Then I heard footsteps echoing in the quiet stairwell.
A series of eerie, thumping sounds.
And what if you just go down one floor and see someone squatting there, asking something like, "Have you seen my head?"
Furthermore, what if someone suddenly appears following you as you walk, or something suddenly falls from the upper stairs...?
Lu Wanqing's face was completely devoid of color, terrifyingly pale.
Looking at the closed stairwell door, her body trembled even more violently.
[...]
clatter……
clatter……
Ta-da...
When things are going badly, they always get worse; there's no cell phone signal at all.
I want to call the person in charge of security to ask about the situation.
After dialing, all I heard was a busy signal.
After calling several times, the signal simply disappeared.
With no other options, Lu Wanqing gritted her teeth, hesitated, and finally decided to go down the stairs.
With each step she took, her breathing quickened, and in the quiet stairwell, each step she took was so clear.
Shivering, she shone her phone's flashlight from side to side, glancing behind her every step to see if anything was following her.
Sometimes, he would stand halfway down the floor, holding a flashlight, and cautiously peek out to see if anything was on the lower level.
When they saw nothing strange at all...
Lu Wanqing breathed a sigh of relief, patted her chest, and calmed herself down.
At the same time, I comforted myself.
Those are all lies; they're just plots that only happen in movies.
This is impossible in reality.
The statement that "spirits are not allowed after the founding of the People's Republic of China" is just a joke.
However, the psychological effect is significant.
The imagined outcome did not occur.
Lu Wanqing's tense mood immediately relaxed a little.
But she still glanced down a few times.
After confirming that there were no problems, I started walking down.
But the next second.
A hand silently rested on her shoulder.
Lu Wanqing's foot froze in mid-air.
His body stiffened instantly.
In the view that her right eye caught, the hand resting on her shoulder was so long and fair.
Under normal circumstances, this hand is very beautiful.
They're the kind of people who are born to play the piano.
But at this moment, in this eerie atmosphere...
How frightening it was that hand appeared so suddenly.
In the corner of the flashlight's light, that hand looked rather pitiful.
It's like...
"It's so late, why are you still here? What are you doing, moving so slowly?"
"A ghost!"
Lu Wanqing overreacted and was so scared she almost cried. The other person's voice sounded strangely familiar, but due to her previous psychological state, she didn't have time to think too much about it.
She panicked as soon as she opened her mouth.
I was so scared that my phone flew up, and I immediately tried to run downstairs.
No longer caring about the problems ahead, since the problems were already behind her.
But Lu Wanqing seemed to have forgotten that she had already lifted one foot, and if she suddenly ran down, she would naturally miss.
Under the influence of her psychological state, she didn't notice any of these things at all.
She didn't realize what was happening until her body suddenly tilted forward.
She appeared pale as her eyes quickly met the stair steps.
Without a second thought, falling was inevitable.
Instinctively, Lu Wanqing reached out to grab something.
They caught them, but now there's one more person who's fallen.
As the two tumbled down the dozen or so steps, Lu Wanqing surprisingly did not scream.
The sudden situation left her unable to react; it was almost like an out-of-body experience, if not an astral projection.
Lu Wanqing only gradually came to her senses when she crashed into the wall and stopped rolling.
The unexpected pain didn't occur; instead, it felt warm and cozy.
Through the dim light, plus the light from the phone lying to the side.
Lu Wanqing then realized that she was being protected in someone's arms.
What came into view was a handsome face with a slight look of surprise.
Familiar faces, and that familiar taste.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Luo Chen.
Luo Chen held her in his arms as they tumbled down the stairs and crashed into the wall, still protecting her tightly.
No wonder I didn't feel any pain at all, and it felt warm all over.
It turned out that Luo Chen had been protecting her all along.
She also realized that the person who had appeared behind her earlier was Luo Chen.
Instead of demons and monsters.
Having figured everything out, her face flushed slightly, and her pale complexion gained some color.
I was about to say something when I suddenly realized something I hadn't noticed before.
At this moment, Luo Chen was still pressed to the ground, while she was lying face down. At such close range, their expressions were clearly visible.
Although her hands were pressed against Luo Chen's chest, it was just...
The warmth on my lips, and the slightly hot breath from the other person.
Lu Wanqing's face immediately turned even redder.
The words I wanted to say were stuck in my throat.
Even their movements were frozen in place.
I've never had any contact with this before, and I'm only thinking of saving it for the person I like the most.
But unexpectedly, it disappeared inexplicably under these circumstances.
Her first... kiss was gone...
[...]
Downstairs from the company building.
With Luo Chen by their side, the shadows on the stairs disappeared.
After a smooth journey, we finally made it out of the gate.
The security guard downstairs looked at the two of them with some curiosity.
I don't understand.
This time.
Why did you come out together?
Luo Chen remained calm and casually mentioned the power outage to the other party.
They were aware of the power outage and had already sent people to check on it.
There's just no news yet.
Luo Chen didn't say much about it.
He pretended not to notice the strange looks the security guards gave him.
As for Lu Wanqing, she kept her head down and her cheeks flushed red after coming down, not daring to look at the security guards' gazes.
After leaving the gate, Luo Chen scratched his cheek somewhat awkwardly.
What happened earlier was something he hadn't anticipated.
[I just wanted to come back and see if they needed my help with the rest, and also to avoid Qin Xiyao.]
[As it turned out, there was a power outage.]
[In this situation, wouldn't taking the stairs be the best course of action? I never expected to run into Lu Wanqing there.]
[I knew Lu Wanqing was timid, but I didn't know she was this timid. She only said one sentence, and she reacted so strongly.]
[I was going to try and stop them, but the roles have reversed.]
[In that situation, how could I care about anything else? After all, it was only because I suddenly startled her that she reacted that way.]
[What happened afterward was really unintentional...]
[The host's criticism of the achievement will be rewarded with +3 Strength.]
After the challenge, Qin Xiyao's attitude changed, and her curiosity made Luo Chen uncomfortable.
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