Oh no! I've only been a freshman and I've already been targeted by a mean upperclassman.

Yan Xi walked out of the women's clothing store carrying two paper bags.

Li Chen reached out and took the paper bag, holding it in his left hand.

"Where to next?"

Li Chen followed behind her and asked.

"Traditional field research."

Yan Xi, wearing high heels, walked towards the open-air platform on the top floor of the mall and said.

The top floor of the mall is a huge rooftop garden, and the number of people was noticeably higher due to the weekend.

Yan Xi stopped by a fountain.

She took a sketchbook and a charcoal pencil out of her bag.

"Hold my bag for me."

Yan Xi handed her handbag to Li Chen and said.

Li Chen took the bag, slung it over his shoulder, and stood aside watching.

Yan Xi stood by the fence and began to write, gazing at the distant city skyline.

Her movements were quick and sharp.

Li Chen noticed.

Many men around her were staring at Yan Xi.

A guy dressed in trendy clothes walked over with his phone in his hand.

"Hey beautiful, can I add you on WeChat?"

The boy stood three steps away from Yan Xi and asked.

Yan Xi didn't look up; the charcoal pencil made a scratching sound on the paper.

"cannot."

Yan Xi answered without turning her head.

"Let's be friends, I'm from the art school next door..."

The boy tried to continue the conversation.

Li Chen took a step forward, standing between Yan Xi and the boy.

He was half a head taller than the boys.

"She's busy, don't make a sound."

Li Chen looked at the other person and said calmly.

The boy sized up Li Chen, then looked at the woman's handbag hanging on his shoulder and the shopping bag in his hand.

"Excuse me."

The boy shrank back and turned away.

Yan Xi put down her pen and turned to look at Li Chen.

"They blocked it pretty quickly."

Yan Xi closed her sketchbook and said.

"I'm a bodyguard, it's my duty."

Li Chen took the sketchbook and put it in his bag.

"Let's go, the field trip is over, let's go eat."

Yan Xi glanced at her watch and said.

The two arrived at a themed restaurant on the fifth floor of the mall.

The restaurant's decor was dark, with various medieval torture instruments models hanging on the walls.

"This restaurant's signature dish is black truffle steak."

Yan Xi opened the menu and said.

"You can order, I'm not picky."

Li Chen answered from the opposite seat.

After finishing their meal, Yan Xi did not take Li Chen back to school.

She drove to a large carnival park on the outskirts of the city.

It was already dark when the sky darkened, and the park was brightly lit.

A giant Ferris wheel slowly rotates in the night sky.

"What are you doing here?"

Li Chen looked at the flashing neon lights at the entrance and asked.

"To gain some life experience, and incidentally test your courage."

Yan Xi locked the car and pointed to a huge black building not far away.

A menacing skull hangs above the building, and a sign reads: Soul Reaper.

That's the largest immersive horror house in the province.

Li Chen's body stiffened for a moment.

He anticipated the audio-visual effects that might appear inside the haunted house.

He wasn't afraid of those disguised ghosts.

However, he has a physiological aversion to this enclosed, dark environment that is accompanied by sudden frights.

"What, scared?"

Yan Xi walked up to him, tilted her head, and asked.

"I'm not afraid, I just think this kind of place is a bit childish."

Li Chen straightened his back and answered expressionlessly.

"Naive? Let's go then, Li Shen."

Yan Xi took his arm and led him toward the ticket booth.

After buying their tickets, the two stood at the entrance and waited.

A chilling wind blew at the entrance, and mournful cries played from the speakers.

Li Chen felt his muscles begin to tense up.

He abandoned the idea of ​​running away.

If he backs down now, Yan Xi will probably laugh at him until graduation.

"Please have two players enter. You cannot exit midway. If you need assistance, please press the wristband."

The staff member, wearing a mask, gave a sinister reminder.

The black curtain was lifted.

A musty smell wafted over.

Li Chen went in first.

There was almost no light inside, except for the occasional flickering green fluorescent light at the base of the walls.

"Pull me up."

Li Chen reached out and groped in the darkness.

Yan Xi's warm hand quickly grasped his.

"Li Chen, your palms are sweating."

Yan Xi's voice echoed in the empty corridor.

"It's hot."

Li Chen stubbornly insisted.

The voice just fell.

Suddenly, a disheveled female corpse dressed in white fell from above.

The female corpse was less than ten centimeters from Li Chen's face and smelled of decay.

Holy crap!

Li Chen instinctively jumped back a step.

Because of the large movement, he crashed directly into the wall behind him.

"hehe."

Yan Xi let out a soft laugh.

She nestled into Li Chen's arms, wrapping her arms around his waist.

"I'm so scared, Li Chen, please protect me."

Yan Xi pressed her face against his chest, her voice sounding sweet and delicate.

Li Chen looked down at the person in his arms.

Although he couldn't see her expression clearly, he could sense that Yan Xi's body was very relaxed.

She was even drawing circles on the muscles of his lower back with her fingers.

"Is this a reaction of fear?"

Li Chen pressed her hand down and asked.

"It's an instinct to seek security."

Yan Xi looked up, her eyes sparkling in the darkness.

The two continued walking forward.

Ahead is a simulated abandoned hospital.

Lying on the hospital bed were mutilated limbs, and the piercing sound of an electric drill rang out continuously.

A "murderer" carrying a chainsaw suddenly rushed out of the cabinet.

"Buzzing—"

The roar of the chainsaw was deafening.

Li Chen's hair stood on end.

He grabbed Yan Xi's shoulder, pulled her into his arms, and ran forward quickly.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here."

Li Chen said in a low voice.

His breathing became heavy, and his heart was pounding like a drum.

Yan Xi pressed herself tightly against his body.

She could feel Li Chen trembling slightly from fear.

This contrast gave her a strange sense of pleasure.

This is the man who can knock out his opponent with a single punch on the court and deduce complex algorithms on the podium.

I was so scared by a plastic mannequin that my hands started shaking.

"Li Chen, it seems like there's no road ahead."

Yan Xi tugged at his clothes and said.

They walked into a dead end.

The walls were covered with blood-stained clothes that were still dripping wet.

The sound of chainsaws behind us grew closer and closer.

Li Chen pressed Yan Xi against the wall, turning his back to the outside to completely block her out.

"Close your eyes, don't look."

Li Chen gave instructions.

His back was pressed tightly against Yan Xi's.

Yan Xi reached out and hugged his neck from behind.

"I won't close my eyes, I want to look at you."

Yan Xi whispered in his ear.

Her breath tickled Li Chen's neck.

Li Chen felt that the woman in his arms was more dangerous than the ghosts outside.

The chainsaw stopped about a meter away from them.

The "serial killer" stared at them in the darkness for a moment, then let out a hoarse laugh and turned to leave.

Li Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

His forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat.

"Have they left?"

Li Chen asked in a low voice.

"I'm gone."

Yan Xi let go, but did not get out of his arms.

She tilted her head back and looked at Li Chen's chin.

"Li Shen, you hugged me really tightly just now."

Yan Xi said with a smile.

"That's to prevent you from being arrested."

Li Chen released her and turned around to continue searching for the exit.

They passed through a morgue covered in cobwebs.

Just as we were about to reach the exit.

The floor beneath their feet suddenly collapsed.

Li Chen reacted quickly, grabbing the handrail next to him and holding Yan Xi tightly with his other hand.

The two fell into a huge ball pit.

A dim red light hangs above the ball pit.

Li Chen pressed down on Yan Xi.

Their bodies were pressed tightly together.

The balls in the ocean made a squeaking sound as they were squeezed.

"Li Chen, you're pressing down on me."

Yan Xi looked at him, her voice a little hoarse.

Li Chen did not get up immediately.

He stared at Yan Xi's lips.

Under the glow of the red light, that splash of red looked especially alluring.

"This is punishment."

Li Chen looked at her and answered.

"What punishment?"

Yan Xi asked.

"This is to punish you for pretending to be scared earlier."

Li Chen reached out and pinched her chin.

Yan Xi didn't dodge; instead, she hooked her arms around his neck.

"So, how do you plan to punish me?"

Yan Xi raised an eyebrow and asked.

The curtain at the exit was lifted.

A beam of bright light shone in.

Li Chen quickly got up and helped Yan Xi up as well.

"Let's talk outside."

Li Chen dusted himself off and strode out of the exit.

Yan Xi followed behind, watching his slightly flustered steps.

She reached out and gently touched her lips with her fingertips.