Folk customs begin with the entire funeral procession

Chapter 92 Twisted Emotions

Although Gigi Lai and her friends had made reservations long ago, they still had to wait for an hour before it was their turn.

"We're finally here! Hurry, hurry!"

Zhang Ya pulled Li Zi forward, while Xiang Shang, having no intention of deepening his relationship with Jia Bo and the others, quickly followed.

He came here for only one purpose: to accompany Gigi Lai and take good care of her!
Soon, after the seven people handed over their cell phones and other belongings to the staff for safekeeping, they were led into a secret room.

The escape room was themed around a mental hospital. Although it was only slightly scary, the group still felt a strange mix of emotions after entering the dimly lit area.

After the guide explained the situation, they left, and the escape room game began.

Xiang Shang had played similar escape room games with his classmates many times when he was in college, so he noticed many key points at a glance.

But he didn't say anything or move; he just followed Gigi Lai closely, never leaving her side.

Gigi Lai was initially a little scared, but her fear lessened considerably after Xiang Shang stayed close by.

Gradually, she became engrossed in solving the mystery and began to enjoy the process.

But within minutes, Jia Bo had already discovered several key points and opened the door to the next level with a smug look on his face.

Sun Yi was surprised and cheered, while Zhang Ya looked dissatisfied.

"Jia Bo, you're ruining my gaming experience! Slow down, let us look for it too!"

Upon hearing Zhang Ya's words, Jia Bo glanced at Li Zi and then smiled helplessly.

"Okay, okay, I'll keep it a secret once I find it. You guys search first, and come find me if you can't solve it."

"To be honest, this level of escape room is a bit too easy for me."

As they spoke, the group arrived at the second room.

This time, Jia Bo did not make a move. He watched others solve the mystery and occasionally went to Li Zi to give her some pointers, which made Li Zi feel somewhat helpless.

"Jia Bo, let me find it myself."

Jia Bo looked embarrassed.

"Jia Bo, can you help me take a look? I feel like I'm about to find it, but I can't quite grasp the clues."

Sun Yi's voice rang out at just the right moment, calling Jia Bo away.

Gigi Lai then resumed working on the clues she had just found.

But since Jia Bo had reminded her, she couldn't ignore it.

She immediately pressed the call button in front of a hospital bed.

Swish!
Lights out!

A figure sat up in the hospital bed.

Gigi Lai screamed and lunged backward, burying herself in Xiang Shang's arms.

Xiang Shang held Gigi Lai, feeling both happy and guilty.

After all, he had already spotted a scare point here, and the reason he didn't warn him was precisely for this moment.

Xiang Shang kept explaining to himself, "Li Zi doesn't like being reminded; I'm doing this for her gaming experience!"

Thinking this, he hugged her even tighter.

While hugging her, he patted Gigi Lai's back to comfort her, saying, "It's fake, it's all fake."

After a while, Gigi Lai recovered and immediately left Xiang Shang's embrace.

As Xiang Shang was feeling lost and dejected, he didn't notice Gigi Lai's slightly flushed cheeks in the dim light.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the ward, Sun Yi, her face ashen, was frantically searching in a corner by herself.

Just now, when the lights went out, she took the opportunity to rush into Jia Bo's arms, and when Jia Bo hugged her tightly, she felt a surge of joy.

But then, Jia Bo pushed her away.

Then she heard Jia Bo complaining.

"What's that smell! Damn! It's so pungent!"

Jia Bo actually complained that her perfume smelled pungent!

This was unacceptable to her!
Especially when the dim lights came back on and she saw Xiang Shang and Li Zi embracing each other, an inexplicable fire rose in her heart!
"Why should all the good things be taken by you, Gigi Lai? Jia Bo is like that, Xiang Shang is like that too, what gives you, Gigi Lai, the right!"

Filled with resentment, Sun Yi slammed a doll from the cabinet into a corner!
It was at this moment that the level was unlocked.

Everyone left, and the ward was empty again.

In a corner unnoticed by anyone, the dark red light in the eyes of the doll that Sun Yi had just thrown into the crevice gradually dimmed.

……

"This level requires two girls to go together, who wants to go?"

Jia Bo looked at the girls and said.

"I go!"

Zhang Ya volunteered!

Gigi Lai shrank back a little.

Zhang Ya knew that Li Zi wasn't very brave, and neither was she, so she turned her attention to Sun Yi.

"Sun Yi, come with me!"

Sun Yi had been silent ever since she was pushed away. When Zhang Ya called her, she walked over without saying anything.

Soon, Sun Yi and Zhang Ya passed through the cabinet and entered another secret room.

"Sun Yi, you search over there, I'll search over here, let's search together!"

The two began to search the room, trying to find the mechanism.

At one point, Sun Yi touched something, took it out, and looked at it in the light.

It's a doll.

"Has this doll looked familiar?"

Sun Yi frowned, and suddenly, she saw the doll's eyes turn red.

Startled, she threw the doll away, then realized it was a prank prop!

With a gloomy face, Sun Yi began her search again.

Soon, she found a hidden switch, and just as she was about to press it, she saw another hidden switch next to it.

She understood immediately.

What you see on the surface is fake!

Nevertheless, she pressed it down.

Then, she heard a gasp from Jia Bo next door.

"What's wrong? What happened to them?" Zhang Ya leaned closer and asked anxiously.

Before they could finish speaking, they saw an exit open in their room.

"Huh? We've found the exit? We didn't do anything!"

As Zhang Ya wondered what was happening, the others walked in, each of them covered in water stains.

"What did you guys do? Did you set some kind of trap or mechanism?"

Zhang Ya shook her head, wanting to say that she hadn't done anything, but Sun Yi suddenly spoke up, "Did you touch something just now that you didn't notice?"

"No!"

Seeing everyone's eyes on her, Zhang Ya explained.

"Fine, so be it. Let's move on to the next one. I need to speed things up. It's so unpleasant to be all wet."

Jia Bo glanced at Zhang Ya and then left.

The others followed, all soaking wet, which was indeed uncomfortable.

Only Zhang Ya, somewhat angrily, said to Sun Yi from behind, "You've been with me, don't you know what I've done? Why did you say those things just now? Now it's like I'm the one who did it!"

Sun Yi shook her head: "It's so dark, I can't see clearly either."

After saying that, Sun Yi left.

Zhang Ya's face turned red with anger. She kicked the table and left the room.

The lights went out, leaving only the doll's eyes, which shone with a faint red glow, in the room.

……

After that, Jia Bo did speed up, clearing three levels in ten minutes, and then encountered a level that only allowed one person to enter at a time.

After everyone played rock-paper-scissors, Sun Yi was chosen to enter, and Wang Hongjun stepped forward upon seeing this.

"I'll go, Sun Yi already went..."

Do you need my help?

Before Wang Junhong could finish speaking, Sun Yi interrupted him, and the implication in her words made him even more embarrassed.

Sun Yi ignored him and went into the room alone.

As soon as she entered, Sun Yi noticed that the room lights were on.

"Congratulations! You've discovered the bonus stage. You have five minutes to complete it!"

"Timing begins!"

Three minutes later, Sun Yi found the token.

"Congratulations on finding the token. You have two options: either take the token out and exchange it for 500 yuan, or exchange it for information about the exit."

"The exit for the next level is hard to find!"

Sun Yi was taken aback, then smiled and walked out with the token in her hand.

Everyone was curious when they saw Sun Yi come out with a doll in her hand.

But by then the entrance to the next level had already opened, so everyone assumed that Sun Yi had activated the mechanism inside and just picked up a doll to play with, so they didn't pay any attention.

Soon, the group moved on to the next level.

This is the final hurdle, and Jia Bo's speedrun has been stopped.

He searched alone for more than ten minutes but couldn't find the exit.

Sun Yi, who already knew what was going on, didn't waste any time. She found a corner to sit down, placed the doll next to her, and then took out the cell phone that she had secretly hidden.

Soon, a message appeared in Sun Yi's WeChat Moments restricting viewing to the 'colleagues' group.

"You can never make true friends in the workplace. Today is another gloomy day."

After posting it, she kept refreshing the page.

As more and more people commented, a smile appeared on her face, and she began to reply to them one by one.

Another ten minutes passed, and Xiang Shang noticed that Li Zi seemed a little tired, so he took action and opened all the interlocking mechanisms that he had found with Li Zi.

Exports have begun.

With a cheer, the crowd filed out.

Just as they reached the exit, retrieved their phones, and were discussing what to eat later,
Sun Yi handed the doll to the staff, but the staff did not give her the reward.

"Hello ma'am, please delete the photos you took indoors. The information about the secret room cannot be disclosed, otherwise you will be placed on an unwelcome list."

Everyone was already somewhat surprised by Sun Yi's actions in redeeming the rewards, and now they were even more bewildered.

"I don't know what you're talking about. Give me the reward, or I'll expose you."

The staff member shook his head.

"Madam, we do not reward those who do not follow the rules. Please delete the photo."

As they spoke, the staff pulled up the video recording.

In the video, Sun Yi secretly took out her phone to take selfies in several secluded rooms.

"Madam, let me remind you again, if you don't delete this, you will all be placed on an unwelcome list!"

The others then realized what had happened, and Zhang Ya immediately retorted, "Sun Yi, delete it right now! I still want to bring my friends over to play!"

"Delete it."

Sun Yi looked at everyone with a cold expression.

"I said no, so there's no problem. What, are you going to check my phone?"

Sun Yi sneered at the staff member, pushed them away, and left.

Zhang Ya tried to stop her, but was pushed and stumbled.

Everyone frowned as they watched Sun Yi leave.

"Sun Yi... is acting a little strange today."

Gigi Lai suddenly said something.

Upon hearing this, Xiang Shang replied, "They were probably frightened."

After that, everyone was blacklisted from the escape room, so their enthusiasm waned. In the end, they just had a meal and then parted ways, with no further activities planned.

Xiang Shang didn't know how the others were feeling, but he was happy all day.

After seeing Gigi Lai off to her car, he was already looking forward to their next date.

However, Xiang Shang never imagined what would happen when he saw Gigi Lai again.

……

(End of this chapter)