Chapter 161
After a fleeting moment of silence, the live comments abruptly flooded in once more.
[Damn it! It’s really Laura!]
[I can’t believe that little girl who pushed away the body just now is my precious daughter!]
[How many more surprises will my sweet daughter have in store for us all?]
[Wow! Laura’s actually together with her wolfling! I’ll ship for those two!]
[Is it arranged by the production team? How could the production team understand me so well? Just when I was waiting for Wolfling, he appeared!]
[Wolfling’s charming looks weren’t filmed at all back in the school video. Now, he’s even more dashing!]
[Is Wolfling playing the game with Lala? To think kids like them would challenge the haunted house. They’re far too aggressive for their age. Haha!]
Brandon and his colleagues were astounded just as well. “The show’s rating rose as soon as Laura made an appearance, not to mention with the participation of that little boy. Our show’s going to shoot to fame at this rate.”
Jessica nodded fervently. “This is a game-winner! No other live-stream variety show can outdo us!” She was beyond excited.
It took Robert a long time to jolt himself back to reality. “What are you doing here dressing like this?” he asked Laura in surprise.
His calf was still cramping as he spoke.
Initially, he thought that they had kids as NPCs in the haunted house.
Laura put down the syringe and uttered seriously, “Because when I came in with Zayn just now, there were two adults who wanted to pick on us. So, I borrowed the girls’ makeup to protect myself.”
She then leaped her way in Robert’s direction and stood on tiptoe. “What do you think? Was Lala professional?”
To call her professional would actually be an understatement.
Robert’s expression gradually grew grim. “Are you sure those two people are here to get you?”
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She nodded and blinked with those innocent eyes of hers. “They’said they were going to take me away, but another ghost man stepped in and gave them too much fright that they passed out. I wanted to thank him with some snacks, but he refused to accept my gifts no matter what. He said that he couldn’t take my things and told me that I would pass on my bad luck to him.”
[Hahaha!]
[Pass on her bad luck, my ass!)
I guess that the ghost man had mistaken Laura for an actual spirit at first. Who would’ve thought there’d be a kiddo here dressing like this?]
[I can’t stop laughing. No wonder she could enter the rooms in a breeze and obtain everything without fail. It turned out that everyone treated her as a ghost.]
Robert was nonplussed. The more he looked at Laura’s face, the funnier it became. “Are you feeling better already? I see you’ve been enjoying yourself.”
The little girl nodded. “Yes! Mister has an extra ticket to the amusement park. He asked if I wanted to have some fun, so I came.”
“Where’s that mister?” asked Robert.
Meanwhile, Tyler was in the haunted house surveillance room with a walkie-talkie in his hands. He commanded the bodyguards, “Bring me those two
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men who wanted to take my disciple away. I want to know who they are.”
To have the cheek to lay a finger on his disciple was no different from courting death.
In the surveillance camera, Mike and Brad were carried away on their shoulders.
The owner of the haunted house looked at Tyler tremblingly and asked, “Are you done, Boss?”
Tyler side-eyed the man.
The latter was shocked.
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The second when Tyler stepped into the surveillance room, the owner of the haunted house could already feel that the old man was not somebody to be
trifled with.
Tyler was akin to a boss of a gang of some sort in the movies, intimidating and majestic.
The owner of the haunted house did not have the nerve to offend him. “Even if the children are safe and sound, it’s indeed still our staff’s negligence that
has caused it.”
Tyler did not say much. The next thing he did was place the walkie-talkie on the table and fish out three pieces of Anglandurn dollar notes. “I just returned, so I didn’t bring much cash with me. Please keep whatever happened today between us.”
With that, he stepped out without even looking back.
The owner stared blankly at the 300 Anglandurn dollars placed on the table as his hands shook while calculating the current exchange rate of the
currency.
It turned out that it amounted to 2,000 dollars.
Little did he foresee that a session of the surveillance cameras and locating some people would net him 2,000 dollars.
At that juncture, he wished that he could stumble upon the same kind of incident time and again.
Immediately, he rose to his feet and saw Tyler out the door. “Have a pleasant journey back! We look forward to your next visit!”
Tyler stood at the door and sent a message to Laura.
[I saw you reuniting with your family on TV, so I won’t be accompanying you two. I’ll be gifting you and Zayn a monetary gift. Consider it a token of our first meeting. I won’t be leaving Hestrya for some time because I want to introduce you two to an outstanding mentor. I believe you can’t escape me, so! look forward to seeing you next time, my dear disciple-to-be.]
Laura could not quite understand the text, so she showed it to Zayn.
A pucker creased Zayn’s forehead as he elucidated the message to Laura. “Mister has diarrhea, so he’ll go home first.”
Picking up the phone, Tyler listened to what the boy said on the live-streaming channel and was bereft of speech.
“What a plain, unpretentious answer,” he mused.
Then, he wired 40,000 dollars to Joshua and left a voice message. “The two kids bumped into Robert while he was recording a program. I can’t be on TV, so I’ll take my leave first. Help me pass each of them 20,000 dollars. Treat it as my gift to them.”
Thanks to the smell of blue cheese, Joshua’s head hurt. With a pale face, he managed to reply with a voice message, “Tyler, when you first took me as your disciple back then, you made me run six miles. These two children haven’t even gotten started yet, how could you give them 20,000 dollars each? Did you even take me as your disciple?” He retched before he could finish his sentence.
The pungent smell of blue cheese made him nauseous.
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His message elicited a response from Tyler. “You’ve succeeded in disgusting me. As a punishment, you’ll also be giving the kids 40,000 dollars.”
That puzzled Joshua to the core.
“Why’s he so biased?” he yelled in his heart.
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On the other hand, Brandon learned that Laura was not accompanied by her parents. Because of that, his eyes lit up. “Hey, little Laura, since your family has left, I think you should stay for a while. After all, you have got the reward. It’ll be a pity if you leave!”
He then flashed Zayn a shifty smirk. “Plus, we have a big shot everyone’s been longing for right here with us.”
Zayn was confused.
“Is he talking about me?” the boy questioned himself.
Laura hesitated and shook her head. “But I’ve promised Zayn that I’ll play with him. If I’m to join the recording, he’ll have to go. I can’t possibly be leaving
him alone here.”
Brandon held her hands eagerly and pressed on. “You should both stay, then. You two and Daddy Robert can carry out missions together! Not everyone has such an opportunity!”
[Hahaha! Brandon goes to great lengths just to show us more of the childhood sweethearts!]
[Childhood sweethearts is the GOAT!]
[Stay! Stay! Stay!]
[I can even hear Brandon’s wishful thinking on this side of my screen!]
No longer could Brandon contain the excitement in the live-streaming channel. He reached for his phone and started swiping through the trending topics.
Atop the hashtag “A man’s G-Wagon was stained with blue cheese by his friend,” a piece of news popped up with the hashtag “Laura’s wolfling
appeared!”
When Brandon saw that, his blood pressure skyrocketed, so to speak. Even his voice was shaking, overwhelmed by thrill. “Look at this! So many of us are waiting to have a glimpse of a perfect pair like the two of you on screen! You truly must stay!”
[He’s right! Please stay!]
[I need to feast my eyes on the childhood sweethearts today! If not, I’ll bang my head right now and bid the world goodbye!]
[You two must stay here for us today. Don’t make me go to my knees to beg you!]
[Stay for us! Stay for us!]
(We’ll be rooting for the childhood sweethearts ship for as long as 10,000 years! We’ll never waver!]
Laura yearned to take on the offer as she gazed at Zayn curiously.
A meaningful look was all she gave him.
Helpless, Zayn gave Laura the nod. “Fine, Count me in.”
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