I'm the mayor of a simulated ghost city

A spoonful of not-so-crystal-clear ice was scooped out of the refrigerator. Lu Yao stood outside the shop, staring at the papaya cold water on the glass cabinet.

"Beautiful girl, would you like to buy a drink?" Noticing Lu Yao standing at the door, the boss called out to her enthusiastically.

So, Lu Yao walked into the store. Actually, she was not very thirsty, she just wanted to ask something: "Then have a cup." As she said that, she glanced at the price tag and scanned the QR code.

"Ding, baby, ten yuan has arrived."

Lu Yao's hand holding the phone trembled as he looked at the fat and big-eared male boss who was shirtless and only had an apron around his waist...

The male boss couldn't hide his awkward laugh: "This... this account belongs to my wife!"

"I can see that." Lu Yao smiled back, took the glass of papaya water, and held it in her hand without saying anything. Time is life to her now. "Boss, I came here today to find a friend. He works at a water plant nearby, but I can't get through to him at this moment. I want to ask you something."

Seeing how serious Lu Yao was, the shop owner immediately came up to her and looked around slyly: "What's the matter? What do you want to know? Could it be that your boyfriend has someone else outside? Do you want to catch him in the act?"

Emmmm...the boss's idea is quite popular.

Lu Yao smiled again, embarrassed but polite: "Of course... not."

"So what do you want to know?"

"Just that you guys have been using water lately, is the water pressure always a little too low?"

When Lu Yao asked, the boss took a look at Lu Yao's outfit, a motorcycle guy with a neat ponytail, and thought for a moment: "Indeed, are you here for an official investigation?"

"Well, I'm the mayor, and I'm on a private visit in clothes." In line with his boss's wishes, Lu Yao immediately put on a serious look, not seeming to be joking at all.

"Heh..." The boss patted his stomach in understanding, and then said, "I don't believe you! How old are you to become the mayor? I, an ordinary citizen, have never seen the mayor of our city in person, and I haven't even watched him on TV. Lu Mingsheng, you are over 40 years old. If you tell me your last name is Lu, I can still think you are the son of an official!"

—_—^!

Lu Yao paused, and stopped pretending. The second-rate guy got angry, leaned on the counter, and knocked on the table: "Okay, okay, I won't talk nonsense, but uncle, I've already put in the coins, so just tell me if there's anything strange happening in our water plant recently?"

So, after more than ten minutes of nonsense, the shop uncle finally got to the point with Lu Yao: "If you want to talk about something strange, it's nothing. It's just that about five days ago, the water in our pipes was always very low. We complained many times, but it has never been resolved."

"Did anything else happen five days ago?" Lu Yao took a straw, poked a hole in the seal of the papaya cool water bottle, and was about to take a sip, but after looking at it, he put it down and continued to ask.

The boss didn't care whether she drank or not, and said, "It depends on what you are asking about. Is it that Mr. Lu next door is quarreling with his wife? Or is it that Xiao Liuzi next door skipped school and was beaten by the five of them?"

"This..." To be honest, I don't know either.

Lu Yao looked at the sky helplessly. She was like a headless fly now. After the simulated ghost market threatened her, there was nothing else. There was not even any guidance. She could only take one step at a time. Who knew what secret it wanted her to explore.

Sighing, she summarized her thoughts and said, "You don't have to tell me about the neighbors. Just tell me if there was anything related to the water plant five days ago."

"With the water plant..." The boss seemed to be well-informed. He sorted out the gossip information carefully and remembered after a while: "Oh, there is indeed something. Five days ago, the maid in the water plant director's house disappeared."

"Maid?" This factory manager is really rich, can he afford a maid?

Lu Yao didn’t know whether there was any connection between the two, so he just asked casually.

The boss nodded and said, "Well, the maid was hired by her wife. It was said that she was a babysitter for her children. But she was very hardworking. She did all the cleaning, cooking, and laundry for the family. So after she got lost, her wife looked for her everywhere."

At this point, the boss suddenly stopped and pointed to a woman holding a child in the shop opposite, saying, "Look, that's the factory director's wife, and the child is hers."

Lu Yao looked in the direction of the sound and saw a woman in ordinary clothes gently holding a child.

The child was about five or six years old, with a fair and clean face. He was wearing a white shirt and light grey overalls, round-frame glasses, and carrying a new children's schoolbag.

The two were now in front of a stationery store, buying book covers.

At this moment, the child suddenly looked in the direction of Lu Yao and pointed his finger at her: "Mom, I want it!"

Want? What? A little kid wants a woman?

Lu Yao looked around, pointed at herself, and immediately looked at the child with a look that said, "Sister, you're not up to me."

However, the child gave her a disdainful look and pointed his finger at the papaya water in her hand.

Lu Yao: “…”

Hearing the child's cry, the gentle woman also looked towards Lu Yao. Seeing her looking at the two of them, she gave a polite smile, and then saw the papaya cold water that the child wanted.

"Mom, I want to drink!"

The child yelled again. The woman heard it, without looking at Lu Yao again. She frowned, but still spoke softly: "We'll be home soon. Go home and drink some water. Don't waste money."

After saying this, the woman took the child and left.

The child became even more willful after hearing this, and said dissatisfiedly: "I won't! I'm thirsty, I want to drink! Auntie Lan will buy everything for me, but you won't buy anything!"

"That stuff is cold. What if you get diarrhea after drinking it? Be obedient and go home."

Auntie Lan? Hmm? There is a story～～

Lu Yao walked over without hesitation: "Sister, the weather is so hot, how about I give this cup to my little brother?"

You are both the elder sister and the younger brother. What is your generation?

The woman looked at Lu Yao in silence. Fortunately, she had a good temper. If it was Lu Yao's aunt next door, she would have put the iron clothes hanger on Lu Yao's head.

Fortunately, the woman was stunned for a moment, and gently declined: "No, no, this child has a bad stomach and can't drink it. He just likes to make trouble."

Just as he finished speaking, the naughty child stamped his feet and yelled, "I don't have a stomach problem! You keep saying that I'm not good at this or that, but it's obviously you who's not good at that! That's why Dad doesn't like you! I don't like you either! You're just not as good as Auntie Lan!"

"Pop!" There was a crisp sound.

Sure enough, before Lu Yao could guess that the kid was going to be slapped, the naughty kid had already been slapped hard.

As expected, the naughty kid ran away crying.

The woman was even more embarrassed now, so she looked at Lu Yao, a stranger, and explained, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. Recently, our nanny left without saying goodbye. The child is usually very close to her. When she left, the child was bound to get angry."

After saying that, the woman didn't want to stay any longer and immediately turned around and left.

At this moment, Lu Yao suddenly grabbed the woman's hand and said, "Sister, is your family in need of a nanny now?"

"Ah?" The woman looked at Lu Yao in confusion.

Lu Yao opened his mouth and said, "I just came here to look for a nanny job. I just heard that your nanny left. Do you think I'm suitable? I can wash clothes, cook, and teach children!"

Without waiting for the woman to hesitate, Lu Yao added again: "How about I go to your house right now and show off my skills?"

"This……"

Seeing Lu Yao so enthusiastic, the woman didn't know how to refuse. Lu Yao held her hand for some unknown reason and walked towards home half-heartedly.

Boss Papaya looked at the two people going away: "???"