Chapter 42 Apartment Copy (15)
Xia Yingnuan threw the body into the trash can downstairs, and the blood flowed into the sewer. It is worth mentioning that she saw a fresh human skin in the trash can downstairs. This should be the real 402. The gate of the community is the only entrance and exit. The property people are watching there 24 hours a day. Without some special means, the security guards may not be able to get in.
She considerately put the security guard in another trash can separated from 402. After returning and looking at the clean floor and walls, Xia Yingnuan still smelled a foul odor. She was very sensitive to the smell of blood. For example, the security guard's blood had a rotten corpse smell, which made her want to vomit.
Strange, they should all be cleaned up...
Xia Yingnuan suddenly patted her head. After Ning Hanqi finished taking a shower, she immediately went into the bathroom to pack up the blood-stained clothes and throw them away. The water washed away the last bit of blood, and the stench that remained in the air was suppressed by the fragrance of shower gel.
But since Dong Feng said the three words "brushing dungeons", does that mean that the other party is also a player?
Dong Feng was stunned for two seconds, and obviously realized something.
He had been rejected by Ning Hanqi so many times before, and finally found a chance when there were fewer people around. In a hurry, he didn't care about the others and directly told her about the game.
Since it's not blocked and there's no obstruction, that means...
Dong Feng looked up and asked Xia Yingnuan, "Are you a player too?"
Xia Yingnuan: ...hiss.
She didn't want to have any interaction with Dong Feng, so she didn't say anything.
Dong Feng obviously thought the same thing. He knelt on the ground and refused to get up. He went to beg Ning Hanqi bitterly, "Teacher Ning Hanqi, please take me with you! Whatever you want, money, resources, or anything else, as long as I have it, I can give it to you."
Ning Hanqi's fingers stroked the edge of the open car window and tapped gently.
She spoke in a lazy voice: "What can you give me?"
Dong Feng was overjoyed, thinking there was room for discussion, and immediately repeated, "Anything is fine, I..."
Ning Hanqi interrupted him: "I didn't ask you."
Dong Feng was stunned, "Teacher Ning Hanqi, I..."
Ning Hanqi ignored him and looked at Xia Yingnuan who was standing beside him. "I'm asking you, what can you give me?"
At that moment, ten thousand alpacas ran through Xia Yingnuan's heart.
What the hell is going on here? Is there a competition for a job just to cling to someone's connections?
Fortunately, Xia Yingnuan reacted quickly and immediately smiled sweetly, "My everything."
She recalled what Ning Hanqi had said in the interview and already had an idea in her mind.
"Sister, don't you want to fall in love?" She softened her voice and looked at Ning Hanqi with sparkling eyes. "What a coincidence, I'm fine with whatever you like."
Xia Yingnuan's idea was simple: within ten days, she would enter a melee dungeon filled with players of all skill levels. As a newcomer who had only cleared the dungeon once, it was uncertain whether she could make it out alive.
A man of insight is a true hero. She was used to being heartless, and wasn't the type to wait for death like Xia Ke before bowing her head and asking for help. Ning Hanqi was on the expert list, and if he was willing to take her through dungeons, her chances of survival would greatly increase.
She is a vulgar person who wants to live more than her self-esteem.
Xia Yingnuan looked at Ning Hanqi eagerly, trying to convey her urgency to him.
Dong Feng was unwilling to be outdone, and his eyes became increasingly scorching.
After a hundred years, Ning Hanqi finally smiled nonchalantly.
She raised her chin in Xia Yingnuan's direction and said, "Get in the car."
***
The roads were very quiet in the early morning, cars were driving smoothly, and the neon lights on both sides of the road flashed one after another, turning into blurred spots of light.
Xia Yingnuan sat in the passenger seat, feeling quite excited.
She actually defeated Dong Feng in the PK. It turns out that beauty and wisdom are still very useful.
But she soon fell into deep thought again.
Is Ning Hanqi going to take her home? Is something going to happen tonight?
But it shouldn't be that fast. She just proposed a relationship, but Ning Hanqi didn't say yes or no, nor did he show any affection towards her...
This gives her a chance, do we have to see how she performs first?
Xia Yingnuan thought about it and secretly glanced at the people around her.
Ning Hanqi was driving, his expression and eyes were calm.
The car was too quiet. Xia Yingnuan felt that she should say something to bring the two of them closer. She cleared her throat and was about to speak when the phone in her bag suddenly rang.
It’s so late, who is it?
Xia Yingnuan didn't want to answer the call, but after seeing the name on the phone screen, she frowned slightly and picked up the call: "Hello, Brother Yu."
The person who called was Zhou Yu, the company's recently replaced agent. He was said to be an ace in the industry and had made many newcomers famous.
However, Xia Yingnuan did not have a good impression of him and always felt that he was particularly greasy.
It was very noisy over there at Zhou Yu's place, with a lot of voices and intermittent music. It was obvious that they were having a drinking contest in a private room of a club.
He almost roared at the top of his lungs, "Ying Nuan, where are you now?"
The car was very quiet, so his voice came clearly through the microphone, and Xia Yingnuan was sure that Ning Hanqi could hear it too.
She frowned and moved the phone a little further away. Seeing that Ning Hanqi didn't show any displeasure, she continued to talk to Zhou Yu.
Xia Yingnuan: "I'm on my way home."
Going home with Ning Hanqi, is that also going home?
Zhou Yu said, "Don't go home, come over now. I'll send the address to your phone right away."
After he finished speaking, his voice became a little softer, and he must have turned his head to talk to someone else: "Yingnuan is very well behaved. When her people arrive, let her chat with you. Hahahaha..."
Then there was the vague laughter of a middle-aged man.
"Brother Yu, it's too late today." Xia Yingnuan paused, choosing her words carefully, "Besides, I'm not feeling well. Let's do it another day."
The unspoken rules in the entertainment industry are not uncommon. Xia Yingnuan knew very well what the past meant now. She didn't want to have anything to do with the greasy middle-aged man with a big belly, so she found an excuse to get away with it.
She had heard some rumors about Zhou Yu before. Some people jokingly called him a pimp, and now it seemed to be true.
Zhou Yu's voice suddenly became very unhappy: "Just come over when I told you to. Why are you saying all this? Do you think you can stay this popular forever? Let me tell you, if you're an artist without background and disobedient, the company can easily freeze you out. Don't refuse a toast and then drink a forfeit..."
Xia Yingnuan was annoyed by this. If it were in the past, she might have been a little apprehensive. But after entering the dungeon and experiencing the difference between life and death, she felt that these things were no longer a big deal.
Would being a star keep her alive? If not, what good would it be if she didn't? Besides, game points could still be exchanged for money. Instead of trying to please the old man on Zhou Yu's side, it would be better to cling to Ning Hanqi's thigh.
Apart from anything else, Ning Hanqi is so beautiful, she has no regrets.
So she said, "I'm sorry, Brother Yu, I have an appointment with someone else and I really can't go."
Zhou Yu had already drunk quite a bit, and after a few words of arguing, he lost his patience and said angrily, "Are you crazy? Don't you want the resources anymore?"
Xia Yingnuan was about to hang up the phone when the person next to her suddenly said, "Turn on speakerphone."
Xia Yingnuan was stunned, but still did as she was told.
Zhou Yu's voice suddenly became louder: "Xia Yingnuan, I'll wait for you for ten minutes. If you don't show up within ten minutes..."
"She said she wasn't going. Don't you understand?"
Ning Hanqi interrupted Zhou Yu, his eyes still looking straight ahead, but there was a hint of displeasure in his tone.
"Besides, you're really noisy."
Zhou Yu had been in the industry for so long that he immediately recognized Ning Hanqi's voice. He was silent for two seconds, then hesitantly asked, "Lin, Teacher Ning Hanqi?"
Ning Hanqi said, "It's me."
Zhou Yu's tone softened immediately. "So you guys have an appointment with Teacher Ning Hanqi. Ying Nuan is such a strange kid, being so reserved. Why didn't you just tell me earlier?... Then you guys can chat. I won't bother you anymore."
This attitude change was too fast. Xia Yingnuan couldn't help but recall Dong Feng's humble appearance in front of Ning Hanqi just now.
Ning Hanqi was a member of the expert rankings. No player in this plane dared to offend her, and many people wanted to attach themselves to her, including many with high status and standing. No wonder Ning Hanqi looked down on everyone and was so popular wherever she went.
After hanging up the phone, Xia Yingnuan thanked Ning Hanqi: "Sister, thank you for what you did just now."
If Ning Hanqi hadn't helped her out, she would probably have fallen out with Zhou Yu.
Ning Hanqi said, "Would you like to come to my studio?"
Xia Yingnuan almost thought she had misheard. Was Ning Hanqi inviting her? Of course she was more than happy to do so, and she immediately agreed, "I want to go!"
But after she finished speaking, she thought of something and hesitated, "But I can't afford the penalty yet."
The penalty for breach of contract by her entertainment company was surprisingly high, several times the amount of her current savings.
Ning Hanqi said, "No need to pay, I'll find someone to help you negotiate... We're here, you can go back now."
I was very happy when I heard the first half of Xia Yingnuan's speech, but I was stunned when I heard the last sentence.
She looked out the window and saw the car had parked at the gate of her residential complex. Ning Hanqi had given her a ride twice before when they had worked together, so she knew her address. She was so busy on her phone the whole way that she hadn't noticed Ning Hanqi had actually taken her home.
Seeing that Ning Hanqi was not joking, Xia Yingnuan obediently got out of the car.
She was completely confused and couldn't understand Ning Hanqi's way of thinking.
What's going on? A love relationship between adults shouldn't be this dull, right?
Besides, Ning Hanqi had just helped her so much, shouldn't she move on to the stage of expressing her love for him?
Forget it, let her take the initiative.
Xia Yingnuan looked at Ning Hanqi with a smile, "Sister, would you like to come up and sit for a while?"
She thought about it and made up an excuse, "I don't want to use my real name in the dungeon. I want to think of a code name. Can you help me think of one?"
"I have something to do these days, you can have fun by yourself first." Ning Hanqi rejected her mercilessly, "You can call yourself Yingnuan, it's a very common name, I've met dozens of people with that name."
Xia Yingnuan was stunned for two seconds, "So... about clearing the dungeon together?"
Ning Hanqi said, "Stretch out your hand."
Xia Yingnuan quickly did as she was told and put her arm through the gap in the car window.
Ning Hanqi raised her hand, and something shiny fell into her palm, feeling slightly cool.
Xia Yingnuan withdrew her arm and found that it was actually a ring.
It was a plain silver ring with a faint metallic sheen. The letters "LC" were engraved on the outside, the abbreviation of Ning Hanqi's name.
Xia Yingnuan: "Sister, what is this?"
Could it be a token of love? Isn’t it a bit ordinary?
And looking at the way Ning Hanqi casually sent it out, it didn't look like it was specially prepared for her, but rather like it was mass-produced.
Ning Hanqi held the steering wheel with one hand and looked at her sideways, "Wearing it will probably bring you good luck."
The roar of the engine shattered her voice.
After that, the car window closed again and the headlights came on. A moment before the car left, the light illuminated a string of small words on the inner circle of the ring: No. 37.
Xia Yingnuan: ...woc?
So how many little Yingnuans do you have?
"Nothing, I just came out to get some fresh air." Although ghosts don't need to breathe at all, she felt suffocated.
“Boom boom boom!”
There was a sudden knock on their door, and Xia Yingnuan hurried out as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw, "I'll go see who it is!"
Ning Hanqi chuckled at the way she fled. She took the puppet out of her clothes and put it outside, then put on her shoes and went to the door.
"I'm here to collect the property management fees, as well as the rewards for the owners of 401." The man outside the door was dressed in formal attire, with the words "Shuitian Property Management" embossed in gold on the red armband on his arm.
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