I Was Too Scared to Hide Alone

Qi Yu had, of course, checked the monitor.

It was just that the dots of light on that monitor did not identify specific people.

So he had naively assumed that the only dot that kept moving had to be his wife.

Until ten minutes later.

Someone pushed open the morgue door from outside.

He did not even need to look.

His exceptionally keen senses had already told Qi Yu that the person approaching was not the wife he was waiting for.

He abruptly sat up on the bed.

Qi Yu successfully startled the person who had yet to come through the door.

Yan Cheng only managed to keep himself from letting out an embarrassing scream through sheer restraint.

He had picked a door at random.

Who could have known that the moment he pushed it open, he would see that corpse parked beside the door?

Unlike the virtual image that had appeared right in his face earlier.

That corpse model was incredibly realistic.

Especially its mangled, bloody features and its half-rotted body.

The instant Yan Cheng saw it, he felt his heart clench uncontrollably.

Putting something like that by the door-the production team was downright deranged!

But before he had even finished cursing inwardly, a corpse on one of the beds just sat right up.

Yan Cheng instinctively took half a step back.

The next second, he saw Qi Yu throw off the white sheet covering him.

He turned to glance back at Yan Cheng, his face full of irritation.

His gaze was icy.

It was a silent warning:

Try catching me if you dare.

Catching Qi Yu and forming a double-alpha team could send his traffic soaring.

But compared to staying alive, traffic meant nothing.

Yan Cheng knew how to read the room.

So without a moment's hesitation, he merely gave Qi Yu an awkward smile and said, "Please, go back to sleep. I won't disturb you," before turning and leaving the room.

He even considerately closed the door for him!

The whole sequence was seamless.

Everyone in the live comments burst out laughing:

[He even closed the door. Honestly, I'm crying!]

[I can't. I thought we were about to see the first AA team! What is this? Yan Cheng, you're such a coward!]

[You can't blame Yan Cheng for this. When I saw Qi Yu's eyes from that first-person perspective just now, I was genuinely scared too.]

[It's just teaming up for a show. Does Qi Yu really have to be this scared of alphas?]

[Could it possibly be... that Qi Yu actually has someone he wants to team up with?]

[Do you mean Chu Zhu? I still think Lan Muxing is a better fit!]

[Why can't it be Bai Luochuan?]

[I like your comment, person above me. Remember to turn off your DMs.]

[Bai Luochuan's face fans, get lost! Stop insulting Qi Yu!]

Qi Yu knew nothing about the speculation in the live comments.

All he knew was that his wife had not taken part in searching for people.

Only two dots of light remained on the screen now.

Looking at it another way.

The one that had stayed in the same place ever since entering had to be his wife.

Wait.

Was my wife really not interested in me at all!?

I had my seduction strategy all ready!

Why wouldn't my wife take a single bite!?

All those kisses we'd shared!

Did my wife not connect any of that to me at all!?

Qi Yu obediently left the morgue and followed the dot's location all the way over.

The dots were displayed on a flat plane.

They did not indicate a specific floor, and the rooms were rather indistinct too.

So, starting from the third floor, Qi Yu searched all the rooms near the dot again.

This time, his mood had turned very sour.

When a ghostly apparition popped up in his face, Qi Yu not only showed no fear, but looked even more irritated.

He searched from the third floor down to the first.

In every room he entered, he helpfully switched off the projector casting the ghostly images.

Though he actually wanted to smash them more.

But his wife liked him sweet, well-behaved, and coquettish.

He could not act that violent.

With only one room left unchecked, Qi Yu could be certain that the person he was looking for was inside.

His irritated expression softened somewhat.

It was as though a pool of clear spring water rippled in his golden eyes.

They looked clear and bright.

Only up close could one notice that they were filled with deep longing.

As he pushed the door open, Bai Luochuan had already opened his eyes inside the room.

Assuming filming was over and the production team had come to fetch him.

Bai Luochuan remained languid.

He slowly stood up, his eyes still hazy with sleep.

But when he saw who had entered, his half-lidded eyes involuntarily widened.

The room was dimly lit.

It lent an extra touch of intimacy to the smile on Qi Yu's face.

His golden eyes met Bai Luochuan's.

A moment passed.

The smile in his eyes blossomed again.

Utterly exploiting his beauty, Qi Yu walked up beside Bai Luochuan while he was still dazed.

He reached out and caught Bai Luochuan's wrist.

Guiding his hand, he pressed it against his own arm.

His smile deepened as he said, "Oh, you caught me."

Bai Luochuan: ...

Sir!

Let me say it again!!

You're unbelievably spot-on!!!

The feeling of his virtual lover stepping out of the screen and standing right before him in the flesh made Bai Luochuan's nose sting and his eyes burn. He was so moved that he nearly shed tears.

He had never understood cosplay commissions before.

Now he understood it all!

The reason he had not understood was that none had been this perfectly accurate!

Even the hand holding Qi Yu's arm was trembling involuntarily.

He wanted to ask whether this cosplayer accepted private commissions.

But once the words reached his lips, he swallowed them back down.

That sort of thing had to be asked in private.

In their line of work, accepting private commissions during an official commission was the biggest taboo.

I get it.

I totally get it!

Besides, his boyfriend was in his phone. No matter how accurate this cosplayer was, he was not his actual husband.

Bai Luochuan still could not take that step.

After all, whether virtual or real, he would never do anything to betray Qi Yu!

The expressions on his face shifted endlessly.

Bai Luochuan gave Qi Yu a live demonstration of a classic intangible cultural heritage performance.

Watching him only made Qi Yu like him more.

Before, when they were facing each other through video, his wife would mostly just smile at him, without such a rich range of expressions.

But now that they had met, seeing him like this made Qi Yu even more certain that he truly was hopelessly in love with Bai Luochuan.

He loved every side of him.

Without any reservations.

At that thought, Qi Yu blinked. "You touched me, so that means we've successfully teamed up. Shall we head out?"

Bai Luochuan snapped out of his daze.

He pulled back the arm the other man had been holding.

Frowning, he said, "Aren't you on the hiding team? Why did you come looking for someone yourself?"

Wasn't it because you stayed here without moving?

Qi Yu smiled bitterly inwardly.

Yet his expression remained gentle.

His smile was radiant, and even the fox tail behind him seemed to sway.

He said, "Because the hospital is too dark, and there are really scary ghostly figures along the way. I was too scared to hide alone, so I came to find you."

As he spoke, he paused.

Then he pitched his voice higher again.

In that wheedling tone, he slowly said, "Will you take me out of here, ge?"