Incense money from flower and bird shop

The clock has reached nine o'clock in the evening, and no one in the office is still off work.The higher-ups suddenly added a task, and it was extremely urgent, and the girls and boys in the room were all hard at work.

"The takeaway is here, Brother Xiao, let's go downstairs to get it." Zhou Qi, a girl at the next table, received a text message and dragged Xiao Congshuo to get it.

Xiao Congshuo stretched his neck and heard a few crisp sounds of "Gada". He felt that it was time to get up and move around, so he followed Zhou Qi to the elevator.

The corridor outside the office was pitch black, only the emergency exit was still lit with white lights.

The elevator made a "buzzing" sound when it started, which was especially loud in the silent corridor.Zhou Qi is a girl after all, and looked around uneasily, feeling a little panicked: "Brother Xiao, why do you think the company is so picky? They cut off the lights in the corridor at night, and it's so dark and scary."

Xiao Congshuo knew that she was afraid, so he deliberately talked about light topics: "Some people are afraid of the dark after eating? What delicious food did you order for us just now?"

Zhou Qi can be regarded as an out-and-out "foodie". When Xiao Congshuo talked about supper, he immediately said like a few treasures, "Mandarin duck milk tea, four seasons pizza, and mashed potatoes with cheese."

Once we chatted, the feeling of fear just now became insignificant. Zhou Qi smiled and waited for the elevator to go up to the 22nd floor, and couldn't wait to have a delicious meal.

With a ringing bell, the elevator door slowly opened in front of the two of them, and the dim light shone on the dark corridor, which was inexplicably strange.The coolness hits the face, as if what is opening in front of you is not the elevator door, but the freezer door.Xiao Congshuo noticed something strange, his smile faltered, and he wanted to call Zhou Qi to stop.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Qi didn't realize it, and walked into the elevator talking and laughing, which happened to be half a step faster than him.Standing in the elevator, she saw Xiao Congshuo still outside in a daze, hurriedly urged: "What are you doing in a daze, the elevator door is about to close."

As the metal door slowly closed, the chill also subsided.Xiao Congshuo was really worried that Zhou Qi would go down alone, so he bit the bullet and followed quickly.The moment he entered, the door behind him was completely closed, isolating the dark corridor, surrounded by mirror walls.

As the elevator descended gradually, Xiao Congshuo's mood became more and more heavy-the feeling of suffocation came back to his body again, as if a huge stone was pressing on his chest, making it hard to breathe.

The cold was getting worse, and the bones seemed to be covered with icicles. If Zhou Qi hadn't been standing beside him unconsciously, Xiao Congshuo would almost have thought that he was hallucinating, and actually walked into the freezer.

"Brother Xiao?" Zhou Qi finally realized that something was wrong with Xiao Congshuo, he stood stiffly leaning against the elevator, under the dim light, his face was frighteningly dark, "Are you uncomfortable?"

Xiao Congshuo didn't dare to tell the truth, for fear of frightening Zhou Qi, he could only lie casually: "I'm too tired from working overtime continuously, my eyes went dark just now, and I'm still dizzy now."

"Your complexion is too bad." Zhou Qi wanted to go up to support Xiao Congshuo, but unexpectedly the lights in the elevator started to flicker on and off.

The sound of electric current became more and more noisy, making people disturbed.Xiao Congshuo and Zhou Qi raised their eyes to look at the light tube on the top at the same time. The next moment, the glass burst and the elevator was completely plunged into darkness.

Zhou Qi was so frightened that he exclaimed and almost fell to the ground.Xiao Congshuo told himself repeatedly that the more he encountered such a thing, the more he had to remain calm.

The floor button suddenly glowed faintly, and in the dark elevator, the 18th floor was pressed by an invisible hand.The moment Zhou Qi saw it, he was like a frightened bird: "Why is there an 18th floor? I don't remember that there is no such button!"

Xiao Congshuo knew that this was not Zhou Qi's illusion, because there was no 18th floor on the company's floor sign.Nowadays, the number of the 18th floor of many buildings will be skipped and directly changed to the 19th floor.And that's exactly where they work.

The non-existent 18th floor suddenly appeared in front of his eyes. Even if Xiao Congshuo tried to figure out the reason, he couldn't explain it.

"Ding-dong-"

The bell rang without warning, scaring them into a cold sweat at the same time.The elevator stopped descending, and the metal door slowly opened. In the pitch-black elevator car, only the word 18 glowed faintly, which was eerie and glaring.

The frightened two did not dare to go out easily, they looked at the pitch-black outside and remained motionless.It was too quiet, as if the world was being swallowed by a giant mouth, but the sound of undulating breathing was clearly discernible.

Suddenly there was a strange sound above the head, "stinging, stinging", like sharp nails scratching the metal, which made people feel goose bumps all over their bodies.

Zhou Qi was so frightened that he grabbed Xiao Congshuo's sleeve and almost cried: "Brother Xiao, there is something inside..."

"Don't be afraid." Xiao Congshuo touched his pocket, luckily he carried his mobile phone with him.He turned on the phone with luck, but found that there was no signal left, and he couldn't make a call at all.

Something hung down on his shoulders, crawled along his neck, and slowly sneaked into his collar, bringing a slight itch—if you guessed right, it was a woman's hair.Xiao Congshuo didn't need to look at it with his eyes, but he could imagine how the long black hair was entangled with his body, and how it spread and climbed like tentacles.

Xiao Congshuo controlled the trembling of his fingers, adjusted the phone mode, and the moment he pressed the light button, he shouted at Zhou Qi: "Run!"

The road ahead was illuminated by cold light, which was exactly the same as the real 19th floor.In desperation, Xiao Congshuo pushed open a nearby door, dragged Zhou Qi in who was so frightened that his legs were weak, and hid her under the narrow desk.

Zhou Qi was so frightened that he cried, hugging his knees and trembling.She really didn't understand why things turned out like this when she just went downstairs to get a takeaway.

"Keep quiet." Xiao Congshuo didn't have time to calm her emotions, because the office was wrapped in a sudden chill, which made his teeth chatter.This is a signal that the ghosts are approaching. If you want to survive, you have to stabilize your mood, stay rational and calm.

After hiding Zhou Qi, he quickly found a desk to hide in, turned off the phone's illuminated keyboard, and pressed his back against the desk, not daring to breathe.

"Squeak-yah-"

It was the sound of door hinges turning, sharp and long, as if the bones were used to old vinegar, which made people's teeth ache for a while.

In the dark office, there is no sound of footsteps, only the "rustling" sound of skirts on the ground.Xiao Congshuo curled up and hid under the desk, and vaguely saw a long skirt skimming the ground, and at the same time, it brought a biting chill.

She seemed to be very patient, wandering leisurely around the large office, twirling her skirt like a dance.The chairs were automatically pulled out from under the table, and Li Gui methodically searched for traces of the prey.

A marker pen fell from the desk and rolled to the ground half a meter away from where Xiao Congshuo was.Xiao Congshuo suddenly remembered the spell that Mingyan had drawn on his palm that day, almost in a flash of inspiration, he found a way to call for help.

But first, he had to get the marker.

Xiao Congshuo lightly moved his numb muscles, changed from a sitting position to a kneeling position, and silently stretched out his hand——

"Ha ha--"

Ethereal laughter sounded above his head, and Xiao Congshuo was so frightened that his whole body was chilled and his mind went blank.He thought Li Gui had found him, his heart almost jumped out of his mouth, and his ears kept buzzing when he was nervous.

Unexpectedly, the imaginary scene did not appear, Li Gui didn't seem to notice him who jumped out of the body from under the table, the burst of laughter passed, and there was silence again in the world.

Xiao Congshuo had the courage to look up, and was almost close to a bloodless face, only separated by a veil, and could clearly see that her pupils were only the size of pinholes.Wearing the bride's wedding dress, Li Gui straightened up gracefully, as if turning into a pure white sculpture in the dark night.

At this moment, Xiao Congshuo couldn't even scream, relying on his survival instinct, he kept backing away.

"Crack!" With a crisp sound, Li Gui's neck was bent into an incredible arc, and he was looking at him with his head tilted.

Xiao Congshuo didn't dare to catch his breath, he ran his fingers along the ground and held the marker pen.He quietly put his hands behind his back and drew a spell on the carpet.

The place fell into deathly silence, and Xiao Congshuo's hand holding the pen was dripping with cold sweat. Only by trying his best to restrain himself would he not tremble.

The sound of chairs scraping across the ground suddenly came to mind, and it was particularly noticeable in a quiet and eerie place.Xiao Congshuo's hand paused, thinking something was wrong, because the voice came from the direction where Zhou Qi was hiding.

The ethereal and misty laughter sounded again, echoing intermittently.This was the signal that the ghost had found its prey. Xiao Congshuo didn't dare to delay any longer, and his hand to draw the talisman became more and more urgent.

Li Gui was not in a hurry to catch Xiao Congshuo. The skirt made of long yarn swayed on the ground, making a rustling sound, and slowly moved towards Zhou Qi's direction.

Zhou Qi hugged her knees, trembling uncontrollably, fear drove her into a desperate situation.She saw the chair in front of her move away inch by inch, and the skirt of the wedding dress appeared in front of her eyes.

Li Gui stood motionless in front of her, like the most patient hunter, slowly breaking down her psychological defenses, waiting for the prey to throw itself into the net.

"Hey, what is bullying a woman?"

Xiao Congshuo suddenly stood up straight, and challenged Li Gui loudly across several desks.

Xiao Congshuo looked at the talisman on the ground from the corner of his eye, and silently prayed that Ming Yan could hear it—he swore that it was the first time in his life that he hoped that Ming Yan would have a heart-to-heart with him.

Xiao Congshuo is working overtime at the company tonight. It is said that he will fight all night, so he specifically asked not to keep the door open for him.

Ming Yan was the only one guarding the flower and bird shop, the clock was approaching 09:30, and the door was about to close.After Ming Yan settled down with Dabai and Zhu Li, he was about to go upstairs to rest when he suddenly heard someone calling.

This is--

"Ming Yan, listen quickly!"

It was Xiao Congshuo's voice.

Ming Yan finally understood that it was Xiao Congshuo who was asking for help.

"Xiao Congshuo, where are you?" Ming Yan responded, while rushing out the door quickly, even forgetting to lock the shop.

"I'm on the 18th floor!"

This was Xiao Congshuo's last response. His voice was held in his throat, and he didn't dare to make it louder, as if he was avoiding something.

There are very few people in the old city at night, and there is no one in the deep alley where the flower and bird shop is located.If someone passes by at this time, they will see the fire flashing across the door of the flower and bird shop, like a shooting star.

Ming Yan panicked for a while, sensing the location of the talisman, turned into a red phoenix and rode the wind away.

At night in the downtown area, the neon lights are too eye-catching, and the flames of Phoenix are covered by colorful colors.In just a few minutes, Ming Yan was already standing under Xiao Congshuo's company building.