Chapter 117 Are You Angry?
"So what's wrong with my stethoscope?" Xiao Ji seemed completely unafraid of Lin Qiushi's suspicion, and asked sharply.
Lin Qiushi asked, "Did you use a stethoscope this morning?"
Xiao Ji didn't answer yes or no. He keenly realized that Lin Qiushi's question seemed to be a trap for him, so he didn't reply.
But Xiaomei, who was sitting next to him, said lightly: "Yes, he opened the box with a stethoscope this morning, and other people saw it too." She casually pointed to someone in the crowd.
The person Xiaomei pointed at nodded, indicating that Xiaomei hadn't lied. He said, "When I passed by the living room today, I did see Xiaoji unpacking something and using a stethoscope."
"Oh, so your stethoscope is indeed in working order?" Lin Qiushi asked. "Since there's no problem, can you show it to me?"
Xiao Ji sneered, "I'd like to see what you're keeping secret." He reached out and took off the stethoscope from around his neck and threw it to Lin Qiushi.
Lin Qiushi took the stethoscope and asked, "Xiaomei, have you not eaten?"
Xiaomei nodded and said in a cold tone: "Yes, Xiaoji heard a box man yesterday, so I didn't eat." This kind of thing is not strange, but normal. After all, the number of box people is increasing. It would be strange if Xiaoji had never encountered a box man from beginning to end.
"Well, being able to hear the movements of the people in the box means that this stethoscope is useful." Lin Qiushi said, "Then let's try it now." He put on the stethoscope, found someone nearby, and then pressed the stethoscope against his chest. As expected, the stethoscope, which was supposed to hear sounds, could not pick up any sound. There was silence in the ear.
"I can't hear anything." Lin Qiushi said, "You can try it too." He threw the stethoscope to the others.
Others picked up the stethoscope and listened carefully to make sure there was no sound inside the stethoscope.
Xiao Ji's expression turned cold. He said, "Just based on this, you want to convict me?"
Lin Qiushi spread his hands and said, "Your stethoscope is broken, so how on earth did you hear the sound in the box?"
Xiao Ji raised her chin and said, "I thought you had some way to prove my guilt. Sorry, I've tried it before, but this stethoscope is special and can't hear a person's heartbeat at all."
Lin Qiushi smiled faintly: "Oh? Are you sure?"
Xiao Ji said, "The props inside the door are different from those outside. Yu Linlin, you are not going to use this to slander me and take away my stethoscope, are you?!" He knocked on the table hard in an angry manner, looking like he was about to explode because he was wronged.
Lin Qiushi asked, "Are you sure this stethoscope can't hear heart sounds and is just a special prop?"
"What else? Do you know my tools better than I do?" Xiao Ji refused to accept the suggestion. After all, the stethoscope was always attached to him. He could say whatever he wanted, and no one else could do anything about it.
"What a pity." Lin Qiushi took the stethoscope in his hand and sighed, "If you didn't say that, I don't know what to do." As he spoke, he began to disassemble the stethoscope.
The stethoscope's earpiece was a twist-off metal ring, fitted with a special disc designed to amplify sound. However, when Lin Qiushi unscrewed the ring and pulled out the disc, the others stared at the stethoscope in stunned silence. They saw that the space behind the disc was filled with a ball of cotton, firmly blocking the stethoscope's sound path—no wonder they couldn't hear anything.
When Xiao Ji saw the ball of cotton, he was stunned at first, then his face changed drastically and he yelled, "Who told you to take apart my stethoscope—" As he spoke, he wanted to pounce on Lin Qiushi and snatch the stethoscope away, but was held down by Sun Yuanzhou who was already prepared.
When Xiao Ji saw that he couldn't get the stethoscope, he started swearing, and his intense emotions made it clear that something was very wrong.
Facing Xiao Ji's threats and insults, Lin Qiushi's face remained expressionless. He calmly removed the cotton and replaced the stethoscope. This time, when the stethoscope's speaker was placed on his chest, he could clearly hear the beating of his heart.
Lin Qiushi laughed and said, "You're using this to distinguish between box men and box women? It's really not easy."
Xiaomei also sneered. Ever since her lover's death, an irreversible change seemed to have taken place in her. She had completely shed the awkwardness and timidity of a newcomer and had become extremely indifferent.
Watching the interaction between Lin Qiushu and Xiaomei, Xiaoji finally understood what was going on. He glared at Xiaomei viciously and cursed, "You betrayed me? You stinky bitch—you stuffed cotton into my stethoscope?!"
Xiaomei crossed her arms and looked at Xiaoji indifferently: "So what if it's me?"
"Why the hell did you sell me out?" Xiao Ji said, "I clearly helped you kill Wei Xiu De——"
Xiaomei burst into laughter upon hearing this, her laughter bringing tears to her eyes. She reached out and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, saying, "How can you be so naive? You're helping me? Aren't you helping yourself? Besides..." Her voice became vicious, and her tone seemed to want to tear a piece of skin off Xiaoji's body. "The Box Girl killed the person I love, and you cooperated with her? You really deserve to die!!!"
Xiao Ji was breathing heavily, his eyes red with anger.
To prevent him from breaking free, the others had already tied him up with ropes. After Lin Qiushi put the stethoscope away, he casually placed it on the table and said coldly, "Do you have anything else to say?"
Xiao Ji gritted his teeth and sneered: "Haha, so what if it's me? If you have the guts, just kill me." He did not rely on the stethoscope to determine whether there was a box girl, because he actually had to open three boxes a day, so he had to follow the box girl's instructions to avoid mistakes.
If he hadn't said yesterday that there was a person in the box that Xiaomei opened, he might have been able to get back on his feet, but now it seems that these people have been suspicious of him for a long time.
"What a shame." Lin Qiushi stood up and walked over to Xiao Ji. "Do you think I wouldn't dare kill you?" He lowered his head and stared at Xiao Ji. "There are always ways."
Xiao Ji flinched under Lin Qiushi's gaze, then seemed infuriated by his own reaction. He gritted his teeth and sneered, "Hahahaha, you're a pathetic person too! So what if you kill me? Will your lover be resurrected if you kill me? He's already dead—died last night, at the hands of the box girl—don't you want to know where the fire extinguisher is? I'm telling you, I hid it in a box. You'll never find it!"
After he finished speaking, before Lin Qiushi could move, Xiaomei, who was standing next to him, kicked Xiaoji. She kicked Xiaoji to the ground, then crushed Xiaoji's hand with her foot and screamed, "It's all your fault. He died because of you, you monster! You're a monster who collaborated with ghosts! You deserve to die!"
"Xiaomei, calm down!" Sun Yuanzhou quickly hugged her, worried that she would do something extreme. Although it would allow her to vent her anger, it would also get herself into trouble.
"I know." Xiaomei stopped and said coldly, "I know, I won't die. I want to live well and live for him." She reached out to wipe away her tears and lowered her voice, "I should have been the one to open that box..."
Xiao Ji burst into laughter upon hearing Xiao Mei's words. He glared at Lin Qiushi with a malicious look and was about to use even more extreme words to provoke the two people who had lost their loved ones when he heard brisk footsteps at the door, followed by a laughing voice: "Who said I'm dead?"
Everyone was stunned. They looked up at the door and saw Ruan Nanzhu, who was supposed to have died yesterday, appear before them. Ruan Nanzhu looked at everyone with a smile, slowly walked up to Lin Qiushi, and said, "Dear, I'm back."
Lin Qiushi glanced at him and said nothing.
He didn't respond, but Xiao Ji screamed sharply, "Impossible, impossible, how could you survive—Impossible!!!" Killing Ruan Nanzhu was his most successful move. He buried the key and destroyed a tool that could kill the box girl! But this person who should have died appeared before him intact!
"Little boy, do you know why veterans don't dare to lead newbies through too many gates?" Ruan Nanzhu looked at him, his eyes full of pity. "Because only veterans who have passed the previous gates have the trump cards. Do you really think that going through so many gates was in vain?"
Lin Qiushi stood next to Ruan Nanzhu. He looked at the people around him and noticed that there was a circle of red marks on Ruan Nanzhu's wrist, which looked like a tattoo and was particularly eye-catching on the fair wrist.
"Look, I'm fine now." Ruan Nanzhu said to Xiao Ji, "Isn't it surprising? Are you surprised?"
Xiao Ji was so angry that he was shaking all over and almost fainted.
"Fuck, Zhu Meng, how did you survive?" Liang Miye was also shocked when she saw Ruan Nanzhu, and asked the question everyone wanted to ask, "You, you shouldn't have already..."
"I told you, I have a trump card." Ruan Nanzhu said, "Don't worry too much..." When he said this, he glanced at Lin Qiushi secretly, but saw that Lin Qiushi had a blank expression and ignored him at all. He couldn't help but secretly curse in his heart.
"Let's find out where the fire extinguisher is first," Lin Qiushi said. "This thing is quite important."
"Let me ask." Xiaomei said gently, lifting the hair from her ear. "I guarantee that when I find out, he's still alive."
"What are you going to do?!" Xiao Ji was frightened by Xiao Mei's eyes and cursed a bunch of dirty words. Seeing that Xiao Mei was unmoved, he wanted to play the emotional card again, "Xiao Mei, I really like you! Otherwise, I wouldn't help you kill Wei Xiu De!"
"Haha." Xiaomei smiled, "Kill Wei Xiu De?" She said lightly, "A stupid newcomer is naturally much easier to control than a smart old man. Besides, I don't believe you will let me go in the end." Since Xiaoji and Xiangnu have reached an agreement, in order to prevent Xiangnu from temporarily reneging on the agreement, he will definitely kill everyone and put himself under the protection of the sect's rules. It would be really stupid if Xiaomei believed his lies.
Xiaomei saw this very clearly, which was why she cooperated with Lin Qiushi. After Xiaomei finished speaking, she looked at Ruan Nanzhu and said, "I thought you were really dead."
Ruan Nanzhu smiled and said nothing.
Then, the others began interrogating Xiao Ji, trying to find out the location of the fire extinguisher he had hidden. Lin Qiushi sat nearby and remained silent. In fact, he hadn't spoken a single word to Ruan Nanzhu since he returned.
Ruan Nanzhu was teasing Lin Qiushi at first with a smile, but later he realized something was wrong and quickly called Lin Qiushi out, saying that he wanted to talk to him alone.
Lin Qiushi walked into the compartment with Ruan Nanzhu with an expressionless face and said, "Go ahead, what do you want to say?"
Ruan Nanzhu asked, "Linlin, are you angry?" He deliberately used his pretty face to look pitiful and whispered, "Please don't be angry with me."
It has to be said that if it were any other day, Lin Qiushi would have stopped being angry after seeing Ruan Nanzhu like this, but today he just hummed coldly and remained silent.
"Linlin, Linlin..." Ruan Nanzhu said, "Don't be angry. It hurts to see you angry." He grabbed Lin Qiushi's hand and carefully kissed the corner of Lin Qiushi's lips. "Okay?"
Lin Qiushi remained unmoved: "I just want to ask you one question."
Ruan Nanzhu said: "Yeah."
Lin Qiushi: "Are you sure you can survive?"
Ruan Nanzhu said: "Of course it is true..."
However, before he could finish his words, Lin Qiushi interrupted him fiercely. He suppressed the anger that was about to burst out and called out Ruan Nanzhu's name: "Ruan Nanzhu, at this time, you're still lying to me?!"
Ruan Nanzhu said, "Linlin, I really have a way. Do you still remember the red bracelet I gave you inside the door of 'Using People as Mirrors'? That bracelet can offset three times the damage from supernatural beings..." He raised his wrist, revealing the bright red mark on his wrist, "Look, I'm fine, aren't I?" As he said this, he smiled ingratiatingly at Lin Qiushi.
However, upon hearing Ruan Nanzhu's explanation, Lin Qiushi sneered. He asked, "If you were sure you could survive, would you have put the key and the white wood stump together?" He grew increasingly angry, practically growling in his final breath, "Are you treating me like a fool?"
Ruan Nanzhu wanted to explain further, but Lin Qiushi no longer wanted to listen. He said, "Let's talk about these things after we get out. I'm in a bad mood right now. If you continue, I'll get angry with you." After he said this, he turned and left without giving Ruan Nanzhu any chance to explain.
Ruan Nanzhu was in tears.
Lin Qiushi also thought that Ruan Nanzhu was really infected at that time, until he heard Ruan Nanzhu's farewell. Ruan Nanzhu said, "Yu Linlin, I love you." - This sentence directly woke Lin Qiushi up, and he realized something in an instant.
If Ruan Nanzhu felt that he was going to die, he would at least call out Lin Qiushi's real name instead of Yu Linlin when making his final confession.
Lin Qiushi, who understood everything, calmed down his emotions that were about to collapse, and suppressed his anger towards Ruan Nanzhu deep in his heart.
The interrogation had also yielded results; Xiao Ji had finally revealed where she had hidden the fire extinguisher. As for the method she had used, Lin Qiushi didn't ask. He wasn't kind enough to forgive the man who nearly killed Ruan Nanzhu. Not personally taking action against Xiao Ji was the last bit of his patience.
Xiao Ji confessed everything, saying that he was bewitched by the box girl when he first arrived. He was much luckier than the deceased Tian Gu Xue. As soon as he entered the room, he took the props on the table and hid the rule book.
Of course, in order to prevent others from getting suspicious, he hid the props in a box in the living room, and then after reading the rule book, he placed the rule book in a corner of the restaurant.
Afterwards, Xiao Ji opened three boxes in front of everyone, took out the props, and unlocked the box girl's first skill by the way.
As for Tian Guxue, it was completely a smokescreen created by the box girl. When Ruan Nanzhu suspected Tian Guxue, he felt that something was wrong, because Tian Guxue's IQ did not seem to be able to compete for this cooperation. Sure enough, behind her, there was a high-profile Xiao Ji, whose high profile made people not suspect him.
Ruan Nanzhu's unexpected appearance made Lin Qiushi rethink everything. He privately contacted Xiaomei and had her tamper with Xiaoji's stethoscope. Luckily, Xiaoji revealed a flaw, allowing Lin Qiushi to confirm his identity as the accomplice.
Everything was going well, except for someone who cheated him.
Ruan Nanzhu must have anticipated the existence of a second accomplice, even guessing they would attack him. To avoid implicating Lin Qiushi, he concealed everything and endured the two attacks of the Box Woman alone. In reality, everything Ruan Nanzhu did was risky. Even if he was 80% certain the bracelet could block the Box Woman's damage, there was still a 20% chance of risk. That's why he chose to leave behind the key and props and enter the room where Tian Guxue was imprisoned alone.
Lin Qiushi understood the reason, but he still couldn't control his anger. The thought of Ruan Nanzhu dying alone in the room, without even being able to see her body, was hard for him to accept.
"Are you okay?" After the two came out, the subtle atmosphere around them made people a little worried, so Liang Miye asked in a low voice.
"Nothing," Lin Qiushi said coldly, "What could it be?"
Liang Miye: "..." You don't look like you're alright. It was the first time she saw that flattering expression on Ruan Nanzhu's face.
"Baby, are you hungry?"
"No."
"Baby, are you thirsty?"
"No."
"Baby……"
"Don't call me baby."
“Linlin…”
"Shut up."
The above is the conversation between the two people. The expressions of the people around them became subtle. Sun Yuanzhou suppressed his smile, coughed a few times, and said, "You two are really interesting, but now is not the time to flirt, let's discuss the matter of the box girl."
The most important thing now is the props they have obtained and how to kill the box girl and leave here.
"We only have six days at most," Ruan Nanzhu said. "After six days, the Box Woman should be able to activate 'Right Next to You' again. If we haven't escaped by then... I'm afraid we won't be able to escape."
"The tool we need to kill the Box Girl now is the Whitewood Chun. As long as we find her, we can attack her. If she wants to use her skills, she will cry." Sun Yuanzhou also sorted out his thoughts, "We just need to wait..."
"Yes," Ruan Nanzhu said, "but the white wooden stake can only be used once. If we use it in the wrong place, we will lose a very important opportunity." The white wooden stake must be used before the box is opened. He said, "The gasoline that was stuffed through the door earlier was also not used. It is also a vital prop."
"Well, I just don't know if there's any significant difference between the box girl's box and everyone else's box," Lin Qiushi said. "It would be best if the stethoscope could tell the difference. If not, it would be quite troublesome."
From what we can see so far, when the box lady was howling, they could only determine the room she was in, but not which specific box she was in.
So they actually have risks.
"It would be safer if we could find some more props," Ruan Nanzhu said, "but time waits for no one."
Everyone fell into deep thought.
Today, the box girl seemed to have realized that the situation was not good, and she did not use any skills to howl. Lin Qiushi could only confirm that the box girl was on the first floor, but he did not know her exact location.
The box girl didn't cry, and they hadn't made any progress, so they could only wait.
While waiting, Ruan Nanzhu shamelessly kept talking to Lin Qiushi. Lin Qiushi responded intermittently at first, but later he got annoyed and was too lazy to say anything, lowering his head to play with his phone.
Ruan Nanzhu showed a resentful expression, wishing he could become the thing in Lin Qiushi's hand.
Liang Miye watched the interaction between the two and tried to hold back her laughter. The Obsidian leader Ruan Nanzhu looked so aloof outside the door, but who would have thought that he would be like this inside? Of course, she didn't dare to laugh out loud. After all, she had irritated Ruan Nanzhu and made him angry... She didn't have the same treatment as Lin Qiushi.
Lin Qiushi was obviously still angry, and very angry.
Ruan Nanzhu looked at him with a rather worried look on his face. He felt that even with Zhu Meng's powerful advantage inside the door, he couldn't appease Lin Qiushi, so he was afraid that it would be even more troublesome outside the door.
So when he went to bed at night, Ruan Nanzhu quietly slipped onto Lin Qiushi's bed.
"Linlin, I'm scared." The person before him stared at Lin Qiushi innocently with those beautiful black eyes, "Will you sleep with me?"
Lin Qiushi had a blank expression on his face: "Are you afraid?"
Ruan Nanzhu: “Yes.”
Lin Qiushi: "What a coincidence, I'm scared too." He stood up, left Ruan Nanzhu on the bed, and moved to Ruan Nanzhu's bed.
Ruan Nanzhu: "..." It's over, it's over. His Linlin is really angry, and the kind that is hard to coax.
The author has something to say: Ruan Nanzhu: Are you angry?
Lin Qiushi: No.
Ruan Nanzhu: Are you angry?
Lin Qiushi: No.
Ruan Nanzhu: Life...
Lin Qiushi: If you ask me again, I’ll beat you to death.
Ruan Nanzhu:_(:з」∠)_
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