The newspaper office was in chaos. The editor-in-chief pushed open his door and came out. The man kneeling on the ground pointed at me, his face pale, "Editor-in-chief... he hit me!"

The editor-in-chief immediately burst into a tirade, "Hit you? There's a reason he hit you. Why doesn't Li Po hit me?"

"Stand up, pack your things, go home and reflect. Figure out why Li Po hit you, then come back."

The man's face, already drained of color, turned even whiter. The editor-in-chief's words were more impactful than the two slaps I had given him.

The editor-in-chief didn't even glance at the man. He turned and shouted, "What are you all gawking at? Don't you have work to do? No one leaves until their work is finished. Scatter!"

The people in the newspaper office scattered back to their posts in a flash, not even raising their heads.

The editor-in-chief patted me on the shoulder twice. "Work hard, I'm waiting to see your results!"

"Thank you, Editor-in-chief!" I said, offering my thanks, and quickly left with Zhao Yuezhu.

As soon as Zhao Yuezhu came out of the newspaper office, she kept looking at me. "You... are you a second-generation?"

I said solemnly, "If you trace my lineage back, my seventeenth-generation ancestor was the village head. He had a lot of power. As soon as he beat the gong, the whole village had to come out. Especially when he beat it in the middle of the night, even the children would cry."

Zhao Yuezhu immediately rolled her eyes.

I realized that girls like to roll their eyes. I quickly said, "So, beautiful teacher, where are you planning to start the investigation?"

Seeing that I was changing the subject, Zhao Yuezhu rolled her eyes and said mysteriously, "Little apprentice, are you afraid of ghosts?"

Why does this girl talk so much?

Why doesn't she just tell me what's going on with Bai Xin and take me to investigate the clues?

Why all the nonsense? Really!

I said expressionlessly, "I was born with the courage of a bear and a leopard."

"Really? I don't believe it!" Zhao Yuezhu blinked her eyes. "How about you come with me to play an escape room first? Let me see how brave you are."

"No way!" I was about to lose it.

What is this? What kind of business is this?

I can't tell the client that I'm a mage, and I have to let her call me apprentice, and I have to play an escape room with her?

"No!" Zhao Yuezhu said with a straight face, "I'm the master, you have to listen to me, let's go! Anyway, it's reimbursable."

"Can't you save the company some money?" I couldn't find any other reason, so I could only preach.

"The company doesn't care about this little bit of money, let's go!" Zhao Yuezhu grabbed my laptop bag and dragged me forward. Why did I have to bring a laptop bag? Wouldn't it be better to bring a hiking bag?

"Don't pull me, it's not appropriate!" Zhao Yuezhu dragged me a few meters before I surrendered. "Let go of me, I can walk on my own."

I followed behind Zhao Yuezhu, sending a message to Ye Yang. "Brother Ye, you're my brother, please come and save me? I really can't do this. This spendthrift girl, she's not investigating the case, she's checking out amusement parks!"

Ye Yang replied immediately: "When heaven is about to place a great responsibility on a person..."

"Ugh!" I was almost angered by Ye Yang.

Ye Yang sent me another message: "The phone got wet with saliva, the circuit board is broken, I'm going to repair the phone."

Ye Yang blocked me. I stood there with my phone, dumbfounded: Is this even human?

I stood at the intersection for a long time before I saw a hearse driving from afar. The driver stuck half of his head out of the car. "Are you Miss Zhao and Mr. Li? I'm here to pick you up."

After my eyes narrowed slightly, I lowered my right hand, which was reaching for the knife hilt.

This wasn't a hearse; it was just decorated to look like one.

A real hearse would have a bit of death aura, but this car was too clean.

Zhao Yuezhu pulled on my sleeve. "The car's here, let's go!"

"Ride in a hearse?" I asked deliberately. "Is this going to the funeral home?"

Zhao Yuezhu said, "This is a game experience; the game has already started. Let's go!"

Zhao Yuezhu pulled me into the car and said, "Listen carefully to the recording in the car; it's a game clue."

Soon, a melodious female voice sounded in the car, "You are all graduates of the Thirteenth Middle School. After graduation, you went your separate ways, and many of you lost contact."

"Suddenly, one day, you received a phone call, notifying you to attend the funeral of the class beauty, Qin Xin."

"Some of you have already forgotten who she is! But she gave you a reason you can't refuse: If you don't want people to know about that incident twenty years ago, come to my funeral."

"When you all coincidentally remember that incident twenty years ago? Everyone rushed to the scene of Qin Xin's funeral."

"A classroom decorated as a mourning hall."

As soon as the female voice in the sound system stopped, the driver said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the game officially begins. There are a few things to pay attention to when participating in the game..."

"In addition to the precautions, you must always clarify three things: Who are you? Where are you? What are you doing? These three things are the key to solving the mystery and leaving the escape room."

Seeing that I was getting impatient, Zhao Yuezhu lowered her voice and said, "Listen carefully! This is a story written by Bai Xin. In the original story, the class beauty's name is Bai Xin."

I turned my head sharply. "Bai Xin's story has been adapted into a game?"