Chapter 20

The shrill screams from the loudspeaker tactfully served as background noise, covering up the undercurrent of emotion somewhere.

Pei Yanhe raised his eyebrows slightly and asked calmly, "The lights were off just now. Why were you looking at me?"

Shen Yizhi came back to his senses, and he couldn't explain why he looked at him subconsciously, so he made up an excuse.

"Waiting for your answer."

Pei Yanhe didn't know whether he believed it or not. His eyes were filled with ink-like thick emotions surging in the deepest part of his body. He calmly looked away.

"It's a good ghost."

Shen Yizhi clapped his hands and echoed, “I think so too.”

When his attention returned to the film, a bloody ghost face happened to appear. Shen Yizhi shuddered without any preparation, took a breath of cold air, and was immediately frightened.

Pei Yanhe tilted his head, his voice shrouded in a smirk, "If you're scared, just hide in my arms."

This sentence sounds strangely familiar.

Shen Yizhi's face turned from black to blue, and he said unhappily: "I was not prepared just now, so I'm not afraid."

Pei Yanhe forced a smile without exposing her. He glanced at her at the distance between them and said lazily, "Come closer."

"No, I'm fine sitting here." Shen Yizhi turned his head to refuse, his black hair rising in an arc in the air.

Pei Yanhe stood up without saying a word and walked to her side, shortening the distance to only half an arm's length, and sat down again.

The hem of his clothes brushed against her skin and then separated. Shen Yizhi followed his movements with her eyes and asked in confusion, "Why are you sitting here?"

Pei Yanhe drooped his head on the cushion, glanced at her from the corner of his eyes, and said in a long and slow tone, "I'm afraid, is that not okay?"

Shen Yizhi pursed her smile. It was rare for her to encounter something that Pei Yanhe was afraid of, so she took the opportunity to say something yin and yang: "You should have said it earlier, otherwise I would have sat over to protect you."

I didn't expect that Pei Yanhe, such a grown-up, was afraid of horror movies. This also allowed Shen Yizhi to grasp his weakness.

Pei Yanhe chuckled and said meaningfully: "It's not too late to protect now."

Shen Yizhi patted his head twice, neither lightly nor heavily, like patting a dog's head, "Be good, Pei Shanshan, I will protect you."

Pei Yanhe: “…” This nickname was completely ruined by her.

This movie is actually not a simply scary ghost movie. The plot has some depth. For example, the female ghost stays in the world not to harm people, but because she was murdered before her death and she is unwilling to give up and does not want to reincarnate.

Sometimes, it is people who are more worthy of vigilance than ghosts.

An hour later, the movie ended. Chen Yizhi stood up, stretched himself lazily, loosened his muscles and bones that had been numb from sitting for so long, and walked upstairs slowly.

Pei Yanhe followed her a few steps behind and moved to the living room.

Suddenly, he saw her stop and stopped beside her.

It's already 11 p.m.

Pei Yanhe saw through her intentions at a glance and raised his eyebrows, "You don't dare to go home?"

Although Shen Yizhi didn't want to admit it, it was true.

The fact that she dared to look didn't mean she wasn't afraid, not to mention that it was late at night and the place was quiet, which greatly increased the level of terror.

"Pei Yanhe, it's time for you to pay back what you've paid back."

Shen Yizhi looked at him sideways and said as a matter of course: "Send me home."

Pei Yanhe crossed his arms over his chest, showing no intention of moving. He tilted his head and asked, "Benefits?"

Shen Yizhi clenched his fist and put it in front of him, gritted his teeth and said, "I'll treat you to a steamed bun, do you want to eat it?"

What's wrong with that? I have to cheat her out of something every day.

"Just kidding," Pei Yanhe twitched the corners of his lips slightly, raised his chin slightly, "Let's go, I'll take you there."

Shen Yizhi snorted lightly: "You know what's good for you."

I followed him to the gate of my house. Just as I opened the door a little, a cold wind blew in and I whimpered.

Shen Yizhi hurriedly called out to Pei Yanhe who was about to go back.

"Even if you can't see the Buddha off, at least send me home before you leave."

Pei Yanhe's eyes flashed with an ambiguous smile, "Okay."

He slowly stood beside her, pushed open the gate and walked in.

Shen Yizhi followed behind him, not daring to stay too far away, nor daring to look left or right, with his eyes fixed and his back straight.

The summer night wind is a little chilly. No one is passing by on the streets late at night, and the rustling of leaves seems lonely.

Pei Yanhe skillfully turned on the lights in her house, and the dark villa suddenly became bright.

Shen Yizhi poured himself a glass of water. The cool liquid slid down his throat, calming him down a little.

Pei Yanhe saw her expression ease a little, and without staying any longer, he turned around and said lightly, "I'm leaving."

After he left, the villa became completely quiet and empty, with a few wisps of cool breeze inexplicably wafting out from every open door.

It was clearly a horror film with a lot of connotation, but those scenes kept flashing through Chen Yizhi's mind involuntarily.

In order to suppress the fear in his heart, Shen Yizhi began to recite the 24-character core values ​​in his heart, covering his ears and running upstairs so quickly that his shoes almost fell off.

He ran into the room and buried himself in the quilt, breathing heavily and rapidly.

After finally coming to her senses and calming down, she closed her eyes tightly and clenched the bed sheets with her fingers.

"Bang——"

Suddenly, there was a crisp sound coming from the glass window, as if something was knocking on it.

Shen Yizhi was completely stimulated this time. She screamed, covered her ears, ran downstairs, rushed out the door, and headed straight for Pei Yanhe's house.

As he ran out of the yard, he suddenly bumped into a solid wall of flesh, followed by a very light groan.

Pei Yanhe stumbled back two steps after being knocked around, "Why are you running in the middle of the night?"

A familiar voice sounded above my head.

Shen Yizhi stopped moving, opened one eye, and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw who it was.

Only then did he realize the pain on his head. He moved his hands that were covering his ears to the top of his head and spoke frankly.

"Someone seemed to have knocked on the glass window of my room just now."

Pei Yanhe glanced at the gravel in the distance and said calmly, "Did I really see a ghost?"

When Shen Yizhi heard this word, she felt a chill on her back for no reason and took a small step towards him.

"No, not really."

She has lived in Mingjing Bay for so many years and nothing like this has ever happened. How could such an accident happen as soon as she watched that kind of movie?

It's really bizarre.

Pei Yanhe lowered his eyes to observe her small steps and said slowly, "Take me up to see it?"

Shen Yizhi made a quick decision, "Okay."

I got a bodyguard for free, so I won’t miss it.

When he finally arrived at her room, Pei Yanhe opened the window to check and looked down. The lush camphor tree rustled in the wind. He paused for a moment and then looked away.

"Nothing, go to sleep."

Shen Yizhi stood by the door and hugged herself, unable to believe it, "I really heard it just now, take a closer look."

Pei Yanhe looked around carefully under her nervous gaze and stood in front of her again. "No problem."

"Don't scare yourself. It's so late, go to bed early."

After saying that, Pei Yanhe made a gesture to walk out.

"Wait a minute!" Shen Yizhi called him, hesitated, bit his lip, and finally spoke.

"Pei Yanhe, can you sleep with me?"