Chapter 226: Grand Scene
"Your lot is the last of the sixty-four hexagrams. If you are praying for marriage, then it is a bad hexagram." The Taoist priest Lin, played by Lin Jingying, took a quick look at the hexagram that Su Su had drawn, and the corresponding comment appeared smoothly, "This hexagram says: You are 'born with a peach blossom, I am crying out for spring to go, leaving behind a fortune of millions, and living alone in my prime'!"
"Well, Uncle Ying, can this be resolved?" Taoist Priest Lin is a distant relative of the second female lead, Ah Mei. Knowing that his best friend has been unhappy since she saw three husbands go in succession, Ah Mei specially invited Taoist Priest Lin, who is said to be very knowledgeable, to tell her fortune.
"Yes." Taoist Priest Lin responded, "For someone like you who is born to bring bad luck to your husband and whose money is increasing day by day, it is easy for you to become a rich woman. Unfortunately, you don't have the chance to be someone's wife. I think you should just follow your fate and be a single rich woman. Don't harm men in the world anymore. Just consider it as accumulating good karma."
"Master, please don't be so direct!" His two disciples Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai couldn't help but speak up.
If Lin Jingying was not their master and they could not speak too harshly, they might have used the word "harsh" instead of "direct".
Obviously, Su Yun took the opportunity of the gathering of the main characters to link Lin Jingying's zombie series in this horror comedy movie which also has the worldview of gods, ghosts, immortals and monsters.
The most classic golden triangle in the zombie series is the master-disciple trio played by Lin Jingying, Xu Guying and Qian Shaohao: the master Yingshu, who is tough on the outside but soft on the inside and has powerful magic, is paired with a young, impulsive, handsome and heroic disciple Qiu Sheng, and a wise but foolish disciple Wencai who has a lot of jokes. They are the source of security in the hearts of generations to come...
Although in the zombie series, Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai are always fascinated by the beautiful female characters in the play and fight against each other, but when facing Su Su, who has been rumored to be the "Black Widow" in the underworld and even her own master has criticized her as a poisonous rose that brings bad luck to her husband, they can only sigh in their hearts and do not want to play mahjong with those three dead ex-husbands, so they take the initiative to suppress the excitement of meeting her.
However, even though the rose has thorns, its beauty still makes people want to be kind to it, so there is a scene where the two disciples teach their master a lesson.
"It doesn't matter. Master Lin is not the first person to say that to me. I understand..." After Su Su forced a smile and sent everyone away, she returned to the bedroom and sat in front of the dressing table to remove her makeup.
Seeing her depressed look, the servant had no choice but to gently put down the stew pot of tonic in his hand and then quietly left the room.
In this side room, the three dead ex-husbands, who had finally managed to create a balanced situation in their fight, also quietly appeared one after another from the black and white photos on the wall behind them.
"What's wrong with my wife? She looks so haggard."
"The doctor said that my wife has been under too much stress recently and her emotions have fluctuated too much, so this is why she is like this..."
"Does my wife have that 'emotional illness' that's so popular in foreign countries?"
What was called "mood disorder" in this era was actually what was later called "depression" - because it was a problem that had just been discovered, there was no official name or related theories yet.
However, after these caring words were exchanged with eyes that said, "Stop talking nonsense, she's my wife," the previously harmonious atmosphere among the three dead ex-husbands turned back to the initial tension in a second.
Before they could make any moves, the three ex-husbands who had always been paying attention to Su Su were suddenly attracted by her unusual behavior.
How come he is so ill that he can’t even take care of himself!
Looking at the stew pot that Susu accidentally knocked over on the ground, the three dead ghosts had the same thought in their minds and felt very distressed.
Therefore, as the leader of the gang, Shao Sanshi, who was used to being served, subconsciously wanted to ask the servant to come and look after his wife. Before he could do anything, Zhou Jiahe, who had been a ghost for the longest time and had the most experience as a ghost, stopped him and said, "Don't come again. If you scare others again, this villa will really be rumored to be haunted."
"But we can't just let Su Su be like this. If you don't feel sorry for her, then I do!" Shao Sanshi pushed him away, but was then held back by Shen Yicheng.
"Zhou Jiahe is right. Given our current situation, we have no choice but to reveal ourselves in public if we want to summon someone - but don't you think about how I died?" When Shen Yicheng was a pastor, he would often listen to the believers' thoughts in a small room. His rhetoric was naturally first-rate. After much persuasion, he finally convinced him.
"Then what else can we do? We can't just sit there and do nothing, right?" Shao Sanshi asked again.
"Well, as the saying goes, a heart disease needs a heart medicine. She became like this because of the accidents that happened to us one after another. Why don't we find another one for her?" Shen Yicheng suggested.
Before he finished speaking, Shao Sanshi hit him hard: "Were you stunned by the two of us or are you not satisfied with the immoral behavior of prying the corner of the wall, so you want to find a green hat to wear on yourself?!"
"I'm warning you, I have no choice but to tolerate the two cuckolds you have. Shen Yicheng, are you really crazy? Among the three of us, you are the only one who doesn't have a cuckold, but you tell me that you actually want to find one to wear yourself?" Zhou Jiahe was also angry.
"Calm down and listen to me!" Seeing that these two damn guys wanted to put aside their past grudges and have a men's mixed doubles match with him, Shin Yi-sung hurriedly explained.
From the fact that Susu is suffering from emotional illness and can hardly take care of herself, and the servants can't take care of her as attentively as a family member, to the practical consideration that if Susu, the widow, has an accident, then the inheritance they leave behind will be confiscated according to the law, and correspondingly, the three of them will lose their incense and become wandering ghosts; to the psychological consideration that "if you really love her like I do, then you should hope that she will live a happy life in the future"...
"Of course. The most important point is, who doesn't want to see their new wife always thinking about her dead ex-husband?" After seeing the other two nod, Shen Yicheng continued, "Don't believe what those Feng Shui masters say - Su Su is still so young, she will definitely fall in love again and get married again..."
"We are all men, so naturally we have similar ideas." Shen Yicheng looked at the three black-and-white photos on the wall. "Although it is said that the living cannot compete with the dead, if those living people really want to deal with us 'dead ghosts' and cut off our offerings, wouldn't it be a matter of physical force?"
"Instead of letting this intolerant newcomer in, why don't the three of us look for a newcomer with a good personality and good character together? This way, we won't be forgotten by the old for the new, and we can rest assured when we have the chance to be reincarnated..."
"But this is still like putting a cuckold on your head!" Shao Sanshi, who was domineering and arbitrary, was still dissatisfied.
"Forget it. I have to wear it morning and night anyway. I might as well choose the one I like. It won't be so uncomfortable to wear..." The relatively gentle Zhou Jiahe accepted the suggestion first.
With Zhou Jiahe's defection, the situation among the three became two to one: So, even if Shao Sanshi was unwilling, he had no choice but to accept the reality.
After deciding to find a cuckold who everyone is satisfied with to take over their wives and property, the three ghosts searched for a long time and finally found a target that satisfied all three of them: a male radio host in a late-night radio station who specialized in telling ghost stories and was very popular with the three of them.
It just so happened that the male host named Warner was recently looking for inspiration for a new story with his partner Tan Guan. The three ghosts used a little trick and successfully tricked them into finding this villa.
There is no doubt that under the deliberate seduction of the three dead ex-husbands, Warner fell in love at first sight with the stunningly beautiful Susu. He did not care about his partner's advice that she was the Black Widow, fell deeply in love, and launched a fanatical pursuit of Susu.
As childhood sweethearts, Zhou Jiahe knows Su Su's preferences very well and can always guide Warner to cater to her preferences; Shao Sanshi is very active and can secretly create opportunities for the two to get close; Shen Yicheng is an outstanding observer and is always paying attention to the changes in the atmosphere between the two, and accordingly issues instructions to let the other two dead ex-husbands help deal with the situation on the scene...
With these three super assists, Warner, a straight man destined to be alone, who was originally awkward in chatting, awkward in pursuing, and giving gifts randomly, finally succeeded in dancing with the beauty in the ballroom.
The background music is the old hit song "Take Care Tonight" sung by Chen Boyan, who plays Zhou Jiahe.
The dance style of the prelude was light and bright, but when the lingering and graceful singing slowly sang the first lyrics, the lyrics "The lover in the arms is complaining, and the lover cannot tolerate it. The lover cries silently, and how can the heart not ache?" made Zhou Jiahe laugh with tears in his eyes.
Everyone in the dance hall was laughing happily, except for these three damned guys, who had tears in their eyes behind their smiles.
Looking at the couple dancing in the center of the dance floor, the three dead ex-husbands stood by the bar, feeling relieved and sad.
"I'm the first one, and also the one who has been cuckolded the most..." Zhou Jiahe played the piano as background music while shaking his head with emotion. His tears even wet half of the leopard-head doll next to him.
"Well, you have to think like this - is it better to be cuckolded? Or is it better to be a wandering ghost..." Shin Yi-sung wiped his tears, and before he could finish his words of comfort, his fragile cervical spine went on strike because of his sideways leaning on the piano. He was so frightened that he chased his head that rolled to the side and shouted, "My God! I look up to you so devoutly and serve you, why do you treat me like this?"
"I don't think you are pious at all! You are the only pastor who plotted against someone else's wife during the swearing-in ceremony!" Shao Sanshi glared at Shen Yicheng, then wiped his tears and covered his forehead with bloodstains, "Damn! My head hurts from time to time--"
This tearful scene later became a famous scene destined to be the source of all evil. The behavior of the three dead ex-husbands was also made into a three-piece emoticon package of "crying with a leopard head", "crying with head in hand" and "crying with head exploded" by the gossipers. They are active in major forums and chat software...
Unfortunately, even though the three ex-husbands made such great sacrifices and voluntarily became cuckolds, the story did not develop as they wished: Susu and Warner always had bad luck after being together. Although neither of them believed in fate, one day Warner accidentally crashed a car and injured his foot, and Susu finally began to retreat.
While she was hiding in the house and not going to the hospital to visit Warner, Warner's partner Tan Guan used his half-baked fortune-telling skills passed down from his ancestors to figure out the "truth" that both Su Su and Warner had extremely strong horoscopes and were unlucky in their relationships.
"She either wants to find a replacement for her dead ex-husband, or she wants to borrow your life and luck - otherwise how could she become a billionaire at such a young age!" Tan Guan shouted.
After being discharged from the hospital, Warner, who was half-believing and half-doubting, went to Susu's villa to inquire about it, but was turned away. Warner, who had been left alone in the hospital during this period, became really angry.
When he climbed over the wall with great difficulty and entered the master bedroom, he saw Su Su staring at the bed full of medical books and magical instruments.
"Why are you with me?!"
"I never really believed in these things. This time I was just curious and wanted to see..."
"Then why didn't you come to the hospital to visit me? You left me alone there... Even when I came to see you, you refused to see me!"
Under the disappointed gazes of the three dead ex-husbands, the two had a big quarrel and without thinking, they both said the word "break up".
Watching Warner limping away, Su Su felt worried and sad. Her illness relapsed and she turned around and fell to the ground again.
After the three dead ex-husbands worked together to send the person to the hospital for treatment, Ah Mei, who had followed Master Lin and his disciples to the mainland to help Su Su find a magic weapon to change her luck, also hurriedly brought people to the ward to visit.
"Don't worry, Uncle Ying and I have found some magic weapons to help you change your luck. After your loneliness is resolved, we can stay together more often, and you won't have to grow old alone." Su Su's fate is unlucky for her relatives and friends. Taoist Lin said that the reason Ah Mei was fine was because of the blessing of the ancestral jade pendant, so no major problems occurred. However, as she gets older, Su Su's loneliness becomes more serious, so she needs more magic weapons to fight it.
"But I noticed that her complexion seemed to have changed. Who did you meet during this period?" Generally, changes in fate usually mean that you will meet a noble person. Taoist Lin counted with his fingers and was immediately overjoyed. "Congratulations, you have finally met your destined noble person. If you were separated, both of you would be lonely for your whole life. But everything in the world is interdependent. After you met, your fate would transform into a fortune that would bring prosperity to each other. You are simply a match made in heaven!"
Before they could be happy for long, they heard that Su Su had broken up with Warner due to a misunderstanding and a quarrel, and had no news from each other. Taoist Lin quickly asked for divination again to help find the missing Warner.
The strange thing is that there seemed to be a master on the other side defending, and Master Lin's divination was completely messed up. He tried many times but failed to calculate Warner's whereabouts.
"Master, what's wrong?" His disciples Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai hurried over to help wipe the sweat off his face.
"The opponent is very strong." Master Lin said very seriously.
"Then what about Susu? Uncle Ying, if they don't get married within the deadline, the two of them will go from being a blessing to a curse, and then they will really be alone for the rest of their lives!" Ah Mei was extremely anxious.
"This is not a problem for me at all." Taoist Lin smiled confidently, then called over two disciples and whispered a few words in their ears.
On the morning of the deadline, Su Su, wearing her wedding dress, was supported by Ah Mei, who was wearing a bridesmaid dress, and asked anxiously, "Uncle Ying, are you sure there will be a groom coming?"
"You can rest assured." Taoist Priest Lin was extremely confident. "Even if the other side has a plan, I also have a way to get over the wall. I have already arranged for my two disciples to take care of it. I guarantee that the groom will be here soon."
While saying this, Taoist Lin quietly glanced at the locations of the three dead ex-husbands.
"Can he see us?" Zhou Jiahe asked with some confusion.
"It's a coincidence, right? None of us showed up." Shin Ye-sung replied.
"You two foreign-educated people should not underestimate these Feng Shui masters. Chinese culture is extensive and profound. Maybe they can really see us." Society leaders like Shao Sanshi are somewhat superstitious.
"Forget it, forget about him. We are not here to cause trouble. It doesn't matter if he sees us." Zhou Jiahe turned around and walked out. "You guys take care of her here. I'll go outside and take a look..."
A minute later, Zhou Jiahe, who had leisurely walked out of the church, ran back through the church gate in a hurry: "Here, here I come! Outside..."
"Tell me slowly, don't be impatient." Seeing Zhou Jiahe's impatient look, Shao Sanshi frowned, "Is it the groom who cheated on us both here?"
Zhou Jiahe's face twisted, he gritted his teeth, and with difficulty told the horrifying scene he had just seen: "There are hundreds of cuckolds outside... no, hundreds of men dressed as grooms rushing over here!"
What the hell!
The three dead ex-husbands relied on their ghostly advantages to pass through the tightly closed church door in doubt and immediately saw the dark crowd on the distant horizon...
A gust of playful wind blew by, and the newspapers floating on the street were stuck to the faces of the three stunned ghosts.
She hurriedly took the newspaper and took a look at it - the bold headline "Billionaire Woman Waiting for You to Marry" caught the eyes of the three dead ex-husbands without any warning.
This report, though brief, was clear and concise: the gist of it was that there was a young and beautiful billionaire named Susu, who had already put on her wedding dress and was waiting for the groom to arrive in the church.
As soon as the groom arrives, the wedding will be held on the spot!
Because of Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai's educational level, this is half a missing person notice. After losing the subject noun "Warner", it becomes something that looks like a marriage proposal...
Therefore, after this newspaper was published, all the young men of appropriate age in Hong Kong felt that their chance to fight for 50 years less had come!