Chapter 181 (Catching Bugs)

Looking at Du Huan again, he has been silent since he entered the room. Guang Ye Cassiae was clearly asking her, but she just pursed her lips and lowered her head without answering a word.

He Qingyu couldn't help but frown when she saw this, and a strange feeling slightly spread in her heart. Just as she was about to ask something, they had already arrived in front of the elevator.

The escalator was still running, and rows of models lined up upright. He Qingyu paused subconsciously, and the leading robot moved up very naturally, and even called them to join in.

He Qingyu glanced at Guang Ye Cassiae tentatively, and when she saw her go up, she followed carefully, but her eyes were always fixed on her shoes, not daring to glance around.

Guangye Cassiae looked at her, took a step back, stood side by side with her, and said casually: "Are you scared?"

"... Yeah." He Qingyu said with difficulty, "I always feel that they are alive and still smiling..."

"You think too much." Guangye Cassiae said firmly, decisively.

Before He Qingyu could breathe a sigh of relief, she added: "They died a long time ago. The 'models' you saw are the result of their souls being transformed by the rules of the ghost story."

He Qingyu: "..." Then aren't they still alive!

"Wait, what do you mean by dead?" Her mind turned, and she suddenly realized that something was wrong, "Didn't you say it was safe here?"

"Yes, it's safe now, but it wasn't before." Guangye Jueming said lightly, "The manager here used to be a harmful guy. People trapped here would be eaten by it, or controlled by it, and become a 'part' of this weird story, a prop used to create fear." "

Like these models, they belong to the latter. Although the manager has changed now, the rules left by the bastard are still in effect, so they can't get rid of this state for the time being. They can only be trapped in this elevator, going back and forth, without freedom."

"Ah...it's actually like this." He Qingyu's eyes widened slightly, not knowing what she was thinking. She was afraid and a little disappointed. She quickly looked back and said carefully, "No wonder they laugh like this." It

was indeed quite scary.

Unexpectedly, Guangye Cassiae fell silent after she finished speaking.

After a pause, she coughed and said, "Well, laughing is not to scare people..."

...Ah?

He Qingyu was stunned. At this moment, the elevator reached the top. He Qingyu subconsciously raised his head and saw a sign at the elevator entrance on the first floor. On it were large red square characters -

[Sunny Attitude, Rainbow Mind]

[Positive Life, Smiling Service]

He Qingyu: "..."

Ah? ?

"Well... I mentioned it to them when I came to check last time, saying that the models going up and down in the elevator are still too exciting for living people. Some people who originally wanted to go up don't dare to go up now."

Guangye Jueming sighed: "Then they came up with this."

He Qingyu was still a little dazed, and it took her a while to react: "'This' means... smiling service?"

"They think that a smile can express their kindness." Guangye Jueming sighed again, raised his hand as if he wanted to cover his face, and finally just touched the veil indistinctly, "Although they have no bad intentions, it is really difficult to explain some things to them."

While speaking, the few people had walked out a dozen steps. He Qingyu subconsciously looked around and said "eh" in her heart.

All around, the space was spacious and bright, the ground was clean, and there were even several shops. Plastic models dressed in exquisite clothes were squatting at the door of the store, chin in hand, in a daze. The moment they met his gaze, they stood up and posed in seconds.

...To be honest, it was still a bit weird.

But it was unexpected and acceptable.

The point was, it was completely different from what Du Huan had taken with her phone.

The robot was still leading the way, leading them all the way to the service counter. He Qingyu secretly glanced at Du Huan, who had a blank expression on his face and looked like he didn't want to say anything, let alone explain.

...And it was not until the robot slowly drove into the service counter that she finally said her first words since returning to the mall.

She touched her neck and abruptly said that she wanted to go to the bathroom.

He Qingyu looked at her in confusion. She didn't know if it was an illusion, but she seemed to see a thin black thread wrapped around her neck.

Before she could react, Guang Ye Jueming had already stepped forward and took Du Huan to the bathroom. He Qingyu was left alone, staring at the robot standing at the service counter.

"There's water and compressed biscuits here." The robot blinked many times, took out two bottles of mineral water and food from inside, and placed them on the service counter, "People can eat them, please enjoy them slowly."

"There's a clock here. When the time jumps to 17 o'clock, the door will open. You can go out." The robot spoke in pauses, "I'm next to you, please call me if you need anything."

"Okay...Okay. Thank you." He Qingyu was a little flattered, nodded repeatedly, and was a little curious, "What do you mean, people can eat them?"

"People won't get sick if they eat it," the robot said in a serious tone, and pointed at the biscuits on the table with his eyes, "The Demolition Office brought it in, it's very safe." The

Demolition Office again... He Qingyu carefully picked up a pack of biscuits and took a look, then belatedly remembered that behind the sign at the elevator entrance, there seemed to be some operational safety instructions...

The signature was also the Demolition Office.

Does this Demolition Office still deliver things?

"We can deliver and help with exchanges." The robot introduced very actively, "We can make clothes, and we have a lot of clothes. The demolition office will help take them out and exchange them with other monsters."

It said, and happily showed He Qingyu its bouncing eyeballs: "These are exchanges. From the eye hospital. So fashionable."

He Qingyu: "..."

It seemed to really think this thing was cute. This made He Qingyu not know how to answer for a moment.

She could only smile shyly but politely, paused, and whispered: "You said you have clothes here... Then, what about wigs? Do you have any too?"

"Yes, yes." The robot said immediately, "Do you want to see them?"

"You are a living person, you can't wear them, but I can show them to you..."

"No, no, no, no need, I'm just asking!" He Qingyu said immediately, "Because I saw that Miss Jueming before, her hair seemed to be fake..."

Robot: "?"

"..." He Qingyu paused. After a moment, she shook her head, "Forget it, it's nothing."

"...Oh." The robot responded in a daze. Seeing that He Qingyu didn't seem to have anything else to ask it, it turned on the cleaning mode by itself and began to clean up the corridor and lobby.

Now He Qingyu was the only one left. She looked around nervously, and her eyes swept across the other side of the service desk, and then she noticed that there was a stack of colored paper there. When she

walked in and took a look, she saw clearly that it was the kind of flyer she had seen on the first floor.

He Qingyu picked up one and scanned it quickly. When she scanned the last line, her speed gradually slowed down.

[If you are on the basement floor when you see this rule. Please find the elevator to the first floor as quickly as you can. Do not linger, do not use the direct elevator or stairs. Do not easily trust anyone who appears around you, unless the other party is wearing a work badge with the words [怪談恷徦] written on it.

[Even if it is someone you think is an [acquaintance]. ]

...Acquaintance?

He Qingyu stared at these two words, as if she realized something, her face gradually turned pale, and she couldn't help but mutter:

"So, that Du Huan..."

"It's fake."

A familiar voice came from behind, and He Qingyu turned around in surprise, just in time to see Guangye Cassiae walking towards her.

Looking behind her, she didn't see Du Huan anymore.

He Qingyu pursed her lips, hesitated for a moment, and asked: "Um, Du Huan..."

"She was controlled." Guang Ye Jueming said coldly, "She is sensible and cooperative."

"Oh..." He Qingyu's eyes flickered a few times, and she lowered her head slightly.

Guang Ye Jueming looked over through the veil: "You don't seem to be very surprised?"

"Actually, I am a little bit." He Qingyu whispered, "But some things seem to be wrong when I think about it carefully."

For example, in her impression, she and Du Huan are very close friends, but when she really recalls it, she can hardly dig out any specific fragments in her memory; for example, the other party's attitude, whether it is the dominance when crossing the road before or the silence after returning to the mall, if you think about it carefully, there is something wrong everywhere.

Of course, there is one most direct thing - she is now wearing a thin shirt and a short skirt. The other person is wearing a long-sleeved sweater.

No matter how obvious the weirdness is, she didn't feel it at all at that time.

"It means you were influenced at that time." Guangye Jueming snorted coldly, "But you can figure it out so quickly, you are not too stupid."

He Qingyu was a little embarrassed by what she said, touched her nose, and was a little scared: "But... this time, it's so strange.

"Obviously I don't know you, but I will unconsciously become familiar with you, and even trust you. This is too scary... Is the effect of that influence so strong? "

…" I don't know if she was thinking too much, but I always felt that Guangye Jueming's movements suddenly became a little unnatural after hearing this.

After a pause, she said: "The so-called influence actually comes from a derivative of her. You can understand it as a prop in the game.

"But the function of that prop is only to allow you to project the emotions you have for someone in your memory onto her. But who exactly is projected and what kind of emotion it is, this is actually up to you."

"Oh——" He Qingyu now understood everything, "So that's the case, no wonder I want to call her Xiaoqi."

"Huh?" Guangye Jueming turned his head slightly, "Why?"

"I used to have a friend, her last name was Lu, and I sometimes called her Xiaoliu." He Qingyu smiled embarrassedly, "Maybe I confused the two of them."

"...You can even confuse them." Guangye Jueming couldn't help but snorted, his voice was small, "You should find a decent stand-in."

"Ah?" He Qingyu didn't hear clearly, "What?"

"Nothing!" Guangye Jueming turned his head unhappily and raised his wrist casually, "I'm just unhappy with your Xiaoliu."

"..." He Qingyu opened her mouth slightly, her eyes swept over Guangye Cassiae's hands that were adjusting the lace on her cuffs, her eyes moved slightly, and she closed her mouth again.

After a while, she spoke carefully again: "Speaking of which, can I ask one more question?"

"Huh?" Guangye Cassiae tilted her head, "What?"

"I want to ask, what is the world like after death?" He Qingyu whispered.

Guangye Jueming sneered again: "How can you explain this? It's not an assembly line. You just have to go through a set of processes. Even the dead have their own places to go..."

"What about you?" He Qingyu plucked up the courage and interrupted her, "What is your life like now?"

"...Me?" Guangye Jueming looked at her strangely, rolled his eyes and thought about it, then lazily summarized, "It feels like a living person? I found a unit to work in, punch in and out every day, run tasks, and maintain world peace. When I'm free, I go back to my own ghost story, find a comfortable place to watch anime and play games, that's it."

"I can still play games." He Qingyu couldn't help laughing and covered her mouth with her hand, "Then, do you have friends?"

"Yes, there are quite a lot of girls in our unit. We will get together to play when we are free." Guangye Jueming said as he recalled.

"Is that so... That's good." He Qingyu seemed to smile again and moved closer to Guangye Cassiae unconsciously, "Then... Are there any restrictions on your interactions with living people?"

"Not really." Guangye Cassiae tilted her head, "But living people generally can't see us. Except for psychics."

"Or it's in ghost stories... But this is also a low-probability event."

She said casually, without noticing that the corner of He Qingyu's mouth dropped a little. After saying that, as if she thought of something, she poked He Qingyu with her elbow again: "By the way, let me teach you a trick. Next time if you fall into a strange story again, you can say that you know someone from the strange story removal office and there are people in the office. Some of them are more timid, so they won't dare to touch you... Oh, right, you wait a little longer."

Guangye Cassiae said, and then she took out a blank work card from her strawberry bag and handed it to He Qingyu: "Take this. You can only see this thing when you are in a strange story. Pay attention in the future. If it suddenly appears one day, it means you are in a strange story again. You should write your name on it and wear it, and then write in the blank space, and say that you are looking for..."

She paused when she said this. He Qingyu glanced at her work card and cooperated: "Guangye Cassiae."

"Yes, yes, that's the name." Guangye Jueming nodded immediately. He Qingyu thanked him and carefully put away his work badge. When he raised his face again, he opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

The air was quiet for a while. I don't know how long it took before the two of them spoke again.

"Speaking of which, you should be doing your internship now..."

"I can't wear Ellie's Gothic skirt anymore..."

The two voices collided with each other and stopped at the same time. The pendulum clock on the service counter suddenly rang, and the robot immediately rushed back with water on it, poking the ringing pendulum clock with its eyes.

"It's time! It's time!" It kindly reminded, "It's time to go!"

"..." He Qingyu was stunned for a moment, and looked at Guangye Cassiae with a complicated expression. Just as she was about to speak, the latter had already grabbed her arm and pulled her out without saying anything. "

Hurry up and get out. It's not good for you to stay here any longer." Guangye Cassiae said, and sent her all the way to the gate. Just as she approached, the transparent glass door opened to both sides by itself.

"Hey, wait..." He Qingyu looked a little reluctant, "I want to talk to you for a while..."

"Next time. If there is a chance." Guangye Cassiae gently pushed her on the back. He Qingyu felt that she staggered, and when she raised her head again, the surroundings were already in a different state -

she found that she was standing in the bathroom.

The bathroom of the shopping mall.

When she walked out of the cubicle, she saw a strange woman washing her hands and chatting outside. The cleaning lady walked past her carrying a bucket of water, and there were people queuing at the door.

Everything looked so normal.

He Qingyu blinked slowly, tidied herself up and walked out. As soon as she walked out of the door, she saw two companions who came with her waving at her and passing her the milk tea in their hands.

"You've been in there for a long time, Mint." One of them sighed, "We thought you fell in."

"Sorry, sorry." He Qingyu responded subconsciously, still looking a little dazed. Seeing that she looked a little strange, her companions asked her a few more questions. He Qingyu lowered her head and thought about it, and finally just shook her head lightly.

"I... I'm fine." She pursed her lips and whispered, "I just seemed to have a dream."

A dream with an old friend.

...If I have the chance, I really hope to dream about it more times.

He Qingyu thought silently, closed her eyes and took a deep breath, and finally sorted out her mood. She looked up and smiled at the other two, picked up the milk tea, and walked forward talking and laughing.

At the same time.

In the Sunshine Mall.

Guangye Cassiae was still standing there, staring at the direction where He Qingyu disappeared.

After an unknown amount of time, she exhaled heavily, turned around and snapped off her golden wig, revealing the dark and thick hair underneath.

"...I have persisted until now without being recognized. I am really amazing." Lu Yueling praised herself from the bottom of her heart, and then ran towards the bathroom again without hesitation.

Pushing open the bathroom door, she saw a person sitting quietly against the wall, with his hands and feet tied up with black hair. It was Du Huan who had disappeared for a long time.

The latter shrank instinctively when he saw Lu Yueling coming in. Lu Yueling snorted, picked up the hem of her skirt, and walked in carefully.

"You know what's good for you. You know when to quit." Lu Yueling said slowly, squatting in front of her, "If you had known what's good for you earlier, nothing would have happened."

"..." Du Huan responded to her with a subtle look, speechless.

He said it as if she was willing to come over by herself. How could she not come over? At that time, a strand of Lu Yueling's hair was entangled around her neck.

Taking another look at the well-organized Lu Yueling, Du Huan closed his eyes resignedly and forced himself to speak:

"Madam, since I'm very cooperative, please be kind and let me go this time.

" "This is really the first time I've done something like this... I just died not long ago. You can search on the Internet and you'll find my complaints. I really went astray and was forced to..." "

Okay, okay, don't say anymore. Du Huan, do you really think I have no impression of you? From City B to City A, there are a total of five ghost stories, and you're there every time! Still pretending!"

"...It's because my old employer was beaten up by you guys that I had to switch to here!" Du Huan was exposed in front of him, but his tone was even more helpless, "Sister, I'm serious, I haven't hurt anyone. Every time I just get close to someone, you guys beat me down... I don't want this to happen. Who wants to be a wanderer?"

"No one asked you to be a wanderer." Lu Yueling was so angry that she laughed, "The demolition office has never failed to complete any work, and has never failed to properly place the dead in the strange story. You always run away without caring about anything, so who cares about you? "

…I'm not afraid of being executed on the spot and having my soul torn to pieces…" Du Huan's voice trailed off, "It is said that you, the demolition office, would pickle other people's roots to eat with rice, then I am not even a dish…"

Lu Yueling: "…"

Where did this rumor come from? What kind of roots can be eaten with rice, Houttuynia cordata!

As if seeing that Lu Yueling was in a bad mood, Du Huan wisely shut up. After a few seconds of pause, Fang said cautiously: "Madam, what are you going to do to me now?" "

…" Giving her a displeased look, Lu Yueling stretched out her hand and handed over an ID card.

"Provide the information about that dodder, and this ID card is yours." Lu Yueling said coldly, "Don't you just want to use derivatives to preserve your sanity? We have plenty of them. "

Du Huan: "..."

She spoke again, her voice trembling: "You, you mean, let me join your demolition office?"

"You wish. This is a special card for labor reform." Lu Yueling was so speechless that she hit her head with her work card, "Do you think we will believe you when you say you didn't hurt anyone? We have to investigate when we go back! Let's see how you perform! Attempted harm is also harm, don't you know? You have to receive ideological education! Wait and fill out a form... hm? "

She stopped talking halfway. Du Huan looked up aggrievedly, only to see that she seemed to have just discovered something. She picked up her work badge and looked at it carefully.

It was as if there were some words on the badge that she couldn't see.

Then, she stood up suddenly.

The next second, countless black hair suddenly burst out and wrapped Du Huan up layer by layer. Du Huan felt a black flash in front of his eyes, and he was actually carried directly on Lu Yueling's shoulders!

"Madam! Sister!" She was so nervous that she couldn't speak clearly, "Didn't you say I still have to fill out a form..."

"There's an emergency. There's no time to go through the formalities." Lu Yueling's slightly anxious voice came from the completely dark field of vision, "Come with me first."

After that, regardless of Du Huan's reaction, she carried him and ran!

Du Huan was tossed around like a sack. She heard the farewell voice of a robot and the sounds of living people in the world. She didn't know how long she had been carrying him like this. When the black hair covering her eyes was removed again, she realized that she had been moved to another strange story.

To be precise... it was in the lobby of a hospital. It was

a very empty lobby, with only a few people standing in the corners. Everyone wore a work badge from the demolition office. Some of them were familiar faces. She had secretly seen them when the dodder she had previously depended on was forcibly demolished.

Moving her sight forward, she saw a huge eye. The vertical eye was as tall as a person and was embedded in the wall. The eyelids were sewn together with dense stitches, but something seemed to be stirring under the eyelids, stretching the stitches to make them slightly cracked, and white light shone through the gaps.

Du Huan didn't know what the light was, but she instinctively and fearfully shrank her feet.

On the other side, other people in the hall also noticed her presence. The man closest to her frowned and looked at Lu Yueling, and asked curiously, "Who is this?" "

The Cang'er who was just arrested." Lu Yueling said as she took off the veil on her face. Du Huan immediately added in a low voice: "Prisoner, prisoner, I am a prisoner!"

After saying that, she remembered that the other party asked her to provide information about dodder, and quickly added: "Also a tainted witness!"

Fermented bean curd... Is this a new code that has become popular recently?

Lando, who was asking the question, was murmuring in his heart, but his face was still expressionless. Lu Yueling's eyes fell on her trembling eyelids, but her face was a little solemn.

"No wonder we have to gather urgently, this matter seems to be very urgent." She whispered, "This door has never been quiet before, what's the situation today?"

"I don't know. It was like this five minutes ago."

The cat lying on the stairs responded. He fiddled with the demolition work card on his chest ostentatiously. Gu Yunshu added calmly:

"To be precise, it was five minutes ago, after the last 'door' of another ghost story was closed."

Lu Yueling: I was not recognized! Proud!

Bohe: Although I don't know why the other party wants to have a fake identity, since she is wearing a veil, I should cooperate with her [chin] If

nothing goes wrong, there should be one more chapter to finish! Fist!

...It may also be two chapters, anyway, it will be soon!

Tianyu Eye Hospital chapter, I plan to write it in a pure regular ghost story style. After it is all written, it will be added to the preface of the published chapters as a free content gift~