Applause,

It lasted for a long time before it stopped.

Boss Zhou had shown great sincerity for this event.

Since they hadn’t bought tickets to enter,

They had to give the organizer some loving encouragement,

It didn't cost anything anyway.

He shook his hands, his palms slightly red.

The old Taoist priest was standing beside him, feeling like someone had used a vacuum cleaner on his head, sucking it clean.

Why couldn’t he understand the situation in front of him?

Was it a human or a ghost?

And who was playing tricks?

Evil ghost possession?

A fierce spirit suddenly appearing?

Or were there demons lurking around, stirring up trouble?

The old Taoist was a bit jumpy; the scene in front of him made it hard for him to think otherwise.

However,

Zhou Ze still didn't care,

Because here,

It was clean!

There was no ghostly aura, nor demonic energy.

What did that mean?

Hehe.

"Squeak squeak squeak!!!!!"

The little monkey suddenly jumped off the old Taoist’s shoulder and walked towards the bottom of the stairs.

Zhou Ze followed,

The old Taoist didn’t dare stay here alone,

Especially facing that thirty-something-year-old idiot.

There was a large copper lock on the door of the storage room, as big as an adult male's palm. He reached out to grab it, then released it. With a "clang," it swung back and hit the door.

"What's locked inside?"

The old Taoist asked nervously.

Because Zhou Ze hadn't given him any explanation, the old Taoist was now imagining all sorts of things. He couldn’t help it; he was just an ordinary player in this scenario.

Zhou Ze reached out, his fingernails growing longer,

With a crisp "crack,"

The copper lock broke,

Falling to the ground.

He pushed the door open.

With an ear-piercing "creak" of friction,

Inside,

It was pitch black,

No lights,

And it reeked with a strong stench.

The old Taoist frowned; he seemed to have thought of something.

While Zhou Ze reached out to cover his nose, unable to stand the smell, the old Taoist had already rushed inside.

Then,

The old Taoist’s angry curses echoed from within:

"Damn son of a bitch, I curse your ancestors for eight generations!!!!!!"

"Squeak squeak squeak!!!!"

The little monkey stood at the door, waving its fleshy paws; it could sense the old Taoist’s anger.

Zhou Ze didn’t go in,

But took a few steps back.

It was ridiculous, wasn't it?

He could be indifferent to the smell of blood; he had clearly enjoyed it here earlier. He could also not care about the stench of corpses, having often slept in the morgue when he had nothing to do.

But this kind of smell, formed after a living person had been confined in a small place for an unknown amount of time,

Boss Zhou really couldn’t get used to it.

This was very wrong behavior.

The person was already so pitiful,

How could you still be disgusted?

But there were no cameras here, after all,

And only Zhou Ze and the old Taoist.

Actually,

Even if there were cameras, even if there were other people, Boss Zhou wouldn't bother to fake his emotions.

The old Taoist's heart was now completely filled with heartache and anger, his eyes starting to turn red, his fists clenched.

In front of him, curled up there, was a girl. Even though her clothes were dirty and her hair was disheveled, it was still clear that she wasn’t very old, probably not even twenty.

The most flowery age!

But she was locked here. Everyone knew what this girl had experienced here.

"Damn it, you bastard!"

The death of Fang Xing flashed through the old Taoist’s mind,

And he looked at the girl in front of him,

If the people above were still alive,

He might really pick up something and go kill someone!

No,

There was still one alive!

The girl continued to cower, her hands in front of her mouth, looking at the old Taoist with a shiver.

The old Taoist wanted to help the girl up and get her out of here. The girl didn’t dare resist. Her body was covered in bruises, obviously, during her time here, she had been tormented to the point of not daring to resist at all.

"Ding-a-ling..."

However,

Just as the old Taoist helped the girl up, before they could walk out, the chain made a sound.

The old Taoist tried to pull the chain apart with his bare hands, but obviously, he couldn’t break it.

"Boss, Boss!"

The old Taoist shouted outside.

He needed a locksmith!

Zhou Ze took a few more steps back, took a deep breath, and then walked in.

He saw the girl,

The girl also saw him.

Zhou Ze's face wore a very clear expression of disgust.

Unpretentious, undisguised.

The girl looked at Zhou Ze and suddenly smiled a little embarrassedly, as if she was embarrassed that the smell on her body was offensive to the person in front of her.

Her smile was also a bit silly.

For some reason,

After seeing this scene,

Boss Zhou suddenly felt a little heartache.

Having spent a long time in the bookstore, having seen too many tragic stories, those ghosts with obsessions, those ghosts who needed the bookstore as a transfer station, how many of them didn’t have a bitter and sad experience?

Having heard too much, having seen too much,

A person’s heart, ah,

Slowly hardened.

Just like when he was a doctor in his previous life, when a patient he was trying to save died, Zhou Ze wouldn’t have any emotion, he would immediately turn to another patient.

Just like now on the internet, because of the smooth flow of information, coupled with the rampant scammers, everyone has become immune to most tragic stories.

However,

People are people after all,

Always inadvertently,

A little something,

Can stimulate the softest part of your heart.

Zhou Ze squatted down.

The girl didn’t show the fear she had shown towards the old Taoist.

Instead, she even moved closer to Zhou Ze,

Her mind was obviously a bit unclear, somewhere between being simple-minded and foolish, this was the result of abuse and torment.

The old Taoist found it strange.

What was wrong with this girl?

She was actually affectionate towards his boss?

Damn!

Was he blind!

This made the old Taoist feel both angry and amused.

Zhou Ze squeezed out a little smile.

The girl smiled foolishly,

At the corner of her mouth,

Saliva dripped down.

Zhou Ze didn’t dislike her for being dirty, nor did he dislike the smell here anymore.

Instead, he took a deep breath,

Reached out,

And snapped the chain that was originally used to tie dogs in the countryside.

Pet dog owners in the city wouldn’t bear to use such a heavy iron chain to tie their dogs.

After snapping the chain, the old Taoist wanted to help the girl, but the girl suddenly cried out and dodged away from the old Taoist, as if the old Taoist was a bad person who was going to hurt her.

Then,

The girl threw herself into Zhou Ze’s arms.

"............" The old Taoist.

Zhou Ze wanted to help the girl walk out, but he didn't know if it was because she hadn’t stood for a long time, or because of injuries, or for some other reason, the girl fell down after only a few steps.

Then,

A scene that shocked the old Taoist appeared,

Zhou Ze bent down,

And picked up the girl.

Then he straightened his body,

Holding her,

And walked out.

The old Taoist knew how serious the boss's cleanliness was.

The old Taoist also understood how cold the boss's heart was.

The old Taoist followed beside him, afraid that the girl would bump into something, while also muttering to himself, he couldn’t understand the boss at all today.

After walking outside, the old Taoist reached out and covered the girl's eyes, because outside, there were corpses everywhere.

Zhou Ze was hesitating,

Should he let the girl see the miserable deaths of those enemies?

Fight poison with poison?

Perhaps,

It could resolve her inner knot?

A very presumptuous idea,

If it were before,

Zhou Ze wouldn’t mind acting so presumptuously,

As for whether it would cause more serious secondary damage to the girl's body and mind,

Boss Zhou wouldn't consider it much.

But this time,

Zhou Ze didn’t stop the old Taoist from covering the girl’s eyes,

Holding the girl,

Slowly walking out step by step.

By the door frame of the inner room,

The thirty-something-year-old idiot leaned there,

While using his blood-stained hand to scratch his neck,

He looked at the girl in Zhou Ze’s arms with a foolish smile.

"Hehehehe............"

The idiot was laughing.

"Aww! Aww! Aww! Aww!"

Zhou Ze felt the girl in his arms suddenly lift her head,

Looking at the thirty-something-year-old idiot,

In her eyes,

There was no hatred.

"Aww! Aww! Aww! Aww!"

The idiot continued to wave his hand,

Then continued to smile foolishly.

"Hehehehe............"

The girl also suddenly laughed,

At the corner of her eyes,

Tears began to slowly drip down.

The idiot shouted "ah ah ah" a few times,

And even reached out to wipe his eyes,

He wiped them very hard,

As if he was telling the girl not to cry, don’t cry,

Then he continued to wave his hand,

And even pointed behind him,

As if he wanted the girl to see his masterpiece.

The old Taoist watched the idiot vigilantly, as if he was afraid that the idiot would rush over. After all, even now, the old Taoist felt that this man might be possessed by some demon or ghost?

Zhou Ze carried the girl outside,

And put her down,

Letting her sit in the yard at the entrance.

Outside,

Passersby occasionally passed by,

Some would look here,

Some old women thought Zhou Ze and the others were strange,

But no one came up to meddle.

Here,

Was not a sparsely populated mountainous area,

Here,

Was not an ignorant and backward wilderness,

Here,

Underneath the prosperity,

Was a location close to the most prosperous area,

But it seemed that the hustle and bustle here,

Also covered up the evil.

Who could imagine,

In this densely populated place, inside these exquisite red brick buildings,

There would be such a thing happening?

Zhou Ze stood up,

The girl sitting on the ground grabbed Zhou Ze’s thigh,

Refusing to let go.

Zhou Ze reached out and touched her head.

He didn’t comfort her, nor did he try to talk to her,

Because Boss Zhou himself didn’t trust his own verbal skills.

The rest of the matter,

Had to be left to professionals to do.

For example, Wang Ke,

And for example, Lao Zhang.

The idiot didn’t follow them out,

Because soon,

Zhou Ze and the old Taoist heard "bang!" "bang!" "bang!" coming from inside again.

The idiot had gone to continue his masterpiece.

"Boss, what kind of ghost did this?"

The old Taoist asked.

"Who told you it was a ghost?"

Zhou Ze looked at the old Taoist with some curiosity.

"If it wasn’t a ghost? Then how did so many people die, and..."

Zhou Ze frowned, sighed,

Lowered his head,

Looked at the girl who was resting her head on his thigh,

And slowly said:

"Old Taoist."

"Hmm?"

"You've been wandering for most of your life, and you've seen so many ghosts under two bosses. Is there a principle that you still haven't understood?"

"What principle?"

"That is, people are much more terrifying than ghosts."