Chapter 62 second story horror movie

"Crack." Zhou Feng turned off the TV. "The recent horror movies are terrible, they're all old sets, nothing new at all," he said, turning off the DVD player. "Don't complain, it's because we've seen too much, no matter how scary it is, we don't feel it anymore," Zhuang Hai said. "That's true." Li Ang took over the conversation, "I don't think there is anyone in the whole school who loves watching horror movies like the three of us. We have rented out all the disc shops around here that should be rented." Zhou Feng lay down on his own bed, and put his hands on his head: "Who makes college life so boring, if you don't watch horror movies to stimulate your nerves, I will sooner or later be suffocated to death."

"The question is what kind of movie scares us now? I watch it every night, and my nerves are numb." Zhuang Hai said with a smile. "Uh, by the way, I passed by the back door of the school the other day and saw a new disc shop nearby, and it seems that there are some new movies, why don't we go and have a look?" Li Ang suggested. "Then let's go!" Zhou Feng regained his energy, "It's okay to be idle tonight anyway." Zhuang Hai also had no objection, so the three of them went out immediately. Zhou Feng, Zhuang Hai and Li Ang are classmates in the university. The three of them are not from the same department, but they have a common hobby - watching horror movies.They think it's the only thrill left in the mundane life.Three months ago, after sharing the house off-campus, they spent almost every night watching horror movies to pass the time.

The store is not far away, just a ten minute walk. a small shop.There are DVDs of various movies and TV series on the shelves.Most are rented out and some are for sale.Maybe it's because it has just opened, the business in the store is very deserted, and only the boss is sitting in the store alone.He was a middle-aged man in his forties. His messy hair and stubble made him look more haggard than his actual age. "Boss, do you have horror movies here?" Zhou Feng asked straight to the point. "Ghost movies?" Seeing a customer coming to the door, the boss greeted him with a smile, "Yes, it's all over here." He pointed to a row of discs and said.

"It's not a ghost movie, it's a horror movie, and it can also be called a thriller movie. Most ghost movies are not up to standard, but thriller movies can be made with a lot of depth." Zhuang Hai from the Chinese Department asked the boss to literacy, he didn't want others Look down on his level. "Oh, I don't understand these things, anyway, they are those scary movies. Come and choose for yourself." The three began to choose discs, but after a while, they showed disappointment. "The ones I've seen before, nothing new." Li Ang said. "Boss, that's all the horror movies you have here? Are there any particularly scary ones, please recommend them to us." Zhou Feng still didn't give up.

"If you want to see the scariest ones, then these are the plates." The boss took out a few plates from the desk drawer, "Because the cover looks scary, so I don't usually put it on display, because I'm afraid that some customers will feel uncomfortable looking at it. .” Zhou Feng and the others took a look at these discs, namely: "Day of the Dead", "Zombies Uncaged", "Night of Ghosts", and "Ogre".They are all shallow horror films that mainly promote bloody violence.This is not what they want. "It seems that we have to return disappointed again." Li Ang patted Zhuang Hai and Zhou Feng on the shoulders, ready to leave.

"Wait." The boss suddenly stopped them, "You...do you really want to watch a movie that can scare people to death?" Several people were startled, Zhuang Hai frowned.He saw a strange look in the shop owner's eyes when he said this. "It sounds like you still have reservations about us?" Zhou Feng turned around and said. "I have a movie here, maybe it suits your taste, but..." The boss seemed a little hesitant, hesitant to speak. "What?" Zhou Feng became interested. "I think this movie is really scary. Besides, it's kind of weird... Well, I don't know if I should recommend it to you."

Zhou Feng laughed loudly: "Aren't you worried that our three big boys will really be scared to death by this horror movie?" The shop owner showed a serious expression: "Perhaps, you will know after watching that it's not the film itself that really frightens you..." "It's the psychological suggestion and mental pressure it brings? We just like this kind of film, let's get it out soon." Zhou Feng couldn't wait. "Okay, wait a minute." The boss climbed up to the second floor through the narrow stairs, and came down with a disc in his hand a minute later.

There is no cover, and there is no print on the disc, only four words printed on the front of the disc: Bell at midnight. Seeing these words, Zhou Feng couldn't help shouting: "Boss! What are you kidding? So it's the old movie "Midnight Ring"? I watched it when I was in high school!" "What? "Midnight Bell"? Boss, you are too good at joking." Li Ang felt that he couldn't laugh or cry. The store owner blinked: "There are several versions of the movie "Midnight Ring", do you know?" "The Japanese version and the American version—sadly, we've seen both," Zhuang Hai said.

"Then let me assure you, this one is definitely a version you haven't seen." "It doesn't matter what version it is, it's just the old plot, what's new." Zhuang Hai said. "No, it's not the same. You'll know when you read it. How about it? Do you want this one?" "Then try it, it's so mysterious." Zhou Feng's curiosity was aroused.He paid the deposit and prepared to take the dish away. "Wait." When the three were about to go out, the boss stopped them again, "Remember, you are the ones who want to watch this movie. If anything happens...you can't blame me."

The three looked at each other.Zhou Feng laughed loudly, he turned his head and said to the shop owner: "Don't worry, we will deal with that ghost by ourselves!" After going out, Zhuang Hai recalled the strange expression of the shop owner, and asked a little puzzled: "Tell me, what does this boss mean? What happens when you watch a movie?" "I can only say that he has the talent of an actor. The atmosphere is created well, right?" Zhou Feng said. "However, there must be a limit to joking around. Seeing how nervous he is, it really makes me feel a little scared." Zhuang Hai said.

"Such words come out of your mouth?" Li Ang pretended to be surprised, "Didn't you claim that no scary movie can scare you before?" Zhuang Hai rested his chin with his hand: "But, I have a strange feeling this time..." "Okay, let's go to dinner now, and then go back and have a look, don't you know?" Zhou Feng said. "What to eat?" Li Ang asked. "Do you remember the mutton soup from last time? It's delicious, and I can't forget the taste even now." Zhou Feng swallowed his saliva and said. "Then you two go eat." Li Ang shrugged, "I'm not used to eating mutton, just go back and make instant noodles." "Of course... we can also eat other things." Zhou Feng said. "No need, I just want to eat instant noodles tonight, so I'll take the plate back first." Li Ang waved to them and left first. "Okay then, let's go eat." Zhou Feng looked at Zhuang Hai and said. Zhuang Hai nodded, and the two walked towards the mutton restaurant ahead. Forty minutes later, Zhou Feng and Zhuang Hai returned to the dormitory with their stomachs full. As soon as they opened the door with the key, the two found Li Ang sitting on the sofa with a solemn expression, staring at them blankly.Zhuang Hai cried out in fright. "What the hell are you doing? Why are you staring at us?" Zhou Feng stepped forward and asked Li Ang. "Did you call back just now?" Li Ang asked abruptly. Zhou Feng and Zhuang Hai looked at each other: "Phone? We haven't called before." Li Ang stood up: "You really never fought?" "What's wrong with you? Why did we lie to you?" Zhuang Hai felt strange. At this time, Zhou Feng noticed that Li Ang's body was shaking, and his eyes showed a look of horror, as if he had encountered something terrible. "Hey, what's the matter with you?" Zhou Feng grabbed Li Ang's shoulder. "I just came back and wanted to take a look at this disc first, so I just looked... Then, I saw..." Li Ang's lips kept trembling, and finally he couldn't continue. "What did you see?" Zhuang Hai asked eagerly. "You guys... just watch it yourself." Li Ang loaded the disc into the DVD player, then retreated to the sofa, shrinking his body tiredly. Zhou Feng and Zhuang Hai looked at each other again, they didn't understand what Li Ang's strange words and deeds meant. "Sit down too, it's about to start." Li Ang said, frowning tightly. Zhou Feng and Zhuang Hai sat down on the sofa, and the three began to watch this VCD. At first the picture was just black, then some images of snowflakes appeared, and after a few minutes, they finally saw some blurred images. The back of a long-haired woman appeared on the screen. She was sitting in front of a round mirror and combing her hair. Her age could be vaguely seen from the reflection in the mirror—it was a woman in her forties.But the effect of the picture is so poor that it is almost impossible to see her face clearly. She just combed her beautiful black hair quietly for a long time without turning her face. Suddenly, the camera cuts, and the woman comes to the edge of a cliff, jumps, and flies into the abyss. The screen switched again, this time it was an ancient well, and the camera was getting closer and closer. When the TV screen was already a close-up of the ancient well, the cover of the ancient well was slowly removed without any human factors. Suddenly, From the well, I stretched out a hand suddenly and grabbed the edge of the well... Seeing this, there was another snowflake on the TV screen. After waiting patiently for a few minutes, Zhou Feng judged that the disc was indeed exhausted, so he took out the disc and turned off the TV and DVD player. "Why, this disc is only here for more than ten minutes? Is this the end?" Zhuang Hai felt that he still had something to say, so he asked Li Ang who had seen it once. Li Ang frowned tightly and didn't speak, as if he was waiting for something to happen. "You look so scared." Zhou Feng sneered, "Isn't this the content of the videotape in "Midnight Ring"? Obviously, it came from someone's prank. It was deliberately filmed to be scary. You Can't you really believe it?" "But, after I finished reading just now, the phone rang, and then..." Before Li Ang could finish speaking, Zhou Feng interrupted him: "By the way, according to the plot in "Midnight Ring", now that we have finished watching the videotape, the phone should ring, and then someone will say to you 'You will die in seven days'. Did you mean to say that you really got this call just now?" Li Ang said word by word: "I did receive a similar call just now." "Don't be kidding, you think we will believe it? Now we have seen it too, why didn't the phone ring?" Zhuang Hai said. Li Ang was about to say something, when suddenly, a shrill phone rang from the coffee table beside them. Li Ang let out a strange cry, and reflexively moved his body in the opposite direction of the phone. Zhou Feng and Zhuang Hai were stunned for a moment, and they looked at each other. "You... Go and pick it up..." Zhuang Hai pushed Zhou Feng. Zhou Feng hesitated for a moment, then walked to the phone and picked up the receiver. "Who are you looking for?" Zhou Feng asked. There was no sound on the other end of the phone, Zhou Feng asked again: "Hello, who are you?" There was still no sound - Zhou Feng simply held the receiver and did not speak. A few seconds later, Zhou Feng heard a gloomy voice on the other end of the phone, which sounded like a young girl, and she said a word that Zhou Feng could not understand. "What? What did you say?" Zhou Feng asked quickly, but there was already a busy tone on the other end of the phone. Zhou Feng had no choice but to hang up the phone, and looked back at Zhuang Hai and Li Ang with doubts in his eyes. "Who hit it, and what did he say?" Zhuang Hai asked. "I don't know, like a girl, she just said one word, I don't understand." "What word did she say? Read the pronunciation!" Li Ang asked nervously. Zhou Feng thought for a while: "It seems to be 'Lanate'." Hearing this word, Li Ang's face suddenly turned pale, and he murmured: "Sure enough..." "What does that word mean?" Zhuang Hai asked eagerly. Li Ang raised his head slowly: "That's a Japanese sentence, which means 'seven days'." "Seven days!" Zhou Feng and Zhuang Hai yelled together, "Isn't that the same as the plot in "Midnight Ring"?" "How do you understand Japanese?" Zhuang Hai asked Li Ang. "Did you forget that I am from the Department of Foreign Languages? Our elective course offers Japanese." Li Ang said. "You said just now...you also received this call after watching it?" Zhou Feng asked. Li Ang nodded: "That's what I said." Zhou Feng sat down and thought for a while, then looked at Li Ang: "I guess, you are playing tricks on this, right? You wanted to scare us, so you used your mobile phone to call our landline number after we finished watching the dishes." Li Ang smiled wryly and shook his head. He pointed to the table next to him: "My mobile phone has been placed there all the time. Did you see me walking over to make a call just now?" After speaking, he walked to the table and handed the mobile phone on it Zhou Feng looked. Zhuang Hai frowned and said: "First of all, we have to believe that it is impossible for one of the three of us to call, because the three of us were all in this room together when we answered the phone just now, and no one has touched the phone, and the phone There was a word on the other end—it’s even more impossible for the three of us to do it.” Hearing this, Li Ang said suddenly: "You reminded me, maybe the two of you conspired to scare me—although you couldn't make a phone call, when I wasn't with you just now, you were totally Make an appointment with someone to call after we've finished watching the plate..." "Impossible." Zhuang Hai interrupted him, "We haven't seen this disc yet, how do we know how long it will be kept and when will we finish watching it? The two times the phone rang, it was right after the disc was put out. Yes, if we asked someone to call in advance, how could the timing be so suitable?" "What about you?" Zhou Feng asked Li Ang, "You read it beforehand, and you know how many minutes the dish will last. You just need to make an appointment with someone in advance, and ask him to call after we finished watching..." "But I put the dishes after you came back! How do I know when you will come back? Can I guess so accurately?" Li Ang said. After a minute of silence, Zhuang Hai said: "So...the three of us, it is impossible for the three of us to make a phone call directly or indirectly?" "So, who made these two calls?" Li Ang looked at them blankly. "Let's calm down and think about it." Zhuang Hai said, "First of all, no one knows about the fact that we rented the disc. Call." "Wait, there is one person who knows - the owner of the dish shop." Zhou Feng said. "How could he know our phone number?" Zhuang Hai said. "Suppose he got our phone number by chance, and he knows the length of this dish..." "No." Li Ang shook his head, "Even if he knows how long this plate will last, and he wants to play a prank on us, that's impossible—because there is one thing he can't do." "What is it?" Zhou Feng asked. "It is impossible for him to know when we will play this disc after we rent it, let alone guess when we will finish playing it twice." "Then...we have been here for a long time, no one can fight, could it really be..." Zhuang Hai stopped here. "Are you kidding! Are you trying to say that the Japanese female ghost Sadako really called from hell? She traveled across the ocean and came to China to kill the three of us? This is too outrageous!" Zhou Feng said loudly, "Besides, the plot of "Midnight Ring" is fictitious. It's just a movie, and it's not true!" Hearing what Zhou Feng said, Zhuang Hai's expression became even more nervous: "Don't be so absolute, as far as I know, the plots of some movies are not fictional." "What?" Zhou Feng looked at him puzzled. "You know, my father used to be a film screenwriter. He once told me that some writers adapted their own experiences to write screenplays when they were creating. Some of them are weird things that modern science can't explain. The event is only written by the writer and then made into a movie. Everyone thinks it is a literary work and a fiction. It is not the case, and there may be some things that actually existed.” "I have also heard that the original author of the American science fiction film "Deep Sea Monster" is actually a naval officer on a submarine. He has always claimed that the novel he wrote is his personal experience. But the novel was adapted and filmed. After becoming a sci-fi movie, almost no one believed what he said." Li Ang said. "You..." Zhou Feng felt dumbfounded, "Then what should we do, like the protagonist in the movie, to find this ancient well and find the skeleton in the well?" "By the way!" Zhuang Hai slapped his thigh suddenly, "How did we forget such an important thing! Do you remember the strange behavior of the store owner when he handed over this plate to us? He must know something to be like this !" "Go to him now and ask him!" Zhou Feng and Li Ang jumped up. The three rushed to the plate shop, but it was already 10:30, and the plate store was closed. "Damn it!" the impatient Zhou Feng cursed harshly. Zhuang Hai sighed: "Forget it, come back tomorrow." The three of them could only return angrily.Their shadows grew slender and twisted in the night. Early the next morning, the three of Zhuang came to the small shop with the dishes. "Boss! What's the matter with this plate?" Zhou Feng angrily asked the shop owner who was cleaning it. The store owner looked at the three of them in surprise, and said hesitantly, "Could it be that...you also...received the call?" The three of them were startled at the same time.Zhuang Hai asked, "Did you know we would receive that call?" The boss put down the broom in his hand and sat down slowly: "I didn't expect that you really received a call. All of this, could it really be..." He didn't go on talking, his face was ashen, as if he was choked by great fear. "What's going on? Tell us from the beginning." Li Ang stepped forward and asked. The shop owner tried his best to calm himself down: "Yesterday afternoon, I bought a batch of new DVD discs. When sorting out the discs, I found a VCD disc among the DVD discs. "Midnight Ring", I felt strange at the time, because I didn't order this disc, so I called the supplier, but they said they didn't know. Out of curiosity, I watched this disc before dinner, As a result, as soon as the dishes were put away, the phone rang. I answered the phone. At first, no one spoke. After a while, a girl’s voice came out. She only said one word, which I couldn’t understand. Then I called I asked a friend of mine, and he told me that it was Japanese, meaning 'seven days'...you guys, did you also receive the same call?" The shop owner shivered after saying this. The three looked at each other, and a few seconds later, Zhou Feng asked, "Then...you still rent it to us?" "I thought it was someone who happened to be joking with me, and you said you wanted to watch a scary movie, so I... But I really didn't expect you to receive that call!" "So, besides you, we are the first to rent this disc?" Li Ang asked. The shop owner nodded, and said nervously: "You said... after seven days, nothing will really happen?" The three were speechless, and Zhuang Hai gave them a hand: "Forget it, let's go." Walking out of this dish shop, several people did not speak.This incident is really too bizarre and incredible. After walking aimlessly on the street for a few minutes, Zhou Feng suddenly said, "I came up with an idea, I can try to see if this plate is really haunted." Zhuang Hai and Li Ang stopped and looked at him. "Let's find someone to look at this disc again, and see if the call will come again." Zhou Feng said. "We haven't figured out what's going on with this disc yet—is it appropriate to do this?" Zhuang Hai said. Li Ang thought for a while: "I think we can try it. Anyway, we don't know what will really happen in seven days, so don't worry about it." "Then let's go look for it now." Zhou Feng paused and said, "The three of us will go together." Li Ang and Zhuang Hai immediately understood what this meant - the three of them randomly went to find one person, so there was no possibility of anyone cheating in advance. On the school playground, the three met Gu Yang who was playing basketball—this was a friend they had known before, and he was in the Chinese Department with Zhuang Hai. "Practice alone." Zhuang Hai stepped forward to talk to Gu Yang. "I'm free, I don't have class this morning." Gu Yang asked, "What about you?" "We just rented a disc, and we are going to go back and watch it. Do you want to go together?" Zhou Feng said. "What movie?" "Horror film." "Watching horror movies in broad daylight? It's too boring." Gu Yang frowned. "Then... are you going?" Zhuang Hai was afraid that Gu Yang would say "no", as there was no one they knew around here. Gu Yang thought for a while: "It's okay anyway, let's go." After speaking, he hugged the basketball. Zhou Feng and Li Ang breathed a sigh of relief - they didn't expect to find the "tester" so soon. When they arrived at their shared house, the three couldn't wait to invite Gu Yang to sit down and put the disc into the DVD player again. Zhou Feng and the other three re-watched the same blurred and terrifying scene. Ten minutes later, the dishes were finished. "What? This is the end? What is this! Isn't it just the videotape in "Midnight Ring"?" Gu Yang looked at Zhuang Hai puzzled, "Why don't you talk?" Zhuang Hai and the others had no intention of talking to Gu Yang at all, and the three of them stared nervously at the phone on the coffee table. Sure enough, the phone rang again on time.Zhou Feng, Zhuang Hai, and Li Ang looked at each other, and everyone had unconcealable fear on their faces. Gu Yang glanced at the three of them, then looked at the phone: "What tricks are you playing? Imitating the plot of "Midnight Ring"?" "Go and answer the phone, Gu Yang." Zhuang Hai said. Gu Yang smiled: "You think I don't dare?" After saying that, he stood up and walked to the coffee table, and picked up the phone. Next, Zhuang Hai and the others watched Gu Yang "Hello" into the phone receiver for a long time, and finally heard him say "What did you say" - no need to ask, they knew what he heard. After Gu Yang hung up the phone, he sat down on the sofa: "Just now a little girl said something to me...'Lanate'? What does it mean?" "It's 'seven days' in Japanese." Li Ang said. "What? 'Seven days'?" Gu Yang finally couldn't help laughing out loud, "To be honest, this joke you guys are making is too clumsy! Who pretended to be 'Sadako'?" Zhuang Hai and the others had lost the strength to explain to him, the three of them sat on the sofa without saying a word for a long while. After Gu Yang left, the three of them spent nearly two hours searching the house thoroughly, and finally ruled out the existence of bugs, monitors and other items. "I think this matter is a bit evil." Zhuang Hai said. "After we found Gu Yang, we came here directly. No one else knew about it! But the phone is still..." Zhou Feng felt more and more incredible. After a moment of silence, Li Ang said, "I think we have to call the police." Zhuang Hai said: "I thought about it too, but would the police believe it? This kind of thing...even we find it unbelievable." "Anyway, let's try it. Maybe the Public Security Bureau has received a similar report? Maybe we are not the first batch of people who read the dishes." Li Ang analyzed. "Just do it!" Zhou Feng and Zhuang Hai made a decision. The three rushed to the Municipal Public Security Bureau by taxi and asked the staff about the office of the Criminal Investigation Division. The criminal investigation department was on the third floor, and the three hurried over. When climbing to the corner of the stairs on the second floor, Zhou Feng and Li Ang kept walking up without paying attention to their surroundings, but Zhuang Hai accidentally saw a cleaning lady who was sweeping the floor, and he stopped. Zhuang Hai noticed that the cleaning lady was looking at them with a strange look, and he seemed to see a trace of fear in her eyes. Zhou Feng and Li Ang found that Zhuang Hai had stopped, and followed them back. "Auntie, why are you looking at us like that?" Zhuang Hai couldn't help asking. There was an incomprehensible confusion between the furrowed brows of the cleaning lady. After a moment of hesitation, she asked, "You guys... have you done anything recently?" The three of them were startled at the same time, Zhuang Hai asked, "What's wrong?" The cleaning lady kept shaking her head, seemingly indescribable. "Auntie, just say it, it's okay." Zhou Feng said. After looking at them again for a few seconds, the cleaning lady said, "You have a sinister look on your face...have you...did you mess with something unclean?" Hearing this sentence, several people gasped. They didn't know how the cleaning lady in her forties saw the "yin energy" on their faces, and they didn't know what it meant. "Then... what should we do?" Zhuang Hai looked at her helplessly. "I don't know... I rarely encounter such a thing." The cleaning lady obviously didn't want to say any more, and she continued to sweep the floor. The three of them did not dare to slack off, and immediately came to the office of the criminal investigation department. Police officer Jiang from the criminal investigation department received them, and Zhuang Hai, the most eloquent of the three, described the whole incident to police officer Jiang in detail. After listening, Officer Jiang narrowed his eyes and looked at them. "I don't think you are like the kind of idlers who have nothing to do, but I don't know how to understand your boring behavior." Officer Jiang said. "Frivolous behavior?" Zhuang Hai was in a hurry, "Officer, don't you think we'll go to the police station to make a joke?" "That's exactly what I'm thinking about right now," Police Officer Jiang said. "Officer, we are here to report the crime, you can't ignore it, can you?" Zhou Feng stepped forward and said. "Report? How do you tell me to file a case? Threats from ghosts on the phone? It's ridiculous!" Officer Jiang was furious. "We can bring you the saucer right away..." "Okay! I don't have time to care about the silly games of you young people! As a college student, you actually believe in such superstitious legends. I think you should really reflect on what you have used in the books you read!" Police Officer Jiang Teach people a lesson. "But……" "Okay, I'm still busy, you guys go back." Officer Jiang waved impatiently. The three had no choice but to leave the Public Security Bureau angrily. "I said the police wouldn't believe it." Zhuang Hai sighed. "Damn it! He didn't listen to our explanation at all! He thought we would come here to have fun?" Zhou Feng wanted to curse. "Forget it, if someone else told us about this, I don't think we would believe it." Li Ang said. "Then what should we do? Just sit and wait for death?" Zhou Feng said. "What can we do? If the enemy is an individual, we can take some precautions, but..." Li Ang couldn't continue. "Forget it, since we can't think of any solution, it's better not to worry about this matter at all. Anyway, the other end of the phone didn't say what will happen in seven days. Maybe someone really made a big joke on us. ?” Zhuang Hai said. Both Zhou Feng and Li Ang lowered their heads and remained silent. "Okay, forget about it. I have class in the afternoon, and I'm going back to get ready." Zhuang Hai patted the two of them on the shoulder. In the next few days, the three of them, as if they had made an agreement, didn't say a word about this strange incident, and continued to study and live as if it had never happened. Although they didn't say it verbally, none of them forgot—the seventh day was approaching day by day. On the seventh night, will everything be safe and sound? In a blink of an eye, this terrible day arrived. When eating dinner together, Zhou Feng finally couldn't help it: "Tonight...is the seventh day." Zhuang Hai, who was drinking soup, put down his bowl: "I'm thinking about this too." "Are we really not going to do anything?" Zhou Feng said. "I'm going to study by myself tonight. I'm with so many people. I don't believe there will be any strange things." Zhuang Hai said. Zhou Feng hesitated for a while: "Can I... can I go with you?" "You go to our department for evening self-study?" Zhuang Hai thought for a while, "It's fine, anyway, no one will notice if there is one more person or one less." "Li Ang, do you want to go together?" Zhou Feng asked. Li Ang supported his head with his hands: "I've had a cold since yesterday, and I still have a little fever today. I think I can only stay in bed tonight." "Aren't you afraid of being alone at home?" Zhuang Hai asked. Li Ang said with a wry smile: "If there is a ghost really trying to kill you, where can you hide? Besides, if I don't rest tonight, I'm afraid I'll die if the ghost doesn't come looking for me." "Have you taken the medicine?" Zhou Feng touched Li Ang's forehead. Li Ang nodded: "I'll be fine when I go back to sleep for a while." "Then be careful." Zhuang Hai warned. "I know." After dinner, Li Ang went back to the dormitory alone, while Zhou Feng and Zhuang Hai went to study by themselves in the evening. The Chinese Department is a large department, and being in the same room with hundreds of people made Zhou Feng and Zhuang Hai feel more at ease, but even so, they didn't listen to a word of the professor's eloquent and wonderful speech on the podium. At 9:30, the evening self-study was over, and Zhou Feng and Zhuang Hai went back to the residence together. When he opened the door with the key, Zhuang Hai heard a sound of "Wow, Wow" coming from the house, but he couldn't hear any voice. Suddenly, an ominous premonition flooded his heart—something happened to Li Ang! Zhuang Hai hurriedly opened the door, and Zhou Feng rushed in together with him—the scene that caught his eyes almost made the blood of both of them freeze in an instant. The TV was "squeaking" on - there was only one image of snowflakes, Li Ang lay motionless on the sofa, his face was scratched to pieces, dripping with blood, exactly like the victim in "Midnight Ring". Zhuang Hai felt dizzy for a while, he wanted to shout, but felt that his throat was blocked and he couldn't make a sound. Half a minute later, the two mustered up the courage to walk to Li Ang's side - after judgment, Li Ang was indeed dead. Zhou Feng finally couldn't control his emotions: "Oh my God! He died! He really died after seven days, just like in the movie!" Zhuang Customs turned off the TV: "We have to call the police immediately." Zhou Feng nodded quickly——suddenly, he seemed to think of something, and looked at Zhuang Hai in horror: "We both looked at that disc, why are we alright?" Zhuang Hai thought for a while: "Did you forget? The two of us watched an hour later than Li Ang!" Zhou Feng woke up suddenly: "By the way, the two of us finished watching this movie at about 10:30, and then received a call, that is to say..." He raised his wrist and looked at his watch. Nine fifty. "In another forty minutes, it will be our time." Zhuang Hai said in a trembling voice. Zhou Feng felt a chill on his back, and he felt as if he was about to suffocate: "We...would we also..." "Wait!" Zhuang Hai suddenly raised his head, "Zhou Feng, do you remember? It wasn't Li Ang who looked at this plate first, but the shop owner! He said he had seen it in the afternoon and received a call !" Zhou Feng opened his mouth wide, exchanged a glance with Zhuang Hai, and then they rushed out the door like crazy. Two minutes later, they arrived at the plate shop out of breath—the lights were on, there were no customers, and the owner was not there. "Go upstairs and look for it!" Zhuang Hai said. The two climbed up the narrow wooden stairs, with Zhuang Hai walking ahead. When he was almost at the top of the stairs, Zhuang Hai stood still. Zhou Feng's heart tightened, and he asked in a low voice, "What... did you see?" Zhuang Hai didn't speak, he climbed up to the third floor, Zhou Feng followed behind. They saw almost the same scene as before—the TV was on, and the store owner was reclined on the leather chair, his face covered with scratches and blood. Zhou Feng's bloodshot eyes widened, and he covered his mouth to prevent himself from screaming. Zhuang Hai bravely took two steps forward, and he noticed that the blood on the shop owner's face had dried up long ago, and it was obvious that he had been dead for more than a while. Zhuang Hai didn't dare to look at this horrifying corpse again, he turned his head and exhaled, and said to Zhou Feng, "Let's go down." But Zhou Feng yelled like a wild beast out of control: "My God! They are both dead! It will be our turn next, and no one can save us!" "Calm down!" Zhuang Hai pressed his shoulders, "Let's calm down and think carefully, we will find a way to save ourselves!" "Is there any way? If the murderer is really a ghost, even the police can't save us!" Zhuang Hai frowned and thought for a while: "Let's think about it from the beginning—this incident happened from the beginning to the present according to the plot of the movie "Midnight Ring". The same is a supernatural event beyond our common sense, and it is the same as the plot in the movie...then, things will be easy to handle." "Easy to handle? Why?" Zhou Feng asked quickly. Zhuang Hai stared into his eyes and said, "Do you remember? In the movie "Ring Ring", the heroine didn't die at the end—because she accidentally found a way to save herself, thus avoiding the ghost's attack on her. Her attack." "Yes, I remembered, this method is..." "Make a copy of this tape!" The two shouted together. "That plate is in the house we rented, hurry back and get it!" Zhuang Hai yelled. “不用了。”周峰从衣服口袋里摸出那张VCD，“我带在身上，本来是打算交给警察作证据的。” “赶快刻录两张！时间不多了！”庄海看表——十点零五分。 两人飞奔上街，这个时候的街道已略显冷清，大多数的店面都已关门了。 周峰和庄海乘坐一辆出租车沿街寻找能刻录光盘的商店，但过了十多分钟都没能找到一家开着门的。 两个人心急如焚，庄海再次看表：十点二十分了。 就在快绝望的时候，周峰指着车窗外大叫一声：“那里有家店还开着！那里有刻录机！” 两人飞快地冲进那家小复印店，店主用惊讶的目光看着满头大汗的他们。 “我们刻录两张光盘！快！”周峰焦急地催促店主。 五分钟后，两张光碟刻录了出来，庄海抬手看表：刚好十点半。 两人紧张地对视了一眼——谁都没把握这是不是真正的解决方法。 时间一分一秒地过——真到十点五十分，周峰和庄海才松了一口气。 和电影里一样，他们找到了破解诅咒的方法，活了下来——电影在这个时候结束了。 “还没有结束。”庄海望着周峰，“我们得马上去公安局报警。” 周峰点头，他们必须向警察报告这一切。 到了公安局，庄海和周峰再一次找到江警官，向他讲述了整件事的发生过程。 “等等，你们的意思是，现在李昂和那个店老板都已经死了，尸体就在他们各自的家里？”江警官严肃地问。 “是的。”庄海说。 江警官将他们俩扫视了一遍，他不再认为这是个玩笑了。 几分钟后，十多位干警兵分两路到庄海他们租房子的地点和碟子店。 庄海和周峰与江警官一起来到自己租的房子，周峰颤抖着将房门打开。 几个警察一起冲进房内，庄海和周峰跟在后面，他们一眼便望见了正对着的沙发——两个人都愣住了。 沙发上根本没有李昂的尸体！ “你们说的尸体呢？”江警官转过身问。 “刚才……明明就在这里……他……”庄海的思绪混乱到了极点，开始语无伦次起来。 江警官靠近沙发观察了一会儿——他发现沙发和地板上都有着浅浅的血迹，并且有明显拖动过的痕迹。随行的法医小心地提取了血液样本。 江警官沿着拖动的血迹一直走到阳台，血迹在阳台上消失了，这里是三楼，下面是一片杂草丛生的荒地。 “下楼去找！”江警官向另外几个警察下令。 几个警察打着电筒在楼下的杂草地中寻找了十几分钟，根本没发现李昂的尸体。 这时，江警官的手机响了，他迅速地接起电话：“张队吗？你那边怎么样？” 沉默了几秒钟，江警官大声说：“什么？没发现尸体？但是有拖动的痕迹和血迹？” 庄海和周峰再一次震惊，他们不知道亲眼目睹的两具尸体会到哪去。 一个警察突然大叫起来：“江队！这块草地里发现了血迹。” 几个人赶紧凑上前去，果然，在一片被压平的草地上又发现了拖痕和血迹。这个拖痕一直延伸到黑古隆咚的小森林里。 众人再次顺着拖痕寻找，五分钟后，他们终于在小森林的尽头——一条小河边发现了李昂的尸体。 经过法医的初步判断，李昂是因为缺氧窒息而死，之后又被某种利器划烂脸部。 庄海和周峰同时打了个冷战——这种死法，又和《午夜凶铃》的原著是一样的。 这时，一个警官又发现在河边的沙滩上，有着另一处拖痕，而且这个拖痕一直延伸到河里。 “难道会是……”江警官想起了另一具失踪的尸体——店老板。 “赶快叫人在河里打捞！”江警官知道这条河通往大江，尸体一旦被冲入江底，被打捞起来的可能性就很小了。 几个警察立即组织了一支打捞队伍在河里搜寻了四个小时，没有发现店老板的尸体。 “请你们跟我回局里一趟，协助调查。”在放弃打捞后，江警官对庄海和周峰说。 两个人无奈地点头，这是他们预料之中的结果。 “我希望你们能说实话。”江警官点燃一支烟。 “我们说的每一个字都是实话，如果你还是不相信，我建议用测谎仪。”庄海坐在询问室的椅子上，镇定地说。 江警官眯起眼睛：“你们要我相信，这一切都和电影剧情一样，是一个日本的女鬼杀死了这两个人？” “我们也觉得荒唐。”庄海说，“但我们又能认为是谁干的？” “我们鉴定出李昂遇害的时间大约是8：30至9：00，那段时间，你们在干什么？” “我们和近五十个人一起上晚自习，这些人都能作证。”周峰说。 “你们说在房间里发现了李昂和店主的尸体，可我们却是在一条小河边找到李昂的尸体，这是怎么回事？” “我不知道，谁知道那个幽灵想干什么？”庄海说。 “等等。”周峰突然紧张起来，“在河边……这条河通往大江后，江又会通向哪里？” “难道，你觉得这条江会和……那口井有关系？”庄海突然间感到毛骨悚然。 “行了，行了！我看你们真的走火入魔了！”江警官打断他们的对话。他沉思了一会儿：“你们一直提到的那张碟子，现在在哪里？” “就在我身上，我们又拷贝了两张。”周峰说完后将三张碟子一齐递给警察。 江警官拿着碟子端详了一阵：“你们跟我来。” 庄海和周峰跟着江警官来到他的办公室，江警官取出一张碟子，回过头说：“我现在看一遍这张碟子，你们和我一起看，就坐在我的对面。” 庄海立即明白江警官的意思——他要检验“电话事件”的真实性。 碟片在电脑上播放，江警官仔细地看着影片上的每一个细节——同时，他也观察着对面两个人的一举一动。 庄海和周峰一动不动地坐在江警官对面，手放在桌子上，他们的眼睛根本不敢望向电脑，他们不愿再上演一次“午夜凶铃”。 放映结束了，电脑上变成一片雪花图像，江警官问：“这就完了？” “完了。”庄海说。 江警官望向桌子上的电话：“电话铃会响？” “我们看完后就是这样。”周峰说。 “可现在……”江警官刚说到一半，桌上的电话就响了起来。 江警官飞快地走到电话旁，他看了一眼电话机，愣住了。 这是一台有来电显示功能的电话，但电话机的屏显上却没有任何一个数字。 江警官犹豫了几秒钟，接起电话。 半分钟后，他慢慢地挂了电话。 “你听到了什么？警官。”庄海问。 江警官望着他：“一个小女孩说了一句什么'拉那忒'，然后就是忙音了。” 周峰倒吸了一口冷气：“你也遭到诅咒了，警官。” "what?" “'拉那忒'在日语里就是'七天'的意思。”周峰神色凝重地说。 “不过不用担心，你也可以拷贝一张……应该就没事了。”庄海说。 江警官盯着他们看了一分钟，然后迅速地拨通一个同事的电话。 “江队，有什么事吗？”对方接起电话后问。 “你马上帮我查一下，刚才打到我这个电话来的是哪里的号码！” “好的，请等一下。” 挂完电话，江警官一言不发地坐下，不停地用手指敲击着膝盖。 几分钟后，电话铃再一次响起，江警官接起电话：“查出来了吗？” “是的，江队。刚才打到你电话上的是一个手机号码——我们马上打了过去，但是已经没信号了。” “手机……哪个地方的手机？” “这个手机现在正以高速离开本市，具体位置现在无法辨明。” 江警官思考了一会儿，说：“你们密切追查这个手机的位置，一旦有了它的下落，立刻通知我！” “是，江队！” 放下电话，江警官转过头，若有所思地望着庄海两人。 庄海和周峰在一小时后走出公安局，警方没有任何理由再把他们留在那里。 “诅咒还没有结束。”庄海对周峰说。 “什么！”周峰惊恐万状。 “你忘了，还有一个人也看了录像。”庄海说。 周峰突然想起，他们的朋友顾洋也是这件事情的参与者。 “必须让他也拷贝一张碟子。”庄海说。 周峰点头：“希望这是最后一个。” “只要他也拷贝了，就一切都结束了。”庄海望着天空，深深地吐了一口气。 三天后的一个下午，在郊区荒废的建筑工地中，一间又黑又破的砖瓦房里坐着一个穿一身黑衣的男人。 他焦急地望着门，脚不停地跺地，仿佛在等待着一个人的出现。 三点钟，门外传来敲门声。 黑衣男人飞快地站起来，迅速打开门，一个戴着运动帽和深色墨镜的男人走了进来。 门再次关上，屋内恢复一片漆黑。 “你能准时来，表明我们的计划成功了。”店老板脱掉黑外套，显得非常兴奋。 “希望我们在这里见面没被人发现，要知道我们俩现在都已经是'死人'了。”运动帽说。 “不会有人发现的，这里太偏僻了，而我们又化了装，不会有任何人认出我们，不过说实话，在你没来之前，我倒是挺紧张的。” “别这么紧张，先抽根烟。”运动帽递了一支香烟过去，“我必须承认，你想出来的这个主意真是天衣无缝。” 店老板点燃烟，深深地吸了一口：“你无法想像我为了这个计划准备了多久，从拍摄那段所谓的'午夜凶铃'里的录像带，到设计每一个细节，最后是找到你和我合作，这是一个漫长的过程。” “但一切都是值得的，你'死'后，两百万的保险金会自动纳入到你妻子名下，而我也可以分得相当可观的数目。我们以后各自远走高飞，过另一种生活。” “是的，为了这个目标，我们合作得相当默契。” “我唯一担心的是，”运动帽说，“警方真的会识不破我们关于电话的诡计吗？” 店老板得意地笑着说：“我想不会。你的两个同学和那个警察都犯了同一个错误——他们以为，如果有人要用手机搞鬼的话，势必是在片子放完后用手机通知其他人，再由那个人装成'贞子'打电话过来，制造出和'午夜凶铃'一样的情节。却没有想到这个计划的高明之处在于——在放片子之前，你的手机就一直和我的电话处在'通话中'的状态。所以，它就像一个窃听器一样，让我了解屋里的一切情况。” “而每次片子放完后，都有人问'这就完了吗'这一类的话，你就立刻挂掉电话，再打到座机上来，用变声器装出小女孩的声音说一句'拉那忒'——我真是佩服你能想出这么绝妙的主意。” “现在事情结束了，就算警方以后识破了这个诡计，也找不到任何证据。” “可是，你真的有把握吗？”运动帽压低声音说，“我是说，警方并没有发现你的尸体，你觉得保险公司会这么轻易地把两百万交给你妻子？” “你的两个同学对我们已经死亡深信不疑。放心好了，他们会向警方证明我们确实已经死了。” “但我觉得，保险公司不是这么好骗的。” “我们制造那些假象充分地说明了我们的尸体已经被冲进江里，不可能找得到。时间一长，保险公司没理由认为我们还活着。” “确实是这样……不过，我倒是有更好的办法。”运动帽说。 "What is it?" “如果让警方真正地发现你的尸体，那保险金就万无一失了。” “你是什么意思？李昂！难道你想杀了我？”店老板紧张起来：“如果你真的杀了我，我妻子就不会把钱付给你了。” “恰好相反，是你妻子认为，如果警方找不到你的尸体，那她就不一定能得到那笔可观的保险金，所以，她认为有必要假戏真做。” “你不必这么做，李昂！相信我，我会付给你更多的钱！”店老板开始向后退。 戴运动帽的男人突然放声大笑起来：“看来，你真的是紧张过头了！直到现在，你都还以为我是李昂？”他说完话后摘掉了帽子和墨镜。 “什么？是你……！”店老板惊恐地望着黑暗中的周峰，他的额头冒出豆大的汗珠。 “在你的计划中，今天来到这个地方的，应该是李昂，但你一定不知道，他那天晚上是真的死了，而不是在演戏。”周峰带着嘲笑的口吻说，“你更想不到，出现在你面前的，会是我。” “你……你是怎么知道这一切的？” 周峰摇了摇头：“你连这么绝妙的计划都能设计出来，却想不通这是怎么回事？在你和李昂串通好实施这个计划的时候，你妻子找到了我，告诉了我你的整个计划。当然，也告诉了我她的计划。所以，我从一开始就知道你们要做什么。从李昂引我们到你的店，到后来发生的所有事，其实我都是在配合着你们演戏而已。而且，我们还用你的'手机诡计'把警察都骗了过去，再加入我们的创意——将一个手机办理'禁显号码'功能，再把呼叫转移办到那个警察的坐机上，并将手机卡扔上火车。这样的话，只需要随便找个电话打那个的手机，警察就会接到一个查不出来的号码——让他们更感到一团迷雾。” “这么说，你们……真的杀了李昂？”店老板感到头晕。 “没办法，他知道的太多了，而且要杀他实在是容易——他对我没有任何防备，我在那天晚饭里给他下了安眠药，他回去之后大概没多久就倒下了，然后你妻子用配好的钥匙进了屋，轻而易举地捂死了他，再将现场布置成'午夜凶铃'里的遇害场面——可怜的李昂，他本来只是想装死，却做梦也想不到会真的以这种方式死去。当然，为了配合成和你的尸体一样——要在警方赶到前消失掉，你的妻子多跑了一趟，在我和庄海离开后将李昂的尸体拖到小河边——有时我觉得，你的妻子简直就是个犯罪天才，她做的这一切都干净利落，没有一丝破绽。” “听着，周峰，你不能杀了我，因为警察发现我的尸体后，会发现死亡时间不符，我本应在三天前就死去的，这是一个很大的破绽！” “多谢你的细心，但我认为这不属于你担心的范畴——我们有很多方法可以混淆你的死亡时间：将你的尸体浸泡在水中、放在冰柜里，等等。这样警方就很难辨出你的确切死亡时间了。” “这么说，你们从一开始就计划好了要在最后杀死我？”店老板咬牙切齿地说。 “准确地说，是你妻子的计划。看起来，她明显地觉得两百万比你的生命有诱惑力——关于这点，我感到很遗憾。” “我不会让你们得逞的！你和那个贱女人都应该下地狱！”店老板发疯地扑向周峰，但被他一脚踢在地上，双眼发黑，再也站不起来。突然间，他感到天旋地转。 “你的意志力比我想象的要强，抽完那支烟这么久后，药效才开始发挥作用。” “你……在烟里下了……什么药？”店老板全身已经没有一丝力气，声音也微弱起来。 “我认为这已经不重要了，但我能告诉你的是——也许你死得并不痛苦。”周峰冷笑着说。 两分钟后，店老板终于一动不动地躺在地上，停止了呼吸。周峰摸出手机，拨通店老板妻子的号码。 “一切都办好了吗？”那个女人小声说。 “非常顺利。”周峰说，“警察那边呢，还在调查吗？” “让他们去瞎忙吧，他们能调查出什么来？所有的一切全部都是那两个人亲手制造的。凶案现场的布置、安排成一场灵异事件、包括他们完美的死亡时间——这些都是由他们自己完成的，警方找不到任何证据，这是一起漂亮的'完美犯罪'。” “那我就放心了。等我们处理好他的尸体，再故意让警方发现——之后，坐在家里等着两百万从天而降就行了。”周峰说。 "Pleasant cooperation." 那女人挂断了电话，看了看周围，没有任何人，她放心地回到公安局，继续拿起她的扫帚——在两百万到手之前，这份清洁工的工作还是要做下去的。 （《恐怖电影》完）