CH 496

496: The Dollmaker

While some fled in all directions, others remained on guard, not daring to move from where they stood.

Those who ran never expected the little girl to be more interested in them than those who remained still. Would they have regretted running if they knew this earlier?

Caesar had remained by Zi Cheng’s side in order to protect her ever since they witnessed the little girl’s lethal abilities. Though his favorability rating was not quite 100% it was over 95% and enough to qualify as sincere love.

Zo didn’t know how much Caesar liked Zi Cheng, but he could see his brother had a special spot for her in his heart. He had never seen Caesar so protective of another female before.

The butler had always protected Zo since Zo was a child. Even though Zo was no longer a waste, and was now a genius, the butler was still used to his role as protector.

On the other hand, Caesar’s first thought wasn’t to protect those in his entourage, but instead it was to protect Zi Cheng, an outsider.

No wonder Caesar would hurt his family and betray their interests for her. The signs had been there from early on. Zo was disappointed at his brother’s change in behavior, that he would ignore his family for a woman. Despite this, Zo still wanted to save him from Zi Cheng’s control.

Ai Lin kept a careful distance from Zi Cheng. She didn’t go too far, for fear she would miss her escape opportunity.

The boundary breaking talisman could break through any enchantment but it could only be opened for a few seconds. You wouldn’t make it if you were too slow.

Ai Lin knew this, so when everyone was guarding against the little girl, she was still focused on Zi Cheng.

“Be patient and don’t leave my side, got it?” Ming Xi was uneasy so he said this to Feng Wu.

Feng Wu nodded obediently and tightened her grip on his hand, indicating she would not leave.

Feng Wu was a little worried. She wondered if Baby would hurry back. It was only now that she realized how dangerous their situation was.

She didn’t want Ming Xi to die. He still hadn’t agreed to marry her yet and Little Bun still needed father. They needed to go back alive so they could see Little Bun.

In the meantime, Ming Xi had already drawn out his sword and raised it to his chest with one hand, while he used his other hand to guard Feng Wu. He was completely focused.

From time to time, they could hear screams from the people who had runaway earlier. They all knew the ones who screamed would not survive.

No one noticed how calm Boss Hart and his two companions were. His companions in particular weren’t nervous at all.

Only five minutes had passed, and yet it felt like a century.

“It’s your turn.” The little girl said upon returning with a happy smile on her face.

There was no need to ask about the welfare of those who ran away. There was no way they could have survived.

“What are you trying to do?! Don’t keep making the same mistakes over and over again. You’ve killed so many. When you finally enter the underworld, you will enter the ninth floor and suffer immensely!” Yaoyue tried her best to convince the smiling little girl in front of her.

If she had been speaking to a spirit with an adult mind, she may have had a chance, but she was talking to a child. Everyone knew children were lovely angels, the loveliest of all, because they were not yet tainted by the world.

This was in part because they were so young and didn’t have a concept of good or evil in their hearts yet. They didn’t know what was acceptable to do and what was unacceptable to do.

They didn’t even know what death meant.

Surely enough, the little angel just blinked her eyes suspiciously. “I don’t care about the underworld. I just want you to stay and play with me. You sent all my playmates away, so you have to replace them and stay and accompany me.” She announced with a domineering attitude, not caring if her audience agreed or not.

This was her world and no on could leave without her say so.

Obviously, never try to reason with children. They won’t understand what you’re saying.

“No, you’re wrong. You can’t keep killing people. If you keep continuing like this, you won’t be able to reincarnate.” Yaoyue had no choice. She couldn’t fight the little girl, so her only option was to be diplomatic.

“I don’t understand you. Why can’t I kill people? Father said as long as I wanted to, I could do anything.”

The girl’s morals were obviously all wrong. But thinking about it, considering her father was OK with making dolls out from the skin and flesh of other little children, was it any wonder her world view was so unnatural?

“You can stop. This child will not listen.” A weak, white figure flew out of a painting in the hall.

The figure was obviously a spirit, a weak one at that. From the image, the entity must have been a middle-aged man before dying. He had a simple face and cowardly eyes.

“You dummy! You’re not hiding anymore huh?” The little girl snorted and looked very disgusted with the man in front of her.

They all wondered who he was. It couldn’t be the little girl’s father. She would never have spoken to him that way if he was. From what she just said earlier, she seemed to have a good relationship with her father. So then, who was he?

Ming Xi had a suspicion. “Are you the dollmaker?”

The man smiled bitterly. “Yes, you guessed it. I made these dolls. I am a sinner. Had I known things would turn out this way, I would never have agreed to make them.”

“Indeed, you are in the wrong. You were in the wrong from the very beginning. You couldn’t make the kind of doll the family asked for, so you couldn’t leave. And although that was a pity, you should not have hurt innocent people for your own selfishness, hurting innocent children to create these dolls.”