Chapter 20 (1/2)
When Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian finally got back to Yun Manor, they met Luo Mansu who was frowning at them as he scolded, “How could you just run out like that? It’s too dangerous!”
Xiao Tangqiu stopped Tang Mianmian who looked like he wanted to say more, smiling at Luo Mansu, “We were wrong. We’ll be more careful next time.”
“You must be more careful next time! This place isn’t at all like our world. It’s full of danger, and you’ll lose your head if you’re not careful!” Luo Mansu cautioned Xiao Tangqiu with a grim face. Then, he turned to talk about something else, “Did you see anything unusual when you went out? What happened to Yang Bing? Is he dead?”
Xiao Tangqiu shared a little about what happened earlier, including the “river” made out of dead bodies, how Yang Bing was burned alive, and how they were chased by the paper doll on their way here.
“You ran into the paper doll again? How did you manage to escape this time?” Luo Mansu eyed Xiao Tangqiu suspiciously.
Xiao Tangqiu concealed the matter regarding the jade pendant and explained that they both ran all the way back and somehow threw the paper doll off their backs.
Luo Mansu remained doubtful, but he did not continue to ask. He merely breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Fortunately, you are both fine, otherwise we would’ve lost two helping hands in vain, and we’ve not even finished searching Yun Manor yet!”
Xiao Tangqiu said calmly, “I’m guessing that the key to completing this mission, is to stop tonight’s wedding!”
Luo Mansu looked puzzled, “Isn’t that a given? Do you still need to make a guess?”
Xiao Tangqiu looked embarrassed, “…..Eh?”
“Ahem,” Luo Mansu noticed Xiao Tangqiu’s awkward expression. He rubbed his bald head, “Actually, we’ve collected enough clues for this mission. After all, this is just the lowest D-level mission. Once you’ve completed a few more missions and have more experience, you can basically guess what’s the way to unlock the mission based on the various hints in the game………”
Xiao Tangqiu couldn’t help blushing harder, “Then, what are we still doing here talking? Let’s split up and search the Yun Manor.”
Luo Mansu nodded, divided the search tasks, and left with the twins.
Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian set out in the opposite direction from them.
Xiao Tangqiu gave a dry laugh, “I’m the only weak slag here. Please exclude yourself from our ranks. Thank you very much.”
“I’m not much better than you, it’s merely the difference between a vegetarian and a meat dish. For those BOSSes, we probably aren’t even enough to fill one bite…..”
Xiao Tangqiu sighed; he knew that as well, but what could he do? If he didn’t want to continue watching a horror movie, he could always click the ‘x’ button; if he didn’t want to keep playing a horror game, he could always quit the game. But what he really wanted to know was……….. Where the hell was the exit button in this damn real-life game!
The two of them searched in places they hadn’t been to yesterday, but found nothing.
Forget about a locked door, he wasn’t even able to find a locked box. Xiao Tangqiu was holding a key, but he couldn’t find the corresponding keyhole.
“I finally know what’s worse than finding a locked door in a horror game but not finding the key.” He said faintly as he looked at the key, “And that is, finding a key but not finding a door that needs to be unlocked.”
“….. Actually, both cases are just as shitty,” Tang Mianmian interrupted, “Why don’t we look again? Maybe there are places that we’ve missed, like a secret tunnel that leads to a door or something like that? Isn’t it always that way on TV? “
Xiao Tangqiu promptly decided, “Let’s keep looking! Anyways, before tonight’s wedding, we must find it!”
They rolled up their sleeves and continued with the search. This time around, they looked in every nook and cranny for a hidden door. When they saw anything even slightly suspicious such as a vase, they would pick it up and take their sweet time examining it.
However, even until the sky turned completely dark, they still found nothing.
The two men were so exhausted, they almost collapsed to the floor, but compared to the physical fatigue that set in their bones, they were even more mentally depleted. Xiao Tangqiu frowned and studied the key in the palm of his hand, “What the hell does this key open? ……… Why do I have a bad feeling about this?” He would rather have never found the key if he knew that he wouldn’t be able to find the matching keyhole. The thought that he could be missing out on something important made his chest tight.
“Pei! Pei! Pei! Don’t you dare say anymore! “