The Film Queen Is Cold and Ruthless, Only Sends Money - Chapter 42.3

She considered herself quite brave usually, horror stories or movies didn’t faze her much.

Who would’ve thought she’d stumble on the show and get frightened out of her wits by the aunties’ shadows!

Su Yun, one of the few who hadn’t been scared, helped analyze the reason: “Because at the time, you were trying to scare me, so all you could think about were scenes from Nightmare.”

According to them, since Nightmare was well-received, it must have had strong visuals. Even just recalling it could bring back certain details and evoke fear.

They had just come from the path behind them, certain no one was there. That certainty made the fear flare up when they saw the unusual shadows.

Add to that the screams of those beside them, which only reinforced the belief that the shadows were eerie, one thing leading to another, which was why they’d been scared for so long.

“That makes so much sense. I was thinking about the beginning of Nightmare, where it all starts with shadows,” Ye Ying realized, though she still insisted, “I’m usually very brave this morning was just an accident.”

Looking back now, they still felt the darkness had played a big part.

A dark environment is the perfect setting for scaring yourself!

At this point, their daytime thoughts grew more elaborate. Jing Chaochao hesitated before asking, “Do you think there are already memes of us screaming online?”

The others fell silent for a moment.

Lin Yan: “If you hadn’t mentioned it, I might never have realized.”

They didn’t even need to think those memes were probably already circulating. One misstep, and now they’d be infamous forever!

If they could time-travel back now, they wouldn’t do anything they’d just go back a few hours and tell themselves: No matter what you see, don’t react. Just silently recite materialism a hundred times in your head!

[Hahahahaha! You guessed it even though it was still nighttime, the memes were already made by the pros!]

[[Xuexue Screaming.gif], [Director Lin Screaming.gif]. Hey, the memes you mentioned wouldn’t happen to be these, right? doge I’ve got both stills and GIFs!]

[Woke up this morning to all my friends who watched the show sending these to me. The memes are so useful hahaha!]

[+1, I haven’t stopped using these screaming memes in chats today. They perfectly capture my mental state!]

At this point, Su Yun and Jiang Zhi, the only ones without memes, naturally became the targets of the other guests.

“Out of all of us, you two are probably the only ones without memes now.”

Su Yun was modest: “The audience already has yours. They probably don’t need ours.”

Jiang Zhi nodded beside her, she wasn’t easily frightened to begin with.

Lin Yan: “How can our meme army be complete without you two? A family should stick together.”

Su Yun felt they already had enough embarrassing moments and really didn’t need more: “Is this supposed to be a good thing?”

“Of course!” they chorused.

Without hesitation, Su Yun turned to Jiang Zhi: “How about we talk to the director about leaving the show right now?”

If they encountered difficulties, being a family wasn’t an absolute necessity.

The two of them could survive independently.

Jiang Zhi chuckled lightly and naturally wouldn’t refuse Su Yun. However, she turned to Lin Yan and asked, “You must have something else you want to say, right?”

She felt that Lin Yan’s intention wasn’t just for them to casually act scared now and become meme material for netizens.

Based on her past collaborations with Lin Yan, the other party wouldn’t have set things up for so long without having something more significant to say.

After Jiang Zhi asked this, the others also turned to Lin Yan, ready to hear her thoughts.

“Hehe!” Lin Yan laughed before voicing her idea. “Isn’t it because I was thinking about our current mission? I think the first location, the haunted house would be a great choice?”

Su Yun: “How sinister!”

Now she understood why Lin Yan had said those things earlier.

If she couldn’t take her to watch a horror movie, she’d take her to a haunted house. There was always a place that could scare her.

“That’s a great idea!” The others all gave Lin Yan a thumbs-up. They could also prove in the haunted house that they weren’t as timid as they had just appeared!

Su Yun: Maybe she should just get off the car.

–

When they arrived at Jinguang Amusement Park, everyone couldn’t help but exclaim in unison, “Wow!”

The amusement park was so vast that they couldn’t even see its boundaries. The main gate in the center was visually over three meters tall, and the anthropomorphic-style rides were incredibly cute, with large signs that read: “Come in and be happy!”

Admittedly, just seeing those words lifted their spirits considerably!

The cheerful and lighthearted melody of amusement park music drifted out to them, the lively notes relaxing everyone’s nerves.

Liu Yangran: “I think we should have the amusement park’s designer plan our show.”

Now this was what aligned with the show’s purpose!

Unlike their program, which disguised itself as a relaxing, leisurely trip but actually woke them all up at three in the morning!

“Agreed!” Su Xue felt her energy surge at the sight of the amusement park. “I already want to go in and play!”

Director: “…” She wasn’t too keen on agreeing!

How could even the mission location become a point of comparison for the guests to criticize their show!

Fortunately, the production team didn’t assign them any extra tasks just requiring them to fully experience three attractions. Truly a stroke of mercy!

Lin Yan took the tickets from the director and distributed them to everyone.

Su Yun accepted her ticket, then curiously looked at the director, who was still standing there. “Aren’t you leaving?”

“Yeah, Director, don’t worry, we’ll definitely have a great time!” Su Xue, now holding her ticket, naturally assumed the director wouldn’t follow them.

Of course, they were also afraid that while they were enjoying themselves, the director might suddenly appear with a megaphone, announcing that they had to complete a task to earn their ride passes.

Just the thought of it was terrifying!

So the faster the director left, the better. They were about to enjoy a carefree amusement park experience!

Director: ???

It had been a long time since she’d seen such a smooth way of being shooed away and they even waited until after getting their tickets to say it!

Su Yun noticed the director still standing nearby and kindly asked, “Director, if you’d like to join us, that’s totally fine. I can give you my ticket.”

After all, she wasn’t particularly interested in the upcoming haunted house and was happy to hand her ticket over to the director.

But before she could finish her sentence, the director, who had been right in front of them moments ago had already vanished without a trace.

And the director had bolted alone none of the other staff members had even reacted yet, still rooted in place.

[Hahahahahaha! The director was genuinely traumatized from last time when he went hiking with the guests!]

[Director: Absolutely no way I’m doing missions with the guests again, no way! Can’t catch me if I run fast enough!]

[When he dashed past the camera, I thought my livestream had frozen! Turns out it was just his afterimage from running so fast!]

“Ran away that fast?” Xu Zhi glanced at the ticket in her hand. Anyone who didn’t know better would think it was something terrifying.

Liu Yangran: “The director probably honed his speed from all that hiking last time.”

They had gone home to practice cooking, and maybe the director, like them, had a competitive spirit perhaps he had been working out diligently at home, which was why he could disappear in a flash today!

With the director situation resolved, they could finally step through the amusement park gates in peace.

The park was indeed crowded, with many visitors carrying professional cameras, snapping photos in front of iconic landmarks.

Their first destination in the park had been decided long before they arrived.

Lin Yan: “If everyone agrees, then we’re heading to the haunted house?”

Su Yun: “I object.”

She was still making a last-ditch effort.

“Then let’s go with majority rule everyone raise your hands to vote,” Lin Yan proposed a “fair” solution.

In an instant, six hands shot up only Su Yun and Jiang Zhi didn’t raise theirs.

Lin Yan: “Alright, now we can go to the haunted house. Or should we let the audience vote instead?”

Su Yun: “Let’s just go with this.”

The audience loved chaos even more than the guests. If they got to vote, she might end up having to visit the haunted house twice.

No matter what, it seemed she was destined to face the haunted house today.

The tickets provided by the production team were all-access passes, valid for any attraction, so their path to the haunted house was smooth.

From a distance, Su Yun could already see the haunted house’s sign and building.

She turned to Jiang Zhi: “Once we’re inside, I might have to stick close to you.”

Horror movies and haunted houses were not her forte since everyone already knew, there was no point hiding it. She might as well openly ask Jiang Zhi for help.

“Mm.” Jiang Zhi lifted her arm slightly and asked, “If you’re scared, want to hold onto my arm?”

Su Yun: “!!!”

She had originally planned to just clutch the hem of Jiang Zhi’s clothes that alone would have eased her fear. She never expected she’d get the chance to actually link arms with her.

She nodded decisively. From the moment they stepped inside, she wouldn’t leave Jiang Zhi’s side for a second.

Jiang Zhi glanced down at Su Yun’s grip on her sleeve.

If this had been any time before today, Su Yun probably wouldn’t have settled for just her sleeve she would have latched onto her arm or wrist instead.

She would have playfully swayed beside her, without this sense of distance.

Something really was different now.

However, the guests nearby were oblivious to this; their only thought was that they had unwittingly consumed another serving of dog food!

Su Xue also leaned closer to Jing Chaochao, deliberately pretending to tremble as she said, “I’m scared.”

Jing Chaochao lowered her gaze and saw Su Xue’s eyes constantly darting towards her arm, the intention was too obvious!

But she still stated the facts: “Not long ago, you dragged me into playing a horror game at night.”

When they were shooting NPCs with a gun and the screen was particularly bloody, she never claimed to be scared.

Su Xue: “…”

Is there still any couple’s tacit understanding left?!

–

The eight of them entered the haunted house, plunging once again into unfamiliar darkness.

“Isn’t it a bit too quiet?” Lin Yan spoke up, trying to muster some courage.

Su Xue looked around, full of excitement and showing no signs of fear, as if she had returned home.

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