Chapter 339: The Trapped Couple
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Film?
Xiang Wan observed the room.
At this mont, several spots of tiny light appeared around them.
She seed to understand what was happening. “What exactly do you want?”
“A most realistic passionate film in a hopeless situation with you two as the leading actor and actress,” responded ng Chi, “be rest assured that I’ll give you your deserved remuneration by burning joss paper money for both of you...
“I believe it will be the most realistic, passionate love and death film in human history! If it could be screened or made into a movie, it would surely top the Box Office records... Hahaha... Of course, it’s totally fine even if it couldn’t be screened... The whole world will be watching... watch the passion between both of you before you die, as well as your actual death...
“My dear friends, please don’t waste costly filming equipnt... it’s a 360-degree panoramic cara!
“I believe both of you will not be disappointed! You two are a perfect match, after all; both of you will surely be the best and most dedicated actors and actresses in the history of mankind where you two will use your lives as thanks to your viewers!
“Enjoy yourselves, my two clever friends. I shall take my leave now!”
“You’re a lunatic!” Xiang Wan could no longer contain her anger. She gnashed her teeth and cussed.
“Hahahahahaha... Both of you are defeated in the hands of a lunatic... We shall see each other in our next lives...”
ng Chi’s laughter soon disappeared from the speaker above them.
It was suddenly quiet within the room.
Besides the special fragrance that lingered in the air, there was nothing else.
It was still dark inside the room.
Besides the tiny spots of light that were supposedly the 360-degree panoramic caras that he spoke of, Xiang Wan did not find any other suspicious-looking equipnt inside the room.
Xiang Wan was soone who was afraid of facing caras.
She would feel uncomfortable even when others were helping to take a picture of her, not to ntion that there were more than one 360-degree panoramic cara here?
Feeling lost, she looked at Bai Muchuan for comfort. “It’s so dark in here, can he really film us clearly?”
Bai Muchuan had not spoken a word for a while.
At that mont, he squeezed Xiang Wan’s hand. His words shattered her hope.
“It’s possible... there are night-vision caras out there.”
Oh! How tragic!
Xiang Wan suddenly felt a little dizzy, and her heart was drumming quite furiously.
“... So... what are we going to do?”
“I’ll take a good look.” Bai Muchuan walked around the room.
When he was done, he sat beside Xiang Wan. “He’s right!”
“What is right?”
“Everything!” Bai Muchuan’s voice suddenly sounded a little hoarse as he pulled his collar.
It was a pity that the room was too dark.
Xiang Wan could not see his expression and actions.
“Are you feeling unwell?” She could still hear the change in his voice clearly.
“Mm...” Bai Muchuan pulled his collar again and coughed. “Sit properly!”
“I...” Xiang Wan felt a little strange. “I am sitting properly!”
She was just concerned about him and was slightly closer to him.
Moreover, they were not as close as earlier before he examined the room...
“He said we only have 40 minutes left!” Xiang Wan thought about it and crept closer to him; her arms were around his waist. “... Maybe we only have 40 minutes left to hug each other...”
Bai Muchuan did not move.
No, to be more precise, his body was a little stiff.
He said, “It won’t.”
“Do we have a way out?”
“... There will be.”
There will be...? By just sitting around and waiting, will there really be a way out?She thought.
ng Chi had given them 40 minutes, but unlike her, Xiang Wan noticed that Bai Muchuan was not as worried and anxious...
“Let’s think of a way out? Bai Muchuan!”
“Mm, wait!”
“Wait for what?”
“Just wait...”
His voice was getting lower and softer as if he was murmuring in his dream.
Xiang Wan felt that sothing was wrong and wanted to look carefully at him.
Nonetheless, this room was too dark.
There was not a trace of light. Only a few tiny light spots which were not enough for her to see clearly...
“Do you an we should wait for Quan Laowu and the rest of the team?”
“... They will co to save us. I... before I ca here, I made the necessary arrangents.”
Uh! Xiang Wan was sowhat confounded. “Didn’t you say you ca here alone? Are you actually lying to ...?”
“Nope! I did co here alone!” Bai Muchuan frowned; his voice sounded restrained like he was trying to conceal his emotions. “I need to at least leave so last words behind, right?”
“...”
After coming into the room, it was the first ti Xiang Wan noticed that Bai Muchuan seed frustrated toward her...
Yes, very frustrated!
As if he didn’t want to talk to her.
Not only that, she had felt sothing strange about him...
Xiang Wan couldn’t describe it. At this mont, she was not in tip-top condition, either...
The fragrance ng Chi had gotten the world’s top perfurs to create made her feel heavy-hearted and restless. Now, she started to feel a little... strange. It was an odd feeling that made her at a loss.
She was still feeling gloomy and restless, as well as slight grogginess. It felt similar to being tipsy after too much alcohol.
Xiang Wan gasped and called for Bai Muchuan.
“Do you feel like you’re drunk after inhaling this fragrance?”
“... Mm.” Bai Muchuan responded in a low voice.
Xiang Wan’s left hand grabbed her left thigh...
It was her wounded thigh. By grabbing it, she would feel pain.
Pain could keep her sober...
When she felt a bit better, she also shared how she was feeling. “Bai Muchuan, my heart, seems to be beating really fast...”
“... Mm.”
For a long ti, he only responded with a word.
Bai Muchuan at this mont was acting abnormally.
That made Xiang Wan worried...
Her hand crept slowly up his shoulder then her other arm reached out to touch his forehead...
However, before she could do so, he had caught hold of her hand.
“Don’t move!”
He used so much strength to squeeze her hand that she felt a tinge of pain...
“What is happening to you? Are you feeling uncomfortable?”
Xiang Wan was anxious, she wanted to help him, but she did not know where to start.
That feeling was too depressing.
Especially when the other party was soone she loved dearly...
“Bai Muchuan, you stay here. I’ll go take a look at that Iris recognition thing...”
Xiang Wan tried in vain to draw her hand back from his grip. However... it was futile.
His grip felt tighter and stronger... She felt like a sudden outburst of violence from him; there was no more tenderness and affection from her touch. Xiang Wan felt that the feeling he gave her had beco sowhat different.
“Bai Muchuan?” Xiang Wan called his na softly.
The next mont, she thought perhaps the situation they stressed him out.
There were also so people who were afraid of the dark...
Xiang Wan suppressed her anxiety. “We don’t have to fear death... Death’s not sothing we can’t face, right? Even if there’s so regret in our life, we can still be together...”
“Xiang Wan!” Bai Muchuan suddenly interrupted her.
There was an incoming gentle breeze he brought about as he suddenly turned his head.
Xiang Wan was startled. “What’s the problem?”
Bai Muchuan replied, “Didn’t you hear what ng Chi said just now?”
“Yeah.” Xiang Wan nodded her head. “I’ve heard it. We only have 40 minutes left until this place explodes... No one could stop that, and no one could co and save us...”
“It’s not that...” Bai Muchuan suddenly ran his fingers through his hair before grabbing Xiang Wan’s hand—his hand was clammy with perspiration. “ng Chi also said sothing about filming our passionate... death...”
These words were enough to describe his point.
Xiang Wan was not silly; she could now guess what the problem was.
“You’re saying that this dicine is not fatal, but... it will affect us?”
“Mm...” Bai Muchuan’s voice was deep and hoarse.
Xiang Wan did not know how ng Chi’s new dicine would react to the human body.
At this mont, Bai Muchuan’s reaction to the dicine was obviously worse than Xiang Wan...
In just a few sentences, since she was around, he had endured and suffered a lot...
“But you don’t need to be afraid. I... won’t do anything to you. Believe ...”
Perspiration trickled down Bai Muchuan’s cheeks. This space was getting too hot for him.
The temperature was rising; his gaze felt scorching. Even his handso face was becoming a little distorted...
Fortunately, Xiang Wan could not see that.
“Huff—”
Bai Muchuan was panting.
Then he gritted his teeth and sank his nails deeply into his wound.
It hurts! He twitched due to the pain.
... Both of them had chosen the sa thod of keeping sane.
However, it seed that Xiang Wan was in a better condition than him...
“Bai Muchuan, what are you doing? You...” She touched his arm where she also felt the hand that had been inflicting pain on himself.
“Heavens, you...” How should she describe this?
Sadness welled up within her. Xiang Wan felt a tingling sensation in her nose. She could not help but feel distressed.
“I’m fine...”
Under the severe pain, Bai Muchuan managed to get his sanity back.
He was panting and sweating all over with both arms on the ground supporting his weight. “Xiang Wan, go farther away from !”
How far could she go to get away from him in this small room?
Xiang Wan helped to support him. “Tell . What are you trying to do?”
Bai Muchuan suddenly turned towards her.
He stared at her in the darkness.
Even in the darkness, his sharp gaze still felt prickly.
“... I want you... to stay away from !”
It was a sudden outburst of anger!
Xiang Wan did not know what to do.
She opened her mouth and did not retort back.
“... Alright.” Looking at the empty darkness, she stood up slowly. Limping with her injured leg, she tried to walk away from him.
A hand suddenly grabbed her.
On her ankle.
It was a very tight grip!
Very forceful!
So much so that it hurts!
She couldn’t move away now and turned her head around.
“Bai Muchuan—”
He did not answer; instead, he grabbed her ankle and gasped heavily.
He did not talk, but the sounds of breathing were heard.
Xiang Wan closed her eyes and opened them again.
In this darkness, both of them couldn’t see each other at all. There was no need to shut her eyes!
She said, “I really won’t mind at all.”
“No matter what you want to do...” She continued, “I won’t mind at all...”
“Even if there are caras...” She stopped and took a deep breath. “I can do it, as long as you don’t do this to yourself... I’m fine with it...”
Just as how he had risked his life to co here and die with her.
If it was him, why not?
The mont she got this sorted out, her body was just like a pile of flesh.
Xiang Wan squatted down and held his arm gently. “Don’t be so hard on yourself... Alright?”
“... No, it’s not that.” Bai Muchuan’s voice sounded like that of a trapped animal. “I feel that... I’m not myself anymore... My sanity, my soul... Why did I suddenly beco so hateful? I can’t control my heart... the devil within ... I can’t help wanting to... hurt you...”
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