Chapter 51
"Tangtang, what are you looking at?"
Tang Tang gave He Xiaoxiao a look, signaling He Xiaoxiao to look. He Xiaoxiao understood and moved closer to the mirror to observe carefully. He Xiaoxiao was looking at the mirror, and the thing in the mirror was also looking at He Xiaoxiao.
"Ah!" He Xiaoxiao screamed. What did she see? A pair of big, dark eyes! "Wow, Lanlan, there's a ghost in the mirror." He Xiaoxiao retreated out of the room and threw herself on Lan Peng, crying.
Hearing about the ghost, Lan Peng's face froze, "What's in there?"
"I don't know, I didn't see it clearly." He Xiaoxiao didn't dare to look carefully.
Tang Tang said silently, "Just a ghost doll and a bunch of skulls."
“…” The two kids were frightened and took another step back.
Ren Qiao'an happened to see this scene and comforted him, "It's okay, it's all fake." Although Ren Qiao'an wanted to laugh in his heart, He Xiaoxiao and Lan Peng were really the same. He Xiaoxiao might have exaggerated a little, but Lan Peng was really scared hahahahaha~
Jin Xi and Tang Tang, the most useful duo in the room, relocated the items on the sink, and the cubicle door swung open. The staff member's voice rang out again, "Players, this is a solo mission. Please send two members to each cubicle to complete the mission and receive the next item."
Ren Qiao'an said first, "Let me do it this time." Jin Xi saw that Ren Qiao'an looked calm and showed no fear at all, so she thought there would be no problem. But what she didn't expect was that after Ren Qiao'an took the lead, Lan Peng also rushed to the front, "And me."
Several people cast suspicious glances at Lan Peng, but she straightened herself up, took a few steps, and stepped into the private room, proving with her actions that she wasn't afraid at all! She was a cool T-shirt! How could she be so timid in front of a group of beautiful 0s?
Seeing this, Ren Qiaoyuan also walked into another compartment. As soon as he entered, the door was locked and then the BGM sounded.
The dim lighting and eerie background music created a lively atmosphere, and there was actually a pit in this cubicle! Ren Qiao'an thought of the scene often seen in horror movies, where a female ghost emerged from the toilet in a twisted manner. The thought was quite scary, but Ren Qiao'an remained calm because he knew they were playing a game, and Jin Xi and the others were outside, as well as the staff watching them through the camera.
However, the situation was different for the person in the other compartment. Ren Qiao'an heard a tremor coming from the partition, "Lan Peng, don't be afraid, listen carefully to what the loudspeaker says." Ren Qiao'an couldn't figure out what this girl was thinking. She was obviously terrified, but she still insisted on coming in. She was really just trying to save face and suffer for it.
"Lan Peng, are there graffiti on your wall too?" Ren Qiao'an continued to lean against the partition and spoke softly. She probably knew what needed to be done.
"Yes, I do."
The partition between the two compartments was actually very thin, and Ren Qiao'an could easily hear Lan Peng's quiet reply, "Look at the words on the wall and try to touch the corresponding part of the graffiti." After that, Ren Qiao'an tried it first, and then there was a "bang" sound, and a bunch of things fell from the ceiling and hit Ren Qiao'an on the head, "Be careful, there might be..." Before Ren Qiao'an finished speaking, he heard a scream from next door.
With Lan Peng's heart-wrenching scream, Ren Qiao'an and Lan Peng both successfully completed their solo mission. When Ren Qiao'an saw Lan Peng again, she had regained her cool girl expression, though her face didn't look too good.
After getting the props, another door opened. This time it turned out to be a small attic with a small staircase to climb up.
I have to say that this secret room has quite a lot of tricks, and Ren Qiao'an felt it was quite an experience. It's just that the light was too dim, and Ren Qiao'an was almost blinded.
Jin Xi took the lead. There was a ghost doll in the attic facing the stairs. As soon as they went up, the ghost doll started talking. Obviously, it was the next plot.
After hearing this, the plot became clear. The story takes place a long time ago. There were four children who linked arms and promised to be lifelong friends. But one day, they were called to the principal's office. It turned out that the principal was a child murderer. After learning the principal's true identity, the four fled in panic. Two of them fled to the bathroom, where they were discovered by the principal. In order to save their friends, the heroine exposed her location. The principal grabbed her and she desperately cried for help, but the rescued friends ran away without caring about her life or death.
After being tortured by the principal, the heroine committed suicide and turned into a ghost. She then possessed her beloved little girl, killing the principal and her friends who had abandoned her... Later, this place became a ghost school. However, there were always some reckless children who would run in. The heroine would test every child who came here, and those who failed the test would be killed...
The final stage was a long, narrow passage, which they lined up to crawl into, with Jin Xi leading the way and Ren Qiao'an trailing behind. The passage was dark, and strange noises were heard from time to time. Ren Qiao'an was constantly on guard, wondering if anything would fall out. But aside from the haunted doll behind her screaming miserably, nothing seemed to happen.
"Save me~Save me~Save me~"
Jin Xi, who was in the front, had already climbed to the exit. When she was about to reach Ren Qiao'an, Ren Qiao'an suddenly turned back.
"Where's Ren Qiao'an?" Jin Xi waited at the exit for everyone except Ren Qiao'an. She called out to the passage, "Ren Qiao'an, are you okay?"
Ren Qiao'an's voice came from the passage, "I'm fine."
After a while, Ren Qiao'an also came out.
He Xiaoxiao saw the ghost doll in Ren Qiao'an's hand and asked in surprise, "What are you doing with this thing?"
At this time, the lights came on and the room suddenly became bright.
"Congratulations to all players for successfully completing the final hidden mission - rescuing the ghost doll - and achieving a redemption ending." It was the voice of a staff member.
"..." So that's how it was. Ren Qiao'an understood, but he didn't like this ending. Redemption? People who have been hurt can never be redeemed.
After the game, the six of them wanted to find a place to eat. They wandered to the basement level of the mall. It was crowded at that time, but they were lucky enough to find a relatively quiet spot. The tables on the snack street were all long square tables with seating on only two sides.
After Ren Qiao'an bought what she wanted to eat, she found that the others had already sat down and left a seat in the middle for her. Ren Qiao'an sat down, with Lan Peng on her left and Jin Xi on her right.
"Qiao Yuan, do you want to try my Dengzhan Fruit?" Lan Peng said to Ren Qiao Yuan.
Ren Qiao'an politely declined, but Lan Peng said, "Can I try your noodles?"
"Sure." Ren Qiao'an hadn't even started eating when he pushed the bowl over to Lan Peng. Lan Peng took two pieces of meat as a token of appreciation and thanked him. Ren Qiao'an politely replied, "You're welcome." After saying that, Ren Qiao'an tore open his chopsticks and was about to start eating when he heard another voice, "I want to eat too."
Jin Xi also secretly poked Ren Qiao'an. Ren Qiao'an turned his head and looked at the food in front of Jin Xi. It was a bowl of millet porridge. It looked very light, but putting noodles in the porridge was not appropriate, right?
"Hey Xixi, you can eat mine. Mine is noodles too." He Xiaoxiao generously pushed her bowl to Jinxi.
"..." Jin Xi frowned, "You've eaten it."
"???" He Xiaoxiao, who was suddenly disliked, was very angry, "Jin Xiaoxi, we ate the same lollipop when we were kids, okay!"
Seeing this, Ren Qiao'an immediately stood up and said, "I'll get you a small bowl."
He Xiaoxiao glared at the person opposite her, "Jin Xiaoxi, you actually despise me."
Jin Xi said calmly: "I don't dislike you."
"You have."
"I don't."
"You obviously have it!"
"No."
"Are you childish?"
"Wow! You said no! And you were still mean to me!" He Xiaoxiao felt so wronged.
Lan Peng interjected, "Haha~ Group leader, don't feel wronged. No one dislikes you, so how could anyone dislike this little cutie?"
Just then, Ren Qiao'an brought the small bowl back. After Jin Xi took it, she pried twice into He Xiaoxiao's bowl. He Xiaoxiao smiled with satisfaction. Her little friend still loved her.
But after Jinxi finished picking up the noodles, Ren Qiao'an took Jinxi's small bowl and put some noodles from his own bowl into it. Then, Jinxi also smiled.
Tang Tang watched everything silently, lowered her head and continued to eat the wontons in the bowl quietly.
After dinner, several people strolled around the mall, but as they walked, the six of them started to stagger their steps. Among them, Lan Peng kept following Ren Qiao'an, and from time to time he would lean over to his ear and whisper something.
He Xiaoxiao, who was following behind the two of them, saw this scene and nudged Jin Xi thoughtfully with her elbow. "Lan Peng seems to be interested in your classmate."
Jin Xi remained silent, so He Xiaoxiao asked, "Did you know your classmate liked girls?" Ren Qiao'an struck He Xiaoxiao as a gentle, sweet girl next door, a perfectly good girl. Except, she was actually friends with Jin Xi, which puzzled He Xiaoxiao. "Hey, has she ever had a girlfriend?" He Xiaoxiao couldn't tell Ren Qiao'an's orientation.
"You really want to know?" Jin Xi paused and looked at He Xiaoxiao coldly, "Are you interested in her too?"
"..." He Xiaoxiao felt that Jin Xi was not happy, and immediately denied it: "How is that possible." She likes handsome T-shirts, okay? She is not interested in pure types.
Elsewhere, Ren Qiaoan caught sight of the claw machine nearby and frowned, taking a closer look. Unexpectedly, Lan Peng noticed it very attentively and said, "Want to play? I'll go exchange some coins."
Before Ren Qiao'an could even shout, he ran excitedly to exchange coins.
Uh... Ren Qiao'an doesn't like playing claw machines.
However, Lan Peng had already exchanged the game coins and placed them in front of Ren Qiao'an. How could Fei Si be so arrogant? Ren Qiao'an felt that Lan Peng in front of him was a bit like a puppy trying to please its owner. If Ren Qiao'an didn't play with him for a while, would he be too unsympathetic?
Then, Ren Qiao'an tried a round, but Ren Qiao'an was really clumsy and of course he didn't pick up anything.
Lan Peng laughed and said, "Haha, that's not how you play it."
Ren Qiao'an touched his head rather embarrassedly and said, "You come."
"It's okay, try again." Lan Peng put in a few more coins. Ren Qiao'an continued to operate the joystick helplessly. He carefully recalled how Jin Xi had managed to hit the target with one click last time. His mind seemed to have mastered it, but his hands were another matter. Just as Ren Qiao'an hesitated, Lan Peng suddenly grabbed his hand and said, "I'll teach you."
The moment Lan Peng approached, Ren Qiao'an was stunned. Before he could push him away, a cold female voice came from behind.
"What are you doing?"
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