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Fear of ghosts is innate.
It's also related to personality. People who lacked a sense of security as children are naturally more afraid of ghost stories. No matter how much time passed, Erina always felt uneasy when she was home alone.
One can tell her complete disinterest in ghosts from how much Erina dislikes horror games.
Many couples enjoy going to haunted houses because, unknowingly, it brings men and women closer. Some girls are always reserved, and some boys enjoy that kind of thrill. This makes it easy to bridge previously difficult boundaries.
Renz and Erina usually skip haunted houses when they visit amusement parks.
They don't need such means to bridge the distance between them, and if Erina says she dislikes it, Renz wouldn't insist on them doing it together.
However, this time, they encountered a program challenge that required them to enter a haunted house.
There was no way out.
They couldn't avoid it, and they were scared to death.
Renz reached for Erina's hand. Holding hands, they walked towards the haunted house entrance. Haunted houses are all about atmosphere. First, the environment is made dark to create a sense of discomfort. Then, unsettling background music is played inside, intensifying that discomfort exponentially.
Especially Japanese background music, it's truly unsettling.
When watching horror movies, one should never watch Japanese horror movies.
Western horror movies primarily focus on gore, with killers stimulating the audience's adrenaline through murder and a sense of urgency.
Japanese horror movies...
They generally emphasize despair, as few people in
Japanese horror movies escape alive; they almost always have a tragic ending, unlike horror movies from other regions that offer a chance of survival.
As soon as you hear that eerie music from a Japanese horror movie, nine times out of ten, you know someone is about to die.
Stepping into the haunted house,
Renz had a suggestion. He lowered his voice and said, "Why don't you just pretend you twisted your ankle, and I'll carry you out on my back?"
Erina was genuinely scared.
She started panicking a few steps inside, her hand trembling.
"I'll carry you. My hands will support your legs, and you can wrap your arms around my neck. If you get scared, just hold on tight. If it's really bad, just hide behind me and close your eyes," Renz suggested.
"Can I?" Erina was timid.
Gone was her domineering demeanor from yesterday in front of Renz.
"Why not?" Renz rolled his eyes and said, "You don't think I can't carry you because you're fat, do you? Actually, I'm a hidden tank enthusiast."
"It's good if you're a bit plump."
"Saying you like plump, aren't you just saying you like big breasts?" Erina said fiercely, grabbing onto Renz's words. "If you really turn me into a fat pig, you'll have to take responsibility."
"That's impossible. You work out every day; even if you eat that much, you won't get fat." Renz had already crouched down, signaling for Erina to get on his back.
He carried Erina.
From a distance, Erina looked like she would be heavy, but unexpectedly, her weight was very light. Perhaps this was the legendary "plump in the right places, slender
in the right places," that perfect devilish figure.
While carrying her,
Renz would casually chat about this and that. He paid no mind to the various ghosts popping out in front of them. Especially at one corner, there was a black and white television emitting a "zzzzzz" sound.
The special effects were really good.
As soon as someone approached, the TV would immediately go black, and a long-haired, white-clothed figure would jump out, screaming "Ahhhhhhh!" But the problem was, the biggest difference between real ghosts and staff members is that real ghosts would attack people, while the staff's only job is to scare.
It jumped out and screamed wildly, looking terrifying, but it was as if it hit some kind of barrier, stopping at a certain range. Knowing that the other party was not aggressive and was just regular staff, how could Renz be scared?
When Renz carried Erina out of the haunted house,
Erina didn't even realize they had left, because in the haunted house, Renz kept chatting with Erina about other things. As they chatted, they walked out.
Renz used this method to distract Erina.
Erina's mind was completely focused on the conversation, and the things in the haunted house became like passing clouds. When they came out, Erina was a bit confused.
She thought about it carefully; the ghosts inside didn't seem so scary after all.
Getting off Renz's back,
"Erina-chan, how was your experience in the haunted house?" Yu Nagasawa asked, waiting at the entrance.
"I didn't feel anything," Erina ran her hand through her hair. She hadn't experienced any fear at all during this haunted house trip, and she also knew why.
Beside Yu Nagasawa was an emotional psychology consultant, a serious-looking woman wearing glasses.
She could see what was happening inside the haunted house. The camera crew also maintained a ten-meter distance, constantly tracking Renz and Erina.
Many details were inconvenient to mention, as they involved privacy.
When Erina entered the haunted house, some of her movements were unnatural, and her expression was very nervous. She was clearly the type of woman who couldn't easily integrate into a haunted house environment and was afraid of ghosts.
From the start, these details indicated that something might happen when Erina and Renz entered the haunted house.
One of the most common situations is for a girl to get halfway through a haunted house and be unable to move, which is very common. Another is for them to run extremely fast, wanting to get through the haunted house in one go.
However,
Nothing happened.
The emotional psychology consultant even specifically re-watched the recorded footage. The images captured by the cameraman also showed Erina's unnatural expression and slightly trembling fingers.
What did that signify?
It signified that inside the haunted house, the male
partner in the team was taking good care of her.
Looking at what Renz, who entered with Erina, did: he first asked a few questions, then carried Erina on his back. Their walking speed wasn't fast; it was a normal pace. They walked and paused, looking at the ghosts jumping around inside the haunted house.
Not only were they not afraid, they were even laughing
and talking inside.
At least, upon knowing it was a haunted house and entering for fun, the male partner paid close attention to the female partner's emotions, stabilizing and constantly comforting her throughout the process.
The calmer the male partner, the more the female partner can calm down.
From this, one can see that the man's protective
measures for the woman were exceptionally well executed.
He was actively alleviating the pressure on the woman.
"The relationship between these two seems good," the emotional psychology consultant, Ms. Aoki, commented to Yu Nagasawa. "Being able to do such intimate actions indicates they are a relatively close couple, and the man has been very attentive to the woman's emotions, very gentlemanly."
"Among this group of couples, they performed the best."
Yu Nagasawa interrupted, "Um, Ms. Aoki, these two aren't a couple. They've been married for several years already, and the one he's holding is their daughter."
This spell interruption.
The atmosphere fell into an inexplicable silence.
The expert, referred to as Ms. Aoki, was a bit embarrassed because this couple was relatively young, so Ms. Aoki had never thought they were married.
Instead, she had always assumed the other couple, with the more mature aura and the bearded man, was the married pair.
"No wonder, seeing their behavior, they don't seem like an ordinary couple," Haruhi Aoki put on a "realization" expression to hide the embarrassment of her
misjudgment.
But, in terms of details,
The various levels of unspoken understanding seen from Renz and Erina's perspective truly didn't seem like the level of chemistry an ordinary couple could have.
Even young couples married for a few years would find it hard to cultivate such a deep connection.
Many of their actions showed that both were accustomed to having the other by their side.
This cannot be hidden.
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