Chapter 16: Haunted Houses in the Republic of China (16)

"Sister Ning, have you seen Mrs. Wang today? It's really strange. I washed all the clothes that were not clean last night, but she still hasn't shown up... Isn't she waiting for me?" Seeing Ning Hanqi waving at him to come in, Xiaolu quickly waved her hands and said, "I won't go in. The child is scared!"

What if the young lady comes back and finds herself in her room, and thinks that she, a human being, has polluted the air in her room and killed herself?

The deer had an incredibly imaginative mind, or perhaps an amazing intuition. Perhaps he vaguely sensed the danger, so he refused to step into the room no matter what.

But some dangers cannot be avoided by not entering this room.

Ning Hanqi didn't force it, so they started talking one inside the room and one outside the room.

When Xia Yingnuan came back, she saw a person with his butt sticking out and clinging to his door frame. Although half of his body was already inside, his feet were still outside.

She maintained this strange posture and chatted happily with Ning Hanqi, completely unaware that the big boss behind her was approaching.

"I just heard from Chang Yueyue that there's a lot of gossip to talk about the boss of this dungeon." Xiaolu said mysteriously.

"What's wrong?"

"I heard... well, not really, I heard. Before veteran players enter a dungeon, the game will tell them the dungeon they're about to enter ten minutes in advance. Chang Yueyue used that time to search the forums for information about this dungeon. I didn't get much useful information, but I did get a lot of gossip... oh no, some rumors."

"The boss of this dungeon now..." Xiaolu lowered his voice and said, "He has deceived many girls."

Xia Yingnuan:...?

Say it again, who is cheating on whose feelings?

The room was silent for a long time, so long that the owner began to feel guilty. Then a voice came from inside and said, "Did Chang Yue see this from the forum posts? Are there a lot of them?"

"I think there should be quite a few," Xiaolu said, almost laughing. Granted, the boss in this dungeon was pretty, but who would really fall for a goblin? She figured it was just the players who survived the disaster, periodically going crazy on the forums to relieve their tension.

"Actually, more posts are saying that this dungeon boss is moody..."

“Bang!”

Suddenly, there was a sound of breaking porcelain in the room.

The heart of the man and the ghost outside tightened at the same time, and the words that Xiaolu was about to say got stuck in his throat.

The teacup in Ning Hanqi's hand fell to the ground and shattered into pieces. It looked like an accident, but Xiaolu's keen intuition sounded the alarm.

"Is that so... Our Miss Xia is still popular among girls after she became a ghost." Ning Hanqi's tone was still gentle and he didn't seem angry. Xiaolu rubbed his arms and suddenly felt the temperature drop a little.

"I think maybe not..." Xiaolu's tone suddenly stopped because she found a pale hand on her shoulder.

"I also like to peel off the skin of beautiful faces and collect them. I think your face is pretty good. Why don't you keep your face?" Xia Yingnuan's tone was extremely gloomy. From an angle that Ning Hanqi couldn't see, she looked half-ghostly. After her scarlet eyes met the deer's eyes, she could feel the body under her palm becoming increasingly stiff. Then, with a short scream, the deer's eyes rolled back and she fainted.

Humph, is that all you have the courage to do?

Xia Yingnuan sneered and turned back to her normal appearance. She walked straight into the room without caring about the deer lying at the door of her room. If she was not required to go back alive to repay the young lady, she would be skinned alive just because she had said bad things about her twice behind her back.

After adjusting her expression, Xia Yingnuan put on a smile. She asked Ning Hanqi if he had any jewelry he liked, trying to avoid the previous topic.

Ning Hanqi did not answer, but gently placed the box in his hand on the table next to him. The atmosphere in the room gradually became stagnant as no one spoke.

"Unhappy?" Xia Yingnuan sat next to her.

Ning Hanqi said expressionlessly, "I'm just wondering how many good wives you have left. Among those girls who accused you, how many of them could be ranked in the top ten in your heart?"

Obviously she still remembered what she said that day. The result of Xia Yingnuan's failure to coax her in time was that the two things collided and the firecrackers exploded directly.

"It's unfair, my dear wife. Don't listen to what that little girl says. I'm not attracting men outside. It must be a slander!" Xia Yingnuan opened her big innocent eyes and didn't look guilty at all.

"Really?" Ning Hanqi murmured, then laughed coldly and said, "Then I'll have to ask them about it later. Nuannuan won't lie just because she doesn't dare to admit it, right?"

"..." Xia Yingnuan, who was choked and speechless for the first time, narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly. Although she felt a little guilty, she soon thought with confidence that Ning Hanqi had not even asked about her private affairs, but he was already caring about her!

This young lady is good in every way except that she is a little too brave. She is a fierce ghost. Although she cannot attack new players, she can easily let ghosts other than herself share her food... So can't she be a little afraid of herself?

And if Ning Hanqi is let go later, she will have a brand new future. Once she is truly resurrected, the game will not be able to restrain her, and neither will he.

She might meet someone she loves and start a happy family, while Ning Hanqi will rot and decay here. Perhaps one sunny afternoon in the future, Ning Hanqi will recall this episode in her life. What will she think of herself then? A terrifying and paranoid monster, leaving nothing but a dark shadow in her life.

The ghosts in this game do not deserve happiness, because they are destined to be swallowed up by the filthy power in the game copy. The more they seek and fail to obtain, the faster they will be swallowed up.

Who should be unhappy?

After all, Xia Yingnuan believed that Ning Hanqi would try to please her in order to survive, and might have a little affection for her at most. After all, she was pretty and considerate, but she was a ghost. After seeing her bloodthirsty, half-ghost appearance, would Ning Hanqi fall in love with her, a monster, in just a few days?

The negative emotions surging deep in her heart and the feeling of inferiority that may be called inferiority interfere with Xia Yingnuan's normal judgment. Most of the time, the ghosts' rationality is not under their own control.

"My little lady, I promise that in these seven days... no, from the past to the present, I've loved you the most. Those other players are not even one-tenth as good as you."

"In the future... I think it will be difficult for anyone to surpass your position in my heart. If there is someone more beautiful and lovable than you..." When she said this, Xia Yingnuan was really curious and imagined it. To be honest, she couldn't think of it.

"Not...coming?" Ning Hanqi's expression, which had softened somewhat after the first half of the conversation, suddenly seemed to plummet. "It seems like you're really looking forward to meeting someone prettier than me."

"It's easier to get through life when you have something to look forward to."

"...Ms. Xia, how many people do you want to have your foot on?"

"A boat? Ha... It's all just a show. How can there be a boat for me to step on?" Xia Yingnuan's smile revealed a hint of coldness. "But if you want to leave here, remember not to fool yourself while acting."

Her last sentence was a kind reminder, and they all knew who she was reminding.

But Xia Yingnuan's eyes turned slightly red when she looked at Ning Hanqi.

Suddenly, Xia Yingnuan saw Ning Hanqi stand up and walk out.

"Where are you going?" she asked hurriedly.

"Go send Xiaolu back to her room." Ning Hanqi left a message and left without looking back.

She was the only ghost left in the quiet room. Although she had long been accustomed to loneliness, she inexplicably felt a little uncomfortable in this room.

So who are the people making up stories on the forums? Are those people... what are the players talking about?

I've explained so much. Ning Hanqi is such a smart person, right? Can he figure it out on his own?

But when Xia Yingnuan thought of Ning Hanqi's slightly red eyes when she left, she gradually couldn't bear it anymore.

...Wait for her to come back, and then I will comfort her myself.

However, she waited until the red moon hung on the branch but she still did not hear the footsteps of the returning person.