Gu Huaiwei ate eight-treasure porridge on the electric stove without even lifting her eyelids.

"Do you believe her?"

In this world, killing is a very common thing.

Karl hesitated for a moment and said, “Believe it or not, it’s not important. What’s important is that I have to thank her. Because of her, my business has improved recently.”

Recently, more and more people have come to Carl to buy guns.

Because winter is coming to the wasteland.

The wanderers dare not go out casually, they need more weapons to protect themselves.

Gu Huaiwei scooped a spoonful of sweet and nourishing eight-treasure porridge, put it in her mouth, licked the spoon, and asked, "Karl, you are selling guns in my store, do you have to pay me extra venue fees?"

"Huh?" Carl's expression froze. "No, why did the topic take such a drastic turn?"

Aren't they talking about that weird woman? Aren't they talking about the murder?

How did it get transferred to venue charges?

Karl discovered that Gu Huaiwei was the type who could charge fees anywhere. It seemed that she had only one goal in life, which was to put the gold coins in other people's pockets into her own pocket.

Poor him, he had to go back and forth to the Black Tower Fortress, worked hard to sell guns, and talked his mouth off to customers, and he had just saved a little bit. Now, Gu Huaiwei wanted to ask him to pay the venue fee.

He feels so miserable!

Karl felt that he should appear less in front of Gu Huaiwei next time to prevent her from remembering the new fee list.

"Miss Gu, you have a big family and a big business here, so don't stare at my little tricks."

Seeing him subconsciously covering his wallet, Gu Huaiwei's thoughts were all written on his face. She stirred the eight-treasure porridge with a spoon and said with a smile, "Alright, then I won't take it."

"Even if you accept it, it'll be cheaper..." Karl was a little slow to react, "You just said you don't need to accept it?"

Why are you so easy to talk to?

He had a lot of words to say in his mind about complaining about being poor, but he hadn't said them out loud yet.

"Eh? Are you unhappy that I don't accept it?" Gu Huaiwei looked at him and changed her attitude again: "How about accepting it anyway?"

"No!" Karl stood up with a jerk. He took a step forward and accidentally bumped his sturdy abdomen against the edge of the front desk, but he ignored the pain. "Happy! Miss Gu, I think it's better not to charge."

Gu Huaiwei pretended not to understand his little thoughts and deliberately said in the opposite direction: "Seeing that you looked so sad just now, I thought you were unhappy."

"No, no, I'm very happy." Carl forced out a smile as ugly as the one he gave when he presented the banner.

Accompanied by a few particularly awkward fake laughs.

Then, Karl made a lame excuse of diarrhea and quickly moved away from Gu Huaiwei to prevent her from suddenly coming up with any new ideas to mess with his wallet.

Looking at Karl's fleeing back, Gu Huaiwei lowered her head, looked at the one-third of eight-treasure porridge left in the can, threw the plastic spoon in, and smiled happily.

Whenever Gu Huaiwei has free time, she becomes a little malicious.

It's quite interesting to tease honest people.

"Are you happy?" Lin She was always elusive. He appeared silently behind Gu Huaiwei. It was eternal night outside and there were only lights in the hotel lobby. Lin She liked to stand in dark corners, making him look even more damp and cold.

"What?" Gu Huaiwei suppressed her smile and started to act stupid.

"You were laughing."

Gu Huaiwei replied casually: "Well, I'm a sunny and cheerful person. What do you want to see me about?"

"When winter comes, my sleep time will increase. If you knock on my door and I don't answer you, you can enter my room."

Lin She gave Gu Huaiwei a key to the library.

Gu Huaiwei was not that fond of reading. When she let Lin She live in the library, she fully respected his private space and never stepped into the library.

"No, there are fewer new customers in winter, so there's not much for you to do. If you're free recently, upload those promotional ads to the various websites in the dungeon.

Hmm... The Oasis Hotel app also needs optimization and maintenance. I'd like to create an electronic membership card. Do you think you can do it?"

These are not urgent tasks.

"Okay." Lin She nodded. He wrote down the specific work content and told Gu Huaiwei the time required for the work. His work attitude was very positive.

Gu Huaiwei put the key in her pocket.

Lin She added, "The roads are dark in winter. While I'm resting, don't leave the hotel with anyone else, and don't let any new employees in."

"Don't worry, I won't keep too many idle people here." There are enough people now, and Gu Huaiwei has no plans to recruit new ones.

Lin She was worried that when he woke up, there would be new people in the hotel.

He looked through the glass window at the white ashes falling from the sky.

The ashes looked like the remains of burned industrial waste, or like the land itself slowly burning and decaying, finally turning into endless dust and falling down.

Dead silence, pale...

It reminded Lin She of a nasty guy who loved this kind of weather.

On Sunday, Gu Huaiwei returned to the real world. Mu Lingxi's first half of the semester had ended, so Gu Huaiwei went out with her to sing and celebrate.

The moon hid behind thick clouds, obscuring its silvery-white light.

On the way back to the apartment, Mu Lingxi took Gu Huaiwei's hand and told her that she had recently been confessed to by a senior who was good at hacking technology.

The two were originally talking and laughing.

But after entering the apartment complex, Gu Huaiwei felt a strong sense of being watched.

Because the street lights in the community were under repair, the road was a little dim. There was something in the grass next to it, and the leaves seemed to move a few times, as if blown by the wind, or as if something was hiding in it.

Mu Lingxi was still talking about her senior when Gu Huaiwei suddenly grabbed her wrist hard.

"What's wrong?" Mu Lingxi was stunned for a moment and asked vigilantly.

Gu Huaiwei frowned slightly and lowered her voice: "It seems like there is someone."

"Huh? Where?" Mu Lingxi immediately became nervous and looked around anxiously.

Gu Huaiwei quietly pulled out the dagger and whispered, "Stand still, I'll go take a look."

She held her breath, stood on tiptoe, and walked lightly towards the grass not far away.

The bush moved again.

Gu Huaiwei pushed aside the dense grass, and just as she was about to take further action, a figure crawled out of the grass in a panic.

"No...it's me!" The man looked panicked, his golden hair was messy and covered with leaves, and there was dirt and grass on his trouser legs.