Fortunately, it's quite lively here during the day. Although Wei Jiangyan smelled a foul odor as soon as he entered the first floor, he understood when he saw the Lu's Snail Rice Noodles sign in the distance.
The client arrived quickly. Wei Jiangyan awkwardly smiled and accompanied the client to the pastry shop he had been longing to visit. The two chatted fairly smoothly, and before long, they had already reached a 80% agreement on the matter.
Suddenly, a heavy thud was heard outside, followed by a commotion. The diners in the restaurant stopped eating and looked outside curiously.
Only a few older men and women remained unmoved, chewing tea leaves as they spoke:
"Don't look, someone else must have fallen."
The out-of-town customer was taken aback by their calm demeanor. Wei Jiangyan reassured him, and the two waited for the police to arrive and handle the scene. Once it was a little quieter outside, they went downstairs.
The crowd that had gathered downstairs had mostly dispersed, and police were maintaining order. This kind of thing happens quite often, so it wasn't unusual for the mall, which was still operating normally. The police were shouting that they would clear the area in an hour.
Upon seeing this, the customer repeatedly said, "Alas, what a pity, he seems to be a young man."
"Xiao Wei, you don't need to see me off. I have an appointment with someone outside."
After exchanging pleasantries, Wei Jiangyan escorted his client to the mall entrance. He stood there, watching the client get into the car.
Originally, Wei Jiangyan could have left now. At this moment, this place was really not suitable for lingering.
But he didn't. Wei Jiangyan stared outside for a while, then suddenly turned around.
He had a... familiar feeling, a feeling similar to the previous two ghost stories.
The person who fell landed right on the large patterned area on the first floor. The body hadn't been removed yet, and the police were contacting the family. Wei Jiangyan glanced in that direction, but what finally caught her eye wasn't the bloody scene or the police, but rather…
Instead, it was a person, a woman in a red dress, standing behind passersby. Her posture was a bit strange, as if she was deliberately hiding herself in the crowd.
Wei Jiangyan couldn't help but turn around and walk towards her.
But just then, a person rushed out from his right and blocked his way.
As soon as the person approached, Wei Jiangyan immediately smelled the strong aroma of snail rice noodles. He instinctively covered his nose and frowned. But when he saw who it was, Wei Jiangyan was somewhat surprised:
"Lu Mingran?"
Little did Wei Jiangyan know that Lu Mingran had been waiting for him for a long time.
Lu Mingran watched him go upstairs with his client, waiting anxiously, deciding to stick to him the whole day. However, Wei Jiangyan and his client were too talkative, and Lu Mingran, bored out of her mind, started to study the mall. Lost in thought, she was startled by the person who fell from the sky.
Now he has finally waited for Wei Jiangyan.
"Jiang Yan, my shop is over there, would you like to come in and have a seat?"
Wei Jiangyan looked in the direction he was pointing and suddenly realized: So you were the one who made this bioweapon?
"No, thank you," Wei Jiangyan smiled at Lu Mingran, then stepped back. "I have other things to do."
As they were talking, Wei Jiangyan caught a glimpse of the woman out of the corner of her eye; she had already turned around and was about to leave.
For some reason, Wei Jiangyan had a strong feeling at this moment, a feeling that she absolutely had to catch up with that woman.
So he hurriedly said goodbye, took a few steps, and then started running to chase after the woman. Lu Mingran was stunned, not knowing why he had suddenly left.
"Lu Mingran!" the system urgently instructed him, "He saw Miss Xiao, he needs to go with her!"
Damn, you can doubt something just by looking at it?
Lu Mingran abandoned her shop and took off running. A chase ensued between the three of them.
The woman went up the stairs on the left. Lu Mingran had set off quite late, and by the time he got up, the two women had already disappeared.
He looked around frantically, and at the same time, he began to understand why so many people were jumping off buildings.
The passageways on each floor of this plaza are too narrow. The width from the railing to the shop entrance is so narrow that only two people can walk side by side, and the so-called railing only reaches waist level.
Such a narrow space can feel suffocating. Lu Mingran was having trouble breathing and clung to the railing, trying to get some air.
But he felt even more suffocated.
Lu Mingran died from a fall. I've heard that some people who fall and are rescued inexplicably want to jump again whenever they stand at a height.
Lu Mingran shook her head, trying to cheer herself up, but her gaze suddenly fell on the dead man lying face up on the ground.
The dead man seemed to be looking at him.
In a daze, the deceased's face changed and changed until it became his appearance.
Lu Mingran, who fell from the building, was lying there.
Come on, Lu Mingran, jump down, jump down!
The system noticed something was wrong with him and called him.
Lu Mingran covered his ears and squeezed his eyes shut. He blocked out all the noise around him, trying his best to remain calm.
When Lu Mingran opened her eyes again, she roared:
"Wei Jiangyan!"
Ignoring the astonished looks from passersby, he shouted, "Wei Jiangyan! Wei Jiangyan, where are you?!"
What followed was done in one go, without any hesitation. Following the system's prompts, Lu Mingran, with red eyes, entered the women's restroom on the third floor. Amidst the screams of several girls outside the restroom, he walked straight towards this abandoned restroom, which was rumored to be the site of many supernatural events.
Lu Mingran walked to the innermost locked cubicle and banged on the door.
When security guards arrived after receiving a complaint and tried to remove him, Lu Mingran struggled, kicked the door, and shouted:
"My friend is still inside! He's locked up!"
The security guard hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Uh, male or female?"
"A man!"
The security guard slammed his baton down on the person.
"Holy crap, you guys are really good brothers, a whole bunch of perverts!"
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On the surface, Wei Jiangyan was inexplicably locked in the women's restroom, unconscious, and appeared to have no external injuries, so it wasn't considered serious.
But Lu Mingran, who had read so many ghost stories, knew that Wei Jiangyan must have seen many terrifying sights before this.
Wei Jiangyan was carried home by Lu Mingran.
Lu Mingran had already been hit hard, and his head was buzzing. He sat on the edge of the bed, covering his forehead with a hot towel, watching the system take care of Wei Jiangyan and track the progress bar.
"Hiss—" Lu Mingran frowned. "This is what happens when curiosity kills the cat."
"This is just the beginning."
The system showed him no sympathy and coldly announced, "Thirty percent."
Lu Mingran fell silent.
After a long, long time, Lu Mingran put down the towel:
"I have a small question."
"When I dress up as a ghost at night, can I see other ghosts?"
The system was watching him.
Lu Mingran then gestured:
"If I could, I'd like to have a note on my back that glows in the dark."
New ghost on the road, please be kind.
If you try to mess with me, I'll bite you; I have great teeth.
Chapter 22 Want to know the formation? No way (8)
It seems the child was truly stunned by that blow.
The system asked him, "How good are your teeth? Can you bite someone's neck in one go?"
"A vampire can bite into your neck, but this species is completely different."
Lu Mingran had just retorted a couple of times when he heard the person on the bed groan twice. He looked over and saw that Wei Jiangyan had finally woken up. He struggled to open his eyelids and looked around the room in a daze.
"Where am I...?"
"My home."
Lu Mingran answered decisively, walked over and sat by his bedside, jokingly saying that if he didn't wake up soon, she would really have to send him to the hospital.
In fact, Lu Mingran knew very well that if Wei Jiangyan were sent to the hospital, no problems would be found, and he would suffer tons of psychological damage.
Wei Jiangyan on the bed did not answer, but stared at Lu Mingran's swollen forehead. After being stared at for a while, Lu Mingran casually covered her forehead with a towel.
"You were hit?" Wei Jiangyan vaguely remembered that although he was unconscious at the time, he could still hear some sounds from the outside world. The last thing he heard was Lu Mingran calling him and the security guard cursing and scolding.
So when he saw Lu Mingran's injury, he guessed what had happened.
Lu Mingran then threw away the towel and went to pour hot water for Wei Jiangyan, to prove that he was still fine and could move freely.
"It's alright, everyone gets beaten up before. But you, if you really stayed there for one night, you'd be in big trouble."
However, at this moment, Lu Mingran heard Wei Jiangyan behind him completely ignore his words and grit his teeth to say one sentence:
"I've seen this security guard before; he's in cahoots with that woman!"
ah?
Before Lu Mingran could react, she heard the system issue an alarm: "Thirty-five percent!"
How come it's moving forward again?
"That's right, host," the system said with deep regret, "because the people around him were attacked, Wei Jiangyan is in a state of rage and has vowed to find the sneaky person and avenge you."
Now it was Lu Mingran's turn to suffer tons of psychological damage. "Ancestors! Grandmothers! If you just behaved yourself, that would be doing me a favor!"
Lu Mingran rushed back to the bedside, pulling at Wei Jiangyan, her voice trembling as she spoke: "What woman? You should take care of your health first, what are you thinking?"
"I'm not just imagining things."
At this point, Wei Jiangyan sat up and lowered her voice: "They were right after all. People who are with me are very prone to bad luck."
You'll either be chased by ghosts or beaten by people.
Therefore, for the sake of other people's safety, Wei Jiangyan felt that she deserved to be alone for the rest of her life.