'FLAG'

A long and eerie creaking sound was heard as the old hinges of the door were used again after ages. The sound echoed in the empty hallway of the second floor of the Purple Old Manor where two people, who should not have been here, especially at this hour of the night, stood. One of them has his hand on the door after he pushed it open. Well, not surprisingly, the door was unlocked and was even not closed.

After all, who would close the door, and even lock it, of a house that has been abandoned for decades? Not to mention that it is haunted. So, even thieves would not risk their lives just for money despite the idiom 'birds die for food, as humans die for wealth'. This is reality. And people fear the most what's unknown.

This doesn't exclude Duan Yuan, of course.

Duan Yuan took a deep breath to hide his nervousness. He doesn't want to worry Su Yu again, especially when he 'saw' that the evil qi inside the room is even stronger than the one surrounding the entire manor.

Still, despite his fear, he can't help but warn Su Yu. "Be careful, senior." He spoke. "This is the second floor… and we don't know what we will face this time." He told Su Yu.

Su Yu turned to Duan Yuan. The light from his mobile phone screen illuminated his face. "You… junior, can you not set up a FLAG* for us?" he asked and grimaced. His previous tension now disappeared.

*foreshadowing of something, usually negative

The online audience watching who are also nervous and anxious for Su Yu and Duan Yuan froze after they heard the two's conversation.

"FCK! A FLAG! Hahahahahaha!!!"

"What FLAG? Even though I should be more nervous for the anchor and his junior, right now I just want to laugh!"

"Want to laugh +23333*" (*also means 'hahahaha')

Su Yu really knows how to ease the atmosphere. This, Han Yao has personally seen since every time Han Yao's parents would get angry at Han Yao for still being single when he is now reaching thirty years of age, Su Yu would dispel the two elders' anger towards their eldest son. To which Han Yao feels grateful for, so every time Han Yao would go home, he would bring Su Yu with him to deter the two elders.

And just like now, the online audience could feel the danger that Su Yu and Duan Yuan are facing even if they are on the other side of the screen. This shows how dangerous Su Yu and Duan Yuan's situation is. So, they are greatly worried about them and are nervous about what the two would face. But, since they are only on the other side of the screen, they can only help by praying for Su Yu and Duan Yuan's safety.

Despite the rumors surrounding the Purple Old Manor, most people didn't take it seriously. After all, this is the era of science so they don't believe in ghosts. Thus, when they saw that someone finally chose the Purple Old Manor to explore for livestreaming, aside from Su Yu's audience, everyone went to watch Mo Yu's (Su Yu) livestream to join in the fun.

Yet now, they can't help but feel pain on their faces after they saw with their own eyes that there really is something evil in the Purple Old Manor. No matter how many times they told themselves that the supernatural beings/things that appeared in Mo Yu's livestream must just be a camera effect, they know in their hearts that they are all true.

Even if they tried to convince themselves that Mo Yu's livestream was shot in their company's studio, Mo Yu showed them proof that all of his livestreams are true since Mo Yu has always been transparent, like sharing his location. Also, they know that Mo Yu really doesn't know how to use camera filters since they could clearly see his face looking sweaty. Of course, the horror livestream anchor still looked very beautiful. In fact, the sweat just only added to his attractiveness.

So now, they are convinced that the anchor and his friend are really in danger. The police reports about the incidents that happened in the Purple Old Manor's area hit them with a big blow. Their favorite anchor now might gonna die if he won't make it out of the Purple Old Manor along with his friend. How to solve this problem…

From the supernatural novels that they read, the characters could wait until it the sun comes out since the sun is the source of yang energy* (opposite of yin; positive energy). But, they also know that it will be hard since they don't know what will come out next which the anchor and his friend will be facing in the Purple Old Manor.

Also… the zi shi* (zodiac time, between 11 PM to 1AM) is coming. It is the time when the yin energy will be at its peak. And, midnights are one of the elements in horror movies where monsters come out. Truly, truly unfortunate for the anchor and his friend. They could only hope that the anchor and his friend, if they can't fight the evil ghost, then they could be able to run fast enough, if not faster so that the evil ghost won't be able to catch them or they will die.

"'FLAG'?" Duan Yuan, who is the prime example of a model student, does not know this internet, much less gaming, term. Even if Duan Yuan has roommates who play mobile or computer games, and there is also Cen Haorong, to invite him to play, but how can Duan Yuan play when he can't even see?

Some even said that if only Duan Yuan could see, Duan Yuan would be the top student in their university – as if Duan Yuan's ranking is not already crazily high enough for someone who is disabled in sight.

Su Yu, who was about to explain to Duan Yuan, suddenly turned when he sensed something.