My Co-renting Lady Boss
Chapter 74 - 0074: The Odd Repairman

Chapter 74: Chapter 0074: The Odd Repairman

After a wait of about fifteen minutes, Tang Ming and his two companions were finally allowed to enter the maze.

At that moment, Xiao Ma and his two accomplices happened to see the trio enter, and they immediately turned and walked into an office next to the maze.

There was a staff maintenance corridor, specifically prepared for maintenance personnel. Since Xiao Ma’s trio were maintenance staff at Happy Valley, their presence would not arouse any suspicion.

After the three entered the maze, they began to slowly close in on Tang Ming’s group...

When Xiao Ma spotted Tang Ming’s group, he instructed his two accomplices, "You two circle around to the front at the five-way intersection and wait there. We’ll make our move there!"

"Yes!"

The two men nodded and then quickly walked away down a side path.

The interior of the maze was decorated in a dazzling, dreamlike manner, with two-meter-wide corridors flanked by blue panels filled with various totem patterns. The brilliant colors caused disorientation for the average person, making it difficult to judge direction correctly.

Liu Mengting and Li Xiaoli were nonchalant at first, completely unconcerned. But when they realized they seemed to be walking in circles, the two started getting anxious.

"Meng Meng, could we be experiencing a ghost hitting the wall?"

Li Xiaoli had a timid nature, her face showing worry as she looked at Liu Mengting with a touch of fear.

"Heh, didn’t you say you were leading the way and that we’d definitely find our way out? Are you giving up so soon?"

Liu Mengting teased with a chuckle, apparently determined to squash Li Xiaoli’s already overflowing confidence.

"Oh come on, I was just joking and you took it seriously."

Li Xiaoli was not shy at all, immune to embarrassment.

As the two joked and laughed, Xiao Ma followed behind at a close distance. He slowed down, watching Tang Ming’s group while pretending to check for problems in the maze.

Xiao Ma could hear Liu Mengting and Li Xiaoli’s conversation as soon as he approached, and his eyes occasionally glanced forward.

But to Tang Ming, Xiao Ma’s behavior was transparent, which puzzled him, "Why would a maintenance worker be watching Liu Mengting and her friends with ill intent?"

However, this man posed no threat to Tang Ming, and since the other had not made a move, he saw no reason to subdue him in advance. He simply let him follow to see what he was up to.

Of course, Liu Mengting and Li Xiaoli were so beautiful that they were the center of attention wherever they went. It was normal for people to take a few extra glances.

The trio walked slowly forward. Tang Ming needed to protect Liu Mengting and Li Xiaoli, so he began to restrain his playful mood and started to observe the surrounding area.

Suddenly, he noticed two still figures about several tens of meters ahead, breathing heavily. They should be men, and they seemed to be in a state of high tension; otherwise, their heartbeats and breathing would not be so loud.

The two men standing still ahead could only mean there was an ambush in front, and then there was the maintenance worker following behind.

Tang Ming immediately made a connection and anticipated they would soon encounter an ambush. However, these three were no threat to him.

As Liu Mengting and Li Xiaoli walked and looked around, they racked their brains but could not find a way out of the vicinity. There were many mini-mazes inside the main maze, and as soon as Tang Ming’s group walked in, they first entered one of these mini-mazes. If they couldn’t get out of this one...

It’s clear just how poor their sense of direction was, but luckily, there were help buttons on the walls. If a tourist really couldn’t find the way out, they could press one to learn the correct path.

Tang Ming didn’t mind, since he was there in the capacity of a bodyguard. It was fine as long as the two young ladies had fun—he just had to walk a bit more. However, the two young ladies dawdled, which almost drove the guy named Xiao Ma behind them crazy.

Xiao Ma was supposed to be a maintenance worker, but the maze had already been serviced a few days ago, and there was really nothing to repair inside. Bored as he was and seeing that Tang Ming and the two girls in front were moving as slow as snails, he grew impatient and moved ahead, planning to set up an ambush at the intersection with five exits.

Xiao Ma adjusted his peaked cap, then walked briskly forward. Since he wore a maintenance badge on his chest, he didn’t arouse any suspicion from Liu Mengting and Li Xiaoli. It was Tang Ming who gave him a glance, wanting to see what kind of trick these jumping clowns were up to.

"Meng Meng sister, listen to me one more time, we’ll take this way. If it’s still wrong, next time we’ll do as you say, or use the help button,"

Li Xiaoli refused to admit defeat, insisting on coaxing Liu Mengting to try one more time.

Liu Mengting looked at the path Li Xiaoli was pointing at and couldn’t help frowning as she said,

"Xiaoli, this seems to be the same path we’ve already taken!"

"Impossible, I remember the one we took before, it’s definitely not this one. I’m sure we can find our way out this time."

As she spoke, Li Xiaoli walked over and patted the wall, asserting confidently.

Tang Ming found this amusing, but he didn’t dare to say a word. Li Xiaoli truly had no sense of direction; they had clearly walked this path before, yet she denied it. Now they were going to walk it again, but with someone apparently lying in wait ahead, it wouldn’t hurt to stall for a bit.

"Fine, let’s go as Xiaoli suggests. I think there won’t be any issue this time."

Tang Ming smirked inwardly while verbally showing his support.

"See, Tang Ming is supporting me, I must be right,"

With Tang Ming’s words, Li Xiaoli suddenly felt more confident.

With no other option, Liu Mengting had to follow the minority and trod into the darkness with Li Xiaoli along the chosen path.

The three of them turned onto a side route, which would have led them back to the start, but with a slight nudge from Tang Ming, they accidentally ended up in a different small maze, losing half an hour in the process.

While they weren’t in a rush, Xiao Ma and his two companions were frantic at the five-way intersection.

The trio leaned in hiding, having nearly smoked an entire pack of cigarettes with not a ghost in sight.

Both subordinates were tall and burly, one around forty with a mouth full of blackened teeth, who grew impatient and asked, "Ma Ge, are those three even coming this way? Why has there been no sign of them for so long?"

"How the hell would I know? The two girls and that boy are dawdling in the maze like idiots. I couldn’t stand it and came to wait here; who knows why the hell they haven’t shown up yet? It’s like their brains are made of pig slop,"

Xiao Ma cursed and vented his frustration.

The other two, still smoking, laughed, and the one with the black teeth asked, "Ma Ge, what do those two women look like?"

"No problem, we’ll just kidnap one, and kill the other two. Before they’re dead, the brothers can of course have their fun first."

Thinking about the scene to come, the men started to feel a bit hot under the collar.