"To maintain the mystery, please put on your blindfolds now, we're almost at our destination!" Qin Linlin said from the passenger seat, holding a megaphone.
"What? Linlin, are you trying to mess with us?" Wei Shu reluctantly took the blindfold handed to him by the staff.
"Haha, Little Wei, are you scared?" Lei Miao put on the blindfold and rubbed his hands excitedly: "I'm different, blindfolds excite me!"
"Who's scared!"
Wei Shu and Lei Miao started bickering. Liu Qingling and Yang Ji, who were originally responsible for warming up the atmosphere, exchanged a glance and suddenly felt as if they were useless. These young people were different from celebrities who had an idol image to maintain. They had no persona at all. In front of the camera, they acted as if they were at home, making a fuss without any restraint.
Liu Qingling had no choice but to turn her attention to Rong Yu, who had been sitting quietly in her seat since getting on the bus, without saying a word.
"Xiaoyu, right? How did you come up with the idea of participating in this program?" Liu Qingling asked in a gentle, elder brother-like tone.
Yin Chengjue lifted his eyelids to glance at Liu Qingling, then put on the blindfold, but his ears perked up.
Rong Yu’s clear and cheerful voice said, “I just wanted to come and have some fun. It’s just a trial recording, and it doesn’t cost any money.”
"Haha, why would recording a show cost money? It only costs money," Yang Ji remarked.
"Make money?" Rong Yu looked puzzled.
Seeing his genuine expression, the two were somewhat puzzled. Yin Chengjue cleared his throat, lifted one eye patch, looked at them, and said tactfully, "The show is still in the trial recording stage. In order to save money, we don't have much money to invite guests, so Xiaoyu is just here to have fun." To put it simply, he invited Rong Yu without spending any money.
Liu Qingling and Yang Ji instantly understood the meaning behind Yin Chengjue's words. After a few seconds of stunned silence, they said, "So, among the guests who participated in the recording... only the two of us were paid by you?"
Yin Chengjue extended his right hand and shook hands with the two of them again: "So, please take good care of me."
Rong Yu belatedly realized, "Ah, so you can really make money recording TV shows?"
Yin Chengjue patted Rong Yu's head: "If you perform well and the trial recording goes well, you can become a regular on this variety show and then you can get paid."
"Then I'll have to work hard!" Rong Yu clenched her fists, her eyes shining.
Because the five people sitting in the front were very lively, the interaction between the four people sitting in the back was not obvious.
Qin Linlin urged everyone to put on their blindfolds. About ten minutes later, the car stopped. Qin Linlin directed the nine people to line up in front and behind, and then a staff member led them out of the car.
Walking with blindfolded was an unpleasant experience. The guards and Lei Miao in front were yelling and screaming like pigs being slaughtered, making the atmosphere both tense and funny.
Yin Chengjue didn't know how long he had been walking when the person in front of him finally stopped. Then, behind him, there was a loud bang as the door slammed shut and a click as it was locked.
Lei Miao: "What's going on? Can I take off my mask now?"
Guard: "Are they going to lock us up somewhere?"
Lei Miao: "Wow! That's so exciting!"
Hua Yun and Xiao Xiao: "You two shut up."
"Buzz..." A crackling sound came from above, followed by Qin Linlin's distinctive voice: "Alright, handsome guys, now I'm going to announce the rules of the game. Listen carefully, I'll only say it once!"
"You now have three mission lines: the detective mission, the escape mission, and the treasure hunt mission. Each mission line has a different way of being completed. The first group to complete their mission line will be the winner and will receive our reward."
"A group?" Rong Yu asked.
"Yes, groups. Players on the same questline will be grouped together. We have already assigned you to groups. Now, please remove your blindfolds and open the inner lining of your blindfolds. Friendly reminder! Please choose a secluded corner so that others can't see what your questline is, otherwise it will be difficult for you to find your quest clues in the following game!"
Upon hearing this, all nine people instinctively moved away from those next to them, then each chose a spot and opened their blindfolds.
Yin Chengjue took out a slip of paper from the hidden compartment. It read: "Detective Line".
Below, a line of smaller print reads: "You can find your teammates by making a heart shape with your hands!"
Yin Chengjue: "..." What kind of weird method is this?
Yin Chengjue quickly looked up and met Rong Yu's eyes, who was standing not far away from him. Rong Yu smiled slightly at him before taking off her blindfold.
Upon seeing this, Yin Chengjue was slightly taken aback.
In other words, while everyone was eagerly removing their blindfolds to see the mission details, Rong Yu was calmly observing them the whole time?
"Hey, what missions are you guys on? Little Lei? Hua Zi?" Wei Shu asked loudly after finishing his mission line.
He may seem carefree, but in reality, the guard had already decisively torn up the note that indicated his mission line.
Lei Miao rolled his eyes: "Do you think I'd be stupid enough to tell you myself? If our mission lines are different, then we're competitors."
Yang Ji looked at Liu Qingling not far away, and was about to ask a question when he saw Liu Qingling very cleverly crumple up a piece of paper and put it in her mouth.
Yang Ji and Liu Qingling were old friends, so seeing him do this, they rushed forward on their own initiative, shouting exaggeratedly, "Hand it over! You're not allowed to eat it!"
Seeing how hard Liu Qingling was working, the others quickly finished off the task line notes in their hands.
Everyone quickly realized that to win the game, it was better to go it alone than to let the opponents know about their questline.
"The door to this room is locked. Should we look for information to leave?" Rong Yu, who happened to be leaning against the door, asked after seeing that everyone had finished clearing their quest information.
"Unlocking is easy, step aside, I'm the best at this!" Lei Miao waved his hand, twisted a wire off a tea bag on the table, bent it into several arcs, inserted it into the lock, twisted it a few times, pulled it out, twisted the wire again, and then inserted it into the keyhole and twisted it once more.
With a click, the lock opened. Lei Miao stood up, spread his hands, shrugged, and his expression seemed to vividly say, "That's it?"
Qin Linlin, sitting behind the camera waiting for them to frantically search for the key to unlock the door: "..."
Hua Yun adjusted her glasses: "Young Master Lei, may I ask if you've done any shady side jobs? I don't recall the Lei family going bankrupt yet, right?"
Lei Miao's smug expression froze, and he cleared his throat slightly: "Well, after being locked up in the dark room for a long time, you'll inevitably learn some skills, you know?"
People who are locked in solitary confinement for too long will only suffer from psychological trauma. Thank you!
Now that the lock was open, Lei Miao pushed the door open and went out, wanting to continue exploring this place.
Recovering from their daze, Liu Qingling and Yang Ji, being seniors, knew the show's format and spoke up to remind them, "There might be clues to the mission in this room. Don't you really want to look for them?"
"Don't rush, let's take a look around first!" Lei Miao ran out excitedly, and there was no way to stop him.
Xiao Xiao and Hua Yun also went out, reasoning that it would be more convenient for everyone to split up first.
Hua Yun left, and Wei Shu quickly followed her out, leaving only five people in the room.
Qin Ke, who hadn't said much, pulled an envelope out of the cabinet. After a quick glance, he said to everyone, "Hey, I found something here that seems unrelated to the three quest lines; it's just background information."
Rong Yu said, "Judging from the room's furnishings, it should be a hotel or inn, right?"
Qin Ke snapped his fingers: "That's right! This is a hotel cursed by a vengeful spirit!"
Qin Ke deliberately lowered his voice and said in a mysterious tone, "The story begins thirteen years ago, on a stormy day..."
"A woman in a white dress walked into the Ming Sheng Hotel."
"She didn't bring an umbrella, and the heavy rain soaked her completely, leaving large water stains wherever she went. The hotel receptionist very kindly handed her a dry towel to wipe the water off her head and helped her check in."
"However, to everyone's surprise, when the hotel staff knocked on the woman's door at checkout time the next day, they did not hear any response."
Qin Ke turned to the second page and continued, "The staff had no choice but to use a backup room card to open the room, only to see..."
"ah!----"
Suddenly, a bloodcurdling scream, like a pig being slaughtered, came from outside, followed by a group of chaotic footsteps running towards them.
Soon, the door was pushed open forcefully, and the four figures who had left returned. Wei Shu and Xiao Xiao were deathly pale, while Lei Miao and Hua Yun, though not as pale as the other two, were not much better off.
Hua Yun adjusted her glasses and was about to speak when Lei Miao interrupted, "My goodness! Linlin actually did this for us!" His tone was filled with barely concealed excitement.
The guard was practically lying on the ground, panting. Pointing to the nearest camera, he said in a trembling voice, "Let me out... I don't want to record anymore... I hate this!"
"What? What did you see?" Qin Ke asked curiously, "Did you see a ghost?"
"Ghosts? What's there to be afraid of? We've been through plenty of haunted houses since we were kids," Lei Miao waved his hand dismissively.
Liu Qingling and Yang Ji: "..."
"Huh? But the plot says it's a cursed hotel." Qin Ke showed the clues he had obtained.
"Maybe not."
While Qin Ke was reading the letter, Yin Chengjue found another letter under the bed. After opening it, the contents told a completely different story.
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