Ying Tong

Ying Tong is Ying Chen's ten-year-old younger brother, a visually impaired child whose memories form one of the worlds connected to the Ghost Fetus.

Biography

Narrative role

Ying Tong grows up adoring the elder brother who appears to protect him, despite having weak eyesight and being repeatedly placed in danger by that same brother. As Ying Chen murders the adults who recognize the abuse, Ying Tong survives by closing his eyes, remaining silent, and dividing memories of failed escapes among younger selves marked by fear of sharp objects, confinement, and loud noises. (Chapters 1052–1062)

When Chen Ge enters his world behind the door, he experiences Ying Tong's darkness and earns the child's trust by describing the color and freedom outside the apartment. Ying Tong attempts a fourth escape, chooses to face the truth about his brother, and opens his eyes. He then identifies Ying Chen's real face during the final confrontation, breaking the remembered murderer's control and allowing the victims to destroy him. (Chapters 1054–1065)

In the living world, Ying Tong tells Chen where the bodies of his stepfather, Miss Dress, Mr. Wood, and Auntie Wu were hidden. Police remove him from the apartment and arrange medical and psychological care, but he initially trusts only Chen. He also protects the cursed mud statuette that holds the victims' spirits, then permits Chen to release them from its torment. (Chapters 1066–1067, 1072–1077)

Appearance and personality

Ying Tong is a ten-year-old boy with poor eyesight who has spent so long keeping his eyes closed that opening them is initially difficult. He is cautious and deeply traumatized, yet unusually perceptive, patient, and resilient. Repeated failed escapes leave distinct fears, but he retains compassion for the murdered adults and eventually chooses truth over the comforting image of his brother. (Chapters 1054–1067)

Skills and supernatural abilities

Ying Tong navigates through exceptional hearing, touch, spatial memory, and attention to voices. His memories sustain a world behind a blood door, and the Ghost Fetus selected his eyes as part of its plan, but blindness itself is not a supernatural ability. Opening his eyes represents recovery and willingness to confront reality rather than a formal rank increase. (Chapters 1054–1065)

Relationships

Ying Chen is the brother whom Ying Tong once loved and later recognizes as his abuser. Chen Ge becomes the adult he trusts most and helps him face the truth. Miss Dress, Miss Red, and Mr. Wood cared for him and remain the spirits he tries to protect after their deaths. (Chapters 1052–1067)

Items

Ying Tong owns a large-key phone designed for touch and keeps a family photo frame near his bed. Most importantly, he hides a mud statuette bearing his name because it contains the trapped spirits of adults who helped him; after police recover it, he entrusts it to Chen, who frees those spirits. (Chapters 1054, 1067)