TCBHIWAF Chapter 48

Chapter 48: Afraid of the Dark and Afraid of Ghosts

As the plot progressed, the terrifying sound effects and sudden, startling scenes made Ye Xingchen unconsciously lean closer to Lin Yu.

Lin Yu smiled and pulled Ye Xingchen closer to him. “Come over here.”

When Sadako’s eyes on the screen suddenly widened, staring straight out of the screen, Ye Xingchen let out an “Ah—” and tightly grabbed Lin Yu’s arm.

Lin Yu patted him reassuringly. “Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid, it’s all fake.”

When the movie ended, Ye Xingchen let out a long sigh of relief, while Lin Yu teased, “And you said you weren’t afraid.”

Ye Xingchen looked away awkwardly.

At that moment, he really wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Just then, the power suddenly went out, and the room was instantly plunged into darkness.

This frightened Ye Xingchen, who immediately hugged Lin Yu tightly, shrinking into his arms, his voice trembling. “I’ve been afraid of the dark since I was little. After my parents divorced, I slept alone and started being afraid of ghosts.”

Lin Yu hugged him back.

“Okay, okay, it’s alright, I’m here.”

He gently stroked Ye Xingchen’s back, trying to calm him down.

Ye Xingchen remained in Lin Yu’s arms, still trembling.

Lin Yu then took out his phone, turned on the flashlight function, and the faint light dispelled some of the fear brought by the darkness.

“Don’t be afraid, I’ll go check if the circuit breaker tripped.” Lin Yu comforted Ye Xingchen, preparing to get up.

Ye Xingchen grabbed the corner of his clothes tightly. “Don’t… don’t leave me.”

“I won’t leave you.”

Lin Yu reached out his hand. “Let’s go together.”

Ye Xingchen obediently reached out his hand and held Lin Yu’s tightly.

Using the light from the phone’s flashlight, they cautiously groped around in the dark room.

With every step, Ye Xingchen’s heart was in his throat, afraid that something terrifying would suddenly appear in the darkness.

Lin Yu could feel the cold sweat in Ye Xingchen’s palm and whispered comforting words. “Don’t be afraid, it’ll be over soon.”

They arrived at the circuit breaker, and Lin Yu shined the flashlight on it to check. As he suspected, the circuit had tripped.

He pushed the circuit breaker back up, and the room instantly regained its light.

Ye Xingchen breathed a huge sigh of relief, finally a smile appearing on his face.

“Great, we finally have power.”

Lin Yu looked at his relieved expression and said with a smile, “Look how scared you were. Don’t be so brave and watch horror movies again.”

Ye Xingchen said embarrassedly, “Well, you were here.”

Lin Yu suggested, “It’s still early, let’s play a couple of games.”

Ye Xingchen immediately agreed. They both took out their phones, opened Honor of Kings, and teamed up for a round.

Once the game started, Ye Xingchen unhesitatingly chose the marksman Sun Shangxiang, relying on her flexible movement and high burst damage to show a strong suppressive force in the laning phase.

Lin Yu chose the support Zhang Fei, thinking of relying on his own shield and control skills to create a good output environment for Ye Xingchen.

In the early laning phase, Ye Xingchen’s Sun Shangxiang relied on precise basic attacks and the enhanced shot after the first skill roll, constantly depleting the enemy marksman’s health.

Lin Yu’s Zhang Fei remained vigilant at all times, using the second skill “Guardian Mechanism” to provide a shield for Sun Shangxiang, blocking the enemy’s damage.

However, as the game progressed, Lin Yu impulsively launched attacks several times, causing his positioning to be too far forward, and he was jointly killed by the enemy.

His teammates couldn’t help but complain, “Support, can you be a little more steady!”

Ye Xingchen was also a little annoyed when he heard this. When Lin Yu recklessly charged into the enemy camp again, Ye Xingchen deliberately didn’t save him, and Lin Yu was killed by the enemy again.

“Ye Xingchen, you didn’t even save me!” Lin Yu shouted angrily.

Ye Xingchen said irritably, “That’s what you get for being impulsive, learn your lesson!”

Lin Yu was helpless and could only be more cautious in the following game.

Fortunately, in the mid-to-late team fights, Lin Yu’s Zhang Fei roared out his ultimate move “Berserker Bloodthirst” at a crucial moment, stunning many enemy heroes. Ye Xingchen’s Sun Shangxiang seized the opportunity, frantically outputting damage, and defeated the enemy in one fell swoop, leading the team to victory.

After the first game ended, Lin Yu said sulkily, “I’m never playing with you again, you’re too ruthless!”

Ye Xingchen smiled and hugged him. “Don’t be angry, it’s just so we can win more beautifully.”

Seeing him say this, Lin Yu wasn’t so angry.

“I’ll give you credit for this round, let’s play another, I’ll definitely do well!”

Ye Xingchen responded with a smile, “Okay, then let me see your strength again.”

The second game began, Ye Xingchen chose the marksman Di Renjie, and Lin Yu chose the support Sun Bin.

In the early laning phase, Ye Xingchen and Lin Yu cooperated quite well. Ye Xingchen relied on precise kiting and skill releases to constantly deplete the enemy marksman’s health, and Lin Yu used skills in a timely manner to accelerate and heal Ye Xingchen, allowing Ye Xingchen to gain the upper hand in laning.

However, their jungler Dian Wei kept farming in the jungle, neither supporting the top lane, nor caring about the bottom lane, let alone taking dragons and Tyrants.

As time passed, the enemy jungler frequently supported, causing Ye Xingchen and Lin Yu’s advantage to gradually shrink, and even begin to be suppressed by the enemy.

In the mid-game, the mid-lane mage Xiao Qiao was a girl. After being killed by the enemy several times, she finally couldn’t help but open the voice chat and angrily scolded, “Jungler, what are you doing? You keep jungling, you don’t take dragons, and you don’t come to team fights!”

The top lane Lu Bu’s voice sounded like a young boy, and he also said, “That’s right, can you come and help, big brother? I’m about to be crushed!”

At this time, Lu Bu opened the voice chat and said, “The two in the top lane, are you little brothers or little sisters? Turn on the voice chat for easy communication.”

Ye Xingchen and Lin Yu turned on the voice chat and replied, “Little brothers.”

The Xiao Qiao girl was stunned for a moment when she heard Ye Xingchen’s voice, thinking to herself, “This voice sounds so charming.”

After that, the four of them decided to stick together.

Ye Xingchen began to take the lead in commanding, “Xiao Qiao, pay attention to the timing of your control skill releases.”

“Lu Bu, jump in with your ultimate at the right time.”

In a small-scale team fight, Lin Yu aimed accurately and activated his ultimate, silencing the enemy. Ye Xingchen quickly output damage, Xiao Qiao released control skills accurately according to Ye Xingchen’s instructions, and Lu Bu jumped into the enemy formation with his ultimate, successfully achieving a beautiful zero-for-three.

Next, they cooperated more and more tacitly, and fought another wonderful team fight in the mid-lane.

Lin Yu’s Sun Bin accelerated, allowing his teammates to quickly enter the battlefield, Ye Xingchen’s Di Renjie stably output from the rear, Xiao Qiao’s fan swept down a wide area, and Lu Bu’s halberd massacred the battlefield, beating the enemy until they abandoned their armor and fled.

Finally, with the close cooperation of the four, they successfully pushed down the enemy’s crystal and won the victory.

After the game ended, Xiao Qiao was still excitedly saying in the voice chat, “This game was so fun, thanks to the little brother’s command!”

Ye Xingchen said, “Report the jungler, people who don’t do anything should be reported.”

The top lane Lu Bu also shouted, “Yes, we must report him, report him, we must ban people like this who have no competitive spirit from the game!”

Lin Yu also echoed, “That’s right, too bad, we must report!”

Everyone ended the game laughing and talking.