[I also feel familiar, and it reminds me of my department manager]
[But u1s1, Zhou Lian does look very reliable. I wish I could have met a teammate like him at that time.]
[I am also so envious of my dream teammate.]
[Yes, I think with Zhou Lian, Qiao Yuan can live longer this time]
[Come on, I don’t think Zhou Lian can take care of her]
[I think Qiao Yuan is not as stupid as he seems. At least he knows how to pretend to be a newcomer.]
[This is probably one of her few clever tricks]
[Am I the only one who is looking forward to Qiao Yuan's performance this time after watching her last live broadcast?]
[Yes, you are a person]
Many people in the barrage have experienced one or two dungeons. Although the number of dungeons they have experienced is not large and they can be considered novices, they also know the importance of companions.
As the sun set, the sunset enveloped the village, and several people followed Brother Chen into the village.
"Wow, this is too real!" Su Yan sighed as she looked around. The scene of the middle-aged man's tragic death was temporarily erased from her mind.
There are about dozens of households in the village. It is evening and there are not many villagers on the road. Instead, there are wisps of smoke rising from the courtyards along the way, and you can faintly hear children's laughter and dogs barking coming from inside. Even if you can't see the scene clearly, you can imagine what a happy scene it is. It is easy to make people feel relaxed.
Lanlan took her boyfriend's hand and happily talked about her childhood in the countryside, while Shamatte took out his mobile phone to take pictures excitedly. Even Adao's gloomy face seemed to soften a lot.
The only ones who had no reaction were Qiao Yuan, Song Yanchi and Zhou Lian.
Song Yanchi seemed to think that the few people were a bit noisy, so he walked at the end and kept some distance from them.
Qiao Yuan's attention was focused on this mission.
As soon as she entered the game, her entire focus was on the mission, and she just wanted to survive.
After quickly scanning the surrounding environment and making sure there was no danger, Qiao Yuan's gaze quickly fell on the front.
Walking in front were Zhou Lian and Brother Chen.
Zhou Lian was worthy of being someone who had experienced several dungeons. After realizing that Brother Chen was an important NPC who guided them, he immediately stepped forward to build a closer relationship with him, and soon got more specific mission information from Brother Chen.
Qiao Yuan followed closely behind the two of them and also got a share of the pie.
It turned out that the groom-to-be in this mission was the only son of the village chief, and the client was a villager who had been taken care of by the village chief in his early years. After starting from scratch, the villager did not forget the kindness of the village chief. When he heard that the other party's only son was also planning a wedding, he specially invited their team to help.
Upon hearing this, Qiao Yuan subconsciously asked, "Why not go outside the village?"
Noticing Zhou Lian looking over, Qiao Yuan lowered his voice a few notches, looking bewildered: "Did I ask a stupid question?"
Zhou Lian shook his head: "No, I have the same problem."
Hearing what Qiao Yuan and Zhou Lian said, Brother Chen smiled and said, "I've thought about this before, but this is the custom in this village. We can't hold weddings outside."
"To be honest, this village is much more remote than I thought. If it weren't for the high pay, I wouldn't want to come here."
Zhou Lian nodded in agreement and then asked a few more questions.
However, Brother Chen didn't know much. After discovering that the other party was beginning to have difficulty answering, Zhou Lian stopped asking more questions and started talking about other things.
The other party has talked about Brother Chen's family from the company, and his career planning to his glorious past. Brother Chen is about to become Mr. Chen under Zhou Lian's subtle bragging, leading Jiayuan Wedding Planning Co., Ltd. to go public, and Zhou Lian is his half-brother.
Qiao Yuan took notes while listening, thinking that Zhou Lian was indeed proficient in the art of speaking and was suitable for teaching.
She was not idle either, applying what she had learned, praising Zhou Lian and Brother Chen whenever she had the chance: "Wow, Brother Zhou is so amazing, unlike me, who knows nothing!"
"Brother Chen's words really enlightened me. We young people just have too little experience and need more guidance from our seniors!"
A Shamatte who overheard this by chance said: "Why do I feel like her words sound familiar?"
Lan Lan gritted her teeth in hatred: "Nonsense, isn't this just a repetition of what Brother Zhou said to praise Brother Chen?! You just know how to flatter!"
XX is amazing + we are too young + we need to listen carefully to your experience, this guy Qiao Yuan even came up with a template for bragging? !
In any case, Qiao Yuan's relationship with Brother Zhou and Brother Chen has indeed become much closer.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, Brother Chen finally stopped and finally stopped in front of a courtyard.
This courtyard is much larger than the other courtyards, and the doors are closed.
Brother Chen walked up and knocked on the door, and it was quickly opened.
The person who opened the door was an old man who looked to be in his 50s or 60s. Although his hair was already gray, he still looked strong. When he saw them, his eyes lit up instantly: "You must be the people Li Yan was talking about."
What he said was not a question but an affirmative sentence. Without waiting for their answers, he stepped aside to make way and motioned for them to come in quickly.
Li Yan is the name of the client.
After knowing that he had not found the wrong person, Brother Chen walked in first, followed by the others.
The old man introduced himself as he walked. He was the village chief and his son was going to have a wedding.
Hearing the old man's words, Lan Lan immediately shouted: "Village Chief, where are your son and bride? We need to discuss the wedding details with them."
She has not forgotten that her mission this time is to complete a perfect wedding, so naturally she wants to meet the protagonist of the wedding.
This is also the question that Qiao Yuan and others wanted to ask, but Lan Lan raised it first.
The village chief walked in front. Qiao Yuan couldn't see the expression on his face. He could only hear his originally kind tone suddenly become several degrees lower: "My son and daughter-in-law are staying in an empty room in the village."
stop?
This strange adjective gave Qiao Yuan an ominous premonition.
After all, we usually say "park the car", but this is the first time I've heard of "park people". This verb is a bit too advanced for humans.
The other people also showed astonishment, even Song Yanchi and Zhou Lian showed some surprise in their eyes.
Su Yan even suspected that the village chief was not well-educated. Just as she was about to correct him, she heard him say, "A few days ago, my son died in a car accident, and my daughter-in-law also committed suicide for love..."
Dead?!
This word was no less than a blockbuster bomb, exploding heavily in the ears of several people present.
Their mission was to complete the wedding, but now the newlyweds are dead, how can the wedding go on? !
Qiao Yuan subconsciously looked at Brother Chen and found that the other party's expression was also as if he was struck by lightning, and it was obvious that he had no prior knowledge of it.
Fortunately, Zhou Lian came back to his senses: "Then the wedding..."
The village chief turned around and looked at them: "Do as you say, that's why I asked Li Yan to find you."
"My son and daughter-in-law had a very good relationship when they were alive, but they passed away before they had the chance to hold a wedding. I thought that since they didn't have the chance to hold a wedding when they were alive, I would hold one for them after they die..."
Isn't that a ghost marriage?!
This thought popped into the minds of everyone present.
I don't know who cursed first.
After being stunned, Qiao Yuan inexplicably developed a feeling of "as expected".
When she saw the task, she thought it was simpler than the novice copy. It turned out that difficulties were waiting for her here.
After all, once it comes to ghost marriage, there is an eighty percent chance that ghosts will appear.
Although she had seen several people on the forum describe how to deal with ghost copies, it was all just talk and there were too many uncontrollable factors.
When Qiao Yuan came to his senses, he found Brother Chen arguing with the village chief.
It turned out that Brother Chen felt that he had been cheated and was about to call Li Yan to question him. After all, when he accepted the task, the client did not mention anything about ghost marriage.
Unexpectedly, there was no Internet in the village, so Brother Chen couldn’t make any calls and could only get angry with the village chief.
Although the village chief was very sad because his son and daughter-in-law died, Brother Chen felt that those who were deceived were even more miserable.
The village chief still looked calm and unhurried: "Li Yan said that he has paid the deposit. According to the contract, you must complete it. If you don't want to, you can ask someone else from the company to come."
Brother Chen: “…”
It was he who signed the contract at that time.
When he thought about how he was so proud of himself for getting a high salary for organizing a wedding, Brother Chen wanted to slap himself. Now that he thought about it, there were so many famous wedding companies in the local area, but the other party chose his company. It was probably because he had told them the truth before, but they were rejected every time.
After all, wedding planners generally don't take on this kind of work.
The other people present were also very nervous. After all, their mission was to complete a perfect wedding, and Brother Chen was the one who had the full authority to handle this commission. If the other party refused the mission, theoretically, they would be considered to have failed.
Brother Chen felt unlucky and embarrassed, and the balance of decision seemed to be tilting towards running away at any minute.
It was only after his half-brother Zhou Lian's persuasion that he finally gritted his teeth and made a decision: "Forget it, it doesn't matter whose wedding it is, as long as the money is not ghost money."
The gift from fate had already been marked with a price in secret, but when Brother Chen saw that it was not ghost money, he decided to accept it without hesitation, which made everyone feel relieved, as they were afraid that the mission would fail before it even started.
After hearing that everyone had decided to stay, the village chief began to arrange accommodation for them: "It's too late today, everyone should go to bed early and discuss the details of the wedding tomorrow."
It was indeed getting late, and night fell in an instant. Just now I could see the sunset glow, but now I could only see the starry sky.
In addition, some people were still immersed in the afterglow of shock after suddenly learning that it was a ghost marriage, so no one rejected this arrangement.
The rooms that the village chief arranged for everyone were in the backyard.
The courtyard is divided into the front yard and the back yard by a simple wooden door. There are three rooms in the front yard, with chickens, ducks and dogs, making it very lively.
Compared with the front yard, the backyard seems much quieter, with only two closely adjacent rooms.
According to the village chief, all four rooms in the front yard are in use, and only three rooms in the backyard are empty. These were the rooms where his son and daughter-in-law had lived before, but now they naturally have no need for them. Brother Chen and others can live here during the days of preparing for the wedding.
If they didn't know that the village chief's son had died, they would have no objection to this arrangement. But now that they knew, it seemed strange.
What's more, Zhou Lian had given a brief introduction to the people present in the car before, saying that some copies have ghosts, and this copy has great potential for this.
Shamatte looked at the village chief , "Can we not live here?"
Brother Chen followed suit and said, "Yes, we can stay at someone else's house and we can pay for it."
Although he was not a coward, if he had a choice, he would not want to live in a room where a dead person had lived.
The answer is of course no.
The village chief looked worried and said, "Other people in the village don't like outsiders staying here, so we have to let everyone down."
After hearing what the village chief said, the other people immediately gave up the idea of ​​living outside.
After finding that everyone had no objection, the village chief allowed everyone to visit on their own, and he went to help his wife cook for everyone.
The layout of the three rooms is similar, all about 20 square meters, but there are no beds in the rooms, only earthen kangs, which look like they can barely accommodate three or four adults.
Brother Chen showed his authority as a leader and took one room. He then directly allocated the remaining two rooms: "One room for the girls, and the other boys will squeeze into one room."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lan Lan immediately hugged her boyfriend and said, "Can't we all live in the same room together?"
But she soon realized that she had asked a stupid question, and that the room couldn't hold so many people, so she immediately changed the subject: "I...we want to sleep with Mr. Zhou."
After going through a copy, she already knew the importance of clinging to someone powerful, not to mention that she had to live in a room where a dead person had lived, so she subconsciously wanted to get closer to Zhou Lian, who was obviously more experienced.
Brother Chen had been praised a lot when he led the team to plan the wedding. Now that Lan Lan directly refuted him, his face turned ugly. But before he could refute, he heard Zhou Lian say, "But in a courtyard like this, it is indeed a bit unsafe for several girls to live alone."
Zhou Lian's words were obviously much more sophisticated, and coupled with the good impression Zhou Lian had given him before, Brother Chen thought about this question seriously and agreed: "Okay, then you guys divide it up, I'll go back to my room and rest for a while."
He had been driving all day and was already sleepy and tired. He was too lazy to think about it, so he turned around and went back to his room after he finished speaking.
The task of allocating rooms fell to Zhou Lian, and the first person he chose to live with was Adao.
With Lanlan and Li Lei speaking up first, Shamatte immediately expressed that he also wanted to live with Zhou Lian, and Su Yan also looked at Zhou Lian shyly and whispered, "Me too."
Qiao Yuan: "I can do anything."
Song Yanchi turned around and went into one of the rooms, obviously not wanting to take part in the discussion.
Zhou Lian showed an embarrassment: "I'm afraid I can't take care of so many people."
Lan Lan was afraid that she and her boyfriend would be squeezed out, so she immediately said, "Then let Qiao Yuan go out. She said it's all right anyway."
"Ms. Su doesn't look like she needs protection, so you can go out."
She pulled her boyfriend's arm, meaning that he should agree with her, and then winked at the Sha Ma Te beside her: "Mr. Sha, don't you agree?"
Shamatte: “…Yes.”
Zhou Lian was silent for a while, as if he was going through a difficult choice, and then Qiao Yuan took the initiative to say, "Mr. Zhou, I don't want to embarrass you, I can do anything."
Lanlan: “…”
You are still pretending to be a innocent girl at this time. In fact, you are going crazy because you want to live here, right?
She looked at Zhou Lian nervously, fearing that Zhou Lian had not seen through Qiao Yuan's tactic of retreating.
After Qiao Yuan said this, Zhou Lian finally looked at Qiao Yuan and Su Yan and said, "Ms. Qiao, Ms. Su, you should stay in the same room with Mr. Song."
"He also has experience in dungeons, so he can definitely take care of you. The distance between our two rooms isn't far either, so if anything happens over there, just shout and we'll be there..."
After realizing that she was not the one kicked out of the room, although Lan Lan felt that the two still had a chance to curry favor with Song Yanchi, she thought that Song Yanchi was not as experienced as Zhou Lian, and that she would get the upper hand in the end, so a smug smile appeared on her face.
Su Yan was a shy person. Although she felt anxious when she heard Zhou Lian's words, she could not say a word except for her eyes turning red. She could only look at Lan Lan with sad and angry eyes.
Lan Lan rolled her eyes at her: "What are you looking at me for?"
After Lan Lan finished speaking, she turned to look at Qiao Yuan, wanting to appreciate the other person's confused look at the moment.
Humph, what’s the point of flattering him just now? You still can’t live with Zhou Lian now, right?
But when she looked at Qiao Yuan, she caught the joy in his eyes...
Wait, joy?
When she said that, Qiao Yuan should have been angry, so how could she show such an expression?
Lanlan began to grumble in her heart.
When Lanlan wanted to take a closer look, she found that Qiao Yuan had already lowered his head. However, she could still see helplessness on his face. In response to Zhou Lian's comfort, he just said "hmm" softly.
It was indeed an illusion.
Lanlan thought to herself and then felt relieved.
The final grouping result was that Lanlan, Li Lei and Shamatte followed Zhou Lian and Adao's group, while Qiao Yuan and Su Yan were in the same group with Song Yanchi.
Some are happy and some are sad.
Su Yan thought of Song Yanchi, who had been exuding a low mood all the way, and couldn't help swallowing her saliva. Then she turned her head to look at Qiao Yuan and couldn't help sighing in her heart.
Su Yan's mood improved a lot only when she heard Zhou Lian say that the two rooms were so close to each other that any noise they made could be heard by the other party and rush over.
At the same time, Su Yan was comforting herself in her heart that she could sleep in the same room with two stars at once, and after completing the mission and returning to the real world, she could brag about it to others.
After arranging the rooms, the village chief also brought the prepared meal over. He did not eat with everyone, but after delivering the meal, he said he had something to do and left first.
Several people called out Uncle Chen and Song Yanchi.
The meal prepared by the village chief was quite rich, with both meat and vegetables. The meat and vegetables were very fresh and delicious even without any seasoning. Even the few people who had no appetite after entering the dungeon ate more.
When Zhou Lian was dividing the rooms, the comments were already as lively as boiling water:
[Fuck, how can there be such a stupid person? She has established a good relationship with Zhou Lian but she still doesn't live next to him. What is she being humble about? Is she giving in?]
[Every time I thought Qiao Yuan had a chance to survive, he would give me a heavy blow and tell me that I was thinking too much]
[No, what on earth is she thinking? I wish I could get into the dungeon and hug Zhou Lian’s thigh for her.]
[There is a 99% chance that something fishy is going on in this dungeon. It looks like Qiao Yuan really won’t survive the first night.]
[Haha, she is suitable for entering the zombie dungeon. Zombies don’t eat people without brains.]
[The above is too good, I like it]
[Alas, looking at her performance in the last instance , I thought she could give me a surprise, but I think we should just break up.]
[Let’s go, what are you guys going to eat tonight?]
[I was so angry. Watching her actions, it was so painful for the bystanders]
[Did she use up ten lifetimes’ worth of intelligence to get this face? In the next life, remember to increase your intelligence.]
[Where is the person who posted a comment expressing his support for Qiao Yuan? I want to interview him about his thoughts.]
[I am here, I still think Qiao must have her reasons for doing this]
【……】
[Her appearance tells you? ]
[I don’t know if you are a sister or a brother, but listen to my advice, don’t look for a partner, don’t trust anyone, otherwise with your ability to judge people, you can let a liar enter the Forbes list]
[I always feel that Zhou Lian looks familiar. Is there really no one who feels the same way as me?]
[The above, if you miss your leader, go see him tomorrow when you go to work, don’t try to find a replacement in Zhou Lian]
[I feel that Qiao Yuan’s live broadcast is suitable for watching at night. I want to turn it off after watching it for a few minutes. It can cure my habit of staying up late.]
[There is no such thing as the future. I am now relying solely on Qiao Yuan’s face to support me. After all, I won’t be able to see him in the future.]
After dinner, everyone returned to their rooms.
The bed was already covered with bedding, and Su Yan said a little embarrassedly: "How are we going to sleep tonight?"
Although she was speaking to Qiao Yuan, her eyes were directed towards Song Yanchi.
After all, Song Yanchi was the only boy present.
She had never even held a boy's hand before, so she was naturally a little shy about sleeping in the same room with a boy.
However, Qiao Yuan answered her with a serious look on his face: "We take turns sleeping."
Although Qiao Yuan had only experienced the dungeon once, he learned from the forum that after entering the dungeon, players should take turns to keep watch and rest at night to avoid any dangerous situations.
After Qiao Yuan proposed this idea to Su Yan, Su Yan looked puzzled: "But Mr. Zhou didn't mention this matter either."
"And he said that nothing usually happens on the first night..."
Although Su Yan also likes to stay up late on weekdays, she has to sleep at least eight hours a day. She takes turns to keep watch and has an appointment to get up early the next morning to find the village chief. She will probably have to run around all day, which means she has no time to rest.
What’s more, the person who said this was Qiao Yuan.
Not to mention that the other party is a newcomer, even if she is not, based on her performance in the variety show, it is difficult for Su Yan to trust her.
"If you trust him so much, why don't you go find him?" An impatient voice sounded. It was Song Yanchi, who had been silent in the room since a while ago.
Song Yanchi's words clearly confirmed Qiao Yuan's arrangement.
It was a one on two situation, so Su Yan had no choice but to agree.
Song Yanchi directly arranged the order of the night watch.
He was in charge of the first half of the night, and because Su Yan didn't dare to keep watch alone, Qiao Yuan would watch the second half of the night with her.
According to the experience Qiao Yuan gained from the forum, the first half of the night is obviously more dangerous than the second half, and Song Yanchi's arrangement is tantamount to transferring greater risks to himself.
Song Yanchi, who had experienced several copies, would not be unaware of this matter.
Qiao Yuan's impression of Song Yanchi improved slightly. After all, whether the other party wanted to keep watch personally out of sympathy for them or because he did not trust them, this approach was beneficial to her.
The already limited sleep time is compressed due to the vigil in the second half of the night, so every minute and every second seems very precious.
Although Su Yan knew this truth, she tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep as soon as she lay down on the earthen kang.
She recalled that she was lying on her bed in the dormitory last night, chatting with her roommates. They talked about when the boy on the school basketball team who was on the wall confessed his love for her and when he would play basketball again, and which teacher never called the roll in class and the key points he marked were all the original questions from the final exam. But in the blink of an eye, she was dragged into a nightmare game. If she didn't complete the task, she would die, and tomorrow she had to organize a wedding for a dead person. How could she sleep?
Even the excitement of seeing the stars was dispersed because I was playing the game.
Fortunately, she was not alone, there was a newbie lying next to her.
Since they had entered the game, everyone was on the same boat, and since they lived in the same bed, she thought she was much closer to Qiao Yuan, so she wanted to talk to him about things in the entertainment industry and her current fears in order to distract her attention.
But she was prepared that Qiao Yuan would be more scared than she was. After all...
Wait, why did Qiao Yuan close his eyes so quickly? !
Is this sleeping or fainting?