Fear of the dark. [YiZhan FF - Mystery Thriller]✔️

7. - The new tunnel

7. - The new tunnel

Another hour until we go over to the cave. I like the thought of it now even less than before anyway. Just now I had been watching Han and Rin. Rin gave Han a filled out check with a high amount of money. And when I say high, I mean he paid more for himself and his wife than what all of us together, paid.

Let me explain.Every single one of us, whether from our group, or our friends' groups from abroad, had to pay 30,000 yuan, per person. And that didn't include the equipment, or the overnight stays, or the flight. So when I say this is for so few days, a very expensive vacation, I mean it.

And there were so many zeros on the check that I can legitimately say Rin paid more than all of us combined. Why is he doing this? Is it really just to prove to his wife that there is no little girl in the cave? If so, why doesn't he pay as much as we do? But so immensely more?

My brother, who also overheard this, is of course not worried at all. He just said, "You know that money has more weight than some concern of a few group members who are acting like a whining little kid just because of some scary stories."

He tried to sound funny about it, but it was anything than funny. I finally said, "I'm not acting like a whining little kid. I'm just reserving the right to be skeptical when there's so much money involved. It has nothing to do with the scary stories. Just think what a lot of coincidences there were. Their car breaks down at the parking lot of our cars. They are wandering around in the forest and find, purely by chance, the way, almost to the cave and that, where the forest is so huge. They are looking for some girl who supposedly ran into the forest, met us, forget their actual vacation plans and pay a huge sum to accompany us to the cave."

"Yibo, sometimes there are such coincidences. And I saw their car and the right rear tire actually has a flat. Besides, what do you expect? Han isn't doing all this because he wants our friendship. He only sees the money. And when someone puts a fat check like that in front of him, he grabs it. He doesn't send those people away again, but looks forward to cashing that check."

Of course, I am aware of all this. But that still doesn't explain why Rin pays so much money. And I'm more and more surprised how relaxed my brother is about all this. He doesn't worry a bit. He doesn't question anything and almost acts as if it's completely normal.

I would have liked to tell Zhan about it. But he's been with Yanli and Missy the whole time. We all had to get up at 8 am and now it's 11 am. But Zhan hasn't spent a minute alone with me yet. Is he already fed up with me? Is he also annoyed that I question everything?

In the meantime, however, I am no longer completely alone. Because Leni and Meng Yao also have more and more doubts. I overheard them talking to my brother and complaining to him about their displeasure. Meng Yao also said that he didn't recognize Hai Kuan at all. And my brother said, "Of course I am different here. After all, we are in a completely different surrounding here. But I am not the only one who has changed. Look at my little brother. He is usually always brave and strong. But for days, he's been so consumed by his fear that something might happen, that he can't even really enjoy having a boyfriend now, too."

Meng Yao shook his head and replied, "You're wrong about that. Yibo spent the whole day with Zhan yesterday and they looked very happy. He just, well, makes up his own mind and prefers to be cautious."

"Mhm, because caution is better than indulgence." Leni added.

I might have listened a little longer, but eventually Zhan came to me. He hugged me from behind and asked me in a whisper if we wanted to walk to our spot for a bit before we left later. Our place where we spent almost the whole day together yesterday.