The two walked into the grass, which was about a meter tall.
Each person held a flashlight in one hand.
To prevent Chen Zhe from discovering her cheating, Zhang Xin'ai said to him, "Hey! Go over there, don't stay with me. How can walking together be considered a test of courage?"
Chen Zhe was speechless.
"Okay, I got it."
He walked away with the flashlight, and after he was more than ten meters away, Zhang Xin'ai took out the copper coins from her pocket, looked at the flickering lights in the distance, and smiled slightly.
"What an idiot, you were doomed from the start. You think you can mess with me? Hahaha."
...
Chen Zhe took a flashlight and probed deeper into the grass. He didn't really think he could find any copper coins there; he figured Zhang Xin'ai was just trying to trick him.
"It doesn't matter. I'll stay for an hour and then go back. If I can't find her, she definitely won't be able to either!"
With this mindset in mind, Chen Zhe walked around carelessly in the grass, where many unknown wildflowers were blooming and smelled really sweet.
If you ignore the terrifying backstory and the occasional rat scurrying out from under your feet, the scenery here is actually quite beautiful.
He found a large rock, patted off the dust and twigs, then sat down and looked up at the moon.
The moon is so round tonight. When I'm in the city, I always feel like there's a layer of hazy fog blocking the sky. But now that I'm in the countryside, that hazy fog is gone. The moon looks like it's been washed clean; it's so clean and beautiful.
Chen Zhe casually picked a wildflower.
"If Xiaoyu were here, I could confess my feelings to her in such a romantic setting, and I'm sure I'd succeed."
Chen Zhe thought of Xie Yuhan's jealous expression earlier, and felt a sweet warmth in his heart. He had never seen Xu Weiwei show jealousy before when he was dating her. He used to think that Xu Weiwei's "generosity" was just her magnanimity.
Looking back now, perhaps that woman never cared about me, so naturally she wouldn't pay attention to what I did.
As he pondered, time ticked by. Chen Zhe picked up his phone and checked the time; less than 20 minutes remained until the hour was up.
At this moment, he looked back at the place he had just come from and suddenly realized that the lights were gone.
"Huh? Where did Zhang Xin'ai go?"
They both had a flashlight, but Zhang Xin'ai's flashlight was now out of service. Chen Zhe was a little confused, so he stood up and looked around.
Apart from the wind, there was no sound at all.
He shouted.
"Miss Zhang, where have you been? Zhang Xin'ai, where are you?"
...
In the bushes not far from Chen Zhe.
Zhang Xin'ai, who was squatting on the ground, covered her mouth and chuckled as she turned off the flashlight.
"You damned Chen Zhe, you stinking Chen Zhe, I'm going to scare you so badly this time you'll poop your pants!"
She picked up her phone and downloaded a scary audio file.
...
"Waaaaah... I died so tragically! I suffered so much~"
Chen Zhe, who was searching for Zhang Xin'ai, was stunned when he heard this terrifying sound.
He stood still, his body taut.
"Hey! Zhang Xin'ai, stop causing trouble! I know it's you, come out here!"
Hiding in the bushes, Zhang Xin'ai heard the tremor in Chen Zhe's voice. She covered her mouth and laughed until her body trembled slightly.
The eerie sound kept ringing in his ears. Chen Zhe felt that it was most likely Zhang Xin'ai's doing. Although that was his thought, what if there was really a 1/10 chance in this situation?
He swallowed hard. When people are afraid, they often show anger or abnormal behavior.
To alleviate this unease, Chen Zhe started singing revolutionary songs at the top of his lungs.
The loud voice pierced through the grass and boomed in the deep mountains, startling flocks of birds that slid down from the trees.
Zhang Xin'ai couldn't take it anymore. She was struggling to suppress her laughter and raised her phone, wanting to record the scene.
But just as she picked up her phone, a mouse the size of a fist suddenly crawled onto her hand.
Feeling something furry crawling around on her hand, Zhang Xin'ai was startled, dropped her phone, and screamed.
"ah!!!!"
...
Qingyun Temple, a few hundred meters away.
Xie Yuhan and Zhang Xinrui, who were standing at the entrance of the mountain, were both stunned.
"Weren't they going to test their courage? Why are they singing now?"
Zhang Xinrui asked.
Xie Yuhan was also somewhat puzzled.
"Yes, and it's a duet, but they don't seem to be in the same key. Your sister's harmonies aren't quite right."
"It's definitely lacking."
Zhang Xinrui nodded, affirming Xie Yuhan's words.
...
Startled by the mouse, Zhang Xin'ai jumped out of the bushes, bouncing around on the spot.
Chen Zhe spotted her immediately.
"Okay! You're trying to scare me, aren't you?"
Zhang Xin'ai looked somewhat embarrassed when she realized that her frightening act had been discovered.
To ease the awkwardness, she coughed.
"What do you mean 'scared you'? I almost fell asleep just now. But you, what were you singing so late at night? You startled me! Your singing is awful!"
"My singing is worse than your screaming. What's wrong? Are you scared by this place?"
Zhang Xin'ai wouldn't admit she was scared. She put her hands on her hips and said, "What a joke! I've been to countless places like this before. Haunted houses, cemeteries, desolate wilderness—what haven't I been to? How could I possibly be scared by this place? If a dead rat hadn't suddenly crawled on me, I might not have woken up yet."
Chen Zhe chuckled.
"Alright, whatever you say. It's about time, let's go back. Anyway, we didn't find any copper coins, so this round is a draw."
Zhang Xin'ai laughed heartily; "Who said I didn't find any? I found several, I won!"
She was laughing as she reached into her pocket, but as she did so, her smile froze.
The copper coins in her pocket were gone.
"Huh? Where did they go?"
She hurriedly picked up a flashlight and started searching on the ground, which Chen Zhe thought was just an act.
"Alright, stop pretending. You really want to win that badly? Fine, I'll consider you the winner, okay?"
"What do you mean I won? I already won!"
Zhang Xin'ai was still searching with her head down, and Chen Zhe felt speechless; "Then take your time looking, I'm going back."
After saying that, he prepared to leave, and just then...
A sudden gust of wind blew around them, making the trees rustle, and Chen Zhe sneezed.
He felt the temperature around him drop significantly.
"The weather was so hot just now, why has it gotten a bit chilly now?"
I had just finished complaining when I suddenly noticed something was wrong.
The visibility here was fine just now, but now a fog has rolled in, and the visibility is getting worse and worse.
"Zhang Xin'ai, stop looking, let's go back, it's getting foggy."
After he finished speaking, he did not hear a response from Zhang Xin'ai.
I thought she was just being silly again.
He raised his voice slightly; "Zhang Xin'ai, stop playing around, or I'll get angry!"
Chen Zhe called out several times, but received no response from Zhang Xin'ai. He could no longer hear the sounds she had made while rummaging through her things. Chen Zhe felt a little panicked.
"Holy crap! Could it really be that 1/10 that's arrived?"
...
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