Gu Jin couldn't suppress her frown, irritation evident at the audience's startled reactions.
She couldn't comprehend their fear. Even her sister remained unfazed.
"Why aren't you scared?" Gu Jin quizzed Gu Yang, her head tilted in confusion.
"It's thrilling, actually," Gu Yang replied earnestly, her attention fixed on the screen. Addressing Gu Jin's perplexity, she elaborated, "I'm a staunch atheist; ghosts don't frighten me."
Despite not yet witnessing the movie's conclusion, Gu Yang remained confident that Chinese horror films seldom featured actual ghosts. More often, they relied on mystery or the protagonist's psychological turmoil.
Meanwhile, the white man behind them still trembled with fear, peeking through his fingers at the screen. His companion, the young man with the canine teeth, simply covered the former's mouth to muffle his terrified exclamations.
