Seeing that Xie Yuhan's jealousy was almost turning into anger, Chen Zhe then recounted everything that had happened that day.
Xie Yuhan breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
"Ahem, actually you don't need to explain to me. I didn't ask you to explain. Of course, you can explain if you want, but you're the one who offered to explain, and I didn't say anything."
She seemed much more relaxed, and her movements as she cut the melon became much more efficient.
Chen Zhe could sense the change in her. He wasn't very sure before, but now he was certain that Xie Yuhan truly liked him.
He felt it was time to confess his feelings; he wanted to put Xie Yuhan at ease.
"Xiaoyu, actually I..."
"Squeak~"
The door opened at that moment.
Zhang Xin'ai rushed in and grabbed Chen Zhe, saying, "Come out with me, I need to talk to you!"
Chen Zhe felt a little annoyed. He had finally mustered up the courage, and the words were on the tip of his tongue, but he had to swallow them back.
He was a little angry.
Somewhat impatiently, he shook off Zhang Xin'ai's hand.
"What's wrong?"
Zhang Xin'ai got angry when she saw Chen Zhe shake off her hand.
"Can't I just talk to you?"
"You can say whatever you want here!"
Chen Zhe didn't want Xie Yuhan to misunderstand any further, so he asked Zhang Xin'ai to speak here.
Zhang Xin'ai crossed her arms; "Okay, then I'll get straight to the point, do you dare to have a contest!"
"ha?"
...
Let's go back a few minutes.
After arguing with her sister, Zhang Xin'ai overheard several young Taoist priests in the next room talking about a story.
Horror stories about the mountains.
Zhang Xin'ai was originally very interested in this kind of thing, so she stood by the window and listened for a while.
As she listened, she suddenly had a good idea: to prove that Chen Zhe was a spineless man. As long as Chen Zhe showed that cowardly appearance, his image in his sister's eyes would definitely be greatly diminished.
[I scared him once at the club before, I'll definitely succeed this time!]
She had made up her mind, so she came to find Chen Zhe to compete with him in courage.
Chen Zhe found the idea of a test of courage quite boring and refused without a second thought.
"Sorry, I'm not interested in that."
Zhang Xin'ai crossed her arms and sneered; "Are you not interested or just afraid? If you're afraid, you can just say so."
Chen Zhe wanted to refuse again, but suddenly noticed Xie Yuhan next to him.
[Oh no, if Xiaoyu really thinks I'm a coward, will my confession still be successful?]
Men don't want to appear timid in front of the women they like, and Chen Zhe naturally felt the same way.
"Who says I wouldn't dare? I'm just afraid of scaring you to death."
Zhang Xin'ai laughed loudly; "Scared me to death? You must have forgotten, right? How did I prank you back at the club? I remember you were so scared you almost peed your pants."
Xie Yuhan covered her mouth after hearing this; "You really peed?"
"She's talking nonsense!!!"
Chen Zhe panicked.
"I didn't pee at all!!!"
Seeing Xie Yuhan's somewhat disbelieving look, Chen Zhe patted his chest and shouted with great manly spirit, "It's just a test of courage, right? Come on, who's afraid of who? Whoever's afraid of who's a coward!!"
...
[Legend has it that 70 years ago, Qingyun Temple was a bandit's den. At that time, there were hundreds of bandits of all ranks here. After they kidnapped people, they killed them and buried them in a certain place. It is said that hundreds of corpses were buried there. In the summer, the burial place would emit a stench, and some people would hear cries that were as miserable as those in hell...]
Zhang Xin'ai spoke as she walked.
She led Chen Zhe to a place about 500 to 600 meters away from the main Taoist temple. There were no buildings around, only barren grassland. There were several tall trees next to the grassland, and the tall trees cast strange and eerie shadows under the moonlight.
There were also calls from unknown birds all around, which really sounded like a child crying.
Chen Zhe felt a chill run down his spine.
But not wanting to appear weak in front of Xie Yuhan, he mustered his courage and asked, "Where is that place you're talking about?"
Zhang Xin'ai smiled mysteriously and pointed to the dense grass in front of her. Many bright wildflowers were blooming in the grass, and the fragrance of the wildflowers reached Chen Zhe's nose in the gentle breeze.
"There? You must be mistaken. Wasn't it supposed to reek of a foul stench? That place doesn't look like a burial site at all; it's even quite beautiful."
"Heh, what do you know? Don't you know? Where there's fertilizer, the vegetation grows more vigorously?"
"Fertilizer? You mean...?"
Chen Zhe's eyes widened.
Zhang Xin'ai laughed and shone a flashlight on her face, making a terrifying expression. "That's right, those are flowers grown on corpses. How about that? Scary, isn't it? It's not too late for you to admit defeat now."
Chen Zhe swallowed hard, looking at the patch of bright wildflowers and the location of the Taoist temple in the distance.
Honestly, he really wanted to go back. After all, comparing himself to Zhang Xin'ai was pointless and he wouldn't gain anything. It was just a wilderness version of an escape room.
But if he goes back now, Zhang Xin'ai will definitely laugh at him, and he will have to carry this shame for the rest of his life.
"Hehe, me afraid? I think you're the one who should be afraid! I'm a grown man with so much yang energy, even ghosts would be afraid of me. But you... it's late at night, and you're a woman. Women are yin, with heavy yin energy. If they were to come and bother you, you should be the one they bother!"
Zhang Xin'ai's heart skipped a beat when she heard those words.
[Oh my god, how come I didn't think of that?]
As a horror enthusiast, Zhang Xin'ai also learned a lot of folk ghost stories, and the stories seemed to be similar to Chen Zhe's.
She was starting to get a little uneasy. Seeing the eerie wind blowing around her and hearing strange bird calls in her ears, she began to have second thoughts.
Chen Zhe keenly noticed her expression.
"If you want to quit, that's fine with me. I can tell them you're not feeling well."
Chen Zhe wanted her to withdraw, to admit defeat, because he himself didn't want to do this kind of thing.
Coming out into the wild to test your courage late at night—only someone crazy would do something like that.
Zhang Xin'ai felt that Chen Zhe was mocking her, and she couldn't stand it.
"Heh, are you kidding? I'm scared? Do you think I'm the kind of person who's afraid?"
Seeing that the woman was determined not to back down, Chen Zhe sighed slightly.
"Alright then, tell me, how do you want to compete? Are we going to stay here all night?"
"No need. I heard from them that you can find copper coins here. Let's set a time limit of one hour. Whoever finds the most copper coins within that hour wins, and the winner can ask the loser to do one thing. What do you think?"
Are you sure?
"Of course I'm sure!"
"Anything is acceptable?"
Chen Zhe suddenly gave Zhang Xin'ai a malicious look. When Zhang Xin'ai saw his gaze, she instinctively covered her chest.
"You bastard, where are you looking?"
Chen Zhe shrugged.
"Didn't you say you'd accept any request? If not, then this competition is off."
Chen Zhe wanted the competition canceled. He really didn't want to stay here for another hour. He wanted to go back to Xie Yuhan's side and continue to confess his feelings to her because he felt this was a rare opportunity.
Zhang Xin'ai hesitated, then subconsciously reached into her pocket and gripped the several copper coins inside.
She had just asked a few young Taoist priests for these coins. She had already made all the preparations and was just waiting for Chen Zhe to take the bait. Holding the copper coins in her hand, she felt much more at ease.
She straightened her back; “Fine! If you win, you can do whatever you want, but if I win, you have to disappear from my sister’s sight immediately and never contact her again.”
"It's a deal!"
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