"

"We're still checking. A patient managed to escape into the fourth floor, and I'm worried about her." Yun He sighed before clearing his throat. "You see, this floor is mostly made up of people like you who had been damaged by ghosts… and… people like you who went on murder sprees..."

Liu Xiaodan chuckled. He was a person like that, alright.

He then opened his door wider and showed the sleeping Meng Guo to Yun He. "Are you looking for her? She loitered around last night. I had to take her in for the same reasons you gave me."

Yun He eyed the girl and then Liu Xiaodan. The man didn't strike the nurse as someone who would do indecent things in places like this, but he was already seen with Mango often. If they ever did engage in anything, it wouldn't be a surprise… even if it was punishable by the facility rules.

"Do you mind if I go in?" Yun He said so, but he had already entered. He then went to wake up Meng Guo. "Mango, please wake up. It's time to come back to your room."

"...huh?" Meng Guo opened her eyes and saw a male nurse in front of her. She then sat up slowly and saw Liu Xiaodan by the door. However, Six decided to stand at the doorway as if displeased that he had to wake up early just to look for her.

Then again… being caught would mean she would be whipped again, right?

"Mango, let's go now." Yun He assisted the girl up and walked her to the door. When Six made way for her, she walked out of the room. However, as soon as she stepped out, she felt like the spirits gripped her body all of a sudden.

A cry was let out as she grabbed between her legs and fell to the floor. Liu Xiaodan was shocked as well as the two other males. When they went to console her, they heard a resounding howl of a baby. Yun He and Six were both alerted and yet bewildered.

"Attacking me together?"