abnabooks Chapter 2507 Unfounded Rumors
Chapter 2507 Unfounded Rumors
Chapter 2507 Unfounded Rumors
"His parents were sleeping in the next room. The two rooms were separated by a board, and the gap was a bit too big. He peeked through the gap a couple of times and was immediately terrified!"
“Standing in front of his parents’ bed was a dwarf about half a person’s height. At first glance, it looked like a child, but its face was very strange and fierce, and it had two extra eyes on its forehead. This dwarf lifted up Erpang’s mother’s clothes, exposing her belly. When Erpang saw it, it seemed to be holding a thin, long tube and putting it into Erpang’s mother’s belly.”
"But his parents were fast asleep and didn't move at all. Erpang also found that he couldn't move. He wanted to wake his parents up, but his voice was stuck in his throat and he could only watch helplessly." Xiaolong described it vividly. "After about fifteen minutes, the dwarf took back the long tube, covered Erpang's mother with her clothes and blankets, jumped off the bed and slipped away."
"During this time, Erpang got more and more sleepy and fell asleep again after reading this. When he woke up the next day, he wet the bed and was severely beaten by his father. He told his parents what he had seen and then went to lift his mother's clothes, only to find that her belly was intact and there was no hole at all. His parents thought he was making an excuse for wetting the bed and beat him again."
Dong Rui's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this, but he deliberately said, "Maybe he's just dreaming?"
“He initially thought so too, until he saw the dirt on the windowsill,” Xiaolong said. “The dwarf jumped out of the window, and the dirt on the windowsill was from the soles of his shoes. They had rapeseed growing in their yard, and there were rapeseed seeds in the dirt on the windowsill. But no matter what he said, his parents wouldn’t believe him, saying that the sparrow had brought it in.”
"Erpang firmly believed in what he had seen and told everyone he met. In just a few days, the entire neighborhood heard that Erpang's mother had been groped in the middle of the night! His parents were furious and gave him another good beating, forbidding him from telling anyone else."
"Then?"
"Two or three days later, he was playing by the river with some friends when he accidentally fell in." Xiaolong said sadly, "When he was pulled out, he was twice the size of his usual size. Everyone said he should be renamed 'Fat Four'. His parents almost cried themselves to death."
How do you know he's not dreaming or lying?
“Erpang is very honest and never lies. Besides, I’ve seen the crack in the board in front of his bed, and you can definitely see his parents’ figures there.” Xiaolong pursed his lips. “Actually, there have been rumors of monsters appearing in the city for a long time, but everyone has only heard about it and no one has seen it with their own eyes. I was thinking, maybe those who have seen it are all gone like Xiaopang.”
"Any other rumors?"
"It is said that two or three years ago, a woman named Lu Xiaogu lived in Butterfly Lane in the east of the city. She was feeling unwell for a few days and went to get some medicine to take. One night, she suddenly woke up and found a monster with sharp teeth crawling on her body, about to cut her stomach with a knife! She screamed loudly, and the neighbor next door rushed over, and the monster ran away."
Dong Rui's eyes flickered slightly: "Where did it go?"
"I don't know, they said he ran to the back of the house and disappeared."
"Did her neighbor see the monster?"
"They saw a blurry shadow, but when they rushed to the back of the house they saw nothing. They weren't sure if it was a tree shadow or a real monster," Xiaolong said seriously. "Aunt Lu also insisted that she wasn't dreaming or lying, and that there really was a monster trying to harm her."
Ling Jinbao pondered, "She also got the Peach Blossom Seal?"
“I don’t know about that,” Xiaolong said again. “A few days later, Aunt Lu moved away. The neighbors said she was terrified and moved away from Baisong City.”
"Of the two witnesses who saw the monster, one is dead and the other has left." Dong Rui rubbed his chin. "I love these kinds of unsubstantiated rumors; it's best if they can be verified."
He Lingchuan's voice suddenly came through the eyeball spider:
"It can be verified."
Ling Jinbao also said, "Shall we find a patient with a peach blossom mark?"
Dong Rui shook his head: "Where are we supposed to look for it in the middle of the night?"
They've only been in the city for less than five hours, and they're short on information!
"The night isn't over yet. Judging from this kid's description, the monster likes to come out and commit crimes in the middle of the night." Ling Jinbao clapped his hands lightly. "Isn't there a perfect one right here? Madam Gu from the Su family's cloth shop!"
“Gu… Oh!” Dong Rui also remembered that when the group passed by the market in the evening, there was a woman in the line to buy meat who had just gotten a peach blossom mark and was planning to get medicine for it the next morning.
If Xiaolong's words are true, or if there is a connection between the Peach Blossom Seal and the monster, then Madam Gu may be welcoming the monster to her door tonight.
“Bai Song City is too close to Yanxia Bay. All the anomalies that have occurred here are probably related to the methods of the Heavenly Demon.” He Lingchuan’s voice continued to ring in their ears. “I am interrogating the Lord of Bai Song City. Dong Rui, go to the Su Family Cloth Shop. Ling Jinbao, just find any pharmacy and bring back the prescription for Peach Blossom Seal.”
The two responded with a "yes," and Dong Rui patted his backpack, revealing the figure of the Ghost Ape to Xiao Long's astonished gaze.
"Keep an eye on him, don't let him shout, don't let him run away."
The ape nodded repeatedly, "I understand. It's good to be able to come out for some fresh air."
Then, Dong Rui and Ling Jinbao quietly slipped out of the inn and went their separate ways.
As a legitimate human city, Baisong City couldn't be as heavily guarded and monitored as Yujing City under Shangguan Biao's control, nor could it conduct round-the-clock, all-around checks on everyone. Given their skills, it wouldn't be easy for ordinary people to spot them.
Soon, Dong Rui found Su Family Cloth Shop on the street corner opposite the market.
The shops here are no different from those elsewhere; they are all businesses in the front and residences in the back, serving two purposes. This is especially true for husband-and-wife shops; eight out of ten are like this.
Holding the mirage horn, Dong Rui scaled the wall and entered the Su family's cloth shop, then sneaked into the small attic behind it, where Madam Gu and her husband lived.
The surrounding silence made the couple's snoring sound especially loud. Their sleeping posture was also quite unrestrained, sprawled out on their backs.
Gu Niangzi's face was covered with patches of red spots, which seemed to be even worse than in the evening.
Dong Rui muttered, "So, 'a face as beautiful as a peach blossom' isn't all that attractive after all."
He simply took matters into his own hands, placing his fingers on Madam Gu's wrist to take her pulse.
Madam Gu smacked her lips, but didn't wake up.
“Her pulse is very steady. Madam Gu is stronger than an ox,” Dong Rui confirmed. “The red marks all over her face look like a wind-heat invasion, but I can’t feel it when I take her pulse.”
The room was too small; besides a bed and a cabinet, the rest of the space was crammed with miscellaneous items. He had no choice but to climb onto the roof beam and sit down, asking in a low voice:
"Hey, how do I know if the monster has already been here?"
The eyeball spider relayed He Lingchuan's words: "On the night the monster arrived, Erpang woke up, but he couldn't turn over or speak, which means that the monster used some means to put its target into a deep sleep beforehand, making it easier for it to do whatever it wanted. However, Erpang's bedroom is only separated from his parents' bedroom by a wall, and he was also affected through the gap in the wooden planks."
(End of this chapter)