Chapter 203: Haunted House Extra (IV)

The two men's eyes fell on the amulet on the floor.

After Xiao Lan's earlier struggle, the amulet was now closer to the lift door, so Fei Luo bent down and picked it up.

Xiao Lan also left the lift and went over to Fei Luo.

Fei Luo gently opened the trampled seal of the amulet and, with the help of the overhead light, Xiao Lan could clearly see that what was inside was not a scripture or anything like that, but...

A cut of long black hair.

The black hair was still stained with dark traces of solidification, carrying a fishy odour, much like dried blood.

Fei Luo had no qualms about picking up the long hair in the amulet with his hand as he examined it and said, "It's hair from the dead, it's full of yin and evil thoughts."

Xiao Lan felt a cold chill down his back, and it was clear that this was not a configuration that should be found in an amulet.

Moreover, the hair felt familiar, the female ghost that had been chasing him seemed to have long hair like this.

The boss must not have slipped him such a thing disguised as an amulet for the purpose of wishing him a long life.

Xiao Lan felt that he had been subjected to another social beating.

Fei Luo went on to rummage through the little bag of amulets and turned to Xiao Lan with a small slip of paper with writing on it: "Is this your birth date?"

Xiao Lan looked at it, and saw that it was a date recorded in the dry branch chronology.

Xiao Lan was a bit confused: "I can't quite read this either."

Fei Luo translated it for him, and the time converted was the exact time of Xiao Lan's birth.

Xiao Lan felt even colder: "Yes ......"

Fei Luo looked at the piece of paper in his hand and commented, "A simple and brutal way to take the place of death.

Xiao Lan couldn't help but reminisce at his words.

His current job was not really in line with his university studies, and he had no relevant internship experience.

But when he sent his CV to his current company, he was soon offered a remote interview.

In this day and age, remote interviews were originally nothing new.

But Xiao Lan remembered that he was not interviewed by a competent HR person, but by a kind-looking old man.

The old man just asked him some questions about his school years and chatted with him about his family in passing.

He then encouraged him to work hard in the company and that it was okay if his major was not the right one, as the company would nurture him well.

The next day Xiao Lan received an offer from the company and was given one week to start.

Now that I think about it, it was a strange interview.

How could a company not check your ability to do the job and instead be so kind and considerate?

Unfortunately, Xiao Lan was so busy with her job at that time that she didn't suspect anything after checking that it was a legitimate company.

Who would have thought that the company is regular, but the purpose of recruiting is not always the same.

After hearing Xiao Lan's story, Fei Luo said, "He should be reading your face."

Xiao Lan said, "To see if I am unlucky enough to be a scapegoat?"

Fei Luo nodded: "More or less."

It's true that pies don't fall from the sky, and it's generally bird shit that falls more easily on people.

Behind every over-enthusiastic person lies a 10,000-foot pit, and it seems that neither the boss nor this interviewer is any good.

The death of the female intern a fortnight ago is probably not unrelated to the boss, which is why he is desperate to find a scapegoat.

Xiao Lan's CV is submitted shortly afterwards, and after reading Xiao Lan's profile, the boss thinks he's a good target.

Everything that follows is a deliberate trap.

Xiao Lan suddenly had a doubt: "But since I got the amulet, the female ghosts really haven't bothered me for the rest of the half day."

Fei Luo glanced at him, wanting to say something.

Xiao Lan took a deep breath, "Go ahead, I can take it."

Fei Luo's tone was calm: "Of course she doesn't have to harass you when she's right on top of you."

Xiao Lan: "......"

Cripes!

With the female ghost right on top of him, she certainly didn't need to look for extra opportunities to get close to him, nor did she need to go through the trouble of stomping on her heels to play life and death with the guy who was the perennial winner of the running category.

No wonder his boss kept advising him to take time off to rest.

If he took time off he wouldn't have to go to the office, which would be the same as taking the female ghost away and making it safer around the boss.

Ginger is still the oldest ......

Xiao Lan got goose bumps and he couldn't help but feel his back.

Luckily, he didn't feel anything unscientific.

Looking at Fei Luo very professionally, he couldn't help but ask, "So ...... what should I do?"

Fei Luo smiled, looking relieved: "Give it back to him, it's a kind of karma, and if there is any retribution, he should suffer it himself."

With these words, he casually fished a small palm-sized envelope out of his pocket, took the strand of hair from inside the amulet and slipped it into the envelope instead.

Fei Luo then drew an intricate design on the surface of the envelope with his fingers in the air before handing it to Xiao Lan.

Xiao Lan reaches out and takes it. The envelope in his hand looks ordinary.

But he felt a little panicked, as if he was holding a hot potato in his hand, with the hair of a female ghost inside.

Fei Luo smiled, "I've sealed it for now, you just need to find a chance to return it to the person who gave you the amulet."

Xiao Lan relaxed a little and said to Fei Luo, "Thank you so much, why don't I buy you a cup of tea?"

Fei Luo shook his head, "You can go back first, I have things to do today, so I will have to meet you for tea some other time."

Afterwards, Xiao Lan went home alone and nothing strange happened at home.

The ghost of 712 didn't move much either.

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The next day, Xiao Lan continues to work late.

The colleagues in the office still look the same as before, and the project manager is still as sarcastic as ever.

Xiao Lan works absentmindedly.

Most of his mind was on thinking, how could he find an opportunity to slip the envelope to his boss?

As a new intern in the company, he had no access to the boss in his job description and knew nothing about his whereabouts, let alone finding an opportunity to get close.

Do we have to wait for the staff birthday party at the end of the month?

Eh wait ......

Without Fei Luo, he would have been dead last night after receiving the amulet.

Wouldn't the boss want to confirm for himself that his plan had gone wrong if he found out he was still alive and kicking?

Perhaps, today, he will have access to the boss.

The project manager suddenly came to Xiao Lan's side.

He looked very pale: "The boss wants you to go to the office."

Without looking back, he walked away, muttering, "Hmph, ass-kisser."

It seems he misunderstood and thought Xiao Lan was using some kind of tactic to get close to his boss.

Xiao Lan wanted to give him the hot "ass" in his hand and make him feel loved by his boss.

However, since the boss had given him the opportunity to get closer, it was better to settle this side first.

Xiao Lan took the envelope with her and secretly stuck double-sided tape on it to see if she could find a chance to return it.

"Knock, knock, knock."

Xiao Lan knocked on the door of his boss's office.

"Come in." The boss's voice came from behind the door.

When he entered the office, Xiao Lan sat down opposite his boss as he had been instructed to do.

The boss still looked kindly at Xiao Lan and expressed his concern: "You look much better today, have you been unwell since?"

Xiao Lan understood what he was trying to pry, but played dumb to, "Thanks boss, I feel better today, probably the amulet you gave me really works."

The boss's eyes were a little confused, "It works?"

Xiao Lan said, "Yeah, with this amulet, I eat better, run faster, and even sleep better than before."

The boss squeezed out a smile, "...... Oh, it's good that you're okay."

Xiao Lan asked, "I wonder where I got such a good charm, I want to get one for my parents too."

The owner barely managed to keep a smile on his face and said, "I'm not sure about that, I might have to go back and ask my mother."

Afterwards, the boss asks Xiao Lan if she has encountered anything unusual, but Xiao Lan brushes it off.

The two of them seemed to be having a good time, acting caring and flattered.

Anyone who didn't know would have thought that Xiao Lan was about to get a promotion and a pay rise.

While the two sides were talking, Xiao Lan took the opportunity to glue the envelope to the underside of his boss's desk.

The boss could only give Xiao Lan a few words of encouragement and let him go back to work.

After Xiao Lan left, the smile on the boss's face immediately withdrew and he couldn't help but call, "Master, why does the double technique seem to be ineffective?"

The master didn't move too fast: "It's only been a while, everyone's physique is different and he's young, it's not that easy to weaken his yang energy. You wait a few more days, the man is under your nose anyway, he can't get away at all."

The boss pressed the master for a few more questions and only hung up after receiving repeated promises from the other party.

At that moment, the envelope at the bottom of the table disappeared, and a long strand of black hair was released and silently stuck to his back.

And the boss was oblivious to this.

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Xiao Lan returns to his office and gets back to work.

Perhaps because he has solved a major problem, he feels lighter and his work is more efficient.

Even the project manager doesn't look at him with a black face anymore.

When it was time to leave work, the social animals in the company were a bit dumbfounded.

Suddenly, everyone gets a video from their boss on their work app.

Xiao Lan is no exception.

What did the boss want? The employees, who felt strange, clicked on the video.

The video shows Xiao Lan's office, late at night, and Xiao Lan's seat is occupied by a long-haired woman in a professional dress.

At a glance, Xiao Lan can see that this is what the female ghost looked like before she was born.

She looked like she was working, but she kept playing with her mobile phone at one moment and touching up her make-up at another, with the appearance of being addicted to touching fish.

No wonder the project manager had such a bad opinion of her, this look really didn't look like she was here to work.

Looking at the angle of the video, the camera must have been behind Xiao Lan's left side.

He looked up but found it empty, the original surveillance equipment had long since been removed, leaving only an empty shelf.

Xiao Lan turns his attention back to the video.

The intern in the video was still groping for fish, and after a while, another figure appeared in the shot.

With that chubby body and lacklustre hair, this was the boss.

The boss and the intern seemed to be very familiar with each other.

The two chatted intimately for a while, looking surprisingly ambiguous, and even moved their hands together.

The colleagues who were eating the melon were shocked, who released the video, was it so explosive?

But just as the intern was half undressed, she said something to the boss, who looked a little upset.

The two spoke a few more times after that and gradually the atmosphere began to go wrong, with the woman becoming agitated and pointing her finger at the boss and swearing.

The boss, not to be outdone, cursed back in a change from his previous kindly manner.

The more the two men cursed, the more agitated they became, and eventually they even got into a fight.

Don't look at the boss, who is not young and chubby, but it is still easy to strike at a young girl who is less than ninety pounds.

In the middle of the pushing and shoving, the female intern was pushed to the ground by the boss, who was not yet relieved and rushed up and kicked her hard several times.

But as he kicked her, he realised that something was wrong.

He was clearly kicking her leg, but how come more and more blood was coming out from under her head?

By this time the woman's condition was clearly not good, she had started to roll her eyes and the rise and fall of her chest was getting weaker.

The owner reached out and tested her breathing, then he took out the phone as if he was about to call 120.

But suddenly his movements stopped, and he frowned at the female intern whose breathing was fading on the floor, his eyes switching between the other woman and the phone.

Finally, the boss chose to put his phone away.

Then he picked up the badly injured woman on the ground and walked out of the range of the surveillance.

After some time, something of considerable size could be seen falling from the edge of the surveillance.

Although it was hard to see in the camera, a clear flash of red could still be seen.

That red looks like the enchanting, eye-catching high heels on the female intern's feet.

After another while, the boss's figure reappeared on the monitor.

He wiped the blood off the floor and put away the clothes, phones and such that the interns had left behind.

Finally he looked over at the monitor in the corner of the office and came over and removed it.

At this point, the video content is played.

The office resounded with the sound of intake of breath, and the social animals who were still working late couldn't help but whisper.

What was thought to be a melon had suddenly turned into a criminal case midway through. It turned out that the previous rumours were actually half right, except that the female intern had not jumped off the building herself, but ...... had been thrown down by her boss.

The boss seems to have killed someone, should they call the police?

Before the social animals could decide between their sense of justice and their work, a figure crossed the office window.

Loose suit, chubby and balding.

This one figure was falling.

"Boss!"

"The boss has jumped!"

"Crap - shit -"

The staff couldn't help but exclaim, and the bold few flocked to the window to look down.

Another part was too stunned to look at all.

By this time the boss's body had landed on the hard ground outside the building.

His limbs were unnaturally spread out, like a puppet with strings cut, and a large amount of blood poured out from behind him, staining the ground.

The owner's eyes were round and wide and his mouth was open as if he was trying to call for help.

His expression rested on horror, as if he had seen something unbelievable.

There were a lot of people around who were attracted by the commotion, and people kept dialing the phone, not knowing whether they were calling the police or 120.

"The boss saw that the matter was exposed, so he simply killed himself - right?"

"The evidence is overwhelming, so if you don't die, you'll go to jail."

"Why do I think the boss's expression is wrong, it's like he's seen something terrible ......"

"You can see it from this far away?"

"Yeah, I'm far-sighted."

The crowd couldn't stop discussing and analysing why the boss had to kill himself.

Having seen the previous video, they had little sympathy for the boss, but were a little worried about their own jobs.

Only Xiao Lan saw it.

A long-haired woman in a bloodstained shirt is in a death grip on the boss as he descends, and his terrified gaze is directed at her.

After the boss's fall, the woman's figure stood by for a while, waiting until the boss's ghost appeared and then pulled him straight down into the ground, where he disappeared.

It seems that her revenge is not yet over.

With such a big event as the boss jumping off a building, there was no way for the employees to continue working overtime.

The senior management rushed to solve the problems afterwards and told all the ordinary employees to go home, and the crowd gathered their things and left the company in a hurry.

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Xiao Lan also left the office with the crowd and returned to his flat.

Having solved the crisis caused by the ghost, he felt relieved and the sun was setting brightly today.

It was thanks to Fei Luo that he had come back from the dead, and he should thank him for that.

I thought I was going to invite Fei Luo for tea, but it seemed that tea alone was not enough for such an important favour, so it was better to find an opportunity to treat him to a meal.

Xiao Lan then remembered that she had met Fei Luo several times by chance, but she didn't seem to know where he lived.

Xiao Lan went to the caretaker of the flat, Mr. Zhang, and asked him for Fei Luo's door number.

To his surprise, he said, "Fei Luo? Who is that?"

Xiao Lan was a bit confused: "He probably lives on the seventh floor, he's a painter, he's said to have lived here for a long time."

Master Zhang frowned: "No, there is no such person on the seventh floor. If you say he's a long-time resident, it's even more unlikely. I know all the old residents here, and there's no one called Fei Luo."

After saying goodbye to Master Zhang, Xiao Lan felt confused.

Fei Luo was not a resident here, so who was he?

Was he a guest in someone's house? And why did he lie about living here?

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