Chapter 10


    The distance between them suddenly closed, and Eileen felt a cold sweat trickle down her back. It was


    an ufortable feeling


    “Hey, are you deaf or something?” Eileen suddenly shouted into Egberts ear


    The man frowned, straightened up, louched his ear with his other hand and said, “I thought men were


    supposed to take care ofdien?”


    1 don’t need your care, Eileen replied. “Can you back off a bit? You’re too close”


    Egbert sighed, looking a bit helpless, and finally backed off a bit


    Just then. Hubery finally managed to squeeze through the crowd. He saw Eileen and was about to


    speak when he noticed Egbert in front of her. He closed his mouth, then noticed the distance between


    Egbert and Eileen. They were standing too close.


    Given that Eileen was his fiancée, Hubery was not pleased. He didn’t think Egbert was intentionally


    getting close to Extern, instead, he felt Eileen was taking advantage of the crowded situation to get


    close to Egbert.


    He was pissed and seeing no cameramen nearby, he called out to Eileen, “Come here.”


    Eileen locked at Hubery, seemingly surprised, then she pointed at her nose and asked. “Me?”


    Hubery scowled “Who else,e here!”


    Egbert suddenly turned his head, his eyes shing coldly as he looked at Hubery.


    Hubery continued to shout at Eileen. “Are youing or not?


    Eileen raised her head to look at Egbert, “Is it me who’s dreaming, or him?”


    “What are you talking about? Hubery was confused


    Eileen looked sad, “He’s lost it. He actually thinks id listen to him. Just thinking about spending the next


    few days with this dumbass, I feel so screwed. Egbert, do you think we should inform the production


    team and ask them for a new guest?”


    “Eileen!”


    Egbert suddenlyughed. “We could give it a shot.


    Hubery was stunned, he looked at Egbert, visibly surprised


    Eileen paused as well, she was just talking off the cuff and didn’t expect Egbert to agree with her She


    turned to Hubery, Stop hovering around me. I really can’t stand you


    Fine! You’re so great. Eileen, good job” Hubery huffed and stormed off


    Eileen watched his retreating figure, then turned back to Egbert. Why was he helping her?


    After a while, the crowd in the camage stared to thin out. Eventually, they got off and once outside the


    station. Phyllis shivered in the cold. Looking at the deserted streets, she asked cautiously, “Are you


    sure there’s a hotel here?”


    Eileen led the way, pulling her suitcase, not turning back. They walked for about ten minutes before


    stopping in front of a shabby-looking guesthouse


    The guesthouse sign creaked ominously, and Phyllis looked scared, Are we really staying here?”


    The door creaked open and an elderly woman with white hair came out. She looked frail but had a


    warm smile, she asked in perfect French, ‘Ms. Lopez?*


    “That’s me,” Eileen stepped forward to speak to her


    Soon, a man came out from the guesthouse to help them with their luggage


    Despite its exterior, the guesthouse was very clean on the inside. The hosts had prepared dinner for


    them, and seeing the food, Phyllis’s stomach growled.


    After everyone had settled their fuggage, they gathered around the dining table. The guesthouse was


    nun by the old woman and her son, who only talked to Eileen Once the old woman left, blythe asked


    nervously. “Eileen, we won’t be charged extra for this meat, will we?*


    Eileen picked up her cutlery and replied calmly. “Eat up, the lodging fee includes three meals.”


    “How much is the lodging fee?”


    “It’s free.”


    “Free again?” Phyllis cut into her steak in surprise, “How do you manage to get free amodation


    everywhere? | remember giving you twenty five euros this moming and until now, we’ve only spent four


    euros”


    Eileen just nced at her


    Phyllis continued, “We’ve only spent four euro today, we’re a group of six, andst nights dinner alone


    cost twenty-five. She stopped abruptly and sneaked a nce at HubHiry


    Hubery looked ufortable but he knew among them, Phyllis was the only one who still bore him


    goodwill. He forced a smile, “It’s okay, it’s my fault for not managing the budget well. Last night’s dinner


    was indeed a bit pricey. But, Ms. Lopez, why is this guesthouse free? The production team made it


    clear that we couldn’t take advantage of locals. If found out, we’d have topensate double the


    amodation fee and our travel budget for the next episode would be deducted”


    Everyone immediately turned to look at Eileen nervously Only Egbert continued to eat leisurely, not


    worned like everyone else.


    Eileen popped a piece of steak into her mouth, chewed, and swallowed before looking at everyone, her


    face expressionless, “Someone died here.”


    Everyone fell silent


    As if to punctuate the moment, there was a sudden “pop” and the room went dark.


    “Ahhh!” Phyllis screamed.


    “Quiet!” Eileen was annoyed by the noise.


    After a while, the lights came back on, the old womaris son came out to apologize, saying that the


    curuil had topped. Eileen said it was fine. Once the woman’s son left she continued, “This guesthouse,


    in the past ten years, has had five deaths, all suicides due to the remote location Because of this,


    business has been declining, plus the poor conditions often result in power and water outages.


    Therefore, this guesthouse has very low ratings on travel apps and a poor reputation


    Phyllis was near tears, Why would you bring us here then?”


    “Cause it’s fr” Eileen answered casually. “The B&B itself isn’t expensive, only five euros a night. I called


    the owner to see if we could get a discount, and the olddy said the ce was closing down in a few


    days. If we didn’t mind, we could stay for free”


    “Closing down


    Phyllis sounded disappointed hearing this news


    She then turned to Eileen. “Five euros a night, including meals, and you still bargained? And how could


    you not pay her anything? She works so hard, and you can’t even spare five euros. Have you no


    conscience?”


    Eileen put down her cutlery and responded calmly, “One room is five euros, two rooms are ten. We’re


    staying two nights, that’s twenty euros. We only have twenty one euros in total. If we pay, we’ll only


    have one euro left. How will we get around for the next two days? By bus or subway? Or do you n to


    walk to all the attractions?”


    Phyllis was left speechless, not daring to respond.


    At this point, Egbert picked up his ss, looking at Eileen while holding the ss with his clean,


    slender fingers, “Let the owner know, she doesn’t need to close the B&B


    Eileen nced at him, nodded, and went back to eating.


    Josiah and Bblythe exchanged a look and bothughed. Only Phyllis was confused, “What does that


    mean? Why doesn’t she need to close?”


    Bblythe gently tapped her head, “Silly.”


    They were live streaming their stay at the B&B essentially giving it free advertising Among them, Egbert


    had the most influence if their viewers saw that the 888 wasn’t as bad as its reputation, they might


    choose to stay here on their next trip to Paris, bringing in more business and saving it from closure.


    Bblythe locked at Eileen. She must have thought of this too, which was why she epted the free


    amodation. Thinking about it this way, they didn’t take advantage of the situation; instead, they


    gave the questhouse owner a generous gift


    After dinner, everyone retreated to their rooms


    That night, Phyllis suddenly proposed, “There’s a projector here. How about we watch a horror movie


    together? I’ve always wanted to watch one, but I’m too scared


    to do it alone


    Eileen, who was tidying up her things, paused.


    Bblythe grinned, “I’m down. Watching a movie together will bring us closer. What about you, Eileen?”


    Eileen swallowed, paused, and managed to mumble, “Sure, whatever


    “Great, I’ll go get the guys!”


    Phyllis excitedly went to fetch the others.


    Once everyone had gathered, Phyllis selected a Japanese horror film and turned off the lights.


    “It’s starting, it’s starting”


    They all squeezed onto therge couch. The three girls sat on therge sofa, Hubery and Josiah on the


    smaller one, and Egbert on the only single seater in the


    room.


    As the movie started, a chilling sound effect filled the room.


    Eileen, sitting on the edge of the couch, had Egbert on the single seater next to her. She clutched a


    pillow tightly. At first, she managed to watch, but when a ghost covered in blood appeared on screen,


    she couldn t take it anymore. She buried her face in the pillow, gripping the armrest tightly


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    Egbert turned to nce at her, noticing the veins on her hand, and raised an eyebrow.


    Phyllis, sitting in the middle, was also frightened and clung to Eblythe, whoforted her before asking


    Eileen, “Eileen, are you okay?”


    Eileen quickly put down her pillow, trying to keep her expression normal, “Yeah, the plot is kinda boring


    I’m almost falling asleep.” Ament popped up


    Haha, falling asleep? I dare you to say that while looking at the screen.]


    Eileen put on a brave face, but she couldn’t bring herself to look at the screen again. Even if she didn’t


    look, the creepy sound effects were inescapable. As she was considering whether to bury her face in


    the pillow again, Egbert suddenly stood up.


    Any small movement could startle Eileen at this point. She looked anxiously at Egbert, who nced


    down at her and exined, Tm going to the bathroom”


    Right, the bathroom! Eileen immediately stood up too.


    The others watched them, confused,


    Tm also going to the bathroom” Eileen said.


    Egbert looked at her retreating figure and followed her out