Yin Chengjue’s past life was a complete joke.
The star he personally groomed not only betrayed him but twisted the knife when his company was on the brink of collapse.
Reborn, he vowed ...
"But something still doesn't feel right!" After watching the film, Yin Chengjue and Rong Yu could still hear people discussing it intensely outside the cinema as they walked out.
Because everyone was waiting for the elevator, Yin Chengjue and Rong Yu were forced to listen to them analyze the plot.
A boy wearing black-rimmed glasses said, "Since Du Xiao has already guided Jiang Qing to kill himself in her imagination, then Du Xiao's goal of killing Jiang Qing should have been achieved. So why did Du Xiao still give Jiang Qing sleeping pills and then stab her again?"
The girl holding the hand of the boy with black-rimmed glasses also pondered, "Yes, this is too strange. Logically speaking, Du Xiao's actions not only killed 'Jiang Qing', but also indirectly brought 'Jing Sheng,' who died innocently under his wheels, back to life. There couldn't be a more perfect ending than this. But why did Du Xiao have to add another blow and kill Jiang Qing, who had already become 'Jing Sheng'?"
"And there are still some things I didn't understand in the last few minutes." The black-rimmed boy adjusted his glasses. "Let me sort it out first. Du Xiao wakes up from his fantasy and then starts to recall. We see his past in his memories and we also know why he wanted to kill Jiang Qing. At the same time, we also start to wonder why Du Xiao would kill Jiang Qing, who has become 'Jing Sheng,' in his fantasy. Let's put this question aside for now. After Du Xiao's memory segment ends, Du Xiao gets out of bed and goes to the bathroom to wash his face."
But when he looked up, he saw Jing Sheng's face reflected in the bathroom mirror, and that face overlapped with Du Xiao's own.
The girl couldn't help but shudder: "Just mentioning the male lead's weird-looking face gives me the creeps!"
The bespectacled guy: "It's probably just the lighting effects in post-production. Let's put the horror aside for now. I mainly want to figure out the logic of the plot. It can't be a logical bug, right?"
The girl said, "I can understand why Jiang Qing saw Jing Sheng's face in the mirror—it's because someone else had changed. But why did Du Xiao see Jing Sheng's face in the mirror? Did someone else change too? Did Du Xiao also become Jing Sheng?"
The bespectacled boy: "No way? There's no reason for that! Jiang Qing transformed into Jing Sheng because he lost a duel with Jing Sheng in his imagination, but what about Du Xiao? He didn't even duel with Jing Sheng in his imagination... Hiss! Wait a minute!"
The girl clearly realized something too, and suddenly raised her hand to frantically slap the boy with glasses on the shoulder: "They fought! Du Xiao and Jing Sheng fought! Didn't Du Xiao stab 'Jing Sheng' with a scalpel?"
The bespectacled boy: "Yes, yes, yes! But that scene flashed by so quickly, leaving us with some questions. Did that scalpel actually finish off 'Jing Sheng'? If not, was Du Xiao also killed by 'Jing Sheng'?"
"But I still can't understand why Du Xiao would target Jing Sheng? What grudge do they have?" The bespectacled boy scratched his head.
"Oh dear, the feud between them is huge! Have you two forgotten how Jing Sheng died? He was run over by Du Xiao!" A fat man who was also waiting for the elevator couldn't help but remind him.
"Oh right!" The boy and girl with glasses finally realized.
The fat man said, "So, according to normal logic, Du Xiao must also feel guilty about accidentally killing Jing Sheng, and then he also had a fantasy that Jing Sheng was still alive. The Jing Sheng in his fantasy always came to harass him, trying to take revenge on him and kill him. So of course Du Xiao would want to kill 'Jing Sheng' in return. Doesn't the logic make sense if we explain it this way?"
"Holy crap! You're awesome, bro!" The other people waiting for the elevator all looked at the fat man with admiration.
The fat man cleared his throat and said modestly, "It's alright. I watched it twice. The first time it was free, but I didn't understand it. Then I paid to watch the second one, and I finally understood it."
"Um, may I ask a question? Suppose, as you say, Du Xiao has actually become 'Jing Sheng' after waking up, then why would 'Jing Sheng' have memories belonging to Du Xiao? You haven't forgotten that Du Xiao first recalled the cause and effect of the past before going to the bathroom to wash her face and look in the mirror, and that's when she saw Jing Sheng's face in the mirror, right? According to your logic, this sequence doesn't make sense!"
Fatty: "..."
The fat man gave a look that suggested he was about to cry: "Do you know what? Your question is about to cost me money for another movie ticket, and it's for the same movie."
The bespectacled boy said to the girl next to him, "Honey, so this afternoon..."
The girl clenched her fist: "Let's have lunch first, then we can go see the movie!"
The elevator arrived just in time, and the group stepped inside. The fat man kept his head down, muttering to himself as he went through the plot.
Rong Yu couldn't stand it any longer and couldn't help but speak up: "Didn't you guys ever consider that this is a supernatural ghost movie?"
Rong Yu: "Since it's a ghost movie, there must be ghosts! The reason Jing Sheng appeared in the bathroom mirror might not be for any other reason, but because Du Xiao really saw a ghost."
It was a real ghost sighting, not some kind of fantasy or delusion!
Rong Yu's words successfully drew the attention of everyone in the elevator.
Feeling a sense of unease as a group of people stared at her, Rong Yu subconsciously tugged at her mask to make sure it covered her face more completely.
"Oh right! I almost forgot! I was watching a horror movie!"
"So that's how it is!"
"I understand! I understand!"
"Ahhh, I finally understand! But I've already bought my afternoon ticket, so I'll watch it again! This time, I'm going to watch it with eyes that see through all the truth! Hehehe!"
"Hey handsome, why do I feel like your features look a little familiar?" the girl asked curiously.
Yin Chengjue silently reached out and pulled Rong Yu behind him: "Haven't you ever seen eyebrows and eyes before? Why are you staring for so long?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, I just thought this guy looked familiar," the girl quickly said.
The fat man beside her couldn't help but shudder, and said to Rong Yu with some bewilderment, "That's strange, why do I feel inexplicably creeped out whenever I see your eyes? I've had this feeling many times before, every time Jing Sheng's face appears in the mirror... Ouch!" The fat man suddenly gasped!
"...Wow!" The others also gasped.
The girl was the first to shout, "Jing Sheng! It's you, Jing Sheng!"
"Holy crap!" The bespectacled boy closest to the door immediately pressed the open button for the elevator.
Yin Chengjue quickly spoke up to stop him, saying, "Don't do that, it's dangerous!"
The fat man clutched his head and cried out, "Aaaaaah! Jing Sheng really crawled right out of the screen and into front of me! Aaaaah!"
Others: "The voices are exactly the same!!"
Rong Yu: "..." That's because I used my own voice for the dubbing...
"Ding!" Amidst the chaos, the elevator doors finally opened as they reached the next floor. The few people who had recognized Rong Yu the moment they squeezed to the door immediately rushed out, shouting to the others who were about to go in, "Don't go in! Don't go in! Jing Sheng is inside!"
People on other floors who also watched "Ghostly Trace" couldn't help but laugh, "Was he hallucinating from being scared? Hahaha... Oh my god, it really is Jing Sheng!!"
The first man to step into the elevator looked up and met Rong Yu's almond-shaped eyes, which curved slightly upwards at the corners.
Rong Yu: =_=
Man: =口=!
The man quickly retreated outside the elevator, his fingers flying across the close button beside him at a speed he had never surpassed in his life.
The elevator doors closed quickly in front of him, and Rong Yu's face disappeared from everyone's sight.
As the elevator began to descend, everyone who stood in front of the elevator doors and saw Rong Yu's features breathed a sigh of relief.
I was terrified! I was completely disoriented after watching two movies. To see Jing Sheng in the elevator of a movie theater is truly terrifying. Nothing is scarier than a ghost from a movie appearing in real life.
Since the elevator had already gone down and they needed to wait for it to come up before they could leave, they had no choice but to stay there and keep watch.
As they waited, someone finally discovered something first.
"Um, what we just saw, could it be Rong Yu?" the female voice said weakly, "It's Rong Yu who plays the role of Jing Sheng!"
The man who had been frantically pressing the elevator close button suddenly stopped and exclaimed, "What? Xiaoyu? Where is Xiaoyu? Has anyone seen him? My Yu Xiang Rou Si! I love him so much!"
The others: "..." If we remember correctly, the person who was frantically pressing the elevator close button until the elevator door closed was you, right?
It seems like you're the one who's keeping your own idol inside the elevator doors, right?
Not only the men, but the other shredded pork with garlic sauce moviegoers also reacted quickly at that moment, exclaiming, "It's Xiaoyu! That was Xiaoyu just now!"
"I saw Xiaoyu! I actually saw Xiaoyu! So Xiaoyu and I just watched the same movie!"
"Why hasn't the elevator come back yet! Xiaoyu is going to leave soon!"
"Hurry up and catch up with me up the stairs!"
"Sisters, slow down! Keep to the right when you're on the stairs, don't fall!"
A group of people had arrived at the stairwell and were lining up to go down the stairs when a girl suddenly said, "Ugh, but now, as soon as I see Xiaoyu's face, I... Maybe I should wait a while?"
Fish-flavored shredded pork fans: "..." Now that you mention it, it does make some sense... We were just traumatized by two movies, and now seeing that face again is terrifying!
Other fans see their idol and exclaim: "Ahhh, he's so handsome! I want his autograph!"
Yu Xiang Rou Si (a type of shredded pork with garlic sauce) saw her idol: Holy crap! Jing Sheng (the character her idol played) is here! Quick, close the elevator doors! Hmm? Wait a minute? That looks like my idol??