The Boyfriends I Picked Up in Horror Games Are Bizarre - Chapter 78

Today, Bai Yao wore a retro-style red plaid dress. She tied her long hair into a ponytail and secured it with a red bow. As she jogged over under the lights, she looked sprightly and beautiful.

Lu Sheng stared at her fixedly. He raised his hand to cover his mouth and nose, also hiding his Adam’s apple, which was bobbing. Only his overly dark eyes reflected her gradually approaching figure, and his body was tense to an extreme degree.

Bai Yao looked up at him, her smile radiant. “Good evening, Lu Sheng.”

Lu Sheng lowered his gaze and took a moment to compose himself. Then he dropped his hand and smiled, his eyes softening. “Good evening, Yao Yao.”

Bai Yao blinked in confusion. “Did you run over here? Your face is a little red.”

She reached out and touched his face. “It even feels a little hot.”

Lu Sheng hurriedly grabbed her hand, forcing a smile. “Maybe it’s because I was exercising just now. Don’t worry, I’m fine.”

Bai Yao knew he usually liked to exercise, so she didn’t think much of it and instead asked, “Then did I interrupt your workout by asking you to take a walk?”

He shook his head. “Not at all. I wanted to see you too.”

Bai Yao let out a sigh of relief. “That’s good.”

All the houses in Yuhua Community were uniform, white, standalone homes. Although there were quite a few houses, there weren’t many residents. As they walked along the road, they saw only a handful of houses with their lights on.

Bai Yao recounted everything she had done today. She said with some emotion, “I went to the neighbor’s house behind mine today. It was obvious their financial situation isn’t great, so I helped them pay their electricity bill. Sure enough, their house had lights on tonight.”

Lu Sheng’s expression turned a little odd.

Bai Yao continued, “And Xiao Xiong’s mother isn’t in good health. She had barely walked a few steps upstairs when I heard her joints creaking. I told Xiao Xiong that next time I visit, I’ll bring some medicinal patches for his mom.”

Lu Sheng’s expression grew even more complicated.

Bai Yao concluded, “Sure enough, exercising more like you do is the way to go. When you get older, you’ll be healthier.”

Lu Sheng looked down at her. “If you want to exercise, I can teach you.”

Bai Yao nodded. Suddenly, she said, “Will it rain tonight? It looks like there’s fog over there.”

Up ahead, under the faint light of a streetlamp, a mist seemed to be rising.

Lu Sheng smiled. “The weather forecast said there won’t be rain today. Yao Yao must be seeing it wrong.”

Bai Yao looked again, and sure enough, there was no faint mist over there. It seemed like she had just seen it wrong.

She suddenly turned in another direction. “I think I heard the sound of chopping.”

Lu Sheng said, “The owner of the noodle restaurant lives over there. He has to prepare a lot of meat every day, so there’s sometimes some noise. But he’s afraid of disturbing the neighbors, so it usually doesn’t go on too late.”

Indeed, the noise had already stopped.

Bai Yao looked at the dark yard of a nearby house and tilted her head. “Lu Sheng, I think I saw a white figure float past over there.”

Lu Sheng: “Really?”

She nodded firmly. “Yes.”

Lu Sheng seemed to remember something and said with sudden realization, “An elderly woman with limited mobility lives there. She always hangs her laundry in the yard. I heard her son took her out to dinner today, so she probably forgot to bring the clothes in.”

Bai Yao stared at Lu Sheng for quite a while, and just as the smile on his face was about to falter, she suddenly laughed as well, enlightened. “So that’s what it was!”

Lu Sheng beamed. “Yes, exactly.”

Then he said, “Shall we go walk over to the court? I can teach you how to play basketball.”

Bai Yao replied, “Okay!”

Lu Sheng held Bai Yao’s hand and led her toward the basketball court. With his other hand, he pulled out his phone and quickly typed a message in a group chat called “Friendly Neighborhood.”

【 You all know my girlfriend is easily scared. If you don’t want to die again, go home and lie quietly! 】

Bai Yao looked up at him. Lu Sheng put his phone away and explained, “Just a message from a work group. I was replying.”

Bai Yao nodded in understanding.

There was no one else at the court. The agent had mentioned before that few young people lived here, and even fewer were basketball lovers like Lu Sheng.

There was a basketball already on the court. According to Lu Sheng, the security here was so good that even if someone dropped something valuable on the ground, no one would take it.

Bai Yao always slacked off during PE class. At most, she could dribble a few times, but shooting was too hard for her.

Although Lu Sheng was teaching her how to apply force when shooting, she never managed to get the ball into the hoop. After a few attempts, she was already exhausted. Holding the ball, she looked gloomily at the basketball hoop above her.

Lu Sheng came up behind her, placed his hands over hers that were holding the ball, and began guiding her step-by-step on the proper posture for an easier shot. “Let your elbows hang naturally, keep your palms hollow, fingers close to the ball. Like this, it’s easier to exert strength.”

As he spoke, Lu Sheng applied force with his hand, and the ball in Bai Yao’s hands was thrown out and landed in the hoop with perfect accuracy.

This was the first shot Bai Yao had ever made.

She looked back at him admiringly. “Lu Sheng, you’re amazing!”

When Lu Sheng lowered his eyes, what he saw were her eyes, bright as the stars. Because her heart and gaze were entirely filled with him, it felt as if he had suddenly possessed the most brilliant galaxy in the world.

To be gazed upon with such admiration by the girl one likes, no matter how mature and composed a man is, he would inevitably feel an exhilarating rush of vanity being deeply satisfied.

Let alone someone like him, who couldn’t be further from “mature and composed.”

Bai Yao looked at him. “Lu Sheng…”

His throat tightened. “What is it?”

She leaned into his arms and spoke in a tone as if she’d discovered a little secret, “Are you hiding something?”

He was bewildered. “What?”

Bai Yao blinked innocently. “Something poked me… like a stick.”

Lu Sheng: “……”

The air seemed to fall silent for a few seconds.

In the next moment, his face turned bright red, his ears flushed, and he hurriedly took a few steps back to put distance between them.

Bai Yao’s gaze dropped downward.

Lu Sheng quickly turned his back to her, his gaze flustered. The “a calm mind keeps the body cool” mantra he had practiced countless times suddenly lost its effect. His body felt completely out of control.

“Lu Sheng.”

He heard the girl behind him calling his name, but he didn’t dare turn around.

Would she be afraid?

Would she think he was disgusting?

In her eyes, they hadn’t known each other for very long, and yet he had already reacted so shamefully. Would she think he was no different from those sleazy men?

It was laughable, really. He had followed her day and night, secretly longing for her from the shadows, yet never dared to truly defile her.

Lu Sheng had always known he was a coward, a weakling, and utterly hypocritical.

It was as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over him, leaving his whole body chilled.