After a day, Shi Xi still hadn't received a reply from Zhang Qingxuan.
She called Jiaming.
Jiaming told her that Zhang Qingxuan had been studying the tablet she brought back recently. He seemed to have made some progress yesterday, but he went into seclusion in a hurry and has not come out yet.
Shi Xi asked Jia Ming to take good care of Wuyou Temple and contact her as soon as his senior brother came out of retreat.
In the evening, Shi Xi asked her assistant to take her to the director's house to attend a party.
This is an old villa community, not far from the central area, so it is quiet in the midst of bustle and every inch of land is worth a lot of money.
It is said that the director has a good family background and he shoots variety shows just for the love of it, which seems to be true.
After the security guard called the chief director, he opened the entrance to the underground garage for Shi Xi. The car turned left and right in the underground garage and stopped in front of the gate on the basement floor of the chief director's house.
The chief director was standing at the door to greet her. Shi Xi was stunned when she saw him. He had two furry white dog ears on his head!
"..." Shi Xi blinked: "Director, what are you doing..."
Is this what she can see? She's going to be blind!
The director blushed, "I didn't volunteer, I was persecuted, I am innocent! Those kids said tonight is a furry party, you have to wear whatever you draw, and you can only take it off after the party."
The assistant probably felt that this was not something he could watch, his eyes were a little evasive, his shoulders were a little trembling, and he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to.
It was unknown what time the party would end, and Shi Xi didn't want to waste his assistant's time, so he let him go home first.
Shi Xi looked at the director and couldn't help laughing: "Whoever came up with this idea, I'm afraid it must be someone who's obsessed with Fu Rui."
The chief director said: "It was Fan Yuan's idea. He is the planner, so he has a lot of creative ideas. It would be better if these creative ideas were not used to mess with me."
Hearing this name, the smile on Shi Xi's face faded.
She took a close look at the dog ears on the director's head. The fur was of good quality, like a custom-made product, with no obvious abnormalities.
"Don't stand here and talk, everyone else is here," the chief director didn't know what scene he was thinking of, and said with a smile: "I'll take you to visit Teacher Ji."
Shi Xi slowly typed a question mark: "Teacher Ji has become a tourist attraction?"
"Top scenic spot," the chief director gave a thumbs up: "Don't miss it if you pass by it, you will regret it for a whole year if you miss it."
Because there is a large patio leading directly to the courtyard, the basement has good lighting and ventilation, it is not dark, and is frequently used.
However, the main venue of the party was on the first and second floors. Shi Xi followed the director up the stairs and came to the first floor.
"Bang--" The people guarding on both sides of the stairs opened the fireworks, and colorful sequins fell down.
Shi Xi looked up, and ribbons and sequins fell on her head and shoulders, adding a bit of color to her cold, porcelain-white face.
The two people who were about to say "Welcome Teacher Xiao" were stunned and stared at her blankly. They both had furry ears on their heads, and looked like two confused little animals.
Shi Xi brushed off the ribbon and walked up calmly: "Want to welcome me specially?"
The two nodded and stammered to add the welcome words that they had missed just now.
Chief Director: "You guys are being hypocritical. Why don't you welcome me?"
The head of the publicity team smiled and said, "Director, wake up, this is your home."
"You can welcome me home, no problem," the chief director hummed twice and pointed somewhere: "Teacher Shi, look over there, a top scenic spot."
Shi Xi looked over and saw Ji Mingxu wearing a half-face mask, long curly chestnut hair, and a pair of brown rabbit ears on his head.
“…”Cheng knows how to have fun.
Ji Mingxu grabbed the shoulders of a young man wearing curly goat horns and asked with a look of shame and anger: "Can't I really take this thing off?"
The young man with goat horns shook his head and said weakly, "Teacher Ji, no."
People nearby heard their conversation, laughed, and teased Ji Mingxu.
Ji Mingxu's eyes flashed with ferocity as he scanned the entire place: "No taking photos, and no telling anyone, or you'll be hunted down by me."
"Brother Ji, calm down," Lu Xiu, who was playing the fox, put his arm around his shoulder, not minding the fun: "It's cute."
"I'll give you this cuteness," Ji Mingxu glanced at him, "Shall we switch?"
"It's not appropriate." Lu Xiu immediately let go of his shoulders.
Ji Mingxu raised his chin towards Shi Xi and said, "Xiao Xiao, stop watching the fun. You can't escape this middle school mentality either."
Shi Xi was the only "human" left at the scene, and all eyes were on her.
The young man with goat horns smiled at Shi Xi, his eyes curved into two arcs: "Teacher Shi, it's nice to meet you, I'm Lu Fanyuan."
"I've wanted to meet Teacher Lu for a long time," Shi Xi curled her lips, "I heard from the director that the idea of the party was proposed by Teacher Lu. Were these equipment also prepared by Teacher Lu?"
"Yes," Lu Fanyuan took a small box from the table and held it in front of Shi Xi: "Teacher Shi, please draw one too."
Shi Xi took out a piece of paper and Ji Mingxu looked at her nervously.
Shi Xi opened the note and showed Lu Fanyuan the words on it: Wolf.
Lu Fanyuan brought out a pair of cool wolf ears and handed them to Shi Xi: "Teacher Shi, these are yours."
Ji Mingxu: “!!!”
Shi Xi pinched the wolf ears and found nothing wrong. He could only clip them on his hair under everyone's concern.
She was wearing a Gothic-style black suspender skirt today, paired with black wolf ears, like a wolf girl from a fantasy movie.
Ji Mingxu was really envious.
Those who came to the party were the main creators and regular guests of Weird Experience, almost all of whom were acquaintances, and the games and food were all self-service, so everyone had a great time.
After playing a round of board games with Director Song, Shi Xi gave up his gaming seat, took a small plate of fruit, and found Lu Fanyuan standing quietly by the window.
She didn't forget the purpose of tonight.
"Teacher Lu, don't you want to play games?"
Lu Fanyuan smiled and said, "I am a game black hole, so it's better for me to just watch everyone play."
"The planning of Weird Experiencer is very good. I thought Mr. Lu was very good at playing games." Shi Xi said, "The theme of each issue is very interesting. Where does Mr. Lu get his inspiration from?"
Lu Fanyuan: "I often go out to see exhibitions, and I also search for some literary and artistic works on the Internet, and find inspiration through a lot of reading."
Shi Xi said calmly: "I see, no wonder Mr. Lu was able to find such an unpopular work as "The Cliff Banquet"."
"I'm sorry about the two shooting accidents," Lu Fanyuan looked at her, nervously pinching the cup in his hand, with some guilt in his eyes: "When I submitted the plan, I didn't expect that kind of thing to happen."
Lu Fanyuan is a core member of the variety show team. Even though he was not at the recording site, he knew what happened at the time.
"Teacher Lu, you don't have to apologize. This is not something you can control," Shi Xi smiled sympathetically. "Teacher Lu is knowledgeable. In your opinion, what is the principle behind the comic incident we encountered?"
Lu Fanyuan: "It could be a collective hallucination that occurred in a special environment, or the comic world is just a small space created by the cartoonist... There are too many possibilities, I am just guessing."
Shi Xi asked some more questions, and Lu Fanyuan cooperated very well, looking like a gentle and ordinary person.
If he asked too many questions, the other party would become suspicious, so Shi Xi stopped at the right time and soon went to play games with other people.
When they separated, Shi Xi secretly asked Zhang Qingyu if he smelled the scent of blood jade on Lu Fanyuan, and Zhang Qingyu said not at all.
When the party ended, it was already very late, and those who had drunk had hired a designated driver. Shi Xi originally wanted to take a taxi home, but everyone was worried, so they finally decided to ask Ji Mingxu to take her home, as they were going the same way.
When leaving, everyone received a gift in a beautiful gift bag.
The director said it was a surprise and asked them to take it apart when they got home.
As they walked towards the basement, Zhang Qingyu asked, "Junior Sister, has Lu Fanyuan been ruled out as a suspect?"
"Of course not." Shi Xi spread out her palm, revealing a small piece of paper with a mini talisman drawn on it. She had secretly made it during the party: "Lend me some soul power."
"Hmm." Zhang Qingyu touched the talisman paper with his fingertips and input a stream of soul power, and the small piece of paper immediately stood up.
"Go follow Lu Fanyuan."
The small piece of paper floated forward shakily and disappeared in a short while.
This little thing has no attack power, but it can track and locate.
As soon as he got in the car, Shi Xi opened the gift given by the director. Although it was given by the director, it might not be prepared by the director, so it would be better to check it.
Ji Mingxu took the steering wheel: "Little boy, help me take it down too."
"Okay." After unpacking the gift box, Shi Xi was given a set of lipstick gift boxes with the theme of "Cliff Party". Each lipstick was engraved with a different comic character. The fragrance was very strong and could be smelled without opening the lid.
Shi Xi checked and didn't see anything strange, but Yun Fan's face was a bit disgusting.
Ji Mingxu's gift box contained a bottle of men's perfume with a portrait of the comic character he played printed on it.
Ji Mingxu glanced at it and said, "Did the director choose this gift? The cliff party is not a good memory. I have to talk to him when I get back."
There was obviously nothing wrong, but Shi Xi still felt a little uneasy.
She checked the gift boxes twice over and over, and only gave up when she found no problems. She packed them up and put them aside.
"Thinking of the cliff party, the shadow in my heart that just faded away has come back again... But the shadow is not as heavy as the bunny costume tonight," Ji Mingxu complained, and then changed to the tone of a senior: "Xiao Shi, how is your work recently?"
"It's okay." The movie hasn't been finalized yet, so Shi Xi didn't mention it and talked to him about other work.
After a while, Shi Xi suddenly realized that something was wrong. The fragrance in the car seemed too strong.
This smell... is like a mixture of perfume and lipstick given by the program crew.
Shi Xi's heart skipped a beat and she looked down at the gift bag, only to see that the two gift boxes she had packed were opened for some reason, and the lids of the lipstick and perfume were opened, emitting a rich aroma. The scarlet perfume bottle and bright red lipstick paste seemed a little dazzling in the dim light.
"Ji Mingxu," Shi Xi's eyes darkened, "Pull over."
"What's wrong? Did you try that bottle of perfume?" Ji Mingxu turned to look at her. After seeing his face, Shi Xi took a breath of cold air——
There was a rabbit mask on his face, his hair became long and curly, and there were two rabbit ears on his head! The cute mask was exuding a strong resentment at this time, but Ji Mingxu was unaware of it!
"Don't ask, stop the car!"
Seeing the seriousness of the problem, Ji Mingxu didn't ask any more questions, but quickly turned the steering wheel and pulled over.
"What happened..." Before Ji Mingxu could finish his words, he screamed: "Something bit my face...hiss, it seemed to be crawling on my face."
Ji Mingxu touched his cheek and felt a cold mask. He was shocked and wanted to take off the mask.
"Don't move!" Shi Xi quickly stopped him: "If you do this, you'll lose your face."
“Xiao Shi, we are not going to be tricked again, are we…” Ji Mingxu did not dare to move, and looked at Shi Xi nervously, then revealed an even more horrified look: “Xiao Shi, you! Wolf! Ear! Duo!”
Shi Xi touched his head and, as expected, felt two furry ears. A slight pull caused a sharp pain, and he didn't know if something had crawled into his skin.
This thing is more like some kind of parasite.
Ugh. Disgusting.
Shi Xi helped Ji Mingxu check the mask and found that many tiny tentacles had grown inside it and were drilling into Ji Mingxu's eyes and skin.
Shi Xi finally understood now: "The mask, prop ears and perfume lipstick are all fine if they are separated, but the fragrance can induce a curse, causing the mask and prop ears to return to the person who has touched them."
"I understand. Someone is trying to harm us on purpose." Ji Mingxu inhaled in pain. At this moment, a talisman light floated out from his pocket and stuck to the mask.
The talisman flashed, and most of the resentment attached to the mask was instantly blown away.
"It's the amulet I asked for at Wuyou Temple," Ji Mingxu was pierced by the amulet's light and burst into tears, "It seems that it can't dispel the curse."
"This curse is too strong." Shi Xi took out a pen from his bag and drew a high-level exorcism spell on his palm: "Close your eyes."
"I can't close my eyes anymore." He felt something cold drilling into his eyes, his vision became increasingly blurry, and his eyelids became numb. This feeling made him shudder: "Little boy, am I going blind?"
"No, just bear with it." Shi Xi reached for the mask.
A pair of blood-red eyes appeared on the mask, feeling the terrifying oppression from Shi Xi. Although the mask was reluctant to give up the fat meat in its mouth, it was dominated by the desire to survive and fled screaming.
The tentacles that were being pulled away pulled Ji Mingxu's skin, causing him excruciating pain.
"Want to run? It's too late." Shi Xi grabbed the rabbit's ears.
The talisman light on the palm exploded with a burning sizzling sound. The masked ghost screamed miserably, and the rabbit ears turned into two fat tentacles, twisting around in Shi Xi's hand, and finally burned into a puff of smoke along with the mask.
Ji Mingxu's skin turned extremely pale and the mask disappeared, but the evil spirit in his eyes had not completely disappeared.
This thing is very evil. Shi Xi has a vague feeling that if it is not completely eliminated, it might come back again.
Ji Mingxu said hoarsely: "When the time comes, Wolf Ears is about to run away!"
Shi Xi already felt something crawling on her head, and it was really hard for her not to feel it.
When the wolf ears crawled to the back of the head, Shi Xi grabbed them and burned their tentacles with the talisman light. Shi Xi brought the two little creatures in front of him and asked, "Where are you running to?"
The two wolf ears grew round red eyeballs, and they made a frightened whimpering sound, and then threatened Shi Xi: "You have been targeted by the master. If you don't want to die too ugly, let me go quickly!"
"Master?" Shi Xi sneered, "Tell him to come quickly. I just want to settle accounts with him."
"The master is coming soon! You won't live long!" the wolf-eared ghost screamed viciously.
Ji Mingxu felt his scalp tingling after hearing this: "Who is your master?"
Wolf-eared ghost: "He's coming. You'll know when you die!"
The smile on Shi Xi's face turned even colder: "It seems that the other party does not intend to let us leave alive."
The cold instantly paralyzed Ji Mingxu's nerves.
This malicious curse is just the beginning. The other party wants to take their lives and may have other tricks up his sleeve.
"Let's get out of here quickly." Ji Mingxu felt his hands shaking. He calmed himself down and prepared to start the car, but found that the car had broken down.
Ji Mingxu was anxious and thought about finding someone to help him, but when he looked up, he found that the road was empty and there was not a single car.
The street lights became dim, and all the shadows were stretched into strange shapes. The farther away was shrouded in darkness and nothing could be seen clearly.
Ji Mingxu's throat seemed to be rusted and he couldn't utter anything.
"Ling ling ling..." The sudden ringing of the bell startled them.
The ringing sounded intermittent, as if the signal was interfered with, which was very strange in this environment.
They both looked at their phones and found that it was Shi Xi's phone ringing.
Ji Mingxu was worried: "Could it be a ghost calling?"
Ji Mingxu had experienced a ghost call in the weird house, and he was deeply impressed and frightened.
Shi Xi: "No, it's my senior brother's call."
After answering the call, Zhang Qingxuan's vague and strange voice sounded from the other end: "Junior sister... there is a piece of blood jade fragment hidden in the tablet... you have to be careful... you may be targeted..."
The blood jade fragments connected several supernatural events that Shi Xi had encountered recently. The frequent encounters with ghosts were not coincidences at all, but someone did it deliberately.
"Bang——" a dark object hit the car window, instantly creating several cracks on the glass.
Ji Mingxu was so frightened that his heart nearly stopped beating, but Shi Xi, who was closest to him, had no reaction at all.
What a big heart! Ji Mingxu took a deep breath and asked in a low voice: "Xiao Shi, aren't you afraid?"
Shi Xi: "Looks hungry, like a chocolate Daifuku."
Ji Mingxu: “?”
Ghost outside the car window: “???”
Zhang Qingyu: "Chocolate Daifuku, delicious."
Probably to prove that it was not some delicious chocolate daifuku, the black ball on the car window twisted darkly twice, stretched out two pale and dry palms to press the glass, and a face with sunken features and bloody eyes poked out from the black fog, staring at Shi Xi with bloodshot pupils.
"What the hell!" Ji Mingxu was furious.
An indescribable shadow was projected from outside, through the windshield, and enveloped Ji Mingxu.
"No way?" Ji Mingxu looked up and saw two ghosts lying on the windshield, their lifeless eyes pressed against the glass, looking at him with resentment.
"Junior sister... where are you... what happened just now? Quiet, quiet..." Zhang Qingxuan's voice echoed in the carriage, with a ghostly aura.
In this situation, only Shi Xi could remain calm and make the phone call.
"Near the Polytechnic University," Shi Xi added, "if this place still belongs to the human world."
Ji Mingxu showed a bitter and painful expression.
It turns out that the cliff party is not a psychological shadow, and wearing rabbit ears is not a psychological shadow. "I may not be in this world anymore" is the most terrifying psychological shadow!
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