Chapter 64 - Chen Su (1/2)

Perhaps it was because Su Min’s thoughts affected them, the voices in the room suddenly disappeared.

Su Min was a little surprised.

The little couple really did end up falling asleep and was even able to do it very quickly. Was it because he had never been in a relationship before, so he was too clueless about how couples worked?

After a moment of surprise, the two started giggling again.

Su Min: “……….”

Judging their actions thus far, he felt that the male and female protagonists this time was……..a little crazy.

Though it wasn’t nice saying that about others.

Su Min listened to their incoherent whispers and slowly fell asleep. When he woke up again, it was because of a child’s laughter.

The laughter this time was different to the laughter in the corridor earlier.

Su Min who was still in a state of confusion couldn’t help but shiver. The window had been opened at some unknown point in time.

The curtains fluttered up as cold wind blew in from outside.

Yang Jing Cai and Xu Yixiang on the bed diagonally opposite his appeared to have fallen asleep. He could only hear the sound of Yan Jing Cai snoring.

The laughter outside slowly got closer.

Su Min laid in bed and thought about whether he should go out and see who it was, but he ended up staying.

Going out was probably going to lead him to a dead end.

According to the script, his character would get off the bed after hearing the laughter stopping outside his door to get ready to send the naughty child back to their room.

But the moment he opened the door, he died instead. As for who that child was and how he died, he didn’t know anything about that.

Su Min felt that this kind of death could be referred to as dying in the dark.

The movie wouldn’t give too much detail on a cannon fodder’s death. After all, it not only wasn’t a novel method of death, it may even hinder with the movies ability to pass through its screening.

But as the first person to die, it probably wouldn’t be a great method of death.

Afterall, the horror movie experience at this cinema had always been scary and they held no responsibility for it so it definitely wouldn’t just be an ordinary death.

The laughter continued down the corridor and finally stopped outside the door.

Su Min’s breathing also involuntarily softened.

There were only three of them in this room and it was still a question whether the boy outside was a ghost or a human.

Since earlier, the laughter could be clearly discerned to be a child’s voice. Unsurprisingly, it was probably a child from this orphanage.

As for whether it was a former child of the orphanage or a current one, it wasn’t clear.

It had been quiet for a while now. Although Su Min was calm, as the minutes and seconds passed, he felt that something wasn’t quite right.

Or did the other party just up and left?

Su Min thought for a while as he laid in bed. He finally sat up and it was also at this moment that he suddenly realised something. He finally recalled the locks on the door.

He had forgotten about this. That child could enter the room.

The moment Su Min remembered this, he turned around and found himself face to face with a young boy’s line of sight.

That boy stood behind the door and had entered at some unknown point in time.

Su Min still remembered his name. It was Ming Ming. The director said that he was ten years old and was very thin because of malnutrition.

While wearing clothes that were clearly too big on him, he just stared at him.

Su Min and the boy stared at each other for a long time. He didn’t seem to be dangerous.

But at this moment, the young boy came over. His movements were like those of a ghost’s and he quickly floated over to his bed.

Su Min immediately tensed up.

The boy reached his bed in an instant. He then climbed up the bed, “Will you play with me?”

The voice was thin and raspy.

Su Min backed away a little, “What do you want to play?”

A sly look flashed through the boy’s eyes: “Hide and seek.”

Despite the innocent expression on his face that was very suitable for his age, Su Min felt very strange.

Su Min subconsciously wanted to refuse.

If this boy was a ghost, then he would be playing hide and seek with a ghost. This type of game was too dangerous, and he would easily end up playing until his death.

The young boy noticed this and asked: “Don’t like it?”

Su Min admitted: “Don’t like it.”

The boy then changed the game, “Then Statues?” (KKnotes: A game similar to Red Light, Green Light)

To Su Min, this game was rather memorable. Afterall, one of the movies that he had watched prior to this movie involved the protagonists playing this game.

The young boy asked with wide eyes: “You still don’t want to?”

Hearing those words, Su Min was startled. His expression however remained calm: “No, let’s do this one then.”

Earlier, he clearly saw a flash of anger in the boy’s eyes along with a strange look. It was as if he would kill him if he refused again.

Su Min didn’t understand. If he clearly wasn’t human, then why didn’t the director realise this and continued to regard him as a human?

Or was it because he was human all along?

But why would he be doing these strange things in the middle of the night?

Ming Ming climbed off the bed and quickly reached the door. He opened the door and turned to look back at Su Min.

The corridor outside was pitch-black. It looked like a beast that was about to devour you.

Su Min sighed. If he couldn’t avoid it, then he should just prepare himself for death. He had not experienced being killed so he felt that it was okay experiencing it once.

He got out of bed, wore the slippers and left the room.

The young boy revealed a standard fake smile. He then closed the door with fluid movements. It was as if he had done it countless times.

Su Min stood in the corridor. Complete darkness surrounded him. The only source of light was the faint moonlight that poured in from the window at the end of the corridor.

But soon the moonlight was gone, and the entire corridor was dark.

Su Min heard a sharp and shrill voice: “You just need to keep going forward. I’ll stop you when you need to stop.”

His ice-cold hand touched Su Min’s hand and he pointed in a direction.

Su Min frowned but he followed his words and walked ahead. Because it was dark, he could only step forward slowly with all five senses sharpened.

“We are all statues. Can’t speak, can’t laugh, can’t move and can’t shout. We are all statues so let’s see who can do it the best…..We are all statues…..”

The repetitive children’s song echoed down the corridor.

Every time Su Min took a few steps, he could hear Ming Ming singing again from the beginning. There were no rises or falls in his voice. It sounded like he was just mechanically reciting the lyrics.

This tone of his caused his hair to rise.

Then Ming Ming said: “You can stop.”

Su Min stopped in place. He breathed a sigh of relief and then became alert again. The game was about to start.

He spoke up: “I’m going to start.”

The young boy didn’t answer. There were also no sound of footsteps in the corridor. It was as if he had never appeared.