Ben looked at Mia in the game with surprise.
In the last game, Mia was already very beautiful.
But Ben felt something was still missing.
Now Ben finally understood what was missing.
Mia, holding a baby in her arms, had a gentle smile. This mature feeling of being a new mother, compared to Mia's previous demeanor, was completely amplified.
If it were a hundred-point scale, Ben would have given Mia 90 points in the last game.
But now it was definitely 98 points.
As for the remaining two points, they were left for future improvement.
What a harmonious family!
Ben smiled and sighed.
"Look... she's asleep," Mia said softly, looking at the baby in her arms. Her eyes conveyed tenderness and love for the child.
"Why is this story so dark? She's only half a year old," Ethan next to her couldn't help but complain about the fairy tale they had just read.
Mia gently closed the black fairy tale book and handed it to Ethan. "The bookstore owner said these are traditional stories that have been around for a long time. Besides, Rose doesn't seem to mind."
Gently stroking her daughter Rose's head, Mia smiled lovingly.
"Because she doesn't understand, thank goodness. We moved here to keep her away from all that, remember?" Ethan said with a hint of helplessness.
Hearing Ethan's words, Mia frowned and her voice suddenly grew louder, interrupting him, full of displeasure. "My memory is fine!"
This sudden change of expression made Ben in the game flinch. He remembered Mia's physical separation in the previous game, "Resident Evil."
"If it's fine, then why are you yelling so loud!" Ben grumbled softly, not daring to breathe too heavily.
Fortunately, Mia in the game didn't seem to be transforming. It was just like a couple arguing. After a brief moment of impatience, Mia seemed to understand Ethan and sighed softly. "You're being paranoid."
"I'm not... never mind, I'm sorry," Ethan started to say something, but then he apologized. He added, "But this isn't paranoia, it's being cautious."
"Then carefully carry the child to bed," Mia said, playfully looking at her husband.
"I'll go make dinner."
At the same time, she carefully handed Rose to Ethan.
Ethan took the child from Mia's hands and spoke softly.
"It's okay, Rose. Your mom wants to forget everything, it's not her fault."
"What did you say?" Mia in the kitchen didn't hear Ethan clearly and asked out of curiosity, thinking he was talking to her.
"Nothing, I'm taking the baby to sleep," Ethan said and carried Rose to the room upstairs.
After placing Rose in the crib, Ethan gently stroked her head.
"Sleep well, Daddy is downstairs. Daddy won't let the monsters from the fairy tales get close to you."
Hearing Ethan's words, Ben in the game couldn't help but sigh.
It wasn't easy, Ethan had it really tough.
Three years ago, in an accident, Ethan saved his wife and had a happy family. It was hard-won.
But as a game, and a male protagonist, how could there be no further content?
Searching the room a bit, Ben found some things, like Rose's clothes and Ethan's diary.
However, as a modern person, Ethan didn't write his diary on paper but on a computer.
"Who writes a diary on paper these days!" Ben sighed, looking at the diary on the screen.
Another person who kept a diary under Nebula Games.
As Ben was sighing, Ethan returned to the kitchen downstairs. Mia was cooking with her back to Ethan. Hearing him, Mia turned around. "How is she?"
"She's fine, sleeping soundly, like... like a sleeping baby," Ethan said after thinking for a long time.
Hearing what he said was like hearing what he said, what are you doing here!
Ben in the game complained.
Mia also couldn't help but chuckle and took the soup off the stove.
"It smells good, what is this?" Ethan said, wanting to have a taste, but Mia playfully hit his hand away with a spoon.
"Don't touch it, sir. This is vegetable and meat stew with sour soup, it's a local dish."
"Wow, you've become a local already?"
"Uh-huh... and there's local wine too. But if you're going to be moody all night, you won't get any."
Mia and Ethan bantered back and forth as they carried the wine and dishes to the dining table.
Now this looked like food! This was a harmonious and warm family!
Looking at the stew, wine, and steak in the game, Ben couldn't help but sigh. Compared to the pig intestines sashimi in the last game, this was much more normal and much warmer.
He almost forgot he was playing a horror game.
"You really don't need to worry anymore," Mia poured red wine into a goblet.
"But... finding you in Louisiana, getting pregnant... Chris told us to move, military training... everything happened too fast, didn't it?" Ethan still felt it was a bit unreal, or rather, he hadn't gotten used to the current life.
"Yes, but at least we're together," Mia said with a smile, looking at Ethan. "You, me, and Rose. Everything will be... now..."
But before she could finish, Ethan interrupted her.
"Seriously? You really think we can just forget about what happened in Louisiana?"
Hearing Ethan's words, Mia looked unhappy and impatient, not wanting to discuss those unpleasant past events anymore.
"That's all in the past. I just... I really don't understand why you're so..."
Before she could finish speaking, the sound of breaking glass was heard.
Flesh!
Blood splattered from Mia's shoulder in an instant.
The sudden turn of events stunned both Ethan and Mia. The next second, the lights in the house went out.
Ethan, reacting, shouted, "Get down! Mia, get down!"
But it was too late. In the darkness, gunshots echoed. Amidst Mia's screams, countless bullets made her bleed profusely.
The dining table was stained red with blood.
In an instant, Mia fell into a pool of blood.
A moment later, the gunfire stopped, and heavy footsteps could be heard.
Seeing the person, both Ethan and Ben in the game froze.
Because the person was Chris!
Chris, who had saved Mia and Ethan in the previous game!
Wasn't he a good person!?
How could it be him!?
In an instant, Ben's brain felt overloaded.
He couldn't understand at all!
Didn't Mia and Ethan move because Chris asked them to?
Why would he kill Mia so brutally!?
"I'm sorry, Ethan..." Looking at Ethan questioning him, Chris, holding a handgun, glanced at Mia, who seemed not quite dead yet. He raised his gun and shot Mia in the head five times.
His wife, whom he had painstakingly saved in the last game, was dead just like that!?
(End of chapter)