Chapter 0222 – Steady, don’t panic, don’t be afraid!

　　”How did they follow us?”

　　Xiao Du’s voice was trembling as he walked behind the group, closest to the mannequins.

　　”Did you hear footsteps?” Han Qiuming shifted his gaze and looked at Du Chaojun: “To be able to move so many mannequins, there should be more than one staff member mixed in.”

　　”There’s no sound whatsoever, it’s like they suddenly appeared behind me, I can guarantee it.” Xiao Du was afraid that Han Qiuming wouldn’t believe him.

　　”No sound?” Han Qiuming’s eyebrows furrowed together as he stared at the mannequins for a moment before suddenly revealing a smile, “I know why!”

　　He walked towards the mannequins in large strides, as if he had truly discovered the secret hidden within them, “There are bedding piled up everywhere on the floor of the third sick building, and as long as the staff steps on the bedding and walks on it, it won’t make a sound.”

　　”The person who designed this haunted house is meticulous and knows how to grasp the human heart. He deliberately hid horribly modeled dummies underneath the futons as a way to divert our attention, thus making us overlook the real purpose of the futons.”

　　Han Qiuming stopped beside the woman dummy, the corner of his mouth gently rising, “Using the bedding to hide the sound of footsteps is a good idea, but they performed too poorly. If you want to bring a sense of psychological oppression to tourists, you must keep a distance, so that tourists can feel their presence but not touch them is the best.”

　　Xiao Du didn’t quite understand what Han Qiuming meant: “Why is keeping a distance the most terrifying? I feel as if it’s a bit more scary to slowly approach like this.”

　　”Too much is too little, pushing too hard will cause the visitors to rebel, and then they’ll act like me.” Han Qiuming plucked off the doll’s head and toppled her over, he looked at the one remaining doll in the darkened corridor and shouted, “Go away on your own, don’t let me catch you out, it won’t look good for everyone.”

　　”Who are you talking to?” Xiao Du realized that he was a bit unable to keep up with Han Qiuming’s thinking.

　　”The staff from the third sickbay, they performed special effects makeup and are now mixed in the pile of mannequins!” Han Qiuming pushed his glasses, looking calm, as if everything was under control.

　　But after a dozen seconds, the mannequins in the corridor still maintained their positions.

　　Several dark silhouettes stood crisscrossed in the middle of the corridor, even if they didn’t move at all, it was still a bit scary to watch.

　　”Teacher Han, why don’t we leave first, let’s just forget about it if their staff isn’t willing to come out.”

　　Xiao Du advised, but Han Qiu Ming felt that his face was a bit untenable, “I found out, so it’s not up to them. It just so happens that I’m in a bad mood today, didn’t that Chen make a big mess of our haunted house? I’ll let go and turn his haunted house upside down today!”

　　Han Qiu Ming walked towards the group of mannequins alone, pulling off the head of every mannequin around him, and kicking the mannequins to the ground, “Keep hiding, I’ll see how long you can hide?”

　　The heads rolled, and the scene became even more bizarre within.

　　”Come back, Mr. Han!” Xiao Du looked at the rolling heads of the mannequins on the ground, his heart beating faster and faster.

　　”What’s the hurry?” Han Qiu Ming he plucked the heads of four or five mannequins in one breath, “This actor is really calm, he’d rather the props be damaged than risk his head.”

　　”Boss and Song have gone far away, let’s hurry up too!” Xiao Du kept urging, the heads on the ground rolled around, what made his scalp numb was that the expressions on the faces of the dolls seemed to gradually change, they seemed to be laughing!

　　”Don’t panic.” After Han Qiuming pulled off the eighth doll head, he himself vaguely felt that something was wrong: “There are metal brackets and joints installed in the doll’s body, it’s already not easy for an adult to move four of them at the same time, could it be that the actors are hiding in the very back? That’s right, even if the staff put on makeup, they’d be spotted if they got too close to us, so they must be hiding at the very back.”

　　Han Qiuming convinced himself and continued forward, and behind him the corpses and dolls fell to the ground.

　　”Teacher Han!” Xiao Du looked at Han Qiuming who rushed into the group of mannequins alone and was a bit worried, he clenched his teeth and ran over as well, “Hurry up and go! It’s not good to break so many props and be seen by others.”

　　”If he dares to smash our venue, be prepared for his haunted house to be smashed.” Han Qiu Ming walked towards the last four dolls, which were lying on their backs a little farther away, “No tears without seeing the coffin, you have to let me catch you out with my own hands.”

　　His hand pressed down on the head of the penultimate four mannequins, and with a slight force, he detached the heads.

　　”How come it’s still a dummy?” Xiao Du’s tone was a bit nervous, “Teacher Han, do you think it could be the dummy itself moving? When I came over just now. I saw that the expression on the dummy’s face seemed to have changed.”

　　”What do you know? Don’t talk!” Han Qiuming pulled off the heads of two more mannequins, and his hands began to tremble as he landed on the last one.

　　With both hands, a human head that seemed to be crying was pulled out.

　　”Holy shit?”

　　Han Qiuming held the human head and stared wide-eyed with Du Chao near him.

　　”All of them are dummies?!”

　　Du’s vocal cords were trembling as he stood in the middle of a pile of dummy remnants, not even daring to move.

　　”It’s alright, don’t be afraid! The staff of this haunted house of theirs saw me coming over, and they’ve probably already ducked into the sick rooms on both sides ahead of time.” Han Qiuming threw the mannequin head on the ground and hurried into the sick rooms on both sides to check.

　　”Come on out! I see you!”

　　After searching several rooms and finding nothing, Han Qiuming walked out with an iron face.

　　”Teacher Han, is this haunted house really haunted? That Boss Chen is a madman, he’ll do anything, I’ve been locked in an iron cabinet by him.” Xiao Du’s scalp went numb and he began to cry about that horrible experience.

　　”Alright, it’s not like it’s something honorable.” Han Qiuming waved his hand to interrupt Xiao Du, he was calculating the distance from the exit of the third sick building to the corner of the corridor, “The actors didn’t have time to run out of the building after they moved the mannequins, I get it, they should have left through the staff passageway, and there might be tunnels underneath these bedding or something like that.”

　　No matter what he said, Xiao Du wouldn’t believe it anymore, he just wanted to get away from Mr. Han now, he always felt that something big would happen if he followed this guy around.

　　”If you want to look for tunnels you can look for them yourself, I’ll leave first.” Xiao Du scattered his legs and ran away.

　　”So timid, no wonder he was scared to tears by a tourist.” Han Qiuming lost his breath as he spoke, and he took a step towards the inside of the third sick building, but just as he lifted his foot, he realized that his pant leg was hooked by the fingers of a headless mannequin.

　　Without much thought, he kicked the doll’s arm away, “Making it look like the real thing, who are you scaring?”

　　Walking around the corner, Han Qiuming vaguely heard the sound of wind coming from behind him, which was also mixed with the sound of “gurgling” and “gurgling”.

　　”Playing God.”

　　He didn’t go back to that side of the corner to check it out, but increased his speed and caught up with the few tourists in front of him.