Chu Yu and her brother followed his gaze, and both fell silent at the same time.
There was obviously a ghost in that room.
Only someone with stupidity bubbling out of them would volunteer to open the door.
Sensing the ominous atmosphere, Chu Chen began silently backing away while no one was paying attention.
Chu Yu also anticipated danger and began following Chu Chen's lead, backing away with him.
A few seconds later, Gu Jinhuai finished thinking and turned around, ready to discuss entering the room with Chu Yu and her brother.
Only to discover that the two had silently retreated more than ten meters away.
Gu Jinhuai, left alone in front of the door: "??"
Just then, a furious pounding suddenly came from the tightly shut door over there.
"You villains! To steal my family's vast fortune, you cruelly murdered my entire family! I'll make you repay this blood debt in blood!"
As though provoked, the female ghost inside began roaring furiously. Her hands slapped against the window, making the walls of the entire corridor shake, and fine dust fell from the gap around the door.
Chu Yu and her brother, who had long sensed that things were going wrong, turned and took to their heels.
Gu Jinhuai frowned slightly. He stopped lingering by the door and followed the two of them toward the other end.
Yet as the three ran, they strangely discovered that the ghost's pounding, which had already faded into the distance, was suddenly drawing closer and closer.
And the sound seemed to be coming from right ahead of them.
Chu Yu looked up and glanced ahead, only then discovering that the room the three of them should have left behind had appeared in front of them again.
Chu Chen, who had also noticed something was wrong, couldn't hold back a curse.
"Shit! This corridor's a loop! We've run back here!"
Just as the three realized this, the tightly shut door ahead seemed suddenly unable to hold any longer and began coming loose.
Then came a creak.
The door opened, and a deathly pale hand slowly reached through the gap.
"Shit! She's coming out! She's really coming out!" As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Chen turned, grabbed Chu Yu's hand, and tore ahead like mad.
Gu Jinhuai, however, gradually stopped running and stayed where he was, quite composed.
Before seeing what the female ghost actually looked like, Gu Jinhuai might still have been a little scared, but now that he could see her clearly, he wasn't so frightened anymore.
After all, this was only a haunted house employee playing a role.
And so Chu Yu and her brother began racing madly around the corridor.
Chu Chen screamed and swore as he ran.
Chu Yu hadn't been that scared to begin with, but those bloodcurdling screams affected her, leaving her anxious and unsettled too.
Inside the circular corridor.
Chu Yu and her brother ran wildly ahead, screaming.
The white-clad female ghost with disheveled hair followed leisurely behind, refusing to give up the chase, occasionally adding, "I died such a horrible death~~~"
Gu Jinhuai, watching from the sidelines: "..."
[I'm laughing so hard I've got a stitch. Why is this livestream so funny?]
[Honestly, I didn't expect it to be this funny before clicking in. Now I'm practically laughing myself into convulsions.]
[Ahahahahahahaha, Chu Chen might be a scaredy-cat, but he still remembered to take his sister with him at such a critical moment. That's pretty good.]
Viewers began reposting and sharing the Chu siblings' livestream in large numbers, and the number of viewers online shot upward like a rocket.
In stark contrast were the Wen siblings on the other side.
Five minutes earlier, with hints from the production staff, the two had finally solved the first stage's puzzle and successfully entered the second stage.
But before they could enjoy their excitement for long, the second stage's puzzle quickly stumped them again.
As it turned out, making a living with your brains wasn't that simple either.
After repeated torment from the puzzles, Wen Tianqi had begun giving up completely.
Only Wen Zhixin was still persevering with the puzzle.
But her brain cells had already been all but exhausted in the previous round, and now she was only barely holding on.
At their current puzzle-solving pace, they probably wouldn't get out before dark without hints from the staff.
More and more viewers were gradually driven away by the boring atmosphere of the livestream.
Backstage, the director's brows instantly knitted when he saw their numbers.
If the livestream figures kept falling like this, the Wen siblings' side would soon be stone-cold dead.
With no other choice, he could only have the staff give the Wen siblings another round of hints.
Elsewhere, An Ya's livestream numbers weren't explosive, but quite a few viewers enjoyed the siblings' heartwarming puzzle-solving routine, so their figures remained fairly stable.
After looking over all of them, the only ones who could really bring buzz and exposure to the show were Chu Yu and her brother.
Right, and Mr. Gu too.
At that thought, the director's eyes shifted, and he hurriedly called Chu Yu's manager, even making his tone especially gentle.
"Hello, is this Zhang Yue? I'm the director of Sisters and Brothers Charge Ahead. Here's the thing: I've really enjoyed working with Chu Yu this time, and I was thinking, if her schedule for later isn't full yet, could we..."
Before he could finish, Zhang Yue interrupted him from the other end. "Chu Yu's upcoming schedule might indeed be a little tight, because quite a few variety shows have contacted us recently."
Hearing this, the director immediately grew nervous. His expression tightened solemnly. "I can pay more!"
"And I can also guarantee that all the show's main publicity going forward will focus on Chu Yu! Everything will revolve around her!"
When it came to securing a slot in Chu Yu's schedule, the director held nothing back.
Zhang Yue, who had still been somewhat hesitant, softened her stance a little. "Since you're being so sincere, I'll do my best to secure a slot for you. We'll definitely give your show priority then."