Leaving aside her past life, let's just talk about this life. Lu Chuqing has never experienced such a ridiculous fall before.
Little did she know that the cabinet was actually a prop, and the hole behind it was for staff to sneak in and scare people.
Although the exit wasn't very high, it was enough for her to fall headfirst, then lean back with her legs, completing a forced backflip before landing, and then sprawling on the ground like a toad.
The surroundings were completely quiet, and Lu Chuqing was somewhat relieved that no one had seen her in this ridiculous pose.
When she got up from the ground, the first thing she saw was Xi Qingxu standing to the side, shirtless, with his lips slightly parted.
"..." Silence is the gold that will make her rich.
Lu Chuqing thought that she must have looked really ugly when she fell down, otherwise even Xi Qingxu, who usually had no expression, would have looked like he was stunned.
She rubbed her hands awkwardly, then said to the boy dryly, "What a coincidence."
You can encounter this kind of situation even when visiting a haunted house.
Lu Chuqing probably didn't know that her forehead was covered in a large patch of dust from the ground, and even the tip of her nose was smeared with some.
Without thinking, Xi Qingxu saw her slightly red forehead and the dusty tip of her nose, took a step forward and stood in front of her, raising her arm with the prop costume whose sleeve was half-flipped up.
"What are you doing?" The boy approached suddenly, his upper body exposed.
Lu Chuqing felt as if two small peach blossoms had bloomed on a white background, making her heart flutter. She took a step back to avoid his arm.
Xi Qingxu paused, touching her slightly furrowed brow. A vague feeling washed over him. He paused for a moment and said, "You have dust on your head."
Perhaps because it was a confined room with poor air circulation, Lu Chuqing suddenly felt a bit stuffy, and her face even felt a little hot.
She turned her head to the side, avoiding the boy's direct gaze, and said, "Put your clothes on first."
"Okay." Xi Qingxu replied quickly, his movements matching his answer, and he put on the costume in just a few seconds.
"I'm dressed."
Out of the corner of her eye, the white patch was covered by the gray-white clothing stained with "blood," and Lu Chuqing turned to look at him. "What are you doing here doing a part-time job?"
She was genuinely a little surprised.
Xi Qingxu, a person with little emotion, came to the haunted house to play the role of a ghost.
It doesn't seem like something he would do, given his personality.
Lu Chuqing even instantly imagined the boy dressed as a ghost, then silently appearing behind them. Unlike other ghosts who would shout, he would stand quietly with them until someone noticed a ghost standing behind them and screamed. Xi Qingxu would stand quietly and watch them scream and run away in fright.
As the image flashed by, she couldn't help but smirk. She raised her hand to wipe the dust from her forehead, but a force grabbed her wrist.
"Don't wipe it with your hands, it's dirty." Xi Qingxu said, pressing the sleeve of his costume against her forehead.
The fabric of the costume was rough, but the boy moved very lightly. Lu Chuqing's view was mostly obscured by the gray, white and red sleeves, and she could only see a section of his well-defined chin.
"Does it hurt?" Xi Qingxu asked her.
"It doesn't hurt," she answered honestly.
It hurt, but after that series of grueling actions, she couldn't care less about the pain.
Xi Qingxu looked at the red mark on the girl's fair forehead and said softly, "It's red from bumping."
In this life, Lu Chuqing is very well pampered; her skin is fair and turns red easily when she exerts herself.
She herself couldn't see it, but Xi Qingxu could. That patch of skin was very red, which was obviously glaringly obvious compared to the area of fair skin.
The outside started to get lively again, and you could hear a male voice asking in the distance if anyone had seen Lu Chuqing.
The person being searched recognized Qi Yu's voice, followed by Qu Fusang and Zhao Jiayan's voices, all saying they had gotten separated from her and hadn't seen her.
Lu Chuqing took a step back and looked at the boy in front of her, saying, "I'm going out first; my friends are looking for me."
Xi Qingxu hummed in agreement and then said, "There's still a little dust on your nose."
Upon hearing this, Lu Chuqing wiped her face haphazardly with the cuff of her hoodie a couple of times, then walked toward the hole covered by the black cloth.
As she braced her hands against the opening of the hole, she thought of asking Xi Qingxu if they wanted to have lunch together after get off work, or if they could go home together.
But then I remembered that there were so many of them, and it was getting late after playing two escape room games, so there was a high chance they would eat out together.
Xi Qingxu wasn't very talkative, and she didn't know any of them, so it would be awkward if she were with them. Therefore, she remained silent.
Seeing her pause, Xi Qingxu asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Lu Chuqing snapped out of her daze, turned around and waved to him, "It's nothing, goodbye for now."
The boy paused for a moment, then waved in her manner, saying, "Goodbye."
Watching the girl's figure disappear behind the black cloth, Xi Qingxu stood there for a while before making any further moves.
The others happened to be in the corridor outside the room where Lu Chuqing had hidden, and they were startled when Lu Chuqing came out.
Zhao Jiayan grabbed her hand and asked, "Chuqing, where did you go? Qi Yu and I turned around and found that you were all gone. After looking for Xiao Fusang and the others, we found that you were the only one left."
Lu Chuqing omitted the fact that she had fallen flat on her face, and said, "I hid in the closet in this room. I kept hearing noises outside, and I thought it was a ghost looking for me. I only dared to come out when I heard your voices."
"It's all because of Qiao Xiangdong!" Nangong Yu said, grabbing Qiao Xiangdong's neck with one hand. "It's all because of that idiot who ran around and yelled, alerting all the ghosts, who chased us for ages."
Qiao Xiangdong pinched his arm, "Be gentle! You'll strangle me to death if you don't scare me to death by a ghost!"
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