Penitent hand, trembling slightly

The evening drum beat five times, and the players who had worked all day finally had the space to be alone again.

Shen Maomao counted around and was startled: "Why is there one less?"

It wasn't Zhai Yiqiao, there was another male player missing besides her.

The two newcomers, Jiang You and Tang Lusen, were there, as were Yun Shengjin and Cheng Rui, and what was missing was Zhang Paohui who forcibly exchanged information with them last night.

Cheng Rui said: "He fell off the roof when he was changing tiles in the front yard in the morning, and fell into a coma on the spot, and now he was sent to the hospital."

Leaving Shao's map alone at this stall...I'm afraid there will be no return.

Recalling the previous scene, Tang Lusen hesitated and said: "I wanted to say this morning—he was next to me when he fell, and I felt...he seemed to be dragged down..."

Speaking of this, he also had a look of fear on his face: "At that time, he stood very firmly and reminded me to be careful of my feet...how could he suddenly fall? And I was standing in front of him. When he fell, he fell There was no sound at all, and we didn't know he fell until we heard a sound on the ground..."

Indeed, people can't help but want to grab something when they fall. Zhang Paohui is obviously not the kind of character who would rather fall to his death than drag his teammates down.

Shen Maomao couldn't help but think of the black shadow last night, wondering if it has anything to do with Zhang Baohui's disappearance...

Tang Lusen couldn't eat anymore. He was afraid that such a thing would happen to him, and that he would be killed in such a silent manner. There was no warning before the accident.

Cheng Rui comforted him and said, "Don't be afraid. His accident must be due to the taboo of the dungeon. You usually act with us all the time, so you can't touch the taboo."

As soon as the words fell, Jiang You next to him asked: "You always mention the word 'taboo', but what exactly is taboo?"

Cheng Rui said: "We don't know much about this, we need to explore slowly what taboos are in the dungeon..."

Jiang You yelled at him again: "Since you don't even know what a taboo is, why can you say with such certainty that the accident happened because of a taboo?"

Cheng Rui frowned.

Jiang You shook his head: "I'm afraid that the taboo you mentioned will only be fully understood after you have spent your life piled up, and we are the pathfinder stones you use to understand the taboo."

Cheng Rui stood up: "Why do you think so?"

Jiang You also put down the bowl: "It doesn't matter what I think, what matters is what you think. I've finished eating, everyone take your time." After speaking, he turned his head and left the kitchen.

Shen Maomao gave his back a thumbs up in his heart.

The brother is so bold, he will leave as soon as he says, without dragging his feet.

Cheng Rui showed a rather innocent expression: "I don't know why he thinks this way, Xiao Tang, you don't think of me that way, do you?"

Tang Lusen's expression froze for a moment, but he quickly returned to normal.He smiled and said, "How come? Brother Cheng, I rely on you to get out of this ghostly place! Didn't we agree that I will join your guild after we go out, rounding up we are a family... How could I?" Do you miss your family that much?"

What he said was "Why would I miss you so much" instead of "You definitely wouldn't treat me like this", obviously knowing Cheng Rui's plan.

But he doesn't have the courage of Jiang You, nor the ability to do it alone, so he can only choose to rely on Cheng Rui, who has bad intentions.

Cheng Rui smiled with satisfaction, sat down and continued eating.

It's just that this time, everyone had no intention of talking, and the atmosphere in the kitchen became silent and depressing.

Before some things are fully understood, each other can still pretend to be confused, but once it is explained clearly, it is absolutely impossible to go back to the past.

Cheng Rui was a little worse than Yun Shengjin, because he didn't have Yun Shengjin's organizational skills, he didn't want to be the leader of all the players, he just wanted to hold the newcomers in his hands, and the pattern was small from the beginning.

Thinking about it this way, Yun Shengjin seemed to be even worse.

Shen Maomao sneaked a glance at Yun Shengjin, but Yun Shengjin still looked down to eat seriously, as if he had never eaten at first glance.

She couldn't make out what he was thinking.

Could it be that, as she and Lou Jingmo had guessed, Yun Shengjin was going to slow down because of his wife's accident?

After thinking about it, Yun Shengjin also put down his chopsticks, and left the table without saying a word, like a gloomy ghost.

Tang Lusen muttered: "One by one... don't you know that in ghost movies, those who are left alone will end well?"

Cheng Rui said: "So you must not learn from them..."

Tang Lusen had a submissive look: "Brother Cheng, you are right, I will listen to you."

After the meal was over, the remaining three men left the kitchen together, and the five of them stayed to wash the dishes.

By the time the kitchen was cleaned up, it was completely dark.

The five of them walked out of the cafeteria together, and the light of the big red lantern shone on the ground, and the red light pierced people's eyes.

Su Han couldn't help but grabbed Potato Chip's arm, and the three girls stuck together tightly, blown all over their faces by the cold night wind.

"Would you like to come closer?" Su Han greeted them, "It's so cold, it seems to be colder than yesterday."

Shen Maomao was held by Lou Jingmo's warm hands, his heart was warm, and naturally he couldn't feel the cold, so he said directly: "No need, we are not cold."

The two walked behind the three of them, leisurely as if they were walking in their back garden.

The willows on the moon, the wind blowing the leaves made the sound of "salad salad", the bluestone road was dyed red by the lanterns, and these reds swayed from side to side as the lanterns swayed, at first glance, it looked like a disco ...

Thinking of this, Shen Maomao said this directly, and immediately caught the eyes of the three people in front of him complaining.

People are afraid, she said so, directly get rid of the horror atmosphere, it seems that they are making a big deal out of a molehill.

Shen Maomao smiled embarrassedly: "I'm nervous, you continue to be afraid, don't care about me."

Su Han: "..."

But the road ahead is indeed less disturbing than before.

They passed by the brightly lit rooms like yesterday, and returned to the small courtyard where the servants lived.

The room of the male player on the right is locked and the lights are on, probably ready to sleep.

The three of them returned to their room, and Shen Maomao took advantage of the moonlight and the light from other rooms to touch the lampstand on the window sill, planning to go to the next door or somewhere to borrow a fire, but after searching for a long time, she couldn't find where the lampstand was. .

"There's bad news, don't you get too nervous?" she said.

Before she could ask and answer, Lou Jingmo said, "The lamp is gone?"

Shen Maomao turned around with a sad face: "Yes, it's gone, I don't know who took it away..."

Milk tea panicked: "What should I do? Can we borrow it again?"

Lou Jingmo said: "Do you know where Baozhu and Jade live? Ask them to borrow."

Su Han hurriedly said: "I know! I saw them coming out of the room on the far right in the morning."

Lou Jingmo said: "Let's go together."

Milk Tea Potato Chips hurriedly got up, and five people came to the door of Baozhu's room. Shen Maomao, whose name was remembered by others, took the initiative to knock on the door, and said while knocking: "Baozhu, Jade! Are you there?!"

There was a sound from inside, and after a while, the door was fully opened, Baozhu stood in the room and looked at them: "What's wrong? What's the matter?"

Shen Maomao said succinctly: "Do you have a spare oil lamp here? I don't know who took it from our house..."

Baozhu showed a look of embarrassment: "We haven't prepared so many here..."

The jade inside said suddenly: "By the way, don't we still have candles here?"

As he spoke, he came over with a piece of glowing red candle, and gave them a bundle of fire: "There is only this, you can take it and make use of it. It's getting dark, you should go back to your room quickly."

"Thank you." Shen Maomao held the candle and the torch tightly, and thanked them with a blessing.

Baozhu smiled and said: "It's okay, we are friends, I'm afraid a stump of candle won't last one night, you can borrow it from other people around you, maybe you will gain something."

Shen Maomao apologized again, and the two exchanged polite words, Baozhu closed the door, and then there was no other sound in the room, it was as quiet as if there was no one at all.

Shen Maomao listened with sympathetic ears for a while, and suddenly his back shuddered.

Why is there no sound of walking, and why is there no shadow on the window?

Either there was no shadow of the two of them, or the two of them walked silently. Either way, the joker kissed.

Can they still use the red candle left by the orb?

Obviously Shen Maomao was not the only one who thought of this question, Lou Jingmo also said: "Go to the maid who borrowed our oil lamp before and ask if she took the lamp back."

The five turned their heads and walked in. This time it was Su Han who knocked on the door: "We are the ones who borrowed the lamp yesterday. I want to ask if you have brought the lamp back today!"

There was a muffled sound from inside the room: "No."

"Then do you have any other lights?"

"No, the lamp is given to you, so you don't need to return it to me. You...you can ask for blessings."

As the last whispered voice fell, there was no sound in the room.

Shen Maomao looked at Lou Jingmo.

Lou Jingmo looked at the windows of the male players: "Is there any suspicious target?"

Shen Maomao nodded to her.

The npcs have a lamp in hand, so naturally they don't need to come to them to get the lamp. Only new players in the entire servant's residence have less lamps.

I don't know which shameless person went to their house before they came back and took their life-saving oil lamp.

But this is just her guess, and there is no clear evidence to directly prove it. It is not certain that some ghost sister fell in love with their lamp and took it away.

So Shen Maomao could only gently knock on the door next door: "Excuse me, do you have any spare lights?"

The people inside didn't open the door like they did last night, and said through the door: "No, we borrowed it inside, you can go over and try to borrow it."