The dim yellow sunset enveloped the teaching building, and as the gentle breeze swayed the branches, the melodious school bell rang.
Before long, a few students trickled out of the door.
Their faces bore varying degrees of joy, disappointment, or anxious unease…
After all, what they were bringing home this time was not just the “heavy as a mountain” homework, but also the heart-wrenching monthly exam report card.
Unlike everyone else, there was a boy who had just stepped out of the school gate, his expression light, his demeanor cold and composed.
Even when a few girls, who cherished beauty, pointed and whispered excitedly about him, the boy remained calm and steady as a rock.
With his bag slung over his shoulder, he walked leisurely on the way home.
As he passed by the entertainment city a mile away from the school, the boy paused for a moment, turning to stare at the large poster plastered at the entrance.
After a brief moment, he turned back and continued on his way home.
Just a couple of steps later, his casually hanging hand suddenly clenched into a fist, his brows furrowed slightly, but in the end, he continued to wear a cold expression and turned back towards the entrance of the entertainment city.
…
But there was also a girl named Moore Audrey who was different from the others.
While others who did poorly would delay their return home to face criticism, Moore Audrey simply grabbed her report card and briskly headed home.
Her excitement was as if she had scored first in her grade.
Upon arriving home, the girl tossed her bag aside and dashed upstairs with her report card, as excited as a monkey jumping around.
Moore Luis was cuddling with his wife when, out of nowhere, a little light bulb rushed into the room.
Caught off guard, he was kicked off the bed by his wife.
At the same time, a voice came from above:
“Dad, I scored twentieth in my grade this time, can you pass down the ‘haunted house’ to me!!!”
Moore Luis slowly sat up from the floor, turned to look at his excited daughter who was about to bounce off the walls, cleared his throat, and pretended to ponder deeply before mercilessly rejecting his precious daughter’s claim to his fortune:
“I remember… last time you scored tenth in your grade…”
Moore Audrey nodded vigorously, looking at him with hopeful eyes.
“Yes, but you said scoring tenth is too excellent, that I should be a pillar of the country, but I don’t want to be a pillar of the country, I just want to inherit your fortune…”
Moore Luis fell silent, suddenly at a loss for words.
This precious girl had always been different from others; although she was also her father’s little darling, she seemed particularly fond of their haunted house.
Now that he saw his husband at a loss, Audrey’s mother, Eloise, who was watching the show, finally spoke up to help:
“…Audrey, deliberately doing poorly is against the rules!”
Moore Audrey sulked, stamping her foot, pretending to whine: “You two are bullying me again…”
Eloise: “… This dramatic daughter must have been swapped at birth.”
After a pause, Eloise kicked Moore Luis, who was playing dead under the bed, and Moore Luis had no choice but to surrender, deliberately putting on a stern face:
“Alright, alright… this matter counts as you deceiving yourself, deliberately doing poorly, I won’t educate you on that. I can agree to let you go play in the haunted house, but as for inheriting the family fortune… just forget about it!”
Audrey glared at him, huffed, and turned away.
“Dad is such a trickster!”
Moore Luis: “…”
Having received her father’s permission, Moore Audrey officially joined the little team in their haunted house. Although she had not yet found a way to inherit the family fortune, she could start building her network early.
Seizing the opportunity, she enthusiastically befriended the boys, girls, uncles, and aunts in her haunted house team, successfully making everyone aware of how adorable their future little boss was!
Of course, the girl also fell in love with one thing: personally “suiting up” to scare people.
