I Fed The Affectionate And Paranoid God - Chapter 21
After only a few seconds of hesitation, Xia Chenxi decisively chose to consume +5 love points and activated the screen interaction mode.
The little person’s blanket was neatly folded and placed on the pillow.
Xia Chenxi held his breath and carefully pressed the small blanket with his index finger, even lifting it up and shaking it off several times in the air.
When the folded blanket was fully unfolded, Xia Chenxi gently moved his fingers and covered the little person with the blanket.
At present, he only had a +3 love value.
Xia Chenxi looked at the sleeping figure on the screen and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
This task should be considered successful.
However…
Xia Chenxi frowned. He had already fed the villain the Detoxification Pill, but the side quests of the game hadn’t appeared yet.
Was it possible that…
The side quests would only appear when the poison on the villain completely disappeared.
Xia Chenxi guessed while grabbing an apple to eat.
Although curious about what the so-called side quests were, he had always been the most patient and persevering in playing games.
The next step was to eat and drink and take good care of its injuries.
At night, the nurse came over to help Xia Chenxi change his dressing. She looked around and didn’t find any caregivers or relatives. She vaguely understood something and said to Xia Chenxi, “If you need anything, you can call me anytime. I’ll be on duty tonight.”
Xia Chenxi was stunned for a moment, then nodded and thanked her.
The little nurse quickly left.
After a good night’s sleep.
When Xia Chenxi woke up, he didn’t care about his hazy eyes and immediately clicked on the game.
The screen slowly unfolded.
The little character was still asleep, but its breathing was much more even and steady compared to last night.
Its face didn’t look so pale anymore.
The lingering worries in Xia Chenxi’s heart finally dissipated. As he helplessly yawned, he suddenly remembered the red-eyed octopus from yesterday.
Xia Chenxi curiously moved the screen to the dining table.
After getting through the night, this strange dish didn’t emit any eerie black mist, but it still looked unappetizing.
Especially the eye pattern embellished on it; after looking at it for a long time, one might even think that the one red eye was filled with abhorrence.
Even through the screen, Xia Chenxi felt that the scene was physically uncomfortable and quickly moved it back to the side of the little character.
At least the face of the little character was pleasing to Xia Chenxi’s eyes, and his mood also improved accordingly.
At this moment, the police officer who changed shifts in the morning knocked on the door and asked if Xia Chenxi had woken up.
Xia Chenxi quickly switched the game to the phone’s background and responded, “I’m awake.”
The police officer pushed open the door and walked in, placing the things he was holding on the table. “This is breakfast sold near my house, I happened to buy too much this times so I packed it up and brought it to you. Don’t be polite.”
Xia Chenxi expressed his gratitude somewhat awkwardly.
The police waved his hand and poured Xia Chenxi a glass of water, saying, “I will be on duty all day, and you can call me when you need something.”
Xia Chenxi’s heart warmed slightly, and he thanked him again.
While the police officer was still inside, Xia Chenxi quickly asked, “Excuse me, has the murderer who sliced people into meat been caught?”
With a somewhat complicated expression, the police officer sighed upon hearing this and gently responded, “We caught him, but this person may just be crazy. When we caught him, we found that he had cut his parents and wife and put them in the freezer. However, after forensic team identification, we found that many parts were missing. According to the later confession of the killer, the parts had been eaten.”
The murderer and his wife also had a six-year-old daughter, but this child was living at her grandmother’s house at the time, which prevented her from being killed.
Many police officers and forensic experts were shocked when they saw the yards of human flesh at the time.
As for the person who was sent to the hospital for treatment, he was the brother of the murderer.
The police officer even felt that the level of horror in this case was comparable to that of the dismemberment case in Fengnian Community.
Because of this, he didn’t have much appetite today.
Xia Chenxi was very sensitive to all the strange murder cases that occurred after the disappearance of the black mist. Suppressing his doubts, he asked, “Has anyone found out why the other party did this? Did he really just kill because he was crazy?”
Unless there was deep hatred or it was a venting of anger, few people could do such insane things.
The police also poured himself a glass of water, walked back and sat down, and said quite complexly, “After being caught, this person kept saying that he did this because he wanted to take his loved ones to a different world. He didn’t admit that he killed them, so it’s not unreasonable.”
Xia Chenxi’s eyes were filled with shock.
The police officer smiled wryly in response: “My expression at that time was the same as yours. We already had a psychologist evaluate him; it seemed the other party developed severe delusions and mania in terms of mental health. He happened to be at the onset of the illness when he killed someone.”
The police officer spoke very vaguely.
Xia Chenxi frowned and suppressed the discomfort in his heart; then he noticed a detail and asked, “Did this person have mental problems before, or was it a recent mental problem?”
This was crucial.
The police officer, who was relatively familiar with this case, directly replied, “It’s strange, according to the investigation and visits, no one knew that he had mental health problems. He had been behaving normally all along; even the killer’s brother still doesn’t believe he did it.”
Was that so?
Xia Chenxi’s doubts widened.
Generally speaking, it was unlikely that an extremely dangerous psychiatric patient like this would be so perfectly concealed in life, so much so that even the relatives who lived with them day and night didn’t find out that the other person was mentally abnormal.
This probability was too small.
Xia Chenxi felt that the other’s murderous behavior might be related to the Black Fog.
This was the only reasonable explanation.
Xia Chenxi thought for a moment and decided to wait until his physical injuries were almost healed before going to see the murderer.
Xia Chenxi started having breakfast, so the police officer quickly left the room. After half an hour, the nurse came over to change his dressing.
After finishing her work completely, Xia Chenxi was left alone in the room, and everything was quiet except for the occasional footsteps of doctors and nurses outside the hallway.
At this moment, Xia Chenxi didn’t feel lonely; on the contrary, he enjoyed it very much because he could now focus on playing the game without any distractions.
Xia Chenxi couldn’t wait to switch to the game interface.
He first looked at the little character; the other was still slumbering; its sleeping posture showed it in a curled-up state; it was completely wrapped up in the quilt, almost making it impossible to see its face.
The next second, the text box popped up directly.
Xia Chenxi calmed down and quickly looked at it carefully.
[Dear player, the injury to the character has fully recovered. As the prerequisite for the mission has been met, a side quest Clothing, Food, Housing, Transportation, and Food will be launched. The first step is to purchase food.
[In order to ensure the health of the character in the future, the player needs to make a meal filled with love for the character, take care of it, love it, and prevent it from risking injury for food.]
[The food section of the mall is now open, and new raw materials will be added daily for the player to check at any time.]
Xia Chenxi’s spirit was invigorated, and he was faintly excited. After playing the game until now, he finally started the process of nurturing and feeding.
He quickly opened the mall.
In addition to the ‘Medical Tape’, there was also an additional item called the ‘Detoxification Pill’, which, like medical tape, required a price of -3 love points.
In addition, there was an extra section called ‘Food’ in the mall, which included several tomatoes and eggs with a purchase limit of 3, as well as half a pound of rice.
Most importantly, Xia Chenxi noticed a half-hour countdown displayed in the upper right corner.
In half an hour, these foods were likely to disappear.
Xia Chenxi pursed his lips, and his mood suddenly sank; he felt somewhat unhappy.
This game was subject to restrictions everywhere, and purchases were also limited within a certain time frame.
But he could only continue playing.
Xia Chenxi took a few deep breaths, adjusted his emotions, and tried to buy eggs from the mall. A prompt popped up that indicated a deduction of -1 love value, but fortunately, these eggs weren’t sold individually.
The game was finally not so stingy.
Xia Chenxi quickly confirmed his purchase and then bought half a pound of rice, spending a total of -2 love points.
He also wanted to buy tomatoes, but he had to keep some love value in his hands for unexpected situations.
Although this love value was worth almost nothing.
Xia Chenxi closed the mall.
A new text prompt popped up again on the game interface.
[The first stage has been completed, with a reward of +3 love points for the player. The second stage task is now open: Please personally make dishes with a minimum of three stars for the character.]
[The virtual kitchen function has been activated; please work hard and let the little character taste your love feast!]
[Subsequently, in addition to the two functions of “Mall” and “Screen Interaction” in the upper right corner, a new feature has been added: “Virtual Kitchen.”]
Xia Chenxi was somewhat disappointed.
He thought the game would unlock the kitchen next.
In this way, he could enter the kitchen to cook.
However, upon careful consideration, if one could really cook in the kitchen, cutting meat, stir-frying dishes, and adding seasonings, how much love value would be deducted from these interactions?
Just thinking about it made Xia Chenxi suck in a breath of cold air.
It was too expensive.
He suddenly let go of his previous disdain and concluded that the virtual kitchen setting was very good; at least it wasn’t as expensive.