My House of Horrors - Chapter 249

Chapter 249: Late-Night Taxi Driver

Tomorrow, the park would help promote his Haunted House, and Chen Ge could not afford to waste this chance . Director Luo had placed all his hope on him, so naturally Chen Ge did not want to let the man down .

After the expansion tonight, Western Jiujiang's Private Academy should be unlocked . Having a new two-star scenario will be beneficial for the plan tomorrow .

The second expansion might even get him a new unique construct, and Chen Ge was anticipating it .

The Midnight Ticket Counter can help me attract special visitors . I wonder, what will the use of the new construct be?

He continued to work after lunch break . At around 3 pm, the recorder Chen Ge ordered online finally arrived . This meant that he could call Xu Yin for help whenever he wanted .

It still feels weird bringing a recorder on my missions, but that is more natural than bringing a large tape recorder .

The Haunted House closed at 6:30 pm . With the increase in visitors, the closing time for Chen Ge's Haunted House slowly got pushed later and later . Looking at the darkening sky, Chen Ge removed the idea of visiting Linjiang New Schistosomiasis Control Station . The place was far from New Century Park, and he did not want to rush into things, especially since he had not confirmed No . 10's identity .

After cleaning, Chen Ge entered the underground scenarios .

Tian Teng Medical School has strong playability and interactivity; that is one area where my Haunted House can improve . If I add more exploration and mystery, it should be able to draw the visitors deeper into the scenarios .

Chen Ge busied himself inside the Haunted House until 10 pm .

Xu Wan is responsible for Minghun, and I look after the underground Mu Yang High School and Third Sick Hall . This means that Murder by Midnight still needs someone to act as the murderer . Chen Ge did not have that many people he could trust . Uncle Xu was too old to run around the Haunted House, and his personality was too kind to be a murderer . In comparison, Gu Feiyu was a much better fit .

The kid is not experienced, but Murder by Midnight has Xiaoxiao's family watching over him, so he should be fine .

Now, Chen Ge's worry was that Gu Feiyu might be scared by Xiaoxiao's family . It's hard to find useable workers; my ghost employees are more trustworthy .

He returned to the staff breakroom to look over the information in his phone . The pictures that Captain Yan had sent him unsettled Chen Ge .

I'm now in the ghost stories society's crosshairs . If they mix into the visitors and make trouble at key moments, it'll ruin Director Luo's plan . I need to deal with them as soon as possible .

The patients from the Third Sick Hall would do anything . Unfortunately, Chen Ge would have a hard time identifying them if they mix into the sea of visitors . The only method to prevent that from happening was to capture them beforehand .

No . 12 is the DJ for Ghost Talk, and No . 5 is the show's producer . Should I start with them?

Chen Ge searched for Ghost Talk using his phone . One of the promotional pieces caught his attention . Normally, Ghost Talk started at midnight, but today, the show had been moved ahead an hour . The reason given was since Lychee had been on holiday yesterday, today she was going to accompany the listeners for an extra hour .

That does sound like a valid reason .

However, when Chen Ge saw the show listing, he was alerted . All five stories in the first hour were related to taxi drivers .

Is it a taxi driver special today?

Then again, why would they arrange all the stories to be before midnight? This looked like a set-up . Chen Ge tuned into the station and lay down in bed to listen .

At 10:55 pm, the woman's mellifluous voice appeared .

"We meet in the night but part before morning . However, our parting is to prepare for a later reunion . Good evening, I'm your late night DJ, Lychee . "

The woman's voice was nice on the ears . She did not make use of any technique; her voice alone was comforting enough .

Such a waste of a beautiful voice . Chen Ge continued to listen .

"Jiujiang is a historical city, and there are many old buildings left in the old part of the city . The most famous among them is a street called Huai Hua Street . However, the reason for its fame is not its history but several incidents that have happened there . The street is called Huai Hua street even though there is not a single Huai Hua tree . Even the older generation at Jiujiang have no idea why the street has that name . "

The woman continued her story . Her style was hard for others to mimic . She started off gentle, like she was knitting a net to pull in her listeners . When they were dragged in, she would yank on the net all of a sudden to make all the scare points explode .

Lychee's first story happened at Huai Hua Street . A taxi driver picked up a customer at Huai Hua Street at midnight . The customer said that she had left something behind and wished for him to help her retrieve it .

After giving a rough address, the driver started to move . However, the customer was weird . The driver drove her to the destination that she listed, but each time, she said that he had gotten the place wrong . Just as the driver's patience was running thin, the customer gave her last address—The bus stop next to the crematorium .

The ending was rather shocking . The customer did find what she had lost . It entered the driver's body and left while the driver's soul got replaced in the ceremonial urn that she had lost .

The story is passable, mainly because it was Lychee who told the story . She told it like it was a real story .

Then Chen Ge thought about something . Could Lychee's story have been real?

After all, Huai Hua Street really did exist .

Could she have heard her story from other members of the ghost stories society?

Lychee started her second story . It also happened at Huai Hua Street, and the main character was still a late-night taxi driver .

"Something's off," Captain Yan had told Chen Ge on the phone that the cases related to the ghost stories society all fell on a Wednesday . The day seemed to have a special meaning for them .

"Ghost Talk has been moved earlier by one hour today, so before midnight, today is still Wednesday . Are they planning to do something tonight?"

After hearing Lychee's second story, Chen Ge's suspicion grew . Her second story also had the same ending—the ghost was reborn by sacrificing innocent humans .

"Huai Hua Street, taxi driver…" Chen Ge thought about it and grabbed his jacket . "Human lives are on the line . I should go take a look . "

He put the recorder, tape, and ballpoint pen in his bag and dashed out of the staff breakroom . After his previous experience, when he passed the Props Room, he also shoved Doctor Skull-cracker's hammer into his bag .