This was ridiculously long.
It could probably pierce someone's heart.
Someone save me!!!!
In his terror, goosebumps sprang up all over Jiang Nan.
[? Why is Little Immortal Nan shaking?]
[Maybe he can't handle someone touching his little hand.]
[...]
Just then, the entire classroom stirred.
Every student in the class rushed outside.
In the blink of an eye, only the six guests remained.
Luo Hang slowly raised his eyes and met Jiang Nan's gaze.
His expression was cool. Just as he was about to lower his head, he suddenly spotted the garishly colored, ultimate Mary Sue novel in Jiang Nan's hand.
"..."
Unable to bear the sight, he turned his head away.
Li Xueying was probably the liveliest of the six. Holding her phone with a baffled expression, she asked, "What's going on here?"
Qiu Wen shook her head, indicating that she didn't know.
Seeing that no one was speaking, Jiang Nan volunteered an answer. "They went out to play without us."
Li Xueying hesitated. "Really?"
Shen Anbai still held a paintbrush, his expression gentle. "Jiang Nan must be joking. It's probably the production team's doing."
He stood by the window, his blue-and-white school uniform glowing in the light, looking very much like a gentle upperclassman on campus.
[Aaaaaah, Baibai really is so gentle...]
[Raise the flag for Baibai!]
[Boohoo, what are we going to do when our wonderful Baibai marries some other girl?]
[The strongest liquor in the world is Shen Anbai's wedding wine; the bitterest candy in the world is Shen Anbai's wedding candy.]
Shen Anbai's words cracked Jiang Nan up.
He folded his arms and struggled for quite a while before finally suppressing his smile.
Naturally, Shen Anbai noticed something off about his expression. Just as he was about to ask, the entire classroom abruptly went dark!
They couldn't see their hands in front of their faces!
Jiang Nan closed his eyes briefly, feeling a billion tiny bits of admiration for the production team.
They had managed to plunge such a huge school into darkness at ten in the morning. He could hear the budget burning.
"Wh-what's going on?" Even the nation's little sister, Li Xueying, had a tremor in her voice.
Qiu Wen said, "Don't be scared."
Shen Anbai hurriedly said, "Don't you have phones? Turn on the flashlights."
Li Xueying's eyes lit up. "Good point."
Then she clung to Qiu Wen's arm and urged, "Hurry, hurry!"
Luo Hang fiddled with his phone. "My phone's dead."
Qiu Wen sounded composed. "Mine still has fifty percent."
Everyone held their breath.
The livestream viewers also waited quietly as Qiu Wen calmly switched on her phone's built-in flashlight.
The instant the light came on, figures darted past the windows, countless hands raised with fingers curled into claws.
Looking closer, they could see plenty of faces pressed against the windows too, their eyes wide.
"Aaaaaaah-"
Screams erupted in the classroom.
The livestream viewers broke out in a sweat from the fright too.
Jiang Nan happened to be standing beside Li Xueying. Her sudden high-pitched assault nearly deafened him. Something kept feeling wrong, so he asked, "Is the classroom door locked?"
"What?" Qiu Wen responded instinctively.
Everyone's heart leaped into their throat, a chill crawling over them as they thought back.
Luo Hang said, "Why would the classroom door be locked?"
Before he had even finished speaking, a creak suddenly came from the front door as it was pushed open.
Jiang Nan immediately said, "Run!"
Throwing out that single word, he took off.
The others exchanged glances.
Luo Hang stuffed his phone into his pocket and followed Jiang Nan out the back door.
[Help, this is so scary. I'm sweating from fright in broad daylight.]
[Production team, you guys are fucking amazing.]
[Boohoo, little sister Xueying looks so scared.]
[Jiang Nan might be useless at everything else, but he's quick to run.]
[LMAO, what else should he do, wait to get eaten?]
[Can the haters grow a brain before trashing Little Immortal Nan?]
While the bullet comments squabbled, the guests had already swiftly slipped out the back door.
Fortunately, there were green emergency lights in the corridor. The atmosphere was frightening, but at least they could see.
Jiang Nan shot off in a flash, only stopping at a corner on the second floor.
Half a minute later, Luo Hang came over, panting. "Haven't seen you in over a year. You're pretty good at running now."
Jiang Nan said modestly, "A man can change in three days. You have to see him in a new light."
The corners of Luo Hang's lips curved slightly into a sneer.
The bullet comments fell silent.
Only after a moment did someone post.
[I'm just saying, this dynamic is even more shippable than I imagined.]
[Honestly, I never even considered that Hanghang would strike up a conversation with Jiang Nan.]
[Why do they feel a little like... exes getting back together?]
[Right, right? They're clearly deeply in love, but deliberately acting all indifferent.]
There were only a handful of comments like these. Only when Shen Anbai appeared on-screen did the Luoyang Chang'an shippers emerge.
[Hanghang still looks best with our Baibai.]
[The twin stars of the dance world. Does anyone get it?]
As Shen Anbai approached, Qiu Wen and Li Xueying ran over, supporting each other.
Jiang Nan folded his arms. "Why do I feel like we've forgotten something?"
Luo Hang said, "Stop being so weird. Maybe you alone could forget, but there are six of us here. We couldn't all have forgotten..."
Luo Hang stopped there.
Because the number of people present wasn't quite right.
Jiang Nan sucked in a breath, finally realizing what was wrong. "Oh no, Shen Xingli hasn't come out yet."
The bullet comments: [Help, you only just remembered?]
[I've already screamed more than eight hundred times. My husband is still sleeping in the classroom.]
[Aaaaaaah, my husband...]
[My husband hasn't come out yet!!!! Damn it!!!]
Just then, a burst of piercing static suddenly sounded over the school's PA system.
"Ding-dong!"
"The 'Hope High School' missions are now officially announced!"
"Mission one: find the mole among the six of you."
"Mission two: uncover the reason zombies have appeared at Hope High School."
"Finally, we wish all players a pleasant journey."
[Fuck, the production team really outdid themselves.]
[They've thrown in a mole. How are they supposed to play this?]
[That depends on the mindset of this episode's guests, of course.]
[A pleasant journey? They'll be lucky if the guests aren't scared to death.]
Once the missions had been announced, the atmosphere among the five guests grew incredibly stiff.
Jiang Nan folded his arms and slowly took a step back.
Luo Hang noticed immediately. "Where are you going?"
At those words, everyone else's eyes landed on Jiang Nan.
Jiang Nan had just about had enough. Unable to hold back, he asked Luo Hang, "Do you have a secret crush on me?"
At those words, Luo Hang practically froze solid.
Li Xueying gasped, and the control room fell silent too.
The bullet comments: [He's so direct!!!]
[Come on, come on! Jiang Kounan, if you pull this off, I'll forgive all the things you did before.]
[Aaaaaaah, is my dead ship about to come back to life?]
Luo Hang looked utterly repulsed. "Don't make me throw up in front of everyone."
Jiang Nan shrugged and clicked his tongue. "Good. Hopefully you can stop keeping your eyes glued to me from now on."
The two traded barbs, but the bullet comments were all over the place.
[Is this really falling out of love, or what...]
[It's obviously a couple saying harsh things to each other~]