Chapter 21: Fate (XV)
For the first time, Qiao Yuan felt the rate of people turning around to look at him so directly in the copy.
"Let's go quickly, go back early and rest early."
"Yeah, after I get up from my sleep, I still have a lot of work to do."
"Qiao Yuan."
"Ms. Qiao, you don't have to slow down for me. You just walk in front and I'll follow behind you!"
…
The voices mixed together, like balls of thread trying to wrap her up completely.
Every ghost was so real in their subtle expressions and habits. The fake Song Yanchi even learned the other's habit of frowning when he was impatient, so much so that Qiao Yuan felt that even if the real person was here, he could only get second place in the imitation competition.
I can't move forward, but it's not realistic to stay in the yard.
Qiao Yuan originally thought that she could wait until daytime like before and the ghost would disappear, but she just glanced at her phone again and found that the time was still 4:44.
Time has been frozen at this moment. No matter how long we wait, daytime will never come.
This also made Qiao Yuan realize that she was in a fake courtyard, and she had to find a way to leave here and find the real Su Yan and the others.
The audience in Qiao Yuan's live broadcast room also followed her perspective and discovered that except for Qiao Yuan and Lan Lan, everyone around her was a ghost.
[Fuck, my hair is standing on end now. I was about to fall asleep, but I was startled awake.]
[These ghosts are so good at acting, luckily I haven’t encountered any]
[They are all fake. My scalp tingles when I think about it now.]
[Who said Qiao Yuan’s physical fitness is not good? It seems that the speed at made the two ghosts behind him dumbfounded]
[After all, we are running for our lives, you are just taking a walk on the street]
[Qiao Yuan's mental state is so good that I almost fainted outside the screen. Is this still the girl I know?]
[Is the person above just here? We have discussed this before. She even dared to crawl into the coffin before. A psychology buddy has analyzed that she may have suffered from dual personality disorder because she was too stimulated after entering the game.]
[Can I have one too? I don’t want to work hard anymore.]
[But doesn’t the second personality have its own name? She calls herself Qiao Yuan.]
[There are no subtitles, how do you know if it is Qiao Yuan, Qiao Yuan, Qiao Yuan or Qiao Yuan?]
[There are four ways to write yuan, right?]
[But she is much smarter than I thought. She discovered that there was something wrong with the ghost so quickly.]
[I thought she was very smart when she dealt with the ghost outside the door, but the public opinion at that time made me afraid to speak.]
[Here is a suggestion to @the brother or sister who just showed some interest in Qiao Yuan. They might be suitable investment options.]
[Ah, are you @ing me? I am indeed an investor in real life. If you have any questions about stocks or funds, you can ask me [silly smile] [rose]]
【……】
【6】
[Are all of you investors so good?]
[Ahhh, don't misunderstand me. This must be a senior. Senior, can you tell me your name? I want to see if I copied your work when I wrote my graduation thesis.]
[Impossible, hahaha. If you copied mine, your teacher would find out.]
[Fuck, big guy]
【Why are those people who mocked Qiao Yuan before now silent?】
[Now even those who previously mocked Qiao Yuan’s fans are afraid to speak out. They are even worried that they will be deceived.]
[Why do I feel like there are a lot more people in the live broadcast room, and everyone’s tone has changed a lot? Didn’t everyone think highly of her before?]
[I came from Song Yanchi’s live studio]
[I also +1, I feel quite pleasantly surprised, I am almost becoming her fan, referring to the fan of her second personality]
[Haha, that's it.]
[? Who are you? Why are you still being so stubborn?]
[Am I wrong? I saw someone mention her in Song Yanchi's live broadcast room, and I thought she would give me some surprises, but it turned out to be just like this. Now it seems that she is just being clever. Even if she found out that there were ghosts around, so what? The way out is so simple, but she didn't find it. ]
【? Did you find out? 】
[This familiar tone, could it be the brother Xiao Dong who often writes analysis posts on the forum? ]
[Ah, did he write a beginner post? I remember reading it when I first got started.]
[So Brother Dong has figured out where the way out is? ]
[I noticed it too. I wonder if it’s the same thing as Brother Dong. It’s probably in the room where the sundries are stored.]
[Wow, I thought of this too, so is this really the way out?]
[Yes, if you look at it, you will find that the ghosts pretending to be Zhou Lian and Lan Lan cannot step out of the room where the bodies are placed and enter the utility room, and the ghosts pretending to be other people cannot enter the utility room either, so they can only wait for the two of them outside. Therefore, the utility room is a key place, and the way out is hidden there.]
【Suddenly realized】
【I see】
[After hearing what Brother Dong said, it seems to be true]
[Brother Xiaodong 666, I feel like I have grown a brain]
[I have started taking notes, hoping to encounter this level in the future]
[Then Qiao Yuan is in danger now. She is getting farther and farther away from the utility room.]
[So I said she only had a little cleverness, which could barely support her to walk for a while when she was lucky, but in this situation, her little cleverness was not enough. She should not have left the room at that time, or she should have turned around and ran back in immediately after realizing that those people were ghosts.]
[Alas, it’s actually quite good that she made it this far. At least she discovered the ghost. If it were me, I would have foolishly followed her.]
[I think it’s ok. After all, I encountered this situation in the second instance. If you go through a few more instances like me or Brother Dong, you will be able to see the difference.]
[So the potential stocks that the investment tycoons are optimistic about are about to crash? ]
[Looking at people is just like looking at stocks, it is also full of risks]
[Anyway, I still stand with her]
[Come on, Brother Dong has spoken, why are you still standing here?]
[So Brother Dong, do you think Qiao Yuan will definitely die ?]
[99% probability]
Even if he slowed down, he couldn't delay for long. Qiao Yuan looked around, but the structure of this fake yard was no different from that of the real yard.
Seeing that they were getting closer and closer to the gate, Qiao Yuan suddenly stopped. At the moment she stopped, except for Lan Lan who took a few steps forward due to inertia, the other ghosts almost stopped at the same time as Qiao Yuan and turned their heads to look at Qiao Yuan.
The ghosts were watching her.
The fake Su Yan's voice rang in her ears. She leaned forward, as if to talk to Qiao Yuan better, but what came out with her words was not a hot breath, but instead a cool wind, carrying a chill.
Although her tone was still shy, perhaps because she already knew the other person's true identity, she inexplicably revealed a chill in her tone: "Ms. Qiao, why don't you keep going forward ?"
"I think I dropped something in the room where the bodies are kept." Qiao Yuan rummaged through his coat pockets, looking hesitant and distressed.
The coldness on the fake Su Yan's body subsided a little: "If it's not important, we can wait a few hours until dawn and come back. Anyway, usually no one will take it..."
Before she finished speaking, Qiao Yuan interrupted her: "It's very important. That's my money."
Fake Su Yan: “…”
The other ghosts were also speechless. Fake Brother Chen said: "How do you know it was thrown there? And normally no one would take it."
The fake Song Yanchi also frowned: "Don't waste time on such trivial matters."
Lan Lan's expression could no longer conceal her anger: "Why are there so many things going on?"
And why does Qiao Yuan usually carry cash? Isn't it all about mobile payment now?
Still caring about money at this time? Didn't he hear what terrible thing she had just experienced in there?
Facing the ghosts' condemnation or persuasion, Qiao Yuan still did not give in, and even turned around and said: "That's half a month's salary for me."
"I'll leave as soon as I find it, or you guys go first and I'll follow?"
The second half of the sentence is of course impossible.
Seeing Qiao Yuan's determination, the fake Su Yan winked at the other ghosts, and then hurriedly limped after Qiao Yuan: "Wait, it's not safe for you to go alone so late, why don't we accompany you..."
Lan Lan was unhappy when she heard what the fake Su Yan said, but the other ghosts all looked in agreement, so her protest was naturally drowned out.
Qiao Yuan did not answer, because she knew that even if she did not answer, these ghosts would find a way to follow her.
It seems that these ghosts cannot attack her for the time being as long as she does not leave the yard.
And these ghosts are obviously intelligent, which has another advantage: they can be deceived.
Qiao Yuan turned around and walked at first, then walked faster and faster. While the ghosts were still racking their brains to persuade her, she just ran and quickly entered the utility room.
As she started running, the footsteps behind her became heavier, and the twisted and resentful voices of Su Yan and others rang out behind her: "Why are you running?"
"Qiao Yuan, wait!"
"I'm ordering you to stop! Are you crazy?!"
"Qiao Yuan, why are you running so fast?"
A few times, it seemed as if the voices were speaking into the back of her neck.
But Joe was willing to turn a deaf ear to these voices.
The moment she stepped into the utility room, the footsteps behind her finally stopped.
But the next second, there was the sound of footsteps stepping into the threshold, a cold hand was placed on her shoulder, and then Su Yan's resentful voice: "Miss Qiao, why did you suddenly run?"
Qiao Yuan turned her head and found that the fake Su Yan and the fake Song Yanchi had followed her in and were standing on her left and right. After the fake Su Yan put her hands on her shoulders, her face moved closer. Her eyeballs seemed to be bulging out, and Qiao Yuan's figure was reflected in her dark pupils. Her lips, which were not painted with lipstick, were now glowing with a bloody color.
Although the fake Song Yanchi did not put his hand on Qiao Yuan, his eyes were still fixed on Qiao Yuan: "Qiao Yuan, what do you want to do?"
[Wait, didn’t they say that ghosts can’t enter? How did a ghost follow me in?]
[Oh my god, they are walking towards Qiao Yuan, I don’t dare to look at them]
[Brother Dong, Brother Dong, are you there? Why is this happening?! ]
[Brother Dong, and the one who just guessed, please give me an answer]
