bestfiction Chapter 31 It stinks
Chapter 31 It stinks
It was already 2 a.m.
After Gui Yuchong and the others arrived at room 504, there was no further movement. It was unclear whether this was because it was still "the first few nights" and the monster was only attacking intermittently, or for some other reason.
Yan Xun looked at the "other reason" and finally found a spot on the floor in the corner against the wall to sit down.
Upon seeing this, Gui Yuchong immediately came to his side. He seemed somewhat uneasy and afraid of the remaining three people, and only wanted to get close to Yan Xun.
As he got closer, the two people who knew the inside story also began to feel uneasy.
Su Yumin and Li Wu had almost the same expression as they looked at the hesitant man sitting next to Yan Xun.
It seems that if they could speak up, they would ask Yan Xun if she needed legal aid.
Shen Rui was the only one in the room who didn't know what was going on. He saw that Su Yumin and Li Wu were looking at the two people in the corner, wondering if they were unhappy that Gui Yuchong had no work to do. Thinking of this, he said, "Gui Yuchong can stay in the room and wait for Pei Xingyan."
He also remembered that one of their teammates never returned.
Gui Yuchong can stay in 1101. If Pei Xingyan returns, he can ask him to stay in the room and not make any rash moves, and wait to meet up with them.
Upon hearing Shen Rui's words, Li Wu realized that Shen Rui was completely unaware of the situation... but he had no intention of telling Shen Rui.
After all, the fewer people who know a secret, the better. If Gui Yuchong gets too lazy to pretend anymore, they're all going to be in trouble.
The best course of action right now is to stay with Gui Yuchong, complete mission 2, and then leave this instance immediately.
Yan Xun sat cross-legged against the wall, one hand resting on his thigh, his cheek against his palm... He was actually a little sleepy, but with Gui Yuchong beside him, he couldn't help but worry.
"Do I really not have to do anything?" Gui Yuchong asked, standing very close to Yan Xun.
He stared at Yan Xun's eyelashes as she lowered her eyes, as if curious, or perhaps probing, "Why can I do nothing?"
"I'm your teammate too."
"Also a player."
Danger! Yan Xun thought.
As Gui Yuchong approached, goosebumps rose on his arms beneath his coat... It was an instinctive warning, as if Gui Yuchong would immediately tear off his disguise the moment Yan Xun revealed any flaw in his true nature.
"Isn't it good?" Yan Xun didn't answer Gui Yuchong's question, but instead asked in return.
I thought you would like this arrangement.
"You don't like it?" Yan Xun turned his head, looking completely bewildered. "I'm taking care of you, what do you mean by that tone?"
Without offering any explanation, he immediately countered with, "If I hadn't found the clue in the newspaper and helped them complete Task 1, do you think such a good thing would have fallen into our laps?"
Seeing Gui Yuchong's somewhat flustered expression, Yan Xun immediately added, "If you don't want to, you can go and die."
"The door's open, just go out yourself." Yan Xun looked annoyed that his good intentions had been taken for granted. "Or how about we switch? I'll stay in 1101, and you can go to the management office to look for clues?"
But worried that Gui Yuchong might actually agree, Yan Xun immediately changed his tone, "But this mission absolutely cannot go wrong."
"You're not a fast runner..."
"Don't drag us down."
His words were extremely offensive, as if he were psychologically manipulating Gui Yuchong.
Shen Rui, standing to the side, was dumbfounded, not understanding what was wrong with his older brother's mouth.
She was clearly showing concern and care for Gui Yuchong, but she couldn't speak properly, acting as if she disliked him for being in her way—could this be a case of a sharp tongue but a soft heart?!
Shen Rui immediately felt he had discovered the truth. Seeing Gui Yuchong's sullen expression, he instantly transformed into the emperor's loyal eunuch and began to speak well of Yan Xun—
"Yan Xun just doesn't know how to talk."
“If I hadn’t cared about you and worried about you getting hurt, I wouldn’t have arranged for you to wait for Pei Xingyan in room 1101.”
Don't overthink it.
"If we didn't consider you a teammate, we would have pushed you out to your death long ago." As Shen Rui spoke, he glanced at Li Wu and Su Yumin, who were silent. He understood why Li Wu was silent; big shots didn't like to talk.
But Su Yumin was as noisy as a myna bird before, so why did he become so silent at this crucial moment, like a quail?
What he didn't know was that Li Wu and Su Yumin were silent because they were on guard against Gui Yuchong.
He worried that if Yan Xun didn't handle the situation well, Gui Yuchong would find an excuse to launch a massacre.
Unexpectedly, Yan Xun did not answer Gui Yuchong's question directly at all, but instead asked Gui Yuchong a question in return. With Shen Rui's cooperation without knowing the situation, Gui Yuchong's deliberate probing was interrupted.
Gui Yuchong was not annoyed by this and continued to perform with everyone.
“…So that’s how it is.” He looked at Yan Xun with a touched yet shy expression.
Then she slowly moved her body closer to Yan Xun, and then rested her head on Yan Xun's shoulder. "Don't worry, I will definitely complete the mission and stay in 1101."
Yan Xun didn't care whether Gui Yuchong could complete the mission.
All I know is that my behavior... makes me seem more like a tsundere, a hypocritical, sycophantic simp.
He could only turn his face away, pretending to be annoyed that his secret had been exposed.
Gui Yuchong leaned on his shoulder, looked down at Yan Xun's hand, and then slowly covered it with his own palm.
His hands were cold. When they covered Yan Xun's hands, the other man subconsciously tried to pull away, but Gui Yuchong didn't give him any room to resist. He just held Yan Xun's hand tightly.
"My hands are so cold." Gui Yuchong looked at his hand, which was covering Yan Xun's hand. As if playing a game, he pressed each of his fingers against Yan Xun's fingers. "Can you warm them up for me?"
"Then wear more clothes." Yan Xun didn't respond.
“But we don’t have any clothes to wear here,” Gui Yuchong said, then looked at Yan Xun’s coat. “…Are you going to take off your clothes and let me wear them?”
Yan Xun felt like a moth caught in a spider web, where the slightest movement would attract the attention of a predator deep within.
He resisted the urge to shake Gui Yuchong off, looked up at Shen Rui, and took a deep breath.
Go and get him a blanket.
He felt cold.
Looking at Gui Yuchong's sticky and gooey appearance, Shen Rui suddenly had a terrible guess in his mind.
Could it be that the person this person mentioned earlier, the one they fell in love with at first sight, is...?
He realized he was completely clueless about romance! At such a critical moment, how could he still be thinking about love?!
However, upon receiving his elder brother's order, Shen Rui naturally made a gesture of acceptance and then obediently went to find a quilt.
When he carried the quilt to the corner, he saw Gui Yuchong frowning in disgust.
"It stinks!"
Gui Yuchong turned his head and buried his face in Yan Xun's neck. "Move away from me!"
Yan Xun: "..."
I will endure!