The canned beef smelled good, just that the portion was a little small.
After mooching half-full from Pei Hu, Qi Yu finally dragged his reluctant steps into the room that had been assigned to him.
Surprisingly, it was not bad. Although it was empty inside, with only a bed and a shabby little nightstand, it was at least pretty clean.
Just that Qi Yu stared at the pink little floral quilt, his heart tightening as if he had gone back to New Year at his grandmother’s house, oppressed by those red and green mixed cotton blankets.
Pink little florals VS red-green mixed big cotton quilt! Which one wins?
His “poor” sense of aesthetics wasn’t enough to answer that question, but what he could do was silently accept it.
Qi Yu pressed his chest and told himself, the pink little floral quilt must be just as warm as the big cotton blanket.
If it was a false name and couldn’t keep warm, then he would just make do with it.
What else could he do? He was already someone who had died once, he couldn’t be so picky.
Qi Yu tearfully accepted the new environment, and firmly kept in mind Pei Hu’s advice when eating the beef can: don’t make trouble, don’t stir things up, just sleep quietly.
So many things had happened in just one day! A car accident, horror game, then tagging along with the players to pick up a mission, even shamelessly snatching half a can of beef.
Qi Yu thought he would be too unsettled by everything to fall asleep. But unexpectedly, not long after closing his eyes, sleepiness hit and he drifted off quickly.
He even went to sleep, still a little hungry.
What he didn’t know was, not long after he fell asleep, a faint figure appeared at the side of his bed.
The person was tall, wearing only a simple T-shirt and long pants, but his back was straight, standing upright, looking neat and sharp just from the back view.
Through the iron-barred window a hazy moonlight spilled. The cold white glow falling on him, making his handsome pale face look even more deathly white.
He carefully reached out and touched Qi Yu’s face. The touch was smooth and tender. Wrapped in the pink little floral quilt, Qi Yu looked especially obedient and cute, making one just want to touch a few more times.
Xie Shao touched his cheek and still felt unsatisfied. Simply taking off his shoes, he lifted the corner of the quilt and quietly slipped into the warm bedding that Qi Yu had heated.
A whole icy cold body slipping into bed, Qi Yu didn’t notice?
No, he did.
The moment the quilt was invaded, he groggily woke up, wanting to tuck the quilt corner for himself, but not only did he fail to tuck it, his hand got caught and squeezed twice by the other.
Qi Yu: ???
He opened his eyes in horror, wanting to grab the wooden stick he had purposely placed by the pillow for defense.
The next second, pain struck his neck, his vision went black, and he knew nothing.
Controlling his strength just enough to knock him out, Xie Shao contentedly pulled the quilt over himself and pulled the little beauty into his arms.
One minute later, the wooden stick was tossed onto the ground.
Two minutes later, the stripped-off clothes and pants fell onto the little floral quilt.
Xie Shao let the underwear be, hugging the bare little fish in his arms and closing his eyes.
……
Meanwhile, the others sleeping in the orphanage rooms also welcomed their unexpected visitors.
They didn’t have clean pink floral quilt sets. The rooms, abandoned for a long time, were filled with a foul moldy smell, and the bedding was basically all rotted and unusable.
They could only flip the less moldy side upward, then lie down in their clothes, clutching whatever tools they had found, praying the night would quickly pass.
Guo Yue was relatively clean-freakish, and after suffering no small scare today, she tossed and turned on the stinking bed for a long time unable to sleep, finally closing her eyes to silently count sheep.
As she counted, she suddenly heard a rustling sound.
It sounded like someone carefully walking toward the bed, the sound of shoes scraping against the floor. Even though he was careful enough, in this silent night, it still clearly reached her ears.
One step, two steps. The sound drew closer.
Guo Yue held her breath with her eyes closed, not daring to move at all.
Cold sweat soaked her back, and she could feel, between her and the muscle man, in that not-so-wide gap, a cold hand groping in.
After fumbling for a moment, the whole body started squeezing in.
Feeling that bone-chilling coldness, Guo Yue couldn’t bear it anymore. She leapt from the bed, shrieking, preparing to run out.
But before she could stand up, a cold hand grabbed her neck and twisted sharply to the right.
Crack.
Guo Yue’s head drooped limply down.
That hand gently dragged her back, straightened her body, and placed her properly on the bed. Then it pulled over the quilt that they had despised and tossed aside, covering the three of them.
The muscle man lying next to her, teeth chattering uncontrollably, heard a sweet child’s voice ring out in the darkness.
“Good night, sweet dreams.”
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Early the next morning, Qi Yu was woken up by the chaos outside. Continuous banging and clattering sounds rang out, as if something had happened.
He touched his face and rubbed the inexplicably sore back of his neck.
“Beep—”
The game system efficiently refreshed a long row of task details.
【Successfully completed the main mission: accommodation.】
【A player, when encountering the child returning to the room to sleep at night, accidentally angered the other. The child killed her, but was very satisfied with another player, so she stayed.】
【Congratulations to the players for finding the child remaining in the orphanage. However, the dead children are unwilling to rest in peace. They want to follow you out, so they have turned into the appearance of children, trying to confuse you. Please stay vigilant, do not be deceived.】
What the hell is all this?
So they came looking for a child, but ended up finding a bunch of child ghosts?
Qi Yu quickly scanned through the words on the light screen, his gaze landing on the line “The child killed her.”
He couldn’t help frowning. Just one night, just one main mission, and already casualties occurred. If they had to endure these 48 hours, how many more people would die carelessly?
And himself, could he survive to the end?
His mood heavy, he pressed his lips tight, preparing to get up and go out. But when he moved his hand, he realized something was off.
Why wasn’t he wearing clothes?
Did he take off his clothes before going to sleep last night?!
Qi Yu: “……”
What the hell?!
Could it be that he had a habit of sleepwalking and undressing?
Wait! Last night, wasn’t there someone climbing onto his bed? He tried to resist, but was knocked unconscious.
That wasn’t a nightmare?
Oh heavens, who the hell took his clothes off?!
Qi Yu hurriedly scrambled to put his clothes and pants back on. Just as he finished, before he could even put on shoes, his door was knocked on. Pei Hu poked his head in to look.
“As long as you’re fine. Did you see the message the system just sent? Did you encounter anything strange last night?”
“…I saw it.” Qi Yu quickly shoved his shoes on. He hesitated, not sure if he should tell him what happened.
It wasn’t that he wanted to hide anything, just that what he encountered was too strange.
If he, like that dead player, had met the ghost of a child, then why was he unharmed? And besides, why would a child ghost take off his clothes?
No, he couldn’t think such filthy thoughts.
Randomly imagining underage kids like that could get him arrested.
Qi Yu shook his head, telling himself he was just too exhausted last night, too shocked, so without realizing it, he must’ve stripped off his own clothes.
Yes, one hundred percent, he undressed himself! Couldn’t possibly have been anyone else!
All the players were gathered in front of one room. Their faces looked grim, meeting each other’s eyes without speaking a word.
Only the muscle man squatted in the corridor, clutching a wooden stick with both hands, his face deathly pale like a corpse.
Pei Hu and Qi Yu walked over. “Everyone’s here. Tell us what you encountered last night.”
The muscle man raised his head, forcing himself to recall the terrifying memory.
“Last night, I slept with Guo Yue. She kept complaining the quilt was too dirty, saying she couldn’t sleep like that. I thought she was too noisy and told her off a couple times. Then I fell asleep.”
“But halfway through the night, I suddenly felt something come in through the window. It walked to the bedside. I was so scared I just kept my eyes shut and didn’t move. I felt Guo Yue trembling. She must’ve been awake too. Then…”
He paused, as if remembering something horrifying. His whole body trembled uncontrollably.
“Then I heard a crack sound, and Guo Yue… she stopped moving.”
He turned his head, looking with terror at Guo Yue’s corpse still lying on the bed.
Her eyes were wide open with unwillingness, her mouth and under her nose stained faintly with blood. Her neck drooped weakly to one side, deep purple handprints strangling her throat glaringly visible.
The big tough muscle man covered his face and sobbed with snot and tears.
“I’m so scared. Are we all going to die here? What kind of bullshit clearance game is this? It’s just sending us to our deaths. I want to go back, I want to go home!”
His crying was too loud. In the empty orphanage, it echoed and made the place even eerier.
Pei Hu frowned and stepped forward, about to say something. But the long-haired girl who had been cowering silently in the corner suddenly pointed into the room and let out a piercing scream.
Qi Yu turned his head just in time to see a little girl in a goose-yellow dress crawl out from under Guo Yue’s quilt, flip over, and scuttle under the bed. Then she disappeared before their eyes.
The dust under the bed gathered faintly into words:
【The poor child hid in the attic, watching his companions taken away and abandoned.】
【He is very afraid. Can you find him?】
Mc was bullied yet believed that he might have sleepwalked??! Poor Qi Yu! Do like and comment! It makes me feel happy that people are reading and enjoying the translation.
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ChaptersChapter 1 · Enter the GameChapter 2 · Pick a roomChapter 3 · DeadChapter 4 · AtticChapter 5 · ResponsibleChapter 6 · A bamboo BasketChapter 7 · DiaryChapter 8 · Song QingChapter 9 · Sent to HospitalChapter 10 · Second CopyChapter 11 · Leaking InformationChapter 12 · Special Prop!Chapter 13 · Doctor GhostChapter 14 · Store RoomChapter 15 · Psychiatry HospitalChapter 16 · Things of PastChapter 17 · Second FloorChapter 18 · He’s adorableChapter 19 · You Like Him?Chapter 20 · Kiss meChapter 21 · Group women’s clothing PlayChapter 22 · Where’s my Skirt?Chapter 23 · Wife of Murder Doctor….Chapter 24 · Go to Third floorChapter 25 · You must find me!Chapter 26 · See you in the next dungeonChapter 27 · VideoChapter 28 · Player ForumChapter 29 · Two women vying for one manChapter 30 · The Giant WolfChapter 31 · A Kind and Benevolent FatherChapter 32 · Preparing the change clothesChapter 33 · Red Heart FruitChapter 34 · In what ways do I fall short of him?Chapter 35 · KissChapter 36 · Bald performanceChapter 37 · The Prince Has ArrivedChapter 38 · Prince Song QingChapter 39 · Should we…Chapter 40 · A Kiss of True LoveChapter 41 · BanquetChapter 42 · Snow White KingChapter 43 · KingChapter 44 · I miss you so much!Chapter 45 · LeavingChapter 46 · Wanting to See HimChapter 47 · Resource Type InstanceChapter 48 · The Banquet BeginsChapter 49 · KissChapter 50 · Full-Dive Virtual RealityChapter 51 · Everyone Is a LiarChapter 52 · MegaphoneChapter 53 · Dragon???Chapter 54 · Fire DragonChapter 55 · A powerful Fire DragonChapter 56 · Want Some Barbecue?Chapter 57 · The Characteristics of the GameChapter 58 · A little DragonChapter 59 · Searching for her sonChapter 60 · We’re Going to Tear Up the HostageChapter 61 · Mountain CollapseChapter 62 · DiscussionChapter 63 · Digging for Crystals?Chapter 64 · Making Money Selling LiquorChapter 65 · A KissChapter 66 · I’m the Best LookingChapter 67 · Ghost Ship 101Chapter 68 · Has the Competition Begun Yet?Chapter 69 · LotteryChapter 70 · First PlaceChapter 71 · The Sea Monster ArrivesChapter 72 · CooperationChapter 73 · The Man in the MaskChapter 74 · WarChapter 75 · The Players’ RevengeChapter 76 · ReturningChapter 77 · The End