Chapter 56

Chapter 56

This must have happened yesterday when she accompanied the female Players to the bathroom to wash their hair.

Although the rope had only been tied around her for a short while, Yun Youyou had delicate, tender skin. The red marks were still swollen even now, so it was no wonder Ji Lin and Wang Yuanyou had misunderstood the situation.

Yun Youyou quickly explained, “You’ve got it all wrong. I did this to myself by accident yesterday. It has nothing to do with them.”

Wang Yuanyou, however, looked devastated. “Did they threaten you?! How could you possibly do this to yourself! Don’t worry, as long as we’re here, I definitely won’t let them touch a single hair on your head. Come over here, quick!”

Ji Lin didn’t say anything, but the look he gave Yun Youyou seemed to say everything.

It seemed this misunderstanding wasn’t going to be cleared up anytime soon.

Yun Youyou had no choice but to walk over first, planning to explain once they had calmed down.

However, halfway there, Su Gou suddenly reached out and blocked her path.

“You can’t go. Who knows if they’re ghosts in disguise.”

Su Gou looked at the two men in front of him with displeasure.

They had appeared out of nowhere and now wanted to take Yun Youyou away. Who knew what kind of sinister schemes they were harboring!

Wang Yuanyou rolled up his sleeves.

“Who are you calling a ghost! I’m a human, a genuine, certified human! Also, what right do you have to stop Yun Youyou from coming with us? We’re taking Yun Youyou with us today no matter what!”

He rolled his eyes at Su Gou, then turned to Yun Youyou with a beaming smile. “Youyou, come over here quickly. Don’t hang around with these barbarians!”

“Barbarians? I think you’re the barbarians here.”

Su Gou didn’t budge an inch. He pointed his gun at Wang Yuanyou, his eyes narrowing dangerously.

Seeing the tension between the two sides, Yun Youyou feared they might actually start fighting. She quickly stepped forward to mediate. “You’re all good people. Please, put your guns down.”

Wang Yuanyou pulled Yun Youyou to the side. “This is a battle between men. It has nothing to do with you.”

Yun Youyou: ???

Su Gou added, “Stay out of this. We have to settle this once and for all today!”

Yun Youyou: ??????

*So, in this struggle for dominance, I’m just a supporting character.*

Yun Youyou fell silent for a moment, then suddenly felt her inner drama queen take over.

She covered her mouth with an exaggerated gasp, her eyes quickly welling up with a layer of mist.

“Please, stop fighting over me! I know you’re all captivated by my beauty, but only the strongest man can win my heart. Go on, fight! Start fighting right now! Beat each other until your heads are bleeding! Fight until you’re at death’s door!”

Ji Lin and Wang Yuanyou: …

Su Gou: …

Suddenly, they didn’t really want to fight anymore.

Yun Youyou continued to lament from the sidelines, “To think a single sentence could make three men fight over me… I truly am a femme fatale.”

The three men: …

Su Gou was silent for a moment before wordlessly holstering his gun. He turned to Wang Yuanyou and said, “Just take her away.”

Wang Yuanyou: “…On second thought, maybe she should stay with you guys. The environment here is nice; it’s quite suitable for Youyou to stay.”

Su Gou: “No, you’re her good friends. She’ll only be happy if she’s with you.”

Wang Yuanyou: “No, no. We’re ghosts in disguise, remember? It’s better if she stays with you.”

The two of them began pushing the responsibility of Yun Youyou’s custody back and forth, showing none of the aggressive tension from moments ago.

Yun Youyou: …

Men’s words are as hollow as a ghost’s promise!

[Staff No. 003, please return to the Hospital Instance immediately and bring the two escaped Players back with you! Staff No. 003, please return to the Hospital Instance immediately and bring the two escaped Players back with you!]
The cold, electronic voice of the Game suddenly rang out in Yun Youyou’s mind.

Just hearing that voice felt like a stroke of bad luck.

However, based on what it said, it seemed Ji Lin and Wang Yuanyou had escaped from their Instance.

“There’s no need to argue anymore. I hereby announce that you two are under arrest.”

Yun Youyou stepped toward the trio, looking at Ji Lin and Wang Yuanyou with an air of impartial justice.

“Turn yourselves in and come back with me right now. If you do, I might just spare your lives.”

Wang Yuanyou: ???

Yun Youyou grabbed his shoulders and manually spun him around. “Stop bickering and come back with me, hurry.”

Ji Lin’s brow furrowed slightly.

Wasn’t Yun Youyou playing the role of a nurse? How did she suddenly switch to playing a policewoman?

“We’ll be going now. Looking forward to our next meeting!”

Yun Youyou pushed Wang Yuanyou with one hand and Ji Lin with the other, turning back to wave goodbye to the squad with a smile.

The Short-haired Female Player watched the two handsome guys longingly, shouting at Yun Youyou, “Next time we meet, don’t forget to bring the two hotties with you!”

Su Gou’s gaze remained fixed on Yun Youyou until her back disappeared around the corner of the corridor.

“How did you guys end up here from your Instance?” Yun Youyou asked Wang Yuanyou as they walked.

“Sigh, we were just wandering aimlessly. I didn’t expect us to stumble in here by accident. Why are you here? Aren’t you a ghost from our place?” Wang Yuanyou answered, then asked her in return.

“I’m just visiting. Slacking off at work, you know how it is?”

Yun Youyou lowered her voice and gave Wang Yuanyou a knowing look.

Wang Yuanyou was shocked.

“You actually dare to slack off while working here? You’ve got some real guts!”

This wasn’t just slacking off; this was flirting with death!

Along the way, the two chatterboxes, Yun Youyou and Wang Yuanyou, talked non-stop. In contrast, Ji Lin didn’t say a word, walking quietly ahead of them.

“Wait, that’s not right. I remember the way back wasn’t this way?”

Yun Youyou looked around the surroundings with confusion.

They hadn’t encountered many ghosts on the way. Su Gou’s squad had likely cleared out most of the ghosts here over the past few days, and the few that remained had been turned to ash by Ji Lin.

But Yun Youyou remembered that the way back was downstairs, yet Ji Lin was currently leading them upstairs.

“Are you sure you want to go back like that?”

Ji Lin stopped in his tracks and glanced at her, seemingly at random.

Yun Youyou looked down at her outfit.

A filthy bulletproof vest hung over her body. Her originally clean white nurse’s dress had turned into a grimy rag, riddled with holes and matted with dark brown bloodstains. She looked exactly like a refugee.

She really did look a bit like a beggar.

Yun Youyou’s face soured, and her shoulders slumped.

Seeing her adorable, miserable expression, the corners of Ji Lin’s mouth couldn’t help but turn up slightly.

He pushed open a door in front of them. “Go change. We’ll wait for you outside.”

Yun Youyou tentatively stepped inside.

Ji Lin closed the door.

The room contained two rows of neat lockers, with clean nurse uniforms placed nearby. It seemed to be a changing room for the nurses.

Yun Youyou found one in her size. After quickly changing, she opened the door and walked out.

Unlike the white nurse uniforms in the Mental Hospital Instance, the uniforms in this Instance were pink, making her look even more delicate.

However, these uniforms had probably been sitting there for too long, as they smelled a bit musty.

Now was not the time to be picky, so Yun Youyou had no choice but to wear this nurse uniform back to her original Instance.