Chapter 105

The next day, Anxin Gardening Office.

Zhang Ling was sitting at his workstation, facing the computer, fidgeting.

On the screen in front of him was a report on a strange story that had been sent back for rewriting; next to him were three people watching him revise the report.

Two women and one man. The man was Brother Wang, a clerical staff member of Anxin Gardening and the senior who was responsible for guiding Zhang Ling; the other two were Fang Xueqing and Shi Mian.

Zhang Ling was a newcomer who was still in the probation period, and he was also a poor guy who had just been involved in a strange story not long ago.

Normally, it was not his turn to write a report, but this time, except for him, no one else in Anxin Gardening even entered the strange story, and it was even more difficult to know what happened in it. So this matter finally fell on Zhang Ling's head.

But I have to say that his report was really poorly written. That's why Brother Wang was standing next to him rubbing his face now - Zhang Ling was the newcomer he was responsible for training, and this report had to be reviewed by him before it could be submitted.

Fang Xueqing was dragged here by him to help. As a field worker, Fang Xueqing had relatively rich experience in writing reports, and she had been guarding the perimeter this time, so she might be able to help supplement some information; as for Shi Mian...

this matter actually had nothing to do with her. She just came here to join in the fun because she heard that this matter was related to the Ghost Story Demolition Office.

After all, she is now the "main person in charge of the ghost story demolition office". Is there any problem if she goes over to watch when she hears the key words? Absolutely not!

Being stared at by three regular employees at the same time, Zhang Ling felt as if her neck was pressed down by a mountain. The pressure was even greater than when she was doing ghost stories. She became cautious when typing. At this moment, I heard Brother Wang next to him sighing softly for the nth time.

Brother Wang also worked as a field staff in the past two years. Unfortunately, he was ambushed by a "player" during the ghost story investigation, and was injured and left with sequelae, so he was forced to retreat to the second line.

But no matter what, the vision and experience are still there. Because of his past investigative training, his character has always been quite stable, and he was able to maintain his patience even in the face of such a stressful situation.

"Xiao Zhang." He leaned towards the screen, closed his eyes, and spoke seriously, "I know that you were a novelist before you came here, and you may be used to using some exaggerated writing methods, but I still say that the most important thing for the situation inside the ghost story is to seek truth from facts. Write what you see, and don't make unnecessary modifications based on subjective impressions. Do you understand what I mean?"

"...Brother Wang, believe me, I really listened to it." Xiao Zhang looked at him pitifully, his tone was helpless, "I am really seeking truth from facts this time."

"Are you sure?" Brother Wang restrained himself and adjusted his breathing, stretched out his hand and pointed at the screen, "Are you sure this paragraph is called 'Seek Truth from Facts'?"

The others looked in the direction of his finger and saw the lines of text on the screen-

【Just when I didn't know what to do, the tightly closed door of the room was suddenly kicked open. Two nimble figures rushed into the room like lightning, holding huge light sources that swayed, almost blinding me.

【[Stop, don't move, you weirdo demolition office! You are surrounded! ]

【Because of the angle, I couldn't see their faces, I could only hear their voices. One of them was wearing a long skirt, and her momentum was particularly arrogant: [All of you squat in the corner! Squat! Hold your head with both hands... I tell you to hug it, so do it! What does your neck length have to do with me? Did I pull it so long? ]……】

"It's okay to use a metaphor." Brother Wang corrected him patiently, "What's wrong with the way you write? It makes you sound like the police are cracking down on pornography and illegal publications. Think about it yourself, is this normal? I told you not to use any artistic processing..."

"Brother Wang, I didn't process it." Zhang Ling couldn't help but say, "They really were like that at the time!"

Brother Wang: "..." You seem to be kidding me.

"Well, let me express my personal opinion." Fang Xueqing on the side raised her hand at the right time, "Although I wasn't there, I think this style is actually quite suitable for the Demolition Office."

"???" Brother Wang was shocked, "What style, cracking down on pornography and illegal publications?"

Fang Xueqing: "..."

Fang Xueqing: "I mean it's slashing and fast."

...Okay.

Brother Wang restrained himself and closed his eyes again, turning his attention back to the screen: "Okay, let's count this paragraph first. But there's still the next part..."

He quickly scanned the next few lines again, his brows almost wrinkled into buns: "What about this person called 'Teacher Jian Ming'?"

"Oh." Zhang Ling immediately became excited when he heard him ask this, "Regarding this person, I specifically asked the staff of the Demolition and Relocation Office. This is 'Teacher Jian Ming', a mid-level salesperson in the Demolition and Relocation Office with rich experience in demolition..."

"No, no, no, that's not what I'm talking about." Brother Wang hurriedly said, "I mean the way you describe it."

Zhang Ling: "......?"

"First of all, delete this long paragraph about your temperament and appearance. There is no need to use meaningless metaphors like 'cold and beautiful demon' in the mission report. Secondly, can you figure out what is meant by appropriate details...

"Look at what you have written now. To summarize it roughly, 'she entered the room, she avoided the monsters that jumped out from the corner, she found the secret passage, she used the password to open the door of the secret passage, and she took us away.' That's it."

"Uh..." Zhang Ling nodded in confusion, "So what's the problem with this paragraph?"

"...Details, details, brother!" Brother Wang felt like he was about to suffocate, "People always have to see something before they can react, right? Why did she notice the monster in the corner, how did she find the secret passage, and how did she crack the password? You didn't mention the key points at all. You see, in your writing, she didn't even have a thinking process, is this reasonable? "

"To be honest, I don't think it's reasonable." Zhang Ling said frankly, "but this teacher is really like this."

From entering the door to leaving the door, all the actions were done in one go, as if they had been rehearsed several times, and even the password was entered in seconds without thinking - don't mention Brother Wang, he was dumbfounded when he saw it on the spot, and didn't react for a long time.

He also found it strange, but didn't he say that he had to write according to the facts. At least this is the fact that he saw.

"..." Brother Wang choked again, and seeing Zhang Ling's assurance, he was a little shaken for a moment.

At this moment, Fang Xueqing, who was watching on the side, raised her hand again in time: "Well, if you don't mind, I will add some more information I know.

"This 'Teacher Su Ming' you are talking about has also participated in the removal of the Lanziqiao unit building ghost story before... I mean the rescue work. At least from the information we have so far, she was the one who led the solution to the unit building ghost story. In addition, Lao Tian, ​​who is very good at weeding, also said that she was also responsible for solving the problem of Guo Shuyi's ghost story..."

These are just the cases they know about.

Who knows how many similar things there are besides these two cases? And as an abnormal being who can work as a mid-level salesperson in the Demolition and Relocation Office, it doesn't seem strange to master some special abilities.

After all, they can hold a large job fair in Butterfly's hotel with just one intern.

"Therefore." Fang Xueqing gave the final conclusion, "Although I also think that Zhang Ling's description is very unreasonable, but this matter..."

"It's very Demolition and Relocation Office." Shi Mian next to him naturally joined in.

After speaking, the two girls exchanged a look of mutual understanding on the spot.

Brother Wang: "..."

"Okay, okay, then let's forget about this part." Brother Wang waved his hands helplessly. He didn't understand what the Demolition and Relocation Office was, but he now felt from the bottom of his heart that this unit was a bit weird.

"...Then let's go straight to the ending. Have you noticed that your information in this part is completely missing? Your account only goes up to the part where you find the exit of the strange story. What happens next?"

"..." Zhang Ling blinked and spoke uncertainly, "Later, we went straight through the secret passage and came out?"

"Yes, I know you came out...but this report will be used as a reference for field personnel in the future. No one knows whether the escape method of this strange story will change in the future. So you need to write down everything you see and hear, whether you think it is useful or not, do you understand what I mean?"

Zhang Ling was silent for a moment, and nodded hesitantly: "I understand. But the problem is, after we entered the secret passage, I basically couldn't see anything, and they had to pull me along. I didn't hear anything, except for the voices of those comrades from the demolition office communicating..."

"Yeah, then write it down." Brother Wang said immediately, "So what did they say? You repeat it to me first, I'll see if I can integrate and refine it a little bit..."

"Oh..." Zhang Ling turned his head as if he understood, thought for a moment, and spoke uncertainly, "It seems that they discussed two things."

Brother Wang: "Yeah, you tell me."

"One is that the ghost story this time is not too difficult. If it is still of this difficulty in the future, that teacher Jin Ming will not need to come, and can be handed over to other people." Zhang Ling recalled seriously, "And that is..."

Brother Wang: "...Hmm?"

"I couldn't see anyone at the time, and I didn't quite recognize the voice, so I'm not sure who was talking." Zhang Ling said honestly, "But it sounded like that teacher Jin Ming..."

"When she was about to come out of the secret passage, she suddenly said 'Ah'. Then she said-

"'I left in too much of a hurry and forgot to dismantle the root of this ghost story. '”

“…” After the words fell, Brother Wang’s expression paused obviously. His expression immediately became subtle.

After a while, Fang took a deep breath and asked in confirmation: "Are you sure, you didn’t hear it wrong?"

"Yes." Zhang Ling nodded without hesitation, "Definitely talking about this. This sentence is the one I remember most clearly."

...So, what the hell is that weird Demolition and Relocation Office?

What’s the matter with this tone of "Oh, I didn’t get the discounted bread"?!

Brother Wang was silent. The knowledgeable Brother Wang was silent again.

But Fang Xueqing next to him patted his shoulder in understanding.

"I understand your confusion now." She said, "But to be honest, although I also think this is outrageous, its style is actually..."

"Very Demolition and Relocation Office? "Brother Wang responded subconsciously.

He received affirmative looks from Fang Xueqing and Shi Mian at the same time.

*

On the other side.

Xu Ming knew nothing about Brother Wang's confusion.

She had her own things to worry about.

The first was the communication with Landuo.

To put it mildly, there was no progress; to put it bluntly, it was extremely unsuccessful. And the reason for the unsuccessful communication was very simple -

Xu Ming discovered that Landuo had actually begun to avoid her.

During the day, even if he didn't like the sun, he would definitely go out with an umbrella, but at night he would simply disappear. Every day, his shadow could only be seen when everyone was doing activities together, but there was no chance to be alone with him, especially since he was an abnormal being and was extremely good at hiding in all kinds of corners.

…Even if she calculated the time when he was cooking and suddenly rushed to the kitchen, she would only see a stove that had just been extinguished. As for human figures, there was no trace of them at all. She

did not neglect buying groceries, cooking, and cleaning every day. She even took great care to expand and upgrade the breeds of the dogs. Now Xu Ming could see the dogs at home changing breeds almost every day. But she could not see the owner.

Originally, she only suspected that he was a little mermaid. Now, he also worked as a snail eater.

Xu Ming guessed that Lando had probably noticed something, but he was afraid that she would ask, so he deliberately avoided her. . She had no choice but to put the matter aside for the time being and continue to focus on finding the unlock code.

Unfortunately, this did not go smoothly.

In the following week, she entered two more memory fragments, but unfortunately they were not related to the unlock code. Coincidentally, these memory fragments seemed to be linear in time, showing exactly the experience of her and Landor who continued to wade into the strange stories...

Yes, after the messy first time, the two of them did not break up. It was amazing.

What's even more amazing is that Landor is even willing to maintain the deal with her until he helps her get the first root.

...The most amazing thing is that after three ghost stories, their cooperation is still so messed up. Even more messed up.

Xu Ming didn't know what to say. The only pity she had was that she couldn't bring lunch when she entered the memory segment, wasting such a good opportunity to eat.

Of course, the ghost stories themselves are still quite scary. But, how to say it...

Xu Ming didn't want to be too harsh on her past self, but to be honest, based on the clips she saw, if she took them out, edited them, added some canned laughter, and said they were horror situation light comedy, she thought people would believe it.

She even thought of the title, "Two Idiots in Haunted Town".

...Fortunately, this week was not all troubles, there were still some good news.

For example, the laptop that Landor snatched back for her - to be precise, the root in the shape of a laptop.

After Niu Bugeng's persistent attempts, it was finally successfully triggered.

A real trigger. Upon hearing the news, almost everyone in the small villa ran to watch. Even Panpan, who knew nothing, followed over, floating in the air, staring at the computer screen curiously.

Of course, the best view was reserved for Xu Ming.

Under everyone's attention, the blurry picture on the screen gradually became clear - in the end, the interface fully presented the interior of a house.

In other words, the interior of a ghost story.

Before Xu Ming and the others came, Niu Bugeng had studied the use of this computer as much as possible. Randomly capture a ghost story and observe it, synchronize the picture in real time, and even switch the viewing angle and area through keyboard operations.

The only problem was that I couldn't hear any sound, and the signal was not very good. Often, the picture would disappear while I was watching it, and then I had to wait for a long time...

Although the crowd watching the demonstration occasionally exclaimed in surprise, it was really supportive. Xu Ming was also amazed by what she saw, and soon realized another use for this thing -

she quickly asked Niu Bugeng to operate it to take a panoramic view of the entire strange story to see if anyone was trapped inside. After confirming that there were no living people in the strange story, she began to peel the pictures frame by frame, collecting all the rules and clues as much as possible...

After finishing the work, she sorted it out and gave it directly to Shi Mian in the name of Gu Ming.

She successfully received another huge amount of clue fees. Although it would take a while to get the gift because of the process, it didn't prevent Xu Ming from having a nice midnight snack that night. After discussing with Niu Bugeng, she bought him a bunch of books as a thank you gift for cracking the computer.

Considering that it was Landor who had snatched the thing back, she thought about it again and again, and finally bought Landor a small gift as well. She quietly placed it next to the doghouse at night, and when she went to check the next day, it was gone.

And then there was Guo Shuyi.

The little girl has always had a goal, which is to use her own abilities to help other girls trapped in strange stories to get out of the strange stories like her and take a look - and this week, this goal finally made gratifying progress.

Xu Ming learned about this on Saturday night, when she was chatting with Qiu Yufei on WeChat. They were originally scheduled to go out for dinner together the next day, but Qiu Yufei happened to win a ticket to a music live two days ago, and the time was tonight.

It happened that the location of the live house was in the south of the city, so the two of them discussed that Qiu Yufei could just come to Xu Ming's house to sleep for a night after watching the show, and go to the city together tomorrow, so that she wouldn't have to go home alone at night. It was worrying.

It was almost eleven o'clock in the evening, and Qiu Yufei's performance had just ended, and she was about to take a taxi. Xu Ming was sitting alone on the sofa in the living room. Just as he sent his address, someone suddenly patted his shoulder from behind.

Gu Yunshu would not do such a meaningless prank, so her first reaction was Lu Yueling. She turned around lazily, but saw an unexpected face.

"...Hi." The tall girl with neat short hair stood behind the sofa and waved at her slightly, excited and a little shy, revealing the beautiful rose tattoo behind her ear, "Long time no see."

"..." Xu Ming opened his mouth slightly, and it took him a while to react. He covered his mouth in disbelief and climbed up directly by grabbing the back of the sofa.

"It's you, Da Guo!"

"Uh, actually my real name is not this... But never mind!" Da Guo was infected by her, and his smile widened a little, "You can call me whatever you like, it's okay to call me Zhang San!"

She also kept a record of her work card with Xu Ming, and the name she left was Zhang San.

Xu Ming waved his hands repeatedly, and quickly climbed over the sofa and stood on the ground. Just as she was about to ask something, she saw another person peeking through the living room door. The moment her eyes met, she also smiled softly, waved her hand shyly, and walked over from behind the door.

"It's been a long time since I last saw Teacher Ming." Xiao Guo said softly, looking more shy than Da Guo, "Do you still remember me?" "

Of course I remember..." Xu Ming tilted her head to look at her, but was a little surprised, "But I really didn't recognize you at first glance. You actually changed your hairstyle."

She and Da Guo and Xiao Guo first met in the school district of Guo Shuyi's strange story. At that time, Xiao Guo had a very gentle princess cut. However, now, her hairstyle has become the more popular sheep curls, which suits her better.

"Yeah. Because I think this one looks better, I asked Xiao Shuyi to help me change it." Xiao Guo was a little shy, "Fortunately it's not too ugly."

Xu Ming suddenly realized it. No wonder Guo Shuyi came out of the strange talk for a while and always had to borrow her mobile phone to search for some hairstyle and perm guide.

Speaking of Guo Shuyi, Xu Ming subconsciously looked at the door. Sure enough, Guo Shuyi herself walked in slowly from outside the door with her hands behind her back, her lips tightly pursed, but her eyes were crooked, looking like she couldn't help laughing, and her eyes were full of pride and complacency.

Xu Ming was not vague, and he praised her generously, which made Guo Shuyi's chin rise a little.

On the other side, noticing the movement in the living room and the sudden appearance of a strange smell, Lu Yueling and Gu Yunshu also quietly floated into the living room, and the Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Demon also poked their heads through the wall from another direction

. They were originally worried about something going wrong, but when they saw that the visitors were Xu Ming's acquaintances, they were relieved

. Gu Yunshu had never formally met the big and small Guo, and only nodded lightly to greet them; Lu Yueling, on the other hand, was very enthusiastic. After chatting with the two for a while, she subconsciously looked at other corners of the room, revealing her concern.

Seeing what she was looking for, Guo Shuyi smiled a little embarrassedly.

"Well, sorry. Because my skills are not mature yet, I can only bring out two people from the ghost story at most at a time." Guo Shuyi whispered, paused, and then said, "Sister Bonnie asked me to say hello to you."

"..." Lu Yueling curled her lips, but didn't say much, just a faint "oh", and after a while, she added belatedly, "I didn't look for her either."

Guo Shuyi: "..." Uh, isn't it?

"Don't listen to her, she is looking for it." Xu Ming exposed the truth unceremoniously, took the time to check his mobile phone again, confirmed that Qiu Yufei got on the car, and asked her to send a location sharing. While paying attention, he sat back on the sofa and chatted with Guo Xiao and Guo Xiao again.

But it's called chatting... In fact, the chat was not too thorough.

Although in a sense they were friends for life and they cared about each other, after all they had only been together for a short time and they hadn't seen each other for a long time, so it was hard to find many topics to talk about in the short term.

None of the people present could liven up the atmosphere. As a result, the living room became cold sooner than expected. However, Xu Ming thought that it would be a pity for the two Guos to come out so hard and just go back. Besides, there were a lot of abnormal beings in the room, and none of them had a hard need for sleep. So he and Guo Shuyi made a plan and simply invited the people present to move the table to the yard and start a game of uno.

It must be said that this trick was quite effective. As soon as a few cards were played, the atmosphere became warm again. After a while, even Panpan, who was sleeping in the guest room, and the whale fat man who had been motionless came over to join in the fun. Seeing that there were quite a lot of people watching, Xu Ming thought for a while, took out two more decks of poker, handed them to Niu Buge, and let them play on their own.

For a while, the small courtyard was bustling with people late at night. Beyond the perception of normal people, the laughter rose in the night air. Xu Ming watched from the side for several rounds, and the curve of his mouth never went down. He raised his eyes inadvertently, but met Landor's focused eyes.

That guy came at some point, sitting alone on the steps, looking over here quietly, his eyes piercing through all the laughter, like a bird with no distractions.

The moment his eyes met, he dodged again, and the whole person suddenly straightened up, but disappeared in the blink of an eye.

... Xu Ming was left alone, looking at the empty steps, closing his eyes helplessly and exhaling.

"Director Xu?" Just at this moment, a voice sounded behind him again. Xu Ming turned around and saw Gu Yunshu standing behind him.

Her hairstyle was similar to before, except that she had a few more tufts of hair on her forehead, hanging down heavily, almost covering her eyes - this was a punishment method that Lu Yueling had figured out. Whoever lost would stick a tuft of her hair on the other's forehead. According to her, this was more fun than sticking notes.

Gu Yunshu was always thoughtful and knew that Qiu Yufei was going to stay tonight, so she tried to lift her drooping hair up, looked at Xu Ming seriously, and asked if they wanted to leave.

Xu Ming thought for a moment and shook his head.

"It's okay. Just be quiet." She said, "Yufei can't see..."

Before she finished speaking, she heard the sound of an engine outside the yard - and then there was a bang, as if someone slammed the car door.

Xu Ming was startled and subconsciously looked at his phone, only to find that Qiu Yufei's shared location was right at the door. She hurried over, and before she reached the door, she heard a burst of rapid knocks on the door; when she opened the door, she met Qiu Yufei's frightened eyes.

"Teacher Mingming, I was almost scared to death -" Qiu Yufei rushed over as soon as she saw Xu Ming, almost crying, and her voice was still trembling, "I tell you, you can't imagine how scary the thing I just saw on the elevated road was -"

Before she finished speaking, she suddenly stopped.

As if she had noticed something, she slowly raised her eyes, her sight passed over Xu Ming's shoulder, and accurately scanned the people playing in the yard.

At the table on the left, there was a circle of female ghosts. Almost every one of them had long hair covering their faces, and their hands were like chicken claws. Even from such a distance, one could clearly feel the resentment and murderous aura from them. At

the table on the right, there were Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Ghosts sitting on the left and right, and opposite her was a rotten man with a melting face. With her back to her was a little girl, who seemed to have heard her voice and was turning her head back.

The head was turning, but the body was not. There was a crackling sound from the neck, and the head just turned 180 degrees, blinking a pair of big eyes and looking over curiously.

"..." Standing next to Qiu Yufei, Xu Ming clearly heard her take a deep breath.

I don't know if it was Xu Ming's illusion, but she seemed to be shaking even more violently.

It seemed like she was going to die in the next second.