Taking a journey of walking, sometimes it is quite wrong, sometimes it is... quite painful.
Jian Jing and Ji Feng set out at 1:30 pm to investigate an old case from 2009. According to his method, he had already contacted the relevant party in advance and went directly to investigate.
However, there are unpredictable weather conditions—literally.
It started raining halfway.
The ground was slippery, the visibility was poor, and hazy water vapor hung in the air, making it foggy and particularly annoying.
Jian Jing was eating a hamburger and said, "I hate rainy days, but I hate going out on rainy days."
"Is this why you left the car to me to drive?" Ji Feng complained.
She replied: "I drive the car and you drive the bus, that's a good combination."
Ji Feng reminded: "I'm here, I can come pick you up."
"It's troublesome to move things." She threw away the wilted leaves in the burger with disdain. "I definitely have more stuff than you."
Ji Feng looked at her car and couldn't refute.
She had just bought the new car not long ago, right? There were so many things in her car, the back seat was full, and there were even some snacks.
It's like kids going on an outing.
"But the fog seems to be getting thicker." Jian Jing looked out the window, "Drive slower."
Ji Feng: "Then we will arrive at the place at night."
"Then I'll come over tomorrow. I'll carry the luggage anyway." She was fearless.
Monsoon: It is indeed considered as a picnic.
However, it is reasonable to slow down in rainy days. He had no objection, and drove slowly, reminding us from time to time when navigating.
Two hours later, it was completely dark and the car got off the highway and turned onto the road.
The number of vehicles around was decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Jian Jing: "It's a small place."
"Yes. It's a small city with sufficient police force, and the family he chose is two elderly people and a child." Ji Feng said, "This is his first case on this path, but also the first one he took action on."
She nodded: "According to the routine, his relative should be the first victim."
Ji Feng raised his eyebrows: "Do you have any clues or are you just randomly asking?"
"Feeling." Jian Jing wanted to explain, and said vaguely, "He believes that death is liberation, and happiness is just a trap to deceive the world and continue to suffer. This cognition should have nothing to do with childhood."
Ji Feng glanced at her and asked, "What do you remember?"
"I found your old diary." She mentioned it briefly, not wanting to say more.
He was quite interested: "When did you write the diary? What did you write?"
Jian Jing turned away: "You ask too many questions."
"Hey, let's just chat, don't mind." Ji Feng smiled, "I'm worried about you."
She looked him over and said, "Worried? Really?"
"Absolutely."
"What's the point of talking? Let's get down to business."
"for example?"
"Show me the file."
Ji Feng shrugged: "You must force yourself. I'll give it to you. After that..." He winked, "Put it in the bag at the back."
Jian Jing snorted and climbed to the back seat to get the file bag.
"Hey, don't do this kind of dangerous action in the car." Ji Feng pulled her back, "Sit tight, it's illegal to take photos before the message."
Jian Jing didn't listen, she reached out and took it back: "How can there be a camera in such a desolate place... Eh." She noticed the noise, "It's getting more and more desolate, are you sure the road is clear?"
Ji Feng also found it strange, so he pulled over and checked the navigation carefully: "That's what the navigation said, but it seems a bit far from the city we're going to."
"Let me see!" She leaned over to take a look.
Under the dim light of the car, the two studied for a long time and found the cause of the problem.
The previously planned road malfunctioned, so the navigation system replanned the route and then inexplicably led them to the wilderness.
At that moment, there was no town in front and no service area behind, it was very desolate.
Even the roads are narrow, giving off a remote feel.
"Let's go around from the front." Ji Feng thought he was unlucky.
Jian Jing was helpless: "It's just like this."
However, they still underestimated their bad luck today. Half an hour later, heavy rain came.
Jian Jing said impartially: "We will set out tomorrow and will definitely arrive earlier than today."
Ji Feng: "Let me know what you know."
"Where are you staying tonight?" She immediately changed the subject, "It's already past nine in the evening."
He checked the map on his phone and found a hotel three kilometers away: "Let's stay here for a day?"
Simple and quiet.
Ten minutes later, the car stopped in front of the destination.
This is a small hotel, which looks like the last century, especially like an old guesthouse, with a rustic decoration. There is a notice on the door: "The filming location of "Village Zombies", all kinds of room types, all kinds of rooms, supporting Alipay and WeChat payment.
… Weird.
But we couldn't go anywhere else on that rainy night, so we had to leave.
Jian Jing pushed the door open and went in. The interior decoration was also very old, with the wallpaper very yellow. The chandelier was covered with dust, and the light was heavy and not very bright.
At the counter, a waitress asked: "How many people? We only have one room."
She was surprised: "Where do so many people come from?"
"It's raining heavily, and all the guests who went up the mountain are trapped." The waitress's attitude was terrible, "Can you stay here? If you want to stay, forget it."
Jian Jing: The real murderer.
She was unwilling to do so, but Ji Feng's face changed color and he gently pulled her behind him: "Stay, of course, stay. Some people are wrong to stay."
He had a very upright face and spoke in a friendly tone: "It's raining so hard, is it safe? I saw a car in the parking lot that seemed to have been hit, are you all injured?"
"No, they were just scared." The waitress's expression changed slightly, and she said mysteriously, "They... encountered zombies."
Jian Jing: “?”
She interrupted: "What's that 'Deserted Village Zombies' poster on the door? Which horror movie was this filmed in?"
"You know?" the waiter asked in surprise, "You haven't heard of it?"
This tone and expression made Jian Jing involuntarily reflect on herself and wonder if she was too ignorant.
"This is one of the top ten supernatural photos in the country. There is a movie based on it." A young man came down from upstairs and answered his question, "Haven't you seen it?"
Jian Jing: Non-indigenous people started to move up.
Ji Feng: "I usually pay too much attention to it - is it this photo on the wall?" He pointed to a photo frame on the background wall, "Is that shadow a zombie?"
There was an old film photo hanging on the wall, which showed a village on a thunderstorm night. Lightning flashed across the sky, and the brief flash of light illuminated the shadows in the bushes.
A tall man with stiff features and pale face stared at the camera.
The atmosphere is eerie and scary.
"Yes, this was taken in our hotel." The waitress was very proud. "I believe it very much. I came here to investigate, but there is nothing wrong with this photo."
The young man added: "We have investigated in the village and there have always been rumors of zombies in the area. An old woman who had experienced it is still alive. She saw zombies with her own eyes and told her mother-in-law on the seventh day of her death."
Whether intentional or not, her voice gradually deepened, "It was a night of thunder and rain, she was keeping watch in the funeral shed, and suddenly, from afar, she heard a voice..."
"The cat's meow?" Jian Jing continued.
The young man paused and asked, "Have you heard of it too?"
She: "I guessed. What happened next? The cat jumped onto the old lady's body, and she suddenly sat up straight in the coffin?"
"Uh, yeah, and then..."
"Grandma bit the old man's face?"
The young woman's voice suddenly stopped, and Mo looked at her in horror: "Hey, she ran away... Why do you think so? Zombies eat meat, right?"
"Then I remembered it wrongly. I thought it was a brain-eating zombie. It's a foreign zombie." She recalled, "The native zombies should be blood-sucking ones?"
The young man said dryly: "Maybe."
Let’s chat about the topic.
Ji Feng took the opportunity to ask: "So, your car hit a zombie?"
The young man was thinking about something, but at the same time, a voice came from upstairs: "Xu Tao, are you okay? It takes you so long to buy instant noodles?"
The young man named Xu—since he dyed his hair yellow, let's call him Xu Huangmao—smiled apologetically, asked the waiter to buy two packets of instant noodles, and hurried upstairs: "Come on, come on."
The topic is endless.
The waiter hastily registered their last names, checked the network, and tossed a key over: "205."
Jian Jing prayed sincerely that it was a standard room, so as to avoid having to go through such a bloody drama after a tiring day.
But she was overthinking it. Most hotels have standard rooms, and this one is no exception. Although the bed is a bit narrow, the gap between the legs is so narrow that you can only pass sideways, it is also a double bed.
However… "This is the first time I've seen a room without a bathroom." Jian Jing was shocked, her worldview shattered, "There are rooms without toilets?!"
Is this scientific
What era
Why is there no toilet in the room
Ji Feng seemed to find her breakdown quite amusing, and replied, "Very often. If you are lucky enough to be on a business trip to a remote village, you will definitely have to use the dry toilet. Teacher Jian, think positively, the toilet is over there in the corridor."
Jian Jing glared at him and said honestly and politely: "I have decided that I hate going out with you."
He laughed.
"What a joke."
"You're so cute." Ji Feng waved his hands and didn't want to argue with her, "Ladies first, inside or outside?"
Jian Jing looked around and finally chose a place near the door.
Ji Feng looked at the old window and said, "It seems that you think the window is too safe."
"Have you ever seen a zombie knocking on the door? Of course it's more likely that he's lying on the window." Jian Jing said deliberately.
"The kid has a rich imagination." Ji Feng commented objectively, "Unfortunately, there are no zombies in the world."
Jian Jing raised her eyes and said, "It seems that you also believe in resurrection?"
"If it counts, of course."
"The police have a poor imagination," she said. "I'm sorry for you."
Monsoon: “…”
Jian Jing won a small victory and her mood brightened slightly until she packed up her things and went into the bathroom.
Yes, public bathrooms!
It was at the end of the first floor, with two rooms for men and women, and four water taps, two on each side of the two facing walls, with no obstruction between the rooms.
To be honest, Jian Jing had experienced much worse things than this, such as suicide chambers, escapes from fire scenes, and haunted houses, each of which had its own horror. She was not afraid at all, but at least she had defeated them.
But at this moment, she surrendered.
"This is true." She said to the waiter in disbelief, "There are no private bathrooms in hotels nowadays?"
The waiter's tone was indifferent, not at all moved: "This is the filming location of a classic movie. The layout is still the same as when it was filmed. Also, there are bathrooms like this in the north. What's wrong with that?"
Jian Jing asked again: "Is there a private bathroom? I can pay extra."
"No." The waiter said coldly, "You can take a shower if you want. Hot water will be available after 11 o'clock."
Jian Jing pursed her lips: "There is something wrong with your service attitude."
"You can stay here." The waiter was extremely arrogant.
"I've already paid the money, please have some sense of contract." If you respect me one foot, I will respect you ten feet. Since the other party was being polite, Jian Jing also became tough.
The waiter rolled his eyes and said, "Please give me your money back, please."
"This is a matter of money." Jian Jing glanced at the license hanging behind her. "If you are so arrogant, I will go to the Industry and Commerce Bureau to complain about you. I just checked it. The evacuation signs on the second floor are paper. They are not lighted or luminous. There is only one fire extinguisher on each floor."
The waiter choked immediately.
"What's the point of embarrassing you?" At this time, two girls who were ready to take a shower came over, and the girl with a high ponytail spoke up, "Even if you complain to them, they can't get a separate bathroom. If you want to stay in this kind of hotel, just book a luxury hotel. What's the point of this?"
Another girl pulled her and signaled her to say less and not offend her.
Gao Mawei didn't appreciate it: "I hate people who respect others the most. If you have the guts, just leave. Why are you being so pretentious?"
"It's basic courtesy not to point fingers at other people's affairs." Jian Jing said.
Gao Mawei shrugged, with an attitude of "what can you do to me". Wanzi didn't want to make a grudge with her, so he quickly pulled her away.
It was raining heavily. Jane stood quietly in the living room for two seconds and was depressed to find that no matter how she protested, the reality was that she could not have a private bathroom.
What a bad day.
You also have to go out with the monsoon.