Accidentally Married to the Big Shot

Chapter 25: Chapter 25: Play an Escape Room, Get More Hugs

Gu Wei: “…”

Is this throwing herself into my arms?

However, Su Meixi looked up at him with a pained expression, “Gu Wei, I just felt faint; I don’t know if it’s low blood sugar?”

She thought she was so clever, coming up with this ruse to hug him on the spur of the moment.

Gu Wei immediately became anxious when he heard this, “Did you not eat lunch?”

“I…” Not only had she eaten, but she had also devoured 8 chicken legs, in various styles: marinated, steamed, fried, pan-fried, roasted… all kinds.

“It might be because I didn’t eat enough,” Su Meixi lied through her teeth.

Gu Wei quickly scooped her up in his arms, “I’ll carry you to your room to rest.”

“Okay.” Su Meixi took the opportunity to wrap her arms around his neck and press her body close to him, to increase his dopamine levels so he’d have a good night’s sleep.

Earlier that day, she had specifically asked a surgeon about the poison Lang Jian; the doctor told her that this poison was extremely potent, causing insomnia at best, and at worst, it could be life-threatening.

When Gu Wei felt her cling tightly to him and press her body against his, he couldn’t help but stiffen, his blood starting to boil.

Her body was too soft, like holding a delicate doll.

After bringing her back to the room and placing her on the bed, he observed her complexion.

Her face was flush, not looking like she had low blood sugar at all.

He checked her forehead for fever, but there was none.

Su Meixi quickly feigned weakness, “Gu Wei, I feel better now, sorry for worrying you.”

“Are you really okay now?” he asked, clearly still concerned.

“I’m really okay.”

Gu Wei said with a sense of regret, “I was thinking, since you’re off tomorrow, we could go out and have fun; I booked an interesting activity. But you’re not well, so we can’t go after all.”

An interesting activity? What is it?” Su Meixi perked up.

“Forget it, you can’t go after all; better to rest at home.”

After hearing this, Su Meixi said, “I thought about it carefully, and the reason I fainted just now might not have been low blood sugar, but rather liver qi stagnation, which caused the sudden fainting. In such cases, going out to relax would help.”

Gu Wei looked at her skeptically, “Really?”

“I’m a doctor; I understand my own condition,” said Su Meixi.

Gu Wei didn’t care whether she was telling the truth or not; as long as she was willing to go out and have fun, that was fine by him.

“Then you should get a good night’s rest, and I…” Before Gu Wei could finish, Su Meixi said, “Okay, then you should go back, and we’ll see each other tomorrow.”

Gu Wei: “…”

He had intended to stay with her.

This was the first time entering her room since they received their marriage certificate.

Some things…

Forget it; it’s not good to hurry things, rushing could scare her and affect his image in her eyes.

“Then you rest well, and call me anytime if you’re feeling unwell.”

“Okay!” Su Meixi agreed cheerfully.

…

The next day.

Gu Wei drove Su Meixi out to “relax.”

In the morning, Su Meixi asked, “Where are we going to play?”

Gu Wei paused for a moment and did not answer immediately.

Su Meixi didn’t press further, saying for him, “The place you picked won’t be bad!”

The fact that he was willing to take her out showed he was serious about nurturing their relationship.

So they set out happily.

30 minutes later, Su Meixi stood in front of an escape room venue.

Shocked, she asked, “Gu Wei, are we here to play escape room games?”

Gu Wei nodded, “I checked online; young people nowadays like these games, they say it’s fun and relieves stress.”

Not to mention the thrill.

Following big brother’s advice can’t be wrong.

Su Meixi interpreted it differently: she heard that escape rooms can be terrifying, and if you play a haunted theme, someone might dress up as a ghost and scare you.

That way, she might throw herself into his arms, earning many hugs that day.

“Gu Wei, did you sleep well last night?” Su Meixi asked.

Gu Wei, not knowing why she was asking, nodded, “I slept well, yes.”

See, she knew it!

The escape room had many clients, mostly coming in groups. If there weren’t enough people, they had to wait for more to join.

Unexpectedly, the young people playing there weren’t interested in the mystery-themed rooms; they all chose the ones with ghosts.

If Gu Wei and Su Meixi wanted to play, they had to join in on the ghost-themed room.

Before entering, Gu Wei asked, “Ah Xi, are you scared?”

Su Meixi replied, “I’ve never played before; I don’t know if I’ll be scared.”

“Stay close to me, I’m not scared.”

“Okay.”

…

It was a haunted house-themed escape room, set in an abandoned hospital from the Republic era with several small rooms: the mortuary, boiler room, wards, morgue, storeroom, laundry room, operating room… @@novelbin@@

During the Republic era, some well-off twisted individuals killed all the doctors, patients, and workers there, leading it to be known as a haunted house.

They had to pass through each room, from the first to the last, within an hour to succeed.

From the moment they entered, chilling music, along with cries and screams, played inside.

Among their group were five or six boys and girls, who were terrified right from the start.

“This is scary!”

“Look, there’s a corpse ahead!”

“This is the operating room.”

They all cautiously made their way through, until suddenly, the “corpse” in the operating room sat up.

“Ah!” The boys and girls huddled together in fear.

Gu Wei quickly took Su Meixi’s hand.

Having seen real corpses before, he wasn’t scared at all, even finding the fake corpse somewhat amusing, as it needed to use its hands to prop itself up due to a lack of abdominal strength.

But seeing everyone else frightened, he held onto her tightly, worried that she might also be scared.