There were twelve people in the hall, except for Lily Jonathan and Gui Lu who called them before, six of the crowd who followed He Songming to the garage returned here.

Ruan Mobei straightened up and looked at He Songming, who was meditating on one side. Out of the habit of the foreman not being able to rest in front of the guests, he was still standing.

"What about the rest?"

He Songming shook his head: "I haven't come here yet. After the surroundings were completely dark, it seemed that something separated us all. I walked to the end of the corridor alone and came out."

"Me too." Another man who was walking with them echoed, "But I went through a door."

After the separation, everyone's experience is similar, and now they are in the hall, waiting for others to come.

He Songming had already told Gui Lu and the others what happened in the garage. Hearing that the doctor died in a miserable state and that all the vehicles that could go to the outside world were destroyed, Lily was terrified and just recovered.

Ruan Mobei looked at Gui Lu and found that she was very calm, quite unusual among the panicked crowd.

It was a kind of calmness like resignation to fate.

No one talked in the living room, they were all waiting for other people who hadn't come back yet.

Time passed minute by minute, and five people came to the living room from different doors or passages one after another.

The mechanical clock was still swinging unchangingly, it was already twelve o'clock at noon.

When I woke up in the morning, I went to the wine cellar to see Director Li's body, then cut off the power, went to change the fuse, the vice president disappeared, looked for the vice president, went to the garage, and experienced supernatural events on the way back.They were so overwhelmed with one thing that they didn't even have time to eat breakfast, Ruan Mobei was so hungry that he went to the dining table to eat some fruit.

The others were also hungry, He Songming noticed Ruan Mobei's figure, and said, "I'm going to prepare lunch, all guests, please wait a moment."

"I'll go with you." Ruan Mobei hurriedly said, "You probably can't do it by yourself."

He Songming nodded: "Thank you."

The two went to the kitchen. Before they went downstairs, breakfast was carefully prepared, but it hadn't been served yet, and it was already cold. Bread, morning tea, etc., would definitely not fill you up at noon.

Ruan Mobei studied the structure of the kitchen. He found the rice for fried rice and prepared to stuff a pot of rice first.

He Songming was packing the foie gras and steak, and Ruan Mobei found a suitable pot among a pile of kitchen utensils for making Western-style meals, filtered the rice with water, added some seasoned sausages, and poured it in to stew.

"Are you going to get these things? Will it be too much trouble?"

"Let's dispose of the ingredients while they are fresh. After two days, we may not even have time to cook." He Songming calmly expressed his concern, "My skills are not as good as the chefs', but the sauce is good. They are all adjusted in advance, and the taste may be slightly different, so let’s make do with it.”

"It's good to have something to eat, and everyone certainly doesn't have the time to pick and choose."

The kitchen has vegetables needed to make borscht and other soups. Ruan Mobei picked up a few potatoes, washed them, peeled them, and cut them into pieces. He took out the snowflake beef that was supposed to be used for frying steaks from the freezer, and cut them into pieces. , and took half a tomato to make beef brisket stewed with potatoes.

Soy sauce, oil, pepper, sugar and salt, plus a few spoonfuls of tomato sauce, the soup quickly turned red, bubbling, Ruan Mobei stirred the potatoes and beef cubes, and covered the pot.

With this dish, he can eat two bowls of rice.

The cucumbers used for salad were on the side, Ruan Mobei washed a cucumber and gnawed on it, he was really hungry, so he had to stuff it up a bit.

The steak should be placed on a plate with the blanched choy sum. Ruan Mobei took over the task from He Songming. The fresh choy sum was tossed in boiling water. He followed He Songming's instructions and added a little salt to it. .

A total of [-] people have to prepare meals. Usually, there are three chefs and a dozen people in the whole kitchen to prepare together. Now there are only Ruan Mobei and He Songming. The steak and foie gras have been processed, and the rice and potato brisket in the pot are probably all cooked.

Unless necessary, there was almost no verbal communication between the two, but Ruan Mobei didn't feel the slightest embarrassment. He and He Songming had a strange tacit understanding that no words were allowed. He Songming knew what he wanted and would take the necessary kitchen utensils. handed it to him.

Take out the well-cooked cabbage and put it in a metal sieve to drain the water. Finally, use chopsticks to ride one by one on the plate. Ruan Mobei has done all the work he can do. The next step is to wait for the rice and potatoes and beef brisket to come out of the pot , He sat on a small bench and watched He Songming handle the foie gras.

Just smelling the aroma wafting from the frying pan, Ruan Mobei couldn't help swallowing. He quickly took a big bite of cucumber to deceive his mouth and stomach.

"By the way, is there a statue of that explorer in the manor?"

"no, what happened?"

"When everyone was separated, I saw the statue of the explorer at the end of the corridor." Ruan Mobei hesitated whether to tell He Songming the mural as well. Until now, he was still annoyed at not being able to catch up with the escaped planet.

He Songming paused, and there was a rattling sound in the frying pan. He quickly took out the foie gras and looked back at Ruan Mobei: "You mean, something that doesn't belong to it appeared in the manor?"

"Is it? Anyway, haunting is certain. I don't know if you believe it or not."

"I'm an atheist." He Songming turned back and put the fried steak and foie gras on a plate, "All the incredible phenomena just can't be explained by the existing knowledge, and there is no such thing as ghosts in the world. "

Ruan Mobei wanted to laugh a little, but He Songming's serious appearance was very similar to the past. The two of them were watching horror movies on the sofa late at night. Although he was really not afraid of the things shown in horror movies, sometimes he would be thrown out suddenly The big face stuck on the screen is scary.

At this time, He Songming would say solemnly, don't be afraid, there are no ghosts in this world.

No matter how much he emphasized that he was really not afraid, the other party had an expression of "don't be stubborn", making his teeth itch with anger, and he wanted to punch that handsome face.

"So how do you explain what happened in the garage?"

He Songming lowered his eyes, his eyelashes covered the obscure look in his eyes: "There should be something we can't understand yet."

Ruan Mobei raised his eyebrows: "Isn't that a ghost?"

"It's still different. Most of the ghosts that people talk about are the souls of the dead. They belong to the alienation of people, and they are concepts built around people—"

"What are you talking about?" Gui Lu poked her head out from the kitchen door at this time, "What the hell, the situation is like this now, don't you two feel intrusive?"

"Sister Gui." Ruan Mobei stood up, he had a good impression of Gui Lu, or in other words, among the entire group of Ansel Company, Gui Lu was the only one who didn't make him feel repulsed.

"I'm here to help. I was calming everyone just now, so I'm free."

Gui Lu walked into the kitchen, and she opened another frying pan on the side, and began to share the steak that He Songming hadn't had time to cook, "At least I've learned a little bit of cooking, so the taste shouldn't be too bad."

Ruan Mobei sat down again, staring at Gui Lu's figure. After the successive deaths, the others were clamoring to leave as soon as possible. After getting flustered, he will take on the task of comforting his companions.

Ruan Mobei was sure that Gui Lu must know something, but he didn't know how much, so he tentatively asked:

"Sister Gui, aren't you afraid of this situation?"

"Scared, how can I not be afraid." Gui Lu put on her apron and tied up her hair, "But one cannot regret the decisions that have been made. Since I came here, everything that happened after that can only be said to be my own. accepted."

These words... are very intriguing.

There is no need to use this kind of sad fatalism in the decision to come to the manor for team building. Normal people who come to vacation and encounter such unwarranted disasters will only feel that they are too unlucky.

The decision Gui Lu spoke of was something else.

"Everyone has been hungry for so long, let me cut some fruit and take it out."

Gui Lu put the steak on the plate and ordered a few rosemary leaves on it. She looked as usual, as if what she just said was just casual.

Ruan Mobei couldn't help chasing her and continued to ask, he stood up and looked at the potato and beef brisket in the pot: "The rice will be bored soon, I wonder if you can get used to it."

The rice was all ready, Lily and Jonathan came to help serve the dishes, and finally they were able to eat. Ruan Mobei bluntly filled himself with a bowl of rice. The sweet soup goes well with rice.

Ruan Mobei ate a big bowl of rice, a piece of Angus steak, a piece of foie gras, and swallowed the choy sum used to set the plate before he was finally full.

After wiping the corners of his mouth and every finger with a napkin, Ruan Mobei left the table and sat on the sofa.

An hour passed, and no one entered the hall anymore—the four missing people may never come back.

Ten minutes later, everyone else had finished eating, and those who hadn't cooked helped He Songming clean up the dining table, and gathered in the lounge again. It was already 02:30 in the afternoon.

Gui Lu: "There are seven people missing. In this situation, everyone probably doesn't want to live alone, so let's redistribute the rooms."

Everyone agreed that there was a roommate who could take care of things.

Director Li and Stephen's rooms were vacant, and Ruan Mobei's roommate, Dr. Ruan Mobei, also died in the garage. Before Gui Lu was assigned, Ruan Mobei said directly, "I'll share a room with the foreman."

He Songming looked at him, as if surprised that Ruan Mobei would take the initiative, Ruan Mobei continued: "The foreman used to live in the dormitory in the West District, but now the other staff members are gone, it's not safe to go back and live in my room. Now it's just me, and the two of us can make up a dormitory."

He Songming nodded: "I have no objection."

Gui Lu: "That's how it is. Does anyone else want to share a room?"

Boom, boom, boom!

Footsteps sounded suddenly, and Gui Lu, who was assigning the room, paused and asked softly, "Is there any sound?"

"Seems to be."

"I heard it too."

The sound came from the top of the head, and it was still shaking, as if a person of considerable weight was jumping upstairs.

Everyone looked at each other, and Lily shrank into Jonathan's arms, her eyes showing horror. They both followed Ruan Mobei's advice before and stayed in the room honestly, and had never experienced any supernatural events.

The footsteps sounded back and forth, approaching and walking away, and then turned back again, as if someone was patrolling the corridor on the second floor.

After a while, someone asked in a tone of disbelief: "Are those people who haven't come back yet?"

No one could answer his question.

"I'll go up and have a look." Ruan Mobei stood up. He didn't intend to seek death. After seeing the planet on the mural, Ruan Mobei wanted to trigger more spiritual visions, hoping to see the content behind the mural again.

He Songming also stood up: "I'm with you."

It would be much safer for the two of them to go together, Ruan Mobei agreed and prepared to go upstairs.

The secretary asked in a low voice, "Aren't you all afraid?"

"I don't have any ghosts in my heart, why should I be afraid?" Ruan Mobei said flatly, and returned the words to the vice president to the secretary.

The secretary fell silent for a moment, she looked at Gui Lu with tears in her eyes.

Gui Lu smiled wryly and shook her head.

Ruan Mobei's small actions did not escape Ruan Mobei's eyes, but now there are more important things. He and He Songming took an electronic lantern and walked up the stairs leading to the second floor.

The lights in the corridor were on, but the light was dimmer than when he got up in the morning. Ruan Mobei hid himself next to the wall and listened intently for a while, the footsteps gradually faded away, and the ghost was walking to the other side.

He Songming took out a pocket watch-shaped thing from the skirt, pressed the button, and the watch cover popped open, revealing the small mirror inside.

He tilted the mirror out, and the mirror reflected the scene in the corridor—nothing.

There was also no trace of spiritual vision in the mirror, Ruan Mobei frowned, thinking it was a problem with the angle, he moved his head to where He Songming was.No, there is still nothing, this is just a corridor without any abnormalities.

But the sound of footsteps does exist, and the floor of the lower belt vibrates.

Could it be that the vision cannot be transmitted through the mirror?

Ruan Mobei took a bold look, and took a look, um, there was nothing there.

But the voice stopped suddenly, as if he had discovered Ruan Mobei.

Ruan Mobei quickly retracted, and He Songming also noticed this. He touched Ruan Mobei's hand hanging by his side, and found that he was holding it tightly. Maybe its owner hadn't noticed it, and it was shaking slightly out of fear. trembling.

The moment his hand was held, Ruan Mobei suddenly lowered his head, startled.

He Songming: ...

Ruan Mobei: ...

When cooking, He Songming took off the white gloves that he always wore on his hands, and never put them on again, his palms were generous and warm.

He Songming let go of his hand and looked away uncomfortably. The whole second floor was silent. He waited for a while, and then took the initiative to stand in the corridor.

There was nothing unusual, and no ghost came to catch the two of them, as if Ruan Mobei's probe just now scared the ghost away.

Ruan Mobei took a few steps and focused on observing the wall, but unfortunately he didn't see the shadow of the mural.

"Let's go?"

"Yes." He Songming nodded, "Let's go."

When the two returned downstairs, they were all relieved when they saw that they had come back with their tails intact. Immediately, complex expressions appeared in the eyes of several people. It seemed that they didn't bother to hide when things got to such an extent. Ruan Mobei knew clearly Chu saw.

"There is nothing." Ruan Mobei sat on the sofa, "We just went up, and before we had time to look, there was no movement."

"Then wait a little longer, everyone go back to the room to rest." Gui Lu has already reassigned all the rooms:

"I've been tired all morning, and I don't know what will happen next. Restoring my energy is the only thing I can do now. There is no signal now. We can stipulate the signal. If there is a situation, we can contact at any time by tapping on the wall."

In the absence of the vice president, the person with the most right to speak has become Gui Lu, and she does have this ability. A calm leader greatly reduces everyone's fear, otherwise the situation will only be worse than it is now.

Everyone went back to the room one after another. Ruan Mobei took He Songming to the room. The bedding on the bed where the doctor was lying was neatly folded. When the maid cleaned the room, everyone still hadn't disappeared.

Ruan Mobei drew the curtains, opened the window, and the evening breeze gently poured into the room, carrying the smell of the forest. He cleared the doctor's luggage aside and said, "Can you sleep in the doctor's bed?"

"Okay." He Songming sat down beside the bed, closed his eyes and raised his hands to pinch the space between his eyebrows.

He was the most tiring person on this day. He participated in all the things. After the staff in the manor disappeared collectively, it was difficult for him. He was also responsible for cooking and clearing the table. Even an iron man was a bit too much.

Ruan Mobei: "Would you like to lie down for a while? There should be no need to go out for the time being."

"Let's wait a while." He Songming looked at the whole room and said suddenly, "Is there a cup missing here? There should be four cups in every double room."

"Well, one of them was broken by me early this morning." Ruan Mobei sat down beside the bed, and he looked back out of the window. The hanged figure he saw the first day disappeared without a trace and never appeared again. in his world.

He looked at He Songming, stared at the slightly tired amber eyes of the other party, and said solemnly: "Can I trust you?"

He Songming was taken aback for a moment, obviously he didn't expect Ruan Mobei to say that suddenly.

He raised the corners of his lips, different from the formulaic polite smile when facing guests, this smile reveals the tenderness from the bottom of his heart: "Of course, why did you say that suddenly?"

"I may be encountering some very dangerous things." Ruan Mobei took a deep breath and said, "Someone wants to kill me."

Boom!

There was a knock on the door at this time, which startled both of them. They all looked towards the door. Ruan Mobei settled down and asked, "Who is it?"

"Brother Ruan, it's me!" Lily's voice sounded from outside the door.

He Songming stood up and opened the door for her. Lily stood at the door, holding the kettle: "Well, Mr. Faulkner, the kettle in our room seems to be broken. Why can't we turn on the electricity."

Bennett Faulkner is the name of the foreman here. He is not actually called He Songming, but Ruan Mobei called him that in private out of habit.

"I'll get you one from another room." He Songming was about to leave, and Ruan Mobei quickly followed him, "I'll just go with him, Lily, go back to your room and wait, and I'll bring it to you when the time comes."

"Okay, thank you."

The room at the end of the corridor is empty, just exchange the intact kettle for Lily.

Passing through the protruding semi-circular terrace in the middle, Ruan Mobei lifted the covering curtain and stood in front of the railing. Like the third floor, here he could also see the Moon Shadow Flower Field to the east.

Looking at the flower field, he suddenly wanted to take a closer look.

He Songming has already fetched the kettle. He came to Ruan Mobei's side, and he still hasn't forgotten what Lili said before he knocked on the door: "What did you just say? Someone wants to..."

Ruan Mobei put his finger on his lips to signal him not to continue: "Can I take a look at that flower field?"

He Songming was silent, and looked at the location of the next room with bliss, knowing that Ruan Mobei was worried that the partition wall had ears, so he nodded: "I'll accompany you."

After sending the kettle to Lily's room, Ruan Mobei walked out of the main building accompanied by He Songming. The two came to the Moon Shadow Flower Field, which was surrounded by railings. Ruan Mobei stretched out his hand, just out of reach.

He directly leaned on the railing with both hands and turned in. He didn't realize it until his feet hit the ground. He seemed to have jumped over the railing in front of the manor foreman.

Fortunately, He Songming no longer cared about these things, and even accompanied Ruan Mobei into the flower field.

Once again in the sea of ​​flowers, Ruan Mobei seemed to have returned to the previous world, but the one who was with him now was the human He Songming.

Ruan Mobei stretched out his hand and gently touched the petals of Moon Shadow Flower.

The flower trembled suddenly, and the whole body shrank downwards, a large cluster of fine light yellow powder sprayed out from the flower core.

The trembling of a flower touched the other flowers next to it. The flowers started from the shore like a wave, trembling and shrinking towards the inside, countless pollen sprayed out, and quite fine particles formed a light yellow smoke in the air, dreamy floating.

Images slowly emerge from the smoke: a slightly fat figure running in the flower field, his footsteps are hasty, and he keeps looking back, as if he is desperately avoiding something.

The fineness of the pollen image is limited, Ruan Mobei can't see the facial features of the figure clearly, he can only feel that his face is quite frightened.

A few vines suddenly emerged from behind him, wrapping around his ankles at a speed that almost brought out afterimages.

The man fell to the ground. Although no sound could be heard, the wide open mouth and desperately stretched legs showed that he was screaming.

The vines quickly wrapped around his wrist and dragged him into the depths of the flowers. The flowers shook and quickly returned to their original shape. The pollen fell and covered up all traces.

There were bursts of insects chirping in the forest, and after watching this mime-like scene, Ruan Mobei was finally able to recognize that the figure dragged away by the vines was Director Li who died first.

The red marks on the hands and feet of his corpse were the strangle marks left by the vines. He was strangled to death, and the body was left in the corner of the wine cellar.

It was also the main culprit who took away the vice president in the back building and killed the doctor and Stephen in the garage.

It grows wantonly, like a vine with wisdom.

That is... Xingling He Songming.

Ruan Mobei was full of complexities, pollen fell around him one after another, covering his shoulders with a thin layer, like a hail of snow.

But... There should only be one He Songming in each small world, right? Now that the human He Songming is standing beside him, will the protoss of Twilight Star still be him?

Ruan Mobei didn't know that the vines hadn't attacked him yet, but that didn't mean there was no danger.

Holding the lantern, the foreman said softly, "The pollen is very thin. These things happened in the early morning of the third day."

Ruan Mobei followed him and said the rest: "But Director Li disappeared the second day after we arrived, and we have been looking for him all morning."

He Songming nodded: "At that time, we searched the entire manor, including the wine cellar where his body was found, but we couldn't find any trace of him. So where did he go?"

"Maybe only he knows." Ruan Mobei looked towards the second floor and murmured, "No, maybe from the beginning to the end, it was only the two of us who were kept in the dark."

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