Chapter 69: Walking amongst the dead (2)
Jia, accompanied by Mingshen and Bojing, followed the college group, albeit keeping some distance between them. Stepping farther inside the haunted house, they were immediately enveloped by inky darkness. The air grew thick with an earthy, musty scent, as if they had entered a long-forgotten cemetery. Their footsteps echoed on cold, stone floors.
Bojing gulped, hearing the faint drip of water in the distance which only added to his unease.
I-Is that water o-or blood...?
As they walked along the dimly lit corridors, the walls adorned with eerie portraits seemed to watch their every move.
"Eek!! Th-the eyes! Her e-eyes moved!"
In the group ahead, Jia watched a girl wearing a bikini sort of jeans skirt and a white shirt, shrieking with horror. Her high-pitched voice laced with fear created an unsettling echo in the chamber. One of the guys was shrugging her off and only laughing at her cowardice. The guy, Yibo, who had hit on her was wiping his sweat-laced temples with his handkerchief.
"A painting with its eyes moving is the first thing to expect in a horror house hah!"
Suddenly, the dark corridor flickered with the yellow candle lights, revealing skeletal hands creeping out from the shadows.
Bojing hid behind Mingshen, hanging tight to his waist.
Mingshen choked with the amount of the force that seemed to crush his inside organs. "Stupid assistant...! I will kill you if you don’t release me!"
"Th-the skeletons will kill me first!" He cried.