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Chapter 591 April Fool's Day: Gugu's Day
"You, come with us and play with us."

The boy with a set of gleaming white teeth pointed at Gu Mian and said, "The adults aren't here this time, so you have to come with me."

The children didn't care whether the carnival would proceed as planned, and the absence of just one lower-class person wouldn't make a difference.

007 muttered to himself behind Gu Mian, "Is Gu Mian any good? Why do you all love hanging out with him so much?"

Seeing the "you can't escape no matter what" expressions on the kids' faces, 007 thought they might be overthinking it.

Gu Mian is a kind and understanding person who loves playing with children!
As she thought about it, she looked at Gu Mian. She saw that Gu Mian was looking down, her hands clutching the hem of her clothes, and then she said hesitantly, "If I play with you guys, I won't be able to perform on stage."

007's lips twitched; it seemed he really wanted to go on stage and perform!
She knew in her heart that Gu Mian was fervently eager to perform on stage, but others didn't think so.

Others, seeing Gu Mian's hesitant appearance, assumed he was afraid—afraid of being taken away by these children, afraid of being tortured by them.

The lower-class people inside the room looked at Gu Mian with concern.

The snake-masked man tugged at 007, pulling her into a corner and whispering, "You're with him, aren't you? Don't go with them! They used to come to the base to find people to play with, and almost no one they took ever came back..."

Basics? 007 grasped the key point: "Have any of the people who were taken away before returned?"

Upon hearing this, the snake-masked man flinched and whispered, "Two people were brought back, they..."

007's intuition told him that what followed wouldn't be a heartwarming topic.

Sure enough, the other person's throat bobbed up and down: "When they came back... it split open..."

He shuddered violently as he said this, as if recalling an unpleasant memory.

Cracked?
007 knew that the "crack" in this song was definitely not the same as the meme he often saw.

It really cracked...

"In short, whatever you do, don't go with them!" After saying this warning, the snake-masked man shut his mouth, not daring to say another word, because the children had noticed the commotion and were turning to look in their direction.

"Do you want to play with us too?" The boy in the lead grinned at 007 and his companion, his expression somewhat creepy.

The snake-head mask suddenly took a few steps back, almost as if it wanted to burrow into the ground.

007 pursed her lips. It would be fine if she were taken away with Gu Mian, but she was afraid that she would be forced to separate from Gu Mian halfway through the journey. In that case, there would be no way back.

But if Gu Mian leaves, leaving her alone to perform on stage will probably be tough for her.

Meanwhile, Gu Mian, who had been struggling with the decision for a long time, finally made it.

Just as the children turned their attention to 007 and the snake-masked man, Gu Mian finally hesitated before speaking: "Okay, I'll play with you, but I'll miss the chance to perform on stage, so you have to make it up to me."

007 had never seen Gu Mian speak with such hesitation before, and a chill ran down his spine. He didn't know why, but hearing Gu Mian speak in this tone always gave him a strange feeling.

The children's attention was once again drawn to Gu Mian.

The boy at the front had an even more chilling smile: "That was a wise decision. You must have overcome a lot of fear to agree to come with us, right? Even though you agreed verbally, you must still be very scared inside. Don't worry, we will definitely make it up to you."

"Huh?" Gu Mian scratched her head, looking like she didn't understand.

Children are active creatures and get bored if they stay in one place for too long.

By this time, the children behind were getting impatient.

"Hurry up and bring him with us, it's so boring here."

"Let me think about what to play later. It's been a long time since we played teppanyaki, hasn't it?" "I want to bring out that toy we gave to the lower classes last time..."

The boy in front of Gu Mian turned around with a cruel smile: "Then come with us, we'll show you some fun things."

The boy then walked towards the door.

Gu Mian immediately followed.

As Gu Mian reached the door, she suddenly remembered her musical instrument, so she turned around and quickly walked back into the house.

Hearing the commotion, the boy turned and stared at him coldly: "Trying to run away?"

Gu Mian didn't answer him, but strode up to 007 and asked, "Where's my guitar?"

"Hmm..." 007 shrank back and put his hand behind his back.

Because she was originally standing in the corner, she had some cover when taking things out of her inventory.

Then, with lightning speed, 007 pulled out a bulging guitar case from behind him and handed it to Gu Mian, while politely asking, "Are you sure you're okay going by yourself? Or would you like me to volunteer to go with you?"

Gu Mian glanced at her: "Do you like playing games with children?"

007 shook his head sincerely, thinking about the "crack" he had just witnessed.

"Then forget it." Gu Mian had already slung her guitar bag over her shoulder.

007 hesitated and said, "I just put your white coat in my bag. By the way, will you be coming back?"

Gu Mian thought for a few seconds: "They'll come back when they've had enough fun."

I've had enough fun...

Upon hearing this, 007 looked at the children standing at the door and gave them a "good luck" look.

Of course, the children couldn't see 007's face under the mask, so they didn't receive the signal.

After receiving the guitar, Gu Mian quickly walked over to the children and excitedly introduced it to them: "This is my instrument, a guitar. I originally wanted to take it on stage to perform, but I'm afraid I can't do that today. I'll use it to perform for you in a little while."

Looking at the excited Gu Mian, the boy's expression was a bit strange. He snorted coldly, "Don't try anything funny."

After saying that, he led the children into the corridor.

Gu Mian followed closely behind them, afraid that they would run away.

Sure enough, there were other upper-class people outside.

A few pale-skinned people walked along the corridor, and they all noticed Gu Mian wearing a mask. Because Gu Mian was with the children, these people only glanced at him a few times and did nothing more.

The absence of guards in the backstage area did not mean that one could escape. In the case of lower-class people, if they tried to escape, they would be caught and severely tortured.

Gu Mian looked happily at the group of strangely dressed and bizarrely talking children in front of her; they were truly natural shields.

Seemingly sensing something, the boy who always liked to pick a fight turned to look at Gu Mian: "You, take off your mask. You must be terrified and scared to be taken away by us, right? You must be almost crying, right? That's how the lower classes used to be. We love seeing that kind of expression. Take off your mask and let us have some fun."

Upon hearing this, Gu Mian reached out and pinched the edge of the mask, then lifted it off.

Then the group saw a happy face.

Today is April Fool's Day, and Gugu is going to brag again!
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(End of this chapter)