“Good, good, good, our little cutie is the prettiest.” Xu Yintang squatted halfway down and touched Little Darling’s tentacle tips. This level of intimacy was just right for Little Darling. Second Treasure also came over to see his brother’s new tentacle tips, and he voiced his approval.
The color of the big brother! Even more beautiful!
At first glance, one tentacle might not be noticeable, but when compared to Little Darling’s other tentacles, it became apparent that the new tips were a transparent, shiny red, like a high-end, glossy glass…
Please forgive Xu Yintang for being a bit unenlightened when it came to descriptions, as he was from a hospital. The best comparison he could think of was glass.
Xu Yintang giving the tentacle tips to Huahua wasn’t intended as a challenge to Lei Bo. It was just that Huahua’s combat strength in the team was relatively weak, and Little Darling had just awakened a new skill, so he casually handed a piece to Huahua for safety and to experiment with the skill’s effects.
Of course, this also had to do with Huahua’s higher acceptance of Little Darling’s tentacle tips as a doctor. After all, not everyone would dare to put a piece of living flesh that could still move into their pocket.
After eating the meat from the hunt, Little Darling awakened a new skill, “Vitality.” This skill allowed its tentacles to maintain activity for a long time after detaching from the body. It could not only provide real-time feedback about its surroundings to the body but also accept simple commands such as “protect,” “attack,” or “secrete venom.”
As long as the severed tentacle was absorbed before losing vitality, the severed tentacle would quickly regenerate, and the new tentacles would be even tougher and stronger than the original ones.
The only downside to this skill was that it was a bit painful to bite off the tentacle tips. But because the new tips were all a beautiful shade of red, Little Darling’s previous discomfort disappeared. It proudly extended its tentacles and didn’t want to retract them, even spinning in place under a big towel, eager to show everyone its beautiful tentacles.
The children had already gathered around, eagerly seeking praise. The other teammates had no choice but to offer praise to Little Darling’s new tentacles, even if they weren’t entirely convinced. They all praised enthusiastically, making Little Darling a little shy. It nuzzled against its mother’s leg and hid behind him.
At this moment, Second Treasure was eager to show his presence, with his head tilted up and his eyes rolling, tail swaying and an impatient look as if he couldn’t wait to be praised.
After praising the big brother, it’s Second Treasure’s turn!
“Yes, yes, Second Treasure is also handsome,” Xu Yintang patted Second Treasure’s head to be fair, and then he immediately pointed to Lei Bo’s teammates lying on the ground, softened by this part of the exaggerated praise.
“Do you want to deal with him?”
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His tone was as casual as swatting a mosquito, which scared Lei Bo to shiver. He hastily begged for mercy, “Please spare me! I don’t want to harm you, I was forced to do this!”
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“Will you tell me everything?” Xu Yintang asked Lei Bo.
Lei Bo nodded vigorously, “I’ll tell you everything, everything I know…”
Xu Yintang then looked at Xiao Qing, “Do you want to ask him?”
Xiao Qing was deeply engrossed in staring at Xu Yintang, paying no attention to Lei Bo until Xu Yintang cued him, and he suddenly snapped back to reality. “Ah? Oh, sure, I can do that,” he replied, then added as if he had remembered something, “And my abilities have evolved. If he lies, I can tell.”
As Xiao Qing said this, he continued to gaze at Xu Yintang, and his expression contained emotions that were too complex for Xu Yintang to decipher.
Xu Yintang replayed the past in his mind but still couldn’t figure out what Xiao Qing’s mixed emotions were trying to convey. So he responded according to his understanding, “Congratulations.”
Xiao Qing paused for a moment, seemingly savoring how much sincerity was in the word “congratulations.” After a while, he concluded it was a 100% genuine congratulations, let out a sigh, furrowed his brows, and displayed an even more complex expression that Xu Yintang couldn’t understand. “Thank you…”
He thanked him ambiguously and then quickly redirected the conversation by nudging Lei Bo, as if he were trying to avoid further interaction with Xu Yintang.
“I’ll ask, and you answer. If you dare to lie, I’ll have Little Darling eat you. Do you understand?”
Little Darling responded to Xiao Qing’s words by waving its beautiful tentacles triumphantly, and Lei Bo, trembling with fear, cast a terrified glance in that direction. “I understand…”
So Xiao Qing gave him a small pill to temporarily relieve the intense pain on Lei Bo’s face, allowing him to answer more comfortably.
Following the principle that there’s some truth in every lie, most of Lei Bo’s self-introduction turned out to be true. He was indeed a miserable corporate slave exploited by a shady company, often drinking himself into unconsciousness at gatherings, only to wake up as a permanent resident ghost in 2232.
He had lied about his ability, attempting to hide his true power from them. Xiao Qing realized he could detect lies when Lei Bo described his ability as turning food into poison or medicine. He heard signal interference in Lei Bo’s voice and detected a faint scent he had never smelled before, and at that moment, a strong conviction formed in his mind—Lei Bo was lying.
Xiao Qing had absolute faith in the ability that had saved his life countless times, and he began to suspect Lei Bo from that point onwards. Even if Xu Yintang hadn’t given Huahua the tentacle tip for self-defense, Xiao Qing was still monitoring the activity in the neighboring room. If Lei Bo turned out to be a threat, he could provide timely assistance.
Confronting someone who wasn’t skilled at lying with a human lie detector created tremendous pressure for Lei Bo. He stumbled through an explanation of his true ability, which was to convert an enclosed space into an environment resembling a stomach filled with strong digestive acids, along with a mist of high-concentration alcohol in the air. This made the people inside feel drowsy and lose their resistance, ultimately being corroded into a pile of acidic, foul-smelling slime.
His assertion that people from the hotel came to him for help was true as well. After all, his ability was quite handy for covering up evidence, but it happened far more frequently than just once or twice a year. Whether it was the bodies of the ghosts in the room or other corpses for various reasons, Lei Bo handled all of them with his ability, leaving no trace behind.
Apart from the bodies in Room 2212, the ghosts inside had died before him.
“Is your death related to the fire that occurred ten years ago?” Xiao Qing asked.
Lei Bo shook his head, “I don’t know… I haven’t heard of a fire. But we all know that at least one person dies here every year, and every three years, there’s always a death.”
Unlike the usual deaths of guests or staff in the hotel, those people, even if they stayed, were only incomplete fragments. Only deaths at three-year intervals would create ghosts like them.
Lei Bo counted on his fingers, “Mr. Fairman from 2212 died nine years ago. I died six years ago, and on the second day I died, Edster died as well. Edster lived in 2237, he used to be my boss.”
“Three years ago, that’s when Edster lied to Laura and said he would produce a record for her, and then Laura and Gerald both died… He also forced me to act with him to deceive people. I didn’t want to, but if I refused, Edster would beat me…”
“Also, the person from 2213 died three years ago, a few days after Laura and Gerald. Although I’ve never seen him, he must have been in the hotel. I heard the hotel’s people saying that he wasn’t part of the plan, and they said something like this should finally satisfy them. So, I’ve wondered if the hotel is sacrificing something and treating us as offerings, but after we die, we just stay in the hotel. Laura and the others would sometimes bring in a few people to kill, but I usually don’t even leave my room…”
Lei Bo racked his brain to recall everything he knew. For each question Xiao Qing asked, he quickly offered responses like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube, rattling off whatever came to mind as if he feared he’d be eaten for a midnight snack if he didn’t answer well.
After he finished speaking, Xu Yintang continued to ask, “Tell us more about Mr. Fairman.”
“Mr. Fairman…” Lei Bo swallowed hard.
“I think he was in his fifties, a very polite man who wore glasses. We would often turn to him for help with anything we couldn’t resolve, and it seemed like he knew the hotel’s people. In the beginning, when the hotel came to find me for work, it was through Mr. Fairman’s introduction.”
“At that time, I had just become a ghost and was terrified. Mr. Fairman would come and talk to me to comfort me. He also stood up for me when Edster bullied me. He was really good at fighting, using a cane and all, and Edster couldn’t beat him.”
Lei Bo held Mr. Fairman in high regard, describing him as a mediator between the ghosts. While he was speaking, Xiao Qing had already finished his online search and added some information, “Fairman was the manager of Feier Hotel at the time, and he went missing after the fire. It’s widely believed online that he also perished in the fire. By the way, the current hotel manager has the same last name, Fairman, so they’re probably related in some way.”
“What about Edster?” Xu Yintang asked.
“Edster? Edster was just a jerk!” Lei Bo exclaimed.
“He not only lied to Laura but also to many other women! He would sweet-talk them into having sex with him, then use his ability to hypnotize them into committing suicide, turning them into a state of neither life nor death, allowing him to control and pleasure himself. He’d then help him deceive more women. That jerk would even stuff the women he got tired of into my room for me to deal with…”
Lei Bo realized he was going too far and quickly defended himself, “I swear I never touched any of them with even a finger. I wanted to let them escape, but they kept begging me to kill them and free them. I had no choice, I really had no choice…”
“Believe me! I’m telling the truth! I… I…”
“I believe you,” Huahua crouched down to look at him, a sinister smile on her face, “I have only one question. Think carefully before you answer.”
“Where is Edster now? I want to go chop him up.”
Author’s Note –
Huahua: It’s firm! The fist is firm! Where is my forty-meter sword!
Everyone actually investigated Lei Bo, but only Huahua and Xiao Qing succeeded.
By the way, after the upgrade to his abilities, Xiao Qing’s ability has a bonus in psychological confrontation.
But this wave is a massive clue release, missing one is okay. Mwah, little angels.
Let me join you Huahua! That man needs to go!!!!! (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ
Did Xiao Qing feel that Xu Yintang was lying when he said that still being in hospital was “just for the story”?
Xiao Qing definitely finds XuYintang sus
Knowing when Xu Yintang tells the truth might be quite damaging to psychological HP… hahahaha! Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🤣
I love how the babies are showing off haha💚💚💚
Thank you for the chapters! ❤❤
I think Xiao Qing is realizing that Xu Yingtang is mimicking their social ques.
Oooh I’m betting Xiao Qing’s upgraded skill made him realize how much of Xu Yintang’s backstory is real
Xiao Qing also knows that Our sweet momma wasn’t lying about his story~
Cool
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