Chapter 22 – One-day trip to the Haunted House (first part)

Translator’s note: Yeah uh… that’s the literal title, the “First part” is included bc the author was prob trynna be funny. Y’all will get it when more chapters come out. And this is also a short chapter.

Lu Jin’s expression was undescribable for a moment, but he forced the words back into his mouth. Seeing that Lin Huai turned back to his seat to play with his mobile phone, he swallowed those words in his mouth down his stomach and turned back to his seat.

He and Lin Huaiman had been roommates for nearly two years. When he first met Lin Huai, he felt that this person was not easy to get along with. He had a cold face and had his head lowered all the time, as if everyone owed him eighteen million. He didn’t like living in the dormitory and spent his free time in the 24-hour open study room all day long. Now, after this person was thrown down the stairs once, even though his phone is broken, he still has a smile on his face all the time.

When others saw this, they just thought Lin Huai had it figured out, or that Lin Huai finally planned to be the best among the members, so he let his cold personality succumb to the mass discussion. Others in the dormitory also privately said that Lin Huai was much easier to get along with than before, but sometimes he always felt that… Lin Huai now occasionally laughed so hard and unrestrained to the point that it made people panic. However, the game addict Lujin, while possessing the intuition of small animals, also inherited the seven-second memory of fish. After seven seconds of daze, he turned around and turned on Famine again. Lin Huai turned his back to Lu Jin and scanned the entire address book over and over again. He clicked it and looked at each person’s circle of friends one by one, but he didn’t remember the human’s name. He sighed, put his phone aside, and picked up a copy of “Theoretical Mechanics” to read. During the desperate struggle between Lin Huai and Lagrange¹, Lin Huai’s second roommate, Shao Wei, the current president of the hip-hop club, also came back sweating buckets. He held a basin and rushed into the bathroom at the last second amidst the roar of the aunt in the dormitory. He washed his head with determination under the aunt’s scolding, and rushed back to the dormitory again carrying a basin.At the same time, Tan Xiruo, a top student wearing glasses, also pushed open the door carrying his notebook weighing ten kilograms. Shao Wei blew his hair and said loudly: “We have a three-day holiday in a few days. Let’s go to the city to have some fun. I heard that a particularly interesting haunted house opened in Dongzhuang. The group purchase price for four people is only 79 per person…”Lu Jin was addicted to the game and did not answer. When Lin Huai heard the word “ghost”, he raised one eyelid and glanced at him secretly. Tan Xiruo snorted coldly: “Two weeks after the short holiday is exam week. Look at you, so easily distracted…””There are still a few weeks, what’s the rush?” Shao Wei muttered, “If you don’t go, it’s not like I can’t find someone else. Lin Huai, and Lu Jin, are you two going? The haunted house, 79 yuan per person, the freshmen in our school said it was really fun.”

When Lu Jin heard the word “haunted house”, he immediately shook his head like a rattle: “Not going not going, you can go by yourself.”

“A grown man weighing more than 100 pounds is still afraid of ghosts. Little brother, you are so mean.”

“The one who’s brave is you A-Wei, you are very brave.” Lu Jin said nonsense while his fingers were flying across his screen, “I’m not going anyway.”

Lin Huai shook his head: “Not going.”

Shao Wei was disappointed: “It can’t be bro? How are you also so mean ah?”

He jumped up from the chair and was about to rub Lin Huai’s head. Lin Huai dodged and said, “What fun is there in the haunted house? It’s all fake and meaningless.”

“Huh? You mean you want to go to a real one?” Shao Wei mocked.

Lin Huai blinked and said nothing. Tan Xiruo also stopped drawing with CAD and turned around and said: “The so-called haunted house is just a combination of machinery and background music, specially designed to deceive people like you. There are no ghosts in this world. When I was younger, in my high school……”

He abruptly paused, he glanced at the lower right side of the computer, and became quiet.

Shao Wei became anxious: “What happened to you in high school?”

“It’s 11:45, it’s time for me to brush my teeth.”

After saying these cruel words, Tan Xiruo took the electric toothbrush and went to the toilet, leaving the three of them staring at each other.

Shao Wei cursed: “Damn it! I hate it when people run away mid-sentence!”

Lin Huai was pinned under his² hand, and after thinking for a while he decided to comfort him: “Old Tan brushes his teeth at 11:45, washes his face at 11:50, drinks warm water at 11:55, and closes his eyes in bed at 12 o’clock on time.”

Shao Wei: “So?”

Lin Huai: “So at 11:59, when he just climbed onto his bed, you still have one minute to ask him to finish what he was saying.”

Shao Wei: “……”

At 7:50 in the morning the next day, Lin Huai sat in the first row of the classroom on time and laid out his notebook to take notes. As soon as he lowered his head to write a date on a new page, someone pressed on his shoulder.

He raised his head and saw Shao Wei holding a bottle of Assam milk tea in his hand, grinning at him with his white teeth.

On weekdays, Shao Wei never went to school in the morning, but now he was uncharacteristically showing off his hospitality for nothing, committing adultery or stealing. Lin Huai said to him: “If you have something to say, just spit it out.”

Shao Wei said: “This is a bottle of 1982-year-old Assam milk tea, spring water from the Alps, and Longjing picked at the spring equinox, creating a new spark…”

Lin Huai waited for him to finish the long advertisement and said coldly: “You still have three minutes left.”

Shao Wei said: “Father, come with me to the haunted house plz.”

Lin Huai raised his eyebrows: “Didn’t you say you’re not afraid of ghosts?”

Shao Wei, who was about 1.8 meters tall, felt a little embarrassed. He put the milk tea aside, sat down next to Lin Huai, and said, “So…the thing is that……”

As the backbone of a hip-hop club, Shao Wei met Lin Dangdang, the club president’s roommate, during a performance. Lin Dangdang, a girl with a sweet voice and a beautiful smile, and Shao Wei fell in love at first sight. He traveled across most of the campus every day to follow the law school course schedule, and every night he held his mobile phone and tried to chat with her.

It’s a pity that King Xiang is interested but the goddess is ruthless³. Shao Wei sends dozens of sentences every day, and if Lin Dangdang can reply with one sentence, she is in a good mood today. Shao Wei’s hair almost turned gray because of this, and he pestered the president several times for help. The president was so annoyed by him that he finally told him that Lin Dangdang likes supernatural and terrifying things, and usually loves to study about gods, demons, and Cthulhu. If Shao Wei wants to pursue her, he must take the right medicine.

Shao Wei was greatly touched by this and sent a message to Lin Dangdang that night: “Do you like ghosts? I also like them very much! Kong Liu is so handsome…”

Lin Dangdang replied half an hour later with “……”

Half a month later, the relationship between the two finally returned to normal. With the help of the president, Shao Wei had an opportunity to follow them to the haunted house, on the condition that “you have to bring the rest of your dormitory.”

Shao Wei asked the president why. The president hesitated for a long time and said, “You have a roommate… who is quite handsome.”

“…I’ve thought about it a lot, and among our room 301, apart from me, you are the most handsome one.” Shao Wei patted Lin Huai’s shoulder, “Heaven will give a great responsibility to this person…”

Lin Huai slapped him away coldly: “I won’t go.”

Shao Wei’s was filled with sadness: “Dad! Can you just help me this time? There’s only one step left to achieve the ultimate goal……”

Lin Huai said: “It’s your business to chase girls, it’s my business if I don’t want to go out to bask in the sun. Move a bit, you are blocking me from watching the ppt.”

Shao Wei upholds the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, which is not afraid of strong enemies, dares to compete, and wins the battle for love. Lin Huai was so annoyed by him that he just wanted to strangle him and throw him into the toilet. In the end, he finally said, “Okay fine, I’ll come.”

Shao Wei is very knowledgeable: “I’ll pay for the tickets.”

After achieving the first small goal, he began to push further: “Um…Brother Lin, can you do me another favor?”

Lin Huai looked at Shao Wei’s flattering eyes and had an ominous premonition for the first time in a long time.