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Under the night, the castle with spiers and spires is like the gathering place of the blood-sucking creatures in the middle ages in the earth's legend. Spooky smell.

"Huh...huh..."

A gust of gloomy wind whizzed past, rattling the gloomy woods around the castle. There seemed to be some shrill sounds mixed in with the wind, making the surrounding environment even more frightening.

"Welcome everyone to Ghost Castle."

An empty voice with a strange laugh sounded over the castle: "Night is dangerous, good boy, don't run around oh hee hee hee hee hee hee~ I'll see you when the clock strikes midnight."

The two old, tall doors carved with thorns and roses in the old castle opened, the golden hall was brightly lit, and various exquisite utensils were placed on the long dining table. In the center of the dining table was a A clear vase with bright roses in it. The thorns of the roses have not been removed. If you look closely, you can still see a lot of dark red marks, as if they were stained after being stuck in someone's hands. , Dried blood.

Elegant and gorgeous dance music slowly floated in the hall, dark red gorgeous curtains fluttered gently in the night wind, a rose-red candle on a candlestick was swayed by the wind, and after a while, it finally went out and rose into the air. A thin line of blue smoke.

"Da da."

"Da da."

A sound of light footsteps sounded from the steps outside the door, a pair of crystal clear crystal shoes shone with a clear and mysterious luster under the starlight, and the slender and white ankles were so beautiful that people wanted to kiss gently piously.

From the ankle up, there is a long silver flowing dress, embroidered with delicate and complicated arabesque patterns, and the skirt is slightly scattered, like the shape of a flower, beautiful, quiet and elegant.

In addition to the long skirt, she also wore a silver coat and robe. A pair of hands with white fingertips were faintly visible under the robe. When she walked, she seemed to have the smell of wind and green trees, like an elf born in nature .

Wearing various masks and various costumes outside the castle, the slightly crowded crowd subconsciously parted ways when this person walked slowly, and their amazing eyes could not help but stay on this ethereal and mysterious beauty. body.

She was tall and tall, with long silver flowing hair that fell straight down to her calves, matching the silver dress, her waistline was slender and elegant, and her figure was like a silhouette drawn by Master Arendt himself.

The curve of her chin is graceful and alluring, the shape and color of her lips are so perfect that it takes one’s breath away, a thin silver arabesque mask covers half of her face, and a bit of her tall face can be vaguely seen. The line of the nose, the pair of exposed black eyes have a taste of vastness and vastness, very similar to the vast starry sky above her head.

People looked at her in a daze, but she didn't stop for people's eyes. She stepped into the bright and gorgeous hall in the ghost castle with light steps, but there was no one there.

After a long while, the people outside the castle who unconsciously held their breath came back to their senses, and couldn't help but look again and again at the hall that still looked empty from the outside.

"It's so beautiful, it's so beautiful." A young man with short blond hair sighed like an aria, and the black mask on his face couldn't block the sparkle in his eyes.

"Yeah, the only person who can be compared with her tonight is probably the one who went in before?" A girl in a light green dress beside him nodded, with the same light green mask on both sides, thin The wing-like decoration trembled slightly, like a butterfly fluttering in the night sky.

The moment the beauty who shocked many people stepped into the hall, she couldn't help twitching the corners of her mouth, and looked at the pair of shoes on the soles of her feet with great regret.

Although the shoes looked hard, they were actually very soft, not crystal like they looked.

But no matter how soft it is, it can't change the fact that these shoes have a pair of [-]cm high heels!

Why on earth did he buy these shoes on a whim!Why on earth is he wearing this skirt!Previously, he wanted to test Gu Yan with this outfit, but his nerves were on the wrong line!

There are so many ways to test, why did he only think of pretending to be a woman?Could it be that he was brainwashed by Fitch Short's appearance?

"Click...click...click..."

Just when he was thinking about whether to take off his shoes so that he could move freely, the sound of a rusty machine suddenly sounded. As soon as Jing Ming raised his head, he found that the surrounding environment had changed at some point. The hall turned into a long and dark corridor. There were various knight sculptures erected on one side of the corridor. The "click, click, click" sound just now was made by this group of sculptures.

Jing Ming frowned slightly, and took two steps back with his skirt lifted, looking coldly at the group of sculpted knights who seemed to have woken up from a deep sleep.

When the aunt reminded him of the rules of the Masked Assembly, Jing Ming checked it out.

In order to increase the fun, the Mask Conference is certainly not the kind of activity where you can find people after dressing up and entering the castle. Everyone who participates in the conference must pass at least three to as many as seven levels after entering the castle. After breaking through, you can really enter the interior of the castle.

Those who fail to pass will lose their qualifications to participate in this masquerade convention. If he participates with his lover, then even his lover will also fail to participate.

And the corridor he is facing now is the more famous level in the Masquerade Conference, called the Death Knight Corridor.

"boom!"

The sound of metal hitting the wall violently sounded, and a knight with an ax rushed towards Jing Ming at an extremely fast speed. Jing Ming dodged and dodged, and the huge ax in his hand immediately slashed at the wall behind him, popping out. There was a series of sparks.

"Qiang! Qiang!"

When the knight saw Jing Ming dodging, a flash of green flashed in his empty eyes, and he moved a little faster, swinging the ax in his hand imperviously, as if he wanted to cut Jing Ming into several pieces.

Jing Ming held up the hem of his skirt and stepped on high heels, seemingly dodging leisurely and slowly, but when he walked near the second knight, the long sword in that knight's hand suddenly stabbed at him very quickly, causing a gust of wind .

Jing Ming dodged again, and led the two knights to his side. He shuttled between the ax and the long sword, but the speed of the two knights could not keep up, and the ax and the long sword collided again and again. There was a shower of sparks in the hallway.

"call out--!"

Just before the two knights were about to be scrapped by the opponent's ax and long sword, a few boomerangs with a little silver light shot at Jing Ming silently and extremely fast. Jing Ming was facing the boomerang at the moment The tall and slender figure seemed to be motionless, and was about to be shot by those boomerangs.

"Shhhhh! Aggressive!"

The boomerang shot directly at Jing Ming's back, but as if it had penetrated the air, it shot directly at the wall not far away, sinking deep into the wall, with only the point of the knife exposed.

"what?"

In the ghost castle, in the main control room of the agency, a man caught this silver figure and couldn't help but screamed in surprise.

"What's wrong?" A bearded man beside him looked curiously.

"This woman is so fast!" The man pointed to the video from the surveillance equipment, and said to the bearded man.

Hearing the words, the bearded man leaned over and took a look, with surprise on his face: "This speed, at least, should be a speed-level [-] superpower! Among ordinary people in the Federation, there are not many people with this strength. .”

"Want to check on her?"

The man who spoke before carefully looked at the woman in the surveillance equipment who couldn't see her face, but just by looking at her figure and temperament, she could guess that she was definitely a superb beauty.

"No, observe and observe first." The bearded man shook his head: "If it's just an ordinary tourist, we don't care, if it's someone from the federal military department, then don't bother. Those guys in the military department have been bloody recently. When the limelight is tight, if our stronghold is known to the military, the loss will not be small."

The man nodded understandingly: "Understood, after she passed the level later, I asked the people under my hand to try to take off her mask. Judging by her figure and temperament, it is very likely that she is an ordinary person." Little, if you show your face, your identity will probably be confirmed."

"Wait!" The two were talking, the man's sharp eyes suddenly focused on another surveillance device.

"Look at this man!" The man pointed to the surveillance equipment and said, "This man is very powerful! He always kills with one blow! Judging by the numbers, it's either from the military department or from the mercenary regiment!"

The bearded man leaned over to take a look, just in time to see that the man with a cold and serious temperament smashed a statue of a knight with a deadpan punch, and he struck fiercely and decisively.

"For the time being, it looks a bit like a member of the mercenary group, but with his strength, if he is really a member of the mercenary group, we should be able to recognize him."

"It may also be a newcomer." The man said: "It's like the ice field, didn't it absorb a batch of new blood recently? I heard that there are quite a few strong ones."

"Let's try it out too." The bearded beard said: "If it's a member of the mercenary regiment, find a way to get in touch with him. If it's a member of the military department, let our people not mess with him!"

"understand!"

·

Jingming has passed several levels at this time, but the difficulty of the next few levels is not as good as the death knight corridor. There is even a matching game that girls like. After playing it, he will never want to see pink again. .

"Dangdangdangdang..."

"Welcome to the castle of ghosts, I wish you a happy carnival night."

It was still the same empty and strange grinning voice. Jing Ming walked out of the pink game room and came to a door carved with complicated patterns. .

"Welcome, dear guest." There are two sweet-looking waiters standing on both sides of the door, with cute cat masks on their faces, cute and sexy black plush dresses, and a long furry hair behind the skirts. The cat's tail was flicking and flicking.

"Are you still single?" The cat girl on the left winked playfully at Jingming: "If yes, I can provide you with any service~"

Jingming: "..."

He bent his lips slightly, and the voice he spoke was an elegant female voice, which fit his outfit very well.

"I came with my boyfriend."

"That's really a pity." The catwoman sighed regretfully, "Why do beauties have boyfriends?"

Jing Ming smiled faintly, nodded slightly to her, and stepped into the door with graceful steps.

Inside the door is a huge ball-like hall, which is still decorated with gold and dark red as the main colors. Even the various drinks on the waiter's plate are dark red viscous liquids. I don't know the origin of this masked assembly. How bad is the organizer.

When Jing Ming walked over, the people near him who were wearing masks and wearing all kinds of strange or cool clothes couldn't help turning their eyes, staring at him intently.

Jing Ming's gaze also kept pacing the crowd. Many people who looked at him showed admiration, and many people couldn't help but want to come over to strike up a conversation. Jing Ming ignored him and looked for Gu Yan's shadow.

In a corner of the ballroom, a woman wearing a pure white dress has already taken off the delicate mask on her face. Her milky white skin is extremely delicate, and she is sitting beside her with beautiful ice blue eyes. The man looked at him with blushing cheeks, and said shyly, "I like you very much, are you willing to take off the mask for me?"

In addition to couples, there are many men and women who want to have a beautiful encounter in the mask assembly.

Many people parted ways after a wonderful night, and many people bonded because of this encounter.

This woman obviously fell in love with the man next to her, couldn't help but put away her reserve, and took the initiative to take off her mask.

And the man she was attracted to did have the capital to be infatuated with. He was tall and long-legged, with a mysterious and stern demeanor. He was dressed in a pure black coat and robe that outlined a perfect figure. The uniform-style clothing full of abstinence, black boots lined the line of the calf sexy and charming, although the exquisite and domineering golden mask covered the bottom of the lips, the thin mask still failed to cover the perfect face line of the other party.

Seeing the woman taking the initiative to strike up a conversation, many people around the two of them looked over, and some men and women stared at the man who was admired by the woman with some envy, and said with a little sourness: "This gentleman is really lucky." , to be favored by such a beautiful beauty.

The man turned a deaf ear to everything around him, and his black eyes kept wandering in the direction of the gates around the ball.

The woman who didn't get a response suddenly felt a little helpless, and a little anger flashed in her eyes.

She has always been very proud of her appearance, and has never met anyone who ignores her like the man in front of her.

In fact, it was just a whim that she participated in this masquerade during the play, and she didn't expect to be attracted by this man as soon as she entered the ball hall.

She never likes to let go of everything she likes. Now that she likes it, she must take the initiative to attack.

Who knew that she had let go of her reserve and took off her mask first, but this person completely ignored her!

Suppressing her anger, she followed his gaze towards the gates and asked, "Do you have friends coming with you?"

The man finally glanced at her lightly, "I'll wait for my boyfriend."

woman:"……"

The man continued: "I like men, you are not my type."

woman:"……"

Her complexion was no longer unbearable, it turned black in an instant, it could be ugly.

But at this moment, the crowd in front of her suddenly parted, she couldn't help but look up, and saw a woman who seemed to be dressed in the light of night, walking with a strong aura, her whole body was elegant, cool and mysterious, making people uncomfortable. The temperament of self-conscious obsession is completely impossible to ignore.

The expression on her face changed, as if a fighting cock met its own kind, it became noble and elegant, and there was a spring-like smile on the corner of her mouth, which immediately added a lot to her already outstanding appearance.

The woman's eyes under the mask seemed to glance at her with a half-smile, she stepped forward calmly, and stopped when the distance between them was only three meters away.

But at this time, she couldn't laugh at all. Although she took off the mask and this woman didn't, the aura of the other party had completely suppressed her!It even attracted all the eyes of the audience, making those people completely ignore her who is not far away from her.

This scheming bitch!

She couldn't help cursing angrily in her heart, if she had the ability to show her face!What is the attractiveness supported by makeup!

As if seeing that she was slandering, the woman curled her lips at her, and then turned her attention to her previous target.

She couldn't help gloating, and thought to herself: Even if you suppress my limelight, so what, this man doesn't like women, if you strike up a conversation with him, you will definitely be as embarrassed as me.

Unexpectedly, the development of the matter completely deviated from her guess. The woman just glanced at the man, and the man who had been exuding a cold and repelling aura suddenly raised his lips and smiled. People can still see what a bright smile it is.

Not counting after laughing, the man seemed to be amused by something, and let out a deep and pleasant voice from his throat, which made people who heard it want to touch their ears, only to feel itchy ears, almost pregnant up.

"Ming...cough!" Gu Yan completely ignored the gazes around him, and halfway through his smile, seeing Jing Ming's gaze turned ferocious, he coughed to hold back his laughter, stood up and took his hand, his gaze wandered up and down his body After a while, he smiled and said, "Your outfit is so pretty, like the elf in the legend of your mother planet, so beautiful."

Jing Ming pursed his lips, and he didn't look pleased at all. He looked at Gu Yan, then looked at himself, and felt that the idea of ​​trying to test Gu Yan with women's clothing as if he had a brain twitch back then was extremely stupid.

The only thing to be happy about is that after wearing these high heels, he is finally taller than Gu Yan?

fall!Who wants this kind of height!

The more Jing Ming thought about it, the more he became angry from embarrassment, facing all kinds of amazing gazes from all around, he became even more annoyed from embarrassment.

He pursed his lips tightly, and once he pulled Gu Yan's hand, he was about to drag him away.

It was the biggest mistake to want to participate in this bullshit masquerade back then!

Gu Yan held back his smile and let him pull him. Before he could take a few steps, the two of them were stopped by a woman.

"and many more!"

The woman who struck up a conversation with Gu Yan just now stood in front of the two of them with her hands blocked, frowning deeply.

She didn't look at Jingming, but stared at Gu Yan closely, and said with some displeasure, "You lied to me just now?"

Gu Yan frowned, inexplicably: "What did you lie to?"

"You said you like men but not women! Isn't she a woman?"

Gu Yan: "..." He really isn't a woman.

Looking at Jing Ming's face that suddenly sank, Gu Yan couldn't help but want to laugh again. He clenched his fist and put it under his lips, coughed twice with the corner of his lips bent, and tightened Jing Ming's hand comfortingly, and said to the woman. : "I think, who I like has nothing to do with you, right? Strange lady? Anyway, no matter who I like, you are indeed not my type."

The woman: "..."

Her complexion turned extremely ugly in an instant, she gritted her teeth and stared at Gu Yan, and at the same time gave Jing Ming a hard look.

After Gu Yan finished saying that, he pulled Jing Ming and turned around. At this time, a man who had been ordered by his superior came to the woman and whispered, "Miss Qi, do you want me to find someone to remove their masks?" , Find out who they are?"

The woman called "Miss Qi" still had an ugly complexion. Hearing this, she turned her head and glanced at him: "Who are you? Know me?"

"I think, on the capital planet, as long as there is a person with some background, it is impossible not to know you? After all, you are the daughter of the Qi family." The man smiled and said, "That person just now has no eyes, and he didn't give you face so much. Do you want me to help you teach him a lesson?"

Ms. Qi squinted her eyes with a sneer, staring at the backs of Jing Ming and Gu Yan, and said coldly: "Forget the lesson, I will come in person. If you really want to help me, you just need to tear off their masks! "

The man laughed and said, "I'm happy to serve you."

Jing Ming and Gu Yan were about to reach one of the doors of the ballroom at this moment, when a waiter wearing a cat face mask standing by the door walked forward with a smile and said, "Are the two guests leaving now? There are still 15 minutes until midnight, and we will have a surprise for all guests at that time."

Gu Yan said lightly: "No need, my girlfriend and I have to leave first."

As soon as the word "girlfriend" came out, Jing Ming's complexion suddenly turned dark, and he pinched the flesh on Gu Yan's wrist with his fingertips and twisted it three times, which almost made Gu Yan cry out.

The waiter wearing a cat-face mask didn't notice the small movements of the two of them. Hearing what Gu Yan said, he immediately looked "I understand" and smiled ambiguously: "So that's the case, so if you leave early , We actually have a gift here, as long as the two of you take off your mask and take a picture, you can get a full-time ticket to the playhouse on Elysee Street~ How about it? Isn’t it a good deal?”

Two people: "..."

Gu Yan coughed lightly and waved his hands: "No need."

"Huh? Really don't want it? The ticket for Play House! Many couples can't grab it! Oh, don't be shy! Just take a picture!" The woman stepped forward with a smile, and directly Lifted off the mask on Gu Yan's face.

Gu Yan didn't expect her to do this, and she was never on guard. The golden mask was lifted, revealing her handsome and perfect face.

He frowned and his face turned cold.

"what are you doing?"

"Ah!" The woman's eyes widened in surprise, and she pointed at him and said loudly, "Gu Yan? You are Gu Yan!"

Many people at the dance party heard her words and all looked over here.

Gu Yan's eyes darkened, and his face became even colder.

The woman didn't stop, and after yelling for a while, she suddenly pointed at Jingming: "Gu male god, aren't you with Jingming? Now you have a new girlfriend? My God! What should Jingming do then!"

Those who were attracted by her startled breath couldn't help talking, their eyes full of gossip.

Fortunately, there is a star network shielding device in the castle, otherwise those people who kept taking photos of the two of them with their terminals would have spread the news of Gu Yan's cheating to the whole star network.

Jing Ming squinted his eyes, glanced at the woman, and secretly glanced around again, thinking of something.

He thought it was a bit strange that surveillance equipment was installed everywhere in the castle. He thought it was installed by the businessman for safety. After all, some of the checkpoints ahead are indeed quite dangerous.

But now it seems that maybe it is not that simple?

If you think about it this way, it seems reasonable to have a star network shielding device in this castle.

The woman was still yelling in disbelief: "Oh my God! Gu Yan, you actually cheated? Fortunately, Jingming has been taking care of you since you had an accident before! I thought that after you had Jingming, you wouldn't bother It’s over! Do you feel sorry for Jingming like this! I really didn’t expect you to be such a person!”

"I didn't expect what kind of person he is?" The tall and beautiful woman standing next to Gu Yan suddenly spoke. The voice was a standard man's tone, clear and pleasant, and it made many people feel very familiar.

Jing Ming reached out and took off the mask that covered half of his face, and smiled at the woman: "Thank you for maintaining my relationship with Gu Yan, we are doing well."

The woman: "..."

"You, you, you..." She stared at Jingming and called out, "Jingming?"

Jingming nodded.

"But...but..." She still stared at her eyes and shouted, "Why are you wearing women's clothing?"

Holy crap, looking at it now, this beauty is indeed a beauty. Even if Jing Ming showed his face, it didn't feel at all inconsistent with his attire, but there was a kind of indisputable enchanting attraction.

Jing Ming coughed in embarrassment, glanced at those around who were also listening to the reason, and said: "I made a bet with Yan Yan before, and I lost the bet..."

Seeing many people taking pictures of him with terminals, the corners of Jing Ming's mouth twitched, but he also knew that this situation could not be stopped.

Even if those people who are playing are willing to listen to his request and not post the photos on the Internet, the woman who was offended by Gu Yan before will definitely not listen.And this merchant, who didn't know why he insisted on finding out the identities of him and Gu Yan, would definitely not listen.

Ahhh!So why did he choose this outfit in the first place!Sure enough, people in love have negative IQs!Now that I've taken it off, this black history probably won't be able to be washed away!

The bottom of his heart was going crazy, but Jing Ming didn't show it on the surface, coughed awkwardly, put the mask back on his face, and was not about to leave, so he pulled Gu Yan to sit at a table that was not too remote in the banquet. with.

Now that they have discovered that the other party has a problem, they naturally can no longer choose to go alone. Although he and Gu Yan are both good in strength, it is not a good thing if someone outside of them falls into the other party's way because of a momentary carelessness.

"Is there something wrong here?" Gu Yan also sensed something was wrong, "That woman just did it on purpose."

Jing Ming nodded: "You also noticed the pervasive monitoring equipment here when you came in, right?"

"Hmm." Gu Yan said, "I originally thought it was for the safety of the tourists, but now it seems..."

"That's right." Jing Ming said, "There is also the star network shielding device that covers the entire venue, which is also very problematic."

The star network shielding device is also different from the signal interception device. The former completely blocks any network signal, while the latter only selectively intercepts some target signals, and the star network can still be used normally.And as long as the network can be used, the capabilities of the system can be fully utilized.

But in this ancient castle, there is no network signal, and the system's capabilities are greatly limited.

The system popped up, and by the way, he said to his little wings, "Although I can't connect to the star network, I can try to invade their local area network."

"From your tone, their local area network is difficult to invade?"

"Their connection signal is a bit strange, and the network program they use is also very different from the Federation's. I need a little time."

Jing Ming: "Try to find out the origin of the other party."

The system nodded vigorously: "Don't worry! Although it's a bit strange, I can still crack it!"

Seeing that the system was still busy, Jing Ming couldn't help frowning when he thought of what it said just now, "their connection signal is a bit strange, and the network program they use is also very different from the federation's."

Is the network program different from that of the federation?As far as he knows, the humans in the new Milky Way only know the Kanster Stars, a non-human species that is also an intelligent creature, and the technology of the other party seems to be quite advanced. If it is not the technology of the Federation, then which force can it be? of?

Jing Ming and Gu Yan were thinking about which force was secretly dealing with them, and the force behind Ghost Castle was also talking about them.

The man who discovered that Jing Ming and Gu Yan were very powerful before asked the bearded man: "Huba, what should we do? Let them go as if nothing happened?"

After speaking, he frowned and denied: "But Gu Yan is not an ordinary person, if they have already discovered that something is wrong with us, what should we do?"

"The one named Jing Ming is not simple." The bearded man said, "Do you still remember what the third brother said after watching Jing Ming's shot in the mecha competition? He said that the one named Jing Ming, although the level is not high yet, It is likely to have touched the edge of elementalization, and the talent is simply terrifying!"

"Then what should we do?" The man struggled: "The rumors are so tight now, I'm afraid that if we attack the two of them, not only will the stronghold be exposed, but it will even affect the regiment in the end! From this time the Federal Army Judging from the style of all shots, once they find us, the brothers will definitely be in bad luck!"

"Bah! What bad words are you talking about!"

The bearded Huba suddenly couldn't help but glared at him.

"What I said is also true!" The man said: "And the identities of these two people...Huba, do you still remember that there was a congressman in the federation before, because the hired water army said a few bad things about Jingming, Gu Huai'an and Blaine will do everything, and then the congressman's resignation won't be a matter of going to jail?"

"One of these two is Gu Huai'an's son and his prospective daughter-in-law, and Brian's grandson and his prospective grandson-in-law. If we touch them, we must not attract those two killers? I'm not brothers, I'm greedy for life and afraid of death, but ..."

Having said this, his voice was a little softer, with a look of fear on his face: "Have you forgotten the Xhosa Pirates back then? Gu Huai'an, who killed embryos and killed them, is so good at everything!"

Huba nodded solemnly, and sighed: "Yes, there is also old Bryan...he used to run more pirate groups than Gu Huai'an, and the methods were even more ruthless!"

"Then... shall we let them go?"

Huba nodded and said: "Let it go, and I don't think those two boys are easy to catch. If you really do it, it may have the same effect as stabbing a hornet's nest."

After he said this, the two of them thought of the Whis Pirates, who had had a bad time in the past, and they immediately looked at each other with sympathy.

After the two discussed it, they hurriedly passed down the order, ordering no one in the castle to take action, and let them go as if nothing had happened.

Even if they have already discovered that something is wrong with the castle, at worst they just give up this stronghold!It's better than poking a hornet's nest and being killed by the two big killers of the Federation at the door!

"That what... Brother Hu, Brother Ye..."

Ai Ai, the cat girl who lifted Gu Yan's mask before, said to the two of them in the communication: "Just now Xiaoqun served Gu Yan and Jing Ming two glasses of wine with ingredients..."

The man and the bearded man: "..."

Fuck!This is to die!

Huba said with a sullen face, "Have they drank? If they haven't drank, quickly take down the wine and exchange it for something else!"

The catwoman had a mournful face: "If you didn't drink, you didn't drink...but they found out... Xiaoqun is being strangled by Gu Yan now!"

Two people: "..."

Depend on!