My Healing Games

Chapter 251 Xu Qin in the Painting

"Speaking of which, I've always been curious about your relationship with that terrifying woman. The first time I saw you leaving Happiness Community, you were with her."

Li Zai still remembers the scene: "She dropped you off on the street at the entrance of the community. It felt just like a mother taking her son to school for the first time. In some ways, you were both very nervous at the time."

Seeing the veins popping out on Han Fei's face, Li Zai realized it was inappropriate and quickly changed his words: "I just wanted to express that you two have a very good relationship. Are you two really siblings?"

“We are neighbors, and she saved my life.”

"That's all?" Li Zai's expression was clearly disappointed, but he was still a little unwilling to give up: "You went into such a dangerous place for her, and she went all the way to the depths of the alley to find us to help you. Although she seems a bit scary, she has a good heart. Most importantly, she is very strong, can cook, and has a great presence."

"what do you want to say?"

"If I could meet such a wonderful woman in this world full of despair, I would definitely find a way to be with her, cling to her leg tightly, and never let go for the rest of my life."

"Did you eat too many pig-faced monsters and get cursed?" Han Fei felt that Li Zai was just joking. The two brothers had completely different personalities. The older brother, Li Zai, was a bit talkative, had bad luck, and had even wanted to become brothers with Huang Ying. Han Fei had less contact with the younger brother, Li Nan, and his only impression of him was that he didn't like to talk. When he encountered an enemy, he would go up and fight, and it was either the enemy or him who would die.

"I'm doing this for your own good. This method might make things less hopeless for both of you..."

"You should focus on healing your injuries." Before Li Zai could finish speaking, Han Fei suddenly looked around: "Isn't Xu Qin in the house?"

“Would I dare say that if she were in the house?” Li Zai got up from the ground: “After Xu Qin brought us back, she was called away by a child. The child stuttered and was carrying a schoolbag. He didn’t look like a good person.”

"Ah Meng?" Han Fei didn't know why Spider's alternate personality was looking for Xu Qin, but he had a feeling that something was about to happen.

"That child also drew a picture, and Xu Qin left after seeing that picture." Unlike Li Zai, Yinglong was very steady and reliable in his work.

He took a painting out of his clothes and handed it to Han Fei.

The homework paper was covered with drawings of many little people. One of them, dressed in red, was holding two kitchen knives. Another little person in red was wearing a chef's hat. The black figures around them seemed to be trying to pull the woman in the chef's hat out of the body of the other woman in red.

"Xu Qin killed the spider's chef personality and inherited the chef's mask and curse. What Ah Meng is trying to say is—someone wants to pull out the chef's curse from Xu Qin's body?"

The specific meaning the painting intended to convey was unimportant to Han Fei; he only knew that the people inside the building wanted to harm Xu Qin.

"We can't stay here any longer, let's go find A-Meng." Han Fei had seen Spider's "family photo" in reality. From the photo found in the hidden compartment, it could be seen that apart from the three personalities of Reader, Doctor, and Teacher, the other personalities were most likely innocent.

What he needs to do now is to unite the other personalities around him and prevent the tragedy from happening again.

"Are you sure you want to leave? Xu Qin told us before she left that no matter what, we must not leave this room. She emphasized it again, that we can't let you leave." Li Zai moved closer to the wall and then looked at Ku and Yinglong.

"She did say that."

“Xu Qin went out with A Meng once before, but she didn’t emphasize it like this that time. Something must have happened to her.” Han Fei walked towards the living room door without giving it much thought.

Seeing Han Fei like this, Li Zai sighed and slowly stood up: "Let me make it clear first, I don't mean to stop you, I just hope you can think it through. Even if we go out, we may not be able to help her."

“I need to know more about the monsters in this building than any of you do, that’s why I have to get out.” Han Fei placed his hand on the living room door. “Don’t worry, I can always stay rational and won’t do anything wrong with good intentions.”

With a forceful push of his arm, he opened the door. The moment the door opened, the outside world seemed to change, becoming eerily quiet.

"Something's not right!" Han Fei looked at the surrounding walls. The bloodstains and bone fragments in the corridor had all disappeared, and the complex passageway had also changed. What should have been walls had become corridors, and what should have been passageways had become apartment doors.

"All the passageways inside the building have been altered, so even if we go out, it will be difficult to find her. Let's be more optimistic." Li Zai's injuries had not yet healed.

“Butcher’s House is the heart of the Spider. Only the administrator should be able to control everything freely. Now that the passage has changed, there are two possibilities.” Han Fei’s eyes were somewhat frightening: “First, the administrator may have awakened. Second, some personality has stolen some of the administrator’s abilities. We need to act quickly. If we don’t stop them and allow a malicious personality to become the administrator of Animal Alley, the consequences will be unimaginable.”

"Personality? Stealing the manager's abilities?" Neither Li Zai nor Ying Long understood what Han Fei was talking about.

"Before his death, the sixth alternate personality said that he could become the manager by finding all the masks. The people in the building must be after the masks, which is why they started targeting Xu Qin." Han Fei calmly analyzed, "Xu Qin was well aware of this, which is why she left with A Meng. She knew that staying here would only make us all targets."

Looking at the mottled marks on the wall, Han Fei pieced together all the information: "In the Butcher's House of the Deep World, the writer who played the role of the killer has disappeared. It seems that a new 'writer' is needed."

"The hidden profession of Midnight Butcher can only be completed in the Butcher's House. It is a profession unique to Animal Alley. However, Midnight Butcher is not the profession that Spider really wants. What he needs is a butcher who can slaughter butchers."

Han Fei felt as if a pair of eyes were watching him ever since he entered the Animal Alley.

The job change assessment tasks, all the choices, every killing and redemption seemed to be seen by those eyes.

Before Han Fei, almost no one could give the Midnight Butcher profession a completely new meaning, and no one could forge a blade with the finest qualities of humanity.

For the spider, Han Fei had accomplished something that even he himself had not been able to do.

Now facing the same despair, perhaps Han Fei can create a completely new miracle.

"I will do my best, and it would be perfect if I could become the manager of Animal Alley in the end."

As Han Fei was pondering, footsteps suddenly echoed in the quiet corridor. The group looked in the direction of the sound and saw a thin little boy running towards them with a schoolbag on his back.

His expression was terrified and uneasy, and he was waving a very rough crayon drawing in his hand.

The painting depicts a woman who has lost control, with thirteen slender dinner knives stuck in her body.

(End of this chapter)