On the rewards for successfully defeating a boss

"You can accept this, right? It won't fly or fall." Yu Wangxi was startled by Sun Cheng's sudden reaction and smiled speechlessly.

"Of course! Let's go, go!" After sleeping for a while, Sun Cheng was more energetic than everyone else and pulled Yu Wangxi out of the car.

Chen Qian was about to get off the car, but suddenly thought of something and sat down again. He looked at Chi Mu who was sitting on the inside and asked, "Are you afraid of haunted houses?"

"...A little bit." Chi Mu was stunned for a moment, chuckled and then said seriously, his tone full of joy.

"Then let's follow Lin Xixi closely. I'm a little scared too." Chen Qian touched his nose and said embarrassedly, then stood up and got out of the car again.

But he took a step but failed to move as he wished, so he looked back at the culprit who grabbed his wrist in confusion: "You're not leaving?"

"No need to follow Lin Xixi, I'm not that scared, you can hold on to me." He moved his hand down and accurately hooked Chen Qian's fingers: "Let's go, I'll protect you."

The rules of the haunted house are simple: find clues and keys, and don't get caught by ghosts.

While listening to the staff explaining the rules, Chen Qian moved closer to Lin Xixi without leaving a trace. He felt that it would be better to follow Lin Xixi. This girl was braver than a ghost, but after moving two steps, she was pulled back by the person in her hand and returned to her original position.

"What's wrong?" Chen Qian turned around and looked into his eyes, whispering. Was it an illusion? Why did he feel that Chi Mu's mood had deteriorated a lot? Wasn't he fine in the car?

"Don't stay too far away from me." Chi Mu's eyes flashed and he turned his head away to avoid Chen Qian's eyes.

Ok?

After hearing what Chi Mu said, Chen Qian felt that he didn't look like someone who could enter and exit a haunted house calmly, and began to wonder if the point he just said "a little scared" was the 99.99 point.

"Yeah, hold on to me." Chen Qian rubbed his thumb lightly on the back of his hand to comfort him, his eyes fixed on Lin Xixi's figure. He had to follow her closely, the bravest person.

Chi Mu followed his gaze and saw only Lin Xixi's smiling face in that direction. Chi Mu couldn't help but purse his lips. Although the back of his hand was gently stroked by Chen Qian, his mood suddenly turned cold.

A cylindrical object was suddenly placed in his other empty hand. Chi Mu looked down and saw that it was a flashlight.

"You hold the flashlight, I'll take this." Chen Qian held an inflatable stick in his hand and waved it in the air: "Ghost-beating stick."

We lined up to enter the door. After a few people had walked a short distance, there was a sudden loud "clang" sound at the next corner, as if a huge iron chain had fallen to the ground.

"Ahhh what?" Sun Cheng was hiding behind Yu Wangxi, but he was startled and pulled up Xiao Yu and hid behind Lin Xixi very quickly.

"What are you doing! What are you doing! Are you trying to drag me down with you?" Yu Wangxi's collar was pulled askew, and the stick in his hand didn't hit anyone, so he used it on Sun Cheng first.

Ke Wu and Qi Yu were not scared at first, but Sun Cheng made too much noise, so Qi Yu subconsciously pulled Ke Wu into his arms to protect him.

Chen Qian trembled at the sound, and then trembled again at Sun Cheng's fright. His mentality was a little unstable, but he still pulled Chi Mu behind him and said in a trembling voice: "Brother Chi Mu, don't be afraid, don't be afraid."

"Well, you have to protect me well." The person behind him was very close, and his exhaled breath brushed against his ear, staining it red.

Chen Qian couldn't help but raise his hand to rub the itchy tip of his ear and continued to pull him forward.

After turning the corner, I could see a huge cage embedded in the wall in the area illuminated by the flashlight. Shining further inside, I could see a dirty man squatting inside, his hands tied with two thick iron chains, staring at the front with a sinister look in his eyes.

Noticing them coming, the man exerted force with both hands and the two chains swung up with the movement.

"Chong-"

The iron chain fell heavily to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.

Then, an ear-piercing wail sounded from somewhere. The man's stained face turned ninety degrees and quickly moved closer to the cage, but his hands were still tied and he stayed in place. He started yelling at them in a twisted posture with his hands behind his back.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh——” A series of screams came from the crowd, followed by a series of messy and disorderly footsteps.

"Huff, huff, that's too scary... Brother Chi Mu, are you okay... Ha..." After getting away from the man's shouting, Chen Qian leaned over the wall and gasped for breath. The palms of his tightly clasped hands became sticky due to cold sweat.

"I'm fine, are you okay, Xiao Qian?"

"Where are the others? There are only two of us left." Chen Qian stood up panting evenly. There was silence all around, with only the sound of his heartbeat that could not calm down for a long time after being frightened.

"I don't know." Chi Mu's flashlight shone on the white wall, and the reflected light illuminated a small area. He could see Chen Qian's bangs were messy and haphazardly tucked together. He subconsciously reached out to help him fix them, but his hands were clinging to something and couldn't free them. He just sighed softly and said, "They must have gotten separated."

"What should we do? Can we get out by ourselves?"

"Try it, and if it doesn't work, you can give up."

"Well! Then hold on to me and don't get separated."

I don’t know if it was because the clues were too simple to hide, but Chi Mu took him to look through things, looking for notes and props, and it didn’t take long for them to find everything they needed. Although he was targeted by ghosts once or twice in the middle, Chen Qian didn’t even have to use the ghost-beating stick before Chi Mu took him away.

He walked to the door and unlocked it with the key. When the small fireworks exploded on both sides of the door, Chen Qiancai was surprised and said, "This is too easy."

When the staff came out, they said that they were the first group to come out. Chen Qian was so excited that he pulled Chi Mu and chattered happily for a long time.

After a while, the door in the other direction also opened, and Qi Yu and Ke Wu walked out. Ke Wu was holding a baby in her arms.

"Ke Wu, why did you leave your post with the staff?" Chen Qian walked up to pick them up and took the off-white round doll, which was soft and chewy.

"Congratulations on finding our Easter egg gifts!" The staff nearby came up to congratulate them.

"There are also Easter eggs. We must have missed a lot of things because we did a speedrun." Chen Qian pinched the doll's face and turned to Chi Mu with some regret.

"But you looked like you wanted to come out quickly just now." Chi Mu avoided the doll that Chen Qian handed over, and pinched Chen Qian's face twice like he did to the doll.

The action came suddenly, and Chen Qian subconsciously turned around to see the reactions of the two people behind him. Fortunately, Qi Yu and Ke Wu were leaning against each other and looking at their phones seriously.

Lin Xixi, this courageous person, didn't know what happened when she took Sun Cheng and Yu Wangxi in there. They stayed there for a long time.

When she came out, Lin Xixi looked exhausted, as if she had suffered a lot of torture. She glared at the two people who were trying to please her by pulling her arms.

The two men looked extremely guilty and kept asking Lin Xixi about her well-being, sometimes asking if she was thirsty and wanted water, and sometimes asking if she was hungry and wanted snacks, which left the others stunned.