"Ahhh!"
Just as Mu Chen and Ming Mei were hinting to Lu Xiaoyao that although the character she played was honest, the person playing her was not, Lu Xiaoyao let out a scream that could be clearly heard even through the door.
Mu Chen raised an eyebrow at Mingmei at the opportune moment, indicating: See, I told you so?
"Something happened?"
However, Lu Xiaoyao's scream this time sounded more like she had been frightened by someone else than the startling screams she usually made.
"Aaaaaah—!"
The screaming continued.
"Something really happened!" (cascoo.net)
Mingmei and Mu Chen reached a consensus and rushed out the door together.
As soon as she stepped outside, she saw Li Yuan run out of the house next door. He met Mu Chen and Ming Mei, whose eyes held a strange look.
He seemed to be wondering why Mu Chen was in the same room as an NPC, or rather, a lunchbox merchant NPC.
"Help me! Help me!"
Before he could think it through, the three of them heard Lu Xiaoyao's screams coming from the end of the corridor, this time a direct call for help.
It's a hanging garden!
Upon hearing this, they immediately followed the sound and ran there.
When the group arrived, they saw Lu Xiaoyao holding a small box in one hand and an old newspaper with illegible contents in the other, with Lou Jia protecting her behind her.
Standing in front of Lou Jia and Lu Xiaoyao was Charlie, the cousin-in-law, with red eyes and extremely unstable emotions.
"Give me back my things."
Charlie stared intently at what Lu Xiaoyao was holding, and even the others who had come along noticed how much he valued what Lu Xiaoyao had discovered.
What are you holding in your arms?
Lou Jia, who had just been startled by Lu Xiaoyao's sudden rush, immediately protected Lu Xiaoyao with his hands before he could think when he heard her shout "Save me!" He also stopped Charlie, who was rushing towards Lu Xiaoyao from behind.
Right now, the other party's mental state is clearly not right.
What exactly happened?
Now, seeing the other person almost going crazy but restraining themselves, lowering their voice to ask Lu Xiaoyao to hand over what she was holding, Lou Jia also noticed that Lu Xiaoyao might have discovered something of divine importance.
"His parents' ashes."
After Lu Xiaoyao finished speaking, everyone gasped. Even the police officers standing nearby were speechless and asked, "Why did you take someone's parents' ashes?"
"I don't know either. It's his fault for not properly caring for his parents' ashes. They were put in a box with other things inside, which I haven't had a chance to see yet..."
Give him to me!
Before Lu Xiaoyao could finish complaining, Charlie roared again, making Lu Xiaoyao tremble.
Lu Xiaoyao's breathing quickened at the shout: "Fine, I'll give it to you, why are you being so fierce?"
Lu Xiaoyao recalled how she had been frightened by the other person's sudden, neurotic expression and had run so far away. Now, before she could say anything, the other person was yelling at her again. She was so angry that she wanted to smash the box on the other person's head. But then she remembered that there were ashes inside, so Lu Xiaoyao finally moved her lips and whispered, "Fine, I'll give it to you. Really... come and get it."
As she was about to hand the box to the other person, Lou Jia unexpectedly intercepted it and took it into his hands.
"Wait, you just said there was a book in here besides the ashes?"
"Hmm... it looks like a notebook, maybe folded paper... but I haven't seen it clearly yet."
"Then I..."
Lou Jia nodded, indicating that since Lu Xiaoyao hadn't looked at it, he might as well return the ashes to Charlie and check the diary himself. Judging from how nervous she was just now, there were many suspicious points about the character Charlie was playing.
"careful!"
Mingmei was the first to react to Charlie's actions.
Just as Lou Jia intercepted Lu Xiaoyao's act of returning the box, the string of "reason" in Charlie's mind completely snapped. Before Lou Jia could even think of his next plan, Charlie pounced on Lou Jia!
"Wow!"
The two police officers were also completely taken aback that there were actually players who dared to attack in front of the NPCs playing the role of police officers. They were about to rush forward to stop them.
Lu Xiaoyao, who was hiding behind Lou Jia, was also affected by Charlie's pounce. She was knocked back several steps and fell against the glass window of the rooftop garden behind her.
Lou Jia had been checking the outside situation from the window earlier. Because the glass wasn't closed properly, when Lu Xiaoyao fell, she slid her hand outwards and pushed the window open.
Immediately after, one of the two people behind her who had knocked her down stepped on Lu Xiaoyao's calf.
"ah!!!"
Upon hearing Lu Xiaoyao's scream, Mingmei saw Lu Xiaoyao, who was already unsteady, stagger and fall to the ground against the glass wall. The two men, also unsteady, were sent flying through the glass that Lu Xiaoyao had pushed open!
Everyone: 0.0!!
Lu Xiaoyao: What just flew over my head? _(:3」∠)_?
"ha!"
Just as Mingmei was about to close her eyes, unwilling to see the two people fall from the building right in front of her, the two NPCs who had tried to stop Charlie from going crazy finally came into play. Without hesitation, one of them lunged forward while the other tightly hugged her waist.
Finally, Lou Jia was pulled up with great difficulty, while Charlie... Everyone suddenly fell silent, and no one asked about the person who had suddenly gone mad and jumped from the 24th floor.
When Lou Jia finally stood firmly on the ground, he even gave a couple of uncertain stomps with his feet, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief along with him.
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