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The group stood in confusion at the entrance of Summer Lotus.
“How did we complete the mission?” Hua Tian asked in disbelief.
“I have no idea…” Xu Jingyu replied.
“Why would someone name a dog ‘Cat’?” Lin Xun questioned.
“How would I know?” Xu Jingyu appeared somewhat impatient.
“I guess it might be because that dog makes a sound like a cat,” Lin Xun speculated.
Xu Jingyu disagreed with Lin Xun’s viewpoint. “What dog in this world makes a sound like a cat?”
Lin Xun shrugged it off. “Otherwise, how do you explain that Summer Lotus acknowledged our completion of the task after hearing a cat's meow?”
Xu Jingyu was left speechless.
Zhan Lang, on the other hand, remained silent. He didn’t greet anyone; he simply turned and walked away, disappearing from their sight.
A lone wolf is just that—a lone wolf who doesn’t need friends.
Even when the lone wolf is injured.
Just as Lin Xun had said.
They were in a cooperative relationship, not a partnership.
From the beginning, Zhan Lang had never sent Lin Xun a request to team up.
As for the other person in this cooperative relationship…
Lin Xun looked at Xu Jingyu.
“What are you looking at me for?” Xu Jingyu asked.
"When are you leaving?" Lin Xun asked.
"I just helped you, and you're trying to kick me out?"
Lin Xun cleared his throat. "Help you? It was clearly a mutually beneficial arrangement. Without me, could you have completed the task on your own?"
"But without me, you absolutely wouldn't be able to finish the task either!" Xu Jingyu emphasized her importance once more.
"That's why I said we have a cooperative relationship. Once the cooperation ends, so does our relationship. You can leave now," Lin Xun stated bluntly.
Xu Jingyu bit her lip.
She understood very well that in this game, it's difficult to succeed alone.
Unlike Zhan Lang, who could face ghosts and monsters without fear, she lacked that kind of ability.
Thus, her best option was to find a quality partner, just like Hua Tian did.
Lin Xun was a great choice.
But clearly, Lin Xun didn't see it that way.
It was much like how high-status men often choose beautiful women during blind dates.
In the end, gold diggers usually end up with fake wealthy men.
"You... I got injured while helping you. Don't you have any compassion at all?"
Lin Xun replied, "Sorry, but I really don't."
Xu Jingyu was left speechless.
Several times, Hua Tian wanted to say something.
But in the end, she held back.
Xu Jingyu was puzzled. "Why do you hate me so much?"
She could never understand why.
She was prettier than Hua Tian.
She also possessed advanced skills as an artist.
Moreover, she was adept at reading situations.
Wasn't she more suitable to be a partner than Hua Tian?
Why did Lin Xun choose Hua Tian and not her?
"I'm sorry... Do you ever look in the mirror? Even if you don't, surely you must relieve yourself sometimes?"
"You!"
"When we first met, you lied to me, saying your profession was a doctor."
Xu Jingyu had claimed to be a doctor when she sought help from Lin Xun while trapped in the Changing Room.
"If I hadn't lied, would you have saved me?"
She had her own reasons.
If Lin Xun knew her true profession as an artist, he would surely hesitate.
"But you had countless opportunities to explain later, and you never did."
Lin Xun looked at Xu Jingyu with a face full of disdain.
Xu Jingyu's nails nearly dug into her flesh.
Lin Xun couldn't be bothered with her.
He merely shot a glance at Hua Tian before heading towards the staircase.
Xu Jingyu glared at Lin Xun's retreating figure, her eyes filled with malice.
However, when she looked at Hua Tian's back, her expression turned even more sinister than when she gazed at Lin Xun.
...
Lin Xun led Hua Tian into a small room on the first floor.
As they entered, Hua Tian felt a twinge of fear.
She worried that this room might be like the one in Four Flowers, where blood and gore covered the floor, a chilling wind swept through, and a Minor Boss stood in the middle, ready to gnaw on her bones...
But this small room was surprisingly ordinary and mundane.
The entire Haunted Brothel was eerie and filled with hidden dangers.
In contrast, this ordinary little room felt quite extraordinary.
"How strange..." Hua Tian murmured to herself.
Lin Xun explained, "I've seen the map of the Brothel, and this is the only room not marked on it."
A room not on the map?
As soon as he finished speaking, a strange wind began to swirl in the room.
The windows were closed, the door was shut, and there wasn't a single crack around.
Yet the bed curtains and drapes in the room danced as if stirred by an unseen breeze.
The sound of the wind howled through the room, like a steel knife cutting through bone.
Lin Xun was not panicked. He grabbed Hua Tian's hand and crawled under the bed. His movements were so fluid that it made one wonder if he had done this often.
In that instant, a pair of bloody, translucent feet suddenly appeared in their line of sight.
Hua Tian nearly screamed in fright.
But Lin Xun quickly covered his mouth tightly.
Lin Xun made a gesture for silence.
Hua Tian nodded, and Lin Xun slowly released his hand...
The owner of the feet paced around the room, leaving a trail of bloody footprints with each step.
Minutes later, the floor was drenched in crimson, and the overwhelming stench of blood filled the air.
Hua Tian instinctively took out nose plugs, handing one to Lin Xun.
At that moment, the door creaked open.
Someone else walked in.
It was another pair of translucent feet.
These feet were adorned with a pair of emerald green embroidered shoes.
On the embroidered shoes were several bright white flowers...
The owner of the embroidered shoes embraced the barefoot figure.
In the air, one could faintly hear the name "Xue Lang."
"Xue..." Lin Xun murmured.
In the next moment, a pair of cold, sticky hands, devoid of warmth, tightly covered his mouth.
At first, Lin Xun thought it was Hua Tian playing a prank.
But when he glanced at Hua Tian with the corner of his eye, he found that Hua Tian's mouth was also covered by a hand.
That hand did not resemble a human hand at all.
It had no joints, no wrinkles, no nails; it was as white as a wall, completely devoid of any color.
The icy palm pressed against his mouth like a sealed bag filled with ice, rendering him unable to move.
The strength was so great that it felt as if they were being suffocated to death.
Lin Xun struggled to breathe through his nose...
The owner of that hand clearly lacked professionalism; while covering their mouths, he had not covered their noses...
Lin Xun felt an overwhelming sense of disdain.
He turned his gaze to the other side.
The room was already dimly lit.
And beneath the bed was an abyss of darkness.
In that darkness, a strange smiling face suddenly came into view.
The figure seemed to notice that Lin Xun had spotted him.
The smile on his face remained unchanged, while his two pitch-black eyes spun continuously in their sockets at 365 degrees...
From the shadows, another pale hand, devoid of blood color, slowly emerged beside the smiling face.
That hand gently pressed against the ghastly white lips, making a shushing gesture.
“Shh... don’t say a word...” A woman's eerie voice emerged from the mouth of the Ghostly Grinning Face.
Lin Xun felt a surge of impatience within him.
Beside him, Hua Tian's teeth chattered like a drum.
He licked the palm of the ghostly hand that was covering his mouth.
The ghostly hand seemed to be scalded and immediately recoiled.
What’s going on?
This was the first time he had encountered someone like this!
Who licks the palm of a ghost while being told to keep quiet?
He was disgusted with himself and with the ghost!
The Underbed Ghost suddenly wore a bewildered expression.
“You tell us not to speak, yet you speak yourself. Is this double standards?”
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