Chapter 14: The Performance Begins
Bai Cha was thrown roughly onto the ground.
She didn’t mind and picked up an orange that had rolled out.
The front desk staff opened the door.
Several gazes inside instantly turned to look at them.
The front desk staff had already stepped inside.
As soon as he went in, Bai Cha immediately sensed danger and, not caring about her image, rolled on the ground and into the guest-house.
The main door closed.
Before it closed, Bai Cha saw a misty, shadowy scene outside, without the Buddha statue.
The front desk staff had already gone upstairs and disappeared. The players downstairs immediately gathered around.
Brother Cai stared at Bai Cha with an unfriendly gaze.
Bai Cha looked quite disheveled now, her hair messy, and her body bruised and battered from the fall.
But she was quite calm and first waved at Xiao Xiao.
“Sister Xiao, help me pack the water and food. You have a jacket.”
Xiao Xiao hesitated for only a moment before coming over.
Brother Cai immediately said, “Leave the food and water. These are mine.”
Bai Cha knew this would happen from the moment she saw them. She only raised her head and smiled weakly.
“If you want to eat them, that’s fine too, but don’t blame me if something happens. I snatched these things from the Buddha statue’s altar.”
Her body was trembling slightly, her physical strength completely exhausted.
She tried to keep her voice calm, but it still carried a hint of grievance and sadness as she said, “If it weren’t for my really bad health, I wouldn’t have taken this risk. From the moment I got these things, I knew I was being watched.”
“If Brother Cai is willing to share some of the burden for me, of course I’m willing to give you most of the food, just leave me a few apples.”
Her body ached everywhere, but she didn’t dare to relax even a little.
Unlike the front desk staff, her strength level looked the same to him.
It was just like how the other party might not have actually believed she had the ability to help him. It was just that she happened to guess the two percent correctly and used her skill.
The effect of the Lie Flower might be more powerful than she imagined.
But she only had one last use left, and she didn’t want to waste it on someone like Brother Cai.
So she couldn’t let herself look too disheveled.
Brother Cai was naturally in a bad mood after hearing her say so much.
It wasn’t like he couldn’t tell that this woman was deliberately refusing him.
But…
If what she said was true, and these fruits were taken from the altar, the altars in the game never offered anything good, and the offerings weren’t edible.
At this moment, someone bent down beside Xiao Xiao and picked up an orange to smell it.
It was Wang Xuming.
“It does have the smell of incense. What’s outside like? Where did the altar come from?”
His words gave Brother Cai an out, and Brother Cai didn’t mention wanting the fruit again.
Everyone stared at Bai Cha.
Bai Cha coughed softly a few times at this moment, taking the opportunity to relax her back, which ached from being overly tense.
“Could you help me up first?”
Xiao Xiao directly stepped forward and hugged her up, then gently placed her on the sofa while whispering, “It’s already seven o’clock in the evening, they’re hungry.”
Bai Cha smiled slightly at her.
Seven o’clock…
Had she been out for so long?
That was impossible.
The time was different.
And they were hungry. This was also a crucial piece of information. It seemed the meat in the kitchen would eventually be placed on the table.
But more than that, Bai Cha had Xiao Xiao help her open the water and took the ibuprofen first.
She hadn’t actually lied to the front desk staff. Ibuprofen wasn’t as effective as acetaminophen for her fever.
But taking two tablets would do. It was just that medicine was three parts poison, and not taking it according to the normal dosage would definitely harm her body.
Compared to the damage caused by the fever, it was better to bring the fever down.
She slowly took the medicine in small sips, seeing Brother Cai get increasingly angry.
Bai Cha actually saw it out of the corner of her eye.
She weakly put down the water, patted her chest, and frowned tightly.
“The outside is a very normal world.”
Hearing her speak, the impatience on Brother Cai’s face eased slightly.
“A normal world and you ended up like this?” But he still retorted.
Bai Cha pursed her lips and lowered her head embarrassedly.
“Half of it was from falling, but it was quite dangerous when I came back. For some reason, a lot, a lot of strange people appeared around me. Those people surrounded me, and I almost didn’t make it back. Luckily, the front desk staff brought me back.”
As she spoke, she showed an innocent expression and looked gratefully towards the stairs, her eyes sparkling, and she looked a bit more energetic.
Someone who didn’t know better might think she had developed feelings for the front desk staff.
Several players couldn’t hold back their expressions.
How did this woman survive to C3? Did she just rely on NPCs?
Wait, it wasn’t impossible. She had heard that some people’s skills could make NPCs feel favorable towards them.
But everyone’s expressions became even stranger.
“Damn it, little bitch.” Brother Cai only wanted to hear about the outside situation, not her doing these extra things. He cursed, “Be more specific! What was strange about those people? Where was the altar you mentioned?”
“Convenience store,” Bai Cha said weakly, “I originally wanted to go buy water and food. But after going in, I saw an altar behind the open door. I don’t know why, but I was inexplicably drawn to it. When I came back to my senses, I had already taken all these things. Then those strange people appeared around me. I can’t describe how strange they were, it’s just…”
She made a gesture of having a headache, which was actually true, rubbing her temples as she tried to think.
“Numb, they were just staring at me.”
