Chapter 16 – Campus Arc: A Glamorous Romance – The Cinderella Sweetheart’s Endless Love (16)
Bai Tang, quick and agile, instinctively flinched away from the unknown touch on his shoulder, darting to the corner of the room—where he promptly pulled the blanket over his head.
His voice trembled uncontrollably: “Qiu’er… I… I’m so scared…”
The system, on the verge of tears, clung to Bai Tang. “H-Host, I… I’m scared too.”
One person and one system huddled together in the corner, shivering.
“Click.”
The room was suddenly bathed in warm light.
Hudson reached out and gently touched the trembling lump under the blanket—only to find that it started shaking even harder.
“Tang Tang?”
The system whispered urgently, “Host, it’s the male lead! Supernatural creatures fear the protagonist’s halo of destiny the most!”
The moment Bai Tang heard this, he dramatically flung off the blanket and dove straight into Hudson’s arms.
“Hudson, I was so scared…”
Perhaps it was the newfound sense of security, but tears began streaming down his face, soaking into Hudson’s T-shirt.
People say women are made of water, but Bai Tang wasn’t far off—his tears surged forth in an unstoppable flood, growing more intense by the second.
Listening to Bai Tang’s choked sobs, Hudson felt his heart tighten.
He gently patted the trembling Little Squirrel Tang in his arms, soothing him, “Don’t be scared, I’m here. I won’t leave you alone again…”
His gaze drifted toward the laptop screen. The horror movie had already ended, leaving blood-red English words frozen on display. His pupils contracted, and he immediately shut the laptop.
Then, he pulled open a drawer, took out a small bag of nuts, and held it out. “Want some?”
The ever-weak-to-food Bai Tang immediately brightened up, his eyes twinkling. “Thank you, Hudson!”
Watching this heartwarming scene, the eternally-single-system let out a mournful sigh: “Host, you still need to keep watching. At least ten more films to go.”
Bai Tang froze. His eyes welled up again, tears threatening to spill.
Alarmed, Hudson hurriedly coaxed him. “What’s wrong? What happened? I’ll help you with anything.”
During Bai Tang’s recovery period, Hudson had come to terms with his own feelings. It took some effort, but he had finally convinced his parents and gained their support. Now, all that was left was to bring his little squirrel home.
“H-Have to watch horror movies…” Bai Tang rejected the idea with every fiber of his being. But there was no choice — the system refused to help write his thesis, so he had to do it himself.
“It’s okay, I’ll watch with you.”
The system, already emotionally overloaded from all the fluff, happened to glance at the mission progress bar — the red line had reached 65%. Instantly, it perked up with excitement.
“Host! Host! Our mission—!”
At that moment, Hudson had already kicked off his shoes and was sitting on Bai Tang’s bed, holding the hiccuping Bai Tang in his arms, pouring water and peeling sunflower seeds.
On the screen, a ghostly woman in white, her head wrapped in a transparent plastic bag, was crawling down a staircase. The old wooden stairs creaked under her weight with a haunting creak—groan.
She slowly turned her head — her face deathly pale, with two gaping, hollow eye sockets…
Bai Tang: “Aaaahhh—!”
System: “Aaaahhh—!”
Bai Tang trembled as he burrowed into Hudson’s arms, and Hudson gladly accepted the little squirrel’s affectionate dive into his embrace.
The system had nowhere to hide and was forcibly cut off by the righteous Bai Tang. Its energy was already weak, and what it could see relied entirely on its connection with Bai Tang. Once that link was severed, the terrifying scenes from the horror film naturally disappeared.
However… cutting the connection also meant being locked in the dark room.
“Host, let me out! Let me out! I’m scared of the dark—it’s so dark! Don’t come any closer! There’s a ghost! Let me out…”
Once the ghost scene had passed, Hudson gently said, “It’s over now.”
Bai Tang was half-convinced, half-doubtful. He turned his head slightly and peeked out through his fingers, revealing a sliver of light.
Sure enough, the movie had moved to a bright daytime scene. In the daytime, ghosts don’t appear — that’s a standard horror movie trope.
Author’s Note:
Although I need to control the word count, seeing the collection count skyrocket like a rocket yesterday filled me with gratitude! Thank you all, my dear readers, for your support!
Also, leaving Chapter 15 on a cliffhanger felt kind of unethical… So today, I’m sneakily releasing Chapter 16! No more being stuck in the horror movie scene~
Mini Theater:
System: I was wrong! Let me out~
Tang Tang: Can’t hear you, can’t hear you, can’t hear you… (Female ghost appears) “Ah—!”
Translator-san, can I trouble you to check the raws again?
Because I suspect at least one paragraph to be missing. It’s at the 3rd to last paragraph:
Bai Tang was skeptical. He turned his head slightly and peeked through his fingers, letting a sliver of light in.
Here, above this should be some things missing…. I suspect ML offered to watch the movies together
Thank you for letting me know. I’ve corrected it (≧◡≦)