Deep in the Living
Chapter 90 - 84: Chewing

Chapter 90: Chapter 84: Chewing

Luo Di followed the other party’s guidance all the way, neither resisting nor hesitating.

He wasn’t under some sort of mind control; his thoughts were very clear, fully aware of what he should and wanted to do.

Upon encountering the open-air movie suddenly set up on the rooftop, Luo Di immediately walked over and took a seat in the middle, on a wooden bench.

As he sat down, he hurriedly held his backpack in front of him, clasping it tightly with both hands, especially protecting the slightly bulging spherical object inside.

Click!

And as Luo Di took his seat, the movie started.

It was filmed in a handheld, mockumentary style,

The film initially focused on a baby room where a mother of Chinese descent held her adorable newborn, while the father, an Italian, was making a work-related phone call beside them.

The newborn soon grew into a very cute mixed-race girl by the age of three,

At this point, there was no sign of her father in the house; any photos related to him had been removed.

Thanks to national subsidies for immigrants and the decent wages that the mother earned as a seamstress, she was fully capable of supporting her daughter.

The girl grew up happily with her mother’s company,

Not only did the mixed-race girl possess unique and beautiful features, she also had heterochromatic eyes and long, straight black hair, typical of Huaxia.

Soon, it was her first time separating from her mother to go to school.

However, school life was not as wonderful as her mother had described,

Even though the girl diligently studied and did nothing wrong, pairs of eyes still fixed on her, watching her eyes that were different from everyone else’s, watching her appearance that was unlike her female classmates’.

The flames of bullying were ignited for the first time and were not promptly extinguished.

However,

The girl always managed to endure because as soon as she got home from school, she could be with her mother again, and all her troubles would dissipate.

Until she was ten, when she came home drenched, and besides her mother, there was a middle-aged man.

Her mother surprisingly asked her to call this man "Dad." However, the girl could see a look in the man’s eyes similar to how her classmates looked at her, perhaps even worse.

...

Suddenly,

Seeing this, Luo Di sighed heavily, stood up from his seat and even stretched lazily, a look of annoyance on his face.

His body had become much thinner, probably having lost about 15kg, and the contours of his cheekbones were clearly visible.

Luo Di, who had been very compliant along the way, no longer watched the movie but walked towards the edge of the rooftop.

He didn’t jump off; he just stood there waiting for the movie to finish.

But due to Luo Di’s departure,

the screening also stopped,

The other four young men dressed as grooms all stood up, looking towards his direction, as it seemed that all the young men invited here before had watched the movie attentively till the end.

A delicate female voice floated from behind the screen,

"Why didn’t sir finish watching? Did you not find it interesting?"

Luo Di didn’t respond directly but turned his head towards the direction of the voice.

As expected, an embroidered shoe appeared next to the movie screen, but its owner remained hidden.

Luo Di just looked on, seemingly unwilling to say more if the other party did not show themselves.

The woman’s voice came again, while also moving a step outward, revealing part of her body dressed in ceremonial wedding attire and her head covered in a bridal veil.

"It’s strange; you are the first to find the movie boring and leave halfway through. My four husbands watched it diligently till the end, understanding me, as this is a necessary step before our marriage.

Since we haven’t had a period of dating to get to know each other, understanding through the movie is the most effective way.

Can you tell me why? Why didn’t you finish watching?"

"It’s uninteresting."

After receiving Luo Di’s reply, a gust of wind carrying dense fog swept across the rooftop, and the bride behind the movie screen disappeared.

"Why is it uninteresting? Can you tell me the reason?"

This time, the female voice came directly from behind Luo Di and he could even feel, through the clothes, the soft yet chilly body contact.

Luo Di showed no hint of danger, replying bluntly, "Do I need to explain? The cliché plot, the exaggerated acting, I wanted to leave minutes ago."

[Speech skill]

Two years ago, Luo Di would have scorned such a tactic because Murderers in movies never waste words and just kill effectively.

But after encountering the class monitor, making friends like Little Gao and Anna, Luo Di gradually accepted "speaking," perhaps realizing that "speaking" isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

Following the end of the Four Middle School Incident, Luo Di decided to try speaking more in the future.

During his two-month stay at the Fifth Hospital, Luo Di constantly engaged in conversations with Hell, and his thoughts slightly shifted during this process.

Perhaps he didn’t need to completely mimic but could try to pursue a new kind of Murderer.

At present.

Luo Di found himself in a special dream created by the other party, also affected by a curse of physical disjunction.

To capture the elusive presence in the dream created by the other, direct slashing would not be effective, and Luo Di didn’t even have Zombie Blade with him.

In this situation, [Speech Skill] would become the most effective lure tool, possibly facilitating the act of killing.

Although it was his first trial, completely devoid of any expressive support and just awkwardly reciting lines, it seemed somewhat effective.

After all, every sentence struck the other party’s spine.

Hiss~

The cold breeze blowing from between the red lips grazed Luo Di’s earlobe,

A cold hand gradually slid onto his shoulder, the deep red nails seemed to want to dig into the flesh, but ultimately only lightly rested on the shoulder.

"What kind of movie is considered interesting? What kind of acting is considered good? Can you tell me?"

Luo Di still responded expressionlessly, "For someone talentless like you, even if I told you the method, you would never be able to make a good film.

As for acting, it’s just ’Disguise’.

I have a friend who is ten times, a hundred times stronger than you. No matter how much you study or how much time you spend, you will never be able to surpass her."

When these words came out, Luo Di himself was stunned for a moment, it seemed that his mind hadn’t prepared that much script, but somehow he just said it.

Without pausing, carried by the feeling of the moment, inspiration flowing through his mind, Luo Di continued:

"Moreover, your true nature must be very filthy, definitely not like what is portrayed in movies.

In my view, you are just an old woman with mental issues, extremely ugly, lacking confidence thus you try to marry so many people in almost a kidnapping manner.

Not only watching movies, even talking to you right now makes me nauseous, can we hurriedly end this dream?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the fingers resting on the shoulder suddenly stabbed towards Luo Di’s head.

It was at the moment the nails pierced his skin, feeling this direct ’physical touch’, that Luo Di could confirm, that this was the opponent’s true body.

He gripped the kitchen knife in his hand, turned around, and chopped,

Swoosh!

A severed bridal veil fell to the ground, the woman had already disappeared.

Weirdly,

The timing just then should have been perfect for Luo Di, as the adversary’s movements were unpredictable, so he specifically waited until the nails sank into his flesh, feeling the real touch and pain before he acted.

But Luo Di’s turn seemed a bit discontinuous, and his chop was slightly hesitant.

Not sure whether it was due to his body becoming emaciated, the influence of the dream, or some other reason, Luo Di missed, losing the perfect opportunity he had created using his speech skill.

In the next second,

Luo Di’s expression changed immediately, because the backpack that had always been hanging on him had disappeared along with the woman.

He stood there in a daze, his body starting to twitch faintly.

Numerous brutal thoughts, countless images of hell began to emerge in his mind, and the spine on his back even began to move like a reptile.

However, Luo Di was forcefully suppressing this strong urge to kill, trying to appear as normal as possible.

As he thought of something that could be tested with the current situation.

His gaze looked forward,

At the wooden stool Luo Di had previously sat on, the eerie bride had already taken a seat, donning a new veil, holding the round sport backpack in her hands.

"You clearly don’t have the aura of an investigator on you, yet you’re so dangerous. That was a close call just now, I almost got hurt.

Are you intentionally trying to anger me with your words? Too bad, there’s only one chance.

Since the moment you arrived on Chinese Street, I’ve been secretly observing you. You seem to care a lot about the backpack, keeping it with you during morning runs, sleeping, even setting it within reach when taking baths, and holding it tightly while watching the movie just now.

What exactly is inside it? Why do you cherish it so much?

What if I destroy what’s inside, what would you do then?"

While speaking, the bride began to slide the zipper with her pale fingers.

Luo Di’s breathing also grew rapid, beginning to recall the complicated Hell Symbol, but his body remained inactive, still waiting.

Click~ Click~

The zipper was slowly opened, just wide enough to allow an arm inside.

"Let me see what it is, and think about how I should destroy it..."

The red nails slid into the gap of the zipper, the bride deliberately making the process very slow, Luo Di’s expression grew more painful, and she became more excited.

She could even see the bride’s slightly curved red lips under the veil,

"Hmm? What is this texture? Could it be!"

Red nails touched the cold strands of hair, making the bride’s smile even broader.

"No wonder you are so formidable, so you also kill..."

Before she could finish,

The woman’s smile suddenly froze, her lips quickly parted, opening her mouth as wide as possible, a pained expression swiftly surfacing.

Ah!

A scream stirred the fog over the entire rooftop,

The bride abruptly threw the backpack away,

A piece of flesh was actually missing from the back of her hand, leaving a clear set of teeth marks on the wound.

The thrown backpack landed right towards Luo Di,

Due to the zipper being opened, the contents fell out,

Coincidentally rolling next to Luo Di’s shoes.

The scene seemed like a vision once seen in the school building.

Though the severed head was still filled with Death Energy,

From the glimpses of the mouth seen through the hair, it seemed to be lightly chewing,

This was the result Luo Di wanted to verify; he laughed out loud, he hadn’t laughed like this in a long time.