Chapter 71 Housekeeping and Cleaning (4)
"Since you've asked me for help, I'll reluctantly help you this once."
The woman's smile seemed genuine. She straightened her clothes, tidied her hair, and walked gracefully into the living room.
Bai Ye followed closely behind, smiling as she asked, "Sister, should brother-in-law be called out?"
"You want to go into the master bedroom?"
"I'm not..."
"If you can shout it out, then go ahead."
The woman's smile deepened, her eyes still smiling, but it sent a chill down one's spine.
Bai Ye immediately shook her head, "I'll listen to my sister."
"You can talk."
The woman nodded in satisfaction, then pointed and began to give orders, "First, move the bookshelf out of the living room. I can't stand having a row of bookshelves in the living room. Why make a relaxing place so serious?"
Bai Ye agreed and immediately called to Xing Lei, "Brother Lei, let's each carry one side."
Xing Lei stepped forward and, together with Bai Ye, exerted their strength, but no matter how hard they tried, the bookshelf remained unmoved.
"Bai Ye, can't be moved."
Xing Lei was frustrated. Had his power been weakened so much after being targeted by the [Strange] entity?
Bai Ye couldn't understand it either: It shouldn't be like this. I'm a half-ghost, how could Xing Lei, with his great strength, and the two of them not be able to move a row of bookshelves?
"Brother Lei, Brother Bai, this bookcase is embedded in the wall." Cheng Xiangyang leaned closer to observe and noticed the clue.
Bai Ye paused for a moment, walked to the side against the wall, reached out and touched it. Sure enough, it was embedded in, and quite deeply at that.
He looked helplessly at the woman standing in the living room and said, "Sister, this bookcase is inside the wall."
The woman said nonchalantly, "I don't care. I don't like it, so move it away."
"Is this woman looking for trouble?" Cheng Danyang muttered quietly behind Bai Ye.
Bai Ye agreed, but still said tactfully, "Sister, it's fine to move it, but if we use too much force, the wall might be damaged. Would that be considered our fault? Sister, you see, we cleaners work very hard, and we get a cut from our salaries. It's not easy to earn money. If we have to compensate for a wall, we'll probably have to pay out of our own pocket."
The woman hummed in agreement before saying, "It's not your fault, move it."
"It's not that I don't trust you, sister, but why don't we just write it down? Look, your husband is still asleep, what if he... you know what I mean?"
Bai Ye glanced at the master bedroom, then suddenly had an idea and continued, "Why don't you wake up your brother-in-law? If he also says it's okay, then we won't sign a written agreement."
Without saying a word, the woman turned and went to the study. When she came out again, she threw a bright red A4 sheet of paper at Bai Ye.
Gou Wenyan was originally standing next to the study. When the woman came over, he immediately stepped close to Bai Ye and saw the document immediately.
"So popular?"
He reached out and touched it, then exclaimed in horror, "How come it's still not dry? Holy crap, it's blood!"
This red A4 paper is clearly stained with blood.
"The study is not clean," Gou Wenyan immediately became alert.
With a smile on his face, Bai Ye carefully read through the contents of the document. After confirming that there were no problems, he prepared to sign it.
"Brother Bai, be careful of traps." Cheng Danyang was equally averse to the blood-stained paper.
Even Xing Lei, who was standing quite far away, frowned.
Bai Ye, however, had other thoughts in his mind.
Just now, while reviewing the document, he inadvertently noticed the trail of blood between the lines—the bloodstains left by that woman. Cheng Danyang and Gou Wenyan, however, couldn't see them.
What does this tell us?
This is a “text” that can only be understood by those with a mysterious or bizarre style.
Bai Ye thought of his other task, which was to fulfill the principles of the bizarre.
Even now, he still doesn't understand the specific requirements, but as a member of the strange organization, this might be the key to his breakthrough.
Instead of using a pen, Bai Ye bit his finger and pressed down a bloody fingerprint.
"Sis, you should sign one too."
Two copies were made; Bai Ye signed them himself and handed them over together.
The woman looked at the bloody fingerprints, her eyes flickered, and then reluctantly bit her finger and pressed it down as well.
The furniture moving went much more smoothly after that. Cheng Danyang and Gou Wenyan joined in, and the four of them used all their strength to move all the movable furniture in the living room, study, and bedroom.
Apart from the master bedroom.
The woman looked around and was quite satisfied. "Not bad, not bad, this looks much more comfortable."
Then, leaving behind the words "Work hard," he went back to his bedroom.
Looking at the messy room and then at the chaotic scene in the living room, Gou Wenyan's face was filled with despair.
"This is absolutely bizarre retaliation. How can things end like this? This cannot be called clean at all."
The bed, which was originally against the wall, was moved to the very center. The wardrobe, which was originally neatly embedded in the wall, now partially blocks the doorway, leaving only a passageway for one person to pass through.
The bookshelf in the living room was moved to the balcony, blocking the entire floor-to-ceiling window and almost completely blocking out all the sunlight.
The most outrageous place is the study, which has been moved so much that there's nowhere to step.
Cheng Danyang scratched his head vigorously, "No! I don't understand. It's already so messy, is it even necessary to continue cleaning?"
“You may think it’s chaotic, but she might not think so,” Bai Ye suddenly said.
Seeing that several people were looking over, he added, "The biggest taboo in the service industry is 'I think'. Everything should be customer-centric, that's the fundamental principle. As long as the customer is satisfied, even if you think it's absurd, you still have to cooperate and say 'okay'."
People have different perceptions and different requirements for things.
I am the world, I think, I feel... all of these are unacceptable.
Bai Ye spoke eloquently about this, while Gou Wenyan and Cheng Danyang on the other side were dumbfounded.
"Brother Bai, were you living a very frustrating life? How many weirdos did you encounter?"
"Brother, you're so skilled, I can't bear to watch!"
Xing Lei, on the other hand, seemed to be deep in thought. "I agree with what Bai Ye said. In the strange world, the strange are respected. We are actually outsiders. Not only do we not understand the customs and ways of the natives, but we also bring our own assumptions into the world. We are ignorant and arrogant."
"Brother Lei, what do you mean?" Bai Ye was a little surprised that there was someone in the four-person team who agreed with him.
Xing Lei shrugged helplessly, "What can I say? I just suffered some losses when doing solo dungeons before. Looking back now, I was too arrogant."
Gou Wenyan also began to recall the past, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense. "No wonder those monsters are always baring their fangs and claws. Did I offend them unintentionally with my words?"
Cheng Danyang: "Definitely. Once, when I was on a mission, it was about to end peacefully when that weirdo suddenly turned fierce and threw me half a severed limb. In the end, we started fighting again."
"So what do we do now?" Gou Wenyan looked at the furnishings and still found them an eyesore.
Xing Lei had already gone to get rags, and then everyone got one.
"Get to work. At least the fourth item on the list is done."
The group focused on wiping and cleaning up all the dirt and dust that had been brought out when the furniture was moved.
Then, it took me an hour to adjust my eyes to the mess and to convince myself that the house was so neat and beautiful.
"Next, we need to tidy up the clutter and organize the wardrobe," Cheng Danyang reminded her.
After they finished speaking, the group turned to Bai Ye again.
The meaning is clear: this job requires the client's guidance, and even without guidance, the large wardrobe in the master bedroom definitely needs to be "handled".
"Aren't we being too presumptuous by bothering the hosts so many times? What if they get angry..."
Gou Wenyan felt this was inappropriate. In his opinion, they should just stop working here for today. "Isn't the dungeon mission supposed to last a week? We have plenty of time."
"Don't you think it's unreasonable that a 200-square-meter house needs to be cleaned for a week?" Bai Ye retorted.
"Huh?" Gou Wenyan paused, thought again, and then suddenly realized, "There's a hidden space!"
Bai Ye: "I don't know, but you should take a look out the window first."
The three of them turned around and looked at the floor-to-ceiling windows in the living room.
Cheng Danyang: "The sun outside is so yellow."
Xing Lei: "The sun is about to set."
Bai Ye: "Yes, so night will fall soon."
Gou Wenyan exclaimed, "Holy crap! The danger level of a team dungeon is 4, and if you add nighttime on top of that, wouldn't it be 8?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the sun, which had been slowly setting in the west, began to plummet rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The sun disappeared.
The night was as dark as ink, with varying shades spreading out, except for the last trace of orange on the horizon, struggling to avoid being swallowed by the darkness.
A gust of wind blew by, and the last bit of light dimmed.
The living room went from bright to dim, and then to pitch black, in just one minute.
Gou Wenyan reached out to touch the wall, found the switch, and pressed it, but nothing happened.
"The light won't turn on." He sounded a little flustered.
After saying that, he immediately jumped to Bai Ye's side and hugged the other's arm. "Brother, the strange creatures will appear at night, and that's when I lose health the fastest."
The strange activity takes place between 0:00 and 3:00, a rule that has already been figured out.
Bai Ye looked towards the restaurant. He remembered there was a small alarm clock there, so he dragged Gou Wenyan over with him.
"Where are you going? Don't wander around in the dark." Gou Wenyan remembered that this house had a long corridor. "Don't get separated from Brother Lei and the others."
"Let me check the time."
"What?"
"Found it."
Bai Ye touched the alarm clock, picked it up and glanced at it. Thanks to his half-demon body, his vision in the dark was still quite good.
"Brother Lei, Danyang, it's 8:15 PM now."
Xing Lei: "Time flies by, at least it's not like the 24-hour system we're used to."
"Isn't this good?" Cheng Danyang asked, puzzled.
Bai Ye understood Xing Lei's words: "Brother Lei means that the time is moving randomly, but if it still follows the 24-hour cycle, then there is only one possibility: the second half of the night has been lengthened."
"So, the strange occurrences have lasted for more than three hours?" Gou Wenyan understood, his teeth chattering. "Then what do we do?"
Bai Ye was unaware that he had absolutely no experience in confronting the bizarre.
However, Xing Lei and Cheng Danyang on the other side were also unprepared.
Who would have thought that a housekeeping cleaning job would involve spending the night at the client's house?
"Let's knock on the door and make sure those two clients are still there," Xing Lei suggested finally.
The four of them reunited, with Bai Ye leading the way, heading towards the master bedroom.
This time, after knocking on the door for a long time, there was still no response.
"Sis, sis, are you there?"
Bai Ye continued to knock.
After a while, she asked again, "Sister, brother-in-law, are you asleep?"
Cheng Danyang, who had been pressed against the door, shook his head. "There's no sound."
"Slept like a log? That's unlikely."
"Let me check the time."
Bai Ye held the alarm clock in her hand. Looking down at it again, she saw that it was already 10:30.
"It will be midnight in an hour and a half."
Bai Ye frowned, his tone somewhat heavy, "At this rate, we only have three minutes to prepare at most."
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