Chapter•4• [UP]

"Here, go give it to our neighbour, the house beside us. I saw a sweet girl there looking at us while we were moving here. She seems nice why don't you help me give this to her."

Jane came to Song Qin and handed him a casserole dish with some home-cooked food in it she smiled and handed it to him, she was smiling and looked at him "Go give her our welcome gift talk to her get to know our neighbors, invite her to our house for dinner spend some time together know her more after all she's our new neighbor- And yes comeback soon dinner is almost ready"

Song Qin took the casserole dish in his hand and jane turned away to continue preparing the dinner table. Song Qin stared at her back for a moment he felt that the way jane behaved towards him just now seemed unnatural.

But he only turned around and walked out of the door after walking out of the door he sighed lightly and started walking towards 'the sweet neighbor'.

[host what were you thinking?]

Song qin was surprised by the question and asked "Did he leave?"

[Yes, after you stepped out on the street]

"You didn't hear my thoughts?"

[UwU No.....Unfortunately, something happened so now with the 'killer' present It's like a black cloud of dark matter surrounding you QAQ I can not hear you or go near you! I was so scared that was so swcaryyyyy ahhhhhhhhh]

"Hmm, so that means now you won't be able to tell me of his arrival? And because of that now you'll be unable to help me too"

[Host I don't know what's happening but QvQ the killer he is so terrifying Ahahah!]

"How come, it wasn't that scary to me....? "

[Host you haven't seen that dark mist surrounding you! Its very existence makes me wanna go back QAQ host help me]

"..."

Song qin looked at the weird lines in his mind and decided that it's better to have a enemy than a pig teammate so he's gotta find a way to dispose off this system soon. sotroublesome.jpg

Baobao looked at his host accusingly after hearing that and pretended to be upset after still not being comforted by the host it's silently picked up its data in disappeared.

Song qin looked at baobao and choose to ignore it will be fine after sometime anyway~

The house of the female lead was across the street in a huge castle-like three-story house where she lived alone with her cat and a Tenant who lived in the basement.

The sunrays before eventide fell on Song Qin's face making it look more ethereal and adding a tinge of softness to his face, as he walked across the path. He still felt unreal about all these things happening to him but he's still gonna do this little job nonetheless because he knows that he forgot some things or he'd rather say someone very important and he knows that to get to remember this is somehow related to this System Administration he needs to find out and he needs to go back where he came from because without him things won't go smoothly.

By now he has already reached the female Protagonist Mrs.Anna Fox's house. He didn't hesitate to press the bell and he waited.

A few moments later sound came from inside and from the speaker at the door came Mrs. Anna's voice "What is it?"

"Uh...Hi! I'm Ethan Russell I live across the street. We just move here, My mom asked me to give you this?" Song qin said as he held the casserole high up for the camera to see. From the speaker, Mrs. Anna spoke again.

"I'm not prepared for visitors. Go back."

As soon as Song heard this sentence he felt his headache a little and he suddenly out of nowhere felt extremely anxious but he just frowned a little and ignored that and continued to stand there.

"My mom prepared you a welcome gift? So we're actually your new neighbors and-"

With a click, the door opened and Mrs.Anna told "Okay, come inside".

As soon as Ethan Russell stepped inside the house his demeanor changed ever so slightly, and 'Ethan' Smiled at the woman who opened the door for him and natural stepped.

Meanwhile suddenly Song qin found himself in a room. A room that seemed oddly fine, painted in cantaloupe color and arranged with plushies and soft toys in such a way that screamed cute soft and fluffy?

Yes, a huge comfy room with a huge fluffy bed in the middle and a lot of fluffy rabbits. The bed seemed to be cheering and calling Song qin to just lay on it and nap. Song qin stood in the middle of the room with a dumbfounded look on his face.

When he heard the door open he suddenly didn't remember anything anymore? and this room dosen't seem so real, it looks like a dream.

"Big brother.It's my time now, you wanna sleep a little? you can go to rest now."

Big brother?

Song qin heard the voice that was similar to his voice but completely different and this seems to be 'the killer's' room? The fuck? Is this 'killer's taste like this? really...Song qin found it hard to believe but still comforted himself, he's not the psychopath serial killer just yet, so it should be 'real Ethan's aesthetic.

This showed how soft and fragile the 'real Ethan's mind actually was and after all that abuse its hard to say.

Although he didn't like the overall aesthetic of the room he still kind of reluctantly laid on the soft bed.

Hmm, It feels comfortable and Song qin surprisingly soon fell asleep. If you look at it the image it painted was calm and sweet a beautiful A fair youth laid with eyes as blue and deep as the Ocean were closed lightly, as if a spell was casted, drowning in the middle of cute rabbit plushies.

**Meanwhile**

"So, you said you are a child psychiatrist?"

"Yes, what you don't believe it?" Ms.Anna Fox spoke lifting an eyebrow observing the well-behaved child in front of her.

"No, but I wonder why would children need a psychiatrist..."

They both walked to the couch from the kitchen Ms.Anna leaned forward looking into Ethan's eyes and spoke seriously "Children also need help with depression, anxiety disorders, self-harming, trauma, or stress-related disorders. ADHD and also domestic abuse because they still have a mind and problems they need to cope with."

She really liked this kid, he's so cute, smart so polite. He was showing deep interest in her profession so she was naturally very delighted to talk to him about her job, and they're gonna be neighbours anyway.

"Wow? do you think can you try to find something with me?" Ethan said after setting the stage smiling and hiding the flash in his eyes, with no doubt, Anna believed him.

This is gonna be fun to play with her hmm how would he do it this time or is it better if she does it herself? Ethan thought and smiled brightly but to Anna its was just as if a teenager challenging an Adult.

They talked a lot. Anna observed him a little smiled and softly she has been observing them for a week now that they finally settled here "Hey, we're friends now right I will listen to you and I also care about you, and...Ethan you are a very good boy. So you can tell me anything, you know.. If you ever get in trouble or want my help?"

Ethan pretended to get her hint about his abusive dad and hid the darkness in his eyes and pretended to be uncomfortable, as if he's scared of his dad that abuses him -an adopted child-.

Anna watches as Ethan uncomfortably tries to switch the matter.

She knew it! This family this kid probably suffered a lot, guessing from the voices heard in the morning and saw how the dad ordered everyone around including his mom it's clear that he is an abusive parent. She cooperated and changed the matter to not make the child uncomfortable.

"Hey do you live alone in here?"

"Yes"

"What all by yourself!? didn't say you have a husband and daughter so why don't your daughter and husband live with you?"

"It's just temporary while I'm on my medications"

"Do they live here at Holidays?"

"No, not really. My husband comes a few times just. Its because my daughter is in school and its uncomfortable to travel so often so she comes once a year only"

"Oh really, may I ask that why? Is your house so dark like why are all the curtains closed and I seem to have noticed that you don't go out at all? You didn't even come to community welcome party."

Anna was surprised by his question but still naturally answered him "It's because I'm agoraphobic and I have an anxiety disorder and I just can not go outside I'm scared of the sky, and the outside world...say kid Ethan are you scared of anything?"

With this Ethan suddenly went silent and the silence lasted so long that the awkwardness for Anna was too much to endure Ethan finally smiled and said "No." This made Anna believe that he is so scared of his dad.

As if suddenly Noticing the camera near the window Ethan asked " Are you a photographer?" Ethan watched as Anna's natural expression collapsed for a moment and She hurriedly said "No, not actually but sometimes the sunset is so pretty that I cannot stop but want to capture that"

Ethan was still smiling but he narrowed his eyes at her because he knew she was lying. Since the moment he stepped in he knew everything that Anna told him already. In fact, he also knew that she is not aware of the causes of taking her prescription pills with oh is that Malbec red wine? hmm with pills... what an absurd taste anyway.

These medications that she keeps behind the counter according to the average doses she takes she's likely to have hallucinations and she doesn't have the said family as they're already dead, he did his research earlier and there isn't a sign in this house that shows that her husband and daughter 'snot so often' visit her. So they are really already dead...but she seems to not know this anyhow? did she make herself believe that she's not responsible for their deaths interesting.

And- Ethan's eyes darken slightly as he observes the setup that she made to watch scenery a.k.a. peeking into other people's houses and businesses.

Ethan glanced inside his consciousness to find his 'brother' sleeping and his eyes softened considerably. He casually stood and went up near the window and pushed the curtains slightly, to his surprise Mrs.Anna stopped him and smiled.

He turned his head and discreetly looked out and his eyes fell straight out of the window to his house across the street, his eyes darkened and the temperature surrounding him dropped as he spoke in a terrifyingly cold voice "I advise you not to look at my things"

Anna was shocked. "Its okay if you cant keep you nose in your own business, and I don't mind you doing that nor do I stop you. Just a friendly reminder" Saying he gave Anna a deep smile he was clearly smiling but there was no smile in his eyes, his aura was too strong. Anna felt overwhelmed, when he just got up and straight left her house.

Ms.Fox sat there stunned by the sudden departure and patted down the goosebumps that suddenly appeared. "Wierd was that an illusion? maybe....Did I take my meds?"