Chapter 657 The Haunted House
In order to amplify the terror of the haunted house, it was built near the edge of the amusement
park. The surrounding woods apanied by the fact that it was rather secluded and away from
the noise of the park, really had the desired effect.
The sun had started setting in the woods. The paved path was quiet with only the rustling of the
wind blowing through the trees as the leaves fell to the ground. It was still summer, but it looked
deste here.
Holding her boyfriend''s arm tightly, Rainy looked around timidly and asked, "Why hasn''t anyone
come out? Didn''t you say that the haunted house is quite popr?"
"I don''t know." Debra was lost in thought for a moment before eximing in terror, "Have they all
been eaten by ghosts?"
A gust of wind blew, terrifying the group. Rainy''s legs trembled, and she stammered, "Really?"
Seeing that she was really frightened, Debra smiled, "I was just kidding. Ghosts don''te out
during the day."
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"Then why? Why is there no oneing out?" Rainy couldn''t shake this thought. If it wasn''t for her
boyfriend''s safe arms, she would have run away ages ago.
Debra was stunned. "I really don''t know."
"What?" Rainy smiled bitterly.
To further the torment, Aron asked lightly, "Are we lost? Otherwise, how could there be no one else
here?"
Rainy couldn''t stand it anymore. She turned into her boyfriend''s arms and clutched onto his waist
with all her might.
Debra''s face turned pale. She slowly moved closer to Robin Luo and Kane Yang. Kane smiled at
her, asking, "Are you afraid? Then why did you and Rainye here?"
"Exactly," Robin said carelessly. "You two seemed the most interested, but now you''re scared out of
your wits."
"You two deserve to be single all these years." Debra rolled her eyes and stood between the two of
them. "We are ssmates. Please just take care of meter."
Aron chuckled and said, "You two, look at Lydia and Michelle. They are much calmer than both of
you."
Lydia nced at them. "I have a question. Do you think I can run faster than a ghost?"
Aron answered, "I don''t think so. Ghosts don''t even have legs. They just float after you. They''re
incredibly fast. You can''t escape from them. Right, Austin?"
Austin''s cold expression still stuck firmly on his face.
"We''re already in the haunted house."
"What?" Aron asked. "What do you mean? I don''t understand."
Leon had a rough idea. He concluded that as soon as they entered the forest, they had already
entered the boundary of the haunted house. No wonder his hair had been standing on end until
now.
From that moment, he didn''t make a sound and hid every trace of fear that was consuming him. As
he walked beside Michelle, he nced at her and noticed how calm she was. Almost too calm, as if
she wasn''t human.
He started wondering whether the girl next to him was in fact some other type of life form.
''No, no, no. I''m overthinking this.
Why is nobody else around though?''
Leon''s body stiffened.
The breeze suddenly blew in the forest again. With it, he smelled a familiar faint milky fragrance that
instantlyforted his restless heart.
Ghosts definitely smelled a lot worse than that and he was pretty sure that they couldn''t copy a
woman''s fragrance.
"Michelle, why is nobodying out?" The faint smile on Leon''s face froze. He felt like a robot.
"Because this is not the way out and there are quite a few ways in." She turned to him with a sweet
smile as warm as the sun, calming him down for a while.
Rainy breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh, I see. I was getting really scared for a moment.
No wonder no one is here." Debra grinned and said, "I was just kidding. There are no ghosts."
"But I don''t understand. Austin, what did you mean by that?" Lydia asked in confusion.
Austin turned to look at Michelle and asked, "Shall I tell them or let them experience it themselves?"
"We are all here for fun. We have to let them experience it for themselves first." Michelle squinted
her eyes and smiled slyly. Leon nced at her and from her cunning look he knew she was
nning some kind of tricks. He wanted to stop her, but he didn''t know how. There was no way that
he could tell her that he was afraid.
All these people were younger than him, so he would be too embarrassed to admit to being scared.
Austin managed to notice how Leon behaved. He didn''t care much for talking, but he was a master
at observing people''s behavior. He immediately knew that Leon was afraid of ghosts. ''No wonder he
has been silent all this time.''
Austin wanted to say something to stop Michelle, but it was toote. He heard her sweet voice
speak up.
"Let''s number off. I''ll go first. One."
Leon quickly jumped in, "Two."
Lydia said, "Three."
Austin nonchntly announced, "Four."
"Five, six," Rainy called out for herself and her boyfriend.
Debra swiftly eximed, "Seven, eight, nine. I helped them to number off."
Aron, thest and most audacious in the group, said leisurely, "Ten."
"Eleven." A voice filled everyone''s ears out of nowhere. It seemed to float through the air like a
ghost.
Rainy was astonished. "Where is the eleventh person?"
Debra was also confused and chipped in, "Yeah! We only have ten people, right? Where is the
eleventh one? Aron, is it you?"
Aron shrugged. "It wasn''t me."
"Then who was it?" Debra looked around and saw nothing but trees.
"Oh, my God!" Rainy''s legs became weak again. "Honey, hold me tight!"
"Okay, okay. Don''t be afraid. I''m here."
Aronughed so hard that his whole body was shaking. Austin patted him on the shoulder and said,
"Stop scaring them."
"So you did say it?" Lydia asked and looked at Aron. Shaking his head, he answered, "No."
Lydia was smart enough to notice something odd. "The one who just said eleven must be one of the
haunted house''s staff, right? Austin, you just said that this forest is part of the haunted house. How
do you know that?"
"I have researched about this ce in advance," Austin replied.
"I see." Lydia nced at his cold face and quickly looked away.
Seeing that they were really frightened, Michelle quickly exined, "The ghosts in this ce are
yed by the staff. And the forest is a part of the haunted house."
"Oh my God!" Rainy wiped the cold sweat off her forehead.
Debra touched her nose, pretending that she had been calm andposed this whole time, without
a fear in the world.
Leon was still silent. After striding down the path, he finally saw the smiling face of the ticket seller
that was apanied by a group of people. He finally felt like he was in the real world again and
not in some alternate dimension.
Austin went to the line to buy the tickets, while the others stayed there. Debra looked at the
entrance and said, "I can''t hear any scream. It seems that it''s not so horrible after all."
Hearing that, Leon also began feeling better.
"The sound instion is incredible so you can''t hear any of the screams." Michelle stared at the
entrance, longing to rush in. She wanted to finally restore her dignity.
Before Leon could calm down fully, his fear skyrocketed again.
He raised his head and gulped a mouth of water in an attempt to soothe his nerves. It wasn''t of
much help though.
"Michelle, where is the bathroom?"
"It''s over there." As he was about to set off, he heard her add, "But Leon, be careful."
He stopped dead in his tracks and asked, "Are there ghosts in the bathroom too?"
Aron was astonished. "Really? What if they scare us at the wrong time?"
They were all left speechless.
Leon gritted his teeth and pursed his lips. He didn''t want to go to the bathroom anymore.
"That''s the restroom of the staff here. Visitors can go there as well, but they are likely to run into
something terrifying. If you''re timid, I wouldn''t rmend going in there. I just want to remind you,
Leon," Michelle said.
"Thank you for that, Michelle." Leon was so good at hiding his emotions that nobody could detect
the nervousness under his smile. He clenched the water bottle tightly and soon had a brilliant idea
come to mind.
"I''ll be back soon. I just want to wash my hands. Actually, forget it. I''d better wash my hands with the
water in the bottle. Then I can just throw the bottle away afterwards." Leon unscrewed the bottle cap
and poured it over his hands.
He bought this water a while ago so it had already turned warm. However, as soon as it touched his
skin, it felt colder than when he took it out of the fridge.
He threw the empty bottle into the trash can and stood in front of it silently for a moment.
Austin had already bought the tickets. He raised his hand, signaling to them toe over. Michelle
excitedly pulled Leon by the wrist and trotted over.
"Leon, let''s go inside."
Reluctance filled the deepest pit of Leon''s heart. He really didn''t want to enter.
For a moment, he wanted to confess that he was afraid of the darkness and more so, the ghosts.
However, when he saw the bright smile on Michelle''s face and the constant warmth from her hand
that seeped into his wrist, he didn''t say anything.
As soon as he entered the haunted house, he was mortified by the screams of the other visitors.
Soon, the eerie music apanied the shrieks of terror.
He couldn''t believe what was happening.
''Is it toote for me to confess now?''
"Can I leave?" Rainy was the first to retreat.
Leon''s ears pricked up, waiting for the answer. He needed to know as well.
"Well, this door is the entrance and you can only go out from the exit at the other side." Michelle
blinked her innocent eyes.
Leon felt his every ounce of hope soon dissipate.
It was toote to save himself.