After being poisoned by mushrooms, all the strange creatures became fascinated by me.

Tang Li vaguely felt that she had guessed the truth.

Although the reason for his sudden suicide is unknown, Manager Li is indeed dead.

After he died, something strange came back to life in his body, but because Steward Li's body was not damaged when he died, the girl did not see or witness the strange "oil".

The experiments Lian Shi had conducted previously showed that people who were brought back to life did not gain greater strength and would still die from being hit in a vital spot. However, the strangeness within them would manipulate their bodies to revive again.

Manager Li hanged himself, and without help, he couldn't lower himself. So, after being resurrected, he could only order the girl to save him, but she was already terrified and incapable of rescuing him. Thus, Manager Li hanged himself once more.

The strange entity within him was unwilling to accept its fate and revived time and time again, but no one could help him untie the ropes, so he could only suffocate and die each time.

Tang Li: ...

That's terrible.

Tang Li got all the information she wanted. She nodded to the girl, reassured her again, made a promise, and then pushed the cart away.

But her mind didn't stop thinking. According to the girl, when Tang Li found them, Steward Li was in the middle of being hanged again and hadn't had time to be resurrected.

So, what if...?

Tang Li paused slightly, belatedly sensing a chill as if she had brushed past danger.

Could it be that the greasy, eerie substance actually still exists in his blood, just waiting for Manager Li to be sent to the sect's crematorium as a corpse so that he can find an opening to escape?

Tang Li lowered her eyes slightly.

Now, she needs to finish her work as soon as possible and then go to Han Zhou to ask him to investigate the whereabouts of Steward Li's body. Although the chances are slim, they might be able to capture the "Steward Li" who has come back to life and has not yet left.

"clang--"

A furious slamming sound echoed as someone pounded on the railing.

"Are you going to feed me or not?" a rough shout came from a cell not far ahead. "Damn it, stop dawdling..."

Tang Li realized that she had been lingering in front of the girls' cell for quite a while, but the speaker's voice... the childish voice and the vulgar expression created a stark and strange contradiction.

Tang Li pushed the cart forward, looking at the person inside who was cursing loudly through the railing.

Inside was a man, about eleven or twelve years old, covered in wounds... somewhere between a child and a teenager.

Let's just call him a boy for now.

Tang Li involuntarily widened her eyes and stared at him blankly.

This person had a head of silver hair that shone brightly even when stained with dirt, and his eyes, filled with rage... could be described as dazzling.

The silver-haired boy saw a young face and instinctively swallowed the profanity that was about to be uttered.

"What are you looking at! What are you looking at!" He was like a silver chinchilla in a state of stress, yet being treated as a novelty being studied, becoming increasingly annoyed. "Never seen a handsome guy before? Give me food, I'm starving!"

handsome guy……

Silver hair...

And then there are these eyes, reminiscent of certain items in a shopping mall—twelve trendy, vibrant eye colors.

No, how could anyone actually buy and use something like that?

This guy is obviously a player, and not necessarily a bright one. He probably slipped up during the entry test and was mistaken for a spy, whipped, and locked up in jail. He hasn't been released yet.

On the other hand, in this kind of ancient replica, with such a head of silver hair and such a pair of eyes, it's hard not to be suspicious, isn't it?

Its only good fortune was that it didn't fall into the hands of King Zhou of Han.

Tang Li suppressed her twitching lips, didn't even look, and grabbed the steamed buns that were practically turning into petri dishes for some kind of organism from the cart and threw them at the boy.

"Wow!" Right on top of that silver head.

The silver-haired boy eagerly grabbed the food, but upon seeing it, he became even more furious.

"You dare lie to me! You little errand boy, you actually lied to me?!" He pointed at her and cursed, "Do you think my nose is just for show? I finally got a decent meal today, and you dare to skimp on my food?!"

"—I could smell the steamed buns a long time ago!"

Tang Li sneered, finally unable to hold back any longer and began to argue with this person earnestly: "Are you crazy?"

"Open your eyes and look for yourself! What's all this stuff on this vehicle?"

"Steamed buns? These are my own provisions, what's it to you? You're already here, and you still dare to covet meat buns?"

The silver-haired boy visibly wilted, an embarrassed blush spreading across his cheekbones. He quietly pressed one hand against his abdomen, his eyes darting around as if he had suddenly thought of something.

"Well, cough, can I trade you something?" The silver-haired boy pulled something out of his pocket and waved it at Tang Li as if showing off.

Tang Li looked up: Wow, a prop.

A small piece of candy wrapped in brightly colored tin foil?

"Hahahaha, are you trying to fob me off like a beggar?" "Streamer, hahahaha, our streamer has been earning fireworks, lucky draw prizes, and sports cars since the very first dungeon! When have we ever suffered this kind of humiliation?" "Streamer, go search for 'Friendship Chocolate' in the livestream shop yourself, hahahaha, I can't take it anymore!" "Some people dress themselves up so nicely, but they can't even afford a whole bar of chocolate!"

Tang Li raised an eyebrow slightly and pulled up her shop panel to take a look.

【Friendship Chocolate: Available in packs of ten or more. Zero-cost social interaction. Slightly increases the favorability of local inhabitants in the instance, provided they have a sweet tooth. (This product uses cocoa butter substitute; please do not consume excessively.)】

The required points are 3.

Oh, wait a minute. Tang Li glanced at the product details page again.

With a limited-time discount of -90%, he spent a total of... 0.3 points.

Very good, their purchasing power is less than half that of a spicy strip.

Tang Li turned and pushed the cart away. The silver-haired boy desperately stretched out a hand behind her, calling out to her in a trembling voice, like a dying person who would starve to death if he couldn't get a bun.

"Don't go! Don't go!" The silver-haired boy pleaded with all his might to keep her. "You...you don't like sweets? I...I can give you...you can have cat ears..."

Ugh, so noisy.

This guy is a player, after all; he might come in handy sometime. Tang Li wasn't going to ignore him completely; she just wanted to keep him in check so she could control him, since she'd be coming to serve dinner later. But just as Tang Li finished her work and was about to leave, a timid call stopped her again.

Tang Li paused, realizing that it wasn't the silver-haired boy who had called her, but the girl from before.

"I'm sorry, I... I still have half a steamed bun left," the girl pleaded, looking at her. "Could you... could you give it to him for me?"

She was referring to the boy outside the two cells.

Tang Li raised an eyebrow suspiciously: "What, you feel sorry for him and have taken pity on him?"

"No, no," the girl whispered, "He... he went to jail because of me..."

"Actually, Manager Li had been eyeing me for a long time. Two days ago, he tried to take advantage of me... At that time, it was he who helped me."

The girl looked up at her, her eyes filled with tears. "He was locked up in jail because he argued with Manager Li while trying to help me."

Ok?

Tang Li looked at the girl.

My first reaction wasn't that the silver-haired boy was actually a kind-hearted person.

Instead... it seems that the players who have a grudge against Steward Li—

There's still one more.

Don't forget, Manager Li died while he was making advances on the girl in front of him, he died in a... inexplicable suicide.