Chapter 107
Chapter 107
Gu Chen had been writing horror novels for years, and he often watched videos to look for inspiration.
Even so, the sight before him was a little too much to stomach.
This time, however, he had not come alone.
Recently, Gu Chen could be said to have been blessed with double happiness.
Not only had his horror novel been successfully published, he had also found himself a sweet romance.
The start of that romance was simple enough. During a signing event hosted by his publisher, he met her.
She had the exact same name as the heroine in his book: Mao Jing!
Her eyes seemed to tug at Gu Chen’s heart every single moment.
Faced with a girl who was timid yet loved reading horror books, the two of them found plenty to talk about.
In just a few short days, everything naturally fell into place, and they got together.
Before he started working on his new book, Gu Chen could hardly wait to bring the first girlfriend of his life to the amusement park.
He had timed his arrival perfectly. It was right as the afternoon session opened. Zhang Bei had only just recovered from the Peking opera when he saw Gu Chen walking toward him.
“Your girlfriend?”
“Of course!”
Zhang Bei looked at the two of them practically glued together, and a strange thought rose in his mind.
It was like a perfectly innocent dog walking down the road and getting kicked for no reason.
A smile instantly appeared on his face.
“The Ferris Wheel is open now. Couple theme!”
Gu Chen’s eyes lit up at once.
“Really?”
“Really!”
As a regular, Gu Chen immediately took his girlfriend by the hand and headed straight for the Ferris Wheel.
Sure, the boss was no saint, but a new attraction still had to be tried.
Maybe after riding the Ferris Wheel, inspiration for his new book would come to him.
“Chenchen, I have a bad feeling about this!”
“It’s okay, Jingjing. I’ll protect you!”
Looking at Gu Chen’s honest, simple face, Mao Jing chose to believe him.
After all, he had spent so much time at the amusement park and had even won a trophy. Protecting her a little should be no problem!
As the first group of afternoon visitors, the two of them were soon seated on the Ferris Wheel, letting the staff fasten their safety belts.
“It’s okay, Jingjing. Don’t be nervous. I’m here.”
“Mm!”
Their heads leaned together as the Ferris Wheel rose, taking in the scenery from a different angle.
Time slipped by without them noticing, and soon, the Ferris Wheel underwent its first transformation.
As a regular at the Amusement Park, Gu Chen knew Boss Zhang’s personality all too well. His expression darkened.
“Here it comes!”
The moment he said that, the entire Ferris Wheel shot upward. In their eyes, the ground rapidly tilted.
The glass cabin door opened, and their seats turned into assault chariots, instantly accelerating.
“Aaaah! Help! No, don’t! Stop!”
Gu Chen struggled to stretch out one arm and hold his girlfriend.
“D-Don’t be scared. It’ll be over soon!”
Only, he did not notice the smile spreading across his girlfriend’s face at all.
At this point, it was necessary to reintroduce the great Writer Gu’s girlfriend.
Mao Jing: a pilot who had retired due to injury, and a two-time consecutive champion of aerobatic flying!
Weakness: afraid of ghosts!
If it had not been for Gu Chen, there was no way she would have attended some horror novel reader event!
Her gaze rested on her boyfriend, and she could barely hold back her smile.
She had to keep a proper hold on this dummy, or some little vixen might trick him away!
Feeling Gu Chen’s arm tighten around her, she quietly leaned closer to him.
Soon, the chaotic collisions ended, and Gu Chen let out a breath of relief as they returned to the glass cabin.
Before he could comfort his girlfriend, a burst of force instantly launched the two of them into the sky.
At that moment, Gu Chen’s brain completely crashed.
“What the hell? The boss screwed me over!”
Under the high-speed spinning, tears and snot sprayed out together.
Even Mao Jing, who had once been a pilot, felt a wave of dizziness.
This thing was more intense than flight training!
Still, she was a retired pilot after all. Even now, she could still squint over at her boyfriend.
Hm?
He fainted?
Mao Jing had not fainted, but under that kind of high-speed impact, her body had gone limp despite herself.
The Death Loop did not last long. At least, not to Mao Jing.
Once they were back inside the glass cabin, Mao Jing looked at her boyfriend with great interest.
Tsk. How miserable!
The doctor arrived with a medical kit and opened the cabin door.
The first thing he saw was a girl wiping Gu Chen’s face, though her expression was full of disgust.
The doctor only gave him a quick checkup. He did not even feed him any Suxiao Jiuxin Wan.
“He’s fine!”
Mao Jing nodded, her big eyes fixed on the cart behind the doctor.
“That many?”
The doctor hesitated. “It’s not too bad?”
Compared with the upgraded Underground Maze, the Ferris Wheel really did count as not too bad.
After hauling Gu Chen onto the cart, the doctor looked at Mao Jing.
“Need a hand?”
Mao Jing tried to move. She could just barely stand on her own, but the moment she imagined how embarrassing her steps would look, she instantly shook her head.
The doctor did not mind. The fact that this girl could still speak normally was already impressive.
He reached out, helped Mao Jing onto the cart as well, and unloaded them both at the Morgue.
Watching Morgue No. 2 gradually fill up again, that strange sense of pride surfaced once more.
On his way to the Underground Maze, the doctor’s steps paused. He forcefully suppressed that pride.
What the hell was there to be proud of?!
If he turned into his boss, he would probably get beaten to death!
Halfway there, he happened to run into the Giant Swing staff pushing out a cart of half-fainted tourists.
That resentful look appeared in the doctor’s eyes once again.
A ten-year contract!
When he thought about how he still had to work here for more than three thousand days, his whole being grew desolate.
Was the pay low?
No.
Was it exhausting?
Compared with the emergency room, eight hours a day really was not that tiring.
But how had things turned into this?
This was clearly supposed to be an Amusement Park!
I, Wang Qingshan, have wanted to knife my boss for the thirty-second time today.
Pushing the empty cart to the Underground Maze, he looked at the tablet showing where a visitor had fainted.
Then he followed the Employee Passage inside.
For the thirty-third time, he wanted to knife his boss!
Inside Morgue No. 2, Gu Chen slowly opened his eyes.
“Jingjing, are you okay?”
Seeing that the first thing he did after waking up was worry about her, Mao Jing’s smile grew even more unrestrained.
“I’m fine, I’m fine!”
Who would have thought Gu Chen’s next sentence would instantly freeze her smile?
“I’ve got inspiration. The opening of my next book will be about a vengeful ghost on the Ferris Wheel!”
After a pause, Gu Chen rubbed his legs.
“Let’s go to the Underground Maze later. We’ll try to gather all the inspiration today!”
As it was Mao Jing’s first time here, she was curious why finding inspiration required going to the Underground Maze.
Still, she obediently nodded.
“I’ll listen to you!”
Before long, Gu Chen had rested enough, and the two of them walked into the Underground Maze.
Gu Chen patted his chest. “Passage 20. That one should be a little easier!”
Mao Jing looked at the number above her head, rather confused.
“So we’re supposed to split up here?”
Gu Chen nodded. “Only one person can enter each passage, but there are mechanisms inside that let you reach other people’s passages!”
The moment Mao Jing heard that, she did not even wait for Gu Chen to finish before ducking into the passage.
“Then I’ll wait for you to come find me!”