After forcibly opening the cubicle door, Chen Ge saw Qu Changlin lying on the ground. He immediately squatted down and asked, "Are you okay?"

When he saw someone coming in, Qu Changlin's first reaction was not to ask for help, but to crawl back desperately. He was so scared that he covered his head with his hands, as if the ghost outside the door did not exist as long as he couldn't see it.

"What's wrong with you? Are you having a seizure? Do you need my help to call the emergency number?"

There was a hint of concern in Chen Ge's voice. In Qu Changlin's impression, ghosts would not ask such questions.

A gap appeared between the fingers that were covering his face, and Qu Changlin saw Chen Ge through the gap.

It was an ordinary and simple face, with a hint of anxiety in the eyes.

How could such a person be a bad person?

Qu Changlin waved his hand. He was about to ask Chen Ge for help when he suddenly remembered something. After he was scared out of the dark room by the man hanging upside down, there was someone knocking on the door outside the fourth compartment. There should be a second ghost in the scene!

Qu Changlin suppressed his anxiety and tried his best to calm himself down, but his voice was still trembling: "Did you hear a strange knock on the door just now? It has a fixed rhythm, which is completely different from the sound we usually hear when knocking on the door!"

"Knock on the door?" Chen Ge frowned, then gradually relaxed his brows: "I see, this is the sound you heard."

Chen Ge took a step back, stretched out his hand to grab the dummy hanging in the air, and shook it gently. The dummy's head hit the door panel again and again.

"When I came in, I saw the dummy swaying back and forth, with its head hitting the door. That should be the sound you heard just now."

After hearing what Chen Ge said, Qu Changlin was thoughtful. The sound coming from the door panel was indeed caused by the collision of the puppets, but what puzzled him now was that Chen Ge's voice sounded very familiar to him. When he was threatened by the ghost just now, the other party seemed to be speaking in this tone!

"Let's go out first. This toilet smells so bad." Chen Ge grabbed Qu Changlin's arm and tried to help him up.

"Don't come over here!" He shook off Chen Ge's hand and sat between the dark room and the single room.

"No, what are you afraid of? Is this one of the plots of your haunted house? Then how should I cooperate with you?" In order not to create pressure on Qu Changlin, Chen Ge moved aside and left the exit for him.

"Acting?" Qu Changlin lay on the ground for nearly a minute before he calmed down. Seeing that Chen Ge really had no intention of hurting him, he slowly let down his guard: "Are you a tourist?"

"What do you think? Am I the ghost in the haunted house and you are the tourist?" Chen Ge's tone was quite helpless. The way he looked at Qu Changlin was as if he was appreciating a performance art.

Qu Changlin tried to stand up with his hands on the ground, but unfortunately he failed. He wanted to try it a second time, but then he thought, wouldn’t it be a bit too low-class to try it in front of the tourists?

In order to maintain his dignity as a haunted house employee, Qu Changlin coughed dryly and said in an unnatural tone: "Yes, you are lucky to have discovered the hidden plot in this scene! I am the key figure in the toilet. Now I am injured by the wronged ghost. You need to help me to the dean's office."

"You are the key figure in the bathroom? I read the diary from the haunted house's freshman ceremony and the words written on the bathroom partition. Shouldn't the protagonist of this scene be called Xiaolin?" Chen Ge was not deliberately trying to sabotage, he was just curious about everything.

"Haha, actually, I am Xiaolin." Qu Changlin said stiffly.

"But the partition said that Xiaolin is just a child. You look like you are almost 30 years old. Your hair is so sparse."

"You..." Qu Changlin had just been frightened half to death, and he had not yet recovered from the shock. In addition, he was not talkative, so he was speechless when Chen Ge asked him this question, and sweat was pouring down his forehead.

"Stop talking. This is the dean's office, right? I'll take you there." Chen Ge grabbed Qu Changlin's arm and asked, "Can you stand up?"

Qu Changlin held onto the baffle. His legs were a little numb and he looked like he had just learned to walk.

"You are too into the role, aren't you?" Without saying anything, Chen Ge did something that surprised Qu Changlin. He carried Qu Changlin on his back and said, "Show me the way."

"Okay..." Qu Changlin felt a little bad. Just a few minutes ago, he received a text message from his boss and was ready to scare the tourist in front of him. However, just a few minutes later, he was rescued by this tourist.

The cell phone in his pocket vibrated several times. Qu Changlin secretly took out the phone. The call between him and his boss had been disconnected long ago, and there were several messages from his boss on the phone.

"What are you doing, brother? I asked you to scare him, not to influence him!"

"Where's the modified doll you always brag about? Didn't you say that you set up countless traps in the toilet, so that even a heartless person would be scared to death if he came in?"

"Why are you still being carried by him???"

Looking at the messages on his mobile phone, Qu Changlin felt even more bitter. He was not talkative and was not good at dealing with interpersonal relationships. At this time, he didn't know how to answer his boss.

The boss kept sending new messages, but Qu Changlin didn't read them anymore. Helpless, aggrieved, and worried, he felt like a useless person who couldn't do anything well, so he buried his head even lower.

"Your haunted house is really scary. When I entered the restroom just now, I was scared half to death by the puppet hanging upside down in the air. Especially the puppet's eyes, which look just like the real thing. The puppet maker is really amazing." Chen Ge said casually as if he was bored.

"Do you think that puppet is scary?" Qu Changlin slowly raised his head.

"I've been to so many haunted houses, but this is the first time I've been scared by a mannequin. The man who made the mannequin is really a genius. He must have specialized in this area. And the toilet scene is also well designed. Tourists know that there is something wrong with the fourth cubicle, and when they open the cubicle they will be attracted by the mirror. Just when the tourists focus on the mirror, the mannequin suddenly falls from the ceiling, making a feint to the east and attacking in the west. This move is beautifully done." Chen Ge admired it from the bottom of his heart.

After hearing what Chen Ge said, Qu Changlin's eyes lit up a little: "It's not bad. In fact, there are seven traps in the toilet. This time, something unexpected happened and one of them was triggered."

"More than just okay, this scene is considered the scariest among all the haunted house scenes I've ever played. It's just that the background story makes me a little uncomfortable." Chen Ge spoke as if he was talking to a friend, his voice and tone were very natural.

"Plot? I think it's okay..."

"I combined the diary and the words on the partition to roughly figure out the background of the toilet ghost story. Xiaolin is a child with a weak sense of existence. No one wants to be friends with him, so he likes to attract other people's attention by playing pranks. In the end, everyone in the class played a prank on him together."

“Is there something wrong with this plot?”

"It's not about whether there is a problem or not. I just think Xiaolin's tragedy could have been avoided." Chen Ge seemed to be discussing Xiaolin's mission with Qu Changlin, but he was actually telling Qu Changlin some of his inner thoughts: "If a person deliberately pursues sociability, he will only make his life very tiring. It is also a very sad thing to give up his hobbies and habits in order to please others."

Qu Changlin nodded slightly but did not respond.

Chen Ge didn't care at all and continued, "Sorry, I went off topic. In fact, I saw my past self in Xiao Lin. I used to be like him, afraid of loneliness and wanting to build good relationships with everyone. Until later, I confessed to the girl I liked, and she politely rejected me."

Qu Changlin felt that Chen Ge's experience sounded familiar, and he unconsciously resonated with it: "It must be very uncomfortable to be rejected."

"Of course, I was in pain for a long time. During that time, I kept encouraging myself, trying to be strong and get over it. But only when you have really experienced it will you understand how difficult it is to get over it!"

Chen Ge's words touched Qu Changlin's heart, and he nodded heavily.

"It's hard to explain feelings. One day I overheard a conversation between friends. The girl I loved hated the way I tried to please others. At that moment I realized that I should find myself again." Chen Ge's voice was full of vicissitudes that didn't match his age. "I changed to a new company, where I started a new life. I no longer catered to others. I worked hard to live, work, and be the best version of myself. Now I have a successful career and love life, and I am my own boss. I don't need to care about whether I fit in or not."

Qu Changlin felt a little envious just by hearing what Chen Ge said. He said sincerely, "You are amazing."

"It's not that I'm great. As long as we are willing to change, everyone can do it, including Xiaolin in the story." Chen Ge deliberately emphasized the word "change": "Everyone is the protagonist of his own world. What we need to do is to spend our time and energy on things that can make us stronger."

His eyes brightened, and Chen Ge's words touched Qu Changlin deeply: "Brother, I actually have a similar experience to you. I also liked a girl, but now I am a little confused..."

"Don't be confused, just remember one sentence." Chen Ge walked past the door of the storage where Xiaodie was without even looking up: "Be the best version of yourself, if you bloom, butterflies will come to you."