Chapter 5: A Night of Fright

Song Jin Shi spoke with some irritation.

He clearly hadn’t provoked him, yet he kept saying strange things and was standing at his door in the middle of the night to scare him. Even though he didn’t understand why he was so frightened after entering the horror game instance, he still acted this way towards him.

The more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt.

His nose turned sour, and sparkling tears slipped from his eyes.

His voice carried a nasal tone as he said, “We aren’t even close; why do you say these things?”

“You’re being unreasonable.”

Song Jin Shi looked down, not wanting the man to notice he was crying.

“You’re crying,” the man said with certainty.

He reached out, lifting his chin so that his flawless face faced him directly.

When he saw his tear-filled eyes and the reddened tip of his nose, his brow furrowed tightly.

As if he had encountered a monumental problem, he used his spare hand to wipe away the tears that were about to fall from his face.

“It was my fault; please don’t cry.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the few tears he had were like beads falling from a broken string, cascading down his cheeks.

Finally, his calm demeanour vanished as he began to panic.

“Baby, I’m sorry; don’t cry. I won’t stand at the door to scare you anymore, and I won’t say those things again.”

Hearing this, Song Jin Shi retorted through his tears, “We’re not even close, don’t call me baby.”

“Alright, baby, I won’t call you that.”

Eventually, Song Jin Shi stopped crying but felt a bit embarrassed.

After all, his tears were not solely due to this man; he had been tense since arriving at the instance, and then he was bullied by a lecherous man.

Now he felt wronged and scared, and after being comforted by him, his taut nerves finally relaxed, leading to his tears.

“I’m sorry.”

After wiping his tears, Song Jin Shi sincerely apologized, understanding that crying in front of someone he barely knew was a way of venting his frustrations.

“Ha.”

The man chuckled lightly.

“How could my baby be so cute? Crying after I scared you and still apologizing? You’re such a good child.”

After experiencing what just happened, Song Jin Shi found herself a bit bolder in front of the man. Although he still didn’t know his name, he had begun to express his little temper.

“I’ve already said not to call me baby. I don’t even know your name; we aren’t close yet.”

“Shen Yuanxing, baby. Remember my name. If anyone tries to bully you in the future, just mention my name.”

“Oh.”

Song Jin Shi was no longer keen on emphasizing the naming issue with Shen Yuanxing. Anyway, he wouldn’t change it, and he’d end up being the one frustrated.

He walked over to the bed, tidied it up, and planned to lie down and sleep.

At that moment, Shen Yuanxing walked behind her and asked, “Baby, do you want to sleep with me tonight? I heard there might be ghosts in this instance. Are you scared?”

Song Jin Shi’s motion to lie down froze for a moment before he defended herself, “I’m not afraid of ghosts! I’m a man! But if you’re scared, I can consider protecting you.”

With that, he unhesitatingly covered herself with the blanket and closed her eyes to sleep.

If Jiang Wei and the others were there, they would definitely find that Song Jin Shi’s behaviour at that moment was just like that in a romance novel – proud and speaking contrary to her feelings.

After a while, once he confirmed that no sounds were coming from inside the room, he secretly opened her eyes.

The curtains fluttered in the wind outside, and he vaguely saw a shadow flash by.

Thinking of what Shen Yuanxing had said about ghosts, he shrank back a little in fear.

Although he often had been coaxed into watching horror films by her targets in romance novels, that was all fake. In this instance, it could be very real… No! At least there was one real thing.

The lecher from the day before was indeed real.

While watching horror movies could make her hide in the embrace of her target and cry, now, faced with real ghosts, Song Jin Shi was already hiding under the blanket, tears streaming down her face.

Just as he quietly sobbed, fearing that Shen Yuanxing would hear her and laugh at her for being afraid of ghosts, the blanket was suddenly pulled away.

The man, silhouetted against the light, stood at the edge of her bed, the courtyard’s light streaming in through the window, casting his outline in a very blurred manner.

“Baby, I’m scared of ghosts; can you sleep with me?”

Even in fear, Song Jin Shi still wanted to assert herself, and he retorted, “I’ll reluctantly agree; just hurry up and get in.”

The man seemed to ignore his unease. He swiftly climbed onto his bed and then lay down obediently to sleep.

Feeling the presence of the man beside him, Song Jin Shi noticeably sighed in relief.

Fortunately, he was afraid of ghosts too; otherwise, he might have been too scared to sleep the entire night.

If Song Jin Shi had known Shen Yuanxing’s nickname among players, he would never have thought so. After all, how could someone who received the title of “Ghost-Slaying Maniac” be afraid of ghosts?

The next day, when Song Jin Shi woke up, the room was empty.

He tidied herself up and opened the door, finding Shen Yuanxing sitting there eating breakfast.

“Did you sleep well last night, baby?”

“The words I said last night stand forever. If you’re scared, you can come to sleep with me, but baby, you’re pretty brave; you didn’t come to ask me to sleep with you all night.”

The man’s tone was laced with envy.

Song Jin Shi was stunned. “Weren’t you sleeping with me last night?”

Now it was Shen Yuanxing’s turn to be stunned. “Baby, didn’t you reject me last night?”

“But you came to my bed in the middle of the night and told me you were scared, asking me to sleep with you. I agreed and slept with you all night!”

“Smack!”