Chapter 1953: After the Rewind, Love You Again 29

The janitor ghost came up from the second floor tonight.

It was still that classic, unchanging question; players who already knew not to fall for the going-out routine wouldn't be fooled again.

But a fierce ghost is still a fierce ghost; as long as it wants to kill someone under the rules, it can't escape.

Jin Chen arrived precisely at 9:30, rescued the unlucky player selected on the second floor, who happened to be the young person who had exchanged bread with him that day.

"Thank you, thank you!"

The youngster trembled all over from fright, and only with teammates' support could he barely stand steady.

"Hurry back to the room…… go." Jin Chen hadn't finished speaking when he turned his head and saw several room doors wide open, clearly wanting to watch how he killed the ghost.

Jin Chen inexplicably felt a bit of pressure, shifted slightly toward Ruan Fu's side, and whispered, "Are my clothes messed up?"

Even when out and about, a big shot still cares about face, even at night.

Ruan Fu: "……"

"No."

He ought to get used to that person's frequent whimsical thinking.

The janitor ghost, having been cut off, was already furious; seeing these humans not even spare a glance for it, it became so angry it almost squeezed its disinfectant bottle to bursting.

"Have you seen my mop?"

The janitor ghost spoke heavily, fixing its gaze on the intercepting Jin Chen, as if pondering how to twist off a head that would make the best mop head.

"I saw it." Jin Chen obviously had no intention of taking the usual route, even actively pointing to the stairwell where he would be killed: "There."

"Really? … I didn't see it."

The janitor's image is that of a sinister, strong middle-aged woman, with hair scattered behind her head, messy and unkempt.

Every micro‑expression is filled with malice, almost as if the fierce ghost were written on her face.

Jin Chen showed no fear at all: "You're blind."

Immediately afterward, the players struggling in the death game, like watching a magic show, stared wide‑eyed as Jin Chen and Ruan Fu led the janitor to the stairwell as if walking a dog.

Next, a new mop was ready, but it didn't belong to any player.

It was the janitor's own dirty head.

Seeing some numb players: "……"

Who on earth can twist off a fierce ghost's head without changing expression! That's a head, not some balloon‑like toy!

Are you two the Black and White Impermanence!

"【Special Bulletin! Main mission: Collect the janitor fierce ghost succeeded, main mission progress 70%】"

"【Host! Hurry upstairs! Yun Zaozao is acting up again!】 Ling Gun Gun bubbled from a crevice."

Jin Chen's expression shifted slightly, he grabbed Ruan Fu's hand, and said, "Let's go."

At this moment, the upstairs corridor was uninhabited.

Jin Chen and the bewildered players ran head‑on into a three‑person team.

"How come you're here?"

He was first puzzled, then his gaze fell on the player who had almost died on the ground, then on Yun Zaozao standing alone in the corner, and on Gao Kai, who seemed out of it but still remembered to help that player up.

Dao Cun was furious to the extreme, cheeks puffed, voice rough: "You bastard, what nonsense are you spouting!"

The questioned Yun Zaozao was unusually calm: "I personally saw your team's Liu Jin tailing a player, and right after that the person almost died."

"I suspect he's the hunter; what's the problem?"

"You're talking nonsense!" Liu Jin yelled, his blond hair standing on end: "Clearly I saw you kill someone! You're just trying to shift the blame!"

But the button Yun Zaozao produced was like a heavenly‑sent ironclad proof; Liu Jin choked for half a minute, unable to refute, and had already fallen into a self‑incrimination trap.

But just then, the player who had almost been killed actually woke up from unconsciousness.

Gao Kai, big‑headed and sturdy, immediately shouted: "This girl's awake! Let her say who the killer is!"

Yun Zaozao lowered his eyes, glanced at Jin Chen without changing expression, somewhat nervously clasping his hands together.

Everyone heard the girl's accusation; Yun Zaozao is the hunter.

Thus the players again looked at Jin Chen: "You…… won't cover for him, will you?"

Jin Chen rubbed his temples, head aching, even feeling as if a nonexistent brain tumor were about to flare up.

The players won't let Yun Zaozao off for drawing the hunter role and having killed someone, but if he truly doesn't stand with them, his Blackening Value could skyrocket.

Ruan Fu took it all in, her gaze shifting from Jin Chen to Youyou, who likewise waited in the corner for Jin Chen's decision.

When their eyes met, Yun Zaozao curled the corner of his mouth, as if obtaining the answer he wanted from Jin Chen's hesitation.

Jin Chen would cover for him.

Just as he especially favors Ruan Fu.

But the next second, Jin Chen's low voice rang out: "I won't cover for him; on the contrary, I'll kill him myself."

"……What?"

Yun Zaozao raised his brows in surprise; the next second his whole body stiffened, and he slowly looked at his own chest.

"You…… you…"

"Why."

Before, he could clearly have done everything to squander fame, fortune, and family wealth for him, yet he couldn't even tolerate this.

Before the Blackening Value could even trigger, Yun Zaozao first went limp and lost consciousness.

But in a place the players couldn't see, the peace talisman Yun Zaozao wore on his wrist fell off and turned to ash.

"He's really dead." Liu Jin tested Yun Zaozao's breathing, looked astonished at Jin Chen, and said, "You're really ruthless, damn it."

He kills ghosts, he kills teammates.

"The corpse—I'll take it; any objections, folks?"

Jin Chen threw Yun Zaozao's corpse onto Gao Kai's back.

Gao Kai: "???"

"No, you're sick, you want a corpse……"

"If you want it, then take it."

After being glanced at by Jin Chen, Gao Kai, realizing the strength gap, fell silent.

In the room.

The blood from Yun Zaozao's wound miraculously stopped, and she lay on the bed.

Jin Chen: "The peace talisman I gave you can protect one life from death."

Ji Luo felt startled, touched the talisman paper, and looked in surprise at the corpse on the bed: "Can Yun Zaozao still be alive?"

Jin Chen nodded, took out the passing gold coin, but Ruan Fu pressed down his hand.

"Use it yourself, go back." Ruan Fu said.

Jin Chen: "Let them see Yun Zaozao alive tomorrow morning; that'll be pretty terrifying."

"It has nothing to do with me."

Ruan Fu's tone grew colder; whenever she heard this person mention Yun Zaozao, she felt even more displeased.

Suddenly, Ruan Fu avoided Jin Chen's gaze, her voice somewhat muffled: "You care about him a lot."

Jin Chen sighed, "Honestly, I don't want to either."

"Not just him—I also have to guarantee that Ji Luo, Cheng Chuan, and Gao Kai won't die."

Ji Luo and Gao Kai exchanged a glance, both bewildered yet perceptive; knowing they'd have to cling to a thigh, they silently went to another room.

Jin Chen still gave the passing gold coin to Yun Zaozao to use; at the moment she vanished from the bed, Ruan Fu felt extremely irritated, a sour welling up in her heart for no reason.

He obviously didn't need the passing gold coin; he just couldn't bear to see Jin Chen being so good to others without limits.

Jin Chen himself is now a patient in need of care.

Jin Chen grabbed Ruan Fu's hand, pulled her into his embrace, and rubbed his chin against the top of her head.

"Ruan Fu, it'll be over soon."

"What will end?" Ruan Fu asked, her voice hoarse.

"You could understand it as……atonement?"

Ruan Fu thought of something, somewhat doubtful: "But you aren't……"

The rest of her words were blocked by Jin Chen's finger on her lips: "Be good, don't say it."

"I only like you; you can firmly believe this."