Act Six: One Night in the Wei Mansion
The group of three walked out of the school gate, still some distance away from the car, and their hearts were already haggard. Lin Qi didn't say a word, and put his heart on his back. Shen Xin snuggled up to Lin Chi's back like a child, and Twilight was warm and envious in her eyes, and there was no atmosphere of wanting to skin it at all.
Walking through the long no-drive street, when I got to the private car, I was already asleep.
Twilight didn't want to go with her, but she couldn't help the confusion in her heart, and with Lin Chi's fierce and threatening appearance, she half-pushed and half-got into the car. I thought that I should live in the center of the city with a cautious identity, and it didn't take too long to see individuals going back and forth, but the car drove to the suburbs and didn't arrive for 2 hours.
A gust of lake breeze blows mixed with the fragrance of mud and algae, and the twilight shadow looks out into the distance, and a huge artificial lake comes into view. By this time, the sun was already lazy, and the afterglow rippled on the water. The green forest is still celebrating, and the evening breeze causes a commotion. Only the green mountains are the most calm, time flies, the stars and the moon are like shuttles, and I stand still.
At the foot of the green mountain, at the end of the water, Qionglou Yuyu stands among them. Needless to say, the carved beams and paintings are not much to say, just by enjoying the landscape alone, and the house and scenery are blended, you will know that it must be a fairy residence that can only be invited by noble people.
If I had to say the downside, it would be too big. There are two five-storey buildings in the middle, which are connected to each other, with the front building rich and the back building simple. Outside the main building, there are eight bungalows, all of which stand on the mountain. With such a scale, it is estimated that more than 200 people can easily live in it. However, there are only a handful of people who come and go as far as the eye can see.
The vehicle had to be parked outside the courtyard, and Twilight and the group walked to the front building. Jin's complexion improved but he was still tired, and Lin Qi accompanied him to the second floor.
Twilight was already suspicious, but now that no one was paying attention, she thought about it, "Oh no, why did you bring me here because I'm a poor boy?" No, there are so many places to be placed under house arrest, so why should they be so luxurious. I know, everything here is worth a lot, and they must be ready to frame me for destroying their things and make me work as a coolie for the rest of my life. Vicious, too vicious. No, I'm going to figure it out. ”
Twilight was suspicious, just in time to see Lin Chi in her pajamas, taking out a torn wooden box, frowning as she walked.
Twilight suddenly yelled at Lin Chi, "What do you want to do! I can touch anything, don't try to frame me." ”
"You're sick, you're startled when you talk, and you're annoyed when you see you. Lin Qi was startled, turned around and walked back, but was stopped by the housekeeper.
"Second Miss, are you going back to change your clothes? ”
The butler said this, and Twilight realized that when she was in a daze, the butler was already on the side. Twilight looked at it, the housekeeper was in his 50s, kind and respectful, and must have served in the Wei family for many years.
Lin Qi immediately turned around: "Lin Bo, he is not a guest, he is just an ordinary classmate." ”
"It's rude for you to leave a guest in the front hall without saying a word. ”
"Okay, I got it. Don't talk about me, go get ready for dinner. ”
"Okay, because I don't know if any guests are coming to prepare a dinner, and I don't know how the young lady is going to entertain them. ”
"It's just the usual Chinese food. Lin Qi thought for a moment: "No, if you don't bother to eat French food tonight." ”
"According to Miss's instructions, then you will accompany the guests here and I will go down to prepare. ”
"Okay, I see, go ahead, I'm starving. ”
Although Twilight doesn't quite understand the dignity of the elders and children in the mansion, she can still hear that Limber is both a housekeeper and a parent.
Limber left the main house, leaving Twilight and Lin Chi in the room. The whole air was filled with a strong embarrassment that could not have been stronger. Twilight sometimes sits down, sometimes stands up, looking at the painting on the left and the window on the right. Lin Qi was fine with his clothes, looked at his phone, and looked at his phone, one to the left and the other to the right.
Twilight Shadow faked a few coughs, but Lin Qi was not moved at all.
Twilight couldn't help it: "This rich family is really slamming the door, such a good house doesn't have a TV." ”
"Now the TV is all furnishings. What do you want it to do?" Lin Qi explained impatiently.
"Resolve the embarrassment!" Twilight pointed at them. "You see, I don't even know what to do. ”
"Don't you know how to play with your phone?"
"I'm sorry, I'm poor and can't afford it!"
"Modern people don't have mobile phones, do you live in a cave at the top of the mountain?"
"Eh, how do you know, I'm living in someone else's warehouse right now, and it's like a cave. ”
Lin Qi was stunned by this answer, she knew that Twilight's family might not be wealthy, but she didn't expect it to be so difficult.
"I, I didn't mean that. Lin Qi was a little embarrassed, she felt that her words were mocking Twilight's poverty, but she didn't mean to.
"Eh, what is it that actually makes Miss Lin embarrassed. Twilight began to skin again.
"Who's embarrassed, I just can understand the hardships under the fence. ”
"You can rest assured, I am a student and have never been ashamed of poverty, what is the difficulty of eating and dressing me now. And ......" Twilight suddenly laughed exaggeratedly, "can you understand my hardship, Miss, don't be sarcastic about me, okay, how can you understand us as a pampered person?"
"It's so uncomfortable to talk to you, I'm going to see Limber cook. Lin Qi just had the energy to chat when he was poured down by a basin of cold water. When she was about to leave the door, she glanced back, and there was no guilt or envy in Twilight's eyes, only disdain for all this.
It was almost two hours before dinner was ready. The housekeeper thought that he would go to the banquet hall to eat, but Lin Qi arranged it on the breakfast table that the family usually uses.
Lin Bo and the two maids set up a set of cutlery, and Lin Qi went directly to the table and sat down.
"Second Miss, the guests haven't arrived yet, you don't invite you to be polite. Limber reminds Lin Chi to invite Twilight to come with him.
Lin Qi shouted impatiently from afar: "Nasty ghost, come over for dinner." ”
Twilight was hungry and still put on a tsundere look with her chest against her back, pretending to look at more paintings that she couldn't understand at all before she would come.
"Where shall I sit?" Twilight hesitated for a long time, not daring to sit down.
"Where do you like to sit?"
"Really, you can't be unsophisticated. ”
"This is the table where the family eats, what is so exquisite. ”
At this time, Lin Bo stepped forward and explained: "Sir, according to general etiquette, you sit here, the second lady sits here, and the eldest lady sits here. ”
Twilight nodded respectfully to Lin Bo and thanked him, then turned to Lin Qi and complained, "Lin Qi, are you going to see my jokes, I know that you must be exquisite." ”
"Shut your mouth, I'm annoyed when I look at you, who has the heart to spend on you. ”
Twilight sat down in the position that Lin Bo had said, and asked, "What about Wei Jinxin, why don't you wait for her to eat together?"
"Wow, it smells so good, I can smell it from afar. "Saying Cao Cao Cao arrived, he came to everyone with renewed vitality.
As soon as she appeared, Twilight's eyes were hooked again, although she didn't deliberately dress up, but a small dress and a brooch showed her inner transcendent temperament.
The most beautiful thing Twilight sees on weekdays is the rouge powder in front of the screen, and the arrival of her heart like a fairy makes Twilight unnatural.
"Ah, this is, French cuisine. Foie gras, foie gras, so happy, is there still one?"
"If you don't have a snail, you can't eat if you look at it. Compared with his cautious expectations, Lin Qi looked disgusted.
"There's enough foie gras, ah, and snacks!" After finishing speaking, he excitedly took Twilight's hand, "Brother Twilight, you have to come as a guest often, if you don't come, I will accompany Sister Lin to eat Chinese food." I'm so happy you're here. ”
Twilight's heart swelled, "I'm here, she's so happy." Eh, there's something ahead of me, forget it, it's not important, I'll just remember that. ”
"You're dizzy, I'm looking at your hard work to compensate you, when will I care about those irrelevant outsiders. Do you care about me like this?" Lin Qi pointed to the pajamas on his body with his hand and asked disdainfully.
"Pajamas with French food, Sister Lin Qi has bad intentions. He stared at the plate and smiled evilly.
"Wei Jinxin, if you talk nonsense, I will confiscate your foie gras. ”
"I don't believe it, and you don't eat it!"
"Then I'll confiscate your dessert. Lin Qi looked at Shen Xin with a threatening look.
"Don't, don't, my dessert. He pursed his lips and put his palms together, as if he was pleading.
Twilight is fascinated by the cuteness of her heart, and her eyes remain motionless. Suddenly, a napkin flies and hits Twilight's door.
"If you look at Shen Xin like this again, I'll beat you to the point where you're half-defeated. Lin Qi couldn't help it anymore and attacked Twilight directly.
Twilight realizes her ugliness, flushes and doesn't say a word.
The three of them sat down and began to eat. Mushroom soup, foie gras, veal, mousse cake are very common French dishes. Prudence is to eat with relish. But it's hard for Twilight.
In addition to holding chopsticks, Twilight Shadow is holding the chopsticks, the knife, the fork, where are the tools for dining. The veal is okay, this foie gras is directly into the mouth by Twilight with a fork. The more you chew, the more greasy it becomes, and you can't spit it out, so you squeeze your throat and swallow it directly.
This scene was seen by Lin Qi again, and he smiled lightly. Twilight looked at it, and it turned out that Lin Qi didn't have foie gras at all.
Twilight tried to make it bad, but the etiquette of this table was stricter than that of the exam room, and he couldn't find a chance, so he had to endure it.
By the time the meal was finished, the two had already finished eating. I gently patted my stomach and said, "So satisfied, so satisfied." Today is a really happy day. After eating, your mouth is free, and you can start complaining. Sister Lin Qi, won't you be hungry if you eat so little?"
Twilight waited for a chance to get revenge, "yes, they're all tons heavy, so I can't reach the bottom of this thing." ”
"Can you finish your meal and leave? With so many words, I don't have the strength to leave some strength to walk home!"
"Do you think I'm coming? Didn't you say you were taking me to meet someone?"
Lin Qi looked at Shen Xin worriedly: "Do you really want to take him to see him?"
He smiled and said, "Well, I don't think it's appropriate yet, so you can go and meet it first." ”
Lin Qi didn't pay attention to who this "it" was, which made Twilight Shadow just experience a good life, and suddenly returned to an ominous premonition.
The three of them came to the back building, which is in great contrast with the front building, there are almost no home furnishings, many places are empty, and occasionally some resting chairs are placed, which is not like a home but like an office building.
The structure is also different from the front building, the first, second and third floors are connected corridors, with doors lined up one after another, and there is an additional open balcony at the end of the corridor on the third floor. The fourth and fifth floors do not have a direct staircase.
Twilight thought that the person she was going to meet was in one of the rooms, but they took her directly to the balcony. As soon as I got to the balcony, the view in front of me was very disappointing.
It turns out that this balcony is originally an abrupt piece of the house, and the back building is already at the foot of the mountain, the view is not wide, and the scenery is even more boring. On the balcony, I realized that the building was built by chiseled rock mosaics, which means that the back building and these rooms are actually caves.
The view from the balcony was not good, and no one was waiting here, and Twilight was even more worried.
Seeing that he made a look, Lin Qi hesitated to go to the side of the balcony and move a plate of bonsai away, held down the handrail and pushed it hard, and the handrail fell outward just to connect to the rocks in the back mountain.
Lin Qi stood on the fallen handrail, looking for something on the wall of the back building, and after a while he heard the sound of the door locking, who would have thought that on the wall of this house, next to the stone wall, there was actually a door, who would have thought that a handrail on the balcony was the only foothold for this hanging door.
This secret door was so secret, the more you walked inside, the greater the aura that emanated, and it didn't take long for the end of the passage to exude a strong aura, and Twilight almost screamed when she saw it.
This is a huge cave, there is a giant toad more than ten meters high squatting in the cave, this toad breathes and closes its eyes, not angry but mighty, the whole body exudes powerful spiritual power, like a spring endlessly.
When I saw the giant toad, he bowed deeply, as if apologizing. Then take out 3 orbs that emit the same aura from a box in the lower left.
Twilight takes a closer look at the box, which is not about a cubic meter very large, and has countless pipes connected by it. One end of the pipe is embedded in the stone wall around the giant toad. Twilight was a little puzzled, "Isn't this device collecting the spiritual power of the giant toad?"
Twilight was curious and wanted to get closer to observe, but before she could go far, she was blocked by a wall, which turned out to be a transparent wall, of unknown material, and it was clear that the toad must be imprisoned here.
"What are you doing here?" asked Twilight Toad.
"This is an ancient evil beast, and the Wei family killed and injured more than a hundred people before it was caught, but the Wei family has been studying it for more than ten years and has no way to kill it, so they can only trap it here and find a way. Surprisingly, this time it was Lin Chi who gave the answer.
"All evil beasts, no way to kill, imprisoned for ten years, I can believe it. But what is the intention of absorbing the aura and smelting it into beads? He asked in frustration.
"Be careful, Father Wei said that absorbing its aura is to weaken it and kill it?"
"In order to kill it, why did they sneak to feed it blood and meat? ”
"Be careful, can you not think so badly of Father Wei, he is your father, my benefactor. You see that he himself has no bad problems at all, and he does good things everywhere, and where there is a bad person. Can you stop doubting him all the time? ”
"Yes, being strict with oneself, being lenient with others, wandering for half a life, doing good deeds everywhere, but he looks like a righteous man and a gentleman. But these secrets and deeds in the family are by no means transparent. I don't want to doubt my father, and I don't want my family to be disgraced. ”
"You are just too serious, if you really suspect something, communicate with Dad Wei, you are not like me, he is still willing to listen to what you say. ”
"No, you don't know, if I tell him I'll be suspicious of him, I can only know the 'truth' he wants me to know. ”
"Well, well, I swore to you that I would never divulge the secrets we know. But I would like to warn you not to go too far. Lin Qi stopped the topic and glanced back at Twilight, "Then can you tell me why you brought this guy here, isn't it true that the secret here can't be told to anyone?"
When he talked to Lin Qi, his eyes never left the giant toad, but at this time, he turned his head to look at Twilight, and smiled slightly as always.
"Brother Twilight, are you afraid of pain?"
When Twilight heard this question, she knew that it was not good: "I'm afraid, I'm so afraid of pain, even if I scratch a little bit of skin, I will hurt for a long time, last time I played, .....! What are you doing!"
While Twilight was still grinding and chirping, Lin Qi suddenly took out a small stick and pointed it at Twilight's hand.
Twilight's eyes widened, and she couldn't put into words the frustration in her heart.
Lin Qi didn't care about squeezing the blood, Twilight didn't let him live or die, and put on a posture of wanting to fight.
"What is a big man doing so stingy, doesn't he just prick some blood, does it hurt so much?" Lin Qi dismissed.
Seeing this, he took out a small petri dish and put it in front of Twilight, and said in a coquettish tone, "I'm sorry Brother Twilight, don't you want to know why you have spiritual powers?
Twilight didn't know if she was annoyed by Lin Chi's ridicule, or if she was impressed by her sincere pleading, or if she relented, "Is a drop enough?"
Shen Xin nodded.
"I want a bucket, look at the hue of your face, I have to squeeze your blood dry. Lin Qi decided that Twilight Shadow had agreed to please Shen Xin.
"Brother Twilight is not lustful, but Sister Lin is not gentle. "Be careful to see through the root of their struggle.
"Eh~~, I'm sick to death. Lin Qi made a vomiting appearance.
"It's just her! If you are not gentle, she is a fierce woman, and if she is gentle, she is a psychopath. ”
"Xiao Duying, do you want to fight, don't think that if I can't beat you, I'll be afraid of you!"
"Really, you have such a backbone, you come here. I'll let you know what seven up and eight down is. ”
Pursed her lips and frowned, concentrating on her preparations, and letting them be noisy and not even looking at them. She used tweezers to pull out a soft object half the size of her thumb and carefully adsorb the blood from the petri dish. It is then placed under something like a light to shine. After a few moments, he placed it on a plate filled with liquid. Finally, place the plate in the food delivery aisle.
The passage brought the plate to the giant toad, and the giant toad did not move at all, but slowly stuck out his tongue and dipped the plate of water. Suddenly, the giant toad opened its eyes and was extremely excited, and stretched out its front legs to pounce on Jinxin.
With a "boom", the toad's legs rested on the transparent wall. Twilight and Lin were still arguing, and they were suddenly stunned by the toad's actions.
He looked at the toad calmly, and pointed to the plate, and then to Twilight. The toad immediately turned its head to look at Twilight.
Twilight doesn't know what's going on, he's seeing the toad for the first time, and there's nothing but sympathy in his heart. But the giant toad looks at Twilight Shadow as an old friend reunited, eager for a new life. After a few moments, the toad squeezed a tear of blood out of its eye and stroked it with its tongue and put it on a plate.
Carefully pressed the switch, and the box returned to his hand, and the blood and tears had already condensed into a small palm-sized red crystal. As soon as he touched the crystal, the toad pounced on her again, looking very angry.
Knowingly handing the crystal to Twilight, the toad calms down and sits back in place, Twilight doesn't know why, but she can see that the chip is insisting on giving it to her. He placed the chip on his chest, implying that it would be cherished. The toad nodded, closing his eyes again and remaining motionless as if nothing had ever happened.
The three of them return to the balcony, and Twilight is overwhelmed. Jin Xin deliberately slowed down his pace and pointed at the orchid that was swinging at Lin Chi.
Lin Qi was dumbfounded, a little suspicious of this order, but his eyes were firm and he did not take it back. Lin Qi sighed, but did not disobey, and then she walked to the edge of the balcony and scattered something outside, and in just a few seconds, she quickly returned to Jinxin's side and waited for her.
Twilight, who had been studying the secrets of the chip, was unaware of it, when she suddenly heard a loud agitation in the distance, sounding like wings fluttering and birds chirping. The voice was getting closer and closer, and it seemed to be coming at him, but the balcony was too dim to see anything clearly.
It wasn't until the things got close that Twilight could see the real thing. The thing looked like a two-year-old, with a strange complexion, unusually long nails, and a pair of large bat wings.
Twilight was completely unprepared, and Twilight fell from her seat in fright.
Twilight doesn't dare to get up, and lowers all the tables and chairs around her to form cover, motioning for the ladies to hide while secretly observing.
There are countless of these imps rushing in droves, but only a few are able to reach the balcony. A large part of it crashed directly into the rocks behind them, turning into wisps of black smoke and dissipating.
Twilight thought to herself, "These things are too numerous, and if you do fight them, you won't have a good chance of winning, but their skills and IQ are very average." Although the balcony is less than a meter away from the rocks on the side, it is not uncommon to hit the wall without turning or minus. ”
Twilight quietly moved towards the room, and the imps became even more stupid, not even going up to the balcony, and flew to hit the wall.
At this time, she was no more than half a meter away from Twilight, and as soon as she pointed to the door leading to the room, she and Lin Qi rushed over first, while Twilight held up a chair as a shield to cover their retreat, and when they reached the door, the lights on the balcony suddenly went out.
The dark uneasiness panicked Twilight, and as he fumbled wildly, suddenly it was as if he had stepped on something, soft and smelling of blood.
Before Twilight could react, a hand grabbed at his foot, and with his instinctive kick, the thing disappeared as if it had been kicked to pieces.
"Could it be those things, how did they get to the balcony?" Before Twilight could finish speaking, the second hand, the third hand, grabbed at his lap. Twilight couldn't shake off so much at once, and as soon as she threw off one or two, there was a sharp pain in her feet.
Through the moonlight, Twilight discovers that the source of the pain is that an imp is clutching at his feet.
Twilight slapped her hand, and the imp turned into black smoke, but his feet were torn open, and blood flowed.
After that, the situation gets worse, and the imps suddenly have a goal, and they besiege Twilight Shadow, and countless imps have countless hands and mouths, accumulating on Twilight.
Twilight was under tremendous force, and he spun himself in a desperate way, using his hands and feet to drive away the imps.
Then there were more and more wounds, and the imp became more and more irritable, and one accidentally knocked out the chip of Twilight's pocket and flew straight out of the balcony. Twilight doesn't even think about jumping into it, but grably grabs the chip before it falls. But he stopped spinning, and he was instantly surrounded by countless imps, and there was nothing he could do but roar and struggle.
Twilight is exhausted and hopeless for survival, when suddenly a bright light hits, and the imps flee in terror. Immediately afterwards, the golden light swept by, and the imp who was still entangled in his body was killed.
Twilight was saved, gasping for breath, he slowed down and looked at himself, holding an emergency light in the distance, while Lin Qi turned his ring into a golden sword and stood beside him.
Twilight was covered in bruises, and instead of screaming pain or examining the wounds, she took off her shoes, which were dotted with flesh and blood.
Lin Qi came over to help Twilight, but was ruthlessly pushed away.
Twilight sneered, "Bloodthirsty, lightphobic." So you already knew about it. Why, why don't you let me die here. ”
Lin Qi was a little uneasy: "Don't you ask why you want to do this to you?"
"I'm not interested in saying that, I wonder why you didn't kill me right now. ”
Lin Qi was just about to speak, but he spoke first, but this time there was no smile.
"It's getting late today, so you can stay here first. I will never invite you to Wei Mansion again. ”
Twilight struggled to her feet and glared at her fiercely, saying a word, and walking down the aisle without looking back.
Watching Twilight leave, her whole body collapsed on the ground, the corners of her eyes glistened with tears, and she shook her head vigorously: "I was wrong, I was wrong!"
That night, Twilight dragged the remnant body and forced it out, and Lin Qi entrusted Lin Bo to send him back, while Jinxin knelt alone in the small ancestral hall all night.