Before entering the world of the story, the listeners would always take some time to calm down and stabilize their emotions. Just like students before an exam, they would also use their own methods to relieve their stress and enter the exam in their best state. However, for students, the results of an exam would determine the attitude of their parents toward them when they returned home. This was enough to make them nervous and cautious. As for the listeners, they would not be able to do anything about it.
This determined whether they would still be able to come out alive.
Even people like Su Bai were no exception when they encountered such things. Very few listeners would be busy with other things before entering the story world. Most people would choose to stay alone and calm their hearts.
Xun Er drove slowly on the road. Neon lights flashed all around her, and there was a lot of traffic. In a city like Shanghai, one could actually come into contact with the so-called loneliness more easily.
Looking at the group of passers-by waiting for the green light at the traffic light intersection, looking at the long line of cars, looking at the cold buildings, looking at the pace that made one feel a little at a loss.
If you chose to "mingle with the evils" and blend into the rhythm of this city, you might lose yourself. But if you had the mentality of "isolating yourself from the world", then you would experience a loneliness that was even deeper than being in the deep mountains and forests.
People..,
Were a kind of sentimental creature.
Xun Er lowered the car window and let the afternoon breeze blow her hair.
When she saw a park coffee shop at the corner of the street, Xun Er stopped the car. In the distance, there happened to be a traffic policeman on duty. When he saw Xun Er stop the car there, he walked over.
"Miss, this is not allowed..."
Xun Er did not even look at him. She turned around and walked towards the coffee shop.
The traffic policeman shook his head and was about to put up a ticket. However, after glancing at the license plate, he immediately sighed and walked away silently.
Xun Er rarely did such things. She belonged to the rich and powerful, but she was very orderly. Ordinary people always felt that the rich and powerful were not called rich and powerful if they did not "Trample on the law". However, in fact, compared to ordinary people, the rich and powerful knew better that the so-called rules were the most important protection for them to maintain their status and class.
But now, Xun Er felt that she should indulge a little.
After entering the coffee shop, Xun Er ordered a coffee and a dessert from the menu. Then, she sat down by the window.
It was 3: 30 in the afternoon, less than five hours before he entered the story world. There was more than enough time for him to have a cup of coffee.
"Miss, can I sit here?"
A woman's voice sounded from behind Xun Er. Then, a faint lavender fragrance wafted over.
This voice was a little familiar. Xun Er turned her head and saw a lady wearing black high heels and a light blue shawl standing behind her, smiling at her.
It wasn't just the voice. Xun Er also felt a sense of déjà vu from the other party's appearance, but she couldn't remember where.
Xun Er, who should have coldly rejected her, nodded and acquiesced. Perhaps, it was because of the unknown sense of familiarity that this woman gave her.
In front of her chest hung a valuable camera, but it could be seen that she did not care much about this camera, and scratches could be seen everywhere on the camera. However, this kind of posture showed a kind of free and easy attitude. Compared to those who bought an expensive camera and took care of it in every possible way, she was a level higher.
"Have I seen you before?" Xun Er asked.
"Maybe, maybe in a magazine."
The woman wasn't reserved at all. Her body leaned slightly on the sofa. Her left hand was gently spread out and placed on the coffee table. Her slender legs were folded just right, giving people a lazy but beautiful feeling.
Even if it was Xun Er, even if she had the advantage of being young, in front of this woman, she still seemed to be somewhat inferior. In fact, in front of her, you couldn't even have the slightest intention to compare, because you didn't know where to start. The other party seemed to completely outshine you from a glance, from a subtle body movement. In front of her, no matter how excellent or beautiful a woman was, they all lost their brilliance.
Xun Er nodded. At this time, her coffee and dessert were already served. She picked up a small spoon and gently stirred the coffee. Then, she picked it up and took a sip.
"What's the matter?" Seeing that the other party didn't speak, Xun Er could only continue to take the initiative to ask, but at the same time, Xun Er was also shocked. In front of the other party, she completely fell into a disadvantageous position.
Not to mention her identity as a child in the real world, even with her identity as an audience, she was completely led by the nose in front of her.
This feeling suddenly made Xun Er feel very terrified. She even had the urge to escape from this coffee shop.
"I'm fine."
The woman shook her head slightly,
After a while..,
Then she spoke again:
"I just wanted to see you."
Just wanted to see me?
"Mind if I take a picture of you?" The woman pointed at her camera and said.
Xun Er instinctively wanted to refuse, but for some reason, she couldn't say no to her at all. She could only remain silent.
The woman stood up and walked out of the coffee shop in an elegant manner. Then, she stood on the lawn outside the coffee shop, picked up the camera, and aimed it at Xun Er, who was sitting on the other side of the glass window.
"Kacha …"
Waving her hand to signal goodbye, the woman turned around and slowly walked away. She came and left all of a sudden.
Xun Er sat for about another hour. It was not until the resident singer in the coffee shop came in and strummed the guitar that she suddenly woke up. At this time, the coffee in front of her was no longer warm.
She was a little flustered, a little puzzled, and a little baffled. Xun Er paid the bill and walked out of the coffee shop. When she walked to the front of her car outside, she saw a photo on the window wiper.
Picking up the photo, Xun Er glanced at it,
The angle of the photo, the light and shadow, and all the other details seemed to have been done to the extreme. In the photo, she was looking out of the window in confusion.
In the next moment..,
Xun Er saw a woman's figure slowly appear opposite her in the photo. That woman was also holding a cup of coffee and slowly looking at her.
Suddenly..,
Xun Er's hand fluttered, and the photo fell to the ground.
The evening wind blew past and rolled up the photo. When Xun Er wanted to reach out to grab it again, it directly turned into ashes and dissipated. Xun Er's hand grabbed nothing.
Immediately, a sense of loss suddenly lingered in her heart.
A Santana in front of him happened to drive over at this moment and turned on its high beam lights to shine in this direction. Then, the lights were turned off and a young man walked out of the car.
Su Bai closed the car door and walked towards Xun Er as he lit his cigarette.
"Looks like I'm lucky. I guessed that you would come to this coffee shop."
Xun Er raised her head and looked at Su Bai. There was something she wanted to say, but she didn't know how to say it. That woman's figure was like a brand, lying in front of her heart.
However, instinctively, Xun Er felt that if she told Su Bai about that woman, something terrible might happen, and this matter would also cause Su Bai to fall into a dangerous spiral.
"What happened?" Obviously, Su Bai had discovered something.
Xun Er shook her head. "Nothing."
Su Bai didn't ask further, but his cold eyes still carefully looked around.
When he called Xun Er earlier, Su Bai had already driven out. However, since Xun Er went out without her phone, Su Bai could only stroll around casually to see if he could find her.
Su Bai had some impression of this coffee shop, but this impression was only remembered when he saw this coffee shop. He seemed to have come here with Xun Er before, but it didn't mean that he thought that Xun Er would be here from the beginning.
The truth was that when he drove past this area, Su Bai suddenly felt a suffocating feeling in his heart. It was as if there was an existence that was connected to his own blood wandering nearby.
This suffocating feeling was different from the feeling before the broadcast every time a mission was announced. Instead, it was a feeling that made Su Bai feel terrified and angry.
Following the feeling all the way, Su Bai drove here, but he only saw Xun Er standing alone on the side of the road. He didn't see anyone else, and the suffocating feeling disappeared.
"Get in the car. I have something to tell you about this story world of yours."
Xun Er nodded and didn't care about her own car. She sat directly in the front passenger seat of Su Bai's Santana.
Su Bai wasn't in a hurry to get in the car. He continued to look around while smoking.
Finally, Su Bai threw the cigarette butt on the ground and sat in the car.
"How much time do you have?" Su Bai asked.
"Two hours before eight o 'clock," Xun Er replied.
"Do you need to go back to get anything?"
"No, I have all the magic tools and some paper talismans I need in my bag, except for … my mobile phone."
"Ha …" Su Bai smiled. He guessed that Xun Er didn't like to stay with Gu Fan and the two Westerners, so she deliberately threw away her mobile phone and waited to enter the story world alone.
"Well, let's go to the river. I have something to ask you. What choice will you make?"
After saying that, Su Bai started the car. The Santana drove out and left the coffee shop.
Just when the car completely disappeared in the vast traffic …
A pair of black high-heeled shoes stepped on the cigarette butt that Su Bai had just thrown away.
"This child doesn't know how to smoke less."
A woman's voice could be heard.
There seemed to be a hint of concern in this sentence, but the next sentence shattered the beautiful atmosphere that had just been created.
"Although you deserve to die, you can't die so early."
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