Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 53: Comrade Zuoshan Diao

With some time remaining, they successfully broke through the second level and entered the third room.

This was a classroom.

Old, mottled, compared to the office just now, this place was more eerie.

Wei Yaoyao whispered, "In the horror movies I’ve watched, nine out of ten happen in schools, especially in school bathrooms..."

"Stop saying that!" Shu Ran said through gritted teeth, her voice lowered, afraid to speak loudly.

"That office just now wasn’t very scary, I feel, I feel this place might be more terr—"

Yu Xia interrupted Pei Lu, her voice sounding shaky, "Look, what is that?"

They all huddled together, cautiously looking over.

Behind a pile of crooked desks, in the last row of the classroom, there was something glimmering with tiny lights.

It was flickering and even swaying, as if dangling there and lightly touched by something.

Yu Xia’s arm was grabbed again, the sound of everyone inhaling was clearly heard.

"What, what is that? Could it be a key?"

"Where’s the light? Isn’t there a light in this classroom?"

"So scary, I just watched a similar ghost—"

"Shut up!" Everyone simultaneously shouted at Wei Yaoyao to stop.

Wei Yaoyao pitifully shut her mouth.

Song Xi, who was considered bold, looked aside and reached out to press the light switch.

But the bulb was broken, flickering twice before it died completely.

"Looks like we have no choice but to use the light from the second room."

But the office light was dim and couldn’t illuminate properly.

Yu Xia glanced at the lens, "The camera can’t capture clearly, there must be something for lighting. Besides the light, the classroom might have some candles or a rechargeable lamp."

Candles aren’t reliable, it’s likely a lamp.

Wei Yaoyao whispered, "Then the task is to find the key. The door should be at the back, classrooms always have a front and back door, let’s check it out."

A group of people moved as a bunch laterally, peeking around.

"It’s the back door," Pei Lu said, "that door is tilted with a heavy iron-like lock on it."

They were standing right in the center of the podium, after examining the door, they wanted to squint to see clearly the flickering object, when suddenly a burst of red light emitted from behind, engulfing them all.

Then came the familiar countdown voice.

In such a fright, no one dared to turn back, they moved laterally back to the front door.

Finally seeing the time clearly.

"This time it’s thirty minutes, it’s getting increasingly difficult." He Mingjie sighed.

"We..."

Song Xi barely started speaking when suddenly a loud scream sounded from the adjacent office.

It was supposed to be the familiar giggling, but this time it was different, it turned into a nursery rhyme.

"Every day I’m waiting for you, waiting to catch fish~ Big brother, let’s go catch fish~"

Despite the childish voice singing an adorable nursery rhyme, in this setting, it felt eerie.

Cold sweat stood on Yu Xia’s nape.

The sound of Wei Yaoyao swallowing was crystal clear.

"Is this song that scary? Can we... can we turn it off?"

"You go?"

"No no no no, I won’t go!"

"Then, how about we close this door?"

Yu Xia’s palms were sweaty, "No, we haven’t found the light yet, if we close the door now and feel our way around, what if we bump into something?"

"Ahh, stop saying that!"

Sweat dripped from their underarms.

A group of frightened chickens huddling together, not daring to retreat, nor progress.

Seeing the time slipping away quickly, it seemed like they had no choice but to muster some courage and head to the back of the classroom.

Just then the eerie nursery rhyme stopped, replaced by another song.

Stirring and majestic, it instantly lifted their spirits.

It felt like the eerie classroom had brightened up.

Yu Xia straightened up, let out a big sigh of relief, and suggested, "How about we bring Zuoshan Diao with us?"

Calling it an eagle wasn’t majestic enough, Mr. Zuoshan Diao sounded more formal.

Song Xi couldn’t help but laugh, glancing at her more, seeing her pretending to be serious, and suddenly felt she looked less like a sister and more like a lively little sister.

But sometimes she really was like a sister, like when casually asking if he wasn’t feeling well while supporting him.

Just one thing...

He hid his smile, regaining his composure.

Everyone agreed with her suggestion.

Not afraid anymore, the group clucking their way back, with Wei Yaoyao supporting the great Mr. Zuoshan Diao, singing along boldly back into the old classroom.

Yu Xia clapped her hands, "Let’s go search the desks! Find the key!"

Wei Yaoyao said, "There’s no light."

"The light of socialism is shining right in front of you, isn’t that enough?"

"..." He was speechless, "Yu Xia, your enthusiasm is lighting the path for others."

Yu Xia: "Stay low-key."

They searched the classroom rather leisurely.

After a bit of searching, they really found something for lighting.

It was a thick candle.

"This isn’t just an ordinary candle," Song Xi said.

Yu Xia: "I get it, it’s a candle illuminating hope."

Song Xi couldn’t help but laugh, "This is a fake candle, it’s actually a light tube, look."

Flipping the switch, the light tube lit up, incandescent, a bit dazzling.

"Ah, the light of hope is so dazzling and radiant."

Everyone turned to look at her speechlessly: "..."

[That’s it]

[Yu Xia, right, I’ve already written a recommendation]

[Seems like next time when playing escape room, I’ll also play stirring songs, the whole place will be intimidated by my shining aura]

[Hahaha, I’ve never seen anyone more timid than me, met a bunch today!]

[Honestly, I was scared by that nursery rhyme, so eerie]

[Old classrooms are the scariest! Always appears in horror films!]

[A word of caution, don’t get too close, never watch with the lights off, my brother cried for half an hour, and I got scolded by my mom]

[Mr. Zuoshan Diao hahaha! It was a thing now it’s a comrade, does Zuoshan Diao know about this double standard?]

[Wei Yaoyao seems like Li Tianwang, no wait, should be Wei Tianwang holding a Diao, hahahahahaha / ROFL.jpg]

[Get the memes ready friends!]

With light, everything was much better, they could see their surroundings clearly.

The flickering thing could be vaguely seen.

"It’s really a key!"

Holding the light tube, Song Xi and Yu Kuang approached, reaching out to grab the key.

Pulled once, the key wasn’t drawn down, it rather went up, even higher.

At the same time, the windows on both sides suddenly slammed against the walls, and something leapt out of a desk.

Screams echoed like a boiling kettle, unstoppable.

"Ahhhhh, help!!!"

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PS: Outside where I live, there’s a plaza where they’re playing ’Catch the Fish’ every day, I’m almost terrified from hearing it, so I thought I’d scare you guys as well, hehehe