Chapter Fifty-two: Operation Cut X - A Thin Line Between Life and Death

  "It's like that after all. Alas, human nature is really too complicated. That internet writer Zhu Ling, also ended his life in this sinful place."

  "He's detestable, yet pitiful. The web novel 'Ghost Burial' didn't have a high click rate to begin with, and now it's been cut off like this, with no new chapters updated." Chen Qiuyang sighed lightly.

  We returned to the Leigong Inn, but I always felt a faint sense of unease. I kept feeling that I had missed something important, but I couldn't quite put my finger on what it was. Was I worried about those crazy words Zhu Hui said at the end?

  Back at the hotel, we revisited the topic of having the two-faced baby operate on Yuriko. After Zhu Ling's close call with death, I cherished life even more. So, I thought it was absurd to have the two-faced baby operate on Yuriko.

  I said to Yoruko, "Let's take a break and leave here later. It's safer to go back to Longcheng and go to the big hospital."

  Kui Ruo Lan still refused, she looked out the window at the sky, it was already afternoon, the sky was yellowish, like the waxen face of a hepatitis patient. I suddenly realized that Kui Ruo Lan seemed to be extremely resistant to going to the big hospital for a physical examination. Even today, when we went to the town hospital for a check-up, she was very resistant. Although I still don't know what her real reason is for resisting going to the big hospital for a check-up. But even if someone dislikes going to the hospital, they shouldn't joke around with their own life.

  I couldn't outtalk her, so I said: "Then let's just stay here for another night. Tomorrow, no matter what happens, we'll leave this place. Zhou Guan asked me to investigate that Vietnamese girl who was pregnant for 20 months, but there's no value in investigating it at all. It's us who have narrowly escaped with our lives one after another!"

  Chen Qiuyang and Kui Rulan remained silent. We went to the restaurant for dinner, and the police were still taking statements from people in the restaurant, conducting an investigation. The fat boss lady was scolding Zhu Huiling again, saying: "This madman, serves him right, really did such a thing, ruining my business! Always crazy and now causing so much trouble! Damn it!"

  I returned to the kitchen and found that I had fallen into a huge crack in the kitchen when I came in. Chen Qiuyang and Ailuo Lan, who followed me later, also fell in. Because we never thought that there would be a deep pit as soon as we entered the kitchen. Later, I asked the police and learned that this deep pit was actually opened during an earthquake, and people entering and leaving the kitchen were used to it, but Zhu Huiling had laid a layer of newspaper on top that day, so I didn't see it when I came in. That day, there was only Zhu Huiling in the kitchen, so he deliberately used a sugar vinegar spare ribs to lure me into the trap.

  We were having dinner, and I found that no one cared about our lives or deaths. Even after Ah Hao's girlfriend was killed by the Double-Faced Baby last time, everyone quickly returned to normal, as if they all had a superfluous view of life and death.

  In the late afternoon, winter nights fall earlier, and at 5 o'clock, the west was already a bloody red. We came out of the Lei Gong Hotel and sat on the slope behind those haystacks to enjoy the cool evening breeze. The weather was very dry, and the wind hitting our faces felt a bit sore.

  I said to Kui Ruo Lan, "Actually, that night at the bonfire party where we roasted a whole sheep, I found the two-faced baby in this pile of grass. To be honest, I was so scared that I almost fainted on the spot. In the firelight, its face was extremely terrifying."

  "This is a common problem among city people, we are used to judging by appearance. It looks so terrifying, so we all think it's evil and cruel."

  Chen Qiuyang said, "Lanlan, even if we judge people by their appearance, it's undeniable that the twin-faced freak is a murderer. Perhaps it kills because it thinks it's fun, and its IQ is very low, so maybe in its eyes, killing is like playing a game. But it has killed after all."

  Kui Ruo Lan didn't speak again, and we lay slantingly on the slope, gazing at the crimson sky. The sky was filled with numerous black bats flying back and forth. This kind of dusk that gradually enveloped everything could soothe every troubled heart, making people feel the tranquility and harmony of the world, and yearn for happiness.

  "I love this feeling, I really want to spend my whole life lying like this, looking at the sky, the sunset glow in the evening sky, and these adorable bats."

  Qiu Yang Chen smiled and said: "Lan Lan you suddenly become very feminine, just like a poet."

  "Hmm." I suddenly jumped up, because I saw in the distant fields that Mr. Wu, a very gentlemanly Taiwanese man, was actually chasing Ah Hao with a kitchen knife.

  A Hao ran ahead, while Mr. Wu swung his cleaver and chopped down at A Hao's back, fortunately A Hao was slender and agile, so Mr. Wu's every blow missed him.

  Chen Qiuyang said: "Not long ago we still experienced the tracking of strange babies together, how are they now like two enemies."

  "I said, 'Xiang Baozi, go and help. They are fighting in the same room, there must be a reason.' Chen Qiuyang immediately ran over, after all, he was a police academy graduate, and with a few moves, he stopped them."

  Mr. Wu threw the kitchen knife fiercely into the soil and scolded: "A Hao, don't think that just because you're a kid I won't dare to do anything to you. Let me tell you something ugly, if you stop me again, I'll definitely kill you tonight." Then, he stormed off in anger.

  Chen Qiuyang accompanied Ah Hao to my front. Ah Hao said, "Thanks. I'm a person who distinguishes between public and private matters, I know you're looking for the Double-Faced Baby, I can take you to find it."

  I think Ah Hao, who looks very young, is actually very meticulous. It seems that he knows everything about our every move.

  "Where did the two-faced baby go?"

  He said: "It has always been by your side."

  A Hao picked a blade of grass from the ground, put it to his mouth and blew out a faint sound. The pile of grass suddenly made a rustling noise, and then two strange babies poked their heads out from the pile of grass. Seeing us, they made another soft sound. One of them jumped out of the pile of grass and landed on Ruo Lan's shoulder.

  I was actually very nervous inside, because I didn't know if the Double-Faced Baby would still be willing to operate on Rong Ruolan after all that had happened. When Yuan Defeng brought the police to rescue us earlier, I completely forgot to ask him about it. Chen Qiuyang and I stared intently at the Double-Faced Baby on Rong Ruolan's shoulder, and if it ever showed any signs of harming Rong Ruolan, Chen Qiuyang and I would fight to the death to protect her.

  Only to see the twin-faced monster baby first dig out some purple-red leaves from the terrifying and disgusting-looking flesh tumors on its back, crush them in its hands, and then stuff them into Rouran's mouth. The effect of this purple-red plant was surprisingly anesthetic, Rouran didn't even chew, her eyelids slowly became heavier and heavier, and she slowly lay down on the ground.

  The two-faced monster baby jumped down from her shoulders, holding a small knife in his left hand and a small clip in his right hand, about to perform surgery on Rouran. Chen Qiuyang and I didn't dare to breathe loudly, afraid of startling the two-faced monster baby.

  The speed of the two-faced monster was so fast that neither I nor Chen Qiuyang saw how it inserted the small knife into Rong Yulan's neck artery, nor did we see how it used the tweezers to pull out the leeches from Rong Yulan's blood vessels. In the blink of an eye, the tweezers in the two-faced monster's hand already had some bloody threads on them.

  We knew that these were the leeches that had been parasitizing on Aoi's blood vessels. The surgery was so fast that it exceeded my imagination, and the two-faced baby took out a green leaf again, put it in his mouth and chewed it up, then applied it to the incision.

  I and Chen Qiuyang were completely focused on the double-faced baby for Rong Yulan's surgery, totally ignoring Ah Hao behind us. I and Chen Qiuyang simultaneously smelled a faint fragrance, and a wisp of smoke turned over from behind us. This fragrance was really too wonderful, as I sniffed, I felt that in my mind, a swirling pattern kept appearing, these swirling patterns became bigger and more colorful, my head started spinning, like the feeling when having a high fever. I used all my strength to turn around, but fell to the ground, I didn't even have the strength to stand up.

  Chen Qiuyang fell to the ground behind me. Our tongues were numb and we couldn't speak. But I could still see, I saw Ah Hao holding a lighter burning that purple leaf that could anesthetize people.

  "Ah-ha, this is exactly the scene I wanted. From your eyes, I can tell you two have a lot of questions for me. Unfortunately, you've inhaled too much of that Black Vines Loranthus smoke and now you don't even have the strength to speak. But I don't have much time to answer your questions either. Because I know Dr. Ruan will soon find out if you're in danger, I can spare about 10 minutes to address your inner doubts."

  "Ah Hao said: "I know the first question you all want to ask me is: why are you doing this, what do you want to do? Hehe. So I'll answer your question now. First of all, I can tell you that 10 minutes later will be your time of death. However, this time may be extended, it depends on whether Dr. Ruan comes to rescue you or not. The earlier he comes, the faster you will die. So if I were you, I would start praying now that he doesn't come to save you again. So, strictly speaking, the power to control your life and death is actually not in my hands, but in the hands of your good friend, Dr. Ruan."

  I finally understood what Ah Hao said - he would only kill us when there are other witnesses coming. If no one comes to the small slope after the haystack, he won't take action against us. At this time, I really hope that no one will come tomorrow either.