I'm being held captive by a monster

Chapter 299 Humanity...will win, right?

"Baby...baby!"

Wenwen turned around, panting heavily.

In the bedroom, Lin Xing'an was holding her child.

In Lin Xing'an's arms, the child, whom she always had to coax for a long time, seemed to sense a familiar presence.

The heart-wrenching cries gradually subsided.

A pair of bright, sparkling eyes stared at Lin Xing'an, and she actually laughed.

"..."

Even though she was smiling at the child.

But Lin Xing'an's eyes were full of complex emotions.

After carefully placing the child back on the bed, Lin Xing'an looked up at Wen Wen.

"When other animals encounter this situation, they all know to pretend to be confused in order to protect themselves."

"You have absolutely no awareness of protection."

Lin Xing'an said quietly.

A look of disappointment and heartache appeared on his face.

"You seem to be convinced that I won't kill you."

"You're even hoping for a gluttonous ghost..."

He then looked at the child on the bed who was staring at him with a face full of innocence and curiosity.

He felt that with a child, Wenwen would at least... pretend.

But Wenwen didn't hesitate to apologize from the very beginning and started to expose herself.

This shows that Wenwen has absolutely no faith in humanity...

There was absolutely no intention of starting a new life...

"Ugh."

Lin Xing'an sighed silently.

"You...you don't touch the baby, she doesn't know anything, she's...she's confused."

"Yes, she's a fool, you can't touch her."

As Wen Wen spoke, she breathed a sigh of relief.

After realizing that the baby would definitely be alright, she seemed to regain her confidence.

"What do you want to know? I'll tell you everything."

"I...I know Xu Zhe. Xu Zhe must have told you about me, right? Xu Zhe must have told you about me, right?"

Wenwen dared not step forward.

She just stood there staring at Lin Xing'an, nervously clenching her hands.

"You'll tell me everything?"

Lin Xing'an narrowed his eyes.

"……right!"

Now that things have come to this, Wenwen has nothing left to dwell on!
"This is not my home. The two people in this house are Xie Jiujiang and Lü Zhumei. You gluttons must have heard of these two names, right?"

"You came here to arrest them, didn't you? Anyway, you found them even though I didn't say anything..."

"Xie Jiujiang is out buying groceries right now and will be back soon. You can wait here. If you're in a hurry, I can call him and have him come back right away."

"And there's Lü Zhumei, who is the teacher at that elementary school and is currently teaching there."

Wenwen pointed through the window to the elementary school across the street.

Lin Xing'an simply looked at her calmly and listened to her words without saying a word.

His face was expressionless.

He hasn't even asked yet...

Wen Wen told the whole story...

"They are here specifically to gather information about your Gluttonous Ghost Operation."

"They have the most information, even information about the sixteenth month."

"I...I'm very sincere, aren't I?"

Seeing that Lin Xing'an remained silent, Wen Wen also managed a smile.

"Hold on."

Lin Xing'an looked at Xie Jiujiang, who was dazed and seemed to be waking up from his coma.

"what!"

Wen Wen also turned around.

That's when she noticed Xie Jiujiang lying on the living room sofa!

The wound, as if she had been holding a bomb and then it had exploded open, made her heart tremble.

But the next second...

"Sa!"

A drop of water flew from Lin Xing'an's fingertip!
It pierced Xie Jiujiang's skull like a bullet.

It then melted into Xie Jiujiang's mind.

From the outside, there was no sign of any wound.

"You...you killed him..."

Wenwen's pupils constricted.

They seemed to find it hard to believe that Lin Xing'an had so easily... hadn't asked anything, and had just... killed someone like that?

"What? Otherwise?"

"Otherwise, let him wake up and hear you groveling and telling me everything."

"Will he realize that the person he saved at the end of his life was an ungrateful beast, and then die with remorse?"

Lin Xing'an looked at Wen Wen with a mocking expression.

This was the second thing he could do for Xie Jiujiang.

That would be to let Xie Jiujiang die a dignified death, without pain or cruel interrogation.

Before he dies, he will not hear the sad news that the person he saved was a spineless traitor.

"I...I'm not..."

Wenwen pouted, shook her head, and said in an extremely low voice.

"Even if I don't tell you, you can find out, so there's no point in me keeping quiet."

"I'm doing all this for the children... What will happen to them if something happens to me?"

"And...I'm Xu Zhe's man! I'm one of yours!"

"Xu Zhe must have told you!"

Wen Wen probably thought of Xu Zhe's promise to her again.

His voice regained some confidence.

What did Xu Zhe say to me?

Lin Xing'an raised an eyebrow and asked.

"Don't pretend! Xu Zhe must have told you!"

"I'm here to provide information to you gluttons and Xu Zhe!"

"Xu Zhe once said that as long as I say sorry, I can prove my identity. Sorry is a safe word!"

Wen Wen swallowed hard, took a few steps back, and said.

"Oh, Xu Zhe didn't mention that."

Lin Xing'an looked at her indifferently.

"impossible!"

"Ask Xu Zhe!"

Wen Wen froze for a moment, then screamed!
Lin Xing'an chuckled softly.

"So I'm going to ask the section chief about a sentence you made up?"

"You're too naive, aren't you?"

His expression gradually darkened.

A murderous intent surfaced.

"You can't kill me! If you kill me, Xu Zhe will kill you!"

Wen Wen's face turned pale!
"Xu Zhe said he would turn me into a glutton! He swore to my mother! He wouldn't lie to me!"

"...Turn you into a gluttonous demon? Did I hear that right?"

Lin Xing'an deliberately showed an exaggerated expression of surprise.

"Humans and beasts? How come I don't know of any way to turn a person into a gluttonous ghost?"

"You can't become a gluttonous ghost at all."

Lin Xing'an's words made Wen Wen shake his head repeatedly.

"Impossible. Xu Zhe said it himself, Xu Zhe swore an oath to his mother..."

"I'll call him, I'll contact him right now!"

"The day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow an angel will descend. He said he would turn me into a glutton to keep me safe. He said it!"

Wen Wen's eyes flickered, and she frantically pulled out her phone.

"The day after tomorrow? Angels will descend? Who told you that?"

Lin Xing'an pushed the child towards the middle of the bed.

"There was no angel descending. There was never any news of an angel descending from beginning to end."

"Even if it were possible, how could an angel turn humans and animals into gluttonous demons?"

He walked slowly toward Wen Wen.

"Impossible! It's because you're not high enough level! You wouldn't know!"

Wen Wen continued to shake his head.

My fingers trembled as I tapped on my phone.

"It's because you're not high enough in rank. Xu Zhe swore an oath to his mother..."

"Xu Zhe promised me freedom and safety..." "I'll call him right now!"

"If you dare touch me, you can die!"

Wen Wen stared at Lin Xing'an, muttering angrily as she dialed Xu Zhe's number.

Lin Xing'an did not approach Wen Wen again.

Instead, he stopped just over three meters away from her and casually took out his phone from his pocket.

“It’s working!”

When the call connected, Wen Wen visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

but……

"Buzz~"

Just as she dialed the number, Lin Xing'an's phone also vibrated.

Wen Wen frowned slightly.

Lin Xing'an then raised his hand to show her his phone.

Then press the answer button.

"beep……"

On Wenwen's end, the call was answered.

"you……"

She looked at her phone, then at Lin Xing'an.

He froze on the spot as if struck by lightning, his pupils widening little by little.

"Cough cough."

Lin Xing'an cleared his throat.

"say."

He picked up his phone, put it to his lips, looked at Wen Wen, and said expressionlessly.

A deep, hoarse voice came from Lin Xing'an's mouth and came from the receiver of Wen Wen's phone.

"what!!!"

That familiar voice made Wen Wen completely lose control!
She flung the phone to the ground as if it were burning hot!

"How did Xu Zhe's phone end up with you...?"

"The person I contacted, how could it be you..."

She covered her head, leaned on the sofa and collapsed to the ground, her whole body trembling violently like a sieve!
He felt as if he was engulfed in immense pain and despair!
He stared at Lin Xing'an with his eyes wide open, filled with disbelief!
"beep……"

Lin Xing'an hung up the phone and composed himself.

"You can't kill me, you swore an oath, you swore you'd lie to me..."

"Yes, I swore an oath. I swore an oath in the name of a dead man, so what?"

He interrupted Wen Wen and turned his head to ask.

"……dead……"

Wenwen's body trembled again!
He continued to shake his head, still looking incredulous.

"I still have value, I know that, I know how to contact Zhang Hang!"

"I can tell you the location of the human base!"

"I can tell you about all the abilities of the surviving humans, and I can tell you about cats!"

Wenwen was breathing heavily as she spoke incessantly.

But Lin Xing'an's killing intent did not diminish in the slightest.

It was as if this information was insignificant to him.

"What else can you say?"

"Everything! It's a deal, as long as you let me live! I know more than you think!"

"You can say anything?"

"Yes! I can tell you anything!"

Wenwen nodded emphatically without the slightest hesitation!

"Even if saying these things will destroy Zhang Hang, the cat, Taoyuan, and all the previous efforts of humanity?"

"Even if saying these things will cause those who have always taken care of you and trusted you to die a horrible death?"

Even if you're not sure if you'll survive after you tell the truth?

Lin Xing'an lowered his eyes and asked.

"..."

Lin Xing'an's words and tone left Wen Wen stunned once again.

This time, she even seemed to forget to breathe as she looked up at Lin Xing'an.

After their eyes met, she opened her mouth silently.

Silently, trembling, she gasped for breath!
As if he had just realized something, his pupils trembled incessantly!

"It was you...it was you who killed Xu Zhe..."

"...You're the mole!"

"You actually exist..."

"This can't be, how could this be..."

She said in a trembling voice...

Lin Xing'an took a step forward and looked down at Wen Wen, who was kneeling on the ground.

Sunlight streamed into the room through the window behind him.

The shadow of Lin Xing'an was stretched out, covering Wen Wen.

"It was you who reminded him, it was you who suddenly ordered Zhang Hang to evacuate everyone..."

"You deliberately told me on the phone that an angel would descend the day after tomorrow..."

"You did it on purpose! You deliberately let me out!"

"It's you! It's you! It's you!!!"

Wen Wen stared intently at Lin Xing'an!
His expression conveyed a complex and painful emotion that was difficult to describe!
Her voice was trembling with tears, yet it also sounded like she was laughing.

"Why!"

"I just want to live on with my child! Why did this have to happen..."

Wenwen was already in tears without anyone noticing.

"I went through a lot of trouble to get in touch with Xu Zhe..."

"I went through so much psychological pressure to reveal the information to him..."

"I've tried so hard, but why haven't my efforts yielded any results..."

"Why is this happening..."

She closed her eyes, shook her head repeatedly, and kept talking.

"Ugh, I'm so unlucky, so... unlucky..."

"From childhood to adulthood, I always make the wrong choices."

"When I was in elementary school, whichever line I was in would get my food the slowest..."

"My parents divorced when I was in junior high school. If I had stayed with my dad, I wouldn't... I wouldn't have seen this damn world..."

"When I grew up and had to choose a man, sigh, he died right after I got pregnant..."

"Did I make the wrong choice again? I made the wrong choice again..."

His gentle voice was filled with resentment and pain.

But as he spoke, his resentment turned into endless bitterness, until he fell silent.

Lin Xing'an stood silently in front of her.

It's like an executioner waiting for the appointed time.

"Humanity...will win, right?"

After a long while, Wen Wen wiped away the tears on her face, took a deep breath, and raised her head.

Lin Xing'an did not answer.

Just nodded silently.

"Can I...can I see my child one more time?"

She turned her head, her gaze bypassing Lin Xing'an, and looked at the child on the bed.

"Let me see it one last time..."

In his gentle voice, there was now an extremely humble plea.

Lin Xing'an then raised his hand.

A pool of water gently lifted the child and steadily placed him into Wenwen's arms.

The child blinked, looked at Wenwen, and smiled.

That incredibly pure and innocent laugh brought Wenwen's tears to flow again.

“I thought that if I became a gluttonous ghost, I could keep her a fool for the rest of her life.”

"Then I can rightfully let her grow up freely..."

"I...sigh...she's so wonderful..."

Wenwen's body trembled.

But the hand holding the child was surprisingly steady.

What will happen to her after I die?

Wen Wen looked up at Lin Xing'an.

A calligraphy brush had appeared in Lin Xing'an's hand without him noticing.

As Lin Xing'an infused the ink with gloom, the brush seemed to be blessed, with every hair standing on end.

Seeing Wen Wen's gaze, Lin Xing'an finally spoke.

"She will grow up happily."

Lin Xing'an spoke calmly.

Then, he used a brush to draw a line on Wenwen's forehead.

(End of this chapter)