Lu Yao took a step back, with doubt in his eyes: "Mobile game or PC game? Sorry, I don't play games much."
Zhuang Liang looked at Lu Yao deeply, as if observing.
The man in police uniform behind Zhuang Liang came over, his brows were deeply locked, his eyes were full of fatigue and impatience, he showed his ID as usual, and then took out a photo, "I am Qi Jue, a special police officer from the third bureau in the city. Do you have any impression of the man in the photo?"
Lu Yao took the photo and raised his head after a while, "I met him on the road yesterday, what happened to him?"
Qi Jue asked anxiously, "Are you sure?" Lu Yao
took another look, the man in the photo was wearing a suit, it was Qi Chen, nodded and said, "Well, I met him on the road, he asked me to take him to the nearest bus stop. I thought his face looked a little strange, so I refused."
Her words did not contradict the scene he saw in the surveillance. She herself was not a big suspect, but there were few clues at the moment, so Qi Jue decided to come and try his luck.
After listening to her story, Qi Jue directly ruled out the idea that Lu Yao and Qi Chen were related, and took the photo back from her hand in disappointment.
Lu Yao supported the coffee in her arms and asked again casually: "What happened to him?"
Qi Jue: "He's missing."
After asking the question, he lost interest in Lu Yao and turned around to leave.
Zhuang Liang had been looking at Lu Yao, his narrow eyes carrying a hint of scrutiny, "Is the snack bar on the street ahead Miss Lu's store?"
Lu Yao didn't like Zhuang Liang's eyes, frowned slightly, and said "hmm".
Zhuang Liang hesitated for a moment, then glanced at the coffee in Lu Yao's hand. He was about to say something when Qi Jue's phone rang.
"Found it? Where is it? We'll be there right away." Qi Jue hung up the phone, turned around and called Zhuang Liang, and the two left in a hurry.
After watching the two leave, Lu Yao asked the system, "What did the phone say?"
[Qi Chen's body was found.] Lu Yao
paused, and a chill ran through her body.
She stood outside the snack bar for half an hour before pushing the door open and going in.
Bai Ming had gone somewhere, and only Qi Chen was left in the store.
He sat by the window, his head tilted toward the window, looking at the scenery outside the window infatuatedly. When he heard the voice, he turned around and saw her immediately got up and walked over, "Why did you take so long?" Lu
Yao was fully prepared mentally, calmly handed him the coffee, and stretched out his other hand, "Life Guide."
Qi Chen took out a black booklet from his pocket and handed it to him. He took the coffee and sat back by the window. He took a sip and frowned slightly: "The ice has melted."
"There are ice cubes under the bar, add them yourself." Lu Yao casually pulled a chair and sat down.
The "Life Guide" was the size of a palm, and the black cover was cool and smooth to the touch. When he opened the first page, Lu Yao's pupils shrank.
"Welcome to the land of death - the land of dreams."
"Only the dead can enter here."
Lu Yao was shocked, but he actually vaguely guessed something.
If she had only a vague feeling before, she roughly understood it after hearing the news of Qi Chen's death.
This is a world where the dead live. There is nothing except endless time, and everything depends on illusion.
After thinking it through, it doesn't seem so scary.
Lu Yao accepted it faster than he expected.
This guide is quite realistic, with maps of thirteen areas, subway routes, how to find accommodation quickly, how to master illusion...
Well, I found something interesting.
Lu Yao has always been curious about "illusions", mainly because he is afraid that he will fail one day, and it is not easy to ask Xingzi and Bai Ming, so he immediately prepared to learn from them.
Qi Chen supported his chin with one hand, looked at her quietly for a long time, and couldn't help asking: "Do you understand it?" Lu Yao
nodded, thinking that it was a good opportunity for a deep chat since they were the only two people now.
Qi Chen had seen her in the present world, so he had to untie this knot.
Lu Yao was about to speak when Qi Chen suddenly crossed his arms and looked disgusted, "What on earth are you? A monster, a vengeful spirit, a witch, an alien?"
"..." She suddenly didn't want to talk to him. She didn't even dislike him as a new ghost, but he disliked her first.
The sky outside the window was getting dark. Lu Yao didn't want to spend the night in the store again. She returned the "Life Guide" to Qi Chen and drove him out. "I'm sorry to disappoint you. I'm just an ordinary person. I'm closing the store." Lu
Yao returned to the small apartment she rented, took a shower, and lay on the bed. She searched for "Paradise" on her mobile phone. Many information bars popped up, but none of them were the "Paradise" she was looking for - the game that Zhuang Liang mentioned.
She didn't know what game it was, but she had a hunch that the information she searched was not right.
Lu Yao sat up, picked up the business card given by Zhuang Liang, hesitated for a moment, and threw it into the trash can.
Sometimes curiosity should be limited. She was carrying a dream-fulfilling system on her back, and she was busy with her own affairs, so she didn't want to cause trouble.
The next day, Lu Yao arrived at the store early to prepare meat fillings. New wontons were to be served today. She
opened the door and saw Qi Chen standing outside. Lu Yao was a little surprised: "Why are you still here?"
Qi Chen looked at her calmly, "I want to work in your store."
Lu Yao: "Huh?"
Qi Chen: "In exchange, I won't tell your secret."
Lu Yao: "..."
Lu Yao came from his residence in the morning and saw the news on his mobile phone.
Qi Chen's body was found in an abandoned construction site in the suburbs. It was divided into several pieces and thrown in different areas. The murderer has not been found yet.
Lu Yao frowned, "What can you do?"
Qi Chen: "I used to run an amusement park. I understand the psychology of customers very well. I also have experience in managing employees and planning new projects. If you want to learn business management, I can teach you without reservation."
Lu Yao: "Okay, the trial period is seven days. You come and help me mix the wonton filling. We're going to open soon."
Qi Chen: "..."
This is different from what he thought.
In the kitchen, Qi Chen took off his suit, rolled up his sleeves, and worked hard to beat the meat balls with ice cubes.
At around eight o'clock, Bai Ming and Xingzi came.
With Xingzi was a purple-haired boy, about fifteen or sixteen years old.
Xingzi pushed the boy in front of Lu Yao, "Manager, this is Xiaojia."
Xiaojia used to work as a ticket collector in the cinema and was a colleague of Xingzi.
When she heard that the snack bar was hiring, she came to apply.
Lu Yao accepted Xiaojia according to his conscience, thinking that it was a good thing that he hired Qi Chen in the morning, otherwise her room full of employees would be poached from the next door, which would be embarrassing.
As soon as he arrived at the office in the morning, the guard captain Bai Jian saw a familiar resignation letter lying on the table, the third one in this month.
After reading the content of the letter with a sullen face, Bai Jian walked to the window. The ticket collector who had just resigned from his place was busy in and out of the snack bar greeting customers with a head of purple hair.
"..."
Bai Jian crushed the resignation letter and was almost angry.
This damn snack bar!!!
With two more people in the store, it really felt a lot easier.
Lu Yao guessed that Xiao Qie was capable, but he didn't expect Qi Chen to be so good.
The man who looked pampered was actually very good at receiving guests and helping in the kitchen. The
new wontons were particularly popular, and the store's customer flow hit a new high. They were sold out just before noon. Lu Yao
fried a pot of dry chicken for the staff lunch. The fat and tender chicken was chopped into small pieces and marinated with small spices. After frying, it was stir-fried with potato strips, lotus root slices, and green pepper pieces. It was salty and spicy, and it was perfect with rice.
There was also a pot of boiled pork slices, with bean sprouts, bamboo shoots and mushrooms on the bottom, covered with tender pork slices, sprinkled with thinly roasted and chopped peppers, green and red dried peppers and garlic paste, and drizzled with boiling hot oil. The unique aroma of peppers, peppercorns and minced garlic was stimulated by the hot oil, colliding and interweaving into an appetizing strong aroma.
Then there were mapo tofu, preserved eggs with roasted peppers, and blanched Chinese cabbage.
On the first day of work, I had not yet been hired as a regular employee, so I had to leave a good impression on the owner.
Xiaoqie picked up a piece of chicken with reserve, and as soon as she took a bite, her hidden teeth came out uncontrollably.
The chicken is soft and easy to remove from the bone. It is covered with thick sauce. The taste is not as stimulating as the spicy grilled wings. After being fried with vegetables, the aroma of chicken blends with the fragrance of vegetables. The fragrance is complex and layered. One bite can make you finish half a bowl of rice.
The boiled pork slices are soft, smooth and tender, spicy, numb and fragrant. The vegetables at the bottom of the pot are crispy, tender and refreshing, and they are even more delicious than the meat when wrapped in spicy oil.
The mapo tofu and the spicy pepper and preserved egg rice are both excellent. The five dishes are large in quantity and delicious.
Xiaoqie's reserve only lasted for a second before he revealed his true nature and joined the army of food snatching.
Xingzi and Baiming next to him almost opened their mouths to their ears, even more exaggerated than him.
In less than 20 minutes, all five dishes were gone.
Xiaoqie leaned back on the chair, holding her stomach, and sighed with satisfaction: "I wanted to come when the store manager live-streamed the inaugural dinner for Brother Baiming that night. The employee meal is really delicious!" Xiaoqie
showed a mouthful of neat shark teeth, and Qi Chen's reaction was even greater than Lu Yao's, and he almost dropped the bowl on the ground.
When Baiming and Xingzi also let go completely, Qi Chen lowered his head and silently picked up the plate of blanched Chinese cabbage in front of him, not daring to stretch his chopsticks elsewhere.
Qi Chen: I often feel out of tune with my colleagues because I'm not perverted enough (literally).
After lunch, it's time to get off work, Xingzi, Baiming, and Xiaoqie cleaned up the table.
Qi Chen called Lu Yao, "You won't be open this afternoon?"
Lu Yao nodded, "The ingredients are sold out."
Qi Chen frowned and stared at her with a look of "disappointment", "Don't you think it's a waste to not be open for a whole afternoon and evening?"
Lu Yao lay flat on her face, "I've tried my best."
Qi Chen: "No, it's not enough. We can make breakfast in the morning, provide a full meal at noon, and make a round of supper in the evening. We can also provide afternoon tea by appointment during the lunch break."
This former amusement park owner had some occupational diseases. Lu Yao pulled him to a corner and sat down, "...Brother, you know What do people use to pay for meals in this world? "
Qi Chen: "Time?"
Lu Yao: "So you know. Do you know how much I spend on food every day? I just graduated and I don't have any money, but the only thing circulating in this world is time. If this continues, I will be drained in no time."
Qi Chen thought for a while and said, "...Why don't you take my money? I used to have some money, so I may not be able to give it all to you, but you can take 5 million."
Lu Yao: "..."
Brother, you are broken into pieces. How can an ordinary person like me get your 5 million legally?
Lu Yao felt that Qi Chen had deeply misunderstood something.
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