Chapter 167

"Eat... I want to eat... I want to eat, I want to eat..."

... What to eat?

"So greedy, just one bite... I want to eat meat..."

The voice as thin as a mosquito continued, and Xu Ming frowned instinctively in his sleep.

"Fragrant meat... sweet meat..."

So who is talking -

the dream was finally broken, and Xu Ming, who was awakened, opened his eyes unbearably. The moment the curtain was opened, what he saw was not the ceiling, but a head hanging in front of him.

With the moonlight outside the window, Xu Ming could see it clearly - the pale face, the wide eyes, and the long black hair radiated in all directions like a living thing, stretched straight on the walls and ceiling, like a spider silk covering the sky, or like a string pulling a puppet.

The moment their eyes met, he could even clearly see the other person's eyes suddenly widened.

Then he saw a black waterfall flying behind the other person's head, and all the hair suddenly gathered up. The body floating on the bed also began to descend rapidly until it was completely submerged in the bed.

But in the blink of an eye, there was emptiness in front of him again. It was as if what he had just seen was just a horrible hallucination in a half-asleep and half-awake state.

Lying on the bed, Xu Ming: "..."

His heart was still pounding because of what he had just seen. After a moment of silence, she closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

After she exhaled, she took another one. After two deep breaths, Fang opened her eyes again and picked up the mobile phone next to her.

Very good, it's 4:30 in the morning. The bus stop at the door is not open yet.

Closing her eyes sleepily again, Xu Ming slammed the hand holding the mobile phone on the mattress. After another two seconds, he spoke with restraint:

"...Xiaoliu?"

"Huh?" A faint response came from under the bed, and the tone was a little guilty.

Xu Ming: "...Can you tell me, what are you doing?"

"I...I'm afraid to scare you." Lu Yueling's voice continued to come from under the bed, and the guilt in her tone was even more obvious, "After all, it's late at night..."

...So you also know that it is a terrifying thing to see a floating woman in your room late at night?

Unable to restrain his complaints in his heart, Xu Ming raised his hands and rubbed his face, but his tone of voice was still calm: "No, I'm asking, why are you coming to my room at this time?"

"It's not like I came here on my own accord." As he spoke, Lu Yueling from under the bed floated up again, with half of her head exposed on the mattress, which made Xu Ming's heart twitch again. Then he heard her helplessly, "It's the new girl, she's vomiting moths again. A moth just flew to your side, and I was afraid of waking you up, so I came in quietly."

Xu Ming: "..."

Moth?

Xu Ming was startled. The room happened to be quiet at this time, and she noticed that there seemed to be some strange sound floating in the air.

A sharp and thin sound like tinnitus. It is easy to ignore it when you are not paying attention, but once you notice it, the sound will naturally ring out and it will be difficult to ignore it.

Subconsciously frowning, Xu Ming made a gesture of silence to Lu Yueling, turned his head and closed his eyes - sure enough, the sound that reached his ears became clearer.

"Eat... I want to eat..."

"Fragrant meat, I want to eat. Dirt, I want to eat..."

"..." Xu Ming's brows couldn't help but tighten.

It has been more than three months since she passed the copy of the rule book to her aunt. During this time, they have used the characteristics of the rule book to smuggle several batches of spirits out of the door one after another. For this kind of situation, they have some experience in dealing with it.

It is estimated that because of the instability of the soul, the spirits coming out from behind the door will have an awkward period of poor adaptation, and the most obvious manifestation is that they spit out moths from their mouths.

But unlike behind the door, in the real world, the scattered moths seem to have no subjective consciousness. Therefore, they always appear to be more stupid, unable to communicate, and more likely to get lost. In addition, the essence of moths is actually a part of their souls. Once lost, it is likely to bring trouble, so Xu Ming and his friends have always tried to catch them if they could...

- On the other hand, because the moths here are "stupid", their words are often simpler, more straightforward, and more directed to the inner heart of the entity.

... But if you follow this line of thought, the words said by this moth are very intriguing.

Eating meat and eating dirty things, it all sounds dangerous...

Xu Ming was thinking, and the thin voice had already muttered to itself:

"I want to eat meat... I want to eat barbecue. I want to eat the shiny maocai hot pot..."

Xu Ming:... huh?

"I also want to eat pot-wrapped meat, crispy pot-wrapped meat... braised pork elbows, braised pork slices... suckling pigs, whole lambs, and chickens..."

Xu Ming: "..."

Okay, it seems that I was worrying too much.

Other people's children are just greedy.

Secretly relieved, Xu Ming opened his eyes and met Lu Yueling's shining eyes: "Did you hear her?"

She said, her body floating up: "In which direction?"

"...How can I hear that?" Xu Ming was speechless for a while. Lu Yueling said "ah" in disappointment, and her fingers unconsciously tied up her drooping hair: "That's troublesome, I can't hear this girl's voice. The moth has been motionless, I just looked for it for a long time and couldn't find it."

Xu Ming: "..." That's really troublesome.

At 4:30 in the morning, the brain is less active than an otter. Xu Ming covered his face with his hands and fell on the quilt. He struggled for a moment between the two identities of "the responsible and capable Director Xu" and "the loser who just slept for three hours". He raised his hand with a sense of luck and pointed in the direction of the door.

"Go and call Lando." Before she finished her words, she couldn't help but close her eyes. "He can hear everyone's voice. Let him catch..."

"Ah?" Lu Yueling was stunned when she heard it. "Bastard? But isn't he recovering from illness?"

"..." The eyelids that had just closed were separated again in an instant.

The room seemed to be quiet all of a sudden, with only the moth-feather-like whispers floating softly. But after exchanging a few words, it had already roughly memorized the Northeastern and Sichuan cuisines, and started to memorize the Nine-Turn Large Intestine.

Closing his eyes again, Xu Ming sighed helplessly in his heart.

Finally, he gritted his teeth, threw back the quilt, and climbed out of bed resignedly.

"...Oh."

The next day, a sunny Saturday.

Qiu Yufei sat on Xu Ming's bed, watching online dramas on his laptop while constantly browsing his phone. He was even able to do three things at once and took the time to answer Xu Ming's words: "So that's how it is.

"That's why you sent me a message at six o'clock on Saturday morning, saying that moths are really hard to catch."

She raised her head leisurely in her busy schedule: "Teacher Mingming, let's just say, is there a possibility that - under normal circumstances, most people need to sleep until ten o'clock on Saturdays?" "

Who knew that you don't mute your phone when you go to bed. "Xu Ming answered without turning her head while sitting in front of the desktop computer beside her.

In front of her was a newly bought digital tablet, and the tip of the pen was moving freely on the tablet, looking very comfortable.

Qiu Yufei curled her lips and turned her gaze back to the laptop screen: "So, you finally caught it?"

"Yeah." Xu Ming nodded, "I found it just by listening to the sound. "

The sound of moths cannot be heard by everyone. At least in the demolition office, it seems that only she and Landor can hear all the sounds of moths. Everyone else has to rely on fate.

Xu Ming suspected that this was because only he and Landor had experienced the split soul. Unfortunately, except for the two of them, no one else could hear the moth's language yesterday.

Landor was recovering from illness, so Xu Ming could only bite the bullet and catch it himself. It took him almost an hour.

After finding it, he immediately sent the moth back to the little girl. It was a skinny little girl, who looked no bigger than a Guo Shuyi was a little older, with unnatural depressions in her cheeks.

Xu Ming wanted to go back to sleep, but after staring at her for a while, he decided to take her back to Guo Shuyi's ghost story, find a hot pot restaurant, and have a meal with her before going back to bed and continuing to sleep.

At about nine o'clock, he was woken up by Qiu Yufei, who had come all the way to play. He couldn't fall asleep anyway, so he just got up.

It happened that he was quite free today, with nothing important on hand, and he really didn't want to watch Yang Duoduo's adapted drama with Qiu Yufei, so he took out the digital tablet he bought some time ago, intending to draw something to pass the time.

"Hey, there's also hot pot..." Qiu Yufei also sounded a little greedy. Xu Ming spoke up in time: "Don't think about it, the hot pot in Guai Tan is too much for the two of us."

"...Okay." Qiu Yufei's thoughts were broken, and she could only sigh, "What a pity, I was thinking about going to Guai Tan to eat for free..." And there's no need to worry about high uric acid due to heavy salt and oil.

Xu Ming looked at her with amusement and said nothing. Qiu Yufei thought about it for a while, and suddenly realized another important question: "By the way, what happened to the dog man? Why did he go to recuperate?" "

...First, he is not called the dog man. Second, I definitely told you about this the day before yesterday. "Xu Ming was very determined. Noticing Qiu Yufei's blank look, his tone softened again.

"Because of the fragments, what else could it be?" She exhaled, "Two days ago, my aunt sent out the two fragments behind his door. After he absorbed them, he kept saying that he was not feeling well and kept locking himself in the room..."

The so-called room was a small compartment under the stairs of the villa. There were not many bedrooms in the small villa. The guest room had been occupied by Lu Yueling and a few others, and they could not vacate. Panpan and her daughter would sometimes go there to sleep. The rest of the rooms had been divided up almost completely, leaving only my aunt's bedroom, which had been idle all the time. Landor himself was reluctant to go in, saying that he was afraid of offending others.

In fact, there were better options, such as entering the rule book, or going to Guo Shu Yi's strange story, and asked for a room there. But Lando was unexpectedly worried this time. He was worried that if he went to the strange story, he would not be able to take care of the villa; he was also worried that if he went to the strange story, he would accidentally connect with Xu Ming's consciousness and cause trouble for Xu Ming.

What was even more strange was that he, who never cared about personal space, insisted on having a closed room to rest this time. While Xu Ming was still preparing to discuss with Lu Yueling and others, he had already quickly cleaned up the compartment under the stairs and moved in with the dog.

...After all, the last time Xu Ming saw someone living in such a place was Harry Potter.

People who didn't know would think this was some kind of ghost bullying.

Although Xu Ming was worried, he thought that after all he was in the house, which made him feel at ease, so he let him go. Unexpectedly, after that, he simply didn't show up - the door of the compartment was always closed. The only way she could be sure that he was still there was his daily casual chat with him through the door, and the eager knocking and howling of the dog behind the door.

"This sounds a bit serious." Qiu Yufei was shocked, "Fortunately, the dog doesn't need to be walked. "

Only then did she remember that Xu Ming had mentioned this matter when they were chatting on WeChat the day before yesterday - but at that time Lando had just moved into the compartment, and she happened to be dealing with other things, so she didn't take it too seriously.

Lando had shut himself off, and this was the first time she heard about it.

"Did he say why?" Qiu Yufei asked as if to make amends, as if feeling a little sorry. Xu Ming shook his head, thought for a moment, and then exhaled deeply.

"Forget it, let's wait and see. He must have his own reasons." She shrugged, "and he lives at home, and he has a cell phone...it's not like he's out of touch. "

In order to facilitate communication, several employees of the Demolition and Relocation Office who are often on the field now carry mobile phones. Landor often goes out to buy groceries, so naturally he was also given one. Xu Ming also specially customized a mobile phone case for him. The back of the case is printed with a comparison table of uppercase and Arabic numerals.

After all, with the funding from An Xin Gardening and Dali Weeding, the Demolition and Relocation Office can still afford this money.

"That's good..." Qiu Yufei nodded thoughtfully, pondered for a moment, and looked over curiously, "Then, what are you going to do when he comes out?"

"..." Xu Ming's pen tip paused, and the lines on the board were bent.

Her eyes moved slightly, and she corrected the lines silently. After she finished, she said, "What do you mean?"

"Just... that's what I mean. "Qiu Yufei paused the video and looked over with a slightly gossipy look, "There must be an explanation for what happened between you two."

Xu Ming did not hide the matter with Lando from her, and he had discussed it with her when he made his previous guesses. Therefore, although Qiu Yufei did not know the details, she was still clear about the general development.

Her attitude towards this was: "Sister, do whatever you think of. It's just a ghost story--" "

Alive, not dead, thank you." Xu Ming interrupted her unbearably.

After speaking, his eyelids drooped slightly, and the tip of the pen slid unconsciously on the digital tablet a few times, and he sighed silently.

"I...it's not that I don't want to give him an explanation. It's just that there are some things that I haven't figured out myself..." She whispered to herself, "But that guy is now isolating himself again..." "

?" "Qiu Yufei's ears moved noticeably, and after a moment, a thoughtful look slowly emerged on her face.

After a while, she spoke seriously again: "Well, Teacher Mingming, let me ask you this.

"How did you feel when you knew that he had made a deal for you? I think this is still very important as a reference indicator."

Xu Ming: "..."

Feeling?

Xu Ming frowned, as if he was lost in thought.

After a long while, his brows seemed to relax a little. She opened her mouth slightly and was about to speak, but she heard another voice behind her-

"Chiyuan, I appreciate everything you have done for me, really. But you and I both know that it is not love. If possible, I am willing to die for you, but this is all I can do for you."

"No, Duoduo, I don't want to listen-what's the difference, tell me what the difference is! Or do you actually hate me so much in your bones that you don't even want to look at me again! Duoduo, tell me, Duoduo!"

"Brother Chiyuan, listen to me..."

"No, I don't want to listen--"

Xu Ming: "..."

What was I going to say just now? I

tried hard to think about it, but I couldn't remember it. Xu Ming turned his head silently, and was met with Qiu Yufei's awkward smile.

"Sorry, sorry." She smiled awkwardly and paused the video, "I accidentally touched the play button just now..."

Xu Ming: "…………"

Forget it, it doesn't matter.

The atmosphere is gone, and there is obviously no need to continue the topic. Xu Ming turned his neck and continued to fiddle with his painting; Qiu Yufei wisely didn't ask any more questions, and swiped her mobile phone twice, and suddenly changed the subject and asked about Guo Shuyi's current whereabouts.

"She should be playing board games downstairs." Xu Ming looked at her strangely, "Why are you asking about her suddenly. ”

“I promised to take her to visit the auto repair shop.” Qiu Yufei showed her her mobile phone with an open Baidu map on it, “I just checked the address, and I happen to be free today, so we can go directly there.”

“?” Xu Ming was stunned when he heard it, “She? Auto repair shop?”

“Yes. Didn’t she tell you?” Qiu Yufei was also stunned, “I thought you let her go.”

“I didn’t let her go.” Xu Ming felt even more surprised and turned around completely, “What did she tell you?”

“She said that you asked her to go on a mission these two days, and she took it very seriously and wanted to prepare well. So she wanted to go to the auto repair shop to visit and learn first…” Qiu Yufei recalled seriously, and even showed Xu Ming the chat history, “Yes, she told me the day before yesterday. "

It was because Guo Shuyi suddenly sent a message that she didn't pay attention to what Xu Ming said about Landor.

Xu Ming remembered now - she did look for Guo Shuyi the day before yesterday.

Anxin Gardening planned to further cultivate Fang Xueqing, so it negotiated with the Demolition Office, hoping to exchange another root through a transaction for Fang Xueqing to upgrade the rule book.

Because as early as three months ago, they had already given a root to Anxin Gardening and Dali Weeding, and now the Demolition Office had long been in their eyes. The "friendly mysterious unit composed of non-humans" was upgraded to the "super-friendly mysterious unit composed of non-humans with a lot of money". In return, the financial assistance they provided to Xu Ming was even more generous. In addition, Xu Ming herself always believed that enough money was enough, so this time, she did not directly agree to Anxin Gardening's request to exchange roots for money.

In response, she asked Anxin Gardening to write an IOU. She didn't think about what she owed specifically, so she just wrote that if the demolition office needed it in the future, she hoped that Anxin Gardening would pay her back. Anxin

Gardening was quite cautious about this, and it was said that two meetings were held for this purpose. After a long internal discussion, they finally agreed, but added a bunch of restrictive clauses to the IOU. Xu Ming understood this, after all, it was official, so they had to be careful.

There were two copies of the IOU, and her copy was sent the day before yesterday. Xu Ming was ready to ask someone to send the roots to Anxin Gardening. However, this work was usually done by Landor, but that Tian Landuo shut herself up...

Guo Shuyi happened to be nearby, and after hearing about this, she volunteered to take over.

Xu Ming was very confident in her, so he agreed directly. He only emphasized two things to her. First, it would be best if the roots were delivered before Monday. Second, she must ensure that she appeared with enough momentum when she delivered them.

After that, she didn't care about it anymore, until now, when Qiu Yufei suddenly brought it up...

So what does this have to do with the auto repair shop?

Qiu Yufei was also at a loss: "I don't know. She just said that this job is very important, and she wants to do her best."

...So what does this have to do with the auto repair shop?

Xu Ming couldn't help but fall into confusion.

However, he changed his mind and realized that it was Guo Shuyi after all - in the entire demolition office, besides Gu Yunshu, she was the most reassuring person.

So he happily didn't think about it anymore, waved to Qiu Yufei, and let them go.

Qiu Yufei didn't delay either, she turned off her laptop and ran downstairs directly. Xu Ming was left sitting alone in the room, silently looking at the wall with his chin in his hand. He didn't know how long it had been. He turned his eyes back to his own sketch.

On the picture, there was a casually drawn bust. The character in the picture was an anime character that Xu Ming liked very much in the past, but there was an extra sash with a bell tied around the neck.

Xu Ming stared at the bell for a moment, his mouth twitched slightly, and after a slight hesitation, he tried to add a dog ear to the character's head. He tilted his head to look at it for a while, and felt that it was not very suitable.

After thinking about it, he still saved the painting. . Then he turned off the computer, stretched his waist and stood up.

In a blink of an eye, another day passed.

Lando still didn't go out, the new girl was still spitting moths, Qiu Yufei was still chasing bad dramas, everything seemed to be no different from the day before.

The only difference was that Xu Ming finally knew why Guo Shuyi went to the auto repair shop.

The reason was simple - because he said that when you go to deliver roots, you must have momentum.

And Guo Shuyi's understanding of momentum is obviously not enough. So after she went back and pondered over it, she only came up with one solution:

driving the super cool Batmobile over there.

There was actually no problem up to here.

The key point was that the child felt that the ordinary Batmobile was still not perfect and could not reflect the unique temperament of the Demolition Office. But she really didn't know much about cars, and her previous knowledge did not cover the relevant areas at all...

So she specifically asked Qiu Yufei to take her to the auto repair shop privately.

After the tour, I roughly understood the principle. I came back and built one in my own weird talk without saying a word, and I took the time to modify the Batmobile.

The scope of the modification was not large. The main thing was to change the headlights.

The original Batmobile's headlights project a bat. Guo Shuyi and a group of sisters in the weird talk brainstormed and changed the projection into a red "Chai" -

and when they went to deliver the roots, they directly projected it on the office building of Anxin Gardening.

Guo Shuyi's perspective: a majestic Chai.

Anxin Gardening's perspective: an enlarged and bold Wei.

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