Strange Neighbors 4

☆, Chapter 004
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Ye Yu quickly pulled open her clothes to look, only to see several bruises appearing on her shoulders and arms. They looked exactly like the bloodstains on the ceiling!

These claw-like bruises began to appear all over Ye Yu's body. Not only did she feel pain all over, but she also felt her body growing weaker and weaker. It was as if an invisible little monster was running wild on her body, sucking away her life force!

Not to mention the threat of life and death, just the thought of an invisible 'rat' running wild on her body made Ye Yu's scalp tingle. Yet no matter how she reached out to swat it, she couldn't touch the other party!

So what on earth was this thing? Was it An Zihan's mutated form? Had she blackened into a gloomy mole, preparing to crawl around in the sewer?

"Hello, An Zihan, is that you?"

At first, Ye Yu tried to use the previous method to resolve it, but after trying a few times, she finally found that this method was useless.

Thud. Weakened, Ye Yu couldn't stand steadily and fell directly to the ground. She only felt that her whole body was in agonizing pain, and the places with claw bruises felt as if acid had been poured over them. Meanwhile, that strange 'rat' was still crawling all over her, and she could even vaguely hear a strange sound, like a kitten whimpering, or... a baby laughing?

Suddenly, Ye Yu felt a metallic taste in her throat. As soon as she opened her mouth, she spat out another mouthful of blood. She shook her head suddenly, her dizzy brain clearing up slightly. No, she had to find a way quickly. Otherwise, she would definitely die!

"Cough, cough, cough!"

After coughing up several mouthfuls of blood in succession, Ye Yu was horrified to find that there were actually some fragments of internal organs in the blood! In hero games, fragments could be used for synthesis, but she didn't have this function!

Ye Yu knelt on the ground, struggling to sit up. She reached out to barely grab the diary on the desk, pinning her hopes on finding another solution. The first thing that caught her eye was the last page, which was open.

It was also at this moment that Ye Yu noticed the word 'torn'. She suddenly flipped through the entire diary frantically. An Zihan said her parents read her diary and even tore it. But this diary was perfectly intact, with no trace of any torn pages. In other words... there might be another diary!

Where? Where was that diary?!

"Cough, cough!"

Excitedly, Ye Yu wanted to stand up to continue searching the room, but as soon as she straightened her back, she fell weakly to the ground.

Right at this moment, a cat's meow attracted her attention. The large, lame black cat crawled under the bed. Ye Yu subconsciously looked toward the black cat, only to find a tipped-over trash can under the bed, containing a large amount of shredded paper!

But before she could rejoice, she spat out a large mouthful of blood, with larger fragments of organs mixed in.

Going to die! Going to die! Going to die!

Ye Yu was so weak that she didn't even have the strength to raise her hand, feeling that she was definitely going to die. If nothing else, the organs she spat out were enough to make a dish of husband-and-wife lung slices. How could she not die?

But in the midst of the extreme pain, Ye Yu took a deep breath, painfully raised her head, reached out, and crawled toward the bed. No, she couldn't die. She had promised her mother. She had just finished the college entrance examination. She still had chocolate mousse left to eat. She didn't want to die, no matter what, she didn't want to die!

As Ye Yu's will to survive grew stronger, the shadow beneath her squirmed slightly. But at this moment, the black cat placed its front paw on the trash can and pushed it gently, rolling it right in front of Ye Yu.

"Meow."

If it were normal times, Ye Yu would probably be amazed by the black cat's human-like intelligence, but currently her consciousness was hazy and her brain was unclear. So when the trash can came within reach, only one thought remained in her mind: the torn diary must be inside, find it!

She quickly pulled a pile of blood-stained shredded paper from the trash can. At a glance, it seemed to be torn from the same notebook, and there was even a cover with "Love Diary" written on it, drawn with many heart shapes, exuding the sweetness of love, completely different from the previous diary.

Love? Right, there seemed to be rumors in class that An Zihan was in a relationship and had a boyfriend.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Ye Yu spat out blood that ran down her chin, wetting her clothes. Her entire body was covered in dense bruises, not even sparing her face. Looking so bruised and battered, she actually looked more like a corpse than the two bodies in the room!

But even so, Ye Yu still didn't give up hope of survival, holding onto her last breath. Kneeling on the ground, she quickly read the torn diary.

'On my 18th birthday, my parents didn't want to be with me, but An Yang was willing. He kept video chatting with me until I fell asleep. So good.'

'Today, I still went home with An Yang. It's a pity that to avoid being discovered, we could only walk a short distance together. If only we could keep walking like this forever.'

'It doesn't matter if my parents don't want me, An Yang is willing to have me. It doesn't matter if my parents ignore me, An Yang said he will always be with me.'

'I really like An Yang. Being gazed at by his eyes, I feel very happy.'

'An Yang rejected me. He said we are still young, and to wait until we grow up, finish university, and then he will marry me and we will build a new family. But I can't wait. I hope we can get married now, I hope we can build a family now, I hope he can take me away from this home now.'

'I kept crying. An Yang said I didn't trust him. Yes, I didn't trust him, I was too scared. I was afraid he wouldn't want me either.'

'An Yang agreed. He said he would definitely take responsibility for me. I feel very happy. But I want to be even happier, so I poked a hole in the condom.'

'I'm pregnant, that's great. I told An Yang this good news. I hope he marries me right now, quickly taking me away from this home! I don't want to stay in this home for even a single second!'

'I haven't thought of a formal name for the baby yet, but the nickname will be Lele. I hope the baby will be happy and joyful for a lifetime! Smiling even more beautifully than Ye Yu!'

'An Yang wants me to abort the baby. He is very angry, saying I am too stubborn, saying we are still too young and don't understand the meaning of carrying a child. I do understand, of course I understand what a child represents. He is the one who doesn't understand, he doesn't understand me at all! I just want a family, a family without coldness and loneliness, only happiness and liveliness, with a dad, a mom, and a child, a family of three! What did I do wrong? I did nothing wrong!'

'I won't abort the baby, absolutely not!'

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Ye Yu spat out blood in pain and shock. In a short time, she had re-evaluated this quiet, eccentric classmate of hers. She had never thought that beneath that appearance, so many secrets were hidden! Saying she wasn't as brave as Ye Yu—in this aspect, An Zihan, you are much braver than her!

But... looking at the current situation, the ending was probably not as beautiful as An Zihan had anticipated. Her parents found the hidden love diary and discovered the truth of their daughter's pregnancy.

If An Zihan's diary was correct, then An Zihan was already a big trouble to her cold parents, and this cold couple naturally wouldn't want to add a small trouble. So... the diary was torn, the baby was aborted, and An Zihan very likely committed suicide because of this.

The 'rat' attacking her was the baby in An Zihan's womb. Judging by the date, this fetus was only three months old, which was why the claw marks were as small as a rat's!

And that baby was probably... At the brink of death, Ye Yu looked at the bottom of the trash can, where a lump of bloody, mangled flesh was stuck. It was impossible to see the shape of a baby, and she hadn't known what it was before, but now, she felt she knew.

"Cough, cough, cough! Hello, Lele, I am... cough cough... Ye Yu. Nice... cough cough, to meet you."

While spitting blood, Ye Yu forced a smile at the lump of flesh at the bottom of the trash can. As soon as her words fell, the invisible object and the faint baby laughter quickly disappeared.

Ye Yu let out a weak sigh of relief, and then her head grew even dizzier. Only now did she realize that she was too heavily injured. Even though she had resolved the infant spirit, she was about to die.

Right at this moment, Ye Yu vaguely saw the large, lame black cat limping toward her. "So the core rule of this anomaly is their names? You are indeed much smarter than that man before."

Ye Yu was so scared she almost stopped breathing: A talking cat? Was she sick, or was this world sick?

The black cat's slit pupils were filled with the pride, coldness, and appetite of a predator. "It's a pity you aren't a transcendent and don't have a core. However, to show my gratitude for helping me resolve a trouble, I am willing to wait until you die to eat your corpse, letting you merge into one with me from now on. Saving you from pitiful decay—this is the favor I grant you."

Her strong will to survive made Ye Yu take a deep breath. "I feel... cough cough... I can still be saved a bit!"

The black cat said coldly, "No saving, die quickly, I like to eat it while it's hot."

Ye Yu: Crazy, eat what hot!

The girl's last breath couldn't be held any longer, and she fainted. This time, she wasn't scared, but simply infuriated!

Her entire body was bruised, and her chest barely showed any rise and fall. Despite struggling for so long, it seemed to be in vain. She seemed destined to become the third corpse... oh no, the fourth corpse in this room.

The black cat obviously also felt the girl couldn't survive. It lowered its head and opened its mouth, its sharp fangs approaching the girl's pale face, preparing to follow its habit of eating while it was hot.

But in the next second, the black cat's whiskers twitched, and it suddenly jumped up and landed. The violent movement caused the wound on its front leg to tear instantly, and bright red blood wet its fur, dripping onto the bed. But the large black cat ignored the pain in its front leg, staring in shock at the position where it had just stood, which had been replaced by two pitch-black figures.

"You are a transcendent?!"

But the unconscious Ye Yu couldn't hear the black cat's question at all, and the two black figures had no intention of answering him. They appeared in obedience to Ye Yu's will, and Ye Yu's last and strongest thought before losing consciousness was: Survive, no matter what, she wanted to live on!

Seeing the two black figures attacking him again, the black cat realized he had misjudged. Knowing he was heavily injured and no match for them, he immediately turned and jumped onto the bed, using his sharp sense of smell to determine the position of the anomaly's core. He swung his sharp claws. The pocket of An Zihan's nightgown was instantly torn open, and a mobile phone hidden deep inside rolled out.

But the black cat's lame leg severely affected his speed. The two black figures cooperated with each other; a long leg suddenly swept across, forcing the black cat to jump aside to dodge. The other figure pounced forward, grabbing the mobile phone on the bed.

That mobile phone was also very strange. The screen was displaying a game interface. One could vaguely see the words "Strange Tales Simulator" and "editable", but the most prominent were the large blood-red words on the interface: [The Nonexistent Daughter].

The black figure didn't care about the strange phone, directly stuffing it into its body. The mud-like black body swallowed the phone. Clack, the phone passed through the figure's body and fell to the ground in another spot, but something seemed to have changed.

An Zihan's corpse on the bed began to rapidly rot and smell. In the living room, Father An, Mother An, Grandpa Song, and Grandma Zhao, like puppets with their strings cut, also fell to the ground, their bodies covered in corpse spots as they rapidly rotted and smelled. On the desk, the paper taken by the thief vanished into air, and the windows and doors reappeared.

Ye Yu, lying on the ground, breathed longer and stronger. The wounds on her body quickly disappeared, and her pale face regained its rosy color.

The black cat knew that since the opponent had swallowed the anomaly's core, their strength would definitely increase. Heavily injured, he was definitely no match. He didn't hesitate, immediately pushing open the window to escape.

But the two black figures quickly blocked his way. The female shadow was quick-handed, catching the black cat's tail. The male shadow followed closely, grabbing one of the black cat's legs. Then, the two shadows flowed back into Ye Yu's shadow like water, dragging the black cat into the 'abyss' inside as well.

"Meow!"

Following a furious cat meow, the house fell silent again. Only a few claw marks that chipped the wooden floor, left by the cat's struggle, remained.

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Black Cat: Bad stomach, eating cold food easily causes diarrhea, so I like to eat it hot.
Ye Yu: ...