After taking the photo, Zhou Ze waved for Ying’er to come down. Amid the cheers of the crowd and the anxious hearts of the hosts and performers below, Ying’er safely descended.
Huff…
The hosts and acrobats around them all breathed a sigh of relief.
If a tourist had an accident here,
they would be in real trouble,
and it might even have a terrible impact on the entire scenic area.
“She must have practiced, right?”
One of the acrobats asked.
However,
by the time they wanted to find the girl again,
Zhou Ze was already holding Ying’er’s hand, disappearing into the crowd.
With half an hour before the start of the show in the main hall, Zhou Ze continued to stroll around with Ying’er’s hand in his.
Simply killing time was actually a kind of enjoyment.
How many times in life,
besides childhood, can one truly steal a moment of carefree leisure?
As they wandered,
Zhou Ze and Ying’er walked to the entrance of an internal attraction.
Looking up,
it was actually a "haunted house."
Haunted houses are classic attractions in amusement parks and ancient towns, but this one was a little quieter compared to the crowds in the rest of the scenic area.
After all, only a few people are willing to go in and play here.
Zhou Ze had Ying’er buy the tickets,
and then walked in with her.
It would be laughable if word got out,
a ghost official taking a jiangshi (Chinese zombie) to a haunted house.
However,
on the other hand,
precisely because Zhou Ze and Ying’er entered the haunted house,
it could truly be called a "haunted house,"
and a genuine one at that.
Not long after entering,
Zhou Ze saw two sculptures placed there,
wearing the attire of yamen runners (a type of law enforcement in ancient China),
the one on the left holding a chain in his hand,
the one on the right holding a club,
with two banners hanging next to them,
one reading "Ghost Official Enforcing the Law" and the other "Living People Avoid."
Zhou Ze gestured with his hand; he found it hard to imagine what he would look like standing here with a chain and wearing the clothes of a yamen runner. He would probably exude a strong sense of chuunibyou (a Japanese term for someone who displays delusional behavior, especially during adolescence).
However, in folklore, ghost officials basically have this image.
“Come on, Ying’er, take a picture of me with them.”
Zhou Ze walked to the two sculptures and posed with them.
Ying’er turned on the flash of her mobile phone camera and started taking pictures of her boss.
She took several pictures in a row, and Zhou Ze also changed several poses, in high spirits.
However, as they continued to walk in,
the inside became lackluster.
Most of it was just blowing air on you, spraying small spurts of water, and then a pile of "ghost" figures wrapped in cotton cloth, accompanied by some low-end speakers "嘎嘎嘎嘎 (ga ga ga ga)."
Zhou Ze and Ying’er were both calm.
When they reached almost the exit,
a huge puppet suddenly fell from above,
followed by a loud noise at the same time,
“Majesty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
The puppet was very large; it should have been hanging above and then dropped when people passed by.
Coupled with the surrounding canvas and the dark atmosphere,
it felt a lot like an ancient county magistrate ascending to the courtroom.
When Zhou Ze took a few more steps forward,
the puppet pretended to be taken back, which should have been the set program.
Zhou Ze reached out and grabbed him,
and carefully looked at the sign next to the puppet.
The writing on it was very blurred, as if it had been deliberately erased.
Zhou Ze let go, and the puppet finally bounced back.
“Boss, there are words here,”
Ying’er seemed to know that her boss was looking for the identity of this puppet, and pointed to the canvas next to her.
The canvas depicted the background of an ancient county yamen (government office),
with wavy patterns in the middle,
and a plaque above,
reading: Taishan Hall!
Is this puppet cosplaying King Dong of Mount Tai?
Zhou Ze had also counted before.
King Lu of Equality died,
King Yu of Song City had his dharma body directly smashed by the blood moon in his own territory,
and the other seven Yama Kings had their dharma bodies blasted one after another by Ying Gou when they besieged Ying Gou outside the Naihe Bridge (Bridge of Helplessness).
But there was one left,
and that was King Dong of Mount Tai.
It is said that
this King of Mount Tai is a remnant of the Mount Tai God lineage.
After the last generation of Mount Tai God disappeared in the past,
in order to stabilize people’s hearts,
the Mount Tai God lineage inherited one of the Ten Yama Kings.
From the emperor of the past, he became one of the ten great vassals.
However, last time, because of the appearance of Ying Gou, the underworld was in chaos, and only he, King Dong of Mount Tai, was spared.
Is it really just because of good luck?
Zhou Ze shook his head, not wanting to ruin his current mood because of this little thing. After walking out of the haunted house with Ying’er, he looked at the time. The Eternal Love show was about to begin.
Zhou Ze and Ying’er lined up to enter.
Because Ying’er bought VIP seats, there was a special attendant to lead them to their seats, which were the best golden spots in the middle.
The large screen in front kept looping CCTV interviews about Eternal Love.
There were many people, because the ancient city tickets and performance tickets were bundled together. However, only Zhou Ze and Ying’er were sitting in this row for the time being. After all, the price difference was large, and it was actually the same to watch from ordinary seats.
Zhou Ze took out his mobile phone, ready to browse the news to pass the time.
But thinking that he brought Ying’er out to play this time,
it didn’t seem good to just sit here and play on his phone.
In fact,
no one is born knowing how to be in a relationship, and there is indeed some truth to this.
But no one is really so stupid as to be “destined to be single,”
it just depends on whether he really cares about you.
At least today,
Boss Zhou has changed a lot.
He wasn't as capricious as before.
But when Zhou Ze looked at Ying’er, he found that Ying’er was actually holding her mobile phone and reading novels.
Um,
and she was reading with relish,
with no feeling of being neglected by her boyfriend at all.
In fact,
Ying’er is really perfect as a girlfriend.
She doesn’t need to buy cosmetics, she’s always young, she doesn’t get sick, and she doesn’t have periods.
But just thinking about the kind of novels Ying’er was reading,
Zhou Ze felt black lines appearing on his forehead.
Before he could guide his maid's thinking,
a person sat down next to Zhou Ze.
Zhou Ze noticed her,
and took a few more glances,
even delaying his ideological construction of his maid because of it.
Because this woman was very beautiful.
She wasn’t young,
she should have been in her early thirties,
but she had a lot of womanly charm.
Her figure was not slender, but it was plump just right. A little more would be greasy, and a little less would be tasteless.
The woman put her bag on the coffee table in front of her,
and when she saw Zhou Ze looking at her, she politely nodded to Zhou Ze.
At this time,
Ying’er, who was still sitting on Zhou Ze’s right and engrossed in reading a boys’ love novel,
seemed to have an antenna plugged into her head,
and instantly received an alarm!
Ying’er turned her head to look,
and sized up the woman sitting on her boss’s left.
As soon as Zhou Ze finished sizing her up, he saw his maid staring straight at her. The woman also sensed Ying’er’s gaze, glanced at Ying’er, smiled slightly, and then sat back straight, staring at the big screen in front of her.
“Boss, do you like her?”
Ying’er put her mouth to Zhou Ze’s ear and whispered.
“Huh?”
“Boss, don’t you want a baby?
I think,
she's easy to bear children!
Moreover, baby formula is not safe now, and she should be able to breastfeed herself.”
“Uh…………”
“Also, she’s very mature.”
Saying that,
Ying’er pouted helplessly,
and said distressedly:
“What to do, I can only be so young forever, and can never get old.
I can never become as mature and charming as her,
what should I do, Boss.”
Women are meticulous, and Ying’er naturally understood which type of woman her boss was more interested in.
Sometimes, Ying’er would even think, the reason why her boss had always been so indifferent to Doctor Lin, besides being afraid of bringing misfortune to the people around him like Mu Chengen, was also because he was waiting for Doctor Lin to mature a little more?
“Ying’er.”
Zhou Ze lowered his voice.
“Ah?”
“Don’t say these complaints casually outside in the future, or you’ll get beaten.”
The lights began to dim slowly,
and the show officially began.
The whole show lasted for more than an hour. The singing and dancing felt average, but the stage play about the caravan was quite eye-catching.
As the show came to an end,
the woman sitting on Zhou Ze’s left took out her mobile phone, as if she had received a call, and then got up and quickly left her seat.
A few minutes later, the woman came back and sat down in her previous seat.
Before long, the show ended, and everyone began to disperse.
Zhou Ze held Ying’er’s hand and didn’t stay here any longer. He went directly to the scenic area gate to take a taxi back to the hotel.
When taking a taxi,
Ying’er reached out and poked Zhou Ze, pointing behind him.
Zhou Ze turned his head and saw that the woman was also behind them, seemingly also taking a taxi.
“Boss, should I just knock her out and carry her back to the hotel?”
Zhou Ze reached out and flicked Ying’er on the head.
“What are you thinking about all day?”
The car came,
and Zhou Ze got into the car.
More than twenty minutes later,
they arrived at their destination hotel.
Just as the two of them got out of the car,
they saw another car stop at the hotel entrance.
The passenger who got out
was the woman who had been sitting next to him before.
“Wow, Boss, this saves even the trouble of carrying her back.”
Zhou Ze shook his head and didn’t say anything. He had already sensed something was wrong.
When entering the elevator,
as the elevator door was closing,
the woman also walked in.
Then,
when the elevator reached the eighth floor where Zhou Ze’s room was located,
Zhou Ze and Ying’er walked out,
and the woman also walked out of the elevator.
Ying’er frowned slightly.
If she couldn't sense something was amiss at this point, her reaction would be too slow.
There are indeed many incredible coincidences in this world;
but Zhou Ze didn’t believe that such a thing would happen to him.
Then,
when Ying’er took out the room card,
and opened the room door,
the woman was actually at the door of the room opposite Zhou Ze’s room,
took out her room card,
and opened the door.
Zhou Ze stopped and didn’t walk into the room, but turned around.
The woman also turned around,
stepped aside a little,
pointed to her room,
and smiled:
“Want to come in and sit for a while, my Captain Detective?”