Chapter 7: Father and Son and the City
"How...... What to do? It was the same before...... Li Xi's face turned pale, and he didn't know if he had lost too much blood or was frightened by the scene in front of him.
Qin Manjiang seemed to be prepared, and said in a low voice: "Don't talk, don't move, follow me." β
Under the leadership of Qin Manjiang, the two slowly walked to the last row of vacant seats to watch the movie under the silent gaze of a bunch of strange people in the screening hall, sat down, and then looked at the big screen full of snowflakes with no picture at all.
The eerie atmosphere continues.
As Qin Manjiang speculated, these "people" did not make any further moves, but after seeing Qin Manjiang and Li Xi sit down, everyone's necks slowly twisted back, and their eyes fell back on the big screen full of snowflakes.
Qin Manjiang and Li Xi both breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Xi lowered his voice and asked secretly, "What the hell is going on?" Aren't they ghosts......"
Qin Manjiang shook his head and said, "They are indeed ghosts, but they shouldn't be the kind of ghosts that attack and kill unconditionally and indiscriminately. β
"I thought it was strange when you called before, and all the strange behavior of them in this screening room happened after you called, which means that as long as we don't disturb them watching the movie, we are safe for the time being."
"These people can't all be killed by the fire 10 years ago...... I shouldn't have ordered that game and was led into this kind of place......"
"It's a movie theater for ghosts at all......"
Li Xi seemed to regret it a little.
Qin Manjiang looked at him deeply and did not answer.
"Your injuries can't be treated now, I'm worried that this knife will bleed heavily when I pull it out, keep it like this for the time being, wait for me for twenty minutes." He said.
Li Xi nodded, as if he didn't take it to heart: "Who else can you believe if you don't believe it, I've known you for so long, I haven't seen you panic!" Eh, Brother Qin, will you cry? β
Li Xi's question was sudden.
"I remember that you were drunk when Uncle Qin passed away, but even if you were drunk like that, you didn't cry...... You wouldn't be without tear ducts, would you? β
Qin Manjiang looked at him and said seriously: "Crying is the first thing that human beings come to the world, it is a good thing, I will only cry for happy things." β
"But I didn't see you cry when you were happy?"
"I'm not happy enough to cry."
"Oh...... Is it possible that we came from heaven to hell and were born crying? β
Qin Manjiang glanced at Li Xi, and was about to speak, but found that the other eyes in the screening hall were staring at him again, and quickly shut up.
This screening room is more than just a hiding from the pursuit of tall and powerful ghosts, it shouldn't exist, but it does exist.
There is a high probability that it is hiding, it is not difficult to guess, Qin Manjiang has already speculated a little, first of all, those two ** sons cannot enter here, it is simply obvious to tell him that the secret hidden here is related to them.
If all the "people" present are the audience in Hall 3 who died in the fire ten years ago, except for the ** who can't enter, there are still two people left.
If these two people were replaced by Li Xijie and Qin Manjiang, they would just make up the number of people back then.
When Qin Manjiang and Li Xi sat down in their positions and moved their eyes to the big screen, they really ......
Something strange has happened!
As soon as the white snowflakes on the big screen stopped, a faded picture ...... Start playing.
Qin Manjiang held his breath, and Li Xi's eyes widened, the movie he saw before was obviously not this, could it really be a relationship of numbers?
One way or another...... "movie" began.
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The picture begins on a sunny summer day.
The city was bustling with people, cars flowing, and the crisp wind swept through the streets and alleys of the city, sweeping away some crumbling leaves, some on the streets, some on the lake, some on benches, some on the pages of books, and one on the shoulders of a father.
The picture zooms in, and a father and son in plain clothes stand on the street, they are inconspicuous.
My father is dark-skinned and obviously young, but his figure is a little rickety, and he is not tall.
Although it was obvious that he had cleaned himself well, the blackness between his fingernails and the tiredness and wrinkles on his sideburns could not be hidden.
The father and son are from a mountain village.
The black in the nails comes from something called a rubber tree, which easily turns black when it sticks to his hands, and at first he has to wash it every time, but it will soon be dyed again, and later, it can no longer be washed.
This was the first time father and son had entered the city.
The child wanted to go to primary school, but there was no primary school in the mountain village, so the father decided to take the child to the city, stop working in the mountains, and go to the city to work.
Along the way, the child saw the train for the first time, ate ice cream for the first time, and saw a mirror cleaner than his face for the first time!
Lie down in front of the mirror, carefully attach your hand to it, press a clean handprint, and giggle.
"Dad, I want to watch cartoons."
Father: "Okay, Daddy will take you." β
He didn't know where to watch cartoons, but after plucking up the courage to ask someone, he learned about something called a movie theater.
A father pulls a child who doesn't know anything and goes to the cinema.
They walked from one end of the city to the other, sweating profusely on a hot day, but their eyes were bright.
The people in the city are in a hurry, and no one will notice the weedy father and son.
"This is it!"
After finding the movie theater, the father and son were very excited, the father took the child's hand and wiped it on the clothes, and the two walked in nervously.
"Hello sir, do you need any help?"
ββ¦β¦ We want to watch cartoons. β
The conductor looked the two of them up and down, as if it dawned on him, "Oh, okay, our last movie is in half an hour, do you need it?" β
The father nodded hurriedly: "I want to ...... That's it. β
"Okay, thirty-six yuan for one ticket, a total of seventy-two yuan, thank you."
The child glanced at his father suspiciously, and just now he felt his father's hand suddenly exert force.
"Good...... Seventy-two ...... Seventy-two. β
My father took out the money from his trouser pocket, and it came in all colors, and although it was not new, it was very neat.
"We also have a fast food restaurant and a clothing store here, so you two can check it out while you wait."
The conductor guided with a smile on his face.
"Good...... Good ......"
The father took the child a little crampedly, glanced at himself and the clothes on the child, and then at the clothing store.
"Let's go, Dad will take you to buy clothes!"
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In the screening hall, Qin Manjiang watched everything on the big screen in silence.
That's not a movie, that's the story of this father and son.
The father held the child's hand and was nervous, entered the fast food restaurant only to find that he could not order food by himself, and finally left in embarrassment.
When I entered the clothing store, I was persuaded by the boss to pick up the clothes, and after trying it on my body, I was embarrassed to return it to others and said that I didn't want to buy it, and I didn't dare to pay back the price, so I bought it.
They did come to the city, but it was clear that the city did not belong to them.
The two fathers and sons, dressed in newly bought parent-child clothes, stood blankly at the door of the movie theater, waiting for the movie to start.
They looked at the traffic and were in a daze.
The city was noisy, but quiet, except for the summer wind blowing through the treetops and the leaves swaying.
"I'll be able to watch cartoons right away."
"Hmm."
"Dad, the money in the city is so expensive......
"It's not expensive, Dad can earn it again."
"Hmm!"
The screen flies.
Although Qin Manjiang watched carefully, he was also paying attention to the time, and it was less than ten minutes.
The time of the fire was at zero o'clock.
If you can't escape before midnight, it's all over.
A picture of a screening room appears on the screen.
It's not the same as saying yes.
It was not a cartoon playing on the big screen, but the child sensibly did not cry, but took his father's hand and watched quietly.
It wasn't until halfway through the movie that he whispered, "Dad, I want to pee." β
The father and son went to the toilet and picked the last one that would not affect others.
As soon as the picture turned, screams rang out, and the flames soared into the sky.
The father, who was waiting outside the toilet door, panicked and slammed the door.
Although the child is sensible, he can no longer hold back his fear and cry.
The door is broken and cannot be opened.
My father rushed downstairs and rummaged around for tools to open the door, but found only a knife.
He went upstairs with a knife to slash, but he couldn't cut it.
In desperation, he found that there was a gap above the toilet! Just climb up on your own and jump in to get your child out.
However...... The gap is too narrow and too high.
He tried everything, but the sturdy gates of the city still trapped the child and him.
If...... It would be nice for me to be taller and thinner...... A little higher...... Slimmer a little more......
He was dragged out of the toilet by the others, crying and begging in despair to save his child, who was still in the toilet.
He struggled desperately, and the manpower that had worked all year round was amazing, and everyone couldn't hold him.
However, the next moment, the ceiling above his head suddenly collapsed.
The well-meaning spectators didn't have time to dodge, and they were all crushed underneath and burned alive.
Instead, he struggled hard, and he escaped, just breaking free.
He fell to his knees, burst into tears, and wept aloud.
If nothing else, he will also be burned to death.
The ceiling caved to block the aisles, and the way downstairs was filled with firelight, crackling sparks, the wails of spectators who were not yet completely dead, the cries of children, and the choking and scorching smoke......
His skin, his blood, his internal organs, all looked like they were about to burn.
He didn't want to go.
Outside the last compartment, he sat quietly, and the tongues of fire spread in all directions, burning more and more.
"Don't be afraid, Dad is here, Dad will accompany you ......"
He muttered.
However, the next moment, the window next to the last compartment was shattered!
A figure wearing a seatbelt and a fireproof suit jumped in.
"Survivor Spotted!"
He was harnessed and ready to be sent out the window.
"Wait! There are still people, there are still people! β
"Got it, I'll go to the rescue, you get out first!"
The firefighter grabbed him and shouted, but he finally didn't struggle, and just jumped out of the windowβ
The next moment, the ceiling collapsed again.
His eyes widened suddenly, his swarthy face reflected the firelight, and he looked at the collapsed toilet ceiling, all the sounds stuck in his throat, and he could no longer utter a word.
It's all my fault......
Why come to this kind of place......
If you don't come, if you don't exist here......
It won't happen......
The screen turns again.
It wasn't long before a report appeared in a place that only took a small place in the corner of the newspaperβ
[On Fucheng East Road, a man who lives alone committed suicide with a knife, and it is reported that the man is a migrant worker in the city......]
On the big screen, the picture ends.
It's not a movie, it's just a hasty flashback of the real picture.
The screen goes off and the lights come on.
The strange audience in the screening hall all disappeared, leaving only Qin Manjiang and Li Xi.
"How nice it would be if it was just a movie......
Li Xi muttered.