Chapter 053: Cute creatures eating melons in the refreshment room (5)
The prop "Walls Have Ears" could be heard from the door opening and closing sounds.
The players were all a little confused.
Fang Yiran, the child food model, stood up and walked to the transparent side of the glass room, looking towards the long corridor.
It was pitch black there and I couldn't see anything.
He looked confused and asked in a clear childish voice, "This Black Cat store manager walked around for so long without stopping and opened so many doors. How big is this store?"
Xiang Xiang replied, "He doesn't necessarily move forward all the time. He might be moving back and forth between several rooms, cleaning."
Fang Yiran rationally thought that what the other party said made sense, but he intuitively felt that something was wrong.
A strong echo came from the store manager, and he seemed to be walking through an extremely narrow corridor.
Then everything became clear.
The sound became noisy.
The space seemed much larger, and the sound of things being moved echoed.
And the roar of cars starting.
"Ah, manager, you're here." A cheerful female voice came out.
The players looked at each other in surprise.
Fang Yiran suddenly realized and looked at the others: "Did he go out?"
Xiang Xian felt his speculation was contradicted, and quickly made amends: "It's not surprising that this store has a back door. He probably left through the back door."
Liu Tang focused his attention on the female voice: "This voice sounds like the red-feathered bird girl who was having an affair with the store manager."
Mo Qianhe thought about it carefully. Although the red-feathered bird girl's voice was more tender during the day, her voice was indeed like this at other times.
Fang Yiran suddenly realized: "No wonder she ran away as soon as she got off work, and the store manager didn't care about her. It turns out she went to another place to continue her work."
"Ugly" Shu Mu listened to the metallic sounds inside and said hesitantly, "It sounds a bit like the sound of shipping crates colliding with each other."
When Xiang Xiang heard this, he suddenly remembered the conversation he overheard in the kitchen today, so he repeated what the bird girl reported to the Black Cat store manager.
Hearing that the store manager was delivering snacks to the restaurant, Shu Mu sighed: "If it's tea snacks, then they're being delivered in boxes. The shipment volume must be quite large."
Xiang Xiang told everyone his guess that the store manager had hired a factory to produce snacks.
The image of a successful entrepreneur quickly emerged in everyone's mind.
Liu Tang was a little surprised and looked back at Mo Qianhe: "Could he really be a big boss?"
Mo Qianhe said uncertainly, "If the tea snacks were indeed developed by him and he has control over the tea snack formula, then it's not surprising that someone would deliberately want to get close to him and eavesdrop on his every move."
Fang Yiran suddenly realized: "I see, they want to steal the secret recipe!"
Shu Mu touched his chin: "I see."
His eyes rolled and an idea came to his mind.
These people were discussing seriously, except for the girl with twin pigtails and the swindler Lao Cheng who remained silent.
Lao Cheng's interpretation of the known information is different from that of others, and he chooses to wait and see first.
Putong's mind was filled with only one thought at the moment: "I'm so hungry."
The bird girl's voice came again from the Black Cat store manager.
She asked the store manager, "Tell me, why do you doubt the new part-time waiter?"
Everyone's attention was focused again.
The store manager's voice was filled with laughter. Just by hearing his steady and clear voice, one could tell that he was wearing a perfect smile at the moment:
“I just thought it was weird that he was interacting with a couple who came into the store today.
"Although I later tested both of them and didn't find any loopholes, that sense of dissonance still persisted, and it made me uneasy."
The bird girl smiled and replied, "You're still as meticulous as ever... and still suspicious. Fine, since you said you wanted to investigate, I'll do it.
"Please send me a copy of the personal information that Cheetah filled out when he applied for the job. I'll check to see if his student status is genuine."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work." The manager's voice was particularly gentle.
The bird girl's voice also became ambiguous: "Anyway, as long as you give enough as a reward, it's fine."
After that, the two seemed to hug and kiss for a while before the manager left the noisy place.
Everyone felt a little embarrassed for a moment.
Idol Xiang Xiang touched the goose bumps on his arm and said with disgust: "How disgusting."
Liu Tang has already started to eat melons: "So they are both superiors and subordinates, and lovers.
“Is this considered an office romance?
"Also, that bird's beak is so pointy, how do they kiss?"
Fang Yiran: “…”
Is this the point, bro?
Mo Qianhe didn't follow Liu Tang's train of thought and changed his mind to analyze: "It seems that this store manager is smarter than I thought. He has already noticed the connection and suspiciousness of Cheetah and his group."
Liu Tang recalled the question Xiang Xiang had asked earlier and repeated, "Logically speaking, this boss has such a rich storyline, so it should be closely related to our completion of the dungeon. But I still can't figure out how this is related to gaining favorability points."
No one else spoke.
Lao Cheng felt that the voice coming from the store manager was no longer of much value, so he put away "Walls Have Ears".
The players began to feel a gentle drowsiness coming over them.
Guided by the system, they lay down on their own beds, ready to fall into a childlike sleep.
Only Shu Mu, with his shifty eyes, was particularly excited at this moment.
He looked with shining eyes at the place where Liu Tang had said there was a bug.
None of the other players noticed the connection between this plot and gaining favorability points.
But he found out.
If the store's secrets were really that important, wouldn't he be doing the store manager a favor if he helped him find the location of the bug?
The store manager should therefore give him a lot of favorability points, right?
When Shu Mu thought of this, he couldn't help but feel secretly delighted.
At dawn the next day, Shu Mu opened his eyes full of anticipation.
He stretched and sat up in bed, waiting for his boss to arrive.
"I'm so hungry, really hungry." The voice of Putong, a fat girl with twin ponytails, came from not far away, causing Shu Mu to feel disgusted.
As the girl spoke, all the players woke up one after another and felt the hunger in their stomachs.
Shu Mu's hunger, which had been suppressed by excitement, gradually awakened at this moment.
That was no ordinary hunger.
It was a nagging, almost irrational desire for food.
Lao Cheng woke up from bed, feeling somewhat relieved.
There are not many opportunities to catch his breath in the dungeon, and he hasn't had a good night's sleep for a long time.
It was rare that he slept soundly that night.
Lao Cheng looked at Liu Tang who was standing diagonally in front of him, wondering uncertainly whether all this was related to "doing good deeds".
Liu Tang looked at Mo Qianhe and confirmed that he was fine before speaking, "It seems that there is something wrong with that snack. I always feel that after eating it, my sense of hunger becomes more acute."
Fang Yiran looked at the girl who was half-dead on the bed and kept shouting "hungry".
He was really annoyed by being called so he walked over and handed the other person a prop:
"It's 'delicious air' that you can chew and play with."
The prop looked like cotton candy skewered on a wooden stick, except that the cotton was a ball of transparent air, revealing colorful outlines from time to time under the light.
This item was rated as one of the top 10 "most useless items" in the player forum, and anyone who drew this item would be ridiculed for a whole year.
The audience in the live broadcast room laughed when they saw this:
"Hahahaha, the big star Fang really has all kinds of junk props."
"When it comes to drawing props, he's really unlucky."
"But he always finds opportunities to use props, which is quite amazing."
Putong saw the props Fang Yiran handed him and waved them away angrily: "Who asked you to be so kind, you stinky dye vat! I'd rather starve to death or die outside than accept your help!"
When Liu Tang heard this, he became alert and said to Mo Qianhe beside him, "I feel like she has triggered some combo."
At this time, Xiang Xiang walked over, picked up the prop that was knocked to the ground by Putong, and stood it up in front of Putong again.
The colorful air that had been dispersed condensed again and stopped above the wooden stick.
Xiang Xiang said, "You're making my head hurt. Let me use this to stop you from getting hurt."
Tears instantly gleamed in Putong's eyes: "Xiangxiang, you are such a kind person!
"Even in this situation, you still care about me. Xiangxiang, fly bravely! Your fragrance will always be with me!"
Xiang Xiang raised his hands to cover his face.
It’s better to just post these words online. Shouting them out will really bring you social disgrace.
Putong took the "delicious air" prop and chewed it happily: "It tastes like caramel popcorn! It smells so good!"
Liu Tang, who was looking at this side, clapped his hands and said, "Yes, yes, that's it! The law of true fragrance!"
Mo Qiangan: "..."
What kind of weird posts do you make on the player forums every day?
Putong chewed the air, smiled at his idol, and rolled his eyes at Fang Yiran.
Fang Yiran was left speechless by this wave of double standards.
That was the prop he gave me! What's with this guy's attitude?!
Idol Xiang Xiang walked up to Fang Yiran and handed him a bottle of "black dog blood": "It's an equal exchange. I won't take advantage of you."
Fang Yiran had just taken the prop when he heard the other party say quietly, "I've told you before, don't worry about other people when there's nothing to do. It's a thankless task."
Fang Yiran felt a lump in his throat.
Okay, okay, these two people, one is the real person and the other is a fan, they can take turns to make him angry, right?
At this moment, Fang Yiran's behavior also triggered discussions in the live broadcast room:
"Hahahaha, I don't have a big heart for meddling in other people's affairs, but I have the disease of meddling in other people's affairs."
"You don't understand Fang Mingxing's calculations at all. A useless prop in exchange for a bottle of 'black dog blood', what a winner!"
"This idol's behavior is quite confusing. The celebrity is kind and generous, and she follows suit with props. Who is meddling in other people's business?"
"Maybe this idol feels responsible for his fans."
"This is something new. When did idols start caring about their fans?"
"The ones mentioned above have never had a good idol, right? When I was cheering for my idol, I even received milk tea from him."
"How much is a cup of milk tea? 208 people don't care. But this item is worth at least 50 points! How much does she earn after clearing a dungeon?"
As Shu Mu expected, the Black Cat store manager finally appeared outside the glass door.
He opened the door in an orderly manner and invited the cute creatures to go to the dining area.
"Everyone behaved very well today." Seeing that all the cute animals walked out of the glass house obediently without running around, the store manager praised gently.
"Ahhhh." At this time, the Black Cat store manager heard a voice coming from below.
Along with this, there was also the feeling of the trouser legs being pulled.
He looked down and found that it was the cute little creature that the guests tacitly called "ugly monster".
It raised its hand and pointed at a table, babbling.
Although the black cat's expression was still gentle, he couldn't help but say in his heart: Ugly things are often mischievous.
"Over there, come with me and take a look." Shu Mu said while pointing to the table where the eavesdropping device was installed.
The other players also noticed his actions and quickly understood his intentions.
Putong, the girl with twin ponytails, was eating the props and still felt extremely hungry, but at least she had some energy to pay attention to everything around her.
Seeing Shu Mu's behavior, she asked her idol in confusion: "What does this ugly guy want to do?"
Xiang Xiang brushed away the golden hair that was brushing against his cheek, crossed his arms, and without explanation, he just raised his chin to let her continue looking.
Fang Yiran was the first to point out: "He wants to tell the boss the location of the bug. Why?"
Mo Qianhe sneered: "Probably trying to gain the boss's favor."
Fang Yiran quickly understood the logic behind this and angrily tried to stop them: "It was clearly Liu Tang who discovered this, why should he take the credit?"
Liu Tang didn't mind. He grabbed him and said, "Although I discovered the bug, it was he who thought of using this information to gain favorability points. He deserves the benefit."
Under Shu Mu's guidance, the Black Cat store manager finally discovered the bug under the table.
The small black square box was hidden very secretly, and even the flashing signal light was intentionally dimmed.
The black cat's pupils shrank into a slit, and the area of the bright yellow pupils expanded rapidly.
He narrowed his eyes and smiled knowingly.
Then the black cat raised his hand and rubbed Shu Mu's head to show encouragement.
Shu Mu soon noticed that the favorability value on his arm began to rise.
From "5" to "10"...
The rise stopped.
Shu Mu was shocked.
I reminded him of something so important, and he only gave me a 5-point favorability increase?!
Then, the players saw that the Black Cat store manager stood up, his expression returned to normal, and he did not do anything to the eavesdropping device, pretending that he had not discovered anything.
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