Chapter 805: Thrilling and Soul-Stirring

Very quickly, twenty minutes of the movie had passed.

During this time, no matter how startling the plot on the screen was, or how "demons danced in chaos," Cai Xiaotang remained as calm as ever.

Midway through, Li Xiao deliberately chose a scene with a very intense horror atmosphere and, taking advantage of her being completely off guard, fastened the fitness tracker onto her.

"Ha, you think I'd be scared by this?"

Cai Xiaotang shook her wrist, watching as her heart rate monitor steadily stayed at seventy-seven a few seconds later.

Hmm, her heart didn't fluctuate at all.

She even felt a little like laughing.

Li Xiao didn't speak; he silently pulled the tracker off, only then calmly spitting out a sentence.

"Continue, the movie isn't over yet."

Cai Xiaotang raised an eyebrow noncommittally; having finished the orange, she had already begun munching on an apple, unhurried.

Li Xiao's eyes were fixed on the screen, but his thoughts had long since flown to the ends of the earth.

He hadn't expected that she really wasn't afraid at all...

Now he was in trouble.

If he wanted to win...

Li Xiao's brows were tightly locked; for a moment, he couldn't think of any good ideas, and his gaze slowly drifted toward Cai Xiaotang.

The other party was watching just as intently.

Li Xiao's gaze flickered for an instant, then he suddenly raised his arm slightly and moved it toward Cai Xiaotang's calf, calm and collected.

The screen suddenly went dark.

Li Xiao instantly moved with lightning speed and poked Cai Xiaotang!

The next second—"What are you doing?"

Cai Xiaotang asked back, speechless, then, without waiting for Li Xiao to speak, she put on an expression of watching a show and teased him deliberately: "You don't actually think you can scare me like this, do you? That counts as a foul."

Li Xiao: "..."

Caught red-handed committing a foul, the man had no choice but to obediently retract his hand.

Cai Xiaotang chuckled, already unable to stop herself from calculating in her heart what kind of swimsuit she should pick for Li Xiao later.

Would one with lace trim be good...

Or the fluorescent pink that is a must-have for tough guys?

Or... would something colorful and dazzling not be out of the question?

Tsk, if only this movie played a bit faster... she really couldn't wait!

Li Xiao watched as Cai Xiaotang wore her happiness on her face without needing to say a word, and he was nearly bursting with internal injury.

Who gets this happy watching a horror movie?

He had to think of a way to win...

Li Xiao pondered for two seconds, his gaze sweeping around the room.

It then slowly landed on the closed curtains.

Almost all the sunlight was blocked out.

Only a tiny bit of light leaked through the gap in the curtains.

He blinked, suddenly lowered his eyes to look at his phone, and a mischievous smirk immediately curled the corners of his lips.

An hour and a half later—the movie was finally nearing its end.

"The movie is about to finish, oh. Do you have a favorite color? I can reluctantly let you wear one you like."

Cai Xiaotang had already started celebrating her victory in advance, winking at Li Xiao.

Li Xiao, however, said calmly: "The movie isn't over yet."

"Fine then."

Cai Xiaotang wasn't panicked at all; thinking that the man had lost anyway, she simply half-lay on the tatami mat, waiting for the ending in a relaxed and contented manner.

At the end of the movie, the female ghost would grab the villain who ran through the whole story, drag her by the ankle into a well, and disappear from the world.

Cai Xiaotang was thinking about the plot silently in her heart when, just then—she suddenly heard a thud from behind the curtains not far from her feet!

That sound was muffled by the speakers and wasn't very distinct.

Cai Xiaotang looked over subconsciously, frowned slightly, stared for two seconds, then withdrew her gaze, thinking she had misheard.

But she didn't notice the arc slowly curling at the corners of the man's lips beside her.

On the screen—the female ghost was unknowingly approaching the final victim.

The next second—a pale hand suddenly reached out from behind the curtains and grabbed Cai Xiaotang's ankle with a jerk!

"Ah!!!!"

Cai Xiaotang let out a scream, shot up almost violently, and kicked backward with one foot!

"What's wrong?"

Li Xiao immediately took the opportunity to pull her into his arms, frowning as he looked toward the curtains, barely managing to hide the smile in his tone.

"There's... there's someone!"

Cai Xiaotang didn't realize at all how loud she had just screamed; she only subconsciously clutched Li Xiao's lapels, her eyes full of lingering fear.

Damn it!

How could there be a hand behind the curtains!

Did she actually watch a ghost out of a horror movie?

"Who is it, come out!"

Li Xiao barked in a low voice.

Immediately after, Cai Xiaotang only saw the curtain suddenly bulge into a large mass, and then a person actually crawled out from it!

"Lao San! Why is it you!"

Cai Xiaotang was dumbfounded; thinking of the pale hand she had caught a glimpse of just now, she reacted in an instant.

This guy's skin was naturally fair to begin with, the lighting just now was so dim, and the plot had happened to reach a tense part, which was why it had given her such a big fright!

"Madam..."

Lao San stood where he was, feeling somewhat awkward, his gaze quietly glancing at Li Xiao beside him, before answering "truthfully" according to someone's instructions just now.

"Uh... I came to find Asura to report some important matters, but I knocked on the door for a long time and no one opened it, and no one answered the phone either. The matter was truly urgent, so I just checked to see if the window was open, and then... I climbed in..."

Relying on the fact that Cai Xiaotang had her back to him, Li Xiao nodded repeatedly in satisfaction.

Cai Xiaotang, however, was speechless and didn't know what to say.

It sounded reasonable enough...

But just how urgent could the matter be to require climbing in through a window!

She thought for a moment, pressed the pause button, and casually pulled the curtains open.

"Then you two go ahead and talk about your business; I'll go wander around somewhere else."

As Cai Xiaotang said this, she went straight to the backyard.

Watching her walk away, Li Xiao finally couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Asura..."

Lao San also felt like laughing.

Although he didn't understand why Li Xiao had asked him to scare Cai Xiaotang like that, he had still obediently done as he was told.

"Well done, go back now."

Li Xiao waved his hand, and thinking that he had finally "escaped a disaster," he finally let out a shallow sigh of relief.

In the backyard—Cai Xiaotang sat leisurely on a rattan chair, still feeling a lingering fear when she thought of what had just happened.

It really scared her to death...

No matter how brave one was, they couldn't withstand that kind of fright just now!

Better to think about Li Xiao's swimsuit...

As Cai Xiaotang thought this, she suddenly froze, her expression becoming somewhat dazed.

Wait a minute—the movie didn't seem to have finished just now.

When Lao San suddenly grabbed her foot, she had screamed in fright!

It's over...

Cai Xiaotang finally realized what had happened, and her mind went blank for a moment.

So, after she had meticulously planned for over an hour, just one step away from the finish line, it had been ruined by that guy Lao San?

The one who lost now is her???

Cai Xiaotang's eyes flickered for a moment, and her brain began to spin rapidly.

No...

Is there any way to welsh on it?

Just as she was thinking, she suddenly heard footsteps coming from behind her.

Li Xiao's deliberately drawn-out voice also rang out.

"How about it? Do you have any favorite colors? I can pick a swimsuit for you based on that."