Chapter 114: An Unexpected Companion
Leila takes Highway 1, known as the "National Road", the Pacific Coast Highway.
The 600-mile stretch of the road from Los Angeles to San Francisco is full of beautiful scenery along the way. For example, Monterey's Goose Warm Rock Beach, mangrove forests and the Big Sur Coast are just a few of the sights you can capture with your camera.
She is dressed in a ubiquitous street stall, wearing a baseball cap, and the car she drives is also a second-hand station wagon, which fans will not recognize, even the paparazzi, who are known for their pervasiveness, may not recognize her.
Leila didn't set a time limit for her vacation, and walked along the road casually, stopping to take a few photos when she saw beautiful scenery, stopping to meet cute shops, eating a unique meal or a cup of delicious coffee, which can be said to be a very happy and pleasant journey.
Originally, Claire's temper did not agree to let her go alone, but she could only agree to Leila's strong request, but she also made an agreement to call every day to report her safety.
Leila will not complain about this, she lived alone for half her life in her previous life, and there are so many people who care about her in this life, so what's the trouble?
Originally, she thought that this vacation would be enjoyed alone, but she did not expect to be joined by two unexpected visitors.
It was two men, one in his 20s and the other in his 30s. They were not so lucky, and on a rainy night the poor cars went on strike. If it weren't for Lyra's kindness to give them a ride, there's no telling how long they'd have had to wait on that sparsely populated road.
In fact, whether to help them or not, Laila herself was also apprehensive. She has seen some horror movies and read in the newspapers about cases caused by random pick-up of others. When a girl takes two big men into the car, it's a dangerous and mindless thing to think about.
At first, Leila wanted to pretend she didn't see it and drive the car straight over. But the moment she drove past, she saw the S logo on them......
Yes, both of them were wearing T-shirts with the image of a doll on one of the S's peripherals. It's obviously her own fan, and Leila can't afford to leave her fan in such a place, even if the other party doesn't even know that their favorite movie director has just slipped past them.
Coincidentally, if it weren't for the fact that they were repairing the car outside the car and taking it off to keep the jacket from getting wet in the rain, Leila wouldn't have been able to see the ST shirt inside. Because of the T-shirts, Leila couldn't harden her heart, and finally asked them to hang the car behind her car and drive the two to the nearest car hotel.
The younger of the two men is named Alan A. Mike Arrowy, a student at a certain university, claimed to be looking for inspiration to write a script. The older one, Rob Schmidt, came out by car to make a short film.
Originally, they didn't know each other, but it happened that they met in a fast food restaurant on the way because they were both wearing S's T-shirts, and finally embarked on a journey together because of the same interests.
"Leila, although you saved us, I still want to warn you, it is dangerous for you to do this!" Rob couldn't help but remind her after thanking her for her help.
Leila smiled, "If I thought so, you'd still be in the rain there." ”
"That's what I said. Rob probably felt a little strange to say this, and touched his nose awkwardly: "I still think it's better to pay attention to safety, after all, you are a girl." "It was lovely. He was embarrassed to say the latter sentence.
His companion Alan also nodded: "That's right, not everyone is as harmless as us, do you know how many terrible highway cases have happened before?" he began to narrate.
"Good. Lyra interrupted him with more "case descriptions" a little speechlessly.
She wanted to tell them that she wasn't as unprotected as they thought, and there was a PS tracker on her body, and at the touch of a button, the police would rush to her in the shortest possible time. And she also carries a women's gun for self-defense, which is small and cute, maybe not very large, but it will kill people when it hits the vital point at close range.
Alan is very talkative, in his own words, he wants to be a screenwriter, to write the most terrible stories, how can he not even speak?
Leila said it was strange. She doesn't understand what talkative has to do with writing scripts, at least she doesn't like to talk much herself, but isn't the script still written?
"See this T-shirt?" Alan tugged at his clothes and looked at the weird-looking doll on it with a longing expression. "S is the best horror movie I've ever seen. I really don't know how the director's brain grows, whether it's a witch or S, it's too good to be better. ”
The corners of Lyra's mouth raised, "Is it really that good?"
"Of course!" Alan cried out as if he had been poked in the nick, "You don't know! I've seen the movie three times, and I'll be sure to buy it when it comes out." You know what? I love those tricks to death, it's a genius idea, and the most terrible thing is to give it back!"
Rob nodded in the back: "That's right, it's a good movie, good ideas and good shooting techniques, and those mechanisms are very challenging to the imagination." ”
"That's right!" Alan laughed proudly, "Rob and I met because we both wore this T-shirt, and then we decided to complete this journey together!"
"Okay. Layla thought it was funny and laughed, "You guys are really two weird and funny guys. ”
"Is it strange?NO, NO!" Alan shook his index finger twice, "You women always think of people who like to watch horror movies very strangely, but it's not like that." Everyone needs horror movies to relieve stress, if too much pressure is accumulated, psychological problems will occur, and bad things will happen if something goes wrong psychologically, which will cause a lot of trouble and trauma to themselves and their families. But if you watch a horror movie, those pressures can be dispelled by fear, and a movie ticket is equivalent to hiring a psychiatrist for you, which is cheap and cost-effective, isn't it?"
It was the first time for Leila to hear such strange logic, and even she couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded. She knew that the adrenaline rush brought about by fear would make the human body feel pleasant, but she didn't expect it to become a prop in Alan's mouth that could make the psychiatrist unemployed.
Her eyes swept around Allen's face strangely, and after realizing that he was not joking, she sighed with emotion for a while: "Your association is really amazing." "It's nothing to make others believe their own words, but the great thing is that even they believe their own words, he's such an incredible guy.