So far, the two of them were ecstatic with joy.
After the pleasant surprise, they began to think.
What exactly is the situation with this apartnt?
Why does such an agreent exist?
Is earning ten thousand a day just too easy?
Are the other residents the sa as them?
They thought and thought until they fell asleep.
It wasn't until they woke up in the morning and saw in the Alice Apartnt residents' group chat that soone had posted a ssage about a death.
Only then did they fully sober up, grabbed their cara, went downstairs to shoot video, and gather material.
But they were still a step too late.
The content of their channel's videos was originally skewed towards the supernatural and mystery genre.
Therefore, they planned to film their experiences and observations at Alice Apartnt into a series.
Now, just as this series was starting, soone suddenly died.
This was simply a fantastic opening shot!
An absolutely attention-grabbing point!
The two of them now took the elevator to the third floor.
Yao Junjie fiddled with his cara as he walked, saying to Liu Xiaogang, "Xiaogang, with the footage from the past day or so, we can edit two videos."
"The first video's content will be about us moving into a strange apartnt, an apartnt that is often haunted and where murders occur. Of course, that part is our own made-up nonsense."
"The second video will be about a murder actually happening."
If it weren't for the clause in the agreent Liu Xiaogang signed about not being allowed to leak secrets, otherwise they'd have to pay a huge sum of money.
They would have wanted to reveal the details of the agreent in the very first video.
The two walked up to the door of Room 302. Liu Xiaogang took a key from his pocket and inserted it into the lock.
"I was thinking the sa thing for the content of these two videos."
He said.
Room 302, next door to the Old Man in Room 301.
Room 303 belongs to the Demoness sisters, Room 304 to the assistant manager Jiang Ran.
As for the resident of Room 302 from further back, it was the internet-addicted youth Qin Fei.
After the two entered Room 302.
Yao Junjie put down the cara, poured a glass of plain water, took a sip, placed his left hand on his hip, and said:
"What's bothering now is what to make the content of the third video about?"
The two planned to finish filming and editing the entire series of videos before releasing them.
Just like how many web novel authors definitely have drafts saved up.
The biggest advantage of doing this is that when you encounter a lack of inspiration, writer's block, or unexpected events that prevent you from updating, you have sothing to upload.
It's the sa with shooting short videos.
They were afraid that after uploading two videos, they would have no inspiration or content for the third video, be unable to update, end up keeping their fans in suspense for too long, and lose them all.
Liu Xiaogang sat on the sofa, his thick eyebrows furrowed, deep in thought.
This guy looked quite clever, sharp as a whip.
Full of crafty ideas too.
Soon, he thought of the content for the third video: "How about this, based on the second video's content, let's make the third video about finding the killer!!!"
"Junjie, what do you think?"
Yao Junjie listened and said, "Find the killer? Are you joking?"
Liu Xiaogang said, "No, I'm not."
Yao Junjie frowned, "Then where do we go to find the killer?"
Liu Xiaogang said, "Didn't I say it before? The killer is very likely soone in this apartnt. I could tell last night that this manager isn't well-liked here. What I didn't expect was that, disliked or not, he would actually get killed."
Yao Junjie said, "Forget it. Even if the killer is soone in this apartnt, if we go looking for them, isn't that an extrely dangerous thing to do? Dancing on the edge of a knife?"
A flash of determination passed through Liu Xiaogang's eyes. He clenched his fist and punched the wall beside him hard: "Fortune favors the bold. If you have a better idea, I'll give up on this plan."
Yao Junjie really couldn't think of what else to do for the third video.
Putting himself in the viewer's shoes, he too would want to know who killed Manager Li Chong.
And the process of investigating the killer is indeed great filming material.
But, he was still worried it was too dangerous.
...
The lab rat Huo Yun hailed a rideshare at one o'clock in the afternoon and headed to the airport.
Today was the day Lucas was flying back to Arica.
He planned to co see him off.
The day after Lucas was arrested.
Lucas and that teacher of Bai Xiaoliang's, notified by Bai Xiaoliang, arrived in Nancheng City, Hua Country.
This teacher, upon learning of Lucas's reckless actions, decided to take him back to Arica.
Using so connections, plus the fact that Lucas was only guilty of attempted murder and held Arican citizenship.
So, although he was detained a few days longer than Huo Yun, he still got out.
Now, at Nancheng City Airport.
It was very crowded.
In a corner of the airport.
Lucas was being closely watched by two n and two won.
Their shared teacher didn't co to Hua Country alone;
he brought four other students, who were also Bai Xiaoliang and Lucas's senior brothers, senior sisters, junior brothers, and junior sisters.
At the mont, their teacher had gone to the restroom.
Only they were here.
Plus, Bai Xiaoliang and his girlfriend.
These people were all very silent. No one started a conversation or spoke of the impending farewell.
Soon, Bai Xiaoliang and Lucas's teacher returned from the restroom.
He was an energetic white male, probably around sixty or seventy years old.
He walked steadily and quickly.
His back was ramrod straight.
Not like an old man.
Very gentlemanly. Even though he wore casual clothes, he couldn't hide the scholarly, erudite air about him.
Not long after he returned, it was ti to board.
It was also at this mont, just before boarding.
Lucas, who had been keeping his head down in silence, stood up from his seat and said to his teacher:
"Teacher, before we part, I still have a few words to say to my senior brother." (In English)
Lucas's teacher looked to Bai Xiaoliang for permission. After Bai Xiaoliang nodded.
He agreed to let his reckless student go say his final farewell to his senior brother.
If nothing unexpected happened, the two sides wouldn't see each other for a very long ti.
Watching Lucas, who wore a smile on his face as he walked closer, Bai Xiaoliang's girlfriend tightly grabbed Bai Xiaoliang's arm, seeming very nervous.
Bai Xiaoliang comfortingly patted her hand and said with a smile, "It's okay."
Lucas stopped about a ter away from Bai Xiaoliang. After stopping, he said, "Senior brother, co closer. I have a secret to tell you."
Bai Xiaoliang was about to step forward but was pulled back by his girlfriend.
"It's okay. The teacher and the others are all here. He wouldn't dare cause trouble."
"And I also want to hear what secret he has to tell ."
Feeling the pulling force from his girlfriend on his right arm disappear, Bai Xiaoliang took a few steps forward, placing himself extrely close to Lucas.
Lucas's handso face revealed a "friendly" smile.
Then he leaned close to Bai Xiaoliang's ear and said:
"Senior brother, you should rember I'm mixed race, right? My father is Arican, my mother is from Hua Country."
"Therefore, I understand both countries well. Especially their histories."
Bai Xiaoliang didn't know what this guy was going to say to him, but he remained quiet and continued listening.
Lucas said, "Your Hua Country has five thousand years of history. Looking at the world, it is indeed long. But in my view, these five thousand years of history can be summarized in two words."
Bai Xiaoliang: "What two words?"
Lucas sneered: "Infighting."
Lucas continued in a low voice, "In my opinion, your history is a history of infighting, especially during the Southern Ming period of the Ming dynasty."
"Infighting leads to the fall of a country, and even when the country is falling, you still engage in infighting!"
"In the end, a bunch of Tungusic wild boar hides seized your Han people's nation for three hundred years, causing endless suffering. They altered and falsified history."
"I'm afraid many people in your country don't even understand your own country's history as well as I, a mixed-race person, do."
"Many of your people still think those wild boar hides were Jurchens? Descendants of the Jin people from the Song-Jin period?"
"Wrong! Completely wrong. Those wild boar hides were Tungusic people who ca from Siberia to the Liaodong region of the Ming dynasty, impersonating Jurchens."
Bai Xiaoliang frowned: "Lucas, what exactly are you trying to say to ?!"
Lucas sneered: "What I want to express is simple. What's between you and , isn't this also infighting?"
"You Hua Country people are good at infighting, good at scheming, but don't forget, I also have half my blood from Hua Country. I, an Arican, am not inferior to you in this regard."
"So, Bai Xiaoliang, my senior brother, do you think I've just lost like this? Lost to you?"
"I'm telling you, from the mont I stepped into your girlfriend's ho, I noticed sothing was off with that humidifier placed in the living room."
"So, the subsequent course of events aligned with your expectations, and also with mine."
When Bai Xiaoliang heard this, his heart skipped a beat.
Lucas then added another sentence: "Including you hiring a detective to follow , I noticed that long ago too."
"So, senior brother, this ti, it's a win-win for both of us."
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