"I'll do it?"
"Yes."
Ji Xiunian has been following Lu Xu since he started working, and has never tried to take orders by himself.
Although he has not had much chance to use the work computer after getting it, Ji Xiunian has logged into the "Death Home App" countless times, and the order-taking process is already familiar to him.
[A new customer is about to ascend to heaven 70 meters away from the Kaesong No. 5 bus stop. Do you want to take the order? ]
Ji Xiunian immediately chose "yes", and then turned his head to ask Lu Xu if this is correct.
"Yes, Brother Nian is great." Lu Xu looked at the screen and nodded, and did not forget to give Ji Xiunian a thumbs up, and smiled and praised him.
"I'm not a child, there's no need to coax me like this." Maybe Lu Xu's praise was too natural, and Ji Xiunian was a little embarrassed. Taking orders is a relatively simple matter. Ji Xiunian just thinks that it is the right thing to do.
But although he said that there is no need to exaggerate, the corners of Ji Xiunian's mouth rose unconsciously.
The two of them put their heads together to discuss the new order. It happened that Xu Haoming opened the door to come out. Seeing this, he was stunned for a moment: "Brother Nian, Brother Xu, why don't you come in?"
In Xu Haoming's view, the two people at the door were huddled together and he didn't know what they were looking at, but he just felt that Lu Xu and Ji Xiunian were inexplicably matched.
Xu Haoming didn't know why he felt that the two men were a good match. After coming back to his senses, he felt that he thought too much.
He wanted to shrink his head back, but he felt that it seemed too deliberate, so he asked casually.
Lu Xu should have gone back to the dormitory, but now that he had a new order, he naturally had to go to Ji Xiunian's place.
He stuffed the eighth sister into Xu Haoming's arms, and then smiled and said naturally: "Brother Nian and I ordered takeout to prepare for a snack. I will come back after I eat."
"Okay." Xu Haoming subconsciously took the eighth sister and held her in his arms, and did not forget to express envy to Lu Xu. "Brother Xu, you have really good genes. You don't get fat even if you eat supper every day."
Artists have to work hard to maintain their figure in order to look good on camera, even boys are no exception.
Xu Haoming himself is not fat, but he is young and has a good digestive ability. If he follows Lu Xu's way of eating, it will naturally not work.
He always thought that he must go out and eat for two days after the competition. Now facing Lu Xu, he can only envy him.
The client was on the way to Shengtian Road, so Lu Xu didn't delay. He simply said a few perfunctory words to Xu Haoming and went back to the room with Ji Xiunian to "wait for takeout."
Xu Haoming carried Bamei back to the room. The two people inside heard Lu Xu talking but didn't see him come in, so they couldn't help but ask, "Why didn't Brother Xu come back with you?"
"He went to get Brother Nian's takeout. I guess he came back after eating."
"Going to get a free meal again?" Han Tianyu couldn't help but be surprised and said casually, "Why do I feel like Brother Xu is either eating at Brother Nian's place or on his way to eat at Brother Nian's place."
In their impression, as long as Lu Xu is not in the dormitory, he must have gone to Ji Xiunian's place.
Han Tianyu didn't think much about it, but just felt that Lu Xu and Ji Xiunian really have a good relationship.
He raised his hand and gently rubbed Eighth Sister's head, grinning and saying, "You and your master are really funny. No matter whether it's a human or a cat, you've already got Brother Nian, right?"
"Meow..." Eighth Sister didn't know if she understood, but she just jumped down from Xu Haoming's arms, squatted on the table and began to lick her fur.
Song Zhe looked up at Eighth Sister, but didn't say anything after all.
***
"It should be here."
Lu Xu and Ji Xiunian successfully arrived at Kaicheng Road and found the bus stop, only to find that the surrounding area was deserted and sparsely populated.
This place is outside the Fifth Ring Road and is somewhat remote.
It's already 10:30 pm, and there's no one at the bus stop, and there's no sign of people or cars for a long time.
According to the task prompt, the customer should be nearby.
But the terrain here is flat and there are no obstacles. At a glance, there's no sign of people at all.
At first, Ji Xiunian even thought that something might have gone wrong, as there was no one there and no new orders.
"Let me check the navigation." Lu Xu didn't find the customer at first glance, but just opened the "Death Home App" and followed the red dot on it, crossing the bus stop and heading towards the wilderness.
The little red dot kept flashing, and it was getting closer and closer as they moved.
Seeing that they had arrived at the target mark, Ji Xiunian still didn't see anyone, and he became more confused.
Just as he was about to move forward, Lu Xu reached out and pulled him: "Brother Nian, be careful."
"Huh?" Ji Xiunian looked down and found that there was a well under his feet, but it was so dark that he couldn't see its existence at all.
"What is this?" Ji Xiunian was stunned at first, and then suddenly thought of something, "Is there a mysterious person down there?"
Lu Xu glanced at the navigation, and then nodded: "It seems so."
Late at night...
outskirts of the city...
dry well...
Ji Xiunian only thought about it for a moment, and instantly understood what happened.
He was at a loss for words in his heart, and for a moment he even hoped that he was overthinking.
However, when he and Lu Xu went down into the well, they found that there was indeed a figure curled up at the bottom of the well.
To be precise, the shadow had no entity, but just squatted by the shallow beach in the well and curled itself up into a ball, looking pitiful and helpless.
Ji Xiunian glanced at the data sent by the system, and his mood became more complicated. He raised his head to look at the black shadow, and then spoke in a deep voice: "Li Beibei, 18 years old, from Qingshan City. Cause of death: drowning in a well..."
The black shadow turned his head suddenly when he heard the voice, his face looked pale and green, and he looked a little scary.
His face was very childish, and he was just over 1.7 meters tall. Standing in front of the tall Ji Xiunian, he was just like a child.
"You guys..." Li Beibei thought that it was the Black and White Impermanence who came to pick him up after his death, but he didn't expect it to be Ji Xiunian and Lu Xu. There is no young person who doesn't know them. For a moment, Li Beibei didn't know whether he should be sad about his own death or shocked to see the stars after his death.
Seeing that he was young and looked like a child, Ji Xiunian couldn't help but soften his voice: "We are your personal death gods, and we are here to send you off."
"Are celebrities also doing this part-time?" Li Beibei was even more confused after hearing this, and asked tentatively, "Am I dead and not dreaming?"
"Hmm." Ji Xiunian didn't know what tone to use to announce the news of the young boy's death. He also felt that this was a bit regretful, but reality is always cruel.
Li Beibei felt a little aggrieved and annoyed, muttering to himself: "I was so young, how could I die?"
Just by listening to the name, you can tell that Li Beibei's family really treats him as a treasure and has spoiled him since he was a child.
Li Beibei thinks he is an ordinary young man. His grades are so-so. After graduating from high school, he did not get into the university of his choice and prepared to find a job.
He did not follow his family's advice to stay in his hometown, but thought about going to the capital to try his luck while he was young.
However, without a diploma and without any skills, Li Beibei could only start as a waiter after arriving in Dongcheng.
Working day after day made him feel a little depressed. In order to dispel the loneliness and confusion of leaving his hometown, Li Beibei often asked friends to go out for dinner and drinks.
Today, a few brothers got together again. Li Beibei drank a lot and was obviously drunk.
After saying goodbye to his friends, Li Beibei took a taxi here. The hotel where he worked was at the foot of the mountain not far away. Li Beibei wanted to take a shortcut and go back quickly, but
he never thought that there would be a well that eats people here. The water in the well was flowing in all directions. He fell into it and died before he had time to struggle.
Not only that, his body was washed away by the sewage.
Li Beibei didn't expect that the first time he faced death was to experience it.
He squatted at the bottom of the well and was a little overwhelmed. He was scared to death when he saw the rats and insects crawling on the wall next to him.
Fortunately, two people came out of the well before his emotions were about to collapse, which made Li Beibei feel much more at ease.
"So I have to report to the underworld now, right?" Li Beibei really wanted to leave here, but he was still worried about his family. Because he was young and was away from home, his parents asked him to report home every day.
Before this, Li Beibei just sent a perfunctory message as a task, until today he thought about reporting to his parents and having a good chat, but there would be no chance anymore.
"Hey, hey, hey, my phone is still in the water. I bought a new fruit 11, which cost two months' salary..." Li Beibei stared at the bottom of the water and sighed. God knows that what he cared about was not the phone, but the emotions that the phone conveyed on his behalf.
Soon, Ji Xiunian imitated Lu Xu and sent people to the underworld. Once the customer information is sent, the order will be officially effective.
"Congratulations, Brother Nian, you can now take on tasks independently."
Lu Xu smiled, and he didn't seem to be affected by the Li Beibei incident.
Ji Xiunian was still thinking about the young face he had just seen. He glanced at the rushing water and asked Lu Xu, "Can his body be retrieved soon?"
Lu Xu thought for a moment and shook his head, "It will probably take a day or two to find him missing, and it's not easy to find this location..."
In fact, if it weren't for the navigation, it would be difficult for the two of them to find the well.
Who would have thought that this person would fall into the well? Even if it was suspected that he
was under the well, it would be very difficult to retrieve and search for the body.
After all, the rescuers did not have the exact information they did, and they could not even be sure whether Li Beibei was in there.
If the sewage continued to flush, it was not certain that Li Beibei's body would be found.
Almost every year, there are incidents of people falling into wells on rainy days, but the sewers are interconnected, and it is unknown how many people have gone missing and their bodies have not been found.
When he thought that Li Beibei's body might have been soaking in there, Ji Xiunian felt uncomfortable.
He hesitated and did not leave immediately, but just asked Lu Xu if he could help find the body before leaving.
That face was really too childish. Ji Xiunian could not save him, but he also hoped that he could rest in peace.
Lu Xu looked at Ji Xiunian deeply, and then nodded in agreement: "If you want, of course you can."
That's great.
Ji Xiunian felt relieved after hearing this, but the water flow was complicated and he really didn't know where Li Beibei's body went.
Just when Ji Xiunian was thinking about the feasibility of going into the water to retrieve the body, Lu Xu pointed him in a direction: "His body is over there..."
Ji Xiunian walked to the corner of the sewer without thinking and squatted on it to look down.
He himself was a mysophobia patient, but when he saw the shadow under the water, Ji Xiunian reached into the water without hesitation and pulled the body up.
The young body was still cold, and even the face looked very scary.
However, Ji Xiunian didn't care about these things and just said that the body was properly placed.
Seeing a pack of soaked cigarettes sticking out of the corpse's trouser pocket, Ji Xiunian thought for a moment and took it out. When he left the well, he put the cigarettes next to the well as a reminder to those who came later.
The two of them came to the accident scene in good condition, but when they returned, they were covered in dust and dirt, and even their clothes were full of dirt.
Lu Xu was fine, only his shoes were a little dirty, but Ji Xiunian's situation was much more serious, after all, he had carried the corpse up himself.
As soon as they returned to the room, Ji Xiunian urged Lu Xu to take a shower: "It's too dirty in there, you should take a shower quickly."
Lu Xu himself didn't like the smell, but looking at Ji Xiunian's body, he felt that he needed a shower more than himself, so he said: "Brother Nian, you should go first, your clothes are all dirty."
Ji Xiunian unbuttoned his clothes while urging Lu Xu: "You take a shower first, and then I'll go over."
The two of them pushed back and forth for several times, and it was Lu Xu who put forward a new suggestion: "If it were me, I would say we should just take a shower together. Anyway, your bathroom is big, so no one would have to give in to anyone else."