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Screams were incessant in the haunted house.

The girl subconsciously sought an even safer place.

Xu Musen and the boys were not far away, but Xu Musen's towering height and upright figure obviously gave a greater sense of security.

So, the girl subconsciously threw herself into Xu Musen's arms.

All three were dumbfounded, even the NPC performers were flabbergasted.

He glanced at the boy next to him, who stood there dumbstruck.

Damn! What's wrong with this brother? Paying to give another guy a chance?

The boy was stunned for a moment, then suddenly panicked. Damn it, his carefully planned hero-saving-the-beauty moment was intercepted by someone else?

But before he could speak up, a voice filled with jealousy came through.

"You! Let go!"

Yao Mingyue couldn't take it anymore. No, she hadn't even had the chance to throw herself into his arms, so where did this interloper come from?

Yet the girl showed no sign of wanting to leave Xu Musen's embrace and even seemed to be leaning back against him a little more.

Xu Musen had already sensed that something was amiss and could only extend his hands to stabilize her.

"Release her, you scoundrel!"

"Let go, you jerk!"

However, Xu Musen's proactive embrace broke the defenses of both the boy and Yao Mingyue on the spot!

With resignation, Xu Musen held the girl and said, "It seems like she has fainted, quickly call someone over."

Once Xu Musen spoke, both of them calmed down considerably, and Xu Musen helped the girl sit down on the ground nearby.

The girl was deathly pale, her eyes tightly closed, her breathing still unsteady, obviously terrified.

The NPC got quite a fright, wanting to come over and check, knowing they'd be responsible if anything happened.

"Bro, don't get any closer, or she might faint again once she wakes up and sees you."

Xu Musen said with exasperation, with the NPC's ghastly, fanged visage, anyone would be scared out of their wits upon opening their eyes to that sight.

The NPC scratched his head awkwardly through the mask and could only back away for now.

"I didn't mean for this to happen, I didn't expect her to be so scared..."

The boy next to him was also startled. He had only intended to give her a little scare, maybe a casual hand-holding as things progressed naturally.

But he hadn't imagined she would pass out completely.

He was a bit at a loss about what to do.

Xu Musen shook his head inwardly with resignation. Useless guy; all craft and no courage, unlikely to make it in this life.

Just scheming all the time and afraid of taking responsibility when it counts.

The NPC opened the emergency exit in the room.

Looking at the boy, who was shrinking back in fear,

Xu Musen could only pick up the unconscious girl.

He turned back to look at Yao Mingyue, whose lips were pouted so high they seemed to reach the sky.

"I'll take her over there, wait for me for a bit."

Yao Mingyue bit her lip, still aware that this was a special situation, though she felt uncomfortable at heart.

She looked somewhat sour and pitiable, "But I'm scared all by myself..."

"Then come back with me."

Xu Musen glanced at the narrow passage ahead, thinking he just needed to get folks out of there quickly,

and he hurriedly carried the girl through.
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Yao Mingyue followed closely behind, and the boy hesitated for a moment before joining them.

The room inside was very small, and a woman staff member efficiently laid down a bed, where Xu Musen placed the girl gently on top.

"You two wait outside for a bit, the room's too small to fit so many people."

Xu Musen nodded, ready to withdraw immediately, but as he turned to leave, he realized the girl was still clutching the hem of his clothes, refusing to let go.

"You're her boyfriend, right?" the female staff member asked, observing the scene.

"No!" ×2

Xu Musen shook his head, but the boy and Yao Mingyue simultaneously shouted a denial.

Both of them were quite unwilling to concede.

The staff member paused, feeling the situation seemed a bit complicated.

"Er... then you wait here for a bit. Once she wakes up, you can leave. You two can wait outside for now."

The staff member said to the boy and Yao Mingyue, and indeed the room was so small, it was nearly impossible for them not to squeeze together.

Xu Musen turned to Yao Mingyue and said helplessly, "Wait for me, I'll be out shortly."

Yao Mingyue didn't want to leave, but looking at the boy beside her, she felt utter contempt for someone like him; it would be better to wait alone than stand around with him.

"Oh..."

Yao Mingyue gave Xu Musen another look, which seemed like a warning not to let the girl take advantage of him.

The boy also had a pained expression, looking at the unconscious girl, then glancing at Xu Musen with a complexity of emotions, as if he too wanted to warn him against taking advantage of the girl.

The two could only leave first.

The door was even shut behind them, separating them from the terrifying sounds of the haunted house.

Yao Mingyue and the boy stood outside the door, and for a moment, it felt like a scene out of a low-budget film about everyday life.

Bringing the girlfriend to the doctor, only to have the devilish physician just beyond a wall...

Ah! The more she thought about it, the angrier she got!

The boy looked at Yao Mingyue, who was next to him, looking more terrifying than the haunted house itself. He gulped, wanting to speak up to ease the tension.

"Um, sorry for the trouble..."

"Pah!"

But before he could finish, Yao Mingyue spat out a disdainful "Pah!"

She detested hearing the boy speak.

She turned and walked over to a bench in the haunted house.

It held a model display of exposed, blood-soaked innards. Just a moment ago, Yao Mingyue had been clinging to Xu Musen's arm, claiming she was so scared.

But now, she nonchalantly tossed the model aside and sat down on the bench to rest.

The boy was utterly baffled... Hadn't she just said she was afraid of ghosts?