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Chapter 216 The Cuckoo Spirit is really diligent!
Gu Mian glanced at Han Shan beside her.

He was still gripping the pen tightly in his hand.

Gu Mian glanced at him curiously but didn't say anything.

Seeing the two of them walk towards the vendor, Suo Qingqiu quickly followed.

A night wind blew by, and it was cold on the platform. Gu Mian wrapped her white coat tighter around herself because of the cold.

The two wasted no time and walked to the middle of the platform in just a few steps.

The middle of the platform was pitch black, and the vendor's face was somewhat blurry, but if you looked closely, you could still make out her features.

This is a middle-aged woman who seems to have experienced a lot of hardship in her youth, as deep wrinkles are etched on her face.

Gu Mian noticed that her expression seemed somewhat uneasy, and even a little guilty.

It's so weird...

Seeing them approach, the woman first looked at Gu Mian suspiciously, then gave her a friendly smile: "Are you here to pick up the goods you ordered at the last stop? That's right, there were only three attendants who ordered the goods at the last stop."

As she spoke, she picked up a huge black plastic bag, about the size of a travel bag: "Let me see... this was ordered by the attendant in carriage number two."

The vendor looked up as he spoke.

She had also carefully separated the resources reserved by the attendants in different carriages. The vendor looked up and sized up the people in front of him: "Which attendant is in carriage number two? Is it you? Or is it you?"

Gu Mian noticed that the vendor's gaze swept over Suo Qingqiu and Han Shan in turn, before finally glancing at her as well.

The vendor seemed certain that he wasn't a train attendant from carriage number two.

Xiao Tiantian from carriage number two was no longer able to pick up the goods. Suo Qingqiu opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but then swallowed it back down.

Gu Mian spoke first: "It's me, give it to me."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand.

Then Gu Mian noticed that the vendor's face stiffened, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't. Instead, he gave her a warm smile and said, "Okay, here you go."

Just as she was handing over the bag, Gu Mian suddenly withdrew her hand: "I'm sorry, I was just lying to you."

The vendor's hand froze in mid-air, then he gave a stiff laugh.

At this moment, Hanshan was holding a pen, with a small notebook under it.

He seemed to hesitate for a moment, gripped the pen tightly, and then said to the vendor, "They don't want the pre-ordered items anymore, so they asked us to tell you. You don't mind, do you?"

The vendor paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's nothing serious, it's alright..."

Just then, a voice came from the train behind us: "The train will depart again in half a minute. Passengers who wish to disembark, please disembark immediately."

Gu Mian noticed that Han Shan's pen hadn't stopped moving since the beginning, and he was writing something rapidly. The speed at which he wrote was something that most people couldn't achieve.

At this moment, the vendor took out a tablet with pre-order forms and said with a smile, "So you're here to order goods..."

This should have been a question, but before the vendor could finish his question, Han Shan interrupted him, asking rapidly, "How do you vendors communicate?"

The woman in front of the stall was slightly taken aback, seemingly not expecting Hanshan to ask such a question.

At this moment, Gu Mian had already focused her gaze on Han Shan's notebook. Noticing Gu Mian's gaze, Han Shan did not look away, and Gu Mian could see the contents of the notebook clearly.

Meanwhile, his pen was flying across the notebook, which already contained several lines of writing.

[Time: 11:56 PM]

Han Shan opened his mouth and spoke: "They don't want the things they ordered anymore, and they asked us to tell you. You don't mind, do you?"

The woman squatting on the ground laughed and said, "It's nothing serious, it's alright..."

[The 'Time Escape' train announced, "The train will depart again in half a minute. Passengers who wish to disembark, please disembark immediately."] [Attention! The doctor next to me glanced at me! He noticed me! Keep it away from me!]

The woman, who was squatting, then spoke again: "So you've come to order goods..."

[Hanshan asked, "How do you peddlers communicate?"]

The woman on the ground was stunned.

The doctor is looking at me again! It's coming closer! Hanshan didn't flinch! It saw everything I wrote!

What the hell!

Gu Mian choked for a moment.

This could absolutely not be the kind of handwriting that frowning ghost, Han Shan, would produce. It's more like...

What did he write with that pen in his hand?

Is it a special item capable of recording real-time events?
This special item is quite spiritual, but what's with the "it" that's used to describe oneself throughout the whole thing?

Is it because my gender is "???" that even special items refer to me as the neutral "it"?

Just then, Gu Mian noticed that the pen had started to be updated again.

The 'Time Escape' train roared to life.

At the same time, he also heard the booming sound described by the pen, but it didn't seem to be coming from behind him.

Han Shan clearly noticed the unusual commotion and took a large step toward the direction behind the vendor on the ground. Gu Mian noticed that the pen in Han Shan's hand was still recording in real time.

The vendor hurriedly stood up and grabbed him, saying, "Wait, what are you doing!"

Just then, Gu Mian heard another roar, this time coming from the train behind her.

This is a sign that the train is about to leave!

I didn't expect a minute to pass so quickly.

Upon hearing the sound, Gu Mian grabbed Han Shan, who was trying to walk in the opposite direction, and ran desperately towards the train.

Han Shan seemed to know that the train was about to depart, so he stopped walking in that direction and instead ran after Gu Mian.

The train's roar grew louder and louder, and almost the instant the doors closed, the two stepped into their respective carriages.

Suo Qingqiu had already run towards the train when she heard the noise, and Gu Mian boarded the train even earlier than the two of them.

Just seconds after the group boarded the bus, a friendly announcement came from above: "Next stop, Crazy Game City. Passengers who wish to disembark, please prepare in advance."

The next stop is the fifth stop...

Gu Mian was still frowning, recalling what had happened on the platform, when Han Shan from carriage number three walked over with a sullen face, holding his notebook in his hand.

Gu Mian thought to herself, "It's obvious that something bad is going to happen and they want to tell me."

Sure enough, Han Shan paused for a moment, then threw the notebook in his hand onto the floor of Gu Mian's carriage: "Take a look at the contents at the end."

Gu Mian curiously picked up the notebook and continued reading from where she had left off.

The 'Time Escape' train roared to life.

Hanshan takes a big step forward.

[Time: 9:25 PM]

Thank you...

The cuckoo spirit doesn't want to thank anyone now; it's gone for today. We'll thank everyone together tomorrow.
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(End of this chapter)