The big cat was sedated and carried away humiliatingly. It lost, and Yu Yu won.
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Her phone rang, and Yu Yu answered while humming a tune, "Hello?"
She felt that she had done enough work for the day and was happily browsing the "Eternal Darkness" forum.
She saw adorable little players discussing farming matters, digging up all sorts of agricultural tools and seeds from throughout history, and even the history of agricultural development. Yu Yu also participated and registered her name.
The game had many ways to play, not just killing monsters and leveling up. For example, she found their discussion about farming very interesting. Moon Bay Town didn't have many farming tools, or rather, tavern owner Bagen was quite poor, and his farming was purely casual.
Somehow the players had convinced him, resulting in a quest—a farming experiment in his plantation. The experience reward was low with no other rewards, but players still enjoyed it immensely. Players welcomed Yu Yu because she was not only high-level but also a spellcaster.
The power of 'Summon Raindrops,' those who know, know. Moreover, the elemental system's second circle had earth-moving spells. Do you understand the value of a spellcaster in farming?
Could Yu Yu pull a plow?
That would be impossible!
Let Shu Tu pull it instead!
In this happy mood, Yu Yu answered the phone.
"Hello?"
"Yu Yu."
The voice on the other end was very soft, "Save me."
Yu Yu: "?"
Are we that close?
Not saving, next. Yu Yu immediately hung up. Why should she risk her life to save someone? Is Yu Yu's life worthless?
Yu Yu's eyes were full of disdain.
Old Li called again. Yu Yu cut it off.
She called again. Yu Yu hung up again.
She called yet again, and Yu Yu got angry, "Are you fucking annoying or what? What ability do I have to save you?"
"But I don't know who else to call," Old Li's voice was full of tears, "Su Shu's phone has been unreachable since this morning, and I just remembered that you're quite reliable..."
Thinking back now, Yu Yu that night was unnaturally calm; if it had been her with Wang Rui at her window, she would have been scared out of her mind. At this moment, she was in a panic, and the first person she thought of was Yu Yu.
In Yu Yu's eyes, besides anger, there was mostly indifference. She was already considering whether to block her.
Until she heard Su Shu's name. That was Shu Tu's real name.
Her relationship with Shu Tu was quite special... more like fire and water.
No direct conflicts, but countless indirect ones. After a long pause, she finally asked, "How do you know her?"
"Wasn't she the one who asked me to arrange a job for you?" Old Li was also surprised, her voice briefly rising.
Yu Yu: "?"
"Wasn't it Xiao Lian?"
"Xiao Lian? Oh, she's also my friend, but I'm closer to Su Shu."
Yu Yu: "..."
Not interested in your social circle.
She frowned hard for a while before saying, "You have her number? And it's not connecting?"
"Mm-hmm," Old Li seemed to catch on, "Do you think she's also...?"
Yu Yu: "...Where does she live?"
Old Li: "? You're not thinking of going to save her and abandoning me, are you?"
Yu Yu forced a smile, "How could I? Am I that kind of person?"
Old Li: "You are, you definitely are."
Yu Yu: "..."
Old Li: "You save me, and I'll take you to find her."
Yu Yu's expression turned a bit cold, "What if I can't save you?"
"I'll set up a timed message to send to you tomorrow at this time."
What could Li Xuanyun do? She didn't dare to truly threaten Yu Yu now.
Yu Yu: "..."
So destiny's gifts all have hidden price tags. Why did she ever decide to look for a job?
Look, look, look, everyone's like a debt collector, so annoying. Glancing at the time, 2300.8.10 14:45, the big cat was dragged away just after one o'clock. It was summer now, and nights came later. The mist would only arrive around midnight, so there was still time.
Yu Yu switched the phone to her other ear, "Tell me your situation."
Her tone was really not steady, quite indifferent. For some reason, Old Li actually felt reassured, "I'm at the company now."
Yu Yu: "Company?"
Their company was just a small hobby-level game studio making a game for girls. After two years, it wasn't even finished. The office space was rented on the 4th floor, and usually, Yu Yu took the elevator up.
Yu Yu looked at the time, Saturday, and couldn't help but mock, "Working on Saturday, see, diligence comes with a price, right?"
Old Li: "..." Her composure was about to break again.
But Yu Yu was so right. Why had she decided to come in for overtime? Couldn't she have stayed home watching dramas and eating snacks?
Old Li was in tears.
"These past few days, I noticed they were all very diligent, not rushing to leave after work, arriving earlier than everyone in the morning, and volunteering for weekend overtime. I thought I shouldn't be lazy, but the result..."
"Get to the point."
"Originally I thought everything was normal," she covered her mouth to avoid crying out loud, "Actually, even before entering the bathroom, I just felt something was off, until I raised my head while washing my hands and looked in the mirror..."
"They were all at their seats, but they were all watching me, including Old Xu, who was supposedly facing away from me," Li Xuanyun still found it terrifying to think about, "Their necks... could twist so much..."
Yu Yu imagined the scene and felt a chill down her spine too. Because they were making a game for girls and were a small, unorthodox company, they only had female employees, so the bathroom door was made of glass with privacy treatment—people outside couldn't see in, but those inside could see out. The layout was also coincidental, with the sink directly facing the door, and naturally the mirror as well, so...
"You're so brave," Yu Yu sincerely exclaimed.
With the Wang Rui incident fresh in mind, who knew which people in the company had issues? Yu Yu would have fled immediately.
Old Li had tears in her eyes, "I'm pretending to have constipation now, hiding in a stall. What should I do?"
Yu Yu: "I remember the bathroom has a window."
Old Li: "Our floor may not be high, but it's still the fourth floor!"
Yu Yu: "A fall might not kill you..."
"Then why did I call you to save me?! To collect my corpse?!"
Yu Yu sighed, "I'll bring a rope over. Get ready, and don't mess up now."
Old Li: "Then hurry up, I'm really scared, my legs are numb from sitting."
Yu Yu gave an affirmative sound. Opening the map, she searched for hardware store locations. Yu Yu rode her fully charged electric scooter and set off. After buying quite a few things she thought might be useful at the hardware store, she also rented a wooden triangle ladder. After some trouble, she rode her wobbling electric scooter toward the back of the building where the company was located.
She no longer trusted this building, including Old Li herself. Walking through the main entrance and taking the elevator was too risky, and risk was what Yu Yu disliked the most. She could go around the back, except there was a small wall to climb over.
With the triangle ladder, she easily climbed up, checked her phone, and saw that more than forty minutes had passed, "Are you still alive, sir?"
Her tone carried a hint of amusement, with an upturned ending.
Old Li's resentful voice came through the receiver, "Sir is still alive, over."
Yu Yu: "I'm here, take a look."
Old Li was moved to tears, "Little Yu, you're so good."
Yu Yu laboriously pulled the triangle ladder from the other side, sweating profusely, "Remember to reimburse me."
Old Li: "..."
After throwing the triangle ladder down, Yu Yu descended the wall with her rope loop, looked at the back door of the office building, which appeared tightly closed. Yu Yu didn't rush to set up the rope but first grabbed the door handle. With just a light twist, the door was about to open...
Yu Yu: "..."
Knew it was unreliable. Looking around, Yu Yu really couldn't find anything to block the door, so she could only dig a pebble from the flower bed and wedge it against the doorknob, which was at least a warning. After a quick tour and analysis of the risks, Yu Yu looked up at the fourth floor, where Old Li was already waving continuously, tears flowing freely.
Yu Yu smiled slightly, then moved the triangle ladder over, trying not to make any noise, "I'll throw the rope up, remember to keep quiet."
Old Li nodded frantically.
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Don't have any expectations about Yu Yu's accuracy; she only threw it about twenty times.
Old Li: "..."
Finally, the rope loop was thrown up. Yu Yu immediately returned to the wall with the ladder and climbed up swiftly. She pulled the triangle ladder up onto the wall before stopping to send a message.
[Video]
[Watch and learn yourself. If you don't tie the rope well, you'll fall down on your own. I won't catch you. Good luck, sir.]
[Remember to mute.]
Old Li: "..."
Old Li, who was eager to tie the rope and jump down, had to open the video, mute it, and learn tearfully. After watching for a few minutes, Old Li tied as she learned and finally got it right. Her shoe heels were somewhat hard, and the bathroom had ceramic tiles. Fearing making noise, she had already taken off her shoes, and now her feet were ice-cold.
Now she walked out of the bathroom door, pretending to casually glance outside. Those familiar faces were still staring at her unblinkingly. They all wore slight smiles, which would have been better if their necks weren't twisted 360 degrees.
Old Li suppressed her revulsion and carefully walked to the window, using all her life's determination to gradually push the window open with barely perceptible force.
Thankfully, it didn't make a sound. The other end of the rope was tied to the four corners of the bathroom stall; it should support her for a short time. With imperceptible movements, she slowly climbed onto the window, but her eyes kept watching the door.
At this moment, they were still staring at her unblinkingly, as if they could see her through the door. Old Li gradually descended until only half her body remained inside. She saw the employee nearest to her suddenly stand up. Old Li's heart pounded like a drum, but she didn't dare let go immediately.
"Xuanyun, Xuanyun," her gentle voice came from outside the door, very softly, "Are you done? You've been in there for too long..."
Old Li's heart was in her throat, but her tone remained relatively calm, "Not yet, almost."
"Do you want me to come in and check?"
"Do you need to use it too?"
The person outside seemed to hesitate for a moment, and by then, Old Li had finally made it out. From Yu Yu's perspective, she saw Old Li scrambling madly, with a lot of unnecessary movements, but she didn't dare make a sound, and she managed to get down without incident. No technique, just luck.
Old Li ran over at light speed, "Hurry, hurry, pull me up, ladder, ladder, ladder."
"Don't rush, do a test first. The questions have been sent to your phone."
Old Li almost stomped her feet, whispering angrily, "They're coming down!!!"
Yu Yu remained calm, "You went to work in the morning, and now it's afternoon. If they wanted to kill you, could you have stayed on the toilet until now?"
"On the contrary, I tend to think you might..."
Old Li was stunned by her words, "You fucking..."
Yu Yu: "Then I'll leave first."
"At least give me the ladder..." Old Li was about to cry.
Yu Yu's dark eyes held no smile this time, her tone unquestionable, "Do the test."
Old Li: "..."
She lowered her head to do the test, crying in bursts, looking particularly miserable. Twenty psychology questions, and there were even two math problems. Old Li nearly exploded.
Yu Yu seemed to know what she was thinking, "The first part is just to warm you up; the main focus is the math problems."
"I think monsters are unlikely to solve them," Yu Yu said naturally, "After all, even I can't do them."
"However," she changed her tone, "Sir is a Rong University talent, surely you can solve them?"
Old Li had already given up on pleading; Yu Yu was clearly immovable. Instead of wasting time, she might as well focus on the test. Maybe Yu Yu would give her the ladder if she saw her being serious. She had seen Yu Yu pulling on the door. She wasn't too keen on going through the main entrance either; what if she ran into them?
After studying for a while, Old Li indeed couldn't solve it. The questions were within her knowledge range, and she didn't know where Yu Yu got them from. If given a quiet environment and paper and pen, she should be able to figure them out, but...
Now with nothing and her nerves stretched like a spring, how could she focus on solving problems? She immediately became irritated. After a moment, Yu Yu saw her take screenshots and search for answers online.
Yu Yu: "..."
The ladder was lowered.
Yu Yu: "Come up."
Old Li quickly put away her phone and climbed up nimbly.
Once on the wall, Old Li burst into tears, "You fucking scared me to death..."
Yu Yu looked up, "Pull up the ladder, why are you just staring? Do I have to pull it too?"
Old Li's tears stopped halfway. After a moment, she resigned herself and lowered her head to pull the ladder. After pulling the ladder up, Yu Yu placed it on the outside of the wall before leisurely climbing down.
Old Li sighed, "What a mess is this?"
"Are we dreaming?"
"How did it come to this?"
Yu Yu ignored her and walked toward her electric scooter.
Old Li followed her barefoot, step by step, sighing, "Good thing I have you, otherwise I wouldn't know what to do. How can you be so calm? I was really scared to death..."
Yu Yu twirled her keys, her tone amused, "Sir is overthinking; I was clearly just staying out of it and watching from afar~"
Old Li: "..."
She thought for a while and realized that Yu Yu's biggest risk was when she came down to pull the door and throw the rope, and then she just watched from the wall. Wanting to speak but stopping, stopping but wanting to speak, Old Li couldn't find the words. Fine, whatever you say is right, I can't argue with you anyway.
Sigh.
"Address."
Old Li quickly jumped onto her back seat, "I'll take you there, I'll guide you."
Yu Yu: "...?"
Old Li: "I'm worried about Shu Shu's situation too."
Yu Yu didn't bother to expose her, "Guide me."
All the way, Old Li kept chattering, "Where did you get those questions from? They seemed quite professional. Given some time, I definitely could have solved them. Did you have time to search for questions on the way?"
Yu Yu was concise, "Rong University forum."
"Oh, no wonder. I thought you made them up on the spot."
Shu Tu lived not far from the company.
Old Li: "29th floor, we need to take the elevator."
She stood barefoot on the ground while Yu Yu was parking. Passersby looked at them strangely. Old Li was past caring about being barefoot and showed no reaction, just waiting for her to park. Standing in front of the elevator, Yu Yu frowned.
She now instinctively disliked tall buildings; the higher the building, the harder to escape. Old Li also felt uneasy, instinctively hiding behind Yu Yu. Yu Yu put her hands in her coat pockets and stood expressionless in front of the elevator. People coming out of the elevator were stunned when they first saw her.
What a beautiful person.
After walking a few steps, they couldn't help but look back, but Yu Yu had already entered the elevator. Old Li hurriedly followed.
29th floor.
"Su Shu! Su Shu! Su Shu!"
Old Li banged on the door loudly. Yu Yu stood to the side with her arms folded. The door opened.
Shu Tu was in casual clothes, looking at Old Li with surprise, "What's this...?"
Old Li: "...You're okay?"
Shu Tu: "?"
Old Li: "Then why didn't you answer my calls?"
Yu Yu had already quietly turned around, her footsteps as silent as a cat's.
Shu Tu had a look of realization, "I put it on silent."
Old Li almost cursed out loud.
A moment later. Yu Yu was captured. All because of the damn elevator. After hearing what they had to say, Shu Tu stared at Yu Yu.
Knowing she was easily embarrassed, Shu Tu didn't tease her, "So dangerous? Is this why you're afraid?"
Yu Yu drooped her eyelids, not wanting to talk.
Shu Tu looked at Li Xuanyun, "You can sleep at my place."
Old Li had the same thought and sprawled on the sofa, not wanting to move.
Shu Tu: "I'll send you home."
Yu Yu: "No need, it's getting dark, I'll go back myself."
Shu Tu didn't say anything but directly led the way downstairs.
Li Xuanyun: "Hey? You're not coming back?"
Shu Tu paused, "I'll be back."
Old Li immediately lay back down. Downstairs, Yu Yu was already standing by her electric scooter, but Shu Tu wouldn't leave.
Yu Yu: "Old Li's state is also unreliable; I don't recommend you two staying together."
Shu Tu nodded, "I'll be careful."
Yu Yu: "...Let her go home."
Shu Tu calmly shook her head, "Not good to treat a friend like that."
"...Then give her math problems," Yu Yu sent two sets of test papers to her, "Don't let her sleep until she finishes them."
Shu Tu: "Mm, I'll see you off."
Yu Yu looked at her knowingly, "...You just want to know where I live, right?"
Shu Tu had no expression, "So where do you live?"
Yu Yu: "Not telling you."
With that, she rode off on her scooter. Yu Yu first returned the ladder, then went home. She didn't really want to deal with Shu Tu and the others, but...
Shu Tu had been kind to her, so she couldn't ignore her. On the way home, she passed a street crowded with people, with the wailing sounds of ambulances.
Yu Yu couldn't help but stop, "What happened?"
She stretched to look.
"People died! Many people!"
Yu Yu had already seen it, and she also saw a familiar face. The real estate agent. But this time he was lying on a stretcher, covered with a white cloth. Yu Yu was stunned for a good while before remembering she needed to go home.