The passage was narrow, and even two adults walking side by side would have been crowded. There were two parallel light strips installed along the corners of the ceiling. The light was originally dim, and when they came in, it suddenly changed colors and flashed, and then went out, and the lights in the corridor behind them also went out, and the field of vision suddenly became pitch dark.
Tao Huayu and Wenxi shouted at the same time: "Oh my god——"
Li Yu said, "Usual trick."
Liu Wangxue was also startled and hid in Xu Qingsong's arms. The moment the lights went out, Xu Qingsong reached out and hugged Liu Wangxue, comforting her softly, "It's okay, don't be afraid."
Du Yunkai held Wenxi's hand and patted her on the back gently: "This is boring. You don't even have a light in your hand. You can't see anything. How can you find the switch?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the lights came on again and turned into incandescent light. Only then could everyone see clearly that at the end of the passage was also a concrete wall, but there was an electronic screen on the wall.
Du Yunkai was the closest, so he reached out and touched it: "Could this be the switch?"
As soon as his finger touched the screen, it lit up. A burst of snowflakes flashed by, and then it turned into a nine-square grid, each with a different color.
"What does this mean?" Tao Huayu reached out and poked the screen a few times.
After he poked it, the screen went out immediately, and then an exclamation mark and four bright red words "Wrong Password" popped up, and then it returned to the color grid.
"We need to find the password," Xu Qingsong said, "It seems to be related to color."
So everyone looked around, but behind them was a dark corridor. The three concrete walls were bare except for the electronic screen, and there was no information at all.
"That's the light." Liu Wangxue said.
Li Yu said: "It was yellow before we came in, and it started to flash after we came in, changing into several different colors."
Du Yunkai pointed at the electronic screen and said, "There is no yellow in the nine-square grid, so it should be the colors that the lights are flashing. Who remembers the order?"
The colors flashed so quickly at the time, almost in an instant, and generally no one would pay special attention to the order, and no one paid much attention to it. Now when we try to recall it together, we can only think of a crackling halo of light.
Wenxi spoke at this time, speaking slowly: "Green, red, blue, orange, purple, it seems to be this order."
Tao Huayu was still standing next to the electronic screen, clicking on the nine-square grid one by one as she said. After the screen turned off, four green words "Password correct" popped up.
Tao Huayu gave Wenxi a thumbs up.
"That's amazing!" Du Yunkai looked at Wen Xi in surprise.
Li Yu looked at Wen Xi with admiration: "Sister Wen Xi, you are so awesome!"
Xu Qingsong raised his hand and applauded.
"Xixi, you are amazing!" Liu Wangxue praised her, "How did you remember it?"
Wenxi was not modest at all. She raised her hand and casually adjusted her big waves: "It's natural. I guess I'm just more sensitive to colors."
As they were talking, the concrete wall slowly opened. Everyone looked inside and saw that it was pitch black again. With the light from the incandescent lamp above the passage, they could only see the concrete floor a few dozen centimeters in front of them.
"Let's go in?" Li Yu looked inside curiously.
"You are not afraid at all!" Tao Huayu said to him.
Li Yu walked in: "They are all fake anyway."
Tao Huayu followed him in.
Du Yunkai also walked in holding Wenxi's hand.
Liu Wangxue grabbed Xu Qingsong's arm tightly, wishing she could stick to him.
Xu Qingsong pulled his arm out and hugged her instead, stroking her waist twice, with a smile in his voice: "Don't be afraid, Xiaoyu said it's fake."
Liu Wangxue knew it was fake, but couldn't help herself: "Darkness represents the unknown, and the unknown triggers fear. There's nothing we can do about it."
Xu Qingsong stood behind her and covered her completely, then led her forward: "If you were afraid, why didn't you tell me earlier? Let's choose another script."
"Oh, this is exciting." Liu Wangxue sighed.
After everyone entered, the concrete wall closed. After two seconds, all the lights came on, and everyone realized that they were in a living room.
The living room was decorated quite warmly. Some decorations such as ribbons, balloons and flowers and the words "Happy Birthday" hanging by the window showed that this was probably a birthday party. There were simulated dishes and birthday cakes on the dining table nearby, and the single sofa was piled with gift boxes. A wedding photo was hung on the sofa wall. The bride and groom were handsome and beautiful, smiling happily, and looked like a perfect match.
Everyone immediately started moving around to see if they could find any useful information. Tao Huayu turned around and saw Xu Qingsong holding Liu Wangxue from behind. He immediately looked disgusted and asked, "Do you two want to do this?"
Xu Qingsong smiled, and even lowered his head to kiss Liu Wangxue on the side of her face: "What's the matter? I'm protecting my girlfriend, what's wrong with that?"
Liu Wangxue immediately turned around and pushed him away. Xu Qingsong pretended to be hurt: "Are you going to cross the river and destroy the bridge so soon?"
Tao Huayu rolled his eyes.
Li Yu turned around after hearing this and said, "Brother Huayu is envious and jealous."
"Found it!" Wenxi picked up a photo frame on the shelf. The people in the photo were exactly the same as the ones in the wedding photo on the wall. She showed everyone the back, which read "Jiang Feifei LOVE Liang Bojun". "So this is the home of the hero and heroine."
At this time, the man in the photo, Liang Bojun, came down the stairs. He was wearing a three-piece suit, gold-rimmed glasses, and his hair was neatly combed. He looked even more handsome than in the photo. He smiled and apologized to everyone: "Sorry, it was a call from a patient who had just had facial plastic surgery last week and is recovering. His family was worried, so I chatted a little longer."
Wenxi put the photo frame back and whispered to Liu Wangxue, "Are all NPCs so handsome nowadays?"
Liu Wangxue agreed: "It seems that the internal competition in the industry is really very serious."
Du Yunkai responded to Liang Bojun: "Oh, so you are a plastic surgeon?"
Liang Bojun motioned for everyone to sit down, and replied to Du Yunkai with a smile: "You are right. I was able to work in this hospital because of your connections."
Everyone looked at Du Yunkai, and Du Yunkai said that he was not sure for the time being.
Liang Bojun continued, "You are all Feifei's friends. Today is the third anniversary of Feifei and I's marriage, and it is also her birthday. Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to come and help arrange this party for her."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Li Yu and said, "Thank you Mr. Li for the cake. The desserts in your store have always been Feifei's favorite."
Everyone looked at Li Yu, his identity was revealed: the owner of a dessert shop.
Li Yu: "You're welcome."
Liang Bojun looked at Xu Qingsong and said, "Mr. Xu, you must remember that when Feifei and I got married, we held our wedding banquet in your restaurant. This time, because it is our anniversary, we ordered all the dishes for the wedding banquet. Thank you for taking the time to cook for us in your busy schedule."
Xu Qingsong, identity get√, restaurant owner.
Xu Qingsong: "No, no, it's my duty."
Liang Bojun looked at Tao Huayu again: "I heard that Boss Tao is planning to close the flower shop, right? I wonder what your plans are in the future? Is there anything I can do to help you?"
Tao Huayu, identity get√, flower shop owner.
Tao Huayu: "I haven't decided yet, let's talk about it later."
Everyone looked at Tao Huayu and accused him of being too rude. Tao Huayu spread his hands and said, "What can I do? I don't know anything."
After the little fight, the living room fell into silence.
Logically, the venue was set up and it was time for the hostess to appear. Liu Wangxue asked, "Where's Feifei?"
Liang Bojun looked at his watch and replied to Liu Wangxue: "Didn't I say I was going to your shop for a beauty treatment? I should be back soon."
Everyone looked at Liu Wangxue, his identity was revealed: the owner of a beauty salon.
As soon as Liang Bojun finished speaking, the door lock sounded, and then the door was pushed open, and a pretty woman with long hair, wearing a white dress and carrying a woven bag came in.
Wenxi whispered to Liu Wangxue again: "Oh my god, I would believe if they said the NPCs here are celebrities."
Liu Wangxue nodded and praised: "So beautiful and elegant."
Liang Bojun stood up to greet her and opened his arms to give Jiang Feifei a hug.
Liu Wangxue nudged Wen Xi with her elbow: "Look, Jiang Feifei's limbs are so stiff."
"Yeah," Wenxi said, "It doesn't feel like I'm facing my lover."
After the couple hugged, Liang Bojun pulled Jiang Feifei over and said, "I've prepared a birthday surprise for you."
Jiang Feifei glanced at everyone present, but her face showed only surprise and no joy. Everyone could tell that she was trying hard to act "surprising": "Wow! Thank you everyone!"
Liang Bojun seemed to be unaware of it, and asked her gently, "Do you like it?"
Jiang Feifei nodded: "I like it."
Then they went through the birthday process again. Liang Bojun said, "Then I won't waste your time. Feifei and I want to spend some time alone together."
So everyone tactfully stood up and said goodbye, and Liang Bojun and Jiang Feifei saw them out.
At the door, Liang Bojun extended his hand to Du Yunkai: "Mr. Du, I heard that your laboratory has developed a new anti-aging drug. When it is launched on the market, don't forget our hospital."
Du Yunkai, identity get√, laboratory owner.
Du Yunkai shook his hand and said, "Of course."
Liang Bojun escorted everyone to the door without even stepping over the threshold. Jiang Feifei, on the other hand, escorted everyone to the roadside. She approached Wenxi, pleading in her eyes, and said softly and quickly, "Save me, I left something in your nail salon..."
Wenxi, identity get√, nail salon owner.
"Fei Fei." Liang Bojun called out in a serious tone.
Jiang Feifei shuddered all over and immediately turned around and walked back.
Several people watched Jiang Feifei go in and the door was closed.
Liu Wangxue asked Wenxi: "What did she say to you just now?"
Wenxi frowned: "She asked me to save her and said she left something in my nail salon."
Tao Huayu pointed across the street and saw a flashing neon sign, which was "Sweetheart Nail Salon". He said, "Then let's go to the nail salon first, and see if we can explore Wenxi's side story first."
Everyone walked to the other side together. Li Yu scratched his head. "This is so strange. Didn't they ask us to find the murderer? We haven't even seen a victim in such a short time. How can we find the murderer? Some of the script-killing variety shows I watched always start with seeing a dead body."
"Maybe in the clues Feifei left?" Liu Wangxue guessed.
The decoration of the nail salon was sweet and dopamine-inducing, but the music playing was English heavy metal rock, which bombarded the ears of the few people as soon as they entered the door. The singer's pronunciation was not clear, and they could only hear a few words sporadically, such as "dead people... paradise... sweet riots".
A girl with dreadlocks was curled up on the sofa and browsing her phone. When she saw the person coming, she immediately stood up and said to Wenxi, "Boss, you're finally back!"
Wenxi blurted out a question: "Why does Sweetheart Nail Salon play such a song?"
The girl with dreadlocks looked confused: "Boss, you asked me to play it. You said this is your favorite song. We play it on loop all day long in our store."
Wenxi couldn't believe it, her brows furrowed tightly, "Are you kidding?! Do I have such bad taste? Turn it off, my ears are going deaf."
"Oh," the girl with dreadlocks muttered as she turned to the front desk to turn off the speakers, "He's so moody."
Liu Wangxue whispered to Xu Qingsong: "Information point one, personality, moody."
Xu Qingsong nodded: "Judging from the decoration and preferences, I guess the contrast between the appearance and the interior is huge."
The girl with dreadlocks turned off the stereo and picked up her bag from the sofa: "Boss, I have something to do at home so I need to take two days off. I have to leave now. If I don't leave now, I will miss the high-speed train."
Several people looked at each other in bewilderment. So what was the purpose of this NPC? Just to point out a personality trait?
The girl with dreadlocks walked out after she finished speaking. When she reached the door, she suddenly turned back and pointed at the table: "I almost forgot, boss, Mrs. Liang came over just now. She said she passed by Sweetheart Dessert Shop and brought you a box of macarons. It's over there."
Wenxi walked to the table, opened the bag, and took out a transparent box with six macarons of different colors inside. She opened the box and touched it: "Plastic." Then she checked the bag, the box, and the plastic macarons, but there was no information at all.
While she was checking, Liu Wangxue and the others had already started searching other parts of the store.
Xu Qingsong tapped on the keyboard of the computer in front of the cash register. The screen lit up and showed that a password was required to open it: "The computer needs a password, everyone look for it."
After he finished speaking, his eyes fell on the macarons in Wenxi's hand. He had a guess in his mind and asked her, "Do you remember how the colors of this box of macarons were arranged before you clocked in?"
Wenxi remembered and told Xu Qingsong. Xu Qingsong tried several combinations and finally opened it with the capital letters of the English words for these colors.
As soon as the lock screen is opened, you can see a folder called "In-store Surveillance" on the desktop. Xu Qingsong clicks on it and there is only a video in it, which shows a girl with dreadlocks doing manicure for Jiang Feifei.
Liu Wangxue stood behind Xu Qingsong with a piece of paper in her hand and asked him, "Is there any key information?"
Xu Qingsong zoomed in on the video. In the video, Jiang Feifei was painting nail polish on a girl with dreadlocks with one hand, and writing something on a piece of paper with a pen in the other hand. The surveillance video was not very clear, and it was not clear what Jiang Feifei was writing even if it was zoomed in. From the direction of the pen, it could be vaguely determined that it was something like letters. (End of this chapter)
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