Chapter 235
Chapter 235
In Huaguo.
Taking advantage of the chaos in the inner world’s order, both Red Infant and Green Infant followed Jiang Li to Huaguo.
Their situation was different from Xiao Wu’s.
When Xiao Wu died, his body was taken away by the Foundation, restored and prepared, then placed in a static Space.
That was why, when Xiao Wu returned to Huaguo, he had his own body.
But the bodies of the brothers Red Infant and Green Infant had long since rotted away.
So the two of them still remained in their Aberration forms.
The two children could decide who was allowed to see them. That was one of the traits of an Aberration.
The last place Jiang Li entered the inner world from was the suburban villa Elder Fan had provided.
So when she returned this time, she also reappeared at the villa.
Elder Fan warmly invited Jiang Li to stay a few more days, and even had a team of doctors examine her and help her recover physically and mentally.
He also took the opportunity to formally propose taking Jiang Li in as his god-granddaughter.
Elder Fan had no children, and Jiang Li had no elders.
He hoped Jiang Li would think of him as her grandfather, and that the Fan Family’s assets would be left in her care in the future.
Since she and Elder Fan weren’t related in any way, Jiang Li had originally wanted to refuse. Besides, the demolition compensation from her old home was already enough for her to live on.
But Elder Fan couldn’t help turning into one stubborn old fish.
He sulked for three whole days, ignoring everyone, his old hardheaded temper unchanged as ever.
In the end, Jiang Li was utterly helpless and had to chase after the old man, coaxing him not to be angry.
When Xia Guofeng and Xia Xiaoqiang came to visit and saw the scene, they teased each other and couldn’t stop laughing.
Xia Guofeng laughed heartily and patted Jiang Li on the shoulder.
“Jiang Li, Elder Fan is getting old, and he’s stubborn to the core! He thinks highly of you, and you’re the only one who can talk him around.”
Xia Xiaoqiang hooked her arm through Jiang Li’s and chimed in teasingly.
“A stubborn old child and a stubborn granddaughter. Let’s see which of you can hold out to the end!”
Jiang Li finally gave in and accepted Elder Fan’s proposal. Just as he had wished, she became his granddaughter.
After staying with the Fan Family for a few days, Jiang Li had fully recovered, so she took Red Infant and Green Infant back to the old residential complex.
At the old complex, the apartment’s door lock had once been secretly changed by Dai Chunli.
So Jiang Li hired a locksmith and brought him to the door.
While waiting outside for the lock to be opened, Jiang Li could already tell something wasn’t right inside the apartment.
Noisy music was blaring from within.
Jiang Li even suspected she had gone to the wrong floor.
However, when the locksmith opened the door, Jiang Li saw an unbelievable scene:
The apartment was filled with smoke and stank to high heaven.
Jiang Lianlian had brought three men and two women from her circle to the Jiang Family’s old apartment, where they were singing, dancing, and having a grand old time.
Flashing colored lights, deafening music, beer bottles all over the floor…
No wonder Jiang Li had already heard quite a racket from inside while waiting outside for the lock to be opened.
The six people in the room all stopped cheering when they saw Jiang Li unexpectedly barge in, and they all turned toward the doorway.
“Jiang Li…?” Jiang Lianlian looked at Jiang Li in surprise, then guiltily turned off the music.
Jiang Lianlian was the sort of person who acted tough but was actually cowardly. She had originally been somewhat afraid to confront Jiang Li head-on.
But the moment she saw that Jiang Li was alone while she herself had a whole group of friends backing her up, she immediately straightened her back and found her confidence.
Jiang Lianlian steeled herself, then strode up to Jiang Li with her chin lifted.
“What are you doing back here, Jiang Li?
Dad left this house to my mom. My mom had an accident in the detention center, so naturally this house is mine now!
My family doesn’t welcome you. If you know what’s good for you, get lost already. Don’t make me throw you out.”
Jiang Lianlian’s breath reeked of smoke and alcohol.
Jiang Li pinched her nose and waved a hand in front of her face. “Your mouth really stinks.”
Jiang Li glanced up at the banner hanging in the apartment. This party was to celebrate Jiang Lianlian’s successful release from the hospital.
Earlier, Jiang Lianlian hadn’t understood the rules and had gone around biting a psychiatrist, so she had been taken to the hospital as mentally ill.
Now that Jiang Lianlian was out of the hospital and the building was about to be demolished, she had invited her friends over for a party.
Jiang Li glanced at Dai Chunli’s memorial portrait on the wall.
She couldn’t help feeling a little sorry for Dai Chunli.
Dai Chunli had probably never imagined that before her body was even cold, her daughter would have already forgotten all about her and still be in the mood to throw a celebratory party.
If Jiang Lianlian had been even a little filial back then, if she had properly preserved Dai Chunli’s body instead of letting it rot, stink, and decay until her organs failed,
then Dai Chunli should have been revived and sent back a few days later, just like the people of Jinlin who had suffered the same fate.
“Get the hell out already! Are you deaf? Did the explosion blow out your ears too?” Jiang Lianlian sneered.
Jiang Li silently looked at everyone in the room.
Including Jiang Lianlian, there were six of them in total.
Every one of them had grabbed a beer bottle, their eyes vicious, like they wanted to tear Jiang Li apart.
“What, one against six and you’re still not running?”
“I heard she’s some kind of actress! Think we’ll get a bump in followers if we get the actress drunk and record some short videos? Hahahaha!”
“Your name’s Jiang Li, right? Tch, look at you acting all tough. Who are you putting on a show for?! I hated that annoying face of hers when I watched the livestreams!”
“Exactly. I’ve heard for ages that she bullies our Lianlian. Try bullying her again if you’ve got the guts. I’ll kill you!”
“…”
The people in the room all talked over each other, hurling accusations at Jiang Li.
With her friends backing her up, Jiang Lianlian became even more arrogant.
She reached out with her right hand, jabbed Jiang Li in the shoulder, and shoved her several times.
“Why aren’t you getting out yet?!” Jiang Lianlian cursed.
Jiang Li said nothing. She merely shot Red Infant and Green Infant a look.
The next moment, the two children took advantage of the fact that Jiang Lianlian and the others couldn’t see them and started openly causing trouble in the room.
Red Infant found a pole and knocked down Dai Chunli’s memorial portrait.
Then he picked up the shattered memorial portrait and chased Jiang Lianlian all around the room with it.
Jiang Lianlian couldn’t see Red Infant.
All she saw was her mother’s memorial portrait suddenly shattering and then, for no reason at all, chasing after her. She was so frightened that she started screaming her head off.
She jumped onto the sofa, stomped across the table-
leaping all over the room.
“Oh my, Jiang Lianlian. Today’s the seventh day after your mom’s death. Your mom’s come to see you,” Jiang Li said from the side, fanning the flames.
Jiang Li shouted at the empty air, “Aunt Dai, is that you? If it is, smash a cup.”
With a bang, Green Infant immediately smashed a glass.
“Aunt Dai, are you angry because your daughter wasn’t filial to you? If that’s right, rock the chair.”
Green Infant immediately hopped over and began making the chair creak as he rocked it back and forth.
Now it wasn’t just Jiang Lianlian who was scared. Even the friends who had come with her were trembling so hard they were on the verge of bolting.
“Oh no, Aunt Dai, no matter how angry you are, you can’t go into the kitchen and grab a knife! Jiang Lianlian is still your daughter, after all! And her friends too. You can’t just kill them indiscriminately!”
Jiang Lianlian and her friends all turned toward the kitchen in terror.
Jiang Li seized the chance, left the living room, and slammed the door shut with a bang.
Jiang Li stood guard outside the door, refusing to let anyone inside come out.
The people in the room fled to the door and pounded on it nonstop.
Bracing the door with all her strength, Jiang Li made a call.
“Hello, I’d like to report this to the police. A group of people who seem mentally ill have broken into a private residence! They’re even claiming they can see things normal people can’t.”
“My address is 4-3, Fourth Floor, Building 2, Jinhua Residential Complex, Zhuxi Road, Jinghai City.”
“That’s right. Bring more officers and arrest every last one of them!”
…
“Behave yourselves!” The police arrived on the scene, handcuffed the people in the room, and took them all away.
During interrogation, the six of them kept insisting there was a little Aberration standing next to the police.
One moment they said it was wearing red, the next they said it was wearing green.
They creeped out even the interrogating officers enough to make the backs of their necks go cold.
After the interrogations were over, the group was detained.
Not long after, just as expected, they were sent off in a luxury police car bound for the psychiatric hospital.
The six of them kept insisting they had been framed!
All of this was because a Specter Child had been messing with them.
Specter Children really did exist in this world!
Unfortunately for them, the Strange Tale had been eliminated, and Huaguo was at peace.
No one believed a word they said.