Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 271 Friends

Chapter 271: Chapter 271 Friends

That’s right, let’s try it.

Holding Ruan Jie myself, does that mean she’s standing on the circular tiles?

Bai Yanliang also had no certainty about this.

In fact, from the moment they entered this exhibition hall, Bai Yanliang was fixated on the tiles on the floor. To him, these three differently shaped tiles, while artistic and stylish, seemed somewhat redundant.

As he was pondering the significance of these tiles, the fierce ghosts appeared at the corridor entrance.

When they entered the exhibition hall, Bai Yanliang immediately looked at their feet.

Then... Bai Yanliang discovered something very strange, very eerie.

They avoid stepping on circular tiles.

After observing again to confirm, Bai Yanliang was sure they indeed avoided the circular tiles.

Does this mean the circular tiles are the safe zones?

Yes!

Bai Yanliang made a quick judgment and swiftly informed everyone.

However, he didn’t expect the nearby circular tiles to be so scarce. Seeing Ruan Jie about to fall victim to the ghost hand, and he was indeed quite close to her, Bai Yanliang decided to act.

Since he used Yanren’s name... he had to embody Yanren’s style.

When Bai Yanliang acted, he was already holding a key horizontally in his hand. If anything went wrong, he would clench his fist and pierce his palm with the sharp tip of the key, activating the ability of this blood-red strange key.

The atmosphere around them suddenly became very eerie.

The faceless female ghosts suddenly halted their movements collectively, standing quietly on the spot.

Ou Zheng held his breath, not daring to make a single sound, because a female ghost was standing just one meter in front of him.

Moreover, it had already leaned forward, its faceless head seemingly sensing something, slowly approaching him.

Ou Zheng’s heart was pounding, he could smell the disgusting stench of rotting corpses, as well as a faint scent of blood. He turned his head away in fear, closed his eyes, completely unwilling to look at it.

Although Ou Zheng knew they could make a sound because Mr. Bai was talking just now, and the female ghosts didn’t notice him. But he just couldn’t take the risk... what if suddenly they could hear it?

Yang Xiaocan and Ou Zheng had the same thought, but what people didn’t know was... she had another thought.

And that was... to make Bai Yanliang and Ruan Jie get discovered by the ghosts...

Even though she found it unbelievable herself, Yang Xiaocan suddenly realized she really hoped Bai Yanliang and Ruan Jie would get discovered by the ghosts and then killed.

Because... if they didn’t die, it would make her seem too selfish... too much like a bad person...

Please, for my sake, just die...

Yang Xiaocan glanced earnestly at Bai Yanliang and Ruan Jie, who were not far away.

Ruan Jie wasn’t fat, but she was at least 172 cm tall.

Moreover, when the incident happened just now, things moved too fast, and Bai Yanliang’s posture was awkward when he pulled her over to hold her, causing his leverage point to be off. Now, holding Ruan Jie almost required three times the usual strength.

Hopefully, they’ll leave soon...

Ruan Jie also felt that Mr. Bai’s arms holding her seemed awkward and difficult to leverage with, so she also ignored her feminine modesty and wrapped her arms around Bai Yanliang’s neck.

In this situation, she took a guilty glance at Xu Zhifei. However, what surprised her was that the cold Miss was completely unconcerned with what was happening here, instead, she kept looking at the painting on the wall, seemingly deep in thought.

At this moment, the terrifying female ghosts around them finally left.

The way they left was eerie, suddenly a burst of flame shot up from their feet, then quickly burned them to ashes, and in a blink, the ashes mysteriously vanished.

"Phew..."

Bai Yanliang finally let out a sigh of relief. His arms, awkwardly holding Ruan Jie, were close to numb. Seeing the female ghosts disappear, he immediately set Ruan Jie down and shook out his arms.

"Thank you! Mr. Bai Yanren!" As soon as Ruan Jie touched the ground, she gave a deep bow.

Bai Yanliang didn’t mind, waved his hand casually, and turned his attention to Xu Zhifei.

He had noticed Xu Zhifei staring at that wall all along, so he walked over and asked, "Did you discover something?"

Xu Zhifei nodded slightly, turned to Bai Yanliang, and said, "Do the ghosts look like her?"

Her?

Bai Yanliang looked towards where Xu Zhifei had been staring and found she was looking at the painting that Ou Zheng had praised as beautiful.

But after taking a close look, Bai Yanliang shook his head.

Despite a very vague memory, most of the time, his memory was quite reliable.

He had seen the painting before, but aside from the dress color and gender, the person in the painting hardly resembled the female ghost at all.

Moreover, while both dresses were white and looked similar at first glance, their details differed significantly.

For example... the white dress in the painting had a sweetheart neckline, but the ghost’s dress had a round neckline.

Besides, the hem of the painted white dress had ruffles, whereas the ghosts’ dresses did not.

There were a few more such details, which, while seemingly alike at first glance, actually weren’t the same dress.

As a woman, and one who loves wearing long dresses, Xu Zhifei should understand this better than him. Why did she think the ghost they saw was the person in the painting?

Bai Yanliang waited for Xu Zhifei to give him an answer.

However, Xu Zhifei didn’t speak. It seemed that after Bai Yanliang’s denial, she also completely dismissed her own hypothesis.

This left Bai Yanliang a bit disappointed.

But clearly, he wasn’t the most disappointed one right now.

"...Ruanruan." Yang Xiaocan pulled on Ruan Jie’s hand, her voice carrying regret and a trace of barely noticeable grievance.

Ruan Jie quietly looked at her, smiled, and gently let go of Yang Xiaocan’s hand.

After what just happened, Ruan Jie seemed to have matured a lot, and she seemed to finally understand... this delicate friend, like a younger sister, didn’t actually need her care.

Ruan Jie had always wondered why, being so ordinary-looking and introverted, Yang Xiaocan actively sought her out, taking her along to gatherings no matter what. She had so many friends, so many admirers.

Now... Ruan Jie understood.

Watching as Ruan Jie gently let go of her hand, Yang Xiaocan’s face turned pale, tears nearly welling up.

Just as she prepared to explain something to Ruan Jie, Ou Zheng suddenly spoke up, "I was so scared, thank goodness I reacted quickly!"

Then, he foolishly grinned at Yang Xiaocan, "You weren’t slow to react either."

Yang Xiaocan’s face paled even more; she stared at Ou Zheng for quite a while. Maybe because he had been hit by her before, under her gaze, Ou Zheng somehow felt a bit uneasy, hurriedly averting his eyes, not daring to look at her.

But just as he turned his head, Ou Zheng unexpectedly caught sight of the painting on the wall.

"Hey? Wasn’t the woman in this painting facing to the right before?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Yanliang’s heart tightened, and he immediately said, "Let’s go, we need to leave here first."

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