Chapter 1344: Scared the Ghost

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Argh!”

“Ah!”

“Ah!”

Everyone screamed even louder. Not only the women, but even Zhao Zhen and the other boys screamed in fear. They instinctively gathered together.

However, Ma Qiang, who was standing at the side, was unusually calm.

This was because the haunted house had been open for a few days. He had been here before and knew every step of the way, so he was waiting for this opportunity.

This was the first time anyone else had come here, so there was no one who wasn’t afraid of such a scene!

Ma Qiang observed for a while. Liang Ruoxu’s position was not suitable for him to take action. He had to wait for a better opportunity.

However, he did not stay idle. He quietly walked to the other girls and opened their school bags. Then, he took out some cash and cellphones.

What’s truly astonishing is that Ma Qiang also had a piece of transparent tape. He used it to seal the openings he had created.

This was to prevent the girls from noticing their belongings were stolen and to give himself more time to escape.

Just at that moment, Ma Qiang noticed an opportunity near Liang Ruoxu and moved there quietly.

As he saw the timing was right, Ma Qiang stood behind Liang Ruoxu and used a sharp little knife to cut a slit in her backpack’s side and started feeling around inside.

Ma Qiang’s eyes lit up because he touched a thick stack of things!

His rich experience told him that it was at least ten thousand yuan!

However, Ma Qiang did not stop there. He believed that with Liang Ruoxu and Lin Yi’s wealth, there must be other good things in their bags!

If he got one, he would make a killing!

‘Huh?’

All of a sudden, Liang Ruoxu felt that something was wrong. He grabbed Ma Qiang’s hand and threw him over her shoulder!

Crack!

The wooden table was smashed into pieces by Ma Qiang.

At this moment, the entire emergency room fell silent.

This sudden scene stunned the remaining people.

“What’s going on?” Lin Yi frowned.

Liang Ruoxu took her bag back.

“He’s a thief. He slit my bag open.”

“So that’s what happened.”

“Our bags were cut open too!”

Ding Wei screamed and realized that there was a hole in her and her best friend’s bags. Ma Qiang had stolen everything!

“You’re f*cking bold to dare to steal our things!”

Zhao Zhen stepped forward and kicked Ma Qiang.

“Give me the Peking stuff!”

The remaining boys did not stand on ceremony and snatched back all the things Ma Qiang had stolen!

“Damn it, just you wait!”

Whoosh!

“You damn thief, I can’t believe you’re still trying to defend yourself!”

Zhao Zhen went up and kicked him. “Brothers, f*ck him up!”

The remaining boys did not hesitate. They went up and beat Ma Qiang up. In the end, he was beaten until his face was swollen.

Ma Qiang grimaced in pain. He did not expect that after being in the industry for more than ten years, he would end up falling at the hands of a woman.

“I don’t think we lost anything,” Lin Yi looked at Liang Ruoxu.

“I found out in time, but the bag is no longer usable.”

“It’s a small matter. I’ll buy you another one tomorrow.”

“Hmph.”

Liang Ruoxu harrumphed arrogantly, as if to say, “You have no choice but to buy it for me.”

Liang Ruoxu wasn’t in danger, and Ma Qiang was caught. Thus, Lin Yi didn’t care too much and said to the NPCs,

“Can you call your staff over? Someone was caught stealing here. Get someone to send him to the police station.”

“Okay, okay…” The NPC holding the chainsaw said.

“I’m really sorry for disrupting your set. Just pretend that nothing happened and let the game continue.” Liang Ruoxu combed her hair. “What’s your next step? Isn’t it time to make a move?”

“No, no, no. We had nothing to do and came to see if everything was fine. Is there anything you need help with?”

The NPC holding the chainsaw wiped the cold sweat off his forehead.

“You’re so powerful, who would dare to attack you?!

“There’s no need to help. Spoilers are boring.”

“Since there’s nothing else, I’ll take my leave first. Please continue. Sorry to disturb you.”

The dozen or so NPCs did not waste their breath on Ma Qiang and brought him out together.

Silence returned to the emergency room.

Everyone’s gaze landed on Liang Ruoxu.

Wasn’t this woman too fierce?

She actually threw a grown man?

“Let’s continue to solve puzzles and play games. Don’t let what happened just now affect our mood,” Liang Ruoxu said to the others.

Zhao Zhen and the others gulped.

It was difficult to connect such a cultured and refined woman with a tomboy.

With her looks and those shapely legs, she ought to be a gentle young lady.

“Then let’s continue.”

After a period of turmoil, everyone began to solve puzzles in order to escape the haunted house.

Meanwhile, Lin Yi and Liang Ruoxu had been slacking off. They felt that the scenery here was much more interesting than solving riddles.

About 20 minutes later, the group reached the third floor.

Normally speaking, it would take about 40 minutes to an hour to get here.

However, because of Liang Ruoxu, the NPCs only dared to tease them.

They believed that Liang Ruoxu would not beat up the staff.

However, there was no guarantee that she would not react instinctively after being frightened. At her level, a casual punch or kick would probably be enough to hospitalize them.

Due to this reason, everyone proceeded much faster. It only took them 20 minutes to reach the third floor.

Even so, the accompanying girls were frightened.

“According to the clues, if we reach the fourth floor and climb up the ladder to the roof, this game will be over,” Zhao Zhen said.

“But all the passages are blocked. We need to find clues and get the key to get to the fourth floor,” Ding Wei said.

“There’s no need to go through so much trouble.” Pang Yong said.

“The destination is the roof of the fourth floor. As long as we reach there, this haunted house game will end. We just have to open the door.”

“But you can’t open the door without a key.”

Pang Yong laughed. “Weiwei, look at this shutter. It’s not even locked. If I lift the door up, the problem will be resolved.”

“Don’t mess around.”

“How can you call it nonsense? In my guess, this floor probably has the key, and using brute force might be the right way to open it.”

“You said at first that those ten children were the clues, but in the end, it turned out they weren’t at all. It’s just a story element with no real connection to the clues.”

Pang Yong was a little embarrassed and didn’t know how to answer.

“I think we should hurry up and look for clues. I feel that this place is gloomy and a little scary,” Ding Wei suggested.

“Alright, let’s split into groups,” Zhao Zhen said.

Although they had been slacking off the entire time, they were now divided into groups, and Lin Yi and Liang Ruoxu started to search for clues, getting ready to participate at the last moment.

However, after searching for more than ten minutes, no one found any relevant notifications. It was as if they had fallen into an endless loop.

“It’s not like there’s no clue..”