Ah Li hugged the wooden box and walked at the back of the group.
He was honest and not as sensitive as Xiao Chun, but he felt like something was wrong.
Why does the name Lin Sisi keep appearing in my mind? Is it because I've taken his painting? But that's impossible. It should be a psychological effect.
Walking down the dark corridor, Ah Li's mind started to wander. His memory seemed to be overshadowed by something, and in his daze, he saw a thin boy standing not far away.
He could not see his face, and there were no obvious wounds on his body, but his clothes were tattered, and the zipper of his bag was torn. His hair was wet, and his face was covered in mud.
Compared to his dirty body, the boy's numbness was even more heart-wrenching.
"You …"
"What?" Meng Nan was shocked by Ah Li. "Is there something you need?"
"No, nothing, I'm sorry." Ah Li quickly apologized. He looked around, but there were no children. Strangely enough, the eerie and creepy place gave him a sense of familiarity, like he had been here before. "Did I come to this place when I was young? Or have I dreamt of it in my nightmare? "
Arriving at a strange place, there was a sense of familiarity in his heart. Many people had experienced this before. If this was a normal tourist attraction, it would not have mattered much, but this was the third underground floor of a Haunted House, a 'restricted area' that did not even have lights installed.
Once he started to think, many scary scenes appeared in Ah Li's mind. The child was forced into the corner of the classroom and pushed into the toilet cubicle. Twisted faces smiled at him and splashed ink and dirty water at him.
"Enough!" Ah Li suddenly shouted, scaring the few people in front of him into shivering.
"Lan Dong, what's wrong with your friend? I can't even hold the camera properly. "Meng Nan was very dissatisfied.
"Brother, are you okay?" Liu Gang looked at Ah Li with a frown. Since this was a livestream, he had to maintain his composure.
"I don't know. It just feels like I've been here before." Ah Li grumbled. "Perhaps you've dreamt of it. Didn't the news report say that many people who woke up from their coma dreamt of this Haunted House? I have a feeling those reporters are not lying. "
"Cough cough!" Liu Gang interrupted Ah Li. He quickly gave the cameraman a hand signal, and Muscle understood and moved the camera.
Removing the microphone from his collar, Liu Gang whispered to Ah Li, "We're here to crack down on fakes, understand? Even if you want to put on a show, there should be a limit. "
Liu Gang's expression changed quickly. He had just praised Ah Li in the dormitory, but in the blink of an eye, his tone had changed.
"It's true!" Ah Li wanted to say something, but Liu Gang was too lazy to listen. He signaled for Lan Dong to come over. "Teach your friend a lesson."
Putting the pickup back on, Liu Gang returned to normal. He walked before the camera and calmly explained to the audience that what happened earlier was just a small interlude.
The camera purposely moved away, and the sound became softer. All sorts of abnormalities caused even more discussion among the netizens.
Seeing that many people in his livestream were talking about the news and Chen Ge's Haunted House, Liu Gang was even more annoyed. "Earlier, my friend was just joking. Please don't take it seriously. We've been visiting with the attitude of having fun, and now, we're officially going to crack down on fakes."
Whether or not Chen Ge's Haunted House was scary, Liu Gang did not need to say much. The atmosphere inside the Haunted House was proof enough. Even if Liu Gang kept joking, it could not lessen the horror.
"A Haunted House that relies on selling trending searches, lying to the visitors, and fooling the audience wants to be popular?" Whether it was real or not, Liu Gang first wanted to give Chen Ge's Haunted House a few false accusations so that he could stand on the moral high ground. It was as if doing that would give him a sense of purpose, and he would not be afraid anymore.
"No more wasting time. Today, I will unveil its true face before everyone!" Liu Gang was agitated. Just as he said that, the phone in his pocket suddenly rang.
This was his personal phone, and not many people knew his number.
Liu Gang hesitated before slowly pressing the answer button.
Before he could react, the male assistant's hysterical voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Brother Gang! This Haunted House is really haunted! Above our heads! All the ghosts are crawling above our heads! "The male assistant seemed to be running, and he was gasping for air.
"Where have you been? Whose phone is this? " Liu Gang's heart skipped a beat. He had just put on the microphone, and now everyone in the livestream could hear the male assistant's voice.
"I was saved by the other visitors! Go back! There is no way out of this Haunted House! If you don't leave now, it'll be too late! Don't come any closer! Help! There are ghosts everywhere! There are ghosts everywhere! "
The male assistant's desperate cries slapped Liu Gang's face. His eyes twitched, and he immediately hung up.
He was there to expose the Haunted House, but now it looked like he was promoting the Haunted House before the whole internet.
"My assistant's acting is too exaggerated, and I apologize for that …" Before Liu Gang finished, the cameraman's phone started to vibrate.
Someone sent him voice messages. Without thinking much, the cameraman clicked on one, and then the male assistant's voice appeared again.
"Liu Gang! Run! Trust me! The ghosts are beside you! They are right next to you! "
The corridor was very quiet, so the male assistant's voice was especially shrill. The man was so desperate that he called Liu Gang by his full name.
"Turn off the phone. We need to focus on exploring the Haunted House." Liu Gang's face was pale. If not for the camera, he would have exploded already.
"Okay, Brother Gang." Meng Nan had promised verbally to turn off the phone, but in reality, he did not do so. This man was very meticulous, and he knew the male assistant very well. He knew that the man was not acting; he was really scared out of his wits.
After replying to the male assistant's message, Meng Nan switched the phone to silent mode and shoved it into his pocket.
…
"Liu Gang! I will not harm you! Answer me! " Holding a female phone, the male assistant ran down the narrow corridor. His hair was a mess, and there were tears at the corner of his eyes. His voice was hoarse from all the shouting.
"Stop yelling! Are you trying to get us all killed? " Before the male assistant was a student couple, a middle-aged man and a beautiful female visitor. It was the middle-aged man who had spoken earlier.
The shadows moved in the corridor behind them, and they could hear the approaching footsteps!
"This way!" The middle-aged man found an open classroom at the corner of the corridor. Without giving it much thought, he pulled the woman behind him and ran into the classroom.
The student couple also prepared to run toward the classroom, but at that moment, the male assistant used all his strength to overtake the couple.
After he rushed into the classroom, he gritted his teeth and slammed the classroom door shut!
"What the f * ck! Open the door! We lent you our phone, and this is how you treat us? "The student couple knocked heavily on the door, but the male assistant locked the door from the inside.
The footsteps approached, and the student couple had no choice but to leave. The footsteps were attracted away by them.
"Thankfully, I was decisive, or else even if we hid here, we would have been surrounded, and none of us would have been able to escape." The male assistant did that subconsciously. In a four-star scenario, he seemed to have shed his normal disguise and exposed his real self.
Gasping for air, the male assistant held the phone that the student couple had lent him tightly and leaned against the door to rest. "I'm doing this for everyone's sake. By the way, I haven't thanked you yet. How should I address you?"
"You can call me Lao Zhou, and this is my girlfriend, Duan Yue." The middle-aged man enthusiastically introduced his girlfriend to the male assistant. He seemed to enjoy doing things like that, but the female visitor was quite annoyed.
"Zhou Ge, I was chased by ghosts earlier. Thank you for saving me and allowing me to come with you." The male assistant seemed to have forgotten what he had just done. He knew it was dangerous to be alone, so he wanted to get closer to Lao Zhou and Duan Yue.
"It's only right. One more person means one more force. I didn't expect this Haunted House to be so scary. So, all the ghosts are above us. If we look at them upside down, we'll be able to see them." Lao Zhou sucked in a cold breath.
Duan Yue next to him scoffed. "One more person means one more force? Earlier, the man blocked the door to stop the two students from entering. This kind of person … "
"If he didn't do that, all of us would be trapped here. He has his reasons." Lao Zhou's words resonated with the male assistant's heart. "I understand you. After experiencing so much, you've seen through it. Nothing is easy in the adult world. Who doesn't want to be an innocent child forever?"
"Zhou Ge, you know me best!" Despair, fear, and exhaustion, under these circumstances, the male assistant felt a warmth that he had not felt for a long time from Lao Zhou.
"Of course." Lao Zhou patted the male assistant on his shoulder to give him encouragement. "I saw you were on the phone earlier. I wanted to ask if your people have received your warning. We need to meet up with the rest as soon as possible. It's too scary to be alone in this Haunted House. "
"Don't worry, Brother Gang probably did not answer because he was livestreaming, but I did manage to contact the cameraman, and he replied to my message." The male assistant opened his mailbox, and there was a message from Muscle Man. 'I also feel like this Haunted House is not right. Talk to me later!'
"In other words, they already believe that you're using this phone to communicate with them." Lao Zhou's words had a deeper meaning. Before the male assistant could react, Lao Zhou was already standing at the classroom door.
"Zhou Ge, what is the meaning of this?" The male assistant had a bad feeling about this.
"I understand you, and I hope you can understand me." Blood leaked out from under the shirt, and ghastly wounds appeared. Lao Zhou's face was as white as paper. "You have to understand that nothing in the adult world is easy. Who doesn't want to be an innocent child forever?"
The thin hands reached for the male assistant. By then, the male assistant's eyes were bulging out of their sockets. His legs gave out, and he collapsed to the ground. However, he bumped into something.
Slowly turning back, he saw a female body that had been pieced together dangling behind him.
No matter how hard he tried, he could not say a word. The male assistant's whole body was shaking until his eyes rolled back, and he collapsed heavily to the ground.
Lao Zhou picked up the phone from the male assistant's palm and memorized Liu Gang and the cameraman's number. Then, he used the phone to send another message to the cameraman. "Come and meet up with me as soon as possible! I think I've found the way out! "
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