The fat man's words weren't something he could say at his age. He must have remembered what his father had told him.
The two of us sat there in a daze. Neither of us was in the mood to talk. However, the fat man was still restless. After a few minutes, he turned to check his father's situation.
I was much calmer than the fatty. It wasn't that I didn't have compassion, but after what had happened, I realized that the jade bracelet that the red shadow was in seemed to be able to restrain the danger of the glowing green human face. I had seen the face earlier, and it was the jade bracelet that had woken me up.
If the fat man's father didn't wake up for a long time, I would find a chance to put the jade bracelet on him.
Not long after that, my father brought us dinner. After dinner, he asked me to go home.
Of course, I didn't feel safe leaving the fat man here alone. However, after my father slapped me twice, I reluctantly went home.
However, I had made up my mind. I would come here early the next morning. If the fat man's father still didn't wake up, I would put the jade bracelet on him.
After a busy day, I felt really sleepy when I got home at night. However, I forced myself to stay awake until 11: 00 PM. I called the red shadow and asked her, "Did you save me today? Do you know what that strange face is? Can you save the fat man's father?"
To my disappointment, the red shadow was still the same as before. She sat on the bed in a daze. No matter how many times I asked her, she didn't say a word. It seemed she didn't know how to talk, which made me feel very discouraged.
The next morning, my mother had prepared breakfast. I didn't have time to eat and just took the breakfast for three people to the mountain.
The path in the mountain was very rugged, and there were many trees and grass on both sides. Some parts of the path looked like a sealed corridor. In the early morning, it looked a little gloomy. However, I wasn't afraid. I was worried about the fat man's situation, so I walked fast.
When I passed by a bush, a red shadow flashed in front of me. I lifted my head and saw the red shadow standing in front of me.
I was startled. Instinctively, I asked, "Why did you come out?"
After asking, I remembered that the red shadow couldn't speak. I couldn't help but feel dispirited. But then, the red shadow spoke, "You … don't go to that place yesterday. I can save … that person."
The red shadow's voice was very soft, and it seemed to stutter as if it was not used to speaking.
After I heard that, I was pleasantly surprised and asked her, "Can you really save the fatty's father?"
The red shadow nodded and emphasized, "Don't go to the place you went to yesterday."
My excitement disappeared. Does she mean that I'm not allowed to go to the fatty's ancestral house?
Then how am I supposed to save his father?
I asked Red Shadow. She told me that the place I shouldn't go to was the dormitory, not the fatty's ancestral home.
I felt relieved. I didn't have time to think about why the red shadow didn't want me to go to the dormitory. I asked her to return to the jade bracelet and rushed to the fatty's place.
Unexpectedly, when I arrived, I saw the fat boy's father walk out of the door. He woke up on his own.
Then, the fat boy also walked out of the room.
The fat boy's face looked much better than yesterday. When he saw me, he happily received the breakfast in my hand and asked his father to join us.
The fat boy wanted to go inside to eat, but his father didn't let us in. He just ate his breakfast on the ground outside.
I could see that the fat boy's father didn't want an outsider like me to enter his ancestral home.
After breakfast, we went down the mountain together.
The fat boy's father took us to the Village Elder's house. He said that he wanted to borrow the Village Elder's phone to contact someone to help us.
At that time, although telephones weren't a rare thing in the countryside, not many people had telephones. Only the Village Elder and a few other rich families had telephones.
After the call, I went home to inform my family. Then, I followed the fat boy and his father to the school.
Although we had encountered some danger yesterday, the fat boy's father didn't want to let it go.
Soon, we reached the school gate. The fat boy's father didn't want to enter the school. He stood at the gate as if he was waiting for someone.
The fat boy and I didn't dare to ask him. We just stood behind him and waited.
Not long after, a black Santana sedan came from afar. When it reached us, it stopped.
The Santana was a low-end sedan, but in the nineties of the previous world, there weren't many of them in a small county. The fat boy and I couldn't help but straighten our backs. We curiously looked at the car. We thought that the person sitting inside must be an important person.
Soon, the car door opened, and a small old man wearing glasses walked out. The small old man's hair was white, and even the goatee on his chin was snow-white. He looked to be at least seventy years old.
After he got out of the car, a middle-aged man around thirty years old got out of the driver's seat. He ran to support the old man and walked toward the fat boy's father.
The old man was old, but he walked faster than a middle-aged man. He hurriedly walked up to Fatty's father and asked, "Lin Acheng, is what you said on the phone true?
A thirty-year-old flesh-eating baby? "
I knew that the fat boy's father's surname was Lin, but it was the first time I heard someone call him by his name.
The fat boy's father nodded and whispered, "Uncle He, I don't dare to lie to you. I saw it with my own eyes yesterday. It hasn't taken shape yet, but from the looks of it, it's the last shaved ghost. I was careless yesterday, and I almost lost my life. I'm sure I saw it right."
From the way they addressed each other, the fat boy's father and this old man didn't have a simple relationship. It was strange. From what I remembered, the fat boy's father would only come out to attend funerals in the village. He usually stayed at home. It was hard to imagine that he had a friend like Old He in the county.
The white-haired Uncle He kept silent for a while. Then, he sighed and said, "A thirty-year-old flesh-eating baby … Let's go. We should take advantage of the fact that we found out about it. It'll be too late if we wait any longer."
After saying that, the old man went into the school first. His majestic gait was a huge contrast to his appearance.
When we arrived at the school, we didn't know when the principal had received the news. Before we reached the school building, he greeted us with a face full of smiles. However, it was obvious that he wasn't smiling at us, but at the spirited old man.
"President He, how come you have the time to visit me today?" The principal smiled and moved closer. His expression was even a little flattering.
Old He snorted heavily. His tone wasn't polite at all. He said, "Something like this happened in your school, and as the principal, you're still trying to cover it up? Don't you care about the lives of the children?"
The Principal was reprimanded, but he wasn't angry at all. He just smiled bitterly and apologized, "I didn't understand the situation and thought it was a small matter … But since President He is here today, this matter is indeed a small matter."
As expected of the principal, he was able to flatter Old He subtly with his words.
Old He snorted again and didn't talk about it anymore. He just asked the principal to prepare a room with a bedroom.
The principal didn't dare to ask too much, and quickly arranged for his subordinates to find a teacher's dormitory.
After this was arranged, a car drove over from the school gate. When the people got off, I realized that it was Guo Mingming's family.
At this time, Guo Mingming was already unconscious. A middle-aged man was carrying him on his back. Beside him was a middle-aged woman who was constantly wiping her tears. They should be his parents.
Old He arranged for Guo Mingming's family to put him on the bed in the teacher's dormitory. Then, he told the middle-aged man who had been following him to stay here and watch over Guo Mingming. Then, he brought us to the dormitory where the incident happened.
It could be seen that everyone respected this old man a lot. The strange incident in the dormitory would probably be solved.
I also felt a lot more relaxed.
Originally, I was hesitant to go to the dormitory because of Red Shadow's advice. However, since there was someone who could solve the problem in the dormitory, it should be fine for me to follow them.
Who knew that when we reached the dormitory, fatty's father suddenly said that fatty and I should go back to the classroom and not get involved in this matter.
After he said that, fatty and I couldn't follow him. Although we didn't want to, we had no choice but to go back.
On the way back, fatty suddenly stopped. "I'm worried about my dad's situation. I'm going to sneak back. Do you want to go with me?"
Previously, when we went to the graveyard to steal food, the two of us were together. For the sake of brotherhood, I couldn't reject the fatty. Moreover, I was also very curious. Without saying anything, I nodded and sneaked back with the fatty.
Our dormitory was on the fourth floor.
Fatty and I sneaked up and hid between the stairs of the third and fourth floor. We were afraid that someone would find us, so we didn't dare to poke our heads out. We just listened to the commotion above.
After waiting for a long time, I didn't hear anything. "When did fatty's father wake up last night?"
After chatting with fatty for a while, I learned that fatty had asked his father about the glowing green ghost face in our dormitory.
According to fatty's father, there had been a murder case in our dormitory many years ago, which had given birth to a ghost. This ghost was very special. It was called the Shaving Ghost. Every three years, it would kill a person. Every time it killed someone, it would act like Guo Mingming and shave the victim's hair.
After that, the victim would die within three days.
This cycle would repeat. After thirty years, the ghost would kill ten people and give birth to a strange, evil creature called the Flesh-Eating Baby.
The glowing green ghost face I had seen earlier was actually the Flesh-Eating Baby that was about to take shape.
This Flesh-Eating Baby wasn't an ordinary ghost. It was an evil creature with a physical body. That was why people could see it.
However, the evil face I had seen hadn't taken shape yet. Guo Mingming was the tenth person to be killed. Once Guo Mingming died, the ghost would swallow his three souls, and the evil face would become a real Flesh-Eating Baby …