Chapter 228 - 132: A Three-Person Date

Chapter 228: Chapter 132: A Three-Person Date

PANT... PANT... PANT...

Su Ran: "Are you guys okay?"

Xiao Wanqing: "You scared me to death! This haunted house is way scarier than the ones I’ve been to in Shanghai. I’m fine, but what about your friend? I didn’t even hear her scream."

Su Ran turned his head to the left. "Shen... holy shit!" Startled, Su Ran immediately let go. Xiao Wanqing screamed too, because Su Ran had grabbed the wrong person. He’d grabbed a ’Sadako’ NPC hiding nearby, who was now crawling toward them on the ground with her hair disheveled and covering her face.

AHHH—!

Xiao Wanqing let out a piercing scream and hugged Su Ran tightly, her soft body desperately pressing against him. Su Ran grabbed her and ran. Of course, Su Ran wasn’t really scared, but you had to get into the spirit of the game. If you didn’t, and just went around saying it was all fake or deliberately trying to lift the ’Sadako’ actress’s hair, it would just ruin the fun for everyone.

They ran until they reached a pitch-black area and stopped. Su Ran said, "It’s okay now."

Xiao Wanqing lifted her head and touched Su Ran’s face to make sure it was really him. Only then did she relax. "Su Ran, this haunted house is terrifying." As she spoke, she hugged him tighter, creating a soft, squeezing sensation.

"Don’t be scared."

Su Ran comforted her, his hands wrapping around the slender waist beneath her down jacket. They hadn’t seen each other in a long time, and the stimulating environment of the haunted house, coupled with their embrace, sparked something between them. Xiao Wanqing’s fear instantly turned into a budding desire, and she stood on her toes to kiss him.

Su Ran didn’t refuse. He tightened his arms around her, savoring her soft, pliant lips. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw an NPC chasing a girl down the dim corridor. The girl was shouting, "Class President, save me...!"

"Wait here for a second. I lost my classmate. I’m going to go find her."

"Okay."

Su Ran licked his lips. "Strawberry flavored?"

"Mhm."

"Not bad. Wait for me."

As soon as Su Ran left, Xiao Wanqing reached into her wool sweater and adjusted her disheveled bra.

The moment Xiao Wanqing finished adjusting herself, she saw a coffin directly in front of her start to move. Another NPC ghost was about to emerge. She screamed in terror and took off running in a panic.

The entire area was filled with nothing but screams, NPCs chasing female players, and even some male players who were so scared they jumped onto other men.

Su Ran ran for a short distance before the NPC that had been chasing Shen Qingning returned. It seemed Shen Qingning had managed to get away. ’And she had the nerve to invite me to an escape room when she’s this much of a coward?’

Su Ran went back to find Xiao Wanqing. Whoops, she was gone too.

「Meanwhile.」

Both Xiao Wanqing and Shen Qingning were being chased by NPCs. Their paths crossed, and they both ducked into a small room at the same time, only then noticing each other.

Xiao Wanqing: "Where’s your friend?"

Shen Qingning: "When we came in, the guy I was with pushed me aside and ran off with someone else."

Xiao Wanqing: "Then he’s not worth liking."

Shen Qingning: "What about your friend?"

Xiao Wanqing: "My friend went to find his classmate. He told me to wait for him where we were, but then an NPC showed up, and I got scared and ran into you."

After exchanging a few sentences, the two girls realized something. They turned around and saw they were in a wedding chamber. Sitting on the bed behind them was a bride from the Republican era, her face covered by a red veil. They gasped in horror, threw open the door, and continued their frantic dash.

THUD...

Shen Qingning slammed right into Su Ran’s chest. Thinking he was an NPC, she started hitting him wildly. Su Ran grabbed her hands. "Shen Qingning, it’s me!"

"Class President, where did you go? You abandoned me!" Shen Qingning was both aggrieved and terrified.

"Sorry, I grabbed the wrong person. I grabbed an NPC’s hand."

"..."

Just then, another NPC charged at them. Terrified, Shen Qingning leaped onto Su Ran, wrapping her legs around his waist and clinging tightly to his neck.

The NPC shot Su Ran a look that only another man would understand.

Su Ran: ...

’This NPC is a true wingman.’

"Shen Qingning, you can come down now. The NPC is gone." Su Ran supported her plump bottom and gave it a light pat.

Shen Qingning timidly glanced back to confirm the NPC was gone. She was about to get down, but the moment her toes touched the ground, an NPC in the corner let out a yell and jumped out. Startled, Shen Qingning quickly pulled her legs back up, clamping them tightly around him again.

Su Ran felt like his waist was about to be squeezed in half.

He looked at Shen Qingning clinging to him, her innocent face pale with fright, her head buried in his neck. In a situation like this, who had time to worry about the propriety between men and women? ’Just hold on to the Class President,’ she thought. ’The Class President will protect me.’

"Shen Qingning, you’re so scared, yet you invited me to a horror game. You’re just trying to take advantage of me, aren’t you?"

Su Ran supported her plump bottom and gave it a little hoist.

"I’m not! I didn’t know it would be this scary! It’s all your fault for losing me when we first came in. I was being chased by ’ghosts’ in here all by myself."

Girls are naturally scared of these things, especially when they come with a guy and need protection the most. She never expected Su Ran to grab the wrong person and lose her. Of course she was terrified. A timid person walking all alone in a haunted house, constantly being scared to the point of tears by the horrid NPCs.

"Sorry, I really did get the wrong person just now. I won’t lose you again."

Shen Qingning’s heart skipped a beat, moved by his words. But then she thought she was just overthinking it. ’When he said "again," he just meant "in the haunted house," not "in the future."’

"Don’t look, there’s a ’ghost’!"

Su Ran pressed her head against his neck. She froze, her lips pressed against his skin, not daring to move. She was essentially ’kissing’ her Class President’s neck. After a moment, he let go, and she vaguely saw her own lip print on his neck.

"I’m sorry." She blushed and pulled at her sleeve to wipe his neck.

Su Ran’s arms were getting tired from holding her, and he wanted to put her down. But that ’thoughtful’ NPC was still in the corner. If Shen Qingning dared to get down, the NPC would immediately jump out and scare her.

Su Ran didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. No wonder this escape room was so popular with guys. There was a reason for it: the owner really understood them.