Why are you going?
Such a simple question, yet it seed to cause quite a stir.
Definitely not a regular, there must be a special reason for going to drink.
Looking at Tia, who was montarily at a loss for words, Fu Qian thought to himself and did not rush her.
The atmosphere was right; let’s see what surprises this person can bring.
Even the surroundings are particularly conducive to contemplating life.
"Yesterday I suddenly felt like... I didn’t want to be alone."
Reassuring, the waiting soon paid off, as Tia recalled, her gaze already slightly dazed.
"Especially at night?"
Just by listening to these two sentences, it could almost be described as ambiguous, but Fu Qian knew well that this person was definitely not troubled by emotions.
"Yes, in this place, I’ve already exhausted where people might be... and when people leave one by one, I feel really bad."
Indeed, it wasn’t the alcohol itself, but the presence of people that Tia soon admitted as the reason for choosing to go to the bar.
"In what way is it bad?"
The reason why this person woke up at my place in the morning was logical now, but there was still a missing core motivation.
"Darkness... any place where even the slightest bit of light can’t reach makes feel... extrely terrified."
With a strong sense of imrsion, Tia’s breathing almost carried a trembling flavor, but after taking a deep breath, she finally couldn’t help but speak out.
"What kind of horror? Sothing hidden inside, or is it moving on its own, ready to crawl over and swallow you?"
Fu Qian showed no sympathy, pressing for details persistently.
"Neither... it’s not sothing hidden inside, but shadows form sothing..."
And having endured the test, Tia indeed provided the specifics.
"Any small patch of black in my field of vision, my brain uncontrollably simulates it as part of a face... I don’t even know what it is, and it’s even more pronounced after drinking alcohol, so I dare not drink."
Reasonable, otherwise, she would just get herself drunk; what’s the need to endure those circumstances otherwise?
Imagining the scene in Tia’s eyes, despite the oddity, Fu Qian still confird the statent.
Thus, there is a reasonable explanation as to why she ended up following ; on one hand, I left late, by then her fear should have accumulated to a certain extent.
On another hand, if Huck was indeed her uncle, then Tia might actually be more familiar with than others.
Even as a police officer, this identity might bring extra safety.
As for the core motivation ntioned earlier, naly the "face of shadows" that frightens her?
What else could it be—
Fu Qian realized, looking around and noticing the returning person still hadn’t co back, and sighed inwardly.
This person probably experienced sothing extraordinary in the Inner World during work yesterday.
...
"Do you think I have a problem in my head?"
The person showed no signs of mockery as she expected, making Tia sowhat uncomfortable.
To the extent that she stared at Fu Qian’s face, the next mont, she even learned to mock herself.
Of course, imrsed in mories, her sensitivity to the surroundings was slightly lower, as if not realizing the passage of ti.
"Could it just be that your Talent has awakened? I suggest taking ti to exchange so art with Rachel, or even booking a room in the prison."
Upon seeing such a cooperative player facing trouble, Fu Qian not only offered a bowl of spiritual chicken soup but also a rather strange tasting one.
"... Why isn’t the person back yet? Should we leave first?"
Though montarily speechless, Tia quickly reacted, returning to reality.
"Is it possible that soone got bored alone, heard us coming in, and hid in the cabinet to play hide and seek with us?"
Fu Qian remained unhurried, casually glancing around.
"Who would play hide and seek in such a place—"
Judging from the topic just discussed, Tia was clearly sowhat low in fear immunity at this mont.
"How did you know I was hiding here?"
Yet her sigh hadn’t ended before it was interrupted.
A door of a double-tiered tal cabinet behind Fu Qian was pushed open from inside, as a figure struggled to co out.
...
Ah—
At that mont, the fear accumulated by Tia seed to perfect an explosion.
Realizing what happened, she almost jumped up imdiately, letting out a scream.
Soone had actually been hiding in the cabinet silently all along, in such a place?
Anyone would feel their scalp tingle at the thought, let alone that they were just discussing shadows, fitting the scene too well.
The only fortunate thing was that the person ca out from the other side, had it been from behind her—though the person she faced remained remarkably calm.
"Did you see ?"
While Tia couldn’t help but empathize with Fu Qian’s situation, the person who crawled out of the cabinet showed no interest in her, their gaze locked solely on Fu Qian.
"Didn’t see."
Only now did Fu Qian turn around, evaluating the suddenly appearing new character—it seed like solving two cases at once?
That’s right, those types of cabinets are only spacious for hiding when the person is small in build as well.
An absolutely not yet adult female.
Not particularly striking in appearance, and her expression was rather unlikable.
Eyes quite large, albeit intimidating at the mont, rely enhancing pressure.
Her body was slender, and her clothes even scantier; fortunately, the "chill" in this place was more psychological.
"Nonsense, then why did you suddenly say that?"
Facing Fu Qian’s scrutiny, the girl showed no sign of backing down, questioning sharply.
"I said ’Is it possible,’ was discussing with soone, then you interrupted."
Fu Qian shook his head, directly countering the girl.
Actually, that’s true.
Assuming these cabinets could hide people is one thing, it doesn’t an actual clues were discovered.
This girl undoubtedly had a fierce temperant, closing the cabinet door tightly.
Unless you directly open to look, what special signs could appear from outside?
Thus, the nature of the previous sentence indeed belonged to a shot in the dark.
Unfortunately, the girl may have both intelligence and execution capabilities, yet she had the rashness typical of youth, revealing herself in a single sentence.
"Who are you, and why are you here?"
At this point, Tia was also back to her senses, couldn’t help but take up the subject to ask.
"... I’m looking for soone, a boy."
This ti, she finally got a slight response, as the girl thought briefly and replied coldly with a glance.
Indeed, part of the missing duo.
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