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As if possessed by Christine in the play, the girl in costume stretched out her hand towards the phantom in the mirror, and she was about to touch the phantom in the next second.

"Don't touch it!" Qin Chuhe shouted.

The girl was stunned for a few seconds, then suddenly came to her senses, the ghost in the mirror gave Qin Chuhe a venomous look, but it seemed to be a little afraid, and it could only swallow its anger and gradually disappear.The mirror returned to its place, and the girl finally got rid of the bewitchment of the phantom, and burst into tears with a "wow".

Facing the girl's crying, Qin Chuhe turned a deaf ear to it, and just stared at the mirror thoughtfully, wondering what he was thinking.Cheng Mo sighed, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, handed it to the girl whose eyes were red from crying, and comforted him:

"Don't be afraid, at least you haven't been introduced to the mirror, have you?"

His words comforted the girl a little bit, the girl nodded, wiped the corners of her red eyes, and changed from crying loudly to soft sobbing.

"You are Chloe, right?" In order to make the girl feel relaxed, Cheng Mo simply sat on the floor next to the girl and looked at her gently, "When did this phantom appear?"

"Well... I think Jonathan should have told you this question." Chloe took a breath and whispered, "The Phantom...appeared in my dream after the last performance last week."

For some reason, Cheng Mo found that Chloe avoided meeting his gaze—the girl seemed afraid to look him in the eye.

"You're lying." Qin Chuhe, who had been silent all this time, looked away from the mirror and said in a cold voice, "No one here can save you except the two of us. You'd better tell us everything you know, Otherwise, it will be you who will disappear next time."

Chloe trembled, and looked at Cheng Mo as if asking for help.Cheng Mo felt a little helpless under the girl's bunny-like eyes, but he knew that he couldn't soften his heart at this time, so he had to harden his heart and turn his head away.

Chloe saw that asking for help was fruitless, so she could only shrink into a ball tremblingly, sobbing and opening her mouth:

"You all know, right? I only came to this theater last month. The position of female lead in this theater has always been hot. It happened that the original female lead applied for resignation. During that time, there were many people who came here to apply for female lead. Many, and I'm just the least visible of them."

"I have liked musicals since I was a child, and my favorite is "The Phantom of the Opera". When I was very young, I thought... 17 years ago, I found a piece of music from a very hidden corner of my mother's drawer. A version of the "Phantom of the Opera" record, the first time I heard this music, I was fascinated, and since then I have vowed to be a theater actor."

"But my mother, who knew what I was thinking, was furious. She especially hated musicals, saying that being a theater actor is the most disgusting profession in the world. Many people regard the falsehood inside the play as the truth outside the play, and they can't see clearly. "

"'Tragedies always happen off-screen'. My mother said that." Chloe sighed. "I don't blame her. My mother is an insecure person. When she was very young, my grandfather spent time outside every day. Only The grandmother worked hard to support the family, and the drunk grandfather was violent and beat the grandmother, but they were once an enviable couple. They made my mother not believe in something called 'love' in this world."

"But I can't. I still love this profession. I love it like crazy. I practiced singing secretly. Fortunately, God gave me a good voice. Later, you also know that God is merciful and gave me the opportunity to come here for an interview."

"On the day of the interview, something like a miracle happened." Chloe sat upright, her expression gradually becoming serious, "I woke up that morning and found that I had a cold and my throat hurt so badly. I went to the interview crying, and Without opening my mouth, I already felt the taste of failure. However, at the moment the music sounded, my throat miraculously healed, and I could sing freely, and I no longer felt the hoarse voice in the previous second. With this At the same time, a deep voice suddenly sounded in my heart, that voice guided me to sing, when to sing fast, when to slow, where to be light, where to be heavy, to let the emotions gushing out like wild waves!"

"It's a wonderful feeling, as if someone has mastered all your consciousness. As the song sings in the play, he exists in my heart." Chloe smiled bleakly, "That interview was very Success, I have never sung so well before. I thought the voice was just my hallucination, but now that I think about it, it should be the first time I met the phantom."

"I moved here after I passed the interview. On my first night in the theater dormitory, I dreamed that someone was calling my name. I woke up from the dream and realized that the voice was real and it seduced me , brought me to this dressing room. I saw the Phantom in the mirror—my future mentor.”

"Everything is just like in the play. He guides me, although he never sings. He is knowledgeable, wise, and full of emotion, making me temporarily forget his ugly face under his white mask. I swear by his request not to sing His presence tells anyone that we got along fine at first, except for him occasionally playing a little prank on Leo, the actor who played Rolle. He didn't like Leo."

"But, from the day I fell in love with Leo, everything went wrong." Chloe's pale face was full of tears, "I've never seen Phantom so angry, he roared, saying that Leo is just a hypocrite with a good face, He said he was the one who really loved me. He questioned why I betrayed him, was it ugly that he didn't deserve the purest love in the world."

"He showed me the most furious and unbearable side, and began to curse everyone in the theater crazily." Chloe's eyes were red, "You should have heard about the later things from Jonathan, the male who played the Phantom I was angered by him, and Leo was seriously injured by the accidental fall of the chandelier, and he is still unconscious in the hospital. Under his curse, I may indeed not be able to have the love of ordinary people.”

"It's just that I don't understand, why me?" The crying girl slumped on the huge floor of the dressing room, her skirt spread out like a white rose battered in the rain. Actress, why is it me?"

"Because you are special." Qin Chuhe said, he folded his arms, with the same cold expression as before, "There must be something different about you, which made Phantom overlap her own experience with yours."

"If this is the case, can we start investigating from the experience of the phantom first?" Cheng Mo looked up out of the window, and now it was almost dawn, so he comforted Chloe, "Go back and rest for a while, let's go to Jonathan to discuss Take a look at the situation."

After sending Chloe back to the room, Cheng Mo and Qin Chuhe asked the theater handyman to deliver a message to Jonathan, making an appointment to meet in his office. Seeing that it was still early, the two walked slowly over.

"The Phantom of the Opera is the only theater in the entire city of London. Can we ask Jonathan for the information of the leading actors here, and see if we can find any clues?" Cheng Mo asked.

"En." Qin Chuhe nodded, as if thinking of something he couldn't let go of, his brows were slightly frowned, "There's one more thing that I'm more concerned about—the record that Chloe listens to."

"En?" Cheng Mo was stunned, and suddenly realized, "Yes, from what she said, her mother should hate musicals very much, why would she put such a record in the drawer? And... "

"And if you simply hate musicals, would you say things like 'theatre actors are the most disgusting profession in the world' and 'tragedies always happen outside the theater'?" Qin Chuhe said slowly, "It's like Her mother doesn't hate musicals, but hates some people who can't tell the truth from the inside and outside of the play because of the play."

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"Huh? Do you want to see the list of actors in this theater?" Jonathan pushed his glasses with a surprised expression.Because he got up too early and was troubled by the recent events in the theater, there was a faint black shadow under his eyes, and he looked a little haggard. Fortunately, he agreed very readily, "I'll look for it... I should keep it well, you guys Wait for me a little while."

He got up and walked into a small library behind his office, rummaged through it for a while, and after a while, he took out a thick black suede booklet and spread it out on the large desk. On a beech desk.

"Let me see... From the beginning of the theater's establishment to the present, well, the list is complete." Jonathan checked that there was no problem, and then pushed the list to Cheng Mo and Qin Chuhe. The good-tempered person in charge smiled. , "Is there anything else I can do to help?"

"Well, do you have any videos of previous theater performances?" Cheng Mo asked. The record that Chloe heard when she was a child should be reproduced from a certain theater performance. From the time she heard the record, it can be inferred that the performance should be 17 years ago. "It is from the theater that there is a video After that, until 17 years ago, this time period."

"Video?" Although he looked puzzled, Jonathan dutifully ran to the data room and searched again. This time was much longer than before. He picked up a huge dusty cardboard box, "All the video tapes you can find that meet your requirements are here. I have a projector in my office, so you can just use it." He looked at his watch and said, "I have an appointment , I won’t be with you for now, I can use everything in my office.”

After Jonathan left, Cheng Mo opened the cardboard box he left behind, and there were a dozen thick video tapes inside.He sighed, pulled out a box from the beginning, and inserted it into the projector that Jonathan had mentioned. After a brief flicker of noise, a picture with snowflakes appeared in front of his eyes.

The picture is very old and the picture quality is not clear, but when he thought that the only clue might be hidden in these video tapes, Cheng Mo calmed down.After watching a set, he took out the set he had read and put it out of the box, got up and took out a new set from the box.The videotapes outside the box gradually piled up into a hill.

The phantom in the picture changes from gentleness, to madness, to vicious curse, to hesitation after being redeemed, he sings tirelessly [Note 1]——

【Sing with me again and compose a strange duet】

[I control your power and become stronger and stronger]

【Even if you leave me and leave only a glance back】

【The Phantom of the Opera is hiding in your heart right there】

At some point, Qin Chuhe also sat cross-legged next to him. When the video tape ended, Qin Chuhe stood up and replaced him with another one.The lights and shadows flickered on and off Qin Chuhe's face, giving Cheng Mo an illusion that the two of them could be like this forever.

However, the moment a brand new videotape slid into the bracket, Cheng Mo suddenly shivered.It was as if a decree came from the gods somewhere, telling him that the answer was in front of him in a few moments.

A girl with a graceful figure slid onto the stage, with a gorgeous dress, long seaweed-like hair hanging down her shoulders, and a beautiful voice like a nightingale singing softly [Note 2]——

【Miss me fondly miss me after saying goodbye】

[Remember I promised me every moment that you will try your best to keep it]

[On the day not long after that day when you are already far away]

【If you have a moment of leisure, remember to miss me】

At that moment, Cheng Mo understood the reason why Phantom was so obsessed with Chloe.He looked at the girl who was as bright as a morning star in the video——

That's a face so similar to Chloe's.

The author has something to say: [Note 1] From the track in "The Phantom of the Opera", The Phantom of the Opera.

[Note 2] The track from "The Phantom of the Opera", ThinkofMe.

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2020/3/15 update

Fixed a misuse of the words "opera" and "musical".