Gu Xizhou drank his coffee and touched the sofa behind him. The sofa was really soft. As for the price … Gu Xizhou didn't plan to ask. Even if he did, he wouldn't be able to afford it. It would only make him feel unbalanced.
"Once you're done, prepare to enter the world." Si Yu finished speaking and looked at the time. "There's still a few minutes left."
Gu Xizhou pursed his lips. He held the coffee in his hand and slowly took a sip. "Got it."
After almost a month of entering the supernatural world again, Gu Xizhou rubbed his forehead. His vision suddenly blurred. The next second, Gu Xizhou found himself sitting in a room.
The walls of the room were moldy from being soaked in water, and the walls were cracked. There were a few figures around him, and it was clear that these people, like him, were confused about where they had appeared. He quickly confirmed that Si Yu and Fang Zhi were also in the office.
Gu Xizhou couldn't confirm the situation around him so he didn't immediately speak to the two. However, the three of them looked at each other and silently stayed in their seats.
In front of Gu Xizhou was an office table. There was a file on the table.
"Eh, what's going on?" A middle-aged man shook his head. He stood up and looked around. His face was filled with confusion and shock.
"What is this place? Am I not in the hospital? "
Hearing this, the people in the office didn't say anything. Instead, they all looked at the middle-aged man. Gu Xizhou noticed that these people were clearly relieved. Having a newcomer meant that the difficulty of this world wouldn't be too exaggerated.
At this moment, a man with a foul expression walked in. He slammed the table and said angrily, "What the hell are you guys doing? Can't you even handle a stinky old man? "
"I'm telling you, if he doesn't move out in five days, I'll kick all of you out!" The man threw a tantrum and turned to leave.
"What's going on?" The middle-aged man was confused. "Who is he?"
After the man left, other than Gu Xizhou's group and the confused middle-aged man, everyone introduced themselves to the people around them.
"Hello, my name is Lin Hao." The man sitting next to Gu Xizhou extended his hand and introduced himself.
Gu Xizhou nodded and shook hands with the other party. "Hello, I'm Gu Ran."
After the group introduced themselves, the middle-aged man beside them kept asking where they were. Fang Zhi answered his question, "This is a mission world. The people who enter this world are all people whose lives have entered the countdown."
The middle-aged man's mouth formed an O shape, but he did not shout in disbelief like he did when he met a newcomer. He quickly accepted Fang Zhi's answer. "No wonder. I was wondering why I had the strength to walk."
"There seems to be a red countdown timer in the void. Is that the lifespan?" the middle-aged man asked softly.
"Yes," Fang Zhi answered.
The middle-aged man seemed to have more questions, but he was interrupted by Gu Xizhou. "If you have any questions, ask them later. Right now, we have to figure out what the mission is."
"The Demolition Office." Si Yu pointed at the banner hanging in the room. "Combined with what the man said earlier, our mission is to persuade the old man to move. Let's look through the files on the table. There should be the information we need. "
Gu Xizhou nodded and flipped through the files on the table. The first page of the file had the basic information of an old man: Mo Jiaqing. Address: Huangshui Village No. 11.
Looking through the comments and combining the information, Gu Xizhou's group was acting as the workers of the Demolition Office. The demolition of Huangshui Village had been going on for almost half a year. The other residents had already agreed to their conditions. Only this old man called Mo Jiaqing had not agreed to the conditions set by the Demolition Office. Even though they had given him tens of thousands of RMB more than the other residents, the old man was still stubborn and refused to move.
"Looks like we have to go take a look." Gu Xizhou pointed at the address and said.
The six of them took their things and left the Demolition Office. In fact, the Demolition Office was a house rented by a resident of Huangshui Village. It was used as a temporary Demolition Office to make it easier for them to persuade the people of Huangshui Village. The Demolition Office was less than 200 meters away from the old man's house.
"Huangshui Village No. 11." Gu Xizhou pointed at the house number and said, "It's here."
When they arrived at the closed door, Gu Xizhou knocked on the door first. Soon, an old man came out. When he saw Gu Xizhou and the others when he opened the door, the old man raised his eyebrows and said angrily, "I said I won't move, so I won't move. Can't you guys be annoying?"
Si Yu stopped the old man who had picked up the pole and asked, "Sir, we're not here to force you. Can you tell us the reason why you won't move?"
The old man raised his eyebrows and glanced at Si Yu. He slammed the pole on the ground with a loud bang. "My wife is suffering from Alzheimer's disease and has gone missing. I'm waiting for her to come back. Actually, I know that your offer is very good, but I'm afraid that if I move away, she won't be able to find me when she comes back. What will happen to her then?"
"She's lost? When did she go missing? "Si Yu continued to ask.
"Didn't I tell you before? Before you came here, I was cooking at home. After a while, she ran out and disappeared. Some neighbors saw her, but they couldn't find her. The police also came.
"She must have gone far away. If you demolish this place, it will change. What will she do if she can't find her way back?" the old man said with a face full of worry.
After listening to the old man's explanation, Gu Xizhou understood that the old man didn't have time to look after the old woman who was suffering from Alzheimer's disease when he was cooking lunch. After a while, the old woman left the house and disappeared.
However, since the mission world's location was in this village, the old woman couldn't have gone missing. Something must have happened to her, which led to the current situation.
While Si Yu and Gu Xizhou were still trying to understand the situation, the middle-aged man in the group turned pale and trembled. "There's something behind my feet … Something is clinging to my feet."
The other two people gasped and took a step back in fear. Only Gu Xizhou went behind the man and raised his eyebrows. "You stepped on a rat."
When the middle-aged man heard this, he slowly turned his head to look at the thing under his feet. He saw a mouse by his feet, and its tail was under his feet. He raised his foot, and the mouse flew into the old man's house like a wisp of smoke.
"That rat ran into your …"
Before the middle-aged man could finish speaking, the old man waved his hand and said, "It's fine. It's just a rat that ran into my house. It's fine. If you're fine, I'll go in. The sun is making me uncomfortable."
As the old man spoke, he waved the sun in the sky. He didn't seem to like the sun and frowned.
"The sun?" Gu Xizhou looked up at the gloomy sky. The sun was almost blocked by the dark clouds in the sky. The sun wasn't bright at all. In comparison, the old man's actions were a little exaggerated.
When the old man was about to close the door, he was suddenly stopped by someone.
"Wait," Si Yu said. "If we help you find the old woman, will you be willing to move out?"
The old man raised his eyebrows and nodded. "Of course. If you can help me find her, not only will I move out, but I will also give you a gift."
Hearing the old man's words, Gu Xizhou looked at the old man seriously. The key word was' gift '. Gu Xizhou thought of the gift Fang Zhi received from Lin Meng, although the small round mirror hadn't been used yet.
After the old man left, besides Gu Xizhou who noticed the gift, the other two people obviously understood the significance of the gift and became more active.
"What's the gift?" Yu Yizhou fully expressed his good habit of asking questions whenever he didn't understand. Yu Yizhou was the middle-aged man's name. As for whether the name was real or fake, the others didn't care.
Fang Zhi walked behind him alone and explained to him. Lin Hao and Xiao Nan walked very quickly and overtook Gu Xizhou and Si Yu. They walked in front, as if they couldn't wait to help the old man find his wife.
They came to the house of the only person who saw the old woman before she disappeared. The people nearby had only signed the agreement but hadn't moved out yet. The Gao family that the old man mentioned was the family in front of them, Huangshui Village No. 21.
The vegetable seller was a middle-aged woman with a big belly. Her hair was tied into a ponytail and she wore a black long-sleeved shirt with red flowers. She was sitting on the side of the road with a nail clipper.
"Hello." Lin Hao and Xiao Nan walked over politely and asked the woman about the old woman's disappearance.
"Oh, you're asking about this? Mother He had Alzheimer's, but it wasn't very serious. Most of the time, she was fine and wasn't crazy like other people.
"I don't remember clearly that day. At that time, I was selling vegetables and was doing the accounts. I was in a daze and saw Mother He passing by. I didn't pay much attention to her, but who knew that she would go missing." Speaking of this, the woman pursed her lips. She seemed to feel sorry for her, but more than that, she was sighing.
Hearing this, Gu Xizhou and Si Yu looked around. There were a few families who were selling vegetables in front of their houses. Although this was a rural area, it was also a suburb. There were many people who went to work in the city, so a lot of the farmland was abandoned. Only a few families were still growing vegetables, and this family was just one of them.
At this moment, Gu Xizhou saw a man wearing a white apron that was stained with blood pass by on the road. Gu Xizhou looked at the man in surprise, then turned to the woman sitting at the vegetable stall and asked, "Who is that?"
"Oh, he's not from here. He's selling meat in our village," the woman said casually. She stood up and stretched. She was eating sunflower seeds as she spoke. "He doesn't talk much and has a bad temper. Don't provoke him."
When the woman talked about the man who was selling meat, she was obviously afraid.
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