Chapter 40 The Attacking Dad 3: The Daughter's Guardian Angel

Hao Jiajia moved her lips, as if she wanted to say something, but Wang Chuhong swept her with a sharp look, and Hao Jiajia, who was about to speak, froze and swallowed back what she wanted to say.

As for Li Yanni and Li Xiaoyu, those two are birds of a feather with Wang Chuhong, and they use all sorts of tricks to torment people.

Like Wang Chuhong, they didn't think there was anything wrong with what they had done. Seeing Hao Jiajia hesitant and conflicted, the two sneered.

"Hao Jiajia, do you think we don't know what kind of person you are? What are you pretending to be a good person for now?"

"That's right, the blame for this is on that little bitch Qi Yutong. We've bullied her for so long and she didn't dare to utter a word. Now she thinks she can turn the world upside down. She deserves what she got."

"Besides, it's not like we made her hang out with those thugs. She stooped to be with them and ended up like that; she deserved her fate."

Wang Chuhong took a sip of her milk tea and said with a smile, "That's right, Yanni and Xiaoyu are right. We're just facilitators at most. She insisted on hanging out with those thugs. What does that have to do with us?"

As long as Qi Yutong doesn't fall for it, no matter what they do, they can't do anything to her. Who told that girl to belittle herself and insist on hanging out with thugs?

As she spoke, Wang Chuhong suddenly thought of something. She narrowed her eyes and looked Hao Jiajia up and down.

Hao Jiajia felt a chill run down her spine from Wang Chuhong's gaze, goosebumps rising on her skin. Seeing that Wang Chuhong was staring at her without saying a word, Hao Jiajia forced herself to speak.

"Boss, why are you looking at me like that?"

She shifted her body uncomfortably: "I just feel... never mind, you're right, this has nothing to do with us, it's all Qi Yutong's own choice."

As she spoke, Hao Jiajia forced a smile and looked at Wang Chuhong in a fawning manner.

However, Wang Chuhong remained unmoved, staring intently at Hao Jiajia as if trying to see right through her.

"Hao Jiajia, I consider you a good sister, so you better behave yourself. If I find out you're doing something underhanded behind my back, don't blame me for not showing sisterly affection."

The Hao Jiajia of the past didn't have so many ulterior motives, and she didn't have any extra sympathy. What kind of good people would follow them around?

This time, Hao Jiajia acted unusually, even considering whether it was illegal or not.

That's ridiculous. How old are they? What does it matter to them if they break the law? Even if Li Ninghe is arrested and confesses, so what?

They said they were just joking and teasing Li Ninghe, and that it had nothing to do with them.

When Wang Chuhong came up with this idea, she had already considered all possible escape routes to ensure that this matter would ultimately not involve them.

Hao Jiajia probably knows that she is meticulous in everything she does, so there must be a reason why she is so hesitant and wants to back down this time.

"Hao Jiajia, if you don't want to be my sister, you can be my enemy. I don't care. I just don't know if your grandfather will be able to protect you then."

This is a threat.

Hao Jiajia's face turned deathly pale instantly, and she began to stammer as she spoke.

"Big sister, I'm innocent! I was just talking nonsense in a moment of madness. We're best friends for life, how could I be your enemy?"

No one knew Wang Chuhong's methods better than Hao Jiajia. Wang Chuhong was narrow-minded and vindictive, and she couldn't stand the slightest grievance.

Originally, their small group consisted of five people, but that person had a disagreement with Wang Chuhong, which led to a very ugly situation.

The two parted ways as a result, but Wang Chuhong was unwilling to let her go and tried every means to target that person, eventually forcing her to transfer to a school abroad.

Thinking of Wang Chuhong's methods of dealing with enemies, Hao Jiajia shuddered. She was afraid of falling into that situation, so she quickly tried to coax Wang Chuhong gently.

After showering Wang Chuhong with sweet words and slapping herself twice, Hao Jiajia cursed to the heavens that she would never betray Wang Chuhong. In the end, Hao Jiajia almost knelt down before Wang Chuhong before she finally received her forgiveness.

Seeing that Hao Jiajia was completely subdued by her, Wang Chuhong's mood finally brightened, and she mercifully let Hao Jiajia go.

"Alright, that's enough. Put away your worthless kindness. If there's a next time, I won't let you off easily."

Hao Jiajia nodded repeatedly, indicating that she would definitely follow the teachings and would never have such abnormal thoughts again.

Li Yanni and Li Xiaoyu witnessed the whole scene, but they weren't particularly moved by Hao Jiajia's subservient manner.

Who told Hao Jiajia to try and betray their little group? If we don't teach her a lesson, she'll really think this place is a public toilet, where she can come and go as she pleases.

The four of them stayed in the bubble tea shop for more than an hour, and then moved on to the arcade.

When they reached the entrance of the arcade, the four of them suddenly stopped.

Wang Chuhong frowned as she looked at the uniquely designed house, a puzzled expression on her face.

"When did a haunted house open here?"

Hao Jiajia and the others followed Wang Chuhong's gaze and also saw the uniquely designed haunted house.

"The nineteenth level of hell?"

When Wang Chuhong read the name aloud, she felt a chill run through her body, and goosebumps rose on her exposed skin.

This is so weird. When I came here last week, this was a fried chicken shop. How did it turn into a haunted house?

Hao Jiajia shivered and couldn't help but tug at Wang Chuhong's arm.

"Boss, let's hurry up and leave. This haunted house looks too eerie. Let's not go in."

She had a very bad feeling that something terrible would happen if they entered the haunted house.

"Look at you, so scared! It's just a haunted house, and you're terrified. Do you think there are really ghosts here?"

Wang Chuhong was momentarily frightened by the terrifying atmosphere of the haunted house, but after she came to her senses, she became so angry that her face changed color.

It's just a catchy name that uses people's instinctive fear of hell to generate dread.

The owner of this shop is quite creative, but unfortunately, she encountered Wang Chuhong, who is known as the "Living Yama".

It's just a small haunted house. If she were really scared by this childish psychological warfare, how embarrassing would that be?

"We're tired of the arcade. Today, let's go check out this haunted house and teach the owner a lesson, showing him what Wang Chuhong is all about!"

Li Yanni and Li Xiaoyu echoed Wang Chuhong, expressing their desire to go in and teach the boss a lesson. Hao Jiajia, however, hesitated, saying, "Maybe we should just forget it. We don't usually like going to haunted houses; it's dark and there's nothing fun in there..."

Wang Chuhong glanced at her and said, "If you don't want to go in, you can leave on your own. We believe in democracy and won't force you."

After saying that, Wang Chuhong led the other two people toward the door of the haunted house.

Seeing this, Hao Jiajia's face turned even uglier. Until the three figures entered the haunted house, Hao Jiajia's legs seemed to be rooted to the spot, and she couldn't move her feet at all.

"It seems you want to be my enemy."

Just as Hao Jiajia was about to leave without a care, Wang Chuhong's voice suddenly popped into her mind. Thinking of the other party's methods of dealing with enemies, Hao Jiajia had no choice but to bite the bullet and enter the haunted house.

She thought the haunted house would be a gloomy and terrifying place, but when she went inside, she found that it wasn't as scary as she had imagined.

It was an ordinary classroom that looked somewhat familiar, but Hao Jiajia couldn't remember where she had seen it before.

She looked around but couldn't find Wang Chuhong or the others.

I was only a minute or two late, so why can't I see them anymore?

A very strange feeling welled up in Hao Jiajia's heart. She felt very uneasy. She turned around to leave, but found that the door she had just entered through had disappeared at some point.

The door she had just entered through had turned into a white wall, with no trace of its existence, as if the door she had just entered through was merely her illusion.

how so?

A strong sense of fear surged through Hao Jiajia, and she lunged forward like a madwoman, only to crash into a solid wall. The pain in her arm reminded her that it was all real.

"Let me out! Let me out!"

Hao Jiajia hoped that it was all fake, that someone was playing a prank, or that the haunted house had cleverly switched the door position when she came in, deliberately replacing it with a wall.

She didn't want to play anymore; she wanted to go out.

Just as Hao Jiajia was screaming in despair, a voice came from behind her.

"Since you're already here, why are you in such a hurry to leave..."

"!!!!"

"Nineteen levels of hell? That's a joke! Let me tell you, this is definitely just a gimmick the store came up with to attract customers. There's probably nothing fun inside..."

Wang Chuhong walked at the front, and to alleviate her fear, she kept talking to herself.

However, there was no response from behind for a long time; the two sycophantic lackeys remained completely silent.

A sense of unease flashed through Wang Chuhong's mind. She turned around abruptly, only to find that the two people who had been following her were gone.

"Li Yanni? Li Xiaoyu? Where are you two? This joke is no joke at all!"

Wang Chuhong was a little angry, thinking that the two were playing a prank in the haunted house. She shouted loudly, trying to call the two out.

But the passage behind them was pitch black, and the two figures were hidden in the darkness; Wang Chuhong couldn't see them at all.

No, when she came in, was this road this long and this dark?

Just as Wang Chuhong was in a daze, she heard the sound of footsteps behind her.

The footsteps sounded somewhat dull, like the sound of someone walking with their shoes not fully lifted off the ground.

She thought the two people had played a prank and run behind her. Wang Chuhong was furious and suddenly turned around to look.

"You two had better have..."

However, when she saw what was behind her, a terrified scream escaped her lips.

"ah!!!!"

Li Yanni was not in a good mood.

She dislikes haunted houses because she was scared by the staff inside when she was a child, so Li Yanni is very averse to such gloomy and dark places.

When Wang Chuhong wanted to come to the haunted house, Li Yanni instinctively wanted to refuse.

But Li Xiaoyu tugged at her arm, telling her to be quiet.

"Hao Jiajia is already making her unhappy. If you say something else, aren't you just walking into a trap?"

Li Yanni had no choice but to swallow back the refusal that was on the tip of her tongue.

The moment Li Yanni stepped into the haunted house with Wang Chuhong and saw the pitch-black passageway inside, the thought of retreating resurfaced.

That's way too dark!

Just then, a hand reached out from the side and took Li Yanni's hand.

Her palms were very cold, without any warmth at all; it felt like holding a block of ice when you held them.

Li Yanni shivered and couldn't help but complain, "Li Xiaoyu, why are your hands so cold?"

Wang Chuhong walked in front, and given her personality, she definitely wouldn't hold her own hand; the person holding her hand must be Li Xiaoyu.

She just remembered that Li Xiaoyu was very warm, wearing only a thin coat in the dead of winter, and her palms were always warm. It was only early autumn, so why were her hands so cold?

"Xiaoyu, why are your hands so cold?"

"..."

"Xiaoyu, stop joking with me, this joke isn't funny at all..."

"..."

"Xiaoyu, can you say something?"

"..."

Li Yanni initially tried her best to keep her voice normal, but gradually, her voice began to tremble.

Something's not right, something's very wrong.

Li Yanni instinctively tried to pull her hand away from the other person's.

However, the man suddenly tightened his grip, and Li Yanni felt as if her hand was being clamped tightly by pliers.

"It hurts! Li Xiaoyu, this joke isn't funny at all! Let me go!"

Li Yanni screamed for Li Xiaoyu to let go of her, but the other woman held on tightly and refused to let go.

No matter how much Li Yanni slapped the hand that was holding her, the other person did not let go.

She is not Li Xiaoyu!

Li Yanni suddenly realized this with absolute clarity, and her voice became shrill with fear.

"Who are you? Let me go! Do you even know who my mother is? If you don't let go, you'll regret it!"

She screamed for the man to let go, and desperately backed away. Suddenly, the hand that was holding her loosened its grip, and Li Yanni lost control of her body and fell heavily to the ground.

When she walked in, the floor was concrete, but now it felt soft and squishy. She didn't feel much pain when she fell down.

Li Yanni was stunned for a moment, then tried to stand up by supporting herself with her hands on the ground.

However, the instant her hand touched the ground, Li Yanni felt someone grab her hand.

Li Yanni trembled and subconsciously looked down.

A light suddenly appeared in the dark space, allowing Li Yanni to clearly see what was grabbing her.

"ah!!!!!"

Li Xiaoyu was very annoyed.

After entering the haunted house, she got separated from Wang Chuhong and Li Yanni for some unknown reason.

The haunted house was dimly lit, and the mirrored corridors were winding and led nowhere.

It's just a mirror maze that's everywhere in amusement parks, but they changed the lighting and started making it look like a ghost story.

The folded mirrors reflected her body, and her image was everywhere, making it seem as if real people were standing in every corner.

However, those were merely reflections projected by the mirror.

"Playing tricks and creating a mystery—if the whole haunted house is full of this kind of stuff, I'll definitely complain about the owner and accuse him of fraud!"

Li Xiaoyu kept talking and talking, turning one bend after another. Occasionally she would accidentally bump into a mirror, but she didn't care and just changed direction and continued walking.

The reflection in the mirror moved with her. The dim light couldn't illuminate the entire mirror, and the reflection swayed. The movements that were originally synchronized with hers suddenly slowed down.

Li Xiaoyu didn't notice, but quickened her pace a bit.

When Li Xiaoyu bumped into the mirror again, she got angry.

"What kind of place is this? Is this maze going to never end? This is supposed to be a haunted house, are you just going to make me wander through a maze here?!"

Li Xiaoyu became increasingly irritable. Unable to control her emotions, she kicked the mirror in front of her hard.

With a cracking sound, the mirror in front of her was covered with spiderweb-like cracks, and her face and body in the mirror were covered with dense cracks.

The scene looked somewhat terrifying. Li Xiaoyu frowned, muttered a few curses under her breath, and then turned to leave.

So what if the mirror is broken? She can just pay for it. How much is such a small thing worth?

After turning around and taking two steps, Li Xiaoyu suddenly felt that something was not right.

There seems to be something odd about the mirror I just looked in.

That strange feeling pulled her to a stop.

Hehe~

A strange laugh came from behind her. Li Xiaoyu was startled. She turned around with a stiff upper lip and saw a figure in the shattered mirror, blood slowly flowing from its body.

Is the person in the mirror bleeding? Isn't that her reflection?

Li Xiaoyu hurriedly lowered her head and checked herself.

Her body was completely clean, without a trace of blood.

The person in the mirror...

Hehe~~

The eerie laughter rang out again, and Li Xiaoyu gasped, struggling to look away, but her eyes seemed glued to the broken mirror, unable to look away.

The face in the mirror began to distort and deform, with countless cracks crisscrossing her face, and that familiar face gradually became unfamiliar.

The blood gushed out faster and faster, and a cracking sound rang out as pieces of mirror shattered and fell off.

As the fragments fell away, they revealed scarlet flesh and blood. The stench of blood that had been concealed burst forth, so intense that it nearly made her faint.

Something's not right, something's not right!

Li Xiaoyu's mind went blank. A voice inside her head was frantically yelling at her to run away, but her legs seemed to have a mind of their own, stuck to the ground and unable to move.

"Help, help me..."

Li Xiaoyu desperately tried to shout, but what came out was like a mosquito's buzz, and even she couldn't hear it clearly.

Once all the mirror surfaces were peeled away, the object hidden inside was revealed to Li Xiaoyu.

A terrifying scene unfolded before Li Xiaoyu's eyes. Her mind went blank, and extreme fear swept over her. At that moment, she felt as if her heart had stopped beating.

how so……

The moment Wang Chuhong and her friends stepped into the haunted house, a live stream called "Nineteen Levels of Hell" quietly went live.

Some bored netizens were drawn to the name of the live stream.

[The Nineteenth Level of Hell? That's quite a unique name, promoting feudal superstition? It's interesting that it wasn't censored on Douyin (TikTok). I'll check it out.]

Many netizens shared his thoughts; they were drawn in by the name of the live stream and clicked to watch.

The number of viewers in the live stream increased exponentially and it was quickly pushed to the homepage of the Douyin platform, where more and more people saw the live stream.

"Nineteen levels of hell? I've only heard of eighteen levels of hell, never nineteen. Let's go in and take a look."

[Strange, given how strict Douyin (TikTok) is, how did this livestream room appear?]

[Another live stream trying to create hype, but I'm a rebellious person by nature, so I'm definitely going to check it out.]

Many people were drawn in by the catchy name of the live stream, but once inside and seeing the content, they couldn't leave.

I thought it was just a publicity stunt, but it turns out it really is the nineteenth level of hell.

[I'd call this the best of the year, the nineteenth level of hell, haha, it truly lives up to its name.]

[Where did the streamer find these actors? Their acting is amazing!]

Look at that terrified little face; I can't see a single trace of acting.

I love it! I could stay in this livestream room 24/7!

In just two days, the "Nineteen Levels of Hell" live stream became an internet sensation, attracting more and more viewers and causing the live stream's popularity to soar.

...

"Still haven't found it?!"

The dignified-looking man looked at the person in front of him and asked in a deep voice.

Secretary Zhang lowered her head, not daring to meet the man's gaze.

"Mr. Wang, we've searched for a long time, but we really can't find it..."

Wang Shengmin's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he looked as if he wanted to devour Secretary Zhang alive.

Xu Lili covered her face and cried incessantly.

"Shengmin, what should I do? I only have one daughter, Honghong. If anything happens to her, I can't live anymore..."

Xu Lili was crying her heart out; her daughter had been missing for three days.

No one knows how she got through those three days. If anything happened to her daughter, she wouldn't want to live anymore.

Wang Shengmin was already upset, and then Xu Lili kept crying. His anger surged, and he scolded, "Stop crying. Will crying solve anything? The most important thing now is to find where Honghong is."

Xu Lili wiped her face and said, crying, "How would I know? If you ask me, you should go to the school teacher and demand an explanation. Honghong is such a well-behaved and sensible girl. If she didn't go to school, the teacher should have notified us much earlier. She's been missing for three days before the teacher told us..."

Xu Lili hated the school teachers, believing that it was their inaction that caused her beloved daughter to go missing.

Wang Shengmin said coldly, "What's the use of saying all this now? If you hadn't refused to accompany Honghong to school and insisted on having her live at the school, none of this would have happened."

Xu Lili was displeased and said loudly, "This wasn't a decision I made alone, so how can you blame me?"