Chapter 411

"And then?"

Wu Xian asked curiously.

The crazy woman wore a mocking expression.

"If there was an 'and then', that old man wouldn't have lived to come here to tell the story."

"When that old man was young, he was a scumbag who kidnapped and imprisoned women many times and had committed many major cases, but that night he cried secretly under the bed all night; until the next morning, when the woman went out for a walk, he fled in a panic, and after that, he developed a disease of fearing women..."

Wu Xian raised his eyebrows: "It's a pity this scumbag didn't die, but at least he won't commit crimes again."

"You think too much!" the crazy woman said with a strange expression, "In these ten years, he never kidnapped women again, but he didn't stop committing crimes... especially men like you were his preferred targets."

Wu Xian's smile stiffened: "He should be dead already."

"Dead; I took advantage of his inattention and cut his throat, but his corpse fled upside down." The crazy woman even felt it was a pity.

Wu Xian nodded, then suddenly raised his head, looking at the crazy woman in surprise.

He suddenly realized that just now, the crazy woman had told a logically complete story, without going crazy, without weird laughter, and without weird behaviors like frog jumping, nose picking, and spitting.

"Your spirit is better?"

The crazy woman's expression stiffened, then her face turned gray, and she just nodded blankly.

For her, in this underground maze without hope, being crazy was even more comfortable.

After that, the crazy woman didn't say much.

She just echoed occasionally, sitting on the ground, lowering her head, her expression gray, obviously thinking of some sad past.

After being busy for so long.

Wu Xian felt he was a bit tired.

He looked at the time and discovered that twenty-four hours had passed since the last story, so it was time to tell another story to create eight hours of safe time, allowing everyone to relax and rest for a while.

But Wu Xian still didn't want to tell a story.

According to his speculation, telling a story in the cave would summon a converted malevolent entity.

Those who told stories before were all natives of this world, and the malevolent entities in the stories were also malevolent entities still alive in this world, so there would be friendly malevolent entities summoned.

But Wu Xian's situation was different; he wasn't a native of this world, and the vast majority of malevolent entities in the stories he personally experienced had already been killed, and the malevolent entities still alive were also absolute enemies.

Therefore, Wu Xian felt that if he told a story, he would either be unable to light the palace lantern or summon an enemy out of thin air.

Since there was no good thing on either side, it was better to continue letting the natives tell stories; the friendly malevolent entities summoned, even if they couldn't help him fight, could at least drag down the maze owner's energy somewhat.

"Gong Xiujuan, tonight's story, let's have you tell it."

The crazy woman's story had already been told before Wu Xian arrived, and Zhao Zixuan hadn't adapted to the cave environment yet, so Wu Xian chose Gong Xiujuan.

Gong Xiujuan hesitated for a moment, then sat down in front of the large-eared stone statue.

Unlike Huang Debiao and his wife, Gong Xiujuan really wanted to find someone to confide in, letting others know what she had experienced; it was just that she hadn't had the chance. "I am twenty-three years old this year and just graduated from university a few months ago."

"My alma mater is a bottom-tier second-tier institution, and the companies that came to our school to recruit were mostly just wanting cattle and horses, and at that time I was arrogant, feeling that this kind of work wasn't worthy of me."

"So, I was unemployed upon graduation; because I was afraid of losing face, I didn't seek help from my parents and could only wander alone in the big city..."

When Gong Xiujuan told this experience, her face was full of emotion, but unfortunately, Wu Xian had dropped out of school early, Zhao Zixuan was still a high school student, and the crazy woman was still emo; no one at the scene could empathize with her.

"Just when the money on me was about to run out and I couldn't help but want to work in a bar, I suddenly discovered a recruitment advertisement."

"Guiwufu Supermarket is recruiting night shift cashiers, working eight hours a day, with a monthly salary of 12,000, and the only condition is to keep your mouth shut and not reveal the supermarket's secrets."

The three looked at Gong Xiujuan at the same time, their eyes looking like they were caring for a mentally disabled person.

Gong Xiujuan gave a bitter smile: "This kind of salary and treatment is rare even in big companies; of course I knew it was very likely a trap, but I was at the end of my rope at the time and could only go and try."

"But when I got to that supermarket, I discovered that this supermarket would close at ten o'clock every night and wouldn't start business until eight o'clock in the morning; there was no position for a night shift cashier at all."

"That recruitment advertisement was fake, but it was just a prank, not a more dangerous trap."

"Fortunately, this supermarket was also recruiting employees at the time, so I successfully stayed to work in the supermarket; although the salary and treatment weren't high, I could at least survive in this city!"

"But what was a bit strange was that during the interview, the boss specifically exhorted me to keep my mouth shut and not reveal the supermarket's secrets to the outside."

"A supermarket, what secrets could it have?"

"I worked here for a few days, and the bad things I saw were nothing more than using bad fruit and rotten fruit for fruit cuts, bundling products that were about to expire for sale, and cheating customers into saving points but actually having no intention of issuing point benefits..."

"I planned to study hard after my work got on the right track, striving to get ashore early and change to a decent job."

"But as my working hours lengthened, I discovered that I would often be inexplicably exhausted, occasionally mentally dazed at work, and so tired that I wanted to sleep as soon as I got home, let alone find time to study!"

"Initially, I was still very guilty; I, this fragile college student, couldn't even handle such a simple job."

"But slowly I discovered something was wrong."

"Even if I dozed off at work, my colleagues and leaders wouldn't complain, the salary was still paid in full, and my luck also became very good; I often had some extra income, such as picking up red envelopes on the way home, winning big prizes in scratch-offs, and getting consumption vouchers from supermarket employee activities..."

"Later I calculated, the unexpected wealth I received every month, plus the salary I earned working in the supermarket, was exactly 12,000 yuan!"

"Exactly the same as the salary of a night shift cashier!"

"This made me feel terrified, so I hurriedly went home to check the employment contract signed with the supermarket, only to discover that the contract clearly wrote 'night shift cashier', with a salary of 12,000 a month!"

"All of this made me feel bizarre, so I resigned from the supermarket; on the day I left, all the supermarket employees came to see me off, especially the meat shop boss, who held my hand and said that working with me was very pleasant, and we should continue to cooperate in the future!"

"But I didn't know him at all!"

Until now.

Gong Xiujuan still remembered the day she resigned, when all the supermarket employees stood neatly in front of the supermarket, waving at her in unison, showing her their neat smiles.

(End of chapter)