?Chapter 352: Chapter 352: Exploring the Ancient Mansion   Chapter 352: Chapter 352: Exploring the Ancient Mansion                                   Host 3: “I might end up crying here tonight, you’ll have to carry me outter.”


    Host 4: “I want to cry right now, what do I do?”


    Lu Xingyu: “The production team, you’re really brutal. Isn’t this supposed to be a couple’s special? Why has it turned into a horror special?”


    Live director: “This is also to test the teamwork between couples.”


    Host 1: “Aside from Mo and Qiao, we’re all makeshift couples here. When disaster strikes, we’ll definitely scatter, that goes without saying.”


    Suddenly, a burst ofughter erupted on the set.


    Live director: “Hurry up and set off, otherwise we won’t finish on time tonight.”


    …


    And so, the four couples turned and walked towards the mansion. The mansion’s doors slowly opened to pitch darkness inside, not a single light to be seen.


    The staff handed each of them a shlight.


    Lu Xingxing grabbed her sister’s arm, her voice trembling: “The production team has gone too far. They won’t even turn on a light. This could scare someone to death.”


    As they stepped over the threshold into the mansion, a chilly wind blew past them.


    Qiao Ruoxin instantly felt her scalp tingle and subconsciously slowed her pace, her face beginning to pale.


    Fear filled her doe-like, clear eyes.


    Mo Chen nced back at her, took her icy small hand, and frowned as he spoke in a deep voice, “Or should I just carry you?”


    “How could I let that happen? Once the show airs, the inte will definitely say I’m being melodramatic,” she replied.


    Netizens were scrutinizing reality shows with magnifying sses these days. A tiny misstep, and celebrities could face moral condemnation.


    The manughed uncontrobly, observing her tiny, trembling form that still tried to put on a brave front.


    Qiao Ruoxin picked up the map card in her hand: “Anyway, we have a map. Let’s hurry and find the pink Crystal Ball.”


    Gathering her courage, she suppressed the fear in her heart and walked along the corridor.


    Mo Chen’s lips curved into an indulgent smile as he slightly tilted his head, watching her slender figure, following the figure of Little Ghost, ready to be her knight in shining armor.


    Meanwhile—


    The atmosphere among the couples had somehow shifted their focus onto the map card.


    Lu Feifei: “This mansion is so huge. To search seriously, it would take at least two to three hours, not to mention the added difficulty without any lights.”


    Host 1: “Right, now the only way to quickly find the pink Crystal Ball is with that map card.”


    Lu Xingxing: “Let’s just take the map card, we can’t lose again. What if they make us walk there tomorrow?”


    Lu Xingyu: “Isn’t directly snatching it a bit much?”


    Host 2: “Our Xingyu still has some idol pride, huh? Don’t worry, I’ll be the bad guy. I need to get out quickly, or I might just die of fright in here, it’s so dark.”


    These people quickly conspired not to search for the Crystal Ball anymore but to snatch the map card first.


    …


    Over here.


    Qiao Ruoxin reached the entrance of the ancestral hall and shone her shlight directly inside, only to see a heap of ancestral tablets, scaring her into stepping back.


    She turned and threw herself into Mo’s arms.


    Mo Chen instinctively hugged her soft body, then looked up at the myriad ques in the hall.


    “Scared?”


    “Mhm… It’s too horrible. I don’t want to go in. Can you look for it?” her voice even carried a slightly aggrieved tremble.


    The man patted her head: “Wait here for me.”


    Mo Chen released her from his embrace, ready to enter the ancestral hall alone. Unexpectedly, the woman behind him grabbed his clothes again.


    He looked back: “What’s wrong?”


    Qiao Ruoxin nced around, the surrounding atmosphere gloomy and frightening, waiting here alone was even more terrifying!


    “I’ll go with you; it’s scarier to be here alone.”


    “Okay.”


    “I’ll walk in front of you!”


    Mo Chen sped her hand in his: “Let’s go.”


    She clung tightly to the man’s arm, wishing she could hide inside his coat. Inside the shrine was too dark to see anything.


    As they entered the shrine, Qiao Ruoxin felt an even more chilling presence, a heavy aura of gloom.


    The man, holding a shlight, scanned it around. Besides the numerous spiritual tablets, there were several portraits hanging, likely of ancestors, dressed in Qing Dynasty official robes.


    Mo Chen then walked toward a corner, and Qiao Ruoxin followed closely, fearful of being left behind by this scoundrel of a man.


    Indeed.


    In that pitch-ck corner, there was a chest with the program’s logo on it.


    Qiao Ruoxin instantly breathed a sigh of relief.


    Because the difficulty had increased this time, there was no password needed. The chest could be opened directly.


    Opening the chest, she found it empty, without the Crystal Ball, and felt a bit disappointed.


    “Let’s get out of here quickly, it’s too creepy inside, I’m having trouble breathing.”


    Mo Chen responded, then felt her body trembling slightly.


    He sighed softly, swept her up in his arms, but only for a few seconds before quickly leaving the shrine and setting her back on the ground to stand.


    Before Qiao Ruoxin could react, she stood outside the shrine.


    Looking at the bright moonlight, she felt a bit morefortable in her heart.


    She looked up at Mo Chen, “Don’t hold me, we’re recording a show. If it’s broadcast, I’ll get scolded.”


    “Then I shall hire an online army to scold them back.”


    “…”


    Qiao Ruoxin turned and walked in another direction but had barely taken a few steps when suddenly! Out of nowhere, a cat leaped down, meowing loudly and startling her to take a sharp breath of cold air.


    She spun around and jumped onto Mo Chen.


    Mo Chen caught her in his arms.


    “What was that sound!” Her face buried into the man’s chest, she dared not open her eyes.


    “It’s nothing, just a stray cat.”


    The man gently patted her back,forting her with his deep and tender voice, as if he was soothing his own daughter.


    Qiao Ruoxin kept her eyes tightly shut, hugging the man’s body, and asked in a low voice, “Is it gone?”


    “It’s gone.”


    Only then did she carefully open her eyes, looked back for a moment, and then slowly left the man’s embrace.


    She felt like she was about to break into a cold sweat.


    She had to find the pink Crystal Ball quickly; otherwise, she felt she was on the verge of a nervous breakdown from fright.


    Watching her timid little expression, Mo Chen found it quite cute; she had lost her usual haughty demeanor.


    “We must find the pink Crystal Ball quickly. I can’t stand it anymore. The thing I hate the most is exploring haunted houses.”


    She held the map card seriously and studied it carefully, pondering where the chest might be ced.


    Suddenly!


    A figure darted out from the darkness, snatching the map card from Qiao Ruoxin’s hand!


    “Who!”


    “Sorry, Sister Qiao! We have to win this round!”


    In the darkness, she only saw a shadow running away at the speed of the wind while throwing down these words.


    Both Qiao Ruoxin and Mo Chen remained remarkably calm, standing still without any reaction.


    She looked at the scoundrel beside her: “I can’t run in high heels, why didn’t you chase after them?”


    “To leave you alone here, are you sure you wouldn’t end up crying from fright?”


    “…”


    Alright, she would end up crying from fear.