Chapter 46.3 (2/2)

“It’s moving! It’s moving!”

Compared with the uneasiness and fear of Xiao Tangqiu and the others, the other group sounded more and more excited. Under two completely different reactions from the 14 players, the clown sculpture came to life.

“Welcome to the haunted house!”

The clown said in an exaggerated tone, “This haunted house is very thrilling. You may even lose your life! Cowards had better not enter! But… it’s not up to you to choose! Because everything is fated!”

He took out a wooden box from God knows where. There was obviously something rolling in the wooden box, and there were quite a few of those things inside. His tone was bewitching, “Come on! Players, let’s draw lots and let fate decide!”

According to the rules of the game as explained by the clown at the beginning, not everyone needed to play in every event. Only the players who drew the red ball would be in trouble. The red balls and the black balls are equally divided. In other words, only half of them had to enter this haunted house.

Everyone looked at the box in the clown’s arms with rapt attention. Some of their gazes were filled with expectation and others were full of resistance. Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian looked at each other and smiled bitterly at the same time. If they could choose, of course, they were willing to give the opportunity of “exploring” to the other team. However, as the clown said, they couldn’t choose. Everything was up to fate.

The seven “players” rushed up to the clown and couldn’t wait to draw lots. The clown smiled and handed the wooden box to the first one.

“It’s a red ball!”

“Why is it a black ball…”

The people who drew the red ball were in high spirits. The people who drew the black ball were depressed. Soon, the seven players were done drawing lots. Three of them drew the red ball and the other four drew the black ball. Soon, it was Xiao Tangqiu’s turn.

They all looked at each other. Nobody wanted to be the first to draw lots. Xiao Tangqiu sighed and decided to take the lead.

He calmly walked up to the clown and put his hand into the wooden box. There were still a few balls left in the wooden box. He touched them one by one. Each ball felt almost the same. They were cold and didn’t seem to have any difference.

His luck had always been quite bad and he had only won several prizes since he was young. Just as he was hesitating about which ball to take, he suddenly met the clown’s gaze. The clown was staring straight at him; his painted face seemed to be smiling very eerily.

Xiao Tangqiu paused, subconsciously letting go of the ball he was holding and picking up the ball next to that one.

The clown’s eyes gleamed coldly again.

Xiao Tangqiu loosened his hand once more… The clown seemed to laugh again.

So he grabbed the ball without any hesitation.

Xiao Tangqiu couldn’t wait to take out the ball and look at it. He was a little surprised but the result wasn’t unexpected – it was a black ball.

The clown looked coldly at Xiao Tangqiu’s black ball and seemed a little unwilling.

Tang Mianmian was the next one to draw lots after Xiao Tangqiu. He felt around in the wooden box for a long time like Xiao Tangqiu did, touching this ball and that ball. He looked at the clown’s expression from time to time and finally he made up his mind, picking out his ball.

It was also a black ball.

Tang Mianmian immediately breathed a sigh of relief and ran to stand beside. Xiao Tangqiu.

The remaining few people were trembling with fear. Those who drew the black ball all breathed a sigh of relief. Those who drew the red ball all looked chagrined. The chubby geek was second to last. He didn’t fight with the others to draw lots, obviously very confident in his luck.

He walked over confidently to the clown. After touching a red ball, he instantly showed an expression of disbelief.

“How…… how is this possible? ！”

Now there was only one ball left. Seven red balls and six black balls had been drawn. The result was self-evident.

The handsome boy who had been afraid to draw lots cheered and rushed forward to grab the last ball. Sure enough, it was a black ball.

“It’s a black ball! Great!”

The geek still looked incredulous. “How is that possible? My luck has always been very good! This is impossible!”

Tang Mianmian squinted at the geek and said gloatingly to Xiao Tangqiu. “It seems that even kings of luck also has bad luck sometimes. Us jinxes also have a day when we overturn the king of luck ah!”

Xiao Tangqiu didn’t even have the time to breathe a sigh of relief for their luck because in the next second, he subconsciously felt that something was wrong. The geek was so confident about his own luck and his confidence level in his luck wasn’t that which could be cultivated by striking it a few times in “one more bottle.” In contrast, his luck had always been quite bad and Tang Mianmian, who had finally gotten a proper role after playing characters with only a few lines for so many years, only to be forced to play this unlucky game of life and death had even worse luck. It was possible for the king of luck to descend into the fate of a jinx but what was the likelihood of two jinxes successfully overturning the king of luck at the same time?

Xiao Tangqiu couldn’t help saying, “I don’t know why, I suddenly have a…”

Tang Mianmian quickly put his hand over Xiao Tangqiu’s mouth. “Fuck! Shut up! Don’t you dare say it!”

Just then, the clown burst out laughing, “Congratulations to the players who got the black ball! You get a lucky chance to enter the haunted house!”

Everyone froze at the same time. Fuck! Wasn’t this different from what was agreed?!

Tang Mianmian blurted out, “Fuck! You lied to us? Didn’t you just say that whoever got the red ball would enter the haunted house?!”

The clown smiled at Tang Mianmian. His colorful, painted face looked strange and eerie and under the light from the haunted house. “I did say that! But I also said just now… don’t believe the clown!”