Chapter 7: Child spirit (2)
"Mama I am scared" A little child whimpered as she held her mom's arm tightly " When is daddy forgiving us and letting us out?"
The woman hugged the child with all her strength as if trying to push her back into her stomach" Meng Yi I am sorry for dragging you into this "
Their bodies were thin and rickety, their eyes sunken and filled with tiredness, Bei shang looking at the memories through the mother's palm, couldn't help but feel sad.
Time was going ; the child's eyes were starting to close, and the mother seeing this panicked and cut her skin to feed the child her blood.
This was probably not the first time she was doing it; perhaps that was how the child had managed to survive to this extent; but the child refused to swallow the blood now, and the precious fluid spilled down the side of her mouth.
"Meng Yi please don't sleep " The mother called out; her voice hoarse "If you go what will Mama do? How will Mama live?"
The memory faded and another scene appeared. There was blood and flesh scattered everywhere; The mother kneeled in the middle and fed a blob the flesh.
The blob ate greedily; at times it moaned in pleasure and rub its head against her.
"Mama, Papa taste so delicious"
The woman patted the head, affection in her eyes " Eat till your fill "
The scene changed again; the blob was playing in the room with her mom when a bright light appeared on the door ; the light grew larger and larger before covering half of the room . The light was attractive; the blob wanted to go towards it but the mom grabbed her and shook her head.
"Don't go yet "
"But ..."
"Are you hungry? Mom will feed you more flesh if you like"
The blob looked at the light for a long time then sighed in resignation before focusing back on her mom "Okay"
The scene changed again; The blob have eaten but it was still not filled; her mom had fed her 3 people in a week and still it wasn't enough. When will the hunger stop?
"Mommy I am hungry"
The mother looked around the house for leftover flesh with panic. If she didn't feed her child, her child will enter the bright light and reincarnate. She doesn't want to let go of her child yet ...
More flesh and blood; her child needed to eat more food.
"Mommy..."
Seeing no other alternative; she took a knife and sliced the flesh off her forearm; The blood gushed out but she didn't seem to feel the pain, she stuffed it in the child's mouth.
"Mommy it's not enough"
Tears streamed down her face " Please hold on for mommy okay? " She gathered her blood in her hands and stuffed it into the child's mouth; if it was possible to cut off her hand; she would do so " The hotel is almost built; Once it's built, you can eat all the flesh that you like"
Each scene only kept turning more gruesome; at one point, Bei Shang closed his eyes and sighed.
Child spirits were the most innocent of all evil spirits because they do not understand what they are doing wrong. When the child died; she refused to reincarnate at once because she was worried about her mother. The mother took advantage of that fact and started feeding the child to prevent her from reincarnating. The child no longer had any reason to stay since the person who harmed her mom was dead, but there was always food ready for her. When she was alive she had less to eat but now she was dead; food came in abundance. Why doesn't she stay for a while and accompany her mom?
But midway she forgot her purpose for staying; the hole in her signified that there was no reason to stay anymore; she could eat an entire country and still feel hungry.
Bei Shang opened his eyes and looked at the child. Her eyes were glaring at his hands on her mom, probably afraid that he would change his mind and hurt her.
Despite it all, she was still that child who wanted to protect her mother.
Bei Shang turned towards the spirit, raised his hand, and touched her hair gently; even though her physical form is unstable, her hair was soft.
" Meng yi ….does it hurt ?"
Children were still children after all; slowly the girl began to tremble and tears ran down her eyes.
"Yes ... it hurts" Meng Yi whispered and stubbornly use her bony hands to rub her face " It hurts so much"
Perhaps it was her hunger, perhaps it was the possibility of leaving her mother alone in the hands of the cruel world.
The mother cried out " Meng Yi!!!"
"Your mom is safe now; your dad can no longer starve her again or hit her anymore… Reincarnate; your mission here is over"
The mother's voice turned hysterical " Meng Yi don't go !!! I'll feed you more flesh; I will find people more quickly; I will do everything in my power to feed you ... you won't starve again..." She broke into sobs " Meng Yi if you go; what else will Mama do? how will Mama live? how will Mama be happy? Mama didn't protect you well when you are alive; now I can't protect you when you are dead .. Meng Yi ah Meng Yi..."
The child tightened her fists and she shook her head.
"I don't want to go, I'll stay …do your worse"
"Meng Yi …"
She pushed his hand off her and folded her arms against her chest.
Bei Shang feeling a bit distressed, looked towards the side. Nick was looking at him again; he coughed before tapping nick forearm.
Nick grabbed his fingers, he then rubbed it as if trying to caress it. Bei Shang pulled his hand out of embarrassment.
"Nick …speak up"
"Why?"
At this point, it's up to a parent to convince a parent. It was obvious that Meng Yi won't leave as long as she knows her mom was in distress.
"Just do it "
Nick's eyes met his and they engaged in a silent confrontation before he sighed in resignation.
" Meng Yi mom; Let her reincarnate "
"But..."
"I don't know what happened but I assume you think it's your fault your child died; even though it's true that it's your fault, You fed her and kept doing her demands. At one point your child's karma will be so awful that she would be reborn into this same situation " He tightened his lips when she cried even harder " Let her go; she stayed long enough"
The woman sobbed for a long time; Finally, she limped over to the child and hugged her.
"Meng Yi; mom is sorry for not taking care of you enough… You are free to go; mother is safe "
"You won't be heartbroken?"
"I'll live"
There was a bright light in the room; Meng Yi glanced at Nick before looking at the man who patted her hair; her look towards Bei Shang was like she wanted to expose something but was afraid, later she tightened her lips as if warning herself before hugging her mom.
" Take good care of yourself"
"I will "
She looked back at her mom one last time before entering the reincarnation light.