MTL - Top Horror Novelist-Chapter 39

Before the man made a sound, no one noticed his approach. But after he spoke, no one could take their eyes off him.

There is no other reason.

That person's temperament is really too unique.

Even though he is in a wheelchair and handicapped, he doesn't feel humbled and gloomy, but is open to his own flaws.

It can be seen that he did not give up on himself because of the inconvenience of his legs. The woolen suit vest trimmed his strong and smooth waist, his hair was well-groomed, his shirt was ironed without a wrinkle, and he wore a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose , making him look more gentle.

If it weren't for the wrong scene, everyone would even think that they saw the person in charge of the financial family business.

After a moment of trance and silence, Chi Yiyin was the first to come back to his senses.

He fixed his eyes and asked the man in the wheelchair, "Who are you?"

"Sorry, I haven't introduced myself yet."

The man suddenly realized, smiled apologetically at Chi Yiyin, and said in a gentle voice, "I'm Gu Xichao, a regular visitor who lives here."

This person is a regular customer in the mouth of the proprietress.

After Chi Yiyin reacted, he did not relax his vigilance, but became even more vigilant.

- The proprietress made it very clear that regular customers live in the end rooms on the third floor.

If it is an ordinary person, naturally there will be no problem. But... this regular customer named Gu Xichao is in a wheelchair.

Chi Yiyin didn't see any elevators or other wheelchair-friendly equipment in the small wooden building.

Then how did Gu Xichao get up and down the stairs?

Besides, Chi Yiyin remembered very clearly that he had never seen Gu Xichao in the small wooden building before. Because the death in the kitchen happened suddenly, he hadn't had time to check the whole small wooden building.

But there is one thing he can be sure of - Gu Xichao was not on the first and second floors before this.

How did the other party suddenly appear outside the kitchen without making a sound?

Chi Yiyin stared at Gu Xichao for a long time.

This made Gu Xichao notice him, he smiled, and asked gently: "What's wrong?"

Chi Yiyin was silent for a moment, but instead of directly asking her doubts, she asked instead: "May I ask, how is your relationship with the proprietress?"

Gu Xichao didn't expect Chi Yiyin to ask this question, and the others looked at Wang Lele and his head on the ground in front of them, and then thought of Chi Yiyin's question, their hearts were a little heavy.

He pondered for a moment, then said: "The lady boss and I have been friends for many years?"

Gu Xichao was amused by his own definition. With a smile on his face, he patted his legs covered with blankets, and said, "As you can see, I'm not in good health, so I often come here to recuperate. I have been taken care of by her for so many years."

As he spoke, he seemed to remember something, and looked around strangely: "But why isn't the proprietress here? Is she taking a nap."

Hearing Gu Xichao's answer, everyone looked at him silently and sympathetically, not knowing how to respond for a while.

Only Wang Lele, who was sitting stupidly on the ground, finally came to his senses after being overwhelmed with fright. He threw the head out of his hand with a loud "Aww!", and then quickly backed away as if he had seen a ghost, until he hit the cooking table There is no going back.

And that head also rolled past the crowd and appeared in Gu Xichao's field of vision.

Gu Xichao was stunned for a moment: "This..."

He opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he froze in place in a daze, looking down at the head wrapped in messy hair on the ground, his expression was blank for a moment, not knowing how to react.

While everyone was surprised, they also breathed a sigh of relief. It was easy for them not to be this villain, and told Gu Xichao the sad news of the death of the proprietress.

Even the audience before the live broadcast were faintly touched by Gu Xichao and the atmosphere in the small wooden building, feeling a little sad.

[The news of my good friend's death... well, how can I say it. ]

[Recalling that when my partner died in the dungeon before, other people looked at me with the same eyes when they came back. ]

[This regular customer named Gu Xichao, has he appeared in the dungeon before? Why didn't I notice it. ]

[The proprietress specifically asked him not to disturb him before, this must be the concern among friends. Why did such a thing happen... I feel a little sad when I think about it. ]

After seeing the silent sadness and disbelief on Gu Xichao's face, many viewers were unconsciously infected with this emotion, and recalled their own experiences in a somewhat depressed state.

Even if the game field is cruel, and one wrong step may lead to death, the players in the game field are flesh and blood after all, and they used to be living people in the real world, with feelings and warmth.

Many of them, even though they are cruel to their enemies, still retain their affection for the people they know well around them, and they will be saddened by the death of their friends.

Because of this, they can understand Gu Xichao's mood at this time, and even empathize with Gu Xichao through the screen.

But some people dismissed it: [Come on, what are you pretending to be the Virgin Mary? Where did the coward come from? Isn't he just dead? As for such a long sigh? ]

[What's the matter with this, girls chirping, don't come out to obstruct people's eyes if a cripple, find a place to die by yourself, and don't cause trouble for others. ]

[Ah, why is he so calm? I'm so disappointed, I thought I could see him collapse, it's boring. ]

Chi Yiyin's reaction was completely different from everyone else's.

He was not affected by Gu Xichao at all, but like a bystander outside the situation. When everyone felt sorry for Gu Xichao, he watched Gu Xichao without blinking, not letting go change of expression.

Gu Xichao's expression did not seem to be fake, he seemed to be really surprised by the death of the proprietress, and felt sincerely sad, even showing signs of subconsciously avoiding it.

Chi Yiyin had a panoramic view of each other's micro-expressions, but after confirming that Gu Xichao was normal, doubts arose in his heart.

It's so normal, everything seems reasonable, completely a textbook-level reaction.

Jingcha, who has been paying attention to Chi Yiyin, also noticed his excessive attention to Gu Xichao.

Jingcha slowly frowned, not knowing why Chi Yiyin paid attention to Gu Xichao.

Because of the preparations before entering the dungeon, he knew Gu Xichao, an NPC.

This frequent visitor lived on the third floor for a long time, and because of inconvenient legs and feet, he rarely appeared outside the room. The proprietress personally delivered the daily expenses, and players rarely saw him. This can be regarded as the least and most mysterious information in this dungeon. The NPC is gone.

Even though Jingcha had read tens of thousands of recorded materials, the number of times Gu Xichao was mentioned was only a few.

But the players don't care.

Maybe every NPC has a story behind it, but what's the use of that? They only need to take a cursory look and get the tasks that can be cleared. They don't care about the extra things.

After all, Jing Cha had never entered this dungeon himself, and all the information he obtained was through the eyes of his predecessors, so before this, he did not care about Gu Xichao.

Until Chi Yiyin showed great interest in Gu Xichao.

"Since you and the proprietress are friends, then you should be familiar with her?"

Chi Yiyin broke the silence in the kitchen, and made an invitation gesture to Gu Xichao: "In this case, I'm afraid I need Mr. Gu to do a little favor to see how the proprietress is doing. Maybe you can give us some clues?"

The direction he pointed was the firewood room.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then took a breath, looking at Chi Yiyin with horrified eyes, they couldn't bear it.

Seeing the tragic death of a friend with my own eyes, and even helping to identify the details of the corpse... It's too cruel.

But Chi Yiyin was unmoved.

He may be very friendly, but that's just because he knows very well that people are more likely to have good feelings and trust for friendly people, so he will show people with that face.

But if you think he is a kind person because of this... then it can only be said that his disguise is so good that most people are deceived by the calm sea surface and cannot see the turbulent and cruel seabed.

Gu Xichao looked up at Chi Yiyin. After a long while, he managed to squeeze out a smile and nodded to Chi Yiyin: "Okay, although I don't know how I can help you, but... I am willing to help."

As he said that, he turned the wheelchair and gently stopped in front of the proprietress's head on the ground.

He lowered his head and silently looked at the proprietress's cloudy eyes that were dying. The lens reflected light, and he couldn't see the specific expression in his eyes clearly.

After a while, he slowly bent down and reached out to the head on the ground, as if he couldn't bear to let his friend lie on the ground like this, and wanted to pick up the head.

Such a scene made many people's noses sour, and they couldn't bear to watch it anymore.

Chi Yiyin was indifferent, until Gu Xichao was about to touch his head, and even almost fell out of the wheelchair because of his inconvenient legs, finally stopped him: "Let me do it."

He turned around and grabbed the cloth curtain covering the sundries beside him, then walked up to Gu Xichao and knelt down slowly, wrapping the proprietress' head in the cloth gently.

Then…

Put it into Gu Xichao's arms.

Gu Xichao: "...?"

Everyone: "!!"

Chen Sancai, who had just vomited, came back with physiological tears all over his face. As soon as he stepped into the kitchen, he saw the man in the wheelchair holding his head, his expression changed suddenly, and he rushed out again in disgust.

"vomit!!"

Even the audience before the live broadcast were dumbfounded: [Is the anchor a devil? Put the head of someone's good friend into someone's arms? ? ? ]

[Although I don't have many friends, but if someone puts my family's head in my arms... the anchor is too scary, I'm a little scared. ]

[Is he a pervert? Want to watch Gu Xichao collapse for fun? ]

[I looked at it, why does it look like the host is suspicious of Gu Xichao and wants to test him? ]

[…Grass! Just to test NPCs, let them face their friends so badly? For those who said that the host is the Virgin, you come out, what does your Virgin look like? Our Lady of Hell! ]

Gu Xichao didn't expect Chi Yiyin to make such a move, and froze in place holding his head for a moment.

Chi Yiyin squatted in front of the other party, even looking up, she didn't feel any humbleness, instead, there was a terrifying oppressive force spreading around.

He stared at Gu Xichao, his blue eyes slowly showing a smile.

Reaction and demeanor can be disguised, but the instinct revealed in an emergency cannot be deceived.

Even the best liar can't completely transform himself into another person.

Love and hate, liking and loathing, bipolar emotions are all traceable.

In order to successfully write non-human things into his pen, Chi Yiyin has observed countless people, figured out their thoughts, recorded their reactions, and paid attention to their expressions.

Knowing what the right answer is, wrong responses can be easily picked out.

Like now.

—When your friend dies in your arms, what will your reaction be?

Fear, pain, sadness, or want to escape?

Chi Yiyin could clearly see that at that moment, Gu Xichao did not show any affection for the proprietress at all.

He is so calm.

It seems to be just standing in front of a pork stall and picking up a piece of pork on a chopping board.

This should not be the attitude of ordinary people when facing death... just like a person in a wheelchair should not live on the third floor under certain conditions.

Chi Yiyin's goal was achieved, and she smiled slightly: "You're welcome."

He stood up and pushed Gu Xichao's wheelchair over with a natural expression. Without giving the other party time to react, he immediately pushed him towards the woodshed: "Let's go, let's go and see the body of the proprietress."

"Perhaps you can help us see what is abnormal about the lady boss's body."

Chi Yiyin's voice was calm, as if this was just an ordinary chat: "Can I ask about Mr. Gu's job? Do you know the circumstances under which a person's entire skeleton can be pulled out of the flesh and skin, and then A single bone has been disassembled without error..."

"Please wait!"

Only then did Gu Xichao finally find a chance to interject, and interrupted Chi Yiyin with an exclamation.

His expression was a little flustered, mixed with a little bit of reluctance, his hands stretched out stiffly at his sides, not daring to touch the head wrapped in cloth and placed on his lap.

"Please take the lady's head away, please?"

Gu Xichao turned his head away, frowned slightly: "I, I... don't want to see her like this, sorry."

Some people immediately felt pity for Gu Xichao, and they looked at Chi Yiyin with faint disapproval.

"Chi Yiyin, don't you have a heart?"

Someone stood up and stood in front of the wheelchair, speaking for Gu Xichao: "The proprietress is his friend, and he doesn't want to watch it, so you force him to watch it?"

"You don't want to enter the dungeon, and I haven't seen the system pity you."

Chi Yiyin raised her eyelashes and looked at the man, her voice was a little cold: "When you die, the murderer will not let you go because you want to live."

"The murderer who killed the proprietress may also attack you. From entering the dungeon to now, I have seen the deaths of four people."

Chi Yiyin sneered: "I don't mind if you are the next one to die. But now, get out of the way."

His words were like pouring a basin of ice water down his head, instantly suppressing that person's hot blood just now, but he felt that his face was damaged and he stood there awkwardly, not knowing what to do.

Chi Yiyin didn't care about the man's reaction, he just looked down at Gu Xichao, and said with a light smile, "I need to help Mr. Gu push the wheelchair, and I can't spare my hand to take the proprietress' head, so I'll trouble Mr. Gu to take it. Gu Sir, is there any problem?"

"Or...Mr. Gu doesn't want to help my friend find out who killed her?"

Gu Xichao raised his head, stared at Chi Yiyin for a moment, then sighed, and nodded: "Then, all right."

The firewood room is not too big, and apart from the pile of firewood and the stove, the remaining open space can barely pass through by wheelchairs.

Chi Yiyin wrapped her hands in a handkerchief, and unfolded the proprietress's limp skin in front of Gu Xichao's eyes. While asking Gu Xichao to confirm the source of some scars on the proprietress, he asked him about the proprietress and the Snow Mountain Hotel.

According to Gu Xichao, his leg was not a congenital defect, but was injured while traveling in a snow-capped mountain and hurt his lumbar spine, which made him unable to stand anymore.

He misses his old days of health so much that he often spends time at the Snow Mountain Inn, as he has done many years ago.

"But I never thought that the proprietress would..."

Gu Xichao looked at the proprietress' body, choked up and couldn't speak.

"When I saw her this morning, she was still fine, and we had breakfast together. Why did it become like this in just a few hours?"