Chapter 216 – Nightmare from Ten Thousand Years Ago – The Truth (12)
Outside the Ferris Wheel.
Xiao Dong looked visibly upset. She kept glancing at the little girl, appearing to be very wary of her.
“What’s wrong?” Bi Xinzhi asked her quietly.
“N-nothing.” Xiao Dong quickly composed herself and gave him a small smile.
Something was definitely off. It seemed like there was something wrong with that girl.
Bi Xinzhi looked over at the girl. After observing her seriously for a moment, he suddenly pointed at her and said, “She has no face!”
Yes, the girl had no face.
Bi Xinzhi had just announced this shocking fact in front of everyone. Subconsciously, Wei Kexin turned to look at Mu Quyan.
“Um, I can explain.”
“I thought this girl was important, so I brought her along. Ever since she joined us, we haven’t encountered any of Xiao Yu’s residual shadows,” Qi Jiu picked up where Wei Kexin left off, helping her take responsibility for bringing along an unidentified remnant spirit.
“You didn’t even know her background, and you brought her with you? Do you want us all to die?” Bi Xinzhi shouted.
“Well, Xiao Dong, who’s been staying by your side, was someone I found in the women’s restroom. Funny how you never had a problem with that,” Wei Kexin snapped back. She wouldn’t mind if he had spoken nicely, but she wasn’t going to take being yelled at.
“Alright, alright, let’s not fight. If they’ve been traveling together all this time and nothing’s happened, then let’s just drop it,” Xiao Dong stepped in to smooth things over.
While they were arguing, Mu Quyan had been quietly observing them. He had finally noticed something.
Xiao Dong was clearly afraid of the faceless girl. And the faceless girl looked very similar to the faceless figure he had seen on the haunted house wall.
Though she had no facial features, the contours were still there. His intuition had never been wrong—there had to be a connection between this faceless girl and the faces he’d seen in the haunted house.
Inside the little white room.
“This male lead is pretty smart,” Xiao A commented admiringly.
“Of course he is. How else could he possibly win over our Tang Tang?” Qiu’er replied, holding the plot information in her hands.
Just now, they had received a new update to the plot: the face in the haunted house and the faceless girl were one and the same. She was the child Xiao Yu had aborted. Because she had not fully developed at the time, she had no facial features. However, the aborted little girl already had a consciousness. She wanted to find her mother and ask why she didn’t want her. That was the source of the faceless girl’s obsession.
The faceless little girl pointed at the Ferris wheel and said, “If I ride it, I’ll be able to see my mom.”
The little squirrel poked its head out from a pocket and looked at the towering Ferris wheel.
“Squeak squeak squeak—” I don’t want to sit apart from you.
Mu Quyan gently patted the squirrel’s head. “You won’t. You’ll sit with me.”
The little girl was completely fixated on finding her mother. No matter how Wei Kexin tried to persuade her otherwise, she insisted on riding the Ferris wheel.
“I’ll ride with her,” Mu Quyan stepped forward and said.
“You’re crazy. We don’t have any leads right now, the weather’s about to change, and time’s running out. Yet you still want to help a girl who might be friend or foe find her mom?” Xiao Dong strongly opposed Mu Quyan’s decision.
Wei Kexin had originally intended to object as well, but with both Xiao Dong and Bi Xinzhi speaking out like this, her stubborn side kicked in.
“I support Mu Quyan’s decision. I’m the one who brought the girl back, and I promised to help her find her mother—so I will help her no matter what,” she said, pulling Qi Jiu with her.
The Ferris wheel cabins could only seat four people. Mu Quyan, Qi Jiu, Wei Kexin, and the faceless little girl all boarded one cabin. Xiao Dong stomped her foot in frustration from behind. Then, suddenly, seeing all four of them in the same cabin, an idea came to her. She quickly pulled Bi Xinzhi and boarded a different cabin. However, theirs was three cabins apart from Mu Quyan’s.
“I thought you didn’t want to ride it. Why are you getting on now?” Bi Xinzhi asked.
“What do you know? That little girl is actually Xiao Yu’s child. Xiao Yu aborted her. She’s here for revenge. It’s almost the hour now—Xiao Yu will appear soon. Let’s just sit back and watch them destroy each other.”
Mu Quyan’s cabin rose to the very top. In the distance, the bell tower struck the hour—it was exactly on the hour.
Suddenly, a crowd of people appeared on the open ground below, walking back and forth, just like any other normal day at an amusement park.
Out of nowhere, someone emerged nearby. She held a spring-loaded knife in her hand, and with each step forward, she slashed a person down—one slash, one kill—cutting her way through. Soon, the ground was littered with bodies, and she had made her way to the base of the Ferris wheel.
The faceless little girl pressed against the window and shouted, “Mom!”
“Mom?” Wei Kexin and the others looked down. Xiao Yu was covered in blood, standing below with a spring-loaded knife in her hand, glaring up at them with murderous eyes—as if she were just waiting for them to come down so she could stab each of them in turn.
“Will we be able to beat Xiao Yu if we go down?” Wei Kexin asked worriedly.
“Hard to say. But I’ll protect you,” Qi Jiu said, holding her hand.
Mu Quyan glanced at the faceless girl, then at the cabins behind them—especially at Xiao Dong’s strangely excited expression. In that moment, he realized what had been bothering him all along.
This was a trap.
Xiao Dong wasn’t really Xiao Yu’s friend. In fact, she had hurt Xiao Yu before. There was no way Xiao Yu wouldn’t hold a grudge. And all this time, Xiao Yu’s eyes had been locked onto the cabin where Xiao Dong was sitting.
Bi Xinzhi had entered the amusement park with them—Xiao Yu had no particular reason to be fixated on him. Which meant Xiao Yu only had one true target: Xiao Dong.
Xiao Dong must’ve figured something out—some kind of pattern—which made her suddenly change her mind and get on the Ferris wheel. And now, the rest of them… were just scapegoats.
Realizing this made Mu Quyan’s heart sink.
Their cabin was closer to the front, meaning they’d be getting off first. And for Xiao Yu to get to her real target, she would have to eliminate the people in her way—just like the bystanders she had already slaughtered. Anyone who stood between her and her revenge had to die.
With a group as large as theirs, they definitely wouldn’t go down without a fight. While Xiao Yu was occupied with them, Xiao Dong would have the perfect opportunity to slip away—just like she had used those strangers as human shields.
But… how could she be so certain she’d get away? There had to be more going on—something they didn’t yet know.
“What do we do? What do we do?” Wei Kexin grew more anxious the closer they got to the ground. In stark contrast, the faceless girl became more and more excited—she was about to be reunited with her mother.
Finally, the cabin reached the ground, and they stepped off.
Xiao Yu, drenched in blood, charged at them with her spring knife. Anyone who stood in the way of her revenge would die.
In the chaos of dodging the knife, Qi Jiu, Mu Quyan, and the others were separated.
The little squirrel poked its head out again—just as Xiao Yu turned her attention toward Mu Quyan.
Out of the whole group, Xiao Yu could sense that the greatest threat was Mu Quyan… and the squirrel on his shoulder.
The little squirrel collided face-to-face with Xiao Yu, whose blood-soaked face was dripping with rage.
“Squeak squeak squeak—” The squirrel’s scared to death!
Mu Quyan rolled on the ground. If only the little squirrel had stayed quietly in his pocket instead of poking its head out—he would’ve been fine. But it had stuck half its body out, and that movement flung it out violently.
Xiao Yu immediately abandoned her attack on Mu Quyan and lunged at the squirrel with her spring-loaded knife.
She was fast, but the little squirrel was faster.
Bai Tang was small and nimble. It was thanks to this ability that he’d been able to navigate the forest and survive all these years.
Even after he later bound with the system, took on human form, and met the male lead—pampered into uselessness in every world—the instincts etched into his soul could never be forgotten so easily.
Bai Tang used some vines to climb up a utility pole. From above, he watched as Xiao Yu circled the base of the pole in frustration, and all of a sudden, he wasn’t afraid of that vengeful spirit anymore.
No matter how ferocious she was, as long as he could run faster than her, she wouldn’t be able to lay a hand on him.
Mu Quyan saw that the squirrel had been forced up an old-fashioned utility pole by Xiao Yu. These types of poles were notorious for electrical leaks. Though Tang Tang had escaped the ghost, climbing up there was still extremely dangerous.
Mu Quyan attacked Xiao Yu from behind, knocking her down. Qi Jiu also stepped forward to help.
Underneath the Ferris wheel, Xiao Dong and Bi Xinzhi had also exited their cabin.
Bi Xinzhi said, “Looks like they’ve got Xiao Yu under control.”
Xiao Dong sneered, “Don’t be so sure.” Her eyes lit up as she spotted the amusement park’s iron gate swinging open in the distance. “Hurry, the park gate only stays open for five minutes—if we miss it, we’ll have to wait until tomorrow.”
Tomorrow, these people would all be dead. There’d be no one left to block Xiao Yu for her. Who knew when she’d get this lucky again with a group like this?
Xiao Dong ran toward the gate. Xiao Yu saw her and went completely berserk, letting out a guttural scream: “Ah—Xiao Dong! Dong—!”
Everyone heard it. Wei Kexin and Qi Jiu finally understood—Xiao Dong had been lying to them from the start. She was Xiao Yu’s true target—the one Xiao Yu hated most.
From his high perch, Bai Tang could see everything. He watched as Mu Quyan was knocked down again and again while trying to protect him—only to rise each time and stand in Xiao Yu’s way. And he also saw Xiao Dong and Bi Xinzhi running for the gate.
He fully embraced the role of the “vicious supporting male character.” If he and Ah Yan couldn’t escape, then no one else should even think about getting out—especially not someone trying to ride on Ah Yan’s efforts to flee.
He summoned vines to block Xiao Dong’s path.
Xiao Dong flailed her arms, trying to fend off the pursuing vines. But when she realized she couldn’t shake them off, she quickly shoved Bi Xinzhi behind her.
To her surprise, Bi Xinzhi grabbed her hand and used the momentum to throw her back into the tangle of vines.
Xiao Dong’s face showed shock. Bi Xinzhi just said, “Learned it from you.”
The vines dragged Xiao Dong back, while he turned and ran toward the gate, plunging decisively into the fog beyond.
The five minutes passed quickly. Xiao Dong could only watch helplessly as the amusement park’s iron gate slammed shut.
“No—!”
She was pulled back to the base of the utility pole by the vines.
Xiao Yu charged at her and stabbed her in the stomach with a knife.
“…Mom…”
Xiao Yu shoved Xiao Dong aside and turned to see a faceless little girl standing in front of her, clutching a doll.
“…Mom…”
“I found you, Mom…”
“Why didn’t you want me…”
“It was so dark in there. I was so scared…”
Each of the girl’s questions struck Xiao Yu like a hammer to the heart. The spring-loaded knife slipped from her hand and hit the ground with a crisp clatter.
“Mom… did you not want me anymore?”
The girl wasn’t filled with hatred for her mother, as Xiao Dong had assumed. Even before she was aborted, she had already developed consciousness. Through the wall of the womb, she could feel her mother’s gentle caresses and hear the little stories she told. She had begun to look forward to meeting her, to grow attached to her.
Step by step, Xiao Yu walked toward the girl and pulled her into a fierce embrace.
“Mommy never stopped wanting you. Baby, Mommy loves you.”
This child wasn’t fathered by one of the unknown men outside—she was the child of the man Xiao Yu loved. Back in the brothel, she had been forced to entertain clients.
One day, she saw him—drunk—and helped him to rest… That night, it happened. When she later found out she was pregnant, her heart was full of joy.
She had fantasized countless times about how she would care for the child after she was born. She swore she would never be like her own mother—constantly scolding and cruel. But that dream was shattered by a single bowl of medicine from her mother.
“Mom, let’s go home,” said the faceless little girl, whose features were now gradually becoming clear—revealing a very cute little girl.
“Thank you, big brothers and sisters, for helping me find my mom. Goodbye, everyone!” the little girl said politely.
Xiao Yu also gave them a grateful bow.
Author’s Note:
I almost thought I wouldn’t be able to update today—thankfully, I made it just in time. Phew…