Chapter 42: Shadow Beauty

Behind the robe is a long porch, and on the walls are signs for a brief introduction to the haunted house and a safe exit. The gloomy and weird picture of the whole corridor on the wall is reflected in the dim light, which makes people feel very uncomfortable, and the end of the corridor is actually a black hole, and the light can't shine there, and it makes people feel weak to look at.

I'm a person who likes to discover new things, and I'm still a little worried about walking into the darkness at the end, so I first focused on the haunted house introduction picture on the wall, thinking that it was raining outside anyway, and I wasn't in a hurry to go out, and the house would naturally come to me when the rain stopped.

As I looked at the mural on the wall, I was drawn to the contents of the book, which were descriptions of the underworld and hell, with explanations of the different punishments for different sins.

As I gradually admired the mural, my footsteps unconsciously led me to the darkness at the end of the corridor. Suddenly, I felt a little strange, although there are no eyes in the back of people, but when something suddenly appears behind you or follows you, you often feel the slightest wind blowing on your neck. And at the moment, I feel that way.

I've heard people say that there is a bright lamp on each of your shoulders, and what is burning in the lamp is the yang fire of your life, and some people say that it is also called the true fire of samadhi, as long as these two lamps are on, the ghost will not come forward, but as long as the lamp is extinguished, you will be finished.

However, there are two ways to turn off the lights, one is that as long as you turn around, the lights will be turned off, because the moment you turn around, there is wind, and the lights on your shoulders will be extinguished, and the ghost will come and kill you. I've always scoffed at this argument. If I turn around, I will be extinguished, so why won't the wind blow out when I walk?

Another way of saying it is okay to turn back, but you have to turn back sharply, not slowly, if you turn back slowly, the lights will go out. The meaning of this statement is that ghosts and people are the same as fierce things, and if he is ruthless, you will be more ruthless, and if you suddenly turn around, you may be scared of the ghost who follows you, but you don't dare to step forward, and turning your head will help the yang fire on your shoulders to burn more vigorously. But if you turn back slowly, it proves that you are timid, your heart is weak, just like the lamp runs out of oil, the more you are afraid of the fire, the smaller it is, and when you turn your head, the light will let you go out.

I've always been more in favor of the second statement, so when I feel something unusual behind me, I suddenly turn back.

And this time, I'm the same. When I suddenly realized that I had reached the darkness at the end of the hallway, and that something was clearly behind me, I jerked my head to see what it was.

It didn't matter if I turned around, a scream almost scared me out of my breath.

Behind me, there was a teenage girl who was watching me in the dark, but when I turned her head and startled her, she cried out.

The old woman behind the counter also entered the porch in a panic, and when she came in, she saw me and the little girl talking without saying a word, and nothing major had happened, so she relaxed.

The old woman seemed to know this little girl, so she said angrily to the little girl: "Oh, my little aunt, why haven't you gone in yet?"

The little girl pouted and said quietly, "I...... I'm afraid".

When the old woman saw the little girl say this, she tilted her head helplessly and said, "Isn't this coming, you can go in with this big brother." After saying that, the old woman looked at me.

Oh, I said in my heart that this is what happened, it was the little girl who came to play by herself for a long time, and wanted to go into the haunted house to see, but I didn't dare, so I was waiting for someone to go in together. Listening to the old woman, she must have been waiting here for a while.

In that case, it's my fault, it's all myopia, I have a little bit of night blindness, and I can't see clearly in dark places. Just now, the little girl should have been standing in the darkness for a long time, and I was still there concentrating on the mural, and I inadvertently ignored that there was another person in the corridor.

But then again, this little girl is really, and when she found that someone came in, she didn't look at her and didn't say a word, so she stood in the dark by herself, and when I found her turning back, I scared her and screamed, but it was really a fool.

After figuring out the situation, I didn't want to ruin the fun of playing, so I said to the old woman: "So that's the case, Auntie, that's okay, I went in with my little sister, and I came to protect her when I met a demon and a monster." The little girl listened to me and smiled shyly at me.

The old woman smiled and said, "Yes, boys should look like boys, okay, you can go in and play, you can see the safety exits on the wall, if you are too scared, come out." With that, he pointed to the location of the safety exit painted on the wall, then turned around and lifted the skeleton's robe and went out.

Then, I looked down at the little girl, and the little girl was embarrassed, and she looked away from me, and her eyes seemed to be able to speak. I can't help but sigh that I am so fucking happy to have good eyes, and I will definitely take good care of my eyesight in the next life.

At this time, I really saw this little girl clearly. This is a very cute girl, who looks about thirteen or fourteen years old, with a height of more than one meter and a half, big eyes, a small nose, and bright little lips, and her appearance is very exquisite. She has fair skin, two long braids combed on both sides of her shoulders, a lilac knee skirt, a pink oval neckline, and a pair of blue low-waisted Converse canvas shoes on her feet.

Maybe it's because I've recently suffered a breakup and failed to study, but seeing such a vibrant little girl, I actually have a good feeling of being young.

I promised the old woman to take the little girl in with me, and I had to fulfill my promise, so I said to the little girl, "Let me go," and turned and went in.

But the little girl did not listen to my orders and followed me, but said faintly behind me: "I am really sorry just now".

I didn't listen carefully to the little girl's voice before, but now I hear that her voice is very good, childish and slightly mature, it reminds me of a girl I had a crush on in junior high school, and a good feeling suddenly comes to my heart.

Unfortunately, my eyesight is really bad because of my slight night blindness in the dark, in fact, the darkness at the end of the corridor is already the main entrance to the haunted house, but there is a particularly large black curtain hanging at the entrance, I didn't even see it, and I bumped into the black curtain.

The curtain was so thick and so well draped that I was bounced back like I had hit a bed of springs, and I sat on the ground.