My Healing Games

Chapter 240 I did nothing, yet my friendliness level kept increasing.
Xu Qin hadn't been back to Happiness Community for a long time, and some memories had become unfamiliar. But when she heard Han Fei's words, the blood-stained world seemed to have gained some other colors.

It was a simple and ordinary sentence, but Xu Qin had never heard anyone say it before she met Han Fei.

In the entire Deep World, only Han Fei liked to eat the food cooked by Xu Qin.

It wasn't a perfunctory compliment, nor was it insincere flattery; Xu Qin could tell that Han Fei genuinely wanted to eat what she had made.

Her lips curved slightly upward, and the perfect lip line possessed an indescribable beauty.

Being able to make food that others like is a very simple kind of happiness.

"If you want to eat, I can make it for you. Just bear with it a little longer, we'll be there soon." Xu Qin seemed worried that Han Fei might fall, so she took the initiative to reach out and support him.

The system kept notifying Han Fei that Xu Qin's friendliness level was increasing. Han Fei didn't know what he had done. In fact, he no longer cared about those things. He really regarded Xu Qin as family.

Redemption and trust are often reciprocal. While gaining Xu Qin's favorability, he also gave his own favorability and trust to Xu Qin.

Han Fei's concept of family was rather vague. In reality, there had never been anyone willing to take care of him like Xu Qin, which made him feel very special.

To others, she is a cursed entity dominated by appetite and murderous intent, but to Han Fei, she is a gentle, food-loving, and kind neighbor who has saved him many times and has countless virtues.

He himself didn't understand why so many people disliked Xu Qin's cooking. Xu Qin seemed to have the same impression of the previous building manager because of this.

Shaking his head, Han Fei dismissed the extraneous thoughts from his mind and continued with the previous question: "Where to? Where to?"

"Go to a building to the north. There are some people hiding in that building, but you'd better not think of them as people."

"Is it dangerous?"

“It’s safer than outside, but Animal Alley has changed, and there should be problems there too. Let’s go, there are some things I’ve left there, as well as medicine to heal your injuries.”

"Medicine?" Han Fei didn't say much, trusting Xu Qin's judgment: "Okay, let's go there now."

After surviving numerous crises, Han Fei leaned against his "family" and felt relaxed. He also felt a long-lost joy. He tried to move the corners of his mouth, but the smile he showed was just an act.

"When 'Twin Flowers' was released, I was more emotional. The joy I felt then was less than one-tenth of what I feel now. It seems that I might really be able to find my lost smile in this game."

Continuing north, the buildings on both sides of Animal Alley begin to appear chaotic and disorderly, seemingly symbolizing the complete disarray in the minds of the administrators.

The surrounding houses were dilapidated and crooked, looking distorted and strange.

This place must have witnessed some very bloody and horrific events; the bricks of all the buildings were soaked in blood and turned blackish-red.

Xu Qin stopped as she passed several unremarkable four-story old buildings.

She glanced back at Han Fei and Ku, and instructed them, "Once you enter the building, don't believe anything the people inside say."

Han Fei followed Xu Qin into the dilapidated four-story building. The moment he stepped inside, a system notification sounded in his mind.

"Attention player number 0000! You have discovered a hidden building in the hidden map – Butcher's House!"

"Is this the Butcher's House?" Han Fei stopped in his tracks, his relaxed nerves tensing up again. Spider's two most important books were "Beast Alley" and "The Butcher's House".

Animal Lane represents the world he sees, while Butcher's House symbolizes his own inner self.

"Stay close to me." Xu Qin, wearing a half-mask, entered the building. From the outside, it looked like an ordinary old building, but inside there was a hidden world.

These buildings were all opened up, and the various rooms inside were connected to form a maze.

After walking around for more than ten minutes, Xu Qin led Han Fei and Ku to a room on the third floor.

They stopped in front of a blood-red door with a pig's face hanging on it.

It wasn't a mask; it was a face that had been peeled off while the person was still alive.

"The people living here seem normal on the surface, each with their own profession. They seem to be forced to hide in the building and help each other to escape the pig-faced monster's pursuit. But in reality, every one of them has blood on their hands and harbors evil intentions. They not only want to kill those beasts, but also want to kill all the living things in the building." Xu Qin lowered her voice, which had begun to change slowly since entering the building: "I can feel the killing intent on them. Those guys all want to be the only living person in the building."

"The only living person?" Xu Qin's description reminded Han Fei of the spider's nine personalities. If this dilapidated building was likened to the spider's heart, then to become the only personality, one had to kill all the other personalities within.

Turning the doorknob, Xu Qin opened the blood-stained door in front of her. Inside the dilapidated house sat an old man in his sixties. He seemed to suffer from severe cataracts; his eyes were completely different from normal people's. When his eyelids were turned up, almost all that could be seen below were whites and black impurities.

The old man sat slumped on the bed. He looked very unwell, and his legs and feet seemed to be not very flexible, but he was a very warm person.

Upon noticing Xu Qin enter, he lifted the blanket covering his legs, appearing extremely agitated.

"Thank God you're finally back safe and sound." The old man limped over to Xu Qin, seemingly very worried about her.

"Give me two masks, I want to take them away."

"Leave?" The old man paused for a moment, then shook his head helplessly. "It's been so many years, why are you still thinking about leaving? There are monsters all around us, we can't escape at all! This world is extremely dangerous, you're only safe here..."

"Give me two masks right now." Xu Qin didn't care what the old man said at all. She took out her kitchen knife and spoke in a cold tone.

“It’s not that I don’t want to give it to you, but the doctor said the mask can only be given to people who are useful to us. The two people next to you, one is so badly injured, and the other is so young. If I give you the mask, the doctor will be angry.” The old man shrank his neck, using the doctor as a shield in his words, as if it were all the doctor’s fault.

"What do you mean by someone who is useful to you? Is there a specific standard?" Han Fei was very curious about the old man in front of him. In his memory, Uncle Li, Spider's sixth alternate personality, was an old man in his sixties who was nice to everyone on the surface, but was actually treacherous, cunning, and had a perverted mind with serious antisocial tendencies.

“There are beasts everywhere outside. It’s so hard to live in this world. We all have to look out for each other.” The old man glanced at Han Fei casually, but his attention was more focused on Xu Qin. “How about this, if you agree to do two things for me, I’ll give you two masks.”

"One item." Xu Qin's words were firm and left no room for negotiation: "If you're unwilling to give it, then I'll find someone else."

“Alright, one thing at a time.” The old man grinned, revealing his dark yellow teeth. “I haven’t seen the writer who lives on the fourth floor for a long time. I hope you can help me find the writer.”

As the old man spoke, Han Fei looked at the mission panel, but strangely, he did not receive any mission notifications. It seemed as if the old man was just talking casually.

Xu Qin nodded and led Han Fei and Ku out of the room.

Once they were some distance from the door, Han Fei gently grabbed Xu Qin's arm: "Sister, I have an idea I'd like to share with you. Actually, there's another way to get the mask even faster."

Moving closer to Xu Qin, Han Fei lowered his voice and said, "That old man is lying to us. Instead of risking our lives to find the writer, why don't we just kill that old man?"

Xu Qin, who was wiping her knife, heard Han Fei's words. A hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, as if she was astonished that the two of them had thought of the same thing.

One update for today. Although the Spider killed the other eight personalities, the method was rather realistic, which felt a bit inappropriate and requires some revision. One update for today, three updates a day to make up for it.
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