Chapter 112
"Hello everyone..." The player who had posted the quest was unsure how to react. This wasn't her first time posting a Guild of Commerce quest, but it was also the first time she'd seen such a high response rate. If there weren't any enclosed spaces nearby, she'd really like to open the Guild of Commerce interface to see if she'd set the quest reward incorrectly.
The player who posted the task: Did I press the wrong option and max out the task reward? No, saving money is not easy!
"Hello." The man holding down the upper part of the stalker's left arm nodded to the player. He looked at the others who were also holding down the stalker, unsure whether to let go. "Everyone... Heroes and brothers, could someone please come and explain the situation? I'll go first. I've been asked to catch this pervert who's stalking people."
The pinned-down stalker struggled to look up: "Hey, who are you calling a pervert? I'm just... well, I'm..." Looking at the dozen or so pairs of eyes staring at him from the opposite side, he backed down on the spot, and his voice became smaller and smaller.
The woman who was holding the stalker's right shoulder frowned, "Isn't he a deadbeat with a ton of debts?"
Someone started talking, and the others gradually began to speak. Although the atmosphere was still a bit strange, it was better than it had been a few minutes ago. After sorting through everyone's comments, the player who issued the task discovered that if divided by the purpose of the arrest, the people present could be roughly divided into four groups.
The first group, to catch the stalker, consists of five people, and it is not certain whether all of them are players.
The second group, which caught the deadbeats, consisted of two sisters who were professional debt collectors.
The third group, from the neighboring city, was three people, all holding a wanted poster with a portrait that bore a striking resemblance to the pinned stalker. Incidentally, these three weren't even part of the same group.
The fourth group, consisting of four people, came to join in the fun. Unlike the first three groups, these people had no specific purpose and had not caught the stalker; they just happened to be there at this time.
Stalker: Isn’t it because my arm span is not long enough that these people can’t squeeze through others and have to stand aside?
"I don't need to be counted in, right? I'm just passing by." Bei Qiao signaled to the players who were counting people not to pay attention to him. Anyway, he was here to join in the fun, not to complete the mission.
"Okay." The player waved to Bei Qiao behind him without looking back, staring at the stalker left and right: "I don't know you, why are you following me?" He has been following me for several days, and no one cares even after he reported me to the police. It's so scary.
"I, I'm just checking out the spot first..." the stalker replied in a low voice.
"What did you say?"
"I'm just checking out the spot!" the stalker raised his voice.
"Which spot are you going to step on?" The player rubbed his face: How can you take advantage of a little girl? You have to be familiar with the map first.
"He's scouting the area to try and scam you out of your money." The debt collector sisters, one on each side, held the stalker's shoulders. "He's already scammed several people. He moves to a new location after every scam. He's really good at running!"
"He should be the wanted criminal we want to catch. Ladies, did you recognize the wrong person?" The old man who was holding the stalker's wrist interrupted.
"Impossible! Even if this guy turned into ashes, I can still recognize him!" The elder sister among the sisters smiled with a shark-like hideous expression on her beautiful face, scaring the stalker who was pinned down into a ball. The others who were pinning down the stalker couldn't help but shudder: What does it mean when a fairy turns into a demon? This is it!
Oh, it seems like I was cheated out of a lot of money... Bei Qiao quietly took a few steps back.
This wasn't a particularly remote place, after all. While the player was trying to identify the fellow villagers who had accepted the quest among the dozen or so people, the locals nearby had already heard the commotion and were joining in the fun, including several local dogs, their tails wagging with particular glee. One of the onlookers happened to know the stalker personally, and upon hearing the discussion about his identity, they joined in, successfully securing a front-row seat.
The crowd behind Bei Qiao had grown from three to dozens, making the narrow alley seem a bit crowded. A thief took the opportunity to steal someone's wallet, but after he succeeded, he couldn't squeeze out and was caught and beaten by the owner in the crowd.
A stray cat passing by the wall, probably full, came over and lay down on the wall, slowly wagging its tail and looking down. A dog, relying on its small size to squeeze into the front row, saw the stray cat on the wall and barked excitedly twice. However, because it was disturbing the others watching, it was kicked by the person next to it and immediately lay down with its tail between its legs.
The arrested stalker insisted that he was not a wanted criminal, but had just shaved recently, so it happened that he looked like the wanted poster. However, the people holding the wanted poster did not accept this view, saying that if it was true, they would find out by following them to the Anchang government office.
"You are also from Anchang City." The sisters were a little skeptical: "Why haven't we seen you before?"
"Anchang City is so big, it's not surprising that there are people you don't know," the other party said, adding that the sisters were surprised by the rarity of the encounter.
Several players who were on the Chamber of Commerce mission and the native resident who only happened to notice the stalker had already let go of their hands. Now there were only five people holding the stalker, which was slightly better than the situation just now where a group of people grabbed the stalker's arms and had nowhere to start.
Now, the sisters are holding the stalker's left arm, and the wanted squad is holding the stalker's right arm, but the player who was being tracked in the beginning has been completely forgotten.
Fortunately, we retreated quickly... Bei Qiao, who left earlier, looked back at the growing crowd of onlookers behind him: If I had been a step later, I would have had to climb the wall to return to the inn.
Returning to the inn again, Bei Qiao felt that he had gained nothing that day except money, so he decided to log off and consolidate his medical knowledge after practicing his internal strength.
After watching for half an hour, seeing that it was still early, Bei Qiao watched a few more video tutorials, covering vocal music, repair, version making, and fighting. The main point was to cast a wide net and see which fish you could catch in the future.
Bei Qiao, who knows many skills but is not proficient in any of them: The room is too small, so I have to choose the skills to learn, after all, the tools take up a lot of space.
Various study tools kicked out of the bedroom by Bei Qiao: Ah yes, yes, yes.
I don’t know what Bei Qiao was busy with, but he was indeed busy for a long time. After dinner, his parents forced him to go out and take the bus to the beach for a walk. The reason was that he would become stupid if he stayed in the house for too long.
"I understand the reason, but why are there so many people at the beach today?"
“Maybe it’s because it’s a tourist attraction.”
"When did the tourist attraction come about?" Bei Qiao looked at the not-so-wide seaside highway in front of him and said: "It's just a highway." The small park at the doorstep looks more like a tourist attraction than this place.
"Look for yourself." Qiao Lin took out his mobile phone, opened the domestic travel app, and then clicked on local attractions. The four words "Seaside Highway" appeared prominently on the local attractions ranking list, and its position was quite high.
“Wow…”
Perhaps because it was getting late, there weren't many tourists here. The wind was a bit strong at night, and Bei Qiao pulled up the collar of his windbreaker and noticed that some of the tourists were wearing holographic glasses.
"Special forces, office slaves, really work hard." Bei Qiao changed direction, found a step on the beach, and took a tissue from his pocket to sit down. It was impossible to find a free bench. There were only three or two chairs in total, not enough for everyone.
"What special forces soldier?" Qiao Lin came over holding a candied haws. "One for each of you. Your dad won't eat any."
"They are people who work online in holographic mode while traveling as special forces soldiers." Bei Qiao took the candied haws and took a bite: Because every year there were dozens of players whose accounts were destroyed by native attacks after logging off, some gold diggers from other worlds who had been bored at home for too long invented a way of working by surfing the Internet while traveling, claiming that they could work and relax at the same time.
"Don't do that. It's too tiring."
"I know, but I won't do it." Traveling is tiring enough, and squeezing in extraneous travel is even more exhausting. While the official system has implemented an anti-fatigue mode, some people still push the fatigue limit to their limits. If players don't react quickly to unexpected situations, accidents can easily occur.
Of course, the game officials are not responsible for such accidents. If the players are stupid enough to report the game officials for this reason, they will receive a gift package that permanently locks the resident account.
After playing at the beach until eight o'clock in the evening, Bei Qiao went home with his parents. The next day, September 21st, which was Friday morning in reality, Bei Qiao once again embarked on his journey home in the other world.
Before going online, she heard Qiao Lin, who was about to go out to work, say that because she rarely went out in the past month and did not go to the companies introduced by relatives for interviews, some gossipy relatives said that she had become a stay-at-home mom right after graduation and had started to degenerate and rely on her parents at such a young age.
"Oh, and then?"
"I didn't say anything. I just live 18 miles away from my relative, whom I rarely see. There's no need to waste my breath on him." Qiao Lin picked up the garbage bag, opened the door and walked out: It's a pity that the gold bracelet can only be shown off in front of family members. If I show it off to those unfamiliar relatives, some shameless guys will come to borrow money.
"Staying at home... that seems to be true." Bei Qiao returned to his room, picked up the holographic glasses, and put them on his face. "I need to plan my online time and go out for a trip to relax occasionally." He also had to wear the holographic glasses when the time came, and use them again when he returned to his hotel room that night.
After checking out at the front desk, Bei Qiao drove out of Luodan City and headed south along the road. When passing near Qingtian City, Bei Qiao saw that it was still early, so he did not enter the city, but continued on his way, preparing to stay overnight in the next city.
After being in the stable for several days, Huihui had already gone crazy. He ran so fast and so fast that if the road conditions had not been good and Honghong had not kicked Huihui, the carriage would have overturned sooner or later.
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