The music and the singing sounded holy and spiritual, but Li Biqing felt that something was wrong.
After listening for a while, he suddenly found that the tune was full of indescribable gloom. No- not just gloomy- it was filled with darkness, solemnity, depression, fear; it's like a secret wound, a mourning whisper, a shivering soul; as if a pale, long-haired ghost was wandering amongst the gravestones, dripping with cold tears and singing the mourning song
"You lie, silent there before me
Your tears, they mean nothing to me
The wind howling at the window
The love you never gave
I give to you,
Really don't deserve it
But now there's nothing you can do
So sleep, in your only memory of me
""
My dearest mother
Here's a lullaby to close your eyes
Goodbye
It was always you that I despised
I don't feel enough for you cry, oh well
Here's a lullaby to close your eyes
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye......"
Li Biqing abruptly pressed the stop button, as if someone stabbed his hands with a needle.
In any case, this is not song a nine year old girl should be listening to, he thought.
"Is this Renee's favorite song?" He asked Debbie.
The little girl nodded.
"This song ... sounds very evil," Father Boyce frowned deeply, "...especially the phrase 'goodbye', it's like a ghost is whispering."
Li Biqing opened the radio cassette recorder, took out the small piece of tape, and said to the priest, "I want to borrow this tape for a few days, if possible."
The priest replied, "As long as its owner agrees."
Li Biqing turned to the little girl and asked, "I want to hear Renee sing, can you lend this to me?"
Debbie, with her doll-like appearance and a pair of blue eyes, stared at him, "Renee doesn't like to be heard because if my mother finds out, she would beat her."
"I'll hide while I secretly listen to it. I promise nobody would know-not even your mother."
"... Promise?"
"Yes," Li Biqing brought the expressionless Leo over to show her his badge. "In the name of the police."
"Okay. I trust the police. The adults say so." Debbie lowered her head, reached for the raccoon puppet, and began to play with her new toy.
"Sorry for the trouble. Please excuse us then.." Li Biqing nodded at Father Boyce, and the two of them politely bid their farewell.
It was not until they walked out of the church that Li Biqing felt Leo's taut body gradually relaxed.
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Sha Qing
AksiHe uses desire to ensnare others, he uses blood as temptation, he uses his appearance as a disguise. Like a wolf, he hunts for prey in the shadows. He is among the FBI's most wanted list of serial killers. He lives by his own law, the Lex Talionis...
