"Bye-bye... I'm done playing with you."
Li Yichen's lips curled upward. He stepped forward, turned intangible with Fang Enmeng, and passed silently through the entire maze.
"All right, you can open your eyes." It seemed that only an instant had passed. Fang Enmeng immediately opened her eyes, and the view before her opened up.
They were already inside the final escape room, the "Wedding Hall."
Unlike the dark, eerie rooms before it, this room was spacious and bright, filled with festive red decorations.
A square table stood in the center, with two huge red candles on top illuminating the entire room.
Two carved wooden armchairs flanked the table. A red ceremonial robe and a black gauze hat lay neatly stacked on the left chair, while a bright red bridal gown and a phoenix crown rested on the right.
"Bro... where are we?" Fang Enmeng kept looking around in delighted surprise, her eyes full of wonder.
"This is called the 'Wedding Hall.' It's the final stage," Li Yichen said with a smile.
"Huh? How did we get here so quickly?" Fang Enmeng asked in confusion. "It only felt like an instant."
"I don't know either..." Li Yichen shrugged and smiled. "I just wandered around the maze with you, and we ended up here."
"Bro... you're not lying to me, are you?" Fang Enmeng gave him a sidelong look, disbelief written all over her face.
"That's what happened," Li Yichen said helplessly. "If you don't believe me, there's nothing I can do..."
"Hmph... fine, keep it to yourself." Fang Enmeng pouted. Then she suddenly brightened again and picked up the phoenix crown from the armchair, her eyes sparkling. "Wow... it's so beautiful..."
She immediately beckoned to Li Yichen, bouncing on her toes. "Bro... I want to try it on. Will you help