Chapter 7 High-scoring pervert Wen

Jennifer suspected that she had seen it wrong. The older brother was actually going to Uncle Jack’s house.

But Wen Xishu was very steady, and this calmness gave Jennifer some strength.

The corridor has become a ring-shaped building, like a ghost wall, so the real exit may be in a room on this floor.

Wen Xishu was not sure at first until a prompt appeared.

“There are many rooms on this floor. Searching them one by one will probably cause a commotion and waste time. But if we combine it with Jack’s words, the correct option is obvious.”

“As always, Jack’s words are actually very clear hints.”

Jack’s house is indeed on this floor.

It was not far from Jennifer’s house, which made Remian, who lived upstairs, jealous.

The door was not locked and was half-open. A strange and cold aura emanated from the room, making people afraid to approach.

Jack was indeed a good guy.

Before he turned into a monster, he trusted the people here very much and did not install a lock on the door to make it easier for others to ask him for help.

There is a kind of people in this world who, although they are very poor, can still find happiness from helping others.

Wen Xishu didn’t delay any longer and walked in with Jennifer.

As soon as the two men walked in, “Jack” appeared in the corridor.

Its features could not be seen clearly because its face was obscured by the faces of several other residents.

It tore off their faces and put them on its own face, like half a mask.

Four eyeballs, two crooked noses, and four ears at odd angles, all sewn together with black thread.

Only his mouth belonged to him, and it was still making a crazy laugh.

This laughter seemed to have some strange power, spreading to every room.

Only its own house was not affected.

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The sunlight that shone into the house did not make Jack’s room look brighter or warmer.

On the contrary, the little light made the gloomy room look quite desolate.

The bare, slightly damp walls stood silently. The two old, rotten chairs in the room were not being fiddled with, but they were still swaying slightly, making a creaking sound that made one’s teeth ache.

There was actually a refrigerator in the room, but the smell coming from the refrigerator was disgusting.

That’s the smell of blood.

Jennifer shivered. Wen Xishu held her little hand, and the warmth from his palm gave her confidence.

Until this moment, Wen Xishu hadn’t spoken a word, but just typed calmly:
“It seems that this is the audience seat prepared for us.”

Wen Xishu sat on it directly. At that moment, he felt like he was lying in an ice cellar, with the coldness penetrating into his bones.

The surrounding scenery also changed color, covered with a layer of light scarlet. In my mind, a huge smiling face suddenly appeared and disappeared.

Wen Xishu remained unmoved and still waved at Jennifer, encouraging her with a smile that gave her a sense of security.

So Jennifer also sat on the chair.

The show begins.

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The scene Wen Xishu saw was very strange.

A huge smiling face covers the city.

But no one in the city seemed to notice the smiling face that covered the sky.

The smile is not ferocious, and even makes people feel a little healed. Under the smile is a city called Morn.

This is a young city, and the not-so-young Jack is in the Moen City Hospital.

He was taught since childhood to face others with a smile, to be polite, and to be a person who can bring joy to others.

But the medical record of advanced gastric cancer made him unable to laugh anymore.

As you approach death, no matter whether you are a cow or a horse in society, you will realize that you are actually a human being.

At the end of his life, Jack wanted to be a human being again, a good person.

He took the medical record and returned to the old building with heavy steps.

The room was extremely simple, with a kettle, a bed, two chairs, and a refrigerator that no longer cooled and had become a mere storage cabinet.

He found an old notebook and wrote down his wish.

“As a colleague, I really don’t like Remian’s slander behind his back. But I think life must have made him mean.”

“There are many kinds of outerwear in this world, some can keep you warm, and some can protect you from being hurt by others.”

“Perhaps Remian is wearing the latter.”

“I have my coat too, and I hope it can make people happy, just like my mother said.”

“I should go and make peace with Remian. After all, we are neighbors and colleagues. At the end of my life, I don’t want anyone to hate me.”

“I just want to be remembered as a good person on my tombstone and in my memory.”

Jack let out a long sigh and a slight smile appeared on his face.

“I like being with little Jennifer, even though Yulia always says that men nowadays despise her for having a child, and that men are realistic and mean.”

“But in my heart, little Jennifer is really cute. She is one of the few people who likes my performance.”

“The meaning of my life is to bring laughter to others, but in front of many people, it is meaningless.”

“But little Jennifer is not… I have made an appointment with little Jennifer to watch my newly rehearsed performance at my house tomorrow.”

“The troupe was getting less and less prosperous, so I thought, maybe I should add some stand-up comedy in between the acrobatics.”

“I am increasingly unable to keep up with the young people’s sense of humor, but Jennifer is younger than them.”

Thinking of little Jennifer coming to see his performance, Jack’s smile became even warmer and more healing. Even with clown makeup on, he did not look eerie, scary or ferocious.

“And my good friend, Anderson, and I have saved a sum of money which I think I shall never have the opportunity to use.”

“Anderson is a good man. He is the only one in this building who talks to me often. Although he is very busy, he still takes time to spend time with me even when he is busiest.”

“My money is just a waste if I spend it on myself. I should leave some for him… maybe it will make his life better.”

“Finally, it’s my mom. I’m sorry, I may be ahead of you…”

“Mom, I love you very much, I hope you can live a long and healthy life, even though you are also suffering from illness…”

“What makes me even sadder is that I’m afraid I won’t be able to work hard to earn money. I don’t have enough time.”

“I have always listened to you and eaten well. My stomach problems are definitely not caused by starvation. Absolutely not. I don’t know how it came about.”

“I was living well, but suddenly I got sick.”

“But I will try my best to get myself in good health so that I can see you for the last time.”

Jack was somewhat insincere in what he said to his mother. He was afraid that after he died, his mother would think that he had a stomach problem because he did not eat well, and would blame herself for it.

In fact, he was often hungry and skinny, but he didn’t want his mother to think so.

Just like he has always done, only reporting good news and not bad news.

Confidant Jennifer, lover Julia, colleague Remian, good friend Anderson, and mother.

These are the people who make up Jack’s life today.

So there wasn’t even a door in his house that could be closed, and he never repaired it.

It seemed like if the door was open, these people would come in and chat with him.

Even if you just ask him for help and add more troubles to his already troubled life, he would still be happy.

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Life is not a mirror; it does not necessarily respond to a smile with a smile.

After finishing a lengthy note that was considered his farewell to the world, Jack was in a daze for a while before he started walking upstairs.

He was going to find Remian.

Soon, he apologized to Remian, and he didn’t mind Remian’s condescending forgiveness.

As long as there is no one who hates him in this building anymore.

He should have left at that point, but he suddenly thought that he should make it clear – he was about to die, how could a dead man pursue the person he loved?

He hoped that Remian knew that Miss Julia would not be attracted to someone like him, and that after his death, the house could be given to Remian.

He wanted to support and bless Remian, and encourage Remian to pursue love, even though Miss Yulia would probably not like the people in this building.

So Jack turned back and went to find Remian.

Remian is on the phone.

“Yulia, please believe me, although Jack is poor, he is also very lazy and has a bad heart.”

“You know his performances are always going to disgust people, and he’s gone beyond just grossing out adults.”

“Last week, he proposed to perform at the school…”

“How vicious he is! How pitiful those children must be! How many children will be traumatized by his ugly appearance? I will let everyone know his true face.”

“You know what, he doesn’t like children! He actually hates children.”

“I heard that he is going to invite Jennifer to watch his performance alone. Oh my God, please keep Jennifer away from him. She will have nightmares!”

Jack stood at the stairs, the smile on his face already frozen.

In fact, this kind of scene has happened more than once. Sometimes it was to the head of the circus, sometimes it was to Yulia. Remian always liked to speak ill of people behind their backs.

There is no such thing as a protective color. Some people are just simply bad.

The huge smiling face in the sky showed a hint of evil.

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Anderson is Jack’s good friend.

Jack has always felt that it is good to have a good friend in life.

He wanted to say goodbye to Anderson and give him some money.

But when he returned home and was about to take out the money, Anderson and his girlfriend were in Jack’s room.

“This place smells musty. Why did you leave your money here?”

The woman said with disgust.

Anderson said as a matter of course:
“This broken house is my piggy bank, no… my cash cow.”

“Jack, that idiot, always keeps his money in the compartment of this broken refrigerator. No one knows there’s money hidden in there except me.”

The woman was puzzled:

“Then if you take his money, won’t he know it’s you who took it?”

Anderson sneered:
“Of course, but it doesn’t matter, I can just make up a lie, like I’m sick, and this idiot will believe me.”

“He would even get very worried and ask me if I had enough money. Sometimes when I ran out of money, he would ask me to wait while he did odd jobs to earn some.”

The woman was even more surprised:

“Is there such a person in this world?”

Anderson’s smile became even more unbridled:

“He is a man who claims to be willing to sacrifice everything for his friends, and I am his friend.”

“So the money actually belonged to me originally. God saw that I was working so hard, so he arranged a living piggy bank for me to be his friend.”

“Come on, honey, I’ll take you out for a nice meal tonight, and then we’ll get a room!”

Anderson put his arm around the woman’s waist. The woman felt vaguely that something was wrong.

Anderson said:

“There are people in this world who pay tribute to love, and of course there are people who pay tribute to friendship. I gave him the friendship of my imagination, so he gave me money. Isn’t that reasonable?”

The woman nodded, and their laughter covered up the sound of tears falling outside the door.

The smiling face in the sky has turned hideous, with a strange scarlet in its eyes, and the clouds have also been dyed red.

Jack hid in a panic. He wanted to scream hysterically, but he didn’t.

He just waited for Anderson to leave and quietly took out the little money that was left.

The banknote was in his hand, silently watching his sad face, as if wondering, to whom would this man give himself?

In this world, there are many ways for rich people to express their love, such as smiling, greeting, sending a Weibo to express gratitude to the world…

There will be countless people vying to praise them.

But the only way for poor people to express their love seems to be money. When you have no money, everything you do seems to be an outdated performance in a circus…

It won’t make people laugh, it will only make people hate and ridicule it. It shouldn’t be like this.

But Jack still took the money and prepared to give it to Jennifer and Yulia.

He called Yulia and wanted to say, Yulia, if you are busy, can I pick up Jennifer from school for you?
But Yulia refused to answer. When I called again, her phone said it was turned off.

He walked towards the school. Along the way, Jack held his stomach, feeling a pain as if the world had collapsed, gathering in his stomach, churning and aching.

At the school gate, he saw Jennifer and Yulia.

Yulia seemed to get off work early today.

Perhaps because of Remian’s call, Yulia looked at Jack with extra vigilance.

Jack didn’t know how to face Yulia. He just looked at Jennifer:
“Little Jennifer, you’re going to come to my show, right?”

“Jennifer is not free tomorrow. She has to make up for her lessons.” Yulia hated everyone in the building equally.

She thinks she is a beautiful woman and only handsome white rich men are worthy of her.

Even though I have fallen into the slums, it is only temporary, just like Cinderella will eventually be found by the prince.

The domineering president will definitely fall in love with me, a divorced woman with a child.

“Then…the day after tomorrow will also be fine.”

“I have to make up lessons the day after tomorrow.”

“What about the day after tomorrow? Is the day after tomorrow okay? A few days later is also fine…”

“I don’t have time, I don’t have time! I have to make up for my lessons, and Jennifer and I are moving out soon. Don’t bother us! Jennifer, let’s go.”

Yulia takes Jennifer away.

Jack had been trying his best to endure it, but he couldn’t bear it anymore. The pain made him half-kneel on the ground and he began to dry heave, but he didn’t really vomit anything.

He wanted to apologize to Jennifer for letting the child see him in such an embarrassing state.

But Yulia had already taken Jennifer away, as decisively as if she were throwing away a plague.

Jennifer really wanted to turn around and hug Jack, with tears in her eyes, but Yulia held Jennifer’s hand and shouted:

“Jennifer, don’t look back!”

These were the last words Jack heard from Julia.

Then there was laughter, but it was not a happy sound, it was a mocking sound. Jack began to cry loudly.

A grown man knelt down and cried, attracting the ridicule of a group of children.

Jack suddenly wanted to give up struggling and lie on the ground to rest, but at this moment, a phone call came in.

“Mr. Jack, we are from the Fourth Nursing Home in Moen City. Your mother had an accident not long ago.”

“We…we have tried our best. Why don’t you come to the nursing home?”

The phone fell to the ground, and the already cracked screen had another crack. But it didn’t make any sound, and the world seemed to stop at this moment.

All the beauty and hope in life died earlier than his life.

The huge smiling face in the sky had become terrifying and distorted. The red light in its eyes illuminated the world, and the whole world was covered with a layer of blood red.

The mocking voices stopped abruptly, but another crazy laugh rose faintly.

Under tremendous pressure, the person who wanted to bring joy to the world seemed to be still alive, but also seemed to be dead.

What Jack didn’t know was that he had already been chosen by the tower. His fate would not stop here.

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The two chairs stopped rocking.

Wen Xishu and Jennifer woke up at the same time. Jennifer’s eyes were full of tears, and it was unclear whether it was fear or sadness for Jack’s experience.

Wen Xishu looked calm, his attention was elsewhere.

Two blood-red numbers appeared on the bare wall.

97, 61.

Wen Xishu frowned slightly, then smiled.

Notes appeared in his eyes, but because his magic resistance was too low, they were still garbled.

But he still guessed the meaning of the numbers.

As a spectator, Jennifer scored 61 points in this performance, a passing score. A score suitable for NPCs, not too high or too low.

Wen Xishu scored 97 points.

The reason why he was so sure was that although Wen Xishu was unable to parse the garbled comments, he got another hint.

[You had the same idea as Jack the Thing several times in a row. During the whole movie watching process, you did not feel pity for Jack, but instead had the desire to kill him. You only disagreed on one point. You are simply Jack the Thing’s confidant.]

[Obtained props: Invitation letter·Happy Jennifer. 】

[Gui Jennifer’s favorability increased. 】

Simply put, when watching Jack’s desperate day from a special perspective, Wen Xishu did not cry like Jennifer, feeling sorry for Jack’s pity.

He even thought, it’s boring, why are you crying, I want to see a river of blood, fast forward to when he turns ten times stronger, and then kill people to my heart’s content.

Thinking back to the time when Jack was actually killing crazily in real life…he even felt very happy while watching the movie.

Wen Xishu didn’t expect that this would get an incredibly high score:
“I have a sympathy with the pervert, so I got a special item?”

In his pocket, there was indeed an invitation letter with a strange texture. He opened the invitation letter and saw:
[Jennifer in the slums of Moen City has been unhappy recently. Maybe you have a way to make her happy. ]

[Pressing your handprint on the invitation letter can interrupt and pause the Weird Tower process, enter the corresponding level of the Desire Tower to obtain important props, and unlock the hidden plots of the Weird Tower and the Slaughter Tower. ]

Wen Xishu was shocked.

He realized that the invitation might be something that only a very few people could trigger.

In his limited memory, it seemed that no one had ever mentioned this thing.

This thing can actually ignore the login restrictions and forcibly transfer to another tower?

What surprised Wen Xishu even more was that the invitation letter mentioned not only the Desire Tower, but also the Slaughter Tower. The connection between the three towers was closer than he thought.

He thought of differentiated notes such as Cunning Jennifer and Desire Jennifer. Could it be that there is also Killing Jennifer?

Little Jennifer suddenly spoke, interrupting Wen Xishu’s thoughts:

“Big Brother…Look, the stairs have appeared!”

(End of this chapter)