I told you to plant peas, and you summon Mordekaiser?

"Chen Yang, are you planning to sleep on the streets again, huh? Or do you want to sleep in the stables like that guy?"

The young woman angrily berated Chen Yang.

"If you want to stay here, you'd better get some work done! Don't forget who picked you up off the street!"

"Oh, by the way, there's no pay today. This is punishment for not coming to work yesterday!"

Under the young woman's rapid-fire barrage of questions, Chen Yang had no chance to interject.

“I have an appointment with Mrs. Sturm for tea. Since you’re here, you might as well go to work early.”

She glanced at her watch, put on her coat, and walked out the door, her lips never resting as she continued to give Chen Yang instructions.

"A new shipment will arrive from the city at 6 PM. The receiving point is on the west side of town. There's a purchase list on the table. Remember to check the goods carefully!"

As she reached the door, the woman turned around, her phoenix eyes beneath her veil glaring at Chen Yang.

"If I find anything missing from the goods, I'll deduct it all from your salary!"

A 'boom' sound.

The shop door was slammed shut.

Chen Yang stared wide-eyed as the shop owner left.

He didn't have a chance to interject at all.

At this point, the shop fell silent, with only Chen Yang remaining.

"I?"

"Working here?"

This all happened too suddenly.

Chen Yang was completely unprepared and didn't even have a chance to speak before becoming a clerk at the pharmacy.

He suddenly felt a little agitated.

Everything has been so inexplicable since this morning.

Som and the tall man had an inexplicable argument.

Yumi is in a deep sleep.

A strange little girl.

And this domineering store manager.

These events are like a tangled ball of threads, chaotically intertwined.

"Depend on!"

Chen Yang let out a loud shout.

"What is all this nonsense! It's inexplicable!"

"The other people in this town are also a bunch of weirdos. They see me like I'm a plague god and all avoid me."

"..."

"Hey..."

"Calm down, Chen Yang, calm down."

"Think about it carefully; there are always some things that can be connected."

Looking at the empty shop, Chen Yang took a deep breath and calmed himself down.

Complaining will only waste his time.

So much has happened in just two days.

He now rarely has time to be alone.

"Think carefully, is there anything I haven't noticed..."

......

As Chen Yang pondered inside the shop, a young woman in a brown coat walked through the alley.

The young woman walked quickly, completely oblivious to the water splashing onto her clothes from the roadside pond.

Her figure was faintly visible beneath the dilapidated eaves.

Reaching an intersection, the young woman stopped and quickly scanned her surroundings.

No one was around.

She then turned into the depths of the intersection.

This person clearly wasn't there to have afternoon tea with Mrs. Sturm.

"Wow, you got rid of him so quickly?"

Som was leaning against the wall, arms crossed, a slight upturn at the corners of his mouth.

"Hmph, you ran away quickly, leaving me all alone in the shop."

The woman snorted.

"Luckily I reacted quickly and didn't give him a chance to speak, otherwise I wouldn't know how to explain myself!"

"But how did he find his way here? Could he be faking it?"

"impossible..."

Som shook his head, dismissing the woman's guess.

“I tested him for a long time yesterday, and I can confirm that he has forgotten everything.”

"You better be right! Otherwise you'll be in trouble... I told him to go to the west side of town at six o'clock this afternoon, to avoid the patrols. Don't mess this up."

"Couldn't we have done it inside the shop...?"

"Do you want my life?!" the woman exclaimed angrily, stamping her foot on the spot.

"I've said it several times, my rules don't allow anyone to die in the shop!"

"Okay, okay... I was just joking."

Som shrugged, abandoning his nonchalant attitude.

A sinister glint flashed across his face.

"If it weren't for that big oaf, he would have died last night... But this time, he won't be so lucky."

......

......

Because the shop is quite remote, only two customers came in that morning.

All the goods were priced, so Chen Yang only needed to act as a cashier.

This gave him ample time to think.

After a long while, Chen Yang came to a conclusion.

"I...have amnesia?"

He couldn't believe it.

But now, all the clues point to this conclusion.

Why did he wake up in the carriage?

Why did he only have five days left when he woke up, even though the mission description said he had seven days?

Why are the game rules already in a read state from the very beginning?

Why is he an employee of this pharmacy?

Why did the little girl recognize him and say she was playing a game with him?

This reminds me of the description of the psychedelic forest given by the people at the town gate this morning.

Only then did Chen Yang have the answer in his heart.

That is, he entered the Enchanted Forest.

And he also lost his memory.

But this answer raised even more questions.

Why did he enter the Enchanted Forest?

Is someone trying to harm him?

Or did I stumble upon it by mistake?

...

Chen Yang was completely clueless; these events were like countless ropes twisted into a knot.

With a creak, the shop door was pushed open.

Chen Yang was drawn by the noise and looked towards the doorway.

A little girl was peeking out from behind the door.

Seeing Chen Yang standing behind the counter, she ran in excitedly.

"Big brother! Hehe, I've come to find you."

"The cream pudding was so delicious! I wanted to bring you some, but I ended up eating it all..."

"no problem, no problem."

Chen Yang's heart stirred slightly when he saw the little girl.

It was this child who brought him to this shop.

Maybe this child knows something and can help him break out of this predicament.

He smiled as he looked at the little girl.

"What brings you here to see your brother?"

"Here, this was given to me by the old man at the dessert shop."

The little girl handed over a crumpled piece of paper.

Note?

Chen Yang, puzzled, calmly took the note and casually asked:

What does this note say?

"I don't know. My grandma said I can only start school next year, and I can only learn to read when I start school."

The little girl shook her head.

"Oh, I see... Then let me test you. Do you know what my relationship is with the old man at the dessert shop?"

The little girl shook her head blankly again.

"Uh...do you remember what games we played before?"

"I haven't forgotten that!"

The little girl finally answered correctly, and her face lit up with excitement.

"The day before yesterday afternoon you told me you wanted to play hide-and-seek with me for several days! If I found you and brought you to the apothecary, you would reward me with a silver coin to buy cream pudding! But only two days later, I found you again. Aren't I amazing!"

She looked proud.

"Great! Here, this silver coin is yours. Use it to buy pudding tomorrow."

Next, Chen Yang played checkers with the little girl.

He asked many questions, but the little girl gave no more valuable answers.

It wasn't until the little girl's grandmother came to her door, telling the little girl not to play with strangers while holding her up, that she reluctantly left.

The pharmacy returned to its quiet state.

"Phew, taking care of kids is exhausting..."

Chen Yang stretched and looked at the note beside him.

"The dessert shop owner? What could he want from me?"

Opening the note, there were three lines of small writing inside.

"Chen Yang."

"No. 13 Commercial Street, Brad's Dessert Shop."

"I am waiting for you."