Lu Xiaohe sat alone in the office of Group Nine.
The huge office was a little empty, and data kept jumping on the big screen, but Lu Xiaohe couldn't concentrate.
After working in the archives, Ge Tingting and Huang Jin have been recuperating. Yin Ren and Zhong Cheng said they were quarantined for five days and got nearly half a month of vacation.
They can rest until late August, but someone still needs to do the finishing work for the ninth group.
For example, the investigation and follow-up report after the mission is completed.
The archives task was temporarily completed, and Guo Laifu returned to normal. He woke up from deep anesthesia, sitting like a lifeless thing, unwilling to even move his fingertips. This person has lost his vision and most of his hearing, and Shi'an can only tell him information through bone conduction.
After hearing the news of his execution, Guo Laifu was always calm, like a plant.
Lu Xiaohe didn't know what Guo Laifu had forgotten, but that memory must have fundamentally destroyed him. It was gone, but its devastating effect on him remained.
Three days ago, Guo Laifu was executed according to law.
Three days ago, she pretended to be a member of the self-media and paid a return visit to the five teachers and students who had been forced into sleep by Yin Ren as required.
"But it's not a problem for you to be so philanthropic. Let me think about it... Listen, if I were you, I might learn lip reading first and then look for a better vocal substitute. You are very adaptable, so there must be no problem! "
"Does Shi'an think I'm unqualified?" the AI synthesized voice spoke for her. Ge Tingting looked at the ground without looking at Lu Xiaohe, "I broke the law first, my personal situation is troublesome, and I don't have any great talents. Then After a while, will Shi’an no longer want me?”
On the low leisure table, Ge Tingting laid out the test results bit by bit. Her grades were all barely passing, and she couldn't find a paper with a better score.
"Shi'an will not judge people as unqualified casually. Be more confident."
Everything seems to have settled.
She glanced at the spectacular row of transcripts again.
Ge Tingting has almost filled up all the elective courses, filling his schedule to the brim.
"Don't worry, it's definitely impossible, unless you do something bad intentionally."
Ge Tingting shook his head honestly.
Ge Tingting fell into deep thought, pinching the drink straw in his hand.
"Like you, he only has a junior high school education and came out to run in society early." Lu Xiaohe said seriously, "He joined Shi'an only in his twenties, and it didn't go well at the beginning. Now he is our genius ghost master, Xiang Jiang. There was something special about the situation, but it meant a possibility."
In the archives, Ge Tingting was not substantially harmed. She woke up earlier than Huang Jin, and has been busy reading since then.
Her efforts seemed to have little effect.
"As far as I know, Shi'an will never accept anyone without potential. You can take your time and don't be too anxious."
Ge Tingting was still wearing her own rustic T-shirt. She was holding a pile of books and looking at Lu Xiaohe with complex eyes, her expression full of hesitation but wanting to speak.
"By the way, why do you have such thoughts? Do you think there is something wrong with you?"
"Are you worried about anything?" Lu Xiaohe asked politely.
Ge Tingting's older sister, Ge Jiaojiao, works to support herself and is unable to raise her younger sister. Ge Tingting has a special physical condition and was basically unable to communicate with others normally before. The two sisters are not much different from strangers.
Apart from this similar dream, there was no physical difference between them. Lei Xiurong's spirits have improved and she has not been prescribed sleeping pills recently. During her conversation with Lu Xiaohe, she cursed angrily for half an hour, emphasizing that Guo Laifu was worthy of being cut into pieces.
Lu Xiaohe finished the report and let out a long breath. She grabbed the coffee can at hand. It was empty, and only a slightly bitter aroma remained at the mouth of the can.
Lu Xiaohe took a sip of his ice cream coffee, while Ge Tingting stared at the passion fruit sparkling water in front of him, still looking confused.
The little bit of beauty in her life only came from when her parents were still alive. Now that this girl has no elders and is struggling to make a living alone in a strange environment, it is indeed easy for her to get into trouble.
During lunch break, Lu Xiaohe bumped into Ge Tingting several times in the rest area. Even when she came to buy something, she was always reading a book with her headphones on, and her attitude was extremely focused. This girl didn't know what kind of stimulation she had, and she wanted to spend all her free time studying.
When she went out like this, she almost bumped into Ge Tingting.
For these preparatory employees with special circumstances, Shi'an has opened many courses. They range from compulsory courses that popularize basic education to elective courses that explain various metaphysical knowledge.
Lu Xiaohe: "..." That's what I said, thanks to Huang Jin's absence.
They dreamed that Guo Wei was standing on a tree-lined street, holding an electronic paper book in his arms. He was still the same as they remembered him - slightly sloppy hair, wearing a clean school uniform. He waved to them, turned around calmly, and walked step by step toward the end of the street.
"Listen, do you know about the minor items of our Emergency Management Department?"
"Nothing is good anywhere, I don't know what to do." Ge Tingting was silent for a while, still looking at the ground.
So she beat her aching legs and feet, stood up, and limped out - in Shi'an, if she wanted to drink certain canned drinks, she had to go to the non-office area to buy them.
"I just handed in the report." Lu Xiaohe was alert.
Lu Xiaohe's hand holding the cup paused.
Ge Tingting said: "But I am far behind Brother Yin and Brother Zhong. I feel like I will never be able to catch up with them."
Compared with the two troublemakers, Ge Tingting is really good at choosing targets.
Lu Xiaohe wiped the water drops on his hands and gently pinched Ge Tingting's face.
Xiang Jiang stood listlessly in the shadow of the rest corner, still dressed in an asymmetrical mix and match. He was nearly two meters tall, extremely thin, and his body proportions looked a bit out of proportion, like a lifeless wooden clothes hanger.
It's just the final work report. Logically speaking, it should be reviewed by her immediate superior, Hao Wence. As a result, the Emergency Management Department actually sent the first ghost control master. Could it be that she accidentally died of exhaustion without realizing it
Lu Xiaohe pinched his thigh urgently and took a hissing breath.
A moment later, there were two more people in the rest corner of the non-office area.
They had the same dream.
Lu Xiaohe's face was serious.
"Lu Xiaohe, the minister is looking for you." A male voice sounded from a few steps away.
"Group nine official business." Xiang Jiang ignored her little gesture and said, "Follow me."
Hearing "Nine Groups", Ge Tingting raised his head and looked at Xiang Jiang seriously. But Xiang Jiang just glanced at her and looked away expressionlessly.
Seeing that she had nothing to do, the little girl took back her results dejectedly.
"Thank you, sister, I'm going to class first." Along with the electronic sound, she looked at the time and left first.
Xiang Jiang didn't even raise his head.
"I just joined the team not long ago, so you gave others a good look." Lu Xiaohe lowered his voice, "I just used you as a positive example."
"Positive example." Xiang Jiang's cloudy eyes paused on her, and his tone was very uncomfortable.
He didn't continue, but Lu Xiaohe always felt that according to the tone of this sentence, it should be followed by the words "I am worthy, too." I don't know if it's because of too much work pressure. Everyone in the Emergency Management Department has their own quirks, but Fu Xingchuan has a normal temper.
Lu Xiaohe decided to speak cautiously and avoid disturbing Tai Sui.
Three minutes later.
"I don't agree!" She slapped Tai Sui on the head with a shovel.
Lu Xiaohe stood propped up on the edge of the table, his hair fried like a hen with beaten eggs. Opposite him was Professor Li Nian, who was pointing his fingertips.
"Okay, you don't agree." Professor Li said, "I understand, let Hao Wence do it for you."
Xiang Jiang snorted, with a less obvious sneer in his voice. He leaned against the door of the minister's office, folding his arms, his impatience clearly on display.
"This is not a matter of replacement." Lu Xiaohe said in disbelief, "You want us to take over the emergency response department's stall? This is at least a Class A task, and we are only Class C! Not to mention the four newcomers, I I can’t handle this..."
"Fu Xingchuan and I will accompany you secretly." Professor Li said, "Even if you don't come, Hao Wence will be there, I told you."
"Are you crazy? Forget it about Huang Jin, Ge Tingting is only sixteen! She is still a minor! Isn't the worry in the archives enough? You-" At this point, she suddenly reacted. She had always seen what Yin Ren and Zhong Cheng were talking about.
Lu Xiaohe knew that further testing would be a matter of time, but she just didn't expect that Shi'an would be so decisive in taking action.
"Execution mission? You want to assign execution missions to the ninth group?" Lu Xiaohe said in a daze.
"yes."
"You asked the field staff to come together, is it because..."
Li Nian: "The attitude towards vulnerable teammates is a key item of the inspection. If Yin Ren and Zhong Cheng say they are innocent, this can just be used as a nine-group difficult operation, and they will be rewarded afterwards."
"You are the rear commander and have no direct contact with the field team members. In theory, you can be replaced." He added specifically.
Lu Xiaohe pretended not to hear.
Lu Xiaohe: "Yin Ren's origin is unknown, and there are two accidental coincidences on his body. Let's forget about the investigation. Zhong Cheng said that his background is very clean, but just because of his emotional problems, it is too much to directly send him an execution mission. ?”
The corner of Professor Li's mouth twitched and he pushed the investigation report in his hand.
Lu Xiaohe briefly glanced at it. It was filled with the daily reports of the investigators tracking the two people. Every word was filled with blood and tears.
In the past two weeks, the two of them either went out to eat or buy groceries, or watched movies and ordered takeout at home. They lived more comfortably than retired people. The investigators worked overtime to watch people enjoy paid leave, and there was a vague sense of resentment between the lines.
The two people didn't shy away from holding hands and leaning on each other on the street, but they didn't show any particularly affectionate behavior. They looked like a modern Buddhist couple.
couple. Lu Xiaohe thought dully.
"Yin Ren and Zhong Cheng said they are in a relationship now," Li Nian said. "In addition to Zhong Cheng's emotional abnormality, the correlation meets the conditions."
Lu Xiaohe opened her mouth for about ten seconds. Thinking of the high "like" readings between the two of them, she was both amused and worried.
Those two lunatics actually fell in love in the archives.
Having said that, Shen Shenhui wanted to sneak into Shi'an for more than a day or two. In order to secure his position in Shi'an, it is not uncommon for him to seduce his colleagues in the investigation team and kill his fellow members of the Sinking Society. This is not the first time in history that execution tasks have been issued. Facts have proved that whenever entering this mission, the relevant team members have more or less concealed something.
No one is innocent.
And the companions of those team members will initially think that their teammates will be the "special case". The two months of getting along is neither long nor short. Maybe if you leave the matter to Hao Wence like Professor Li said, things will be simpler, but...
"I'm involved." She took a few deep breaths.
Li Nian still looked so infuriatingly cold: "Reason?"
"First, I think they are innocent. They have caused too much trouble. There is no need for the people from the Sinking Society to be so conspicuous." Lu Xiaohe said, "Second, I know Hao Wence's style. If Hao Wence serves as the rear Commander, Ge Tingting will only be used as a 'scoring tool' in this investigation."
Professor Li looked at her speechlessly.
"She will notice it." Lu Xiaohe tensed his shoulders, "And she shouldn't be."
"Okay, here's the mission information." Li Nian didn't say anything more and pushed over another piece of information.
Just when he saw the first line of words clearly, Lu Xiaohe crumpled the paper.
"Go to work tomorrow." Yin Ren groaned in pain.
In the past period of time, apart from going to Guo Wei's place every night to practice ability control, he had been spending time with Zhong Chengshuo. The two of them didn't go out much. After bidding farewell to Guo Wei, Yin Ren stayed on the sofa 24 hours a day, watching movies, eating, and hugging his lover.
I have to say, I am really happy.
He was so happy that he almost forgot about the execution mission.
"I'll go to work tomorrow." He slid down the sofa to the floor and spread out his limbs on the carpet. "Zhong Cheng said, think of a solution quickly."
Zhong Cheng said: "..."
He came over, dragged Yin Ren, who was collapsed on the ground, back to the sofa, and silently covered him with the air-conditioned blanket. After doing all this, he returned to his desk and continued reading a biology tome full of bird songs.
Yin Ren snorted and slid back to the ground again.
"We should make some preparations." Zhong Cheng said after thinking for a moment, "You are right."
"Right!"
Zhong Cheng said: "We can make an appointment for dinner with relatives and friends first. In case we are exposed, this is also a good opportunity to say goodbye."
This is not the same direction as he expected... But it seems that there is no problem, Yin Ren thought deeply.
Lord Yama's mobility was amazing, and he opened Shi'an's work group almost instantly.
[Final success: Do you have time tonight?]
[Ear Man: Yes]
[Ten thousand taels: 1]
[Galaxy: What's the matter with you?]
[Final success: eating together]
[Fruit Knife: The previous mission was so thrilling, we haven’t gotten together in private yet. We have to go to work tomorrow, let’s have a hot pot first? [joy]]
[The river flows eastward: You nine groups are gathering together. I work overtime, so I won’t join in the fun [sigh]]
[Galaxy: Ye Hao]
[Ear Man: I’m fine]
[Wan Liang: I'm in a hurry tonight]
["Wanliang" withdrew a message]
[The final result:?]
[Wan Liang: It’s nothing, I’ll go]
Yin Ren chose a well-known Chaozhou beef hotpot restaurant in the city center.
After Ge Tingting sat down, he read the book carefully. Huang Jin still has the gloomy look of "no one cares about me", but the gloominess is more dull and reflective of life.
Lu Xiaohe was the last one to arrive. Different from her previous casualness, this time she chose a quite serious dress and put on light makeup on her face. Sensing Yin Ren's probing gaze, she smiled: "I happened to have something else to do before."
"Come, celebrate the completion of the archives mission! Thank you for your hard work, Sister Xiaohe."
Yin Ren smiled and shook the Coke cup.
"Congratulations to Tingting and Xiao Huang for their recovery—"
The five people clinked glasses in a decent manner, and the glass and ice cubes collided gently, making a soft clicking sound.
Ge Tingting doesn't like to use AI to speak in public. Huang Jin is boring himself. What's rare is that Lu Xiaohe didn't have anything to say today. For a while, people were shabu-shabu-shabu-shabu-shabu-shabu-shabu-shabu-shabu-pork, and people were supposed to be eating vegetables. The dinner table was not very quiet.
Zhong Cheng said, looking left and right, even he could tell that the atmosphere was a bit subtle.
So he asked directly: "Sister Lu, what's wrong with you?"
"It's nothing." Lu Xiaohe smiled and picked up a piece of corn, "I just worked all day and am a little tired."
Yin Ren blinked: "The workload is so heavy, it seems we have a new task?"
Lu Xiaohe's chopsticks paused for a moment.
She has a very friendly appearance. When this kind of person is worried about something, it is difficult to hide her expression.
"Well, yes, I will tell you at the company tomorrow." Lu Xiaohe's face turned a little bitter.
[Ear Man: Will Huang Jin and I participate?]
Lu Xiaohe looked at the steam rising above the bone soup: "Yes, this is a collective task and we have to go on a business trip."
Ge Tingting's eyebrows stretched for a moment. However, she was not happy for a few seconds, and she pursed her lips again, as if she was thinking about something.
[Earman: I will try my best. ] She finally said this seriously.
Huang Jin's expression became a little gloomier. Yin Ren suspected that if this man hadn't been wearing electronic shackles on his feet, he would have been thinking about how to run away at this moment. In the next few seconds, Huang Jin repeatedly looked up at Lu Xiaohe, probably trying to read his thoughts.
Yin Ren and Zhong Cheng said they looked at each other and had some idea in their minds. Their execution mission has been completed, and it is 80% very difficult to do.
Lu Xiaohe was dressed so formally. Could it be that he had one last meal in mind? Yin Ren was shocked and thought, what's going on with science jobs now
"Speaking of which, how are Lao Bin and the others lately?" Mr. Ghost King cleared his throat and naturally directed the topic to the newcomers at the same time, "I remember them..."
"Bang!" A loud noise came from the next table.
"Fuck you, say it again? I've tolerated you for a long time." A drunken man kicked away a stool and grabbed another man with a red face and a thick neck.
There were two middle-aged men and an old man sitting in the booth next to them. The two brothers ordered a lot of extra dishes and the table was filled with bones. They spoke loudly before, and Yin Ren was forced to listen to the chat for a few times. It was a pair of brothers with their old father.
Now they seem to be having a dispute over the old man's support.
For a moment, the table next door was full of swear words and curses. The waitress came to start a fight, but was unceremoniously pushed to the ground by one of them and backed away with red eyes.
Yin Ren looked away, and sure enough, his boyfriend immediately called the police.
Lu Xiaohe poked at the meat on the plate absentmindedly. Huang Jin saw that Zhong Cheng said the police had been called and did nothing. Ge Tingting stared into the void seriously, the evil spirit in the air fluctuating slightly.
"I'm going to... fuck, fuck, fuck, what?! Bugs, there are big bugs!" One of the men yelled, digging hard into his body, and several chicken bones fell out of his clothes.
Just as his brother was about to take the opportunity to hit someone, his face suddenly tilted and he fell to the ground with a cry, right where he pushed the waiter.
The man kicked off his shoes in embarrassment, and there was a broken bone stuck in his toe.
Yin Ren took advantage of the heat and gave the little girl across the table a thumbs up. Ge Tingting raised the corners of his mouth and took a deep breath.
"Stop the quarrel." The two men were just quiet when a weak voice came from the next table, "Stop the quarrel... Stop the quarrel. Help..."
The old man's voice was a little hoarse, as if he had been repeating it for a long time. His cloudy eyes were wide open, and there was deep fear on his thin face.
The old man is quite pitiful, Yin Ren thought, but the rest can only be left to the police.
Thinking in his mind, he picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and put it into his mouth neatly.
It tasted a little off.
The tender beef is cooked into tender powder and should be very delicious in the mouth. However, after Yin Ren chewed for a while, he only felt that he was chewing the soaked dough.
Next, Yin Ren felt his stomach churn.
Yin Ren suppressed the desire to retching, and under Zhong Chengshuo's shocked eyes, he rushed straight to the restaurant bathroom.
For the first time in his life, Yin Ren locked himself in a single toilet room and vomited into the toilet.
His body had already digested the food completely, so naturally he couldn't spit out anything. But the discomfort swept through his body, making Yin Ren's limbs numb and his head a little dizzy.
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