Infinite Murder Mystery Game: The Beauty with a Delicate Palm

There were no statues of gods enshrined, but the whole house gave the impression of suppressing something.

A chill suddenly ran through her. She rubbed her arms and recalled many folk tales and legends. The treasure-hunting bloggers she had once seen reappeared in her sleep-wracking memories.

Su Mian shook her head. That's why Chinese horror is the scariest. She casually tore off a piece of cloth and covered the mirror.

After struggling for ages and being starving, I searched for a long time but found that there was nothing to eat in the house except water.

……

Seeing this bizarre sleeping arrangement didn't deter her from despair, but realizing she had no food truly drove her to despair.

Then came two knocks on the door. She lazily moved to the doorway, looked through the peephole, but no one was there.

There was a cardboard box on the ground.

Su Mian pushed open the door, picked up the cardboard box, and found two eggs, a can of luncheon meat, a few vegetable leaves, and self-heating rice.

The box was labeled "Fresh Produce Delivery".

With her meager memories, she picked up her phone to check and found a food delivery app called Fresh Delivery.

Apart from two buildings, the rest of this instance is completely dark; there are no convenience stores, supermarkets, or farmers' markets.

It's like a poorly constructed PC game that only models the area it needs.

So, is this the only way for players to get their usual food and drink?

With questions in mind, she opened the app. At the top of the platform were the "Must-Buy Today" and "Remaining Stock" sections.

All food portions are very small. For example, cabbage can only be bought by the number of leaves, eggs cannot be bought in a basket, and seasonings are also sold in small quantities in four-compartment containers.

Based on the amount of food received, it needs to be purchased daily, and each purchase is only enough for one day.

The platform's announcement also states that vegetables delivered each day can only be consumed on the same day; any consequences of consuming them after that date will be borne by the customer.

The platform closed its purchasing channels at 9 p.m. Su Mian planned to buy vegetables for tomorrow as well, but found that it did not charge money, but instead charged something called "vegetable coins".

Her vegetable coins were zero.

This put Su Mian in a dilemma. She tapped the conspicuous number, and a sentence popped up on the screen.

"Should I exchange my savings for vegetable coins?"

……

Intuition told her that survival here probably didn't refer to money. After thinking it over, Su Mian logged out of the software and decided to cook for herself first to restore her almost off-the-charts hunger level.

If I don't eat soon, I feel like I'll lose two health points.

She calmly thought about taking everything out of the box and placing it in the small kitchen.

The kitchen environment was so bad that it made her frown.

The grease and grime stuck to the wall, and rust crawled out from the cracks, but the stove was relatively clean.

She stared at the gas stove for two seconds, then turned the button, but there was no response.

She tried several times with the same result. Then she noticed a disposable lighter lying casually next to her, its plastic casing yellowed and the writing illegible.

Su Mian picked up a lighter and brought it close to the lighter.

The moment the flames shot out, she instinctively leaned forward a little, only to be met with a sudden wave of heat that made her fingertips go numb.

"……hiss."

Su Mian gasped softly in pain, and the lighter slipped from her hand and fell to the ground. The plastic casing bounced on the concrete floor and rolled under the cabinet.

She stood there, frozen for half a second.

My fingers were scalded and turned red, the pain spreading slowly, and my eyes became a little wet.

Well, as long as the fire is lit, for this pampered greenhouse-grown kapok tree that has never cooked before, this is already the first step towards success.

She quickly went through the process in her mind.

When cooking, should you add oil or water as the first step?

Tsk.

Suddenly, I started to feel irritable again, and for the first time, I felt really stupid.

She tore open a small bag of oil with a blank expression and poured it in.

The next second, the pot exploded violently.

Sizzle—

Oil splattered everywhere, accompanied by white steam. Clearly, Su Mian hadn't noticed the water in the pot. The residual water was instantly irritated by the hot oil and turned into a toxic residue.

Startled by the loud noise, Su Mian raised the pot lid to her chest, took two steps back, her eyes wide and her chest heaving as if she had erected transparent ears. It wasn't until the sizzling of oil subsided that she was pulled back from her wandering soul.

……

The burned area was throbbing with pain, and all her hard work in the kitchen had been for nothing.

It's not that she doesn't know how to cook, but if she ruins the food and goes hungry all day, it would be a huge loss.

Despite her stubbornness, Su Mian convinced herself to turn off the gas.

After making up his mind, he carried a box of perfectly intact food to another building.

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After two knocks, the door opened.

I was somewhat surprised to see Su Mian returning at 9:00 AM.

Her face looked a little red, I don't know if it was because she had climbed seven floors or because she was too embarrassed to speak.

"Is there anything else, landlady?"

"Well……"

Su Mian was arranging her words when she suddenly felt it was a bit absurd to have a terrible murderer cook; it was too incongruous.

But since she proposed "exchanging work for rent," there has to be a time to put it into action.

The man in front of her was still waiting for her to speak. Su Mian glanced at the vegetables in the box, then at the fierce-looking, cold-haired man, and awkwardly spoke.

"Can you...cook?"

At 9:00 AM, he glanced at the contents of the box, a knowing look flashing in his eyes.

"Of course, landlady."

His expression was ambiguous, making Su Mian feel uneasy. She subconsciously straightened her face and said, "I'm just too lazy to do it, not that I can't."

She paused as she spoke.

"From now on, you'll cook to pay your rent."

Si Shi took the box, pondered for a moment, and then spoke with a playful look in his eyes, "Hmm...sounds like a very good deal."

Su Mian followed behind him, already so hungry she could barely stand up straight, and didn't respond to the man's teasing.

For her, it was really embarrassing to "ask" someone to cook for her. Her ears turned bright red when she spoke, but he did not refuse, which relieved Su Mian.

The living room was spacious, with a sofa, TV, dining table, rug, shoe cabinet, potted plants...

nothing.

There was nothing on the balcony, not even curtains. In the middle of the living room, there was an open suitcase with a few clean clothes inside.

Thinking of this, she blinked and suddenly felt a sense of pleasure.

Yes, this makes it easy for her to peek.

Then he shook his head. No, what do you mean by "easy to peek"? That's too strange.

The man had tied his apron tightly, making his superior and beautiful waistline immediately noticeable.

He pointed casually and said, "Sit."

Sleep: ...

She looked around the empty living room.

Where to sit.

On the ground?

At 9:00 AM, he glanced at the bewildered kitten standing in the middle of the living room and laughed without hesitation. "What I mean is..."

He pointed to the open suitcase. "You look so hungry you can't stand up. If you really can't stand it, sit on the suitcase."