Paintings of Terror

At this moment in the city at night, I really feel intoxicated by the spring breeze, and the smell of flowers seems to be more fragrant than the outside world, as sweet as honey.

Qin Ci and Yu Ji were walking back to the hospital, the more scared Yu Ji was, the more he spoke, as if this could relieve the tension.

"...I really didn't expect that you, Doctor Qin, have experienced so much. My lover died, and my heart seemed to die with it." Yu Ji sighed, "Although my situation is different from yours, but , the other half passed away.”

"Occasionally, I have the illusion that she is not dead, but is living in this city. Maybe one day, we will run into each other on the road, recognize each other instantly, and then continue our life as if nothing happened. Two days." Qin Ci had some longing in his eyes.

Yu Ji smiled awkwardly: "I'm not as lucky as you. My lover left me before he passed away, but I still regard him as my only one. Really, he is my first love. I've been in love once in my life."

Qin Ci was also embarrassed to ask, so he listened quietly.

"I don't have such good conditions as you. I don't have so many opportunities, so to have a suitable person appear and fall in love, I think it is the greatest gift from heaven." Yu Ji continued.

Qin Ci didn't understand what this good condition meant for a moment: "You have been studying oil painting abroad, so it stands to reason..."

"I'm not talking about material conditions. In fact, I'm about the same as your friends."

"Ok?"

"I'm gay, and I always thought it was a terrible thing, and my family still doesn't know about it." Yu Ji scratched his head embarrassingly, "I was able to meet him abroad, and he was studying art. Yes, at that time I really had a feeling that I could wake up with a smile in my dreams, and I didn't quite believe that such a good thing would happen to me. Sure enough..."

Yu Ji's pain is not the same as Qin Ci's, he is more concerned about gains and losses out of egotism.

"My lover was swept away by a gangster, and he was dying because of that gangster. In the end, he couldn't think about jumping off the building." Yu Ji cursed a few times, but he didn't know who he was scolding.

Qin Ci paused, but still couldn't help asking: "Two mixes?"

That, isn't it a kind of food with fresh potato flour and sliced ​​noodles?In order to meet people's requirements for different tastes, the Chinese snack industry has never lacked new inventions.

"It's bisexuality." Yu Ji popularized a new concept to Qin Ci.

"Oh……"

"It's just the two mixed, men and women take it all, I have never believed that such a person can have any real feelings, it is purely to satisfy their perverted curiosity!" After cursing, Yu Ji raised his eyes and looked at the tree at the entrance of the hospital. The tall sycamore tree suddenly lowered its voice and said, "Actually, I have known Su Benxin for a long time."

"What? Su Benxin?" Qin Ci couldn't adapt to this jumpy conversation for a while.

"Yes, she was the one who took that couple away from my lover! Or you can also say that the flirtatious couple liked the new and disliked the old, and later got together with Su Benxin." Yu Ji felt his head hurt, "Obviously not Drinking, why does my head hurt like I drank too much... Anyway, because of this, my wife committed suicide because of this. At that time, we had broken up for more than two years, but I still felt uncomfortable. country, I thought we could get back together."

Qin Ci couldn't accommodate so much information for a while: "I didn't expect you to have such a tortuous and complicated relationship."

"I went to the art museum to look at the paintings that day, just to see how divine this Boss Su is!" Yu Ji couldn't hide the hatred in his voice.

Qin Ci didn't understand for a while: "I don't think Boss Su has any direct conflict with you. If you want to have an opinion, it should be about that potato powder... Oh no, that's right!"

"I've met that person before, he has curly hair, and he's quite handsome..." Yu Ji sneered slightly, "He's very talented in art, and when he smiles, he's born with a vicious vibe, quite attractive .”

"..."

"The reason why I'm curious about this Su Benxin is because she has seriously affected the quiet life of the gay men in our small town!" Yu Ji's voice became slightly louder, "If you want me to say, that woman is a pervert, she She just likes to have sex with gay men, and straightening something that is obviously crooked is like a great honor to her! It's a waste of money! Burning zithers and boiling cranes! Terrible pervert!"

Qin Ci heard for the first time that there are such people: "But I think, if you are a determined gay man, you should not be caught by a woman..."

"Anyway, she has a way to mix a bowl of simple potato powder into two, just like a witch makes soup!" Yu Ji cursed a few words, and then eased his tone, "It's even more annoying to see her like this. It’s also irritating to people.”

Qin Ci thought for a while about Su Benxin, he did have a very comfortable aura.

Qin Ci is unwilling to comment on other members: "You have paid the price for your curiosity, and you wouldn't come here if you didn't see the art exhibition."

Yu Ji also sighed for a while, and couldn't help being afraid when he thought about it now: "Although this city is pretty good, but when I close my eyes now, I look like Zhichun. After all, I shared a dormitory with him last night. I dare not sleep in that room...Doctor Qin, can I go and sleep together in your room?"

Qin Ci: "...well, fortunately there is an empty bed." ——If it weren't for Yu Ji's confession just now, Qin Ci should have answered more happily.

When the two returned to the dormitory room, Su Benxin came to say good night and prayed that everything was safe tonight.

After the other party left, Yu Ji muttered: "I was really annoyed by this woman, but I couldn't hate her when I saw her... Alas, she is right, I hope everyone is safe tonight."

"That's impossible." Qin Ci smiled wryly, "If there is no death in the night, everyone will have to vote to determine the death the next morning."

After hearing this, Yu Ji patted himself on the head: "That's right, you told us all the rules when you first came... My memory is really bad, and my head still hurts, like I have a cold. , I went to bed early and didn't bother to wash up."

Qin Ci looked at Yu Ji who was lying down in his clothes, and recalled those old rules that flashed intermittently in his mind, and even had the idea of ​​"whether those rules are applicable in this city, after all, this city has its own order".

The phone rang suddenly, Qin Ci picked up the receiver, and there was Ke Xun's voice: "Brother Qin, do you still remember? We are currently in the painting "The Scarlet Beast", and our purpose is to find The painter's signature or seal! If you stay in this city for a long time, you will be assimilated by it, and you will even forget your original intention! Brother Qin, wake up! The task of finding the beast is the task given to us by this city, and our purpose is to leave this city A city! Leave the painting!"

Ke Xun's voice became clearer and louder, waking up the sleeping people like an alarm.Qin Ci broke out in a cold sweat suddenly, his back was soaked.

Before he had time to analyze when this loss started, Qin Ci tried his best to adjust his emotions: "What should we do next? Have you discussed it?"

"We don't have a specific plan, anyway, we are looking for signatures! Now we are notifying every member by phone, the sooner everyone knows, the better!" Ke Xun's voice gradually lost the mellowness of the film that is unique to this city , became very real, and even broke the sound in desperation.

"Okay, I'll notify all our members here immediately, and we'll have a quick meeting tomorrow morning." Qin Ci said this, but in his heart, it seemed like two trains were heading to different distances. The behavior is like the long inertia after a train stops.

Qin Ci hung up the phone, and there was a light knock on the door.

It was Su Benxin who came in: "I heard the phone rang just now, it's okay."

Qin Ci wanted to wake up Yu Ji and talk together, but he was so sound asleep that he couldn't wake him up anyway, so he had to tell Su Benxin what Ke Xun said just now.

Su Benxin didn't come back to his senses for a long time. After a while, he covered his heart and said, "Oh my God, this world is really scary, trying to trick us all into it."

"Well, I've never experienced a painting like this."

"Although... I think this city is very cute, even a little nostalgic... But this is not the place for me to stay after all." Su Benxin shrugged his shoulders, and his tone couldn't hide his regret.

"..." Qin Ci was caught in the middle of the conversation, and deliberately avoided the topic: "Be careful tonight, and focus on finding the beast tomorrow... No, looking for an autograph."

"OK, good night."

……

Luo Wei was awakened by a sudden ringing of the phone, that kind of awakening was like being forcibly pulled from one world into another.

Sitting up covered in cold sweat, he was still lying on the single bed in the dormitory. Weidong on the other bed was sleeping soundly and was not affected by the ringtone at all. Lion on the other side seemed to be dreaming, with a painful expression on his face.

The phone was still ringing, and Luo Wei got up to answer it.

There was a gust of whistling wind from the earpiece, accompanied by the scratching effect of damaged old movie film, it seemed that someone was speaking, but it was extremely indistinct.

Luo Wei listened for a while and asked, "Who are you? Who are you looking for?"

The voice in the earpiece was still full of rough graininess, and in the middle of the chi la chi la, a man seemed to be vaguely saying: "... came out."

"What? What came out?" Luo Wei asked again.

"... came out of his trachea." The vague voice seemed to be a little closer and a little clearer.

Luo Wei was about to listen carefully again when he suddenly heard a strange noise coming from the room.

I saw Lion clutching his Adam's apple tightly, making suffocating sounds.

Luo Wei hurriedly went to see Lion and at the same time called Wei Dong to help.

Soon, Ke Xun and Mu Yiran from next door also rushed in, but they were helpless in the face of Lion's situation.

The position of Lion's Adam's apple suddenly spurted out a large amount of blood, almost like a fountain.

Everyone didn't know how to help, but unfortunately the doctor was not around.

In desperation, Ke Xun rushed forward and held Lion's bleeding port with his hand, and seemed to feel something in the broken bloody wound: "It seems that there is a broken blood vessel, and I will help him connect it now... ...Call the ambulance! Call quickly!"

Ke Xun was already splattered with blood, but his hands were fixed on his companion's deadly parts as firmly as possible, not daring to make any mistakes.