"Oh, where have you been and why did you come back?"
A woman's voice came from not far away. Looking in the direction from which the voice came, a woman was standing at the door of the kitchen, looking at Chu Ping lovingly. Chu Ping was very familiar with that look. That was the tenderness hidden deep in his heart.
"mom."
Chu Ping felt that the corners of his eyes were a little moist, and a tear slid down his cheek. The warm touch made him feel that everything in front of him was so real.
"You kid, why are you crying?"
The woman put the soup she was holding on the dining table, then quickly walked to Chu Ping, leaned down and wiped the tears from his face.
"You are a big kid now, why are you still so crying?" The woman tidied up Chu Ping's messy clothes, "Where have you been playing, and how come your clothes are so dirty."
"Did you get into a fight with your classmates at school?" At this time, the man sitting at the dining table also came over. "Tell dad, did your classmates bully you?"
Chu Ping looked up at the man. His eyes were like faucets that had not been tightened, and tears could not stop falling.
"Dad," Chu Ping reached out and wiped the tears from his face, "It's okay, I'm just so happy to see you."
The man laughed and then patted Chu Ping on the head.
"Don't talk nonsense, just change your clothes, wash your face, and then come over for dinner."
In the bathroom, Chu Ping looked at his childish appearance in the mirror with disbelief, and then pulled his face hard.
"This is what I looked like when I was ten years old. Where is this place? Why did I become what I looked like when I was ten years old? And what's outside..."
Chu Ping looked through the mirror in the bathroom at the man sitting at the dining table outside and the woman who was busy serving rice.
"Dad and Mom...it would be great if all of this were true."
This is the world behind the bloody door, and it is very likely to be the memory world of Patient No. 16.
"So, everything here is also created based on my memory. From the bloody door to Patient No. 16, and then here, there seems to be a manipulator behind everything that happens, constantly fiddling with fate. It’s like playing with a toy.”
Regarding this manipulator, the first thing Chu Ping thought of was the "rules" he first heard from the doctor.
"Is it possible that only by finding the rules can we find a way out of here?"
"Chu Ping, the food is almost cold. If you don't come out, your mother and I will eat it all."
When the man said this, he smiled, as if this could make Chu Ping go faster.
Chu Ping washed his face and slowly walked out of the bathroom.
"Chu Ping, drink this bowl of soup."
The woman had a kind smile on her face, and then handed Chu Ping a bowl of soup.
Chu Ping took it, and the rich aroma of meat wafted out of the soup bowl.
"Drink it while it's hot."
The woman looked at Chu Ping motionless, as if waiting for him to finish the soup in the bowl.
Chu Ping lowered his head and looked into the bowl. The soup was so rich that it was impossible to tell what kind of meat it was made from.
"Why don't you drink?"
The woman urged, as if she must let Chu Ping drink the bowl of soup.
"It's a bit hot, I'll drink it later."
Although this was the scene Chu Ping was most looking forward to, he always felt that something was wrong, especially when he looked at the woman. Although the woman's expression was still kind, like a mother looking at her child, But Chu Ping could see something different in the other person's eyes, it was an expression that did not belong to his mother.
Especially when Chu Ping put down the soup bowl in his hand, a trace of cruelty flashed in the woman's eyes. Although it was only fleeting, it was completely captured by Chu Ping.
"It won't taste good when it's cold."
The woman did not give up and let Chu Ping drink the broth in the bowl.
"Drink it, for you
good health. "
At this time, the man sitting at the dining table also spoke, his tone was like ordering Chu Ping.
Chu Ping raised his head and met the man's eyes. The man's eyes were filled with red bloodshot eyes. If he looked carefully, he could see that the red bloodshot eyes hidden in his eyes were still crawling there, like living insects.
Chu Ping took a breath. He knew that all the good things in front of him would be torn to pieces, and all he could do now was to ensure his own safety and find an exit from here.
"I'm a little tired, so I'll go back to sleep first."
When Chu Ping spoke, his body was already walking towards his room.
"Drink the soup first!"
The woman's voice was distorted.
Chu Ping quickened his pace, pushed open the door of the room, and locked himself inside.
"There must be something wrong with that bowl of soup...but how do I get out of here?"
Chu Ping looked at his white and tender arms. He was only ten years old and seemed unable to do anything at all.
Just when Chu Ping was lost in thought, the door handle behind him was suddenly twisted. It seemed that he found that the door was locked by Chu Ping. The action of twisting the door handle gradually became violent, as if the door handle would be completely pulled off in the next moment. Similar.
"Dong dong dong——"
After twisting the door handle to no avail, people outside began to knock on the door hard.
"Chu Ping! Why did you lock yourself in the room? Chu Ping, open the door!"
The woman's voice gradually became hysterical, and the knocking on the door became louder and louder, and finally turned into banging on the door.
"Chu Ping, be obedient! Drink the soup. That is the soup your mother made specially for you."
The man's voice became much sharper, as if he was trying to trick an ignorant boy.
"I can't sit still and wait for death, I want to get out of here!"
Chu Ping stood up hurriedly, and then looked around.
This room was very similar to the room he remembered. The only difference was that there was an extra wardrobe opposite the bed.
"Why is there a wardrobe here?"
Chu Ping looked at you, and his intuition told him that there was definitely something fishy about the extra wardrobe.
The sound of banging on the door continued, as if someone would smash it open from the outside in the next second.
Chu Ping didn't hesitate and walked straight to the closet. He wanted to see what was hidden in the extra closet.
He put his hands on the handle and pulled it out hard.
The closet door, which seemed to be easily opened, actually didn't move at all, as if something was tugging on it inside.
"There's something in there!"
Chu Ping was startled, and then moved away from the closet. He didn't want anything to happen here.
"boom--"
Just when Chu Ping's attention was focused on the wardrobe, a loud noise came from the room door.
"Oops!"
Following the sound, the door that was originally locked had been smashed open, and at the door, two figures, a man and a woman, were looking at Chu Ping in the room with extremely weird smiles. .
