Chapter 553
[544] A ghost! There's a ghost!
Xie Wanqing thought for a moment and then cautiously asked, "Is it really a horror movie?"
"It's not very scary, just a little bit of a horror element."
Mi Yutang replied, reaching out to take the box of character cards from his wife's hands, "You guys draw the character cards first, then you'll know after reading the script."
His wife didn't hand the character card box to Mi Yutang. Instead, she rolled her eyes at him, then walked over with two boxes, smiling, and gave them to Xu Jinhuan and the others to draw cards, and then gave them to a few girls to draw cards.
Xu Jinhuan quickly received her character card, which read: Cong Tao, Jingyi's classmate, dormitory head of dormitory 108, and roommate Fang Ying who likes Jingyi.
'There are still couples?'
Xu Jinhuan was suddenly startled, realizing the risk of spilling water, and quickly looked towards Song Zhiyu and Xie Wanqing, wanting to see who this "Fang Ying" was.
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"who are you?"
Song Zhiyu was still the most enthusiastic one. She turned to Xie Wanqing and asked her, even craning her neck to look. Xie Wanqing quickly covered her head to prevent her from seeing and scolded, "I am Wen Xiao."
"I am Fang Ying."
After Song Zhiyu said that, Xu Jinhuan felt much more at ease. There was no other reason than that Sister Xie was much easier to coax than classmate Zhizhi.
After Song Zhiyu finished speaking, she carefully examined the character card, then her eyes widened slightly as she looked at the boys on Xu Jinhuan's side: "Which of you is Cong Tao? Hmm, is that a surname?"
Xu Jinhuan said irritably, "If we don't have this surname, what would it be like to use Miaoyin's surname? Miao, right?"
Wang Chi chuckled and teased, "Anyone who didn't know better would think you were cheering."
"Take a close look at your character cards, and make sure no one else sees them... Oh well, it's okay if they do."
Mi Yutang instructed the staff to continue distributing scripts. Xu Jinhuan quickly received the script and, after a cursory glance, noticed the key detail: he had once pursued Jingyi.
Am I really that bad?
Xu Jinhuan was speechless. According to the script, this was only the first semester of freshman year. The character card said that "he" had a crush on Fang Ying, but how come he had also pursued Jing Yi in the plot?
Mi Yutang pointed to the entrance and reminded them, "You can go in after you've finished reading the script."
Song Zhiyu asked curiously, "Aren't we waiting for the other two?"
Mi Yuxuan said with a grin, "You'll meet them in the story."
"Let's go then."
Xu Jinhuan was a little unsure whether this murder mystery game was scary or not, but he still mustered his courage and, pushed by Song Zhiyu and Xie Wanqing (Sister Xie was mostly hiding behind him, and the main force pushing was his classmate Zhizhi), went inside.
However, once inside, he breathed a sigh of relief, because it was just an ordinary corridor and a few classrooms.
"Is this the laboratory building?"
The boys tried their best to appear fearless and bold, and even deliberately walked separately to avoid being "misunderstood" as being afraid if they stayed together.
"Won't anyone die?"
Huang Xiaoyu seemed more frightened than the others, probably because of the introduction or the script, and clung tightly to Xie Zhiqiang's arm.
Wang Chi and the other three single guys kept looking at it but didn't say anything. Song Zhiyu, however, didn't seem to mind being unfamiliar or embarrassed. She teased with a smile, "Are you two a couple in the script? You have to follow the script."
Xie Zhiqiang and Huang Xiaoyu were both a little embarrassed. Huang Xiaoyu let go of Xie Zhiqiang's arm and explained with a blush, "I heard them say it's a bit scary... what if there's a corpse?"
"That's not scary. What's really scary is that someone is hiding among us, using a murder mystery game to actually kill someone."
Song Zhiyu started imagining things on the spot and even got excited, "Hey, what do you guys think of my idea?"
"Alright, I'll kill you first."
Xu Jinhuan was a little amused and exasperated. Song Zhiyu glared at him angrily, then noticed the open classroom door next to them and her attention was diverted. She asked with a grin, "What would happen if we didn't go into this classroom?" Xie Wanqing replied, "We wouldn't be able to find the truth."
Wang Chi was closer, so he leaned over to the door and looked inside. He turned back and said, "It's not scary."
The group walked to the door and saw that it was just an ordinary laboratory. They went inside to take a look, and Xie Wanqing said, "This seems to be a telecommunications or computer-related major, with things like circuit board soldering."
Song Zhiyu asked curiously, "Hey, what's our goal in this murder mystery game?"
"Isn't it written in the script?"
Huang Xiaoyu looked at her suspiciously, "We need to find Jingyi... You're not the murderer, are you?"
"I just didn't look carefully."
Song Zhiyu rolled her eyes. "I'm obviously a good guy, okay? Only the murderer would keep suspecting others."
None of the boys participated in the girls' conversation; they seemed to be searching for evidence. Xie Zhiqiang suddenly picked up a form and started looking at it. Xu Jinhuan went over and asked, "What did you find?"
"It looks like a purchase order for experimental equipment."
Xie Zhiqiang knew very well that his brain wasn't working well, and he had long been dependent on Xu Jinhuan, so when he saw that Xu Jinhuan was interested, he handed over the form without thinking.
Xu Jinhuan didn't stand on ceremony and took it to look at it. Sure enough, it was a purchase order, and it contained some components that he couldn't understand.
Xie Wanqing and the others came closer. After looking around, Xie Wanqing turned to Huang Xiaoyu and asked, "What's their major? They shouldn't have any experiments in their first year, right?"
"This course is called Analog Electronics."
Xu Jinhuan looked at it carefully, "There's a signature on it, it says: Liu Xiaoyu."
The boys looked at each other and asked, "Which of you is named Liu Xiaoyu?"
"no!"
After Wang Chi and the others looked at each other and confirmed that it was not one of the people, they were feeling strange when they suddenly heard a terrified scream from outside.
Xu Jinhuan was playing a murder mystery game for the first time. Some of the others had never played it before, while others had, but they were all startled. Song Zhiyu even grabbed Xu Jinhuan's arm and hid behind him, seemingly pushing him forward a small step, clearly intending to use him as a shield.
Xu Jinhuan was startled, but that was just a normal reaction. He then realized that an NPC was advancing the plot, so he regained his composure and said, "Let's go take a look."
A group of people rushed to the door and saw a boy dressed in ordinary casual clothes running in terror from the elevator. He kept looking back as he ran, and his steps were unsteady. It has to be said that this NPC's acting skills were quite good, so much so that Xu Jinhuan and the others felt a little creeped out just by watching his performance.
"A ghost! There's a ghost!"
The boy was running and screaming shrilly. Just as Xu Jinhuan was about to go forward to ask him what was wrong, he suddenly fell to the ground with a thud.
This startled Xu Jinhuan and the others again. They didn't know if this was part of the normal plot or an accident. Li Hang, who was closest, went up to help the boy, but the boy ignored him, got up, pushed Li Hang away, and continued running forward, disappearing around the corner.
"Ghost!"
"There's a ghost!"
His panicked and shrill voice still echoed.
Xu Jinhuan and the others looked at each other, unsure of what to do. Xie Wanqing suddenly pointed to the floor in front of them and said, "That person dropped something."
Xu Jinhuan turned around and saw a card on the ground. He walked over and picked it up. He saw that it was a student ID card, and the name in the name column was clearly written:
Liu Xiaoyu
—This is the signature on the component purchase order from the experiment. (End of Chapter)