Everyone, big or small, has something they are afraid of and when that something happens to appear in front of them they can't control their physical reaction towards it. But for a man, it would be especially detrimental if this happens in public. For Wen Qinxi it wasn't in front of someone but his screams somehow permeated into the game room startling Xia Bai and Hei Bao.
They still hadn't figured out how to reopen the communication channel which had been barred by some kind of intrusion that wasn't exactly a virus. They didn't expect the communication channel would suddenly start up on it's own. To top it all off, the first thing they heard was Wen Qinxi groaning in pain.
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