Chapter 48 – Falling into a Cloud

I want to hire you to be my exclusive dance teacher.

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This action immediately triggered a scream, and cheers almost broke throughout the whole studio. On the other hand, Fang Juexia, who had been flirted with, was calm. He simply leaned back and wrested away the cellphone in Pei Tingsong's hand.

The other members, who were watching the excitement, didn't mind fanning the flames higher. Ling Yi's little tongue never stopped as it flapped, "So it turns out Pei Tingsong is such a person oh!"

He Ziyan, who was sitting at the end of the seating arrangement, added jokingly, "Just a pretty face and also still pretty—this is actually the nickname Pei Tingsong gave to one of his bandmates. Can you guys dare to believe it ma?"

Having said that, he pointed the microphone in his hand at the audience below, but who would have known that the fans below would yell loudly in unison, "Dare!"

"You guys really dare to believe anything." Lu Yuan added on, "To tell the truth, I also dare."

All of the fans below laughed. Jiang Miao looked at the people involved with a smile and put forward a suggestion, "I feel like this way might be more fun. Xiao Pei just made public his nickname for Juexia, so now, let's take a look at Juexia's nickname for Xiao Pei, how's that?"

The little captain was pretty much voicing the heartfelt wishes of the fans below. Before he could even finish his words, they started screaming, and the rest of his sentence was almost drowned out amidst their cheers.

The host joked, "This is the best artist I've ever interviewed. The group leader has already started to help me with the cues."

Lu Yuan said with a smile, "Captain is a cueing maniac."

Originally, the hot potato was still with Pei Tingsong, but now it had been thrown into Fang Juexia's hands.

Even before Fang Juexia could react to this, he heard the girls below calling out his name in waves. He was still a little confused when he picked up his microphone. "Is it my turn now?"

Ling Yi called out, "Juexia, don't let me down!"

He Ziyan added, "It's time to hurt each other."

Lu Yuan shifted his high stool around. "Melon seeds and peanut snacks are on sale in the front row ah."

Listening on as his bandmates mercilessly fooled around, Pei Tingsong smiled and shook his head, and then looked at Fang Juexia.

To be honest, he had created that nickname long back, all because of his prejudices and stereotyping of this person. Thinking about it now, he felt really apologetic towards Fang Juexia.

However, Pei Tingsong was also very curious about how the person in front of him had nicknamed him. Based on his personality, he probably wouldn't make something up right now.

"En…" Fang Juexia held up the microphone and adjusted the choker on his neck with a smile. "In fact, my nicknames aren't particularly interesting, so everyone shouldn't expect too much."

"It's best if it's like that." Pei Tingsong nodded with complete satisfaction.

Ling Yi guessed boldly, "It may be Devil Incarnate Pei Tingsong!"

Lu Yuan interjected, "No, it's Xiao Pei, Xiao Pei, game loss guaranteed today."

"It could also be La La La, a Pinot Tree Supreme," He Ziyan said.

"Hahahahahaha, what's the matter with this group?!"

"What are they doing, is everyone competing for the spot of the number one slanderer in the group hahahaha?"

However, Jiang Miao said, "Juexia wouldn't make up such nicknames. I guess it should just be his name?"

Fang Juexia looked at their group leader with a smile. "Pretty much, but a bit more precise." He himself knew that his nicknames weren't funny, and he didn't want to arouse everyone's appetite, so he turned towards the involved party.

Sensing that Fang Juexia had raised the microphone to speak, Pei Tingsong rubbed his ears and turned around while wearing an expression that showed he was listening intently with both ears.

Fang Juexia said calmly, "Kaleido Pei Tingsong."

As soon as these words were uttered, the whole audience burst into laughter, and his bandmates' laughter was especially exaggerated.

Pei Tingsong's face collapsed at a speed visible to the naked eye. He stood up from the high stool and pretended to leave the stage. "Flying solo, flying solo from now on, I'm not doing this anymore."

Unexpectedly, a fan from below yelled in a super loud voice, "The beautiful baby is still doing it, you can't not do it!"

"Hahahahahahaha sister is so super loud!"

"Hahahahahahaha!"

But he was just joking, and didn't take more than two steps forward after standing up before sitting down again. He sat his butt down right next to Fang Juexia, then pulled him over to face him. "Why didn't you write Star Chart Company Kaleido Maknae Rapper Pei Tingsong?"

Fang Juexia pursed his lips and replied naturally, "It's not like I'm your Baidu Encyclopedia entry."

"Hahahahaha!"

"Hahahahahahahahaha, Baidu Encyclopedia entry!"

Lu Yuan was laughing so hard that he nearly fell over. "The little devil king also has this day!"

Pei Tingsong let out a long sigh and faced the fans, complaining, "You guys see, the nickname I gave this guy was full of pretty, but what he actually nicknamed me was just Kaleido Pei Tingsong, isn't this infuriating?"

He Ziyan clutched at his chest. "Xiao Pei's heart, all his love was wasted."

Lu Yuan commented, "Pei Tingsong who only knew about prettiness, Fang Juexia who just feels like they're colleagues."

Ling Yi added, "Laying out a banner: Karma Exists."

"Hahahahahaha!"

"The cross talk group is really quite enough!"

Facing the whole audience's ridicule, Pei Tingsong could only shake his head repeatedly while saying, "Fang Juexia is heartless."

Fang Juexia was a little embarrassed by what he had said, but he really did use that nickname for him; he had done the same for everyone.

Was it a little too hurtful?

Pondering on it, Fang Juexia didn't know what else to say, so he poked at Pei Tingsong's waist with his microphone.

In the beginning, Pei Tingsong deliberately ignored him and turned his back on him. Later, only when Fang Juexia poked him in the back once again did he turn around, and holding his microphone in his hand, spoke "This segment has made me so sad, I'm requesting for us to proceed directly to the next segment. Cellphone nicknames are the bane of my life."

The duration of the activity was also limited, and right then, the host had also wanted to bring the audience under control, so she followed Pei Tingsong's suggestion and commenced with the next segment.

In fact, on the inside, Pei Tingsong didn't really not want to continue this segment. He just thought that if they really continued with it, what if Fang Juexia's nicknames for the others were really good, what then?

Ling Yi had been Fang Juexia's roommate since even before they debuted, and usually, both of them were very close and intimate, so his nickname must be Yiyi. His nickname for their group leader must be Miao Ge or Little Captain, but anyway, all of their nicknames would be better than Kaleido Pei Tingsong.

If it turned out to be like that, then wouldn't he be left with no face?

The more Pei Tingsong thought about it, the more his slight discomfort with this matter grew. But after all, their relationship before in the group was there, and it hadn't even been as good as that between strangers. Fang Juexia using that nickname for him was justifiable; after all, didn't he himself nickname this person as— Just a pretty face?

Summing it all up, Pei Tingsong just didn't want to hear Fang Juexia's intimate nicknames for others. He had to stop this segment and cut his losses.

Next, they all chatted about the shooting of the advertisements for the new products, an area that had never been Fang Juexia's home court. However, he felt that Pei Tingsong spoke very few words here, and his participation wasn't high. He wondered whether it was because of the issue with the nickname.

Just by looking at his appearance and daily style, Fang Juexia seemed to be more like the kind of person with a delicate and sensitive mind. Yet, in reality, his way of thinking was simple and direct, and there always existed a barrier between him and the outside world. In many cases, he was more like the straight man of steel that netizens liked to talk about.

And right now, he discovered that Pei Tingsong, who looked very tiger-like, was actually the one with a delicate and sensitive mind.

Therefore, Fang Juexia, who had always just regarded nicknames as a search index for his contact list, couldn't help but wonder if he should change that name to something that was less icy cold.

Just a pretty face and also still pretty…

To be honest, Fang Juexia was skeptical about this nickname. After all, he was already used to Pei Tingsong's word games, so maybe, it could be that he had also just made up this nickname for fanservice this time around.

He began to wonder what Pei Tingsong had really nicknamed him.

The activity didn't end until the afternoon. The brand had invested a great deal of money on promotions, coupled with the fact that the livestream's popularity wasn't low, and then, adding on K's fancy group talk and the TingJue CP concentrated fluff moments, it rushed onto the Hot Search list, and became a hot conversation topic.

The brand was very satisfied with this result and promised Star Chart to increase their advertising and offline publicity ventures with them in the future.

"You guys will get more and more endorsements in the future." Cheng Qiang was feeling a bit emotional in the midst of his joy. "Ah, I seem to have an old mother's mentality now, feeling as though the kids I raised, all on my lonesome, are now starting to earn money to support their family. It really wasn't easy ah."

However, the six K members were fighting around in the car, and no one heard what he said.

"Ling Yi, can you stop eating? Your chips have gotten all over my pants!"

"I'm just going to eat it! Eat it! I'll even give some to Juexia to make you expire from anger!"

"Thank you…..wu, it's so spicy."

"Aiya, I forgot this is the Indian ghost pepper flavor."

"Hahahahahaha, are you a demon? Giving Juexia ghost pepper spiciness!"

"Excuse me, aren't ghost peppers Mexican?"

Witnessing his boss be completely ignored by his own artists, Xiao Wen, who was sitting in the passenger's seat, applauded awkwardly for him. "Qiang Ge is right."

Cheng Qiang, wearing an expression like that of a domineering president, started the car and crooked his neck to point at Xiao Wen. "Fasten your seat belt."

When they returned to the company, they received more good news. On the basis of the previous pilot livestream episode of the "candy wrapper kiss", and Kaleido's recent continuous exposure, the view count for the first episode of the group ensemble livestream that came out last weekend on a certain network platform exceeded 5 million on its first day. Although it wasn't as high as that of many ultra-popular groups, for a group ensemble variety show targeted mainly towards fans that didn't have any publicity besides the pilot livestream episode, this was already a pretty amazing number.

Taking advantage of the planning meeting, the boss mentioned details regarding the group ensemble show, "Because the feedback for the first episode was pretty good, the staff analyzed the data, and the most discussed topic was Xiao Pei and Juexia's CP."

Chen Zhengyun looked at the two of them. "It seems that our planning direction was still right this time, and we can now see the benefits this CP fanservice brings for the whole group. In fact, the rest of the discussed topics weren't much different; everyone here is a child with a good sense for variety shows, so keep working hard."

After saying that, he took out two sets of contracts. "This is the new cooperation contract we got from two other network platforms, and it was only after seeing the view count for the ensemble show and the degree of discussion that took place on the initial network that they came to us. It just so happened that we hadn't signed an exclusive contract with this particular broadcasting platform in the beginning, so now, our broadcasting channels have also been increased."

Ling Yi was very surprised. "Really? I thought only fans watched this."

Cheng Qiang explained, "It's mainly because you guys had a small fan base at the beginning, so to a certain extent, there was a lot of space for passers-by to enter. Now, you guys are at a turning point, where you are rising in national popularity, and so there will be a large number of passers-by who will want to turn into your fans after watching some of your performances or programs. The ensemble show is just the quickest way for them to get to know all of you."

"Therefore, the high view count on the ensemble show proves that the attention you all are attracting really has risen very high."

Fang Juexia could also sense this change. Even if he hardly browsed the Internet, he would get a lot of feedback from his mama and former classmates.

A few days ago, a college classmate had even sent him a message, saying that all kinds of photos, which had been taken when he was studying, had built their own towering threads in the forum. There were photos of him in class, giving a presentation onstage, participating in the school mathematics competitions, participating in basketball matches, and even photos of him at sports festivals.

These photos also seemed to have been posted over on Weibo, where they were also widely discussed.

"Cheng Qiang is right." Chen Zhengyun continued, "Everyone wants to see this variety show, but they also want to understand the real you, which is why we're planning more episodes. What's more, this ensemble job bears witness to the process of everyone starting from scratch and growing up. Every hard won job opportunity is being recorded, which then becomes very precious to both the fans and all of you."

After that, he returned to the main topic of discussion—planning the album. "Everyone has been working hard these past few days, running to activity after activity, and we haven't stopped either. Several producers, artists, and I have discussed these demos for several days, and have finally decided on the main song of this album."

As soon as they heard the main song being mentioned, everyone grew a little excited. Fang Juexia even felt a little nervous; they hadn't come out with an album for so long that he had forgotten what it was like to record songs in the studio.

"We decided to use He Ziyan's demo."

With that, Ling Yi and Lu Yuan started cheering for He Ziyan, "Yeah!"

Seeing that everyone was so happy, Fang Juexia's mood also suddenly jumped with joy, but then he heard Chen Zhengyun say, "The arrangement is very distinctive, very much in-line with your guys' style. However, the composition of the song still needs to be adjusted; there is a lack of melody, especially in the chorus. There are still things to be discussed."

Speaking of composition….

Fang Juexia felt as if he had forgotten something, but he couldn't remember it at this moment. Pei Tingsong, who had originally been spinning his pen, suddenly raised his hand and spoke up, "Boss, I have a suggestion."

"You're making progress ah." Chen Zhengyun teased, "You even know how to use the word 'suggestion' now."

No one in the room bothered to stand on ceremony, and everyone started laughing uproariously. A smile even drifted across Fang Juexia's face as his fingers played with the pocket-sized tea-cup in front of him; it was made of boxwood, and was a part of the boss' collection.

Pei Tingsong glared at them and continued, "For the composition part, I want to recommend Juexia Ge."

Fang Juexia didn't expect Pei Tingsong to suddenly push him out into the spotlight. The wooden cup in his hand fell down in an instant and hit the table with a thud.

He looked like a little mouse who failed to steal oil, instead running smack dab into kerosene. As he glanced at the boss, he stretched out his hand, snatched the little teacup that had tumbled far away, brought it back, and even patted it gently.

With a smile on his lips, Chen Zhengyun turned his head and looked at Pei Tingsong. "Why are you suddenly dragging Juexia out?"

Jiang Miao thought about it and said, "Yes ah, why does Xiao Pei know that Juexia can compose music? The rest of us didn't even know this."

Lu Yuan commented, "It can't be one of Xiao Pei's pranks ba?"

Pei Tingsong picked up the small cup in front of him and pretended to throw it at him. "Am I so idle and bored?"

He Ziyan's face showed an unclear smile. "Then that is to say, Xiao Pei has heard Juexia's music? Even I haven't heard it, hey."

"Wow, I'm so sad. I'm actually Juexia's dearest roommate," Ling Yi lay on the table and complained, "Juexia, you already don't love me anymore."

Listening to these repeated bombardments from his bandmates, Fang Juexia's ears turned red, and he kept waving his hand. "No, actually it's all an accident…"

Pei Tingsong interrupted his explanation, "Boss, believe me, Fang Juexia is really very talented."

Hearing this sentence, Fang Juexia was stunned. All the clarifications he had come up with in his mind were forgotten in that instant.

He suddenly thought of a phrase—forceful and lofty in speech. Even though he knew that that phrase couldn't be accurately used here, at this moment, every word Pei Tingsong uttered hit his heart heavily, and every syllable echoed repeatedly within his empty chest.

He looked at Pei Tingsong, and what was strange was that Pei Tingsong, who had originally been looking at the boss the entire time, seemed to feel something at that very moment. He turned his face, and their eyes, very coincidentally, met the other's.

It was always like this. The frequency with which this kept happening was already too high for it to be categorised as just being a coincidence.

His eyelashes trembled, but Fang Juexia didn't look away this time.

Pei Tingsong recalled the swaying snow-white trees outside the hospital upon seeing this.

Chen Zhengyun shrugged. "Alright. Juexia, when you get back, send me what you wrote, and I'll listen to it."

Not expecting the outcome of the meeting to finally be something like this, and also being caught off guard by Pei Tingsong selling him out, all Fang Juexia could do was nod and agree, "Okay."

If such a thing had happened before, he would have definitely felt resistant inside. Even if he had tightly held this demo in his hands for a whole week, he didn't really want to take it out, and he also didn't want to be exposed passively.

However, he had to admit that hearing Pei Tingsong's approval and praise was something that made him happy. The amount of happiness he was feeling right now even beat out the amount he usually felt because of most other people's praise.

It was just that Fang Juexia hadn't discovered yet, that in his heart, he had already subconsciously divided people into [Pei Tingsong] and [Others].

After the meeting, since all six of them were there, everyone started to practice. Singing and dancing was a kind of technical work, and if even a day of practice was missed, people would become a little rusty. Previously, since Kaleido didn't have much work, they practiced almost every day. The one who was most intense about it was naturally Fang Juexia, and the laziest was Pei Tingsong.

Lu Yuan had already come up with choreography for a part of the dance using the demo before, and so he took this opportunity to dance it out and show everyone.

"Wow, that's cool!" Ling Yi clapped like a little seal. "That move just now was so hot!"

"Worthy of being Teacher Yuan." Jiang Miao also started clapping.

He Ziyan stood with his arms akimbo and sighed, "So difficult ah…"

Pei Tingsong was an airborne artist, and he had hardly practiced before, so his dance foundation was much worse than the others. However, he still counted as gifted, and had a good sense of rhythm. Therefore, although he was nowhere near Fang Juexia or Lu Yuan in terms of dancing, he wouldn't drag them down, and won through sheer stage charm.

However, the choreography this time was really a little difficult, demanding high intensity and consisting of many shifts. He sat cross-legged on the ground and as he watched, kept scooting closer to Fang Juexia's side.

Fang Juexia was completely engrossed in watching the choreography, and completely didn't notice the appearance of an extra person at his side. He didn't turn his head until Pei Tingsong bumped into his shoulder.

"What's the matter?"

The music playing in the practice room was loud, so Pei Tingsong also said in a loud voice, "The dance this time is really difficult."

So? Fang Juexia didn't understand his meaning. "It is a bit."

"So," Pei Tingsong grabbed Fang Juexia and pulled him into his arms. "I want to hire you to be my exclusive dance teacher. Help redeem me and not drag you guys down!"

"You…" Fang Juexia blinked and replied, "The dance was created by Lu Yuan, you should let him teach you."

"Tch." Pei Tingsong really couldn't say anything in reply to Fang Juexia's one-track mind.

He copied Fang Juexia and stretched out his legs, even going to the extent of pressing his right leg onto this person's leg. "Aren't I Kaleido Pei Tingsong? Don't forget that I carry the name Kaleido in front of my name. If I can't dance well, that means Kaleido can't dance well. If Kaleido can't dance well, that means you, Fang Juexia, can't dance well."

What kind of logic was this?

If you said it over and over again, it seemed like a tongue twister.

Fang Juexia knew that Pei Tingsong was still feeling unsettled about the nickname matter, and remembered that he had promised him that he would not be so indifferent towards him. So, he began to weigh on how to best change the nickname.

How about getting rid of the Kaleido?

Or calling him Xiao Pei?

Neither of them seemed very good. Fang Juexia didn't have any good ideas right now, so he thought that he might as well let Pei Tingsong come up with one himself.

Pei Tingsong, who had been waiting for his response for a long time, ended up waiting so long that he got tired. He stretched his hands out behind him, while wondering if he had been too deliberately ambiguous and had provoked Fang Juexia again.

It couldn't be as far as that ba, it couldn't be that Fang Juexia really was a little master ah, not being able to speak a single word to him.

All of a sudden, his ears grew warm, and he heard Fang Juexia's cool and chilly voice, followed by a warm breath, drift over.

"Why don't you tell me ba?" The words he blurted out were like a soft and moist cloud as they wrapped around Pei Tingsong while he was lost in fanciful thoughts. "Whatever nickname you like, I can change it to that."

If you had never fallen into a cloud, you would never know how cold and soft a cloud was.

Every cloud even contained a light sweetness.

The huge mirror reflected their appearances. Fang Juexia looked like he was about to lie on his shoulder, and his side profile was as beautiful as a picture, pleasing to both the heart and the eyes.

[Whatever nickname you like, I can change it to that.] Pei Tingsong practically unpacked these words in his heart, chewing over every letter and syllable, and it felt even better than the taste of the winter pear tong sui.

However, he restrained the delight that sprouted in him, and wearing the same expression he would usually use when he was teasing him, he turned his head.

"Let me think ah."

The distance between the tips of their noses was shortened in a moment, with only 5 cm left.

With this movement, Fang Juexia's pale face turned red. A bandage was stuck to his Adam's apple, and in Pei Tingsong's eyes, it was like a medal that marked the spoils of war.

He raised a hand and flicked Fang Juexia's forehead. "Dream on."

After saying that, he raised his eyebrows. "Don't think about being lazy. Until you earnestly want to change my nickname, I just want to be called Kaleido Pei Tingsong."

They stayed in the practice room until 1:30 in the morning, and since they still had to record the ensemble show the next day, they couldn't stay too long. Xiao Wen drove them back to the dormitory in the van. Although it was already midnight, there were actually still fans crouched there at the company as they waited for Kaleido. Although there had been fans who had done this in the past, the numbers were quite different, and they wouldn't stay so late.

"He Ziyan! Fire Ge, your fur jacket is so good looking! Cool!"

"Miaomiao! Teacher Yuan! I love you guys!"

He Ziyan walked in the very front, waved to these fans in a familiar way, very naturally got into the passenger seat of the van, and rolled down the window. "Hurry home ba, it's this late, and you guys are still outside. I'm going to be angry ah."

"Yiyi, look at Mama ba!"

"Lingling! Mama loves you!"

Ling Yi was especially good at extricating himself from awkward situations and waved to everyone with a smile. "Okay, moms. Moms have seen their son ba, so they can go home at ease!"

Lu Yuan ran over and put his arms around his neck, trying to snatch the game machine that Ling Yi had grabbed from him before, which caused Ling Yi to scream madly, "Mama, save me!" The two of them bickered and argued as they scrambled to occupy the second row of seats.

"Hahahaha, Mama can't save you! Give it to Teacher Yuan!"

Jiang Miao wore a mask and smiled. "Are you cold? It's very cold ba. Don't come so late next time."

"Ahhhhhhhhhh, the little captain is too warm."

"Three Water, I love you!"

Juexia came out with Jiang Miao. He was wrapped in a big coat, and the hood of his sweater covered most of his face. He half lowered his head and kept bowing to the fans from the moment he exited the building, greeting everyone in a soft voice. Unfortunately, his voice was drowned out by the loud screams of the fans.

"Juexia!!! Juexia Gege!!!"

"Mama doesn't want you to bow! Stand up straight for Mama!"

"Our Juexia works so hard, take a hot bath when you get back!"

The last one was of course Kaleido's group tyrant, Pei Tingsong.

"Ah, Pinot Tree Supreme, you're so hot!"

"Pei Tingsong, did you grow taller again?! How are your legs so long?!"

He was about to fall over from sleepiness. It was still very cold during the early spring nights, and the current cold wind made him squint as he listlessly walked at the very back. "Still not going home ah? One look and anyone can tell you guys don't have enough homework."

"Hahahahaha!"

"Pinto Tree Supreme, you have no heart! I'm going to stop being your fan! I'm going to climb the fandom wall!"

"You dare." Pei Tingsong put on an expression of trying to find that person, looked up and glanced around. "Whose fandom are you climbing over to?"

"I'll climb over to Fang Juexia's!"

At this time, Fang Juexia, who had been cued, was about to step into the car. Upon hearing his name, he turned around, saw that all of these little girls were laughing, and felt a bit confused.

Pei Tingsong first glanced at Fang Juexia, then pretended to cold-shoulder the fan who had said that she'd climb the fandom wall. "Go, go, go, go quickly. I must see you in his Weibo comments tomorrow."

When he finished talking, he stepped into the car and saw that Fang Juexia had already gotten a window seat. He had even opened the window to talk to the fans. "You guys go back quickly, don't let your parents worry." His voice was not loud, always getting covered up as soon as he opened his mouth, but his expression was serious, and with his eyebrows slightly twisted, he really looked like a worried Gege.

Pei Tingsong sat next to him and deliberately squeezed next to him at the window to tell the fans, "Quickly go home!"

"Pinot Tree Supreme, shut up!"

"Hey, you guys are fake fans ba?"

When the car started, everyone was tired from practice, and this allowed Xiao Wen to experience a rare moment of quiet. However, he kept feeling that there was something he hadn't said yet, but he just couldn't remember it. While waiting for the traffic lights to turn, he flipped through the notes on his cellphone, and it was only then that he remembered about the event Cheng Qiang had told him to arrange, which hadn't been told to these guys yet.

"Hey, you guys aren't asleep yet ba?"

As soon as he asked, Ling Yi and Lu Yuan tacitly began a snoring duet.

Xiao Wen knew that they were doing it deliberately, and glanced at the rearview mirror as he said, "Isn't tomorrow the filming for the ensemble show? It's going to be at an outside location oh."

All of the six people in the car suddenly woke up. "Outside location?!"

"It must be the Maldives, thanking the company, thanking the boss and Qiang Ge…"

"No la." Xiao Wen turned around a corner and said, "Tomorrow is going to be an amusement park special."

"Wow, an amusement park isn't bad either ah!"

Pei Tingsong sneered. "You guys are truly humans who are easy to satisfy."

"Er…" Xiao Wen hesitated for a moment, and then said, "In fact, to be more accurate, it's a haunted house special, and the other parts are just extra."

The roof of the car was almost overturned—

"Haunted house??!!"

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