Midnight Bookstore - Chapter 459

Chapter 459: Rigor Mortis

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Zhou Ze felt that he was at odds with a child. Otherwise, why did all the children he met have problems? The Little Loli, Zhu Shengnan, and now this person in front of him. What happened to the flowers of our country now?

“Uncle, I want to play with you.” The little boy reached out and grabbed Zhou Ze’s hand and shook it.

“Eh, are you acting coquettishly?”

“To be able to sing ‘I Am a Little Navy’ with a bunch of corpses at the funeral home, do you think it’s still suitable for you to act coquettishly?”

Seeing that Zhou Ze still did not respond, he could not speak and could only do some small actions. The boy pouted, “Uncle, I want to play with you.”

“Except uncle did not want to talk to you, go away.”

“Uncle, you are different from them.” The boy said very seriously.

“They won’t reject me, but you reject me.”

“I reject you, so you like me even more? What the Hell is wrong with your brain!”

“Uncle is different. Uncle has his ego, right?”

As he said this, the boy grasped Zhou Ze’s hand even harder. Momentarily, Zhou Ze sensed that the power that had come before and been scattered by him had appeared again. This time, it was even more intense as it was determined to fight with him for control of the body. This boy… could control a corpse? Strands of pale blue silk threads weaved through his body, it even ignored Zhou Ze’s resistance as it forcefully took control of the body. Was it the means of the corpse chasers?

Zhou Ze remembered something when he was chatting with Lawyer An in the morning. He had heard Lawyer An say that until the founding of the People’s Republic, there were still corpse chasers active in Xiangxi. Corpse chasers were divided into two groups. One group relied on the type of people who had cultivated after birth. Like Xu Qinglang, who had cultivated some methods to control corpses. This group was the majority.

There was another group that had very few people. If one compared corpse chasers to one, this group might only have a 0.001 share. This group of people was considered “legendary” among corpse chasers because they were born with an affinity for corpses. They did not need to cultivate or use other methods to control corpses. Lawyer An said that when he was a constable, one of his underlings was a corpse chaser. It was also a secret that he had heard while chatting.

This little boy was a living person. Moreover, Zhou Ze did not see him using any special means to set up anything. Just like that, he simply moved all the corpses here. As expected, there were all sorts of strange things in this world.

“Except why are you controlling me now, you naughty child?”

Seeing that his resistance was futile, Zhou Ze didn’t do anything else. He didn’t plan on leaving the body for the time being. Just like that… Zhou Ze watched as he slowly placed the corpses back into the distance and pushed them into the freezer. In the end… the little boy held Zhou Ze’s hand with one arm and the woman’s hand with the other. Three people… like a family of three… walked out of the funeral parlor. They didn’t see anyone along the way.

Zhou Ze wanted to shout, “Where the Hell are the people from the funeral parlor?”

You couldn’t have been scared out of your wits if you didn’t see such a horrifying scene. There was a long green belt outside the funeral parlor. It wasn’t a park, but the buildings were still relatively empty. The woman put on her red dress again, and her face returned to normal. Even Zhou Ze was manipulated by the little boy to go to the staff changing room of Bin Hospital to change his clothes before he left. However… Zhou Ze was still limping when he walked, he could walk… but he walked very bizarrely.

On the cold street… The family of three began to happily walk on the road. The little boy kept talking about what had happened to him at school. It could be heard that this guy should be popular in school. In many movies, TV shows, and novels, children with special abilities tend to be withdrawn as they are then bullied in school which in turn deepens their psychological trauma. Except this boy was different, he said that there were three female students in his class.

They were fighting to be his wife when they grew up. Because of this, the three girls had a fight which led the teacher to call their parents over. Zhou Ze felt that this child didn’t have the slightest bit of inferiority and was bullied. He was too lively, he was so lively that he ran to the funeral home in the middle of the night and led a group of corpses to dance!

“Uncle, do you not like Mom?” The boy raised his head and looked at Zhou Ze.

“I can feel that uncle seems to be very disgusted with mom.”

“Since uncle doesn’t like mom…” The boy then released his grip on the woman’s hand and faced her.

“Hey auntie, go back to where you came from. Stay under the manhole cover by the Lotus Pond. You might be discovered by the police soon. Thank you for playing with me today.”

“…” Zhou Ze.

The woman left silently as she went back to where she should go. The boy continued to hold Zhou Ze’s hand and walked forward.

“Uncle, my name is Cheng Jiu. My father’s surname is Cheng, and my mother’s nickname is Ah Jiu. Thus, my name is Cheng Jiu. Do you remember, uncle?”

“Uncle, let’s go for a walk by the river.”

“Uncle, I’m timid. Usually, I don’t dare to go to the river alone at night.”

“…” Zhou Ze.

“You’re afraid?”

“Uncle, you don’t know. On the way to the riverside, you can see a lot of grandparents. Some of them have been buried there for many years, but they’re buried quite deep, so I can’t wake them up.”

“…” Zhou Ze.

Zhou Ze limped as the little boy held his hand. They slowly walked to the riverside, it could be considered a scenic river. In the early years, it was a part of the moat. With the development of the times though, things like the city wall moat could only be preserved as historical relics. Zhou Ze remembered that there was also a Hao river in Tongcheng. It was said that it was also a moat in the early years. He accompanied the little boy to press the road beside the river.

Zhou Ze began to try to leave this body, but he gave up after thinking twice about it. First of all, this body was already somewhat familiar to him. He could still control it a little. When the little boy got tired of playing with him, he would return to where he came from like the female corpse just now. He might even have a chance to run out and find a place to call Yingying and the others to come over. The golden and silver nests were not as good as his own grass nest. Boss Zhou missed Xu Le’s body. That was the most suitable body for him.

“Let’s see now, when will this little boy get tired of playing with me.”

Zhou Ze finally saw it. This boy treated the corpse as a toy and as his playmate. Was this a natural ability? Zhu Shengnan seemed to be half-born and half-blessed. The secret of the ghost errant child-giving map had not been completely uncovered, but Zhou Ze had already connected it. Zhu Shengnan’s matter seemed to have some connection with the abduction village. Unfortunately… he had become a toy now, he did not have to think about such a far-reaching problem.

As they walked, they met two people in front of them who were male and female. The little boy did not care as he continued to hold Zhou Ze’s hand and walked forward. Zhou Ze was dressed very neatly, basically covering his face. It was not appropriate to wear so much in the summer. Except this was a combination under the little boy’s control, the little boy even carefully put on a mask for Zhou Ze. It was also night, so he did not have to worry about being seen by others.

From afar, it looked like an adult taking a child for a walk. It was just that it was a little late for a walk. When they got closer… Zhou Ze was stunned for a moment, “Holy sh*t, the two people in front look a little familiar! Yes, they do look familiar!”

“…”

“The case closing report has been written. I’ll give it to you tomorrow morning,” Zhang Yanfeng said as he followed behind Officer Chen.

“Okay,” Officer Chen responded.

This case was not complicated. The key was that the thieves were running around and committing crimes. The case had been solved, and only some finishing work and evidence collecting was left.

“It’s getting late. Aren’t you going back to rest?” Zhang Yanfeng asked.

“Hmm?” Officer Chen looked at Zhang Yanfeng.

Generally speaking, when a man said this… he meant that he wanted to sleep with you.

“Uh… no, I’m afraid you’ll be tired.” (He really wanted to sleep with you.)

“Well, no. I’m worried that your body won’t be able to take it. You’ve been working continuously for several days.” (He couldn’t help but want to sleep with you.)

“I’m not tired. Let’s go for a walk. Don’t talk and ruin the atmosphere.” Officer Chen replied.

“Oh, okay.”

Old Zhang was depressed. In front of this woman… he was completely eaten alive. He didn’t have any thoughts about the fate brought by this body, and he couldn’t have any thoughts. He was already over forty years old, and Officer Chen was much younger than him. The most important thing was the environmental protection issue that his boss told him about last time, it still lingered in his ears from time to time. He took out a cigarette and lit it up as he then saw two people approaching them.

“Hello, uncle… Hello sister.” The little boy greeted them.

Look… how smart this child was, he didn’t call them uncle and aunt as he instead called them uncle and sister. Zhang Yanfeng bent down and reached out to touch the little boy’s head. He then said, “It’s so late at night, why aren’t you going back to sleep?”

As he spoke, he remembered that there was an adult beside the little boy.

“Old Zhang! Dude, it’s me!”

“Quickly recognize me!”

“Out of all my subordinates, I usually admire and value you the most!”

“My father and I decided to go for a walk. His leg has just been injured. The doctor said that he needs to walk more to exercise.”

“Good boy…”

Zhang Yanfeng felt that this child was sensible. Officer Chen had already walked forward. No matter how sweet the little boy’s words were, she did not seem to have the slightest interest.

“Officer Chen, wait for me.” Old Zhang went to chase after her.

“…” Zhou Ze.

Zhou Ze swore after he returned to his own body… when he saw Old Zhang again… he would take good care of him. After catching up with Officer Chen, Old Zhang slowed down his pace. Officer Chen turned around and looked at the others who were still walking not far away.

“What’s Wrong?”

“Don’t you think that the man next to the child was a little strange?”

“His leg is injured. Didn’t the child say so?” Zhang Yanfeng said.

“It’s not just his leg. His hands and other parts of his body feel a little out of sync when he walks.”

“Out of sync?” Old Zhang looked at him for a while.

“Hiss, it does seem a little like… like that…”

“Zombie.”