Character collapse

"Hmm..." Fu Shutao opened her eyes and was startled by the sunlight coming in through the window.

Fu Shuangchi and Fu Wuxi, who were guarding the bed, heard her voice and asked quickly, "Taotao, are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Fu Shutao took a moment to calm down, then sat up from her bed and asked curiously, "What's wrong with me? Didn't we talk about Ning Xiang in the Glazed House?"

Fu Shuangchi recalled what Chu Wenyi had said when he left with a pale face, and said calmly: "You suddenly fainted, did your memory become fragmented? Do you remember where you were talking about?"

"Ah? I fainted?" Fu Shutao was shocked. After thinking for a while, she said, "I remember... I asked Chu Wenyi if he was spying on me, and then I pissed him off."

She was still thinking in her heart: [Could it be that he is furious because I found out that he was spying on me? That's a bit stingy. 】

The memory only ends here?

Was the latter part so painful that it was blocked by the body, or did Chu Wenyi use some method to make Taotao forget it?

Fu Shuangchi and Fu Wuxi looked at each other and tacitly did not continue the topic.

Fu Wuxi poured Taotao a cup of warm water, while Fu Shuangchi smiled and said, "Chu Wenyi has a strange personality. We won't associate with him anymore." She changed the subject directly, "The family doctor came to check and said that you fainted suddenly because of malnutrition."

This was indeed what the doctor said. Taotao did have a malnutrition problem, but it was because she had not laid a good foundation before, so it was not serious enough for her to faint suddenly. Fu Shuangchi still remembers that when Taotao first returned to the Fu family, she had very little flesh on her cheeks and was so thin that it made people feel distressed. Now that she has finally gained some flesh, they are reluctant to let Taotao suffer any pain.

"Huh? Malnutrition? Me??"

Fu Shutao pointed at himself in disbelief, "How is this possible? Shouldn't I be as strong as an ox?"

Fu Shuangchi touched her head and said with a smile: "Trust in modern medicine. Eat more good food at home these days to replenish your body."

"Great!" Fu Shutao laughed, "After fainting once, there is actually such a good thing?!"

Fu Shuangchi sighed, "You'd better not faint. Our hearts are almost stopped by you."

"Yes, my hands were shaking when I carried you up here." Fu Wuxi said with a faint smile, and suddenly exclaimed, "I forgot to tell my brother and the others that you woke up."

The three brothers did not enter Taotao's bedroom, but were waiting at the door. She quickly ran to the door and said something.

Fu Shutao recalled the photo she had taken on her phone of her eldest brother hugging her third brother, and couldn't help but chuckle, "Sure enough, it was my eldest brother who carried me up here."

[Big Brother has been professionally moving human bodies for 100 years! ! 】

Fu Yijin heard these words as soon as he came in and rubbed his eyebrows.

Fu Sui'an lowered his head guiltily, regretting once again, why did I get drunk in the first place! !

Fu Shiyuan had already rushed to the bedside, and he didn't dare touch her as if she were fragile glass. He only asked carefully: "Taotao, are you okay? Does your head still hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt." Fu Shutao jumped off the bed, landed lightly on the ground, and asked with a smile: "I didn't miss lunch, did I?"

"……without."

Fu Shutao was delighted and said happily: "Fortunately, fortunately, I almost thought I missed a meal!"

Everyone: “…”

It’s Taotao after all, eating comes first, everything else comes second!

However, seeing that Taotao was normal, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and even reached a tacit agreement not to mention Chu Wenyi in front of Taotao.

*

At the strong suggestion of her brothers and sisters, Fu Shutao stayed at home to recuperate for three days before she was rescued by a work call from Yan Baichuan.

She is going to record a room escape variety show with three other main actors from the "Crazy Sand Inn" crew.

Taotao was not idle during the three days of rest. She watched the recent episodes of this variety show and gained a basic understanding of it.

The variety show she is about to participate in is called "Escape the Room", a seasonal online variety show. There are eight guests in each episode, four permanent and four flying, who enter a themed secret room together, focusing on immersive puzzle solving + plot interpretation.

Although the show is not very popular, it has a lot of loyal fans, and correspondingly, the requirements for guests are also very high. Fu Shutao searched on Weibo and found that after almost every episode, she could see the guest stars being ridiculed.

After watching a few episodes, she simply and roughly divided the variety show into two categories - scary and not scary.

Therefore, before leaving for the recording, she kept muttering to herself: [The episode we are going to record must not be a horror film! Don't be a horror book! ……】

Fu Wuxi knew that she was afraid of ghosts, and couldn't help but suggest: "Taotao, if you are afraid, just don't go. Brother Chuan can understand."

Fu Shutao took a deep breath and shook his head: "I have to actively cooperate with the crew's publicity work. Besides, it must not be easy for Brother Chuan to find this opportunity."

[Hey, it's easy to be soft-hearted when you eat someone's food, and it's easy to be soft-handed when you take someone's favor. Who made me take Brother Chuan's big red envelope, and also team up with him to cheat others? I have to be loyal! 】

Fu Shiyuan was amused by her inner voice and jokingly said, "Brave Taotao is not afraid of ghosts. She just does it when she encounters difficulties!"

"Fourth brother, hurry up and say 'Puh, Puh, Puh!'" Fu Shutao patted Fu Shiyuan's arm and said dissatisfiedly, "I won't encounter a ghost!"

Fu Shiyuan: "...Don't be superstitious!"

However, Fu Shiyuan's words came true. Fu Shutao really encountered a horror story and it became a long-lasting joke.

*

When Fu Shutao arrived at the recording site of the program, she ran into Jiang Mingyi and greeted her happily: "Yiyi!"

"Taotao, I feel relieved to have you here today!" Jiang Mingyi patted her heart and said nervously, "I'm so scared! I hope it's not a horror book."

Fu Shutao: “…”

I know you are afraid, but don’t be at ease. If I see a ghost, I will run faster than you!

Seeing that no one was around, Jiang Mingyi whispered to Taotao, "I heard that the production crew is really mean. They will do anything to achieve the best effect. If they knew I was afraid of ghosts, they would definitely try their best to let the NPCs scare me. I have to act and not let them see it."

Taotao nodded vigorously in her heart.

Oh, so that’s how it is, I learnt it!

Then I can’t let anyone know that I’m afraid of ghosts!

After finishing makeup and before heading to the secret room, the program team has a regular session: before the end of the previous recording, each resident guest randomly draws a flying guest for the next episode, and the two sides exchange gifts during this recording.

The guest star who drew Peach was comedian Wu Yu. He took out his ever-present gift - a custom-made phone case.

Mobile phone cases are not expensive, but they are made with a lot of thought.

Customized items cannot be purchased by just taking a taxi to the mall. Instead, you need to do your homework and prepare in advance. A few days before each recording, Wu Yu would make sure to find out the guest's mobile phone model in advance, and then select appropriate blessings based on the guest's personality. His level of thoughtfulness is evident, and his gift also gained a lot of favor from the audience.

The phone case he gave Fu Shutao was a very festive bright red with two big words written on it: "Get rich quickly"!

Fu Shutao's eyes lit up, "Wow! My dream!"

Even Wu Yu, who was numb to giving gifts, couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction when he saw Fu Shutao's happy expression without any trace of acting.

The gift Fu Shutao gave in return was a gold pendant with a lucky cat in it. It was made of real gold. Although it was not big, it sparkled when it was displayed.

She smiled and said, "Teacher Wu, let's achieve common prosperity!"

Wu Yu was delighted. This draw was really a coincidence. The two of them thought of the same thing.

However, he was not soft-spoken when he asked the question, "Taotao, our secret room is dark most of the time, are you afraid?"

"I'm not afraid." Fu Shutao shook her head. She was really not afraid.

"Are you afraid of bugs?"

"Don't be afraid." There are a lot of insects on the mountain, and I'm used to it.

"Are you afraid of ghosts?"

Here it comes! Key question!

Fu Shutao responded calmly: "I'm not afraid."

So don’t try to scare me, it won’t work! !

She thought about it and even found evidence to prove her point, "I grew up in a Taoist temple on the mountain, how could I be afraid of ghosts!"

Wu Yu nodded, believing it without a doubt.

It has always been the case that only ghosts are afraid of Taoists, how can Taoists be afraid of ghosts!

The program team naturally included this information.

*

After entering the secret room, four flying guests went ahead, put on blindfolds, and were locked up in a small room alone by the program crew.

The male lead Xu Han in "Crazy Sand Inn" had played in a secret room and had some experience, so he walked in first. The second male lead Jiao Yang showed his gentlemanly spirit and was responsible for covering the rear, sandwiching Fu Shutao and Jiang Mingyi in the middle.

Jiang Mingyi began to tremble as soon as she entered the secret room, and completely forgot that she must not expose her fear to the production team. She kept muttering, "It's so dark even through the blindfold... Are we there yet?... It's so quiet, so scary... Taotao, are you scared..."

Fu Shutao said calmly: "Don't be afraid!"

Woohoo, actually I feel a little weak inside... and my legs feel a little weak...

When Jiang Mingyi heard her decisive answer, she felt like she had found her backbone and she hugged Taotao's arm and didn't dare to let go.

After a while, they received a prompt from the program team and took off their blindfolds.

Fu Shutao looked at the scene in front of him and his breathing tightened.

"This...this...is the new house, right?" Jiang Mingyi said in a trembling voice.

As we all know, Chinese horror is the scariest.

At this time, the only light in the bridal chamber was the light from the dragon and phoenix candles that were lit at the wedding. Suddenly, a gust of wind came from nowhere, and the candlelight flickered several times. The red gauze decorations hanging in the bridal chamber also moved, looking ethereal and strange.

Fu Shutao got goose bumps all over her body.

In the darkness, it seemed like something was staring at me!

Xu Han became bolder and began to explore around, looking for clues to the mission. "The door of our room is locked. We need to unlock it before we can go out and meet them."

Taotao didn't want to sit there and wait for death, and she didn't want to stay in this strange room any longer, so she tried to open her eyes wide and look around.

Behind the scenes of the show, the director saw her reaction on the monitor and said with regret: "It seems that Fu Shutao is really not afraid, but is being held by Jiang Mingyi and cannot move. Reduce the number of NPCs assigned to scare Fu Shutao by half and use them to scare Jiang Mingyi."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Shutao saw a letter written in blood on the shoes under the bed and was trying to pick it up calmly.

The director sighed, "What a pity! This was supposed to be the first climax, how come Fu Shutao discovered it..." He paused.

In the picture, Fu Shutao reached out to pick up the letter, but a hand popped out from under the bed and grabbed Taotao's wrist. She was obviously stunned for two seconds.

Seeing that she didn't react, the NPC simply stuck its head out. Its long hair like a waterfall, its snow-white face with a hint of blue, and a tear of blood in the corner of its eye, was scary enough, right? ! She looked at Fu Shutao with anticipation: Scream quickly and respect the NPC's profession!

Fu Shutao's pupils dilated, and there was a sharp explosion in her heart. She suddenly shook off her hand and rushed to the door without saying a word.

“Crash——”

The old guests who were sitting outside drinking tea all opened their eyes wide in shock when they saw Fu Shutao suddenly appear in front of them holding two doors with chains on them.

Resident guests:? ? ? ? ?

What's going on? She took the door off? ?

A cute girl with a sweet and lovely smile opened the door! ! ! !

Fu Shutao, do you know that your image has collapsed? ?

The scene fell into a mysterious silence.

After a moment, Wu Yu sighed and said solemnly: "So Taoist priests are also afraid of ghosts..."

Fu Shutao: “…”

I’m not, I didn’t, stop talking nonsense! !