SABA Chapter 9

Chapter 9: Where Else in the World Are There No Flowers? Why Be So Stubborn…

Chapter 9: Where Else in the World Are There No Flowers? Why Be So Stubborn…

[Hahahaha, Luo Luo’s shocked expression was as if Jiang Tiao had single-handedly lifted a train.]

[Hahahaha, Yi Zi too. He looks like he has a stomach full of things he wants to say.]

[Hilarious, it seems my shock and your shock are the same~]

[Wuwuwu, that’s great! My brother can finally stop being tied up.]

[As long as he doesn’t cause trouble later, for making my brother suffer less, I won’t black-list him anymore!]

[Hahaha, keyboard brother in front, hurry and live stream eating your keyboard.]

[Hahaha, where did keyboard brother go?]

[And those who bet ten yuan, remember to send it to my zfb account!]

[It’s just a math problem to find a pattern, it’s not that difficult. Heh, look at how excited you are, as expected, with so many “nine-year-old dropouts,” even the shortest person can stand tall among dwarfs.]

[Heh, if you can’t black-list him, don’t force it, okay? The key isn’t that he could solve it, but that he didn’t even use paper and pen.]

[Less than a minute, thank you, I didn’t even have time to find the answer on Baidu.]

Jiang Tiao and Qi Yingyi joined hands to release Luo Xingwen from the “cocoon.” The cloth wrapped around Luo Xingwen was very similar to the popular funny watermelon stripes online, and it was particularly elastic, making it look extra form-fitting.

Luo Xingwen didn’t know which part of his unfortunate appearance had struck Jiang Tiao’s funny bone. He saw Jiang Tiao suppressing laughter, twitching and then suppressing it again…

Luo Xingwen’s face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.

“If you want to laugh, just laugh. I’m afraid you’ll cramp up if you keep holding it in.”

Jiang Tiao couldn’t hold back anymore and burst into laughter, pounding the ground.

Qi Yingyi also couldn’t help but chuckle shyly.

[Hahahaha, the production team is really too wicked. It’s fine to wrap him up, but why use watermelon-striped cloth? It really looks like the watermelon stripe special effect on short video apps!]

[It wasn’t very obvious in night vision mode, but in the candlelight, I really couldn’t hold back.]

[What is this hahahaha, why is his head also wrapped up.]

[Hahaha, my brother’s image is ruined.]

Seeing Luo Xingwen’s face getting darker and darker, Qi Yingyi quickly coughed twice and pulled Jiang Tiao.

“What do we do next?”

This was Qi Yingyi’s first time collaborating with Luo Xingwen, and he didn’t know Luo Xingwen’s personality. Luo Xingwen’s status was much higher than his and Jiang Tiao’s. He was worried that if he laughed too much, Luo Xingwen might hold a grudge.

Jiang Tiao was already doubled over with laughter, especially at the sausage lips.

“Hahaha, did you offend the director somewhere?”

Luo Xingwen crossed his arms and looked at Jiang Tiao, who was collapsed on the ground, speechless: “To tell you the truth, I’ve been thinking about this problem ever since I was locked up.”

Jiang Tiao sat on the ground, stroked his chin, and looked up at Luo Xingwen thoughtfully.

Luo Xingwen was really afraid of that expression on Jiang Tiao’s face. Based on the experience of the previous two times, as soon as Jiang Tiao showed that expression, there would definitely be no good things coming. His muscles tensed: “What do you want to do?”

Jiang Tiao said with great seriousness: “I was just wondering if I should split up and walk with you. You’ve already offended the director, so wouldn’t it be even more dangerous if I walked with you?”

Luo Xingwen: “…”

Jiang Tiao jumped up and patted the dust off himself, saying with great loyalty: “Hahaha, but don’t worry, even if having you around makes our path more difficult, we won’t abandon or give up any companion.”

Luo Xingwen looked at Jiang Tiao’s hand patting his shoulder and twitched his lips for a long time: “Heh, you guys, why don’t you ask if your brother plans to walk with you or me if we split up?”

Qi Yingyi, who was happily watching the drama unfold: “…”

You two can fight, but why drag me into your quarrel?!

Jiang Tiao held the candle, illuminating his face, and smiled at Qi Yingyi.

Qi Yingyi was almost crying. He just wanted to be a spectator of the melon field, not a melon to be forked!

Jiang Tiao laughed.

Luo Xingwen couldn’t help but laugh too. However, halfway through his laughter, he suddenly realized something was wrong. He hadn’t decided to forgive Jiang Tiao yet, so how did things turn into this kind of “all smiles and no grudges”?

Seeing Luo Xingwen’s mouth straighten halfway through his laughter, Jiang Tiao couldn’t help but sigh in his heart, “Where else in the world are there no flowers? Why be so stubborn.”

Alas, so difficult to deal with.

[Hahaha Yi Zi: Pitiful, weak, and helpless.]

[Hahahaha, it feels like parents arguing and asking the child who they want to be with.]

[Yi Zi: You guys argue, don’t ask me, I’m just a baby.]

[Hahaha, who is dad and who is mom?]

[Jiang Tiao is clearly taller.]

[Hahahaha, what’s the situation between these two?]

[This awkward atmosphere, why is it so appealing?]

[Stop, that’s enough, don’t hook up, Luo Luo isn’t interested.]

Luo Xingwen said, “Let’s go, let’s meet up with the others first.”

Judging from the room’s decor, the style here was predominantly medieval classical European. The room they were in was at the end of a corridor. The faint candlelight did not illuminate a large area, and looking ahead, the path was completely dark.

A dark castle, a long corridor, an unknown environment. No one knew what would happen.

Qi Yingyi leaned on the doorframe, a little scared: “I, I’m a bit afraid to go first.”

Luo Xingwen glanced at the two of them and took the initiative: “I’ll go first.”

Jiang Tiao: “Aren’t you afraid?”

“It’s okay,” Luo Xingwen saw Jiang Tiao’s seemingly relaxed but still tightly gripping the candlestick for reassurance, and he mockingly said with a tough facade, “At least I’m a little better than you.”

Jiang Tiao thought for a moment: “If you’re not afraid, then you go last. I think going at the back is scarier than going at the front.”

Qi Yingyi nodded: “Indeed, in horror movies, when the main characters are looking for an exit together, it usually goes ‘bang!’ and everyone turns around, only to find that the last person is gone.”

Luo Xingwen’s hair stood on end: “Hey! Don’t describe it in such detail!!”

[Hahaha, these three are too funny.]

[Luo Luo: I wasn’t particularly scared at first, but after you guys said it, I started to get scared.]

The three of them finally entered the dark, unknown scene in the order of Jiang Tiao, Qi Yingyi, and Luo Xingwen.

This was a villa decorated in imitation of medieval European style, with many oil paintings hanging on both sides of the corridor.

They walked cautiously in the darkness for a while, encountering neither people nor ghosts.

Apart from being dark, there seemed to be nothing scary. The tense nerves of the three gradually relaxed a little.

Qi Yingyi made small talk: “Is it the right direction to keep going forward like this?”

Jiang Tiao casually said: “How about you shout out, see where they are?”

As soon as Jiang Tiao finished speaking, Luo Xingwen and Jiang Tiao’s footsteps stopped simultaneously. They all looked at Qi Yingyi, and the more they thought about it, the more they felt it was a good idea, very feasible.

Qi Yingyi: “…”

Why is it always him who gets hurt?

Qi Yingyi timidly suggested: “Why don’t we all shout together?”

“I don’t mind, but I don’t know if Teacher Luo is willing,” Jiang Tiao knew that Luo Xingwen would definitely not want to lose face, so he unburdened himself and kicked the ball to Luo Xingwen.

Luo Xingwen saw through Jiang Tiao’s plan at a glance. He “tsk”ed, “I have no problem, let’s shout.”

Jiang Tiao was stunned.

There really are people willing to hurt themselves a thousand times to injure the enemy eight hundred!

Jiang Tiao: “Okay, then I’ll count to one, two, three…”

“Bang—”

The sound of something heavy hitting the ground was exceptionally distinct in the dark and silent environment.

Jiang Tiao’s heart broke…

Qi Yingyi pointed at Jiang Tiao, trembling violently: “You, you, you, behind you…”

Jiang Tiao: “I know there’s something behind me, so please don’t tell me again with such a terrifying expression!”

A pair of pale hands patted Jiang Tiao’s shoulder.

“…” Jiang Tiao stubbornly turned his head away, “I can’t see, I can’t see.”

The female ghost grabbed Jiang Tiao’s shoulders with both hands and forcibly turned him around.

Jiang Tiao was now directly facing the female ghost.

The special effects makeup on the female ghost’s face was extremely realistic, her features seemed to have melted, and were hanging crookedly on her face.

Jiang Tiao trembled, tightly closing his eyes: “Actually, I’m a bit introverted. Can you not come so close to me?”

The female ghost shook her head from side to side.

However, Jiang Tiao’s eyes were tightly shut, and he didn’t see it.

The female ghost suddenly became angry and let out a miserable, inhuman scream.

In the darkness, ghost heads swarmed, and countless female ghosts emerged from the shadows, brandishing their sharp claws to pounce on them.

Luo Xingwen’s head buzzed, and his voice became tense and cracked: “Run!”

Countless female ghosts swarmed from all directions to join the pursuit, baring their teeth and brandishing their claws, looking terrifying.

Luo Xingwen was going crazy, running and cursing: “It’s you! She just wanted you to look at her! You had to be clever, saying you’re introverted! Why don’t you just die from being introverted!”

“Just?” Jiang Tiao gritted his teeth, “If you could see, why didn’t you pull her face-to-face so you could look to your heart’s content? You two could even do the classic ‘magical circle of love’ from an idol drama!”

Luo Xingwen stubbornly retorted: “I wish I could, but I clearly don’t meet your aesthetic standards!”

Jiang Tiao: “What aesthetic standards?”

Luo Xingwen: “Ghost aesthetic standards!”

Jiang Tiao: “……”

Qi Yingyi was completely broken. The female ghosts surging from all sides made his limbs weak, and he was close to kneeling and calling for his mother.

“Wuwuwu, what should we do now ah ah!!”

Jiang Tiao suddenly shouted loudly: “A twisted melon isn’t sweet, give up! We are from different paths, human and ghost!”

The female ghosts obviously paused for a moment, and then furiously launched an even more ferocious attack.

“Just shut up already!” If it weren’t for the live broadcast, Luo Xingwen would have kicked Jiang Tiao straight into the female ghosts’ arms.

“Quick, quick, quick!” Just as all the female ghosts’ attention was drawn to Jiang Tiao, Jiang Tiao pushed them both while whispering, “The door around the corner is open, hurry and go in!”

Luo Xingwen and Qi Yingyi were stunned and immediately sprinted, darting through the door.

Jiang Tiao was the last one to enter. Luo Xingwen and Jiang Tiao had a rare moment of understanding, as soon as one entered, the other immediately slammed the door shut forcefully.

“Click—”

The sound of the lock clicking made the three people’s hearts, which had jumped into their throats, briefly return to their chests. Why did a perfectly good escape room suddenly turn into a zombie escape? Does the director have any heart at all!

“You guys… did you pull out their tiger whiskers?”

A lively girl’s voice exclaimed in surprise in the room. Jiang Tiao then realized that besides the three of them who had just rushed in, there were already two other people in the room: He Xinran and Bei Caijie.

“Why are you guys here too? Were you chased here by them as well?”

Bei Caijie had clearly seen the chaotic scene outside. She shook her head: “When we cracked the password for our locked room, we saw a hand-drawn simple map. It marked this room, and we thought there might be clues, so we came to check it out.”

Jiang Tiao and Qi Yingyi looked at each other and said in unison: “Why didn’t we get one?!”

“Differential treatment!”

“Exactly!”

“This is the correct way for an escape room to unfold!”

“Did you really offend the director?”

“After the show ends, I will have a good chat with ‘Director Li’!”

The barrage of comments erupted into laughter, while the directors in the director’s room could only offer wry smiles and helpless sighs.

Although they had contributed a lot of variety show laughs along the way, such a setup was indeed not their original intention.

The production team had also placed an instruction map in their room, but who could have imagined that Jiang Tiao could solve the math problem without even using scratch paper?

If only they had looked around the room for paper and pen! They would have found the only usable pen in the room, which, when used to write, would slowly reveal a rolled-up piece of paper with a map drawn on it from behind!