Chapter 042: Delivered One by One

Lin Xi yawned after waking up this morning. She checked the time outside, unsure what it was. It was difficult to tell time without a phone or a watch. Lin Xi planned to go to the logistics department later to see if they had any watches or similar items.

After getting up and washing up, she let Shen Sangning return to her body and strolled to the cafeteria. Seeing people still queuing inside, she knew she hadn't missed the time. After Lin Xi walked in, she noticed that the clock hanging on the wall pointed to 8:35.

Below the clock, the meal times are carefully marked, which are 8 to 9 in the morning, 11 to 12 noon, and 5 to 6 in the evening. These are really regular meal times.

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Lin Xi came alone, which caught everyone's attention. The person in front of Lin Xi turned and asked, "Why did you come alone? Where's the aunt who was with you yesterday? Why isn't she with you today?"

"I don't know. I came here straight after I got up." She yawned, "I'm quite hungry."

The man said "Oh," turned around, and started talking to the person in front of him. Lin Xi vaguely heard some words like "How irresponsible!" and "How could you let her run around alone?" He definitely didn't really care about Lin Xi. He was just worried that Lin Xi would accidentally break some rules and die, leaving him without a share of the profits.

Lin Xi followed the group and ordered a breakfast. Her plate contained two tea eggs, two chive dumplings, a bowl of porridge, and a side dish. The chef was genuinely worried that Lin Xi wouldn't be full or eat too little.

Lin Xi found a place to sit down and went to the logistics department after having breakfast. When the logistics department learned of Lin Xi's request, they really found her a watch.

"If the electricity runs out, come back to me."

Lin Xi nodded in agreement, adjusted the time, put on her watch, and left. Having eaten a large breakfast, Lin Xi simply ran around the funeral home to digest it. There was no gym here like at home, and the dorm was small, so she could only walk around the funeral home.

She hadn't been running for long when someone stopped her. Lin Xi had seen him in the cafeteria this morning; he must be a funeral home worker. He smiled and said, "Lin Xi, are you running?" If this were a real-world corporate social setting, Lin Xi would also find it creepy.

I'd just joined the company and hadn't even started work yet, yet how come every one of my colleagues knew my name? This was even worse in the world of rule-based horror stories; it proved these guys had their eyes on me. Lin Xi twitched his lips, a forced smile.

"What's up?"

Despite the unkindness of the visitor, he remained calm and instead wanted to chat with Lin Xi. He wasn't particularly adept at chatting with people, let alone ghosts. However, this also gave Lin Xi a clue: it seemed all ghosts were governed by rules. Otherwise, the greed on this guy's face would have burst forth, and he wouldn't have suppressed his temper to "chat" with him.

I'm afraid the chat is fake, and the real purpose is to make Lin Xi trigger his rules under the misleading of his language.

Lin Xi looked around and suddenly asked, "Did you come here quietly by yourself?"

The man was stunned: "Yeah, what's wrong?"

After receiving this answer, Lin Xi was no longer polite. Chen Sangning hadn't had breakfast yet. Lin Xi smiled and said, "Ningning, come out for breakfast." Chen Sangning was not polite at all. After she emerged from Lin Xi's body, she turned the ghost in front of her into a black ball and ate it.

Throughout the day, several people had attempted to secretly devour her while she was alone, unnoticed. These ghosts were incredibly greedy, even while maintaining mutual restraint, yet secretly plotting to monopolize her. Unfortunately, Lin Xi could only belong to Chen Sang Ning, and they simply couldn't get past her.

Lin Xi was actually a little confused. Since ghosts have rules, what are Shen Sang Ning's rules? She seemed to have no rules at all. As long as she wanted to take action, she could do it anytime and anywhere.

This ghost is very different from the ghosts in this world. Lin Xi guessed: Maybe it’s because Ningning was brought from the real world by himself, so she is different.

Another day passed, and when Lin Xi got up again, she was awakened by a knock on the door. She put on her coat, climbed out of bed, went to the door, and opened it. She found that the person outside was from the logistics department. The girl from the logistics department asked Lin Xi with a smile if she had seen the aunt next door yesterday.

Lin Xi's acting skills were not very good, so she lowered her head to prevent the person opposite from seeing her expression clearly. She shook her head: "I didn't see it." From an angle that she couldn't see, the girl from the logistics department's face suddenly became ferocious, and then returned to normal.

Even if Lin Xi saw it, she wouldn't be scared, because the ghosts in this world all looked at her with similar expressions. If she encountered a being that had no desires or demands for her, Lin Xi would actually start to wonder if it was a ghost or if it was actually human.

Unfortunately, so far Lin Xi has not seen anyone with a normal expression when facing him.

Lin Xi didn't open the door completely, but only a crack. A little light from the gloomy sky shone through, illuminating the room. Silently, Lin Xi opened the door a little, and she looked up. She noticed that the moment she opened the door, the familiar look in the logistics girl's eyes appeared again.

So Lin Xi asked softly: "Would you like to come in and sit for a while? I have some questions, but I don't know who to ask."

After Lin Xi asked this question, the girl's eyes brightened, and she smiled. "Okay, it's my job to help you with your questions. What do you want to ask?" She said this, her hand pressing the door open impatiently. The logistics girl walked straight into the room, and because of her position, Lin Xi had to step back.

At this moment, she felt a little distressed because she couldn't lock the door.

However, the little girl didn't worry her much. When she came in and closed the door, Lin Xi heard the sound of the door being locked. This girl was too kind to help her lock the door herself. After the door closed, the expression on the little girl's face became a little distorted.

The little girl ultimately became Chen Sangning's breakfast. Lin Xi waited until Chen Sangning finished eating before heading out to find something else. As she finished her meal and strolled through the funeral home, another ghost, eager to devour her, spotted her alone. While she didn't eat as much as she had on the first day, a few meals would satisfy Chen Sangning.

She was not a greedy person, and now she was not a greedy ghost. Although she was always hungry, she listened to Lin Xi very much. She would eat if she was allowed to, and if she was not allowed to eat, she would bite her fingers and drool. Shen Sangning really drooled. After all, there were so many ghosts in this funeral home. She was so greedy.

Lin Xi comforted her and told her that she would eat as much as she wanted later, but she had to endure it for now. Shen Sang Ning didn't know why she had to endure it, but since Lin Xi said so, she wouldn't eat.

By the time she had to go to work that evening, Shen Sangning had already eaten ten ghosts. While Lin Xi was eating dinner, she sat at the table and could hear the employees next door chatting. Their expressions were a little nervous, and their voices were not too low, so Lin Xi could hear them clearly.

"Several employees have disappeared recently. Did they quit their jobs or what? It's really frightening."

"I don't know, but the boss is in a good mood."

"Why? Shouldn't he be angry when his employees are missing? Why is he in such a good mood?"

"You're stupid! The employee disappeared and didn't come to work for a few days, so he just fired him for absenteeism without any compensation. He can also hire new employees, but the salary they offer will definitely not be as much as the old employees. Isn't this killing two birds with one stone for him?"

Lin Xi ate his dinner in silence, thinking to himself: It turns out that capitalists are the same in every world, even in the world of rules and weird stories, they are equally unbearable.

After dinner, Lin Xi packed up the dishes and prepared to leave.

It was already 6 o'clock after dinner. Lin Xi waited in her room for a while, and then changed into her uniform at 7:50. After she finished putting on her uniform, she waited a little longer, but found that nothing happened. In other words, Article 6 thought that it was now Lin Xi's working hours.

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She'd put on her work uniform early because she'd overheard the two staff members chatting in the cafeteria. If they hadn't spoken, Lin Xi wouldn't have thought about it, but once they started, she couldn't help but wonder: Who makes the rules for staff? In the real world, it's likely the boss and HR work together.

In this case, Lin Xi speculated that Rule 5 should take precedence over Rule 6. The first rule was "No lateness or early departure." This posed a question: What time should one put on their work uniform? If it was exactly 8 a.m., then by the time she finished putting on her work uniform, it would definitely be past 8 p.m. Would the minute or two between starting and finishing her work uniform at 8 a.m. have counted as a violation of the rules?

If it is assumed that the rules for employees are set by the boss, then it will definitely count.

So Lin Xi chose to put on her work uniform in advance, and after that, nothing happened. It was clear that Lin Xi had guessed right.

"What a damned capitalism!" Lin Xi complained, stood up, tucked the pre-charged flashlight from the table around her waist, and headed for the meeting point the "helpful" aunt had pointed out to her. Lin Xi was a bit lazy, and she arrived at the meeting point—the first floor lobby of the funeral home—almost on time. When she arrived, she even checked her watch: 7:58, two minutes before work.

When she arrived, there were already three employees standing in the hall on the first floor of the funeral home. The hall had an automatic door, which opened when Lin Xi came in. The Sanming staff in the hall: an old man, a young man, and a woman in her thirties, all turned to look at Lin Xi.

The three men stood there in the darkness, a bit eerie. There were no lights in the hall, only the dim green light from the secret channel indicator. This green glow made the three blue-uniformed employees look even more eerie.

But Lin Xi didn't seem to notice anything unusual, and instead showed a warm smile on her face: "Hello everyone, I'm the new employee Lin Xi!"