Chapter 21: The Frightened Jasmine
Early the next morning, the painting spirit woke up. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info I didn't sleep well last night, insomnia caused her to lose energy, and she looked tired. Because she was going to Jasmine's house, she hurried out early in the morning.
Hurried downstairs to the painting spirit, after walking for a while, suddenly stopped. Because she noticed that the newspaper kiosk where she asked about the situation in the ancient town last time seemed to be gone.
"Impossible! right here!" said the surprised painter and turned to look around. She wondered if she had misremembered the location of the newsstand.
The painting spirit looked around again and asked. Others also say that there was never a newsstand. There is only one newsstand at the next junction, or there is one on the opposite side. In this location, there has never been a newsstand.
The painting spirit stood there stunned, and she thought for a moment alone. Looking at this location, there is a towering tree here. There is nothing special about this tree, it is the kind of greening tree that plays the role of green shade very often on the roadside. It's just that the tree is bigger.
Looking at this tree, the painter thought that this tree could not have just been moved here. Because she thought about it carefully, she clearly remembered that in the summer, she used to deliberately pass by this tree on the hottest days, so that the shade of this tree could block the blazing sun and hot weather.
Yes, the painting spirit completely remembered this time, there has never been a newsstand here. In the past, when she wanted to buy magazines, she had to go to the newsstand opposite or at the next intersection.
The painting spirit wondered if it would be a temporary newsstand, anyway, the newsstand could be moved. But, thinking of this, she shook her head again. The road is not wide, and if there were trees and newspaper kiosks, it would be impossible for pedestrians to pass. The painting spirit feels that every time he passes by here, he has never bothered about not being able to pass. So, it's either a tree or a newsstand. She did remember that the tree had always been there, that is, there had never been a newsstand.
She wasn't sure, but she did remember going to the newsstand that day. Confused, she asked a lot of people again. Others also said that the tree had always been there, and that they had never seen any newsstands. Hearing this, Hua Ling's heart sank, his body was cold, and cold sweat kept coming out.
She sighed and thought to herself about the bar that Jasmine had called to tell her, and she thought:
"It's a ghost, it's terrible. Or is it a dryad?"
Thinking of this, the painting spirit looked at the tree again, but no matter how he looked at this tree, it didn't look like a fairy ghost.
The painting spirit silently recited "Amitabha, God bless" several times in his heart. In fact, she doesn't know whether it is useful to read this in her heart, but she feels that it is more practical to read these things.
At this time, the painting spirit wanted to turn around and go home without going anywhere, but she thought about Jasmine, who was still in shock and restless because of the bar. She mustered up her courage again and went to Jasmine's house.
When I arrived at Jasmine's house, Jasmine's husband had already gone to work. Seeing the painting spirit coming, Jasmine nervously talked about what she had found in the bar for a while. After listening to what she said, the painting spirit began to say some comforting words to Jasmine, which made Jasmine, who was highly nervous, calm down again.
After calming down, Jasmine took a note from the table next to the sofa and handed it to the painting spirit. The drawing spirit looked at it, and she saw that there was a person's name, a phone number, and an address on the note.
The painting spirit looked at the note strangely, looked at Jasmine and asked:
"What is this? Who is this?"
Jasmine looked at the note and said:
"You take this. The ancient town you mentioned, I checked it on the Internet and inquired. I've heard that it's haunted. Then, through a few friends, I found this person, who lived not far from that ancient town. This man, I heard, is a master ghost hunter. ”
When the painting spirit heard this, he smiled helplessly and said:
"Then you gave me this because you want me to go with him. ”
Jasmine shook her head and said:
"That's impossible. This person doesn't go to that ancient town. I heard that it seems that I had made some agreement with someone in that ancient town not to go there to catch ghosts. I don't know exactly what's going on. In short, this person doesn't go to that ancient town. It's useless for you to go to him, he won't go. ”
When the painting spirit heard this, he asked suspiciously:
"He doesn't go to Guzhen, so why are you giving me his contact information?"
Jasmine looked at the painting spirit and said:
"Although he doesn't go to that ancient town, you can go to him. I've said hello, if you really encounter a ghost in the ancient town, you should quickly find a way to run to him. I heard that the ghosts in that ancient town do not leave the ancient town. Even if you leave the ancient town, you won't go to him, because he specializes in catching ghosts. You'll just hide from him. Then you call me and we'll figure it out. ”
"Huh?" the painting spirit looked at the note in a daze.
"Oh, yes. When you get to that place, you have to go to him first. It's good for him to give you some ways to prevent ghosts. Jasmine thought for a moment and said.
"Oh, that's a hassle. Is it useful?" said the painting spirit, looking at Jasmine.
"Definitely useful. ”
After chatting for a while, they went to the western restaurant.
As Jasmine said, the oysters here are fresh, and there is nothing bad about them, not like the one that the painting spirit feels when he is drunk.
When he got up to go to the bathroom, he passed by the door of the back kitchen. Suddenly saw a person walk out of the back kitchen, this person walked towards her, and then turned around and walked into the hall, and the painting spirit felt that this person's appearance was so familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.
The painting spirit stood there and looked at the man and thought for a moment. Seeing this person in the hall and talking to the front desk, he walked back past the painting spirit and walked into the back kitchen, and the moment the kitchen door closed, the person saw the painting spirit, she squeezed one of her eyes at the painting spirit and smiled mischievously.
When the painting spirit saw her expression, she was stunned for a long time, she felt how this person looked so familiar, and she seemed to recognize herself with her own expression. However, the painting spirit just can't remember who she is.
Painting Ling thought about the direction of going to the bathroom, and when he walked to the door of the bathroom, he didn't go in but stood there thinking about who that person was just now. The bathroom door suddenly opened, and some people came out, and then some people entered, and the sound of doors opening and closing interrupted the painting spirit's train of thought.
Drawing Spirits Thinks:
"Forget it, I can't remember it anyway. Who can do what? There are so many people I've seen before, and it's not surprising that someone who has seen and seen again. I don't want to. Then he went into the bathroom.
When the painting spirit returned to his seat in the dining room, he saw Jasmine sitting motionless and seemed to be in a daze.
The painting spirit called out to her:
"Huh!"
Jasmine didn't seem to hear it, she still had that daze expression, as if she was thinking about something.
"Jasmine, Jasmine!"
The painting spirit called her a few more times, and Jasmine suddenly came back to her senses and looked at the painting spirit as if she said:
"Huh?"
"What's wrong with you?" asked her.
"Ah, that, oh, you say first, what's wrong with you?" asked Jasmine, looking at her.
"What's wrong with me?" asked the painting spirit.
"Just now, I saw you staring at a guy as you got up to go to the bathroom, do you know that person?" asked Jasmine.
"Oh, you saw it, too. I wonder what I think is the person, but I just can't remember who she is.
Jasmine Says:
"That guy walked past you, and then he passed by and I winked at me and smiled. ”
The painter was surprised to hear it and said:
"Did she do the same to you? She did the same to me. Why do I think she's so familiar? I just can't remember who it is. ”
Jasmine stared at the painting spirit and was about to cry and said:
"Remember the last time we went to the bar?"
"Oh, wait a minute, that~that person? Isn't that person your friend? the friend who went to the bar with us?" said the painting spirit.
Jasmine nodded desperately, tears were about to flow out, and she was too frightened to speak.
Seeing that Jasmine nodded desperately to indicate that it was that person, Hua Ling also felt a sudden chill in her body, which couldn't help but make her shiver. After that, Hua Ling felt as if there was a cool air blowing on the back of her neck, and she was so frightened that she didn't dare to look back in the direction of the back kitchen.
In this way, the painting spirit and Jasmine sat motionless for a while. Jasmine shivered slightly as she struggled to hold back tears.
At this time, a restaurant waiter came over and asked them with a smile:
"Do you think the air conditioner is turned on too much, a little cold? Do you want me to turn down the air conditioner? ”
"Ahh We're just, oh, she's a little unwell, but she'll be fine in a minute. Thank you. The painting spirit first relieved himself from his fear. She said to the waiter with a smile. Because his back was facing the direction of the back kitchen, the painting spirit felt less scared than Jasmine.
After hearing this, the waiter smiled and nodded slightly, and then walked away.
At this time, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief together.
Jasmine also felt much better. She said tremblingly:
"We, what should we do? It's not you, that, what's in the painting, it's coming with us again, right?"
"I don't know, probably yes. "The painting spirit is much calmer at this time.
"What then?" asked Jasmine, anxious and scared.
"Or maybe not. Why don't we go to the back kitchen together, and I see her go in, so let's go and see, maybe it's someone who looks like your friend, and we're all scared like this. People are similar? Nothing special. I've seen people like my friends a lot. After thinking about it, Hua Ling said calmly.
"Well, that's possible. Jasmine also thought that it was possible to hear the painting spirit say this, and then she smiled, feeling that it was a little ridiculous that she was scared like that. However, in an instant, Jasmine remembered that the friend was out of town, and she clearly remembered that she had taken that friend to the bar with the painting spirit. Thinking of this, Jasmine began to tense again.
"Otherwise, let's go to the back kitchen. Painting Spirit was no longer so scared at this time, and she began to be bold, because seeing Jasmine being scared like this, Painting Spirit really hoped that there was some way to make Jasmine no longer afraid.
"This~" Jasmine hesitated a little.
"It doesn't matter. What else? I said, it's the one in the painting, and it doesn't want to do anything to us? How else would we still be able to eat and talk here? I don't know what that one is going to do, but it doesn't seem to be dangerous. I think it's mischievous trick-or-treating the restaurant's oysters in the bar, but I remember I paid for it. Then, probably seeing that I had drunk too much, he went to the restaurant and got a stale fishy oyster for me to wake up. Probably not with any bad motives. The painting spirit analyzed.
"Well, you're right. It's the one in the painting, it seems to be much more powerful than us, and if you want to do anything to us, then we can't eat and talk here. I don't think it's dangerous. That is, the natural fear of the unknown makes us afraid. Maybe it's a friendly alien?" Jasmine said about the alien, her eyes suddenly glowed with joy, she likes to watch science fiction movies and novels, and she herself has played a role in science fiction films.
Hearing Jasmine say the word "alien" makes her feel ridiculous. The painting spirit knows that Jasmine is a sci-fi fan. The painting spirit shook his head and said:
"Aliens? I don't think so. It's, I mean what's in that painting, I don't think it's some kind of alien. I think it seems to come from antiquity. ”
"Ancient?" Jasmine repeated in surprise the words of the drawing spirit.
"Well, what's in a dreamy wonderland. What do you think, what is in the ancient town, of course, from ancient times. The painting spirit explained.
"Well, that makes sense. Jasmine nodded.
"Okay, let's check out and go to the back kitchen. Said the painting spirit.
After they settled the bill, they walked together in the direction of the back kitchen.
When they arrived at the door of the back kitchen, none of them dared to knock on the door, and none of them dared to enter.
They hesitated at the door for a long time. At this time, the door suddenly opened, and a waiter walked out. Then the waiter suddenly saw them hesitating at the door, and asked with a smile:
"Is there anything you can help me with?"
"Oh, yes. We seem to have seen a friend of ours just now. In your back kitchen, I don't know if it's her, I haven't seen her for a long time, I can't be sure. Can you take a look at it?" said with a smile.
Jasmine also nodded hurriedly.
"Oh, that's right. Who is it? Take a look. With that, she opened the door and let them look at it.
"There, there. Jasmine saw a familiar figure through the open door, and pointed to the man and shouted to the painter.
"Oh, yes, it's the one. Can you~" The painting spirit also looked at it and nodded and said.
"Oh, okay, you wait a minute, I'll let her out. With that, the waiter went in, and at this moment someone else came out of the back kitchen, and Jasmine and the painting spirit stood outside. The door closed on its own.
The door opened again, but someone else came out, and when the door opened again, the waiter came out, and she smiled and said:
"She came out right away. Wait a minute. ”
"Thank you. Painting Ling and Jasmine hurriedly said thank you.
The waiter smiled and walked down the hall.
Painting Spirit and Jasmine looked at each other nervously, waiting for the man to come out. Finally that person came out, and at the moment when that person just came out, that person was still the face of Jasmine's friend, but after a while, that person's face suddenly changed to something else.
Both Painter Ling and Jasmine saw this change clearly. Seeing that the man's face suddenly changed, Jasmine shook the painting spirit's arm tightly, and the painting spirit also patted Jasmine's hand with his hand to indicate that he had seen it too. Jasmine's friend was better-looking, but now this person suddenly became less good-looking, and this person's facial features suddenly became nothing like Jasmine's friend.
The painting spirit smiled calmly and told the man about seeing her look like their friend.
The man smiled, then after confirming that they had recognized the wrong person, he smiled amicably and turned back. Then Jasmine and Painter quickly left the restaurant in a panic.
It's been a while since they've been away from the restaurant, but both Jasmine and Painter are still in shock.
"You saw that too, right? Jasmine said.
"yes, I saw it too. Is it possessed by that?" said the painting spirit.
"Hmm. You say it, that, I mean, is it still with us?" said Jasmine.
"No, I'm probably back in my studio. In fact, she didn't know if the painting spirit was still following them, she just wanted to comfort Jasmine, who was so frightened that her soul was about to fly.
"Oh, what are you going to do when you go back?" Jasmine said worriedly.
"No way. Said the painting spirit.
"Before you go to the ancient town, you must go to the place I gave the address. Jasmine hurriedly said.
"Okay, don't worry. It's going to be fine. I hope that this time the ancient town will not go in vain and can solve this problem. Said the painting spirit.
"Well, alas, I couldn't have done it better. Just a little worried about you. But, you see, it's hiding in the studio, and that's in the studio. Jasmine said.
"yes. Rest assured. Don't worry so much, or I'll have to worry about you. Said the painting spirit.
"Don't worry about me. I don't have anything to worry about. Jasmine said.
"Well, okay. Your house has arrived. I'm not going to your house. I'm back in the studio. I still have to get ready for the afternoon flight. You don't want to go to the airport with me. I'll get back to you when I get there. You'd better forget about this and don't scare yourself. It's not worth it, you know?" said the painting spirit.
"Well, I understand. You can rest assured, don't worry about me. Jasmine nodded.