Chapter 578: Gospel from Hell

  Chapter 578 The Gospel from Hell

  In a corner of Mr. Zhao’s manor, next to the servants’ quarters, there is a five-story house with unique decoration.

  Its structure is in the shape of a “U” character, with a green lawn outside and a spacious patio in the center. Many people live here.

  Although it is not as grand as the main building, it is also one of the few luxurious places in the entire settlement.

  People in the mansion call this place “the annex”. The people who

  live here are all distinguished guests of the master’s mansion. If they are not confidants or relatives of confidants, or servants who serve them, they will never get close to here.

  It is precisely for this reason that even though this annex is located in a secluded corner far away from the main building, there are still a large number of servants serving at their beck and call.

  Yang Xiaoyang has been here since she was born.

  The people here are very kind to her, especially after her grandfather, grandmother and mother died of illness, this kindness has risen to the level of enthusiasm – even diligence.

  Especially the master, he treats her as his own daughter. In addition to his meticulous care, he also allowed her to study and play with the young lady and wear the same beautiful dresses.

  Even more than that, he gave her a “privilege” that other children did not have – allowing her to leave the mansion freely.

  As long as she was in the manor, she could go anywhere she wanted.

  If it were other children, even if they just walked to the garden outside the mansion, they would be taken back by the servants who saw them.

  Of course, as the price of freedom, there was always one or two uncles who never spoke, following her wherever she went.

  Even when she went to the toilet, they would guard at the door.

  Her good friend Yinyin, the master’s youngest daughter, even got angry with her father for this, hoping to drive away the annoying “stalker”.

  However, the master, who was always very kind to his youngest daughter, never let go of this matter, and even locked his daughter in a small dark room in a rage.

  Xiaoyang had never seen the master get so angry before, and hurriedly persuaded Yinyin that he didn’t care about being followed.

  Because she found that during the days when her good friend was locked in the small dark room, there were two more pairs of eyes following her, and the uncomfortable feeling of being stared at became stronger.

  The master might be suspicious.

  He suspected that she had instigated his daughter to help him escape from here.

  In short, she lived very carefully during those days, and deliberately acted clumsy for this. She had poor self-care ability and could not survive without someone to take care of her. She stuck to her aunt who took care of her every day, and pretended for a long time before she dispelled the master’s vigilance.

  Although she was only six years old, she was much more mature than her peers because she had lived alone and depended on others since she was a child.

  Even though no one had ever told her those complicated things, she could see some of them from the eyes of others, those intentions that were carefully hidden.

  The reason why those uncles followed her was not for her safety, but just because they were worried that she would run away from the manor.

  The master’s love for her was not because she was pitiful or cute, nor was it because of the reasons he claimed, but just because she was her father.

  The relationship between the master and his father was not like that between Yinyin and himself, but was just pure mutual use between adults.

  Adults always like to think of a cover-up for what they are doing to cover up their ugly motives.

  She didn’t know much about what merchants do, but she occasionally heard that her father helped the master sell some farm things outside and made a lot of money. Her

  father left her, her mother, and her grandparents here in exchange for the master’s peace of mind and continued help, and the master used her – her father’s only remaining relative in the world, to tie him here.

  It was for this reason that the master asked Yinyin’s teacher to teach her to read and write.

  This was not to let her learn any knowledge, or to let Yinyin have a playmate of similar age and knowledge, but just to let her write letters to her father.

  Maybe the letters her father wrote to her were just to make the master feel at ease? After all, if she was so important to him, why didn’t he even want to come back to see her.

  He hadn’t been back for a long time, and even when her mother left, he was out. Sometimes she couldn’t help wondering if he already had a family outside, and the reason why he still maintained this father-daughter relationship was just to gain the master’s trust, not out of concern for herself.

  This is not impossible.

  It is said that before her father, there was also a merchant who helped the master, but suddenly one day he lost contact, and it was unknown whether he died or disappeared unilaterally.

  Anyway, she never saw the family of the merchant who stayed in the villa in the manor again.

  Maybe one day in the future, she will be the same as that family.

  However, she did not hate her father.

  Even after thinking through these things, she became more open-minded.

  Anyway, there is nothing good in the wasteland, so why not stay here?

  At least life here is good, at least it is good now, and there are her best friends. As for the future, let’s worry about it later, anyway, she can’t do anything now.

  To say the most important person in life, it is undoubtedly Yinyin.

  That little girl was the real lady of the manor, two years older than her. And unlike everyone else here, that lady really treated her as her good friend. Not only did she care about her from the bottom of her heart, she was angry about the unfair treatment she received, and she would even stand up for her… Although that overly naive sister always messed things up with good intentions, and sometimes even got herself implicated, the lamb didn’t blame her.

  Every time after finishing their homework, they would play happily together.

  Sometimes they would catch crickets, sometimes they would play house with rag dolls, and they would also play hide-and-seek with other children in the other house.

  Hide-and-seek was their favorite game, because they could disappear from the adults’ sight for a short time, and once the lamb disappeared, everyone would be very anxious.

  Those people’s anxious looks were really fascinating.

  That was why sometimes their goal of hide-and-seek would change from finding each other to helping the lamb hide, and then watching the servants turn the manor upside down.

  But Xiaoyang knew very well that this joke could only be played occasionally and not too much. When she felt that everyone was about to get serious, she would deliberately reveal her true colors so that the servants could find her.

  For this reason, Yinyin often complained about her clumsiness.

  However, the young lady didn’t know that she did it on purpose.

  Because if she didn’t do this, it would be difficult to end the matter…

  ”Damn… I almost made that guy cry!”

  Sitting by the fountain in the garden in front of the villa, Yinyin sighed in frustration, swinging her calves, her elbows propped up on her knees, her cheeks resting heavily on her palms.

  As usual, they made a fuss in the manor for an entire afternoon, making the servants here very anxious.

  However, unlike usual, her father did not show up today, not even showing his face, but just told the old housekeeper to send the lamb back to the villa.

  The old housekeeper did not stay in the villa for long.

  It seemed that there were distinguished guests in the manor, and he did not even say anything to scold them, and left in a hurry, so that Yinyin could not help feeling a little bored.

  So her father was not in a hurry at all this time, right?

  Wouldn’t that mean they had worked in vain for the whole afternoon?

  ”It’s such a good hiding place, a place they could never think of even if they racked their brains… Xiaoyang too, if only he could be a little smarter!”

  Listening to the young lady’s complaints, Xiaoyang, who was sitting next to her, smiled naively and said weakly.

  ”I’m sorry, sister Yinyin… Xiaoyang is so stupid.”

  ”Don’t apologize! Those rude followers should apologize! Really, don’t these guys have anything else to do? It’s not nice to follow a lady every day…” Looking at

  Xiaoyang seriously, Yinyin continued seriously.

  ”And oh, we originally played hide-and-seek just to let you be free for a while. If it makes you more sad, wouldn’t it be putting the cart before the horse?”

  ”Yinyin…” Xiaoyang looked at her with emotion, her eyes full of mist.

  She didn’t tell her best friend.

  She didn’t really want freedom, and she didn’t think there was anything wrong with being followed. She had been here since she was born and had long been used to it.

  She didn’t think that if she ran away from here or hid, her current situation would change.

  Maybe even if she ran away, the father who she rarely saw would send her back, just like he sent her mother, grandparents and others in.

  But…

  it feels great to be cared for.

  ”Don’t look at me like that, it makes me feel embarrassed.”

  Being stared at by those big watery eyes, Yin Yin immediately moved her eyes away somewhat embarrassedly, and scratched her cheeks that were itchy from the sunset with her index finger.

  At this moment, her eyes suddenly fell on the nearby annex, and her eyes suddenly lit up.

  She remembered a rumor she had heard a long time ago –

  the former annex was actually the main building of the manor, and her family originally lived there, but later they moved out after building a new house, and the original main building became the annex.

  In the deepest part of the basement of the annex, there is a door leading to the underground world, which existed in the era of her grandfather’s grandfather.

  She didn’t know what was there.

  But she knew that no one could have imagined it!

  ”That’s right!”

  Grabbing the lamb’s hands, Yin Yin looked at her excitedly.

  ”I remembered a wonderful place! There is absolutely no way anyone can find it there! Come with me!”

  Looking at her confident expression, the lamb felt a little uneasy, and they had already played a joke with the adults in the manor today. It would not be funny to play the same joke twice a day.

  Pulled by Yinyin to jump off the fountain, the lamb looked at her anxiously and said.

  ”Wait a minute, Yinyin…why don’t we go tomorrow? There must be someone following us now. If we go now, won’t that wonderful location be exposed?”

  ”Don’t worry, it won’t,” Yinyin leaned close to her ear with a mysterious look, lowered her voice and said, “That place is in the annex…in the annex, won’t someone follow you?”

  The lamb hesitated and nodded slowly.

  If it is in the annex…

  the master should not be angry.

  Seeing that this timid and fearful girlfriend finally mustered up the courage, Yinyin couldn’t help but curl up a happy smile at the corner of her mouth.

  ”Come with me!”

  After saying that, she pulled the lamb and hurriedly ran towards the annex.

  Following the young lady nervously, the little sheep watched her lead her to the north building of the annex, through a dark stairwell, and to the basement of the annex.

  The little sheep had heard of this place. This was the warehouse of the annex, but it was not very convenient to move things up and down, and there was nothing to store in the annex, so no one had used it for a long time.

  Usually, if there was something that needed to be put away temporarily, everyone would simply throw it into the open space in the patio. After

  living here for so long, this was the first time she came down.

  The basement was pitch black, there was no electric light, and the only light source was the flashlight that Yinyin brought down. The gloomy and coldness that melted into the darkness made the little sheep’s calves tremble uncontrollably.

  The same was true for Yinyin standing next to her.

  She held the flashlight in her hand and stood there motionless. Obviously, she didn’t expect that the basement of this annex was so spacious. It

  was like a maze here!

  ”Where should we go?” The little sheep looked at Yinyin timidly, hoping that the latter would give up and give up the idea of ​​exploring the basement.

  However, she still underestimated the determination of her best friend to give her freedom.

  Yinyin, who was still hesitating, just met the hesitant and timid eyes, and the hesitation in her eyes disappeared instantly.

  She promised her that she would give her freedom. Even if it was just for a second, she hoped that she could live freely without having to endure those prying eyes.

  There is no more suitable place than here. Although it is a little dark, from another perspective, this is not the best disguise.

  In this unattended maze, even if it is not hide-and-seek, she can hide in it for a while, even if it is just to spend a short time without being peeped.

  Of course, she can also come here when she is unhappy

  . Yinyin couldn’t help but smile.

  If you think about it this way, this place is like their secret castle.

  Maybe the prayer was answered, and she heard a faint sound in the dark.

  The voice seemed to be calling something…

  What was it saying?

  She immediately pointed the flashlight over.

  ”This way!”

  Seeing Yinyin suddenly start to walk forward, Xiaoyang quickly followed.

  ”Yinyin…why don’t we go back?”

  ”Wait a minute! It’s just in front, we’ll be there soon!”

  Yinyin walked forward with great interest, looking for the source of the voice.

  She had gradually forgotten whether she was walking to help her good friend find a wonderful hiding place or to hear what the voice was saying.

  Perhaps it was both.

  Xiaoyang looked at her back anxiously, always feeling that things seemed to be gradually deviating from the original track, but couldn’t tell where the problem was.

  Yinyin seemed to be very familiar with this place.

  Has she been here before?

  She obviously hasn’t come down here before.

  Sure enough, she should go back earlier…

  It’s okay for her to say that, but if they disappeared at the same time, the master would be furious.

  The two walked in the dark basement for a while and came to a room full of debris.

  Behind a pile of abandoned wooden boxes, there was indeed a rusty iron door.

  If you don’t look carefully, you can’t even find it.

  At least when she saw it for the first time, she thought it was a piece of waste leaning against the wall.

  ”This is…”

  Yinyin stared at the door with a sharp eye.

  ”I don’t know, but it should be here.”

  The lamb finally couldn’t help asking the question in his heart.

  ”Sister Yinyin…how did you find this place?”

  Yinyin looked at the lamb strangely.

  ”Didn’t you hear it?”

  The lamb was stunned.

  ”…heard it?”

  Aren’t there only two of them here?

  Could there be a third person…

  her face gradually turned pale.

  ”Yeah!” Yinyin nodded vigorously and said excitedly, “Just when I was silently praying in my heart that I could find that door, I heard that voice! Although I can’t hear what it said clearly, I can feel that it said a lot of things, it should be inviting us to go over!”

  ”I heard it…”

  So what did it hear?

  The lamb looked at Yinyin blankly, and was about to ask, but saw that she had already walked up excitedly, grabbed the rusty door handle with both hands, and pulled it back with all her strength.

  ”…Little lamb! Help me!”

  Looking at the motionless iron door, the lamb said with a smile.

  ”Wait a minute, Sister Yinyin, we don’t have the key, if we just pull it hard…”

  ”What are you talking about! This door doesn’t have a keyhole at all, it should be able to be opened directly… Ah! I feel it move! Come and help me–”

  Before she finished speaking, her movements suddenly stopped, and her eyes lost their spirit.

  Before Xiaoyang came to his senses, he saw her loosen her hand holding the door handle and fell to the ground.

  ”Yinyin–!”

  Electric shock?

  Or… poison gas?

  Xiaoyang’s face turned pale, but he didn’t turn around and run away. He gritted his teeth and rushed over, holding Yinyin, who was lying on the ground, with both hands, and dragged her away from the door.

  However, even after leaving the door, Yinyin showed no signs of waking up. If she wasn’t still breathing, she would have looked like she was dead.

  ”What happened…?”

  Looking at the motionless iron door, Xiaoyang’s eyes were full of fear. He didn’t dare to stay here for a moment. He dragged the unconscious Yinyin back to the entrance of the basement, and then rushed to the stairs to ask for help. It

  was pitch black outside.

  It felt like not much time had passed, but it was already dark outside.

  Standing at the door of the north building, Xiaoyang looked around and found that it was empty, without a single person.

  How strange…

  Although they were in the annex, they had been gone for almost half an hour, and no one came to look for them, as if they had completely forgotten about them.

  All these abnormal situations made her eyes a little uneasy, but out of worry for Yinyin, she still summoned up the courage to shout out.

  ”The young lady has fainted! Is there anyone here… Come on, someone—”

  Before she could finish her words, a dull and rude growl interrupted her voice.

  ”Uh ah…”

  A woman with her head and shoulders drooped, standing in the corridor near the stairwell with her neck tilted, a pair of empty eyes staring straight at her.

  That look was indescribably weird.

  There was a chill that penetrated deep into her bones in her eyes.

  Seeing the woman limping towards her, Xiaoyang swallowed her saliva and took a step back in fear.

  ”Don’t… don’t come over here.”

  She didn’t know why she wanted to run away, but her legs moved instinctively, dragging her stiff body towards the stairwell.

  Her intuition told her that she would be doomed if she was caught.

  The moment she rushed into the stairwell, the woman quickened her staggering steps and rushed towards her with a low roar.

  Not daring to look back, the lamb rushed to the basement and used all her strength to slam the basement door shut, while grabbing the steel bar that fell on the ground and inserting it into the door handle.

  Almost at the same time, a loud bang came from outside the door, followed by a violent shaking of the door panel, and something hit it.

  ”Ah–!”

  The lamb screamed and took two steps back, looking at the shaky door panel, her eyes full of fear.

  She didn’t know what was wrong with the woman. She didn’t

  know what happened outside.

  Everyone was obviously a good person, and they always treated her kindly, why did they suddenly become like that? !

  The sound of banging on the door suddenly stopped.

  The person outside seemed to have given up.

  The lamb squatted in the dark, holding her breath, staring at the closed door, not daring to make a sound.

  She was sure that the person had not left.

  The heavy breathing was even sticking to the door!

  She could even conclude that the person was waiting for her outside the door, waiting for her to open the door a little to see what was happening outside, and then rush in and tear her to pieces.

  But why?

  What happened to everyone? !

  Sitting in the darkness shivering, I don’t know how long it took. Just when Xiao Yang felt her eyelids were about to start fighting, there was a faint sound in the darkness behind her.

  At first, she was frightened by the noise and her hair stood up, until she heard her own name.

  ”Xiao Yang…”

  The voice was just like a candlelight in the darkness.

  Hearing the weak call, Xiao Yang immediately rushed over and knelt beside Yin Yin, her eyes filled with tears, holding her soft and weak hand.

  ”Yin Yin!”

  ”I’m sorry…”

  ”It’s okay, I hope you wake up!”

  ”No, no…”

  Yin Yin shook her head with a painful expression, hugged her head with both hands, and muttered to herself, “It’s all my fault, I shouldn’t have been so smart to go over there… It’s angry, it must be because of me…”

  ”… Angry?” Xiao Yang’s eyes were full of confusion. Her

  intuition told her that what Yin Yin was talking about at this moment was related to what was happening outside.

  Could it be…

  that voice? !

  However, Yinyin had no intention of explaining. She just held her head and muttered to herself, repeating the sentence.

  ”I’m sorry, I’m sorry…”

  ”Yinyin! Calm down–”

  Xiaoyang grabbed her shoulders and was about to comfort her to calm down, but Yinyin, who was holding her head and complaining to herself, suddenly grabbed her hand.

  ”Xiaoyang… help me…”

  Xiaoyang looked at her seriously.

  ”What do you need me to do? I will definitely help you!”

  Yinyin’s painful face showed a relieved smile.

  ”Tie me up…”

  ”Tie, tie me up?!”

  ”Hmm!” Yinyin’s face squeezed out a trace of pain, and beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. She urged anxiously, “Hurry up… hurry up!”

  Seeing her trying her best to endure something, Xiaoyang suddenly thought of the woman outside, and then his hands and feet felt cold.

  Could it be that she also…

  ”… It’s too late.”

  Patience seemed to have reached its limit. Yinyin’s face was full of despair, and her shaky consciousness became dazed along with her gradually empty eyes.

  ”It’s okay…”

  For some reason, the lamb suddenly felt less scared.

  She held Yinyin’s hand tightly and whispered.

  ”I will be with you…”

  The sheep in the sheepfold will be eaten one day, no matter how close it is to the shepherd’s family. If you want to know why, it is because this is something that was decided the moment it was born.

  She never thought about what the future would be like, because she always knew her ending.

  Instead of worrying about things that have been decided, it is better to live every happy day seriously, at least not to waste the joy and happiness at the moment.

  She has a good relationship with the shepherd’s family, especially the little daughter of the family. She can feel that in this manor, only Yinyin is kind to her from the heart without asking for anything in return.

  Anyway, they will all be eaten in the end.

  If it is Yinyin, it’s not bad…

  Just then, there were a few short gunshots outside the door, followed by low roars and random running, and the dull sound of metal chopping bones.

  ”Fuck – is it over yet!”

  Faintly, the lamb heard someone talking, but she couldn’t understand what the person was saying.

  There was a short collision, and something spilled on the door.

  The man pulled out something while chattering non-stop.

  ”Damn, this dogecoin mission only gives 100,000, it’s such a loss! No, I don’t seem to have any money yet… Shit!”

  As the voice fell, there was a “bang”, and the shaky door panel was kicked open and fell to the ground with a bang.

  The little sheep stared at the door in a daze.

  I saw a black armor standing there.

  The helmet covered the man’s entire face, and his expression could not be seen.

  He had an automatic rifle in his right arm and a short knife in his left hand. His whole body was covered with blood, and it seemed that there were still a few pieces of meat hanging on it, looking extremely hideous.

  ”Your name?”

  She understood this sentence.

  Although she didn’t know the person in front of her, she still answered tremblingly.

  ”Little… Sheep.”

  The man breathed a sigh of relief and threw a confusing sentence at her.

  ”Mission completed…”

  ”Remember to give a good review.”

  (End of this chapter)