Chapter 132 - Uncle Xu Has a Point (2/2)

If they could walk out on their two legs, it was already good enough. Inside the dressing room, Chen Ge put on Doctor Skull-cracker’s outside and skin mask before going to the control room. He looked at the list of background music and decided against putting Black Friday on a loop.

Uncle Xu is right. We’re in the service industry; we should put our customer first. He moved the cursor to lower the volume and added Wedding Dress to the playlist.Listening to the same music again and again will bore the visitors.

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The boards above their heads were sealed. The five visitors stood in the dim corridor looking at the half-opened classroom doors as shuffling noises drifted into their ears.

“This place is huge.” Pei Hu nudged backwards to stand beside Meili.

“Isn’t that a given? How else was he going to hide so many nametags? The boss isn’t dumb.” The slenderest man among them, Wang Wenlong, took the first step. “Let’s get moving. Five of us should be able to find all twenty-four nametags. After we win the 4,000, we shall go for hot pot and karaoke.”

“Since we’re already here, let’s finish this. My little brother is right.” Wang Hailong took large strides. When he passed the first classroom door, he stopped. This sudden movement spooked the others.

“Hailong, what have you seen?” Dou Menglu whispered.

“Look at yourselves! What is there to be afraid of?” He kicked the classroom door open, and the nametag that sat on the doorframe fell to the ground. “This is easy!”

He picked up the nametag, and a girl’s name was written on it—Chen Yalin.

“This nametag was placed at such a conspicuous location. It’s probably to help us recognize the shape and size of the nametags.” Wang Wenlong took the nametag and gave it a look. “Every nametag should have a student’s name then. The edges are yellowed; this looks old and wouldn’t be easy to replicate.”

“What has that got to do with us? We’ve been in here less than ten seconds, and we’ve already found one. As long as we’re not afraid, finding the remaining twenty-three should be easy.” Wang Hailong took the nametag back and continued moving forward. The easy success also relaxed the remaining members.

Wind made the blank test papers that littered Mu Yang High School flutter. None of them realized that even though all of them were wearing shoes, there were fuzzy bare footprints that appeared on the papers. The temperature lowered, and in the darkened corridor, a creepy children’s lullaby began to play. It sounded like crying and laughing all rolled into one.

The atmosphere turned weird, and there seemed to be something hiding inside the classrooms on both sides. It was as if pairs of eyes were looking at them in the dark.

“There’s nothing to be afraid of, but how come I feel weirdly unsettled?”

The five separated to find the nametags faster. Xia Meili and Wang Wenlong went into the classroom on the left-hand side to search while the rest searched the ones on the right. They searched a few rooms but came up with nothing.

“This boss is smarter than we gave him credit. Let’s move forward, we cannot waste any more time.” Wang Hailong walked at the forefront. When he passed the sealed classroom, he halted.

“What’s wrong, Brother Long? Did you discover another nametag?” Pei Hu turned his head in the direction Wang Hailong was looking. He only took a glance, and a chill surged through his body. There was someone standing by the classroom window, and he appeared to be smiling.

The scariest part was, behind him, there were twenty more mannequins who were sitting or standing in the classroom!

Their bodies did not move, but their necks were twisted in weird angles, and all of them were turning to smile at the visitors outside the window!