A Scene at Kong Family

"Never mind, I won't say it after all." Wen Ziyin changed her mind again.

Xia Yu: "???"

"Aren't you afraid I'll take revenge on you since your body is still here with me?" He threatened Wen Ziyin.

"Whatever, just don't turn it into a mini-drama." Wen Ziyin was very calm and didn't care at all.

Xia Yu had no choice but to change his approach and started to play the emotional card: "You promised to tell me, how can you go back on your word?"

"I never said I would tell you, I just asked if you wanted to listen." Wen Ziyin's mood gradually became happier as she played with words, "I never said I'd tell you if you wanted to listen."

Xia Yu had no way of dealing with someone who was determined to be cunning. He silently opened his laptop and searched for the scariest movie on the search engine.

He found it, turned off all the lights in the room, and sat on the bed without saying a word, watching the movie.

At first, Wen Ziyin was relaxed. Half an hour later, she became a bit uneasy. An hour later, she kept emitting a "terrifying" vibe. With only half an hour left in the movie, she barely held on.

This was somewhat surprising to Xia Yu, as he himself felt a bit fearful watching the movie, yet Wen Ziyin was still able to persevere.

However, it didn't matter. If the movie's visuals and sound effects alone couldn't scare Wen Ziyin, he could still add realistic physical sensations to the movie.

Xia Yu controlled his breathing and movements. When the protagonist was being chased by a synthesized monster in the movie, the visuals and sound effects conveyed the shaking of the floor as the monster ran. Xia Yu also controlled his body to create the feeling of the bed shaking.

As the protagonist was panicking, so was he.

Wen Ziyin couldn't take it anymore: "Stop watching, I'll tell you!"

"Go ahead." Xia Yu shifted his gaze away from the screen.

"First, turn on the light and turn off the movie!" Wen Ziyin said.

Xia Yu got off the bed, did everything as requested, and sat on the edge of the bed.

Wen Ziyin was still a bit scared. She told Xia Yu, "Lift your feet up and don't put them on the edge of the bed."

"Don't worry, the scene in the movie where the monster bites your leg off from under the bed won't happen."

"Stop talking!" Wen Ziyin was angry.

Xia Yu pulled his feet back and lay in the middle of the bed: "Now you can start talking."

Wen Ziyin was somewhat annoyed, as she didn't want to recall that period's events.

"It's what I told you before, my mom wanted to continue writing essays to make money but couldn't, so she used my work instead. After she finished publishing the essays that my teacher taught me to write, she asked me to keep writing. But how could I, a child at that time, have such great skills?"

At this point, Wen Ziyin stopped: "Do you roughly know about the situation afterwards?"

"I can guess." Xia Yu replied.

"Then there's no need for me to say it." Wen Ziyin sighed in relief.

Lying on the bed, Xia Yu pondered over the matter. He recalled the information he had obtained from Yu Ningmeng.

Previously, he had asked Yu Ningmeng to find Wen Ziyin's old neighbor and inquire about Wen's family situation.

The neighbor said that they often heard Wen Ziyin's crying.

Wen Ziyin, who was a little girl at the time, must have had some heartbreaking matter, and it was most likely because of her mother's pressure.

In a short period of time, Wen Ziying experienced her father's death and her family's bankruptcy. Her mother, who should have cared more for her, treated her as a proxy writer and stared at her writing all day. Wen Ziying's mood was understandable.

No wonder she didn't submit any of the essays and poems in that drawer; she probably had a psychological shadow.

"Hey, why aren't you speaking?" Wen Ziying suddenly spoke.

Xia Yu didn't know what to say. Should he comfort Wen Ziying at this time? But Wen Ziying didn't want to mention this matter.

"Get up if you're okay, let's finish watching that horror movie," Wen Ziying continued.

Horror movies are such love-hate things. The more frightened you are, the more thrilling it feels.

After finishing the movie, Xia Yu lay in bed, plugged in the night light as Wen Ziying instructed, placed slippers beside the bed horizontally, wrapped the quilt tightly around him, and fell asleep.

At six o'clock in the morning, he returned to his own body.

Turning on the light and stretching, Xia Yu played with the handheld game console for a while, then got up after hearing noises outside around seven o'clock.

Outside, his grandparents were cooking rice noodles. Seeing Xia Yu get up, they urged him to sleep for a few more hours, but Xia Yu had already slept for eight hours, so he had to refuse.

After washing up and eating the rice noodles, Xia Yu brought two bowls of rice noodles to An Siyao and Yuxue's room.

Upon entering the room, Xia Yu found that Kong Hanyue was also there. The three of them sat under the covers, each holding a game controller, playing games.

After placing the rice noodles, Xia Yu picked up another bowl.

"Come and play," Kong Hanyue beckoned to Xia Yu while eating the rice noodles.

If it were just An Siyao, Xia Yu would definitely get into bed without hesitation, but at this moment, there were also Yuxue and Kong Hanyue in the bed.

He declined the invitation.

Walking out of the room and into the yard, he saw Zhong Yunze coming down from the upstairs loft, where he had slept the night before.

The first thing Zhong Yunze did when he came downstairs was to look at the river.

"There's ice; what a pity," he sighed.

"Even without the ice, you couldn't have gone boating," Xia Yu patted him on the head.

"What's with the head patting? Speak nicely," Zhong Yunze complained, "You're only a year older than me!"

"I'm a college student, and you're a high school student," Xia Yu replied.

Zhong Yunze opened his mouth but couldn't argue. There was only a one-year difference, but the concept change created an apparent gap, which made him feel sullen.

"I have a girlfriend, and you don't," Xia Yu added.

"Who says I don't? I have one too!" Zhong Yunze looked at Xia Yu triumphantly.

Xia Yu smiled and turned to go back to the room, "Mom, Yunze that kid has a girlfriend now!"

"What?!" Kong Hanyue immediately put on her clothes and came out.

She pulled Zhong Yunze to one side and sternly questioned him, "What's the situation with you falling in love at this time?!"

Zhong Yunze bowed his head and honestly acknowledged his mistake.

He glared resentfully at Xia Yu, not expecting Xia Yu to be so treacherous.

Xia Yu shook his head at him, indicating that he was still too inexperienced.

Turning around, Xia Yu went to Zhong Yunxin's room.

Zhong Yunxin had also woken up and was looking for normal clothes in her suitcase.

Seeing her appearance, Xia Yu was a bit shocked; Zhong Yunxin's hair was actually red.

It was clearly black yesterday, how did it suddenly change color?

Zhong Yunxin noticed Xia Yu's astonishment, she proudly took out a black wig: "Ta-da, am I clever?"

Xia Yu looked at Zhong Yunxin with regret: Although you are clever, you shouldn't have told me.