"That sound seems to be coming from the banquet hall!"
In the end, it was Han Mengyao who took the initiative to break the somewhat tense atmosphere.
She looked at Ji Qian worriedly and whispered to her:
"Qianqian, shall we go back?"
Ji Qian hadn't reacted yet, but Xu Qi behind her was nodding vigorously:
"Sister Meng is right, let's go back first!"
Ji Qian stood stiffly, and after hesitating for a long time, she finally stammered out:
"Wait, I feel like I've heard this song somewhere before!"
【You've heard of it, haven't you? Just a few minutes ago】
[Oh no, Sister Qian is terrified!]
Oh no, really? Will the show still be able to be filmed as scheduled?
Forget about the show! If Ji Qian is mentally unstable, they might not even be able to return home safely.
[Waaaaah, Qiqi hasn't even won Best Actor yet! His new movie isn't coming out for another month!]
[Yao Yao's new movie hasn't been released yet. It's said she's aiming for international film festivals, so please, please don't let anything happen at this time!]
[Congratulations, it's become your posthumous work!]
[Pah! Pah! Pah! Get out of here, you damn hater!!!]
[Who could be more miserable than me? Mimi's new drama was just officially announced and hasn't even started filming yet. It's a primetime drama, so her rise to stardom is practically imminent!]
[XuXu has finished recording his new song, but he's only 19!]
[Waaaaah, my Yingying just finished her debut film and hasn't even had a chance to shine yet!]
[So, it seems like Ji Qian is the only one who hasn't had any recent works?]
[It seems so, poor Qian-jie.]
[Truly tragic +1]
Fortunately, Ji Qian wasn't really scared out of her wits; she was just too shocked to react for a moment.
Noticing the odd look in Han Mengyao's eyes, Ji Qian finally realized the ambiguity in her words and quickly explained:
"Sister Meng, do you remember when we went to the car rental shop? They were playing this song the whole time!"
After hearing what Ji Qian said, Han Mengyao finally remembered.
Because the rental shop was playing a male version at the time, Han Mengyao didn't immediately connect the two.
Even Ji Qian only realized what was happening after hearing the lyrics clearly.
So...should we go back?
Xu Qi didn't care about the singing; he just wanted to get back to his room as soon as possible. The outside world was too exciting for him.
Han Mengyao also turned her gaze to Ji Qian, clearly waiting for her to make the final decision.
After much deliberation, Ji Qian finally decided to go and check the direction from which the sound came, not only because she needed to retrieve her suitcase, but more importantly:
"Director Liu and the others are still in the banquet hall."
The moment Ji Qian stepped into the corridor, she finally had the opportunity to witness the great results of Director Liu's hard work throughout the afternoon.
Although the power supply box in the corridor could not be repaired, Director Liu had clearly found a more reliable backup solution than the light bulb.
That is one of the most primitive lighting tools used by humankind—the candle.
Unfortunately, none of the three of them had the good habit of carrying a lighter, so the candles were temporarily useless, and the long corridor remained pitch black.
Following the principle of the eldest dragging the youngest and the one dragging the two, Ji Qian and the other two dawdled for more than ten minutes before finally arriving at the banquet hall entrance.
Hearing the increasingly loud chanting in the room, Ji Qian, though somewhat timid, gritted her teeth and stood protectively in front of Han Mengyao.
"I'll go in first. If you find things aren't going well, just close the door and wait for me to finish before going in."
As Ji Qian spoke, she untied the red rope tied around her waist and handed it to Han Mengyao.
Then Ji Qian held her breath and focused her mind for almost a minute before finally lifting her leg and kicking open the banquet hall door.
"Bang! Bang!"
The banquet hall doors slammed against the wall, making two loud thuds.
Almost the instant the door was kicked open, Ji Qian realized something was wrong.
Ji Qian had expected to be faced with a gloomy, terrifying scene of flying flesh and blood, but as the door opened rapidly, a scene completely opposite to what she had imagined slowly came into view.
It was nearly 2 a.m. British time, but the magnificent hall was packed with people.
These people all wore jewel-encrusted carved masks and exquisitely crafted European-style dresses.
And unlike the modified versions that Ji Qian and the others wore during the day, these people were wearing genuine 16th-century classical dresses equipped with corsets, hip tubes, and crinolines.
Ji Qian even saw the legendary lace ruff collar, Elizabeth I's favorite, on some of the ladies!
This is the Elizabethan collar that became popular in the animal medical field hundreds of years later.
People in the banquet hall, holding wine glasses and feather fans, strolled around amidst the clinking of glasses, seemingly unaffected by the uninvited guest standing at the door.
It was precisely because they appeared so calm that Ji Qian almost momentarily thought there was something wrong with how she opened the door, which had created this strange and eerie scene.
Ji Qian subconsciously looked at Han Mengyao, only to meet her eyes, which were also filled with shock.
"So...that wasn't an illusion...right?"
Even the worldly-wise Han Mengyao was speechless and choked with emotion in the face of this scene, and it took her a long time to finally find her voice:
"It shouldn't be... right, Xu Qi? What do you think?"
As Han Mengyao asked, she tried to help Xu Qi, who had fallen to the ground due to weakness in his legs, to his feet.
Xu Qi never expected that he would be involved in this. After struggling for a few days to no avail, he was finally dragged up from the ground against his will.
Ji Qian cooperated by forcefully lifting Xu Qi's lowered head so that he could face the scene in the banquet hall:
"Tell me, what did you see?"
Perhaps it was the bright lights in the banquet hall that gave Xu Qi a sense of security, for he miraculously calmed down at that moment.
Xu Qi looked at the unusual scene in the banquet hall, scrutinized it for a long time, and finally hesitated before speaking:
"Is this... a banquet?"
"Oh my god, what's going on? Are the director and the others still working overtime to reshoot scenes??"
A sudden snapping sound came from behind her. Ji Qian instinctively wanted to raise her hand to attack, but then quickly withdrew it after realizing what was happening.
Ji Qian turned her head and saw that familiar, innocent face.
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