Chapter 19: Haunted House (EDITED)
In the end, Xia Meilin couldn't go against her son. Lu Yifeng noticed the uneasiness in her eyes as he bought the ticket for the haunted house. They were about to go in when he offered his hand to her. "Here, hold my hand."
Xia Meilin was tempted to hold his hand but she went against it, even if she was scared, she would not give him a chance to get a step closer to her. She slapped his hand away. "No thanks, I'm good."
Lu Yifeng watched her as she entered the Haunted house ahead of them. He then looked at his hand before he lowered it. The big wall between them was something he couldn't crush so easily, knowing this, his heart ached.
But despite that, he entered the Haunted house and found Xia Meiren walking so slowly as if she was waiting for him and Little Melon to catch up.
Seeing this, he couldn't help but smile. She was scared and yet she was acting so brave.
"Momma, wait for us." Little Melon said while he was holding Lu Yifeng's hand.
Xia Meilin turned to them with a calm look on her face but the look on her eyes betrayed her. She waited for them before she started walking beside Lu Yifeng inside the dark house.
'Don't be scared. They are not real. A mannequin will appear soon, you know this so don't be afraid. They won't touch you or harm you. They are not real.' She kept on telling herself inside her mind.
But what she didn't expect was this Haunted House was different from others. She suddenly felt something grab her ankle and because of it, she ended up holding Lu Yifeng's arm as she gave a high-pitched scream. "AHHHHH!!!"
Lu Yifeng and Little Melon were so surprised when they heard her scream. They turned to her as if wondering what was wrong when nothing appeared in front of them yet.
"M-my ankle... s-someone's holding my ankle..." Xia Meilin's voice was shaking. Her eyes were closed, she was so scared to even look at what was holding her ankle since she could feel the wet and hand-like figure of it. She couldn't help but hug Lu Yifeng's arm close to her.
Lu Yifeng and Little Melon looked down only to see a bloody hand, holding Xia Meilin's ankle. It wasn't a real hand, it was actually a mechanical hand that was controlled by the staff from the control room. It appeared from the small trap door in the corner of the wall to grab on Xia Meilin's ankle. The fake blood was dripping on the ground.
Little Melon released Lu Yifeng's hand before he walked toward Xia Meilin's side.
Lu Yifeng watched his son step hard on the arm and jumped on it a few times that ruined the mechanical hand. The staff was surprised by what Little Melon did! Who could have thought that a little boy would do something so unexpected!
"No scaring my momma!" Little Melon huffed as he placed his hands on his waist, puffing his chest out. "Mello protects momma and dada from ghosts!"
Lu Yifeng smiled as he patted the little boy's head. "That's my boy."
Little Melon smiled proudly before he looked at his mother. "Momma, don't be scared. Ghost is defeated by Little Melon."
Xia Meilin finally opened her eyes. When she realized that she was hugging Lu Yifeng's arm, she quickly let go of it and turned to Little Melon. She cleared her throat and tried to act calm despite how her heart was beating fast. "Thank you, Xiao Gua, you're mommy's hero."
"Ehehehe~" He giggled cutely with his mother's compliment.
Lu Yifeng's eyes softened as he looked at the two, and above all, he couldn't help but warm up upon seeing how Xia Meilin leaned on him for protection earlier.
"Let's go, we're still at the start. We have to walk for a bit more before we can exit this place."
In other words, this was just the start of Xia Meilin's horror. She felt a chill run down her spine as she thought of the scary things that would surprise her in the way. She really didn't like to see the scary faces of the ghosts.
Little Melon held her hand. "Let's go momma."
Xia Meilin wanted to run her way out but now, with Little Melon holding her hand, she could only go on with his pace.
They continued walking and they entered a hall with creepy paintings on the wall. Xia Meilin felt her heart thumping loudly as they continued walking... until a staff, dressed in a scary ghost attire suddenly jumped out of a painting to give them a jump scare.
Once again, Xia Meilin ended up screaming but this time, Little Melon joined her.
"AHHHH!!!"
She hugged Lu Yifeng's body from the side while Little Melon hugged Lu Yifeng's leg.
Little Melon started becoming teary since the disguise the staff wore looked too scary for him, it looked so real. "Dada..."
The staff was supposed to chase them until they will enter the next hall where another ghost was supposed to appear but seeing Lu Yifeng's cold and threatening gaze, the staff ended up going back inside the painting.
Lu Yifeng carried Little Melon using an arm while he used his other arm to place it on Xia Meilin's shoulders, hugging her protectively. "Let's go."
This time, Xia Meilin didn't pull away from him since she was too scared. The Haunted house was different from a normal one since it was not the mannequins in disguise giving the jump scares, it was the staff which made them look like they were real ghosts!
Lu Yifeng walked with Xia Meilin, who buried her face on his chest.
The next scene was a room filled with so many creepy dolls hanging on the ceiling. They needed to pass the room to get into the main hall. The staff who was about to come out of a trap door paused when he saw Lu Yifeng's icy glare. His body shivered in fear and this made him close the trap door in an instant to hide from the devil himself.
The same thing happened with the other staff, just one look at Lu Yifeng's cold and sharp eyes made them hide in fear.
When they finally reached the exit, Lu Yifeng gently patted Xia Meilin's head. "We're out."
Hearing his words made her open her eyes and turn her head to see if they really were out. She heaved out a sigh of relief when she saw that they were not inside the Haunted house anymore.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone