Chapter 81: Halloween Eve
A few days later, Xiaoxia called Lin Jinghao again, saying that she wanted to thank him for taking care of her sister Li Qing and wanted to invite him to dinner again. It seems that she has made contact with her family. Lin Jinghao hesitated and refused her invitation. Because, he really doesn't want to gossip about others anymore, Xiaoxia is already someone else's wife after all. Xiaoxia was not reluctant, but after being silent for a while, she said, "Then remember to take care of your body in the future." ’
The weather is getting cooler and cooler, and it's Halloween on October 31. Originally, this was supposed to be a traditional festival in the Western world, but after it spread to China, it began to be sought after by countless young people. Even in a remote area like Qingshan Town, where 'birds don't poop and chickens don't lay eggs', with the development of the Internet, some avant-garde young people have begun to play games of pretending to be ghosts and scary.
At the foot of a mountain in the west of Yinyang Mountain, a small river has been formed due to the perennial mountain flow, and the river is clear all year round. On the other side of the river there is an abandoned park. It is said to be a park, but in fact, it is not so much an unfinished project. At first, I heard that it was going to be developed into a tourist attraction like the Window of the World in Shenzhen, but later due to inconvenient transportation and no one invested in road construction, half of the building was later abandoned. Today, the park is overgrown with weeds, except for the abandoned castle with peeling walls. After a long time, it should be a place with a park temperament, but it seems to be the shooting scene of a horror movie.
More than ten years have passed, and with the progress of the times, this place has once again been excavated by contemporary young people - potholed paths without street lights, and deserted and gloomy castles in front of them. Due to lack of funds, the unfinished project that had to be left behind has become an even moving semi-finished product in the eyes of photographers and young people.
The newlyweds used this place as a filming location for wedding blockbusters, and the literary and artistic youths also agreed to come here on Halloween and stage a night walk of a hundred ghosts.
As a fan of the death painter, Pei Feng naturally flocked to the arrival of Halloween. However, since he was directly rejected by Gu Qing last time, he was embarrassed to ask her out again. Lin Jinghao is an old-fashioned person, and he is really not interested in this kind of foreign thing. In the end, he remembered that Xia Mingyuelai, as a person who has to face death every day, as soon as Pei Feng called her, saying that she was going to the abandoned park to participate in the 'Hundred Ghosts Night Walk' activity, she immediately agreed, and she also said that she would appear as a Bloody Mary that night, and then amaze the audience.
Night finally came, and a bonfire was lit up in the middle of the abandoned park, illuminating the entire park. Pei Feng is not very good at dressing up, so he chose the simplest 'jack-o'-lantern'. Speaking of jack-o'-lanterns, it's just a matter of putting a pumpkin on your head and leaving a few holes in your eyes, mouth, and nose.
When Pei Feng arrived, dozens of 'devils' had gathered in the park, most of the boys were vampires and zombies, and the girls were Medusa, lichs, etc., Pei Feng was looking for Bloody Mary in the 'vampire', but he never saw this image appear.
'Xia Mingyue won't release her own pigeons, right?' Before Pei Feng had time to think about it, he was already pulled into the carnival by the people who poured in from behind. Gradually, Pei Feng forgot about Xia Mingyue's existence, because all the people didn't know who the other party was, everyone just danced happily hand in hand, and around Pei Feng were the two lichs, although they couldn't see each other's faces, but Pei Feng also felt that these must be two beautiful girls.
Time passed quickly, the burning bonfire gradually went out, and the devils gradually left. Pei Feng finally saw Bloody Mary in the crowd, and he was about to chase over to say hello. One of the two girls spoke: "Just now the vampire king said, wait for them to go to the ancient castle at night, will you go?" "The Vampire King is the recruiter for this event, and they don't know who he is.
"I'll go, big pumpkin, are you going?" The girl's voice is pure and bright, and the first feeling she gives is that she is young and energetic.
"I..." Pei Feng hesitated.
"Don't embarrass others, maybe someone's girlfriend is still waiting for him to come home and explain?"
"I don't have a girlfriend, I'll go." I don't know why, Pei Feng called out without thinking. Perhaps, in the minds of men, the more unseen a woman is, the more tempting she is.
"Okay, we're still in groups of three, you have to protect us." The two girls surrounded him again, which made Pei Feng feel valued by two women at the same time for the first time.
"Okay, let me protect you." Pei Feng puffed up his chest and stood in front of the two girls.
There were ten people in the castle plus the three of them, the vampire king was at the front, and Yan Ran standing next to him was 'Bloody Mary'.
'This Xia Mingyue really can't see it, it's really inhumane to the opposite sex, and she hooked up with the vampire king as soon as she came, where do you remember me Pei Feng! Pei Feng thought to himself, so he didn't step forward to say hello again.
The castle is modeled after Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany, and the decorative doors and windows on the castle's exterior walls have fallen off, leaving only the rough lines that once struck on it. The graffiti at the bottom of the building looks very new, like a few strokes from some artist. One side of the castle wall, which had not yet been built, filled the void with a twisted tree growing from it. The unfinished items left behind by the workers have been redecorated by the forces of nature.
Standing next to the small tree, ten people deliberated, and decided to divide into two teams, groups of five, and enter the interior of the castle between the gaps left by the small tree. Pei Feng and the other two zombies were in a group and stayed behind, while the vampire king took the other three vampires and Bloody Mary to explore the way.
This distribution method actually made Pei Feng very unhappy, because the vampire king obviously looked down on his jack-o-lantern. However, as soon as his feet stepped into the castle, the two lichs immediately approached him, giving him an inexplicable satisfaction.
As soon as they got into the ancient castle from the side of the tree, a cold wind mixed with a sense of humidity rushed towards them, and Pei Feng and the others couldn't help but shiver. Under the illumination of the mobile phone flashlight, the castle is divided into two floors, the interior is old and dilapidated, the first floor is a hollow bottom layer, although the devil pattern on the surrounding pillars has been blurred, but it is still faintly visible and lifelike, which adds a deep sense of yin to the scene. There is a staircase on the left and right sides of the hall that leads to the upper floor. As soon as I lifted my feet, the soil on the ground was damp, and I could see that the footprints on the ground were messy, some of which were probably traces from a long time ago.
'Ah', a girl screamed, and a weasel bigger than a cat ran over as quickly as the light flashed.
"Let's go upstairs in two later, and the timid can exit now." The words of the 'Vampire King' seemed to be said to Pei Feng and his team, because the two lichs had completely hidden behind him.
Pei Feng glanced at the other two zombies on the same team, the two zombies were also looking at him, and now he seemed to be the person in charge of the team.
"No one quits, let's go our separate ways, see you upstairs later." Pei Feng said loudly, no matter how you say it, he can't be soft at this time. He seemed to see Xia Mingyue and was waiting to see his jokes.
"Okay, then let's go to the left, you go to the right, and we will meet in the middle of the second floor, but I have to warn you, it was the weasel that was alarmed just now, and it was a vampire bat that flew out later." The vampire king said loudly in fear that the world would not be chaotic, then turned around and walked towards the left side of the hall with the vampires.
Seeing that the first team had begun to explore, Pei Feng looked at his teammates again, and it was obvious that the two zombies were not very bold. The figures they were walking in front of Pei Feng had gradually fallen behind to the back, and the two lichs were even more unlucky, hiding behind him and pulling his clothes, even Pei Feng could feel their trembling.
Pei Feng was actually a little scared in his heart, but with two beauties following him, he couldn't turn back.
"Shall I tell you a story about Bloody Mary?" Pei Feng pretended to be relaxed, and he suddenly remembered the story that Xia Mingyue had said.
"Don't... Say... Finish... Let's not go up," Hearing Pei Feng's story, the team that was moving forward step by step became even slower, and suddenly someone proposed.
"How can that work? Wait a minute, not to be laughed at by them. "One of the two zombies objected.
"Don't be afraid, we can do it." I don't know who added another sentence.
"Someone!" Suddenly, there was a figure at the corner of the stairs in front of him, Pei Feng raised his mobile phone to take a photo, and on the yellowed wall, a huge portrait of a vampire was drawn, and the red at the corner of his mouth was particularly dazzling.
"It's okay, it's a portrait." Pei Feng's hanging heart finally let go.
"There can't really be vampires here, can you?" Pei Feng could feel that the lich behind him grabbed him tighter, and he dragged them away.
"Possibly, maybe it's a foreign vampire?" One of the two zombies must have a guy who usually likes to scare girls, and he took the opportunity to start adding fuel and vinegar again.
"If only I could be as handsome as Edward [the Twilight actor]." Speaking of vampires, a girl's voice came from behind Pei Feng.
"Vampire bats!" The light of someone's mobile phone inadvertently shone on the top corner of the staircase, and I saw that there were really a few bats hanging upside down. As the bats saw the light, they flew down in fright.
"Squat down." Pei Feng shouted, and the bats let out a shrill cry and whistled over their heads.
"Smack" I don't know who scared the phone and fell to the ground.
"My phone." The lights were missing, and one of the zombies crouched on the ground and began to fumble with his phone.
"Here." All the lights were concentrated on the ground, and the back cover of the phone on the ground had been broken open and the battery had fallen out. Next to it, there was also a syringe with a needle in it.
"Be careful, don't touch that syringe!" The sensitivity of the profession made Pei Feng scream.