Chapter 317: It Only Eats Good People
“There were four ghosts with you. Where are they now?” Ou Yang Susu carried the resident with the ruined face. She was anxious.
“I might have eaten them. I feel so full.” Fan Li checked the wounds on his hands. “I’ll lose control once I use that thing.” Everyone had their own secrets. Ou Yang Susu didn’t probe. She took out the med kit and handed it to Fan Li.
“He needs it more.” Fan Li opened the kit and bandaged the resident swiftly, “His injuries are serious. If he doesn’t leave this place tonight, he’ll die here.”
After being fed some water, the resident recovered slightly. His lips opened. “Save my mother. Please.”
“Your mother?” Fan Li looked around. “Why were you captured by those ghosts? What happened here?”
“It’s madness. Everyone here has lost their minds. Their faces have been stolen, and they have turned into monsters.” The man uttered intermittently. “At first, it was the auntie from the neighbourhood committee who picked up something back. She said it was magical. Once you worship it, everything you wish for will come true. But as more people worshipped it, more inexplicable things started to happen! You must be careful!”
“Why were you spared? Is it because of your face?” Brother Lee was curious.
“God likes perfect faces and good memories. I was born with a facial defect. It was my mother who looked after me. My dad is never home. My life is so sad that even the ghost looks down on me.” The man said through tears. “I did this to my own face. I am cowardly. I did many bad things. I’m not a good person. It doesn’t matter what happens to me, but you have to save my mother! She listened to the aunties from the neighbourhood committee. She went to find the mud figurine and hadn’t returned in a while already!”
“Then, I fear the worst has happened to her.” Once Brother Lee said that, he was rewarded with a glare by Ou Yang Susu. “I was just telling the truth.”