Chapter 259 — Playing Ghosts to Scare People Off — Xiaoma Followed Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu at a Distance and Heard Their Conversation
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Of course, Wei Zhao had long since noticed Xiaoma following along; he simply had not tipped his hand. In his eyes, Xiaoma posed no threat at all. Better to let him tag along and see what he was actually up to — perhaps he might even flush out the people behind the scenes.
This one was a mere underling. Killing him would scarcely dent whoever was pulling his strings. The man did not even have a third of Yellow-Rank strength; he was nothing but an errand boy.
"Brother Universe, from what they're saying, they're heading to the haunted house..." Xiaoma's task was to report Gu Mengyao and her companions' movements to Zhang Yuzhou and Jin Maosheng at all times.
"The haunted house? Understood," Zhang Yuzhou said. "Let me discuss it with Brother Jin, then I'll tell you what to do."
Jin Maosheng had heard Xiaoma's words over the walkie-talkie as well, but for the moment he had not worked out what kind of accident could be staged inside a haunted house. An outright assassination was out of the question — that would only draw the police in faster, and that was the last thing Jin Maosheng wanted.
"First have Xiaoma go to the haunted house ticket window and tell them to slow down the ticket sales so Gu Mengyao and the others can't go in right away," Jin Maosheng said after a moment's thought.
"Got it." Zhang Yuzhou relayed Jin Maosheng's instructions to Xiaoma, then asked, "Brother Jin, what do we do now?"
"Tell me — inside a haunted house, what kind of accident could happen that would kill a person?" Jin Maosheng meant to hash it out with Zhang Yuzhou; two heads were better than one.
"That... inside a haunted house..." Zhang Yuzhou could not come up with any good idea on the spot either. "Apart from scaring people, there's nothing else in there... it's all fake stuff anyway."
"Scaring people..." Jin Maosheng suddenly let out a sinister, cackling laugh. "I've got it — ha ha — what if we go dress up as ghosts and scare them to death?"
"Now that's a fine idea. Everything in there is lifeless — scary, sure, but nothing more. But if we go in as ghosts and call out their names, I reckon they'll... heh heh..." Zhang Yuzhou nodded in agreement the moment he heard it. "Isn't there a saying? Man scares man, scares him to death — that's the principle exactly."
"Come on, let's get ready — scare these two little girls to death." Jin Maosheng gave a sly, cold smile. He had only tossed the suggestion out casually at first, but Zhang Yuzhou's agreement had stirred him. He was right — man scares man, scares him to death. It was an old saying; it should not fail them.
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"Why does this haunted house only let three or four people in at a time?" Gu Mengyao watched the entrance with some impatience. Three or four groups were still queued ahead of them; who knew how long it would be before their turn. Had she known, she would have asked Uncle Qing to call ahead and get them in through the back door, sparing herself this wait.
"Good things come to those who wait," Shen Yushu said, unbothered. "Look, Yaoyao — those two couples who just went in came out pale as ghosts!"
"That'll be you before long," Gu Mengyao retorted sourly. "How about we skip this and go see something else?"
"Let's wait a bit longer — only two or three more groups and it's our turn." Shen Yushu did not want to give up so easily. "Think about it, Yaoyao — a haunted house is only scary with just a few people inside. If a whole crowd of tourists went in, what would be the fun of that? More people than ghosts — then is it the ghosts scaring the people or the people scaring the ghosts? There'd be no point at all."
"That's true..." This time Gu Mengyao found herself agreeing with Shen Yushu's theory. Indeed, with too many people you would just be looking at people — where would you find the nerve to look at the ghosts?