This is the first time I feel that this room is so cozy. Maybe I was abused so badly that I have such perverted thoughts.
Lu Cai sat on the armchair, the back of which was against the wall at the head of the bed. Yue Xiaoyan and Chen Yina were lying on the bed respectively.
They turned off all the lights, leaving only a small lamp in the corner. After a while, there was a knock on the door.
It's midnight.
Cai Lu frowned and turned to look at Chen Yina, who was shivering under a white quilt.
On the first night in the hotel, Chen Yina responded to the "person" knocking on the door.
The knocking on the door was very regular, but it lasted for a long time. Finally, a burst of "ho ho" laughter came in, and the knocking stopped.
After waiting for a long time and making sure that the thing outside the door had left, Chen Yina spoke tremblingly: "What...what should I do?"
"In the mirror, the person knocking on the door outside is a headless ghost..." Yue Xiaoyan propped herself up and sat up.
Lu Cai continued her words and said, "It's definitely not a headless ghost outside."
"Why?" Yue Xiaoyan also felt that the possibility of a headless ghost was unlikely, but she was curious why Lu Cai was so sure.
Lu Cai glanced at her with a puzzled look in his eyes: "Didn't you hear it laugh?"
How can a headless ghost laugh when his head is gone?
Yue Xiaoyan thought she could still save the situation: "What if the one laughing and the one knocking on the door are not the same ghost?"
"If it's not, then it's not. I'm not losing weight." Lu Cai shrugged nonchalantly. She looked at the trembling Chen Yina. "At night, at least one of us has to stay with Chen Yina."
As the person who responded to the ghost knocking on the door, if Chen Yina was left alone in the room after dark, it might not be possible to stop the ghost outside the door.
Yue Xiaoyan understood what she meant and looked at Chen Yina: "Try to stay with us in the future—"
Chen Yina nodded frantically. She didn't dare to be left alone...
"You guys go to sleep. We still have to look for Shi Rukui tomorrow morning." Lu Cai leaned back in his chair. Neither she nor Yue Xiaoyan got the memory fragments. Either there were no memory fragments in this branch quest, or it was Shi Rukui who got the fragments.
I hope it's the latter, at least there will be a new clue.
The secrets of this inn must be solved as soon as possible. It is also necessary to find out whether the dungeon boss is the victim or the perpetrator.
——
The fog was thick and it rained for days.
He walked on the foggy sidewalk, heading in one direction.
The fog obscured my vision, and occasionally a car passed by.
After walking for a while, a wall appeared in front of him, and a double iron gate was in front of him. After entering the iron gate, it was the back door of the hotel. He knocked on the door with familiarity.
It was the security guard Lao Fu who opened the door. He entered the hotel, closed the door, and saw Lao Fu preparing to take a shower in the bathroom separated by the door.
"Oh, it seems like you had a good time last night--" He smiled and winked.
Lao Fu glanced at him and said, "You can try it too."
He quickly waved his hands: "I don't have that kind of luck——" but he said "Pooh" in his heart.
This damn hunchback plays with young girls every day. It would be fine if he just sold them for money, but he has to drug them.
He walked all the way to the kitchen with an ingratiating smile. On the way, he met the manager, who asked him to take some food to room 209.
He nodded and said "I understand", but he felt that this hotel was a group of jackals and beasts.
I cooked a bowl of noodles in the kitchen, put it in a plastic takeaway box, added a poached egg, and didn't sprinkle any chopped green onions or add any vinegar or spicy sauce because I didn't know the taste of the guest in Room 209.
Finally, he sprinkled some white powder on it, mixed it with chopsticks, and then carried the noodles up to the third floor. At the door of the guest room, he skillfully swiped his universal card to open the door.
It was dark inside, the curtains tightly drawn. He couldn't help but frown because of the strong smell.
He closed the door and walked along the corridor. After passing the bathroom, he saw a person lying on the bed. The snow-white quilt was casually draped over her, and her bare shoulders and ankles were exposed outside the edge of the quilt.
These girls were about the same age as his daughter, and he sometimes felt bad for them, but he finally gritted his teeth and endured it. The salary here was high, and the boss didn't care that he had a criminal record. If he lost this job, he would really be desperate.
"Girl, it's time to eat—" He sighed and walked towards the bed.
Afterwards, they would tie up the girls to prevent them from getting upset. He had gotten used to it, and basically just came over to feed them. After eating, the girls would become very well behaved, making it easier to control them.
He walked closer and saw the girl lying on her side, with the white quilt covering her entire face.
Because there was no movement under the quilt, he couldn't help but feel that something was wrong. He hurried over, holding the bowl of noodles in one hand, and used the other hand to tremble and lift the quilt.
With a flick of his hand, the bowl of soup fell from his hand and hit the ground, splattering the boiling soup and scattering the noodles all over the ground.
The edge of the white quilt was pulled back, revealing a delicate face frozen in a moment of despair. Eyes wide open, mouth slightly open, skin bruised and purple...
Shi Rukui suddenly woke up.
He sat up and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He had probably finished the cook's storyline...
But why didn't I wake up immediately after leaving the side story? Instead, I entered this strange dream?
I turned my head to look at the tightly drawn curtains. The warm sunlight poured through the gaps in the curtains and fell on the quilt. The quilt was so white that it was creepy, and even the sunlight became cold.
Shi Rukui lifted the quilt, glanced at Duan Ce who was still sleeping soundly on the bed near the door, then stood up and left.
When they reached the door of Room 204, it just opened. Lu Cai was standing inside, followed by Yue Xiaoyan and Chen Yina.
"Shi Rukui, are you okay?" Yue Xiaoyan was a little worried when she saw that he looked pale.
Shi Rukui shook his head: "Ready to go to the restaurant?" He was indeed a little hungry, but last night's side story really caused him considerable mental damage.
"I can't go hungry." Lu Cai didn't care. After all, she was not affected when she ate the porridge in front of a pile of rotten meat.
......
Dining room.
Four people occupied a table. Lu Cai and Shi Rukui sat facing each other, Chen Yina sat beside Lu Cai, and Yue Xiaoyan had to sit opposite Chen Yina.
There were four plates of fried buns on the table. Cai Lu ordered a bowl of beef vermicelli, Chen Yina and Yue Xiaoyan ordered two bowls of small wontons, and Shi Rukui only had a bowl of scallion soup.
"Did you get the memory fragments?" Cai Lu poured chili sauce and vinegar into a small dish, took out glutinous rice flour, sprinkled some on his own bowl and plate, sprinkled some on Chen Yina's food, and then handed the glutinous rice flour to Yue Xiaoyan.
Shi Rukui shook his head: "I don't have any memory fragments, do you?"
"It seems that there are no fragment reminders for this side story..." Cai Lu picked up the fried bun and dipped it in the spicy vinegar.
"But I saw something." Shi Rukui took the glutinous rice flour from Yue Xiaoyan and told them the content of his dream while checking the food.
Lu Cai took a bite of a fried bun. The bottom was golden brown and crispy, the meat filling was tender, and the fresh, sour and spicy taste filled his lips and teeth. In a horror dungeon, he was lucky to get such a breakfast.
"So the cook is helping the manager and security to control the victimized girls?" Cai Lu felt something was wrong. "Is the girl locked in room 209 someone the cook knows?"
Otherwise, after doing so many bad things, why was he scared this time?
Shi Rukui took a sip of the scallion soup and thought that Lu Cai's intuition was really accurate: "That girl is the cook's daughter."
Yue Xiaoyan had just swallowed a small wonton when she couldn't help but frown: "It's really unfair for a daughter to pay off her father's debts."
"They are not repaying any debt." Lu Cai said calmly.
It was the evil in people's hearts that caused this disaster. They are all innocent.
Yue Xiaoyan didn't argue about this topic: "So the cook had a falling out with those people and was silenced?"
Shi Rukui nodded.
"You are all here--" Ling Fei suddenly approached and sat next to Yue Xiaoyan.
Although Lu Cai and Shi Rukui were leaning against the edge of the table, the four of them took up a large seat, and people passing by would not sit where they sat.
Ling Fei completely ignored the small space and after sitting down next to Yue Xiaoyan, she even squeezed closer to Yue Xiaoyan a few times.
"Recently, you and Shi Rukui have been getting along very well—" Ling Fei smiled with her hands covering her mouth, looking at Yue Xiaoyan who was leaning against Shi Rukui, her eyebrows furrowed, as if to say "I understand you".
Ever since she learned that Ling Fei had given her sleeping pills, Yue Xiaoyan couldn't have a good face towards Ling Fei. Unfortunately, she was not good at arguing with people, so she could only eat her wontons and ignore Ling Fei.
"Can't you see that this place is full?" Chen Yina noticed that Yue Xiaoyan had an awkward expression, and she couldn't help but start to argue with her since she couldn't eat in front of Ling Fei.
Ling Fei smiled. "There's a table here for six people. Are there six of you?" She glanced at Chen Yina. "Xiao Yan and I are best friends. What's wrong with sitting together?"
After saying that, he took Yue Xiaoyan's arm and started talking about cosmetics with a smile.
"I don't want to talk while eating!" Yue Xiaoyan pulled out her arm, frowned and said coldly.
Ling Fei completely ignored Yue Xiaoyan's displeasure and instead chuckled: "Why, do you want to learn to be a lady?" After saying that, she deliberately looked at Shi Rukui.
Shi Rukui frowned and was about to speak when Lu Cai, who had been silent on the side, suddenly spoke.
"Ladies are not popular anymore." Lu Cai smiled. "Ling Fei, aren't you very popular?"
Ling Fei still smiled: "I'm fine, but not as popular as Chen Yina—"
"What's the point of being popular? Didn't your boyfriend run into your room in the middle of the night?" Lu Cai's smile suddenly disappeared.
Ling Fei's smile froze on her face, and she looked a little angry and incredulous: "Chancellor Lu! Explain clearly--" Before she finished speaking, a cloud of white powder came towards her.
Cai Lu sprinkled a handful of glutinous rice flour and stared at it for a while with his eyes wide open, and saw the powder falling on Ling Fei's shoulders and hair.
"You!" Ling Fei was wearing a black hollow chiffon miniskirt today, which was stained with white glutinous rice flour. Her face was wiped with the back of her hand, making her look embarrassed and ridiculous.
"Chef Lu, I'm not done with you!" After saying that, she angrily left the restaurant in her high heels.
Shi Rukui looked at Ling Fei's receding figure and asked, "Is there something wrong with her?"
"Her eyes are red." Cai Lu picked up a fried bun.
"Did you make her cry?" Yue Xiaoyan knew that Lu Cai was venting his anger on her. Compared to sleeping pills, a handful of glutinous rice flour was nothing.
Cai Lu took a bite of the crispy pan-fried bun bottom and said, "Her eyes turned red when Chen Yina confronted her."
Chen Yina was shocked: "Are you trying to pass the buck? I didn't make her cry!"
Lu Cai smiled and turned to Shi Rukui: "Be careful of Duan Ce and the others."
"Why?" Shi Rukui always felt that Lu Cai already had a guess in his mind.
"Duan Ce, Kunyu, and Liu Jianfei, there are three people." Lu Cai was also worried that he had guessed wrong, but since Shi Rukui had asked, it would be better to explain it clearly.
Shi Rukui immediately understood what she meant——
Sometimes there are three of us...
"Do you think that our group of people plays a role in the background events?" Shi Rukui raised his eyebrows.
Lu Cai also looked up at him: "I have even more unfortunate news. You and the cook have telepathy."
His heart skipped a beat when she looked at him like that. Shi Rukui pondered silently for a moment: "Are you implying that Duan Ce and the other two will kill me?"
"I'm making it clear." Lu Cai continued to eat his fried buns with his head down.
Yue Xiaoyan finally understood: "Do we all have corresponding roles?"
"That depends on our subsequent discoveries." Lu Cai swallowed the meat filling in his mouth. "From my personal point of view, we should be characters in the story."
"Will we become enemies?" Yue Xiaoyan said with some concern. "As far as we know, there are perpetrators and victims..."
"Players and the dungeon world are inherently two hostile camps." Shi Rukui comforted her, "It's impossible to divide the players into two camps again."
In the world of KB games, players versus copies is the most basic model. Even in this supernatural book, where they become the perpetrator and victim in the backstory, they would never kill each other.
Players are their most basic identity.
Lu Cai remained silent and took a puff of fan. But she wasn't a player...
Yue Xiaoyan finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this: "I don't want to become an enemy of Lu Cai..."
Shi Rukui also laughed: "If Lu Cai and we were in the enemy camp, we would have directly cut off the source of his support."
After all, the reason they can function normally in this supernatural book is because of Lu Cai's supernatural powers.
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