Chapter 32: So I’ll Reluctantly Let You Hold My Arm

Su Tian finally had a chance to mock her, letting out a cold snort, smugly saying, “Can’t handle it already? Want me to come save you? Then beg me!”

“Su Tian, do you have any self-awareness? Did I come to you for rescue?”

As soon as the words fell, suddenly there came the sound of banging on a door through the receiver, and Zhou Ying’s voice went silent.

Su Tian heard Han Shuo curse, “Damn, no way.”

Following that was Zhou Ying’s trembling voice, “Does it have to be so realistic with the door banging? He won’t actually break down the door, will he? Ahhhhh!”

Su Tian heard this and thought it impossible, so she teased her without hesitation, “Maybe! A female ghost with an axe – sounds pretty scary, doesn’t it?”

Zhou Ying also thought it was impossible, but this didn’t stop her from following Su Tian’s train of thought, becoming increasingly terrified as she imagined it. Goosebumps covered her body as she shouted into the phone, “Su Tian, if I don’t see you in person within one minute, I’m posting your ugly photos to my Moments!”

“Oh, how frightening,” Su Tian replied coldly, touching her neck as she recalled, “But do you remember that horror movie our class watched last time? Something about a woman and high heels? Wonder if the ghost banging on the door is wearing high heels.”

Though their class had indeed watched a horror movie, she hadn’t dared to watch it, keeping her head down doing exercises the whole time. The high heels part was completely made up.

But this was enough for Zhou Ying to imagine a whole dramatic scene.

Sure enough, Zhou Ying became even more distraught after hearing this, but she still refused to give in, “Never surrender to evil forces!”

Su Tian started trying to recall the few horror memories in her mind, preparing to pick some to tell her about.

Before she could piece anything together, Zhou Ying suddenly shouted: “Jiang Chiyu! Are you next to Su Tian? You must be next to her, otherwise she wouldn’t be this brave! Ahhhhh Jiang Chiyu come get us both out, I’ll send you Su Tian’s ugly photos!”

Su Tian hadn’t expected this move, immediately becoming alert, “What? No way! Why should you?”

“Deal.”

Their voices came one after another, almost simultaneously.

Su Tian found it somewhat absurd, looking at her phone and gritting her teeth, “Zhou Ying, are you crazy?”

“Ha! I heard that! Great God Jiang! We’re not sure where we are exactly, but we’re definitely on this floor. The door banging is so loud, please try to find us, ahhhhh come quickly, I’m really about to kneel before the haunted house owner.”

“Alright,” Jiang Chiyu replied concisely.

Su Tian held her phone, feeling like an idiot.

She hung up directly and glared angrily at the person standing beside her, “You’re really going?”

“I agreed, so of course I have to go,” Jiang Chiyu looked at her with an ambiguous smile.

“Zhou Ying is lying to you, she doesn’t have any ugly photos of me!”

“Hmm? Who said I wanted to see your ugly photos?” Jiang Chiyu raised his eyebrows, looking at her somewhat accusingly, “Refusing to help when someone’s in trouble, that’s not being a good classmate.”

“…”

Who would believe that?

Who would believe it!

Who was it that said “deal” so quickly just now?

Su Tian ground her back teeth in anger.

Jiang Chiyu actually started walking towards the door, pretending he was going to open it. Su Tian quickly followed a few steps, grabbing the corner of his clothes afraid he’d run off.

A hint of amusement flashed in Jiang Chiyu’s eyes. “Hmm? You want to come too? Actually, you don’t have to go, you could wait here for me.”

Su Tian continued grinding her teeth.

What nonsense!

Originally she had planned to scare Zhou Ying a bit and then go with Jiang Chiyu, but now she not only had to go, but also had to accept Zhou Ying sending her ugly photos to Jiang Chiyu!

She couldn’t possibly stay here alone.

An axe-wielding female ghost, a faceless head with long hair hanging from the ceiling, the sound of high heels clicking on the floor…

Su Tian shuddered, forcing herself to shift her attention away from these messy thoughts. She stared straight at Jiang Chiyu, finally understanding what it meant to have things turn back on you. “Let’s go.”

“I’m going,” she emphasized again.

She wanted to see how that brat Zhou Ying would dare to send her ugly photos to Jiang Chiyu right under her nose!

Jiang Chiyu gripped the door handle, “Don’t scream.”

Su Tian hadn’t processed this yet. “Hm?”

He had already pulled open the door. The corridor was somewhat brighter, and that hanging faceless head with long hair directly entered Su Tian’s field of vision.

Su Tian suddenly gripped Jiang Chiyu’s clothes tighter, silently opening her mouth, but really didn’t scream.

Jiang Chiyu praised her flatly, “That’s progress.”

Although she knew it was just a prop, it was still creepy to look at. Su Tian shifted her gaze to Jiang Chiyu’s pleasing face, “What if it follows us when we go out?”

“Aren’t you not afraid now?”

“I—” Su Tian wore a frustrated expression, “I’ll be scared if it moves.”

After speaking, Su Tian moved closer to Jiang Chiyu’s side, grabbing more of his clothes and holding tight.

Jiang Chiyu looked down, tugging at his clothes, feeling how much force she was using, “If you grab like this the whole way, by the time we get out it’ll either be stretched or too wrinkled to wear.”

Su Tian shrugged slightly, acting innocent and cute, “I’m just afraid you’ll run too fast and I won’t be able to keep up.”

She pointed at that thing outside the door again, “It slides really fast.”

“Why run?” Jiang Chiyu glanced back at her, directly stepped out, and with a long arm, grabbed the hanging hair of the head.

That faceless face stiffly turned slightly, staring at him.

Su Tian was scared by this scene.

Both by the suddenly turning prop head and Jiang Chiyu’s fearless action.

Jiang Chiyu reached out his other hand, grabbed another handful from the other side, then twisted the two bunches of hair left and right together, quickly tying them into a butterfly bow.

Ridiculous and funny.

Su Tian stared in amazement.

Jiang Chiyu quite disdainfully dusted off his hands, palm up extended toward Su Tian, “Paper.”

Su Tian was still dazed, foolishly taking out a whole pack of tissues from her backpack and handing it to him.

Jiang Chiyu pulled out two sheets, then pinched the remaining tissues between two fingers and stuffed them back into her backpack. Then he carefully wiped his hands.

He rolled up the used tissues into a ball and stuffed them into his pants pocket.

Jiang Chiyu pointed at the huge butterfly bow above, “Are you still afraid it will chase you like this?”

Su Tian silently shook her head.

“Good, then let’s go.”

Jiang Chiyu had just walked two steps forward when he suddenly stopped. Su Tian was holding his clothes and following very closely, almost bumping into his back.

“What is it?” Su Tian asked.

Jiang Chiyu looked at her, “Do you hear any door banging?”

Su Tian quieted down to listen, but could only hear her own heart beating faster and faster due to excessive imagination.

She honestly shook her head.

“Oh, I don’t hear it either,” Jiang Chiyu said carelessly. He raised one hand, and under Su Tian’s speechless and confused gaze, lightly coughed, “Don’t know how far they are, there might be scary things along the way.”

“…”

“So I’ll reluctantly let you hold my arm.”