Non-Human Seeking Re-employment

The doctor was in a trance and was completely led away by Su Xiaoying.

Because there were no vacant rooms on the second floor, Su Xiaoying was arranged in the attic. She took the doctor upstairs, sat down next to him, and poured her another glass of water.

"Drink some water." Su Xiaoying said with concern, "Maybe it will feel better after drinking."

The doctor held the water glass in a daze, without moving.

Su Xiaoying sat next to the doctor and asked, "What's wrong?"

The doctor looked down at his right wrist. The towel that was originally tied there had been loosened, hanging there loosely, and fell off with a light pull.

In such a short period of time, the sarcoid epidermis grew transparent and round, like a bunch of mature grapes hanging on her skin.

The doctor couldn't stand it himself, and vomited.

Su Xiaoying covered her mouth, but looking into her eyes, there was no trace of panic or disgust, but rather gloating.

After the doctor finished retching, her complexion turned paler, and she said incoherently: "I'm cursed, I took a gold bracelet, please help me, you must know how to remove the curse, right? I didn't mean it, You have to save me!"

She was a little afraid to take the gold bracelet, so she grabbed it through the towel.

Su Xiaoying pressed the doctor's intact left hand: "Don't be nervous, I've been in the town for so long, I've heard a little bit about it..."

Under Su Xiaoying's reassurance, the doctor's mood gradually calmed down, only the eye sockets were still red.

Su Xiaoying said: "There is no way to undo this curse, even if you return the item. If you take it, you will be affected by karma."

After hearing this, the doctor's face was ashen as if he had been declared to have terminal cancer. He let go of his hand, and the gold bracelet he was holding fell to the ground with a "ding".

But Su Xiaoying changed the subject: "But... the curse can be transferred."

The doctor's eyes lit up little by little.

Curses can be transferred.

It is better to have sarcoma on other people than on her.

Su Xiaoying picked up the gold bracelet and stuffed it into the doctor's hand.

The doctor pinched the gold bracelet and said nothing.It may be that she was too rational, and she didn't realize that Su Xiaoying touched the gold bracelet with her hands without any scruples when there was a curse.

"Okay." Su Xiaoying said slowly, "Drink some water."

The doctor raised his arm mechanically and took a sip of water.

The water was a bit fishy, ​​but she didn't pay attention and drank it whole.

Su Xiaoying touched the top of the doctor's head and said, "It will be fine after a night of sleep."

The doctor nodded.

Su Xiaoying sent people to the door, suddenly remembered something, and asked: "Did you find my old notebook?"

Doctor: "No, no..."

After confirming it, Su Xiaoying smiled with satisfaction: "Good boy, go back."

The doctor returned to his room like a wandering spirit, still holding the gold bracelet in his hand.

What happened in the cave just now inspired Shen Dongqing. After arriving in the room, he pressed Zhou Wenyan and tried all kinds of methods.

Then he heard the game say: [Player Zhou Wenyan regained sanity and got out of madness]

Mission accomplished!

Shen Dongqing tried to get up with one hand, but just as she left, she was dragged back and was tightly trapped in her arms.

Shen Dongqing signaled with her eyes: "Are you still okay?"

Zhou Wenyan: "Okay, can't I hug you after I'm done?"

Shen Dongqing moved a bit, found a comfortable position and lay down: "How do you feel now?"

Zhou Wenyan lowered his head and kissed the bangs on his forehead, aftertaste for a while, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "It feels pretty good, if there is a chance, I want to do it again."

Shen Dongqing patted him and said angrily, "There will be no next time."

Zhou Wenyan, who was in a state of madness, was really not alone compared to usual. It may be that in this state, he could take off all his disguises and show all his emotions in front of Shen Dongqing.

No restraint, no repression.

Shen Dongqing: "Do you have any ideas now?"

Zhou Wenyan: "A little bit."

Shen Dongqing: "Let's listen."

Zhou Wenyan turned over and sat up, and found Su Xiaoying's diary from the bedside table.

There is a thick stack of diaries, and most of the diaries are written.

Shen Dongqing leaned over: "Didn't you read it?"

Zhou Wenyan: "Maybe there is something missing."

Su Xiaoying is a literary girl who likes to write. She will write down what happened every day. Before, they read her diary after she came to the ancient town. So before coming to the ancient town, did you write a diary about the ancient town?

Zhou Wenyan turned from the back to the front, and finally found that page of the diary before Shen Dongqing fell asleep.

[April 9, sunny

My friend and I went to a small city to collect scenery. Out of curiosity, we asked the guide if there were any interesting places nearby. The ancient town is a cursed place, people around are afraid to go there, people there never come out, and they don't know if there are still people living in it.

The companions were very interested in this mysterious place and wanted to plan to go there. After the guide couldn't persuade him, he could only remind him not to buy the gold there.

gold?We didn’t bring so much money, haha…]

Zhou Wenyan: "Gold?"

He remembered many details that he hadn't noticed.

For example, the old man who brought them here by bicycle has a thick gold chain around his neck, and the aunt wears a full set of gold jewelry. The aborigines wear more or less gold jewelry, and the old lady’s burial objects also contain gold objects. .

These are places that you won't notice, after all, people with a little wealth will wear some gold jewelry.

but now……

Gold is certainly a key place.

Gold, caves, monsters inside caves.

Could it be that the gold was dug out of the cave?

Zhou Wenyan put down his notebook and went back to look at Shen Dongqing.

Shen Dongqing fell asleep leaning on his shoulder, breathing gently.

Zhou Wenyan kissed him on the forehead, hugged him and lay down, and turned off the light again.

In the darkness, only silence remained.

September 9th was very special. The detective was thinking about this, and he didn't sleep well all night. Finally, he came to the lobby on the first floor until dawn.

The aunt who would have stayed in front of the TV early to watch the morning show was gone.

But the detective didn't notice that either.

After a while, Zhou Wenyan and Shen Dongqing went downstairs, followed by Su Xiaoying.

The detective asked, "Where's the doctor?"

The doctor has the ability to treat and he can be regarded as an important role, so the detective is concerned.

After waiting for a while, the breakfast was finished, and before the doctor came down, the detective got up and said, "I'll go up and have a look."

As soon as the detective went upstairs, he saw the doctor come down. She was wearing a baggy coat today, and she looked very fragile.She walked down the stairs slowly, and when she passed the detective, her body tilted, and a golden object fell out of her pocket.

ding ding ding-

The gold bracelet rolled down the stairs, and after turning around, it finally stopped on the floor of the first floor.

The doctor leaned on the handrail of the stairs and coughed weakly: "Can you pick it up for me?"

When did the doctor wear a bracelet?

This idea flashed through the detective's mind, but he didn't think too much about it, and bent down to pick up the gold bracelet.

But before touching the gold bracelet, a black light came through the sky.

Benedict——

A chopstick brushed past the detective's finger, and directly poked into the floor, leaving only one part trembling slightly outside.

The detective swallowed, and looked at the place where the chopsticks came from: "What's wrong?"

Zhou Wenyan pinched the remaining chopsticks and asked, "Where did you get the gold bracelet?"

The doctor lowered his head and covered the expression on his face: "I brought it, I didn't bring it before."

Detective: "Do some psychology."

【Psychology Test Success】

[You think there is nothing wrong with what the doctor said. As for her pale face and trembling voice, it's probably because she was shocked yesterday and hasn't recovered yet]

The detective looked at Zhou Wenyan again.

Zhou Wenyan didn't speak.

The detective kept an eye out, pulled out the chopsticks that were deep into the floor, picked up the gold bracelet, and handed it to the doctor carefully.

The doctor didn't expect this kind of operation, he stiffened for a moment, and then said: "Thank you, thank you..."

She put away the gold bracelet and sat down in a daze.

Everyone with eyes in the room knew that the doctor had ghosts in his heart, but Yu Yu said that she was not lying.

The detective was a little confused.

After being quiet for a while, the detective looked left and right, and asked, "Are you still saving people?"

Shen Dongqing: "Help."

Detective: Then why don't you panic at all?

Zhou Wenyan stood up: "Wait a minute, I'll go get a glass of water."

He walked to the counter and poured a glass of water. Today's water was even weirder than before.

Even at such a distance, I could still smell a stench, and there seemed to be a layer of blood floating on the water.

Just when Zhou Wenyan went to pour water, Su Xiaoying hesitated and said, "I'm a little scared, can I stay here?"

"I really don't want to go back there again," she begged.

【Su Xiaoying used persuasion on you】

[Successful Persuasion Check]

【You feel that Su Xiaoying is extraordinarily fragile, like a little white flower that is about to be blown off.That’s right, she was thrown in an underground cave for 18 years, so it’s only natural for her to be afraid, since that’s the case…]

Shen Dongqing: "Stunned and taken away."

【? ? ? 】

Su Xiaoying:?

Shen Dongqing smiled slowly, and comforted: "If you faint, you won't be able to see anything, don't be afraid."

God damn don't be afraid.

Su Xiaoying gave a dry laugh: "No, no need——"

Shen Dongqing: "It's okay, I'm afraid that this problem will be cured immediately, and it will pass soon."

Seeing that Shen Dongqing was about to walk over, Su Xiaoying quickly stood up: "Go! Let's go together!"

Shen Dongqing seemed to have some regrets: "Do you really not need help?"

Su Xiaoying: "No, no need."

In the end, everyone reached an agreement in harmony and was ready to set off to rescue the photographer.

The detective said: "You have experienced the last sacrifice, you should know where it was held?"

Su Xiaoying lowered her head and walked in the middle of the line: "I forgot."

The detective didn't think much of it either.

After all, 18 years have passed, and it is normal not to remember.

A group of people hurried and arrived at the girl's temple half as fast as usual.

Today's girl temple has a brand new look, the weeds have been swept away, the incense candles have been lit again, and even the dead branches at the door are hung with red cloth strips in a decent manner.

When I went in, I found that the stone statue of the girl was wearing a coat.

Detective: "This is the photographer's!"

The clothes are here, but the people are gone.

Detective: "Roll a Spotting check!"

After the lessons of the previous two days, the detective can already use various skills flexibly.But what he didn't know was that he was becoming more and more dependent on this model.

The game quickly gave an answer: [Verification succeeded]

[You found a bunch of messy footprints at the entrance of the girl temple, there are many people on the other side, leading to the path up the mountain on the right]

Detective: "They went to the right!"

He couldn't wait to go up, and halfway there, he found that the people behind hadn't followed.

"What are you doing?" the detective looked back.

Shen Dongqing and Zhou Wenyan were still in the girl's temple, not knowing what they were doing.

The detective paused, then turned back.

The Girl Temple has been cleaned up, and the dust and cobwebs that have accumulated on the walls for 18 years have been removed. There is a whole mural painted on the back of the Girl Statue.

The color of the mural was faded, only vague outlines could be seen, and Zhou Wenyan and Shen Dongqing were standing in front of the mural.

It is rumored that the girl temple is to protect the little girl to grow up smoothly, the big girl to have a smooth life, and to bless the marriage of young men and women. It is not a serious god.

But people in the ancient town have always believed in the Girl Temple, so the incense is very popular.

Gradually, a profession emerged in the ancient town, that is, Miaozhu. People with this surname served the Goddess of Girls during their times.

And because the girl god loves cherry blossoms, the Miaozhu family will plant a cherry blossom tree in the yard of their home.

Shen Dongqing immediately thought of the old lady hanging on the tree, oh no, it was the tree where the old lady was hanging.

Su Xiaoying's voice sounded from the side: "...don't you save people?"

Shen Dongqing looked away from the mural: "Help."

Su Xiaoying's expression was mixed with anxiety: "If you don't pass, it will be too late!"

Shen Dongqing glanced at her: "Are you in a hurry?"

Su Xiaoying: "I..." She reacted and smiled awkwardly, "Isn't this your companion?"

Shen Dongqing said lightly, "It's not very important."

Detective and Su Xiaoying: ...

Shen Dongqing paused, and then said: "But she still has a photo in her camera to give to me, so I'd better save it."

The detective looked complicated.

So is the photo more important?

Su Xiaoying smiled awkwardly, and explained her anxiety just now: "After all, I was a victim once, and I don't want to have another victim."

Shen Dongqing said "Oh" and applauded: "That's right."

Su Xiaoying froze for a moment.

Why do you always feel that Shen Dongqing means "You continue to act and I will watch"?

Su Xiaoying ignored this weird feeling and said, "Then let's go there quickly."

A group of people walked out of the girl's temple and walked up the path where footprints appeared.

Halfway through, a gust of wind blew up above, and a song was mixed in the wind.

"Girl, girl, go out at sixteen, marry at seventeen and get married at eighteen like a flower—"

The detective suddenly raised his head: "Sakura!"

Songs also came from above, maybe they were holding sacrificial ceremonies.

Shen Dongqing raised her head and looked over.

The detective waited for his answer.

Unexpectedly, Shen Dongqing looked at it for a while, then shook her head and said, "It's really ugly. As expected, if you go out of tune once, you will get out of tune countless times."

detective:……

Why is the point of focus so strange every time?

Shen Dongqing was still surprised: "What are you looking at me for? Hurry up."

The detective paused for a moment, and continued to walk forward with his head buried.

When they reached the top of the mountain, they found a group of aborigines on it. They changed into uniform clothes, coarse linen clothes and a red belt, with weird smiles on their faces.

Shen Dongqing shook her head: "It's not good to gather people to feudal superstition."

Detective: "...let's hide for a while and see what they are going to do."

Su Xiaoying said in a low voice: "They are about to perform sacrifices, it's best to interrupt them quickly."

From where they stood, the photographer could be seen tied to a wooden frame, her coat removed and replaced by a very baggy robe.She wanted to struggle, but she was tied too tightly, and a cloth was stuffed in her mouth, so she could only make a "huh huh" sound.

The aborigines below seemed not to see her despair, and sang a song in unison: "Girl, girl, go out at sixteen, marry at eighteen, like a flower, girl, good girl, you are a good girl -"

After the words fell, all the aborigines stared at the photographer in unison, with wild anticipation in their eyes.

"girl."

"You're a nice girl."

"So, are you willing to..."

"Die instead of us?!"

No, I don't want to!

The photographer shook his head frantically.

But the aborigines didn't care about her little resistance at all. To them, it was just an insignificant little link, just a scene.

Whether the photographer likes it or not, she will dedicate it to the gods.

An elderly man walked out of the aboriginal team. He had white beard and hair and looked very kind.Holding on to his crutches, he slowly approached the photographer, and when he raised his hand, he left a red mark on the photographer's forehead.

The photographer seemed to have sensed something and backed away desperately, but she couldn't escape after all. She felt a chill on her forehead, and a drop of dark red liquid flowed down.

The elder stepped back in satisfaction, dropped his crutches and raised his hands: "Start—"

Before the last word was spoken, the aborigines present heard a voice from behind.

"She doesn't want to."

The aborigines turned their heads in unison.

Shen Dongqing walked out generously: "Are you all blind? She obviously doesn't want to."

The aborigine's eyes were cold: "She is willing."

Shen Dongqing: "She doesn't want to."

Aboriginal people: "She..."

Shen Dongqing stopped the behavior of the wheel: "If you want to ask her, it's over."

The focus returned to the photographer, and when she couldn't speak, she shook her head almost with all her strength, almost like a rattle drum.

Aboriginal people started to brainwash: "... she is a good girl."

"She will."

"She's a good girl."

The photographer let out a "bah", and finally spat out the cloth strip stuffed in his mouth, his voice was hoarse but full of strength: "Well, you ghost, I am a heinous man, full of evil, smoking, drinking, and burning your head are never good fucking girls—"

Perhaps because the perfect logic has never been cracked before, the aborigines were taken aback for a moment, and then they decided that if they are not good girls, bad girls can make do.

But before the sacrifice begins, these troublemakers must be dealt with first.

The aborigines picked up various tools, and with the same expression, they approached Shen Dongqing coldly.

They went up.

They do it.

...they fell.

The aborigines lay on the ground in unison, not one was missing, and the whole family was neat.

Shen Dongqing went over and put the photographer down.

The photographer's legs gave way and he fell to the ground.

But obviously, Shen Dongqing didn't intend to help others.

The photographer struggled to get up, his face was pale, and his state was a little bit wrong: "He, they..."

Shen Dongqing looked in the direction pointed by the photographer, and saw the aborigines lying neatly on the ground: "What's wrong?"

The photographer swallowed: "Don't you think there is something wrong with them?"

Shen Dongqing: "Huh?"

Photographer: "Maybe I have lost my sanity too much, so..."

The photographer was taken away yesterday, and she was terrified all night. The game made a sanity check for her every hour, and every time she failed, she would deduct a sanity check.

Fortunately, she was lucky, otherwise she would have been deemed mentally handicapped.

It may be that her sanity has been reduced to a certain level now. In her eyes, the aborigines in front of her look... quite strange.

Shen Dongqing kicked an aborigine closest to him with her toe, and ordered Yuyu: "Give me a sanity check."

Since his sanity has been reduced to a certain level, he can see some special pictures, so he wants to see them too!

【…】

[This is an unreasonable request]

Shen Dongqing thought for a while: "I feel very scared now." He paused, and his tone increased, "I'm very scared."

In order to prevent the troublemakers from stalking, You You agreed to his request.

[Successful sanity check]

【You are calm now, you don't feel any fear】

Shen Dongqing: "Then pass an inspiration check."

[Inspiration check failed]

[You look at the aborigines rolling on the ground and think they are a bit funny]

The game looks like you just check, if you succeed, I will lose.

Shen Dongqing: "Come again."

【…】

The game felt that Shen Dongqing was going to exhaust the dice thrower to death.

[Check failed]

[Check failed]

……

Shen Dongqing and the dice were exhausted: "Come again!"

[Successful inspiration check]

[While staring at the aborigines in front of you countless times, you found that the people lying on the ground began to melt.That's right, like an overheated wax figure, the skin, muscles, and internal organs were all pulled down layer by layer, almost turning into a puddle of mud and lying on the ground.They writhed and moaned on the ground, one after another the tumors grew out, and they were densely packed together...]

[Perform sanity check]

[Sanity test failed, deduct 5 points of sanity]

Shen Dongqing touched her chin and looked at the photographer: "Where's your camera?"

The photographer was stunned: "Here..."

Shen Dongqing took the photographer's camera, clicked and clicked, and then handed it back after the shooting.

When the photographer saw it, he almost threw up on the spot.

Shen Dongqing said: "Isn't your task just to take special photos? It's done, is it special enough?"

The photographer wants to cry but has no tears.

Special is very special, just...it's a little disgusting, I can't stand it.

At this moment, there was a sudden exclamation: "What are you doing?!"

The detective picked it up, and a gold bracelet fell out of his hand, shining on the grass.