Death Spiral [Infinite Flow] - Chapter 176

    When the first ray of sunshine in the morning hit her face, Xu Rendong finally woke up.

    Due to the changes in the body, the hangover did not cause any physical discomfort, but the fragmentation still exists. At the moment, Honeysuckle’s mind is like a lump of paste, heavy and sticky, and I don’t remember what happened last night.

    He and Lian Qiao were still leaning on each other and sitting on the ground, but the big tree they were leaning against suddenly disappeared, so that they both fell backwards.

    “Hmm!” Lian Qiao, who had not woken up yet, slammed her head into the ground, clutching the back of her head and screaming.

    Honeysuckle subconsciously went to check if he was okay, but suddenly heard a sudden braking sound. He was startled and looked around, only to realize that he was in the middle of a crossroads. A car slammed to a stop in front of them, followed by a “bang” from behind.

    “Be careful!” Honeysuckle jolted, picked up Lian Qiao and rolled on the spot.

     Even Joe didn’t react, only to hear screams around him. It turned out that the car that had braked suddenly was rear-ended, and the roof of the car behind made the car in front rush forward. If the honeysuckle had not reacted in time, they would have splattered blood on the spot.

    “…” Honeysuckle’s chest heaved violently, her eyes widened, and she was so terrified that she felt like she was just picked up from the water.

    Lian Qiao pulled him up and looked him up and down: “Are you okay?”

    Honeysuckle took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down. The voice was still a little trembling: “…Go to the side first.”

    The two people who suddenly appeared in the middle of the road did not surprise other passers-by except for the anger of the two drivers. To them, the two just seemed to be breaking traffic rules and running a red light. Forced the driver to have a traffic accident in order to dodge, these two unqualified people patted their buttocks and left.

    The people around them cast contemptuous glances at them. The two turned a blind eye and walked along the road while checking their surroundings.

    “This is near my company.” Honeysuckle said.

    Lian Qiao nodded: “I recognize it.”

    At this time, something suddenly vibrated in the honeysuckle pocket. Ren Dong was stunned for a moment, reached out and found a mobile phone.

    This is exactly the same as his real phone. A call from an unknown number is displayed on the screen. Ren Dong and Lian Qiao looked at each other and answered the phone.

    “Hello?”

    “Hello? Hello, is this Mr. Xu Rendong?” Opposite is a crisp and cheerful female voice.

    “I am. Are you…?”

    The opposite replied: “I am the HR of XX Financial Firm. I am honored to inform you that you have been hired by our company. Please report to our human resources department at 8:30 this morning. address is…”

    It turned out to be HR, does the voice sound familiar. Xu Rendong hung up the phone and said to Lian Qiao, “Go to the company.”

    “Wait.” Even Joe grabbed him, “You’re going like this?”

    Honeysuckle looked down, only to find that she was still wearing a T-shirt and jeans from her student days, and her clothes were even stained with the vomit she had drunk last night, which was very sloppy.

    Honeysuckle frowned. HR asked him to wear a formal suit because he was going to be introduced to the department head. It would be too rude to go to see the leader in this dress.

      Just mess around, don’t you just mess around until 2020?

    Lian Qiao said, “Look to see if there is any XX treasure on your phone.”

     Honeysuckle was stunned for a moment, and then she reacted. Yup! Since this phone can make and receive calls, it should also have other functions! He immediately unlocked the phone, and with a swipe of his finger, various modern apps jumped into view.

    He glanced at the top of the screen, the 4G signal was full.

    “Yes!” Honeysuckle couldn’t help but smile, “There is also money in the account!”

    It is 2017. Although he has just graduated from college, he has a small deposit of 10,000 yuan in his account. All of them were saved through work-study programs and scholarships in college.

    I finally have money!

    Honeysuckle lived a poor life of lack of clothing and food for twenty days. At this time, she suddenly had a smartphone and a huge sum of money, let alone how happy she was.

    Even Qiao was overjoyed, pulled him up and said, “Go, buy a suit.”

    Since the company of Honeysuckle is located in the city center, the map scene this time is very large, covering almost half of the downtown business district. There is naturally no shortage of clothing stores in the city center, but unfortunately it is only seven o’clock at this time, how can a clothing store open so early?

    The two sat on the flower bed in the central park and saw many elderly people doing morning exercises in the square. Lian Qiao was dejected: “It’s over, it’s over, if you go to see the boss like this, I’m afraid you will lose your job on the spot…”

    Honeysuckle thought about it, fumbled up and down on herself, and found out a key.

    Lian Qiao was surprised: “This is…”

    Honeysuckle stared at the small silver-white key, with some emotion and a little trance: “It’s the key to our apartment.”

    …

    Twenty minutes later.

    Honeysuckle inserted the key into the key hole, and the door opened with a click.

    As soon as I opened the door, I was greeted with a familiar atmosphere. A soft fabric sofa, beige curtains, a clean and tidy dining table…it’s the apartment where he’s lived for four years.

    His luggage was still piled up in the living room. It seems that after renting this apartment, I just finished cleaning, and I haven’t even had time to unpack my luggage.

    This apartment has too many memories for honeysuckle. He suppressed the countless emotions in his chest and began to unpack his luggage and find clothes to wear.

    Lian Qiao stood quietly beside him, not saying a word.

    When Xu Rendong found the suit and stood up, he found that the corners of Lian Qiao’s eyes were red and seemed to have tears. He couldn’t help being taken aback, and then thought with emotion: Sure enough, this is a special place for even Joe.

    “I’m going to change.” He leaned over and kissed Lian Joe’s face, then walked into the bedroom.

    When he came out after changing his clothes, he had already packed himself clean and fresh, full of professional atmosphere. Lian Qiao was standing on the edge of the sofa, lowering his head and stroking the soft surface of the fabric sofa.

    “It’s a pity that there are only four days left.” Lian Qiao said with a sigh.

    Xu Rendong walked over and hugged him from behind: “I will definitely take you out.”

    Lian Qiao turned his face and rubbed the tip of his nose on his cheek affectionately. Soft words: “Well. You can definitely.”

    After changing into clean and tidy clothes, Xu Rendong felt refreshed. Before going out, he looked for the key to get off the car at home, but could not find it. Sure enough, this scene perfectly restores his real life four years ago – how could he buy a car just after graduating?

    He bought the car after working for two years. I wonder if there will be an extra car key at home the day after tomorrow?

    Xu Rendong couldn’t help laughing while thinking. This time the scene was too familiar, so familiar that it made him a little… addicted.

    The house he rents is some distance from the company. He had just graduated that year, and although he had saved a considerable amount of property, it was obviously impossible to spend a lot of money to rent a house in the city center. He found this house after breaking through his iron shoes. It is said that someone just died.

     Of course Xu Rendong didn’t care about that. What is haunting in the face of poverty? What’s more, in terms of rent, this two-bedroom, one-bedroom house is really cost-effective.

    As for now, he has seen both the real dead and the real ghost, so what kind of haunted house is he afraid of?

    I just don’t know if there will be anything extra in this haunted house in the copy…

    Lian Qiao accompanied him to take the subway. It happened to be the morning rush hour, and the subway station was crowded with people. Xu Rendong really didn’t expect that he would squeeze the subway to go to work in the ghost world. He couldn’t help but laugh when he was in line.

    The display indicates that the subway has two minutes to stop. They couldn’t get on the previous bus, so they were at the front of the line this time.

    There is a transparent gate in front of you. The gate will not be opened until the subway stops completely to prevent passengers from falling.

    Xu Rendong saw her own reflection on the transparent gate. This is a scene he has seen countless times in real life. However, what was different from the past was that at this time, his demeanor was no longer as cold and arrogant as he used to be.

    Because even Joe was by his side.

    Just because Joe was by his side, his eyes were soft and smiling. It was Lian Joe who changed him.

    Xu Rendong slowly moved his eyes and looked at the reflection of the man beside him on the transparent gate. Even Joe happened to be looking at him, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

    Suddenly, there was a call from behind.

    “Ouch, don’t push!”

    Honeysuckle turned back subconsciously, and before he could see clearly, he felt that something was on his knees. His legs were weak, and the whole person jumped forward.

    Xu Rendong slammed into the transparent gate and instinctively reached out to grab the door. In the blink of an eye, he thought happily: Fortunately, there is this door, otherwise…

    However, when his hand touched the gate, he was shocked to find—

    My own hands passed through the door!

    Lian Qiao exclaimed: “Honeysuckle!” At the same time, he reached out to grab him, but it was too late. All this happened too fast, Xu Rendong has fallen on the platform, and most of his body is exposed outside the platform!

    Meanwhile, the subway roared out of the tunnel!

    Xu Rendong’s pupils shrank suddenly, trying to get up from the platform. But as soon as he stretched out his hand, he felt something caught him under the tunnel!

    Xu Rendong looked down and was shocked!

    In the tunnel, it was covered with hair!

    The hair was long and thick, twisting wildly like countless snakes! A large clump of hair wrapped around his arm, dragging him down!

    Most of Xu Rendong’s body was outside the platform, and when he was pulled by the hair, the whole person was sliding down. He couldn’t keep his center of gravity at all, and he was about to fall off the platform!

    “Fuck!” A loud shout exploded behind him.

    Xu Rendong only felt tight on her waist. Then the world turned around, and Lian Qiao dragged him back abruptly!

    Almost at the same time, the subway whizzed by!

    This subway did not slow down or even stop when it entered the station, but rushed past the platform at the highest speed!

    “…” Xu Rendong opened his eyes wide, unable to recover from the rest of his life.

    “Honeysuckle, don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid…” Lian Qiao took him into his arms and said with a trembling voice, “You’re all right…you’re all right…”

    He repeated the phrase “you’re all right”, as if to tell Xu Rendong, but also to himself.

    Xu Rendong took a big breath of air, and then recovered from the drastic change just now.

    “Lian Qiao…” Xu Rendong restrained his breath and forced himself to calm down, “Something’s wrong, this scene…”

    “I know. You get up first.” Even Joe took a deep breath.

    Xu Rendong was kicked just now and his knees were weak, and now his legs are still a little weak. He was helped by Lian Qiao to stand up, and when he looked up, he suddenly realized that the eyes of the people around him were wrong.

    Everyone – all the commuters waiting to squeeze the subway, staring at them blankly at this time.

    Honeysuckle froze in her heart, and subconsciously reached into her backpack and clenched the crowbar.

     However, those people did not take further action. Two seconds later, as if nothing had happened, various expressions gradually returned to their faces. Anxious, bored, excited… They were suddenly colored like blank line drafts, and all of a sudden they came back to life.

    As if nothing ever happened.

    Honeysuckle Lian Qiao left the subway station while vigilant about the surroundings.

    Coming to the ground, the warm sun shines down, and the honeysuckle feels much better.

    Lian Qiao has not recovered yet, and his face is still gloomy. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the passers-by one by one, as if these people in a hurry were all here to assassinate Xu Rendong.

    Xu Rendong sighed: “Forget it. Go home.”

    Lian Qiao agrees.

    Five minutes later, the two returned to the community. Standing at the door of the apartment, Xu Rendong touched all the pockets on his body and his face changed slightly.

    Lian Qiao: “The key is gone?”

    Xu Rendong nodded and frowned: “Stolen?”

    Lian Qiao suddenly raised the corner of his mouth and pulled out a mocking smile: “I’m afraid not.”

    Xu Rendong sighed: “Then now…”

    Lian Qiao: “I can only go to work.”