Chapter 112: To commemorate someone?
Chu Xihen and nine other people braved the heavy rain and ran to all the flower shops in Baihua Town, but they couldn't find a bunch of lilies. Finally, everyone gathered in front of the red iron gate.
"Without the lilies, we're breaking the rules, aren't we?" Ling Ji asked with a frown.
"Will I die if I break the rules?" Jin Bowen asked Ling Ji.
Ling Ji shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either.
Chu Xihen looked up at the sky. It was still raining, so they still had a chance.
"I have a way, maybe we can give it a try." Chu Xihen said, and returned to the female college student's home.
A group of people followed him and entered the house like water ghosts.
"What can we do?" Lou Su asked him.
Chu Xihen took out the half-pack of tissues on the table and said, "Let's make a bouquet of lilies ourselves."
Lou Su immediately understood what he meant, "Then find a way to put it in the flower shop, and we'll go buy some!"
"That's right." Chu Xihen looked at Chu Xiqi, "Do you still remember how to fold lilies? Come and help."
Chu Xixi smiled and said, "Of course I remember. This is our only entertainment in our spare time."
To fold a bunch of lilies, half a pack of tissues is not enough, some other things are needed. While Chu Xizhi was folding the petals at the table, Chu Xihen searched around the house and quickly found all the necessary tools and materials.
Fortunately, the drunk was a junk collector and was able to find everything he needed.
Then the others watched as the brother and sister's fingers flew, and soon they folded lifelike lilies out of tissue paper.
"You have this kind of skill, it's so powerful!" Ling Yao couldn't help but praise.
Lou Su was still thinking about what Chu Xiqi had just said.
It turns out that their only pastime in the research institute is to fold origami lilies? How boring would such a life be?
No, what Chu Xihen and his sister experienced in the research institute was not life at all, it could only be considered as existing.
After making a bouquet of lilies, Chu Xihen took some old newspapers from the side to use as packaging and tied a ribbon underneath.
Yang Yichen stepped forward and held out his hand. "Your team has made the lilies, so let our team make the flowers appear in the flower shop."
"Okay, but it's still raining outside, be careful not to get wet." Chu Xihen handed the lilies to Yang Yichen.
The scene of the bouquet being handed over made Lou Su's expression look a little ugly.
The nine of them quickly ran to the flower shop at the town entrance. Meng Xinyi raised her hand and used her thunder attribute skill: Seeing Flowers in the Mist.
The flower shop was shrouded in fog and visibility was less than one meter. Yang Yichen took the opportunity to sneak into the flower shop, put down the lilies, and then came out to reunite with the main force. At this time, Meng Xinyi withdrew her supernatural power, and the rainy sky became bright again.
"What the hell is this weather? It's suddenly so foggy!" The flower shop owner had just finished complaining when she saw someone standing in front of her. She was so scared that she took a step back.
"Oh, why are you like a ghost? You scared me to death!" They were obviously a group of people, but the flower shop owner used "you" to refer to them, which means that in the eyes of the boss lady, the nine of them were just one "female college student."
"Boss, I want to buy lilies." Chu Xihen said.
Without thinking, the boss said, "No flower shop in Baihua Town sells lilies."
She wiped her hands on her apron and asked curiously, "Why do you always come to me to buy lilies? Those flowers look unlucky, and the men in town won't let you sell them. Last time you got a bunch of lilies from somewhere, didn't your drunk dad beat you up? Why don't you learn your lesson?"
The flower shop owner revealed a lot of information in his words. Although Chu Xihen really wanted to ask, he still followed the rules and controlled his curiosity.
Ling Ji and Ling Yao, who couldn't control their mouths at the back, had their mouths covered in advance.
The person who covered Ling Ji's mouth was Yang Yichen. He was very skilled at this, just like eating or drinking.
But Ling Yao's mouth was covered by Chu Xichi.
In fact, since Ling Yao became mute whenever he got close to the girl Chu Xishi, her action of covering his mouth seemed a bit unnecessary.
"You clearly have lilies there. If you don't sell them, I will tell everyone in the town that you are selling lilies secretly." Chu Xihen pointed at the lilies that Yang Yichen had put in behind the boss and said.
The boss looked back, then went in with a look of horror and took out the lilies.
"What the hell, where did this stuff come from? Don't you want to buy it? I'll sell it to you, one hundred dollars a bunch!" the boss said unhappily.
Chu Xihen was too lazy to waste time with her, so he stuffed the hundred yuan he had prepared in advance into her hand and took the bouquet of paper lilies.
The money was given to him by Yang Yichen. He didn't have the habit of bringing money into a dungeon.
"Let's go." Chu Xihen turned around and said to everyone, and then the group headed towards the river outside the town in the heavy rain.
Not long after they walked, Yang Yichen said, "The flower shop owner is following behind."
"Pretend that nothing was discovered and take her to the riverside to deal with her later." Lou Su wanted to see if he could find a loophole in the rules.
Ling Ji couldn't help but say, "But the rules say that if you find the flower shop owner following you, don't hesitate. We have already found her but didn't kill her. Is that a violation of the rules?"
Lou Su thought for a moment and said, "We are just ordinary, weak female college students. How could we kill someone without any hesitation?"
"That makes sense." Ling Ji was convinced.
Then several people saw a red task panel pop up.
Trigger quest: Sometimes empathy can help you gain insight into more information. Find out why the "female college student" is afraid!
"That's awesome, Brother Lou. This can even trigger a side quest for you!" Ling Ji was so happy that he didn't know the situation. He raised his hand to grab Lou Su's shoulder, but Yang Yichen grabbed his collar from behind and pulled him away.
"So these rules don't need to be followed exactly as they are written. We just need to get the results. The process can be changed." Chu Xihen said as he walked and looked at the task panel.
The third rule has three results that must be achieved. The first is to buy lilies at the flower shop on a rainy day, the second is to take the lilies to the river, and the third is to kill the flower shop owner who is following you.
As long as they finally do it, it's not a violation of the rules.
"Then what do you think the female college student is afraid of? Is she afraid of the florist owner following her, or is she afraid of something at the riverside that they are about to reach?" Lou Su asked.
"I guess it's the latter." Ling Ji somehow managed to break free from Yang Yichen's grip and came over to interrupt.
When he saw the young couple cuddling together, he didn't know how to avoid suspicion at all.
"Brother Yang, Brother Ling is able to live healthily until now, you must have endured a lot, right?" Seeing Ling Ji's asking for a beating, He Jia couldn't help but complain to Yang Yichen.
Yang Yichen held his forehead, walked over resignedly, and dragged the man aside to "teach him a lesson".
"Let me go, I want to analyze clues with Brother Fox and the others, umm..." Ling Ji's voice quickly disappeared.
Everyone knew what was going on, and no one turned back to look. They just kept walking forward without looking around.
Chu Xihen continued to speak along with Ling Ji's previous words: "I also think it is the latter. To be more precise, the female college student was afraid that the flower shop owner who was following her would discover her intention to go to the river. I guess she took the lilies to the river, most likely to commemorate someone, right?"