Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Chapter 4 Adults must learn to take care of themselves
Another new day.

When the alarm rang, Duan Mingyuan felt unprecedentedly tired. The main reason was that September left at around two in the morning yesterday, and he had to clean up the house and didn't go to bed until three o'clock.

Now it is six o'clock.

He got up, washed, and then went to squeeze into the subway. When passing by a bakery near the company, he bought a portion of egg, tomato and cheese. While getting dressed, Duan Mingyuan made a plan. Eggs were the first choice for breakfast, plus a bag of milk. This was his secret to staying healthy.

Today is destined to be a busy day. The younger generation of the company has completed the resignation procedures, and all the piled-up work has been transferred to him. He also heard that people from the head office will come to inspect recently, and the workload of reports, PPTs, etc. has increased sharply. It is estimated that he will have to work overtime continuously in the next week.

After washing up, tidying up his clothes and taking his briefcase, Duan Mingyuan opened the security door of the apartment with an expressionless face.

Facial expression management is also one of the skills that adults must master. Even if you are extremely sleepy, even if you feel that your current working environment is no different from a garbage dump, you must never let others see it.

However, before he could implement his plan, something else stopped him.

As soon as he stepped out of the door, the fiery red ball on the right caught his attention. Turning around, he saw September sitting against the wall, with the big fiery red tail held in her arms, as if it was acting as a quilt.

At this moment, Jiu Yue frowned slightly and closed her eyes, as if she was immersed in a nightmare.

Homeless stray dog.

This thought emerged in Duan Mingyuan's mind: From a biological point of view, foxes should also belong to the Canidae family, right?

If you sleep like this, you will definitely catch a cold.

Duan Mingyuan decided not to think about it. He knew it was a dangerous idea. Once he continued thinking along this line, his record of not being late for 4 years, 2 months and 7 days would probably end here. What's more, this monster proudly announced yesterday that she was 19 years old and an adult monster.

Being able to take care of yourself is the most basic requirement for adults.

He didn't wake up September and turned to walk towards the elevator, but within a few seconds, his steps were interrupted by a violent cough.

Duan Mingyuan clenched his fists instantly, and those thoughts that he had forcibly terminated popped up like mushrooms after rain.

Don't pay attention.

The elevator is less than five steps away.

As long as I can get there...

"Cough, cough, cough—"

……

"Didn't anyone tell you that you'd catch a cold if you slept like that?"

Hearing the scolding in her ear, Jiu Yue opened her eyes dazedly, but was surprised to find that she had somehow laid on the soft bed, covered with a quilt, with a hot towel on her forehead.

I felt weak all over, my hands and feet were cold, and I didn't even have the strength to speak.

She saw Duan Mingyuan standing beside the bed with an extremely gloomy face, but holding a cup of hot water and antipyretic medicine in his hands.

"Eat this."

The commanding tone made Jiu Yue empty her mind. She swallowed the pills obediently and gulped down a glass of water.

The water temperature was just right, as if it had been left out for a while, and it wasn't the kind of water that was so hot that it was difficult to drink when just poured out of the kettle.

"I have to work overtime until very late today. If you feel hungry in the afternoon, you can order takeout. The nearby Dawang Soy Milk, Tongluogang, and Lao Sui Restaurant are all good."

The four-year streak of not being late was about to be interrupted, but when taking Jiuyue home, Duan Mingyuan sent a text message to the section chief, explaining that he might be late for a while today.

After giving the instructions, I rushed to the company.

A hand stretched out from under the quilt and grabbed his cuff.

"do not go."

The antipyretic medicine and hot water restored some of Jiu Yue's strength and also reminded her why she turned back after leaving and waited at the door of the apartment until dawn, "You may have been targeted." But a cold and fever were beyond her plan.

Her face turned pale as she struggled to tell the other party the notification she had received, "The colleague who went to deal with the aftermath yesterday was killed, and the evil spirit had a companion."

companion?

Duan Mingyuan was stunned for a long while. Most of the evil spirits he had encountered so far were not intelligent and were driven by instinct. He had even witnessed two evil spirits fighting each other over territory. How could such monsters understand the concept of companions?

"It uses the remains of its companions as bait, and attacks them when they let their guard down..."

Jiu Yue originally planned to tell Duan Mingyuan the news as soon as possible, but no one responded after knocking on the door several times, so she stayed at the door, intending to tell Duan Mingyuan the news when he was at work, but she didn't expect that she would fall asleep in the end.

Duan Mingyuan was very kind to her yesterday. He was a good man, and good people shouldn't die like this.

"I understand, thank you."

Duan Mingyuan nodded, "I'll pay attention."

"But……"

"If you don't go to work, something worse than an evil spirit will happen."

The section chief was particularly irritable today. His tone when replying to the message was already very impatient. Even words could not express his mood. A minute later, he sent another voice message cursing a few words.

Jiu Yue wanted to stay, but the sleeping effect of the antipyretic medicine came over her, and her hand holding the cuff loosened and slid onto the bed.
Duan Mingyuan stuffed her hand back into the quilt, feeling a little uneasy.

Although the section chief's temper was not usually good, he seldom resorted to direct attacks by abusing others, and he certainly would not curse a few more times after having already expressed his dissatisfaction in writing.

The section chief is the type who keeps quiet on the surface but likes to trip people up behind their backs. A junior in the section was bullied in all kinds of ways and was eventually forced to leave after he offended the section chief with his words once.

Is there something wrong with the company?
Duan Mingyuan didn't have time to eat breakfast today, and it took him twenty minutes to get to the company by taxi.

He considered many possibilities along the way.

For example, the head office’s inspection was brought forward; or the section chief was reprimanded by management because of problems in his work, and he took his anger out on others.

Everyone knows that the section chief has always wanted to be promoted to management level, but he is always unlucky and falls short.

However, when Duan Mingyuan punched in and walked into the office, he found that the situation was more serious than he had imagined.

As soon as I entered the room, an indescribable feeling of oppression swept over me. The curtains in the office were drawn, and the morning sunlight was blocked outside the window. My colleagues sat at their desks with lifeless eyes like puppets.

There was still a faint smell of blood in the air.

"Old Duan, you are finally here."

Seeing him come in, the man at the next table came over.

This man had joined the company at the same time as him, and was one of the few people Duan Mingyuan had contact with. At this moment, there were obvious marks of burns on the left face of the man, but he seemed to be completely unaware of it.

"Lao Luo, what happened to your face?"

"The coffee is hot."

"coffee?"

"I was a few minutes late due to traffic this morning, and the section chief threw coffee on my face... Now is not the time to worry about that. The section chief just told you to go to his office as soon as you get here. You have to be careful."

Lao Luo warned, with an expression that said "good luck to you" on his face.

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