“Lin Ze, will we disturb the sisters if we talk downstairs?”
No wonder they were all quietly waiting on the first floor.
“No, don’t worry, the house has good sound insulation, you’re fine as long as you don’t make the house collapse. Are you guys tired after playing all day?”
They looked at each other and shook their heads.
“I feel like I can go out and play again!” Hua Zi’s energy was undoubtedly the highest. Usually, she would go to bed late and wake up late, but today she was unusually energetic.
“How about we play games?” Fu Jiang suggested.
“I’m the only one living here normally. Sister Yang and the others just moved in recently. Do you think there’s any games?”
“Then what should we do?”
“Maybe… watch a movie?”
Lin Ze really couldn’t think of anything else to do, but it wasn’t bad to watch a movie with the projector in the house. Plus, they could have some snacks and drinks.
“Okay, let’s do that, but what to watch is a problem.” Fu Jiang had decision paralysis.
“How about… a horror movie?”
Everyone looked at Kayako, who had meekly proposed the idea, in surprise. “What? You’re not scared?” Lin Ze really didn’t expect it.
“I think it’s okay.” Fu Jiang seemed to have thought of something and agreed.
Only Hua Zi and Lin Ze exchanged confused glances.
Kayako was definitely scared, but there were a lot of people in the house, and today, Lin Ze’s intimate contact with her in the haunted house made her heart flutter. She didn’t have any other intentions, she just wanted to be close to Lin Ze again.
Fu Jiang obviously realized Kayako’s intentions. She could imitate that as well, and as for poor Hua Zi, who was kept in the dark, sorry, don’t blame the sisters for being ruthless when it comes to love.
“Are you sure? Okay, I’ll look for one.”
Lin Ze didn’t believe it. Could something happen in his own house? Qin Zi was here, so what was there to be afraid of?
After getting the snacks and turning off the lights, everyone sat on the rug in front of the floor-to-ceiling sofa, with their backs against the sofa.
Lin Ze hadn’t seen any horror movies in this world, so he randomly chose one with a relatively high score. He planned to seriously appreciate this world’s works.
The eerie sound effects at the beginning, along with the dim lights, sparked Lin Ze’s interest. The movie’s set design and sound effects were well done. As the plot unfolded, Lin Ze became more and more engrossed, but Kayako, who initially had other plans, became more and more afraid.
“What’s this… it’s so scary.” Kayako was increasingly frightened. Without any other thoughts, she subconsciously huddled closer to Lin Ze.
Fu Jiang could still grit her teeth and endure. She could accept pure ghost movies as long as there wasn’t any gore, but after seeing Kayako’s actions, she couldn’t bear it either.
So, unknowingly, Lin Ze was surrounded on both sides. When he noticed, he knew what they were up to. They were using the horror movie as an excuse to take advantage of him, weren’t they?
Hua Zi was watching the most attentively, munching on chips with a click-clack sound, her eyes fixed on the screen. As the movie entered a tense moment, Hua Zi stopped eating chips.
A fierce ghost suddenly popped up in the movie. Hua Zi jumped, almost dropping her chips. Instinctively, she threw the chips away and turned around, directly falling into Lin Ze’s arms.
Lin Ze subconsciously stretched out his arms to catch Hua Zi and smiled at her, trembling. “What’s wrong? You got scared? Haha, it’s okay, it’s okay. You were watching too closely, it’s already over.”
Hua Zi secretly turned her head from Lin Ze’s embrace and found that the scene where the ghost popped up had already passed. She sat up again, but this time she sat on Lin Ze’s lap.
Hua Zi’s actions stunned both Kayako and Fu Jiang, but they couldn’t say anything because of Hua Zi’s frightened look.
Hua Zi turned her back to the others, looking like she was seriously watching the movie again, but the slight upward curve of her lips exposed that her actions just now weren’t simple. High-level actors are often the most inconspicuous ones.
“Mommy said, love needs to be fought for!”
That’s right, Hua Zi was doing it on purpose. She realized why Kayako and Fu Jiang acted out of character and said they wanted to watch a horror movie. If so, then it wasn’t a bad thing for her to be a little more proactive, right? It was normal to be so engrossed in the movie that she got scared and fell into Lin Ze’s arms, right?
Through the entire movie, Kayako and Fu Jiang didn’t dare to jump into Lin Ze’s arms. Kayako desperately wanted to but didn’t dare. Fu Jiang’s kiss on Lin Ze earlier was an impulse, and now she couldn’t put aside her pride. Only Hua Zi jumped into Lin Ze’s arms three times! In the end, Kayako and Fu Jiang couldn’t stand it anymore, so they directly sandwiched Hua Zi between them. Afraid, huh? Then hugging us is the same, right?
Qin Zi originally wanted to come down and find Lin Ze, but seeing them watching a movie, she secretly observed for a while. When she realized it was just girls’ jealousy, she turned around and left.
Lin Ze wanted to tidy up two more rooms, but Hua Zi and Fu Jiang said they could sleep with Kayako, since the bed was big anyway. Lin Ze let them be. Finally, after agreeing to wake them up for breakfast tomorrow morning, they all went to bed.
Unlike the three who chatted all night, Lin Ze fell asleep quickly. In his dream, Lin Ze went to find Kayako in his subconscious world.
“Lin Ze, I miss you so much.” Kayako rested her head on Lin Ze’s back, unwilling to come down. She buried her blood-stained face in Lin Ze’s neck, sniffing, and her hands touched Lin Ze’s chest.
“I miss Kayako too. There have been a lot of things happening recently. Do you want me to tell you about them?”
Lin Ze hugged Kayako into his arms and sat on the dark ground, telling her about the Gap Girl and the Activity Club. When he mentioned Fu Jiang, Lin Ze took a look at Kayako. She didn’t make any moves, just listened quietly to Lin Ze finish.
“It’s good… I know what you’re afraid of, Lin Ze. I don’t hate her. You said yourself, in this world, she and I are friends. I just regret that the Lin Ze I met wasn’t you, but now I’m content. Lin Ze, there’s something in your heart.” Kayako gently pressed her face against Lin Ze’s heart, listening.
“My heart?”
“Yes, I can feel it. It’s that strange power. She’s slowly waking up in there. It’s almost time. But she doesn’t have any ill intentions towards you. Who is it?”
“It’s… Fu Jiang?”
“It’s really her. I’ve had some guesses for a while. I should thank her. She made me meet you. She left a contract in your heart. When she wakes up, she will call you.”
Lin Ze touched his heart with a confused expression. Logically, Fu Jiang was different from Kayako. Why was she born in his subconscious?
Lin Ze couldn’t figure it out, and he didn’t have the mood to figure it out, because Kayako’s next words shocked him.
“Lin Ze… the curse is coming.”
“How is that possible?” Lin Ze couldn’t believe it. Why did the curse suddenly come? It couldn’t have directly descended in its true form, otherwise it would have already come for him. How did it come?
“I felt the curse’s resonance. Don’t be too nervous. Although I don’t know why it’s coming, it’s just a part of it, not the real thing, and it may not be coming for you.”
ps: This chapter is considered a benefit for the family members. I stayed up late tonight to write and organize my thoughts. I’ll be putting it up for sale tomorrow. I’ll talk about the other things later. At least six to eight more chapters tomorrow during the day.