Diary

Chen Zhuo stood close to Su Li. "Su, what should we do next?"

"Stick together. Play it safe."

The moment Su Li came in, he had sensed the energy of countless ghosts here.

Liu Jinjian wanted to argue again, but this place really did scare him. Sticking together was the best option, so he kept quiet.

"That butler said the little mistress here was playing hide-and-seek with us, and we had to find her first. Where could she be hiding?"

After all, their task was to play games with the little mistress. How could they play without the NPC?

Cheng Sirong said, "Surely the production team wouldn't actually get a little kid to play an NPC, would they?"

[This place is huge. Seems like there are plenty of places to hide.]

[Finding someone and playing games with them sounds simple, but I feel like the production team has a trick up their sleeve.]

[What if the production team makes the guests play those horror games with her?]

[Quietly pulling my feet back under the covers.]

As they were discussing it, they suddenly heard a click.

"Wait, did you hear that?" Su Li pointed at his ear.

"A click, like something turned?"

"Yes."

[Here we go, here we go.]

[I think I heard it too.]

[Scared.]

Then everything went dark before their eyes as all the candle lights around them went out.

"Ah..." The others were caught off guard.

"Don't panic. Didn't the production team give us flashlights?" Su Li's clear, gentle voice suddenly put them at ease, and they all switched on their flashlights.

Chen Zhuo let out a breath. "I was wondering why they gave us flashlights. So this was what they had in store for us."

The livestream switched to night vision, so viewers could still see what was happening inside the Toy House.

[Holy crap, everything went dark?]

[They're ruthless. Having only flashlights in a place like this makes it twice as scary, doesn't it?]

[This is way scarier than the last two episodes.]

An Hui suggested, "I say we find her first. Everything else can wait."

"Okay." The others nodded.

They searched the Toy House together. It looked as though it hadn't been cleaned in a long time, and there was dust everywhere.

Just then, Song You seemed to find something. "Look, what's this?" She had found it in a compartment inside a cabinet.

They all went over and saw that it was a notebook. Opening it to the first page, they saw the following written in distorted handwriting under the flashlight beams:

She brought me home and told me to call her Mother.

But I'm a little afraid of her. She looks very strange, and she doesn't seem to like me.

Mother built a Toy House especially for me and told me to come here to play at a set time every day.

But I really like it here. It's full of toys I like, and there's that sparkly ball too!

Mother said there aren't just toys here, but other things too. Other things? What are those?

I feel so happy when I play here!

I saw those dolls move a few times. Do they want to play with me too?

That was where the first page ended, but there was more on the second page:

She brought two more children here.

Why is she always holding a mirror?

Why does she always look at me so strangely?

She's always saying strange things to me.

Where are those two children? I haven't played with them yet.

These dolls...

Why has my body felt so stiff lately? Never mind, I still have to play with these dolls, and Little Pink too!

The notebook ended there. There was nothing on the next page either.

[Did the little mistress write this? So she was adopted.]

[This setting plus that notebook really gives it a horror atmosphere.]

[Could the mother she mentioned be the boss they have to challenge tomorrow?]

[This mother doesn't sound like a good person.]

Seeing this, Wang Xiang asked the props crew from the control room, "Did we put that notebook there?" He didn't remember this scene having a notebook.

"Well... I don't remember telling them to put one there. Maybe someone wanted to make the challenge harder for the guests. I'll ask in a bit." The head of the props crew wasn't sure either.

Wang Xiang frowned deeply. Why did unexpected props keep turning up ever since this episode began?

"This must be the notebook of the little mistress the butler mentioned." The guests held up their flashlights to examine it.

They all thought it was a quest item, probably connected to today's challenge, with clues inside.

But when Su Li saw the notebook, he raised an eyebrow, a meaningful look appearing in his eyes.

He said to the other guests, "Why don't we take it with us for now? It might be a clue."

An Hui agreed and said to Song You, "Okay. Since Song You found it, sorry for the trouble, but could you hold on to it for now?"

Song You nodded repeatedly. If there was a chance for her to be useful, she would certainly seize it.

[Youyou is amazing! She found a clue!]

[Isn't she much more useful than that pretty face Meng Chichi?]

[She's not even a pretty face anymore. Her career's dead.]

Liu Jinjian couldn't stand how everyone listened to Su Li, so he deliberately picked a fight. "How do you know it's useful? Who told you?"

Su Li didn't even look at him. He turned and continued forward with An Hui and the others.

"Answer me!" Liu Jinjian shouted behind them, furious at being ignored.

The livestream comments filled with mockery:

[I'm relieved to see nobody's paying him any attention.]

[Liu Jinjian really is such a clown.]

[Still trying to start something? Nobody's even bothering with him.]

[A little comedy sketch from Brave Challenge.]

[Everyone else is trying hard to clear the challenge, and he's still picking on Li Bao. He's like a fly.]

They reached the display shelves, which held all kinds of dolls, most with pitch-black eyes. In the middle of the shelves sat a very clean, crystal-clear pink crystal ball.

"So creepy..." Cheng Sirong couldn't help saying.

"Hee hee hee hee..." An eerie giggle rang out.

"What was that?" The guests jumped in fright, sweeping their flashlights back and forth.

Keeping his eye on one spot out of the corner of his eye, Su Li said, "It sounded like a child."

[That laugh scared me so badly I dropped my bowl!]

[What kind of hellish laugh was that?!]

"It must be the little mistress! We just have to follow the sound to find her, right?" Liu Jinjian said confidently. He thought this was his chance to shine. It was all fake anyway.

The others looked at him as though he were an idiot.

"Su Li, what do you think we should do now?" An Hui thought Su Li was very smart and would definitely know what to do.

Su Li chuckled. Then they watched him walk over to the shelves and pick up the pink crystal ball.

They didn't know why Su Li had picked it up, but then they saw him suddenly smash it onto the floor.

With a bang, the pink ball hit the floor and instantly shattered.

"Just wait. She'll be here any moment." Su Li turned and gave them a bright smile, his foxlike eyes looking utterly mysterious in the dim light.

"What are you doing? What if you broke a prop and destroyed a clue? Who do you think you are, acting so confident?" Thinking he had finally found something to use against him, Liu Jinjian immediately jumped in to pick a fight.

"Can you shut up? You yap all day long. Aren't you sick of it?" Chen Zhuo snapped right back.

An Hui also said coldly, "We support whatever Su Li does. Please be quiet."

[Why did he suddenly smash that thing?]

[He'd better not be attention-seeking again.]

[Li Bao was the one who found the doll yesterday, okay? If you think he's just seeking attention, get up there and try finding one yourself.]

[Li Bao must have noticed something.]

[Li Bao's smile just now was so gorgeous, waaah, it went straight to my heart.]

[Why is Liu Jinjian everywhere?]

[They ignore him and he still keeps making a scene. How pathetic is that?]

[When is he going to faint from fright? He's so annoying.]

Just then, something suddenly changed about the dolls on the shelves!