Don't Rub Against Me

Lu Xingchuan turned and looked around but did not see any sign of Xie Li.

He turned back and grinned smugly at Pei Heng. "President Pei, Xie Li got captured."

[Lu Xingchuan, aren't you worried about Xie Li at all?]

[Ahhh, Lu Xingchuan, what are you so happy about? I'm really getting mad!]

[He's happy because he's about to beat President Pei.]

Click~

Before Pei Heng could speak, the door to the room on the right suddenly opened.

A violent gust of wind swept through the courtyard.

The dead leaves scattered across the courtyard were whipped into the air, while mournful sobbing suddenly echoed around them.

[Damn, this is so realistic!]

[Where is this haunted house? I want to try it.]

[A newly developed attraction in Three Waters Park, Licheng. It hasn't officially opened yet.]

Pei Heng held Shen Yan tightly and lightly kissed his neck. "So scary. I'm trembling with fear."

For a moment, Shen Yan could not tell whether he was genuinely afraid or just pretending.

He only stared unblinkingly at the room beyond the open door.

Inside the room.

A woman was hanging from a roof beam, her hands and feet bound.

Her clothes were in tatters, and her body was covered in wounds.

Suddenly, the rope snapped, and she crashed down.

There was a bed beneath her. She landed on it and did not move.

Shen Yan abruptly thought of the photo he had seen earlier that day.

Tsk~

The pose was pretty similar.

"You're prettier than her," Pei Heng whispered into Shen Yan's ear.

"You want to die!" Shen Yan snarled furiously and shoved Pei Heng away.

Pei Heng: ...

Just as he was about to figure out why Shen Yan had gotten angry, he saw Shen Yan bend down after pushing him away and grab something off the ground.

Then he started yanking it out like mad.

"Stop pulling, stop pulling! My pants are going to come off if you keep pulling!"

A wailing cry rang out alongside the director's angry roar.

"Guests are not allowed to damage the NPCs! Shen Yan, stop!"

The director clutched his little bee microphone and shouted himself hoarse.

Shen Yan let go.

Only then did everyone see that it was an NPC dressed as a ghost lying on the ground.

Half his body was still inside the underground mechanism, while Shen Yan had forcibly yanked the other half out.

He lay there in disheveled, miserable condition, panting heavily.

[Hahahaha, was he trying to abduct Shen Yan?]

[He didn't abduct anyone, and the ghost exposed himself instead!]

[The NPC is probably cursing up a storm inside.]

The NPC shot Shen Yan a wary look, returned to the mechanism, and disappeared from sight.

Pei Heng let out a huge sigh of relief. "That was close. Luckily, you're so capable. Otherwise, I would have been captured. You really can protect me."

Director: ...

Fuck you!

After Shen Yan's disruption, the horror atmosphere they had only just built up vanished completely again.

Bai Jing looked around, then said to Song Qianshan, "Sister Shanshan, help keep an eye out. If a ghost tries to grab me later..."

The director reacted quickly. "No beating NPCs!"

Bai Jing: ...

Fine.

The door on the left was closed, while the one on the right stood open. Without much hesitation, everyone headed into the room on the right.

It was a very typical ancient lady's chamber.

The moment they entered, they saw a round table directly ahead.

Four cups of tea sat on the table.

"The tea is still steaming, which means someone was here just now," Lu Xingchuan deduced as he stared at the teacups.

Bai Jing said, "That's strange. Why is there a bed in the main room? Shouldn't beds be in the bedroom?"

Song Qianshan stood between the bedroom and the main room, glanced inside, and said, "There's a bed in the bedroom too."

Lu Xingchuan had acted in quite a few period dramas, so he put his professional knowledge to use. "Could the bed outside be where a maid slept while keeping watch over her mistress at night?"

Shen Yan rolled his eyes at him. "What kind of family gives its mistress a bed less than half the size of the maid's?"

Lu Xingchuan wanted to argue, but he had no argument to make.

The bed in the main room was simply too large, even bigger than an ordinary double bed.

"Loosen up!" Shen Yan wanted to squat down and inspect the bed chest, but Pei Heng was clinging to him so tightly that he could not even crouch. Shen Yan smacked Pei Heng's arm.

Pei Heng reluctantly let go, looking terrified, but immediately clasped Shen Yan's hand tightly again, interlacing their fingers. "This way won't get in your way."

Shen Yan shot him a disgusted glance, then squatted down and knocked on the bed chest.

The instant he knocked.

The bed chest door creaked open inward.

Pei Heng jolted and threw his arms around Shen Yan. "So scary, there's someone inside!"

Shen Yan had been squatting on the ground. When Pei Heng suddenly lunged at him, he immediately fell backward.

Pei Heng wrapped an arm around Shen Yan's shoulders and, at the instant Shen Yan fell, cushioned him with his own arm. But he also fell on top of Shen Yan, trembling as he burrowed into Shen Yan's arms, his lips and nose brushing against Shen Yan's neck.

"I'm scared to death, I'm scared to death!"

Shen Yan smacked him on the back. "Don't rub against me."

[Keep rubbing and he'll get hard!]

[!!!!]

[Ahhh!]

[No wonder you're the richest man. You really know what you're doing!]

Bai Jing: ...

Before she could grab Song Qianshan's arm.

Song Qianshan had already proactively offered her arm, making a preemptive, "Aah~"

Bai Jing grabbed it and stomped in place. "Eek!"

Lu Xingchuan looked down on Pei Heng's cowardly behavior and snorted. "President Pei, your nerve is way too weak. Let me see what's going on inside."

Lu Xingchuan went to inspect the bed chest.

Pei Heng pinned Shen Yan down and would not let him get up.

"Get up!" Shen Yan pushed him irritably.

Pei Heng did not understand. "I'm not getting up. I'm scared!"

"If you're scared, then don't look. I'm not scared!"

Pei Heng wriggled against Shen Yan. "I'm so scared I can't stand. I can't get up at all."

Fuck you!

"Fuck!"

The moment Lu Xingchuan crouched down to inspect the bed chest, he was so frightened that he fell onto his butt. His face went pale as he swallowed a terrified gulp, then raised a trembling hand. "Inside, inside..."

"What's inside?" Bai Jing asked curiously as she leaned over. "Oh my god!"

The moment she saw what was inside, Bai Jing turned and ran out in terror.

Song Qianshan frowned and leaned over to take a look as well.

[Ahhhhh!]

[That damn production team!]

[Scared the hell out of me!]

[I want to watch the little couple rub against each other! Who the fuck wants to see this? My eyes!]

Inside the bed chest was a female ghost in red. Her face was deathly pale, and blood was streaming from her eyes and the corners of her mouth.

She was reaching out, crawling toward the opening.

Her eyes stared straight outside.

Amid the screaming comments—

The female ghost suddenly reached out, grabbed Lu Xingchuan by the throat, and tried to drag him into the bed chest.

Lu Xingchuan screamed at the top of his lungs, "Help!"

He struggled desperately, spreading his legs and bracing his feet against the boards on either side of the bed chest.

The female ghost tugged twice but could not move him.

Whoosh!

A half-meter-long tongue lashed out and licked toward Lu Xingchuan's face.

Lu Xingchuan was nearly scared pissless and struggled frantically.

Song Qianshan watched the female ghost and Lu Xingchuan coldly, hesitated for a moment, then sat down on a chair.

Pei Heng was still pinning Shen Yan down and wriggling against him. "I'm scared to death, I'm scared to death."

[???]

[This is absolutely not the scene I expected to see.]