Under the dim light, more than a dozen people present all followed the atmosphere and watched with bated breath.
Quiet and eerie.
Under the nudge of the four people, the tip of the pencil drew a circle across the white paper, making a slight but piercing sound.
The four of them closed their eyes and kept chanting formulas in their mouths—
"Pen Fairy Pen Fairy
you are my past life
i am your life
Like the continuation of the leading edge
please come and meet
…”
Time passed by every minute and every second.
Lu Chu stared at the pens held by the four of them, sorting out the things about the pen fairy in his mind.
He has never played any spirit games, and his knowledge of such things is limited to occasional hearsay.
In Lu Chu's impression, there are many taboos and restrictions when playing this kind of spirit-calling game.
The most well-known of these are three taboos—
First of all, the person who invites the pen fairy can ask the pen fairy to predict what will happen around him, and he can also ask the pen fairy what he knows about you, but he must never ask the pen fairy about his personal affairs - such as the pen fairy's name and previous lives. Among them, the most taboo thing is to ask about the cause of Bixian's death. Second, when inviting a pen fairy, one must have at least a half-doubting awe of ghosts and gods, and must invite the pen fairy away at the end. Thirdly, when the pen you are moving has a tendency to end, you should have gratitude and awe to the pen fairy in your heart, and only after the pen fairy has completely left can you let go of the hand holding the pen.
If any of these taboos and things that need to be avoided are violated, the pen fairy may turn into a ghost and stay by your side for a long time. At that time, what will happen will be unpredictable.
In various rumors, there are many examples of accidents caused by playing pen fairy.
The scene was full of eerie atmosphere, as the four chanted in unison, it was unknown whether it was the effect of alcohol or other illusions, everyone felt as if time had been frozen.
In the enclosed space, you can hear the sound of a needle falling quietly.
The air became thicker, and someone's breathing suddenly became rapid.
All of a sudden, the four people playing the game clearly felt that the pen that was originally controlled by them to draw a circle seemed to have gradually gained its own consciousness, and began to have the strength to resist. They immediately opened their eyes and looked at each other, seeing surprise and excitement in each other's staring eyes.
Those who watched them play the game also realized that this is a pen fairy invited.
Du Yangnan's eyes lit up when he saw this, and he signaled the four people to quickly ask questions with his eyes.
Gao Yong's throat moved, he struggled with his words, and asked politely in a hoarse voice: "Excuse me, are you a pen master? If so, please draw a circle."
The tip of the pen moved, gently rubbed against the paper, and drew a neat circle that seemed to be drawn with a compass.
A girl let out a thin, startled sound in a low voice.
This time the person who asked the question was replaced by Chen Hong.
Chen Hong thought for a while and asked, "Will I fail this semester?"
"Rustling" several times, and a word appeared on the paper—yes.
Chen Hong choked.
Everyone laughed, and the weird and scary atmosphere was reduced a lot.
Seeing this, Wu Xuan immediately asked: "Bi Xian Bi Xian, when can I get out of the order?"
With the movement of the pen, a "fork" appeared on the paper.
"Hahahaha—" A boy couldn't help laughing loudly while clutching his stomach.
Wu Xuan frowned and looked at the other three: "Are the three of you playing tricks?"
Chen Hong also yelled at him: "I still think you are playing tricks."
Afterwards, except for Du Yangnan and Lu Chu, the people around started asking the four people to ask questions for them. The questions they asked were nothing more than when to get rich, when to get out of the singles, and what the content of the exam was. Pen Fairy will put a cross in the answer, and Du Yangnan explained that Pen Fairy will also choose the questions he likes to answer.
On the other hand, Cao Wenwen, she played this game because she wanted to show off.
After all, among the timid and delicate girls she looked down upon, she was the only one who dared to come out to play this game. The boys must have been impressed by her, and what she wanted was this kind of unique praise and appreciation. However, at this time, everyone's attention was attracted by Bixian. She was obviously a medium, but it seemed that she had nothing to do with her.
Thinking of this, Cao Wenwen squeezed Chen Hong's finger under her hand secretly and ambiguously with the hand holding the pen, and then interrupted with a smile when others asked questions in a hurry: "Aren't we playing pen fairy for the pursuit of excitement? You always ask what are these things that are there?"
The others looked at her suspiciously.
Seeing that everyone's eyes were attracted to her, Cao Wenwen raised her slender and delicate eyebrows and said, "Why don't you ask something interesting?"
Lu Chu and Du Yangnan immediately realized what she wanted to ask.
"Don't—" Du Yangnan stopped immediately.
However, he was one step too late after all, and Cao Wenwen asked in the next second: "Bi Xian Bi Xian, how did you die?"
The air froze for a moment.
The pencil began to vibrate violently uncontrollably, and the tip of the pen drew sharp and chaotic lines on the paper, and a few strokes even scratched the paper. The sofa they were sitting on began to vibrate, and the square table shook violently. The four people holding the pens felt the most profoundly, and the four people holding the pens could hardly grasp the pen holder.
Cao Wenwen was angry: "Which one of you is making a fuss?"
No one answered her. I used too much force and the tip of the pencil broke, but I still didn't stop drawing lines.
Seeing this, Cao Wenwen immediately let go of the hand holding the pencil, and stood up: "It's poisonous, who is so bored and keeps turning the pen?"
"Why did you let go?!" Du Yangnan quickly stood up and turned on all the lights, scolding angrily.
"What's wrong with letting go?" Cao Wenwen looked at him, "It's such a boring game, I want to play it by myself."
"You?!" Du Yangnan was furious.
Only Lu Chu knew the reason for Du Yangnan's anger and anxiety - Cao Wenwen violated two taboos at once.
All the boys present went to comfort the angry Cao Wenwen, but instead said that Du Yangnan is a man who cares about girls, he is not a gentleman at all, didn't you see that a cheerful and generous girl like Cao Wenwen is angry.
Du Yangnan was powerless to defend himself. Just as Lu Chu was about to say something, Gao Yong suddenly said "ah".
Lu Chu looked at him: "What's wrong?"
As early as when Cao Wenwen let go, Chen Hong and Wu Xuan also let go of their hands. Only Gao Yong was still holding the pen. At this time, he raised his hand holding the pencil and spread it out for everyone to see the pen in his hand. Pencil, said with difficulty: "Pencil—it broke by itself..."
Tang Shizhe's eyes widened: "Broken...?"
Everyone looked at Gao Yong's palm, and they saw that the original complete pencil was perfectly divided into two sections from the middle, and the incision was neatly cut out by a cutting machine.
For a moment, everyone fell into a mysterious dead silence.
After a long time, Du Yangnan had calmed down and sneered, "We're done."
Chen Hong smiled awkwardly, looked at the broken pencil: "Perhaps, it was just an accident?"
Although it was early spring at this time and it was cold outside, there was still heating in the room. It should be very warm according to theory, but everyone felt a cold air lingering around them for no reason.
Lu Chu always remained calm.
Du Yangnan adjusted his glasses and looked calm, but the fear in his heart surged like a river.
Most of the people present were atheists, and they suggested to play this game only after drinking too much, but Du Yangnan came up with so many ideas because of his hobby of horror and supernatural events. It is precisely because of the belief in his heart that he is so obsessed with ghosts and gods. Now that this kind of thing happened, atheists would think it was someone's trick, or it was an accident, but Du Yangnan insisted that they were infected with something unclean.
Du Yangnan swallowed hard, and said to everyone: "What do you think is a pen fairy?"
Someone hesitated and said, "The god attached to the pen?"
Cao Wenwen guessed: "The ghost of the dead?"
Zhang Qian was so frightened that her lips turned white. Chen Hong sat beside her and comforted her, then glared at Du Yangnan and said, "There are so many ghosts and gods in this world, don't always scare people here. .”
"It's up to you, but there are some things, believe it or not—" Du Yangnan smiled, "It also exists by your side."
"So," Wu Xuan asked, frowning, "What exactly is a pen fairy?"
"Hush—" Du Yangnan held his index finger to his lips, "Don't say such a disrespectful word like 'something', we failed to play with Pen Fairy and didn't send it away properly, it is now watching you around you Woolen cloth."
Wu Xuan was shaken by what he said, rubbed his hairy arm, and looked around, always feeling that something was hiding in a dark and obscure corner staring at him.
Everyone present was taken aback, and Du Yangnan continued: "There are various opinions about the pen fairy, but I personally prefer to say that 'the pen fairy is some soul that has always been with us' , These spirits are more or less connected to you, when you play the game 'Pen Fairy', it attaches to the pen you hold and communicates with you."
It was the first time Lu Chu heard this kind of saying, and he couldn't help but wondered: "If the pen fairy is the soul that has been with us all the time, then they have not done anything to harm us when they are by our side for so long, it means that they are themselves You don't mean to harm us, so why are there so many horror legends about the pen fairy and the dish fairy?"
Du Yangnan looked at Lu Chu and smiled, "You got the point. Do you remember, 'Pen Fairy'—it's a game of summoning spirits."
Lu Chu immediately understood: "When calling for spirits, it is not necessarily the souls that originally existed around us..."
Invoking spirits, any existence beyond the scope of science can be called spirits.
Including - ghosts.