A Film Queen

Chapter 127 Strange Tone.

Stephanie felt delighted hearing the praise, her heart swelling with happiness.

She knew that with her intelligence, getting through this small challenge would be a piece of cake.

Now that she had found the right direction, she was confident that they would soon find the way out. She imagined the live audience admiring her wisdom and knew she could build a reputation as a genius.

The more she thought about it, the happier she became, to the point that she almost forgot she was in a haunted house.

Suddenly, she turned to Milly, who was silently staring at the writing on the wall. Seeing Milly still there, a hint of scom flashed in Stephanie’s eyes, though it was too dark to notice.

at it. Let’s

She smiled and said, “Milly, we’ve already figured out this cluc. There’s no need to keep staring at continue looking for other clues.”

Milly didn’t move, her eyes still fixed on the wall.

Seeing no response from Milly, Stephanie narrowed her eyes, thinking to herself, Fine, let her pretend she’s figuring it out. I’ll solve this first and see how she can keep up the act!

The room was small, and they quickly found a wooden box under a nearby table.

Stephanie’s eyes lit up with excitement. “This box must contain the key to the next level!”

Neal nodded, stating, “It’s very likely.”

But the box had a clock–shaped lock on it.

Stephanie touched her chin, thinking hard. “The poem mentioned ‘after nightfall, which in ancient times would be one o’clock. Let’s try one o’clock.”

Slowly, she adjusted the dial to one o’clock.

box opened with a

jumped up. “Wow, we really solved it! Let’s see

the attention of the three scaredy–cats, who moved

now wasn’t the time to hold grudges; getting out

see what’s

“Stephanie, check if it’s the

gathered around, Stephanie

and she expected her popularity to soar after this. Her

Chapter 127 Strange Tone

As for Milly..

compare to

excitement, Stephanie opened the box. In

a key!” Michelle

for the door. Try it,” Neal

the key but didn’t rush to the door. Instead, she turned to Milly, who was still standing silently. Pretending to be sincere, she said, ‘Milly. I’ve

way she said it sounded more like

bit weird. Maybe we shouldn’t open the door yet. This key appearing so suddenly

game before, she knew that solving puzzles like these wouldn’t rely only

Stephanie’s analysis of the clue just now made it even more

they still found the

was probably just

Milly say this, her smile

key is a trick? Did

“No,” Milly answered honestly,

is just a game, not a crime scene. Why would they leave

it, sounding upset. “Milly, if there’s no evidence, why

do you have

Milly rubbed her forehead.

her a headache, and now she had to listen to Stephanie’s strange tone as she

firsthand to understand