Or perhaps she intended to take a gamble, seeing if she could bet correctly.
"Rules are important, but I also have the ability to ensure you retreat safely." Li Ye was confident in this.
Ten minutes passed in the blink of an eye.
Ning Wei and Li Ye opened the door and then closed it with a bang.
Despite their bold pronouncements before leaving, the two of them still remembered to bring their room cards.
Adhering to every rule, the room was a safe house. No matter how capable one was, one couldn't afford to leave oneself without options.
The moment the door opened, resentment and miasma rushed towards them.
Fortunately, Li Ye had a treasure bead with him that could absorb such things, so Ning Wei was not entangled by the resentment and remained as lively as ever.
They arrived at Mei Nan and Song Zhi's room. As soon as they knocked twice, Mei Nan's low voice came from inside.
"Who?"
"Ning Wei."
"How do you prove it?"
This question made Ning Wei speechless. Earlier, when they were on the phone, for everyone's safety, they had secretly devised a slogan with each room. If it wasn't spoken correctly, the door wouldn't open.
Song Zhi and Mei Nan, after discussing it, had chosen a particularly outrageous phrase as their slogan.
Because it was too embarrassing, Ning Wei found it hard to utter.
Song Zhi's lively voice then came from inside: "If you can't answer, you're fake!"
Ning Wei gritted her teeth in frustration, let out a deep breath, and then looked at Li Ye, signaling him to cover his ears.
Although Li Ye didn't understand her intention, he obediently covered his ears with his hands.
Ning Wei glanced at him, finding him exceptionally cute, and a smile unconsciously appeared on her face.
"Could the person outside be fake?" Because Ning Wei was slow to speak, Song Zhi began to suspect that the person outside was an evil spirit in disguise.
"What's the hurry!" Ning Wei couldn't help but curse.
Song Zhi chuckled: "Then why aren't you quickly saying the secret code?"
Ning Wei gritted her teeth, glanced at Li Ye, who knew nothing, and then began to recite the agreed-upon secret code: "I am Balala the Magic Fairy, Balala's energy transform, transform you into a big idiot!!!"
The last sentence was added by Ning Wei herself. Such a silly secret code wouldn't do justice to her current shame without that last sentence.
Although the secret code had a slight deviation, it still indicated that the person outside was indeed Ning Wei.
Without that extra sentence, Song Zhi would still worry if an evil spirit had been eavesdropping on their call.
After Ning Wei finished speaking, she clenched her fists, quietly preparing herself.
Song Zhi and Mei Nan picked up the items they had prepared, which were portable food items, and glanced at the screen outside. Ning Wei and Li Ye were still standing not far away.
The door opened inwards, so there was no fear of it suddenly opening and hitting someone outside.
As soon as the door opened, Song Zhi stepped out first.
As a young man, he naturally had to rush to the front and protect the older brother in their group, Teacher Mei Nan.
A subtle cold smile played on Ning Wei's lips. The moment Song Zhi poked his head out, she lunged forward, looped her arm around his neck, and forcefully dragged him out.
Her sudden action startled Mei Nan behind him.
He thought there was an evil spirit outside and quickly reached out to grab Song Zhi.
At this moment, Li Ye moved. His cold palm covered Mei Nan's wrist, pulling him out with him, and then he gently shook his head at Mei Nan.
Upon seeing this, Mei Nan immediately understood what had happened.
He had agreed to the secret code when it was arranged, but that particular phrase from Song Zhi was not part of it.
He had also shaken his head at Song Zhi at the time, signaling his disapproval of such a prank. However, Song Zhi insisted on setting that secret code, feeling it was a rare opportunity to see Ning Wei embarrassed.
But before he could enjoy it for long, he was caught by Ning Wei upon coming out.
Song Zhi had it coming. There wasn't anyone in this world who could make Ning Wei lose face.
Seeing his current predicament, it was clear he had learned his lesson.
Ning Wei hugged Song Zhi's neck, pulled him onto the carpet, and then used his momentum to throw him, sending him crashing to the floor with a thud.
The dull sound startled Tang Tang and the other four hiding inside, who thought an evil spirit had come to cause trouble.
Song Zhi knew he couldn't break free, so he let Ning Wei have her way.
After being thrown onto the carpet, Song Zhi quickly took a tissue from his pocket and waved it, indicating his surrender.
Ning Wei finally let out her pent-up frustration with a soft hum and then went to Zhuo Yilian and Wang Jing's room.
Li Ye followed closely. As for Mei Nan, he played the good Samaritan and reached out to help Song Zhi up.
He said to Song Zhi with deep meaning: "Didn't I tell you not to provoke her?"
Song Zhi patted the dust off himself and said nonchalantly: "Didn't you see her expression when she said the secret code? It was worth it to get thrown down!"
Teacher Mei was speechless and shook his head, following them.
Because Ning Wei had thrown Song Zhi onto the carpet earlier, making a noise, Zhuo Yilian and the other two shivered at the sound of knocking and dared not open the door.
"If you don't want to come out, I'm leaving," Ning Wei said indifferently.
Zhuo Yilian hurried to the door: "Are you still going to say the secret code? Who knows if you're real or fake."
Zhuo Yilian's slogan was relatively normal; it was just humming a song sung by Zhang Shuang, the artificial mermaid at Ocean Park.
Ning Wei's humming was equally melodious, leaving Mei Nan and the others entranced.
Her expression was gentle, a stark contrast to her usual prickly demeanor.
Zhuo Yilian whispered to Wang Jing in surprise: "Is this still the Ning Wei we know?"
Wang Jing didn't answer her question. She glanced at the screen, her method of verifying whether the person outside was real or fake was to see where Li Ye was.
The real Li Ye would never be too far from Ning Wei, at most two steps away.
The scene on the screen was exactly like that, so Wang Jing was certain it was real.
Delaying opening the door might even offend Ning Wei.
Therefore, after Ning Wei finished humming, Wang Jing immediately opened the door.
Zhuo Yilian followed immediately. Regardless of the situation outside, she couldn't leave Wang Jing alone.
After confirming it was indeed Ning Wei and the others, Zhuo Yilian asked curiously: "We heard a muffled thud earlier, what was that about? Was there an evil spirit attack here?"
Song Zhi tilted his head, holding his waist, and said: "No evil spirit, but there was a monstrous shrew."
Ning Wei was holding a stone in her hand, which was likely a pebble from the lobby's fish pond.
Fortunately, the stone wasn't large and landed directly on Song Zhi's head, making him wince in pain.
Seeing this, Zhuo Yilian understood what the earlier sound was about.
At this point, Ning Wei and Li Ye had already gone to knock on the last room. Before Zhuo Yilian followed, she said to Song Zhi: "Serves you right!"