Chapter 25 Amusement Park Li Wei stepped on his foot, but did not use much force. …
The next day, when Li Xi went out and walked downstairs, he saw the trash can safely placed in the corridor. He pulled Rong Xiao who was walking in front of him and asked him: "When you came back yesterday, was the trash can in this position?"
Tang Ruining and a few other people had already walked out. Rong Xiao looked at the ordinary trash can and tried to recall: "Trash can? ... I didn't notice it yesterday, but this trash can has always been here. Except for the uncles and aunties who clean up the garbage, no one will touch it."
He wondered why Jiang Yilan suddenly asked about the trash can, "What's wrong?"
Li Xi shook his head, "No, just asking."
Without further questioning, they rushed to the meeting, and the bad news that Yuan Zhiyan was worried about was confirmed one by one. Not only did they have to ride a roller coaster, but they also had to go to a haunted house, and no project with a show effect would be missed.
Yuan Zhiyan’s protest was ineffective. The director of the program, Liu Dao, became more excited when he saw that the more he resisted. This was the effect he wanted so that fans would love to watch it.
Tang Ruining felt from the bottom of his heart that the haunted house was boring. A group of people pretending to be ghosts could scare people, chasing each other. Aren’t they embarrassed?
But Jiang Yilan seemed very interested. He kept asking before going in, "Are they all real people? Or are there dummies falling from the roof?" "Will I pass the level if I run away? Are there any decryptions?" "Is there any punishment if I get caught?" and so on.
Others had not played it before and were not very clear about the process. Wu Xingye said: "I have only played an escape room once, and it was not a scary one."
Li Xi turned around and asked Tang Ruining behind him: "Have you ever played it?"
"No." Tang Ruining answered. He wanted to say that he felt bored, but when he saw Jiang Yilan's expression, he didn't say it.
Yuan Zhiyan followed Li Xi in a lifeless manner. When he saw the door decorated with a riot of colours, he slowed down his pace and talked to someone: "How about I not go in? I'll meet you at the exit, how about that?"
Li Xi grabbed his hand and said, "Not so good. Let's go in together. I'll hold your hand. What are you afraid of?"
"I'm not afraid of ghosts!" Yuan Zhiyan suddenly straightened his back and said seriously, "Actually, I'm afraid that I might accidentally hurt the NPC if I get excited. Do you understand?"
Li Xi smiled: "Don't worry, I will stop you and make sure no one or ghost gets hurt in this game."
Already at the door, Yuan Zhiyan tightly grasped Li Xi's hand, not understanding what he was rushing for, and asked with a trembling voice: "You haven't played it before either... Will you leave me behind and run away first?"
"No, just follow me closely." Li Wei assured him.
The staff led them into the game room, and it was pitch black when they entered. The door behind them slammed shut. The green light in the room flickered, as if a ghost would appear at any time. They could also hear faint voices, like someone crying intermittently, or laughing.
The atmosphere was really intimidating. Yuan Zhiyan pinched Li Xi's arm so hard that it hurt a little, but Li Xi didn't stop him. He just patted his back soothingly.
The five people walked forward close together, with a cameraman following them. When I walked to the center of the corridor, the shaking lights suddenly lit up, and a distorted human figure appeared in front of me. I couldn't tell whether it was a real person or a model. Yuan Zhiyan yelled a curse word, and the lights went out again. Several people didn't know whether to go forward or retreat.
Yuan Zhiyan pulled Li Xi's arm and backed away, but Tang Ruining was behind him, holding Yuan Zhiyan's shoulders and saying, "Don't back away, you're going to step on my feet."
His extremely calm voice made Yuan Zhiyan feel a little relieved, and he turned around and said, "Then won't you also take a few steps back?"
A few seconds after he turned around to speak, the lights came on again, and the twisted man suddenly let out a hoarse and weird laugh and ran towards them at a very fast speed. Several people were frightened and ran away in all directions. Yuan Zhiyan screamed the highest note in his rap career. Li Xi reached out to the side, grabbed him and ran away. While running, he did not forget to comfort Yuan Zhiyan: "It's okay! I'll hold you."
After turning the corner and running into a room and closing the door tightly, Li Xi realized that the person he was pulling was not Yuan Zhiyan.
"Where is Zhiyan?" Li Wei asked blankly while looking at Tang Ruining who looked calm.
Tang Ruining shrugged, "It seems like Rong Xiao was pulling him to the other side."
...Well, it's okay if someone takes him with them.
There were rapid footsteps outside, and Li Wei immediately used his body to hold the door. Sure enough, their door was knocked loudly. It was the NPC just now.
Tang Ruining held the door with his hands behind him. This posture looked like he was holding someone in his arms, but unfortunately Li Xi didn't have time to pay attention to this. He was concentrating on blocking the door, and his attention was on the person outside.
I have to say that the NPC is very strong and works very hard, as if he was banging on the door with his entire body. The door shook as it was slammed, and Tang Ruining held the man tighter, almost hugging him.
The NPC knocked on the door for a while, and when he saw that it couldn't be opened, he let out a few strange cries and left. Li Xi stuck to the door, and only relaxed after making sure the footsteps were far away. When he turned around, he finally realized that he was completely surrounded.
The photographer who was following them didn't even have time to follow them in, and stayed outside to take pictures of the NPCs, but every room was equipped with surveillance cameras, and the program would be edited and broadcast together with the surveillance footage. Li Xi turned back halfway, then stopped in a dilemma. After thinking for half a second, he turned around to face Tang Ruining, pushed his shoulder and told him, "He's gone."
"Um."
This room was also dark, with only a faint light seeping in from the crack under the door. The darkness amplifies the senses, allowing you to clearly feel the other person's breathing and gaze. Li Xi put his hand on Tang Ruining's shoulder, but instead of retreating, the other party moved closer.
Pushing further.
Li Xi stepped on his foot without using much force, and looked straight into his eyes through her blurred vision. If Tang Ruining didn't move for one more second, Li Xi would increase the force of his feet. After a few seconds, Tang Ruining spoke: "I'm wearing white shoes today."
Li Xi smiled: "So?"
Tang Ruining put his arms down and moved his upper body back. Only then did Li Xi loosen his legs, turn around, open the door and walk out, "Let's go."
The rest of the process is pretty much the same, with chases, sudden scary looks, and a few simple puzzles. The five people who were separated from the beginning had no chance to get together again in the second half and finished the game in two teams.
After getting out and seeing the light again, Yuan Zhiyan seemed to have survived a catastrophe. He hugged Li Xi and pretended to cry: "You still lost me..."
Li Xi also felt a little sorry: "I didn't mean to do that. I pulled the wrong person."
"I know you didn't do it on purpose. It was because Brother Rui Ning forced his way in between us that you pulled the wrong person!" Yuan Zhiyan complained, "He targets me every day..."
Li Xi turned to look at Tang Ruining, who had an innocent look on his face.
There were people selling ice cream and popcorn on the roadside, and a few people sat down to eat and rest. Li Xi ordered a cone with a mixture of matcha and original flavors. After taking a bite, she realized that the intense chase had exhausted her energy.
Yuan Zhiyan ate half a bucket of popcorn and regained some energy: "It's more tiring than giving a whole concert, really."
Li Wei asked Rong Xiao: "Do we have any activities like hooping, shooting and winning prizes in today's activities?"
"If you want to play, we can add this." Rong Xiao replied. There is still some freedom.
This amusement park is very large and has a complete range of activities. The ring tossing game is too simple so it is not set up, but there are more difficult pitching games.
The hole moves and has different heights. The person throwing the ball does not throw it with his hands, but instead uses a hammer to hit a mechanism, which causes the ball to bounce out, and the hit rate is extremely low.
So if you hit one ball, you can get a doll that is half the size of a person. Li Xi tried several times but failed unsuccessfully. Everyone else also tried, but Wu Xingye almost hit the target once, but it was still off target.
"Then let's officially start recording." said the program team.
"good."
There are eight throws in a round. Li Xi aimed carefully and his first throw was quite accurate, just half a ball length away from going in. But the next five times were too crooked and I could never get the feeling back from the first time.
A little disappointed, Li Xi straightened up and exhaled. Tang Ruining stood beside him and whispered in his ear, "Just throw it to the hole you threw it to the first time and wait for it to turn around."
"Yeah." Li Xi nodded, calmed down and waited for the hole to move in front of him. He had to find the right moment and shoot a little later than the first time. The timing was just right, and the strength had to be controlled about the same as the first time.
The time is now! Li Xi decisively hammered the ball down, and it bounced at a position offset from the hole. In the microsecond when everyone held their breath and was anxious, the ball went in.
Li Xi threw the hammer away, jumped up excitedly, turned around and hugged the person next to him.
The other three players and the program crew also applauded and cheered. This pitch was really difficult and they didn't expect it to go in.
Tang Ruining hugged him tightly and smiled in his ear: "You are really amazing."
There were several dolls to choose from, and Li Xi pointed to the white rabbit with big ears. The staff gave him the doll, and Li Xi hugged it tightly. He took a photo and sent it to Li Mo: [The rabbit I beat by pitching, isn’t it cute! 】.
Actually, Li Xi also wanted to give Li Mo some other kinds of dolls, but ever since Li Xi gave her a rabbit doll for the first time in the park, she really set her sights on rabbits, and her WeChat avatar is also a cartoon rabbit.
"It's so big, are you going to put it on the bed?" Tang Ruining asked.
Li Xi shook her head, "I'm giving it to Momo, she likes rabbits."
Tang Ruining glanced at the doll in his arms and reminded him reluctantly: "But this is a cinnamon dog."
“……Ah?” Is this a dog?
Li Xi lifted its big ears and looked at Tang Ruining suspiciously. Was he lying to her again?
But Li Mo quickly replied to his WeChat, [Cute! ! But this is a dog, hahahaha! ! 】
Tang Ruining: [. . . 】
"It doesn't matter. Anyone who sees it will think it's a rabbit." Tang Ruining said beside him, patting the doll's big ears. "When I first saw it, I also thought it was a rabbit."
Li Mo: [But I declare that from today on, it is a rabbit! 】
The two of them coaxed Li Xi together as if they had agreed. Li Xi hugged the rabbit-like dog and smiled, with his chin resting on the doll's head. He lowered his eyes and saw the black shoe prints on Tang Ruining's white shoes. He couldn't help laughing and buried his face in the furry dog's head.
The next project was the roller coaster. Rong Xiao was right. Their task was to show their entire face to the camera at the photo point. Yuan Zhiyan really couldn't figure out which genius came up with these torturous methods. The aftereffects of the haunted house had not yet worn off, and now he was flying in circles in the sky again. What sin had he committed?
Li Xi chose to sit in the first row. He thought that he had never ridden a roller coaster before, and he heard that sitting in the first row felt the best. Tang Ruining came over and sat next to him, with the bumper pressed against his chest. Tang Ruining said, "You can hold my arm later."
"I'm not afraid."
Tang Ruining: "I'm scared."
Li Xi looked like: Should I listen to you?
Before the roller coaster was about to depart, Li Xi suddenly said seriously, "Tang Ruining, if you use these words to deceive me again, especially if you use the method of hurting yourself to deceive me, I will really be angry."
Li Xi didn't know whether he understood that he was talking about him getting wet in the rain on purpose. Until now, he still couldn't figure out the logic behind Tang Ruining's action. He just thought it was ridiculous. Tang Ruining remained silent. The roller coaster started moving, speeding up. After the first circle, when it reached the shooting point, Li Xi looked up and stared at the camera above. After taking the photo, Li Xi shouted loudly during the dive, which was particularly relaxing.
"It's fun!" Li Xi was still excited when he came down. The surge of adrenaline brought him a sense of pleasure, making him want to try other exciting projects.
Looking at the photos, Li Xi's expression is very natural. The wind blew his bangs away, revealing his entire face. He opened his eyes and gently pursed his lips. The roller coaster photos that would make anyone look embarrassed actually turned out to be posed.
Yuan Zhiyan shouted in a totally unpresentable manner, his face turned pale but he still did not forget to apply for image protection. The program crew assured him that they would guarantee to blur his image.
Li Xi looked at Tang Ruining who was beside him in the photo. He had his head half lowered, his eyes tightly closed, and his hands gripping the bumper armrests, his knuckles turning white.
Looking at him now, his face looked really bad, and he went to find a place to sit nearby. Seeing Li Wei looking over there with concern, Rong Xiao said, "Ruining is actually afraid of heights."
Tang Ruining sat on a chair to rest, and a bottle of milk tea was handed to him.
"Drink something sweet to feel better." Li Xi sat next to him.
The bottle of milk tea had already been unscrewed. Tang Ruining took a few sips and indeed felt better.
The key points to be filmed today have already been shot, and we can just shoot the interview footage later. Yuan Zhiyan ran to buy sausages and drinks again. He said he felt like vomiting and wanted to eat something to suppress it.
Rong Xiao complained to him: "How can you eat if you want to vomit? If you want to eat, just say so. No one is stopping you from buying."
"No! It really can be pressed down. I've tried it!"
Li Wei and Tang Ruining sat quietly, watching them talking and laughing over there.
"I didn't like amusement parks before because I got lost in one." Tang Ruining started talking. Li Xi turned and looked at him. He said, "I'm not lying to you. I won't lie to you again."
Every day many children get lost in amusement parks. Some will cry at a loss, while others will stay quietly and wait for their parents to pick them up. Tang Ruining was the quiet one, so quiet that he didn't say a word. He sat on the bench at the missing person office for more than an hour.
The staff was also very busy. After helping him broadcast a few times, they went to do other things. Unexpectedly, when they looked back, the child was still sitting quietly at the very edge, like a potted plant in the corner, with such a low presence that it seemed as if he did not exist.
The staff broadcast the missing person notice for him several times and tried to chat with him, but he refused to speak except for his own and his mother's names. It was not until almost the end of the get off work day that Tang Ruining's mother came to find him.
She was very angry, and pulled the child's arm with such force that the staff nearby were frightened. She shouted, "I knew I shouldn't have brought you out to play!"
He didn't cry when he was scolded, and he didn't show any fear. Just like his mother always said, "You are such a heartless person. I don't know what the point of giving birth to you is!"
When his mother scolded him, it was as if he was the person who hurt her the most in the world. She had completely lost her mind and could say anything hurtful and ugly.
But she seemed to love him very much. Their father had left them a long time ago, and she worked hard to make money for Tang Ruining and left all the good things for him. Once she saved a piece of cream cake, kept it for a whole day and brought it home for him, but the weather was hot and the cream cake went bad, and it tasted sour in his mouth. Tang Ruining ate a few bites as if nothing had happened, until his mother tasted a little and found that it had already gone bad.
She threw the cake into the trash can, grabbed Tang Ruining and asked angrily: "Why didn't you tell me it was broken? Can't you speak?!"
For some reason, she was angry again. At that time, Tang Ruining actually didn't know that the cake was bad. He thought that this kind of cake tasted sour. Although it was not delicious, his mother would be angry if he didn't finish it.
He looked at his furious mother without saying a word. A few minutes later, the woman suddenly hugged little Tang Ruining and cried sadly.
Tang Ruining didn't understand because he really had no conscience.
He was born cold-hearted and didn't understand why her mother was like this and why she suddenly acted like that; he didn't understand why everyone had so many emotions that needed to be vented, nor did he understand why it was necessary for independent individuals to establish close relationships. He felt a little disgusted.
Originally he didn't want to understand.
"I wasn't actually sad, nor was I scared at that time." He explained to Li Xi, shaking the little milk tea left in the bottle, "It's just that the memory of waiting is very annoying, like a song you don't like. It doesn't make you disgusted or angry, but you just don't want to hear it. So, I don't have a good impression of the amusement park."
"But I have changed my mind now." Tang Ruining looked at him, and the other person was also looking at him, treating him very seriously as if he was having a heart-to-heart talk and telling him the past. “I think the amusement park is interesting.”
His meaning was obvious, and Li Xi smiled, "As long as it's interesting."
"People's ideas change," Tang Ruining said. "After experiencing certain things or meeting certain people, they will change a lot."
"Yeah, I agree." Li Xi looked away and continued to look at the person not far away. Yuan Zhiyan had already finished eating two sausages.
"But many times, people misunderstand their own feelings. Feelings...are actually very unreliable things, especially when they arise suddenly in a short period of time," said Li Xi.
Less than a minute after Yuan Zhiyan finished eating, he covered his mouth and ran to the trash can and vomited.
Li Xi smiled, "You see, Zhiyan's feelings are very unreliable. He is confident that he won't vomit after eating."
"Maybe he didn't vomit after eating last time, but his physical condition this time is not as good as last time." Tang Ruining finished the milk tea in his hand and spoke slowly, "If a person doesn't even trust his own feelings, then what else should he trust?"
After a moment of silence, Rong Xiao walked towards them with two grilled sausages in his hand.
"Want to eat?"
"Thank you." Li Xi took it and asked, "Is Zhiyan okay?"
"You'll feel much better after you vomit." Rong Xiao looked back and said, "It's really painful. I'd better not record this kind of thing in the future. I'll just play games and cook. It's good to do something relaxing."
"Indeed." Li Wei nodded in agreement, "It would be heartbreaking for his fans to know about this."
"The kid still knows how to talk." Rong Xiao smiled, "Some people are afraid of heights but still insist on doing it. They suffer for their dignity."
"Just because I told you I wouldn't have to go up?" Tang Ruining retorted.
"No." Rong Xiao said with a smile, "But I can gain some love and praise."
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