Chapter 7: Haunted Hill House (7)
Zhang Wubing originally set up the main live broadcast camera in the living room of the villa, turned on a dim reading light, and spread a blanket on the sofa. He wanted to present a warm side in the live broadcast at night, so that the audience could open the live broadcast room even in the middle of the night and enjoy the peaceful atmosphere.
However, things went against one's wishes. The light in the living room went out in an instant at some point, and darkness enveloped the villa.
And because most guests turned off the split-screen camera at night, most of the audience who came from social platforms because of the updates of variety show celebrities plunged into the main live broadcast screen.
Then, as soon as he opened the live broadcast room, he was face to face with a hideous face covered in blood.
Audience: “There’s a ghost!!!”
However, the ghost face seemed to be more panicked than the audience. In the brief few seconds that it appeared in the camera, it kept looking back as if it was being chased by something. It quickly floated past the camera, leaving only a deep red afterimage.
Audience: “?”
While the audience in front of the main screen was confused, the fans who were waiting in Annanyuan's split screen almost went crazy.
The camera was showing a young man with a nice smile in the previous moment, and the next moment the door opened, and the camera was facing a blood-red color, followed by a face with a dangerous and crazy smile like a monster in a horror movie, and it told An Nanyuan that it wanted to eat him.
There was dim light outside the door, and in the dark corridor, one could not see what was happening through the camera. One could only hear Annanyuan's abrupt screams.
Some timid fans were scared to tears.
[What happened to you, brother? Are you okay? Please reply to us!]
[Holy shit! Did you see that red thing just now? I was recording the screen and I played it back in slow motion and was so scared that I threw my phone away. That must be a ghost!]
[I originally just saw the news posted by Goose Brother and wanted to come here to debunk this unscrupulous hype-mongering variety show. But what was that thing that just passed by! Can someone explain it to me?]
[Sisters, go check out the variety show celebrity Goose Brother’s updates and the show’s comment section. It looks like there really is a ghost in this villa!]
[Is this true? Then isn't my brother in danger?]
The split-screen comments have become a mess, but the camera is still recording faithfully.
The fans gradually adapted to the dark environment in the villa corridor and used the faint light to see the face with a terrifying expression and heard his self-introduction.
"I'm Yan Shixun, one of the guests."
When the face calmed down from the madness just now, without the influence of the environment and expression, it returned to its normal appearance.
That is enough to be considered top-notch even in the eyes of Aquaman fans, who have a large number of fans and whose favorite brothers can line up in long queues. It made many fans recover from their previous fear.
The most important thing is that Yan Shixun is a human being, not a ghost.
Fans breathed a sigh of relief.
[It’s good that it’s not a ghost, it’s good that it’s not a ghost.]
[But watching the screen recording for a few seconds, it really looks like...]
[This little brother is also very handsome, but his expression just now was really scary. I thought he was a ghost.]
Yan Shixun, who was facing the camera stiffly, was unaware of the excitement in the barrage and comment sections. He was just trying hard to recall what he had just done. It shouldn't lead to Zhang Wubing's program being banned... right?
"...Why are you sleeping with the split-screen camera on?" Yan Shixun slowly released his hand that was covering An Nanyuan's mouth, stepped back and distanced himself from the camera, and asked, "Are you a pervert?"
An Nanyuan said helplessly: "Mr. Yan, I am a member of the TK group, and I have requirements for exposure. And I just didn't sleep and was chatting with my fans live."
To put it bluntly: I have to open for business!
“…”
Yan Shixun pondered for two seconds, and with a last glimmer of fantasy, he asked, "You must not have many fans to be able to come to Zhang Wubing's show, right? Even if you turn on the split screen, no one will watch it this late, right?"
An Nanyuan knew that Yan Shixun was not from the entertainment industry, so he chose the most straightforward way to express the data: "My social account has 9 million followers, and the number of split-screen subscriptions is over 100,000."
Yan Shixun silently took out his phone and sent a message to Zhang Wubing: [If your live broadcast program was blocked, how would you react?]
Zhang Wubing, who had not dared to sleep since being woken up by Yan Shixun and had been paying attention to the live broadcast, reacted violently: [I will live and die with the program! Brother Yan, please explain to the camera that there is no ghost. If you continue like this, your live broadcast privileges will really be blocked!]
Yan Shixun silently opened the comment section of the program, and sure enough, several hot comments and high-profile posts were all discussing the ghost that just flashed across the camera, and some people even posted screenshots in the comment section for discussion.
As the topic became more and more popular on social platforms, more and more people flocked to the live broadcast. After discovering that the main live broadcast screen was dark, everyone turned around and entered the only open split screen of Annanyuan.
Yan Shixun looked at the crazy-increasing number of viewers displayed on the mobile phone page, and thought about Zhang Wubing who regarded the program as the starting point of his dream. Finally, he raised his head and explained to An Nanyuan's split-screen camera with a serious face.
"It was just the wind that blew up the curtains. Don't make wild guesses. You guys stayed up too late and are hallucinating."
He waved his phone towards the split-screen camera, indicating that the phone interface stayed on the program comment area, meaning that he had seen the audience's comments.
"Go to bed quickly. Why are you watching a live broadcast so late at night? Don't you know it's already past one?" Yan Shixun said sternly, "You still don't go to bed even though it's already this serious. Do you want to die suddenly?"
An Nanyuan looked at Yan Shixun with suspicion.
Although he had mistaken Yan Shixun, he did see a dark red object running past in the darkness when he opened the door. The camera could not convey the feeling, but he could clearly feel it when he passed by that object. The cold wind gave him goose bumps all over his body, chilling him to the bottom of his heart.
Besides...
Where did the curtains in the corridor come from? The curtains and fabrics in his room were all white, with no dark red.
"Why don't you go back to bed?"
An Nanyuan was lost in thought, so Yan Shixun asked him, "Didn't the director tell you to sleep well and not go out at night?"
"Oh, I'll come out to get a glass of water and be back in a moment..."
Before An Nanyuan finished explaining, he heard a creaking sound behind him, and the door that had been pushed open was suddenly slammed shut by the wind.
He shook subconsciously, and when he turned around and looked, he was dumbfounded.
After finding that the door was locked tightly and could not be opened no matter how hard he pulled, An Nanyuan froze: "I don't have my key with me, how can I get in now?"
Yan Shixun, who had originally wanted to quickly push An Nanyuan into the room so that he could continue chasing that thing, said: "... Don't you take your keys with you when you go out?"
The night in the mountains was very cold, but An Nanyuan was so anxious that he was sweating: "I just came out to get some water. I didn't plan to go far, so I didn't bring the key."
Yan Shixun looked at An Nanyuan speechlessly, watching the other party trying various methods to open the door. He looked like he wanted to say something but suddenly remembered the existence of the camera and held back.
In the afternoon, Yan Shixun discovered that although the old butler participated in the allocation of rooms to the guests, he only stood outside the room to introduce the history of the room and the villa, and did not step into the room at all.
And when the old butler targeted him, he could only move around in the corridor and stop him. No matter how angry he was, he could not drag him out of the room.
If Yan Shixun's guess was correct, the room was equivalent to a safe zone, which had a deterrent effect on certain things in the villa and would not allow them to enter the room and harm the residents inside.
That's why he reminded Zhang Wubing and all the guests during dinner to go back to their rooms, lock the doors, and not come out before dawn.
And judging from the fact that there was something outside his door pretending to be Zhang Wubing, trying to trick him into opening the door, after nightfall, the door could probably only be opened from the inside.
Once closed, as long as the person in the room does not open the door, no one outside can damage or enter the door no matter what they do.
The same goes for Bai Shuang. She could only go out by herself, and nothing could enter the room and take her away.
And the woman who created an illusion for Yan Shixun in Bai Shuang's room and performed outside the villa, no matter how angry she was, could not enter the room and fight Yan Shixun face to face.
——In fact, Yan Shixun felt quite regretful. He really wanted to tell the woman in person that her singing was really bad.
It also disturbs the people.
"Don't try, it won't open." Yan Shixun finally couldn't stand An Nanyuan's pointless attempts anymore and reminded him, "Wait here until dawn, the door will open by itself."
Over there, after An Nanyuan failed to open the door, he had no choice but to turn around and look at Yan Shixun with a pleading look: "Yan..."
Yan Shixun decisively accelerated and walked forward.
An Nanyuan was shocked. He glanced at the villa sinking in darkness and thought of the strange crimson thing he had just seen. Suddenly, scenes from horror movies he had watched before popped up in his mind.
Under the unknown fear brought by the darkness, An Nanyuan's brain was working fast, and his mind began to slowly replay the scene he saw when he just opened the door frame by frame.
Then he suddenly discovered——
Rather than attacking Yan Shixun, that crimson thing seemed more like it was being chased by Yan Shixun!
Moreover, he was frightened by Yan Shixun's expression at first sight, and thought that Yan Shixun was the ghost. So, could it be that Yan Shixun was actually a master who had hidden himself from the world? That was why ghosts were afraid of him?
In addition, Yan Shixun had been tough and ruthless from the beginning, and he seemed to be fearless...
An Nanyuan's powerful imagination made him think more and more that this was the case, and the look he gave Yan Shixun changed from looking at a guest on the same show to looking at a master who was concealing his identity, saying "Master, save me".
In a hurry, he even forgot that his split-screen camera was still on, and immediately rushed over and hugged Yan Shixun's arm.
He also decisively changed his words from the polite but distant name of Mr. Yan to the more intimate name of Brother Yan.
"Brother Yan! It's fate that we met. It's so dark outside, do you really want to leave me here alone? Let's go together. I'll go wherever you go."
An Nanyuan held Yan Shixun tightly with both hands, looking nervous as if he was afraid that Yan Shixun would run away if he was not paying attention.
He had seen horror movies! Usually, on such a night when something unusual happened in the mountains, if one was alone, something bad would happen!
"How about I stay in your room for one night?"
In short, don't even think about leaving him alone in this dark place!
When people are in panic and danger, their potential is stimulated and their strength is very great. In addition, as an idol, An Nanyuan exercises to maintain his body shape, and dance training also makes him more powerful.
Yan Shixun struggled but was unable to break free from An Nanyuan's hands.
Moreover, every time he took a step, An Nanyuan would move with him, just like a human-shaped hand pendant.
“…”
Yan Shixun's eyebrows twitched, and he resisted the urge to beat up the guy next to him.
There cannot be any bloody or violent scenes, otherwise his live broadcast rights will be blocked and that little idiot Zhang Wubing will come over and cry at him again, giving him a headache.
Hold on, hold on...
"Let me go!" Yan Shixun lowered his voice and shouted in intolerance, "I'm going to take you away, let me go now and stay away from me!"
An Nanyuan looked at Yan Shixun with distrust: "Brother Yan, you are not lying to me, are you? As soon as I let go, you will take the opportunity to run away."
Yan Shixun, who originally thought so, said: "..."
He frowned his sharp eyebrows and said in a stern voice: "Of course not, I never lie."
Yan Shixun let out a "tsk" sound when his original idea was exposed, and this time he had no choice but to take An Nanyuan with him.
Besides, he had originally wanted to chase the thing that was hiding outside the Baishuang Gate. Now that he was delayed, the thing must have already run away, so there was no point in chasing it.
Bai Shuang and An Nanyuan's rooms are on the same side of the third floor, so the distance between them is not far.
Since he couldn't find the thing, Yan Shixun had to look for Bai Shuang again. Based on the principle of proximity, he casually asked An Nanyuan: "Bai Shuang is not in the room, she is missing. Do you know where she might have gone?"
Yan Shixun originally had no hope for An Nanyuan, but he didn't expect that An Nanyuan would think about it and actually answer.
"Bai Shuang seemed to like the garden below very much. After the game ended at night, she said that the garden had a beautiful view at night and wanted to take a selfie under the moonlight and post it on her social account."
When An Nanyuan heard Bai Shuang's story at night, he didn't think there was anything wrong. But at this moment, he had just passed by something he didn't know what it was, and was in a dark and strange environment. When he recounted it again, he realized belatedly that something was wrong.
"Did Bai Shuang leave the villa? What about her?"
An Nanyuan's brain once again helped him associate the horror movies he had seen in the past, especially those scenes where a person walked out of a building at night, unaware that danger was approaching behind him.
His body shuddered involuntarily, and his eyes looked into the unknown darkness with fear.
Yan Shixun couldn't help but swear, then walked towards the stairs aggressively.
"Brother Yan, are you going to the garden to look for Bai Shuang?" An Nanyuan hesitated for a moment: "It doesn't seem safe outside the villa. There might be small animals from the mountains."
Yan Shixun rolled his eyes: "Then you wait here, I'll go by myself."
"etc!"
An Nanyuan was horrified and grabbed the corner of Yan Shixun's clothes: "Let's go together! I'm also worried about Bai Shuang."
Yan Shixun looked back speechlessly at the cowardly guy, but he also knew that there might be something unknown in the garden that could trip him up. An Nanyuan was the only one outside the villa's room. If something really happened to An Nanyuan, he would not have time to rush back to deal with it.
Thinking of this, he had no choice but to take An Nanyuan away.
"I can take you with me, but no matter what you see, don't shout or run, just stay beside me." Yan Shixun said, "Also, remember to pay me the reward tomorrow."
An Nanyuan, who had a strong imagination, was almost scared to death by his own imagination and agreed immediately.
The audience that flooded into Annan’s original split screen were all confused: “?”
"What's going on?"
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