Chapter 278
Chapter 278
“Fei! Fei! Where are you? Say something! Fei!”
Then Liu Ye looked at the Fiend beside him.
“Ma’am, have you seen my Ah Fei?”
The Fiend: “…”
She slowly raised a hand and pointed beneath the van.
Liu Ye: “…”
He hurriedly dragged Xiaoshuai and young John out.
“Fei, why weren’t you watching where you were going? You ran under my van!”
Xiaoshuai: “…”
“Because I’m an idiot… Boo-hoo…”
Brother Liu was becoming increasingly blameless. Whatever happened, he could absolve himself completely.
“There, there. It’s fine. Don’t cry. You won’t be an idiot next time!”
Liu Ye hugged Xiaoshuai’s head and gently comforted him.
The other Fiends: “…”
He actually believed it!
The female Light Fiend hesitated. Instinct told her several Fiends stronger than her stood ahead.
Then three ghostly faces appeared inside the van, baring their teeth and pointing furiously at her as if issuing a challenge.
The Light Fiend became enraged. They had all struggled to get out, yet those three dared threaten her? She feared no one!
What she did not know was that the Crash-Scam Fiend and the others were saying,
“Run! Run!”
Instead, she activated her ability again. The corridor lights went dark.
When they returned, the Light Fiend was embracing Liu Ye.
Liu Ye: “…”
The Light Fiend: “…”
“Ma’am, this is sexual harassment. Our age difference is too great. It could never work. Give up.”
That reminded Liu Ye: had Brother Driver and his partner divorced yet? If they had, he and this woman seemed well matched.
“Ma’am, do you want a husband? I can find you a home.”
Everyone and every Fiend: “…”
What kind of human-trafficker line was that?
“I told you he had a side business!” the Crash-Scam Fiend said.
The Light Fiend froze. She patted Liu Ye and realized he had not swallowed her. Panic seized her.
She turned to flee, but Liu Ye grabbed her.
“Don’t be shy. My brother is a wonderful prospect! Sure, it would be his second marriage, but a man marrying for the second time knows how to cherish someone. He has a good job too. His job…”
The driver did not seem to have a proper job.
“Never mind the job. His looks…”
The driver was not particularly handsome either.
“Never mind his looks. His house…”
The house seemed to belong to the Old Man.
“N-never mind the house. But he has a van! Look at it. It cost fifty…”
Liu Ye covered his mouth. Introducing someone to his brother was unexpectedly difficult.
Even so, the driver was his brother. He could not let him remain single.
“Ma’am, just meet him first. Whether it works is another matter. Come, get in.”
The Light Fiend shook her head frantically. She tried extinguishing the lights to escape, but her ability no longer worked.
White light flowed from Liu Ye’s hand into her body, immobilizing her.
Liu Ye assumed she had agreed but was too shy to express it.
Helping form a marriage was a tremendous good deed! At last he had a chance to repay Brother Driver.
He pushed the Light Fiend into the van.
Inside, the old, middle-aged, and young Fiends said helplessly,
“We told you to run. You came over eagerly anyway. Are you stupid?”
The Light Fiend: “…”
Outside, Xiaoshuai was thrilled by how easily Liu Ye subdued her and hurriedly said,
“Brother Liu! An important Suicide Alliance member is inside. Look at these people. They heard his bewitching words and all killed themselves!”
“What?”
Liu Ye flew into a rage. He hated people who did not value their own lives, so he immediately entered.
Xiaoshuai hurried in after him.
The room’s rule required an odd number of people. Liu Ye himself had nothing to fear, but it would be a problem if John and the others died.
Inside, John leaned against the wall with a handkerchief covering one eye.
Swan and Frog each had a hand on a small statue in the center.
It was the Venus de Milo, a beautiful statue who seemed capable of inspiring love at a glance. Her only regrettable feature was the absence of both arms.
Seeing Liu Ye, Frog felt elated. They were finally saved.
But his excitement pushed his heart rate above one hundred. A shadow instantly lunged toward him, only for someone else to move faster.
“Bro…” Frog began, then felt sharp pain across his face.
Smack!
Liu Ye slapped Frog to the floor.
“You’re the important Suicide Alliance member, aren’t you?”
The shadow beside them froze with one hand raised: “…”
“No…”
Liu Ye saw Frog trying to speak. Xiaoshuai had said the enemy could drive people to suicide through speech. He could not let Frog open his mouth!
Liu Ye unleashed a barrage of slaps, beating Frog until his face swelled like a pig’s head. Remembering how many people the man had supposedly driven to suicide, he remained unsatisfied.
“Ma’am, lend me this for a moment!”
He picked up the Venus statue just as she was about to move.
The Venus statue: “…”
She instantly found herself unable to move and shed powder in terror.
Seeing Liu Ye raise her to beat Frog, Xiaoshuai hurriedly shouted,
“It’s not him!”
“Hm? Not him?”
Liu Ye looked at Swan.
Swan shuddered. “Not me either!”
“There are only three of you in this room. If it isn’t him or you, who is it?”
The teenage Fiend beside them: “…”
Could it possibly be… him?
Scanning the room again, Liu Ye saw a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old boy holding a notebook and staring at him uncertainly.
Swan and the others saw him too. Previously, the Fiend had appeared to them only as a notebook. Now a person stood beside it.
As the teenage Fiend revealed his true form, the Death Note inside Liu Ye’s bundle became excited. It sensed a Fiend of the same type outside.
If Liu Ye dealt with the other Fiend and threw him into the bundle, the Death Note could revive and gain a new Taboo.
Liu Ye looked at the boy, then awkwardly helped Frog up. Frog sagged like a lump of mud, his body swaying unsteadily.
“Brother, sorry. I acted impulsively. But if it wasn’t you, why didn’t you say anything?”
Frog: “…”
“Boo-hoo… Brother Liu, we’ve met before!”
“We have? When?” Liu Ye asked.
“At Huicheng High School. I went with Brother Fei to steal underwear.”
Xiaoshuai: “…”
Another day of having his reputation ruined!
That reminded Liu Ye. He apologized,
“Sorry. I’m bad with faces.”
Frog: “…”
The teenage Fiend backed away. In the previous instant, every one of his Taboos had vanished.
He also sensed something familiar from Liu Ye and immediately knew Liu Ye carried a Fiend of the same nature as him.