Opening a Shop in the Nightmare World

The first question hits the nail on the head, and the one who asked this question was Su Zimo who had nothing to do with the whole matter.

Hua Xiaowan couldn't even figure out why this good-looking young man who was Qi Yang's classmate was involved in this incident, because he really had nothing to do with them...and Zhang Xiaoqing!

But it was such a person who foolishly didn't see her hint, didn't choose the simplest perfunctory way, and just asked a question that was considered taboo in traditional pen fairy games - the cause of the ghost's death .

Is this guy a rescue soldier invited by the monkey?

All thoughts almost exploded in Hua Xiaowan's mind. In such an environment where she could fall into the abyss at any time, in fact, any optimistic thoughts in her mind had been annihilated, and she only hoped that Zhang Xiaoqing could keep her alive.

Hua Xiaowan even glanced at Qi Yang who was trembling beside her with some disgust, and felt that this guy was no better than Lin Zhe except for having a few broken money at home.

But now...

Hua Xiaowan, who came back to her senses, began to stare closely at Lin Zhe who was questioned by Su Zimo. She felt that the boy who had been tortured to the point of mental weakness in the past four years would probably keep silent and procrastinate for time.

But what Hua Xiaowan didn't expect was that Lin Zhe took several deep breaths shortly after hearing this question, and then said——

"This is all our fault."

"Four years ago, when we were still in high school, because everyone around us was urging the college entrance examination, the three of us came up with a bad idea. We wanted to fake a supernatural event and then disappear from the public for a while." Lin Zhe lowered his head and said in a soft but clear voice, "According to the script, we will be cursed by the pen fairy because of our misoperation while playing the pen fairy, and then disappear one by one."

"This matter is kept secret and we need an insider who can prove it for us, so we chose Zhang Xiaoqing." Lin Zhe still lowered his head and did not look at anyone. It was arranged for the last one, and I wanted to wait for all three of us to disappear, and when Zhang Xiaoqing was so scared to death but found out that she was not dead, she would suddenly appear in front of everyone and scare them."

"But then... Zhang Xiaoqing, she..." Lin Zhe looked up at Hua Xiaowan, then lowered her head again, "She heard a rumor from somewhere that as long as the order of the pen fairy's curse is broken, the You can save the rest of the people. After hearing the rumor, she who was ranked fourth jumped off the roof and 'saved' me who was ranked third."

After finishing speaking, Lin Zhe remained silent for a long time.

"Just because of a rumor?" Qi Yang muttered to himself, as if he didn't believe it.

"There are... always impulsive people." Hua Xiaowan just stared at the middle of the desk, not daring to look at other positions at all.

[Pen Fairy, Pen Fairy, tell me who do you want to choose? ]

Zhang Xiaoqing's voice sounded again, and the hands they held together began to move on the desk again, making the screeching sound of rubbing across the wood, which seemed to confirm that what Lin Zhe said before was true.

[now you. ]

Finally, the pen stopped in front of Wen Xiaoyu.

The moment Su Zimo realized that the pen stopped, Hua Xiaowan who was sitting across from her breathed a sigh of relief, as if she felt that Wen Xiaoyu would not ask any exaggerated questions.

However, immediately after Su Zimo saw Wen Xiaoyu look at Hua Xiaowan with a very complicated expression, and then asked directly: "I want to ask Hua Xiaowan, why did she tell Zhang Xiaoqing that false rumor!"

"..."

The atmosphere at the scene froze instantly, Wen Xiaoyu not only asked a question, but also indirectly pointed out that the rumor that Zhang Xiaoqing believed was told by Hua Xiaowan, which saved Zhang Xiaoqing and Su Zimo a question.

But before that, Su Zimo really didn't see that Wen Xiaoyu would target his former friend like this.

"Wen Xiaoyu, why..." Before answering, Hua Xiaowan also looked at her friend who was always behind her in disbelief, and her tone of voice was a little gnashed.

"If it wasn't for you, would Lin Zhe become what he is now?" Wen Xiaoyu sneered unabashedly.

From the moment Wen Xiaoyu appeared in the restaurant, Su Zimo could feel that her attitude towards Hua Xiaowan was completely different from that in Zhang Xiaoqing's story.Now that Wen Xiaoyu spoke, Su Zimo finally knew that Lin Zhe had changed her attitude.

Looking at the decadent Lin Zhe, although Su Zimo felt that it was unexpected, he also felt that it was reasonable. After all, Lin Zhe was a boy who made Zhang Xiaoqing's heart flutter. It is not surprising that Wen Xiaoyu would look at him differently. .

[now you. ] Zhang Xiaoqing spoke again.

"Crack." Hua Xiaowan even heard her chair slide back.

"I said!" Hua Xiaowan glanced at the chair subconsciously, and then was frightened into a cold sweat by the "Wanzhang Cliff", and said immediately, "I would do this only because Lin Zhe had already dated me at that time, but because he didn't She will reject others but always accept Zhang Xiaoqing's kindness, and she is always afraid of being criticized by her family and is unwilling to confess to the outside world about her relationship with me. I want to use this rumor to make Zhang Xiaoqing quit and let her understand that she doesn't love Lin Zhe that much at all. !"

"Yes, I made up a lot of lies to soften Zhang Xiaoqing's heart, make her really believe that something happened to me and Wen Xiaoyu because of the curse, and make her really believe that something happened to me and Lin Zhe! I lied to her that we are the best My friend, but you sent her unfounded rumors by text message!" Hua Xiaowan suddenly explained everything, and no longer cared about how her image in Qi Yang's eyes would become.

In other words, at this moment, she has no image to speak of.

"But I really never thought she would commit suicide!" Although Hua Xiaowan said everything, she still didn't dare to look directly at Zhang Xiaoqing in front of her, "And then we went back to school early, we wanted to explain, but One step too late!"

Qi Yang stared at Hua Xiaowan dumbfounded, never thought that having a beautiful girlfriend would cause so much trouble.

"I thought you were the one who didn't confess." Lin Zhe scratched the back of his neck with his hands and said with some breakdown, "If you tell me, I will definitely refuse, just like I promised you to do that at the beginning. It's like a stupid thing! Why don't you tell me! If you tell me, none of these things will happen!"

[Pen Fairy, Pen Fairy, tell me who do you want to choose? ]

The pencil on the table that had drawn the grooves began to move emotionlessly again, but the speed of movement became a little slow because of those horizontal grooves.

"We have already said everything we can say, please let us go!"

"I'm sorry! I'm really sorry!"

"We were wrong!"

"Forgive us!"

"If there is anything we can do for you, we are all willing to do it. We can help you burn paper, we can help you burn anything, anything, please!"

Su Zimo calmly watched the farce in front of him.

He could feel that this should be the limit of Hua Xiaowan and the others.

They confessed everything and said "I'm sorry".Although the latter may be very unsatisfactory, in this environment of being persecuted by ghosts, ordinary humans can only do this at best.

Because they are so frightened that they can't maintain their rationality to think and analyze other things.

Zhang Xiaoqing seems to know this too, but she didn't just let the pranksters leave, and she didn't designate the next person to answer, but instead controlled the pencil to draw circles on the desk, as if always It's not like it will stop.

Su Zimo turned to look at Zhang Xiaoqing, only to find that Zhang Xiaoqing closed her eyes again at some point.

Every time she closes her eyes, she seems to be using the ability of "Ghost Talking", so only when she tied the white cloth strip of "The Eye of the Blind", people will not notice this pattern.

Of course, Hua Xiaowan and the others don't have time to take care of this right now.

At the same time, the mobile phones of the four people present all rang, and various ringtones appeared in the illusion, so that they did not notice that Su Zimo's mobile phone was completely silent.

Of course, no matter how loud the phone rang, the four of them still sat there motionless, not daring to answer the phone at all.

[Your mobile phone rings, take a look. ]

Then Zhang Xiaoqing's voice rang in the ears of the four, and then the pencil that was a pen fairy stopped in the center of the desk in an instant.

No one dared to let go of each other's hands, so they could only use their free hands to grope for a while, and finally put all four mobile phones on the table.

Everyone's mobile phone notification bar is full of communication messages and missed calls at a glance.

The weirdest thing is... now everyone still has calls on their mobile phones, but when no one dares to answer the calls, it seems that there is an invisible hand manipulating their phones. If you come over, you will be cut off in an instant.

Hua Xiaowan looked at the unknown messages and call records, and then found that her mobile phone automatically switched to the communication software, and messages with exclamation marks and question marks appeared in front of Hua Xiaowan.

[Xiao Wan, what happened to the recording file you sent over?What happened to Zhang Xiaoqing and jumping off the building?what are you guys saying? ] Among the people who sent the message were friends Hua Xiaowan met in college.

[Hua Xiaowan, is the recording file you sent over real? !Didn't you say that you have nothing to do with Zhang Xiaoqing's affairs? ] There is a message from the high school class teacher.

[God, are you crazy?Actually posted that recording in the class group and alumni group?Was it kidnapped?What you say is true?Someone has already posted it on social platforms! ] There are also messages from the chat group of high school classmates.

[Hua Xiaowan, are you crazy?If you are crazy, don't send that kind of messy stuff to your circle of friends. Did you even send a copy to your relatives?Even your second uncle came to ask me if it was true just now.Is there a classmate messing with your phone?Or are you crazy?I think you are really crazy!Let me drive home overnight today, and explain things clearly to everyone when I come back! ]

Even Hua Xiaowan's mother sent a roaring voice message, loud enough for everyone present to hear.

[What you said is true? ] On top of the many messages, there is a message from Zhang Xiaoqing's parents.

Back then, Hua Xiaowan and the others left their contact information in order to show their concern for Zhang Xiaoqing's parents, but now the short words sent by the other party made Hua Xiaowan shudder down the back.

"The news I received here is similar." Wen Xiaoyu laughed back angrily, "Hahahahahaha, Zhang Xiaoqing, you bastard, this trick is really fucking ruthless! I really admire you!"

Because everyone could hear Hua Xiaowan's mother's roar, they could all guess what the messages received from each other looked like.

"My phone didn't send a message, but I sent the recording to social software, and also @ all my friends and many official accounts." After Qi Yang glanced at his phone, he didn't have time to think about what happened to his phone. He breathed a sigh of relief, glad that his treatment was still different from the other three.

Hua Xiaowan and the three of them looked like ashes, looking at the various reposts and forwards on social software, and seeing the questioning of them from all over the world, they knew the matter... There was no room for turning around up.

[I'm so sorry. ] Zhang Xiaoqing, who was sitting there quietly, let go of her hand at some point, and the coins that had been vertically on the table disappeared, and everyone's hands were instantly released.

The "Abyss" under the feet disappeared, and the surroundings became the bright classroom with clear windows at the beginning.

Only Zhang Xiaoqing's eyes continued to shed blood and tears.

[I actually believed your words, I really thought I was going to die, and I thought that instead of two people being cursed to death because of the pen fairy, it would be better to save one person at the end, which can be regarded as one of the things I have done in my mediocre life. A memorable thing. ] Zhang Xiaoqing sat there and muttered softly.

[But I didn't expect that I just hurt my family, so that they can't forget this matter in this life.But the person I wanted to save with all my heart, I wish I could forget about it forever. ] Zhang Xiaoqing shook her head helplessly, [I'm really stupid. ]

[The thing I regret the most before and after my death is that I jumped off the rooftop. ] Zhang Xiaoqing slowly closed her eyes, [I will take this pain and remorse for my stupidity, and stay here to atone for my sins before leaving this world forever. ]

Although Zhang Xiaoqing closed her eyes, Su Zimo knew that some of the last words she said were for herself, and some were for Su Zimo.

It is difficult for the ghosts trapped in the nightmare world to disappear, so in the last time, "Spirits Talking" will stay in "An Yu Yi Yu".

[Face what you guys have done, after all I never left. ] Zhang Xiaoqing’s last words are for the pranksters who have been escaping from reality for more than three years.

The window of the illusion classroom was originally covered with white mist, but after Zhang Xiaoqing finished speaking, a dazzling white light suddenly lit up outside the window, making everyone present couldn't help but close their eyes.

When Su Zimo and the others opened their eyes again, they found that they had returned to the booth in the restaurant.

It's just that the booth that could only accommodate four people was now crowded with six people, and even Lin Zhe, who heard Xiaoyu, was squeezed on both sides of the booth.

"Ah!" The three yelled several times in succession, and they were greeted with the looks and scrutiny of various people in the restaurant that was full.

After they came back to their senses, before they had time to say anything, they immediately picked up their mobile phones, hoping that what they experienced in the illusion just now were just hallucinations.

But after seeing the news of the explosion on the phone, Hua Xiaowan and the others leaned helplessly on the deck, as if they had lost their soul and lost all vitality.

Classmates, teachers, friends, and relatives have all received the messages from Hua Xiaowan and the others, and even the number of forwarding messages on social software is increasing at an incredible rate.

They can't hide anything.

Even if they still wanted to struggle, Zhang Xiaoqing's last words still lingered in their ears—[Face what you have done, after all, I never left. ]

What they have to face is not only the pressure of public opinion, but there may even be something more terrifying.

But at this moment, there is no other way but to accept it.

"It seems that the food here is very slow." Su Zimo got up from the booth, passed the others and left the booth, and turned to say goodbye to the others, "Then I will take a step first, sorry."

"Wait, I'm leaving too." At this moment, Qi Yang didn't want to get close to Hua Xiaowan and the others, he could even be said to avoid it, so after seeing Su Zimo get up, he jumped up and down. He jumped out of the deck and followed Su Zimo to leave.

Halfway through, Qi Yang took a few steps back, put a few hundred yuan bills on the card holder, and walked away again.

"Su Zimo!"

Qi Yang stopped Su Zimo who was about to leave outside the restaurant, stopped him with a familiar gesture, and said with a complicated expression: "Don't tell others about this time."

"It has nothing to do with me." Su Zimo also used familiar movements to avoid it.

"Actually, you're pretty good." Qi Yang didn't stop Su Zimo this time, but said to his back, "But I still prefer the fragrant and soft ones!"

"..."

Because the back door of "Sleeping in a Corner" will lead to the place where Su Zimo opened the door in the real world last time.So in order to get back to the Su family's main house in Shoushan as quickly as possible, Su Zimo could only take a taxi back to the store on Xincheng Street.

If he went directly from the University City to "An Yu Yi Yu" through the "gate" just to be lazy, then Su Zimo would have to fly back to Shoushan.

After going all the way back to the store, Su Zimo stared blankly at the "Ghost Call" on the counter, and then asked Ghost Umbrella in a daze: "If someone suddenly said that I am not the fragrant and soft kind, what is it?" mean?"

Su Zimo couldn't figure out what Qi Yang meant.

"boom!"

The glass in Guisan's hand suddenly fell to the ground and shattered.

Su Zimo was about to go over to help tidy up when he suddenly felt something stuck to his neck and sniffed it. When he turned his head, he saw the ghost umbrella appearing behind him at some point.

"It means he's misjudged." The ghost umbrella put his hand on Su Zimo's shoulder, and Su Zimo dodged it in the next second, "The boss is definitely the fragrant and soft kind."

"..."

Xincheng Street became busy again when it was close to five o'clock. The people who got off work and after school came and went on the sidewalk in front of "An Yu Yi Yu". The piano in the store played welcoming music. But not too many guests.

Some of them just pass by in a hurry. They turned around and left without understanding what the store sells after a glance.

Some people will stop in the store because of the paid drinks of the ghost umbrella, listen to the relaxing music, and let themselves relax for a while.

Just when Su Zimo was about to close the shop and go home, the door of "An Yu Yi Yu" was pushed open again.

A young lady came in from the door, her long hair was beautifully tied, and she was wearing a rather ancient skirt, which had only been improved into a modern style.At a glance, Su Zimo felt that it was a lady with Xiaojiabiyu temperament, and he had seen it before.

Last night, this lady stood at the door of Qin Yan Pavilion together with Qi Yang.

He still remembered that this lady was Wan Yu, who was his monitor in high school.

"Su Zimo?" Wan Yu was shocked when he saw Su Zimo when he entered the store, "You also rushed back to Jiangdu from Shoushan overnight? Are you studying in Jiangdu now...or open a shop?"

"Welcome." Su Zimo pretended not to know each other, "Is there anything I can help you with?"