Chapter 39 In the Haunted House
Lin Jiangli seems to be laughing and joking on the surface, but in fact he is a person without any emotions at heart.
Monsters, the survival of mankind, and the old men in the Administration Bureau, they don’t matter much to him. It doesn’t matter whether he dies or lives.
So much so that when they were in the same school, Lin Jiangli often looked down on Qin Huai. He felt that Qin Huai was like a dog of the upper class, enslaved but not knowing how to resist, and would kill demons just by being told to, even if it meant getting him badly injured.
It was not until Qin Huai gained his freedom, used the monster's knife to clean out the upper echelons without leaving a single one alive, took the position of judge himself, and issued many effective iron laws, that Lin Jiangli was completely convinced and willing to work under him.
Qin Huai did not try to hide the dirty nature of his methods, and he was very calm and completely ignored all the discussions.
This attitude is more terrifying than any response or suppression. Everyone in the management bureau who knows about this is extremely afraid of this commander. Qin Huai's reputation in both the human and demon worlds is notorious and everyone wants him to be killed.
This kind of person... is in love???
Lin Jiangli suspected that he was hallucinating.
But he looked down at the two people's interlocked hands, then looked up at the cat's tail behind Duan Ke and the ears on its head that were shaking from time to time, and fell silent.
...I can't be having both auditory and visual hallucinations, and I'm not so sick that I need to be buried immediately.
"Oh... I didn't know you had a boyfriend. Hahaha, it's so sudden, boss!" Lin Jiangli's expression was calm but a little ferocious.
Qin Huai hummed, barely satisfied with Lin Jiangli's reaction.
He stood between the two of them, introduced Duan Ke first, and then introduced Lin Jiangli to Duan Ke.
"This is Lin Jiangli, our department's logistics officer."
Qin Huai introduced it calmly and with a composed expression, without any awareness of saying something shocking.
Duan Ke's heart was no less turbulent than Lin Jiangli's, but he suppressed it and greeted him politely, "Hello, Brother Jiangli."
elder brother?
This big devil calls humans so close?
Lin Jiangli was shocked. But he soon figured it out. Succubi would definitely take the initiative to show goodwill to humans. Any human being could be their food reserve.
The Ancestral Succubus's keen observation ability should not be underestimated, and any unnatural reaction is likely to be discovered by Duan Ke.
The people in the Administration cannot reveal their identities to the outside world; this is a rule that is linked to their lives. Lin Jiangli put away his emotions, smiled naturally, and replied with a greeting.
He said, "The haunted house over there opens in two hours. Are you planning to go?"
"Since we've already met, how about we share a car? They require at least three people in a group."
Duan Ke's eyes widened. He had been looking forward to the haunted house event that night for the whole day, and he had no idea there was such a rule.
Fortunately, Qin Huai’s colleague reminded him, otherwise he would be really anxious to death if he couldn’t find a suitable person to work with!
"Okay, let's go together."
Duan Ke squeezed Qin Huai's hand, then looked up to ask for Qin Huai's opinion. "Brother, do you think this is okay?"
Qin Huai: "Okay."
With Lin Jiangli around, some things are more convenient.
Lin Jiangli was so frightened by the clinginess of these two people that he was sweating coldly.
Qin Huai really doesn't look like he's been affected by magic, he's quite sober...
Are you really dating your enemy?!
The more I think about it, the scarier it gets.
Lin Jiangli chose to clear his brain immediately to protect his brain cells.
"...Then I'll go over there first. There are some attractions I haven't tried yet, haha." Lin Jiangli pointed across the street, "We'll meet at the entrance of the haunted house at 8 pm."
Lin Jiangli left as if his butt was on fire. Qin Huai's mind was still ringing with Duan Ke's name, and he stared at Lin Jiangli's back for a few seconds with a sinister look.
This habit of calling people brother randomly will be punished sooner or later.
Duan Ke was completely unaware of Qin Huai's grudge. With his big tail swaying behind him and one hand holding his hat, he peeked out stealthily to confirm that the other party had left, then looked back at Qin Huai in surprise.
"Why did you say that, brother?"
Duan Ke really didn't understand, her delicate face full of surprise, "I'm not your brother's boyfriend. Why did you lie to him? Is there any reason you had to lie to him?"
Qin Huai nodded lightly, planning to make up a random excuse to fool people, and then act pitiful to get Duan Ke to agree to pretend to be a couple with him.
But before he could finish his words, Duan Ke covered his mouth with a stern face.
Qin Huai let him cover it and raised his eyebrows slightly to express his doubt.
"Wait a moment."
"Can you let me guess?"
Duan Ke was excited, his amber eyes sparkling, "I just played a script-killing game, and I'm not satisfied yet! Let me guess, let me guess."
Qinhuai:.
Why didn't it stimulate the child's enlightenment...but it aroused his desire to win.
Qin Huai felt a faint sense of defeat as his fist pounded into the cotton. Duan Ke covered half of his face with his hands, and he looked at people with a gloomy look.
But Duan Ke really had a lot of fun today.
From dressing up to playing games, the kitten was so immersed in the game. The kitten was wearing beautiful clothes, smiling brightly and staring at people. It was so well-behaved that Qin Huai had no way to resist.
He sighed softly in his heart, took Duan Ke's hand away with his big hand, wrapped one of it in his palm, and said lightly, "Well, guess."
Duan Ke became even more excited.
He pulled Qin Huai to sit on a pumpkin chair next to them, hooked his hat with the tail and placed it in front of them to block passers-by who were staring at them.
Xiao Hei had sent him a lot of melodramatic TV dramas before, and after watching them, Duan Ke felt that he now had a very rich knowledge of human emotional entanglements. He would definitely be able to guess it!
Of course, the results are obvious.
Duan Ke was so exhausted from talking that his mouth was dry. He listed the plots of twenty TV series, but Qin Huai said they were all wrong and he hadn't guessed them correctly.
His throat was a little hoarse. He coughed twice, took the milk tea handed to him by Qin Huai with a bitter face, and took a big sip.
Duan Ke chewed on some snacks, puffed out his cheeks and said resentfully, "Isn't this right? Why on earth is that, brother? Why did you lie to your colleagues for no reason?"
Qin Huai remained calm and avoided discussing the real reason. He said, "The example you gave wouldn't be right for anyone else. No one would pretend to be in a relationship just to create an office scandal."
"Yes?" Duan Ke chewed his straw unconsciously, staring at Qin Huai seriously. "It's played like this in TV dramas, and there are a lot of them! Brother, don't you even watch them? You lack life experience!"
Qin Huai certainly hadn't watched many TV dramas, but he knew the tropes. He told Duan Ke that most of the things in TV dramas were fabricated and exaggerated, completely different from reality.
His words startled Duan Ke so much that he stopped drinking milk tea and held the straw in his mouth for a long time without making any sound.
"Really...? I see."
Duan Ke lowered his voice and scratched his face with his index finger in embarrassment, "Oh, I really didn't know... I thought they all had prototypes. Brother, please don't laugh at me."
Qin Huai was slightly stunned when he saw him like this, but he moved faster than he thought and pulled the man into his arms, patting his back to comfort him.
In fact, he had a vague feeling about it before.
Duan Ke was merely imitating humans, and often he couldn't grasp the logic of the human world. Small details that ordinary people could easily grasp would cause him to struggle for a long time.
Being not a human, but living alone in human society for so many years, wouldn't it be very hard?
Qin Huai was emotionally dull, and his heart only began to ache intensely and sharply after he hugged the person, feeling very depressed.
"It doesn't matter if you don't know." Qin Huai rested his chin on Duan Ke's fluffy hair. "Kittens learn things a little slower than humans. It doesn't matter. I will teach you slowly in the future."
Duan Kexin said that she was not a cat originally.
But curled up here with Qin Huai, he felt so safe and at ease, so vulnerable. He didn't want to hide from this favor at all, so he just responded with a low nasal sound and gently tickled Qin Huai's collarbone with the tip of his cat ears.
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In the haunted house.
It was getting dark, and more and more people were coming in. The three of us met at the door and told the clerk that we wanted to go in as a team.
"Tonight's haunted house will be a little different than usual. There will be changes to the mechanisms and NPCs."
The female clerk maintained a perfect smile. "Don't panic if you're suddenly separated from your companions. It's just an invisible partition leading you into another room. The final exit is always the same. NPCs not only come out of secret doors, but also from the ceiling or tunnels, making the experience even more exciting. Haha. Don't play if you have a heart condition or something like that!"
Duan Ke was so nervous just listening to it that he kept clinging to Qin Huai's sleeve. He wanted to play but was also afraid. His heart was beating so fast that he had even scratched the fur ball on his pants.
"Don't be afraid." Qin Huai ignored Lin Jiangli and coaxed him in a low voice, "Go in and hold my hand, so you won't be separated by the partition. I warned you in advance that there are NPCs."
Lin Jiangli, who was holding the walkie-talkie next to him: “…………………………………… :)”
The clerk, still smiling, had the three men put on blindfolds and led them into a dark entrance.
Qin Huai listened to the quiet sounds around him, and thought of the noisy long queue at the main entrance just now, and he understood.
A crude trick.
But he didn't say anything, just took Duan Ke in.
The three people had already gone in. The female clerk walked out from behind the curtain, but just stood there at the door, motionless.
"Hey! Xiao Liu, why are you still standing there?"
A colleague at the distant entrance shouted, "Come over here! That's the entrance to the warehouse—"
"ah,,?"
The girl named Xiao Liu turned around and responded stiffly.
The colleague was already getting impatient and looked over angrily. But the moment he saw Xiao Liu's expression, he was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and all the words were stuck in his throat.
...Why is her head spinning like that?! It's like it's broken!
However, Xiao Liu quickly turned around and scared his colleagues again.
She touched her neck in confusion, as if she didn't know what was going on or why she was standing there, and quickly walked towards her colleague.
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Duan Ke was held tightly by Qin Huai.
Only after the broadcast notified them to take off the eye masks did Duan Ke dare to lift a corner of the eye mask very slightly, and then put it down with a click when the eerie castle music sounded, covering the eye mask tightly with both hands.
For some reason, the ceiling here was frighteningly low, and Qin Huai even had to hunch over slightly. The three of them felt like they were trapped in a small coffin.
Lin Jiangli and Qin Huai looked at each other calmly.
He also knew in his heart that the dream demon he had been tracking was here, lurking in the shadows.
Lin Jiangli listened carefully and pointed in a direction to Qin Huai Duan Ke: "There are more people over here, let's go this way first... Uh, Xiaoke, can you take off your blindfold first?"
"I dare not..."
Duan Ke's crying voice was sincere and emotional, "It's so scary... Are there NPCs now? Are there ghosts?? This music is so scary, it's like someone is laughing... The floor is shaking! It's shaking!! Is there a ghost walking around? Wuuuuuuu——"
Lin Jiangli:.
He mouthed to Qin Huai: "Isn't your boyfriend a demon king? He's afraid of ghosts?"
Qin Huai just nodded and ignored him. He mouthed, "Do you have a gun?"
Lin Jiangli had suffered a serious leg injury and was unable to assassinate, but his marksmanship was still quite fierce and he had no problem protecting himself.
After getting a positive answer, Qin Huai asked him to go towards the crowd first to detect the location of the dream demon, and he and Duan Ke followed behind.
Lin Jiangli had no concerns about Qin Huai, so he left first. Qin Huai leaned over and put his arms around Duan Ke, leading him into a secluded corner and whispering to him not to be afraid.
Being afraid of ghosts is a really hard psychological barrier to overcome, but Duan Ke is both naive and loves to play.
He finally agreed to let Qin Huai take off his blindfold. He squinted his eyes and looked around, but found that the ceiling was very low, there was no light at all, and there was no Halloween-themed haunted house decoration as mentioned in the introduction.
"...Did we come to the wrong place?" Duan Ke's teeth were trembling. "Why, why, why, why is there no mechanism..."
"Over there."
Qin Huai held both of Duan Ke's hands in his palms and said patiently, "Let's go over there first. The crowd is over there. This should be a warehouse or something like that."
"well."
Duan Ke was held by Qin Huai, and his palms were full of sweat.
Qin Huai felt it and laughed softly at this real and cute reaction. He wiped the person with his clothes and held the hand tightly again.
Duan Ke's heart was already beating fast because he was afraid, but he gradually got used to it and suddenly felt a belated sense of embarrassment.
...I was the one who said I wanted to play, but now I'm so scared that I can't even walk, and I want my brother to take care of me all the time. How can he do this!
Duan Ke secretly encouraged himself in his heart, took two steps forward, and looked righteous.
"Brother, kittens have very good night vision. If you follow me, you won't bump into anything."
Qin Huai naturally let him do what he wanted. Duan Ke was walking in front when he was suddenly caught by a reflected light and looked over there in a daze.
Qin Huai asked, "What's wrong? Are you still scared?"
Duan Ke came back to his senses and said, "Ah, it's nothing... It's just a mirror. Brother, let's go quickly, it's so scary and eerie here..."
The two figures quickly disappeared into the messy storage room.
Duan Ke had already left, but the figure in the mirror did not disappear.
He smiled slightly in the mirror, looking like Duan Ke, and lazily adjusted the hat on his head.
Suddenly, ripples appeared on the mirror surface, as if something suddenly rushed out from it.
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