Chapter 47 Part 2
Lin Yanran was slender and snuggled against Liang Shu’s shoulder. The two of them walked shoulder to shoulder, with more than enough room.
Shen Wu and Meng Huaizhi could only be staggered, with Meng Huaizhi walking in front and to the side.
Both of Shen Wu’s sides became a dark unknown.
He could feel his heart pounding and his footsteps hesitating.
There might be many people who thought they were fearless, and Shen Wu was one of them.
But it was only after experiencing it for himself that he knew that watching a scary movie at home with the lights off and experiencing the environment the main character was in were two completely different things.
His visible range was probably only a few dozen centimeters. Shen Wu couldn’t even see the hand that was quietly reaching out from the front and to the side.
It touched him lightly.
He was slightly startled and was about to dodge to the side. That hand reached out a bit further, forcefully held him, and pulled him back to his original position.
That hand was holding him so tightly that Shen Wu had to move forward half a meter.
It was almost an intimate distance where their shoulders were touching.
Shen Wu’s heart skipped a beat, but it was not because he was scared, but because he was terrified of holding hands with Meng Huaizhi in the live broadcast room.
Meng Huaizhi in front of him suddenly said, “It’s okay.”
His words had a double meaning, as if he was talking about two things.
It was both that the haunted house was fine, and that there was no need to be afraid of the online public opinion.
He would handle it.
The continuous warm body temperature from his hand made his words seem more convincing.
Shen Wu generously accepted his protection. The two of them had a tacit understanding and silently led the way in front.
The audience in the live broadcast room couldn’t see, but Lin Yanran and Liang Shu behind them saw it clearly. Lin Yanran had often teased them on the show or looked at them with a meaningful gaze, but when she saw those two clasped hands with her own eyes, she couldn’t help but widen her eyes.
For a moment, she even forgot about the terrifying environment around her.
Shen Wu held Meng Huaizhi’s warm hand and felt much more at ease. When the road became a little wider, he walked forward and walked side by side with Meng Huaizhi.
Not long after his heart had settled down, a pile of white cloth suddenly fell from the ceiling, almost touching their faces.
Shen Wu was startled and came face to face with a ghost face with a long, bright red tongue sticking out.
In an instant, his pupils constricted, and his heart stopped.
He was not so scared that he lost his composure and screamed, but he subconsciously let go of Meng Huaizhi’s hand and ran away.
Meng Huaizhi pushed aside the ghost that was blocking the way without a second word and quickly chased after him.
He stretched out his long arm, accurately grabbed Shen Wu’s arm, and forcefully pulled him into his arms.
With their similar height, there was no such thing as one person being able to completely envelop the other.
Meng Huaizhi turned him around, so that his back was to the terrifying “hanged ghost.” He held his lower back tightly with one hand and pressed the back of his head with the other, doing his best to comfort him.
“Don’t be afraid, it’s just a prop.”
“…I know, I’m not scared!” Shen Wu immediately retorted. “That was just too sudden.”
But Meng Huaizhi did not let go of him and took the opportunity to pat his head a few more times, and then pretended to adjust the cat ears, rubbing his cat ears.
They had run a few meters away and were further away from the cameraman behind them.
But it did not affect the audience in the live broadcast room from screaming crazily at the two hazy figures in the distance.
[Ahhhhhh, they hugged, right? They hugged, right!?]
[You younger party, you see that? How does it feel to have your CP reversed? Look at how much boyfriend power our Huai-ge has.]
[Hahaha, why did Wuwu suddenly run away? I thought he wasn’t scared.]
Shen Wu struggled out of Meng Huaizhi’s arms, his mind in a mess, and he had no mind to be scared of ghosts.
The four of them successfully found the exit of the haunted house.
At the exit, another staff member came up to them, “Thank you for your affirmation of the Miu Miu Haunted House. The player among you with the highest heart rate exceeding 130 will receive a special gift from us.”
“…So the reward is for a high heart rate?” Shen Wu was completely surprised.
The other three were the same as him. They had naturally treated the haunted house task as a test of courage. The requirement for a reward was most likely to maintain a sufficiently stable heart rate.
The real rules were unexpected, but also reasonable.
While waiting for the heart rate wristband to be tested and counted, the staff member said again, “The reward rules of the Miu Miu Haunted House were voted on by the audience.”
He then took out a foam board with the words “What kind of content do you most want to see in the Wonderful Challenge?” written on the top.
The staff member started from the bottom and revealed the white stickers one by one. The third and second places were “chase battle” and “solo battle.”
Finally, the staff member slowly revealed the first place sticker, which was a completely different style from the other two—”watching the guests get scared and meow.”
Lin Yanran: “…” She really appreciated it.
The several guests present were somewhat speechless.
[I remember this vote, hahaha! I voted for solo battle!! I didn’t expect the show’s team to actually listen.]
[? When was this statistic taken? Why wasn’t I included? What I want to see most is Wuye Shuhuai dating.]
[Hahaha, no need to suggest, they’re already dating.]
The heart rate data from the wristband had been read. The staff member who was giving out the rewards got a card with a line graph of each person’s heart rate changes.
Lin Yanran was full of confidence, “It wasn’t in vain that I was so scared I wanted to cry.”
Although the other three were also scared to some extent, their reactions were all calmer than hers, so their heart rates were bound to be not as high as hers.
“Now, I will announce the results,” the staff member said. “Fourth place, Liang Shu, with a maximum heart rate of 95. Your result makes our Miu Miu Haunted House design seem very unsuccessful.”
Liang Shu: “…”
This result also deeply surprised the audience in the live broadcast room.
[I thought Huai-ge would be the lowest. He’s really not scared at all. He can even comfort our Wuwu.]
[My heart rate can go up to a hundred just by walking a little faster. Either Liang-ge is not human, or there’s something wrong with the wristband.]
Liang Shu: “?”
But the results of the next three guests were enough to prove that the heart rate monitoring wristband was functioning normally.
“Third place, Lin Yanran, with a maximum heart rate of 125.”
“Huh?” Lin Yanran was both regretful and incredulous. “I was just a little off… wait, I’m third?”
So, Shen Wu and Meng Huaizhi were both higher than her?
The audience in the live broadcast room also raised similar questions.
[Holy crap? How is that possible? Lin Yanran was almost scared to tears.]
[Wuwu has a cool guy baggage. Although he didn’t scream, he must have been very scared to run away, hhh.]
[Wait, then what’s with Huai-ge??]
The staff member continued to announce, “Second place, Shen Wu, with a maximum heart rate of 129.”
Shen Wu’s reaction was even bigger than Lin Yanran’s. “…129 is too exaggerated. So I was still off by 1, so I can’t get a reward either?”
The staff member said ruthlessly, “Yes, just like 59 is a failing grade.”
Shen Wu was regretful for a moment, then he thought, the only one left was Meng Huaizhi. If Meng Huaizhi was in first place, then his score must have exceeded 130.
They could get a mysterious reward!
But Meng Huaizhi’s heart rate had actually exceeded 130?
Shen Wu looked suspiciously at the calm person next to him, and at the same time, the result of the last guest was announced, “First place, Meng Huaizhi, with a maximum heart rate of 145.”
“145,” the other three said almost in unison.
The bullet screen: [???]
Lin Yanran questioned, “Are you sure you didn’t make a mistake?”
The staff member handed her the card in his hand, “This is the line graph of your heart rate fluctuations. You can see for yourselves.”
Lin Yanran took it, and the other three craned their necks to look.
The vertical axis of the line graph was the heart rate, and the horizontal axis was time. The four fluctuating and intersecting lines represented the heart rate fluctuations of the four of them.
It could be seen that Lin Yanran’s peak appeared the earliest, which was when she was unprepared and had first brushed against the skeleton by the roadside.
A few minutes later, it was Shen Wu’s peak, most likely when he was scared by the hanged ghost that had fallen from the sky.
And Meng Huaizhi’s peak followed closely behind.
But everyone had seen it with their own eyes. At that time, only Shen Wu was scared. Meng Huaizhi had even calmly pushed the ghost away with his hand.
The time of Meng Huaizhi’s peak was also a little one or two minutes later.
The four guests were lost in thought, but the audience had discovered the clue before them.
[Holy crap, I know now. Huai-ge’s peak was when he was hugging Wuwu…]
[Click to see the major failure of the Miu Miu Haunted House. They’re actually going to have the reward taken away by the heart-pounding of a romance.]
[Holy crap, Wuwu is definitely the sister-in-law, no doubt about it!!]
[Shh, everyone, be quiet. Don’t scare the sister-in-law away.]
[Alright, alright, if you don’t announce it, I’ll just pretend it doesn’t exist.]
[Sisters, cherish it while you can. I suspect this part will be cut in post-production, hhh.]
The four guests on the scene seemed to have thought of the same thing in unison. They were silent, which was considered a silent approval of the final result.
The staff member took back the card, “Now, I will give out the reward to the player with the highest heart rate exceeding 130.”
Lin Yanran and Liang Shu were also curious about this mysterious reward and stood by to watch.
The staff member said to Meng Huaizhi, “Thank you for your affirmation of the Wonderful Haunted House. Now, you can choose between a wonderful prop and a wonderful clue.”
Meng Huaizhi and Shen Wu had done a task together, but it was the first time they knew there was a clue reward.
Shen Wu thought for a moment, “Let’s take the clue this time. I feel like not all tasks have clues.”
Meng Huaizhi nodded, “Mm.” It seemed that the clue was indeed more precious.
The two of them took the clue, avoided the onlooking Lin Yanran and Liang Shu, and mysteriously unfolded the note.
On it was an equation.
Ring (300 yuan) + Necklace (700 yuan) = Jewelry Set (3000 yuan).
This meant that a matching set of treasures could give them a higher value. For example, this clue, the combined price was triple the sum of its parts.
Shen Wu’s heart was pounding, and he suspected that his heart rate had soared past 100 at this moment. He forced a calm expression on his face and put away the note.
And Lin Yanran and Liang Shu had gotten nothing. After observing for a long time, they still couldn’t figure anything out, and they still owed Shen Wu 100 yuan for the entrance fee.
Lin Yanran watched the clue note being put into Shen Wu’s pocket with longing and regretfully moved her gaze away, “Alright, alright, I’ll go and sell the treasure now and return the money to you later.”
Shen Wu had only seen the two eye-catching treasures, the cat tail and the chair, and hadn’t noticed anything unusual on Lin Yanran. He couldn’t help but ask curiously, “Sister Yanran, what treasure do you have?”
“I only found one treasure,” thinking that she would have to sell it to pay off her debt soon, Lin Yanran did not hide it and took out a small square box from her pocket. “It’s a ring.”
