"Xiao Yu, don't disturb Yongning." Pei Hengyun came over and grasped Cen Yu's wrist, separating Cen Yu's hands from He Yongning's, and then said to He Yongning apologetically, "It's all my fault for saying before that you are the boss of the live streaming platform he works for."
Pei Hengyun has a scholarly air about him, is handsome, and has a good temper; it would be hard for anyone to dislike him.
In comparison, Cen Yu's hair was a bit long and bleached to a light gray. When he spoke, the tongue stud on his tongue was very clear... He Yongning immediately noticed the angel tattoo on the other's arm. He had always been annoyed by anything outside the established order.
So even though he remembered that Pei Hengyun was his former classmate, his feelings didn't change much.
He decided to add both of them to his blacklist.
But on the surface, He Yongning maintained a mature and adult demeanor, "You were the previous... PE class representative?"
He Yongning said somewhat uncertainly.
Although it has been ten years since everyone graduated, would Pei Hengyun have been the sports representative before?
He Yongning still found it hard to imagine.
He glanced at Cen Yu, but he had no recollection of him at all; he didn't remember having this person in his high school class.
Jiang Tuan seemed to notice the somewhat tense atmosphere, so he came over and briefly introduced the two of them, emphasizing that Cen Yu was "not their classmate".
"You guys go to my house first."
Jiang Tuan said enthusiastically, "It's all cleaned up."
He Yongning nodded reservedly and got up to return to his car.
Jiang Tuan was a little stunned... He originally thought He Yongning would let him get in the car, after all, he had walked all the way to the village entrance to guide them.
It was inconvenient for Cen Yu to be sitting in the passenger seat of Pei Hengjun's car, so it was obviously more convenient for He Yongning to give him a ride and lead the way for both cars.
Cen Yu noticed Jiang Tuan's dazed expression, and he snorted inwardly before saying to Jiang Tuan, "You sit in the passenger seat and lead the way."
Before Pei Hengyun could speak, he climbed into the back seat, leaving Pei Hengyun and Jiang Tuan in the front.
Pei Hengyun lowered his eyes, glanced at He Yongning who had already sat back in his car, and finally said to Jiang Tuan, "Yes, I'll have to trouble you to lead the way again."
...
【Host.】
The big fat cat that had disappeared reappeared at Cen Yu's feet, and taking advantage of the fact that it couldn't be seen from the front, it even rolled over on its belly next to Cen Yu's feet.
"The main system says that because your role-playing this round was too easy and didn't meet the requirements, you need to complete an extra task," the fat cat meowed.
"What mission?"
"You have to discover the truth of the novel yourself before the story ends," said the fat cat.
Cen Yu was immediately displeased upon hearing this.
"Are you crazy?" Cen Yu said. "I died on the fourth night, and you want me to investigate the truth behind a novel that only finished seven days ago?!"
As a horror/suspense novel, let's not even mention that one person died at the start of the party that very night.
The next day, a mudslide occurred, turning their location into an isolated island.
On the morning of the third day, after another dead body was discovered, someone finally couldn't take it anymore and decided to leave... Then, on the night of the fourth day, Cen Yu, who had encountered a ghost, locked Pei Hengyun in the room and tried to escape but was killed.
Cen Yu was unaware of what happened next because she lacked viewing privileges.
All that is known is that at the end of the seventh day, the rescue team found Pei Hengyun unconscious by the roadside, and then Pei Hengyun said that there was another person over there.
As an open ending.
The system's current message is that he should discover the truth of the novel before he is killed on the fourth day, otherwise he cannot be considered to have successfully completed the game.
"That's not the right host," the fat cat said hastily.
Even after you were killed, your soul remains in this instance, so you can use your ghost form to investigate the truth.
“…” Cen Yu remained silent for a moment.
He doubted he had heard correctly.
"...You guys are really ruthless," Cen Yu complained. "Even when people die and become ghosts, they have to complete missions in ghost form?!"
As they were talking, Jiang Tuan had already arrived at his newly built three-story house with two cars.
The yard has just enough space to park two cars.
After Pei Hengyun stopped the car, he immediately looked at Cen Yu sitting in the back seat, seemingly worried about something.
Cen Yu yawned. "I need to catch up on my sleep. I'm so sleepy."
Jiang Tuan frowned upon hearing this, seemingly very disapproving of the other party's careless attitude...
When He Yongning got out of the car, he glanced at the yard and was quite satisfied to find that there were no poultry being raised there.
Pei Hengyun's expression didn't change much. He simply came to Cen Yu's side and looked at him with some concern, "Didn't you sleep well today?"
Cen Yu yawned again, "It's too early to get up."
In order not to be late, Pei Hengyun set off at noon. The roads in this area were not easy to travel, and by the time they arrived, it was already six o'clock in the evening.
"Has everyone else arrived?" He Yongning suddenly asked.
“Yes,” Jiang Tuan said. “They arrived around noon today.”
It wasn't dark yet. He said to Pei Hengyun and He Yongning, "The squad leader said we'll have lunch together tomorrow. You can rest for a bit first."
Pei Hengyun seemed to realize that Cen Yu was really very tired.
After asking about their room number, he and Cen Yu carried their simple luggage bags to the third floor.
He Yongning lived on the second floor, in the area below them.
...
Cen Yu was extremely sleepy, but she didn't want to go to bed without taking a shower.
However, after searching around, he couldn't find a bathroom in the house. After asking around, he learned that the bathroom in Jiang Tuan's house was not yet finished. The bathroom they were currently using was a small, separate room in the yard.
Cen Yu didn't hesitate and put on her slippers to head to the bathroom in the courtyard.
When we arrived, we found that the bathroom was rather basic.
There was only a small wooden door outside, and it wasn't locked, but perhaps because Jiang Tuan lived here alone, it wasn't a big problem...
"Don't follow me." Cen Yu noticed that Pei Hengyun was actually following behind him.
“I’m worried,” Pei Hengyun said. He seemed concerned that someone might overhear him, so he leaned close to Cen Yu’s ear and whispered, “I heard… there are some strange things happening in the village, maybe it’s haunted.”
Because Pei Hengyun was so close, Cen Yu could feel his slightly lower body temperature.
He seemed very scared and said to Cen Yu, "I'm afraid to be alone."
“I’ve told you there are no ghosts in the world, they’re all illusions,” Cen Yu said immediately, but seeing Pei Hengyun’s pitiful appearance, he couldn’t bear it—after all, the other party was really afraid of this.
He thought for a moment and then said to Pei Hengyun.
"Then wait for me outside the door. If anything seems wrong, call me and I'll come out immediately."
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