Chapter 38 Apartment Copy (XI)
"Purple Moon..."
Xia Yingnuan glanced at the not-so-good weather outside and cursed this dungeon inwardly, calling it "troublesome". She herself was not so capable of handling things in the past.
But she may have forgotten that although she did not do anything to harm people, she tried her best to kill them.
"Red moon, blue moon, purple moon... Red mixed with blue is purple. What? Do you want us to paste white and red together on the windows?" Xia Yingnuan snorted coldly. She had a premonition that the time bomb buried in the window grilles was about to explode.
"It's definitely not that simple." Ning Hanqi glanced at the message in the group. There has been no red moon in the past two days. The players who damaged the red window paper used glue to barely piece together the blessing paper. They might still be usable after drying, but given their fragile bodies, they definitely cannot withstand a second ordeal.
Even if the game copy no longer adds any difficulty, it is enough to make many players hang on the wire and cross the cliff.
Xia Yingnuan was still quite good at scolding people, but seeing Ning Hanqi's weak, pitiful and innocent appearance, she couldn't bear to scold him too harshly. She just raised her voice a little louder, causing the neighbors on both sides to hear it.
"Don't tell me that you know you are wrong. You won't change even if you know it, right?" Xia Yingnuan stopped Ning Hanqi from saying anything.
Nuannuan is really getting to know herself better and better.
Ning Hanqi showed a reserved smile.
Xia Yingnuan knew at a glance that she had guessed right and snorted in annoyance.
She sat next to Ning Hanqi. The room was quiet for a long time, until someone next to her came over and hugged her. Xia Yingnuan lost her temper and sighed after a long while, "Whatever your plan is, I hope you can live longer."
The vitality of being a human being cannot be felt after death.
"I can't promise you that, but I promise to stay with you for a long time."
Yes, how can it be long? We are bound together after death.
Xia Yingnuan felt a long-awaited headache. "But will 504 really come?" The dungeon boss, suspected of being behind the division of players and disguised as a property manager, hadn't sent any important messages all day, and didn't seem to react to the events of the previous night. Xia Yingnuan wondered if Ning Hanqi was overthinking it.
"Let's wait and see. He came very late yesterday." Ning Hanqi handed his phone to Xia Yingnuan. "If you're bored, play some games first."
"I'm tired of playing." Xia Yingnuan took the phone and tried to find something interesting. "If it comes as late today as yesterday, you should get some sleep tomorrow."
"Okay." Ning Hanqi responded.
Worried that they might "disturb" the incoming guests, they turned off all the lights in the house. The bright white moon tonight was a normal color, so they didn't put anything on the windows.
Except for the red moon on the first day, no red moon appeared in the following days. I don’t know if other players who damaged the red window grilles have thought of ways to repair them. But even if experienced old players have kept the red window grilles intact, they will probably feel uneasy as time goes by.
The longer a game remains hidden, the more likely it is to become a major hit.
Ning Hanqi was slightly distracted as she looked at the box of paper-cuts on the table... until she felt Xia Yingnuan's gaze.
"Do you... want to come and watch it with me?" The only entertainment device here was a mobile phone. Xia Yingnuan noticed that Ning Hanqi was in a daze. Suddenly, she felt that it was not a good idea for her to play with her phone alone, so she moved the screen of her phone slightly towards Ning Hanqi.
In the darkness, she heard Ning Hanqi chuckle.
She didn't bother to be polite and directly moved a stool to sit next to him.
Xia Yingnuan tapped the screen of her mobile phone. To be cautious, she turned off the sound of the phone to avoid missing any other movements. The silent picture was playing, but her mind gradually moved away from the phone.
Should she remind Ning Hanqi to sit up straighter? If this person got any closer, he could snuggle into her arms!
While she was struggling, Xia Yingnuan heard Ning Hanqi suddenly laugh. Because they were too close, the other person's hair rubbed against her and made her feel a little itchy.
"It's so cute, plump like bread."
Xia Yingnuan came back to her senses because of the voice. She glanced at her phone and found that the browser automatically jumped to a cute pet video. The protagonist of this video was a fat, shiny and chubby orange cat.
Looking at the fat orange cat rolling around in the video, Ning Hanqi smiled so hard that his eyebrows curved. It seemed that he liked it very much.
"Huh?" Ning Hanqi hadn't finished watching yet when Xia Yingnuan suddenly scrolled through the videos, finally stopping at a news report. Her face was so serious, as if she was about to become the host.
Ning Hanqi: “……?”
She held back her laughter and said nothing, quietly watching the silent version of the news with Xia Yingnuan.
“Sizzle…”
As the hands ticked, the time gradually came to two o'clock in the morning.
It was almost time for 504 to come and knock on the door as they did yesterday, and the vigilance of both the man and the ghost grew stronger.
At this moment, the normal news broadcast screen on their mobile phones suddenly became a little strange, as if the network was stuck. The speed at which the male host's mouth opened and closed slowed down, and although the sound was clearly turned off, the phone made a strange "sizzling" sound.
Xia Yingnuan immediately put the phone on the table and pulled Ning Hanqi back a step. She stood in front of Ning Hanqi to prevent any dirt from coming out of the phone.
The space... fluctuated.
Xia Yingnuan sensed the change in space the moment it occurred. Today's uninvited guests were not as polite as yesterday's, and they pulled them into another space without permission.
Without anyone touching it, a volume button appeared on the phone screen, and the volume went from the lowest mute mode to the highest.
"Next, I'll report a piece of news..." A woman's voice came from the phone.
But the screen clearly shows a male host.
“Sizzle, sizzle…”
The phone screen flickered a few times, and the male host's face blurred for a moment, and then in the blink of an eye it turned into a woman with loose hair, who looked to be in her thirties.
She replaced the male host, smiled stiffly at the two people outside the phone, and then continued to broadcast the "news".
"Recently, a 35-year-old woman fell to her death in Shuitian Apartment, X City, X Province..."
“…Please watch the video for details.”
"By the way, how did you agree to this condition on my behalf?" Logically speaking, this kind of transaction requires the consent of both parties to be established. It's okay from Ning Hanqi's side, but how did she agree on her behalf to accept her soul?
I can’t figure it out!
"Nuannuan, you agreed to this." Ning Hanqi's tone was filled with a smile that could not be concealed. "If you didn't want me to stay by your side forever, and if you didn't promise to stay with me forever, this deal would not be possible."
"..." Xia Yingnuan was suddenly speechless, because she remembered that she did have this idea at that time, but in the end she restrained her desire and chose to let Ning Hanqi go free.
I didn't expect that my little thought would actually lead to the completion of the transaction. It's really...
Xia Yingnuan was extremely upset. Noticing her change in mood, Ning Hanqi said, "This isn't your fault. I'm the one who was so mean. I schemed against you."
Xia Yingnuan's mood did not improve. Ning Hanqi frowned slightly, thinking that perhaps he should not have mentioned this matter.
"After you leave this copy, tell me what happened before."
Suddenly, Ning Hanqi heard Xia Yingnuan say this.
Things of the past?
Ning Hanqi and Xia Yingnuan had previously said that they would tell her what had happened between them, but the prerequisite was that Xia Yingnuan had to place her trust in them.
Xia Yingnuan put her hand on Ning Hanqi's head, refusing her to hug her and rub against her again, "Okay, okay, don't be like that golden retriever downstairs."
The family downstairs from them has a big golden retriever that is not shy at all and is very clingy. Every time they see someone walking their dog, the golden retriever will keep rubbing against Ning Hanqi's legs.
It looks very much like someone's current posture.
"I've got the medicine. Take a pill first." Xia Yingnuan placed the medicine box, which was extremely battered in her hand, in Ning Hanqi's hand. Then, with her free hand, she picked up the kettle on the table, poured a cup of hot water into the cup, and then called him over.
She blew gently, and the hot water became warm, just the right temperature for drinking.
The waves on the sea calmed down a little, and after taking the medicine for a while, Ning Hanqi's seasickness improved a lot.
Xia Yingnuan ordered a light meal and waited for the staff to deliver it to her door.
“Knock knock knock…”
About twenty minutes later, the food delivery staff came over.
Ning Hanqi wanted to open the door but Xia Yingnuan held him down, "The injured should just sit still."
After saying that, Xia Yingnuan went to open the door.
Xia Yingnuan had never seen the staff delivering food at the door, and the staff had never seen the strange ghost in front of them. The sales talk was stuck in its throat.
It came here to trip up the players. Can anyone tell it why it was its own kind that opened the door?
"I had a dream. I dreamed about the time when my daughter was just born. That was the happiest time in my life..." The voice sounded gentle and happy, as if he had found the motivation to live and would not commit suicide again.
But Ning Hanqi frowned, she had a feeling of... a last hurrah.
When talking about his daughter, the voice outside the door kept talking, completely immersed in his own memories, not giving Ning Hanqi any chance to speak. When he realized that he had said too much, he whispered an apology.
Since the person outside the door wanted to talk about children, Ning Hanqi naturally continued talking according to the other party's wishes.
But the person at the door turned the conversation to things related to pregnancy. It mentioned a lot of precautions, and it took Ning Hanqi a while to realize that it seemed like it was talking specifically to her.
This person...could he have heard something from 501?
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