Chapter 69: A Family of One

  Qiao Jia sat quietly in front of the window, enjoying the warm sunlight outside. It was as if nothing had happened. Through this game, everyone gained some unexpected benefits.

  Lan Yu loves Qiao Jia even more, finally understanding how afraid he is of losing her. Ying also successfully confessed to Lian Xi and understood her intentions. Qiao Jia, although she walked on the line of death, found the meaning of living. Lian Xi dared to face his own heart and gained 'love'.

  They are not just fearful, they rely on each other for survival, working hard to find opportunities and a way out in the game, fighting side by side, persisting. At this moment, they seem like an integral whole, indispensable to each other.

  A ring broke the brief silence. The sound was like the school bell when class was dismissed, although a bit noisy, but also with some relaxation. "What's that sound!" Lian Xi suddenly sat up from the soft bed, looking around and searching for the source of the sound. Suddenly she saw a very small speaker next to the window curtain...

  She quietly walked past, and indeed it was a small impression. Since there is one in her own room, then other people's rooms must also have one, so the sound just now must have been heard by everyone.

  "Bang, bang, bang" Someone was knocking on the microphone. After a brief pause, a voice came from the speakers, "Don't panic, don't panic. There's something to discuss with everyone, sorry for interrupting by knocking on the door, please gather in the first-floor hall." Suddenly, it reminded Lian Yu of the emergency assembly during military training...

  "This guy is really something, saying sorry for disturbing me by knocking on the door, this loudspeaker is even more annoying than a knock! If someone had heart disease, they would have been scared to death!" Lan Yu said while adjusting his clothes in front of the mirror.

  Soon, everyone appeared on the sofa in the first floor hall. Ying was the first to arrive, and he smiled slyly as he looked at them.

  "What's going on with the shadow? Why do you want to install that thing in our room?! You suddenly speak in a scary tone, it's as if one day when you have nothing better to do, you'll scare people in the middle of the night and not let us live!" Qiao Jia's emotions seemed much better now, she even had the mood to joke around.

  "It's you, Ying Xiong! Why didn't you tell us in advance that there was such a device in the house? When I heard the 'school bell' you played, I really thought I was still in school and class had ended!"

  Lian Yu was secretly laughing on the side.

  "Lian Yu, you'd better laugh! It turns out that now we know it's just a 'ghost' play tricking us! If this kind of supernatural event happened in real life, I wonder if you could still laugh!"

  "Qiao Jia, this is different. Aren't we experiencing all sorts of supernatural events right now? So many nightmares, my nerves have already become somewhat numb..." After finishing speaking, Lian Xi still covered her mouth and laughed secretly.

  I don't know what's going on, but the mood of all four people is particularly good, and they're not bothered by the dark side of the game. Maybe it's because they've let go, this time each of them was prepared to die in the game, but in the end, they all miraculously survived, which is indeed something worth being happy about.

  "Cough, cough!" Ying suddenly cleared her throat, looked up at Lian Xi, then glanced at Qiao Jia, and finally looked at Lan Yu. Then she continued to remain silent.

  Three people thought the shadow was about to get to the point, staring at the shadow with their eyes fixed, sitting quietly in silence, and remained silent for about a minute. The shadow's expression seemed to have no urge to speak. Was it just a simple throat discomfort, coughing twice?

  Lan Yu finally became impatient, "Shadows brother, stop pretending! Use that loudspeaker to call us down, won't you just let us hear your coughing for a couple of times?!"

  "Or is it just a joke to scare us?" Qiao Jia rushed over and said.

  "Isn't it to exercise our physical strength? Let's climb more stairs and run more steps?" Lian Xi added with a smile.

  Three people exchanged a glance, then looked at the shadow together. The four of them finally couldn't hold it in and burst out laughing loudly, just like the night before the game, without any worries or fear of others' ridicule... Others were crying bitterly, but they were laughing heartily...

  "Don't laugh, don't laugh... seeing you guys laugh, I couldn't stop either...". Lian Xi covered her stomach, yes, they were laughing face to face, and indeed no one could stop first. They laughed for a long time until the four of them were all exhausted from laughter.

  "My god, I just realized that laughing is so tiring, even more exhausting than carrying Qiao Jia in my nightmare! Can't take it anymore, can't laugh anymore!" Lan Yu collapsed on the ground with his four limbs splayed out, he himself didn't know when he fell to the ground. With great effort, Lan Yu propped himself up against the sofa and finally managed to move his body back onto the sofa...

  "I won't tease you anymore! Look at what I've got!" Ying took out four pieces of paper from his sleeve.

  "Airplane ticket?" Lian Xi looked at Ying in confusion, "Ying, did you buy it? What's the airplane ticket for?"

  "It's still a week until the next game! Let's go out and relax, have some fun, and be happy! I've already booked the hotel... by the sea! Don't you guys want to go?" Ying swung the tickets in his hand, a mischievous grin spreading across his face once again.

  "Shadow, you've done a good deed! This idea is simply awesome! Maybe next time we play, we'll die! Why not use our last life to have fun and enjoy ourselves?" Qiao Jia said lightly, she had already become calm in the face of death, nightmares couldn't touch these four heartless, life-loving young people...

  As soon as Qiao Jia's words fell, the three people rushed towards Ying in unison, knocking Ying to the ground on the opposite sofa chair. Ying held up the ticket in his hand and waved it non-stop, but in the end, the other three still managed to snatch the ticket with ease...

  "You're too barbaric!" Ying sat up, rubbed her waist, "This is the plane ticket for this afternoon, don't you hurry back to pack your things?"

  Qiao Jia, Lan Yu, Lian Xi rushed upstairs immediately, and no one came to pull Ying's hand. Ying sat on the sofa helplessly, shaking his head, and at this moment, there was a smile on his face.

  Lian Yu ran to her own door and turned her head towards Ying's room.

  He's really changed. The old him was so cold and unfeeling, always alone. Never saw a childlike smile from him, only cold laughter. But now he's become so sunny and optimistic, can get along with everyone, laugh heartily... Ye Xi also revealed a hint of a smile.

  Lan Yu and Qiao Jia no longer had any suspicion, fear or disgust towards Ying. They increasingly felt that the four of them were like one big happy family, living together in warmth and happiness...