Chapter 6 The Omen of Scene IV

After getting off the expressway, the car drove all the way through Acura Town until a decayed signboard with the words "White Wood" appeared in front of it. It was in stark contrast to the poetic name. There was a shop next to the signboard. It is a combination of a station and a shabby grocery store. The building seemed to be painted with white paint at first, but now it can't see its true color. According to Qi Dao's introduction, this is the last refueling station, and everyone decided to stop for a restroom and take a rest here. Having said that, when the car stopped next to the small gas station and everyone got out of the car, no one in the building greeted them.Qi Dao went to the grocery store to check again, and the empty store didn't even turn on the lights.It wasn't until Tie Zhizhen pressed the horn five or six times that an old man with a displeased face appeared from nowhere.

"Are you the owner? Uh, fill me up, please." Tie Zhizhen stuttered so rarely, the old man's difficult atmosphere seemed to make him lose his balance, so he could only smile forcedly.The unexpected strange old man suddenly appeared on the stage, and even he couldn't stand it. "This place is really not bad, not only quiet, but also a good environment." However, Tie Zhizhen is good at adapting to changing situations, and the other party is just an old country man, so he immediately cheers up and strikes up a conversation heartily. "There are green trees everywhere, and it has not been developed indiscriminately. For those of us who squeeze around in the city, this place is natural and leisurely. I really envy it."

However, the other party didn't appreciate it, let alone talking to each other, and even saved the effort of nodding.The old man refueled silently with a frowning expression, not wanting to look at anyone at all. Tie Zhizhen didn't seem to mind, and continued nagging on his own. "I see. No wonder the writer Yilan deliberately chose this place to build his own paradise. It is indeed a good place." He cuts to the core with feigned inadvertence. The old man's body shook suddenly. Although he still ignored people, his attitude changed slightly, as if he wanted to say something.

Tie Zhizhen was ready to listen, but the old man didn't buy it in the end. After filling up the gas, he took the money from Qidao and left without saying a word. "It seems that the old people in the country are quite shy." Tie Zhizhen showed a helpless wry smile, contrary to the relaxed lines, his expression was quite unhappy. "The minister and Asen should have been here before us...I'm afraid they failed to reach a consensus with the old man." Qi Dao left this sentence to comfort Tie Zhizhen, then raised the camera and began to take pictures of the surrounding scenery.

Reiko and Erika stopped and walked according to Kishima's request, posed casually for a while, and then went to the bathroom together. "Huh? Where did Miss Berry go?" Qi Dao took a picture of the back of the two leaving, and was about to find the next subject, only to find that she was not nearby. "Huh? Let's hang out in this area, after all, I have been sitting for so long." Tie Zhizhen looked around and answered casually, then put on a serious face. "Seriously, is it okay to take her with you?" "You mean Miss Berry?" "Ah Hao, although you are Rosso's sales manager, you have always been a participant in the entire series of 'Weird Visits', and you can also be considered as a performer. This time, you also took care of the behind-the-scenes filming, so there is nothing wrong with letting you go together, but she is completely a living. hand?"

"It's true...you see, our president is also a complete layman." "It can't be compared like this. Just like Ah Hao, although the president has never been on camera, he can still be regarded as a staff member. But not only is that kid inexperienced, he was recruited from outside." "It can be said that she is a student majoring in architecture, just like the role of guiding research." "Then it's better to find a professional scholar—" "No, if it's too academic, from our standpoint..." "Well...that's understandable..."

"Anyway, she was chosen by the president himself." "Is your president planning to let her play the leading role?" "It's not like..." Although Qi Dao denied it, his expression was also uncertain. "Listen, listen, there's a scary man over there..." Reiko and Erika, who had gone to the bathroom, came back, and they were huddled close together with lingering fear. "Man? Is there anyone else here besides the old man?" "Yes. The bathroom is in the alley between the gas station and the grocery store. We thought there was no one in the store, but a disgusting man was peeping at us from the window."

"Peeping to watch you go to the bathroom?" "What stupid things are you talking about? I went to wash my hands first and asked, and as soon as I came out, Hui Lixiang said in a crying voice that there was a strange man staring at this place. After she went in, I secretly took a look, and there really was a man Looking out of the window that was so dirty it looked like it had never been cleaned. When she came out, we ran back." "Hey, there are beautiful girls like Reiko and Erika suddenly appearing in such a rural place, of course the stinky men won't miss the opportunity."

Tie Zhizhen didn't think it was a big deal, but Reiko and Hui Lixiang seemed really scared enough. "But Senior Tie, just thinking about that person's eyes makes Hui Lixiang tremble." "No, we have long been used to being surrounded by men, but it is the first time we have been stared at by that kind of eyes." "So, it's because the two of you are so charming—" "Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow "That's right, senior! It's super cold, it's really cold enough to shiver..."

"How old is the man?" "It's hard to say. I can't see clearly through the dirty window. She should be quite young, maybe about the same age as Ah Tie." "Are you in your thirties... Then Erika is probably more to his liking than Reiko." Tie Zhizhen was just joking, Reiko pretended to be angry, but her expression was a little relieved, but Hui Lixiang became more and more frightened. "Is it the old man's son? It should be closer to the grandchildren? But no matter how dangerous he is, we just rest here and everything will be fine after we leave. And—"

Tie Zhizhen hurriedly turned his head to comfort Hui Lixiang, just at this moment the old man came back with the change. "I'm sorry to trouble you, thank you. By the way, Master——" Qi Dao took the change and was about to strike up a conversation, but the old man turned his eyes away and left. No way, Tie Zhizhen and Qi Dao could only look at each other helplessly and sigh. "Absolutely not, close to that place..." The voice that suddenly sounded was extremely hoarse, like a whimper desperately squeezed out from the depths of the throat. "Excuse me, may I ask if the place you mentioned refers to Yilan's Demon Court?" Tie Zhizhen followed suit, and the old man's back froze. "Presumably you also know that the abandoned garden——" Tie Zhizhen approached the old man slowly, in order not to irritate him, he did not stop in front of the old man, but stopped beside him. "It is said that there have been appalling incidents... If you have heard of it, can you tell me a little bit?" Tie Zhizhen observed the old man's expressions, but the other party turned to look at the gas station's office. "Hmph, it's really nerve-wracking... The old man has a bad temper, and there are perverted men haunting him, so it's really a good time for us to go out on location this time." Tie Zhizhen, who returned in vain, complained to Chongqidao. Not far behind the two—the old man who came to the dirty glass window of the gas station slowly turned his head, moved his lips as if counting the time, and finally spit out a few words after a long while. "Enter that place, don't even think about coming out..." After muttering in a breathless voice, the old man stared forward for a long time. In the eyes of the old man cast such light and shadow—— Makoto Harijima, who was sitting in the driver's seat of the car, was getting ready to go, Gou Kishima, who was sitting in the passenger seat, Reiko Hirashima and Erika Kasutani, who were walking towards the car with juice bought from a vending machine, and the others who followed Behind the two of them was Jonaberry who had returned from a walk, and there were a total of five people above. No, there is one other person... If the old man moved his eyes to the grocery store, he might vaguely see the man staring out from the shadow of the store, the figure of five people. With a hollow smile and a pensive expression, his eyes chased the scouting team and his party, the eerie figure of that man...