i have a museum of curiosities

Looking at the girl in a white T-shirt sitting casually beside him, Zhang couldn't help being speechless.What a girl, it's okay to look so sloppy and "retro", why don't you even understand the most basic beauty of manners...

Although Zhang Ye silently complained about the girl in the white T-shirt beside him, judging from the situation just now, she obviously knew something.

It may be that Zhang Ye's gaze was a little undisguised, and the girl in the white T-shirt slowly turned her face away.

Because her bangs were too thick and long, Zhang Ye could only vaguely guess that the other party was looking at him, so he scratched his head in embarrassment, and said, "That... I'm sorry about the daytime thing. I left in a hurry, Didn't notice you..."

"It's okay." The girl replied calmly.

"Then what...my name is Zhang Ye, Mei...what do you call a beauty?" Zhang Ye scratched his head in embarrassment, showing a stiff smile.

Zhang Ye has an indifferent personality and has never been very good at communicating with people. It is the first time in his life that he has said the title "beauty".

"Beauty?" The girl in the white T-shirt tilted her head slightly, with an indescribably cute feeling, "My name is Ling Xiaotao, and I'm not a beauty."

"Miss Ling." Zhang Ye smirked.

"Oh, you can call me Xiaotao or Taozi, 'Miss' is a bit indecent." Ling Xiaotao said softly.

Zhang blushed for no reason, and thought to himself: This girl is too kind... Isn't it a bit inappropriate to let a person of the opposite sex who has only met twice call her such an intimate name...

"That...Xiao, Xiaotao, I have a question to ask you." Zhang Ye lowered his voice, and quickly scanned the carriage.

I don't know if he was shy calling a strange girl's name so intimately, or because he thought of all the weird situations in the car before, Zhang Ye's face changed slightly, pale with a hint of red.

"Tell me." Ling Xiaotao's tone was still so casual.

Zhang Ye swept his eyes across the carriage again, then slowly leaned towards Ling Xiaotao, and at the same time asked in a low voice, "Is this bus...is it not clean?"

Ling Xiaotao seemed a little disgusted by Zhang Ye's approach, and shrank back.

Only then did Zhang Ye notice his posture, his face blushed, he hurriedly apologized, and sat back obediently.

"Some things, you just need to understand."

Ling Xiaotao's voice was still so casual, but it sounded like thunder when it reached Zhang Ye's ears.

"So... so, these passengers are..."

Although Zhang Ye was a little eager to speak, he suddenly stopped talking.Because he remembered that he mentioned in the relevant experience he saw in novels and movies that he must not say that word easily at night, otherwise those things would think they were calling them!

Ling Xiaotao didn't speak, but Zhang also understood.

It turns out that there really is such a thing in this world!
The long-standing speculation has been confirmed, and Zhang also has mixed feelings in his heart.

If those things are true, then whether it is the No. 13 night bus itself or the various weird events after getting on the bus, there is a reasonable explanation for all of this!That kind of thing... its existence has no logic or science at all, and what it does is equally unpredictable.So even if the things I encountered were a hundred times weirder, as long as it was done by that kind of thing, there would be nothing strange about it.

After thinking through all this, Zhang Ye sighed softly.

"Why are you sighing?" Ling Xiaotao tilted her head and asked, "You don't seem to be afraid?"

Zhang Ye smiled wryly, pursed his lips, and said, "You may not believe me when I say it. I never knew what 'fear' was since I was a child. As for sighing...of course, my long-standing doubts have come true, and I am a little overwhelmed. "

After a while, Ling Xiaotao slowly said, "You are really strange."

"Really..." Zhang Ye forced a smile and said, "I guess this is one of the reasons why she wants to break up with me."

Although he talked about being dumped by Jiang Tingting, Zhang Ye was secretly shocked in his heart.

If the passengers on this bus were all ghosts, then the Museum of Qizhen could manipulate such a bus full of ghosts to pick him up for an interview... Such strange methods and powerful strength made Zhang Ye unable to even think of resisting at all.

It seems... tonight's trip is likely to be a matter of life and death!
But Zhang Ye's heart was full of curiosity.

This is not because Zhang Ye did not have the emotion of "fear" since he was a child, but because of the commonality of human beings.

What people fear most is the unknown.But when people face the unknown, their first thought is often not to hide and escape, but to be curious.

Curiosity is always the biggest driving force for human progress and death.

When people face the unknown, they always want to figure out what the unknown is, because when the unknown becomes known, the fear from the unknown will disappear.

So facing your fears is as much an act of courage as it is a curiosity.

Through the previous events, Zhang also guessed that Ling Xiaotao knew about these things, maybe the other party was an expert!Just like the masters who hide in the city in film and television works.

But because of Zhang Ye's personality, it was difficult for him to say something like asking for help.

If she is really a hidden master, then I will be safe by her side!
Thinking of this, Zhang also no longer deliberately kept vigilant, and looked down at the phone.

The time display is 23:42!

"What?" Zhang couldn't help but let out a low cry.

He checked his phone before falling asleep, and it was only 22:07!

In other words, Zhang Ye actually slept for 1 hour and 35 minutes just now!

what happened?I clearly felt that I had only slept for 10 minutes... Zhang Ye's brows frowned unconsciously.

Ling Xiaotao turned her face, because her bangs were too thick and too long, Zhang Ye could only vaguely guess that the other party was looking at her, so she smiled a little embarrassedly, and said, "Then what, I fell asleep just now. I didn't expect to fall asleep for an hour and a half, hehe..."

"Oh, you didn't fall asleep, you were deluded." Ling Xiaotao said softly.

"Huh?" Zhang Ye was taken aback for a moment, and asked back, "You mean...is there anything in this car that wants to deal with me?"

Ling Xiaotao chuckled twice, and said in a low voice: "You are overthinking. This is a hearse, and everyone who rides in this car is that kind of thing. In the middle of the night, they will go where they should go. As for You... I'm afraid you bumped into it by mistake, right?"

Zhang Ye was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, then took out his mobile phone and showed her the recruitment information of the Qizhen Museum.

Unexpectedly, Ling Xiaotao glanced at the phone and turned away in a hurry.

"What's wrong? Did you see something wrong?" Zhang Ye hurriedly asked.

Ling Xiaotao leaned her body towards the window as if she was a little scared, as if there was something scary in Zhang Ye's phone.

Zhang couldn't help but frowned deeply, and thought to himself: Could it be that this Museum of Rare Treasures is so terrifying that even Ling Xiaotao, who can frighten a car full of ghosts, dare not look directly at it?

At this moment, Zhang Ye heard Ling Xiaotao's extremely disgusting voice——

"This photo...is too ugly! The person is too thin, without any muscle lines, and has no sense of beauty...You...you don't need to waste your efforts, I...I can't fall in love with you!"

Hearing the end, Zhang couldn't help but widen his eyes, his face full of doubts.

"You...what are you talking about?"

"Tell...tell about your swimsuit photo..." Ling Xiaotao pointed to Zhang Ye's cell phone, and then immediately turned her head away.

"What... wait!" Zhang Ye suddenly understood, and immediately asked in a low voice, "What did you see on my phone?"

Ling Xiaotao didn't seem to want to answer, but Zhang Ye couldn't help asking: "What is it? This... this question is very important!"

Ling Xiaotao turned her face slowly, but Zhang Ye asked impatiently, "Is it a recruitment message?"

Ling Xiaotao shook her head, and then said, "It's a photo of you in a swimsuit on the beach."

Zhang couldn't help feeling his scalp tingle.

He has had a feeling of resistance to water since he was a child. He has grown so big that he has never even been in a river bend, let alone went to the beach!So how could he take swimsuit photos at the beach? !
Zhang Ye swallowed silently, and said in a low voice, "What I want to show you is a recruitment text message asking me to board this bus tonight."

Ling Xiaotao looked at Zhang Ye suddenly, seeing that he didn't want to lie, so she gently stretched out her hand and took Zhang Ye's cell phone over.

After doing some operations, Ling Xiaotao returned the phone and said at the same time, "You've got into a big trouble. I can't do anything about it. You can do it yourself!"

Just as Zhang Ye was about to say something, the bus announcement suddenly rang——

"Passengers, the stop ahead is Hongguang Mansion. Passengers arriving at the station are requested to bring their belongings and get off through the rear door in sequence."

Ling Xiaotao patted Zhang Ye's shoulder lightly, and said, "Excuse me, I'm at my stop."

"Oh." Zhang Ye was stunned for a moment and stepped aside, but when Ling Xiaotao walked past him, he gently grabbed the other party's sleeve and asked in a low voice: "Then I... What do we do when we get down?"

As he spoke, Zhang also scanned the carriage with his chin.

Ling Xiaotao broke free lightly, and said, "Don't worry, I just extinguished the spirit fire on your left shoulder for you, and now they think you are the same as them."

After finishing speaking, Ling Xiaotao got off the bus while singing folk songs, leaving only Zhang Ye with a confused face.

After Ling Xiaotao got off the car, the passengers in the car did not move, which made Zhang also silently heaved a sigh of relief.

The bus started again, Zhang did not dare to relax his vigilance, his eyes kept scanning back and forth among the passengers.

After another ten minutes like this, the bus slowed down again, and the radio sounded at the right time——

"Passengers, the stop ahead: the terminal station of this bus - Chaicun Station. Passengers arriving at the station are requested to bring their personal belongings and get off the bus in sequence through the back door."

Upon hearing the sound, Zhang Ye quickly jumped up from his seat, walked to the rear door in three steps, and waited for the door to open.

"Pfft-"

The door of the car opened in response, Zhang also jumped off the bus without thinking, then stood still at the stop sign, turned around and looked behind him.

It doesn't matter at first glance, but Zhang Ye was taken aback!
All the passengers in the car stood up and came to the window, staring at Zhang Ye with blank expressions!

The fine hairs exploded in an instant, and Zhang also took a step back, bumping into the bus stop sign.

"Ding--"

The notification sounded on the mobile phone, and Zhang also hurriedly took out his mobile phone.

"Congratulations to the job seeker for passing the second stage of the task! Next, please arrive at the Museum of Rare Treasures. Reminder: No matter when, don't look back!"

Zhang Ye was startled suddenly, he didn't talk about the previous tasks, what the hell is this last reminder? !
At this moment, there was a sound of "噗嗤", and the door slowly closed.

The bus started slowly and left the bus station under Zhang Ye's nervous gaze.

"Chaicun Station...isn't it the last stop of the No. 13 bus at night? Then...where are this bus and its passengers going?"

Zhang didn't dare to continue thinking about it, so he hurriedly raised his head and looked around.

The "Chaicun Station" bus station is a bit dilapidated, with only a dim street light around it, and empty fields on both sides of the road.

"It's really the wilderness..."

Zhang also grumbled, took out his mobile phone and sent a message "I'm getting off the bus" to his college roommate Lao Peng.

After waiting for about half a minute, the other party did not reply, but Zhang Ye's cell phone rang.

The incoming call showed "unknown source", and Zhang Ye's heart skipped a beat, wondering whether he should answer the call or not.After all, in the surrounding wilderness, there was an unknown call... Just thinking about it makes people shudder.

Zhang also gritted his teeth, and finally pressed "Answer".

"Hello, who is it?"

Zhang Ye's voice trembled a little.

"His-"

There was a hissing sound from the handset of the mobile phone, which seemed to be when the signal was disturbed. Zhang Ye felt a bad premonition, hesitated for a while, and wanted to hang up the phone.

At this time, the other party's voice finally rang.

"Hiss... hello... hiss... is this...Mr. Zhang Ye?"

A clear and pleasant female voice came from the receiver, but mixed with the sound of electricity, there was an inexplicably weird feeling.

Zhang Ye took a deep breath and said, "Yes, I am Zhang Ye. You are..."

"Hiss...I'm from [Museum of Rare Treasures]...a staff member...hiss...now please proceed according to my instructions."

Zhang couldn't help but frowned, and then said, "Then...how should I go?"

"...Hiss...follow the main road...go east for 100 meters...you will see a road going up the mountain, along this road...hiss...continue to walk 200 meters..."

Zhang Ye's heart trembled when he heard this.

Hey, this [Museum of Rare Treasures] is really built at the foot of the mountain!

After hesitating for a while, Zhang also didn't want to continue walking at all.But for some reason, at this time his mind kept flashing through those scenes in horror movies where the main character was severely punished after he didn't follow some instructions!
Usually watching horror movies is like watching Teletubbies, but now some ordinary people are watching Zhang Dongsheng inexplicably...

"...Okay, I'll come right now!" After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Ye still responded.

After hanging up the phone, the doubts in Zhang Ye's heart increased instead of decreasing, and at the same time, his curiosity also arose.

Should we continue?