Originally, Ringo was going to Xu Beijin the night before.
However, because two sneaky people were found at the door of Xu Beijin's house, this visit was postponed. In addition, in the nightmare, Xu Bei asked him to solve the matter.
So when the nightmare was over and they returned to the starting point, Ringo found the thin man and the little girl.
The thin man was agitated immediately, looked at Ringo cautiously, and asked, "Big brother...?"
He was afraid that they would secretly investigate the relationship between Ringo and Xu Bei and be discovered by Ringo. After all, how did Ringo get into this nightmare... it was also something he was faintly worried about.
As expected, Ringo said, "I saw you poking your heads outside the gate of the North End." He spoke flatly, with a slight warning tone, "Don't disturb his life, don't interfere with our affairs."
Thin: "..."
When he heard the first words of Ringo's words, he almost squatted down with his head, because he was afraid that Ringo would directly act as soon as his temper came up.
But Ringo actually... just warned them? !
The thin man looked at Ringo in surprise, and didn't know what to say for a while.
"We understand." The little girl said hurriedly, not seeing her usual coldness and calmness, she tried to squeeze a smile, "We won't do this kind of thing again."
Ringo nodded.
If Xu Bei didn't tell him not to use force to crush others or something, then Ringo might have hit the door at this time. But anyway, he was very satisfied with his deterrence.
He thought to himself, sure enough, he could still explain Xu Bei's affairs to his full extent and did a very good job.
He thought for a while, then continued: "The same goes for others."
The thin man asked hesitantly: "Other people? You mean..."
"People like you." Ringo said, "There should be many people who are curious about my relationship with him."
Ringo hadn't thought of it before, but after Xu Beijin reminded him, he realized that perhaps this would indeed cause some trouble. He didn't know which of the two men in front of him belonged to, and he was not interested.
He only needs to pass a message to others through these two people.
It has to be said that since Ringo started contacting Xu Beijin, especially after the drink matter, he seems to have become... a little smarter, at least at this time he also understands foresight.
It's not enough to just solve the two people in front of you, there are so many people spying on Ringo in the narrow building. Ringo didn't care about it before, but now, since Xu Beijin's suffering was also caused by his relationship, Ringo had to care about it.
He naturally wanted to get it right once and for all, so that he could go to Xu Beijin to claim credit.
But the thin man was dumbfounded.
He was saying... Ringo is of course the uncrowned king at the bottom of the narrow building, but Ringo has never really worthy of his reputation. He has never been outside the bottom of the narrow building, and no tasker has even the slightest understanding of his life.
And now, Ringo has turned out to be a resident of a narrow building
Is it just because someone probes his head outside the bookstore that he strictly forbids anyone to spy on the bookstore owner's life
The thin man stared at Lin X in a daze, and answered in a daze, but a word echoed in his heart.
Jinwu Cangjiao...
He trembled in horror.
When he recovered, Ringo had already left, and the little girl was no longer calm, frowning and thinking about something.
The thin man asked, "What's the matter? Don't you hurry up and do what the boss ordered?"
The little girl glanced at him and sneered from her nose: "This matter is not that simple."
"what?"
The thin man froze for a moment.
His IQ may still lie in the unclear relationship between Ringo and Xu Beijin.
But the little girl said: "Have you forgotten what the bottom of the narrow building looks like now? Have you forgotten how much turmoil was caused by the bookstore owner's nightmare? Oh... you really don't know what happened at the beginning."
At that time, the thin man had not yet returned to the bottom of the narrow building. However, recently he was also popularized by the little girl, so he just thought about it for a while, and his face suddenly changed.
The little girl said meaningfully: "Now that rumors are spreading in the narrow building, do you think the taskers will rekindle their desire for the bookstore owner's nightmare?"
The thin man was silent.
Of course... This is a matter of course.
The thin man came back from a higher floor, and he knew what was going on up there. From a certain perspective, the reason why he secretly felt uneasy about the rumor was because... how could it be possible? How could someone escape from the narrow building above
Just that group of taskers? Just those taskers whose vitality is not as good as the bottom of the narrow building?
He didn't believe it at all!
Even if he had some illusions and thought that there was indeed such a small possibility... However, his heart was still pessimistic and desperate.
But he also knows that this rumor will inevitably make countless taskers refresh their spirits, re-enter the nightmare, and start a nightmare journey that may not be useful again.
… And Ringo wants to block other people's prying eyes of Xu Beijin's nightmare at this time
This is fighting against the greed of all other taskers.
The thin man gave a wry smile, and said, "As expected, he is a big man." He even admired him, "It might be love."
Little girl: "..."
She was dumbfounded for a moment, and then said, "Wait... What?! What love?"
"What can make Ringo be so considerate to a narrow-building resident? And so deliberately protecting it?" The thin man said naturally, "You also know that there are many taskers who are so considerate to the narrow-building residents..."
The thin man thought for a moment, and finally chose a word: "Like crazy."
Little girl: "..."
At this point, there were only two of them at the initial point.
After coming out of the nightmare, all five taskers are here. Shen Yunju and Jiang Shuangmei were the first to leave, but Ringo waited for the two of them to leave, and after they had finished speaking to the thin man and the little girl, they also left.
So, the little girl was so dubiously fooled by the thin.
Who said that the responsibilities of the task force towards the residents of the narrow building can only be explained by love
The blame can only be blamed, some taskers really love the residents of the narrow buildings enthusiastically-at least the thin man has seen one when he was on a higher floor. So, that kind of enthusiasm drove away his thoughts.
It's like a muscular man ran away with Jiang Shuangmei.
In any case, there is one more rumor that originally faintly boiled on the bottom of the narrow building-it is said that the ringo boss with a bug-level force value has a sweetheart, Zheng Jinwu hides her, and prevents anyone from spying. His sweetheart.
This really inexplicably made Xu Beijin's situation a little safer, and of course it also made more people secretly igniting curiosity about him, not the kind of nightmare about him.
Xu Bei didn't know that letting Ringo solve this matter would have such consequences; just as Lino didn't know at all, he had an extra sweetheart for some reason.
After Ringo left the starting point, he originally wanted to go directly to Xu Beijin there. As he said to Xu Beijin, he just finished reading a book, so he wanted to return the book and borrow another one.
But when he passed a fork in the road, he suddenly stopped. He thought of the house Ding Yi had told him before, so he turned a corner, went to the address Ding Yi told him, and then walked into the house.
Afterwards, even Ringo couldn't help being stunned.
The house was completely emptied and turned into a large bungalow similar to a warehouse. Looking around, there may be dozens of rows of shelves, and the drinks on them are neatly arranged. Different varieties and categories are dazzling under the bright lights.
Ringo couldn't help but think of it, it seemed that the commodity merchant was kind of... kind
He didn't know that Ding Yi actually abandoned the business he once established and planned to return to the job of the tasker, so he put almost all of his inventory here.
Of course, it only refers to the part of the drink.
Anyway, this at least made Ringo feel satisfied.
He picks up and down in the shelves, carefully looking for the drink Xu Bei likes. He also played a little bit carefully. He didn't want to give it to Xu Beijin all at once, but planned to give it bit by bit.
After a while, he returned full of loads and immediately went to Xu Beijin's bookstore.
… Then he saw Mu Jiashi.
Ringo was a little surprised, a little bit unhappy. This unhappy may be because he rushed over to find Xu Beijin, but Xu Beijin was entertaining other guests.
But Ringo immediately remembered that this was the quest person who had said that he was coming to visit Xu Beijin in his nightmare.
His mood calmed down, even a little proud.
You see, he came earlier than Mu Jiashi!
Xu Beijin glanced at the expressionless Ringo. Although this guy looked casual on the surface, his inner mood seemed to fluctuate sharply.
… Ringo is really not a person who can hide his emotions.
Mu Jiashi naturally noticed it. He stood up and greeted Ringo more cautiously.
Before in the nightmare, he noticed Ringo appearing next to Xu Beijin. He was still a little puzzled at the time, but now he saw Ringo again in the bookstore in the narrow building... Isn't it a coincidence
Why does Ringo keep coming to Xu Beijin? Is he interested in his nightmares? No... In the nightmare before, Ringo said that he was not interested in Xu Beijin's nightmare, but wanted to fight Xu Beijin.
However, for a resident of a narrow building, if he is not interested in his nightmare, then why do he have to do it? Even if you want to fight and doubt the opponent's ability, you won't be...
etc? !
The corners of Mu Jiashi's mouth suddenly twitched, and all serious thoughts were suddenly swept away. With a new look, he secretly looked at the two men in front of him.
The things Thin Man could think of, Mu Jiashi, who also came back from a higher floor, of course also wanted it.
Ringo is not interested in Xu Beijin's nightmares, does not mean that Ringo is not interested in Xu Beijin!
So that fight...
Mu Jiashi's emotions at this time are really indescribable.
He froze for a second, and then decisively bid farewell to Xu Bei. He didn't want to disturb... Well, whatever, he didn't want to stay here anyway.
Before leaving, he caught a glimpse of Ringo holding a book in his hand.
He saw the cover of the book, the background was pitch black, and the main body was a pen and a piece of paper that seemed to be printed with blood.
horror story? This idea came across in Mu Jiashi's mind.
After Mu Jiashi left, Ringo handed the book back to Xu Beijin.
Xu Beijin asked casually: "How about this novel?"
Ringo replied: "Although it is a horror novel, but... Does the author have any grudges against the protagonist in his works?"
Xu Bei was stunned for a moment. He looked down at the cover and then said thoughtfully: "It seems to be true. It is said that the author wrote one of his enemies into the novel, so..."
"No wonder," Ringo said.
He suddenly looked at Xu Beijin suspiciously.
Why does Xu Bei know the background of this novel? When he read it, he didn't turn to the story behind it.
But before Ringo asked this question, Xu Beijin changed the subject: "You said you wanted to borrow something else, what would you like to see?"
So Ringo also forgot the doubts that had previously appeared in his mind. He said, "You recommend one."
Xu Beijin put the book that Ringo had returned back to the shelf, and then stood there, looking at this shelf, thinking about what book to give Ringo. Ringo walked to his side and stood still, looking at him quietly.
Xu Beijin touched his chin and thought for a moment, then drew a book from the shelf and handed it to Ringo.
Ringo looked down and found that it seemed to be a mystery novel with the very common title of "XXX Murders." He asked: "What is this talking about?"
"I'm not spoiled." Xu Bei smiled a little, "Go find the murderer yourself."
Ringo looked at the book: "Oh... it looks like an unexpected murderer."
Xu Bei smiled without saying a word.
Ringo looked at his expression and couldn't help asking: "It won't be anything,'I' is the murderer, or everyone is a murderer... Isn't that?"
"Of course not. It's not that special, it's just..." Xu Bei hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Like this kind of mystery, the murderer, the victim, the crime scene, the time of the crime, the method of the crime... There will always be a problem. "
Ringo shook the book, and said with some interest: "I want to see what's wrong."
Xu Bei couldn't help but smile.
Ringo said again: "I have already told those two people, don't come to spy on the bookstore, and don't disturb your life again."
Xu Bei was taken aback, and then smiled sincerely and said, "Thank you."
Ringo said, "So..."
"Do not hit."
Ringo: "..."
He wasn't even angry anymore, instead he felt—it really was.
Xu Bei couldn't help but smile.
After that, he sorted the drinks brought by Ringo and Mujiashi into categories, as if they had obsessive-compulsive disorder, and arranged everything carefully.
And Ringo came to help him, but if he didn't put him in the position Xu Beijin wanted, then Xu Beijin would get angry instead.
Ringo really convinced the man in front of him. First he refused his request, and now he came to call on him again.
He asked uncomfortably: "What is the difference between this cabinet and that cabinet?"
Xu Bei said seriously: "I am determined not to put the juice in the cabinet under the Ji Biography book."
Ringo asked incredulously, "What's the difference?"
Xu Bei frowned, pondered for a moment, and then said: "The taste is different...?"
Ringo: "..."
Xu Beijin had always felt helpless with Ringo, but for the first time, Ringo felt helpless with Xu Beijin.
So Ringo really looked like a little apple spinning around, letting Xu Bei do the command. Put these here, put these there. Ten minutes later, even the drinks that Mu Jiashi brought over were placed neatly.
Xu Beijin finally felt comfortable.
He smiled embarrassedly at Ringo, and then said, "Would you like something to drink?"
Ringo said, "Everything will do."
Bookstores and narrow buildings are still that kind of bookstores and narrow buildings. The dilapidated place is still very dilapidated, and it is impossible to repair it. In these rooms, whatever furniture is on display, it will always be these furniture, and it will never change.
Sometimes, Xu Bei is thinking about it. The reason why he can never regard Zailou as "Second Life" is that everything seems too unreal. Everything is the kind of appearance that can only appear in the imagination.
But this day, it was the first time since he came to the Zhailou. He didn't expect that the Zhailou was fake. It turned out that it was just a game.
He directed Ringo around and around, watching Ringo's hard work and inability to complain about him, he couldn't help but laugh.
And Ringo... Ringo was holding several drink cans in his arms, squinted at him, and then snorted coldly, and put those drink cans one by one into the place where they should go according to Xu Beijin's instructions.
They really don't look like the others in the narrow building.
—When they stopped, sat down, read their books, drank their drinks, and ate their snacks, Xu Bei thought about it.
It has been a long time since he felt the lingering haze in his heart, and it seemed that some light had penetrated.
He read the book absent-mindedly, but thought in his heart, really...really, the sense of existence of this guy, Ringo, is too strong!
Xu Bei sighed silently in his heart.
No matter what... Ringo is thankful for not mentioning the fight with him.
After Mu Jiashi left Xu Beijin's bookstore, he almost instinctively stopped.
Because he saw the neighbor next to the bookstore.
A female resident of a narrow building.
When he went to a higher floor, the resident of the narrow building had not left; when he returned, the resident of the narrow building was actually there.
He looked at him through the window.
Afterwards, he walked into the house of the resident of the narrow building and greeted her.
"have not seen you for a long time."
The woman in the room has her back pressed against the wall. She whispered: "It's been a long time indeed."
She once met the tasker in front of her at the bottom of the narrow building. The same is true when she goes to a higher floor.
In any case, it was not the same as the frustrated, withered-faced man now.
She thought of the nightmare he had failed. She also appeared in that nightmare, and had some contact with this man. Of course... That's what happened at a higher level.
That was a nightmare she got as a resident of a brand new narrow building after going to a higher floor. That was her nightmare.
And Mu Jiashi didn't know that the resident of the narrow building in front of him, the actor under his skin, was the owner of the nightmare that caused his failure.
But he looked deeply at the woman before him.
To some extent, this narrow-loud resident changed his destiny. It was she who told him that Xu Bei likes drinks so much, so he would give Xu Beijin drinks, and thus obtained a clue to a certain nightmare, before he could go to a higher floor.
Higher floors...
Mu Jiashi couldn't help being in a daze.
The woman asked: "Are you asking about my neighbor next door again?"
Mu Jiashi was silent for a moment, and slowly shook his head: "No." Regardless of the thoughts of the narrow-building resident in front of him, he continued, "I experienced a terrible failure. Maybe you have heard of...or maybe not. This It makes me less interested in nightmares for the time being."
The woman couldn't help frowning.
Mu Jiashi said: "No matter what, I still thank you for the information you provided at the beginning, which indirectly led me to a higher level in the narrow building..."
He choked suddenly, because he thought, should this be gratitude or resentment
The woman asked, "What does the higher level of the narrow building look like?"
Mu Jiashi thought of the previous dialogue with Xu Beijin, calm, pretending to be relieved, and even slightly ridiculed. He told Xu Beijin that it was not as vibrant as the ground floor of a narrow building.
But now, he said: "That's not where waste like me should go." He said, "So I chose to go back to the bottom of the narrow building."
He kept saying "back".
"That's not what I asked." The woman didn't care about Mu Jiashi's self-pity, and there was a shallow temptation in her words, "I'm talking about... a higher level, a nightmare. The time that caused you to fail."
Mu Jiashi was startled suddenly. He seemed to be stabbed by something, and a sharp pain and surprise suddenly rose up in his heart, as if it were threatening him.
He thought, nightmare? Higher level... the nightmare that caused him to fail? Residents of this narrow building...
He stared at the woman in front of him.
Suddenly, he withdrew all his emotions, and asked in a cold, firm and determined tone: "What on earth do you want to ask?"
"Failure." The woman said very quietly, as if she was afraid of being heard by something, so she was extra careful. "That time of failure. What happened in the nightmare?"
Mu Jiashi said: "The nightmare caused my failure. However, I did not fail in the nightmare." He stared at the woman in front of him, "What do you know?"
After returning to the bottom of the narrow building, even if he also experienced a nightmare, he never told others that he returned to the bottom of the narrow building because of what failure.
He repeatedly said many times that he was a loser and a waste. But he never revealed the truth.
A well-informed commodity merchant like Ding Yi might know; but this...this narrow-building resident? How could she know? !
He didn't return to the bottom because of the failure of the nightmare. That nightmare was successful, and it really ended. However, that nightmare also failed, because that nightmare destroyed him.
It is not... physical death, but the soul. He encountered a nightmare he couldn't imagine and couldn't face. As a result, he failed, and failed countless times.
He couldn't escape the nightmare, so he could only fall into the abyss forever.
Mu Jiashi took a deep breath and suppressed the tremor.
His eyes were very cold, that was the side that had never really disappeared under his depressed and depressed appearance-that was the side that belonged to the gold digger who had played a 100% true ending at the bottom of the narrow building.
He asked again: "What do you know?"
The woman looked at him with a mysterious smile.
She said: "I fear a lot. And the only thing I don't fear is death."
Mu Jiashi's face changed drastically.
The woman said: "It seems that you still remember this sentence."
Mu Jiashi was silent, his brain had received too much information, and it was even a little stuck now.
And the only reason is... Why does the woman in front of him, the resident of the narrow building living on the ground floor of the narrow building, know this sentence he heard in the nightmare of a higher level?
This makes no sense at all!
The woman gave a deep smile. She said, "My name is Su Enya." She looked at Mu Jiashi who was suspicious and uneasy, and said flatly, "But I'm afraid I can't tell you more."
Mu Jiashi stared at her for a moment, then nodded. He didn't ask why the woman couldn't tell him more. Or maybe he already knew the reason.
He thought of that nightmare again, of a woman in that nightmare.
It was not based on any relationship between men and women, he was just thinking of the woman because of her identity in that nightmare and some of the things that happened in that nightmare.
That sentence-"I fear a lot. And the only thing I don't fear is death."-exactly what the woman said. And now, it also appeared in the mouth of the female resident of the narrow building.
He seemed to understand something, and he seemed to have more doubts.
Mu Jiashi said in a low voice, "I understand. Goodbye."
He bids farewell to Su Enya and walks to his house full of restlessness, surprise and confusion.
At a corner, he accidentally tripped over a resident of a narrow building lying in the corner. He stood up painfully, and apologized while looking at the narrow building resident.
It seemed to be a wanderer, lying on the ground at the moment, with no response. His chest still has ups and downs, but his eyes are dull, with a smirk on his face, his eyes seem to be condensed in the boundless distant place.
He is holding a pen in his hand.
Mu Jiashi frowned slightly, and subconsciously thought of the book in Ringo's hand.
He thought, coincidence
He thought about it carefully, and felt that his subconscious association was completely nonsense. Just because there is a pen on the cover of a book, can it be connected with the nightmare of the residents of narrow buildings
He stared at the resident of the narrow building who was lying on the ground for a while, greeted him tentatively, but received no response. So he could only take his gaze back and leave this deserted path straight away.
In the night ten days later, Mu Jiashi left his house, and after hesitating for a while, he chose to walk into the portal of a certain narrow-building resident. After an unknown period of darkness, he opened his eyes.
As far as the eye can see, it is a ruin.
At the same time, Xu Beijin also opened his eyes somewhere in this nightmare.
He looked around and thought, okay, he is a bookstore owner again.