Chapter 168

When Xu Ming knew about the word "dismantle", he was immersed in the fragments of memory.

The fragments were made by the skill of the rule book, that weird brain mushroom brought out from the unit building.

Although the memory behind the door has been retrieved, "having the memory" and "remembering everything" are two different things after all. It's like old clothes brought back from outside. Unless you look for them purposefully, most of them will just be put at the bottom of the box, and you can't even tell whether they exist or not.

During this period of time, Xu Ming has been actively doing memory rehabilitation, while using the skills of the brain mushroom to trace back, and occasionally looking for Landor to chat. With two approaches at the same time, the efficiency is good. Some of the more critical things have been picked up, but there are still some trivial matters that are heavily pressed at the bottom.

Comparing the two ways, she still prefers to chat with Landor. On the one hand, it saves more effort, and on the other hand, some things that she could only remember vaguely before become a little clearer and richer in the other party's description, which she finds quite interesting.

But sometimes the cat would come to join in the fun, and under the pretext of telling stories, it would circle around Xu Ming - now it would run to Xu Ming whenever it had time, and not only that, it would always rub against Xu Ming, just like a house cat.

Landor seemed to have noticed this, so he has been consciously improving his competitiveness in the industry. I don't know what tricks he got, but he developed a special "dog theater" mode even though he was not good at speaking.

He spoke in detail, and a few dogs performed with dynamic interpretation and precise pictures. Their movements were very professional. He even managed to find a little dog holding a mobile phone next to him and inserting sound effects and background music in time.

With a more advanced multimedia mode, he squeezed cats out of the race and monopolized the entire memory rehabilitation industry, which once amazed everyone in the demolition office.

...It's just that this guy doesn't touch computers very often. Otherwise, Xu Ming felt that he would learn to promote PV and PPT without any guidance sooner or later.

It's a pity that the Industry King has been closed for the past two days. Xu Ming could only go back to the original way, and took advantage of her free time to launch a backtracking, and randomly found a fragment of memory to watch.

——She is now in the old shopping mall near her university. Her consciousness floated in the air like a ghost, and she saw two familiar figures walking out of the mall.

One is herself, and the other is Landor.

There is a Christmas tree outside the mall, and it is estimated that winter has arrived. The past self has also put on a thick sweater and held a cup of hot milk tea in his hand. Landor is still dressed in the same outfit, wearing a black sweater that he almost never changes.

There is a big dog following his feet, but people coming and going around him don't seem to notice it. It is estimated that he is hiding.

The other self was wearing headphones, pretending to be on the phone, and took the opportunity to whisper something to Landor, looking unhappy. Xu Ming blinked curiously, consciously lowered his voice, and finally heard a few words:

"...rubbish...it's better to sleep..."

"It's so cold, it's a good thing Yufei didn't come..."

...rubbish?

Xu Ming caught the key words, looked around, and said "oh" in sudden enlightenment.

She remembered where this was in the past - it should be not long after she got the first root.

It was already the end of the semester, so she didn't go to the strange talk anymore, and stayed in the library to review. I didn't relax until I finished the most difficult exam. It just so happened that Qiu Yufei won a few movie tickets in the lottery. She gave me two tickets and invited Lando to watch a movie... I

said "invite", but in fact I just went in and Lando followed invisibly.

It was utilitarian. At that time, I had already read my aunt's notebook and knew that the more initial roots of the rule book, the better. So even though I had a root, I didn't rush to melt it into a rule book, but kept it by my side first.

In the long run, this judgment was actually correct. But this led to the current situation, which was a bit embarrassing - my strength could not be improved for a while, but I had a coveted weakness.

In addition, the player group had already emerged at that time, and there were related warnings in the aunt's notebook, which made it difficult for her to trust the so-called "official" and she didn't want to deal with them...

Therefore, at this time, I really wanted to maintain a good relationship with Landor.

There was no one to cooperate with, no one to rely on. This guy who had no desires except to die might be the only person she could trust and get along with happily in the ghost story. It

just so happened that I heard Landor say not long ago that his experience as a human being had been almost forgotten, so I said I could take him to experience it again - and the first experience I chose was to watch a movie.

But Landor didn't know what he felt after the experience, but I was very angry.

Xu Ming lowered his body further and heard clearly what his other self was saying:

"Ah, I'm so angry. How can someone as beautiful as Han Xu always act in such crappy movies? Her acting is not bad...

"The script is really illogical, it's just too sensational. It could have been a well-planned plot, but the protagonist had to die..." "

The screenwriter should kneel down and kowtow to the leading actor and the music! What a crap..."

He complained while sipping milk tea, and the cup fell down in a blink of an eye. The other self seemed to have calmed down a little. He turned around and quickly glanced at the silent Landor, and his voice lowered again: "I'm sorry, I said I would take you to see a movie. I didn't expect to be in jail for two hours..." "

...No." Landor lowered his eyes and looked at the golden retriever walking between the two of them. It was not until this moment that he finally uttered the first sentence, "It's fine."

"?" "The other Xu Ming looked at him a little confused, as if he didn't hear clearly, "What?"

"I said, it's good." Lando pursed his lips, as if he was choosing his words, "It's good that you are willing to bring me here. This movie is also very good."

"..." Xu Ming saw that the other himself had an expression that was hard to describe, as if saying, eat something good.

Lando looked very determined. As if to prove his taste, he thought about it and added, "The part where the fox demon replaced her heart with her lover was very touching."

"...But she died after the replacement." Xu Ming looked even more confused, "After she died, the male protagonist didn't even remember her."

"I know. "Landuo raised his foot and kicked the dog's butt, kicking it away from Xu Ming," but... I think, for her, being able to make the people she cares about happy is a kind of happiness in itself. This, um, selflessness, is very... uh..."

He seemed to be at a loss for words, and after thinking for a while, he said, "It's very desirable."

Landuo said, reaching out to pull up his collar, and an inexplicable awkwardness appeared on his face. Maybe he felt ashamed to say such words, but his tone was very sure.

"..." The two Xu Mings next to him heard it, but they fell silent.

Well, how should I put it... this is exactly what he would say.

Thinking of Landor's various actions afterwards, Xu Ming, who was floating in the air, silently raised his hand to support his forehead. In comparison, the expression of another self was much more straightforward -

she simply raised her hand and snapped her fingers in front of Landor.

Landor: "......?"

"Wake up, wake up, let go of your love brain-" The other Xu Ming stretched out the tone a little exaggeratedly, and seeing Landor stunned, he laughed softly again.

"Of course it's good to love and give, and it's worthy of admiration." Xu Ming heard another self say seriously, "But sometimes, don't you think this all-in approach is a little too lazy?"

Landor looked even more confused. He frowned slightly, and after a while he said hesitantly: "Oh...hard?"

"Just take it all out...never mind. I just said that casually."

The Xu Ming in the memory was silent for a moment, and after thinking about it, he decided not to explain. His eyes moved slightly, and he quickly changed the subject: "So you like this kind of style. It just so happens that I know there is another similar movie coming out. Let's watch it together next time."

"???" Landor paused, and his face hidden under the collar and hood was slightly raised, and his tone also had more obvious ups and downs, "Next time?"

"Yeah. I said I would take you to experience it again. It's the same old saying, fill up the blank. Find some fun for you, so you don't have to look so world-weary all the time..."

Xu Ming said this, and suddenly realized: "Wait, don't you like movie theaters?"

Before Lando could react, she immediately said: "Don't you like crowds? Then go to a private theater next time? Or do you want to go somewhere else? Amusement park, shopping... I'm fine with it." After a pause

, she added seriously: "But it's too expensive. I'm still saving money."

Lando didn't say anything for a while.

His current outfit actually looks a lot like those playboys Xu Ming had seen in high school, with his collar deliberately pulled high, and even looking a little bit immature.

From the perspective of the floating Xu Ming, he could see his profile reflected in the light, quietly looking at himself in that time and space, and it seemed that there was a light in his eyes.

After a while, he lowered his eyelids.

"Thank you." He said softly, "I'm looking forward to it."

The voice was muffled under the collar, like water scooped up by a spoon, the flow was not so strong, but it was still very nice to hear.

To be honest, Xu Ming now misses this voice very much. Although the real Landor has been melted back into fragments, his voice seems to be unable to recover to its original state for a while, not to mention that he has been shutting himself off since he melted back into fragments, and he even speaks very little.

The Xu Ming in the memory looked very calm, and it was obvious that she had gotten used to this kind of auditory enjoyment and didn't care about it. She just shrugged her shoulders habitually when she heard it.

"Thank you, no need. Just be more obedient next time you go into the ghost talk." She said casually, and suddenly noticed the open-air market not far away, and changed the subject again.

"Hey, do you want to go over there? It seems that they sell bells. I said I would give you one before..." The other Xu Ming said, and he walked over quickly.

The golden retriever followed happily with its tail wagging. Landor hesitated for a moment, pulled down his hat, and followed quickly.

Xu Ming, who was left to watch, floated in place, raised her eyebrows slightly, and saw from a distance that another self had picked up a pendant with a bell and examined it. Her heart moved, and she was about to follow curiously, but the scene around her suddenly shook -

she opened her eyes suddenly, and met Gu Yunshu's calm face.

"Are you awake?" The latter said while removing his hand from the open replica rule book, and pointed to the vibrating mobile phone on the table.

"Sorry to interrupt your skills. I heard your phone ringing, so I came up to check. I think it's better for you to reply in time."

"...It's okay."

Xu Ming rubbed his eyebrows and quickly regained consciousness. He closed the rule book spread out on his knees and reached for the phone.

Generally speaking, memory recall is difficult to interrupt from the outside, and the recaller needs to break free from the memory by himself. But Gu Yunshu has another rule book in her hand, so it is very convenient to just use her book to interrupt the skill.

Xu Ming thought silently, and his finger had already slid open the screen. There were several messages from Anxin Gardening and Mian Shi, and a missed call.

"..." Some bad premonitions suddenly emerged in his heart. Xu Ming quickly swiped through several messages, and his expression became more and more subtle as he flipped through them, until the end, his face was almost wrinkled into an emoticon. Thinking it was still a phone call, he called back.

Gu Yunshu didn't know what happened, so he just waited quietly by the side, and heard Xu Ming's words coming one after another:

"Hello? Teacher Shi Mian? Yes, it's me, I just saw the news..." "

I don't know the details, but I did hear from colleagues that they were researching the company logo or something, so what you saw should just be a logo..."

"Yes, yes, yes, there is absolutely no other meaning. Our company is very friendly... Forced demolition? How is it possible, are you kidding, this is not..." "

IOU? What IOU? Oh oh oh, I know... No, as far as I know, the director has no opinion on this. She has read all the terms and expressed her understanding..."

"Yeah, okay, that's it... I'm sorry for the misunderstanding... You got the roots, right? Okay, I'll communicate..."

At this point, the call ended.

Xu Ming put down his phone and let out a long breath.

Gu Yunshu poured her a glass of water and passed it to her, then asked, "What happened with Anxin Gardening?"

"Some trouble." Xu Ming sat on the chair holding the glass of water, and sighed tiredly again, "Anxin Gardening wanted a new root, so I asked Xiao Xiao Guo to deliver it. As a result, Xiao Xiao Guo projected a projection of the word 'demolition' on their office building for the sake of momentum..."

Don't say it, the momentum was really there.

At least from Shi Mian's anxious look, Anxin Gardening must have been scared.

What's more subtle is that in order to exchange roots, Xu Ming asked them to write an IOU to the demolition office. Anxin Gardening added a lot of restrictions on the IOU out of caution; and from what Shi Mian said, they obviously linked the two things together...

Because "he acted on his own initiative and violated the intention of the Demolition and Relocation Office", so "the Demolition and Relocation Office gave a subtle threat", this cause and effect, unexpectedly connected.

Of course, Xu Ming tried her best to explain. But she used the identity of "Gu Ming" after all, so it's hard to say how clearly she can explain it.

At least from Shi Mian's tone when she hung up the phone, Xu Ming felt that the demolition office's bullying of the industry would not be cleared for a while...

"I think this is a good thing." Gu Yunshu pondered for a moment and spoke softly, "With dignity, it is less likely to be offended."

"That's true." Xu Ming nodded, put the cup on the table, and listened to Gu Yunshu say: "Besides, you clearly donated a root three months ago, and you want it again after such a short time. This is not wise."

These words were somewhat emotional - Xu Ming looked at her when he heard it, and saw Gu Yunshu lowering his eyes slightly.

Perhaps because her roots had been cheated away by someone before, Gu Yunshu's attitude towards roots was much more cautious than others. As early as when Xu Ming donated roots to other organizations, she did not agree with it - it's not that she was defensive or stingy, but she believed more than others that roots would make people deviate from their original intentions.

Xu Ming understood this very well. Some things, even in the past, will always leave some traces.

But this time, she felt that she had to explain for Anxin Gardening.

"This time it was an accident." She said to Gu Yunshu, "Fang Xueqing's physique has changed. In order to further utilize this change, they said to give her another root to improve her self-protection ability..."

In fact, although Anxin Gardening is not as rich as the Demolition Office, it also has a stock of roots. It's just that the quantity is very small, and based on seniority, it is not Fang Xueqing's turn.

Fang Xueqing's ability is indeed unique, but after all, her qualifications are there. In fact, Shi Mian once mentioned to Xu Ming that Anxin Gardening was even considering not letting Fang Xueqing continue to enter the ghost story - she is one of the very few humans who can forcibly create an exit, and is the focus of Anxin Gardening's protection. Moreover, her ability has been upgraded to the point where even if she does not enter the ghost story, she can give the key in advance to let others escape. It can be said that her existence itself is a golden finger.

With sufficient manpower, this ability is obviously more suitable for sitting in the rear.

Of course, it is not to say that Anxin Gardening is now fully staffed... It can only be said that the intervention of the Demolition Office in the ghost story affairs has indeed relieved a lot of their pressure.

Like the roots donated last time, it is said that they were also given to another girl with healing abilities and more experience. It is convenient for Fang Xueqing to receive timely treatment after paying the price.

But just two weeks ago, Fang Xueqing suddenly changed. Xu Ming is not sure about the details, but he heard that the distortion characteristics have become different - Fang Xueqing's characteristic is "pickpocket", and she can get clues in ghost stories. And now, the amount of content she reads and the accuracy seem to be much higher than other "pickpockets".

This is undoubtedly a new advantage, and An Xin Gardening also wants to further experiment and develop it. However, in this way, Fang Xueqing's positioning has to change, and she must enter the ghost story. Since she has to enter, she must find a way to improve her self-protection ability...

So they bit the bullet and came to the demolition office to ask for help again.

"Characteristic change..."

It was the first time that Gu Yunshu heard about this, and there was some thought in his eyes: "It sounds like it has been strengthened. But can the deformed characteristics also be upgraded?"

"I don't know about this. I asked Happy and Teacher Jing, but they couldn't explain it clearly." Xu Ming said frankly, "And there is only one case of Fang Xueqing at present. It is hard to say whether it is a characteristic change or not." Gu Yunshu

nodded slightly, as if thinking of something. Xu Ming paused, and suddenly seemed to think of something, and raised his head again:

"By the way, I haven't asked you yet. What do you want to talk to me about?"

Gu Yunshu is not the type who likes to chat. If she didn't have anything to do, she would have been busy with her own things when he called, and would not have waited until now.

Sure enough, Gu Yunshu's thoughtful expression paused, and then she looked over with a serious expression.

"Teacher Jing sent me a message." She spread out her copy of the book for Xu Ming to see. On the work badge she lent to Teacher Jing, there was still a line of clear handwriting, "She said she saw the location of another door. So I wanted to ask you how you plan to arrange it."

"Really? Is it written which ghost story it is?" Xu Ming hurriedly opened his rule book to confirm, pondered for a moment, and frowned again, "Panpan just came back two days ago and still needs to rest. The whale people dare not go to the ghost stories with doors. Currently, you, Xiaoliu, Xiaoxiao Guo..."

For the ghost stories with doors, you must send someone with a copy of the rule book. That is, Xiaoxiao Guo and Gu Yunshu have to send one, and the other one stays behind to provide support. The problem lies with the second candidate...

"The ghost stories marked two days ago also need to be inspected. I've already told Xiaoliu about it." Xu Ming frowned slightly, "Then there won't be enough people who can fight..."

In the past, Lu Yueling and Lando could take turns, but there was still that problem - now Lando is isolating himself.

"Or, I'll take Xiaoshan with me." Seeing Xu Ming's entanglement, Gu Yunshu took the initiative to say, "Its fighting ability is not weak. And it's very obedient."

Xiaoshan... A tall and holey figure unexpectedly flashed through Xu Ming's mind, and the corners of Xu Ming's mouth twitched unconsciously.

Although this name was given by her, it must be said that she is not very used to this name or the person with this name.

But this is indeed a way. Xu Ming thought about it and nodded in agreement. So Gu Yunshu quickly left with the copy, and before leaving, he solemnly asked Xu Ming to issue a business trip certificate.

Xu Ming was left alone, quietly nestling in the sofa chair, looking at the closed rule book, silent for a while, sighed softly, and no one knew what she was thinking. After

a while, she seemed to have made up her mind and went downstairs in slippers. After going downstairs, she saw the closed door of the compartment under the stairs, stared at it for a while, pursed her lips, and turned away.

"I want to eat sweet and sour pork..." She muttered as she walked, and no one knew who she was talking to. The figure quickly disappeared in the living room again.

It seemed that she went to the glass room. From a distance, the voices of Xu Ming and Niu Bugeng confirming the situation of the strange talk came from outside.

The living room was silent for a moment. So quiet that the sound of the doorknob turning was particularly clear.

The door under the compartment quietly opened a little, revealing a somewhat dim eye. His eyes moved around the room for a while, and finally fixed on the kitchen door not far away.

Sweet and sour pork... He remembered that Panpan's mother had defrosted some meat in advance last night to prepare for today. If the meat is of suitable quality, it should be quick to process...

The person at the door thought silently and walked out tentatively. However, as soon as he walked out of the door, he couldn't help coughing. He hurriedly covered his mouth and looked outside the door nervously. After a slight hesitation, he still covered his mouth and quietly retreated into the darkness behind the door.

Even the dog next to him, who was squeezing his mouth to the door and breathing heavily, was pulled back with force.

Not long after, the door closed again. As if it had never been opened before.

Landor: Let me out, I can still roll TAT