Three of Them?! (4,000 Words)

"Why is this person wearing another school's uniform?" Cui Ming froze. "Muyang Middle School? I've never heard of it. Did another visitor sneak in? But how come I didn't hear anything?"

As Cui Ming stood there, footsteps sounded again in the pitch-black classroom. The blurry figure slowly drew closer.

The temperature seemed to drop. A cold draft from the air conditioner brushed Cui Ming's neck and slipped inside his collar. His back felt chilly.

"Gou Ge?"

No one answered. Cui Ming took a deep breath. The indescribable pressure grew stronger, and every instinct in his body urged him to run.

"What's going on?" This was a haunted house, and he was one of its actors. So why did he feel like a visitor?

He widened his eyes. The more he looked, the more certain he became that something was wrong. The person behind him definitely wasn't Xiao Gou. She was wearing another school's uniform!

The unknown was the most terrifying thing of all. Cui Ming was facing exactly that: he knew someone was behind him, but he had no idea who it was.

The familiar scene had become terrifying simply because of the stranger behind him.

Darkness surged over Cui Ming like a rising tide. His chest heaved and his breathing quickened. It was as if he were the only person left in the room. There were no coworkers or visitors around him, only endless darkness.

When an ordinary person was accustomed to a colorful world, suddenly being plunged into darkness could cause a brief panic, as if they had been torn away from the world they knew.

After scaring so many visitors in this scene, Cui Ming finally experienced what it felt like to be frightened himself.

The phone in his palm vibrated again. Cui Ming knew someone had