Host, wake up!
My dear host, it’s getting dark!
The vague voice kept echoing in his mind, and Baili Xin woke up from a trance. When he looked out the window, the bright sunlight had disappeared at some point, replaced by pitch darkness.
Baili Xin seemed to have had an extremely long dream, in which he fell into a dark and sticky abyss.
Baili Xin rubbed his temples, his head still filled with the pain of a hangover.
Master Host, you finally woke up. There was a hint of anxiety in s419m's voice.
Baili Xin got off the bed with a frown on his face. Beside the bed was a neatly folded white suit.
There was the sound of cars driving outside, and the headlights shone on his window from time to time.
What happened? Baili Xin got off the bed and walked to the window to look out. There were many expensive cars parked in the courtyard outside the Fei family's gate. People kept getting out of the cars and walking into the Fei family in groups.
In the last second he remembered that he was still in Da Zhuang's room looking at the pastoral straw painting, and in the next second he had returned to his own room.
I looked at the time and it was already 7:30 in the evening.
Even though he was in the bedroom on the third floor, he could vaguely hear the lively sounds of clinking glasses downstairs.
The dinner party has already begun.
What happened in Dazhuang's room? Baili Xin tried to find some clues through s419m.
But s419m doesn't know what happened, and neither do I. I woke up not long before you did, and we were already in this room when we regained consciousness. Is the time in this game accelerated
Baili Xin pursed his lips and stared at the gate of the Fei family. When a figure slowly appeared in his sight, a flash of surprise passed through Baili Xin's eyes.
It was a tall male figure.
Even though it was bathed in darkness, and even though he was surrounded by men and women dressed in the same finery, the man was like a lone wolf in the dense forest, and he instantly caught Baili Xin's attention.
Is Dijia here too
I don’t know if he noticed Baili Xin’s gaze, but when the man walked into the yard, his chin suddenly raised and his eyes accurately captured Baili Xin.
Baili Xin froze on the spot. The man stared at him for two seconds, and his handsome jawline instantly stretched into a sharp and vigorous arc.
As their eyes met, the man nodded slightly at Baili Xin, then at the invitation of the people around him, he withdrew his gaze and walked into the hall of the Fei family without looking around.
Guests continued to come in from outside. Baili Xin drew the curtains and walked to the closet.
He did not wear the white suit prepared for him by the Fei family, but changed into the white suit that Dijia bought for him last night.
The styles of suits are actually similar, and some of them are just minor differences in details. If you don’t look carefully, some people can’t even notice them.
After fixing her clothes and hair in front of the mirror, Baili Xin pushed the door and walked out of the bedroom.
The moment the door opened, the noise in the hall immediately reached Baili Xin's ears.
He did not rush downstairs, but walked straight to the end of the corridor on the third floor, in front of Dazhuang's room.
I knocked on the door, but no one answered.
Baili Xin tried pushing the door again. Dazhuang's door was not locked, so Baili Xin just turned the key and opened it.
The light was on in Dazhuang's room. Baili Xin walked in and found his room empty.
Every corner of the room was tidy. There were only a few pairs of unused disposable slippers on the shoe rack. The mattress was brand new and there were no clothes on the hangers.
It was as if no one had ever lived here.
Baili Xin just took a quick glance and walked straight to the oil painting.
There is only one painting hanging on the simple white wall. If the overall color of the picture was not the same light gold, this painting would be very abrupt placed here.
The last thing he remembered during the hours when his memory was lost was standing in front of this painting.
At that time, he discovered that the painting was signed "Zhai Tou", and that this painting and the "Rose Boy" in Fyinuo's secret room were from the same hand.
This is a picture of a wheat field.
In the yellow ripe wheat field, two scarecrows, one black and one white, stood with their backs to them. There was a totem on the back of the white scarecrow. The general outline was a circle, and there was a faint eye inside the circle.
While he was concentrating on the painting, he noticed that the two scarecrows moved.
He had no memory of what happened afterwards.
At that time, Da Zhuang and two other people were present with him. I don’t know where they are now, whether they are in the banquet hall on the first floor.
At this time, Baili Xin stood in front of the picture again. When he looked at the wheat field picture again, he found that the two little men, one black and one white, who were supposed to be standing in the wheat field were gone.
Under the sunlight, only the yellow wheat fields were left.
Baili Xin frowned slightly, his eyes fixed on the painting.
s419m: My Lord Host, this painting seems to... move.
Baili Xin pursed her lips: ...
Just like s419m said, the painting moved.
As if blown by an invisible wind, the wheat field, which should have been still, was like a PPT projected on the screen, tilting in the same direction frame by frame.
As the wheat field swayed back and forth, a small black dot appeared faintly in the distance.
Baili Xin narrowed his eyes and focused his attention on the black spot.
The black spot is not really a black spot, it just looks like a black spot because of the distance.
The black spots are not completely black, but are dotted with smaller yellow spots.
As if to allow Baili Xin to see more clearly, the painting in front of him began to move closer to the black spot.
The surrounding wheat fields gradually disappeared frame by frame, and the black spot at the end became bigger and bigger.
As it got closer, the black spot gradually revealed its outline.
A familiar silhouette.
The familiar black metal door.
Familiar facade.
Familiar courtyard.
Familiar buildings.
The one painted on it is actually the Fei family.
The dim dots you saw just now were not dots, but lights.
As the picture zooms in, the surroundings change from day to night.
Under the flickering lights, cars stopped one after another and people walked in silently.
s419m: Damn, isn't this what is happening to us now
Another red sports car stopped at the gate.
Baili Xin walked silently to the window and looked towards the door. A red sports car was parked there: …
s419m's voice was a little uncertain: "Master Host, where are we now? In reality or in the painting?"
I don't know. Baili Xin shook his head, but it was just a game after all, and what we were concerned about first was not where it was, but where the two scarecrows, one black and one white, had gone.
s419m: What does it mean
Baili Xin: Is it possible that the scarecrow that disappeared out of thin air had left the wheat field and sneaked into this house
The young man's words were like a spell, instantly making s419m shudder. "Master host, please don't scare me. If you scare me, scare me to death, okay? !"
Baili Xin smiled, closed the curtains, walked to the wall, raised her hand and grabbed the frame of the painting.
s419m: Host, what are you going to do
Baili Xin: Now that we are here, it would be a shame not to take such an interesting painting.
As he spoke, he exerted force with his hands, and the oil painting that was originally placed firmly against the wall was taken down by him, and disappeared into the backpack.
s419m:
Oil painting: Are you polite
After putting the painting away, Baili Xin heard the sound of someone coming up the stairs outside.
Without staying in this room for long, Baili Xin quickly went out and politely closed the door before leaving.
As soon as he walked out of Dazhuang's room, Mrs. Zhang came up in a hurry. Mrs. Zhang looked around and saw Baili Xin walking towards her, "Young Master, you are awake. The dinner has already started. The master asked me to tell you to go down. Please follow me."
Baili Xin said "Oh" and followed Mrs. Zhang to the first floor.
When going downstairs, Mrs. Zhang looked at Baili Xin from time to time. She opened and closed her mouth several times, and it seemed that she wanted to say something to Baili Xin.
Mrs. Zhang hesitated for a long time, but finally couldn't help herself when she was about to reach the first floor. "Master, go out from the back garden and turn left. There is a small door. That is the back door of the Fei family. It is usually open."
Baili Xin stopped and asked, "Why did Mrs. Zhang tell me this?"
Mrs. Zhang hesitated and fiddled with the corner of her clothes with her fingers, "If you wait..."
"Why did you come down just now? You're taking so long. The guests are waiting anxiously." Just as Mrs. Zhang was about to say something, a voice suddenly interrupted her.
Upon hearing this voice, Mrs. Zhang's expression froze, and she quickly stopped talking. She folded her hands in front of her and looked respectfully in the direction where the voice came from. "Madam, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."
Manyu Li wore a dark red strapless slim evening dress today. Her hair was lightly tied up, and she looked lazy and elegant. The dress brought out her graceful curves.
Wearing black silk long-sleeved gloves, she walked over with a glass of champagne in each hand and stuffed one of the glasses into Baili Xin's hand. Li Manyu glanced at Zhang's wife casually and said, "Okay, leave Xiao Xin to me. You can go and do your own thing."
Mrs. Zhang stared at the wine glass hesitantly, and finally, under the gaze of Li Manyu, she said nothing and left the scene silently.
Seeing Mrs. Zhang walking away, only Li Manyu and Baili Xin were left on the stairs.
At this time, the people around them were some distance away from them, so if they wanted to whisper, no one could hear them.
Li Manyu's eyes fell on Baili Xin. She looked him up and down with a charming gaze and smiled with satisfaction, "That's great."
Baili Xin: "Why is it so good?"
"Twenty years old, the age of a flower, with skin as smooth as a baby's, and a youthful and naive expression, it's great." Li Manyu's eyes flashed with envy, "I was like this once."
She touched her face and said, "But look at me now, I am old and ugly, and I can only rely on expensive cosmetics to cover up my lost youth."
Baili Xin: "You don't look old at all. If we go out together, people will think you are my sister."
Li Manyu was amused and chuckled: "Xiao Xin is so sweet today."
Li Manyu seemed to be in a particularly good mood today. When she looked at Baili Xin, besides envy, there was also a kind of indescribable joy in her eyes.
The joy was like the comfort and pleasure after taking revenge on an enemy. She pointed at the champagne in Baili Xin's hand and said, "I know you get drunk easily, so I brought you the non-alcoholic one. Let's go. Your father is waiting to introduce you to the guests."