The whole world knows that I crossed

Qiao Wen thought about it all the way, and it is obviously inappropriate to buy something in the business district of Zhonghe Hell to take to the year-end party—they are all natives of Hell, what is produced in Hell that I have never seen before?

So this souvenir can only be selected from Qiao Wen's inventory.

As a result, before Qiao Wen could choose something, support from the motherland came—"I'm just an innocent little bunny" sent two boxes of Moutai to Qiao Wen by courier.

Not for sale, special offer.

This Moutai Qiaowen has been drunk before.

Although he doesn't like to drink, but when he was just an adult, he drank a little with the elders in the family—to put it bluntly, his father and uncle.

Because of the special nature of Qiao's father and mother's work, they are the kind of scientists who have made contributions to the scientific research of flower growers with real ability and can do practical things. Therefore, Qiao Wen's family has also received many special offerings.

However, due to professional reasons, Qiao's parents don't usually drink much. They only have a few drinks occasionally during the holidays.

Qiao Wen got a small cup of this special Moutai from his father on his 18th birthday.

He also drank baijiu before, but when he went out to socialize when he was young, some unscrupulous elders dipped their chopsticks and fed him a drop or two, just like the kind to amuse children.

Before this, Qiao Wen's memory of baijiu was either spicy or bitter, and there might be a little bit of wine aroma, but it was really only a little bit. Anyway, he didn't like it very much.

But the taste of Moutai is different from those white wines. It is slightly sweet and mellow. Although it also has the unique spicy taste of baijiu, it is not pungent at all. The aftertaste is very sweet and not overpowering.

But no matter how delicious Moutai is, Qiao Wen himself is not a wine lover—he doesn’t even drink the cold spring wine that Bawei loves so much, so for a while, he even forgot that he can take wine as a gift. thing.

It was the compatriots from the Special Affairs Office who reminded him.

I'm just an innocent little bunny: [Although the wine produced by monsters is not as magical, we are still somewhat confident in the quality of the wine itself.I heard that the assistant officer of King Yan Mo and many of the prison guards in hell are people who love wine, and it shouldn't embarrass you to bring some fine wine from your hometown. 】

Of course, Qiao Wen didn't feel ashamed to bring ordinary wine from the world as a souvenir.

Moreover, Little Tutu helped him touch his own blind spot, and even prepared the wine and mailed it to him directly. This kind of behavior itself is kind and considerate. It was too late for Qiao Wen to thank them. How could he dislike this gift? If you can't do it, you will embarrass yourself?

He hastily thanked Little Tutu.

Someone helped prepare the presents, so Qiao Wen didn't have to worry about it himself. The next day, he brought wine, and before Yan Mo Hall's off-duty time, Qiao Wen and Ba Wei came to the gate of the Judgment Hall together, preparing to wait for the ghost lamp to finish work Let's go to the tavern where the year-end party is held together.

As a result, when they arrived, the trial hall was brightly lit, and Ghost Lantern was sitting behind his desk writing a book.

There are several stacks of documents piled high on his desktop. Looking at the height of those piles of documents, even though Ghost Lantern processes the documents at a very fast speed, Qiao Wen feels that it is impossible to process all the documents piled up on the desk before midnight. possible tasks...

The two originally didn't intend to enter the trial hall, but seeing that the huge trial table belonging to King Yan Mo on the main seat of the hall was empty behind the owner's figure, and the whole hall was empty except for the ghost lamp. They looked at each other and walked in.

Sensing their footsteps, Ghost Lantern took time out of his busy schedule, raised his eyes and glanced at them, and continued to process the documents quickly while greeting them:

"Ah... Mr. Qiao Wen, Mr. Ba Wei, you are here."

"Good evening." Qiao Wen responded politely. After seeing Ghost Lantern greeting him and Ba Wei, he lowered his head and continued to process the documents. The corners of his mouth twitched, "Have you finished your work yet?"

"……yes."

I don't know if it's Qiao Wen's illusion, but I always feel that the voice of the ghost lamp is very low, and the tone is full of resentment...

"After all, not only do the number of suicides double at the end of the year, but it is also the peak period for deaths from overwork—speaking of which, Mr. Qiao Wen, you came just in time. I have something to ask."

"……Please say."

"Then I'm not being polite—from your perspective as a living person, why do you think many people in this world want to be open 24 hours a day? No matter typhoon, blizzard, or other bad weather, why do you always stop Can’t these people go to companies or schools? Are they not afraid of death from overwork?! Or is work and study even more important to them than life?”

"Uh..." Facing the ghost lamp that was about to go berserk, Qiao Wen didn't know how to explain this matter - after all, he himself was not one of the overworked groups that the ghost lamp mentioned.

However, with the black-haired ghosts and gods full of resentment in their eyes, Qiao Wen still bit the bullet and tried to make an explanation for him from the perspective of his own understanding:

"Probably because if you don't do that, life can't go on..."

"—how should I say it?" Hearing this, Ghost Lantern calmed down a little.

Qiao Wen thought about it and said: "Some people may not be able to continue to go to the company's home on such a day, and some people may not be able to improve their grades and fail to enter the ideal university if they continue to go to school on such a day. , there will be nothing in the future... People in this world are also facing various difficulties and problems. If they can choose, no one would not want to be able to stay at home and rest comfortably in such weather? It’s just that they are forced to To make a living, I have to go out to make a living on such a day... In short, death from overwork should not be the result I want, but everyone is lucky, 'I can't be so unlucky and so fragile!', While holding such a fluke mentality, he also comforted himself in this way, day after day, to survive this difficult day... and so on."

The ghost lamp was thoughtful, and Qiao Wen quickly added: "I am also guessing wildly. Specifically, everyone has different thoughts and choices, so we can't generalize..."

So you don't have to use these as a reference!

"No, what you said is very interesting." Ghost Lantern waved his hand, signaling Qiao Wen not to be nervous, "It's also another way to think about the problem. If this is used as the basis for commuting the sentences of the dead who died of overwork, it may reduce some uneasiness. The necessary trouble and workload..."

As he said that, Gui Deng submerged his head in writing again unknowingly, as if he had fallen into his own thoughts.

This is still a bit strange.

After all, although Ghost Lamp is known as the number one shaker in hell, he is actually quite polite and uses honorifics for ordinary prison guards. Moreover, if there are other people around him, he will not devote himself to his work without caring about himself. next to people.

The current state can only show that he has reached his limit, right?

Qiao Wen was about to ask someone to help Ghost Lamp to share the burden, when he heard a childish and energetic voice full of self-satisfaction and excitement from outside the hall:

"Master Ghost Lantern~~Master Ghost Lantern~ We have found Mr. Huang and Miss Yi!"

Before the words were finished, a little white dog ran into the trial hall first.

Behind him, followed by a monkey wearing a scarf, and a colorful pheasant.After the three animals, there was a slightly plump, bespectacled, kind-faced female ghost, and a red-clothed young man with golden curly hair who looked like a dead human.

"You really invited the two of them here..."

Hearing the sound, Gui Deng raised his eyes and said in surprise after seeing the figures of several people.

"Because Lord Ghost Lantern is really tired!" The little white dog ran over patteringly, circled around the table, stood up and grasped Ghost Lantern's thigh with its front paws, and swung its big tail quickly behind him, "And I want to talk to Lord Ghost Lantern Let's join the year-end party together!"

"...It's not okay to act like a baby at this time, Mr. Xiaobai."

As Ghost Lantern spoke, his expression softened significantly.

He reached out and rubbed the dog's head, and stood up to meet the two colleagues who were brought to Yan Mo Hall by the animals:

"Sorry, please run away."

"Don't say that, how can you be absent from the rare year-end party!" The blond young man responded with a smile, and seemed to have a good temper.

Another kind-faced female ghost also rolled her eyes with a smile: "Yes. And proper rest is necessary, don't let yourself be too tired."

The two of them didn't talk much, they chatted with Ghost Lantern, then dragged two chairs from the side, sat opposite Ghost Lantern, and helped him deal with the documents on the table.

"Ah... I forgot to introduce," Gui Deng remembered at this moment, turned to Qiao Wen and said, "These two are Mr. Ono Huang and Miss Yi, the first assistants of King Qin Guang and King Wuguan respectively. Sir, Miss Xi, this is Mr. Qiao Wen, a guest of King Yan Mo, and a friend of Mr. Bawei."

"Hello, first meeting."

"It's me, please take care of me, both of you."

After seeing each other, Qiao Wen didn't bother the two assistant officers who came to help. Just as he was about to ask Ba Wei what to do next, he saw Yaohu with a dark face and dragged two chairs over, leaving them where they were. Qiao Wen sat down, dragged him to the table, sat down by himself, and joined the team helping to process the documents.

The three of them all raised their eyes to look at themselves, Yaohu had a stern face, with an awkward look of "Stop being sentimental, I don't really want to help you": "Don't get me wrong, I just don't like it because of your delay." Qiao Wen and I are just attending the year-end party."

"...So that's how it is." Ghost Lantern said calmly, "No matter what the reason is, thank you for your cooperation, Mr. Ba Wei."

After finishing speaking, he bowed his head and continued to correct the documents without saying anything more.

Such an attitude obviously made Bawei more comfortable.

The four handled the documents skillfully. Qiao Wen sat next to him, feeling a little idling, but he was completely unfamiliar with the paperwork in hell, so he couldn't help him at this time, his eyes were staring blankly and aimlessly Scanning the entire Yan Mo Hall, it happened that the three small animals in the hall didn't seem to want to disturb the few people who were busy processing documents over there, and they were also wandering around boredly away from the ghost lamp desk.

At a certain moment, the eyes of the two sides met unexpectedly in mid-air...

Immediately, the white puppy ran over happily, squatted down in front of Qiao Wen, and looked up at him:

"Are you a guest of King Yan Mo? We heard about it from Lord Ghost Lantern before!"

Seeing his cute appearance of suppressing curiosity and putting on airs, Qiao Wen felt amused in his heart, so he knelt down and looked at him:

"Yes, my name is Qiao Wen, may I ask who you are?"

"My name is Xiaobai, this is Kakisuke, and that's Rurino... Do you know the story of Momotaro? We are the dog, monkey and chicken who followed Momotaro in the story!"

Xiao Bai flicked his tail triumphantly.

"I'm a pheasant, a pheasant!" The pheasant named Liu Linan emphasized with a low voice that didn't match his image at all.

"What does it matter, they are chickens anyway..." Xiao Bai didn't care.

Liu Linan was dissatisfied with his protest, and the monkey Kakisuke's dissuading voice was mixed in. The three small animals quickly became noisy, and immediately consciously lowered their voices, so as not to disturb the four people who were concentrating on their work over there.

When Qiao Wen watched the animation, he thought these three were very interesting. Now that the real ones are in front of him, people just think they are even cuter, so he couldn't help but reach out and rub Xiaobai's head.

Xiaobai turned around vigilantly, stared at Qiao Wen for a while, and then rushed over with a "Wow~" and played with Qiao Wen.

Wait until Ghost Lantern at the table and Bawei and the others hurry up and finally finish all the work after a period of time. Turning around, they find that Qiao Wen has completely become one with the three animal groups. On the picnic blanket that Zhang didn’t know where he came from, he was holding Xiaobai in his arms, and Liu Linan and Kakisuke were sitting beside him, the four of them gathered together, playing a handheld game intently...

Ghost Lamp: ………

The expression of the black-haired ghost softened.

"Qiao Wen!" Ba Wei raised his voice, calling out to the four ecstasy playing together: "Let's go!"

"Hey~~" Qiao Wen hadn't spoken yet, but Xiao Bai was the first to let out a disappointed whine.

However, compared to games, of course, the year-end party where everyone gets together is more important now.

Although Xiaobai is a bit coquettish, he is a very sensible dog. After making an appointment with Qiao Wen, he will go to play with him when he has time. The dog happily ran to Ghost Lantern again. Ghost Lantern Adults grow ghost lights, adults short stick people.

"That guy Xiaobai... makes you laugh." The Liuli man, who has the most stable personality among the three, said while helping Qiao Wen pack his things, "But that guy really likes Mr. Even Momotaro's status in his heart will not be comparable to that of Ghost Lamp..."

"That's right," Qiao Wen smiled, "I never thought that Mr. Ghost Lantern would be so popular with animals."

"Rather than being popular, it's better to say that Lord Ghost Lantern is more friendly to animals than to people..."

So the animals felt his emotions and responded to him with equal kindness.

As Pheasant said, seeing that Qiao Wen had packed everything, and that Bawei also came to him and helped him lift the two boxes of Moutai brought as gifts, he nodded to him, waved his wings, and flew over the ghost lamp behind.

"Shall we go too?" Qiao Wen smiled at Ba Wei, and the two also quickened their pace, following behind Ghost Lamp and the others.

In the tavern where the year-end party was held, the prison guards from hell who arrived earlier were already drinking lively.

The arrival of Ghost Lamp and the others made the lively atmosphere in the room even higher.

Amidst the booing of everyone, Ghost Lantern briefly introduced Qiao Wen, and the Moutai brought by Qiao Wen played a vital role at this time-it is said that this is not only a famous wine from China, but also a real thing. All the ghosts, ghosts, monsters, and dead souls became interested. You drink and I drink, and soon the two big boxes of Moutai were completely divided by everyone.

And the people who drank the wine were full of praise, especially the ghost lamp. One person monopolized two bottles. Even if King Yan Mo came to ask for it again, he couldn't snatch half a drop from him.

"Because Mr. Ghost Lantern likes to drink, but he can't stand the spicy taste." Ah Xiang, who was sitting next to Qiao Wen, had already drank a lot, and her delicate face was slightly flushed due to the alcohol. Even more gorgeous and charming.She explained with a smile: "The wine you brought has a sweet taste, the spiciness is not very obvious, but the aroma of the wine is very prominent, no wonder Mr. Ghost Lantern likes it..."

The wine house is lively and lively, not only with a lot of food and wine, but also from time to time some people present real or fake sideshows - such as Axiang's dance performance, such as the enchanting dance steps of the cat jailer in the Song Emperor Hall, and Yan Mo King's Ass writing...

Of course the latter is strictly prohibited by Ghost Lantern.

In short, the hell year-end meeting tonight was very lively and interesting. Qiao Wen met a lot of interesting people, even if they were characters that he had known in the story, he could discover many things that were not mentioned in the story more interesting place.

So although he didn't like drinking very much, under the influence of this atmosphere, he also drank a lot. By the time the year-end party ended, he was already a little drunk.

"Is Mr. Qiao Wen okay?" The three animal groups who claimed to be going to find Momotaro and walk with the ghost lamp looked at Qiao Wen worriedly.

The latter was supported by Bawei's arm, and he smiled foolishly at them, but did not respond other than that.

"I'll watch him."

Fox said so.

But looking at the three worried eyes on the opposite side, and the person next to him who can't stand still and can only smirk...

Ba Wei sighed, and finally he just put him on his back, and walked slowly towards Yan Mo Hall along the path paved with bluestones under the hazy moonlight of the other night——