Chapter 112 Stage Play
Finally, with the help of the student anchor's parents, the sports loser who had not maintained exercise well finally managed to climb over the wall and enter the school.
During this time, the guy guarding the back door, apart from the initial glance at Lin Xi and the sincere call of "Sister", kept tilting his head and looking the other way, pretending not to see them. He also turned a deaf ear to all the sounds they made.
Seeing that he kept stiffening his neck, Lin Xi was a little worried that he might get a stiff neck.
After coming down from the wall, Lin Xi led everyone into the lecture hall with ease. The narrow and dim corridor was not uncomfortable for ghosts, but it was not the case for humans. Fortunately, Lin Xi had told them in advance that the student anchors all brought flashlights.
The flashlight beam was swaying chaotically in the passage, and Lin Xi felt that the light was a bit dazzling, but fortunately, because of the light, the student anchors did not feel scared.
After arriving in the lecture hall, Lin Xi asked Chen Sangning to turn on the lights and asked Chen Sangning to be on guard against Teacher Gao.
But to Lin Xi's surprise, when the light was turned on, Teacher Gao did not come. It was also possible that Teacher Gao knew that it was definitely Lin Xi who was inside this time, and she couldn't beat Shen Sang Ning, so she might just want to out of sight and out of mind, so she didn't come.
Reasonable, very reasonable.
Lin Xi ignored Teacher Gao and went to the women's restroom with Shen Sangning to change. Lin Xi changed first, and then she changed Shen Sangning. Changing was easy for Shen Sangning; all she had to do was put her clothes on, because she would rather die than take off her pure white dress.
If you ask her why, she'll explain clearly: "Because Lin Xi said I look good in a white dress! So I can't take it off!"
Lin Xi didn't have the slightest bit of strength to fight back when facing what Shen Sang Ning said. She was so adorable that she was speechless. She kept saying, "Okay, okay, if you don't want to change, then don't change."
After trying on the clothes, they came back and saw that the student anchors had already started to set up the scene. Lin Lin was like a little director, checking the lighting and scenery. Before the performance officially started, they rehearsed it once. After confirming that there were no problems, Lin Xi breathed a sigh of relief. The next step was to wait until the time.
By the time they finished rehearsing, it was already past three o'clock. Just at three-fifteen, someone arrived. Lin Xi looked closely and saw that it was Aaron Jones.
"The door wasn't open, how did you get in?"
"I came in through the back door. The lock on the back door was old-fashioned and it was easy to open. I came in after I opened it."
“…”
Allen Jones was a professional, and she had forgotten this. But Lin Xi was still a little curious: "Where did you learn all these moves? Soldiers can't teach this, right? Do you need to know these things as a security guard?"
"It probably has something to do with my own interests and hobbies." Alan Jones lightly brushed this off, then asked Lin Xi, "How's your drama going?"
"It's ready, just waiting for guests."
"Then I'll go to the front to greet the guests. Your gate isn't open yet, so it should be easier to open it from the inside than from the outside."
"Then I'll leave it to you."
Aaron Jones came in and said hello to a few student anchors, then went out to greet people at the front door. He was the first to arrive, and after him, the trio of Wei Ziqi, Wang Xue and Du Kang also arrived. They first found a seat in the audience, on the inside of the second row. This position allowed them to see the front clearly, but they would not be targeted by other ghosts. It was a pretty good position.
It was probably Wei Ziqi who reminded him, otherwise, with Du Kang's personality, he would probably just find a random seat to sit.
Then guests arrived one after another, including teachers, students, and parents. But the three hundred seats were not full. Some parents had things to do on Saturday. If they met a black-hearted boss, they would not have a holiday on weekends, so they naturally could not come. If parents did not come, students would not come either. So when it was four o'clock, Lin Xi saw that almost a quarter of the seats were still empty.
That's it, the show is about to begin.
Lin Lin looked around and found that Teacher Gao and Principal Di had not arrived. Lin Lin gritted her teeth and said, "What should we do? If they don't come, won't our efforts be in vain?"
Lin Xi was very confident: "No, they will definitely come. Besides, don't forget our purpose. What we want to do is to show Zhu Zhu's story to everyone so that no one will forget Zhu Zhu." She glanced at Lin Lin: "Isn't this what you want to do most?"
Then, Lin Xi pushed Lin Lin's back, and Lin Lin was pushed out from behind the curtain. She held the microphone, looked back at Lin Xi, and then walked to the side of the stage.
"Once upon a time..." Lin Lin's role is that of narrator. She only needs to stand there and slowly tell the story. Lin Lin is also the ghost who is most qualified to tell Zhu Zhu's story as an outsider.
As Lin Lin recited her lines, Lin Xi, holding up the corner of her impoverished skirt, slowly walked onto the stage. Lights shone down from above, illuminating Lin Xi. This made her surroundings exceptionally bright, but everything else was pitch black, especially in the audience. She couldn't make out their expressions; only the faint outlines of people in the first row could be discerned.
So dark... so scary...
This thought vaguely emerged in Lin Xi's mind. She tried to calm herself down and told herself: It's not scary, not at all. How could she be afraid of the audience in the dark when she was on the stage shining brightly?
What did Zhu Zhu feel when she stood on this stage?
Zhu Zhu must be terrified, right? In this strange world, beneath the stands, those ghosts stared at her with eyes hidden in the darkness. She had no idea what they were thinking, or when they might suddenly want to eat her. Those ghosts must have stared fiercely at Zhu Zhu, absorbing the fear from her, enjoying her fear.
Lin Xi knew she wouldn't be afraid. Even if she felt a little scared at first, it was just a moment of helplessness before she could react. But as long as she kept her feet on the ground, she wouldn't be afraid of the ghosts in the audience. She was an adult, a sane person capable of resisting these ghosts. She stood right there, not showing the slightest fear.
Lin Xi's mentality changed. The "so scary" thought she initially conveyed was indeed caught by the group of ghosts, but they didn't understand why Lin Xi would retract her fear and was not afraid of them at all.
The woman on the stage continued her performance. Unappreciated by her family, she swept and labored day after day with a broom. One afternoon, after carrying a laundry basket to the riverbank, she fell asleep exhausted, leaning against a tree. As Lin Xi closed her eyes against the tree, the surrounding scenery transformed into a beautiful forest.
When she opened her eyes, everything was different from when she went to bed.
A beautiful, exquisitely clad deity descended from the heavens and took the impoverished girl back to her home. She gave her beautiful clothes, delicious food, and love. The highlight of this scene was a Cinderella-like dress-up. Shen Sangning tugged at the hem of Lin Xi's skirt, and with a twirl, the impoverished dress was removed, its large hem swirling and scattering on the ground.
At this moment, the ugly duckling transformed into a white swan.
But even with Shen Sangning's careful care, there were still some people who found fault with her. Even after putting on beautiful clothes, she could not become a god. In the kingdom of gods, she was found fault by the petty fairies. The ugly duckling still failed to become a white swan, and Cinderella's magic was taken back after twelve o'clock.
At that moment, she missed her home and regretted coming to this realm of the gods. In the suddenly dimming lights, her gorgeous princess dress became stained and disheveled. She slumped to the center of the stage, dagger raised. She lifted her neck like a white swan waiting to be slaughtered, her hands raised high, tightly gripping the dagger, as if ready to strike in the next moment.
At this moment, the audience's breathing seemed to stop. They stared at Lin Xi, watching her walk towards death.
The dagger fell, and then Lin Xi fell to the ground.
It was now Shen Sang Ning's turn to appear. She was going to say "No!" while coming to Lin Xi, hugging her in her arms and crying bitterly. But before Shen Sang Ning appeared again, a heart-wrenching "No" with endless pain came from the audience.
At this moment, Lin Xi could no longer perform on the stage. He looked up with some confusion and saw Teacher Gao standing at the front of the audience.
When did she come?
Before Lin Xi could figure out what was going on, she saw Teacher Gao's face was ferocious. The current Teacher Gao was completely different from when they first met. Teacher Gao grabbed his hair, his face no longer gentle, and he just kept roaring, "No! No! Zhu Zhu! Zhu Zhu, don't die!"
She was so absorbed in the play, it seemed Zhu Zhu's death had been a profound blow to her. Lin Xi stood up and took center stage, where Zhu Zhu had died. If all the lights were turned off and only a flashlight was used, she could see the words "Zhu Zhu" beneath Lin Xi's feet.
She was also wearing a gorgeous long skirt, the hem of which covered Zhu Zhu's name.
"Why is this happening?! I've always been doing this for Zhu Zhu's own good! It's not my fault! It's not my fault!"
Teacher Gao must have loved Zhu Zhu once.
Lin Xi stood there in silence, while Shen Sang Ning, because her role was taken away from her, slowly fell from a high place. Under the dim light, Shen Sang Ning, wearing a pure white European-style skirt, seemed to be glowing slowly. She looked at Teacher Gao in the audience. If she dared to attack Lin Xi in the next moment, she would make Teacher Gao fall into eternal damnation.
However, Teacher Gao did not attack Lin Xi. She just squatted there and cried bitterly in the dark audience seats.
Looking at Teacher Gao, who was in such great pain, Lin Xi asked a question: "Where were you when Zhu Zhu died?"
If it were an ordinary parent or teacher, there might be omissions when treating their child and there might be situations where they cannot be with her, but Teacher Gao and Principal Di are smart. Even if one of them has something to do, the other should always be with Zhu Zhu.
Just like Chen Sangning, she never left Lin Xi for a moment, and always protected Lin Xi, no matter when or where.
Lin Xi raised his hand, and the knife dagger that had fallen to the ground slowly floated up and landed in Lin Xi's hand: "Then let me change the question..."
Teacher Gao raised his head and looked straight at Lin Xi with his dull black eyes.
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