The man holding the flashlight stared terrifyingly at the ghastly pale face in front of him, only letting out a heavy sigh of relief upon hearing that voice.
He glared viciously at the face before him, saying gruffly, "Can’t you act normal for once? Scaring people in the middle of the night, do you have any idea that could scare someone to death?"
As he spoke, he moved the flashlight, which was emitting a pale light, away from the person’s face.
In the dim light, the person finally showed their true appearance.
Their complexion was sallow, with dark circles under their eyes. On closer inspection, one could see the whites of their eyes filled with blood vessels. This man was skinny and approximately 1.7 meters tall.
"Who told you to be such a scaredy-cat? It’s the same thing every time you have the night shift, jumping at every shadow," he rolled his eyes and carelessly threw the clothes he was holding onto himself. On the right chest of the clothing, the bold characters for "Security" stood out prominently.
"Pah, like you’re one to talk! Look at yourself in the mirror! You’ve been up all night and now you look like a ghost. Anyone would be scared," the man who had been scared rebuked as he dragged the other along hurriedly, "Move it, hurry up! Let’s finish checking and go back to sleep. Seriously, what could possibly happen at this hour!"
"Stop your whining, any piece of jade here could provide you a lifetime of eating, drinking, and playing. Check everything carefully, don’t let the boss catch you slacking off."
The frightened man snorted disdainfully but said no more.
For a moment, the echoing footsteps of the two men’s leather shoes were the only sounds in the quiet exhibition hall.
After ten minutes, they had inspected all the security and theft prevention systems in the hall and, breathing a sigh of relief, they prepared to leave with their flashlights.
Just at that moment, a shadow suddenly flashed before their eyes, and the two men froze in place.
What was that just now...?
They exchanged glances, each seeing the same fear and confusion in the other’s eyes.
"Old, Old Zhang, what, what was that just now..." the skinny man managed to gulp down his saliva, asking tremulously.
"You, you saw it too? It, it couldn’t be a ghost, could it..." Old Zhang, already startled, almost felt like crying and his legs trembled so violently he was close to wetting himself.
The skinny man grabbed the frightened Old Zhang and took to his heels.
"Run for it! There’s a ghost! There’s a ghost!"
Overwhelmed with terror, Old Zhang’s mind was in complete disarray, and without being conscious of it, he started running alongside his colleague.
At that moment, there was a loud crash, and a crystal display case about one hundred and fifty meters from them completely shattered!
The two men’s knees buckled, and they sat down on the floor, holding their heads and trembling too much to even open their eyes.
"Merciful great spirit, spare me! I have a family to take care of, please, don’t take me away! Don’t take me away!" The two men cried and wailed non-stop.
"Enough with the yelling, it’s unbearable!"
Just then, a deep male voice filled with impatience rang out.
Hearing this voice so close, the two security guards were even more terrified, shaking all over like leaves in the wind.
"Great spirit, spare my life! I’m a good person, I’ve never done anything wrong, please spare me!"
"Damn it! Lao Liu, shut these two useless fools up! I can’t concentrate!" barked the voice again.
Immediately after, a slightly younger male voice said exuberantly, "Got it! Fourth Bro, you focus on nabbing the Little Thief, and leave these two sacks of wine and rice to me! I’m going to have a word with the miss about this tomorrow, the security at this museum is just too pathetic!" As he spoke, a tall man emerged from the darkness and, grabbing a rag from who knows where, roughly stuffed it into the mouths of the two security guards.