At the door of Lu Yuhua's house, he took out the key to the front door from his pocket and opened the door with the key. As soon as the door opened a crack, a fierce voice came out from inside. Two loud voices were confronting each other, and neither of them gave in.
"Get out! Get out of here! Zhang Dai'e! I don't want to talk to you now!"
"Lu Wenshan, are you still a man?! Every time something goes wrong at home, you blame me! For so many years! Have you ever been a good husband, a good son, or a good father?! This family has become what it is today! Ask yourself, don't you have any responsibility at all?!"
The quarrel between the man and the woman reached the players' ears clearly, and Lu Yuhua paused in pushing the door.
"Lu Wenshan, let me tell you! If Yuhua doesn't come back today! I will divorce you!!!"
"Li Li! Li now! Come with me to the Civil Affairs Bureau now!"
"Okay, Lu Wenshan! Do you have someone in front of you? Have you been looking forward to this day for a long time—"
The door was closed again by Lu Yuhua.
All the players looked at Lu Yuhua who was standing at the door. Water was still dripping from his body, with drops of water falling from the ends of his hair. His shirt was soaked and stuck to his body, and his hand holding the key was clenched into a fist.
Tang Ning watched as the water drops fell onto the dirty carpet, creating a series of water stains.
"I'm sorry." Lu Yuhua turned her back to them and said softly, "My parents are being controlled by monsters again."
"That monster will make them lose their minds."
At this moment, the door was suddenly opened, and a couple who were arguing with each other appeared in front of everyone. The man's suit was messy and his bow tie was crooked, and the woman's makeup was smudged and her eyeliner was smudged. The moment they looked at Lu Yuhua, they kept making high-decibel sounds like screaming chickens being strangled.
"Yuhua, Mom thought you wouldn't come back." The woman came forward excitedly and hugged the wet Lu Yuhua. Her pale hands kept stroking Lu Yuhua's back: "Why are you soaked? Are you cold?"
The middle-aged man in a suit looked at the players behind Lu Yuhua and said distantly, "Hello, I am Lu Yuhua's father."
Lu Yuhua, with his back to the players, said: "They are my friends."
Tang Ning quickly looked at the two middle-aged men. There was no scary monster on them. He lowered his eyes and found that their shadows were also normal.
"Why bring friends over?" asked Lu's father. His tone did not sound welcoming to the players, and his body blocked the entrance without any intention of moving to let the players in.
"Dad, Mom, my friends want to go home and play games." Lu Yuhua said softly.
The woman holding Lu Yuhua heard this and slowly raised her head. Her eyes moved over each player, scrutinizing and critical. She said softly as if complaining, "I thought you didn't like playing games with mom and dad right now."
"How could that be? I just want to bring more friends to play games together." Lu Yuhua also hugged his mother. The woman's face broke into a smile at this moment. She waved to everyone, "You are all good children, come in quickly."
Lu Yuhua broke free from the woman's arms and walked into the room in silence. Lu's mother stretched out her hand and wanted to pat the shoulder of Bai Wuliang who was standing in the front. Bai Wuliang moved his shoulders flexibly and dodged quickly, passing by Lu's mother like a butterfly flying through flowers.
Bai Yingxue, who was carrying a doll on her back, was the second one. The doll on her back had its head tilted and was leaning on the girl's shoulder, staring straight at Lu's mother.
Tang Ning clutched the ring around her neck and walked into the Lu family's gate side by side with Lin Yun.
This is a room with gorgeous retro decoration. There are family portraits hanging on the walls. In the photo, an old couple is sitting on the sofa. Although they have silver hair, they are in good spirits. The old grandmother is holding a little boy who looks only three years old in her arms. Behind the sofa stand Lu's father and mother and Lu Yuhua with a gloomy face.
The chandelier in the hall suddenly went out. Tang Ning turned around abruptly and could vaguely see the figures of Lu's father and mother in front of the closed door. They stood on the left and right of the door, blocking the exit corresponding to the only key.
There were no windows on the first floor of this house, and when all the lights were turned on, the entire hall fell into darkness.
Lu's father and mother in the shadows also seemed to have undergone some strange changes. Was this the influence of the shadow-like monster that Lu Yuhua mentioned
"Hide and seek, you are hiding, he is hiding." A woman's pretending to be childish voice came from the darkness: "Ghosts are catching people, people come into the room, let's play hide and seek together~"
"100, 99, 98..."
The game begins.
Lin Yun held Tang Ning's arm and followed Lu Yuhua with her. Lu Yuhua whispered, "There are two of them. One of them will probably block the door. We'd better find another key."
"I plan to use wet shoe prints to create a fake route first, and then change clothes." Lu Yuhua said quickly: "Let's act separately."
After Lu Yuhua had his own action target, he quickly disappeared. Tang Ning saw two players running towards the room on the first floor. He stood at the stairs on the second floor, not knowing whether to go to the first or second floor.
Lin Yun made a quick decision and took Tang Ning to the second floor.
In front of them, Bai Yingxue and Zeng Yishuang stood in front of a door. Bai Yingxue held the door handle. The doll on her back poked its head into the room. Bai Yingxue herself turned her head and stared at Tangning and Lin Yun. "Together?"
Tang Ning and Lin Yun, who received the invitation, headed towards Bai Yingxue's seat. Tang Ning had seen the layout of the Lu family drawn by Lu Yuhua, and he remembered that this should be the bedroom of Lu Yuhua's brother.
Bai Yingxue made room for Tang Ning in front of their room. Tang Ning looked through the crack in the door. The whole room was draped with heavy curtains, and it was dark and cold. With the help of the faint light from the corridor, he saw a very strange room. The room was filled with dolls, except for a big bed in the middle. Dolls of all sizes were piled up against the walls.
A rag doll sitting on the bed seemed to be a doll that could record sounds. It kept saying the same thing in a childish voice: "Who wants to play games with me? I want to play corner games~"
The Horn Game was a supernatural game that Tang Ning had heard of before.
Two people stand in the corner of the dark room, facing the corner. The first person goes to the other corner, taps the person in that corner on the shoulder, and stays in this corner.
The person whose shoulder is being patted goes to another corner in the same direction to pat the next person's shoulder. When he reaches the next corner where there is no one, he coughs and stays for a few seconds before moving to the next corner.
If, later in the game, no one coughs but everyone is constantly being tapped on the shoulders and changing positions, it means that something new has been added to the game.
"Do I have to play this game to enter this room?" Tangning asked. He was a little reluctant to play this creepy-sounding game.
Bai Yingxue did not explain, but went straight into the room and asked, "Where is the key?"
A doll sitting in the corner suddenly said: "Play games with me, and I'll tell you~"
Obviously, this room contains important clues.
"Will you definitely get the key after completing the game?" Lin Yun frowned. He did not believe the promise of the copy NPC.
Bai Yingxue pointed at the doll on her back and said softly, "It can look for the key in the game, and then it will crawl back onto my back after finding the key."
Zeng Yishuang also lowered his voice: "Once we find the key, we will stop the game and open the door to go out."
Each person plays the game, and Bai Yingxue's doll is responsible for finding the key.
Tangning looked at Lin Yun, who nodded.
The players entered the room together. The moment they stepped into the room, the door slammed shut. Tangning tried to calm himself down and stood in a corner. When all the players were standing, the doll that kept playing the same sentence suddenly became quiet, and then a happy child's voice was heard: "Hehe, the game begins~"
In the darkness, Tangning heard Lin Yun say, "I'll go first."
No one objected.
The first and last person both take risks in this game. The last person may hit the ghost, while the first person may be hit on the shoulder by the ghost.
At first, Tang Ning didn't realize why the usually cautious Lin Yun would choose the first one. It was not until the footsteps became louder and closer that Tang Ning realized that Lin Yun was heading towards him.
Doing so would ensure that Tang Ning would be in a safer position as the second player.
Tang Ning held his breath, his heart beating violently. The footsteps stopped and Xiu patted Tang Ning's left shoulder.
Tang Ning tensed up when his shoulder was tapped. He walked along the wall in the clockwise direction chosen by Lin Yun. People get nervous easily when their vision is deprived, and Tang Ning was no exception. His heart seemed to be beating faster and faster, and he had to touch the diamond ring on his neck to find some peace of mind.
There were dolls along the wall, and Tang Ning was very careful, fearing that he would accidentally kick a doll.
One step, then two steps quickly, Tang Ning found a new corner. Although he couldn't see anything in the darkness, perhaps it was some kind of response from his body, Tang Ning felt that there was something there.
It’s just the first lap, there shouldn’t be any problem.
As Tang Ning thought about this, he carefully reached out his hand and slowly touched the thing in the darkness.
His palm touched something furry. Tang Ning's hand trembled. He felt more fur. This was
Tangning guessed what he was touching. It was the doll that Bai Yingxue was carrying.
After knowing that this was Bai Yingxue, the fear of the unknown dissipated. Tang Ning followed his instinct and patted another place. This time, he patted Bai Yingxue's shoulder.
Bai Yingxue moved when Tang Ning tapped her on the shoulder. Tang Ning listened to the sound of her footsteps. It must be because she wanted other players to hear the sound, so the sound of Bai Yingxue's footsteps was louder than usual.
After about ten muffled thuds, the regularly spaced footsteps stopped, a slight pat on the shoulder was heard, and then another round of footsteps began.
Zeng Yishuang was the last person to go this time. According to the normal progress of the game, the opponent should cough next. If he didn't cough, it meant that something appeared in the corner that should have been empty. Even if the person in the second position was not Tang Ning, Tang Ning felt pressured.
He prayed in his heart that Zeng Yishuang would not touch that kind of thing.
It didn't take long to get from one corner to the other. The player was deliberately stalling for time, so it would take about twenty seconds. Tang Ning counted silently in his mind, with his ears perked up, afraid of hearing the sound of shoulders being slapped.
Then, he heard Zeng Yishuang coughing.
This shows that there is no one in the corner where Zeng Yishuang is.
Tang Ning couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He continued to stand in the corner holding the ring, a thin layer of sweat appearing on his palms. After a while, Lin Yun's warm hand fell on Tang Ning's shoulder.
Tang Ning turned around and continued walking in a clockwise direction. He had to be cautious and move slower than other players because he hoped to move even slower so that Bai Yingxue's doll could find the key before anything else joined their game.
However, the distance between the corners was not far. Even if Tang Ning tried to dawdle, he finally reached another corner. Tang Ning heard the sound of his heart beating violently. He swallowed his saliva, stretched out his hand, and took a picture of the approximate location of the doll in his memory.
This time he did not touch the doll's hair, but fell directly on Bai Yingxue's right shoulder.
The doll on Bai Yingxue's back went down to look for the key as planned.
Tang Ning's tense heartstrings relaxed slightly as she stood in the corner, listening to Bai Yingxue's footsteps echoing in the room.
Perhaps it was because Tang Ning knew that the doll was looking for the key, and because people's hearing would be enhanced in the dark, Tang Ning not only heard Bai Yingxue's slightly heavy footsteps, but also caught a very light movement.
The sound was very small, even quieter than the sound of Tangning's heartbeat.
It was like a small thing was tiptoeing in the darkness.
Tang Ning held his breath, for he was afraid that if his breathing got any louder it would drown out the slight sound of footsteps.
The one who was there now was Bai Yingxue. If nothing appeared, then she would take over the vacant seat. Tang Ning listened attentively to the sound. Under his constant prayers, the cough sound belonging to Bai Yingxue was transmitted.
Very good!
It’s the second round, and still nothing has been added!
But the moment this joy appeared, it was overwhelmed by an even stronger fear.
Because in the third round, it would be Tang Ning's turn to head for the empty space where a ghost might appear.
Tang Ning could hear the dull footsteps echoing in the room, and his breathing became disordered.
Slow down, everyone slow down.
Tangning couldn't help but want to ask everyone for help, but in the silent atmosphere, Tangning didn't have the courage to break the silence.
The footsteps behind her were getting closer and closer, and every step seemed to step on Tang Ning's heart. Amid the heavy breathing, the hand fell on Tang Ning's shoulder again.
It's Tangning's turn.
His feet seemed to be filled with lead and it was difficult to lift them. Tang Ning moved towards another corner with difficulty. He moved slowly, as if he was moving. The closer he got to the corner, the slower Tang Ning moved. He tilted his ear slightly, trying to listen to any sound, but ghosts generally don't make any sound.
Beads of cold sweat appeared on Tangning's forehead. He finally found the corner of the wall. Tangning slowly stopped and raised his hand. His fingertips trembled as he stretched out -
He passed through the air and touched the cold corner of the wall.
Very good!!!
The ghost is not here!!!
A wave of ecstasy surged into Tang Ning's heart. Tang Ning coughed and passed the good news to the other players. He seemed to hear the relieved sounds from the others in the room.
Tang Ning stood in the corner for five seconds. After he calmed down a little, he continued to walk along the wall. This time, Tang Ning walked very slowly, and pricked up his ears to listen to other movements around him, preferably the sound of Bai Yingxue's doll walking.
If Bai Yingxue's doll finds the key, they can leave the room!
They have currently spent five minutes in this room. If they are lucky, they can stay in this small villa for another five or six minutes after rushing out, thus accumulating the minimum ten minutes required by the system, and they can successfully complete their mission as guests.
Tang Ning comforted himself by imagining the best possible outcome while moving forward slowly. Because he was too focused on the movements around him, he heard the slight footsteps.
The footsteps were in front of him and faster than him.
Soon, the footsteps disappeared, replaced by rustling sounds, as if something was crawling.
Tang Ning also stopped at this moment. After several attempts, he had a good grasp of the distance. He could tell that the person standing in front of him was Bai Yingxue.
Tang Ning stretched out his hand and touched the thing crawling on Bai Yingxue's back.
It's furry and a little prickly. It's the doll's hair.
The doll is looking for the key?!
Tang Ning's breathing was unstable. He didn't even know whether he should continue to pat Bai Yingxue's shoulder, because Bai Yingxue had said before that if he found the key, the game could end early.
As Tang Ning's fingertips trembled with excitement, she suddenly discovered a problem.
He remembered that the doll on Bai Yingxue's back was hair, but the hair he touched now was short hair.
This is not Bai Yingxue's doll.
Tang Ning's mind went blank. The sound of his heartbeat seemed to overwhelm all the other sounds he heard. He pulled his hand back as if he had been electrocuted, not daring to imagine what he had just touched.
Does Bai Yingxue know
Tang Ning's lips trembled constantly. She didn't know how to remind Bai Yingxue. If Bai Yingxue didn't realize that she was carrying the wrong thing, if Bai Yingxue opened the door directly, she would be carrying a ghost on her back!
Tang Ning quickly stretched out his hand, wrote the word "no" on Bai Yingxue's shoulder, and then patted her shoulder.
Bai Yingxue's heavy footsteps were heard in the front. Tang Ning didn't know if Bai Yingxue could understand what he meant. Time was running out, so Tang Ning didn't dare to speak casually. He could only hear Bai Yingxue's footsteps, which were the same as before, still light and heavy, and the frequency of the intervals had not changed at all.
There was another sound of patting shoulders, and Bai Yingxue patted Zeng Yishuang's shoulder.
She and Zeng Yishuang were both close to the door, but there was no sound of the door opening, which meant that Bai Yingxue had not finished the game.
Tangning's thoughts were almost frozen in fear. What was that thing on Bai Yingxue's back? Wouldn't a new ghost appear in the corner of the wall in the corner game? Why was the ghost in this game lying on Bai Yingxue's shoulder
“Pah.”
A new sound of patting shoulders was heard, and it was Zeng Yishuang who patted Lin Yun's shoulder.
Under normal circumstances, Lin Yun would then cough in an empty corner.
Tang Ning heard Lin Yun's dull footsteps echoing in the silent room, again and again. After the footsteps stopped, there was no coughing sound.
Tangning suddenly felt an ominous premonition. He tightly grasped the diamond ring, as if the ring was digging into his flesh. Then, Tangning heard a clear pat on his shoulder.
In a corner where there should be no one.
There was a pat on the shoulder.
Whose shoulder did Lin Yun pat? Was it a prank? Impossible, this wasn't a real-life prank. No, maybe it was an auditory hallucination caused by the poison.
Tang Ning heard footsteps coming from behind him.
The footsteps were different from the players' deliberately slow footsteps. They were especially fast and loud, as if they were impatient to move towards Tang Ning.
All the blood in Tang Ning's body seemed to freeze at this moment. He felt a chill on his back and couldn't help but shiver.
No
Don’t pass!
Tang Ning was a little unsteady on his feet. He didn't know whether he should continue standing in the corner, but would there be any punishment if he ended the game so easily
The time it took for all those chaotic and frightened thoughts to flash through his mind was actually very short. What was faster than his brain was the sound of flying footsteps behind him!
Before Tangning could come to a conclusion, a cold hand patted his shoulder.
The back was filled with coldness, and the chill spread in an instant, as if something was sticking to Tang Ning's back, or as if it was afraid of the ring on Tang Ning's neck, it only stayed behind Tang Ning.
What is this
Tangning wanted to scream, but before he could, Bai Yingxue spread the good news in the room: "The key has been found!"
There were bursts of hurried footsteps in the room, and it was obvious that everyone was running towards the door.
Tang Ning also wanted to run, but the thing stuck to his back. Tang Ning felt like he was carrying a heavy corpse and couldn't run fast at all.
No! Wait for me!
Tang Ning rushed to the door desperately. He saw that the door was open and a faint light shone in, illuminating Bai Yingxue who ran out first.
There was a doll with long hair on Bai Yingxue's left shoulder, and a doll with short hair on her right shoulder. These two strange dolls were fighting with each other on Bai Yingxue's back. You pushed me and I kicked you.
Bai Yingxue's escape speed was not affected at all. She rushed out in an instant, followed closely by Zeng Yishuang. Under Tang Ning's gaze, the door that had been pushed open slowly closed, as if there was an invisible hand behind it.
Tang Ning rushed forward regardless of everything. At the moment when the door was about to close, Lin Yun, who was standing by the door, grabbed Tang Ning's arm and dragged Tang Ning out.
The door slammed shut at this moment, and the figures of Bai Yingxue and Zeng Yishuang could no longer be seen in the corridor.
Lin Yun pulled Tangning aside and whispered, "Hurry up and find a place to hide! You're still playing hide and seek!"
However, Tangning asked in a trembling voice, "Can't you see?"
As Lin Yun looked back blankly, Tang Ning finally realized that he was the only one who could see a hand covered with corpse spots, which stretched out from behind him.
It went through the side of his neck.
Appeared before his eyes.