Ke Xue exorcists demons and starts with immobilization

The garden was introduced in detail.

According to Sonoko, Ayako is a few years older than her, currently 24, and a graduate student.

Sonoko sidled up to her best friend: "Don't you remember, sister? You've seen Ran when she came to our house to play before."

Ayako smiled with narrowed eyes, her voice gentle: "I do have some impression, but it's been a few years since I last saw you, and you've changed quite a bit, so I'm not entirely sure."

Such an unpretentious and gentle demeanor made it hard for Chu Zhong to believe that the person before him was the heiress of the Suzuki Group—Suzuki Ayako…

However, the easygoing Suzuki's second daughter is quite down-to-earth.

"Then this is..."

Ayako Suzuki turned her gaze toward her.

Chu Zhong could sense that she seemed to be asking him with a simple smile, yet she also seemed to be sizing him up with narrowed eyes.

"He's my boyfriend! Chu Zhong!" Sonoko immediately pulled Chu Zhong's arm into her arms, declaring her ownership.

"He's my husband!" said Xiaolan, the martial arts fanatic.

Sonoko exclaimed in surprise, "Wow! Ran's calling me 'husband' all over again? How cunning!"

"It's my husband." Martial arts fanatic Xiaolan looked innocent, tilting her head slightly, seemingly not understanding what was wrong with her statement.

Chu Zhong sighed, realizing he'd overlooked something—he'd completely forgotten to ask the martial arts fanatic Xiao Lan to change her address…

Fortunately, Ayako spoke up at this moment, "There are two rooms left on the second floor, Sonoko, please help us take the luggage up."

They didn't ask about the way they addressed each other, nor did they inquire further about the relationship between the three.

Led by the gardener, the three quickly arrived at a room on the second floor.

"Originally, the plan was for just the three of us to stay in the villa, but unexpectedly..."

Sonoko first explained the situation inside the villa.

Simply put, it was quite a coincidence that the Suzuki sisters chose to have a gathering with their classmates at the same villa on this day.

"Speaking of which, Xiaolan, why are you calling him 'husband' so directly?"

Sonoko, ever the gossip, pressed on: "Could it be that on the mountain trail, you were in the woods...?"

His gaze swept back and forth over the two people's clothes, as if trying to find some clues.

"Don't overthink it," Chu Zhong glanced at the garden: "If something really happened, there's no way they would have arrived at the villa so early."

Then, Chu Zhong hugged Yuanzi and temporarily 'invited' her out of the room so he could speak alone with the martial arts fanatic Xiaolan, asking her to change her form of address and not to mention the wedding.

"Changed your name to 'Chu Jun'? When did you change your name?" Martial arts fanatic Xiao Lan looked puzzled.

Chu Zhong gently squeezed the hand of the martial arts fanatic Xiao Lan, "Be good, understand?"

It would be too difficult to make the martial arts fanatic Xiaolan understand the reasons behind it.

"Okay." Martial arts fanatic Xiaolan nodded obediently.

Chu Zhong immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Xiao Lan, who is obsessed with martial arts, is only interested in things related to fighting and doesn't care about anything else.

Judging from the conversation just now and the feeling of hugging the garden, Chu Zhong was 100% certain that everyone in this multiplayer instance was personally involved.

The garden we just saw was a real garden in reality, not an atmosphere created by actors in a dungeon!

To prevent Sonoko from overthinking, Chu Zhong quickly opened the door to the room.

Then he saw Sonoko pressing her ear to the door to eavesdrop. Caught off guard by the sudden opening of the door, Sonoko suddenly lost her support and fell forward, throwing herself into his arms.

"You finished whispering so quickly?" Caught red-handed eavesdropping, Sonoko gave an embarrassed chuckle.

The door closed and opened again in just a few seconds.

"It's just a few words, how much time does it take?" Chu Zhong gently pinched Yuanzi's cheek. "Alright, don't overthink it. It's just that Xiaolan lost a bet on the way and asked her to call him 'husband'."

"Is that really all?" Sonoko seemed a little skeptical. "Ran clearly called out very naturally, she didn't seem forced at all."

Chu Zhong grinned mischievously and leaned close to Yuanzi's ear, "Then... Yuanzi, why don't you call out a couple of times too, would you like to?"

Upon hearing this, a blush flashed across Sonoko's face, but she quickly opened her mouth slightly, as if she really intended to say something: "Old..."

Unfortunately, before he could utter the last word, Ayako's voice called from downstairs:

"Sonoko, come downstairs with your friends and meet everyone."

Chu Zhong had no choice but to let go and go downstairs with the martial arts fanatic Xiao Lan and Yuan Zi to the living room.

In the living room at this moment, there were three men and two women, including Ayako, all of whom had been members of the Beika University Film Research Club.

The three men are:

Ryoichi Takahashi is not very tall; he is short and chubby, wears glasses, and looks a bit easy to bully. He is a prop master at the Film Research Club.

Hiroki Kakutani, a tall man with a square face who looks upright and cheerful, is the cinematographer for the film research club. He is also carrying a video camera, saying he plans to record the entire gathering.

The effeminate and handsome Ota Masaru, with a green headscarf wrapped around his head and a cigarette between his fingers, is a main actor in the Film Research Club.

The two women are:

Chikako Ikeda, wearing heavy makeup, is the president of the Film Research Club, a screenwriter, and a director.

Ayako Suzuki, who doesn't wear makeup, is a makeup artist at the Film Research Club.

After everyone introduced themselves and got to know each other, they also briefly talked about their current situation two years after graduating from university.

Finally, it was learned that, apart from Ayako who was still pursuing a graduate degree, the others had already entered the workforce.

Both Takahashi and Ota Masaru have jobs unrelated to film.

Kakutani, who carries the camera, is a film magazine editor, while Chikako Ikeda is a screenwriter.

Among them, Chikako Ikeda has had the most successful career in the film industry. Her screenplay, "Blue Kingdom," written during her university years, has been made into a movie and is currently showing in theaters.

The other members of the film research club all envied and congratulated Chikako Ikeda on her success, and jokingly asked her to give them a chance to appear in a movie next time, which would be a dream come true.

The group chatted and laughed, appearing to have a friendly relationship.

However, Chu Zhong knew that today's instance was related to the original case, and that people would most likely die in it.

In other words, the friendliness these people displayed was merely superficial.

If I remember correctly, the murderer in the Bandage Villa in the original work was the short and chubby Ryoichi Takahashi.

However, it's currently in multiplayer dungeon mode, and it's unclear what will happen next.

"If Miss Lan is interested in movies, why don't we go over there and talk privately?"

During the conversation, Ota Masaru suddenly stood up, walked to Chu Zhong's left, and extended an invitation to Xiao Lan, the martial arts fanatic sitting next to him.

Sonoko teased, "Why has Ran been staring at Mr. Ota since she sat down? Could it be..." She then glanced at Chu Zhong secretly.

But he found that the latter was completely calm and showed no sign of jealousy.

“It shouldn’t be him,” Chu Zhong said, pressing down on the clenched fist of the martial arts fanatic Xiao Lan.

"Okay..." Xiao Lan, the martial arts fanatic, pouted and obediently loosened her fist.

This inexplicable conversation inevitably left the others looking puzzled.

What made Ota Katsumi's expression even more unpleasant was that his invitation had gone unanswered and he had been left standing there...

Chapter 90: When eating cotton candy, don't play with the food.

"Actually, it's like this..."

Under the puzzled gazes of everyone, Lieutenant General Chu revealed that Xiao Lan, a martial arts fanatic, had seen the green monster.

It just so happened that Ota Masaru's headscarf was green, which attracted the attention of the martial arts fanatic Ran, who almost wanted to fight him.

"A monster? A green one?" Sonoko muttered. "There's a forest outside, maybe it's just my eyes playing tricks on me."

Everyone except Chu Zhong thought so.

"It's a green monster!" Martial arts fanatic Xiaolan insisted that she hadn't seen wrong.

Perhaps because her words were not trusted, martial arts fanatic Xiaolan frowned slightly, seemingly a little irritated.

Chu Zhong patted her shoulder, comforting her like a child, "It's okay. Since there are monsters, they will definitely attack us. Then we'll be able to prove that we weren't mistaken."

"Hmm!" Xiao Lan, the martial arts fanatic, relaxed her eyebrows and said no more. She then moved closer to Chu Zhong... She seemed to remember something and stopped moving.

At this moment, Ayako changed the subject and said, "Before we knew it, it was already 10:30 in the morning. Sonoko, come to the kitchen and help prepare lunch this afternoon."

Sonoko then turned to her best friend, clasped her hands together, and said in a conciliatory tone, "Ran, I'll leave lunch to you! I'll help with dinner then, okay?"

Martial arts fanatic Xiaolan didn't hesitate and nodded in agreement, "I'll take charge of tonight's too."

"Ran, you're so sweet~!" Sonoko exclaimed happily, hugging her best friend tightly.

She had no idea that her best friend in front of her was already in a completely different form.

Chu Zhong remembered that when the martial arts fanatic Xiao Lan competed in cooking skills in the dungeon, a confident smile would appear on her lips.

This is probably one of the only two things besides martial arts that can interest her; cooking is a pleasure for Xiaolan, who is obsessed with martial arts.

Afterwards, the martial arts fanatic Xiaolan followed Lingzi to the kitchen of the villa.

"I'm going to help too!"

Ota Katsu volunteered and followed closely behind.

"Then I'll go check out the kitchen too." Kakutani, holding a handheld camera, also headed towards the kitchen.

The short, stout Takahashi stood up. "Ayako said the villa's roof is leaking, so I'll go fix it."

Chikako Ikeda lit a cigarette, said nothing, and went straight back to her room on the second floor.

Now, only Chu Zhong and Yuan Zi remained in the living room.

Sonoko lowered her voice slightly, "Chu-kun, do you think that Ota... is trying to make a move on Ran?"

Chu Zhong nodded, "Don't worry, Xiao Lan won't suffer any losses."

Aside from him and Sonoko, it would be difficult for anyone else to get close to the martial arts fanatic Ran.

Sonoko chuckled and said, "Aren't you afraid that Ran will be seduced by that handsome guy with sweet talk?"

"That guy smokes, Xiaolan won't like that," Chu Zhong said, getting straight to the point.

When Ota Masaru approached, Chu Zhong smelled a strong odor of smoke, clearly indicating he was a heavy smoker.

Some people think smoking is cool and the smell of tobacco is attractive.

But if the original Ran were here, she would definitely frown immediately, since she had already had enough of Kogoro's cigarette smell at home.

As for the martial arts fanatic Xiao Lan, unless you can defeat her in combat, you are completely immune to ordinary sweet talk.

"anyway……"

Sonoko seemed to be trying to change the subject, but looked around.

Then, Chu Zhong was dragged by Yuanzi to her room on the second floor.

After closing the door, Sonoko said with a puzzled look, "Ran seems a little different today."

"Lord Chu, tell me honestly, what exactly happened when we went up the mountain?"

As expected of my best friend of many years, she immediately noticed something was wrong.

Of course, Chu Zhong couldn't tell the truth, so he made up an excuse: "Maybe it's because there were unfamiliar people around, and Xiao Lan was a little reserved."

"As soon as Xiaolan and I got off the car, we went straight up the mountain. There was no time for anything to happen."

No vehicles were found near the villa, indicating that the others, including Sonoko, had also hiked up the mountain from the foot of the hill.

"..." Sonoko still looked suspicious, getting closer and closer... Suddenly, she wrapped her arms around Chu Zhong's neck, pulled him down, and stood on tiptoe...

Unfortunately, the height difference was just a little bit, and the sneak attack failed.

"Damn it..." Sonoko was somewhat embarrassed and annoyed.