Chapter 236: Ghost Call? The Caring Good Older Brother

Hum—

Ma Xuan extended a hand from under the covers and gently picked up the mobile phone on the bedside table.

He glanced at the flashing caller ID and time on the screen, frowned slightly, and answered the call.

As soon as the call connected, a strange chewing sound came through, leaving Ma Xuan stunned.

He quickly turned up the volume, pressed his ear to the earpiece, and listened carefully.

Immediately after, his whole body seemed to be pushed by a spring as he abruptly sat up from the bed.

From the other end of the phone he heard dozens of mouths and teeth chewing and swallowing madly together, the sound as if dozens of mouths were right by his ear, smacking at the same frequency madly, making him involuntarily feel goosebumps rise on his skin, and his heart bottom also felt a vague creepiness.

Ma Xuan was very cautious and made no sound; he quietly pressed the record key, then sat silently by the bedside, carefully listening to the sounds in the phone all along.

Time passed second by second; he listened for a full 42 seconds, until the phone suddenly seemed to fall to the ground, making a crisp sound, and then was hung up by someone.

"What is Chang Wei up to?"

Ma Xuan stood up and paced back and forth, full of doubts in his heart.

He stopped his steps, carefully pressed the callback key, while turning on the recording function, keeping silent, not making a single sound.

Feng Yuhuai picked up the mobile phone that had fallen to the ground; the mobile phone screen was cracked, and in the spiderweb-like cracks flickered a name—Ma Xuan.

Feng Yuhuai had eaten her fill, her reason returned, she licked the blood at the corner of her mouth, then answered the phone, also pressed the record key, and made not a single sound.

The two people separated by the phone both kept silent, time seemed to freeze.

Until more than ten seconds later, a cold man's voice came from the phone: "Hello, Chang Wei, is it you? Calling so late, what's the matter?"

Feng Yuhuai did not answer; the other end of the phone did not continue to pursue the question, but was silent for a moment, and then the phone was hung up.

Feng Yuhuai stared intently at the mobile phone in her hand; she remembered this name and voice.

It was all because Chang Wei would rather die than yield; Feng Yuhuai failed to dig out from his mouth relevant clues about the black hand behind the text messages.

However, this sudden phone call was like a faint ray of light, guiding her to a new line of thinking.

"The black hand who instructed me to strike against Chang Qingsen's whole family is very likely someone Chang Wei knows, perhaps hidden in his mobile phone contact list."

Feng Yuhuai's brain spun desperately; she was annoyed by her current sluggish and stiff thinking, but the more it was like this, the more she needed patience and careful consideration.

She thought to herself in her heart:

"Ma Xuan is the person Chang Wei contacted before his death; even if he is not the most suspicious target, he must have a close relationship with Chang Wei. He might hold some key information."

A crooked smile curved the corner of Feng Yuhuai's mouth; her brain was slow, but she was doing her best to plan her next move.

"Now my thinking is no longer as agile as before; I might miss some important clues."

"Therefore, I must be more patient, slowly playing this game with the black hand hidden behind the text messages."

"As long as this game continues, as long as he still needs me to kill for him, in this process, as long as every time I kill someone for him I can gain one more clue, then sooner or later there will be a day when, after I have killed enough people for him, I will also have enough clues, and then I can piece together his true face hidden behind the text messages like a jigsaw puzzle!"

"And before that, I must show absolute obedience and compliance."

Feng Yuhuai pondered these thoughts repeatedly in her heart, while secretly cheering herself on.

Although her brain was not as good as before, the endless accidents and hardships had tempered her willpower over and over again.

Her heart was also like steel tempered step by step through blood and fire, becoming increasingly tough and strong.

Feng Yuhuai exhaled deeply, using deep breathing to expel the confusion and fear within her body along with this breath.

She turned off the phone, pulled out the phone card, hid them together deep in her pocket, then quickly left the crime scene.

【... Congratulations, in this long night, your blood sister Feng Yuhuai has actually caused a shocking massacre, she has fallen further beyond control, she once again gazed at the abyss up close.】

【Your Evil Index rose slightly, Game Inheritance Degree↑】

【This bloody crime was actually the result of your secret manipulation. It turns out, the abyss Feng Yuhuai gazed at... is you】

【Your Evil Index rose slightly, Game Inheritance Degree↑】

Amid the clamor of the dinner party, Feng Mu suddenly felt an indescribable heaviness, as if a string deep in his soul had been quietly plucked; he gently closed the prompt box on his retina, and a faint sadness rose in his heart:

"The system is slandering me again; when did I ever tell Feng Yuhuai to massacre a family? I only told her to get rid of Chang Wei; don't just round things up here."

Qin Liang sat to one side, his face flushed, the whole person in a half-drunk, half-awake state, even the Mediterranean on top of his head was slightly flushed red.

He turned his head to glance at Feng Mu, who was fiddling with his phone; the latter had a smile full of warmth on his face.

Because of Feng Mu's heart-to-heart words of friendship just now, Qin Liang's guard against Feng Mu relaxed a bit, so taking advantage of the wine, he asked curiously:

"Who are you texting, smiling so much your mouth corner won't close?"

Hearing this, Feng Mu hooked the corner of his mouth, showing a row of neat white teeth, and answered with a face full of smiles:

"I have a sister who just started Class 1, Grade 10; you know, girls at this age always have particularly delicate thoughts, and are prone to wild imaginings, easily losing their way at the crossroads of life."

"As her only older brother, I naturally must always pay attention to her growth, like a street lamp, always guiding ahead and lighting the road forward, preventing her from accidentally stepping wrong and going astray, hehe—"

Qin Liang had a daughter who also happened to be in high school, and often worried about his daughter, so he felt great empathy for Feng Mu.

He sincerely sighed: "Your sister is very lucky to have a good older brother who worries about her."

Feng Mu humbly said: "No way, this is what an older brother should do."

Qin Liang showed a look of approval in his eyes, and the guard in his heart dissipated even more; after all, how bad could a brother who cares so much for his sister be?

No matter what, he's better than the Prison Warden who schemes all day about who to make a scapegoat!

Qin Liang withdrew his gaze, while Feng Mu quietly opened a hidden software program in his phone folder; the software was installed for him by Fifth Senior Brother Gong Qi.

His fingertip lightly tapped the screen; the program started, and immediately generated a random virtual number.

Feng Mu sent a congratulatory text message from an older brother to Feng Yuhuai.

(End of Chapter)