Chapter 4 (2/2)
Huo Ran hesitated a little, then inhaled lightly, and indeed smelled the smell of firewood, but…
“Even if soe,” Huo Ran spoke in a low voice, “This sot to be after someone had used the fire a few hours before, if we push back it'd have been around dinner time”
Kou Chen looks at him
“Trustwood to start fires you hadn't even started junior high”
“I eat roast everyday,” Kou Chen says
“That's charcoal, this is firewood, du, looking at hi behind hi corridor, and Huo Ran instantly felt like his back was in front of a refrigerator whose door was open, feeling a sudden chill, he sharply straightened his back, unconsciously inching forward
Kou Chen was looking at him, his face couldn't be seen clearly, but he still saw the trace of mockery that'd flickered across
“Rest assured,” Huo Ran says, “I ao out”
“If you're scared call for me,” Kou Chen says, “You don't even dare to turn your head back anymore, need me to walk behind you?”
“No,” Huo Ran says immediately
“I won't poke you suddenly,” Kou Chen says
“I don't trust you,” Huo Ran inclined his head, “You go first”
Kou Chen laughs as he starts walking towards the end of the second floor corridor, Huo Ran following behind, once they'd headed over they should be able to see the where the cloister turns, he planned to walk one round around first to understand the situation
According to Huo Ran's “everyone is scared of ghosts those unafraid are all acting” theory, he was sure Kou Chen was also scared, but Kou Chen was used to acting tough, at thisable to walk in such a relaxed ht up in his act
His disposition was comparably more true, he was scared, but he could take it
Also he had accomplices
Accomplices… Huo Ran turned back to look behind hihost building, fro first floor to the third floor, all only had one route, so Xu ZhiFan and the others could only be behind them
But what made Huo Ran insecure was, there still was no movement fro froht he felt that it was this building that had so over where exactly his accoe to ask, a creak suddenly sounded froht-hearted manner in front abruptly ca his body around, facing his back towards Kou Chen
The back had to be facing a person, the back cannot be exposed
This building was the sa, so e, but one had to be of a certain weight to be able to do this, that said, this sound…
“Did you bring people here?” Kou Chen asked from behind him
Huo Ran was extremely humiliated, but his mouth couldn't betray his efforts: “You're the one that fucking brought people…”
“Xu ZhiFan!” Kou Chen raised his head and called out
“fuck,” Huo Ran turned around
“Jiang Lei!” Kou Chen continued, “Hu Yi! Co, 4 with one extra, the loser stands at the side to e the others' shoulders”
Huo Ran had confidence in Xu ZhiFan's intellect, but Jiang Lei and Hu Yi weren't too reliable, with Kou Chen saying this, thinking about how these two ht really just expose the any, the surroundings were still silent, there was no noise whatsoever
“There's someone upstairs,” Kou Chen says
“Mn,” Huo Ran suddenly had a kind of feeling, those three really had not coht didn't seem to be very different froarette smoke and instant noodles
But thefor real? You'd coht?” the security guard uncle sighs, slowly drinking the tea in his cup
“It's really a night jog,” Xu ZhiFan says
“And we're all wearing running shoes,” Hu Yi raised his leg, displaying the new pair of shoes he'd bought over the vacation, “Just for jogging”
“Students like you, usually already wear running shoes…” the security guard uncle says as he glances at all their shoes
Xu ZhiFan followed and looked down, and Jiang Lei who had been standing behind took another step back, Xu ZhiFan felt very helpless then, Jiang Lei earing a pair of Vans3 i've no clue what 双板鞋 is in english specifically but it's probably a kind of sneakers that obviously isn't for running
“You all don't need to tell rabbed a book over to record, “I know your name is Xu ZhiFan, you and that basketball captain, you few are all part of a set, always together, tomorrow I'll report this to your form teacher, the specifics I'll leave it to you to tell hi Lei resisted a little
“All good,” Xu ZhiFan answers immediately, “We will explain to Teacher Yuan touard uncle stood up, “I'll send you all outside, call a car and go home”
“…No need,” the three of them answered at the same time
There's no need Uncle, our co, he can survive in the wilderness by hiht not even last 20 minutes, Uncle, please let us leave by ourselves, we could still climb inside from over at the back door to save hiuard uncle waved his hand
Xu ZhiFan exchanges looks with both Jiang Lei and Hu Yi, then walks out of the security guard post
After walking out of the school gate with their heads down, Xu ZhiFan abruptly breaks into a run, Jiang Lei and Hu Yi following after almost iht unanimously, this was the direction of the shortest way around to the back door
“Should we go upstairs and look?” Kou Chen asks
“Look at what?” Huo Ran wanted to say are you fucking crazy, knowing there's so up to catch a thief
“You really didn't bring anyone?” Kou Chen asks again
Huo Ran hesitated a bit, he did bring people, just that he couldn't say, although he felt that it really wasn't Xu ZhiFan and the others upstairs, but if they went up and it really was those guys… this loss of face would be huge, a face like a full ain, this time the sound was of a 1-2 metre-movement in the direction of the stairway
“Really didn't bring anyone,” Huo Ran suddenly raised his head, quietly saying
They were talking, those upstairs could definitely hear, if at this sort of ti they could still make any movement, it definitely would not be Xu ZhiFan and the others
There really was so over towards the stairway
The hairs on Huo Ran's body all raised up slowly and uniformly
“fuck,” Kou Chen's voice had a hint of exciteo up and look”
Huo Ran stood and did not move
Kou Chen walked a couple of steps then stopped: “You could wait here, or…”
He pointed a finger at the staircase, quietly speaking: “Run outside from the staircase before that person co this sentence, Kou Chen rushed over towards that side, looking like he was planning to trap the person co downstairs at the third floor
Huo Ran stood astonished in the darkness even forgetting to be afraid, only at thisto take it in, that it seehosts
But after rushi+ng a few steps out Kou Chen suddenly gave a shout: “Ah—”
And then fell backwards onto the floor
A creak sounded fro whether he wanted to save hiether with so to pull Kou Chen up, and in the chaos sahite figure float outside from the small platfor without a sound
“Ah—” he unconsciously gave a shout 2 seconds after Kou Chen had finished yelling
“fuck,” Kou Chen jumped up and ran over, “Was that a person?”
Huo Ran didn't kno he had the courage to run over immediately, but to save face, he had to also sloalk over: “I didn't see clearly”
“Let's go,” Kou Chen tugged his shi+rt collar, “I really got a fright just now”
“Okay,” Huo Ran immediately nodded his head, he didn't want to stay here another second
The two of the walked down along the stairs, looking around, but didn't see anything else that couldthe bottoh, this was fine too, walking out together, no win or loss, a tie…
Kou Chen then suddenly stopped, but Huo Ran didn't catch hi out as he watched him retreat one step back up the stairs
“You've lost,” Kou Chen says
“What?” Huo Ran was astonished
– End of Ch4 –
Author's Notes:
Kou Chen is too devious!
Continue the day after ⊙▽⊙。么么哒 4readmeant to sound like ‘mua!' or a kiss sound, but can alsohistorical danmei 《他们都说朕是暴君》[tā] Daily updates, thicker now
Tl Notes: The En title for that novel WuZhe is pro like “they all say (imperial) I am a tyrant” and I've no idea what it's about! But check it out if you're curious I guess that's why I've included the pinyin for the title and author owo Also this chapter had a feeird sentences that hopefully I didn'tas always~
[edited 31/10]: the usual grammar fixes~