Chapter 19: Haunted Houses in the Republic of China (19)
The petite black figure jumped down from above lightly, holding a small prop in her mouth to cover her rapid breathing.
Chang Yue looked at Ning Hanqi's effortless manner and opened her mouth. Actually... maybe she didn't even need her help? She felt like she could handle this ghost on her own, so why would she drag him along? And even give him half of the props?
Ning Hanqi picked up two extinguished candles from the ground and relit them, then gave one to Chang Yue, "Here, it's still night, don't be careless."
"Also, look at this." She put one of the glass eyeballs into Chang Yue's hand.
Because her ears were buzzing, Chang Yue couldn't hear what Ning Hanqi was saying. When an eyeball was suddenly placed in her hand, her scalp went numb with shock, but the game prompt soon attracted her attention.
Ning Hanqi hadn't lied to her. This was truly a powerful life-saving item, far more valuable than the ones she had just lost. While the item's control time would be cut in half after only one eyeball was used, it could still keep a monster from seeing you for five minutes! That's a full five minutes! If supplemented with a speed-up item, even a seasoned player could easily outrun the monster!
But soon Chang Yue noticed the last sentence of the game prompt.
After reading it, Chang Yue's eyes twitched slightly. The other party must have seen it too. He didn't intend to pretend in front of him, right?
But the hot prop had not stayed in her hand for a moment before Ning Hanqi took it away again.
Chang Yue looked at Ning Hanqi's mouth opening and closing in a daze, and all the sounds turned into a buzzing in her ears.
Chang Yue told her about her ear problem. Ning Hanqi was a little surprised. Then she grabbed her hand and wrote word by word on her palm: Help you find a way out.
Chang Yue felt her wrist being gently pinched, and she immediately swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth.
Well, we should cross the clear road. You are right.
After all, it was night time and it was not advisable to stay outside for too long. After getting the props, they quickly returned to the fifth courtyard.
However, on the way, Ning Hanqi suddenly heard noisy rustling and chewing sounds on the road ahead of them.
They could vaguely see a huge rat lying dead in the middle of the road not far away. The rat was about as long as a human arm from head to tail, and its skin and flesh had festered. Countless small rats were gnawing on it. They were not afraid of people coming and continued to eat by themselves.
"pity……"
Chang Yue vaguely felt that Ning Hanqi seemed to have said something. She controlled her voice and asked, "What did you just say?"
Ning Hanqi just shook his head, then immediately pulled Chang Yue back in another direction.
Chang Yue always felt something was strange when thinking about the dismembered rat, but before she could ask any more questions, she noticed a big red figure at the gate of the fifth courtyard.
Caught between these two people, she felt a little... no, very nervous.
Ning Hanqi stopped and patted Chang Yue on the shoulder, motioning her to go back first.
Chang Yue glanced at the figure in red. The other party was not looking at her. To be more precise, she guessed that the other party was ignoring her. She tried her best to suppress her presence as much as possible, then walked around the figure in red, entered the yard and returned to her room.
After closing the door, Chang Yue saw Xiaolu waiting for her. Her heart was pounding and she didn't say a word. Her hands, which were almost frozen stiff by the man's evil spirit, trembled as she took out a note from her pocket.
[I've found a way out, but I need your help...]
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Now that there were no outsiders around, Xia Yingnuan, who had always been so arrogant and pretentious, immediately softened her attitude.
"Hanqi... please don't be angry, okay? I said something wrong, please forgive me." Xia Yingnuan felt in her heart that her dignity had been completely destroyed. She just hoped that this matter would never be known by the bosses of other copies, otherwise she would probably be laughed at by those things for at least 100 years.
"Look, I helped you lure that guy into your trap, and... I made your breakfast myself. Since I was so sincere, please don't be angry. Come back with me, okay?"
Xia Yingnuan carefully observed Ning Hanqi's expression, and when she saw that her look was not as cold as yesterday, she breathed a sigh of relief.
"I have done everything you asked me to do. It shouldn't make any difference whether I go back to live here or not." To Xia Yingnuan, Ning Hanqi's tone still had a hint of anger.
"We're just newlyweds, can you really bear to leave me alone in my empty room?" Xia Yingnuan looked pitiful, like a stray cat or dog about to be abandoned by its owner. It was hard not to feel soft-hearted with her appearance.
The man and the ghost stared at each other for a while, and finally Ning Hanqi was defeated first.
"Let's go back." Ning Hanqi sighed softly.
After returning to the room, a certain ghost asked her about her well-being, asking if she was hurt and if she was scared. To be honest, Ning Hanqi was a little surprised that she killed the bitch so easily for the second time.
Even with what she told her, Ning Hanqi still had very limited information. But with this limited information, she still accurately grasped the weakness of Xia Lao San's cunning nature. This plan was perfect.
"I'm fine, it's Chang Yue who was injured. By the way, this is for you." Ning Hanqi handed the prop he had just received to Xia Yingnuan.
"Keep this. You'll need it many times in the future." Xia Yingnuan told Ning Hanqi to take the item. Unlike other items, with her protection, Ning Hanqi wouldn't have to take the same risks as other players. "From now on, when you're out on your own, you won't have anyone as easy to talk to as me. You need to be cautious and don't just listen to everyone. Don't trust any ghosts or humans easily..."
It's already the fifth night. Ning Hanqi has met his requirements, so according to the agreement, he will definitely send her away, but...
Thinking that there were only two days left, she felt a little reluctant.
Seeing Ning Hanqi's expression downcast because of her words, Xia Yingnuan smiled and asked her, "Young Madam, are you reluctant to leave me? Then... are you willing to stay and accompany me forever?"
Ning Hanqi did not answer immediately. She just looked at Xia Yingnuan silently, with a melancholy in her eyes that even ghosts could not understand.
"What about you, Nuannuan? Are you willing to stay with me forever?" Ning Hanqi's voice was very soft, so soft that if Xia Yingnuan didn't have hearing that surpassed that of humans, she probably wouldn't be able to hear what her young wife was saying.
Xia Yingnuan laughed out loud, and before Ning Hanqi's eyes turned red, she quickly said, "Yes, yes, of course I do."
"But Hanqi, the outside world is where you belong."
What she said just now was just a joke. Although she was a little bit looking forward to Ning Hanqi's answer in her heart, when she was rational, Xia Yingnuan knew very well that if it was really for her own good, then Ning Hanqi should be allowed to leave this copy. She still had a vibrant life and should not rot here.
"...You don't know." The dim light of the candlelight in the night made her expression even more broken. Although she was smiling, Xia Yingnuan could see a hint of reluctance in her smile. "I don't have any friends outside, no family, and no one is waiting for me to come back. It doesn't matter where I stay."
Even if she only listened to her words, Xia Yingnuan could feel the suffocating loneliness.
It was at this time that she felt Ning Hanqi holding her hand. Her body temperature was a bit cool, but still warm compared to hers.
"But Nuannuan, don't go back on your word once you've agreed." Ning Hanqi looked at her, and there seemed to be ripples in her gentle eyes. Trapped under the seemingly calm expression, there were paranoid emotions stirring, about to break free from her control.
Xia Yingnuan was busy trying to calm Ning Hanqi down and didn't notice that the moment she agreed, a circle of runes flashed at the base of the other person's ring finger.
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