"The Cinema of Life is a wonderful place." Smiley Mask looked sideways at the Cinema of Life next to him, and sighed, "It has always been here, but not many people have noticed it, only those who are desperate and paranoid, Unwilling, those who delusionally want to change their destiny can find it."
He turned his head and smiled at Shi Zhongtang and Ning Ning: "It only opens the door for this kind of people."
After a brief period of surprise and anger, Shi Zhongtang quickly calmed down and looked for a way to save himself.
"... It didn't find me, it was you who found me." He had to understand one thing first, so he said coldly, "You lied to me, a person can only change the fate of the protagonist twice, not three times, Is it right?"
Ning Ning was stunned for a moment, and looked at him a little bewildered.
Shi Zhongtang has no concept of being able to change the fate of the protagonist several times. His concept came from her—she told him about the candle theory! It was she who told him that he could only change the fate of the protagonist twice at most!
If this is not the case.
Then the person who deceived him... was her.
She is the accomplice of the smiley mask!
"Three times," said the smiling face mask, then smiled at them both, "Are you two relieved? Haha, don't worry, she's not my accomplice."
Both of them were stunned, and then their faces became a little ugly.
The smiling face mask was obviously not a vegetarian. Shi Zhongtang used language to test him. He saw through it at a glance, and then turned to use language to play with them.
"I admit it." Shi Zhongtang first softened, and then flattered him without leaving a trace, "You are amazing, I still don't know what I did wrong, I obviously only took two tickets from you, After only going to the cinema twice, you have become the ghost you are now. You are good... Not only did you get what you wanted, but you also made a whole appearance for free... "
The smiling face mask burst out laughing, and seemed very happy to be flattered by him.
This is good, this is good, the more unpretentious and undefended, the more things you can ask.
"Child, when I played this trick, you were still playing with mud in the field." The smiling face mask brutally broke his fantasy, he crossed his arms and said, "Don't play these little tricks on me, just ask whatever you want. Just ask...before you're fully masked, haha."
Shi Zhongtang pursed his lips.
He used to have only a small piece of mask on his right cheek, but now the entire right face is almost covered by the mask. This speed is neither fast nor slow, just like the noose on the execution ground is slowly wrapped around the neck, giving people a sense of A sense of agony waiting to die.
"...Since one person can change the fate of the protagonist twice." He touched his face, "Why did I become like this, why am I an exception?"
"You are not an exception." Smiley Mask shook his finger at him, "Three, you changed the fate of the three masked people."
Shi Zhongtang frowned, almost suspecting that the other party's math was taught by the Chinese teacher, he had to remind the other party again: "...I only got two tickets, and I only went to the cinema twice."
The smiley mask glanced in the direction of the Cinema of Life.
At the gate, a group of staff members had gathered at some point. They looked at them with great interest like they were watching an open-air movie.
"Every masked person has a ticket in his hand. With this ticket, you can read the story that happened to him, and even change his fate." Smiley Mask smiled, "Except for one person, there is one person in his hand. Neither have their own vote, nor are they allowed to change their own destiny."
"... That person is me." He stroked his right hand on his chest and bowed gracefully to the two of them, "The gatekeeper of the Cinema of Life."
"It's the former gatekeeper." A cold voice sounded behind him.
Da, da, da, slow footsteps stepped out of the darkness, a mask covered with flame patterns emerged behind him, a white gown and a black belt, it was the gatekeeper.
… It turns out that in this day and age, he was not a gatekeeper.
"Congratulations." The smiling face mask turned to look at him, the mask on his face slowly peeled off with his movements, "You have been promoted, and you will soon be able to replace me and become the official gatekeeper."
With a hula, a big hand stretched out from the opposite side and pressed hard on his face.
"...It's useless." The voice of the smiling face mask came from behind the hand, "According to the rules of the cinema, I'm already free, you have no right to deal with me, you should actually thank me, if not for the sake of your younger generation. A few words, I left early, and I won't stay until now."
The gatekeeper believed that he was evil, crunching, and he couldn't use the power given by the cinema to deal with him, so he simply used his own power to deal with him, the strength in his hands was getting stronger and stronger, and he was going to crush his head!
This smiley face mask is really a bit overwhelming.
He knew him very well, and knew that no matter how bright the tongue was, the other party would not listen, and begging for mercy would only lead to the other party's ridicule, so he simply laughed a step ahead.
"Ha, I didn't expect that this position would actually be rare." He mocked, "Watching the gate all your life, you can't take a step away from ups and downs, just like a watchdog, what are you looking for?"
The gatekeeper ignored him coldly.
"Oh, you want revenge." The smiley mask laughed, cunning and cruel, "but who are you revenge on? It's been so many years, and your enemies have died of old age..."
"He still has a son, a grandson!" the gatekeeper interrupted him and said coldly, "I will always wait here, waiting for his descendants to come in!"
"What can you do when you wait? When you wait, you will definitely be able to take revenge?" The words of the smiling face mask were like knives, stabbing his heart with one knife after another, "If you take revenge, your daughter will be able to survive? She will never survive, you You will never be able to leave here again, unless you follow me to defect, but with my precedent, will the cinema still give you this opportunity? Hahahaha!!"
His laughter and the scolding of the gatekeeper echoed behind Ning Ning, she glanced back, and continued to support Shi Zhongtang to escape.
The street was dark and long, with street lamps on either side.
The light didn't shine far, only a circle of white light fell nearby, like a beam of white light cast from the heights of the stage. Ning Ning supported Shi Zhongtang and ran in the balls of lights. The figure was engulfed by the darkness for a while, and then appeared in the light.
"...I should have thought of it." The process of mask generation seemed to be very painful, and the pain became more and more behind. Shi Zhongtang put one hand on Ning Ning's shoulder, and the other hand pressed the mask on his face, panting heavily. Say, "If you change a person, it will affect the people around him. Two of the three scammers run away. What will the remaining one think? What will he do? He will definitely be alert..."
He suddenly turned his head to look at Ning Ning, the mask on his face had already formed, and it was a very beautiful mask, the texture was like jade.
"Remember the news I showed you before? Three years ago, three fraudsters, a lot of money, all died in the end. I dressed as two of them and changed the fate of two people, but the result was All three of them survived, but the last one is missing." He said to her, "If I guessed correctly, that smiling face mask is the third liar and mastermind, and his name is... Pei Xuan."
After saying the last two words, he suddenly wailed and knelt on the ground and kept shaking.
Ning Ning looked at him beside him, she was extremely conflicted, she didn't know whether she should help him or not, and she didn't know what to do to help him.
Shi Zhongtang howled in uncontrollable pain for a long time, and the trembling of his body gradually stopped.
"...My dad always nagging me, telling me not to act too fast and consider the worst consequences first." He laughed, "But I'm afraid I'm slow, you've already left."
Slowly putting his hands down, he slowly turned his face.
A complete mask was covering his face.
The texture of jade is smooth and dizzy, as if someone took a pen and dipped it in the peach blossoms on the branch, took the most brilliant red, and swept it lightly at the end of his eyes.
As a result, the jade mask, which was originally a gentleman, burst into a bright color out of thin air.
"So I don't regret it." He got up and walked towards Ningning, but stopped in front of her.
The street lamp cast a white light, covering Ningning, she stood in the light, he stood outside the light.
"Because I have to choose again, I will definitely do it again." Shi Zhongtang laughed, "You know what? "The Man in the Picture" was the happiest scene I played. At the end of the performance, I even felt that I was in my previous life. Li Lang, you were Princess Lingshan in your past life, because you couldn't be together in your last life, so you meet again in this life."
Ning Ning looked at him sadly, an uncontrollable sadness in her heart. If people don’t understand love, it’s fine. If they don’t understand love, they don’t understand hate. If they don’t understand love, they don’t understand loneliness. If they don’t make mistakes, they won’t get to where they are today.
"I am Shi Zhongtang in this life, you are You Ling, and we haven't been able to be together, so we will meet in the next life." Shi Zhongtang asked with a smile, "At that time... what was your name?"
"... Ning Ning." Ning Ning was silent for a moment, then told him softly, "My name is Ning Ning."
He looked at him in surprise, as if he didn't expect that his efforts would really be rewarded.
"Ningning..." He called her name softly a few times, and suddenly laughed, "Don't you believe my nonsense? I lied to you."
"I don't like you that much."
"I just love the thrill of life."
"Without you, I would still come to the cinema. Is there a more thrilling place than this?"
"Without you, I would become a masked person sooner or later..." Shi Zhongtang reached out and touched her face, her eyes were soft and sad like never before, "... so don't cry, it's not your fault."
am i crying? Ning Ning raised his hand and touched his face, which was wet.
She stared blankly at her fingers, and suddenly took his hand: "Let's go, let's run away."
Just as she was ready to burn her own life for the second time, a bright flame ignited behind Shi Zhongtang, and then a hand stretched out from behind him, grabbed the mask on his face, and tore it to the side—
The gatekeeper tore off the mask on Shi Zhongtang's face in front of Ning Ning.
The moment he took off the mask, the whole world seemed to freeze, the moths flying under the lamp freeze, the broken beer bottle rolled around by the wind, and the woman collecting clothes on the balcony. , the whole world is silent, as if the end is coming.
Only the gatekeeper could move. He grabbed the mask in his hand and turned his head slowly. The resentment and hatred all over his body seemed to disappear the moment he saw Ning Ning.
Having become an official gatekeeper, and having obtained all the authority a gatekeeper should have, he blinked, blinked again, and stared at Ning Ning with his last two eyeballs motionless: "You are..."