Chapter 009 Shadow of the Movie King (9)
Tao Xing forced himself to look it in the face, but he felt that it didn't seem to be looking at his face. Its gaze was fixed somewhere else on him.
Even though he couldn't see the expression in those eyes, Tao Xing could just feel it.
He looked down at himself and didn't find anything unusual, so he continued, "You can't be too far away from Jiang Lin. Once you touch the boundary, you will be forcefully called back by an invisible force, right? But there is no limit to how long you can stay away from him. You can stay away from him all the time, but it's easy to be discovered. For example, when everyone else has a shadow, he doesn't. So you still have to go, right..."
There was a sudden chill on her neck, and Tao Xing stopped talking abruptly.
He straightened his back and lowered his brows in a daze, watching as the shadow stretched out his hand and pressed it on his Adam's apple.
The hand had indistinct fingers, but they were wet and sticky, and they pressed against his Adam's apple, bringing a sense of coolness.
Tao Xing: “???”
Finally I know what it has been looking at.
This part of the body vibrates when people talk. Is it curious?
It must have been curious on the road just now.
The shadow raised its head, as if confused. Why was it not moving again?
"If I don't speak, it won't move." Tao Xing said.
As soon as he spoke, Shadow lowered his head quickly, and the hand that was pressed against his Adam's apple moved twice with the trembling, revealing a hint of itchiness in the coldness.
The conversation stopped and Shadow looked up again.
Tao Xing blinked, slowly backed away, stood up from the sofa, and freed her neck from its hands.
No matter how curious you are, I can't let you touch me all the time.
In order to avoid being seen, he did not turn on the lights too brightly when he entered the room. He only turned on a wall lamp. In the slightly dim room, there was a person and a dark shadow. The windows were closed tightly, but a little breeze could still come in, blowing the gauze on the curtains. A mottled shadow of a human fell on the wall, which was itself a black mass transformed from the shadow, no longer a shadow.
The conversation was interrupted, and there was actually nothing to say. The other party didn't respond much. Looking at the time, I found that it was three o'clock in the morning. Tao Xing turned around and asked: "Aying, do you need to sleep?"
The shadow raised his head for a moment, then lowered it again. The body sitting on the sofa slowly melted, flowed to the ground, and turned into one piece.
Is it sleeping like this? Tao Xing was surprised, watching it turn into a piece and flow towards the bed...under the bed.
“…”
Is it hidden like this in Jiang Lin's room?
Don't you think it's more scary...under the bed?
What's more, it is out of sight under the bed. What if it slips away if you are not paying attention?
He said, "It won't be a problem if you sleep on the bed."
The shadow paused, looked back at him, seemed to be stunned for a moment, then stretched out its hand and climbed onto the bed, but did not completely get on the bed. Half of it was hanging on the edge of the bed and half was on the ground. It just lay there, not moving anymore.
It seems that I have to sleep close to the ground. Why? Can't I sleep well without touching the ground?
Originally, Tao Xing wanted to hold its tail when he went to sleep, so that even if he fell asleep, he could still feel it move. But... its head was facing upwards, so how could he hold it by the tail?
This... is fine, at least I can see my head, which is better than seeing nothing. Tao Xing finished her shower as quickly as possible, went to bed, pulled up the quilt and went to sleep.
As soon as I lay down, I suddenly saw the pair of blood-red eyes and the black head resting on the edge of the bed.
Tao Xing's arm trembled, and the quilt fell off his hand. He looked over tremblingly and found that only the hanging part of the shadow had become three-dimensional, and the shadow on the ground was still a puddle.
The current situation is very much like a person whose lower body has been chopped off, with thick blood flowing on the ground.
In the dim hotel room, a head emerged from a dark and sticky shadow and landed beside the bed, with a pair of eyes that seemed to be about to bleed...
Fortunately, Tao Xing had seen a lot tonight and had trained his ability to withstand stress, otherwise, he would have been so scared that his soul would have flown away just by looking at this scene.
He couldn't sleep too deeply and had to keep his attention on the shadow's movements, but the shadow was very quiet and seemed to be asleep.
He secretly opened his eyes several times and saw that the pair of red eyes were drooping but not closed, and the head was shrinking. If the part that shrank was the shoulders, then its shoulders were clamped tightly together.
If this were a human, it would be a very defensive posture.
No, are you afraid of the dark?
Tao Xing would never believe it, in this situation, shouldn't I be more scared?
Later, Tao Xing fell into a daze and slept for a while. When she opened her eyes suddenly, it was already daybreak. Shadow was beside the bed, still in the same posture as last night, with his head on the edge of the bed, but it was no longer in the same posture as last night when he had his shoulders clamped together.
It is raining today. It rains heavily in summer. It is pouring outside the window. Amid the sound of the rain, the house seems peaceful and quiet.
Maybe because of a good sleep, its mind was not as nervous as yesterday. For a moment, Tao Xing felt that it was not so scary. This posture reminded him of the kitten waiting for its owner to wake up by the bed.
He sat up, and Shadow noticed the movement, raised his head, and looked over with his bright red eyes.
Tao Xing: “…”
No, it's still scary.
He greeted carefully: "Good morning."
Shadow tilted his head and moved his arms, but made no attempt to get off the bed.
Didn't you sleep well? Tao Xing asked, "How about... you sleep a little longer, or you can come up and sleep?"
The other person moved his hands again, but his body remained in the same position.
Okay...if you like sleeping like this, then let's do it. Tao Xing put on his clothes. He had filmed today's scene in advance last night. It was raining today so the crew had a day off. He didn't plan to go out. When his mood calmed down a little, he remembered that there was something else that happened last night.
The man with a mustache said that the boss kidnapped the original owner to threaten his father.
He originally wanted Little Moustache to send a message back to tell the other party that he was not dead and wait for someone to come find him to find out what happened, but Little Moustache had been eaten, so he had to wait for the other party to find out on their own.
It’s related to the original owner’s father, so I still have to find out more about him. I was afraid of being exposed at first, but now I can’t care less. I have to ask who the original owner’s father offended.
Without going out or rushing to get up, he just half leaned on the pillow, looking through his phone and only found a name that seemed possible: Tao Sanzang.
They both have the surname Tao. Even if he is not my father, he may be a relative. He dialed the other party’s voice: “Hello, Tao Sanzang…”
"You little brat, you've given me a nickname again." The other side shouted, "Can you please be a little more respectful to me? I am your father after all. You only have me as your father, and you are my only son. We depend on each other for survival..."
Tao Xing narrowed his eyes slightly. He finally understood why there was the note "Tao Sanzang".
"Dad, do you have any enemies?" Tao Xing interrupted him and asked straight to the point. If the original owner didn't know, then there was nothing wrong with asking this. If he knew, he could add that he could ask if there were any new enemies.
"Enemy? No." The other end was puzzled. "I'm such an honest person, how could I make enemies with others? Did you get into trouble? No, you are more honest than me. Wait a minute, let me think about it. Does it count as an argument with the pancake seller downstairs yesterday? But it wasn't a quarrel. I was just arguing with him and reasoning with him. We made up in the evening and even played mahjong together. Why are you suddenly asking me this? Are you under too much pressure? Is anyone in the crew bullying you? Otherwise, don't shoot anymore and come back. Dad will support you..."
Tao Xing: "...No, the crew is pretty good."
"Well, if you like this job, then work hard. I'm on my way to work. It's too noisy. The bus is waiting for me... Oops, I missed it. My attendance will be deducted... Xingxing, if you need money, tell dad. Spend it, don't save it... What did you say?"
Tao Xing: "Dad, have any strange people come to see you?" It is possible that he accidentally offended someone without knowing it.
"Too many people are looking for me. I have to interview dozens of people a day. What do you mean? Oh, could it be that you have a girlfriend? Haha, ah, or you have borrowed money from the Internet and are here to collect the debt? Tell me quickly... Bus, bus, here they come again, wait for me..."
Tao Xing: "I mean..."
Just as he was opening his mouth, he suddenly felt a chill on his neck.
He stopped talking, lowered his eyebrows, and saw the dark hand pressing on his Adam's apple again.
It wasn't just the hand. Tao Xing moved his gaze downwards... and saw that the shadow had completely covered his body. It was probably curious about the Adam's apple, so it wanted to get closer to take a look. As it got closer, it climbed onto the bed to take a look, and then... climbed onto him to take a look.
Its body had not fully recovered to its standing state, but it was not completely flat either. It had a bit of thickness and was spread on Tao Xing like a quilt, wriggling as if it was going to flow around.
Although Tao Xing was covered with a quilt, the quilt was thin in summer and she could feel the softness and sliminess of the creeping things.
"Son, what's wrong with you? Did something happen to you? Say something?" the person on the other end of the phone urged.
"Oh." Tao Xing came back to his senses, "I'm fine, I just wanted to check on you. Get in the car first, and I'll see you later." There was nothing more he could ask anyway.
"Okay, be sure to tell Dad if you have anything. I'll come to see you during the holidays..." The other end reminded me a few more times and then hung up the phone.
I have a general understanding of the original owner's family relationships. His mother is gone, but his father is still busy working and loves the original owner very much, but I still don't know who the enemy is.
In such an ordinary family, both the father and the son are honest office workers. Even if the original owner later signed a contract with an agency, he had not yet made his debut. How could he make any enemies?
If you can't find the answer, then just wait for the so-called big boss to come to you.
He put down his phone, sighed softly, and said carefully to the other person, "I'll let you... touch me, but can you get down first?"
It’s not heavy, but it makes me feel insecure holding it on my body.
Shadow raised his eyes, but withdrew his hand and stopped touching.
But it didn't come down. It even went up a little, closer to Tao Xing's face. A clear voice came out from the darkness: "Then I'll dig out your eyes and take out your kidneys."
"!!" Tao Xing's eyes widened in shock.
Didn’t you say you don’t eat people?
His face turned pale instantly and his brain started buzzing.
But Shadow didn't think there was anything wrong with it at all, and even tilted his head as if to take credit.
In panic, Tao Xing had a flash of inspiration and some thoughts came to his mind.
Why does this sound familiar?
Heard it last night!
These are Jiang Lin's lines, and it is imitating Jiang Lin's speaking.
Last night I suggested that it learn to talk from Jiang Lin, and it started learning now.
He suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and stared at the figure in front of him. Is he so obedient?
Shadow saw him looking at him and said again: "Then I will dig out your eyes and take out your kidneys."
Tao Xing smiled uncomfortably: "You have learned very well."
Why do you only learn this one sentence when you don’t learn anything else?
Shadow tilted his head and moved his body, feeling a little happy to be praised.
Tao Xing cleared her throat: "Aying, can you come down first? I need to get up."
Shadow squirmed a few times and climbed out of bed.
Tao Xing got out of bed and put on his shoes. When he stood up, he saw the shadow standing up again, with a long "curtain" dragging on the ground, no hands or feet, and red eyes like two blood holes.
No matter how many times it happens, she will still be scared by this. Tao Xing shrugged and went to wash up.
Shadow was not very active, still standing by the bed. Outside the window, the rain was pouring down like a waterfall, and the raindrops were hitting the flower pots on the windowsill with a loud bang.
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