Chapter 10: New Year's Ghost Child (2)
"Maybe...it wasn't a dream. I woke up suddenly in the middle of the night. I checked the time and it was 2 in the morning. I went to use the bathroom and was ready to go back to sleep. When I lay down on my bed, I felt that something was wrong. My husband should be lying next to me, he would snore lightly, but that time he did not make any sound. I wanted to turn around to check what happened to him. All of a sudden, I couldn't move. That feeling, like a ghost was on the bed, just lying flat on the bed. There was no way I could move. The surrounding was quiet, not a single sound was heard. I...I heard my heartbeat, it was loud, my eardrums were ranging in my hand. *hu*...*hu…"
"Then what happened?"
"Then, I heard the sound of the door opening, from, the front door and then it was footsteps and my heartbeat in sync with it. It was like, like someone was stepping on my heart. My body went soft and I couldn't muster up any strength and I stared at the bedroom door. And then, a black shadow walked in, I couldn't see the face clearly, it was a human figure, and when it walked it made loud footsteps. I, I was really scared and just stared at that shadow walking to the side of the bed. It...it lifted my blanket and lifted up my pajamas with one hand pressing down on my stomach. I…*whimpers*...I couldn't do anything."
"In other words, you made contact with it?"
"Yes, I did."
"What did it feel like?"
"Very cold, very cold, it was like an ice cube was put on my stomach, the cold air all went inside my stomach. My stomach was very painful, but it wasn't the pain from the cold, it was like...it was like a hand grabbing my body from the inside of my body, holding it very tightly...I didn't know why I thought about the child in my body and the New Year's situation. There seemed to be two baby hands in my stomach, holding me, as if it was telling me that I could never defeat it. Oh...oh, oh…"
"Miss. Yu, you can take a break if you need to and then we can continue."
"No, it's fine, *hu*——I will continue."
"When you felt the pain, how did the shadow react?"
"It, I think it was laughing, like a mocking laugh, and after hearing it laugh twice, I suddenly woke up. At that moment, I heard the sound of the toilet flushing and the snores from my husband, like I just finished using the bathroom and lied down on the bed. I checked the time again, it was 2:05, the amount of time a person takes in the bathroom. I woke my husband up and didn't dare to tell him about it and just said that I heard noises from the door and he went to check, but the door was locked. That night, I didn't sleep well at all and I didn't dare to touch my stomach, but it felt like the pain was gone. The next day...the next day when I was changing my clothes, I saw this."
*rustle*
"Handprint?"
"Yes, a handprint. The next day, I saw this handprint and even now I still can't stop thinking about it. I also didn't felt right that time. I might've encountered a ghost…"
"Yes, you did encountered a paranormal event."
"Did anything happened next?"
"I wanted to go visit a temple. But, the closer I got to the temple, the more my stomach hurt, it was still like the pain from someone holding me from the inside. I wanted to hold in the pain and fainted halfway and was almost sent to the hospital. I wanted to go get abortion at the hospital again, but it started to hurt again. I wasn't able to endure it before I got to the hospital. I didn't have any choice...I really have no choice...I am so scared, I am so scared that this thing will stay in my stomach like this...I beg of you to help me, please help me!"
"We will help you, but we also hope that you can cooperate with our investigation."
"This matter...can I not let my husband and family know?"
"If they don't know the truth, we will be hindered by other side reasons, which will unimpeded the progress and results of the investigation."
"But I can't let them know! The ghost did that to me, I'm going to get a kid! I...I can't let them know…"
"Please calm down, Miss. Yu. We can promise you that you will not let them know about this, but if it affects the investigation, the consequences will definitely be borne by you and may even jeopardize your family. Can you accept it?"
"..."
"Let's do this, we will keep this confidential from your family and do other ways to investigate this."
"Ok! Thank you!"
"Because there might be something bad in your body, we cannot act rashly. From our experiences, you will not be hurt when the fetus is developed. Please don't worry too much about it and don't provoke that thing too much."
"Ok."
"Can we take some notes on your body? For example, the handprint on your abdomen and your current belly size will make it easier for us to master this situation."
"Sure."
Attached: A photo of the handprint, a copy of the client's physical information.
On March 9, 2004, the client's recording was analyzed. Audio file 02320040309.wav.
"...can't let us know your situation thoroughly…"
Click!
"I heard the footsteps here."
"Footsteps?"
Click! Click!
"...can't let us know your situation thoroughly…"
"Yes, it's footsteps. Should you all sit down at this time?"
"We all sat down. No one move."
"If there's the sound of footsteps here, it should be the sound of a man's. Sound of leather, very clear and distinct."
"Did you feel anything?"
"Yeah there was. It was like the room temperature dropped. It was very obvious a ghost entered."
"Why don't you settle this ghost thing? It's over with a punch!"
"There's one more in her stomach, how can I punch it?"
"Ok, stop arguing. Stop bothering me in my work."
Click!
"...I was a little dizzy and dazed after…"
Click!
"There is laughing sound here, it's a man's voice."
Click!
"...I was pregnant. Oh…"
"Is this ghost crazy! He keeps on laughing! Sss, now I have goosebumps over!"
"Fortunately, we can't hear it."
"Cut!"
"...But the child can't stay, it definitely cannot stay…"
Click!
"Here…"
"What?"
Click! Click!
"But the child cannot stay, it definitely cannot stay."
Click!
"There is another voice here, very vague."
*clattering sounds*
"But...the...child...ah...it...cannot...stay...slut...it...definitely...kill...it...cannot...stay…"
"I think...I heard something?"
"What did you hear?"
"I heard 'slut' and 'kill it'?"
"Ok. I slowed down the sound and lightened the woman's voice. The ghost's voice is obvious."
"It seems like this ghost is not weak. Even we can hear its voice."
"It can impregnate people, how can it be weak?"
"If it's not weak then, why didn't it feel anything towards Tou Er? It even had the courage to laugh?"
"Continue."
"Ok."
"...My stomach hurts…"
"Oh, it's still laughing."
"What kind of laugh?"
"It was a malicious type of laugh like...like he was proud of himself?"
"If it's like that then, it might be related to Yu Meng? Maybe an ex boyfriend, for example?"
Sorry guys, for the lack of update. (*-.-) I just didn't want to do anything for the whole week and was too lazy and to put up the chapters and translate any chapters. And because of this, I shall update 2 more chapters. Stay tune y'all (･ｪ-)
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