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Chapter 30 Digging a Hole, Digging a Hole and Burying It
In the darkness, Gu Mian held the chainsaw with the engine off to the neck of the person in her hand.

"Sorry, brother, your gang of henchmen ran too fast, I couldn't catch them, so I could only catch you."

As he spoke, he brought the chainsaw closer to the neck of the person in his hand.

The serrations were extremely sharp, easily piercing through the skin and penetrating the person in its grasp. The person in its grasp flinched in fright, wanting to move but daring not to.

His watermelon knife had long been sawed off by Gu Mian, and now he only had the handle in his hand.

"What...what do you want?" he asked weakly.

Gu Mian's devilish voice came from above: "Let's add each other as friends, that way I can see how much game currency you have."

The intention is obvious.

"You!" The person in his arms struggled slightly upon hearing this.

Gu Mian reached out and rubbed the engine button with his finger, and he immediately became obedient.

"I told you, if you know what's good for you, leave me everything, valuable or worthless. If you don't, run fast. Who told you to be so close to me yet so slow?"

Brother Zhang, with a chainsaw held to his neck, was sweating profusely.

He thought tonight was supposed to be a bountiful night, but unexpectedly, the one he was being targeted was a wolf in sheep's clothing, instantly turning him from robber into the robber.

Now he only regrets that he was blind back then and couldn't see that this doctor was such a terrifying person.

The fat man next to Chu Changge stared wide-eyed, and whispered to him, "Was Dr. Gu always this assertive?"

The fat man originally thought that scaring people away with a chainsaw would be the end of it, but things turned out to be far beyond his expectations.

Chu Changge replied softly, "He's been like this since he was little. If anyone tries to trick him, he can come up with a hundred different ways to get back at them, and he makes sure they feel really bad."

"Don't try to guess what he's thinking. After all, he's the kind of person who can be moved to tears by horror movies."

As Chu Changge spoke, he glanced in Gu Mian's direction again.

It was clear that Brother Zhang had already succumbed to the power of the chainsaw and was adding Gu Mian as a friend.

"My game number is 1, hurry up."

Brother Zhang was slightly taken aback, but still shakily typed "1" into the friend search page and sent a friend request to Gu Mian.

Gu Mian immediately agreed.

Friends can see each other's completed dungeons, in-game currency, and other attributes.

Gu Mian spotted his game coins at a glance.

38:?
Can't even afford a supermarket voucher? For the eldest son, this is a bit poor...

But adhering to the principle that even a mosquito's leg is meat, Gu Mian ransacked his body, then deleted him from her friends list, and finally kicked him to the curb.

The person who was kicked didn't even have time to be angry. As soon as he was released, he rushed into the darkness without looking back, as if the doctor carrying a chainsaw behind him was more terrifying than the night.

The fat man craned his neck to look at the person fleeing in panic: "Doctor, are you really going to let him go like this? Aren't you afraid he'll come back for revenge?"

Gu Mian patted him: "Have you ever heard of harvesting chives? When you harvest chives, you have to leave a stubble so that you can harvest the next stalk when it grows back."

Even if the leeks come back for revenge, they'll still be leeks, only to be harvested.

The fat man had heard of the story of "harvesting leeks" (a metaphor for exploiting others), but he never dreamed that one day even a vicious robber would be treated like a leek to be harvested.

Now that all the chives had run away, the three of them walked unimpeded along the road.

January nights are cool; a casual breath will send out a puff of white vapor.

It's not the coldest time yet; the temperature is still dropping.

Everything she bought at the supermarket was put away in her inventory, except for the chainsaw, which Gu Mian carefully wrapped up and carried on her back, not minding the weight.

The fat man tucked his hands into his sleeves and exhaled a puff of hot air: "This damn weather is getting colder and colder. I don't think it was this cold a few years ago at this time."

Gu Mian also noticed it. "January this year was indeed particularly cold." He looked up at the pitch-black night sky, which was completely devoid of stars. "It might also be related to this game."

The fat man, with his hands in his pockets, said, "There's only a little over a month until the New Year. If things continue like this, won't it be freezing cold by then? I'm afraid we won't even be able to leave the house."

He sighed as he spoke, "In the past, we always had plenty of food and clothing during the New Year, but I'm afraid that won't be the case this year."

Residential buildings can be seen everywhere when you look up.

Some apartment buildings still had their lights off, and those with lights on had their curtains tightly drawn, with only a faint light shining through.

Everyone stayed indoors, but it wouldn't last long.

The fat man muttered to himself as he walked, "You know, everything was fine before, but what's wrong with Earth? This evolution game, and now people are too scared to even go outside... I wonder if things will be better by the New Year..."

As they spoke, the group had already returned to the foot of Gu Mian's apartment building.

The lobby was lit up, and at a glance, a long-unseen figure sat behind the counter.

The fat man had never met the landlord of this apartment before, and his eyes almost popped out when he saw him for the first time.

Even from a distance, that hazy, alluring charm wafted over.

Just one glance makes you feel as if you've traveled back in time to the brothels by the river in the 1930s, with the rustic and sophisticated scent of rouge lingering in the air, surrounded by the bustling world of mortals.

Seemingly noticing Gu Mian, she slightly raised her head to glance at the group, then smiled faintly without saying a word.

That smile was truly beautiful, leaving the fat man stunned, and he also started to laugh foolishly along with her.

Alarm bells rang in Gu Mian's mind, and she pulled the dumbfounded fat man toward the stairs.

This landlady is quite a dangerous person.

Her name is Liu Ruyan, which, like herself, is a very elegant name.

He was very experienced in dealing with people and situations, never revealing a single mistake on the surface. He always had a smile that could charm people, and his eyes could bewitch people with just a blink.

She has one flaw—too many men are pursuing her.

The open space in front of the apartment was often filled with all sorts of cars whose names I didn't know, leaving Gu Mian with nowhere to put her bicycle. In the end, the bicycle was stolen because it was left on the roadside.

But he was an upright man and didn't have any complaints about the landlord because of it.

One day, he returned home early and saw Liu Ruyan trying to turn on the gas valve in his kitchen.

For a moment, he suspected that the landlord was an assassin sent by Life to kill him.

Fortunately, he had experienced quite a few strange things, so he didn't panic and move away. After all, even if he moved, the assassination attempts on him wouldn't stop.

He removed his own door in front of the landlord, then installed a new high-security door and even changed the lock cylinder.

This way, Liu Ruyan wouldn't be able to take the spare key and run into his kitchen to turn on the gas valve.

Liu Ruyan didn't say anything about it, but simply acquiesced.

Since then, the gas valve in Gu Mian's house has never been mysteriously opened again.

The fat man, who was being dragged upstairs by Gu Mian, was still savoring the moment. He suddenly leaned close to Gu Mian and said mysteriously, "Doctor, I've just figured something out, about you."

"What?" Gu Mian looked at him in confusion.

The fat man spoke:
Lu Xun once said
If you have a fat guy with the surname Wang around you;
A bespectacled man with a perpetually aloof expression;
A chance encounter with a beautiful female celebrity;

Sexy landlady;
And the mysteriously deceased parents,
So--

You must be the legendary protagonist!

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