In this world, what is more terrible than demons and monsters is a midlife crisis.

——Excerpt from "Chen Ling's Assistant Diary"

"Are you...," Chen Ling asked.

"I'm Xiushen." The girl smiled.

Chen Ling was taken aback, the lights were dim that night, and his spirit was extremely nervous, so he didn't see Xiushen's appearance clearly at all. He didn't expect that the majestic "aunt" that night would be so beautiful.

"I am—" Chen Ling stumbled and was about to speak.

"I know who you are." Before Chen Ling could finish speaking, Xiushen interrupted him. "Silly boy who got into the ghost car by mistake, come in and sit."

Chen Ling followed Xiushen into the Demon Elimination Office, and Xiushen gave him a glass of water.

"Tell me, what's wrong with you?"

Chen Ling hurriedly recounted the dream he had had during this time to Xiushen.

Xiushen kept picking his nails and didn't seem to care, until Chen Ling stopped talking, and Xiushen said, "It's over?" ”

Chen Lingmu nodded sneeringly.

"I thought it was a big deal, waiting here." After saying that, Xiushen got up and went to the storeroom, and came back after a while. She took a bag of dust and threw it on Chen Ling's head, and Chen Ling immediately fell into a deep dream.

In the dream, he was back on the deserted road again, and the sound of the car horn sounded from behind him as usual.

"Hahaha, poor worm, you dare to come back, this time look where you are running, come with me..."

Chen Ling looked at the unbelievable scene in front of him, the nightmare that had been haunting him for two weeks, just being trampled on the soles of his feet by Xiushen, accompanied by the rhythmic howling of ghosts, Chen Ling finally understood what the number one demon exterminator in Tiandu was.

After stepping on the ghost, Xiushen looked back at the bone car, the bone car seemed to have wisdom, a reverse gear, quickly turned around, and ran away with a "whoosh", without even hesitation. Xiushen, who was too lazy to chase it, had to step on the ghost a few more times.

"Go back and tell that puppet head, even the living dare to worry, is it comfortable to live a good life? The next time I meet him, I'll stomp its head into eight petals. Now, give me a ball, get out! ”

The ghost dared to talk more, regrouped himself, and really rolled back by himself according to the way he came.

Xiushen glanced at Chen Ling again, didn't speak, snapped his fingers, and then Chen Ling's eyes were dark, and he didn't know anything.

When he woke up again, it was already three hours later, and Chen Ling felt that this was the best sleep he had slept in the past few weeks. Xiushen was sitting next to him drinking coffee at this time, and when he saw that he was awake, he smiled at him.

"Awake?"

Chen Ling nodded hurriedly, "Mm-hmm." At this time, he was full of admiration for the girl in front of him, and the first demon exterminator in Tiandu City really lived up to his name, and asked, "What is going on?" ”

"It's simple. According to the rules, when you get into a ghost car, no matter who it is, you can be regarded as the driver's person. I took a ghost from him and brought you down again, and he was a little bad at his performance, so he wanted to make up for it from you. Taking advantage of the time when your yin qi entered your body and your yang qi was unstable, I sent a little ghost over to harass you all the time. At this pace, in another month, you'll really be reporting to him. Xiushen's tone was full of disdain, "A little puppet, play a little trick that can't be put on the stage." ”

Chen Ling responded: "So that's the case, it's so dangerous." ”

"Understood?"

Chen Ling smiled with relief on his face and nodded to show understanding.

"If you understand, pay the money, Chenghui 27,000, credit card or cash."

Chen Ling's smile disappeared suddenly. "I, I, I... No money..."

Xiu Shen raised his eyebrows, leaned over and put down the coffee, and then sat down on Chen Ling's side, the smile on his face was even worse, but in Chen Ling's opinion, this smile was even more terrifying than the ghost in his dream.

"Do you know what the consequences are when I owe money?"

Chen Ling swallowed a mouthful of saliva and shook his head.

Xiushen helped Chen Ling straighten his collar, and then said softly: "You can try, I guarantee you will feel that it is actually a very happy thing to die at the hands of ghosts." ”

Chen Ling immediately turned over and knelt on the ground, "I really don't have any money, I'm just a poor student, my parents are working in the southern continent, and their monthly living expenses are only enough to eat instant noodles, eldest sister give me a way to live!" ”

Xiushen looked at Chen Ling, who had a nose and a handful of tears in front of him, and he couldn't really beat the child, and he ruined his reputation when it was spread, and finally had to say helplessly: "Don't cry, old man, cry and cry." Then what do you say, say it in advance, it is impossible to repay the debt. ”

"In this way, I think you seem to be busy alone, strangely hard. I'm working on your side and paying back the money, is that okay? ”

Xiu Shen pondered for a moment, thinking that Chen Ling seemed to have a big life, and nodded.

In the end, the two agreed that Chen Ling would work in Xiushen's demon elimination office, working from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. every day, 30 yuan per hour, and an additional 5 yuan per hour for overtime, with one meal in the middle for six months, without insurance.

Chen Ling looked at the contract and only had to work three hours a day, which was quite easy, and he felt quite satisfied.

Xiushen looked at the contract and hired a strong laborer at such a cheap price, and she felt quite satisfied.

So Chen Ling happily became a glorious assistant to the demon slayer.

It turns out that Chen Ling will spend the rest of his life paying for today's decision. He would cry tears of remorse for today's sloppiness for countless nights. He always thought that if he went to an underground hospital to sell a kidney at that time, it would be easier than working at Xiushen's place.

But at this time, he is still very happy, after all, with such a beautiful boss, the employees will be very happy. He asked very positively: "Boss, when will we start work?" ”

Xiushen smiled, "It's today." ”

Chen Ling was stunned, was it so fast?

Xiushen didn't know where to conjure up a suit, "There's a suit here, put it on and let me see it." As he spoke, he pushed Chen Ling to the bathroom. After a while, Chen Ling changed his clothes.

"Alright, let me see." Saying that, Xiu Shen took a step back, looked at Chen Ling in front of him, and nodded, "Not bad, with this suit, you really look like a successful person!" In this way, I am still looking forward to your future, come on, become a successful person. ”

Chen Ling nodded excitedly, then stretched the back hem of his clothes, twisted his neck, he was not very used to wearing casual clothes, he was not very suitable for suits and leather shoes, and was a little narrow. For the task of eliminating demons at night, Xiushen deliberately found a suit and overalls for Chen Ling to change into, at this time, Chen Ling, who was dressed up, was no different from the average white-collar worker who had just joined the company, and the clothes he found in a hurry did not fit, and he was 108,000 miles away from successful people. However, Xiushen's words still made Chen Ling full of energy, and he had to finish the night's work as if he had chicken blood.

"Boss..."Chen Ling was interrupted by Xiushen as soon as he spoke.

"Call me Xiushen, the boss is too rusty, should we be so distant?" Xiushen raised his eyebrows, and Chen Ling's face turned red.

"Xiu Xiu Xiu... God, what do we do at night? What do I need to do? Chen Ling asked.

"You've just joined the company tonight, and we'll make it easier to put on this outfit and walk around the destination a few times." Xiushen said with a smile on his face.

Chen Ling's heart is hot, Xiushen is really a good and considerate girl, and she is so lucky that she met a good boss.

"Okay, don't get your clothes dirty, you still have to send them back when you take them back." As he spoke, Xiushen took a step forward, pulled Chen Ling's tie and tightened it slightly, smoothed the folds of his shirt, picked up the briefcase next to him and handed it to Chen Ling. A soft voice, gentle movements, like a wife who sends her husband to work at the door in the morning.

Smelling the lingering aroma in the air, Chen Ling's heart rippled. Where there is any conspiracy, this is simply heaven.

At 9:30 p.m., Chen Ling was walking in an old office building in a suit.

The gloomy environment, the white moonlight, the dilapidated tables and chairs, the silence everywhere, only the sound of leather shoes touching the floor echoed in the empty corridors, and the doorway of the black hole seemed to devour every creature that walked into it, all of which deepened the terrifying impression of this dilapidated building in Chen Ling's heart.

The pitch black represents the unknown, the unknown represents fear, at this time, Chen Ling only felt his legs trembling, two itches, he could only try to control his heart and bladder, the former should not beat too fast, and the latter should not lose control. I couldn't help but chant the spell that Xiu God taught me, "I'm home from work!" Come home safely! I don't have to work overtime tonight! ”

Suddenly, there was an inexplicable sound from the ceiling, like the sound of a person being choked by the neck and slowly exhaling his breath out of his trachea. Chen Ling grabbed the briefcase in his arms and looked nervously left and right, trying to find the source of the sound. Immediately after the headlights on the ceiling behind him, Chen Ling hurriedly looked back, and the dilapidated tables and chairs under the rows of headlights had been restored to their former appearance, neatly arranged in three rows. Computers flicker on desks and keyboards are heard incessantly.

"Who told you to get off work! The company is so busy, you dare to get off work, do you have a sense of responsibility! Yes! Suddenly, a loud shout rang in Chen Ling's ears.

Chen Ling turned his head, and a middle-aged man with a big belly was standing in front of him and looking at him angrily, reprimanding himself in his mouth. "As a member of the company, I don't want to be motivated and want to go home from work, which is irresponsible and unprincipled. I just want to go home at half past nine, this is simply playing hooligan, what does the company pay you for, let you go home from work to enjoy? At an important stage of the company's development, we should take the company as our home, take the company's prosperity as our own responsibility, and dedicate everything to the company. We have to imagine ourselves as a candle that shines for the company..."

Chen Ling looked at everything in front of him, feeling incredulous, he looked back again, the empty office just now was now full of people, everyone bowed their heads and bent down to stare at the computer screen in front of them, and occasionally people stood up to deliver documents with a hurried expression. "Look at what! The leader is talking to you! Where do you look? With another shout, Chen Ling hurriedly turned his head, stared at the supervisor in front of him, watched his mouth open and closed, the meat he ate at noon was still sandwiched between his teeth, and his serious breath made him a little upset.

"Yes, yes, yes... I have to work overtime, I have to dedicate myself to the company, I am a member of the company..."Chen Ling nodded hurriedly.

"Get back to your seat, go back and type out this month's report and send it to me, I want it tonight!" Hurry up, you slacker. The director pointed to the table behind Chen Ling and said loudly.

Chen Ling hurriedly returned to the desk, put down the briefcase, turned on the computer, and began to sort out this month's company reports. Chen Ling remembered that he was five years old Chinese New Year's Eve this year, and he had graduated for many years, Xiushen was his wife, and they also had a son who was in elementary school. When the economy was in recession before, he was laid off, and his family fell into an economic crisis for a while, and Xiushen complained about himself for a long time, and it took nearly half a year to find his current job. The mortgage for the house has to be paid this month, and if he doesn't pay it, the bank will have to sue him. I have to work quickly to get a little overtime pay.

Chen Ling looked at the computer screen in front of him, he suddenly couldn't remember what report the supervisor had asked him to type just now, was it the company's budget, or the inventory? Chen Ling had no choice but to open the document on the table, mechanically pick up the slip on the table, and enter the numbers into it.