The atmosphere in the van instantly became extremely silent. Lin Huai shrugged, took the DV camera and continued to record everyone's reactions.
The car turned around and turned, and finally stopped in front of a courtyard. When everyone got out of the van, what they saw was a house with "Murakami" written on the nameplate.
The girl in the white skirt took out the key and opened the courtyard door and the room door. Before entering the entrance, Lin Huai smelled a faint sweet smell. He held the DV player and turned his head to look to the other side.
What he saw was a cherry blossom tree.
Ye Ying swayed quietly in the night wind. It had a huge canopy, but it was very withered.
When seeing it, one cannot help but think of the kind of malnourished child with a big head and a lonely body, but a scrawny body.
Lin Huai aimed at it with the DV, and when looking at the picture displayed on the DV, Lin Huai saw that there seemed to be a person standing under the cherry blossom tree.
It was a woman in a kimono who seemed to be looking at her too.
But when he took the DV away, what appeared in front of him was only a cherry blossom tree. Except for a few withered and black branches, there was nothing under the tree.
"… do not look."
Suddenly, a girl's voice came from beside her.
Lin Huai turned her head and saw a girl in a blue dress. She grabbed the hem of the dress and said as if in fear, "Don't borrow things under the cherry blossom tree..."
"Qingzi? Mr. Xiaolin?" The voice of a girl in a white skirt came from the room, "Come in quickly!"
Now it was only the two of them who fell outside the door.
Lin Huai gave the girl in blue a strange look, and entered the room with her.
Because no one lived in the house for too long, it was covered with a thin layer of dust everywhere. However, because everyone arrived too late, they only cleaned out the four guest rooms on the first floor, sleeping in one for every two girls or boys. Lin Huai held up the DV camera all the way, filming their laughter and laughter, and sometimes flattered the girls among them to avoid collapse. After learning that she was sleeping with a boy, Lin Huai was almost overjoyed.
So the eight people slept in groups like this—the fat man and the fitness guy slept in the first room closest to the entrance, the red skirt girl and the white skirt girl slept in the second room, opposite the two rooms they were in. In the first room, the girl in the yellow skirt and the girl in the blue skirt slept. Lin Huai slept in the second room with the old man.
Going out of his room, you will be facing the rooms of the girl in the white skirt and the girl in the red skirt, and to the left is the end of the corridor. Perhaps because it is the rainy season recently, there is always a damp smell in the room. Lin Huai pushed open the floor-to-ceiling paper door, and what he saw was the landscaped yard.
The cherry blossom tree is not on this side of his room, but next to the room of the girls in red and white skirts. Lin Huai looked from his side and could only see the house on the opposite side. The house on the opposite side is a two-story villa, the windows are dark, and they seem to have fallen asleep.
His own room was bare except for a closet and a desk. The good old man was indeed a good old man, he opened the closet and paved the floor for Lin Huai. Lin Huai sat cross-legged in the room, studying the DV player in his hand.
The DV machine seems to have no capacity limit at all. He used it to record all day today, and there was no warning that the capacity was running out. Just as Lin Huai was about to call up the video recorded today and fast-forward it from beginning to end, there was a knock on the door.
"Good evening!" The girl in the red dress knocked on the door, her hair was wet, as if she had just taken a shower, "The night activities are about to begin!"
"What night activities?" Lin Huai looked up.
"Of course it is—" the girl in the red dress pretended to be mysterious, "You are playing with the pen fairy! Isn't it that we are here to play all the thrilling and exciting activities of recruiting ghosts?"
"Bixian, please spare me, Hongzi." The good old man yawned, "I've been driving all day, and I'm almost exhausted."
"Tch." The girl in the red skirt stuck out her tongue, then she looked at Lin Huai and said, "Brother, are you coming?"
Lin Huai: ...
... Forget it, isn't it his task to film the deadly activities of these people. Lin Huaixu thought about it.
Anyway, they were played to death by Pen Fairy, and it has nothing to do with him.
Lin Huai and the others gathered in the room of the girl in the red dress and the girl in the white dress. In addition to the good old man who was going to sleep, the girl in the blue skirt and the girl in the yellow skirt in the other room did not come either. The girl in the red skirt seemed disappointed when she saw this. She looked at everyone and muttered, "There are only four people..."
"Four people, two men and two women, enough!" said the fitness man.
"The more people there are, the more fun it is." The girl in the red dress muttered, looking at Lin Huai who was playing with a DV player not far away, her eyes suddenly lit up, "Brother Xiao Lin, do you want to play with Pen Fairy?"
Lin Huai:?
He raised the camera in his hand, and before he could speak, the girl in the white skirt giggled: "It's not a gentleman's job to refuse a girl's request!"
[Task 1: Play the pen fairy game with the tour group, and ensure the smooth progress of the game until the end]
[Successful people set value +1, unsuccessful people set value -3]
The voice-over sounded in Lin Huai's mind at the right time, and the corners of Lin Huai's mouth twitched wildly.
"I originally thought that I could be a photographer who kept talking in peace until they were all wiped out. Didn't I expect to have to participate in their death activities..." He squinted and thought, "Forget it, since they are so enthusiastic, then I also try my best...'
Lin Huai then smiled. He saw an empty shrine next to it, so he brought it over and put the DV player on the shrine.
"That's it." Lin Huai sat beside them.
The girl in red was very excited and took out the blank paper and pen. She lit a candle for illumination and turned off the lights in the room. Five people sat together, the first to put their hand on the pen holder was the hand of the girl in red. The others are placed in turn.
The last one to put his hand on was Lin Huai. His fingers were long and slender, and when he held the pen holder, his joints were clearly defined.
The tip of the pen rests silently in the center of the paper. The flickering candlelight reflected the figures of five people on the paper door behind them. The candlelight was dim, and the faces of the five people were plunged into darkness. Only the DV player placed on the shrine in the distance was still slowly flashing red dots.
"After we start, let's read together, shall we?" said the girl in the red dress.
The fat man swallowed nervously. The fitness man tensed his body and was also a little scared.
Compared with the two boys who were scared, the attitude of the two girls was more excited. After saying this, the girl in the red skirt suddenly remembered something, and shouted: "Ah!"
"Damn it! Hongzi, what are you yelling at!"
No one expected that the first person who yelled in fear was the fitness man who seemed to see it. Hongzi groaned, and said embarrassedly: "I realized that I forgot to remind, there are a few things to pay attention to."
"what?"
"Be sure to hold the pen holder tightly after the beginning. No matter what happens during the process, you must never let go of the pen holder. If you don't send the pen fairy away after the end, you will..."
"It will always haunt you."
A gloomy voice sounded in the room, and the girl in white skirt smiled brightly at everyone, and said, "Isn't that the case? Also, you can't ask the pen fairy how you died."
"That's right, this is an absolute taboo." The girl in the red skirt said.
Throughout the whole process, Lin Huai remained silent. He stared at the penholder without saying a word.
Perhaps because it will rain soon, the wind in the yard is very strong. Lin Huai could hear the cherry blossom trees outside the paper door being blown by the wind, and the branches rubbed against each other, making the shuttle sound.
It's like... someone's skirt is being blown by the wind.
"Okay! Let's start!" the girl in the red skirt announced, and she glanced at Lin Huai and said to him, "Mr. Lin, are you ready?"
Lin Huai nodded.
"Pen fairy, pen fairy, I am your past life, you are my present life, if you want to be with me... please draw a circle on the paper."
The girl in the red skirt held the pen and said in a low voice. The other three people around her spoke in the same way.
"Pen fairy, pen fairy, I am your past life, you are my present life, if you want to be with me... please draw a circle on the paper."
"Pen fairy, pen fairy, I am your past life, you are my present life, if you want to be with me... please draw a circle on the paper."
After continuous reading, the pen tip on the paper still did not respond. Lin Huai stared at the tip of the pen, and suddenly remembered the mission of the game.
[Guarantee the perfect progress of the game]
Lin Huai suddenly became worried.
What if they couldn't recruit ghosts
He raised his eyes and saw that everyone was looking intently at the nib. At this moment, he caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye!
Something on the paper door.
On the paper door... an extra shadow appeared!
It was the shadow of a woman, wearing a kimono, in profile, as if she had just come from the corridor near the courtyard outside the paper door. "It" tilted its head, twisted its neck, and seemed to be looking inside.
"It" walked step by step, walking towards the four shadows originally located on the paper door, and finally...
It walked into one of the shadows!
"Hey! Hey!" The girl in the red skirt said in surprise, "The pen tip moved!"
She seemed unaware that the shadow behind her had turned into a woman in a kimono, but she was still immersed in the joy of the nib moving. The tip of the pen draws a crooked circle on the paper. The girl in the red skirt continued to ask, "Did any of you move the nib of your pen?"
Lin Huai saw the woman in the kimono move in the shadow, and she seemed to be controlling the movement of the pen.
Everyone shook their heads in fear. When the girl in the red dress heard this, her eyes became even more strange. She looked at the nib of the pen and said softly, "Pen Fairy, Pen Fairy, are you a god or a ghost?"
A word "ghost" appeared crookedly on the paper.
Everyone breathed in and became more and more excited. The fat man said in horror: "Then... then what should we ask?"
"Ask about the story of the previous life and the life span of this life? The university I will go to in the future, my future girlfriend, etc..."
The girl in the red dress became even more excited when she heard the words. She said to Bixian, "Bixian, Bixian, can I go to Tokyo University to study?"
"Do not"
"Ah oh, the master of the school is Waterloo." The fitness man said.
"Maybe it's not accurate." The girl in the white skirt comforted. After comforting her, she asked in a low voice: "Pen Fairy, Bi Fairy, can I see my parents... get back together?"
"Do not"
"No again." Now it was the girl in the red skirt's turn to comfort her. The fitness man said nervously, "Then, can I win that lottery ticket?"
"can"
Bixian finally gave an affirmative answer.
"Yoxi!" The fitness man said excitedly, and he asked again, "Then can I buy that limited edition game?"
"Do not"
"Why... can't you get it? I don't believe it, you can't buy second-hand scalpers at a high price." The fitness man began to mutter.
Then it was Fatty's turn. The fat man was nervous for a long time, until everyone started urging him. He could only sweat nervously and said nervously: "I don't know what to ask, I always feel that there is nothing to ask..."
"Academics, love, past and present, just ask whatever you want!" said the girl in the red skirt.
"Otherwise, you can ask your weight." The fitness man teased, "Ask it, when will you lose weight?"
The fat man actually took his suggestion. He was sweating all over his head and asked nervously, "Can the flesh on my body...can be lost?"
This time the pen fairy paused for a long time, and after a long time, it slowly wrote a word.
"can"
"Yes! Long live!"
The fat man seemed to be happy too, and he continued to ask: "How did you lose weight?"
This time the pen fairy paused for a longer, longer time. Eventually, it writes a word.
"eat."
"Eat? What to eat?" The fat man muttered, and for some reason, his back felt a little cold.
"I told you to take diet pills or protein powder for fitness!" said the fitness man, "What about Orlistat? Even Bixian said that you will lose weight. If this is the case, you should lose weight!"
"That's right," the girl in the red dress giggled, "Stop talking about obstinate obesity!"
Their laughter echoed in the empty room, flickered the candlelight, and the five black shadows swayed and twisted accordingly.
For some reason, Lin Huai raised her eyes and felt a black shadow laughing.
Finally it was Lin Huai's turn, and Lin Huai stared at the pen, without speaking for a long time.
"What does Mr. Xiaolin want to ask?"
"Mr. Xiao Lin is so popular, maybe you have to ask your true destiny?"
"Wow, do you want to ask Taohua?"
Lin Huai said, "Actually, I have one..."
"It's already there, but maybe we will break up again!" said the girl in the red skirt.
"You are so wicked!"
Several girls were laughing and laughing, and the red skirt suddenly joked: "Pen Xian, Mr. Xiao Lin is so handsome, when will he break up with his lover?"
Lin Huai: ...
He squinted and stared at Jian. However, the nib, which always answered quickly, was silent this time.
The silence lasted for a long time, just like Cambridge. Just when the boys and girls felt something was wrong and started to mutter in their hearts...
The tip of the pen, unexpectedly, trembled.
It trembled violently, as if a person... was terrified.
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