On May 18th, spring was in full bloom, and the four people from 301 stood at the gate of Dongzhuang Dream Valley, each falling into silence.
"So," Shao Wei said stiffly, "Why are you three here?"
Lu Jin brushed NGA, Tan Xiruo memorized words in ink, only Lin Huai kindly said: "Because we are stealthy." (*Note: Japanese, friend.)
"So," Shao Wei continued, "Why do I pay for the tickets and the round-trip fare for the four of them?"
Lin Huai continued to be kind: "For love, it doesn't matter if you pay a little money."
Shao Wei didn't want to talk to Lin Huai, but looked at the other two. Tan Xiruo pushed up his glasses and said, "I think what Lin Huai said is very good. Apart from studying, there should be time to relax...and you will pay for it."
Lu Jin also said: "I also think Lin Huai's words are very good. Outside of games, you should spend some time socializing with girls... and you will pay for it."
Shao Wei looked at the source of all evil. Lin Huai said: "I think what you said is very good. It is only natural for men to help each other... and still..."
"And I should pay the money!" Shao Wei broke down, "After all, you people saw that I paid the money, so you followed? And you all take taxis instead of buses!"
He was dancing and collapsing, but a voice came from behind him: "Hey Dangdang? Isn't that Shao Wei over there?"
The moment the voice came, Shao Wei's face immediately glowed. He tidied up his appearance, stepped on his limited edition aj and looked back at the two girls: "Hi~"
There are two people. The one with exquisite makeup is Zhu Xiao, the president of the hip-hop club, and the short and sweet one is Shao Wei's dream lover Lin Dangdang. The six people greeted briefly, introduced themselves, and walked towards the haunted house together.
The Haunted House is located in the Midnight District on the west side of Dream Valley. The Midnight Zone is a super-large area created by Dream Valley to cater to the current youth market. It is composed of many horror scenes, secret rooms and replicas, and is also known as a horror paradise.
From Lin Huai's point of view, people nowadays are really wonderful creatures. They are obviously terribly afraid of ghosts, but they want to make up many horror stories related to ghosts to scare themselves. Just like many game facilities in the Midnight District, they are obviously fakes, but people are never tired of this kind of fake horror created, and they are self-inflicted.
Shao Wei bought six tickets, and introduced to several people during the queue: "... this haunted house is the latest work designed by Chen Shu, a well-known horror scene designer in China. It is said that no one has been able to pass the customs since it opened..."
As soon as Shao Wei finished speaking, another scream came from the building in front of him. Not long after, the small door on the wall opened, and several girls who were frightened and crying came out accompanied by the staff.
He sneaked a glance at Lin Dangdang, and Lin Dangdang cut it and said: "What's so terrible about this, this girl has never been scared to cry since she was a child."
So he turned his attention to Lin Huai again. Under his expectant gaze, Lin Huai reluctantly gestured "OK" to him.
In the public elective class that day, Shao Wei asked Lin Huai for a new deal besides going to the haunted house. He heard that Lin Dangdang was very courageous, so he asked Lin Huai to pretend to be a ghost in the haunted house and scare Lin Dangdang, so that he could embrace the beauty in the girl's tears.
Lin Huai was quite disdainful about this, but under the temptation of a full set of Ma Zhe's notes, he still agreed to play ghosts—not pretend to be gods.
The full name of the haunted house they were waiting for was Changming Ghost School. In the setting, this ghost school was founded in 2008, its full name is Santa Maria Charity College, and it closed down five years later. A fire destroyed everything in the school, and no one left alive.
Before entering, the six people heard the faint background music in the haunted house. The music sounded extremely shrill, like fingernails scratching at the blackboard. Shao Wei, Lu Jin and Zhu Xiao shivered.
After the new wave of tourists were sent out crying and howling, it was finally Lin Huai's turn to enter. The boy who checked the tickets took a look at the six of them and said, "We accept ten people in each batch here. You can go in with the four in front."
The first four people are a couple and a pair of girlfriends. While affixing fluorescent digital signs to Lin Huai and others, the staff chatted with each other: "I heard that the designer is here today."
"Chen Shu? What is he doing here?"
"Maybe you want to appreciate the screams of tourists?"
"I don't understand. I heard that he is a difficult person to get along with. He is very cold. Usually when someone greets him, he doesn't say a word."
"God, it's normal to have a little temper."
The staff distributed ten alarms to everyone, and told them again: "If you feel something is wrong, just press this button, and we will have staff to take you away."
The woman among the young couple nodded her head. She held the alarm and worried: "Is there really a ghost in this haunted house of yours? If a ghost comes, will you come as fast as the ghost?"
The staff member said: "I can't say this, maybe there really is."
The woman immediately showed a look of fear. The man smiled and knocked her on the head: "There are no real ghosts in this world, don't scare yourself."
"Then." The staff opened the curtain, "All tourists, please enter and explore Santa Maria Charity College."
Midnight District, Center Building.
The central building is located in the middle of the Midnight District. On the tenth floor, there is a reception room. One of the rooms has a wall of floor-to-ceiling windows, so you can have a panoramic view of the entire Midnight District. Chen Shu sat on a chair, wrapped in an ill-fitting coat, staring ahead. He unconsciously bit his finger, very anxious.
Another person pinched his face from behind and freed his fingers: "Hey, don't bite your fingers, you're so grown up and you're still lacking in love?"
Chen Shu snorted and ignored him. The man was also quite tempered, sitting on the other side and looking at him: "What's wrong, so irritable."
A restless person does not speak. The man said again: "Isn't it because there is no inspiration for designing a haunted house? Give yourself a vacation and travel with me for a few days, won't the inspiration come?"
Chen Shu still didn't speak. The person said again: "The one surnamed Chu is just a designer who became a monk halfway through. It's just luck to win you this time. What does it mean once? You are still the best haunted house designer in China."
After speaking, he rubbed over and hugged Chen Shu in his arms. Chen Shu was rubbed on the head by him, his mood improved a little, and he said sullenly: "It doesn't seem like this... I have a squeaky..."
The man stared at Chen Shu, and let out a "poof" laugh. Chen Shu was then furious: "Why are you such an inferior child?"
In the eyes of outsiders, Chen Shu is very cold and doesn't like to talk. Despite this, he is handsome, slender, and also a master of haunted house design in China, so many people in the forum said that he is a cool and handsome boy.
But in fact, those close to him know that Chen Shu is not cold, but rather shy. The root of his shyness is his extremely substandard Mandarin.
The man was still laughing, and Chen Shu was completely angry. He was about to stand up with a groan, and the man coaxed him: "Don't be angry, don't you still have to watch the surveillance video in the haunted house to find inspiration? Let me bring you some iced drinks? What do you want to drink?"
Chen Shu stared at him for a while, and the latter looked frank, without any intention of laughing at him. He suddenly became ashamed of his unreasonable trouble, and said sullenly: "Whatever."
The man stayed in place for a long time, and finally went to the refrigerator to get him a bottle of Fat House Happy Water.
Chen Shu stared at the monitor with an extremely serious attitude. On the screen, five men and five women entered the Changming Ghost School along the long corridor. The first place they will encounter is the school's square and reception room.