Chapter 247
Chapter 247
Yun Youyou said nothing more and staggered upstairs in a daze.
She stumbled like she had been drinking bootleg liquor.
Ji Lin remained alone in the living room, utterly baffled.
Could someone tell him what had happened?
The Vampire knew nothing about what happened downstairs.
After returning to his room, he continued studying the next book.
To enter an Instance with Youyou, he would try, try, and try some more. He would keep pushing, pushing, and pushing!
Everyone stayed in their rooms all afternoon.
The empty villa was frighteningly quiet.
Wait. There was still someone in the living room!
Su Gou remained sprawled on the floor after Ji Lin knocked him unconscious, with no telling when he would wake.
A passing maid nearly died of fright.
Anyone who did not know better might think they had stumbled upon a murder scene.
It was not until sunset spilled into the living room that Su Gou slowly woke.
“Hiss…”
He climbed off the floor and rubbed his aching neck.
“What happened to me?”
Why was his neck so sore?
Under the illusion’s influence, Su Gou had forgotten everything that had just happened when he woke.
He only remembered sitting on the sofa with Ji Lin beside him.
Everything after that was blank.
Su Gou frowned hard enough to crush a fly between his brows.
He sat blankly on the sofa.
Evening brought a peculiar sense of loneliness.
It felt as though he were the only person left in the world.
Especially when orange sunlight blanketed everything.
Su Gou felt as if he had been abandoned.
Where were the humans?
Where were the ghosts?
Where had everyone gone?
Fortunately, the attentive maid went upstairs to call everyone to dinner.
Conversation filled the silent villa.
Doors opened and closed.
The clatter of footsteps descending the stairs traveled through the wooden floor.
Su Gou relaxed too.
He would never admit he had been a little afraid just now.
Afraid everyone had abandoned him, leaving him alone in the entire villa.
Once the illusion vanished, the world before him returned to normal.
Su Gou had completely forgotten giving Ji Lin a rose.
When he saw Yun Youyou come downstairs, he immediately marched over in a huff.
“Why was I the only one lying on the living-room floor? Where did all of you go?”
Beneath the anger in his voice was a trace of wounded grievance.
Yun Youyou truly had not known Ji Lin knocked him unconscious.
Su Gou had fallen without a sound.
With the sofa and coffee table blocking him from view, no one had noticed a person lying on the floor.
Ji Lin was not the kind of man who refused to own his actions.
As he passed Su Gou, he said, “I knocked you out.”
Su Gou instantly flew into a rage.
“I knew you were plotting against me!”
He stormed up to Ji Lin.
Ji Lin lifted his eyelids and regarded him without emotion.
“You asked for it.”
His cold tone only added fuel to the fire.
Su Gou sneered.
“What, did I stick out my head and ask you to hit me?”
Ji Lin said, “Close enough.”
Su Gou nearly laughed from anger.
“Then tell me why I’d stick my head out.”
Ji Lin sneered too.
He had not planned to say anything, intending to spare Su Gou some dignity.
But if Su Gou insisted on hearing it, then so be it.
Ji Lin looked at Su Gou, his lips curving slightly.
Alarm bells screamed through Su Gou’s mind. He had a terrible feeling.
Ji Lin said, “You clung to me and begged me not to leave.”
Su Gou immediately protested, “Impossible!”
That absolutely was not true.
How could he ever say something so pathetic to Ji Lin?
Ji Lin coldly watched him panic and continued, “You also called me beautiful.”
Su Gou: …
“Lies! You’re making this up!”
Su Gou’s thoughts became a complete mess.
He looked at Ji Lin in disbelief.
How could he possibly call his romantic rival beautiful?
Ji Lin said nothing. He simply watched Su Gou descend into confusion.
“Youyou, tell me he isn’t telling the truth.”
Su Gou looked expectantly at Yun Youyou.
He hoped to hear a different answer from her, so he could loudly mock Ji Lin for lying.
Unfortunately, reality disappointed him.
After a moment of hesitation, Yun Youyou decided to tell him the truth.
“Everything he said is true. And you gave him a rose.”
As if struck by lightning, Su Gou staggered backward.
“No!”
“Impossible!”
“None of this is real!”
Had he unknowingly fallen in love with Ji Lin?
Yun Youyou shook her head in lament.
Another perfectly good man had gone insane.
By the time Fu Yiming came downstairs, the farce was over.
He immediately saw Su Gou standing blankly in a corner as if he had lost his soul.
“No, impossible. None of this is real.”
Su Gou was still muttering to himself.
His mental state looked questionable.
Fu Yiming asked in confusion, “Is he… sick?”
Yun Youyou nodded.
“Probably schizophrenia.”
Fu Yiming: …
How had Su Gou developed schizophrenia in a single afternoon?
The maid went to call Doctor Lan and the Vampire down for dinner.
“Young Master, dinner is ready.”
Doctor Lan closed his medical book and followed her downstairs.
At that moment, another door happened to open.
The Vampire emerged.
The two ghosts looked at each other.
Doctor Lan greeted him with a smile. “Shall we go down together?”
The Vampire nodded.
He was still thinking about his next move.
He had spent the entire afternoon reading all three books from beginning to end.
He knew exactly what to do now.
Although this was his first attempt, the Vampire felt no shame.
There was nothing shameful about completing a task.
Besides, ghosts and monsters had precious little shame to begin with.
The books all said acting spoiled was the best way to conquer a man.
The Vampire had never acted spoiled before.
But after spending all afternoon studying clever little tricks, he was completely confident.
He followed Doctor Lan downstairs.
His target, Ji Lin, stood nearby.
The Vampire walked up to Ji Lin like a perfectly normal person.
Ji Lin ignored him.
The next second, the Vampire lunged, hopped up, and reached for Ji Lin’s neck to act spoiled.
“Hus–”
The Vampire did not get to finish.
He had uttered only the first syllable when he slammed heavily into the floor.
From the corner of his eye, Ji Lin had seen the Vampire reaching for his neck.
His gaze chilled. Instinctively, he seized the Vampire’s arm and flipped him over his shoulder.
Lying on the floor in confusion, the Vampire still remembered to finish his sentence.
“–band, come kiss me?”
The throw did not hurt, but he was bewildered.
The book clearly said this was acting spoiled. As long as he followed the instructions, the man would surrender to him.
The sudden scene silenced every human and ghost nearby.
Yun Youyou: …
This kid had really lost it.