A Happy Ending

The second questioning gave Yu Wan more confidence Yu Wan persuading Yu Xing. She stuffed the photo into Yu Xing's arms, as if to say, "See? I told you so!"

"It seems so?" Yu Xing glanced at the tightly closed door and shrugged. "It seems we've been deceived by a ghost all these days. What do we do now? Is escaping the house the only option?"

For Yu Wan reason, Yu Wan seemed very certain. "That's right, as long as we escape this house, we'll be free."

This is obsession.

This is the only obsession of a ghost trapped in a room for who knows how many years. Even though her memories have been eroded beyond recognition over time, she still remembers... she wants to leave.

However, Yu Wan the subject of Yu Xing's conjecture, Yu Wan's words can also be regarded to a large extent as another level of "system notification". Since she is so sure, it means that after they escape from the house, or perhaps escape a little further, this conjecture will really end.

In Yu Wan's heart, she may have already escaped the house. She can deceive herself and live happily with the person she likes for a long time in this little world she created, until the instinct for self-preservation awakens her again, but by then it will have nothing to do with Yu Xing.

Yu Xing thought that this might be the only way to complete the deduction directly at present, so he might as well give it a try.

His expression was obscured by the dim light, appearing somewhat sullen. "Then let's run, and slowly recall the whole timeline after we escape?"

"Okay, whatever the whole truth is, we need to ensure our own safety first. By the Yu Wan hurriedly rummaged through her bag, frowning as she thought for a moment, "It seems only the talismans are usable. These talismans are what I obtained from the temple before. The other things... they're probably just illusions that appeared out of nowhere after my memories were altered recently. Look, I don't have any left now."

Sure enough, Yu Wan's backpack was now empty, with only a few yellow papers stuffed at the bottom. All the props she had carefully introduced had vanished like bubbles.

Yu Xing: "..." After remembering some real memories, the props disappeared instead. It's really hard to explain.

It's like Schrödinger's cat. Yu Wan is truly the main character, then if she wants these props to exist, they will exist. But once she sets herself up with the idea that she "never had these things," then these things will naturally cease to exist.

"Second Brother, Sister Yu Wan, what are you doing in there? Please open the door. I want to come in." Ye Ting knocked on the door again, this time with a very loud bang, making one immediately imagine the ferocious expression on Ye Ting's face when she was knocking on the door from the outside.

"How are we supposed to get out of here..." Yu Wan murmured.

She didn't want to open the door and face a dead body directly. The living could never defeat the dead, and ghosts' powers were so strange and unpredictable. What if they both fell into some kind of illusion? Wouldn't they be helplessly killed?

"Knock knock knock."

"Younger brother, why did you turn your older brother away?"

Suddenly, the voice outside the door changed from a sweet female voice to a slightly cold male voice. Yu Xing's eyes darkened. It seemed that Ye Ming had also obtained enough darkness and could officially take action.

The sky outside the window was completely as dark as night, with torrential rain obscuring the sky. The two siblings who had gotten along very well with him just a day or two ago were now vengeful ghosts outside his door.

Two living people dealing with one ghost is difficult enough, let alone multiple ghosts appearing from different places. Yu Xing turned her head, looked at the open window, and suggested to Yu Wan, "Why don't we just climb out the window?"

This method is feasible. There is not nothing outside his window. At least there is a small platform that can be stepped on with one foot. Although it is the second floor, it is not particularly high. After stepping on the small platform, he can jump onto the fan next to it, which is another buffer. Then he can jump to the top of the window downstairs and finally leap to the ground. By following this sequence, he can escape without getting hurt.

"Let's get out from here!" Yu Wan was a ruthless person; after thinking it through, she decisively agreed to Yu Xing's suggestion. She asked, "Who goes first?"

Logically speaking, although the inside of the house is more terrifying, the risk of jumping from the outside is also very real. Although there are two ghosts outside the door, at least they don't seem to be trying to break in. Therefore, the best option is for Yu Xing to jump first and then catch Yu Wan below to prevent any accidents.

Yu Xing didn't have the habit of letting girls go ahead to scout things out. He said casually, "I'll go check it out first."

Yu Wan frowned Yu Wan the expression on Yu Xing's face. It seemed that the Ye Qin she knew wasn't so calm. Could it be that he had been exposed to more things recently, causing him to mature too quickly?

This seems like a good thing, meaning that Ye Qin has transformed from a somewhat timid teenager with low emotional intelligence into a responsible, mature, and stable person.

She had no idea how much she had covered up Ye Qin's abnormality in her mind. If there was anything abnormal, Yu Xing had never met the real Ye Qin, so the personality she portrayed would naturally be different. As a girl who liked Ye Qin, if Yu Wan couldn't tell the difference, then she really didn't have the right to say she liked him.

But she could tell the difference, yet she didn't want to. She preferred to imagine that Ye Qin had changed because of too many experiences, rather than imagine that Ye Qin had died for even a second.

Yu Xing flipped the window open as soon as he said it, and the torrential rain swept over him without restraint. Almost instantly, his hair, cheeks, collar, and the entire upper body of his clothes became soaked.

He had already stepped one leg out and onto the small platform below.

Since leaving would end the simulation, he believed it wouldn't be that simple, so he had to act decisively to avoid...

Before the idea could even take root in his mind, the bedroom door was suddenly slammed shut. Ye Ming and Ye Ting, who had been knocking incessantly from the outside and repeating the same words over and over again, appeared before him and Yu Wan Ye Ting.

Yes, they knocked on the door carefully, and at the critical moment, the two ghosts suddenly kicked the door open.

"Second brother, where are you going? Isn't it nice here?"

"Little brother, you're getting more and more naughty. Instead of doing your homework, where do you think you're going to sneak off to?"

The two ghosts each spoke a sentence, both staring at Yu Xing was halfway overturned, with unfriendly expressions.

Their bluish bodies were covered with countless wounds, and thick, foul-smelling blood gushed from huge gashes, carrying a rotten smell, turning the two siblings into a hideous figure as they died.

Yu Wan, standing to the side, was Yu Wan pale. This was the first time she had ever faced a ghost directly. Before this, although she had made ample preparations and imagined dead faces a hundred times more terrifying than those in front of her, Ye Ming and Ye Ting were, after all, acquaintances of hers. The impact of acquaintances was completely different from that of strangers.

She shuddered, because after these two ghostly things kicked open the door and said a few words to "Ye Qin," they actually pounced on her despite their reluctance!

How could a frail woman possibly withstand the attack of two ghosts?

Yu Wan reached into her backpack and grabbed a handful of talismans, not caring what kind they were, and threw them forward indiscriminately. Fortunately, she was lucky; among the few she threw out were talismans with the ability to suppress ghosts. The ghost-suppressing talismans began to burn in the air, and the two ghosts' movements instantly became stiff and slow.

Yu Xing weighed the options. He might be able to jump out now, but if he left, Yu Wan really wouldn't have time to get back to the window and start jumping out again. So it was better to take the inner passage.

He flipped his outstretched body back over, his whole body soaked by the rain. He pulled Yu Wan, who was still shivering and preparing to scatter another handful of talismans, and squeezed past the two ghosts.

As they brushed past each other at close range, Yu Xing saw the pain and malice in Ye Ming and Ye Ting's eyes. Almost the next second, the two ghosts regained their mobility and reached out to grab them.

"Run! Don't stop!" Yu Xing shouted, pushing Yu Wan forward Yu Wan block Ye Ting's attack. Perhaps it was because of her poor physical condition when she was alive, which became Ye Ting's regret. After she died, her physical condition was much stronger and faster than Ye Ming, who was good at illusions. Before Ye Ming could even touch Yu Xing's clothes, Ye Ting had already jumped onto Yu Xing's back.

"Ye Qin!" Yu Wan called out to him.

Yu Xing felt a weight on his back. He could feel something cold creeping up behind him, and a pair of icy little hands reached out and grabbed his neck without any hesitation.

"Second brother, where are you going? Are you abandoning us? Do you just want to leave my eldest brother and me here while you go out alone?"

The increasingly sinister words exploded in Yu Xing's ears. Without turning his head, he reached out and touched Ye Ting's head, which was resting next to his.

Since it was still a physical entity, it was much easier to deal with than a soul. Yu Xing suddenly tightened his grip on Ye Ting's hair and pulled her forward. In terms of strength, he couldn't beat the ghost, but the event happened suddenly, and he instantly concentrated all his strength on one point, and still managed to throw Ye Ting out.

Having temporarily escaped Ye Ting, Ye Ming dodged her with a sidestep and immediately rushed forward, catching up with Yu Wan. He was very dissatisfied with Yu Wan's almost stopping to wait for him earlier. "What time is it? Why aren't you running? Are you thinking of us dying one by one?"

"I just don't want to see you die! My good intentions have been taken for granted!" Yu Wan still had the energy to argue with him, but judging from her straightforward personality, she didn't say anything sentimental or touching. Instead, she kept arguing, expressing her confidence that she wouldn't abandon Ye Qin.

The two of them ran almost for their lives, running out of the corridor, down the creaking old staircase, and quickly arrived at the first floor.

Ye Ming and Ye Ting followed them down, both wearing eerie smiles that sent chills down one's spine, as if they weren't worried about the boys escaping, as if they were prey that couldn't escape.

Yu Xing ran towards the front door with great concentration, and sure enough, no matter how he twisted the doorknob, the door did not budge.

"Oh no, it's locked!" he warned Yu Wan.

"Where's the key? Who has the key?" Yu Wan asked anxiously, watching the two ghosts getting closer and closer.

"Xiaoting usually keeps the key because she goes out to buy groceries every day. After she comes home, she stays there. My brother and I don't need the key; she opens the door for us," Yu Xing explained quickly. Yu Wan looked utterly desperate.

When he first returned home, the key was still in his own bag. But within a week of him going through the routine of deduction, Ye Ting "carelessly" lost the key, and Yu Xing, in accordance with Ye Qin's role-playing, gave the key to Ye Ting.

This was semi-forced. Just like several times before, he uncontrollably blurted out, "You can use my key." This resulted in a life-or-death situation separated by a single door, leaving him and Yu Wan on the death side.

"Don't be afraid, we can get out." Yu Xing sighed. Seeing that the two ghosts were about to catch up with them again, he took a deep breath and used his weak body to kick the door shut.

Just like the windows on the second floor, the main door wasn't actually sealed by any supernatural forces; only the key had been taken away. Now, he didn't need the key and could easily break the door open with brute force alone.

Yu Xing's entire leg went numb after kicking down, but Yu Xing also feel the door vibrate, which meant he had enough strength, though he would suffer a bit.

But he was least afraid of suffering and pain. Under Yu Wan 'Yu Wan and distressed gaze, he kicked the door again. This time, the door opened with a bang, and his leg bone made a cracking sound.

The sound was too soft and was drowned out by the sudden downpour. Even Yu Wan, who was closest to him, didn't hear it. Without changing his expression, he immediately grabbed Yu Wan and rushed outside.

Outside was a wide-open path.

Although the dark sky also gave people a sense of oppression, it was undoubtedly much better than being in the house. Yu Wan to see a glimmer of hope for life and ran forward without hesitation, of course, she did not forget to support Yu Xing.

The two ghosts were completely oblivious to being trapped in the house. They decisively chased after him. Yu Xing glanced back and then realized that Ye Ming and Ye Ting, one ghost and one person, were carrying a sharp kitchen knife and were following behind him as if they were urging him to his death.

It seems it was originally meant to be deadly.

Yu Xing wanted to run faster to give himself and Yu Wan more hope of survival, but unfortunately his knee had actually shattered earlier. Every time he ran, he felt a piercing pain. If that were all, he could just bear it, but the shattered knee had also damaged his leg's bending function. He was limping and couldn't run fast at all.

Yu Wan finally noticed his abnormality, and crying, she half-lifted him up, running while looking ahead and saying to Yu Xing, "Do you see that? That house. That's my home. As long as we get to my home, everything will be over."

The implication is that as long as they reach her house, the chase will end, everything will end, and the deduction will be the same.

She will live in this world with the surviving "Ye Qin" for a long time, and by then there will be no Yu Xing interfere.

After enduring countless hardships, the lovers finally escaped. Those who needed to report to the police did so, and those who needed to resume their lives did so. This seems to be the best possible ending so far.

Yu Xing limped along, but stopped abruptly when her eyes fell on something.

"Run!"

Yu Wan's calls still echoed in her ears, but he paid no attention, his gaze fixed on the telephone pole beside him.

There, the power lines on the utility poles were broken, just like on the day of the power outage.