Standing at the corner of the darkened stairwell, Lan Dong held the dirty ball of paper, and the more he looked at it, the more uncomfortable he felt.
"Lan Dong, what's written on the paper?" Liu Gang asked from behind. Lan Dong had his head lowered, and he did not speak.
"Brother Dong?" Ah Li was afraid that something might happen to Lan Dong, so he ran over.
"Don't panic, it's just a ghost story." Lan Dong dropped the paper next to the mannequin's legs. He held the phone, squatted down, and aimed the light at the mannequin.
The child looked to be only five or six years old. He wore red and white clothes, and his shoes were stained with some dark brown residue. His cuffs and collar were tied with a red string, as if he was afraid that something would escape from under his clothes.
"Ghost Baby?" Xiao Chun walked over. She stared at the child in the corner, and her tone changed.
"What's a Ghost Baby? Have you seen similar mannequins elsewhere? "Liu Gang was afraid.
"Ghost Baby is a school ghost story. Legend has it that after school, you wander around the school alone and run into a child playing with a ball in the corridor. He will ask if you want to play with him. If you don't agree, his head will fall off, and he will chase after you. If you agree, the child will disappear. "Xiao Chun's voice was very soft.
"Then what are we waiting for? Hurry up and agree! "Cameraman Meng Nan urged.
"If you agree, something even worse will happen. The child will follow you home, and after you fall asleep, he will pull out your head." Lan Dong had heard of this ghost story before. "Whether you agree or not, the ending is bad. This is a ghost story with no solution."
"No solution? I think this ghost story is meaningless. "Liu Gang stood where he was and did not move.
"If I run into a child like this in real life, I'll definitely walk away, but this is a Haunted House." Lan Dong did not see anything wrong with the child. He reached out to grab the mannequin's head. "Actually, I've been curious why this child's head is so strange."
He pulled with all his might, and the mannequin was lifted off the ground.
The mannequin's head and body were one, and they could not be separated.
"Looks like it's just a decoration. There's no hidden mechanism." Lan Dong grabbed the mannequin's head and shook it back and forth. "It's very sturdy. I can't pull it off at all. The hint should be on the paper strips."
Lan Dong opened all the paper balls on the ground and looked at them. He found that the handwriting on each ball was different. What was surprising was that the last sentence on all the paper balls was — I walked to his side just like you and picked up the paper ball he dropped.
"It feels like a recurring curse. Everyone who picks up the ball of paper will end badly." When Ah Li said that, he obviously did not consider Lan Dong's feelings.
"Compared to curses, I believe in hypnosis more." Lan Dong untied the red string on the mannequin's sleeves and shook it a few times. A bunch of keys fell out of the mannequin's clothes.
"Did we find a hidden clue? What are these keys for? "
"I think I get it now." Lan Dong held the keys and matched them to the paper balls that he had picked up earlier. "Look, this note says that it was my shift that day. When I was going to take out the trash, I saw a child squatting at the corner of the stairs. The second note says that when I went to Room 413 to borrow some hot water for instant noodles, I saw a child squatting at the corner of the stairs. Most importantly, look at the third note. When I went to Mr. Bai's office to get my homework, I saw a child squatting at the corner of the stairs."
"Mr. Bai? Isn't that the person we're looking for? "Liu Gang reacted.
"Yes!" Lan Dong raised the keys. "Based on the ghost baby's ghost story, after you agree to the ghost baby's request, the ghost baby will follow you. These keys probably correspond to those scenarios. In other words, we might have gotten the key to Mr. Bai's office by now! "
"But isn't the thing we're looking for at Mr. Bai's place?" Xiao Chun did not want to cause trouble. She had a feeling that the doll was weird.
"Many clues point to this Mr. Bai. He has to be an important person at the School of the Afterlife. Getting the key to his office is crucial for us." Lan Dong frowned and put the keys away.
"You'd better not touch the ghost baby's things." Xiao Chun reminded him out of kindness.
"The keys should be a normal prop. We shouldn't scare ourselves." After knowing that the mannequin was not dangerous, Liu Gang sighed in relief and returned to normal.
"I suggest we stay put. I've read the ghost baby's ghost story. Wherever the ghost baby appears, there will be a lot of evil things hiding. The ghost baby is just the beginning." Xiao Chun suggested to leave, but Liu Gang was being forced by his fans. He had said earlier that if they took a step back, he would be sorry to the viewers.
"Girls are more careful, but don't worry, we're all here. As long as you're not alone, I promise you'll be fine." Liu Gang patted his chest. Everyone in the livestream praised Brother Gang for his loyalty. There were even some old fans of Haunted House who created accounts to cheer for Liu Gang.
Perhaps from Liu Gang's perspective, it was his sincerity and charisma that had won over the enemy's fans, but in reality, he had not completely grasped the fans' mentality.
When the fans were tortured to the point of death, there was a noble person who was willing to use his life to tell others that they were not the most pitiful.
For such a person, such behavior, giving him a little encouragement and support was nothing.
The five did not realize the severity of the male assistant's disappearance. After all, when a normal person visited a Haunted House, they would not think too deeply about it.
After turning the corner, they came to the lowest floor. All the lights in the corridor seemed to be broken, and the surroundings were dark. But strangely enough, they could see a faint red light at the other end of the corridor.
The light was dancing like a will-o '-the-wisp.
"Brother Dong, something's not right." Ah Li patted Lan Dong's shoulder lightly. "Didn't the ghost baby at the corner have his neck crooked earlier?"
"Yes, what's wrong?"
"Take a look again." Ah Li used the phone to shine the light behind him. The ghost baby's head was perched on his shoulder like it was about to be plucked off.
"Perhaps it's because I was grabbing his head and pulling it up." When Lan Dong said that, he felt a chill on his neck. It was as if a pair of hands were lifting his head up.
"Watch out! Something is coming from the corridor! "the cameraman suddenly shouted, and everyone turned to look at the end of the corridor.
The faint red light slowly approached. When it was several meters away from them, it suddenly flashed into one of the dormitories.
"Is it an actor?"
Lan Dong used the phone to shine the light on the door. The room number was 413.
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