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On April 15th, the time has come for the participants of the [Peach Blossom Spring] to enter their respective [Films].
Ji Dong and his four teammates met at the Hourglass Cube and waited in line to enter their [Film].
While waiting, Ji Dong noticed that Fan Luming had put his hand behind his back and was nervously fiddling with the corners of his shirt, looking a bit anxious and nervous, so he couldn’t help but reach out to rub his hair and whisper comfortingly:
“Don’t be afraid, we’ve already analyzed everything, right? After all, we still have to choose our cards, so we definitely won’t be in any strange tale locations as soon as we open our eyes.”
Fan’s younger brother didn’t feel comforted when Ji Dong patted his head.
“That’s true…”
Fan Luming grabbed Ji Dong’s hand and puffed his cheeks.
“But we’re going to see ghosts in every sense of the word soon. Everyone will be nervous, right?”
A middle-aged man who was standing in front of Ji Dong heard Fan Luming’s complaint and turned to look at them. Even though he didn’t know them, his expression was shocked and sympathetic, and his eyes were full of pity for what they were about to face in the supernatural [Film].
Just as the two spoke these words, it was already their turn to enter the Hourglass Cube.
“Okay, I’m going in.”
As the captain of the five-person team, Ji Dong was the first to enter the long corridor. Before turning around, he waved to his four teammates.
“See you later.”
…… ……
Ji Dong’s “See you later” was fulfilled very quickly.
He felt like he had just blinked his eyes and had already entered another [Film] from the [Peach Blossom Spring].
When he opened his eyes again, he was lying on a carpet with Mo Tiangen, Fan Hemian, and Fan Luming, but Ren Jianmo was nowhere to be seen.
Ji Dong climbed up from the carpet and looked around.
Unlike the previous two times, he did not have any additional background information implanted in his mind. The [Peach Blossom Spring] did not tell them anything in advance this time.
Ji Xiao’niao observed for a moment and realized that he was in what appeared to be the living room in a villa. The room had a set of warm brown fabric sofas and a long glass coffee table.
Facing the sofa was a TV cabinet, and a huge 65-inch TV screen was embedded on the wall.
Next to the living room, was the dining room, separated by a beautiful wine cabinet. In the center was a mica stone dining table with six chairs.
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There was a spiral staircase in the corner of the dining room, which obviously led to the second floor.
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Mo Tiangen looked around and noticed that one person was missing.
“By the way, where is Mr. Ren?”
Ji Xiao’niao shook his head, “I just woke up and didn’t see him.”
“I’m here,” Ren Jianmo’s voice came from the second floor.
Everyone looked up and saw Ren Jianmo’s upper body leaning over the handrail of the spiral staircase, his waist-length hair falling down his shoulders like a waterfall.
Ji Dong laughed and asked, “What did you find up there?”
“Well, I made some discoveries,” said Ren Jianmo as he walked down the stairs, while holding up a small card.
The five of them sat on the sofa and held a temporary meeting.
“I found this on the coffee table in the foyer.”
Ren Jianmo woke up earlier than the other four people and had already roughly checked the villa they were in while the others were still asleep.
Then he found a card in the foyer with a message, or rather, an instruction, from an unknown person.
Ji Dong and the others gathered around and saw the beautiful handwritten script on the light beige card.
“At seven o’clock in the morning, please go to the basement for the game briefing,” it read.
Fan Hemian turned to Ren Jianmo and asked, “The basement?”
“Yes,” he replied.
Ren Jianmo pointed in the direction of the revolving staircase, and everyone finally noticed that there was a small walnut-colored door hidden behind the stairs.
“That should be the basement, but we can’t go in now,” he said, raising his hand and pointing to the corner of the TV wall.
“The door has a timed lock, just like the card says. We have to wait until seven o’clock for the lock to open.”
There was a grandfather clock in the corner that was as tall as a person, and it showed that the time was 6:20.
“I see,” said Ji Dong.
Ji Dong looked down at his watch and saw that the time was displayed in the top right corner, accurate to the second, matching the grandfather clock exactly.
The progress bar was at the far left, and the pointer was green, indicating that it was safe.
“It looks like we have to wait until after the game briefing to really start the plot,” Ji Dong said.
“Okay,” said Fan Hemian, standing up.
“While we still have time, let’s take a walk around the room and figure out the situation first!”
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They were in a two-story villa.
The first floor had a living room, a dining room, and a spacious kitchen. The kitchen had a stove and all cooking utensils, and next to the cabinets there was a three-story refrigerator filled with enough food for the five of them to eat for a week.
In addition to the basement door that couldn’t be opened yet, there was another large room on the first floor.
From the arrangement, this room was probably a study, which not only had a large desk with a computer on it but also had bookshelves covering three walls, filled with various books and magazines.
Since they didn’t have enough time, they only took a rough look and found that most of the materials were related to history, religion, and mysticism, as well as local newspapers for the past fifty years.
They also found that although this was a very ordinary villa in terms of structure and layout, the front door was locked, and unless the door panel was violently destroyed, they couldn’t get out.
Moreover, the windows throughout the first floor could not be opened.
Not only were the glass panes locked down, but there was also a mesh-like iron fence nailed over each window, obviously meaning that they couldn’t expect to get in and out through the windows.
“Look, over there, there’s another villa.” Mo Tiangen opened the curtains of the living room window and looked at the scenery outside.
They were now in a garden villa complex, and outside the window there was a beautiful courtyard covered in flowers and green plants.
There were also two six-seater SUVs parked in the yard.
Fifty meters away, they could see another villa. It was also two stories high with a beautiful garden. There were also two cars parked in the backyard. It all looked extremely similar to the one they were standing in.
“So you mean…”
Fan Luming lifted the window screen and carefully observed the situation across the street.
“Does this mean that there may be another group of participants next door?”
She frowned, “Could this be not only ’24 points,’ but also a game that requires us to compete for poker cards?”
As soon as the girl made this speculation, everyone’s expression became serious.
If only their team was collecting poker cards, then everyone had already envisioned several action plans during the preparation period and could adjust them according to the actual situation at any time.
But if there was another competing team, then the nature of the problem would completely change. They would not only need to consider a plan of action for themselves, but they would also have to consider how the other side would act.
After all, there are only thirteen haunted places and thirteen cards.
If they obstruct each other, both sides may end up with nothing and no one would be able to collect 24 points.
“Don’t worry, we’ll know what’s going on in twenty minutes,” Ji Dong said as he patted the Fan siblings on the shoulders.
“Where there is a will, there is a way.”
After checking the first floor, they climbed to the second floor along the spiral staircase. There were three bedrooms on the second floor: two large ones and one small one.
The small one was full of women’s items, including clothing, shoes, socks, makeup, and skincare products.
The two big rooms were for the men.
“Oh, wow!” Fan Hemian opened the cabinet and looked at the clothes that were tailored to her figure, and said ridiculously.
“It looks like we have to live in this house for a while.”
Mo Tiangen crawled out of the opposite bedroom and poked his head around the door.
“There are only three bedrooms, and the single room must be given to Xiaohe. So how should we allocate the remaining two rooms?”
Fan Hemian, Mo Tiangen, Fan Luming, and Ren Jianmo, all looked at Ji Dong.
Ji Dong: “???”
——Does that mean they want him to decide?
——When did I become so popular?
He looked at the three of them with some difficulty, then took a small step towards Ren Jianmo honestly, his ears getting hot:
“I’ll, I’ll share with him.”
Ji Dong knew that Ren Jianmo’s personality was not very sociable, and that he was not fond of being alone with others.
Maybe he was being a little overconfident, but if he had to choose, he thought the other person might be more accepting of living with him.
Sure enough, Ren Jianmo’s lips curled up slightly, seeming very satisfied with Ji Xiao’niao’s choice.
Fan Luming and Mo Tiangen looked at each other, both reading a vague disdain in each other’s eyes.
Teacher Dagen was hurt, shaking his head while muttering, “Tsk, valuing romance over friendship, this is valuing romance over friendship…”
Then, while Ji Dong and Ren Jianmo were still in a daze, he rushed out like an arrow, ran into the next room, kicked off his slippers, and jumped onto one of the beds, rolling around on it several times.
“Okay, this room belongs to me and Xiaolu!”
He messed up the bed like a brown bear fighting over territory, “Xiao’niao, you and Mr. Ren can sleep in the other room, wahahahahaha!”
Yes, there were two big rooms, one with two 1.5-meter beds, and the other with a single 2.2-meter double bed.
Teacher Dagen felt that since he had already lost Ji Xiao’niao as his roommate, he absolutely couldn’t lose his right to sleep in a bed alone!
Teacher Mu Dagen, are you a kid?😄 Calm before a storm?
feels more like he’s pushing the romance forward 😂😂 straight to sleeping in the same bed!!