Chapter 48: The Web Writer X Double-Faced Baby's Mother

  After a while, a pale-faced young man who looked several years younger than me came up with a bowl of white porridge, with an attitude that was very perfunctory, saying: "Your porridge."

  When he came out, I saw him carrying a bowl of white porridge in his left hand and holding his mobile phone with his right hand, typing quickly. He put the porridge on the table, and I stirred it quickly with a spoon several times. Unexpectedly, there was a black booger in the porridge. Due to the high temperature of the porridge, the entire body of this booger was tightly curled up, but because its flesh was very thick, it seemed that it had not died yet.

  This time, it's not hair or a severed finger that makes me nauseous, but a booger! I stood up in extreme anger and slammed the table, saying: "What's going on here? First, there was dirty hair in the white porridge, now there's a booger. Is hygiene so poor here?"

  The boss's wife rushed out, slapped Zhu Ling's face and scolded: "Do you still want to continue working here? If not, get out! You're always using your phone during work hours to write those trashy online novels. Look at you, you don't even eat or sleep, just writing that nonsense, and in a week, you only get 20 clicks, what's the point of writing?"

  The boss's wife slapped another palm on Zhu Mu Ling's face, this slap was extremely loud and the whole restaurant heard it. I also saw the boss's wife's fiery personality for the first time, but instead I felt that I had wronged this service staff who was addicted to writing online novels.

  I quickly said to the boss's wife: "Forget it, I just think the sanitary conditions here are not very good, this has nothing to do with him, and you shouldn't casually scold employees."

  For my timely rescue, the waiter Zhu Huiling didn't show any gratitude. He didn't even glance at me and lowered his head to type on his phone before heading back to the kitchen. After such a commotion, I completely lost my appetite for breakfast.

  Chen Qiuyang, who was sitting next to me, said: "Seeing this Zhu Huiling, I thought of my past self."

  "Kui Ruo Lan said: 'Yang Pao Zi, you mean that in the past, you were as thin as him and became a streak of lightning?'"

  Chen Qiuyang smiled slyly and said, "Of course not. What I mean is that this kind of life where one uses every spare moment to write in order to post a few chapters every day... didn't I mention it to you guys before? Back then, I was a frequent visitor to all sorts of online forums. But now, the online community has fallen into a strange cycle - many web writers, in order to get the 'full attendance award' or to post many chapters every day, forcibly drag out a novel that could be finished with 100,000 words into one that's over 1 million words... what kind of quality guarantee is there? That's why I quit the online community later on."

  "Oh, is it because you've lost interest in the internet so you quit?"

  "Hehe, it's not that, it's just that when I was a web writer, I had to stay up all night writing, and my skin became really bad, dry and rough. So I made up my mind to stop writing. But this server Zhu Ling's behavior of being obsessed with writing is something I can totally understand and sympathize with."

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  We finished our breakfast and were about to leave the dining hall when Qing Jiang suddenly arrived at Leigong Inn. She seemed to be looking for someone, glancing around left and right. I walked up to her and greeted her, "Qing Jiang, who are you looking for here?"

  Qing Jiang said: "I came over to find the medical team's Director Wang, who was the one who checked my sister at my uncle's house that day. My sister's body has some condition, I want her to take a look."

  I said: "Director Wang seems to have gone out, but I have her colleague's mobile phone. How about this? You go back first and I'll contact Director Wang in a while, and then we can go to your uncle's house together."

  "Thirteen, thank you."

  I saw Qing Jiang off at the Lei Gong Inn, and Huier Lan leaned on my shoulder and said: "Young man, is this the little girl you're going to be matched with? Not bad, pure, gentle, a perfect match for you!"

  "Go away, we're just ordinary friends, and at this time you still have the mood to make fun of me."

  I immediately contacted Ruan Defeng, who was still diagnosing and treating the children infected with tapeworms by the river on his mobile phone. He said: "Okay, I'll give you Director Wang's cell phone number, you contact her. Sorry, it's too busy here, can't help you over there."

  "It's okay, thank you." I dialed Director Wang's cell phone and told her that Qing Jiang had something urgent to discuss with her. Director Wang said, "I'm currently treating patients in Yuancun Village, but since she has an emergency, I'll go see her now."

  I decided to go to Lei Yongchang's house as well, and Chen Qiuyang and Kui Rulan followed along. As we walked out of the Lei Gong Hotel, I suddenly saw Yang Shanyang leaning against the wall next to the door, smoking a cigarette, looking like he was waiting for me.

  He said: "Where are you going?" I said: "There is a patient in Xiayuan Village, let me contact the doctor to help with the diagnosis and treatment."

  The goat mustache made a strange request: "I'm going too. Can I go with you?"

  I was filled with doubts and said: "Of course you can go, their village doesn't prohibit outsiders from entering. But if you want to go with us, can you tell me the reason?"

  The goat's whiskers said in surprise, "I just saw a girl looking for you in the restaurant. I was shocked because this girl looked very similar to the woman who gave birth to a baby with two faces that I met on Luoshui Slope in 1997."

  "You're talking about Qing Jiang? No way, she's only in her 20s now. The year 1997 was already 17 years ago. How old was Qing Jiang back then? How could she have given birth to a baby with two faces?"

  "I know it's not her, but she really looks like the mother of that strange baby I saw back then. So I wanted to follow you guys to see if it might be her family."

  As I was talking about the goat's beard, my mind suddenly flashed to Qing Jiang's sister - Qing Cheng. Although I don't know Qing Cheng's age, but judging from her appearance, it indeed feels like there is a difference of over 10 years. Judging from time, it seems possible.

  If Qing Cheng is indeed the birth mother of the two-faced baby, then it means that 17 years ago, she was actually pregnant, but the first child she gave birth to was a monster, and she abandoned this two-faced baby out of fear. However, if she was really pregnant 17 years ago, then Qing Jiang must also know about it, just ask Qing Jiang and you'll know.

  Then, the four of us arrived at Lei Yongchang's home. Qing Jiang supported her sister and also came, and when Yang Shu saw Qing Ju, his entire chin almost dropped off, and he was stunned as if his soul had escaped.

  From his expression, I knew that the goat had recognized Qingju, who was the woman who gave birth to the double-faced monster baby at Luoshui Slope years ago.

  Qingjiang's sister Qingcheng is actually the mother of the two-faced monster baby... Qingcheng is the aunt of the murderous two-faced monster baby... What to do?

  I patted the dazed Mountain Goat, bringing him back to reality. Mountain Goat looked at me with a bewildered expression and said, "I've confirmed it, I have something urgent to attend to." After speaking, he hastily ran away.

  Careful Qing Jiang discovered and asked me: "Thirteen, what's wrong with your friend? I saw him walking hastily."

  "I said: 'Nothing, hasn't Director Wang arrived yet?'"

  "Not yet, go ahead first."

  Lei Yongchang saw us, still smiling and very enthusiastic, inviting us to sit down and making tea for us. Director Wang came over with a big sweat, Qingjiang hurriedly led her into the inner room.

  I chatted with Lei Yongchang:

  "Lei Ge, have you heard about the Two-Faced Baby? It's been causing quite a stir in the past few days."

  "Of course, everyone in this area knows about the two-faced monster baby. However, there's something very strange - its activity range is basically all on the Leigong Mountains side. In over a decade, I've never heard of it coming to Shangyuan Village or Xiayuan Village. It seems to be unwilling to enter villages, places with many people."

  "I don't know when it was first rumored that there were twins with two faces."

  "I'm not very clear about it either, I just heard about it because I've never been to the Leigong Hotel area. However, I remember hearing about it for the first time in 2008, during the Beijing Olympics. It was said that a group of outsiders entered the Leigong Mountains to steal medicinal herbs, and one person was killed by a terrifying two-faced baby in the mountains. From that year on, there were intermittent reports of the two-faced baby killing people. However, it's said that the two-faced baby only kills outsiders. So we locals aren't too concerned about it. But those outsiders who heard about the legend of the two-faced baby actually came to the Leigong Mountains more often for adventure and lodging. Some people even say that there was no such thing as the two-faced baby killing people, but rather a rumor spread by the Leigong Mountains to attract guests."

  "I said, 'That's not all, two days ago a young girl was beheaded by the Double-Faced Baby with an axe. And my friend here had his neck messed with by it too.'"

  We were chatting when Director Wang walked out of the inner room. "What's wrong with Qinglang?"

  "There is some bleeding in the lower body, it is recommended to send to the hospital immediately."

  "Ah, is it that serious?"

  "She has had multiple D&C surgeries, and I suspect there are ulcers in her uterus. And yet she seems to be forcing herself to get pregnant again, and now she's got another child. However, given her past medical history, I'm not optimistic about this pregnancy. I've already helped her contact the hospital in your town, hurry up and send her for further examination."

  Qing Jiang supported Qing Cheng as they came out from inside, both of their faces were extremely pale.

  "I'm really pregnant again? This time, I must give birth to a healthy baby. Doctor, please, please help me keep this child. I, I can't have another miscarriage, really, please."