Chapter 82
The torn curtain was lifted, and Shen Yanqing walked out.
He was dressed in a black tracksuit, sleeves casually rolled up. It seemed he had just finished some intense exercise—his neck and collarbone glistened faintly with sweat.
[Aaaahhh! Old Shen, you finally came to find your wife!]
[The Xie–Shen shippers are ecstatic! Came here for the CP, but they never even met until now. Who can understand my suffering?]
[Hahahaha! Our sister doesn’t like “green tea” types, Mr. Shen, you get it.]
Looking at the man’s carefree figure in front of her, Xie Mi couldn’t help but fall into thought.
Just now, the staff had said someone actually managed to kite the hunters around for a dozen laps. Could it have been this guy?
Normal people would hide desperately to avoid being discovered, but this guy… he went and kited the hunters instead.
Shen Yanqing naturally pushed Yu Jinzhe aside, stood before Xie Mi, the corners of his lips slightly curved.
“Teacher Xie, you really made me search hard for you.”
Xie Mi pulled her thoughts back, asking curiously, “What are you looking for me for?”
Shen Yanqing was so dumbfounded by her serious question that he laughed in exasperation.
“I was bored.”
[Old Xie, I hate that you’re such a block of wood!]
[You even left Old Shen speechless, hahahaha]
[No wonder Mr. Shen didn’t bother hiding. Turns out he was looking for Old Xie?! My CP heart is alive again!]
“Tch!”
Xie Mi slapped his arm and, taking the chance, squeezed his bicep twice. “You just want me to cover for you, don’t you? I get it, I get it.”
“Yes, yes, you’re just too clever for your own good.”
Watching the two flirting openly, Yu Jinzhe’s expression darkened in an unreadable way.
Fortunately, the haunted house was dimly lit, hiding the gloom on his face.
“Mr. Shen, you’ve interrupted my conversations with Sister several times. Is it because you lack confidence in yourself?”
For someone like Shen Yanqing, a favored son of heaven, provoking him was clearly the best tactic.
He patiently waited for Shen Yanqing to lose his composure. Yet, unexpectedly, Shen Yanqing just chuckled lazily.
“Yes, I’m very insecure.”
Yu Jinzhe: “…?”
“Blocking other suitors is indeed a despicable tactic. But me? I’ve never claimed to be a gentleman.”
After speaking unhurriedly, Shen Yanqing suddenly smirked and gave Yu Jinzhe a shove backward.
“Just like now.”
Thud.
Yu Jinzhe’s back was caught by a pair of hands. Turning around, he saw—it was one of the hunters, who had somehow entered the haunted house.
“Yu Jinzhe, out!”
Yu Jinzhe looked back in disbelief, only to find Shen Yanqing and Xie Mi had already vanished.
“…”
He lost again.
In the last ten minutes, all the hunters entered berserk mode. Elimination announcements came one after another, even Xiao Jingxi wasn’t spared.
Xie Mi dragged Shen Yanqing along as they sprinted madly, finally escaping the haunted house.
“Good thing I reacted fast!”
Diving headfirst into a bush, Xie Mi relaxed completely, as though she had returned to her happy place. “You were pretty quick too, pushing Yu Jinzhe out like that.”
Shen Yanqing, who had followed her into the greenery, asked with interest, “Did I do well?”
“Perfectly.”
The smile in Shen Yanqing’s eyes deepened.
The two of them were squeezed close together in the narrow bushes.
Xie Mi peeked out cautiously, only to suddenly hear the pounding of a heartbeat.
She turned back to see Shen Yanqing’s face as calm as ever, but the tips of his ears were burning red.
“Actually, I wanted to ask you back at the temple.”
Xie Mi studied his face intently. “That heartbeat of yours—is it from fear, or from nerves?”
Shen Yanqing’s gaze flickered. Slowly, he met her eyes.
Her expression was sincere, her clear face overlapping with the memory in his mind. His heart skipped, then began racing uncontrollably.
“I—”
“Ah!”
A scream cut through. Outside, Xu Shuangrong, who had been dodging hunters, tripped and fell. Her eyes instantly met Xie Mi’s from the bushes.
“…” A bad premonition.
Sure enough, the next second—
Xu Shuangrong shouted, “Teacher Xie! Run!!”
Damn it!
Even when she got caught herself, Xu Shuangrong still had to expose her!
With Xu Shuangrong eliminated, the hunters noticed the commotion and rushed over.
Only five minutes remained. If they could survive that long, they would win.
But outside—was pure hell.
“Ready?” Shen Yanqing suddenly looked at her, lips curving into a smile.
Xie Mi instantly understood. She clenched her teeth and steeled her heart.
“Let’s f*cking go!”
They burst from the bushes like raging bulls, charging forward unstoppably.
A dozen hunters locked onto them at once, sprinting toward them.
From above, drones captured the thrilling chase in bird’s-eye view.
A man and a woman ran hand-in-hand through the amusement park, with a ferocious pack of hunters at their heels. More hunters kept joining until, in the end, all 25 were gathered.
2 versus 25—an unprecedented spectacle.
[Looks like only these two are left? And now 25 hunters are chasing them? Holy sh*t!]
[So it’s the two strongest who lasted to the end—one kites hunters, the other climbs walls. I’m dead lol]
[Wait, they actually know each other? I shipped Xie Mi with Sangzan at first!]
[Sis, don’t ship the wrong CP. These two are the real deal. Search up “Xie–Shen donkey-killing” edits, you’ll thank me.]
[Why does this feel like a pair of doomed lovers running for their lives? Aaaahhh!]
[I can’t imagine who I’d side with if they ever divorced.]
[Then you’ll just be sentenced to lifelong loneliness for love.]
Amid the frenzy of the bullet comments, the show reached its final climax.
Hand in hand, they dashed into the amusement park’s central plaza.
This was where the eliminated guests were gathered.
So, all the eliminated guests saw two tracksuit-clad figures sprinting into the square—followed by a black tide of hunters.
“What’s going on?! Are they actually trying to outrun them head-on?!”
“God, how many hunters is that?”
“Mr. Shen! Teacher Xie! You can do it!”
“Come on!!”
Shaken by the hot-blooded scene, everyone shouted encouragement.
And then, the broadcast system began the final countdown.
“10.”
“9.”
“8.”
Inside the waiting room, the eliminated guests joined in the countdown, voices rising with excitement, “7! 6! 5!”
Just then, Xu Shuangrong—recently eliminated—arrived. Seeing the scene, she froze.
The doomed couple in the arena’s center, the relentless hunters, the shouts of encouragement filling the waiting room.
Everyone’s attention was on those two.
Why did she suddenly feel…
This scene was eerily familiar?
[Ding!]
[Heroine awakening progress: 20%.]
