Chapter 429
"Bro, bro, are you all right?" Lu Yi waved a hand in front of the man’s face, but he remained impassive, like a wooden puppet.
Looking around, Lu Yi noticed that several others were in the same state. He found this very puzzling, wondering what on earth was going on with these people.
A sudden realization came to him. He remembered a television social experiment he’d once seen: a bunch of people would agree to assemble somewhere, each freezing in a chosen pose, whether reading a newspaper, lovers gazing at each other, or just checking a watch. All aimed to pique the curiosity of passersby, immobile until an agreed-upon time, at which they’d suddenly come to life.
Lu Yi figured those around him were participating in something similar, which he found quite amusing. But then it struck him as odd - such performances usually took place in airports or train stations, so why were these people doing it on the street?
While he was still puzzling over this, the group all moved in unison and dispersed.
"Well, it seems it was really that kind of an event," Lu Yi didn’t pay it much mind, ready to continue his search for Ning Qi’s car as guided by Gu Fan. But then he noticed something off - all these people were now heading in the same direction, the very one from which he had come.
"Strange?" Lu Yi sensed something wasn’t right. He followed these people and noticed that although they were now mobile, their eyes still bore the vacant look of before. Even those in pairs hadn’t exchanged a word with each other.
He had a bad feeling about this and promptly sent a text message to Gu Fan.
Receiving the message, Gu Fan’s expression changed slightly. As he was about to react, Zhang Yang excused himself, bringing Yang Xinran along to step out.