Chapter 40 Confession
The team was divided into two groups, Bai He, Qi Lang and Yan Yi walked in the front, while Su Xiaojing, Xu Li and the eldest cousin were at the rear.
Qi Lang was not really afraid, he guessed what Yan Yi was thinking.
There's the horror chamber and bungee jumping, both of which specifically target what Bai He is afraid of. He wants to use the suspension bridge effect to make her dependent on him, thus creating the illusion of love.
What a scheming little dog.
Qi Lang can't let him succeed.
Yan Yi led the way. In the pitch-black darkness, Bai He tightly grasped the fabric around his waist, while Qi Lang placed his hand on her thin shoulder.
"Qi Lang?"
"exist."
"Is that you behind me?"
Qi Lang pinched the itchy spot on her shoulder: "Who else could it be? A ghost?"
"Please don't say that word, I beg you. It's a little taboo, okay?"
Qi Lang smiled and moved closer to her: "I'm so scared."
"I don't see you're scared at all."
“Sometimes, a man needs to pretend to be strong.”
“…”
Finally they came to an iron gate with a tiny light. They couldn't even see each other's faces. The only thing they could see was the flickering candle behind the iron gate.
I checked the guide before and it said that the visibility in this secret room is the lowest of all the secret rooms. This is the most terrifying part. When doing a single-line mission, you have to walk in an environment where you can't see your hand in front of you. Who knows what will be hidden in the darkness.
Bai He almost fainted just thinking about it.
She subconsciously grabbed Qi Lang's arm and said, "If you're scared, we can team up together later."
Qi Lang: "Okay, let's do a coward team."
Qi Lang's voice seemed a little far away, and Bai He didn't think much about it.
At this moment, my cousin's voice came from the iron gate: "Hey! Where are you? Why am I the only one left?"
Su Xiaojing said, "Did you get separated from us?"
"I don't know. I was taken away by someone."
"An NPC must have taken you to do a solo mission!"
"Oh my god! He's doing this right away!"
A man's voice came from the intercom, telling them that they needed their cousin to follow the drunk security guard who was staggering in front, take the key from his waist when he was not paying attention, open the iron gate and they could reunite with everyone. But be careful, after taking the key, the security guard might attack him, so he needed to run.
So, Su Xiaojing shouted these words to her eldest cousin: "Brother, don't be afraid, just do as you are asked."
"Okay, I'll go then."
After waiting for about five or six minutes, my cousin came back panting with the key and opened the iron gate.
"Hey! Have you finished the single line already?" Su Xiaojing asked in surprise.
"yes."
"Then the security guards didn't come after you?"
"I chased him."
"Then why don't you scream?"
"I'm a grown man, how embarrassing it would be for me to scream," the older cousin said matter-of-factly. "Besides, they're just pretending to be human. What's there to be afraid of? He won't really hurt me."
"Oh my god, it seems you are really strong." Su Xiaojing quickly caught up with his cousin, "I didn't expect that in the critical moment, I still have to rely on relatives."
After opening the iron gate, a group of people entered the classroom, and there was finally some slightly brighter light.
Bai He then realized that the arm she had been holding tightly was not Qi Lang's, but... Yan Yi.
"Well."
Yan Yi lowered his eyes to look at her and asked calmly, "It's me, sister. Are you disappointed?"
"No way, I feel relieved because of you." Bai He smiled lightly, but let go of him.
Looking back, she saw Qi Lang walking into the classroom, holding Xu Li's hand tightly. For a moment, she felt like a real idiot.
They were tacitly in love with each other, and she naively thought...
Bai He felt ashamed of some unrealistic fantasies in her mind and immediately turned around, not wanting Qi Lang to see the embarrassment in her eyes.
Naturally, she didn't see the surprise in Qi Lang's eyes.
He looked at Bai He, then at Xu Li beside him, and realized that he had held the wrong person.
"Brother Qi Lang, it's so dark just now." Xu Li said.
"Yeah." Qi Lang calmly let go of his hand, hid it behind his back, and moved his almost stiff fingers open and closed.
Hold.
There are several math problems written on the blackboard in the classroom. It seems that you have to solve them to get the corresponding numerical clues. Then use these numerical clues to piece together the puzzle on the podium. Once you piece it together, you can trigger the mechanism plot.
"I can't do this," Su Xiaojing said. "My brain is a mess. Who can decipher it?"
Cousin: "I can't do it either. I have to rely on you."
Qi Lang smiled coldly, walked straight to the podium, picked up the chalk and began to write calculation formulas, as if the seemingly complicated algebra problem in front of him was as easy as moving his fingers for him.
Bai He also pushed Yan Yi forward and said, "Science student, go solve the other one."
"Okay." Yan Yi walked up obediently, picked up the chalk and started calculating on the blackboard.
When Qi Lang saw Yan Yi coming up, he unconsciously sped up his writing speed, and the two of them seemed to be secretly competing with each other.
Su Xiaojing whispered to Bai He's ear, "They really are competing all the time."
Bai He: "We've been fighting since we were little. When I was little, we fought over toys, and now we fight over grades. I don't know what we'll fight for in the future."
Su Xiaojing said two words meaningfully: "Woman."
Bai He widened his eyes and looked at Xu Li beside him as if possessed by a mysterious force.
Xu Li looked at the young man in front of the podium with admiration.
"That's not the case." Bai He whispered to Su Xiaojing, "Yan Yi really hates her."
Su Xiaojing: “…”
She's not talking about Xu Li!
In the end, the two of them completed the deduction of the answer at the same time and came up with a string of numbers. Qi Lang used the numbers to solve the puzzle before Yan Yi.
Xu Li quickly applauded and Yan Yi came to Bai He with an expressionless face.
After the puzzle triggered the mechanism, a blaring alarm sounded in the corridor outside the classroom, and everyone was startled.
A hurried male voice rang out over the intercom: "Everyone, quickly find a seat and sit down! It's dangerous! It's dangerous! Sit down quickly!"
Everyone knew that a female ghost was coming!
Su Xiaojing and her cousin sat next to each other in the last row. Bai He also wanted to find a place to sit. At this time, she realized that her left and right hands were being pulled at the same time.
Qi Lang sat on the right side of the aisle, and Yan Yi sat on the left. Each of them held her hand, wanting to pull her to sit next to him.
And neither of them wanted to let go.
The result was that Bai He was held in the middle of the aisle by the two of them, like a prisoner on execution.
"No, what are you guys doing? Let me find a place to sit down!"
Qi Lang: "Yan Yi, let me go."
Translation: "Fuck you."
They held on tighter, and Bai He couldn't struggle at all.
“…”
Suddenly, the lights in the classroom went out, and something seemed to enter the classroom in the darkness.
Bai He was so frightened that he dared not move, not even to breathe.
At this moment, the ceiling light suddenly lit up, and a female ghost NPC with pale features and blood in the corners of her eyes came face to face with Bai He who was standing in the middle of the aisle.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!" Bai He screamed heart-wrenchingly.
If they don't let go, she will be dragged away by the female ghost!
"You two! Thank you! I will never let you go even if I die! Bastards!" Bai He cursed, "Let go!"
The first person to let go was Yan Yi.
Bai He was pushed into Qi Lang's arms by inertia. Qi Lang took her into his arms and let her sit on the chair next to him.
Bai He was so scared that she burst into tears and choked with sobs, "You...what are you doing?! This is so scary!"
Qi Lang hugged her and comforted her gently: "It's okay, don't be afraid, it's all fake."
Yan Yi looked at them expressionlessly, and Qi Lang raised his chin and looked at him triumphantly.
The NPC was a little speechless, that is to say, is there anyone who respects the female ghost who is trying hard to scare people on the scene?
Next, Qi Lang held Bai He's hand throughout the whole process. Even when Bai He was doing a single-line task, Qi Lang asked to accompany her, as if Yan Yi had let her go when he let go.
Qi Lang accompanied Bai He to do the single line, and Yan Yi could only accompany Xu Li.
The two walked side by side in the dark corridor. They disliked each other so there was no physical contact. Xu Li stopped pretending and asked him bluntly: "You asked Bai He to play the escape room, why didn't you take the initiative? Why did you let go?"
Yan Yi said lazily: "It's none of your business."
"Since you want Bai He to have a drawbridge mentality towards you, Dan Lan should have taken the initiative to apply to go with her. Now Chun Chun is making wedding dresses for Qi Lang, and my plan has been ruined by you."
Yan Yi: "That guy has a strong sense of self-awareness, you can't easily trick him."
Xu Li said speechlessly: "There is still half of the plot. Let's work together. I will pester Qi Lang, and you can be alone with Bai He. How about it?"
Yan Yi hesitated for a few seconds and refused: "No."
Xu Li said with dismay, "Do you still want to fight for her?"
Yan Yi: "I do, but I don't want to cooperate with you and make her uncomfortable."
Xu Li: "You are just a complete fool!"
Translation: "Maybe."
The female ghost shone the flashlight on her face in the dark for a long time, and finally couldn't help but speak: "Excuse me, can you look at me now?"
Yan Yi and Xu Li looked at the female ghost together, their eyes meeting, very calm.
The female ghost sighed and silently made way.
Okay, okay.
It seems that few of the people in this car are really here to play in the escape room.
As long as the guests are happy.
After the players have completed their own single-line tasks, the four-corner game plot is triggered.
Four players are required to stand in a corner of the circular corridor, then walk towards the player in front of them one by one, pat each other's shoulders, and go down one by one.
When the game stops, one player will be randomly taken away and put in a small dark room.
Four players were chosen by drawing lots, and Xu Li and Su Xiaojing finally survived and hid in the safe house. Bai He and Qi Langyan played the four-corner game with their cousin.
Bai He stood in the corner of the corridor. It was dark all around, and she felt like she was in the middle of nowhere.
She was almost terrified.
Suddenly, someone patted her shoulder from behind. She shuddered and turned around, but could not see the other person's face.
Only his magnetic voice could be heard: "Bai He, it's your turn."
"Ayi... I... I don't dare." She clutched the corner of his clothes helplessly, "Can you come with me? I really can't walk at all!"
"Don't be afraid, just keep going forward in the dark. Don't look back halfway. When you reach the end, Qi Lang will be there."
"Really?" Bai He couldn't help but shout into the darkness ahead, "Is Qi Lang here?"
"I'm here." Qi Lang's magnetic voice came from somewhere. It seemed that this corridor was not far away and was connected.
"Don't be afraid, Sayuri. I'm here. Just come over here."
Bai He took a deep breath, mustered up his courage and walked towards the boundless darkness...
Even though Yan Yi told her not to look back, she couldn't help but keep looking back: "Ayi!"
"I'm here. Don't look back. You'll see the NPC if you look back."
"Ah!" Bai He quickly covered his eyes.
Anyway, it’s pitch black and I can’t see the road. I might even see a ghost, so I might as well cover my eyes and move forward.
However, Bai He felt like she had been walking for a very long time. Yan Yi's voice was far away, but she still hadn't found Qi Lang. She had walked through more than one corridor, but several corridors!
When the dim light came on, the other three people discovered that the missing person was Bai He.
"Where's the person?" Qi Lang asked Yan Yi, "Why is he gone?"
"How should I know? I asked her to come to you, but you didn't catch her?"
"She didn't come at all."
Bai He's terrified screams and the sound of her chaotic footsteps could be heard from the darkness: "Ah! Stop chasing me! Where are the people! Where are you!"
Her voice trembled and she cried, "Help!"
At this moment, the ticking countdown of the clock came, and the man on the intercom said: "If you can't find your teammates within three minutes, they will die. Now, the countdown begins."
Yan Yi and Qi Lang rushed out first, and acted separately, following the sound to find the girl crying in the dark.
"Qi Lang! Where are you? Come and save me!" Bai He squatted in the corner with his head in his hands, not daring to move.
"Don't be afraid." Qi Lang's voice rang out, "Don't be afraid, we are very close!"
"How, how could I not be afraid!" She broke down crying, "Why aren't you there? You said you would wait for me up there. I can't find you... I've been walking for a long time. I'm so scared..."
"I'm sorry, I... I'll sing a song for you." Qi Lang's voice was a little shaky. He controlled his emotions and sang a very cheerful Cantonese song "Flower Guardian", which slightly eased Bai He's nervousness.
"I heard your voice, it seems to be closer." Bai He mustered up the courage to stand up and walked towards the direction of the singing. "Qi Lang, are you there?"
"I am here."
Bai He quickened his pace and ran towards him, but unexpectedly, the person waiting at the finish line was not Qi Lang, but the security NPC holding an electric baton!
He turned on the electric baton and chased Bai He. Bai He screamed and ran away, desperate to the point of breaking point.
At this moment, a pair of hands grabbed him firmly, and the next second the security guard chased after him. Yan Yi hugged her in his arms and turned her back to the security guard.
With a crackling sound, the electric baton landed on his back.
After a slight numbness, Yan Yi protected Bai He and rushed into the nearest safe house, closed the door, and blocked it with his body.
The security guard kicked the door frantically. Bai He wiped away her tears and hurried forward to help Yan Yi block the door.
The security guard kicked the door a few times but failed to open it, so he simply left and went to scare other players.
The two of them breathed a sigh of relief and looked at each other. He reached out and wiped away the tears streaming down her face: "Why are you crying? It's all fake."
Bai He felt like she was reborn. She hugged the boy in front of her tightly, wrapping her arms around his waist. Suddenly, she felt...
The feeling of never wanting to be separated from him for the rest of my life.
"I think... I won't be afraid of sleeping alone anymore." She said to him, "After this, I will never be afraid of the dark again."
In the darkness, the young man gasped slightly: "From now on, you will probably not sleep alone anymore."
"Um?"
Qi Lang knocked on the door. "How's it going? Are you in there?"
"We're inside!"
"Come out, it's the final performance time, it's almost over."
Yan Yi and Bai He opened the door and walked out. The lights in the corridor became a little brighter. Qi Lang saw the two of them walking out holding hands and frowned slightly.
He asked Bai He with concern: "Are you okay? Are you hurt?"
"I'm fine, Hajime got electrocuted."
"I was shocked several times," said Qi Lang.
"Ah, how about you?"
"It's like a tickle."
As Qi Lang spoke, he calmly pulled Bai He's hand out of Yan Yi's and held it himself.
After tonight, she will become his girlfriend, and Qi Lang will not give her to anyone else.
The final performance was quite tear-jerking. It was a heartfelt monologue from the female ghost NPC. Bai He also shed tears this time, but she was moved...and the fear she had felt before was gone.
After the game ended, everyone walked out of the secret room and relaxed on the sofa for a long time.
Bai He sat next to Yan Yi, Qi Lang sat on the armrest next to her, and Su Xiaojing and the other three sat on the sofa opposite. Everyone listened with great interest as the store owner recounted the entire story to them. Bai He kept asking about the details of the plot, as if she was not the one who had just been scared and incapacitated.
She became more and more excited as she played. When they got in the taxi, Bai He said that she wouldn't be scared if she went bungee jumping now.
I just felt like I was...reborn.
The group went to Happy Valley, but was told by the staff at the bungee jumping platform that the platform was booked out today and would not accommodate other tourists.
"What a coincidence." Bai He looked at the bungee jumping platform in the air with regret. He wondered who was so crazy that he even booked the bungee jumping platform. Was he going to experience the moment of death countless times?
I didn't see anyone jumping down continuously.
She said to Yan Yi, "The second wish can't be fulfilled. How about we go to another amusement park some other time?"
Yan Yi glanced at Qi Lang who was standing beside him without any expression.
Someone has done this kind of thing of booking a whole theater more than once.
He must have seen through his thoughts, so he tried every means to stop him. Even if he went to the next house, this gentleman would have a way to stop him.
Yan Yi said, "It's okay, let's do it another day."
"That's all I can do, but it doesn't matter." Bai He said with a smile, "There's a birthday surprise waiting for you today."
"Yeah?"
"Well, let's go for a walk on the beach!"
After saying that, she winked at Qi Lang. Qi Lang understood and called two online taxis. Bai Heyan translated one car, and this time Qi Lang did not squeeze over and got on the other car.
Xu Li hurried to catch up with him, and her eldest cousin also followed Qi Lang.
Qi Lang saw that only Bai He and Yan Yi were left in the car. Is it okay for the two of them to watch the fireworks together?
He quickly pushed Su Xiaojing to the car: "You go with them."
"Why, I want to ride on your sister's yacht."
"Next time, I'll have you sit in my car," Qi Lang said. "And Brother Pang Yi, both of you go to that car. From this moment on, you are both members of the Moral Ethics Squad. Do you understand? You have a heavy responsibility."
Su Xiaojing: “…”
What the hell are you talking about!
Helplessly, she and her cousin had to get on Bai He and his friends' car, where they could squeeze in and sit down.
Bai He asked, "Why are you here? Didn't you want to see Sister Jian Ni's yacht?"
My eldest cousin said, "Qi Lang drove us here."
Bai He looked at the two people in the car in front and immediately understood that he wanted to be alone with Xu Li.
"It's okay, let's play together." She said with a smile.
Only Yan Yi could see that her smile was forced.
…
Bai He brought Yan Yi to the beach, and night had already fallen.
It's a very quiet white sand beach with no passers-by walking on the beach. It's perfect for watching a romantic birthday fireworks display.
Su Xiaojing took her cousin to the other side of the beach, leaving Baihe and Yanyi alone.
The cousin also asked her, "Aren't we the moral and ethical team? Aren't we responsible for keeping an eye on those two siblings who are madly testing the boundaries of ethics and morality?"
Su Xiaojing laughed: "My relative looks silly, but he knows everything?"
"Hey, they're putting on one wonderful show after another, and it's hard not to understand."
"All in all, I'd rather be a bystander than a 200W bulb," Su Xiaojing said. "After tonight, I think the three-way competition will change."
"Hehe, I'm really looking forward to it."
Su Xiaojing placed her hand on her cousin's shoulder and waited for a moment. Then, across the sea, a dazzling display of fireworks appeared.
“Here it comes!”
At that moment, Bai He on the beach also hurriedly grabbed the corner of Yan Yi's clothes and said, "Ayi, look! The one that just passed by has your name on it."
"I see." The young man's eyes flickered, "Handsome Yan Yi."
"Hahahaha, I can actually recognize it. I thought it was a bit blurry."
He looked at her. Her eyes were full of surprise and anticipation. She stared at the fireworks on the sea with an unconscious smile on her lips.
She is more gorgeous than fireworks.
"Look! This is your picture! I asked the manufacturer to make fireworks, but they said they didn't have the technology, so I drew a cartoon sketch of you, and he turned it into an emoticon for me."
Bai He noticed that Yan Yi was not looking at the fireworks, he was just looking at her.
"Hey! Can you please focus? I spent nearly a thousand dollars custom-making fireworks just for you."
"I saw it." Yan Yi said.
"You didn't even look."
"I'm watching." He was watching the fireworks in her eyes.
Bai He stopped arguing with him and just stared at the brilliant night sky. "Happy eighteenth birthday! I wish my beloved Ayi the best in the world peace, success, tranquility and happiness."
The sea breeze blew the girl's hair on her temples and blew it onto his face, making it slightly itchy.
Yan Yi looked at her and said, "Although the first two wishes had some unexpected results, I want to tell you about the third wish now."
"you say."
Yan Yi took her hand, took off the ceramic blue and white beads that Qi Lang had given her from her left wrist, threw it on the sand, and then put on a precious black pearl bracelet.
The smile on Bai He's lips gradually froze.
She took two steps back a little fearfully until Yan Yi grabbed her wrist.
Very strong.
I don't plan to let go.
"Actually, there were some unexpected events just now. It's good that I'm using the suspension bridge effect to make you fall in love with me because of your dependence. I can deceive you, but I can't deceive my own heart. I hope that when I confess my love to you, Bai He, you are sober and rational."
Bai He's breathing became rapid, and she quickly covered his mouth, trying to stop him from saying the next words.
Fear...
She's really afraid...
"Bai He, don't love him anymore, love me." He finally said this, the secret that had been hidden in his heart for many years.
There is often pain, but there are occasional moments of joy.
Bai He's breathing was interrupted for several seconds, but she was not as panicked as she was when she discovered the secret of the photo at noon. The vague guesses she had had over the years, along with the brilliant explosions of fireworks, intertwined into a clear logical chain in her mind.
Yes, Yan Yi loves her.
It goes beyond the love and intimacy between siblings.
Every time he looked at her deeply, breathed hotly close to her, and indulged her without limit again and again... he was revealing this secret to her, a secret that she had deliberately ignored countless times.
"I promised not to deny your wish, but..."
"But you don't love me," he said.
"I love, but that kind of love is not..."
"It's like a sister treating her brother." Yan Yi said lightly, "I know you've always treated me like a brother, but starting today, can you please give Bai He a try and treat me like your boyfriend?"
He took her hand and kissed the back of it gently, like a dragonfly touching the water, cautious and cherishing...
"Let him go and try loving me? I'm fine, sister, you know I'm fine."
Bai He shifted his gaze and looked at the blurry yacht on the sea. The moonlight was beautiful tonight, and the yacht's glass reflected the moonlight. Perhaps Qi Lang was also planning to confess his love to Xu Li.
After today, the boy she loved deeply would belong to another person.
A wave of sadness of farewell surged in Bai He's heart.
It hurts so much that I want to cry.
"You can refuse."
Yan Yi looked at the brokenness in her eyes and felt so distressed that he could not help himself. He kissed the back of her hand devoutly again, "I won't bully you. You can refuse. What happened today will not affect our brother-sister relationship, okay."
Okay, don't cry...
Bai He did not respond, did not agree, did not... refuse.
In her hesitation, Yan Yi saw hope again. He held her eyes deeply and said, "I'll count down to thirty seconds. If you don't refuse in these thirty seconds, I will take it as your consent."
Bai He lowered his head and drooped his eyelids.
"Bai He, learn to say no, no matter how uncomfortable it makes you feel."
Yan Yi started the countdown.
Bai He closed his eyes, and his mind flashed back to every little detail of the past few years...
She gave away a box of 520 little stars in a glass jar without signing it, he pinched her face and forced her to call him brother 328 times, and she stared at his back at sunset 1,435 times...
Qi Lang didn't love her. It had nothing to do with kindness, friendship, or whether she was excellent or not, or his standards...
He just wasn't attracted to her, and she couldn't blame him at all.
"The last ten seconds." Yan Yi leaned close to her ear and whispered to her with a hot and humid breath, "Ten, nine, eight, seven..."
There was fire burning in Bai He's eyes. The orange-yellow figure in the fire threw her off the tall building, and his young life was forever frozen at the age of 29.
From then on, someone lost his father and the sky fell.
In front of the morgue's cold storage, the little boy bit her arm hard.
Now...it still hurts.
"From now on, I am your sister."
"Don't be afraid, I will love you."
She picked up the little boy and comforted his panic and confusion.
"Three, two, one."
Bai He didn't say anything. Yan Yi looked into her eyes, his facial muscles trembling with excitement and a hint of fear...
"Does that mean you agree? Bai He."
"Just now, why did you let go first?" Bai He asked him, "In the secret room, you and Qi Lang were both holding me, why did you let go first?"
"I'm afraid you'll cry."
Bai He reached out and gently stroked his face, then gently embraced the boy's neck with one arm and pressed his head against her neck.
"You are the person I love most in this world. How can I bear to make you sad?"
The next second, Yan Yi hugged her tightly.
Bai He looked at the sea for the last time, that blurry shadow in the vast night.
Silent farewell.
…
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