Screams filled the air. The roller coaster that looked like a giant snake was galloping wildly on the track, breaking through ten rings in a row.
Lu Yingjiu wants to create a suspension bridge effect.
The so-called suspension bridge effect is that when two people are walking on a suspension bridge with trepidation, their heartbeats will speed up, and they will mistake this externally caused heartbeat as love for each other.
From this perspective, the amusement park is indeed a good place for a date. There are many thrilling and exciting activities that can easily make people's heart beat faster.
But here comes the problem.
He is not afraid of roller coasters. Roller coasters and bungee jumping machines do not make his heart beat faster.
After getting off the roller coaster, Lu Yingjiu was still staring at the sky.
He thought, the sky is really blue.
Jingxian can't wait to start the next project.
The Yunxiao Amusement Park is very large and has everything.
Before playing the whitewater rafting, they bought raincoats, but neither of them tied them tightly, and when they dived down, water poured down through the gaps in their clothes. As soon as they finished the project, Lu Yingjiu couldn't stand it anymore, so he found a corner and slapped talisman paper on himself and Jing Xian to dry their clothes.
Then, they went to play on the rotating swing, the bungee jumping machine, the aerial windmill and the mine coaster... all the scary projects were just a way for them to enjoy the scenery in the distance.
But it's definitely not boring.
In fact, Lu Yingjiu found it very interesting.
He hardly played with these things when he was a child, and later he didn't have much time. This was his first time to leisurely stroll in the amusement park, and according to Jingxian's expectations, he experienced every project over and over again.
There are always many second times in life.
These strange things seemed to make up for his past.
There are many people on weekends, and they play like this, and only in the afternoon do the activities that they are most looking forward to.
Haunted house.
Lu Yingjiu stood in front of the haunted house called "Halloween Horror Nights", looking at the various pumpkins, bats, and ghost decorations at the door, and said, "Are you sure we want to play this?"
"What else?" Jing Xian said, and he touched the furry head of the ghost at the door. "Look at how interesting this ghost looks. He looks silly. There must be werewolves and vampires inside."
"Oh," he said, and Lu Yingjiu suddenly understood, "It's the imported ghost you like, right?"
Jing Xian said that he likes to watch zombie movies or vampire movies, because those species are all "imported ghosts" to him. He has never seen them before and finds them strange.
From this perspective, he understood Jing Xian's interests.
They started lining up.
This haunted house is quite famous, and there are more people queuing up than other attractions. They slowly followed the line forward, chatting casually, and it took them 50 minutes to get in.
This haunted house is entered by groups of ten.
The staff held a loud speaker and shouted the following precautions to them: "Pregnant women and tourists with heart disease or high blood pressure are not allowed to enter; they are not allowed to bring inflammable and explosive items, controlled knives and lighters; they are not allowed to take photos or videos; they are not allowed to destroy the props in the haunted house; they are not allowed to beat the staff..."
The first few sentences are not very interesting.
After hearing the last two sentences, Lu Yingjiu poked Jing Xian and whispered, "Listen carefully."
"What?" Jing Xian's attention was completely focused on the werewolf model at the door, and he couldn't move his eyes away.
Lu Yingjiu said: "It is forbidden to destroy props and it is forbidden to beat the staff."
"Okay, there will be no problem." Jing Xian assured, "I am not the kind of person who would randomly hit people."
After the registration items were completed, the ten of them stood in a row and began to enter the venue under the guidance of the staff.
It was pitch black as soon as we entered, with only a green light flashing in the distance.
There was a haircut sign with a green glow on the ground, and everyone walked forward cautiously.
Before I took a few steps, music started playing, with sharp wind sounds and tiny whispers, which were extremely realistic and had surround sound. A cool breeze blew under my feet, tickling my ankles, making me think of the misty hills and the wild ghosts wandering in the distant deep forest.
This haunted house is famous for a reason.
The sound effects of this opening alone are stronger than many other haunted houses.
Immediately, several people became frightened and held each other's hands tightly.
This little bit of darkness is nothing to Jing Xian.
So he clearly saw the other people holding hands, and immediately moved closer to hold Lu Yingjiu's hand.
Although Lu Yingjiu couldn't see clearly, he knew what Jing Xianyu wanted to do when he came closer. He retracted his hand and whispered, "What are you doing?"
"Everyone else is holding hands, so if we don't, there will be no atmosphere."
Lu Yingjiu: "Your reasons are really weird. What reasons do you use on this trip?"
He recalled the incident and added: "What about 'I think that tree is so beautiful, so let's hold hands', and 'The dog in front looks like a fur ball, so let's hold hands'... It's ridiculous. Do you have a magnet on your hand? You must be attracted to me."
Jing Xian just laughed a few times: "Isn't this a devilish thing?"
"You have a very accurate understanding of your positioning." Lu Yingjiu also smiled.
Seeing that he was unwilling, Jing Xian gave up holding hands.
Lu Yingjiu walked a few steps and suddenly felt something heavy on the back of her clothes, as if someone was pulling her.
Road to welcome wine:
He turned around and was speechless: Jing Xian actually grabbed the corner of his clothes.
The two of them are now like primary school students on a spring outing, pulling each other together, and sticking together tightly.
Lu Yingjiu whispered, "What the hell are you doing? Stop pulling my clothes. Only an elementary school student would do such a thing."
"Oh." Jing Xian listened to him very much and changed the position of his hands, this time he grabbed the back of Lu Yingjiu's collar.
Unexpectedly, he got so angry that he pulled it hard and lost control of his body. Lu Yingjiu felt as if his neck was being strangled by a rope!
Jing Xian pulled him to a stop and he leaned back half a step.
Jing Xian was horrified and quickly supported him.
Lu Yingjiu coughed twice and said, "Jingxian, you want to murder me."
"Absolutely not, absolutely not." Jing Xian said in panic, "My love for you is everlasting and will last forever."
Lu Yingjiu: “…”
Lu Yingjiu was amused: "You are making rapid progress in using idioms."
"Of course." Jing Xian patted his back gently, "I studied hard."
While chatting, they had already walked more than ten meters away when the crowd in front of them suddenly screamed!
Suddenly, in the pitch-black darkness ahead, a red light shone on the wall. The wall was made of red bricks, and when they got closer, blood suddenly began to ooze out of the cracks in the bricks!
This passage was very narrow, and they had to walk along the wall to reach the next area.
Blood was dripping all over the ground, the bright red was glaring, the music became louder, and there was a chill wind under my feet.
The person in front immediately stood still and dared not move.
Fortunately, there was a brave brother who immediately went up first.
He moved slowly, sticking to the wall.
There was no sign of anything happening at first. He walked halfway quickly and then a sharp laugh was heard!
From the broken part of the red brick wall, a pale hand actually stretched out!
It twisted in the air, every inch of its bones bent at inhuman angles, its fingers deformed, its wrists twisted. The big brother screamed and rushed forward in an instant.
Jing Xian's eyes lit up and he asked Lu Yingjiu, "Is that a witch? I think its bracelet looks similar."
"I don't know." Lu Yingjiu looked at it for a few seconds, "I can't tell, maybe it was just made casually, there's no variety."
Jingxian was a little disappointed.
The props were very realistic and the atmosphere was great, but Lu Yingjiu felt no emotion at all.
As they walked closer along the wall, Jing Xian reached out and gently touched the back of Guishou's hand - looking at his expression, it seemed as if he was shaking hands with fans at some fan meeting.
When they reached this point, they suddenly went to the front of the team.
The first big brother who went there was really fierce and disappeared quickly.
Then, in front of Lu Yingjiu was a huge pot of soup, the soup was glowing green, making bubbling sounds, and skulls and broken bones were constantly being stirred. Lu Yingjiu felt a chill on the back of his head, and a piercing cry broke out in his ears.
When he turned around, he saw the upside-down face of a witch!
His face was covered in blood, his eyeballs were popping out, and his body was trembling.
Lu Yingjiu: “…”
Lu Yingjiu's first reaction was to call out to Jing Xian: "Jing Xian, come and see your witch."
Jing Xian also came back to watch it, studied it carefully, and commented: "This model is quite cute."
Lu Yingjiu said: "What kind of underworld interrogation is this?"
Then he changed his mind and thought that the judgment of ghosts should really be called "judgment in the underworld."
The two of them continued walking along this path, just like they were touring the mountains and rivers.
Lu Yingjiu was born with a physique that attracted ghosts, and this seemed to be fully reflected in the haunted house. All the ghost models, all the triggered mechanisms and sound effects were all aimed at his face, and he didn't miss a single one.
Every time he met a certain species, he would start to greet them.
"Come here, here is the werewolf you want."
"Here come three witches."
"These are the alchemist's potions. They are making a potion of immortality."
"There are still many zombies ahead. Don't just stand here and admire them. There are many more varieties..."
Jing Xian was deeply attracted by this little bat zombie. The little zombie roared at the top of its lungs and flapped its wings to scare passers-by, but he looked at it with eyes full of affection.
No matter how hard Lu Yingjiu pulled him, he couldn't be moved.
Seeing that other trembling tourists were about to overtake them, Lu Yingjiu had no choice but to directly reach out to pull Jingxian.
Unexpectedly, just a gentle pull seemed to trigger some magical mechanism, and Jing Xian was suddenly willing to take a step forward.
His eyes were still glued to the bat zombie. He tried to twist his neck to look back, but he followed Lu Yingjiu very obediently and let him lead him forward.
In this way, Lu Yingjiu finally took control of that area.
Jing Xian still couldn't forget it and said, "Let's put this toy in our house in the future."
"No." Lu Yingjiu rejected it bluntly, "What are you thinking about?"
"On the contrary, you are not afraid of it, so it is cute to put it at the door as a decoration..."
"No." Lu Yingjiu said, "Absolutely not. This kind of thing is not allowed in my house."
Jing Xian then gave up.
—He was so close to giving up, largely because Lu Yingjiu was still holding his hand.
He was afraid that if he said a few more words, Lu Yingjiu would react and stop pulling him along.
Walking forward on the road, Jing Xian looked at the imported ghosts to his heart's content, and even said that if he had the chance, he would definitely introduce some imported ghosts into the ghost world to increase the diversity of species.
Lu Yingjiu held his forehead and said, let’s not talk about whether it will succeed or not, have you not heard of the term “species invasion”
Jingxian said that it doesn't exist, but the language barrier may indeed be a big problem.
They also admired the chainsaw maniac and the scissor killer, as well as countless human legs spinning in the air.
There was a real NPC in the haunted house, holding a large electric saw that made a buzzing sound, and it would suddenly appear from any corner and chase them.
The tourists screamed and ran forward.
Lu Yingjiu was too lazy to move and wanted to walk slowly, but the other tourists ran very fast, leaving only the two of them here, which felt a bit disrespectful to the staff.
So he symbolically trotted a few times, pulling Jing Xian with him, and turned several corners under the piercing roar of the chainsaw, bypassing the blood-stained walls, bypassing the clawing ghost hands, bypassing all kinds of witches and werewolves...
After a certain moment, everything in front of me became clear.
The bright sunshine shines on my body, the cold atmosphere disappears completely, and I am surrounded by the lively voices of people.
The cold and terrifying feeling of the haunted house was swept away, and the tourists who escaped all breathed a sigh of relief. Then they joked with each other and laughed at their companions' reactions just now.
The light was dazzling. Lu Yingjiu half-squinted his eyes, and it took him a while to adapt.
Seeing so many people, he finally realized that he was still holding Jing Xian's hand.
He didn't even notice it in the haunted house just now.
Fortunately, he led the way, otherwise Jing Xian would definitely be possessed by a zombie or a werewolf.
Jing Xian must have been very satisfied with this trip to the haunted house.
Lu Yingjiu let go of his hand and asked Jing Xian: "Where is the next project?"
Jingxian spread out the map, looked at the circle, and pointed: "Ferris wheel."
…
Looking down from the Ferris wheel, all you can see is a sea of heads.
Fortunately, it’s almost dinner time now, so the number of people has decreased a lot.
The two of them came under the Ferris wheel.
The sky was twilight, and most of the light had been swallowed up by the distant mountains. The Ferris wheel was spinning slowly, and every glass window was covered with a smear of crimson, a reflection of the setting sun.
Lu Ying was drinking and eating the snacks given by Jing Xian while thinking about love.
He is not used to relaxing yet. Whenever he has free time, he can't help but engage in careful thinking.
At first, he was still thinking about the messages left by Zhang Nianyun and Chen Minlan.
In such a cheerful atmosphere, it was inappropriate to think about these things, and soon his mind diverged, thinking about the mango smoothie he drank today, the blue sky he saw from the top of the roller coaster, and the cold water droplets splashed on his face when he was playing whitewater rafting.
A series of vivid feelings swept over me, overwhelming those heavy thoughts.
After that, Lu Yingjiu just stared at the huge Ferris wheel.
Don't think about anything, just watch how it turns.
Wait ten minutes and then it will be their turn to go up.
After sitting firmly in the seat, the cabin slowly rose and the door closed. Lu Yingjiu looked out the window and saw the crowd, the land, and the small colored lights at night moving away from them. A gust of wind blew, and a few old trees rustled.
The Ferris wheel is huge and goes very slowly.
Since he had nothing to do anyway, Lu Yingjiu continued to eat the snacks in his hand and chatted with Jing casually.
It's not something important, it just talks about the past.
For example, the road in front of his primary school was covered with kapok flowers.
For example, he used to have nothing to do, so he would go around the streets catching monsters and ghosts to play with him.
For example, how did he get to know Ye Feng, and how did they become good friends later.
As an exorcist, Lu Yingjiu plays the role of a listener more often.
Listen to the client's story, listen to the ghost's wish, listen to the truth of love...
He himself was not a person who had a strong desire to talk, and he would not pull over someone he knew and start talking. Even in the few times he was drunk, he always fell asleep very quietly and never talked nonsense.
So, at this moment, on this slow-moving Ferris wheel that seemed to rotate forever, he had the rare opportunity and interest to tell his story to others in this way.
Jing Xian listened intently, remembering every word he said.
It was as if he wanted to participate in Lu Yingjiu's life before this way.
After Lu Yingjiu finished his speech, he felt tired and stopped to look out the window.
They were about to reach the highest point, and the crowd below them became smaller. Looking into the distance, the colorful lights of the amusement park spread out brightly, converging into a sea of joy.
And in the farther sky, above the mountains there is a lingering red afterglow, brilliant and gorgeous.
From this angle, the roller coaster track is built just before the sunset. It becomes a silhouette in the dim light, its lines are still hideous, and the screams are too far away to be heard.
A few seconds later, the car body quietly and quickly passed through the junction of light and darkness. Sometimes it was illuminated by the residual red, and the whole metal was shining. Sometimes it was thrown into the shadow, and the whole body was swallowed by the darkness, as if it was shuttling between day and night, and even time could not catch up with it.
The two watched quietly for a while.
So quiet that we can hear each other's breathing.
Lu Yingjiu said, "Excuse me, I have something I want to ask you..."
"Um?"
"It's about Zhang Nianyun's affair," Lu Yingjiu said. "Although it's not a good topic to bring up now, I've been wondering why she committed suicide in front of the stone tablet that she used to worship the Heavenly Dao in her home."
He continued: "Could this incident be related to the way of heaven or karma?"
"You once said that you could handle this situation. But this involves such huge and complex laws that even a priest cannot escape unscathed."
He looked at Jing Xian and asked, "So I want to ask you, will these rules really not hurt you? I don't want you to pay any price for me. No matter what it is, I cannot accept it."
"... Oh, you mean that." Jing Xian leaned back and stretched out his long legs, saying lightly, "That's a piece of cake. Of course it won't be difficult for me. Don't worry about it so much. It's more practical to think about how to develop your bar."
"…Really?" Lu Yingjiu asked.
He felt almost intuitively that Jing Xian was lying.
He is very uneasy.
The uneasiness was like a thick shadow that captured and drowned him at that moment.
"Really." Jing Xian swore, "Your husband is very capable. But I am very touched by your concern for me."
After saying that, he was about to take Lu Yingjiu's waist, but Lu Yingjiu dodged and said with a smile: "How can you come here?"
—That intuition disappears.
It disappeared as quickly as it came, almost making Lu Yingjiu think it was an illusion.
After a few seconds, the cabin finally reached the top.
Jing Xian sat down next to him while making noises and suddenly said, "Let's take a picture."
"Why so sudden?" Lu Yingjiu was stunned.
Jing Xian said: "Look, I've been here for such a long time, and we don't even have a photo!"
Lu Yingjiu thought about it and it seemed that this was indeed the case.
He is not a person who likes taking pictures.
Most of my friends are straight men, and their photography skills are terrible.
Every time Lu Yingjiu clicks into the Moments and looks at the photos, most of them are daily life photos taken from strange angles. Those who have girlfriends are a little better, at least they have good looks... and those who are more straight-minded will upload some weird travel photos, such as making a "yeah" gesture in front of a waterfall with the face backlit.
When I first joined the Qingdeng Society, it seemed like they were organizing some kind of activity that required people to provide photos of their daily lives.
Lu Yingjiu didn't have many photos. 90% of his photos were in the cell phones of the girls in his school class, the remaining 0.50% were in his own cell phone, and 0.50% were in the cell phones of the boys.
At that time, he thought for two seconds and found his first ID photo with a blue background and started uploading it.
Fortunately, he has good looks, and his ID photo looks good without being out of place.
Now Jingxian suddenly asked to take a photo, and he was really a little surprised.
Jing Xian did what he said and took out his mobile phone on the spot.
Facing the camera, Lu Yingjiu was a little uncomfortable. Her face was stern, and the coldness in her bones was even more pronounced.
"What are you laughing at?" Jing Xian said with a smile.
Lu Yingjiu said: "I am not very used to taking photos, so let's just leave it at that."
"Oh, no, take another one." Jing Xian raised his cell phone.
Lu Yingjiu still had a stern face, and after a few seconds, he managed to raise the corners of his mouth.
Although he was smiling, he was really uncomfortable in front of the camera. In the end, his smile was barely there, but his expression was indeed much softer.
“Crack!”
Please take some photos at your leisure.
—The original lens of this phone is very bad. The face looks two times fatter, and any flaw can be magnified a hundred times. Even if there is no double chin, they will create one. Only they dare to do this. No matter where they frame it, one looks delicate and the other handsome, and they still look good.
The picture freezes, and outside the window is a prosperous and cheerful scene, with the roller coaster roaring and people screaming as the bungee jump drops down.
They sat side by side in the glow of the setting sun, at the highest point in the entire amusement park, with smiles in their eyes.
Jing Xian put down his phone and admired the video carefully, very satisfied: "Look at this one, it's good, it looks like a wedding photo."
Lu Yingjiu laughed and said, "How can wedding photos be taken like this?"
"I said you can shoot it this way." Jing Xian continued to admire, "How beautiful it is."
"You just said which werewolf was good-looking," Lu Yingjiu said lazily, "I no longer believe in your judgment."
When the Ferris wheel was turned on, the last ray of light disappeared, and the world fell into darkness.
The street lights lit up one by one, illuminating the road.
The two prepared to go to the restaurant for dinner.
As we walked, we turned into a small road.
Jing Xian followed him and asked, "There's no one here, can I hold your hand?"
Under the light, the skin on Lu Ying's neck was smooth and white after drinking, and the lines from his shoulders to his waist were all graceful and like works of art. He felt itchy just by looking at them.
"No." Lu Yingjiu walked forward.
"There really aren't many people here, and no one will see us. We can just pull them secretly and then open them when we get to the restaurant door."
"Can't."
"Would you like to consider it again? I have a bag of your favorite Hawaiian cake."
The road is ready for the wine station.
Jing Xian thought he was angry, and said, "Okay, then don't do it. I'll ask you again in a few minutes..." After that, he stuffed the Hawaiian paper into his hand.
Lu Yingjiu turned around and looked at him: "Really let go at the door of the restaurant?"
Jing Xian was stunned: "Yes."
Then Lu Yingjiu raised the corner of her mouth, her beautiful brown eyes full of teasing and smile, and she stretched out her hand to him: "Okay, let's play for a while."