CH 5

The warehouse is a closed environment and it is particularly obvious if someone is talking loudly.

The sound of several people arguing in the distance came over.

“Why should we tell him that we found it!”

“There would have been only five, and there weren’t enough for the six of us to share!”

“What’s wrong with you guys, the warehouse is still open to people ……”

“That’s how we are, you don’t like it go to him, Little Xiao can’t walk away when he sees a good looking man, he doesn’t know how to be ashamed!”

To be precise, it was a girl who was surrounded by a group of guys with superb mouth-breathing skills and had clearly been shown to be outnumbered.

The couple was clinging to a box, with Lin Yan, the flower-armed gangster and the middle-aged woman standing next to them and only the short-haired girl in the school uniform standing opposite them, the two sides were clearly separated.

The short-haired girl was so angry that her face was red, and so obviously less able to push than the group, that she was standing in place at the moment with nothing to do.

“What’s going on here?” Xiao Lan slowly approached from a short distance away, “What’s the unspeakable need to speak so loudly?”

Seeing this, the faces of the crowd looked even worse.

The short-haired girl approached him quickly and whispered, “They found a set of free vouchers, Brother Lin said they were game props that would help in passing the game, but there were only five of them and they just didn’t want to share them with you.”

Xiao Lan’s gaze flicked to the box and the couple tensed up, shielding it tighter and giving him a wary look.

Lin Yan raised his glasses, revealing his usual gentle smile, “The distribution of props must also be subject to everyone’s wishes. Even if I think you’re getting credit for helping everyone, I can’t dictate if everyone doesn’t want to, right?”

Loverboy: “That’s what I found out.”

Xiao Lan doesn’t care: “I’m not interested in free coupons, after all, it’s the free ones that cost the most. Merchants have other purposes for selling at low prices or for free, and no pie will fall from the sky.”

The middle-aged woman looked contemptuous: “You can’t eat grapes and say they’re sour, why didn’t something happen to me when I took the freebies!”

Lin Yan spoke up at the right time and said to Xiao Lan, “In that case, that’s fine, now there are five free tickets and the six of us will share them, you’re okay with that, right?”

Xiao Lan waved his hand.

Lin Yan turned to the short-haired girl again and softened her voice, “You don’t seem to trust me very much, did something happen to make you misunderstand?”

The short-haired girl, however, trembled as if she was being watched by a poisonous snake and hid behind Xiao Lan: “No …… no ……”

A hint of displeasure flashed in Lin Yan’s eyes and disappeared instantly, “So, are you going to be involved in the distribution of the free vouchers?”

The short-haired girl hesitated for a moment, looked at the box in the couple’s hands, then at Xiao Lan, and gritted her teeth, “No!”

It was a surprise to the crowd that this girl chose a newcomer who is always on her own instead of the experienced-looking Lin Yan.

Lin Yan watched their reactions and saw that nothing happened to them before she reached in and took the last coupon.

But to their surprise, the system prompt that appeared after the last free ticket had been attributed caused their faces to change in unison.

Middle-aged woman: “Sh, what …… spend more than once ……”

Couple of women: “What’s the point of free, it’s killing me …… oooooooh I don’t want to choose …… dead.”

The free ticket disappeared the moment it touched the ground and reappeared in his hand the next second.

Lin Yan’s face did not look good either, and he could not maintain his usual gentleness. It’s just one more time, follow me and you won’t be afraid of anything!”

Free vouchers are usually given out during events to attract a lot of popularity and build up word of mouth, or to bundle users to make them spend money again to increase user stickiness. Many people tend to see only the immediate benefits of free, but ignore the cost behind it.

Xiao Lan saw that they were in a sad state, so she pulled the short-haired girl next to her, and the two of them left quietly while the crowd was not focused on them.

If you stay any longer, you might become a punching bag for the group, and what they might do in the heat of the moment is anyone’s guess.

It was some distance away that Xiao Lan asked, “Why did you choose to believe me?”

The short-haired girl opened her mouth but realised she had no idea what the man’s name was before her, and was a little embarrassed.

Xiao Lan looked out and spoke, “My name is Xiao Lan.”

“Xiao …… Brother Xiao , I heard it, the wine that Yueyue chose before was the one he let, he said it must be okay, but Yueyue died so tragically ……,” the short-haired The girl said, unable to hold back her red eyes, “I don’t think he really wants to help us.”

“My name is Zhao Xiaohe, and you can just call me Xiao He.” She added.

Xiao Lan was surprised at the girl’s acumen: “I guess he’s trying out the death conditions with other players’ lives.”

Zhao Xiaohe’s eyes rounded slightly, “How can he do that!”

“Maybe in this world, people become faceless in order to survive.” Xiao Lan said, “I’m going to look for clues next, aren’t you?”

“Can’t I follow you? ……” Zhao Xiaohe said apprehensively.

Xiao Lan shook his head, “I’m not sure about the pass, and I can’t afford another human life, nor am I interested in using you to test the death conditions.”

Zhao Xiaohe looks at him numbly.

Xiao Lan: “Even if someone helps you this time, what about the next time? Will you meet another Lin Yan? My advice is – take your own life into your own hands.”

A flash of confusion in Zhao Xiaohe’s eyes is followed by a few moments of determination as she clenches her fists and nods at Xiao Lan.

Xiao Lan concluded by urging, “Remember the conditions of death I told you about, there may be more yet to be discovered, try to find something related to Zhang Dong, and be careful what you do.”

The two men split up and head in different directions.

With the size of the warehouse and the number of shelves stacked inside, Xiao Lan felt it would be unrealistic to look for clues in such a number of shelves with only an hour to spare.

So the key should be Zhang Dong.

Zhang Dong, for example, appears to be a non-serious worker, and it is unlikely that any of these shelves will contain clues to him.

Instead, if he was used to groping at work, he might have a better chance of finding a clue by looking for a suitable place to hide and slack off in the warehouse.

Xiao Lan Look for dead ends in the warehouse, preferably where you can both hide and observe the movement outside.

Two shelves caught Xiao Lan’s eye.

The two shelves are positioned slightly off to the side, and together they cover a corner so that you can’t see inside if you come through the door. The seemingly neatly arranged boxes have a gap of no more than ten centimetres, which, judging by its height, is about where an average height person’s eyes would be when sitting down, and is exactly opposite the doorway.

Such a location is simply a VIP seat for working and groping and playing with your phone.

Xiao Lan went up and found a few large packing boxes, which were fine for sitting, but had greasy handprints on them, cigarette butts and snack bags and chicken bones scattered around them.

It’s almost like a scene from the life of a dead fat house.

The cigarettes on the floor are Mountain Brand, the cheapest kind sold in supermarkets.

Xiao Lan turns his head and sees that all the cigarette butts on the floor are of the same brand, and they have all been smoked to the last, not wasted at all, in the style of Zhang Dong’s extreme penny pinching.

Xiao Lan pulls out his broken mobile phone, the torch function is still working, and the light of the phone shines on the large cardboard boxes next to him, on which there is a mess of writing, as ugly as a dog’s digging.

[Isn’t it because I don’t have any money]

[The manager actually drank. I don’t know how many people will abuse a woman who drinks, I don’t want to see such a woman].

I’m not lazy, I’m just looking for a chance to talk to me.

[The new cashier, Aunt Xiao, smiles at me every day, she must like me]

Xiao Lan had a blank expression on his face, “How many pounds do you think this is? You’re so drunk.”

Luo’s handwriting appears as a work of art in contrast to Zhang Dong’s.

[Is this the classic straight man’s illusion?]

Xiao Lan shrugged, “Yeah, all the women like him and the reasons they don’t marry him are because they hate him for being poor.”

[Why don’t you reflect on your own laziness and foolishness?

Xiao Lan : “It’s always easier to find the cause in others than to admit your own faults.”

Xiao Lan really wondered why Zhang Dong could be the boss. In his mind, he always thought that the boss should be the type of killer and bitter like Gao Coconut Sister Xiao, but this one was …… a bit baffling.

“Ding dong–”

“Lucky people, the second selection has begun, aren’t you looking forward to it too? Hahahahahahahahaha-”

Zhang Dong’s hoarse, unpleasant laughter spread throughout the supermarket.

The author has something to say.

Because no one can see Luo, Xiao Lan in the eyes of the onlooker: “I’m not going to be able to see you.

He likes to walk alone.

He often talks to himself.

He laughs inexplicably.

Conclusion: he is sick.