In front of the courtyard of the moonlight villa, in the forbidden land of Xiucui Mountain, a forbidden place in the coastal city that is rarely visited, and the place where people talk about the changing color - the courtyard of the moonlight villa, in the thunder roaring under the dark sky and the pouring rain, there is a small figure looking up at this gloomy castle in a daze.

Tong Beibei did not bring an umbrella, and she stood alone in front of the gate of the moonlight villa, looking up at the fairy tale castle that she dreamed of as a child, and which was also the source of her nightmares when she was a girl.

At this time, it was only two o'clock in the afternoon, but because the sky was not beautiful, the sky was already as gloomy as twilight. The moonlight villa was shrouded in darkness, adding a bit of darkness and treachery, coupled with the loud noise of the surrounding woods under the agitation of the wind, Tong Beibei felt that this place could be directly used as a horror movie set without any embellishment.

But Tong Beibei, a 24-year-old young girl, did not give face to such a scene, she did not have the slightest fear, but was a little excited. Her fearlessness and excitement come from one of her beloved fairy tales, Beauty and the Beast.

When it comes to why Tong Beibei came to the Moonlight Villa, why he is not afraid but eager to try, why he thinks of that fairy tale, we must start from the reason why Tong Beibei came here, and when it comes to this reason, we must start from the 1st of last month.

On the 1st of last month, that is, on July 1st, Tong Beibei's colleague Lao Bai came to this Moonlight Villa alone, intending to take pictures at the scene of the murder fifteen years ago, and interview the new owner of the Moonlight Villa by the way, as his delivery task this month, to keep his job with Tong Beibei.

After all, Bai Zhongwen is a native of Haibin City in his fifties, and he was thirty-seven years old when the dungeon prisoner girl case happened fifteen years ago, and the case shocked him a lot at that time. So he has always been obsessed with this case, and has always paid attention to the moonlight villa that is rumored to be the residence of unjust souls, which has been almost deserted.

Bai Zhongwen heard that just three months ago, after the Moonlight Villa was in the hands of a rich man, there was a third new owner, this new owner has a mysterious identity, and he is currently living in the Moonlight Villa, a reclusive stranger. Therefore, he decided to visit the door in person, taking pictures and interviewing the new owner.

Bai Zhongwen decided to split up with Tong Beibei, he first concealed his intention from Tong Beibei, and asked Tong Beibei to find a way to dig up the big news on his own.

Therefore, when Tong Beibei was lurking and squatting in the villa area for several days to cast a net and secretly take pictures, Bai Zhongwen had already climbed Xiucui Mountain alone. But he didn't want to, not only did he not see anyone on his trip to the Moonlight Villa, but he even lost his camera, and after he came back, he was seriously ill, with a high fever of 39 degrees, and he could only rest in bed at home.

It was Bai Zhongwen's trip to the villa yesterday that reminded Tong Beibei of the fairy tale of "Beauty and the Beast".

In the fairy tale, Belle's father breaks into the Beast's garden and castle in order to bring back a rose for Belle, and the Beast agrees to spare him and gives the rose in exchange for the first thing he encounters when he returns home.

So Belle, who was always the first to run out of the house to meet her father, came to the beast's castle in order to fulfill her father's promise and was accompanied by the terrifying-looking beast. Over time, Belle fell in love with a beast with an ugly face but a beautiful heart.

The ending is naturally HAPPYENDING, because of Belle's kiss, the beast lifts the curse and turns back into a human prince, and Belle lives happily ever after.

And the reality that Tong Beibei is experiencing is strikingly similar to this fairy tale. On the 1st of last month, Bai Zhongwen went to the Moonlight Villa alone for the column article, and after pressing the doorbell, he explained his intention, and the new owner of the villa opened the door remotely and invited him in.

In the hall of the villa, Bai Zhongwen heard the voice of the new owner of the villa coming from the speaker, and the new owner who refused to show up told Bai Zhongwen through the voice changer that it was okay to visit and take pictures, and it was okay to publish articles, but he had a premise, that is, Bai Zhongwen's photos and articles must first pass the level of his new owner.

Bai Zhongwen had to write an article on the spot after taking a photo, then leave the photo and the article, and go to wait outside the villa. Ten minutes later, if his photos and articles pass the customs, the new owner will open the door again and personally greet him in to pick up the photos and articles.

But if Bai Zhongwen's photos and articles can't pass the eyes of the new owner, then the door of the villa will not be opened for him, and of course, the camera and the article will be detained in the villa. Unqualified photos and articles are destroyed by the new owner.

If the photos and articles satisfy the new owner, he will personally open the door to greet the reporter and return Bai Zhongwen's and the reporter's camera, allowing him to publish the photos and articles that he is satisfied with.

Of course, if the reporter fails to satisfy the new owner this time, if you want to get the two cameras back, you will have to find another reporter to come on September 1. And so on and so forth, until there is a person who can satisfy the new owner.

Bai Zhongwen failed, in order to get the camera back, and also so that next month's manuscript could save his and Tong Beibei's jobs, he could only pin his hopes on Tong Beibei.

The castle is to the villa, the father is to Bai Zhongwen, and the beautiful Belle is to the child Beibei, so the new owner of the villa deserves to correspond to the beast prince in the story. In other words, it is likely that a mysterious beast prince may now live in the Moonlight Villa.

How can Beibei, a fairy tale fan, not be curious and excited? She had finally waited until today, and she had to satisfy her curiosity, which had been suppressed for many days, to see for herself the mysterious new master, and to see if he was a princely figure.

Tong Beibei tried to suppress her excitement, pressed the doorbell outside the door, explained her identity to the intercom at the door, and then waited tremblingly, she knew that at this moment, the new owner of the villa was looking at her, the reporter who came according to the appointment, through the video intercom at the door.

There was no sound in the video intercom, if it weren't for the sound of the door lock opening from the door, it meant that the new owner had let Tong Beibei go, and she thought that the new owner hadn't heard her introduce herself.

Tong Beibei tried her best to squeeze out a ladylike smile and said to the intercom: "Thank you." ”

Through the bronze high courtyard gate, Tong Beibei was finally able to get a close look at the full picture of the Moonlight Villa:

The playground-sized yard is overgrown with weeds, and it looks like no one has taken care of it for a long time, but you can still imagine how beautiful the garden was that was regularly tended by a gardener all those years ago.

In front of the villa gate is a white marble stone fountain, and when you look closer, you can see that it is full of old accumulated sewage and disgusting foam; The gray-white statue of a classical European figure in the center of the fountain was already dirty, and half of her face was still peeled off, and the white eyes of the remaining half of her face were staring at Tong Beibei opposite.

Tong Beibei braved the wind and rain to bypass the fountain and walked to the gate of the villa, and the rain mixed with muddy water slid down from the mottled carved copper door in disrepair, creating an illusion for Tong Beibei, this villa is bleeding! The storm swept past the gray-white Roman columns in front of the door, making a sound like a maiden's cry.

Tong Beibei held the handle of the bronze door and pushed it hard, and the door lock had already been opened for her.

Stepping into the villa and closing the door, Tong Beibei felt that the noisy bad weather had been isolated from her in another world, but this world was still the same as outside, making her feel cold to the bone.

There are no lights on in the hall, and there is no popularity, and when you look around, you can only see the vague outline of the furniture in the dark, although it is hazy, but you can feel that the decoration here is high-end and luxurious.

The interior of the villa is decorated in the same classical European style as the outside, and it really resembles a royal castle in a fairy tale, and it is a cursed lifeless castle.

There was an old smell of dust in the air, which showed that the new owner had not cleaned the place thoroughly in time. Tong Beibei thought, why don't you clean it up? The person who can buy such a villa must be a rich man, why should a rich person live in an uncleaned house?

"Hello." Tong Beibei cleared her throat, because with Lao Bai's previous experience, she knew that there was a hidden microphone in the hall of the villa, and as long as she spoke in her usual tone, the new owner of the villa could hear it.

"I'm a reporter for Vientiane magazine, my name is Tong Beibei, and Bai Zhongwen, who came to visit last month, is my colleague, and I'm here to retrieve the camera for him. Oh, and by the way, I'd like to take a picture of this moonlit villa, and you know, we're going to publish an article about the 'Dungeon Prisoner' case that happened here fifteen years ago. Tong Beibei spoke generously to the hall of the villa.

After a pause, Tong Beibei said, "In addition, if I can, I would like to interview you about why you bought this villa called forbidden land, and what you think of this villa and the case back then." ”

Tong Beibei's voice echoed in the hall, she looked up at the doors on the second floor, thinking to herself, the new owner's bedroom or study should be on the second floor, he was in a room on the second floor through the screen to monitor her, the villa's rare guest.

Soon, a light coughing sound came from the two loud speakers in front of the TV wall in the living room, followed by a voice like a robot that had obviously changed its voice, "Tong Beibei, hello." As the owner of this Moonlight Villa, I allow you to visit and take photos in all areas of the villa that you have access to. ”

Tong Beibei listened attentively, even though she already knew the rules of the game.

"But you should also know that it's okay to visit and take pictures, but you should never change any of the furnishings in the house or take anything from the house. After taking your photo, you have to go back to the lobby, select the photos you took, write the articles you want to publish in the magazine, and then leave the photos and articles on the coffee table in the living room and wait outside the door. ”

The voice paused, but did not give Tong Beibei time to speak, and quickly continued, "After ten minutes, if the door does not open for you again, it means that the quality of your photos and articles is not up to the level of publication, at least in my opinion, or I personally do not like it." ”

"Since I am the new owner of this villa, and the articles and photos are based on my villa, I have the right to refuse to publish articles that I don't think are up to par or that I don't like. I hope you can understand this. ”