At that moment, when Father Zhao saw the true face of this terrifying and ugly malicious spirit, he was so scared that his whole body trembled even more violently. His face was bloodless and cold sweat trickled down his face.
Seeing the malicious spirit grab the buzzing saw and crawl in through the door, Father Zhao’s eyes were filled with horror. His legs turned to jelly and he knelt weakly on the floor in fright. Yellow urine dripped on the floor, and his lips trembled as he cried incoherently, like he had gone mad. “Don’t kill me! Don’t kill me! Don’t kill me… I beg you! Please, don’t kill me! Hongmei, save me! Hongmei, save me!”
Father Zhao, a grown man, cried miserably with snot and tears all over his face.
The only response he got was the buzzing of the saw and the eerie creak of laughter in the dead of night.
“Dad, if I don’t kill you, how can I serve your daughter and her friend tomorrow? We’ve eaten almost all the meat from before. By the way, your daughter also told me tonight that she wants to eat roasted lamb legs. Without you, how can your daughter eat roasted lamb legs?”
Without waiting for Father Zhao to react, the ugly malicious spirit suddenly grabbed Father Zhao’s neck and smashed him to the floor. Then, with the buzzing saw in his hand, he sawed through Father Zhao’s thigh, not caring whether he was conscious or not. In the dead of night, Father Zhao’s blood-curdling screams which were worse than death rang out.
The sharp blade of the saw sank into blood-red and white flesh, producing minced flesh from time to time, and soon revealed ghastly white bone.
The malicious spirit continued sawing without expression and laughed sinisterly and gloated from time to time. Seeing Father Zhao die in pain, the creaking laughter grew louder and louder until there was no other sound in the room.
The next day, Zhao Hongmei’s head hurt and her senses were muddled from not sleeping well last night. Song Zhongsheng pushed the door open and entered. “Hongmei, it’s time for breakfast!”
Zhao Hongmei couldn’t help but smile blissfully when she saw Song Zhongsheng, but thinking of last night, she suddenly said, “Official Song, why do I feel like someone was screaming in the middle of the night last night? It was especially tragic as well! I heard it in my sleep and couldn’t help trembling. Did you hear it?”
Song Zhongsheng was in an especially good mood today and said with a smile, “Hongmei, that was a dream. There weren’t any cries last night; I didn’t even hear a bird cry!”
Zhao Hongmei nodded. She was either overthinking it or it had been a dream last night. After putting on her clothes, she got up and suddenly said, “By the way, Official Song, how’s my dad today? Is he better?”
Song Zhongsheng pondered for a moment before he said, “After you fell asleep last night, I went to see Dad again. He didn’t seem well, so I sent him straight to the hospital!”
Zhao Hongmei was alarmed when she heard that Father Zhao was in the hospital. “My dad is in the hospital? Then I have to go see him quickly! Why didn’t you wake me up last night, Official Song?”
Song Zhongsheng came in at that moment and wrapped his arms around Zhao Hongmei. “You were sound asleep last night; how could I bear to wake you up? Besides, it’s nothing serious. Dad just needs to stay in the hospital for a few more days. Besides, it’s your birthday today. Don’t you want to spend time alone with me?”
Zhao Hongmei blushed and completely forgot about Father Zhao at that moment. She said, “Official Song, Sangyu will be here again! If you want us to be alone, I still have to put up with my dad!”
“After that Celestial Master Li leaves, won’t it still be just you and me?” Song Zhongsheng licked Zhao Hongmei’s face until she softened in his arms.
“Okay, Official Song, we’ll spend the night at home. We won’t invite anyone else but Celestial Master Li. After she leaves, I’ll definitely make it up to you tonight!”
