Chapter 316: Using Xiao Hua to Threaten Xiao Q and the Other Two
Xiao Hua sent the following message to Xiao Peng via WeChat:
The first thing that caught his eye was a photo of Xiao Hua tied to a chair, her mouth sealed with transparent tape, unable to speak.
At the same time, her pretty face was deathly pale.
The fear in her eyes was far more convincing than what many actors could portray.
Following this photo was a text message:
Within fifteen minutes of receiving this message, come to the haunted house in the Horror Museum on the 9th floor.
She's in the haunted house.
If you don't want your ex-girlfriend to die, get here quickly.
Otherwise, when time's up, I'll directly cut her to death with a chainsaw.
The message ended there. The other three people who saw the message were all stunned, completely not expecting that the chainsaw murderer would actually capture Xiao Hua to threaten them into appearing?
"It must be that the chainsaw murderer went to our three rooms and couldn't find anyone. Rather than continuing to search for us desperately, it's better to directly force us to meet him."
Xiao Q analyzed at this moment.
"No! I have to go save Xiao Hua!!!"
Xiao Peng said this and immediately got up to run.
But just as he was about to run, Xiao Q grabbed him and pulled him back.
Xiao Q said urgently: "This is a trap! You can't go! We have nothing prepared, if we go we'll definitely die!!!"
Xiao Peng's face was full of anxiety: "I know it's a trap too! But! Fifteen minutes, there's only fifteen minutes left! If we're not there when time's up!!! She'll die!!! She'll be killed!!!"
"Xiao Q! This isn't those stupid TV shows! Movies! Where the protagonist and his important friends won't die! That's a real-life sadist! If we're late! Xiao Hua will definitely die! Absolutely!!!!"
Xiao Peng's determined eyes seemed to be telling Xiao Q that he was definitely going.
After Xiao Peng finished speaking, he prepared to rush out and head to the hotel's 9th floor.
Xiao Q hugged him tightly: "You'll die! You're going empty-handed now! You'll die!!! Let's prepare first with us! Then go!"
Xiao Peng, with strength from who knows where, threw Xiao Q to the ground.
Then his eyes turned red.
"Xiao Hua was captured because of me! If we wait until we're prepared, the time will have passed! This is sacrificing Xiao Hua's life!!!"
"I also know there's a high probability I'll die if I go now!"
"But if Xiao Hua dies because I didn't go in time, even if I later get revenge for her, I'll never have peace in my heart for the rest of my life!!!"
Xiao Q had no way to deal with Xiao Peng.
If Ke Bei, who was present, also joined in holding Xiao Peng back, they could probably restrain him.
But, he didn't do that.
Because he knew that if he were Xiao Peng, if his own father were captured.
He would go even if he knew it meant death.
Though Ke Bei hadn't expected that Xiao Peng's feelings for Xiao Hua ran so deep?
They had argued so fiercely before at the Pancake Shop, was that actually because both sides cared too much about each other?
Is that why they could argue so intensely?!
At this moment, he called out: "Xiao Peng! Since you insist on going at this time, take this fruit knife!!!"
Ke Bei somehow produced a fruit knife from somewhere on his body.
Xiao Peng turned back, took the fruit knife, hid it in his sleeve, and disappeared in a flash.
Watching Xiao Peng's already vanished back, Xiao Q got up from the ground and said: "Sometimes, I wish he could be more cold-blooded, but that's impossible, otherwise he wouldn't be the Xiao Peng I know."
Ke Bei nodded: "Let's not talk about Xiao Peng for now, let's discuss this matter! Clearly, this is a blatant trap, the chainsaw murderer waiting for his prey. Even if Xiao Peng finds Xiao Hua on time, I'm afraid what he'll find is Xiao Hua's corpse..."
Xiao Q said: "Alright, we need to quickly chase after him too. If Xiao Peng faces him alone, he'll definitely die. The three of us need to be together, we absolutely can't create a situation like 'Hulu Brothers Saving Grandpa'!"
After speaking, Xiao Q said to Jiang Ran:
"Jiang Ran, your injuries are quite serious, you shouldn't go for now. If all three of us die."
"Honestly, if in the end, you can find our three bodies, please bring them back to our families! Thank you!"
Jiang Ran said anxiously: "What are you talking about? My arm was just scratched, my calf was just stabbed once, and everything's bandaged now. You saved me once, and now that you're facing difficulties, I should just stand by and watch coldly?"
To demonstrate that his body was fine.
Jiang Ran even jumped in place several times, showing he was okay.
Xiao Q was somewhat moved: "Thank you, Jiang Ran, I'm fortunate to know you."
Ke Bei didn't speak, but was also feeling emotional beside them.
As they say, adversity reveals true feelings.
Not everyone is like Jiang Ran.
The vast majority of people, knowing there's danger ahead, would want to run hundreds of thousands of miles away.
Moreover, Jiang Ran is currently injured?
"Alright, let's hurry up and go! Let's not really become Hulu Brothers Saving Grandpa!!!"
The injured Jiang Ran actually took the lead in running.
Xiao Q and Ke Bei quickly followed.
......
9th floor, Horror Museum.
Xiao Peng tightly gripped the fruit knife in his right hand, his left hand holding a phone for illumination and checking the time.
The Horror Museum on the 9th floor, because it was early morning, around one or two o'clock.
So, there were almost no people.
But the dim evening lights were still on.
Xiao Peng followed his memory from last time.
Ran into the Horror Museum on the 9th floor.
Humans really are creatures that can be swayed by emotions.
Under normal circumstances, if you asked Xiao Peng to come to the Horror Museum at one or two in the morning, he definitely wouldn't have the courage to come, and even if he did, he would be timid, taking one step and looking back three times.
But now, he was like a fearless warrior, charging recklessly.
Soon, he entered the Horror Museum.
To his surprise, inside the Horror Museum.
There were actually still people?!
He saw someone there looking at an exhibit.
Xiao Peng had no time to think about these things, taking large strides, flying across the smooth tile floor.
Several times, because the floor was too slippery and he was running too fast, he almost fell.
Finally, he reached the front of the haunted house.
Currently, neither the haunted house nor the Horror Museum had any staff guarding them.
Xiao Peng directly went forward and pushed open the creaking door.
The moment the door opened, a gust of cold wind rushed at his face, messing up his bangs.
"Xiao Hua! You have to wait for me!!!"
Xiao Peng's eyes were brimming with tears.
Just like Xiao Q's previous worry and panic about Xiao Peng dying on the water slide.
Xiao Peng's current feelings for Xiao Hua were the same.
Because Xiao Hua was implicated because of him.
If not for him, Xiao Hua wouldn't have been kidnapped.
After charging into the haunted house, Xiao Peng held up his phone with his left hand the whole way, using the phone's flashlight to illuminate ahead as he continued running wildly.
He finally reached the dozens of doors.
He chose the same door as last time.
Charged inside.
Xiao Peng could roughly guess where Xiao Hua was being held.
Because in the background of Xiao Hua's photo, there was a stainless steel table and a wooden box.
This was the small treasure-hunting room they found last time.
Xiao Peng ran through the haunted house following his memory from last time.
As he ran, he kept looking at his phone, his teeth chattering so hard they almost fell out: "No time, no time, almost no time left!!!!"
The terrifying music started playing again like last time, but it couldn't affect Xiao Peng's determination to save Xiao Hua.
Finally, he saw the small room's rusty iron door.
The iron door was tightly closed.
Xiao Peng didn't care whether there were traps there or not.
He charged over, delivered a flying kick, and kicked open the iron door.
As he kicked it open, he shouted loudly:
"Xiao Hua!!!!!"
The loud bang of the iron door being kicked open, followed by the heavy thud as it hit the wall, echoed in the silent environment.
At this moment, Xiao Peng, who had kicked open the iron door, slipped and fell forward, ending up in a faceplant.
But he didn't care about this, nor about the red liquid that caused him to fall.
Or the liquid staining his clothes.
He saw a pair of feet directly in his line of sight.
The hope in his upward-looking eyes was shattered in the next moment.
What he saw, tied up, was a headless corpse.
From the severed neck area, blood was gushing out like a spring, bubbling continuously.