Chapter 19 - Second Game (12)

Rainbow Kindergarten

Chapter 19 — Second Game (12)

“There is a type of prop known as ‘life exchange talisman’, written on the brief introduction of the aforementioned is that it can substitute the closest person to die.”

Wei Qianrong suddenly thought of the prop she had once seen in the game mall. This talisman was worth a fortune, but the effect was a bit unbelievable to her. She remembered it because she was curious whether it was true, “It should be intended for a lover or for an immediate relative. They can substitute their own life for another player’s life but the blood, hair, ⬚⬚ or saliva from both players are required. Furthermore, both the players must be inseparable for at least three days.”

“WTF, the prop that Yao Qinyu got was this? Isn’t Guan Lin was also too unlucky?” Ding Yirong lamented.

“…The escape game wouldn’t want to see any affection that touches others, I’ll die for you but you wouldn’t know anything before you died. If you met with a mishap and you thought you would die but your immediate relative substituted you to die in the end — this sort of bad plot that’s rotten to the core?”

Jiang Xiaoli was speechless. Who knew this sort of ridiculous plot with affections could also be played as a conspiracy plot? I thought you really wanted to cling to someone powerful, but you wanted me to die for you?

Wei Qianrong held a spoon and stirred her porridge with it and whispered, “Perhaps the escape game actually wanted to see this kind of situation happening?”

They were originally all ordinary people in the real world who were forcibly and mysteriously pulled into the red door; they inexplicably started an escape game and were struggling to survive here. If they survived they could get props so that they would have a better chance of survival for the next game…

What’s the use? They were originally all doing just fine! There was no need to come to this shit hole and feel apprehensive.

Wei Qianrong sneered. She didn’t think the escape game was anything good.

The good are rewarded and the wicked punished? What goes around comes around? But what did they — a group of ordinary people — do to receive such retribution? Ridiculous.

“Where is Guan Lin’s corpse?” They went to find a place for his corpse yesterday but as a result, they met a ghost when they went down the stairs. What happened afterwards?

Ding Yirong pressed his temple and said in a low voice, “It’s gone.”

“Players will…disappear?”

“…It’s possible, I mean it’s possible. Perhaps it was eaten.” Ding Yirong’s face was a little pale and he couldn’t help but feel nauseous when he said this. However, he still held it back. His lips were already pale, but they were frighteningly white at the moment.

“There’s blood on the ground, and the quilt was also there but the corpse…It’s gone.”

Jiang Xiaoli fell silent. Did he get eaten? Also, she knew at that time she was in the novice copy that the ghosts wanted to eat the player. A thirst for flesh and blood?

…

In today’s vocal lessons, what they should be taught was a nursery rhyme like before, which was <Ragdoll> that they heard when they came here on the first day. At first, Jiang Xiaoli was frightened over this song but later, she found out this song was really just a simple nursery rhyme and even won the Silver Award of 50 Outstanding Songs in the National Children’s Song Awards. Plus the ragdoll was a gift, so she took the song in stride.

Just as she sang with the children, Jiang Xiaoli took a break and asked the children to continue singing on their own, only to discover that the lyrics had changed without her realising it…

“A rag doll, a rag doll

A handsewn ragdoll

Black eyes and long hair

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Eyes that don’t blink

A rag doll, a rag doll

A rag doll for you

His curved mouth is always smiling

But he doesn’t speak

He looks at you, he listens to you

A rag doll, a rag doll

He wants a friend to accompany him forever”

Accompany him forever…

Jiang Xiaoli was shocked and she practically looked at Nian Jing instinctively. The cute little dumpling was also looking at her almost obsessively. When she saw her looking over, she even gave her a smile: pleasing, good-natured and harmless.

——This was exactly the same as Li Hongying, who pretended to be weak in the last world—she was simply carved out from the same mould!

“Teacher, teacher! We like you so much. Can’t you stay with us forever~”

The corner of Jiang Xiaoli’s mouth lifted and she showed a kind smile, “Then I have to ask the principal. Teacher is only filling in as a temporary intern, and I don’t know how long I can stay here.”

“Let’s learn <Two Tigers>.” Jiang Xiaoli quickly changed the topic and clapped her hands, preparing to teach them a new song.

“Sister, you don’t want to stay with Xiao Jing?” Nian Jing sat down but did not listen to what Jiang Xiaoli said about learning a new song, she looked straight at her instead, with her big eyes filled with tears. It seemed that she would cry once Jiang Xiaoli refused.

Li Hongying? Jiang Xiaoli faintly felt that something was wrong. Could it be that because time had passed, so their restrictions have decreased? They were still in class!

“Can we start with the class now?”

“Class? Go on.” Once Nian Jing’s voice fell, the other children in the classroom sang <Two Tigers> in unison. Nian Jing’s eyes curved up and she was well-behaved, “Teacher, do you like this song? But I still like the song <Ragdoll> more…All this time, Nian Jing was really lonely.”

Li Hongying! Jiang Xiaoli called, but Li Hongying seemed to have lost contact with her. Nian Jing stepped onto the podium one step at a time—her petite body was extremely fragile—she looked at Jiang Xiaoli, “Sister, who are you waiting for?”

“What?”

“That monster was very powerful, Xiao Jing also took a lot of effort to hold her back. So hateful! She occupied sister for such a long time, making Xiao Jing wait until today to be able to divert her…” Nian Jing approached Jiang Xiaoli and she placed her hands on her leg, hugging Jiang Xiaoli; it was frightening…

Jiang Xiaoli shuddered in fright. She wanted to push this child away, but when she looked up, she noticed that the children singing below had surprisingly turned into ragdolls?

The tattered ragdolls were placed at random positions, their smiling mouths were clearly just sewn out with needlework but because they wanted to sing; they constantly opened and closed. The cotton balls inside even fell out!

Nian Jing’s body also gradually changed. Her originally white skirt was gradually stained with blood, droplets of blood trickled down and her pupils turned an eerie red.

“Sister, won’t you stay? I can protect you in this class, the others…no one can bully you…” Nian Jing’s voice was weak, the expression on her face gradually became deranged and fierce, “The people who bullied me are dead…The people who bullied my sister must die too…”

“Tear them to shreds, inch by inch, swallowed into my belly…Sister’s smell is really very good, I actually don’t want to eat sister…” Nian Jing chuckled and she hugged Jiang Xiaoli tightly; she raised her head and smiled, revealing a mouth full of extremely sharp teeth, “Sister, won’t your stay?”

“Will you stay with me?”

“Or do you insist on leaving?”

She questioned, taking one step at a time, a mixture of saliva and blood trickled down her sharp teeth. Jiang Xiaoli trembled. If she still didn’t speak, she reckoned she would get eaten directly! What happened to Li Hongying?——Because of the doll? But that was obviously a gift! She also took good care of the gift…Damn it, could it be that Li Hongying was jealous and did something while she wasn’t paying attention?

“I…”

When Jiang Xiaoli spoke, the killing intent in Nian Jing’s eyes stagnated in an instant.

“I think…” Jiang Xiaoli felt her pocket, her voice was a little hoarse, “I think you are very cute.”

“Eh?”

“I also want to have a cute sister like you, really. Soft and small, and you’re very comfortable to hold, and you’re well-behaved.” Jiang Xiaoli thought about a list of words—as many as possible—to praise the little ghost. Nian Jing’s expression gradually softened, she put away her sharp teeth and revealed a cute smile.

“Really? So sister wants to stay here with me?”

“This, of course, it’s…”

Click.

The light beam of the flashlight suddenly shone on Nian Jing. Jiang Xiaoli pushed Nian Jing aside and dashed to the door, slamming the door of the vocal classroom with a bang; as a result, that door flew and fell on the corridor in the next instant.

Jiang Xiaoli held the flashlight, turned around and immediately immobilize the crazy Nian Jing for the second time. She must say that the ghostly appearance of Nian Jing was too scary! Although she didn’t seem to be missing parts of her body, there was just a heavy handprint on her neck. She was probably strangled to death?

“Sister, sister don’t…leave me!——”

“I’m so scared, it hurt so much…Sister, it hurts so much. Sister, wuuuuu…Don’t leave me here…”

“Sister…wuuuuu! I’m here to save you, sister…Why did you leave me and run away…It hurts, it hurts, it hurts——”

…

Whoever it is that’s a living person, come! Jiang Xiaoli quickly went downstairs, and the blood behind her continued to spread constantly and close in on her——

“Scram!——” Countless wisps of blood that spread faster than the blood, seeping out from every corner of the staircase as if a fierce beast revealing its fangs, tearing at the blood. Li Hongying was dripping with blood, Jiang Xiaoli glanced over and saw that badly mutilated face…Then it gradually returned to Li Hongying’s regular appearance. Li Hongying seemed to be very angry, she held a ragdoll tightly in her hand. She clutched the ragdoll’s neck and didn’t loosen up, and she suddenly approached Jiang Xiaoli to smell the scent on her body—that low pressure from an evil spirit’s mania and bloodthirstiness gradually dissipated.

“Are you okay?”

“Mhm…I used the flashlight twice.” Jiang Xiaoli relaxed when she saw Li Hongying.

“By this doll, you were…”

“I accidentally got restrained for a while.” Li Hongying held the doll and looked upstairs, Nian Jing stood up there and stared at them coldly.

“Sister…It really hurts so much, it hurts…”

“He ripped off my clothes, bit by bit…and did that kind of thing to me…Sister, I’ve been calling you, but you ran away without turning back…Sister, sister, it hurts so much…I obviously want to save you, why did you leave me…”

“It would be great if you were a ragdoll, always obedient, always by my side…you won’t run away, you won’t leave me and will always accompany me…”

“No, no, a ragdoll can’t understand anything…”

She sounded like a broken record, Nian Jing shed tears of blood and suddenly covered her head as she screamed. Her voice sharply struck the cerebral membranes, quivering so much that it caused Li Hongying’s wisps of blood to progressively dissolve and dissipate, to hide in her blood.

“Tch, it’s boring. Are you dead?”

What’s that sound?

Jiang Xiaoli froze and she was in a trance. In the dark surroundings, there was a man whose features could not be seen and was covered with mosaic from head to toe. He bent over and slapped the face of the unconscious child, blood seeped out from the child’s mouth and nose…

“It really is not durable…” He cursed while speaking, with awful words. The man suddenly lifted the child and tightened his hands around the child’s neck…With a snap, he flung the child into the corner like throwing a ragdoll away.

“There’s another one…Tsk, it ran away very quickly. I originally wanted to…”

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