Telling ghost stories is not a new skill that Mei Fang has recently acquired. In fact, he often told ghost stories to Lin Youxi and Xia Yuan when they were playing together in elementary school.
Scare a girl to tears would make Mei Fang feel very accomplished - after all, at that time, whether it was Xia Yuan or Lin Youxi, they would throw themselves into his arms if they were scared.
But now, times have changed. Yuanyuan may still be as timid as before, but Youxi has changed a lot. It is not easy to scare her.
In fact, the skill of storytelling depends very much on the storyteller's on-the-spot performance. If one cannot grasp the emphasis of intonation and control the atmosphere, even the funniest story will become boring after listening to it. A very ordinary ghost story, under the rendering of a joke master, can also scare the shit out of others.
Mei Fang had always been good at creating an atmosphere. Before he started telling a story, he would draw the curtains tightly and close everything, and cover the room with a quilt. Today, both of them folded up the quilts to cover themselves. Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi were mumbling and discussing something on the side, probably thinking about how to laugh at their own ghost stories together later.
Then Mei Fang turned on the flashlight of her phone, "Then... I... will... start... now."
Xia Yuan started to get scared when she saw Mie Fang's face being illuminated from bottom to top by the flash, and she almost screamed out while covering her mouth; Lin Youxi held her chin with her hand and watched Mei Fang's performance with great interest.
"The ghost story I'm going to tell you now is called 'The Window'."
“Is there a ghost in the window?”
"Don't interrupt."
Mei Fang couldn't let Xia Yuan interrupt him, so he continued to speak while coughing:
"It is said that at some point, a female reporter was going to the countryside to collect materials. Because there were not many places to stay in the countryside, she stayed in a shabby hotel at night—"
Xia Yuan bit her fingers while listening to Mei Fang telling a story, and subconsciously hugged Lin Youxi and held her close.
"When I entered the room, it was very dark... I could hardly see anything... However, there was a painting opposite the bed, and it showed a man."
"This man is very lifelike, especially his eyes."
“Is there something wrong with this painting… The eyes move?”
"When she went to bed at night, because of the painting, she always felt that someone was watching her in the dark, so she decided not to look at the painting."
"But the next morning, when the female reporter went to see the painting, she couldn't help but gasp."
Mei Fang deliberately moved closer to Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi.
"It turns out that it wasn't a painting at all... it was... a window!"
"Woooooa ...
Mei Fang's sudden revelation of the answer scared Xia Yuan so much that she almost slapped Mei Fang in the face, but Mei Fang was quite skilled and dodged it easily.
"S-So that was a ghost?!"
Xia Yuan had a strong ability to associate images. After listening to Mei Fang's story and imagining the scene, he didn't dare to open his eyes.
Lin Youxi seemed to be listening to this story with little interest. "Are there any other ghost stories? This one is a bit boring."
So Mei Fang, who was not convinced, continued to tell Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi some short ghost stories that he had searched on Bihu. After listening to the last few stories, Xia Yuan basically covered his ears and hugged Mei Fang. Only Lin Youxi was still listening to the stories seriously, but she didn't feel scared.
When Mei Fang had almost finished telling his story, Xia Yuan finally looked up and asked Mei Fang, "Have you finished telling the ghost story?"
"Hmm... Did you not listen at all later?"
"I, I did hear it, okay? There was someone staring at you in the window."
"That's the first story..."
"So is that person a human or a ghost? It's a bit creepy to stand in the window and stare at you motionlessly."
Lin Youxi pointed at the curtains beside him and said, "Look, there is a shadow that looks like a head in the curtains. Does it look like the ghost story just now—"
"Woohoo, stop talking Yuxi! I won't watch it!"
Mei Fang and Lin Youxi enjoyed teasing Xia Yuan together, but after a while they were a little tired, so the three of them decided to have a good rest and sleep.
Xia Yuan, who is both naive and playful, was frightened by Mei Fang's ghost stories. She didn't even dare to sleep by the window and insisted on squeezing between Mei Fang and Lin Youxi. She didn't dare to stick her head out of the quilt and was extremely dependent on Mei Fang.
Yuanyuan is now so frightened by Mei Fang that she doesn't dare to do anything naughty. Her contact with Mei Fang can also prevent Lin Youxi from touching her randomly, so he can sleep peacefully with his arms around Yuanyuan.
The flesh on her body was just the right size, soft and warm, and the shivering feeling was a bit like a little rabbit, which made Mei Fang instantly feel infinite love for her.
Mei Fang soothed Xia Yuan's back and hummed to comfort her. He thought he could spend the night peacefully like this, but at this moment, someone suddenly pulled one of Mei Fang's hands in the darkness and sucked it gently.
Hmm…
Mei Fang was caught off guard and wanted to discuss astronomy, geography, all walks of life, and various philosophies of life with his younger brother, but his disappointing younger brother just wanted to stand up and raise his hand to speak at this moment.
When it raised its hand, it bumped into Xia Yuan's stomach. Xia Yuan was stunned for a moment after feeling it. She hesitated for a moment and retracted her hand. Then she poked her head out from under the quilt and looked at Mei Fang:
"Um… "
"Gu..."
Mei Fang quickly withdrew his hand away from Youxi, and then turned his back to Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi.
"Ah Fang... are you okay?"
Mei Fang breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, he really couldn't carry water. Yuanyuan was the best for the time being, and Youxi was too terrible.
He cleared his throat and asked, "Yuanyuan, are you still afraid of ghosts? Have you heard too many ghost stories today?"
"I'm already a high school student, how could I really be afraid of ghosts? I'm just pretending for your fun."
Xia Yuan kept poking Mei Fang's back, "If you insist on saying there is a ghost here, then there is only a little ghost."
"Okay... stop teasing me."
Mei Fang muttered in annoyance, "Youxi seduced me first. If she hadn't been so kind to me—"
"Yes?"
Xia Yuan was a little surprised after hearing this, "Hasn't Youxi been sleeping beside me since a while ago? Why is she still saying this to you—"
"?"
Mei Fang was just about to reach out to feel for Lin Youxi on the other side of the quilt, but he touched nothing. At this moment, Xia Yuan grabbed Mei Fang's arm and muttered with a frightened expression:
"Ah Fang... Ah Fang, please turn around and look at what's behind you—"
Ah, you are still pretending to be haunted and trying to scare me? You are still a little immature...
Mei Fang was very interested in playing the ghost game with his childhood friends. He thought that Lin Youxi would suddenly appear in front of her and make cute and scary sounds.
However, when Mei Fang looked back, what he saw was the shadow of a human head hidden in the curtains under the moonlight!
"Woooooa ...
Mei Fang was caught off guard and was so frightened that he hugged Xia Yuan and screamed in her arms. Xia Yuan hugged Mei Fang to comfort him, and said to Lin Youxi who appeared from behind Mei Fang and lay back on the bed:
"It seems like the joke went too far... Ah Fang seems to be frightened?"
Lin Youxi lay on the bed seductively, poking Mei Fang's waist and smiling at Xia Yuan:
"He's just pretending, and now he's taking advantage of you."
"Yes, really?"
Xia Yuan pinched Mei Fang's cheek and muttered to him, "You... are you really not scared?"
"Ah? Um... Of course."
Mei Fang nodded. "How can such a simple thing scare me? I just want to take advantage of you and satisfy your desire to scare me..."
“Haha… It seems like it’s really hard to scare who now.”
Xia Yuan also scratched his head. "But, I just pretended to be very scared of the ghost story. My acting was pretty good, right?"
"Indeed, it doesn't look like an act at all... By the way, what's that on the curtain?"
"It's actually a mask. We bought it when we went to Happy Valley for Halloween this year. Have you forgotten?"
"Oh... I see, you still have the mask."
"Yeah..." Xia Yuan scratched his head and thought for a moment, "Come to think of it... Ah Fang's performance of calling mom just now was also amazing, just like the real thing."
"Yuanyuan's acting skills have also improved a lot."
Listening to Xia Yuan and Mei Fang bragging about their business to each other, Lin Youxi suddenly couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Youxi, what are you laughing at?"
The petty Mei Fang immediately corrected her, "She must think that the two of us are just showing off."
Lin Youxi smiled slightly and said, "It's better if you two are not."
Mei Fang and Xia Yuan were immediately thrown off guard by Lin Youxi:
"Youxi is too arrogant!"
“That’s right!”
Mei Fang suggested: "Let's play a good trick on Youxi today!"
"OK!"
Just when Xia Yuan and Mei Fang formed a united front and pushed Lin Youxi onto the bed, preparing to bully her severely, the mask under the curtain suddenly fell off with a click, and at the same time, the howling strong wind outside the house suddenly hit the window violently. Xia Yuan and Mei Fang were immediately frightened and at a loss, and then they hugged each other tightly and trembled in embarrassment.
…
"You know, sometimes I really feel like an outsider among the three of us."
Lin Youxi felt sad because she acted too mature and calm in the haunted game.
Oh my god, the ghost story is much harder to write than I thought. I'm reading a book by Kissing Pig Sister recently, and I think it's better for me not to be shy. Sweet little daily life is also very interesting. I can't always be kissing and being shy.
(End of this chapter)