"Ranran, I bribed the director to find out tomorrow's schedule. Let's keep it a secret," a voice tinged with a hint of laughter whispered hoarsely, fading slowly in the quiet night. Lin Ranran blinked her eyes and looked up at Su Qinian in confusion.
Anticipating Lin Ranran's confusion, Su Qinian took out his phone and typed three date themes.
The first one: Gathering of Cuties.
The second one: Haunted House of Doom.
The third one: Creative Workshop.
Lin Ranran thought for a while, then pulled Su Qinian into the room and covered all the cameras with a washcloth.
[Su Qinian]: Which one do you want to choose? I want to go on a date with you tomorrow afternoon.
Afraid of the cameras around the room and unsure if they were all covered, Su Qinian didn't dare to speak anymore and just typed for the other person to see.
[Lin Ranran]: But I'm not sure if I'll get the one we want when it's my turn.
The corners of Su Qinian's mouth curled up slightly. No rejection, no objection. It meant she had agreed to go on a date with him tomorrow afternoon.
[Su Qinian]: Will the three of you choose together tomorrow morning?
[Lin Ranran]: Yes, we'll choose together. Gathering of Cuties should be related to animals. Haunted House of Doom sounds scary at first glance. Creative Workshop might be for making handicrafts. Let me think.
[Lin Ranran]: The male guests should also choose together. How about Haunted House of Doom? Jiang Yaoguang won't choose it. He Jiao might choose it, but I'll insist on this one. It should be okay.
[Su Qinian]: Okay, I'll choose Haunted House of Doom tomorrow.
After the two had discussed their arrangements for tomorrow, they went back to their rooms to rest. Lin Ranran reopened WeChat. As expected, Qiao Songyue had single - handedly sent 99 + messages.
99 of them were "poke" messages.
Day 5 of *Crazy Crush*.
After breakfast in the morning, Lin Ranran, He Jiao, and Jiang Yaoguang, the three female guests, went to the Crush Garden to check out the date themes, which were Gathering of Cuties, Haunted House of Doom, and Creative Workshop.
"I like this one, Haunted House of Doom!" He Jiao immediately took a fancy to this date theme. She turned to the others and asked, "Do you also want to go for this one?"
Jiang Yaoguang seemed to recall her last experience watching a horror movie. She took a step back and politely shook her head.
He Jiao looked at Lin Ranran.
Lin Ranran pointed at Haunted House of Doom and patiently guided, "I also want to go to the Haunted House of Doom. I had a great time watching the horror movie with you last time, so I want to try the haunted house."
He Jiao had thought it would be difficult, but unexpectedly, Lin Ranran readily agreed, "Okay, we'll change. I'm really glad you like horror elements. We'll watch another horror movie some other day."
The smile on Lin Ranran's face froze. She reluctantly spat out a "Sure."
Jiang Yaoguang and He Jiao reached an agreement. Jiang Yaoguang chose Gathering of Cuties, and He Jiao chose Creative Workshop.
The staff noted down the choices of the three.
After the female guests left, the male guests came one after another to make their selections.
Su Qinian chose Haunted House of Doom. Xie Yun was surprised. He stared at Gathering of Cuties, then turned to look at the Haunted House of Doom that Su Qinian had chosen. He hesitated and asked, "Su Qinian, aren't you going to choose Gathering of Cuties?"
Judging from Lin Ranran's performance yesterday afternoon, she really liked cute things. Wouldn't Gathering of Cuties be perfect for her?
"No, I'll choose Haunted House of Doom," Su Qinian said firmly.
Xie Yun stared silently at Gathering of Cuties and then made his choice. Gu Huai didn't care and just picked the remaining Creative Workshop.
[Wow, Su Qinian and Lin Ranran finally get a chance to go on a date. I thought the director's random arrangements would prevent them from dating successfully until the end of the show.]
[The seventh day is the official confession day. Please let this day come quickly. I want to see them kiss. *Wink emoji*]
[Impossible. Don't even think about it. My husband would never accept such a boring script!]
At 2 p.m., all the guests were dressed up. The female guests left early and waited at the theme locations, while the male guests later took the Crush Bus there.
At the first stop, Gathering of Cuties, Xie Yun got off the bus.
At the second stop, Haunted House of Doom, Su Qinian got off.
At the third stop, Creative Workshop, Gu Huai got off.
From then on, except for the driver, all the guests had left the Crush Bus.
As soon as Su Qinian got off the bus, he saw the four - character theme "Haunted House of Doom" hanging at the entrance. He quickened his pace and found Lin Ranran under the shade of a tree.
Considering the need for easy movement today, Lin Ranran changed out of her usual long dress and wore a lightweight sportswear instead. Her makeup was light, making her look full of vitality.
As soon as she saw Su Qinian, she waved to him.
The two successfully met at the entrance of the haunted house.
"Are we really going into the haunted house this afternoon?" Lin Ranran looked at the eerily - shaped haunted - house gate and felt scared. The scene of being scared last time was still vivid in her mind.
"Don't be afraid. I'm here. I'll follow behind you. You don't need to be scared," Su Qinian whispered softly to comfort her.
Lin Ranran said, "Okay, next time He Jiao asks me to watch a horror movie, you have to go too."
Su Qinian readily agreed.
The two bought tickets and went in. The entrance was a long, dark, and gloomy corridor. After much consideration, Lin Ranran chose to walk behind Su Qinian to avoid the suddenly - appearing NPCs.
"Why is this path so long?" Lin Ranran tightly grabbed the man's sleeve, nervously swallowed, and pretended to be calm.
"Soon. I can see a green light up ahead," Su Qinian said. As soon as he finished speaking, he gently patted the back of her hand to soothe her.
It was pitch - black all around, almost impossible to see one's hand in front of one's face.
"Don't touch me. I'm scared too. Don't touch me..." Lin Ranran tightly grasped the corner of her clothes. Suddenly, she felt someone patting her. She slightly turned to avoid it, but the hand landed on her shoulder again.
She was getting a bit impatient.
"Ranran," a low and familiar voice sounded at this moment. Su Qinian carefully chose his words and tightly grasped her hand. "I remember the staff let people in in batches. We were the last two in our batch. The next batch has to wait five minutes before they can enter."
The implication was that the next batch of people wouldn't catch up so quickly.
"Maybe the person who touched your shoulder... wasn't a tourist."
Lin Ranran's face turned pale. The green light in the distance was faintly glowing. The bricks under her feet were cold and hard. Vaguely, it seemed as if a chill was slowly rising from the soles of her feet, making her feel cold all over.
She slowly turned her head. It was dark all around, and there was nothing.
It seemed that the NPC who had scared her had gotten bored and left. The tense nerves in Lin Ranran's mind relaxed. She let out a sigh of relief and turned to complain that Su Qinian had been scaring her.
When she looked up, a female ghost with long, disheveled hair was hanging upside - down right in front of her, so close. Her soft and cold hair fell on Lin Ranran's skin, giving her goosebumps.
"Damn it!"
Lin Ranran let out a terrified scream. At this moment, Su Qinian was also caught off - guard by the sight of the head. His heart skipped a beat, and he grabbed Lin Ranran and ran forward.
He was scared too.