Although there were many doubts, it seemed that there was no way to explain them for the time being. After eating breakfast, Lin Qiu Shi tactfully expressed that he wanted to go home, as his cat at home had not been fed yet.
"Go ahead," Ruan Nan Zhu unexpectedly agreed to Lin Qiu Shi's request, and said that he would come to find him on Friday, to let him get prepared.
Lin Qiu Shi asked: "Does getting prepared mean that I will enter those iron doors again on Friday?"
Ruan Nan Zhu calmly hmm-ed in agreement.
Thinking of the scenes behind those doors, the food in front of him suddenly became tasteless. After the meal, as Ruan Nan Zhu had said, he really sent Lin Qiu Shi back home. The two did not communicate much throughout the journey, until Lin Qiu Shi got out of the car, Ruan Nan Zhu finally said "See you on Friday."
Lin Qiu Shi nodded at him, and softly expressed his thanks.
Ruan Nan Zhu drove away, while Lin Qiu Shi returned home.
Seeing Lin Qiu Shi return, Chestnut was still lazily lying on the sofa. Even when Lin Qiu Shi called out its name, it did not move, only slowly swaying its tail to signal that it knew.
Taking this opportunity, Lin Qiu Shi hurriedly went up to stroke it a few times. Chestnut at least did not dodge much, though its attitude was still not enthusiastic.
Lin Qiu Shi pleaded: "Chestnut, let Dad hug you some more."
He had just reached out his hand when Chestnut's hind legs kicked up and gave him a flying kick. The struck Lin Qiu Shi shed tears of sorrow, knowing that he would not be able to obtain Chestnut's favor for the time being.
The next day, Monday.
As usual, Lin Qiu Shi went to work, and again talked to his boss about resigning.
Hearing that Lin Qiu Shi wanted to resign, his boss naturally tried to retain him in every possible way, and immediately promised on the spot that he could give Lin Qiu Shi a raise and promotion.
However, Lin Qiu Shi's attitude was very firm. If before he still had reluctance and hesitation towards this job, then now there was no nostalgia at all. Facing death, he naturally wanted to do what he wanted to do. Lin Qiu Shi did not know whether he could come out from behind the next door, so he did not want to spend this precious time going to work.
Seeing that he could not persuade Lin Qiu Shi, his boss could only show regret and agreed to Lin Qiu Shi's resignation application.
Finally not having to work overtime every day, Lin Qiu Shi heaved a long sigh of relief, and decided to enjoy this precious few days' time properly.
The difference in mentality between people was demonstrated to the fullest extent at this moment - some people were anxious and uneasy while waiting for time to pass, while others enjoyed the last bit of time nicely.
The five days of time flashed by in the blink of an eye, soon it was Friday night.
These few days, Lin Qiu Shi also went to the library to check a lot of information about the Fairshaw Bird. But no matter how much he checked, it was just a somewhat bloody fairy tale, and there was no really useful information.
At eight o'clock on Friday night, there was a knock on the door of Lin Qiu Shi's house.
He walked to the door and opened it, then was stunned - he saw a woman standing outside the door. The woman was very beautiful, wearing a long dress and light makeup on her face. She had the looks of a typical classical beauty, and was now looking at Lin Qiu Shi with an indifferent expression: "Lin Qiu Shi?"
Lin Qiu Shi: "Damn! Ruan Nan Zhu!"
Ruan Nan Zhu: "Call me Ruan Bai Jie, thank you."
Lin Qiu Shi stared with wide eyes: "Why are you crossdressing??"
Ruan Nan Zhu: "Hobby."
Lin Qiu Shi: "..." Although Ruan Nan Zhu had said before that it was a hobby, Lin Qiu Shi was still severely shocked when he actually saw Ruan Nan Zhu dressed like this.
As an honest man who was deeply addicted to working overtime and completely unaware of crossdressing experts, Lin Qiu Shi absent-mindedly opened the door for Ruan Nan Zhu, his expression extremely sorrowful.
"What's with your look." Ruan Nan Zhu said, "Do you know that you're about to die?"
Lin Qiu Shi: "No...nothing." He was too heartbroken that he completely could not control his expression.
He didn't know who did Ruan Nan Zhu's makeup, but his originally non-feminine appearance had now become pitiful. Every frown and smile was full of charm, apart from his height and voice, no one could tell he was a man.
"Compared to life, dignity is not so important," Ruan Nan Zhu sat on the sofa in Lin Qiu Shi's house, and Chestnut jumped directly onto his lap, "Of course I don't always dress like this either, I just took a job this time."
"What job?" Lin Qiu Shi looked at Ruan Nan Zhu stroking the cat's fur, his face full of envy... he wanted to stroke the cat too.
Ruan Nan Zhu: "Your gaze is very perverted."
Lin Qiu Shi: "...Is it?"
Ruan Nan Zhu: "Yes."
Lin Qiu Shi shed tears of sorrow again.
Ruan Nan Zhu looked at his watch again, then told Lin Qiu Shi to go change into clothes he usually did not wear often. Without asking why, Lin Qiu Shi obediently went to change. Only after changing did Ruan Nan Zhu tell him, "It's best if the people in the game don't recognize you in reality."
"What does that mean?" Lin Qiu Shi asked, "What will happen if they recognize me?"
Ruan Nan Zhu: "You'll know later."
After saying this, he then said, "It's about time, let's go out." Then he put Chestnut down, got up and walked to the door.
Lin Qiu Shi followed behind him. When he saw Ruan Nan Zhu open the door, he discovered that the scenery outside the door had changed. The ordinary corridor was gone, and twelve cold iron doors appeared in front of them. A blood-red seal was pasted on one of the iron doors - this should be the place Lin Qiu Shi went to last time.
Seeing such a scene for the second time, although he was mentally prepared, Lin Qiu Shi's heart could not help but beat faster.
Ruan Nan Zhu made a "please" gesture, and Lin Qiu Shi began to try pulling open the iron door.
After one, two... near the end, Lin Qiu Shi finally felt the handle loosen slightly. With a creaking sound, the seemingly extremely heavy big door was pulled open by him.
Like before, as soon as Lin Qiu Shi opened the door, he felt a great force coming, and his whole person was pushed in by this force. Then the scene changed, and a tall, solitary building appeared before his eyes.
The building was surrounded by darkness on all sides, only the building in front of him emitted faint light, as if beckoning him to come over.
Lin Qiu Shi looked around, but did not see Ruan Nan Zhu, nor was there anyone else beside him. After hesitating for a moment, Lin Qiu Shi still strode towards the building ahead.
Arriving at the door, Lin Qiu Shi saw six or seven people gathered at the stairway entrance. Some of them looked calm, while others seemed to be on the verge of collapse, loudly questioning something.
Lin Qiu Shi walked over and heard someone roaring, "Where is this place? Who are you? I'm calling the police!!"
Lin Qiu Shi instantly understood what was happening. This roaring man seemed to be the first time coming to the world inside the doors.