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Chapter 11 Hero Town (11)
The shop owner was very kind. After Jiang Ying put on the head string, he called her to the lounge to eat the breakfast he brought.
Looking at the tables, chairs and benches that had been brought down indoors, the shop owner was silent for a moment, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Ying showed a cautious smile, "I'm sorry, I'm a little afraid of people's heads, I tried to use these to block my little boy last night."
He walked over to help up the table and chairs, "But after spending a pleasant night together, I found that Xiao Guai is actually very cute."
Jiang Ying answered very naturally, and the boss didn't ask any more questions.
He put the breakfast for three on the table, went to the shelf and took out a bottle of fresh milk, heated it and handed it to Qin Huo.
Jiang Ying took the meat buns from the boss. The steamed buns were just out of the cage, and they were delicious to eat.
Seeing the simple and warm smile of the boss, Jiang Ying's conscience ached a little.
After eating human fingernails from the meat buns, his conscience no longer hurts.
Jiang Ying spat out her fingernails, and stared blankly at the meat bun in her hand.
No wonder he couldn't eat the minced meat, it turned out that it was human flesh.
He felt a little nauseous.
Qin Huo had just taken a few sips of milk, and was about to eat the buns with both hands.Jiang Ying grabbed the buns and put them in the boss's bowl.
Jiang Ying lost her appetite because of the human meat buns, so she simply stopped eating.
While pulling steamed buns and dipping them in milk to feed the children, he explained to the boss: "My son has a bad stomach, and he tends to vomit easily after eating greasy things in the morning."
The shop owner nodded, "You eat yours, the child is so big, he can eat by himself."
"I also have a bad stomach. I can't eat on an empty stomach, and I will feel nauseous."
Shopkeeper: ...?
This was the first time Qin Huo was fed. He was taken away when he was very young, and people from the future alliance would only pour nutrient solution into his mouth.
When Jiang Ying held the steamed bun and handed it to him, Qin Huo hesitated for two seconds and tried to open his mouth.
The mantou soaked in milk was put into his mouth, and the man's fingertips accidentally touched his lips.
Jiang Ying had just washed her hands before eating, and there was still a faint fragrance on her fingertips.He was looking down at him, and there was a hint of love in his usually indifferent eyes.
All of this is so novel to Qin Huo.
After he finished eating the steamed buns in a daze, Jiang Ying wiped his mouth with a tissue, kissed him on the forehead, and coaxed him with a smile like a child.
"Xiao Qin is really good. He will grow up after eating enough, and he will become a popular man in the future. When Dad finishes work, I will play parent-child games with you."
The man's temper is not very good, he always has a mocking smile on his mouth, and his face is full of impatience.
But when facing him, he would smile very gently, making him very comfortable.
At this moment, Qin Huo suddenly felt that being his son was not bad.
The thought flashed by, and Qin Huo froze on the spot.
What was he thinking about?
After feeding the children, Jiang Ying started chatting with the boss.
The boss treated him very well and gave him a few photos, saying that he wanted to introduce him to a blind date.
Jiang Ying was thinking about turning over to become the owner of the shop, and was always looking for opportunities to start.
Before he had time to inquire about the boss's family situation, the shop owner took the initiative to invite him to live at home.
It is said that the town is not peaceful recently, stray dogs are biting people everywhere, it is not safe for him to live in the shop.
Jiang Ying said casually, "It's okay, I lock the door at night, and it's impossible for a stray dog to pick the lock and open the door."
The boss smiled, "Some dogs can."
Jiang Ying glanced at him suspiciously, and the shop owner invited him again.
He didn't agree right away, and was going to make a routine first.
"Thank you, brother, but I will bring inconvenience to your family if I bring my child to live in. Besides, I am a single man after all, so it will more or less affect your relationship with your sister-in-law."
The shop owner waved his hand, "Where did my family come from? My wife and children are long gone. Now there is only one dog in the family besides me."
"How do they..."
"Dead, there is nothing that cannot be said."
Jiang Ying subconsciously asked, "The cause of your ex-wife's death...is also mental infidelity?"
The store owner clicked his tongue: "What are you thinking, they died of infectious diseases."
"Infectious disease? But I heard from people in the town that the infectious disease just appeared not long ago, and I haven't figured out what it is yet."
"The one you mentioned is a new infectious disease recently. My wife and child died half a year ago."
The shop owner smacked his lips and said, "That disease is very evil. People who get the disease will have problems with their brains."
Jiang Ying pushed the child aside and told him to stay away from the table.He took out a cigarette and handed another to the boss.
The two chatted while smoking, Qin Huo was driven to the corner of the lounge, staring at the corner in a daze.
There was no smell of smoke here, but after being chased away by Jiang Ying, his mood became inexplicably worse.
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The shop owner, breathing out smoke, also opened up the chatterbox.
"I don't know exactly when my wife and children got the disease. I just discovered one day that they became particularly frightened, and they also had strong persecution paranoia and aggressive tendencies, screaming and beating people at every turn."
"My child used to like playing with human heads very much, but after she got sick, she was so frightened that she cried when she saw Xiaoguai. My wife went to the pet store to choose my dog. She especially likes big dogs. I said at the timeDon't raise a big dog, she still doesn't listen."
The boss took a deep breath: "After she got sick, she yelled at my dog and called me a lunatic. She insisted on releasing my dog. I didn't agree. After all, it cost more than two thousand to buy. ThenShe acted like she was crazy, saying that she would send me to the police station and stab me to death with a knife."
Jiang Ying frowned tightly.
"At that time, about 30% of the townspeople in the town were infected with this strange mental disease. Some of them committed suicide, and some ran outside the town. In about a week or so, the infected people died and ran away.While I was away, my wife committed suicide by jumping off the building with the child in her arms."
"I remember what those poor patients would say when they went mad..."
The boss fell into memory, and the wafting smoke covered his face, making his face look blurry.
"'This world is fake, let's join forces to defeat them and escape together!' Doesn't that sound strange?"
Jiang Ying nodded in agreement, and asked curiously:
"Who are the 'they' in the mouth of the infected?"
"I don't know."
"Brother, have you ever been out of town?"
The store owner smiled and said, "Of course not."
"Why don't you go out?"
"Why should I go out?"
No matter how Jiang Ying asked, he just kept saying that he didn't want to.
This gave Jiang Ying an ominous premonition.
The town is shrouded in a curse, and everyone who enters the town will get the curse "mental abnormality"
If the curse level reaches a severe level, the player is likely to be eroded by the curse and become like a shop owner.
In the task given to each player in the game, the player is required to leave the town at 23:00 on the tenth day.
Once completely assimilated by the town, the player will stay here voluntarily and give up escaping from the town.If the task fails, it will end in death.
The improvement of the curse level is affected by the spiritual power. The higher the spiritual power, the higher the resistance to spiritual curses.
Jiang Ying has seen her mental strength in the personal interface.He only has a D rank, which is lower than the middle, and may not be able to resist the tenth day.
The infected person mentioned by the shop owner is more like a normal person than a mental illness.
Some people in the town got rid of the curse without warning.
Get more clues about the infected, and maybe find a way to break the curse.Jiang Ying's mental strength was too low, so he decided to put this matter on the agenda.
The shop owner was still smoking, and Jiang Ying carefully read the words of the boss.
The boss's daughter would be terrified when she saw a string of human heads, which Jiang Ying could understand.
But why did the boss's wife scream when she saw the dog?
Jiang Ying chatted with the boss for a while, trying to get him to show him the dog's picture.
The boss didn't refuse either.
He took out his phone and pulled out a photo.
There are four people in the photo.
The three people on the left are the boss and his wife and daughter, and on the right kneels a tall man in tights.
He was pale, with anger in his eyes, and a collar around his neck.
The shop owner pointed at the man and said, "This is my dog, a Labrador named Xiao La."
Jiang Ying: ...
Which eye of yours looks like a Labrador?