Chapter 58 Employee's Abnormality

Lily spoke in a sarcastic tone, saying,
"Oh, don't tell me you girls are actually scared?"
Her friend, Chu Huimin, chimed in to support her,
"Beibei is a pampered miss, and she's even dragging a little follower along. Poor Huan Xiao."
Watching them shed crocodile tears, Beibei was so furious that steam practically came out of her ears. Acting on pure impulse, she snapped back,
"Who's scared of you? I just don't want to see someone crying for their mommy out of fright later. The mere thought is sickening."
Seeing them start to argue, Huan Xiao thought to herself that she had expected nothing less.
Lily simply adored provoking Beibei. She had done it before too, deliberately spreading bad things about Beibei in front of her boyfriend, just hoping to see Beibei meet with misfortune.
To be honest, it was very difficult to mediate such an argument, at least not for Huan Xiao.
"That's probably just your own delusion. If you've got the guts, let's play together and bet on who comes out first. If you lose, you have to apologize to me!"
Lily crossed her arms, tilting her head up in a provocative challenge to Beibei.
Beibei felt this was utterly absurd and retorted,
"You were the one who secretly used my lipstick, and you were the one stirring up trouble in my moments. You vicious woman, how do you even have the nerve to ask me for an apology? What kind of logic is that!"
Noticing the distressed look on the nearby staff member's face, Huan Xiao offered an apologetic reassurance,
"Don't worry, the two of them will stop soon. They won't actually start a fistfight."
This reassurance, which didn't sound much like reassurance at all, left the store clerk momentarily speechless and torn between laughter and tears.
Yet, as if she were the wronged and pitiful party, Lily's eyes turned red with grievance.
She persisted stubbornly,
"I didn't do any of that. You're just making things up."
"The surveillance cameras caught the whole thing, and you're still claiming you're wronged? Do you want me to play the security footage in front of the entire school before you admit you're guilty?"

Beibei's words made Lily feel even more aggrieved. Desperate to keep Beibei from dwelling on the matter of the stolen lipstick, she changed the subject,
"You're just obsessed with male validation and tearing down other women. I wasn't wrong at all—you're always hanging around male classmates, completely lacking in morals. If you lose, you have to apologize to me!"
Beibei was laughed to the point of fury by the sheer absurdity. Lily was entirely in the wrong, yet she had the audacity to start slandering her instead. How could such an unreasonable person exist in this world?
Realizing that no matter what she said, Lily would never admit her mistake, Beibei simply decided not to bicker with her over such nonsense anymore. She declared,
"Fine, if you're so insistent on competing, then let's compete. Just remember to apologize to me when you lose—I'm going to record it on video and post it in the class group chat."
Beibei cast a disdainful glance at Lily, as if looking at garbage.
Hearing that it would be posted in the class chat, Lily panicked.
She cared immensely about her reputation; otherwise, she wouldn't have subjected Beibei to endless petty harassment just because Beibei had exposed her for using her lipstick. If Beibei actually posted an apology video in the class chat, Lily knew she wouldn't be able to bear it.
Just as Lily was about to back down, her unhelpful teammate stepped onto the stage.
Chu Huimin said to Lily in a righteous tone,
"Lily, accept her challenge! You didn't do it, right? An innocent person has nothing to fear, we aren't afraid of her!"
"That's right, Lily, an innocent person has nothing to fear. Didn't you say you didn't do it?"
Beibei mockingly repeated Chu Huimin's words with heavy sarcasm.
These words extinguished any remaining hesitation Lily had. Besides, she was confident she would beat Beibei.
"Fine, it's a deal then. I've recorded this conversation, don't even think about going back on your word."
"……You're insane."
Watching Lily wave her phone around with a smug, triumphant expression, Beibei was left utterly speechless.
At that moment, the staff member who had been relegated to the background finally found an opportunity to ask,
"Are the four players planning to play the game together?"
Before finishing, as if feeling somewhat uneasy, she quickly added,
"Our establishment does not tolerate physical altercations. We hope the four of you can understand."
Realizing they had caused trouble for someone else, Beibei wore an embarrassed expression. She grabbed Huan Xiao's hand and nodded, feeling too ashamed to continue bickering with Lily.
"Alright, please follow me."
The young woman in uniform remained unaffected by the recent quarrel. Seeming preoccupied with her own worries, she almost walked straight into a mirror while leading the way.
The moment she brushed against the mirror, her expression panicked instantly, and she backed away from it with a look of sheer terror in her eyes.
Huan Xiao noticed the employee's abnormal reaction and calmly asked,
"You seem very afraid of mirrors, miss. Are you worried about breaking them?"
"It's... no, no. I'm just timid."
The employee had not yet recovered from her sudden panic, her voice trembling slightly.
Lily chimed in without hesitation,
"If you're that scared, miss, you should probably change jobs. The escape room business just isn't cut out for you."
"Everyone has things they're afraid of. Why do you have to butt into other people's business?"
Beibei snapped back without a shred of mercy.
"Thank you both for your kind intentions. This is the entrance, let's go in together."
The employee pulled aside the curtain covering the entrance. Beyond it, amidst the darkness, stood rows of tall, imposing mirrors.
She handed four walkie-talkies to the group and said,
"These are your walkie-talkies. Please hold onto them."