Chapter 223 - He Has to Be a Patient! (1/2)

Translator: Lonelytree  Editor: Millman97

“What’s wrong with you?” Looking at Xiao Du, who was covered in cold sweat, Su Luoluo also started to get nervous.

“I’ll tell you the truth, but don’t be scared.” Xiao Du huddled with Su Luoluo. “I suspect that this place is really haunted.”

“Don’t try to scare me.” Su Luoluo had visited many Haunted Houses before, but she had never seen one like Boss Chen’s before. The place was like a maze, and it was completely open for visitors to explore.

“Mr. Han’s earlier speculation was all wrong; there was not one worker hiding among the mannequins! They were moving on their own!” Xiao Du gripped his hands tightly, causing his knuckles to crack. “We cannot depend on Mr. Han. I have to report this to boss and Brother Song.”

“They left a long time ago… wait, don’t run so fast!” Xiao Du rushed forward in a hurry, leaving Su Luoluo behind. The girl did not know whether she should run after Xiao Du or stayed behind with Ye Xiaoxin to wait for Mr. Han.

“A haunted Haunted House? Mannequins moving on their own?” Ye Xiaoxin added these two comments into her notebook. “Even professional actors from other Haunted House can be scared. This Haunted House sure is something else.”

She gave a very high review. “I’ve not come across such a high-quality Haunted House in a long time, so today should be fun.”

“The boy did not look like he was lying,” Su Luoluo reminded Ye Xiaoxin. “Let us move as well. It’s better if we’re together.”

“It’s my opinion that Haunted Houses are no different from magic. They depend on illusions and psychological tricks to surprise visitors. The realer the illusion, the more successful it’ll be.” Ye Xiaoxin removed her jacket and tied it around her waist. She stretched lazily, and her voluptuously figure annoyed the only audience somewhat. “In this respect, Western Jiujiang’s House of Horrors is undeniably successful.”

“Then you stay here, I’ll go join them.”

The few visitors were thus separated. None of them realized that the bloody letters on the wall continued to deepen as if the blood was trying to seep out of the wall.

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“Boss, stop defending him. Han Qiuming is talented, yes, but that doesn’t mean we should allow him to insult us like this!” Song An was angry on Guo Miao’s behalf. “Yes, he came up with the design, but all of us contributed to building the set. In fact, he barely contributed in the construction, so what is he so proud about?”

“Calm down, I understand everything you said, but patience goes a long way. After all, he was the designer invited by our sponsor.” Guo Miao was old enough to see many things lightly. “Haunted Houses are a dying trade, and we’re all trying to find work. There’s no reason to fight among ourselves.”

“But did you not see how arrogant he was? He even wanted to replace you! Honestly, if the sponsor listens to him and replaces boss, I’ll hand in my resignation immediately.” Song An was a straightforward person.

“Don’t worry, the sponsor wouldn’t agree.” Guo Miao sighed. Actually, he was not that confident. After being forced to leave Xing Hai, their numbers had been dropping. “Let’s find that tape recorder first. There are fans of Tian Teng Medical School out there, so we cannot disappoint them.”

“Okay.” The two of them continued to move forward. After turning a corner, they found themselves in another corridor. “What is the meaning of this? They want us to keep on walking until the end?”

The place was dim, and the color of the walls deepened as if they were bruised. Stepping on the uneven mattresses, smelling the mixture of antibiotics and some weird stench that perforated the air, it felt like they were inside the intestine of some weird creature.

“There has to be a reason for Boss Chen to design the place like this. It’s probably to increase the authenticity.” Guo Miao peeled off a piece of the wall, and it crumbled in his fingers. “Along the way, I realized some of the numbers outside the rooms weren’t removed. The rooms in the first corridor all started with four, those in the second corridor started with three, and this corridor uses the number two.”