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Click, click, click…
The camera flash kept flashing as Su Jiang took several photos in a row.
The NPC standing nearby was completely stunned. “Buddy, aren’t you being too abstract? Aren’t you two dating? Shouldn’t you be rescuing her heroically, pulling her into your arms and comforting her softly? Why take photos?”
With the flash continuing to light up the area, An Rou gradually sensed that something was off. She cautiously turned her head, still tightly covering her ears, afraid of hearing any sudden frightening sounds.
“Oh, perfect, let’s take a frontal shot!”
As An Rou’s head turned towards him, Su Jiang’s fingers quickly pressed the shutter button, capturing her face in the photo. Her pretty little face was slightly flushed, looking incredibly pitiful, yet her eyes held a hint of confusion.
In that moment, An Rou’s look of innocence made Su Jiang feel like she was a lost baby deer.
A few seconds later, the confusion in An Rou’s eyes faded, replaced by shock, then embarrassment. She stood up, stomping her foot and lunging towards Su Jiang.
“Su Jiang! Delete the photos now!!!”
An Rou’s voice carried a sense of urgency, showing claws and teeth. At this point, she couldn’t care less about being scared. Her only thought was to destroy Su Jiang’s phone.
Yes, completely destroy it. She couldn’t risk those photos remaining in any way.
The NPC was completely stunned. An Rou had just looked like a pitiful little rabbit, and now he couldn’t bear to see her like this.
Now, who was scaring whom?
“Su Jiang, if you don’t delete the photos, we’re not done!”
“I swear I didn’t take any photos, I can swear on my life. If I lie to you, I’ll never eat cilantro again.”
“You don’t eat cilantro anyway!”
“I warn you not to pinch me, why do you still bite?!”
An Rou’s little silver teeth bit down on Su Jiang’s hand, then she raised her head, a fierce look in her eyes.
“Are you going to delete them or not?”
“I didn’t take any photos!”
Absolutely no way he was going to delete them. This might be the only chance in his life to capture such photos.
The NPC standing by, confused and at a loss, couldn’t help but cough lightly and interject, “Uh, maybe you guys should step outside…”
“Shut up! Just wait, I’ll settle the score with you later!” An Rou turned fiercely towards the NPC, then continued to confront Su Jiang.
The NPC’s mouth twitched, refraining from speaking. His mother had taught him not to provoke angry women.
But damn, why did this girl’s attitude change so quickly? Was she pretending to be scared before?
Seeing An Rou still unrelenting and her emotions escalating, Su Jiang suddenly noticed the club in the NPC’s hand, and his eyes lit up.
“Bro, let me borrow that.”
“Huh? Wait a minute…”
The NPC was completely baffled after having his cane taken away. Who let these two strange characters in?
Didn’t the bouncers outside know that people with questionable mental states shouldn’t be allowed in the haunted house?
However, the next scene that unfolded left the NPC even more shocked.
Su Jiang took advantage of An Rou’s momentary distraction and lightly tapped the back of her head with the club prop. The girl instantly fainted, and Su Jiang, feeling a sense of accomplishment, realized his plan worked.
Low-level skill: Dirty Clubbing!
Using a club-like weapon and attacking from behind have 100% chance of knocking out the opponent!
Su Jiang only gave her a light tap, and An Rou immediately collapsed.
The force was just right, enough to confuse without causing harm.
If he didn’t have this skill, Su Jiang might have accidentally hurt the girl due to lack of control. But with the Dirty Clubbing, he was able to quickly calm An Rou down.
“Thanks!”
“How did you do that?”
The NPC took the club handed over by Su Jiang, looking utterly confused. What kind of act was this? How did she faint from just a light tap?
What kind of mischief were these two up to?
Su Jiang gently lifted An Rou and walked through the center to place the coins in the mechanism, successfully completing the haunted house challenge.
Wang Ziyang and Ji Meng were waiting outside. Wang Ziyang looked much better now, at least better than when he first emerged.
Seeing Su Jiang carrying An Rou out, there was some confusion. Someone quickly approached to inquire if An Rou was okay and what happened.
“She’s fine, she just got a bit too excited and lacked oxygen,” Su Jiang casually made up an excuse. To his surprise, An Rou suddenly woke up.
“Where am I?” An Rou asked drowsily. She remembered trying to grab Su Jiang’s phone a moment ago. How did she end up outside the haunted house the next second? And why was she lying on Su Jiang’s back? Surprisingly, being carried by him felt quite comfortable.
Su Jiang was taken aback. She woke up so quickly?
But it made sense. The duration of being stunned from the Dirty Clubbing skill was directly proportional to the force used. Su Jiang only lightly tapped An Rou with the cane, so it was impressive that she woke up so soon.
Su Jiang quickly set An Rou down on a chair, watching her with concern.
“An Rou, are you okay? You scared me. The NPC said you fainted, so I quickly carried you out. It’s good that you’re alright.”
An Rou rubbed her head, looking at Su Jiang with suspicion. “I remember you were taking pictures of me, and then I tried to grab your phone…”
“What are you talking about?” Su Jiang’s face turned serious as he declared, “When I saw you, you were already unconscious. How could I possibly have taken your picture?”
“What do you think I am?”
Su Jiang pretended to be heartbroken. An Rou began to hesitate. Could she really be mistaken?
Wang Ziyang stood nearby, expressionlessly watching Su Jiang’s performance. He was speechless.
You’re putting on an act, aren’t you?
An Rou might not know what kind of person you are, but I do!
You little rascal, you definitely did something wrong!
“I think the best way to settle this is to check Old Su’s phone album, right?” Wang Ziyang chimed in casually, “Old Su, for the sake of your reputation, I believe you can handle this little inconvenience, right?”
Su Jiang was stunned, turning to look at Wang Ziyang in disbelief. “Come on, buddy? Can’t we let bygones be bygones? It was just one little trick. When will the cycle of revenge end?”
But Wang Ziyang didn’t care about forgiveness; he only wanted to take the opportunity for revenge.
An Rou, upon hearing Wang Ziyang’s words, also turned her head towards Su Jiang. If he was innocent, he should agree to show her the album, right? Unless there was something in there he didn’t want her to see.
“I’ll just look at the first three photos!” An Rou held up three delicate fingers, not wanting to invade Su Jiang’s privacy. She just wanted to see the first three pictures.
Su Jiang’s mouth twitched. Forget the first three, the first thirty photos on his phone were all of An Rou. If she saw those, he might as well be skinned alive!
“Well, An Rou, just wait a moment. I need to talk to Wang Ziyang.”
Su Jiang pulled Wang Ziyang to the side and quickly whispered, “Bro, help me out here.”
Wang Ziyang gave Su Jiang a stern look. “You still have a chance to apologize to An Rou now.”
“I have the audio of your screams from the haunted house on my phone.”
“What? You little…!”
“Keep your voice down. If you don’t want this audio to end up in our group chat, you better help me out.”
Su Jiang valued keeping An Rou’s photos more than Wang Ziyang’s audio.
Wang Ziyang gritted his teeth, surprised that Su Jiang had a backup plan.
“Fine, but you have to delete the audio, no copies.”
“Don’t worry, you can trust me on this.”
“Deal!”
In a brief conversation of just a few seconds, they quickly reached an agreement.