Soul Patch

Chapter 45 Not Going to School

"I'll pick you up after school!" Wenjie said in a soft, gentle voice, which made him feel like throwing up.

"Okay, I got it. You can go back now!"

Lin Yufei finished speaking impatiently and turned to enter the school gate.

In the mist, the school gate, teaching buildings, and teachers and students all turned into piles of lines, and slowly the lines disappeared.

Wenjie opened his eyes wide and carefully examined the scene in front of him.

A chill enveloped him, and he realized he was in a cold room with a wet corpse lying in front of him.

Lin Yufei, who was full of energy just a moment ago, is now a cold corpse.

Wenjie knew about Lin Yufei's ordeal, but when he witnessed the body of a young girl who had been drowned, he realized that no words could describe the intense shock and emotional impact.

He seemed to lose control, lunging forward in an instant and bursting into tears.

The two men with faces standing next to him were pulling him back.

Yes, besides Lin Yufei's body, there were more than just the three of them in the room; there were morgue staff and accompanying police officers.

But the rest of the people had no face.

Only the two men next to him had noses and eyes, and...

Hmm... The old man holding me with his warm, large hand beside me, isn't he the weirdo who rides the shuttle?

Although the clothes and pants were different from when I stood downstairs at Wenjie's house that day, the aura was exactly the same.

At this moment, in Wenjie's mind, some details of life seemed to be electrified, flashing on one after another.

He remembered the old man he often saw singing Peking Opera in the park, who used an old-fashioned radio but wore Bluetooth headphones.

What is he listening to with his Bluetooth headphones? Peking Opera?

Do you ever see an old man listening to Peking Opera with Bluetooth headphones?

In a flash, the images overlapped, revealing the old man before him.

This elderly man is Zhang Qian's father!

Soon another man pulled him into his arms, and Wenjie felt incredibly awkward! Needless to say, this man must be Lin Yufei's father and Zhang Qian's husband—Lin Tao.

Why didn't the system intervene at this point?

Wenjie pushed Lin Tao away and dodged to the side with a look of disgust.

This position brought him closer to Lin Yufei's body. His gaze swept over Lin Yufei's body and he suddenly noticed that there were many wounds on Lin Yufei's body, scratches, burns, and her clothes, although intact, were wrinkled.

Clearly, he was humiliated and abused before his death! Don't the police perform an autopsy?

Wait, something's not right again!

Why weren't Lin Yufei's family members notified when she was pulled from the water, and were they only allowed to see her after her body was taken to the morgue?

Before he could think too much, he saw "himself" suddenly burst into wild crying and laughing, unexpectedly crashing into the cold storage pillar where Lin Yufei's body was kept.

Seeing blood streaming down "your" forehead from the impact must have been incredibly painful!

But Wenjie couldn't feel it; he only felt everything go black and he couldn't see anything.

He groped his way towards the wall of the room in the dark.

He walked in one direction for a very, very long time, so long that it felt like he could walk from home to work, but he still couldn't find a single wall.

There are no walls, no lights!

How is he supposed to get home without lights?

His heart sank; he realized that his previous understanding of C-level missions had been too one-sided.

Through this activation of the system, he finally understood that the system had placed him within the mind projection of the target entity, or rather, within its subconscious.

When the target entity is conscious, it will present some abstract images and disjointed plots.

For example, on the morning Lin Yufei had her accident, she took Lin Yufei to school, and the target clearly had a deep impression of this scene. Therefore, the scene is relatively coherent and has a realistic feel.

When the target individual is unconscious and their thinking stagnates, the virtual world where Wenjie is located will fall into darkness.

This interpretation explains the two states that Tong Wenjie encountered.

But under what circumstances would a person be completely unconscious and have their thoughts stagnate?

Sleep? Coma?

Oh! Lin Yufei's mother was knocked unconscious, which is why the darkness is like an eternal night. The last time there were images in the darkness, it was probably because she was asleep, and there were still thoughts and projections in her subconscious.

Yes! That's exactly it!

But soon, he slumped to the ground again: what was the use of analyzing it all this time? He still couldn't go back.

Are we just going to wait for her to wake up?

"Feifei is about to get out of school, aren't you going to cook for her?" an old voice rang out.

"Dad, how is it? Is there any reaction?" came the middle-aged man's voice.

This man must be Lin Tao, and the old man just now must be Lin Tao's father-in-law.

"Oh! No, I just sleep and space out!" The old man's voice faded.

What's wrong with Lin Yufei's mother? She's sleeping in a daze, isn't that a sign of mental instability? Wenjie wondered to himself.

[Activate system patch]

There's no response; it seems the time to correct my life's trajectory hasn't been found yet.

Exit System

Still no response.

Heh... Wenjie sneered, realizing he was trapped again.

"Wake Zhang Qian up for dinner. She's been sleeping since the afternoon and hasn't eaten dinner!" It was the old man's voice.

"Zhang Qian, wake up, wake up, it's time to eat!" Lin Tao's footsteps sounded, followed by his soft voice calling Zhang Qian to eat.

As a series of yawns rang out, the darkness that had enveloped Wenjie instantly turned as bright as day.

Wenjie pictured Lin Yufei sitting at the dining table, slowly eating wontons.

"Eat quickly, then go to school!" Wenjie spoke softly again, glancing down at his fierce-looking face.

"Zhang Qian, look at Lin Yufei, she's dawdling and doesn't want to go to school. Aren't you going to discipline her? What are you grinning about?" Lin Tao stuffed a fried egg into his mouth, chewing the fragrant egg, and said to Zhang Qian.

"Go to school? Wait... what's the date today?" Wenjie suddenly grabbed Lin Tao's sleeve and asked.

"What are you doing? You're acting crazy."

Lin Tao picked up another fried egg with his chopsticks, but Wenjie shook it off.

He gave his wife a disapproving look and glanced at the calendar on his phone.

"June 21st. Oh, Feifei, don't you have an English exam today? Hurry up and eat, then pack your backpack and have your mom drive you to school. Look at the time! You'll be late if she doesn't take you!"

Lin Tao glared at Lin Yufei and scolded her a few times.

Lin Yufei timidly looked up and saw her father's stern face. He picked up the bowl and quickly shoveled wontons into his mouth, stuffing it full.

"We're not going to school today, and we're never going to this school again!" Wenjie slammed his hand on the table and said seriously, "We're transferring Feifei to another school!"

(End of this chapter)