Let the wolf in
The long-lost sunshine leaked through the clouds, but the administrative building was shrouded in fog.
Lu Xingyang paced back and forth in the office. "The Blue Team has been in Qinyan Town for more than 24 hours, and there is no news to report back."
26 hours have passed since Gao Ying asked him for the content of the rules yesterday.
Lu Miao, who was sitting opposite him, was calmer than him. "Be patient. After all, this is an area of ghost stories that is constantly expanding."
"Gao Ying was once your captain. How likely do you think she and the pink team are to crack the game?"
Lu Miao thought without hesitation: "If the two teams actively cooperate, the success rate will be very high. Gao Yingt is a steady captain, she will not act recklessly before she understands the situation clearly."
Not like she likes taking risks anyway.
Lu Xingyang took a deep breath and returned to his seat. "We have been paying attention to the sudden death case and found that the situation is more serious than we thought. Not only in Nanjiang City, but other cities have also seen similar sudden deaths on the spot, and the dead have melted into a pile of rotten meat."
A looming haze loomed over her heart. "How many cities? How many dead?"
"There are two second-tier cities, and the latest death toll is 23. If Qinyan County can control the situation, the number of deaths from fleeing back to the city will increase slowly or not at all."
Lu Xingyang's eyes were piercing, and his tone was solemn: "Also, the number of ghost stories appearing in Nanjiang City has suddenly decreased in the past few days. We are worried that this is a bad omen. So our two departments decided that the Red Team and the Fluorescent Green Team will be on standby at all times and will not carry out new tasks for the time being."
"Red Team?" She frowned.
"Yeah, the Red Team is also the department's trump card."
Lu Miao shrugged: "Just stop going crazy."
The Fluorescent Green Team, which had no missions, was either attending classes or exercising. After she left Lu Xingyang's office, she went back to the base next door to do exercises.
During a break, she checked her phone and found a call from a certain number.
She knew the phone number and her heart skipped a beat.
She called back.
"Hello...?" Her voice trembled slightly.
"Xiaolu, please come back as soon as you have time. The demolition order for the entire area has been issued, and the deadline for relocation is three days."
She held the phone tightly.
"They said if the old city becomes a place of ghost stories, it will pose a serious safety hazard and must be completely demolished."
"I see."
"It's time to let bygones be bygones, little deer."
She pursed her lips and hung the line.
She did not participate in the rest of the exercise program and left early.
The black motorcycle rushed back to the old town, and the whistling sound vented the roar in its heart.
She stopped directly downstairs of her house and passed by the dirty old man who was shaking his head.
"Thank you, Uncle Chen." She whispered her thanks to the dirty old man.
The dirty old man left with a sigh.
Lu Miao climbed up the stairs, as if walking in the old man's fragile, blocked blood vessels. She became a drop of lingering, fresh, and only flowing blood.
The home where she grew up exudes a very faint red light.
She took out the key and opened the door.
The wall that came into view was covered with black and messy words, like a series of distorted and sick faces.
——Mom doesn’t love you
——Mom only loves me
——You are redundant
You don’t have to exist
You are a burden to your mother
…
The wall was covered with messages she left to her "brother". Her fragile and sensitive "brother" collapsed and destroyed half of the ghost story field in an attempt to kill her.
——I love my mother
——I miss my mother very much
——Mom loves me
——I am my mother’s child
——Mom will protect me
…
The "love" of her "mother" impacted the destruction of her "brother". That night, she sat in the hall with blood on her body, laughing.
Laughing like a madman.
She won.
She got the love of "Mom".
Her "mother" was not like that woman who would betray her, abandon her and slit her wrists, leaving her alone to face the hopeless world.
Lu Miao sat down on the sofa in a daze, looking at the note used by the "mother and daughter" to communicate.
The last time she asked "Mom" how she knew Si Lan.
Mom replied:
You knew that, didn't you?
Lu Miao mechanically tore up the note used for communication, got up and walked into the second bedroom.
The desk in the second bedroom was covered in dust, and there was a rag doll of a rabbit that had been torn apart and then roughly stitched together with needle and thread.
The rabbit doll is a gift from "mom" to the most obedient child. She wants to fight with her "brother" for it, and runs away from home with it, thus successfully escaping from this strange world.
"Brother" had disappeared long ago. She easily picked up the gray rabbit doll and walked out of the house step by step.
The dim red light surrounding the house disappeared, including the rabbit doll in her hand.
A white foam box appeared out of nowhere at the door.
Lu Miao picked up the foam box and left.
it's over.
The first weird story area she experienced.
The unit on the first floor near the gate is the home of the dirty old man. He used to be the building manager, but he stayed here because of his feelings for the building and because Lu Miao had not officially moved out yet.
Lu Miao placed the foam box reward in front of his door as a thank you for his care for her family in the past and now.
Beep beep——
The phone in my pocket beeped with a new message.
She leaned against the door frame, took out her cell phone, and returned to reality.
[Gao Ying]: [Voice 10s]
Lu Miao didn't dare to be careless. She sat under the shade of a tree outside the building and took out a mint before she dared to open her voice message.
Knock—knock.
Knock-knock-knock.
knock.
Knock—knock. Knock. Knock—
Knock. Knock.
knock--
Gao Ying used the rhythm of tapping to send Morse code:
No exit
No Exit
The gloomy evening was filled with a dead atmosphere, and the dilapidated and dilapidated buildings around it looked like seriously ill and dying old people.
Lu Miao knocked the metal dial of his sports watch with his key and replied to Gao Ying's Morse code voice message:
Hang in there
After sitting there for ten minutes without the soul-like Lu Miao, a new message called her back to her senses.
[Mr. String]: Xiaolu, are you off work?
Lu Miao's eyes gradually regained clarity.
[Deer]: I want to go to the bar tonight.
The bar was expensive and she had plenty of money to spend.
[Mr. String]: I have some wine at home, I'll send it to you.
[Deer]: Don't bother. I'll go to your house.
[Deer]: Send me your location.
The lights were just coming on, and the cloudy night sky was starless and moonless.
Si Lan, wearing an apron, opened the door for her.
Lu Miao looked at his attire in surprise. "I thought I was only here to drink."
Si Lan said seriously: "Drinking on an empty stomach hurts your stomach, please come in——"
Now, the depressed Lu Miao became a little reserved. She was stunned when she put on the ladies' slippers.
"I bought it when I got off work." Si Lan explained with a smile.
"The shoe size is just right."
"certainly."
He asked the deer seedling to sit down and wait for food, while the latter looked around to ease his restraint.
Si Lan's home is both simple and exquisite - the furniture and decoration are simple, while the trivial items that are stored away appear exquisite.
He has all kinds of storage tools at home. Lu Miao came to the DVD storage rack and looked at the movies he watched curiously.
She couldn't help but sigh at his diverse preferences.
There are war movies, family comedies, heavy tragedy movies, art films, science fiction films, horror films, romance films, and so on.
Si Lan came back with a plate of food and saw her studying her DVD collection. An unnatural look flashed across his face. "Well, it's time to eat."
Dinner was still made with fresh ingredients, including tomato beef sauce pasta and sweet and sour soup.
Beautiful, delicious, and filling.
"Have you learned how to cook? The food is so delicious!" She thought it was right to come to his house so she could eat for free.
Si Lan's smiling eyes were like crescent moons. "As long as you like it."
His eyes fell on her sports watch for a moment. "Is it popular among you to wear sports watches?"
Lu Miao looked at the watch and raised it with a smile. "The one you are required to wear is a product of your company. Did you participate in its development?"
"Yes." He slightly restrained his smile.
"The data it displays is quite accurate. Don't you wear your own product?"
Si Lan hesitated to speak, and finally just smiled: "No need."
The deep night sky stared at the two people sitting on the sofa, and a bottle of wine and two glasses were placed on the coffee table.
Lu Miao took the first sip of wine and frowned. "It tastes weird."
"First time drinking?" Si Lan gently shook the wine in the glass.
"Hmm, it tastes like expired." She turned the bottle around to confirm that it was not, in fact, expired.
He couldn't help laughing. "Why do you want to drink tonight?"
Lu Miao stared at the deep red wine in the glass, leaning against the back of the sofa.
The light reflected the color of the wine, adding a hint of blood red.
"I've heard that a drink can relieve all worries, so I want to try it out."
"That's not a solution to your worries, it's just an escape."
She was not convinced: "You won't know until you try."
Si Lan pressed down her glass and looked into her sad eyes. "The cup is too small to hold all your sorrows. I will be your cup tonight and listen to your confession."
Lu Miao took his hand away and drank the whole glass.
Apart from the fermented taste in her mouth, her mood did not improve.
"Well, the legend is false, and drinking is useless." Having said that, she poured herself another glass, stared at the wine in the glass and talked to herself: "When I first joined the department, I joined the blue team, and Gao Ying was my captain."
Si Lan listened quietly.
"She is a steady captain who takes care of her teammates. If I were on another team, I might..."
Kill them all.
She didn't say the second half of the sentence, and continued, "She was the one who recommended that I lead the team alone. Now she has entered a very dangerous field of strange stories with no exit. I can only wait. I feel useless."
"You want to help her?"
"Yes, I can't let her surpass me." Lu Miao drank with a forced smile.
Si Lan took a sip of wine. "You dare to drink, but you don't dare to ask for leave to help her?"
Lu Miao glared at him. "I dare you, but I'm afraid you won't be able to bear to leave me."
Si Lan curled his lips, his eyes were both frank and aggressive. "I won't be reluctant, because we can see each other anytime."
Lu Miao stopped shaking the glass and stared at him.
"Can you stay tonight?" he asked.
She sneered, put down the glass, and then hooked her fingers around the edge of his glass. "Mr. Si, do you know that your suggestion is like inviting a wolf into the house? Aren't you afraid that I will study you like those crazy scientists?"
Si Lan also moved closer, his bright eyes filled with anticipation and excitement. "What I'm most looking forward to is how you'll break me."
Lu Miao frowned, took away his glass, and put his arms around his neck.
The sweetness of the wine and her fragrance surrounded Si Lan who was like a lamb.
"Do you like me, or do you like me to break you?"
“I like them all.”
She looked gloomily at the shameless Si Lan and kissed him unexpectedly.
Si Lan did not back off and embraced her kiss.
Men are born flirters, and he quickly took the initiative.
There was a hint of charm in the corners of their eyes.
"Ms. Lu, I'm about to do something offensive."
"Don't be so long-winded."
The aroma of wine adds to the beauty of the room.
At midnight, Lu Miao was already fast asleep. The man next to her was still awake, kissing her arm.
Almost there.
That moment is coming soon.
He was both worried and excited.
Late in the night, when everyone was asleep, both of their cell phones began to sound like new text messages.
Lu Miao, with sleepy eyes, reached for the cell phone on the bedside table, not noticing that Si Lan behind him had a serious expression and was no longer sleepy.
[It will rain today, right? #@Go out.]
[Captain, come out for a walk]
[Captain, come back? @#Don't go out.]
…
Several consecutive text messages came from different acquaintances' mobile phone numbers.
She was no longer sleepy and switched to WeChat to find the person who sent the message.
However, the phone shows "No Network".
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