Chapter 554: Chapter 553: You Are the Hope of the Motherland

Mu Qiu pulled Zhao Yu along as they walked forward.

"Come on, they have quite a lot of drama in this group."

Zhao Yu was hesitant to leave: "I feel this story is quite interesting, let’s stay and watch it till the end."

"Don’t worry; with Sister Guan Yu’s acting skills, we’ll still be able to catch it when we get back."

"...That makes sense."

They watched a bit more, like when you catch a glimpse of an argument between aunties on the street when you’re bored, but then found it dull and decided to pair up and leave.

"Let’s go, let’s leave them to their overly dramatic performance on this chaotic street. If there are actually mutated creatures here, hopefully they’ll be drawn to them."

Zhao Yu squinted at her: "Wow, you have thoughts like that? Brilliant~"

"Piece of cake. Anyway, with Sister Guan Yu full of drama, it’s good to put her talents to use. And besides, I always feel, with so many rooms in that residents’ building, how could there not be some kind of weird......"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!"

Before they could finish speaking, a piercing scream erupted from behind them.

They instinctively turned around to see the man wearing a chef hat sprinting by like the wind, then screaming as he ran away, sending a breeze that whisked a strand of Mu Qiu’s hair.

Mu Qiu calmly smoothed her hair and opened her mouth to speak, when Guan Yu rushed up from behind, squeezed past them, and chased after Chu Qiu.

"Chu Qiu! How are you faster than me?! Aren’t you a man?!"

Chu Qiu was already far ahead, shouting back as he ran: "But it’s really terrifying! Run slower!"

"At least you have some conscience! Knowing I’m a pregnant woman!"

"Running slower attracts the monsters, making me safer!"

"...Chu! Qiu! You better come back here and die!"

At this point, having some sunflower seeds would be great, Mu Qiu and Zhao Yu got to watch another free show.

Where Chu Qiu ran past, two other people emerged from the roadside.

Li Yang led Guo Yin as they ran out from the building, peeking from the roadside as their heads turned quickly from left to right, following Guan Yu and the others.

"Woah, what are you all doing? Is this a race?"

Guo Yin: "Sister Guan Yu can still run so fast in a skirt; did Brother Chu Qiu anger her?"

"Clearly."

Li Yang didn’t know what had happened earlier, but hearing Guan Yu’s curses, it was reasonable to think Chu Qiu had angered Guan Yu, causing them both to run so quickly.

Though generally speaking, it was indeed Chu Qiu who had angered Guan Yu.

The main street was neither particularly long, so Chu Qiu had reached the end and had come back, Guan Yu still chasing behind, but the two kept circling in front of the residents’ building, unwilling to run forward.

Mu Qiu and Zhao Yu had found a shady spot to squat, seeing through the trick, thoughtfully staring at the residents’ building across the road.

"What were they just screaming about?"

Zhao Yu shook his head: "I didn’t hear them say what they saw. But it might have something to do with what we saw?"

"Let’s ask them," Mu Qiu seized the moment, stopping the two who were chasing each other,

"End your weight-loss running exercise, we need your help with a question."

Guan Yu stopped, bent over, gasping heavily, while Chu Qiu stood about five meters away, taking off his chef hat to fan himself.

"Oh my, it’s so hot; if we don’t get to eat today, with this exercise, we could lose three pounds."

Guan Yu was panting heavily, lifting a hand off her knee, barely opening her fingers, trembling.

Chu Qiu: "Five pounds? Don’t kid yourself."

"Chu Qiu!!!"

Mu Qiu pretended to clean her ears: "My ears are about to escape overseas. Could you spare your tonsils a bit?"

Zhao Yu leaned out from beside her, all smiles, like a capitalist gearing up to negotiate with a client: "So what did you see that made you run and scream just now?"

Guan Yu swallowed, nodded: "There was something. But I didn’t see it clearly."

Mu Qiu: "...You started running and screaming without seeing it clearly?"

"Is that so wrong?! That thing darted so fast! We just moved from the living room to the restroom, the door slammed shut, and as we came out, the faucet started running by itself! Isn’t that terrifying?!"

She spoke with great excitement, while Li Yang and Guo Yin were slowly creeping up, listening like they were hearing a story, casually saying:

"Must be staff, or the crew pretending to be monsters. If you think of it as staff sneaking around to turn on faucets, it’s not so scary."

Chu Qiu shook his head, his expression cryptic:

"The rooms in that building aren’t big; the restroom is small. Walking in, you can see everything clearly. Besides, that faucet is a sensory one."

They knew this was bound to be a design by the staff.

Yet, without seeing anyone to touch it, in a narrow, quiet space, watching the faucet turn on by itself, goosebumps spread from their backs to their hands.

Then their minds started imagining various scenarios; in that situation, they even wanted to suppress their breathing, afraid that their breath would alert something to their presence.

As they retreated, Guan Yu accidentally stepped on a dropped baby toy, which let out a weird giggling sound.

In that instant, the two were on edge, with Guan Yu clutching her ears and screaming as she dashed out the door.

The cameraman behind them also poured out in a single file, and in the not-so-spacious corridor, it was packed with people frantic to escape.

Li Yang opened his mouth, frowned, and asked: "No one there, but the sensory faucet turned on by itself?"

Guan Yu nodded affirmatively: "It was really scary!"

Guo Yin seemed brave, even proposing: "How about we all go up and have another look? Catch whoever’s in the restroom."

"...I definitely won’t go!"

"If you don’t want to go there, you can go somewhere else."

Mu Qiu, arms crossed, paced back and forth: "We found something quite interesting at the art museum. Though it’s a bit scary, we didn’t dare go back in. But now we can—"

She gazed gently and warmly at Li Yang and the others: "With two rising suns, we can certainly dispel the shadow of fear.

You are the flowers of the garden, the hope of the nation, the surfers of the social wave of rapid change. With you here, there’s absolutely nothing to fear."

Chu Qiu: "Internet friends never deceive; you really know how to spin tales."

"....." Mu Qiu coughed, "Anyway, I think the thing could be helpful to us, let’s go have a look. If all else fails, we can stew it as food."

Li Yang was astonished: "We can eat it?"

"Yes, it looks quite like a night-blooming cereus."

Can night-blooming cereus be eaten?

Who knows, it’s all made up anyway.

After her earnest persuasion, Li Yang and Guo Yin decided to form a temporary action team to check things out.

After some thought, Guan Yu and Chu Qiu also joined them.