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If time were peaceful, she could live a quiet life until old age.
Lu Yibei hurried from the coffee shop at the alley's entrance, walking two or three streets before stopping to rest.
“Tsk! That dead rabbit is clearly problematic, good thing I ran fast!”
Initially, upon seeing the peculiar Mr. Rabbit, Lu Yibei instinctively wanted to stay as far away as possible, but she wasn't sure how she ended up in front of Mr. Rabbit, almost taking that flyer.
If it weren't for the discomfort in her eyes at the critical moment, which brought her back to her senses, she probably would have fallen for that dead rabbit's trick!
The recent experience made Lu Yibei suddenly recall a Weird tale about a salesperson.
Legend has it that a remarkably beautiful female salesperson, whose features no one could remember, roamed the city. She would enthusiastically and kindly stop chosen individuals and hand them a price list. Once they accepted the price list, something terrifying would happen!
Their wallets would be emptied!
The price list contained only useless dolls and handicrafts, all ridiculously expensive. Anyone who accepted the price list and looked at any item on it would unconsciously purchase it, until their savings, credit card limits, and even various online loan quotas were all cleared out!
Lu Yibei felt that if she had accepted that dead rabbit's flyer just now, a similar Weird tale incident might have happened to her.
It was simply too terrifying; just thinking about it made her tremble all over, her hands and feet turn cold, and tears flow uncontrollably.
Although her deceased father had left her with a substantial family fortune, enough to live comfortably for the rest of her life without working hard, no amount of fortune could withstand the assault of events defying scientific logic!
Weird tale, that was far more “toxic” than the four major poisons of the new century:Krypton Gold (Krypton Gold), Copper smelting (Copper Refining), Aluminum (Aluminum Armor), and stubborn (Head Iron)!
Lu Yibei, believing she had escaped a calamity, was in a great mood, and her steps became much lighter. Unconsciously, she ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) walked several kilometers, returning to her residence on the edge of University City.
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Stopping at the anti-theft door, Lu Yibei took out her key, inserted it into the lock, and opened the door.
“I’m home...”
In the dimly lit room, no one responded.
What was she even expecting!
If someone had answered, “Welcome home, I’ve already cooked dinner and drawn a bath!” she would probably have been scared, right?
Lu Yibei scoffed at herself as she changed into her slippers and turned on the lights.
The lights illuminated the room. This was a popular loft apartment, less than 40 square meters, but divided into two levels. The lower level was an open-plan living and entertainment area, while the upper level housed the bedroom and bathroom.
Exposed brick walls, metal pipes, walnut tables and chairs, distressed leather storage cabinets, and uniquely designed ironwork characterized the typical industrial-style decor. The entire room exuded simplicity, ruggedness, and casualness.
After Lu Yibei turned and locked the anti-theft door, she walked directly to a corner of the living room, where a mingwang statue was placed.
The mingwang statue was given to her by Shui Ge, a close friend of Lu Yibei’s father.
Shui Ge's surname wasn't Shui, nor did his name contain the character'Shui'. Shui Ge's surname was Bai, and his given name was Kai.
From Lu Yibei’s earliest memories, Shui Ge would often appear at her house, freeloading meals, drinks, and water, stealing her father’s Coats to wear, hiding in the trunk to secretly join them on outings, and even showering with her father, scrubbing each other’s backs...
Full of bromance, right?
Lu Yibei thought so too.
Although it might sound a bit inappropriate, she had indeed once suspected that Shui Ge and her father were true loves, and her mother, whom she had never seen since birth, might have just been an accident!
As Lu Yibei’s father’s best friend, Shui Ge had taken great care of her after her father and she were involved in a car accident, with her father unfortunately passing away.
When Lu Yibei submitted her re-enrollment application to the university and moved into the apartment near University City that her father had prepared for her, Shui Ge sent this uniquely shaped statue as a congratulatory gift, claiming it was this year’s hit “Great Sun Mingwang,” with excellent house-warding effects!
The first thought that came to Lu Yibei’s mind when she saw the Buddha statue was, what kind of house-warding effect could a mingwang statue have that was posed like Atlas from the Civilization series, holding up the Earth, with a nuclear warhead on its shoulder?
Shui Ge’s explanation was, “Isn’t there a rumor online that the emergence of Weird tale is due to the weakening of solar activity? Think about it, aren’t the principles of a hydrogen bomb explosion and solar fusion basically the same? A nuclear warhead is the sun!”
As he spoke, he even made an explosion gesture.
So...
Was “Great Sun” meant to be interpreted that way?
This explanation was somewhat reasonable, but what nonsense!
Go kneel and apologize to Lord Mingwang!
Although the mingwang statue Shui Ge gave was full of flaws, Lu Yibei couldn't refuse the elder's kindness. In the end, she reluctantly accepted it, bowing to it every day when she came home and offering it her leftover takeout.
Anyway, it cost nothing, so a little belief wouldn't hurt!
After bowing to the mingwang statue, Lu Yibei took off her Coat and tossed it onto the sofa. The Coat arced through the air towards the sofa, and at the same time, something fell out of the Coat’s pocket, separating from it and hitting the floor with a soft “click.”
It was a square piece of paper, folded from stiff paper.
Lu Yibei was drawn by the sound of the paper square falling. She walked over, picked it up, and slowly unfolded it. After seeing the contents, her pupils suddenly constricted, and her body shivered as if she had received an electric shock.
“Hiss—! Oh my god! What the hell is this? How could this happen!?”
In her hand, on the black-backed advertising paper, bright yellow blocks formed patterns of rabbits, teacups, and long dining tables, intertwined with the messy white lines created by the folds, making it look somewhat chaotic.
Lu Yibei had seen this before; it was the flyer Mr. Rabbit had distributed not long ago!
On the flyer, amidst the patterns and lines, there was also a text of about a hundred words. As for the content of the text...
Lu Yibei’s gaze merely skimmed over the words, and her eyes began to burn faintly, her head throbbed, and a faint, ethereal song drifted into her ears.
She immediately felt that something was wrong. Adhering to the principle of, “As long as I haven’t seen the criminal’s face, they probably won’t kill me!”, she made an immediate decision and didn’t look at all!
Lu Yibei, outwardly calm but inwardly panicking, paused for two seconds, took a deep breath to compose herself, and then crumpled the flyer into a ball with a “whoosh!” She swung her arm and threw the paper ball away.
The paper ball fell to the ground, bouncing a few times like a lively rabbit, and then rolled into the corner under the windowsill, mostly obscured by shadow.
Under the shadow, the twisted yellow lines on it seemed to possess a strange magic, silently inviting anyone who gazed at it.
It was like a heavily made-up, voluptuous woman sweetly calling out, “Come play, sir! It’s a lot of fun!”
Lu Yibei’s face was indifferent.
No, no, that’s bad for your health!.jpg
Damn it! When did that rabbit...
Wait! Did it really slip it into my pocket when I wasn’t paying attention?
Could it... is it possible...
That he put the flyer in my pocket through some mysterious means?
Combining this with her previous strange behavior under Mr. Rabbit’s influence, the more Lu Yibei thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong, and a chill ran down her spine.
No, keeping this thing at home feels ominous no matter how I think about it!
But I can't just throw it away; it wouldn't be good if someone else picked it up.
Moreover, since it might have gotten into my pocket through some special means, then simply throwing it away might allow it to return!
Thinking this, Lu Yibei narrowed her eyes slightly.
It seems I'll have to deal with it more thoroughly!
