I can rewind time to prevent death

Chapter 330: Chapter 279 Ugly Girl (Part 5) (4200 words)_2

Wang Tao lunged at nothing, and with a start, he saw that the girl had already stepped out of the courtyard and was walking away.

“Second Uncle, is all the hair outside burned off?” Wang Tao shouted as he chased after her.

Second Uncle Wang said, “Burned… it’s burned off, but I don’t know if everything covering it is completely burnt through.”

When Wang Tao got outside, he saw that the girl had already thrown herself beside the pile of hair, which was nearly burnt to ashes, about to crouch down and feast on it.

He rushed over in a few steps, grabbed the girl’s ankle, and hoisted her up forcefully.

Wang Tao had been an all-around model soldier back in his army days, which is why he had been recruited by Tianmeng Science University, and had risen to the rank of security chief within a few years.

With all his strength, he hefted the girl over his shoulder in a fireman’s carry, and she could no longer break free. He quickly walked back.

When he returned to the front courtyard, Wang Tao was startled once more to see all the parents staring at their children in astonishment. None of the little girls were struggling anymore; they all sat quietly, as if they had become absent-minded again.

Wang Tao also felt the girl on his back stop resisting, so he hurriedly sent her back to her spot with the help of her mother. He picked up the rope that had come loose and tied her up again, much tighter this time, not sparing even if it left bright red marks from the rope.

Second Uncle Wang ran to close the courtyard door and locked it with a padlock.

This time, no one dared to take the situation lightly. They all watched over the children, who had their eyes open but showed no reaction.

Inside the separate building.

After a few snips, Yan Junze had cut off most of the hair covering the Ugly Girl’s cheeks, revealing a small part of her face.

Under the flashlight’s beam, he tried to make out the features and thought he saw a nose, but it was unlike any normal nose.

The main issue was that the nose was entirely skewed, with only one nostril visible. The place where the other nostril should be looked as if it had been naturally sealed by skin, unable to function properly.

Just by seeing this one part, Yan Junze could roughly guess the extent of the disfigurement of Ugly Girl’s face—indeed, even her facial bones were deformed.

Although surprised, Yan Junze did not stop cutting. The scissors quickly thinned out the hair on the other side, revealing her mouth.

The mouth’s lips were completely turned outwards, exposing the upper row of teeth and a large area of gums, which looked extremely unpleasant at first glance.

Of course, under normal circumstances, these organs should have all decayed by now, and at most, only a deformed skeleton should remain. However, what Yan Junze was seeing appeared to be a body that had not been dead for long.

The next second, he realized something.

Given that Wang Kunpeng and his wife had smelled the stench of the corpse long ago, the Ugly Girl’s body must have decayed. But why did it look undecayed on the outside to him now?

This was actually easy to understand because the appearance of the Ugly Girl in front of him was exactly what she wanted Yan Junze to see.

In other words, what appeared before Yan Junze was not just a corpse,—calling it a strangeness would be more accurate.

At the sight of the turned-out lips and the many exposed areas of gum, Yan Junze felt an overwhelming urge to close his eyes and poke them out.

The lips weren’t just turned out—they were a harelip, a crooked bucktoothed harelip.

Yan Junze took a deep breath, chose to ignore it, and was about to cut off the hair covering the Ugly Girl’s eyes when his wrist suddenly turned cold, firmly grasped by a hand.

The hand was the Ugly Girl’s, and not surprisingly, the muscles and skin of her palm were also intact. It seemed that the corpse was showing more characteristics of a strangeness.

The instant that icy hand grasped him, Yan Junze’s whole body broke out in goosebumps, a chilling feeling spreading throughout, making his limbs tingle. He hadn’t felt such horror in a long time.

His hand holding the scissors twitched, but the Ugly Girl still held on to him, preventing any further movement.

Man and corpse faced each other—Yan Junze standing on a stool, faced with the body hanging from the beam, motionless, as the hand of the corpse reached out and held him.

After a moment, he sighed softly and ventured, “Actually, your appearance isn’t completely unacceptable.”

The hand gripping his wrist shook slightly, but showed no sign of letting go.

Yan Junze continued, “I believe you’ve simply lost your self-confidence over time. You can and will face everyone, as long as you believe in yourself.”

The task in his mind was very clear, Ugly Girl was always falling into fear over her appearance, she had to face her flaws calmly.

So Yan Junze was certain, as long as he gave her enough reason to stop minding her appearance, the problem would be more than half solved.

But this time, after speaking, Ugly Girl made no response.

Perplexed, Yan Junze continued, “You actually don’t need to hide behind your hair because the way you naturally are, that’s the most authentic and natural you. If your parents were here, I believe they would also want you to return to the original you. Accept your flaws and face them bravely, face everyone…”

Suddenly, Ugly Girl’s hands relaxed, and Yan Junze was certain his words had had an effect.

He quickly raised his scissors and snipped away the hair that covered Ugly Girl’s forehead, including the area over her eyes, cutting with increased speed as he had a rough idea of the depth of hair from her face.

When Ugly Girl’s entire face was finally fully exposed to Yan Junze, his heart trembled violently as if it had stopped beating, his gaze fixed on this face, no longer aware of his own breathing.

At that moment, as her face fully revealed itself, it still overturned Yan Junze’s fundamental understanding of ugliness.

Within Second Uncle Wang’s courtyard.

All the girls sat quietly, none of them struggled or tried to chew on their hair.

This scene had been going on for about five minutes.

Not only were the girls motionless, but the surrounding adults were also trembling, none of them spoke, each one staring intently at their own child, occasionally glancing at others’ children.

The spectacle from just moments ago was still fresh in everyone’s memory.

These little girls, now sitting quietly, left the adults uncertain whether the danger had passed or if it was the calm before the storm.

Just then, one of the girls, about seven or eight years old, made a movement. She didn’t struggle or try to stand up, but instead slowly lifted her head, looking at the standing adults.

Her parents became somewhat excited, feeling that their child seemed to be gradually regaining consciousness, starting to recognize them.

But they soon discovered something was wrong, as the girl’s gaze was vacant, sliding across them as if focusing on nothing.

Then came a snapping sound, like bones cracking.

Everyone saw the girl’s nose suddenly twist, followed by her lips flipping outwards, baring much of her teeth.

Soon after, the philtrum between her mouth and nose split open violently, resembling a cleft lip, then slowly sealed back, but with a clearly visible crack remaining.@@novelbin@@

At that time, the other children began to move, one by one slowly raising their heads, looking at the people around.

The same occurrence happened to each one, as their faces all became terrifying, disgusting, with some oozing sticky yellow fluid, leaving the attending adults in extreme horror and helplessness.

“No, no, something’s wrong…”

Wang Tao suddenly realized something and shakily took out his phone to call Yan Junze.

At this moment, Yan Junze had just recovered a bit of his senses from the shock of seeing Ugly Girl’s full face, and the next instant his phone vibrated, he pressed the answer button.

Wang Tao’s panicked voice came through, “Jun… Junze, it’s bad, all the children, their faces…”

“What?” Yan Junze’s phone almost dropped to the ground as he snapped to full awareness.

He looked up again at that face and felt an extreme sense of helplessness, then whispered to himself, “Rewind.”

His vision blurred, and Ugly Girl’s hair that had covered the top half of her face once again fell over her.

This time, having seen the true face of the situation, Yan Junze didn’t plan to cut it away again.

With a bitter smile, he said, “I forgot, if it weren’t for your extreme personality, you wouldn’t have ended up like this.”

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