Weird Talker

Chapter 7 Father and Son and the City
"What... what should I do? It was the same before..." Li Xi's face turned pale, and he didn't know whether he had lost too much blood or was frightened by the scene in front of him.

Qin Manjiang seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and said in a low voice: "Don't talk, don't move around, follow me."

Under the leadership of Qin Manjiang, the two of them walked slowly to the last row of vacant seats under the silent gaze of a bunch of strange people in the projection hall, sat down, and then looked at the snowflakes with no expression on their faces, and there was no picture at all. big screen.

The eerie atmosphere continued.

Just as Qin Manjiang speculated, these "people" did not move any further. Instead, after seeing Qin Manjiang and Li Xi sitting down, everyone's necks slowly twisted back, and their eyes fell back to the snow-covered big on screen.

Both Qin Manjiang and Li Xi breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Xi lowered her voice and asked secretly: "What's going on? Aren't they ghosts..."

Qin Manjiang shook his head and said, "They are indeed ghosts, but they should not be the kind of ghosts that attack and kill unconditionally and without discrimination."

"I thought it was strange when you called before. All their strange behaviors in this auditorium happened after you called. In other words, as long as you don't disturb them to watch movies, we are safe for the time being."

"These people wouldn't all be the victims of the fire ten years ago... I shouldn't have played that game, and was led into such a ghostly place..."

"This is a movie theater exclusively for ghosts..."

Li Xi seemed a little regretful.

Qin Manjiang gave him a deep look, but did not answer.

"Your injury can't be dealt with right now. I'm afraid you'll bleed heavily when the knife is pulled out. Keep it like this for now and wait for me for 10 minutes." He said.

Li Xi nodded, as if he didn't take it seriously: "Who else can you trust if you don't believe me? I haven't seen you panic since I've known you for so long! Hey, Brother Qin, will you cry?"

Li Xijiu's question was sudden.

"I remember you were drunk when Old Uncle Qin passed away, but even if you were so drunk, you didn't cry... You don't have tear ducts, do you?"

Qin Manjiang looked at him and said seriously: "Crying is the first thing that human beings come to the world, and it is a good thing. I only cry for happy things."

"But I didn't see you cry when you were happy?"

"Not happy enough to cry."

"Oh... Is there a possibility that we came to hell from heaven, so we cried when we were born?"

Qin Manjiang glanced at Li Xi, and was about to speak, but found other eyes in the auditorium staring at him again, and quickly shut up.

This auditorium is not just for avoiding the pursuit of tall ghosts, it shouldn't exist, but it does exist now.

There is a high probability that it hides something. It is actually not difficult to guess. Qin Manjiang has already speculated that, first of all, the two prostitutes cannot enter here, and it is simply telling him that the secret hidden here is related to them.

If all the "people" present were the audience in Hall No. [-] who died in the fire ten years ago, there would be only two people left except for the wife who cannot enter.

If these two were replaced by Li Xijiu and Qin Manjiang, they would just make up the number of people back then.

When Qin Manjiang and Li Xi sat down in their seats and moved their eyes to the big screen, sure enough...

A strange thing happened!
As soon as the pale snowflakes on the big screen stopped, a faded picture... began to play.

Qin Manjiang held his breath, and Li Xi's eyes widened too. The movie he saw before was obviously not this one. Could it be because of the number of people?

Anyway...the "movie" begins.

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The picture begins on a sunny summer day.

Fucheng people come and go, vehicles are constantly flowing, the refreshing wind shuttles through the streets and alleys of the city, and some crumbling leaves are swept away, some fall on the street, some fall on the lake, some fall on the benches, and some Falling into the pages, and one more, fell on the shoulder of a father.

The picture zooms in, a pair of plainly dressed father and son standing on the street, they are inconspicuous.

His father had dark skin and was obviously still young, but his figure was a bit stooped and he was not tall.

Although it can be seen that he has cleaned himself well, the black under the nails, and the tiredness and wrinkles on the corners of the eyes and temples cannot be covered up.

The father and son are from a mountain village.

The black under the nails came from something called rubber tree, which easily turned black when it stuck to his hands. At the beginning, he had to wash it every time, but it would soon be stained again. Later, it was no longer clean.

This is the father and son's first visit to the city.

The child needs to go to elementary school, but there is no elementary school in the mountain village. The father decided to take the child to the city instead of working in the mountains and go to the city to work.

Along the way, the child saw the train for the first time, ate ice cream for the first time, and saw a mirror cleaner than his face for the first time!
Lie down in front of the mirror, stick your hand on it carefully, press a clean handprint, and then smile silly.

"Dad, I want to watch cartoons."

Father: "Okay, Dad will take you there."

He didn't know where he could watch cartoons, but after working up the courage to ask someone, he found out about something called a movie theater.

A father took a child who didn't understand anything to find a movie theater.

They walked from one end of the city to the other, sweating in the heat, but their eyes were bright.

People in the city are in a hurry, and no one will notice this pair of father and son who are like weeds.

"right here!"

After finding the cinema, the two father and son were very excited. The father took the child's hand and wiped it on the clothes, and the two walked in nervously.

"Hello sir, do you need any help?"

"...We want to watch cartoons."

The conductor looked the two of them up and down, and seemed to suddenly realize: "Oh, okay, our latest movie is in half an hour, do you need it?"

Father nodded quickly: "I want... that's it."

"Okay, one ticket is 36 yuan, and the total is 72 yuan, thank you."

The child glanced at his father suspiciously. Just now he felt his father holding his hand with a sudden force.

"Okay... 72... 72."

Father took out banknotes from his trouser pocket. There were banknotes in various colors. Although they were not brand new, they were neat.

"We also have fast food restaurants and clothing stores here, you two can go shopping while waiting."

The conductor guides with a smile on his face.

"well……"

The father held the child awkwardly, glanced at the clothes on himself and the child, and then at the clothing store.

"Go, Dad will take you to buy clothes!"

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In the projection hall, Qin Manjiang silently watched everything on the big screen.

That's not a movie, it's the story of the father and son during their lifetime.

The father held the child's hand awkwardly, entered the fast food restaurant but found that he couldn't order food by himself, and finally left in embarrassment.

When I entered the clothing store, I was persuaded by the boss to pick up the clothes and tried them on, but I was too embarrassed to tell them I would not buy them, and I dared not pay back the price, so I just bought them.

They did come to the city, but obviously, the city did not belong to them.

The two father and son stood blankly at the entrance of the cinema in newly bought parent-child outfits, waiting for the movie to start.

They looked at the heavy traffic and were in a daze.

The city is very noisy, but quiet, only the summer wind blows through the treetops, and the leaves shake.

"I can watch cartoons soon."

"Ah."

"Father, money in the city is so expensive..."

"It's not expensive, Dad can earn more."

"Ok!"

The screen flipped.

Although Qin Manjiang watched carefully, he was also paying attention to the time, it was less than 10 minutes.

The fire started at zero o'clock.

If you can't escape here before zero o'clock, everything will be over.

A picture of the auditorium appeared on the screen.

It's different from what you said.

What was played on the big screen was not a cartoon, but the child sensiblely did not cry, but held his father's hand and watched quietly.

Halfway through the movie, he whispered, "Dad, I want to pee."

The father and son went to the toilet and chose the last one that would not disturb others.

As soon as the screen turned, screams sounded and flames shot up into the sky.

The father who was waiting outside the toilet door panicked and slammed on the door hard.

Although the child was sensible, he could no longer hold back his fear and cried loudly.

The door is broken and cannot be opened.

The father rushed downstairs and rummaged around for a tool that could open the door. In the end, he only found a knife.

He went upstairs with a knife to chop, but he couldn't cut it.

In desperation, he discovered that there was a gap above the toilet!As long as you climb up and jump in, you can take the baby out.

However... the gap is too narrow and too high.

He tried everything, but the solid gates of the city still firmly trapped the child and him.

If only... I was taller and thinner... Taller... Thinner...

He was dragged away from the toilet by others, crying and begging in despair, begging everyone to save his child, who was still in the toilet.

He struggled desperately. The strength of a person who has worked all year round is astonishing, and everyone failed to hold him.

However, the next moment, the ceiling above his head collapsed suddenly.

The well-meaning audience had no time to dodge, they were all crushed below and burned to death.

Instead, he struggled hard, and he escaped unharmed just now.

He knelt on the ground, burst into tears, and wailed loudly.

If nothing else, he would also be burned to death.

The ceiling collapsed and blocked the aisle, the way down the stairs was full of flames, crackling and exploding sparks, the wailing of the audience who hadn't completely died, the crying of children, the choking and hot smoke...

His skin, blood, and internal organs all seemed to be on fire.

He didn't want to go.

Came to the last compartment, sat quietly, the flames spread everywhere, burning more and more intensely.

"Don't be afraid, Dad is here, Dad will accompany you..."

he murmured.

However, the next moment, the window next to the last compartment was smashed open!

A figure wearing a seat belt and a fireproof suit jumped in.

"Found the survivors!"

He was strapped in and ready to be sent out the window.

"Wait a minute! There are still people, there are still people!"

"Understood, I will go to rescue, you go out first!"

The firefighters grabbed him and yelled, he finally didn't struggle, and just jumped out of the window—

The next moment, the ceiling collapsed again.

His eyes widened suddenly, his dark face reflected the firelight, he looked at the collapsed toilet ceiling, all his voices were stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say a word anymore.

Blame me……

Why come to this kind of place...

If it doesn't come, if it doesn't exist here...

nothing will happen...

The screen turns again.

Not long after, a report appeared in a place that only occupied a small space in the corner of the newspaper——

[Fucheng East Road, a man who lived alone committed suicide with a knife. It is reported that the man was a migrant worker...]

On the big screen, the picture ends.

It's not a movie, just a hasty flashback of real footage.

The screen goes off and the lights come on.

All the weird audience in the screening hall disappeared, leaving only Qin Manjiang and Li Xi.

"If only it were a movie..."

Li Xi murmured.

(End of this chapter)