Chapter 209 Missing Person Notice (XVIII)
Hearing Qiao Yuan's words, Chen Siyu sighed: "It's better not to have this charm."
But she was just talking. After all, the current situation did not allow her to refuse. The other players had similar ideas to Chen Siyu.
Andrei hugged Aning who was curled up in her arms and asked with a frown, "But how can we attract her over? Will we be reminded by Manager Tang if we violate the rules on purpose?"
"But who does such a thing?"
Andre's words caused everyone to fall into silence.
Obviously, someone must stand up and draw hatred, but they are facing a ghost. From the fact that Xu Lin pretended to be Chen Siyu and chatted with Brother Lou before, it can be seen that the other party is quite scheming, and it is not as simple and straightforward as Shi Zimiao who kills, kills, kills.
Everyone's eyes are on others, hoping that someone will step forward.
Finally, it was Qiao Yuan who broke the deadlock. She swept her eyes across the audience, her eyebrows and eyes brightened with a smile: "Then let's draw lots?"
Qiao Yuan quickly prepared the props for drawing lots, holding the wooden sticks of different lengths in her hands. According to the rules, the person who drew the shortest stick would be the one chosen to attract hatred.
Since Qiao Yuan was the one holding the stick, the last stick left was hers. The order for other players to draw lots was not specifically stipulated, so whoever wanted to draw the first one could come over.
It sounds fair, so other players don't have any objections.
Sheng Guiye was the first one, and Fei followed closely behind. Both of them drew long lots.
Other players also drew lots one after another. Qiao Yuan saw everything from the way their fingertips seemed to tremble violently while drawing lots to the expressions of relief on their faces after drawing the long lot.
Yan Shen is the last one.
He walked forward and his eyes fell on the wooden stick in Qiao Yuan's hand.
The other players also stared at the two of them. Chen Siyu and others were just there to watch and wanted to know who would get the task of taking the damage; while Fei and Sheng Guiye were nervous, because after all, if Yan Shen drew the long lot, it meant that the person chosen would be Qiao Yuan.
Sheng Guiye has already made up his mind that if Qiao Yuan is picked, he will directly take his place.
Qiao Yuan seemed to be infected by the tense atmosphere. She raised her hand holding the wooden stick in front of Yan Shen, but her eyes were always focused on the other party's actions: "Think about it..."
Before she finished her words, Yan Shen had already selected a wooden stick.
However, he didn't seem to want to have more contact with Qiao Yuan, so he didn't pull out the wooden stick directly like other players. Instead, he took out a handkerchief from his pocket, and then took Qiao Yuan's hand out of the wooden stick.
The result of his draw was then shown to everyone——
The wooden stick was broken in the middle, and it was obvious that Yan Shen had drawn a short stick.
Qiao Yuan stretched out her hand, and in her palm was a long stick.
Qiao Yuan said modestly: "It seems that I am lucky this time."
"According to the draw results..."
Yan Shen stared at her for a few seconds, and then interrupted Qiao Yuan coldly: "I know."
Even though he drew a short lot, he did not look panicked. He just casually threw the short lot and the handkerchief aside, then turned and left.
As Yan Shen left, Chen Siyu finally realized the passage of time and glanced down at her phone. It was twelve o'clock in the morning when they gathered before, and now, after all the hassles, it was already five o'clock in the morning.
Although there were no windows in the empty room, according to Chen Siyu's previous experience living in the room, it was already dawn. The fatigue from surviving the disaster and not sleeping all night surged in her heart. Thinking that she had to go to work tomorrow, Chen Siyu said goodbye to everyone and decided to go back to rest first.
Aning and Andre followed, looking tired.
Fei and Sheng Guiye walked up to Qiao Yuan, both of them were glad that she did not draw the wooden stick.
Qiao Yuan knew that it was impossible for him to win the lottery, after all, the real short lottery did not appear until the moment Yan Shen started drawing.
That's right, after realizing that someone had to be used as bait, Qiao Yuan realized the opportunity. She deliberately proposed drawing lots and created a fair and reasonable atmosphere. However, when preparing the props for drawing lots, Qiao Yuan only prepared long lots, so the first few people who drew lots naturally drew long lots.
In order to lower Yan Shen's vigilance, Qiao Yuan deliberately pretended to be looking forward to the result when the other party drew the lot. Yan Shen's action of taking the handkerchief to get the wooden stick bought her a lot of time.
After Yan Shen chose the stick, Qiao Yuan secretly broke it. So to be precise, no matter which one the other party chose, it would be a short stick.
Judging from Yan Shen's reaction, the other party also saw the truth from the broken wooden stick. However, being deceived by Qiao Yuan in this way, he couldn't directly expose it and admit his failure, so he could only accept it. However, from the coldness that the other party looked at Qiao Yuan just now, it was obvious that he had remembered her in his heart.
However, Qiao Yuan had sensed Yan Shen's murderous intent before, and was already in a state of not worrying about the debts. He just wanted to try to determine the other party's identity before Yan Shen died.
Thinking of this, Qiao Yuan looked at Sheng Guiye and said, "Let's switch shifts tomorrow."
"I want to spend more time with Yan Shen."
Sheng Guiye was stunned: "But he..."
He had not forgotten the murderous intent Yan Shen had shown towards him and Qiao Yuan, especially towards Qiao Yuan. In Sheng Guiye's opinion, Qiao Yuan should keep a distance from Yan Shen, as it was too dangerous to go directly in front of Yan Shen.
Sheng Guiye subconsciously wanted to refuse, but Qiao Yuan seemed to have made up his mind: "This matter is very important to me."
After hearing what Qiao Yuan said, Sheng Guiye had no choice but to agree.
Seeing that there were only two hours left before work, Qiao Yuan also prepared to go back with Fei to rest for a while, and the two then separated from Sheng Guiye.
Brother Lou's body was still there, but Qiao Yuan and the others ignored it. After all, according to the hotel's tradition, the news would be blocked and an investigation would be launched later. They had deliberately chosen a place without surveillance when they entered the room, and if everything went well, they would be able to leave the dungeon tomorrow, so no one cared much.
After a short sleep, the players soon welcomed a new day.
However, because of Shi Zimiao's words, Andre and Aning still looked worried and did not get a good rest. Qiao Yuan, on the other hand, rested well as usual.
Manager Tang looked at the different styles of these players and frowned, wanting to say something. But before he could open his mouth, Qiao Yuan had already raised his hand, expressing his desire to switch shifts with Sheng Guiye.
Manager Tang had a good impression of Qiao Yuan, after all, he never slacked off. According to the customers' feedback, he treated every customer with the same enthusiasm and tenderness, and most importantly, he did not ask for a raise despite having a low salary, which made him his ideal excellent employee. For excellent employees, Manager Tang also made a break and let Sheng Guiye and Qiao Yuan switch shifts.
Yan Shen's expression did not change at all, but if you looked closely, you would find that his eyes were actually always on Qiao Yuan.
After assigning the tasks, everyone dispersed, while Qiao Yuan and Yan Shen went to the front desk.
It was near the end of the holiday season and there weren't many guests checking in and out, so the two of them had some free time.
When helping a guest check out, Qiao Yuan deliberately led the guest to talk about flowers: "Come to think of it, there are so many flowers in the hotel, but there are no roses."
The guest also followed the direction of her words and said: "Indeed."
"I feel roses are prettier than other flowers, and their meaning is better, but unfortunately my boyfriend always gives me roses."
Yan Shen had no intention of talking to her. If Qiao Yuan had not been able to feel his eyes still on her, she would have thought that Yan Shen was deceiving her by his indifferent look.
Qiao Yuan continued to work hard and pretended to be puzzled: "What is the meaning of flowers?"
"I did collect roses a few days ago, but I didn't really look up the meaning of the flowers. I just remember that the color was very rare."
Customer: "It depends on the color. Even for roses, different colors have different meanings, but I remember most of them are related to love. And the rarer the flower, the more expensive it is and the harder it is to find..."
She looked at Qiao Yuan's delicate face and said confidently, "The person who gave you flowers must like you very much."
Before Qiao Yuan could say anything, Yan Shen at the side suddenly looked over, his sharp eyes fell directly on the guest.
Although the guest had noticed Yan Shen before, her attention was quickly drawn to the conversation with Qiao Yuan. Now that she suddenly met Yan Shen's gaze, she felt a chill on her back and no longer had the mood to talk to Qiao Yuan, so she hurriedly left with her luggage.
Seeing Yan Shen's reaction, Qiao Yuan and the system have basically confirmed that the person in front of them is L.
System: [It really is him. 】
[Could it be that Yan Shen’s real identity is a gardener, so he can cultivate black roses? ]
The system is obviously still upset about Black Rose.
Qiao Yuan: "You might as well guess that he is a gardener, cultivating the flowers of the motherland."
Speaking of gardeners, Qiao Yuan sighed in his heart.
Because of L, she thought of Lu Zhi and Teacher Lu again.
Thinking of what she had promised Lu Zhi and Teacher Lu, Qiao Yuan quickly calmed down. She was about to ask about the relationship between Yan Shen and Lu Zhi, when she heard Yan Shen coldly say, "You don't believe what that person said, do you?"
Qiao Yuan paused for a moment before realizing that he was talking about the language of flowers.
Just as she was about to answer, a voice rang out, interrupting Yan Shen's words: "What are you doing?"
It was Manager Tang. I didn’t expect him to come over at this time and happened to hear what Yan Shen was saying just now.
Although it was Manager Tang who arranged the shift, he actually didn't remember it very well. After noticing Yan Shen looking up at him, he remembered that it was Qiao Yuan and Yan Shen who were sitting at the front desk during this time.
He was actually a little afraid of Yan Shen, but because he had just spoken, he could only criticize Yan Shen: "Even when there are no guests, you shouldn't talk."
"Warning... "
When he said the last sentence, his voice was getting lower and lower under the other person's gaze.
After all, Yan Shen's eyes looked even more terrifying than before, and he seemed to be in anger, which made Manager Tang's words stuck.
Qiao Yuan: "Manager Tang, what did you just say?"
Although she heard Manager Tang's warning, she was afraid that the ghost did not hear it, so she wanted him to repeat it again so that the ghost could hear it clearly.
