Chapter 41: The Free Doll
Yu Sheng was utterly bewildered.
When he saw Irene suddenly “disconnect” and topple over, he even thought the doll might have perished due to a faulty body. Thankfully, a voice from behind interrupted his alarming thoughts.
Holding Irene’s doll body in his hand, he stiffly raised his head and looked toward the large table where he’d been working with clay earlier.
The ornate oil painting leaned quietly against the edge of the table. From within the painting, Irene stared wide-eyed, her face full of panic as she looked over at him.
“I… I don’t know what’s happening either!” she exclaimed, frantically waving her hands upon catching Yu Sheng’s eye. “One moment I was running forward, and the next I opened my eyes and was back here. What’s going on? This is so…!”
A low, slightly harsh chuckle came from the painting’s frame, sounding both mocking and somewhat sympathetic.
It was the plush teddy bear making the sound; this time, Yu Sheng saw it laugh with his own eyes.
Irene couldn’t stand it. She stomped over to the red velvet chair, grabbed the teddy bear sitting on it, and began shaking it vigorously while choking its neck. “You’re still laughing! You’re still laughing! Did you do this? I’m back here again!”