Chapter 11:
The ghost’s gift

As soon as Jing Qizhen said this, let alone the female ghost, even the people checking the surveillance video in the duty room were stunned for a moment.

Manman whispered to her boyfriend in a very low voice, “There is nothing wrong with what he said.”

The cashier girl was even more energetic. If she could go back, she would definitely remind her manager!

The change happened so suddenly that the cashier girl herself fell into a state of uncertainty and panic. When people are facing a survival crisis, they really are not in the mood to worry about other things.

If in normal life, she suddenly learned that the manager who had helped her was murdered, the emotional impact and grief that the cashier girl felt would definitely not be the same as now.

The female ghost, who was peeking through the door panel and trying to squeeze into the opening like some kind of twisted soft-bodied creature, was also stunned for a moment.

The female ghost stood up straight, only her white eyes showing. They protruded more and more due to her drastic change in emotion; they might fall out of the socket whenever she turned her eyes.

She was obviously more anxious than before and kept wandering the corridor outside the duty room. However, the female ghost did not make a frightening roar this time. Even the blood stains on her dress seemed to have changed.

After a long time, the female ghost finally returned to the door, but this time, she was no longer trying to squeeze into the door gap like before. Instead, she tried her best to maintain a normal ‘human’ posture while she stood outside the door. With an extremely hoarse voice, she asked, “February 22nd?”

“Yes, it was February 22nd, twenty-six days ago. All of us came from the supermarket on February 22nd. At that time, we can go shopping in the supermarket as usual.”

The female ghost’s white eyes flicked around. She seemed to be thinking. After a long time, the female ghost said vaguely, “I remember that on February 22nd, a small commotion happened in the supermarket, and later, someone called the police, but there was no fight or injury.”

After hearing this, Jing Qizhen’s eyes lit up and he said decisively, “We need to go back to the supermarket on February 22nd. Maybe we can make an agreed-upon code. You can think of a message that you will definitely believe and we will use this message to find you when we go back. How about that?”

Through the slight gap in the door, the female ghost looked at Jing Qizhen intently as she fell into hesitation. She was thinking about something but remained silent.

Jing Qizhen did not urge her, nor did he move at all. He just stood quietly behind the door and waited.

After a long time passed, the female ghost suddenly turned around and left the corridor.

Jing Qizhen was a little startled by the unexpected development.

Everyone, who had been concentrating hard just now while trying to watch the surveillance video as quickly as possible, released a ‘haa’ and stood up from the single beds, chairs and iron cabinets.

The screen of the mobile phone was relatively small and no one dared to play the videos fast for fear of missing important clues. Staring at the surveillance video non-stop for almost ten minutes made their eyes sore.

“Why did the female ghost suddenly leave without saying anything?” Jing Qizhen was a little puzzled.

Although he would not rule out that the female ghost might be moved by his proposal just now, Jing Qizhen was also worried that it would not work out in the end; he needed to burst everyone’s bubble first.

The cashier girl shook her head, indicating that she was also confused. She didn’t know much about the supermarket’s manager who was cold outside and warm inside, let alone the manager who had turned into a ghost with a change of personality.

Old Xiao grabbed something to eat from the shopping bag next to him and said, “Xiao Jing, come and eat something to replenish your strength.”

Jing Qizhen had talked to the female ghost through the door panel and had not eaten anything yet.

However, Manman pulled her boyfriend and Gold Chain Brother together and ran directly to the monitoring screen.

Manman was the first to speak, “She’s walking in this direction… The female ghost may be walking towards her office.”

Gold Chain Brother and Manman’s boyfriend nodded at the same time.

Jing Qizhen’s heart moved slightly. Did the female ghost really look for a message they could carry?

Although the future was uncertain, everyone had obviously seen a good development now.

However right at this moment, with the sound of heavy footsteps ‘Dong! Dong! Dong!’, the ‘security guard’ approached the duty room again after the female ghost was gone.

And this time, the ‘security guard’s’ footsteps were heavier than before – it seemed to have brought something heavy.

Everyone felt nervous and quickly looked at the monitoring screen.

Manman’s boyfriend immediately selected a certain surveillance video and directly enlarged it.

From the screen, Jing Qizhen suddenly discovered that the ‘security guard’ who had appeared in the corridor outside the duty room was holding a giant axe.

Everyone: =口=!!!

This thing even comes with equipment!

“What the f*ck?!” The foreigner stared at the giant axe spanning almost one meter long, with wide blue eyes. The words that came out of his mouth made the Sichuan hotpot flavor even stronger, “That monster is pissed off!”

Old Xiao, who had just been trying to share snacks and drinks with Jing Qizhen, still had his hands full and the cold sweat on his forehead poured out instantly.

On the other hand, Jing Qizhen saw a bottle of rock sugar and snow pear drink in Old Xiao’s hand and immediately reached out to take it and unscrewed the cap. Taking advantage of the ‘security guard’ having a hard time carrying the giant axe to the door, he stuffed the bottle’s mouth at the door gap near the floor and poured out the drink.

Everyone: …

The drink contains sugar; if it dries out, it may stick to the soles of the shoes. However, shortly after it is poured out, it is no different from water and is still very slippery.

In particular, the ‘security guard’ outside was top-heavy. Now it held a huge axe with extraordinary weight; the ‘security guard’s’ proportion imbalance was worsened even more.

When the ‘security guard’ swung the giant axe to smash the door, one of its feet slipped on the wet, sugary floor, its legs formed a split, and the inertia of its movement caused the giant axe to swing haphazardly. It screamed as it fell and the giant axe crashed hard on its body.

The giant axe slipped from the ‘security guard’s’ chest, sunken in and bloodied, and then hit the floor with a ‘bang!’. The commotion outside finally stopped.

The old lady held up the glasses on the bridge of her nose with one hand, tilted her head slightly, looked carefully through the door gap, and gave a general conclusion, “Both legs are broken. Ribs are broken.”

Gold Chain Brother also walked over, waited for the old lady to step away, took another glance and said concisely, “Its arm is twisted at the wrong angle and I presumed that it has been fractured.”

Everyone looked at Jing Qizhen who still had half a bottle of rock sugar and snow pear drink left in his hand; their eyes were filled with respect.

Manman’s boyfriend also reached out and patted Old Xiao twice, and said jokingly, “Xiao-ge, the things you bought really helped a lot.”

Old Xiao: …

He stopped sweating; feeling a chill.

Jing Qizhen smiled and raised the bottle to take a sip.

Sweets can indeed relieve psychological stress. He was really thirsty after chatting with the female ghost for a long time.

After a while, the female ghost came back.

When extremely tense, it seemed that everyone’s emotions were easily aroused and amplified. The joyful atmosphere immediately died and everyone regained their wary expressions after seeing the female ghost return.

Walking by the ‘security guard’ who fell on the ground outside the door, the female ghost only gave him a cold look and then withdrew her gaze without saying a word.

The female ghost knelt down and nonchalantly stuffed several black cards through the door gap covered with rock sugar and snow pear drink. She said with a hoarse voice, “When it’s daytime, go where you should go. When you get back, come find me with this shopping card.”

Jing Qizhen felt relieved and immediately agreed, “No problem, I promise!”

The others in the duty room also agreed.

The female ghost didn’t stay any longer. After leaving her shopping cards, she turned around and left, ignoring the unconscious ‘security guard’.

Jing Qizhen knelt and picked up all the shopping cards that were sticky from the rock sugar and snow pear drink on the floor.

Manman gestured to her boyfriend.

The boyfriend was startled for a moment, came to a realization, picked up a tissue, and ran over to help Jing Qizhen wipe the cards together.

The moment he picked up the card, Jing Qizhen was slightly startled, “Huh?”

The old lady hurriedly asked with concern, “What’s wrong, Xiao Jing?”

Jing Qizhen said, “The situation changes, but it shouldn’t be a bad thing. I don’t know what to say. These shopping cards… there are exactly nine. There should be one for each of us.”

After wiping the shopping cards together with Manman’s boyfriend, Jing Qizhen distributed them one by one.

The moment they got the shopping card, they could directly see the detailed description of the shopping card in their mind.

[Name: Black Card]

[Type: Consumables]

[Quality: Blue]

[Use: Buy, buy, buy, max it out]

[Restrictions: Can be used in any world; the balance in the card is 500 Yuan]

[Remarks: Black shopping card, also known as black card. Although this thing is called a black card, it cannot be overdrawn. After all, the issuer is Ms. Li. Who knows whether you will survive until the bank repayment date? Besides, don’t you know whether your bank assets are enough to apply for a real black card?]

Everyone: …

As a veteran game enthusiast, Manman’s boyfriend couldn’t help but complain, “Isn’t this the description of props and items in the game?”