Chapter 41: Haunted House (2/2)

Since the two girls’ positions were already fixed, it meant that the two players were left.

Bai Yan was one step ahead and knowingly stood at the third spot, basing it from their arrangement when they entered the escape room earlier.

Upon seeing this, Su Yize’s complexion turned unsightly. He incessantly tapped Bai Yan’s shoulder and said in a low voice, “Brother, let’s exchange positions.”

“Why don’t we just follow the sequence we had before?” Bai Yan feigned ignorance.

“Brother, in reality, I’m also easily scared. Standing at the back sends me shivers down my spine.” Su Yize admitted how terrified he was, “Let’s switch. We can change back inside the haunted house.”

“This is embarrassing, but I’m also scared. Let’s retain our current places.” Bai Yan let out a burst of gentle laughter as he declined. The guide explicitly stated earlier that once they entered the haunted house, exchanging positions won’t be easy. Moreover, standing at the very back contained in the biggest risk, so why on earth should he change.

Seeing how Bai Yan amiably refused, a mist slowly clouded Su Yize’s eyes. Yet, he knew that if he were in Bai Yan’s shoes, there was no way that he’d easily let someone take his spot. Although unpleasant, he had no other choice but to endure it, so he stood at the fourth position in a melancholy manner.

“Since you have all decided the order you will be going in, then let us now go in!”

“Wait a moment. Ms. Guide, would you know the name of the haunted house’s boss?” Bai Yan abruptly asked.

“Why do you ask?” The guide questioned in surprise, but she still answered, “The boss’s surname is Du. Are there any other questions?”

“No more.” Bai Yan shook his head, the current haunted house boss, and the lady boss who committed suicide share the same surname. He must have been Du Zhaodi’s younger brother all along.

The guide confirmed that everyone was prepared and gently pulled Xu Xiaojing’s hand forward, leading the string of people to enter the haunted house.

The interior of the haunted house was extremely dusky. The setting around them was all painted pitch-black, causing everyone to only see the person in front of them but still with difficulty.

He followed the flow of the direction they were headed, and after just a few steps, Su Yize couldn’t help but turn his head around and look at what was behind him, only to discover that the entrance was nowhere to be seen.

Danger would surely find them after they entered the haunted house. They all knew this deep in their hearts. Su Yize noticed Bai Yan not turning around, so he decided to not tell him this new piece of information yet.

The haunted house was indeed narrow. Everyone was also sticking quite closely to one another, so much so that Bai Yan could smell a fragrant whiff of Wang Ziwen’s hair.

After walking approximately a dozen steps, a ray of light slowly lit up the dusky environment, while miserable music played over their heads, which had an annoyingly higher volume than the music in the escape room. Every musical note they heard made their frowns etched deeper on their faces.

Bai Yan and Su Yize silently followed behind, their gazes concretely fixed on the person in front of them, in case someone gets taken by the ghost.

At the same time, they also took note of the walls beside them to not run into them, carefully taking each step.

“Roar!!!”

A ghostly scream came through, and an employee with a black cloth draped over his head suddenly jumped out. On the spot, Xu Xiaojing’s tears flowed right out.

“Ahhh!!!!! A ghost!!! I don’t want to play anymore!!! I don’t want to play anymore!!!”

“Xu Xiaojing, don’t be scared. Everything is fake!” Wang Ziwen quickly soothed her hand to calm her down. On the other hand, the guide remained a calm and collected composure as if she was used to this kind of reaction.

“Mwahahahahaha!!!!”

The staff member continued to shout. He felt a sense of accomplishment when he saw the guest make a scene and cry right then and there. As a result, he twisted his waist more and immediately, and vigorously yelled.

“I don’t want to play! I don’t want to play!”

Xu Xiaojing wept endlessly and shook her head in refusal, but the guide still tugged on her hand without offering her words of comfort, steadily pulling her forward to continue their way.

After a few more steps, another person completely covered in black cloth with his face covered with a malicious spirit mask unexpectedly jumped out of the corner and scared them. Just like earlier, Xu Xiaojing let out a loud shriek, and her teardrops flowed down profusely, making her look pitiful beyond relief.

As they continued, there were many more surprise jump scares from these ghosts, and every time this happened, Xu Xiaojing screamed out loud and cried. While this happened, Bai Yan carefully observed each ghost that jumped out on them, but all of these ghosts felt like they were all human. All of them wore extremely fake masks, and they didn’t give him a certain feeling he had when he encountered ghosts in the previous games.

What’s going on?

Could the game be this simple that they only needed to obediently go along and then they’re done?

Bai Yan didn’t believe for a second that the game would be this benevolent.

Xu Xiaojing cried the entire time as the guide kept coaxing her to walk forward using her gentle voice.

However, half-way through their path, Xu Xiaojing kept being frightened by the ghosts that came out of nowhere, so she suddenly let go of the guide’s hand, quickly crouching down and defensively putting her hands behind her head while balling, “I don’t want to play anymore. Please tell them to not jump out and scare us anymore! I give up! Can’t I just give up?”