I have a cub that escapes the boss

The story of "The Juniper Tree" is simple.

A rich businessman, his wife died after giving birth to a son, so the rich businessman married his step-wife.His step-wife gave birth to a daughter named Marlene.

As the two children grow up day by day, the hostility of the step-wife towards the boy increases day by day.Finally one day, she asked the boy to fetch apples from the box, and after the boy stuck his head into the box, she dropped the iron lock and cut off the boy's head.

Afterwards, the stepwife chopped up the boy and cooked the body for her husband, while little Marlene collected the bones of her brother and buried them under the juniper tree.The tree split open, and out of it flew a little bird, which went to the goldsmith's shop, the blacksmith's shop, and the mill.The little bird sang and asked for a gold necklace, red leather shoes, and a millstone, and then gave the three things to his father, sister, and stepmother respectively.

The father got a gold necklace, little Marlene got red dancing shoes, and her stepmother was crushed to death by a millstone.

The bird turns back into a boy.

The identities of the players are several protagonists.

No more, no less, exactly five roles: wealthy businessman, wife, step-wife, son, daughter.

As for NPCs, they are neighbors, goldsmith shop owners and other characters, which do not have much influence on the plot of the whole drama.

"...These people don't have to die in the drama."

Guan Wenwen whispered to Qin Yue.

Qin Yue said "hmm", discussed with her, and crossed the river by feeling the stones, "But judging from the story itself, 'father' and 'daughter' can also live forever."

And the first to die is the "wife" character.

Guan Wenwen frowned, "Yes, but there must be other crises."

Although there was a script in mind, they didn't have clear roles and missions.

Li Hong glanced at Ji Hanchuan and Shao You, and felt that he couldn't get in the way of those two, so he simply went to Guan Wenwen and Qin Yue's side.

He also spoke softly, "There are three female characters, that is to say, one of the three of us has to wear female clothing?"

In the darkness, the group of people had the seats spreading out at their hands.The light fell only on the small area where they descended the steps, and there was silence around them.However, thinking of the "audience" mentioned in the mission information, Li Hong was still a little worried.audience?applaud?In the "game", what kind of scenes will the "audience" like, and what stories will they applaud?

He had vague guesses in his mind.

Guan Wenwen said: "There are two possibilities. Either, let's guess the script, or—"

Her voice suddenly stopped.

Under the light of the mobile phone flashlight, a leg stretched out in front of her eyes.

That leg came out of the auditorium and lay directly in front of Guan Wenwen.And the NPCs didn't seem to notice that the students behind them had stopped and were still walking forward on their own.As they walked a little further, Guan Wenwen noticed that the light coming from ahead began to dim.She had a premonition: If the NPCs were allowed to go far away, without them "lighting up", the players would probably be stuck in the auditorium, unable to enter the backstage, let alone "completing the performance".

That leg was wearing suit pants, leather shoes, and even the color of the socks was very particular, like a well-dressed audience walking into a theater.But it appeared too abruptly and too strangely.Guan Wenwen and the others can only see the lower part of the thigh, and the upper part, as if there is a clear dividing line-the place inside the armrest of the seat cannot be seen at all.

Guan Wenwen took a deep breath.

She didn't speak, but made a gesture: squeeze past.

Do not touch this leg.

Fortunately, there is still a lot of space in the aisle, and the three of them passed the level easily.Afterwards, Ji Hanchuan and Shao You walked by, Shao You put his hand on Ji Hanchuan's shoulder, and Ji Hanchuan looked at that leg, and said "tsk" softly.

Guan Wenwen quickened her pace, trying to catch up with the NPC ahead.

She was silent and said nothing.

As the coordinator of the New Year's event, although she was not mainly in charge of the auditorium, Guan Wenwen also came over a few times.She knew very well that the auditorium was definitely not that big!Logically speaking, the players should have reached the finish line long ago!

Who knows exactly where they are going now.

Just as he was thinking, one, two, three... countless legs appeared in front of him.

Just like the scene just now, it was just a preview for the players, telling them: You will encounter such a scene in the future.

These legs are intertwined, greatly hindering the speed of the players.Guan Wenwen was anxious in her heart, she felt that the halos of the flashlights in the hands of the NPCs were getting farther and farther away, and in the end, they seemed to disappear.

She moved forward as fast as she could while avoiding those legs, and even the arms that joined behind.It's like watching a movie in the past. The evil pharmaceutical company spreads the infrared rays used for detection all over the whole road, and the protagonist has to use [-] martial arts skills to wade out of it.

Guan Wenwen is the smallest and most flexible among the players.

however--

Qin Yue suddenly pressed her shoulder.

Guan Wenwen's scalp exploded, thinking that she was being held by a hand stretched out from beside her.She was about to resist, Qin Yue: "I am Qin Yue."

Guan Wenwen was slightly relieved.

But seeing the NPC in front getting farther and farther away, she was still anxious and wanted to move forward, asking, "What's wrong? Don't waste time!"

Qin Yue said: "We may have thought wrong, it's not how we pass this level."

Guan Wenwen: "Huh?"

She is not one to go her own way.Listening to Qin Yue's words, although Guan Wenwen's eyelids twitched and her eyes fixed on the increasingly weak lights in front of her, she still allowed herself to spare half a minute to listen to Qin Yue's speech.

Qin Yue: "The density of these hands and feet is getting bigger and bigger. Wenwen, you can still get over it now, but it may be more difficult for the rest of us."

Guan Wenwen frowned.

She looks ahead.

Maybe... Qin Yue is right.

But do you want to watch the light spot in front of you disappear?

Guan Wenwen gritted her teeth, "Then what should I do?"

Qin Yue: "We are going to 'perform', and here is an 'audience'."

Her voice trembled a little, but the more she spoke, the more determined she became.

Qin Yue turned her head to look at Ji Hanchuan and Shao You.

The two of them stood in the same hands and feet, but they were able to form a pose that wasn't too strange.Meeting Qin Yue's eyes, Han Chuan smiled.From Qin Yue's point of view, this smile is like silent encouragement.

So she coughed and raised her voice.

Qin Yue said: "Let's give way!"

Hearing her words, Guan Wenwen's pupils shrank, and Li Hong next to him almost jumped up, looking around in a hurry, for fear that he would be dragged into the darkness by a hand that came from nowhere.

His concerns are not unfounded.

After Qin Yue spoke, the hands and feet around them began to move slowly.During this period, it is inevitable to encounter the players' bodies.Li Hong's scalp was numb, and he felt a hand lingering on his neck.His mouth was open, panting like a dying fish.Then, Li Hong noticed: Guan Wenwen seems to have more hands and feet than Qin Yue?

He said decisively: "Let's go, let's go—"

The hand on his neck seemed to be regretful, and Li Hong even heard a soft, ambiguous sigh.Something brushed against his lips, cold and smelly.The light was too dim, and he didn't dare to look down, so he could only wait for the thing to leave.Afterwards, Li Hong's heartstrings tensed, and he followed Guan Wenwen and the two, repeating mechanically all the way: "Please let me go."

With this sentence in place, in the future, the number of hands and feet they encountered has not increased, and has always been at the same density as when they spoke just now.Guan Wenwen gradually felt relieved, knowing that in this way, as long as the players open their mouths when they enter the auditorium, they can escape this crisis.

It took them a while to catch up with the NPCs in front again. The NPCs didn't seem to notice that the player had disappeared at all, and they were still talking in a low voice, chatting about the script, while walking forward.

Guan Wenwen pricked up her ears and listened, and found that most of what they were talking about was "Who made the props this time, I was too careless", "Isn't there a gold necklace? Qiu Ming said that it is too expensive to buy special props, so Just take off his girlfriend's bag chain..."

"But who thought of coming to play The Juniper Tree?"

a voice asked.

The players were refreshed when they heard this.

"Who knows, wasn't it a vote at the time? I wanted to write the script myself, but I just voted for "The Juniper Tree"..."

"It's kind of weird."

After the players catch up to the NPC, the hands and feet around them begin to decrease.

Guan Wenwen gradually felt that she might be going backstage soon.Besides, if the auditorium is indeed as long as it was just now, how big will the stage be?

It's hard for her to imagine.

Sure enough, shortly thereafter, the NPC found the backstage entrance, pushed the door open, turned on the lights, and then turned around to greet the students behind him to enter.Guan Wenwen thought to herself, if she looked back now, she might be able to see what was sitting in the auditorium.But after a second thought, when I go to the stage to rehearse later, I will still see it in the end, so there is no need to rush for a while.

She followed the NPCs in silently.

The NPCs really didn't think there was anything wrong with the journey just now.After entering, someone put a big bag on the ground and said, "Okay, everyone come to find clothes, can you change in 15 minutes?"

The NPCs all said yes.

But Guan Wenwen tried to say: "Let's have more, it's troublesome to find clothes, and we have so many people." She thought of many reasons, such as "I need to get familiar with the props", but she didn't say anything , the NPC who took the clothes readily agreed, "Okay, 10 minutes."

Guan Wenwen made a note in her heart: It seems that the time for "changing clothes" is relatively flexible.If she asks again, maybe it can be extended.

But when Guan Wenwen was thinking about whether to continue to try, the NPC said: "Didn't you guys say that you want to change roles? Have you discussed it?"

Guan Wenwen's eyelids twitched.

She looked at the people next to her: Qin Yue, Li Hong...these people looked at each other, tacitly knowing that what the NPC meant was actually telling the players that they could freely choose in the script.

Obviously, the two roles of "Little Marlene" and "Father" will generally become the focus of competition among players.As for the boy, wife, and step-wife who are clearly told of death in the story, they are the ones that are avoided.

While Guan Wenwen was pondering, Ji Hanchuan took the words, smiled, and said, "You'll know later?"

The NPC smiled "haha", "That's right."