Gu Qiao's cheerful attitude made several middle-aged people at a loss what expression to put on. Not to mention them, even Xi Yu, who was eavesdropping at the door, was a little confused.
The spread of strange rumors is obviously the worst outcome. Why is Gu Qiao happy? I didn't seem to notice any anti-social tendencies in him before?
“Some sacrifices are always necessary.”
Gu Qiao continued: "Let's put down those useless stereotypes. The strange arrival is not a ghost story to scare children."
The incandescent lamp in the conference room clearly illuminated the complicated expressions of several middle-aged officials. Gu Qiao walked out of the conference room and was not surprised to see Xi Yu again: "How does it feel to talk about ghosts for the second time?"
"The people you brought into Hanjiang are weaker than I thought, and their mentality is even worse than that of ordinary people. They are easily affected by the dark emotions in the ghost stories. You are simply letting them in to die."
Xi Yu complained a few words rudely, but suddenly the conversation changed: "You people in the management center don't need to enter the ghost story, right?"
"You heard what I just said in the conference room, right? There must be sacrifices. The more people die, the more they will realize the seriousness of the strange arrival."
"In those areas that have not been affected by the strange rumors, there are still people who think that this will be a very good business opportunity. When the tools and materials applied for were shipped, they were found to be shoddy and lacking in quality, even if they have been emphasized. The hidden goods produced and traded after the strange arrival cannot be used, and it still cannot stop the looting."
Gu Qiao's ice-blue phoenix eyes, which contained no impurities, flashed a hint of sinisterness. Xi Yu responded casually: "This is normal. After all, the strange arrival has not been officially announced yet."
"Yes, even though so many people have died, and even though there have been reminders of rebirth, they still block the news. Since they don't care so much, they might as well make the disaster more serious, so serious that no one dares to ignore it."
Gu Qiao explained his deviant ideas to Xi Yu openly and led her to an empty room with no one around.
"As for the weird stories, we will have to experience them sooner or later. But after all, there are some reborn people who have brought future technology, which can temporarily allow us powerless wastes to avoid the weird stories. Of course, there are only a few of them. People have this privilege, and most people who deliver supplies and repair equipment come back and forth on the same day.”
He showed the black bracelet on his wrist: "I don't know the principle. It should be related to the flow of time. No matter how long you have been in the ghost story, it has only been a few minutes in reality."
While Gu Qiao shared some common sense with Xi Yu, he turned on the large multimedia screen in the empty room.
The screen flickered a few times, and the figures of several people in the training room gradually appeared, probably from surveillance video.
"There are only eight Baishi store owners, suppliers, and funeral directors left alive in Hanjiang City. This is the list that I finally managed to photograph."
"If you kill them in Kaidan, you can directly get their things? Is it that simple?"
"Simple is simple. It's just that those people are not guaranteed to have many strange props on them. Although they are a group of trash, they are still troublesome."
"Wouldn't it be better to find the weakest person to start? Let's see... this person is sixty years old, it's him. Wait, hey, there is a woman."
"She's not very old. She looks quite weak in the photo. Is this girl so lucky?"
"Oh, it's Xi Yu. She just came out of the second ghost story. Or is it her?"
"You see, these are people who want to kill you."
Gu Qiao lazily turned off the screen: "Be more vigilant in the future. I don't want my allies to be killed for such ridiculous reasons."
His attitude was too familiar and natural, as if he and Xi Yu had been friends for many years.
Oh, yes, Gu Qiao mentioned his past life in the conference room just now. He should be one of those lucky rebirths.
"You showed me the surveillance video against the rules, and you told me your thoughts that are enough to send you to jail. Are you really not afraid that I will report you?"
Xi Yu was talking about reporting, but he was leaning against the wall with a relaxed attitude, without any intention of meddling in other people's business: "We must have known each other very well in the past life."
"You have saved me, not just me, but many people like me, but we are not familiar with each other." Gu Qiao's tone was filled with subtle nostalgia: "It's just that a friend of mine has a good relationship with you. , so I don’t want you to die.”
Seeing that Gu Qiao didn't want to mention her friend in detail, Xi Yu shrugged and didn't ask any questions. She took out a lollipop from her pocket and waved to Gu Qiao: "Thank you for reminding me, I'm leaving."
As soon as he turned around, the corners of Xi Yu's raised lips dropped instantly.
The identity of her and other white shop owners should have been kept secret, but those people could easily get it. Someone above them was deliberately leaking the secret.
It's still the same recipe, and it still has the same taste.
Back then, for the sake of making a small profit, he leaked the progress of the investigation and caused an explosion in a suburban chemical plant. Now, he has made such a bad move out of control just to get the belongings of one or two innocent shopkeepers.
Xi Yu sneered, chewed the sweet candy in her mouth, and was thinking about whether to call Jiang Yingnian to ask about the situation, but Jiang Yingnian called first.
"Xi Yu, let's meet. It's at the milk tea shop we used to go to."
Without giving Xi Yu any room to refuse, Jiang Yingnian continued: "I'll go over now."
Although he didn't think Jiang Yingnian could cause any harm to him, Xi Yu still put Xiaoyue and the others into their backpacks and dragged the whole family to the milk tea shop in the city center that had been deserted a few days ago due to the strange incident. .
There were not many people coming and going on the road, but they were all wearing various work clothes and walking in a hurry. They should be workers who came and went during the day to maintain the operation of the city and count the death toll.
"The boss didn't survive the first strange story, but the ingredients in the milk tea shop are all there, so they're still fresh."
Jiang Yingnian moved skillfully and shook the prepared milk tea: "I'm also sorry about Xu Cheng. They are not actually my subordinates, they are just under my management temporarily."
"It doesn't matter, he's dead anyway."
Xi Yu took the milk tea but did not drink it. He just put the milk tea on the table: "If you have anything to say, just say it."
"When you left the city bureau, I always thought that we would never have the chance to be teammates again, so I applied to be transferred to the Central Police Station."
Jiang Yingnian gave a gentle smile. He had the same black bracelet as Gu Qiao's on his wrist. He rubbed his brows and looked very tired: "You have always been excellent. You have been number one in the police academy every year. You know how to do it." It’s normal to be favored by Gu Qiao and the others, but I hope you don’t bring the same tricks you did in the city bureau into the ghost stories.”
"Stop playing the emotional card."
Hearing this, Xi Yu couldn't even maintain the fake smile on her face. She picked up the milk tea and turned to leave: "Because it's you, you look a little disgusting."
"Xi Yu! Stop!"
"Do you really think you did it right back then?"
"If I don't tell Director Zhang about this, how long are you going to do this?!"
"As a police officer, how can you harm people!"
