114: Chapter 114: A Delicious Stead Bun Shop 114: Chapter 114: A Delicious Stead Bun Shop “I don’t want to create that sort of thing, it’s an insult to as a Puppet Master!”
Smack!
A whip unapologetically lashed onto Xu Hai’s body, wielded by a black-haired Beauty Puppet in a sailor suit.
In the past, it had been Xu Hai who whipped this Puppet for fun, but now the situation had reversed.
Xu Hai hung in a cell, enduring the beatings he should not have to suffer.
Wen Wen stood by, directing the Beauty Puppet with his dead fish eyes, determined to make Xu Hai yield.
“If you don’t agree, I will use all of your precious tools on you, one by one!” Wen Wen played with those gadgets as he spoke viciously.
Xu Hai’s array of tools was nothing short of extensive.
Using them all would surely break a man.
“I may be a monster, but I am also an artist.
Making that thing is an insult to art!” Xu Hai still defiantly spoke his mind.
“If you don’t agree, I will find soone else to do it, and when that thing is made, you will be the first one I use it on!” threatened Wen Wen once more.
Xu Hai was on the verge of tears upon hearing Wen Wen’s words; the man was simply a demon.
“Or, I could send you to Hu Youling’s room and let you be turned into dregs!” Wen Wen added another line.
Xu Hai turned to look and shuddered at the sight of Hu Youling, busy adjusting her posture, even harboring a small hope.
But the thought of the consequences after the brief enjoynt quickly deflated him.
In the end, Xu Hai’s will was not firm, and after repeated threats from Wen Wen, he eventually capitulated.
He asked Wen Wen for a large amount of materials and began the creation process.
Wen Wen wasn’t worried about Xu Hai pulling any tricks.
As long as he was in the Sanctuary, he couldn’t cause any serious mischief.
To manufacture the Puppet, Wen Wen bought Xu Hai two sows, so silicone, and various items commonly used in beauty salons.
He had indeed spent a fair bit of money.
If Xu Hai failed to deliver a satisfactory product, Wen Wen would instead have him make dolls and sell them to pay off the debt.
It would take at least three days for Xu Hai to make this doll, so Wen Wen planned to use this opportunity to go and have so fun with a few Ghosts.
The Ghosts left by Yan Xiu all seed difficult to deal with, and Wen Wen could only choose to go after the ones that seed easier to handle.
However, the more difficult Ghosts were also indicative of greater Strength, which ant more benefits for Wen Wen.
Tonight, Wen Wen’s first target was a bun shop in the eastern suburbs, called Stead Delights Breakfast Shop.
According to the Hunters Association’s information, the bun shop was run by a family of five, sustained by three generations.
Initially, they were legitimate catering professionals.
Old Man Zhou and his wife Zhao Yan had made buns all their lives, with their son and daughter-in-law, Zhou Kaile and Mao Lingling, taking over the business.
Finally, there was their granddaughter Zhou Xun, who often helped at the shop in her free ti.
They made buns with conscience, always selecting quality ingredients and constantly refining the taste, which kept their popularity high.
The family was harmonious and happy, with a bright future ahead.
But everything changed with a single news story.
There was a ti when the Capital District launched a food safety initiative, cleaning up shops that failed to et hygiene standards or used illegal food additives and shutting down underground factories producing gutter oil.
Food safety had everyone’s attention, with endless exposures making headlines, delivering a heavy blow to the entire catering industry.
This was, of course, a good thing; at least it ant that people could be a lot more at ease when eating out.
Until one day, a social dia news story about a Black Heart baozi (stead bun) shop that added cardboard shreds to its fillings to save on raw materials, inexplicably went viral, attracting hundreds of thousands, even millions of views.
And the background image used for that news story was of the Steaming Delicious Breakfast Shop…
Although the news didn’t explicitly state that the shop using shredded paper to make buns was the Steaming Delicious Breakfast Shop, it still put them squarely in the crosshairs of public scrutiny.
The unblurred images made it quite easy for people to track down the Steaming Delicious Bun Shop.
What was once a booming business plumted.
They were frequently visited by the health departnt for inspections, and the family endured the scorn of their neighbors and fellow townspeople.
Despite their repeated explanations and clarifications, nobody believed them.
When tens or even hundreds of thousands of people are convinced there’s sothing wrong with your shop, it might as well have an actual problem.
Just an ordinary family, no matter what they said, couldn’t change the situation.
Are the eyes of the masses clear?
Well, sotis what they’re able to see isn’t up to them to decide.
When the incident blew up and the truth finally ca to light, the officials stepped forward to clarify for the Steaming Delicious Bun Shop, and a few rational netizens also spoke up to clear the Steaming Delicious Breakfast Shop’s na.
In this way, things cald down, but the wounds the family suffered could never be healed.
The forr friendly neighbors beca distant, the online comnters who had lambasted them no longer ntioned the news, behaving as if they had never hurt anyone.
And the self-dia website that had published the false news, by simply deleting it, thought it was off the hook.
Latter, as the fervor died down, the little shop’s business did not improve, and the once happy family was on the verge of falling apart.
Then one day, there was a change in the texture of the buns from the Steaming Delicious Bun Shop, they beca incredibly delicious.
Even just passing by and catching a whiff of the aroma could arouse an irresistible craving.
The business of the small shop improved again, and everything seed to be moving in a harmonious and happy direction.
This good fortune lasted for about a month.
Then one early morning, when people ca to buy buns, they discovered the entire family of five hanged together in the bun shop!
Police later got involved and confird it was a suicide.
In the shop’s freezer, they found two bodies reduced to bones, one male and one female.
And a month before, the journalist and the photographer who had fild that news segnt mysteriously disappeared…
…
“Hmm, this case is rather intriguing, but there are still so doubts.
Why would the family commit suicide?
And how did these five ordinary people manage to kidnap two living individuals without being discovered for a whole month?”
Due to the thriving detective industry and the competence of the police, the Capital District had a very high case clearance rate.
Cases of bizarre disappearances of two people, such as this one, would rarely remain clueless after more than a month.
“Could there be involvent of Supernatural Powers?”
“That’s uncertain.
After all, these five Ghosts are not easy to deal with.”
The records showed that after the police sealed off the bun shop, every morning, the now-desolate store would echo with the shouts of bun selling.
Once soone went in, they would co out having ingested sothing unknowable.
Filth and insects were tolerable, but so people ingested nails and sawdust.
Those who were lucky could be saved by surgery; the unlucky ones simply died on the premises.
Such an apparent supernatural accident naturally caught the attention of the Hunter Association.
After unsuccessful attempts at simple exorcisms, they sealed the place off.
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