Love Apartment (12)
/Text: Green Plum Sauce
The player who lives in Room 1102 downstairs from Chi Ting is named Li Hou. He is the old player who stood up and assigned room cards in the lobby on the first floor.
Chi Ting still remembered that after Li Hou got off the elevator, Li Tao specifically reminded him to stay away from this person as much as possible. However, compared to those NPCs of different races, he was still more willing to knock on a human's room. Door.
What's a pity is that after ringing the doorbell several times, there was no movement inside for a long time.
Chi Ting understood it after thinking about it for a while.
After all, this is NPC's free time to wander around, and normal people are really unwilling to open the door rashly at this time.
This was better understood when Chi Ting lowered his eyes - there was a figure at the corner of the safe passage leading to the 10th floor. He was grinning with a very strange smile. Look at him.
Chi Ting glanced at the scalpel in the man's hand. There was still sticky blood on it.
Probably feeling the sight, the young man's mouth widened a little more: "Xiao Hui was naughty and ran out on his own. Have you seen it?"
The picture is as weird as it is. Chi Ting just raised his eyebrows slightly and pointed his finger casually: "Xiao Hui? Is this what you are talking about?"
Following the direction Chi Ting pointed, the young man finally saw the gray cat squatting at the window sill.
The belly below must have been cut open just now, and it was hanging there very softly. At a glance, the various organs exposed were trembling irregularly with the licking action.
The gray cat didn't seem to feel any pain. Its dark green cat eyes swept across the two people's gazes, and after a sharp "meow", it jumped down from the window, turned around and ran away.
It was only at this time that Chi Ting discovered that the cat's neck had also been cut in half. The moment it jumped to the ground, it shook violently, as if it was as soft as if it were boneless, and it swayed back and forth with the running movement. It makes people very worried that their heads will fall off accidentally.
"Well, this should be it." Chi Ting was completely sure now.
The young man was not in a hurry to chase after him. He watched Chi Ting tilt his head slightly, apparently confused for a moment by this human being's completely unexpected reaction.
For a moment, his expression seemed to be that he was annoyed that he didn't release the favor task in time.
But after just a pause, he smiled again: "Thank you. To express your gratitude, please come to my house when you have time."
"Definitely." Chi Ting waved his hand, and after watching the young man leave, he stood there for a while before turning around, glancing at Room 1102, and finally pressed the door of Room 1101.
This time the door finally opened.
Chi Ting showed a polite smile before the NPC opened the door: "Hello, I am playing a game with my friends. I may need to come to your house to get a cup of fresh hot water. Is it convenient?"
The NPC in Room 1101 was obviously stunned for a moment, and then he laughed enthusiastically, and couldn't wait to let Chi Zhan enter the door: "Of course it's convenient, come in and wait."
"Then excuse me." Chi Ting walked in with one step.
This time, he still did not forget to change into a pair of slippers at the door very politely.
Ten minutes later, when the NPC sent Chi Ting out the door, he had a dull look on his face.
Paying careful attention, you can find that there is a very clear fingerprint on the NPC's neck, and the deepest part is even more clearly bruised. When he raised his head obediently, he happened to notice Chi Ting's glance, and his whole body shivered subconsciously. He lowered his head hurriedly.
Chi Ting also felt the other person's nervousness, and patted him on the shoulder very kindly: "Relax, actually I am really easy to talk to. You will know after we have been in contact with him for a long time."
Are we actually going to stay in contact for a long time...
The NPC was almost moved to tears: "You, please go back quickly."
Chi Ting raised the hot water in his hand: "Well, thank you, I will return the cup to you tomorrow."
"No, no need to pay it back!" After leaving such a sentence, the NPC ran away in a panic.
Chi Ting stood there and looked at the door that suddenly closed. He touched his chin helplessly and reflected a little for a moment.
Could it be that he accidentally struck too hard just now?
Probably not. Although he is not a human being, he should still be moderately merciful towards those humanoid things.
Forget it, forget about it for now.
Anyway, just complete the task.
Chi Ting glanced at the glass of hot water in his hand, and the smile appeared again.
He was about to go upstairs again. He just stepped on two steps when he vaguely noticed something and stopped again.
He stopped where he was, slowly probed his head, and looked downstairs.
Love Apartment is very lively at night, and you can hear the sound of people walking around on the entire floor from time to time, thump, thump, thump...
The night was very quiet. In the midst of such intertwined chaos, Chi Ting's vague attention passed through the layers of external interference and seemed to capture a very subtle existence in the deep darkness at the bottom of the stairs.
In this dense darkness, something was quietly spying on everything in the apartment, silently, waiting for an opportunity to move.
If a stone is thrown below at this time, Chi Ting can be sure that it will not stir up any waves except repeated empty echoes.
But he just had a very strange feeling - besides the known NPCs, there seemed to be other things in the apartment.
Suddenly a gust of night wind blew from the window, blowing up the corners of my clothes and bringing down a bit of the night chill.
If Chi Ting could see the content in the live broadcast room at this time, he would be able to see that the scene where he was laughing and discussing Li Hou at home but didn't open the door a moment ago, and the NPC's miserable barrage suddenly changed.
[No way, no way, you noticed it now? 】
[What can we do if we find out? Anyway, the result is not like that. 】
[Speaking of which, when did they meet that Li Hou? That person clearly has a lot of valid information. 】
[I jumped here from Li Hou’s live broadcast room. What did this person say... Well, it’s better not to cooperate. 】
…
[Unknowingly, it’s another day. There really isn’t much time left for them. 】
In the copy, Chi Ting just stood there for a moment and then looked away.
In an instant, he had returned to his usual relaxed appearance, humming a relaxing ditty as he went upstairs, exuding satisfaction and happiness at completing the task from the inside out.
"Let me tell you, I discovered something downstairs..."
Chi Ting opened the door and quickly changed into a pair of slippers. When he looked up, he paused for a moment, "What are you doing?"
I don't know since when, the three people who were still sitting on the sofa when he left have curled up on the ground, hugging each other shivering.
And around them, the shadows that originally belonged to them have been swallowing up the surroundings bit by bit, climbing up from their feet along the whole body, walking around very slowly and comfortably, vaguely distinguishable, following the moon blade. The up and down fingers are beating a light rhythm, falling and falling together, very regularly.
Li Tao was almost suffocated by the darkness from all directions. When he raised his head, he felt a ray of hope falling in front of him, and he almost subconsciously wanted to rush towards the light.
The next second, he felt the shadow that had climbed to the collar suddenly raise its head, like a poisonous snake, spitting a warning message at him.
Li Tao was already crying: "Brother Chi..."
--help me!
[Hahahahaha I'm back! I just went to the live broadcast room next door and squatted for a while. What a contrasting and miserable life. 】
[I can guarantee that Moon Blade did it on purpose. It is true that this guy has a bad character. 】
[Look at his little expression of enjoyment, he really isn’t worried about spoiling those players. 】
[I don’t know for a moment which side is the one who received the adventure order...]
[Sure enough, staying away from him is the only solution! 】
Just by glancing at it, Chi Ting of course understood what happened.
The reason why he was relieved to leave a few people behind was to make sure that all NPCs before the favorability value dropped to the red value must abide by the movement restrictions. However, he never expected that this guy would actually find another way to make himself happy. To satisfy that perverted and twisted evil taste.
Chi Ting looked towards Yue Ren.
Yue Ren smiled slightly, and the shadows seemed to have their life sucked away in an instant, and the surroundings regained their calm: "The wait is a bit long, I just played a little game with my friends of 'who can move first'."
The more they spoke in an understatement, the more the three people who finally found their breath felt a cold sweat and broke down immediately.
Is this a competition to see who can move first?
With the atmosphere just now, it was obviously a competition to see who would die first, right? !
"Are you satisfied with this cup of hot water?"
Gently stroking the outer wall of the warm water cup with his fingertips, Yue Ren raised his eyes and watched the three players immediately surrounding Chi Ting like chickens. An unclear look flashed through his eyes: " Of course, very satisfied.”
Li Tao had just been freed from the feeling of being near death. After being swept away like this, he suddenly felt his whole body tense up again subconsciously.
But after all, there is still some instinct of an old player, so he did not forget to pay attention to what Chi Tinglin said when he entered. While looking at Moon Blade warily, he asked in a low voice: "By the way, Brother Chi, you said earlier that you discovered What happened?"
"That's it..." Chi Ting was about to say, then remembered that there were others present and glanced at Yue Ren.
Yue Ren stood up from the sofa quite consciously: "It's getting late, let's stop playing here today."
Chi Ting suddenly felt a little regretful: "It's over so soon? Haven't the two of them not received instructions yet?"
Li Tao, who just breathed a sigh of relief: "!!!"
Brother, where are you from? ?
Fortunately, Yue Ren just smiled slightly when he heard this: "As I said, we played a small game just now, which can be regarded as strengthening our relationship a lot."
After the words fell, the three of them saw that each other's favorability value jumped up one notch [+100], and finally there was a glimmer of light in their eyes that had been dim all night.
Green value!
Take Yang Shou in exchange!
Yue Ren caught everyone's tears of joy, glanced at it, and then continued to look at Chi Ting: "Okay, I'll go back and rest first. Thank you for the late night snack. I have a long annual leave starting tomorrow. See you later."
Chi Ting: "Okay, see you later."
Seeing Yue Ren leave and close the door, the three little players who had been suffering all night collapsed on the ground.
"That's enough, I've finally brushed enough! I'll brush another one tomorrow morning and hurry up and go down to the 11th floor!" Li Tao looked at the ceiling and began to lose sight uncontrollably, inexplicably feeling the joy of surviving a desperate situation, "Then What is the origin of this person? Why does it feel scarier than the bosses I encountered in previous dungeons?"
Someone answered his question: "A social animal with a bit of social fear."
When Li Tao looked back, he realized that Chi Ting had already picked up the cup of hot water he had brought back and drank it.
The look of his hands holding a water glass, coupled with his face that was vaguely enveloped in the heat, gave him the inexplicable sense of seeing an old cadre who had retired for many years.
"..."
Li Tao originally wanted to complain about the serious OOC character design of Yue Ren, but he was speechless by the scene in front of him.
So the boss is the boss. Whenever he faces a dangerous situation, he can always maintain this leisurely state without any sense of urgency!
"Back to business." Chi Ting thought about it again.
Li Tao: "Huh?"
Chi Ting: "I wanted to tell you when I came back. When I went downstairs just now, I found that there seemed to be other things in this apartment."
Li Tao didn't react for a moment: "Others? What?"
"If I knew, I would tell you directly."
Chi Ting glanced at everyone, and what he said next made everyone's body temperature drop to the extreme in an instant, "But one thing is for sure, it is not an NPC anyway."
Something else that isn't an NPC?
what is that?
The three people present exchanged glances subconsciously, and all saw the uncontrollable fear rising in each other's eyes.
really.
Many times, the unknown is the scariest thing.
