Luck

No… why is Su Yu surprised to see the stairs? Duan Yuan thought. Was it really that surprising? He feels puzzled. The Purple Old Manor is a two-story mansion. So, naturally there will be stairs. Then, why is Su Yu surprised? Was it because the stairs suddenly appeared like the doors? This is likely, but since Su Yu should also be used to things suddenly appearing, then Su Yu wouldn't be as surprised like he did just now.

So… could it be…? Duan Yuan suddenly thought of something. "Senior… earlier… was there no stairs in the front hall?" he asked. This is what he could guess. And it was confirmed when Su Yu answered.

"Yes. There were none." Su Yu nodded, then grimaced. He forgot that Duan Yuan can't actually see unlike Tang Lele who he brought with him before during one of his explorations.

No wonder why he felt that there is something odd about the Purple Old Manor earlier. Aside from it was very creepy, there is actually no stairs! He could see the second floor's railing and the chandelier hanging above in the ceiling, but there was no stairs! So, how could they go to the second floor if there were no stairs?

"Damn… that trick of the evil ghost earlier got us." Su Yu said and heaved a sigh, feeling disappointed of himself since he has fallen into the evil ghost's tricks that he failed to notice something. His mind was clouded.

The candelabras suddenly appearing earlier took them by surprise so Su Yu has forgotten to think further of what was odd in the front hall earlier. Now, the stairs appeared before his eyes, and it was then that he realized that this was what missing in the front hall earlier!

"So, there were actually no stairs earlier…" Duan Yuan muttered when he realized it. Because he is blind, he didn't see that there were no stairs earlier in the front hall. But, even if he is blind, he still knows that since the Purple Old Manor is two-story, then there should be stairs.

So, he took it for granted earlier that there were stairs in the front hall. It was only now when Su Yu explained to him what happened that he realized that the stairs were actually missing in the front hall. Duan Yuan felt even more frustrated of his disability. But this also made him realize that teammates support each other. If only he could see like a normal person could, then he might have noticed what Su Yu failed to notice.

Duan Yuan was already used to the fact that he has a disability. So, he was bullied, mocked by other people when he was young. He has already accepted his defects, so he wasn't that bothered by his peers' mocking of him. Yet, this is the first time that he felt that he was so incompetent. And incompetence is fatal, especially in a dangerous situation where he and Su Yu are in right now.

Any small mistake can lead them to their death. Fortunately, he and Su Yu are still alive until now and their limbs are still intact. Even if they have experienced a life and death situation earlier, but they managed to safely get out of it and escape. This could be attributed to their luck. And Duan Yuan hopes that their luck won't run out until they solved the evil ghost's case.

For someone disabled like him, Duan Yuan is hoping much for this, which is the first time he did (hope) since before, he never relied on luck. For him, there is no such thing as luck. Not even talent. But only hard work. As long as one could be hardworking, they will definitely be able to achieve whatever they wanted.

Yet now, he was slapped in the face* (faced with the truth/reality). Luck is really needed sometimes, especially at dangerous times like they are in now.

Duan Yuan heaved a sigh and wryly smiled. "Is there anything else aside from the stairs?" he asked Su Yu.

"No… there are only the stairs." Su Yu answered. Then, he described what the stairs looked like after he recalled that the person with him right now is blind.

"Okay… so there are now two doors on both sides of the hallway, and a stair at the end." Duan Yuan spoke. "Then, it seems that we could only go upstairs since this is what the evil ghost hints at us." He said.

"That's right." Su Yu nodded in agreement. Then, they walked towards the stairs. While at it, he raised his selfie stick to look at his mobile phone and read his audience's comments.

"FCK! I didn't notice it, too, that the stairs were missing earlier in the front hall!"

"Damn ghost! It was really a trick! It first gave us a scare by closing the doors so that we will be high-strung. And then it showed us an illusion to start deceiving us!"

"So ghosts actually knows psychology?"

"Aaaaaa guys! I still can't get over with that monster in the cabinet earlier! The anchor and his friend are really lucky to be able to escape earlier!"

"Upstairs is right. The anchor and his junior are really lucky. From all the horror movies that I watched, although that monster earlier looked scary, but it was actually stupid to fall for the anchor's bait to distract it and rushed to the trap for itself."

"Yes… blessing the anchor and his friend more luck!"

"Blessing for more luck +1111"

Su Yu smiled when he read the comments. "Junior." He called.

"Yes?" Duan Yuan answered.

"Our online friends are blessing us for more luck." Su Yu said and chuckled.

Duan Yuan, who was wishing for luck earlier, paused when he heard it. Then, a smile formed on his lips. His heart felt warm in this house which is too cold for them. "Then… senior, please tell them that I said 'thank you'." He told Su Yu.

"Okay!" Su Yu answered and faced the camera as he chatted with the online audience.