Chapter 7: Back to the Bookstore
(Because it's still in the new book period, the update will definitely not be too fast, but Yixiao promises that it will not be slow to update when it hits the shelves in the future.) )
Thinking of the situation that might be encountered at night, Xia Qi didn't dare to waste any more time, so he hurriedly found an Internet café nearby and got in.
"Grandpa Hai, can we deal with it in the future, didn't I say that if I haven't contacted you for more than 24 hours, you will call the police immediately? You and Sun Long didn't move! ”
"Grass, you are mentally ill, you can't let us follow you with your neuropathy!"
"I'm not messing with you, I'm in danger."
"Oops, coincidentally, I've been in danger lately, and I just spent my tuition for next year......"
Originally, Xia Qi's purpose in calling a few of his college friends was to seek their comfort and encouragement, so that they could share the panic in their hearts for themselves.
However, what made him extremely sad was that everyone thought his words were joking and didn't care at all.
"These bastards, Lao Tzu used to share their weal and woe with them in vain! Fortunately, I have my own natural appearance, otherwise I would have died a fucking number of times by pointing at those bastards and calling the police to save me! ”
Xia Qi kept cursing his college friends, in fact, they all lived under the same roof some time ago.
The reason why he moved out of the dormitory at the school was to make it easier for him to find a job interview and not have to suffer the constraints of the damn dormitory manager, who would have thought that he would suffer the consequences.
Now he can't find his grandfather and grandfather, his classmates and classmates are unreliable, and even the police can't count on him. You can't call the police and say that you hit a ghost, or tell the police that it was a ghost who killed people in Xinhua Bookstore?
This is obviously very unrealistic and unreliable.
After all, few people would believe in such an incomparably strange supernatural existence as ghosts.
"Hey!"
Xia Qi sighed irritably, it was the first time he felt so helpless since he was a child.
Fortunately, he is a tough and optimistic person, so he will not be easily defeated by difficulties.
He has always believed that there are more ways than difficulties, so if there are difficulties, find a way to solve them.
Looking at the time on the computer, it showed that it was 10:30 in the morning, and it was still a long time before he went to the bookstore for duty in the evening.
Considering that he didn't rest last night, and his head was like being full of paste, Xia Qi decided to make do with it in the Internet café for a while, and then think about the night duty after waking up.
After all, he really needs a clear brain to think.
However, it was somewhat unexpected for Xia Qi, he slept until more than four o'clock in the afternoon, although his body did not get much relaxation, but fortunately, his mind was much clearer than before.
Ran to the bathroom to wash his face, Xia Qi returned to the computer, and then began to search on the Internet.
[What to do if you hit a ghost]
[How not to be chased by ghosts]
【Ways to restrain ghosts】
[What can I do to kill ghosts......]
After searching the Internet for a long time, Xia Qi completely knelt down to the various answers on the Internet.
All of the above was said, and what made him feel like he had been hit in the knee several times, and behind each of these answers, there were many people who either maliciously slandered or lashed out, and there was no way to tell who was right and who was wrong.
Which one is the way, and which one is the death.
The only less controversial method above is the "ghosts are afraid of the wicked" theory that he tried last night.
said that after encountering a ghost, don't be afraid, you must behave viciously, fiercely, not only to scold the ghost fiercely, but also to rush over and beat the ghost angrily.
"If I can't watch it anymore, if I keep watching, I can't tell if I'm going to do something brainless. There are no people on the Internet! ”
Since there is no way to deal with ghosts on the Internet, this Internet café naturally loses the meaning of continuing to stay.
After getting off the plane and leaving the Internet café, Xia Qi took a taxi to a comprehensive supermarket near Xinhua Bookstore.
He will come here, of course, not only to buy some snacks, but more importantly to prepare for the upcoming "duty".
In this way, Xia Qi walked around the supermarket until almost 6 o'clock, before leaving with two large bags of things, and then called a taxi to pull him to Xinhua Bookstore.
Because the time has not yet passed 6 o'clock, Xinhua Bookstore is still in a normal state of business. The store has a lot of customers and the staff is very busy. If you hadn't experienced it yourself, no one would have believed that this place would have turned into a terrible steamer hell at night.
Not much of a surprise to him that so many people had died in the bookstore, but it was still open in an orderly manner.
Because whenever this kind of thing happens in China, the vast majority of them will be suppressed, or concealed or not reported. So the bad incident that happened here should have been blocked.
After standing outside the bookstore and carefully observing the situation inside for a while, Xia Qi walked to the parking lot next to the street.
To their relief, his Audi was still parked inside.
Opening the car door, Xia Qi couldn't wait to sit up, a little excited in his heart.
Although his mother is a Chinese teacher in a key high school, because she is not a class teacher, she does not give students make-up lessons in private, so she has nothing to make up for at all. As for his father, this is even more so, a small employee in a public institution, and he also has no oil and water to fish.
So strictly speaking, the situation of his family is not bad, but it is not very good, at most it is an ordinary family.
Of course, this does not include his grandfather. As for his grandfather's condition, he didn't know, because his grandfather usually ate and lived in his house, and anyway, in his memory, he had never seen his grandfather take money out of his pocket.
Because he came from an ordinary family, since he was a child, Xia Qi's dream has been related to material satisfaction.
For example, living in a big villa, driving a good car, having a good job and other dreams.
To borrow a phrase from one of his college friends, it is that his dream has no technical level at all, and it is really vulgar.
So this Audi is definitely a super surprise for Xia Qi. Although there was also a great deal of fright.
Xia Qi remembered that the middle-aged uncle would also come over later, so he was not in a hurry to go to the bookstore at the moment.
Turn on the radio in the car and change to a channel with relaxing music, Xia Qi couldn't help humming comfortably. In just a short period of time, he felt that the haze that had shrouded him in his heart had dissipated a lot.
After staying in the car for almost an hour, Xia Qi got out of the car very reluctantly, and then came to Xinhua Bookstore with heavy steps.
When Xia Qi came to the bookstore, the bookstore had already closed, and the street not far away looked deserted, with almost no people passing by.
But at the door of the bookstore, there were three people standing there. It was three young men, two women and one man.
Seeing these three people blocking the door, Xia Qi subconsciously looked in the other two directions, but what made him feel strange was that he didn't find the middle-aged uncle.
"Excuse me...... Are you Xia Qi, Mr. Xia? ”
Just when Xia Qi was looking around for a middle-aged uncle, a female voice that sounded a little weak suddenly came into his ears.
"Well, I am."
Although he had guessed that these three people were likely to be the newcomers that the middle-aged uncle said in the morning, Xia Qi still asked uncertainly:
"Who are you?"
"We're here for a tryout. The uncle said you're here too, so let's wait for you here. ”
"Oh." Xia Qi nodded pretending to understand, then thought about it and asked:
"What about others? How I didn't see it. ”
"He came before, but he seemed to be in a hurry, so he walked away."
The one who answered Xia Qi this time was a man with glasses with "three or seven points", and his voice sounded like ...... Eunuch.
Xia Qi's face suddenly became strange, and he couldn't hold back to laugh out loud, and said in a deep voice:
"Well, we're all in the same class, so it's up to you tonight."
After speaking, without giving the three of them time to react, Xia Qi unlocked the door of the bookstore and walked in first.
The bookstore was still pitch black, and visibility was almost negligible.
Thinking that this place would be haunted at night, and that ghosts were very likely to kill people, Xia Qi felt a chill running out of his back, and his legs trembled slightly.
At this time, it is definitely bragging to say that you are not afraid.
Despite being unaware of what was about to happen, the three newcomers showed varying degrees of fear in the face of the dark environment where they couldn't see their fingers.
"Why is it so dark here, I can't see my fingers at all, I can't see anything!"
"yes, at least we should have a light on, it's terrifying."
"Everyone, be careful with your step, I'll take out my phone and light up the ...... now"
It wasn't until one of the newcomers turned on the flashlight function of his mobile phone that there was some visibility in the bookstore.
Seeing a little light, Xia Qi also temporarily put down the things in his hand at this time, and took out three flashlights from them.
He kept one for himself, and he divided the other two flashlights among the three newcomers.
"There are two more flashlights here, you three can make do with them first, in fact, I don't know where the light switch is."
The reason why Xia Qi bought less flashlight was not because he wanted to save the dozen yuan, but because he thought that the middle-aged uncle would only bring two newcomers over.
There's no way to take them into account, after all, they've been here all night.
The three newcomers were a little surprised that Xia Qi would prepare a flashlight, apparently they all thought that it would be good to find the switch to control the light, and they didn't need a flashlight at all.
"That...... Why don't we split up and look for it, there's no way there won't be a light switch here. ”
A newcomer proposed after Xia Qi finished speaking.
For this newcomer's proposal, the other two newcomers also agreed after hearing it, only Xia Qi shook his head and said:
"Before I do that, I have a few questions for you."