Shi Jinzhe glanced at his movements, then looked at the carefree Qian Chang, picked up the vase and asked Shehe, "How's it going inside?"

"Can you hear me if I tell you?"

Schech, having exhausted all his patience, replied with this.

Fu Guan directly complained: "He couldn't hear you, but he still replied."

“…Wait, wait.” Yao Shu stared at the two of them. “Do you remember what just happened?”

Fu Guan brushed past her and sat back on the sofa: "What's wrong? It's just a broken light?"

"After the light went out, don't you remember when two monsters came into the room?" Yao Shu ran behind the sofa. "Right here, a headless man tried to kill me, and a blind woman tried to kill you right in the face."

Ye Zhan lowered her eyes, concealing her emotions: "Is it because the atmosphere here is too gloomy that you're afraid of hallucinating, sister?"

"What hallucination?" Qian Chang pushed open the door and happened to hear this.

Seeing that the three of them were soaked to the bone, Fu Guan handed each of them a tissue and said, "Wipe yourselves off."

"Thanks," Qian Chang said, wiping his face with a rag, and then asked again what had happened.

Yao Shu recounted what happened after the lights went out to the three people who returned, explaining every detail clearly.

"That's right. Shekh was fighting that headless man, and Lin Shu and Fu Guan were protecting me the whole time. How could you not remember?"

"Were you scared at the temple halfway up the mountain during the day? The shadows of the trees outside are quite scary after dark, but there really weren't any headless people or strange women like you described." Jiang Xiaowan held up the incense stick she was holding. "Besides, I still have this in my hand. How could there be any ghosts?"

Yao Shu said in disbelief, "You have to believe me, it really happened, it was very dangerous, I almost died, Lin Shu's knife broke while trying to save me."

Lin Shu observed the others, thought for a moment, frowned and said, "I practice martial arts, I don't use a knife."

Yao Shu still refused to believe it: "But..."

"Alright," Qian Chang interrupted her. "Huang Yingzong also took a red envelope. Nothing strange happened to the three of us outside. You're just scaring yourself."

Yao Shu looked to Shekh for help, "Teacher, don't you remember either?"

"You're too tired, you should get some rest," Shekh said, without giving a direct answer.

Qian Chang shook his clothes: "I need to rest. I'm going upstairs now. I'm all wet and it's really uncomfortable."

"I need to go to bed early; I need to grow." Ye Zhan left as well.

Other players gradually went upstairs. Yao Shu grabbed her hair in frustration, squatted on the ground, and brooded alone.

Sher sat on the sofa and beckoned to Shi Jinzhe, who was soaking wet, to come upstairs with her.

Shi Jin rubbed his neck with his hand and turned his head down, saying, "I got a headache from being in the rain outside."

Schech pointed to the clock. "It's only been a few minutes. Don't pretend."

Shi Jinzhe couldn't hear her, but she could roughly guess that she was talking about time. "I'm not faking it. Not only me, Huang Yingzong looks even more distressed than me."

"Then you guys should start practicing."

"I'm not feeling well, please comfort me." Taking advantage of the lull in the plot, Shi Jinzhe seized the opportunity to seek comfort, holding onto Shehe's hand tightly.

Shekh let him play with his hands until his palms became too itchy and he couldn't stand it anymore before he stood up.

As she left, she glanced at Yao Shu and, using her position as a teacher, told Fu Guanzai, "Yao Shu is frightened. You should stay with her."

“Okay, I’ll listen to you, teacher.” Fu Guanzai readily agreed and extended a hand to Yao Shu. “Get up first, go back to your room.”

Yao Shu used the momentum to stand up: "You really don't remember?"

"You're just scared. Come sleep in my room tonight."

Yao Shu paused in her steps as she went upstairs. She looked up, about to ask a question, but unexpectedly saw Jiang Xiaowan waiting at the bottom of the stairs.

She seemed like a completely different person, arms crossed, she sneered: "Oh ho~ Pretty impressive, still has the chance for a one-night stand even in summer. Since you have someone to protect you, I'll just live by myself."

Yao Shu facepalmed. No, this plot is definitely not right.

Jiang Xiaowan's innocent act was an act. She was a very kind person and would never use such a tone to mock herself. She followed Fu Guan because his movements were less restricted, not because she actually had romantic feelings for him.

We've only known each other for a day, we don't even know each other, so why would we be jealous?

Besides, Shehe and Shi Jinzhe were just being intimate, and she didn't feel any constraint from the plot. It's unreasonable for Jiang Xiaowan to speak like this when she's not being controlled.

Yao Shu looked directly at her from below and couldn't help but wonder if this was really Jiang Xiaowan herself, or if she had been possessed by a mountain spirit.

"Yao Shu, do you need any help?"

Huang Yingzong's voice suddenly appeared, and Yao Shu was taken aback. She quickly refused, "No need."

"I'm not comfortable with him staying with you."

That's practically saying that Fu Guan is completely unreliable.

Seeing that Yao Shu refused, Huang Yingzong added, "He's a womanizer, I'm afraid you'll be deceived. Xiao Shu, don't worry about me, we're more familiar with each other, let me accompany you."

"The teacher asked me to stay with her, you should go and take care of your girlfriend." Fu Guan pulled Yao Shu's sleeve and led her upstairs, leaving Huang Yingzong alone downstairs.

As they passed by room 205, the door suddenly opened, and Jiang Xiaowan stared at the two of them, her arrogance written all over her face. "I'm going to go with you. I don't feel comfortable with a lone man and woman alone."

“Sure.” Fu Guan, still exuding his aquamarine charm, said, “If you’re scared, come over here. We’ll go together.”

Inside room 206, Shekh wrote down everything he had heard and sent it to Shi Jinzhe.

[They separated; they both went to room 203 with Fu Guan.]

"It's best to separate them. It's most appropriate to have Fu Guan keep an eye on things."

Shi Jinzhe bought a set of dry clothes from the prop shop, changed into them, and then lay back on the Western-style antique chaise lounge in the room.

Shekh asked, "What happened?"

Taking advantage of the flirtatious banter, he wrote words on her palm, asking her to find an excuse to separate Jiang Xiaowan and Yao Shu. Shi Jinzhe must have discovered something.

Instead of answering, Shi Jinzhe asked, "Do you remember what Yao Shu said about the headless man?"

[Yes, others have it too.]

As for why Quan Zhuang didn't know, he simply didn't want to argue about it as the plot intended.

If everyone pretends to forget, the unsettling elements hidden in the plot can be suppressed, avoiding the infighting that might arise from fear.

As long as reason prevails, everything is negotiable.

Yao Shu's mindset wasn't stable enough; she was a beat slow to react and blurted out the question directly.

Shekh wrote: [Both strange people attacked Yao Shu, and she was in the greatest danger. She didn't recover from spitting out blood in time.]

“It’s not just a matter of mindset, it’s also related to her skills.” Shi Jinzhe handed Shehe a tissue.

That was the face towel Fu Guan gave him when he entered the room. There was a note written on it, which was Yao Shu's skill name.

"Do those who believe receive love?"

Shekh read it aloud, recalling the scene on the first floor.

After the lights came on, a fleeting image flashed by as Fu Guan brushed past Yao Shu.

"So he had already taken Yao Shu's skill card back then."

His card-stealing ability is truly exceptional; we must make sure he stays as far away as possible.