Chapter 38
Ning Xiwei: "?"
Everyone: "!"
When he noticed that everyone was looking at him and realized that he was too impulsive and said something that seemed not so appropriate, Mu Yuan's expression changed slightly.
Oops.
He couldn't control himself.
Mu Yuan knew that there was a better way to cover up this at this moment, such as directly saying to Ning Xiwei ‘What about Elder Sister Zhizi?’ and changing the focus from his concern for Gu Qi to reminding Ning Xiwei that she obviously had her own team members. But he didn't want to do this.
He found it irritating. Ning Xiwei, who obviously had no relationship and didn't like his elder sister at the beginning of the program recording, was now so clinging to his elder sister.
Who knew if she turned over a new leaf, or if she had other bad intentions.
In short.
Mu Yuan didn't want to see Ning Xiwei get close to Gu Qi.
Anyone could, but she absolutely couldn't.
If Elder Sister and Ning Xiwei got closer, then... his existence had no meaning at all.
[Hahaha, am I the only one who thinks that Younger Brother Mu Yuan is jealous? He finally can’t hold it back anymore! ]
[I was wondering why Mu Yuan kept looking in the direction of Gu Qi and Ning Xiwei today. ROFL, Hahaha]
[Mu Yuan: This is my Elder Sister]
Mu Yuan gazed at Ning Xiwei like this. His tone was very calm and he didn't have any expression. He didn't look like he was mocking her or being picky. He seemed to be asking calmly.
Ning Xiwei naturally knew that Mu Yuan was referring to her always sticking to Gu Qi, but she smiled slightly at this moment, pretending not to understand, and replied: "My elder sister is very brave. When little, she took me to the cemetery to play. I don't need to worry about her, right, Elder Sister?"
Ning Xiwei turned around and looked to her elder sister.
Ning Xiwei only needed a few words to guide the matter in the direction that Mu Yuan didn't want to see.
She easily made Mu Yuan's meaning changed from ‘Don't you have your own sister? Why do you pester my Elder Sister?’ to ‘Shouldn't you worry more about your elder sister?’, as if he wasn't dissatisfied with Ning Xiwei pestering Elder Sister, but concerned about Zhizi.
This made Mu Yuan purse his lips tightly.
It was natural to be irked.
But Mu Yuan didn't like to communicate with people, especially with people he hated. One sentence with Ning Xiwei was already his limit. If he continued to argue, it would only make him more irritated.
What's more, Mu Yuan knew it well.
His intelligence was only in learning. In the ‘art of language’ in human relations, he might not be able to beat Ning Xiwei.
At Mu Yuan’s side, Jiang Lechuan was already successfully mislead by Ning Xiwei's few words and followed her pace.
His expression immediately changed from doubt to sympathy as he glanced from Zhizi to Ning Xiwei, "But you are opponents."
Look.
Ning Xiwei actually forgot that Zhizi was her teammate! Jiang Lechuan didn't know whether to laugh at Ning Xiwei for being too stupid or sympathize with Zhizi for being too pitiful!
Wen Renjing glanced at Ning Xiwei and Mu Yuan with his curved eyes, and seemed to be in a good mood.
Zhizi's face flashed with embarrassment, but she still gave face to her younger sister, "Yes, I am very brave. If anyone is afraid, you can come to me. Friendship first, competition second."
As a child who had lived in the countryside for a long time and her grandparents were reluctant to turn on the lights at night, she had seen many insects and mice in the dark. Zhizi was indeed very brave among her peers.
Shen Anran said sweetly: "Then I will go to find Elder Sister Zhizi.
Shen Anran showed some helplessness while speaking. She cleverly shifted the topic and the focus of everyone's attention to herself: "Don't judge how huge my elder brother is, he is timid. I have to take care of him."
Sure enough, Jiang Lechuan’s interest was instantly attracted.
Shen Jinyi was so tall and seemed that he could beat ten people with one punch, but he was afraid of ghosts?
He immediately turned to Shen Jinyi. His eyes full of disbelief, because the ‘inferiority’ brought by his height disappeared instantly.
Shen Jinyi smiled awkwardly and didn't say anything to refute.
Because this was the fact. He wasn't very courageous.
Jiang Lechuan's inner vanity flame ‘whooshed up’ and he promised Shen Jinyi: "If you are afraid, you can come to me! Call me Elder Bro Jiang and I will protect you... Damn, it hurts!"
Gu Qi hit Jiang Lechuan on the head. Seeing his pitiful appearance of being angry but not able to speak, she softened her tone, "Be polite. He is older than me. Is it appropriate for you to ask him to call you Elder Bro? Also, have you forgotten that this is a group of two?"
Of course, this was an excuse Gu Qi made up.
In fact, she didn't want Jiang Lechuan to get too close to the people of the Shen Family, whether it was Shen Anran or Shen Jinyi.
"...Oh. "Jiang Lechuan covered the back of his head and responded honestly. He felt that what Gu Qi said made sense. After all, as idols, the culture of seniors and juniors was still relatively rigorous. So he stopped showing off.
Shen Jinyi showed Gu Qi a smile that could be described as honest, to express his gratitude for her ‘helping words’.
This farce didn't last too long.
Before officially entering the escape room, everyone was separately taken to the changing room by the production team staff to change into school uniforms.
At this time, the loudspeaker sounded to inform all players of the new rules-
While ordinary players changed school uniforms, two undercover players received their secret missions during this time.
These two people didn't belong in the same team, and would use all means to hold back and prevent their teammates from winning.
In addition, there was a ‘God’, but the ability and goals of the ‘God’ were kept secret for the time being.
Wen Renjing, who held the five ghost name tags that everyone started with, curled his lips, turned to Gu Qi, and stuffed them directly into her hand, "It's so troublesome. Elder Sister, help me hold them."
Gu Qi turned to him with a complicated expression: "Aren't you afraid that I'm an undercover agent?"
Wen Renjing said, "It doesn't matter. I can give up the light and join Elder Sister. ”
[Hahaha, are these two siblings the play rotten side?]
[You two seem to have no desire to win! Can’t you act a little?]
[Gu Qi: Aren’t you worried that I’m an undercover? Wen Renjing: That’s great, three-two-one give up!]
On the other side.
Jiang Lechuan turned to Mu Yuan very seriously, repeating: “Elder Brother is definitely not an undercover, you have to believe in Elder Brother. Elder Brother will definitely lead you to victory and to the peak of life, and let everyone look at you with new eyes. Elder Brother isn't an undercover. You must believe in Elder Brother…”
The above remarks kept repeating.
Mu Yuan: “…”
Okay, he could already tell that Jiang Lechuan was an undercover, so there was no need to say anything more. So noisy.
[Jiang Lechuan, if you aren’t an undercover, why are you sweating!!!]
[ROFL, Jiang Lechuan, look down and see how nervous you are, you are walking with your feet turned inward, okay? ]
[Jiang ·The-most-obvious-undercover-in-the-world· ·Couldn't-hide-it-for-a second· Lechuan]
[Mu Yuan's disgust couldn't be hidden on her face either, hahaha]
Soon, the eight people gathered at the door of the escape room.
Everyone changed into school uniforms and listened to a more detailed background introduction.
It was a very routine story, that was, the female lead committed suicide because of school bullying and came back as a ghost to kill all those who had participated in bullying her.
Because of such a supernatural event, the school was ‘closed’. All the surviving students left and it became an abandoned school.
Even like this, the deceased female lead’s resentment still didn't dissipate. Or perhaps because she had become a ghost and forgot that she had already avenged her hatred, she still hovered in this school.
The souls of each dead classmate were placed on the name tags. They had to find as many 'ghost name tags' as possible to hold a summoning ceremony to tell the bullied girls that she had avenged all her hatred and all the grudges were over. So that all of them could reincarnate.
The loudspeaker on the wall told the background story, and it was still glowing red. Accompanied by the wailing of female ghosts, the scene felt extremely eerie and strange.
Though Ning Xiwei's face was particularly calm, her tightly pursed lips could still reveal some of her true thoughts.
In her opinion, this wasn't a horror story at all. It was simply a revenge story.
Gu Qi patted Ning Xiwei's arm, and could only express her silent comfort in this way.
Everyone knew that the saddest person facing such a story would definitely be Ning Xiwei, because she would definitely think of Meng Yu.
Then, each group had to draw lots to decide the order to enter. There was a five-minute interval between each group. The group that entered first had the advantage.
Wen Renjing said: "Elder Sister, come."
Gu Qi was very resistant: "My luck isn’t great."
Under Wen Renjing's insistence, Gu Qi drew a ‘four’ as soon as she took action and became the last group to enter.
When only Wen Renjing and Gu Qi were left, Wen Renjing asked calmly: "Do we need to make it easy for Ning Xiwei's group?"
Obviously, it would be more meaningful if they won the game. Wen Renjing naturally understood this.
Gu Qi replied: "No need, play normally."
Although they didn't spend much time together, Gu Qi felt that she knew Ning Xiwei well. She was very strong-willed and didn't need or like others to make it easy.
Wen Renjing and Ning Xiwei weren't very familiar with each other, so there was no need to insist on anything.
Finally, it was their turn to enter.
As soon as they opened the door, they saw two female corpses standing upside down on the ceiling in front of them. Their bodies kept shaking, while their long wigs brushed against Gu Qi's nose. Their sharp and weird laughter echoed.
Gu Qi was stunned for a moment, and said: "I finally understand why they screamed so miserably now."
Wen Renjing nodded in agreement: "It is indeed very scary."
Then Gu Qi reached out, pushed the NPC who played the female corpse in front of her to the side, and said politely: "Excuse me, please make way."
Wen Renjing followed her suit in a proper manner. He even bowed slightly and followed: "Pardon me, excuse me, excuse me."
Barrage: "???"
[Shen Anran was scared to tears now by such a hellish operation, you two should at least give face and let out a yelp? ]
[Let alone Shen Anran, I feel that except for slightly calmer Zhizi who could still care about Ning Xiwei, the others were not much better]
[Yeah, even Mu Yuan's face was obviously pale. He was no longer as reluctant to have physical contact with Jiang Lechuan as before]
["The Short-lived Brotherhood in the Dark Fear"]
[At this moment... I finally feel that Gu Qi and Wen Renjing are like real siblings. They are too calm, aren't they?]
[After all, Gu Qi was a woman who climbs mountains to take a shortcut to the cemetery. I can only say that Elder Sis Qi is as awesome and stable as ever]
[Indeed, the two of them are the most emotionally stable in the entire entertainment industry (Wen Renjing is good at making others emotionally unstable)]
And then, there were four different doors to choose from. Different doors lead to different school locations.
Because they were the last to come in, the only one left was the bathroom after every other team’s choice.
This could be said to be the most unlucky place with the most uncleaniness. The other groups naturally avoided it, so it was left to them.
Following this, the audience enjoyed——
The female ghost crawled out of the toilet. Gu Qi calmly closed the toilet lid, without forgetting to take a ghost nameplate from her hand. Finally, she remarked with a complicated expression: "To hide here, you have it hard."
The ghost face outside the window was almost deformed and roared against the glass, but Wen Renjing grinned like a Chesirre cat and put his face against it and roared at it. Because it was more terrifying than the other party, Gu Qi chided him to quiet down.
In the huge bathroom, countless mechanisms and NPCs took turns to go into battle. The two of them didn't make a sound and searched every corner silently.
Wen Renjing asked curiously: "Elder Sister, aren’t you afraid at all?"
Gu Qi pondered for two seconds and answered: "I can bear it."
It was impossible to say that she wasn't afraid at all. After all, the sudden appearance of NPCs or the opening of mechanisms would still give people physical stimulation and fear. But because she was used to the dark, her tolerance was indeed higher than that of ordinary people. After checking the entire bathroom and making sure that all the ghost name tags were collected, Gu Qi turned to Wen Renjing and reminded him before heading to the next room: "You may meet other people later, so don't scream. You are scarier than ghosts."
Wen Renjing had a lazy expression as usual. After hearing what Gu Qi said, he even raised his eyebrows: "I will take it as a compliment from Elder Sister."
[Wen Renjing's acting skills are amazing. I can only say that the award-winning actor is worthy of being an award-winning actor]
[Hahaha, I can testify that Gu Qi is telling the truth. I saw that she almost couldn't hold back and slip out a scream because Wen Renjing and the female ghost were acting too exaggerated through the window]
[You can't blame Gu Qi. Anyone who is seriously looking for ghost name tags turns around and finds that Younger Brother is suspected of being ‘possessed’ will feel terrified! ]
[Gu Qi: I'm not afraid of the dark or ghosts. I'm afraid that Wen Renjing had gone crazy]
Sure enough. They came out of the bathroom, arrived at a place similar to a meeting room, and saw Shen Jinyi who was already inside.
Shen Jinyi seemed to have not expected to meet them. His initial little flustered face relaxed and he took the initiative to greet: "Hello."
"Hello." Gu Qi responded to him, looked around the room, and asked curiously: "Where is Shen Anran?"
When asked this question, Shen Jinyi's expression became flustered and he explained to them: "My younger sister and I were here, but suddenly a gust of cold wind blew and she disappeared when I opened my eyes again. Can you help me find her?"
Shen Jinyi wasn't a person in the entertainment industry. He only participated in this variety show for Younger Sister. Now he was separated from Younger Sister as soon as he entered the game. In addition, he was afraid and clearly seemed to be at a loss.
Wen Renjing never liked to play the role of a kind and friendly person and directly refused: "Sorry, we still have a mission to complete."
Shen Jinyi immediately expressed his understanding and said: "It's okay."
At this moment, Gu Qi turned to Shen Jinyi and said: "I'll help you find her. Do you have any other clues?"
Shen Jinyi immediately showed a grateful expression and said: "Thank you for your trouble."
Then the two of them got together and Shen Jinyi repeated in detail the strangeness just now and the location where Shen Anran disappeared last.
Wen Renjing leaned against the cabinet and turned to Elder Sister thoughtfully.
According to his understanding of Gu Qi, she wasn't a good person. Especially in this kind of game that had to decide the winner, it was unlikely that she will waste their time to help find people.
Could it be...
Wen Renjing's eyes fell on Shen Jinyi with a little disdain.
Although this face was indeed good-looking and a bit like the top mixed-race male model he had seen at a fashion show, he didn't look very smart.
Was this the type that Gu Qi liked?
If Gu Qi could hear Wen Renjing's thoughts now, she would definitely roll her eyes.
She was worried that Shen Anran would meet Jiang Lechuan in such a tense environment and then develop some cliche ambiguous plot.
Gu Qi felt very tired.
She was like an annoying parent who governed the premature love of Younger Brother, but she couldn't let go of her worries and ignore it completely.
According to the information provided by Shen Jinyi, Gu Qi successfully found a secret door in this room due to an amended mechanism, and said: "Yes, Shen Anran left from here."
Shen Jinyi stared at Gu Qi with wide eyes. He never thought that there was such a secret passage. At this moment, he showed an expression of great admiration for Gu Qi and immediately followed her.
Wen Renjing could only follow.
Sure enough.
But to their surprise, there was no Shen Anran or Jiang Lechuan in the library connected to the channel camera, only Mu Yuan.
Gu Qi asked directly: "Where is Jiang Lechuan?"
Wasn't he in the same group with Jiang Lechuan?
Mu Yuan was slightly stunned. His pale face, which was originally frightened by the escape room, seemed to be even uglier because of the loss at this moment. Still, he pointed to the ground and replied: "They fell down."
Fell down! ?
Everyone surrounded the floor that Mu Yuan pointed to and noticed that there was indeed a cellar-like existence here. It seemed to be a passage connecting to an unknown place.
They fell down from here together. The two were alone.
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