Operation Red Book

I'm Jack-O'-Lantern with the great big grin.

(I am a smiling pumpkin lantern)

I'm Jack-O'-Lantern with the candle in.

(I am a jack-o'-lantern with a candle in my belly)

And woo~ went the wind.

(The wind passed by with a whistling sound)

And out went the light.

(The candle is blown out)

And away went the witch on the Halloween night.

(The witch of Halloween is gone too)

Mrs. Hudson and her niece were now singing Halloween songs with great enthusiasm.

Joshua has heard this song countless times. In the 21st century, his classmates would always sing this song and lock him in the toilet together, then laugh and lift the bucket of dirty mop and pour the dirty water on his head.

For this reason, Joshua could only wash his wet clothes in a public laundry after school, and then skillfully take out a clean school uniform from his schoolbag.

This song is annoying, but Halloween is not annoying.

There are pumpkin lanterns in every household, children in strange costumes running around the streets, witches floating on the trees, and traps where if you take the candy, you will be hugged by a skeleton...

There are all kinds of things.

Every time this happened, Joshua would be covered with a white bed sheet, and his grandfather would cut two holes in the area of ​​his eyes and then sprinkle some scary "blood" with red ink.

In this way, he can join in the fun, play happily, and laugh like crazy...

"Can we have a different Halloween song?"

Joshua cautiously addressed the two ladies.

The two "barbers" were having a great time cutting hair. They cut off Joshua's long hair without hesitation, and then used a comb to comb each hair smoothly and neatly.

"Okay!"

Mrs. Hudson's niece readily agreed.

"Let me give you a new Halloween song from our town of Rye!"

After that, she pursed her throat and a strange nursery rhyme came out of her mouth crookedly:

Halloween night, Halloween night

Welcome the beautiful butterfly in the deep starry sky

Halloween night, Halloween night

A pure soul in a bottomless black hole

Halloween night, Halloween night

The beauty of the butterfly's birth covers the entire town of Ley

"The end!"

Mrs. Hudson's niece smiled happily. She raised the scissors in her right hand, and the sharp cold light almost pierced Joshua's heart for a moment.

"Excuse me, does Leiyi Town have any exclusive Halloween events?"

Joshua swallowed and asked with pretended calmness.

"I don't think I've ever seen the scenes described in this song in London..."

"Ahahaha! Just right!"

"In this case, welcome to visit the annual Halloween Pumpkin Carnival in the town of Rye!"

"Pumpkin Day, today?"

"Yes! Tonight, everyone in the town of Lei will put on their own pumpkin headgear and go to the square in the center of the town to dance with the passing dead all night long!"

"A passing...undead ghost? I don't understand..."

Joshua blinked and tried to move his neck, but Mrs. Hudson pressed it back hard.

"Don't worry, it's not those scary undead ghosts. The undead ghosts I'm talking about are those selected in advance by the town's residents!"

Mrs. Hudson's niece giggled and ruffled Joshua's curly hair.

"I'm really curious. How grand will it be? Will I find a good husband? Will I give you my first kiss? Oh! Maybe...hahahaha!"

"Ah! I feel like I've lived until now just for this day!"

Mrs. Hudson's niece exclaimed.

"Ah? But Mrs. Hudson said you've been working here for a long time..."

Joshua caught the flaw in this sentence and asked without thinking.

"Oh... Oops! Auntie, you remembered it wrong again!"

"I didn't work in the town of Ley before. I worked in the town of Lyme!"

"is it?"

Mrs. Hudson looked up and thought seriously, then she pouted and shook her head and said:

"I don't remember. I'm old and my memory is failing..."

"Hahahaha, it's okay, we can participate in tonight's event together!"

"I carved several pumpkin headgears. Last week, I didn't sleep for several nights just to pick the freshest pumpkins!"

Mrs. Hudson's niece pointed to a small corner in the kitchen where dozens of pumpkins were piled up, and her sinister smile was chilling.

"All right!"

With a loud slap on Joshua's head, the difficult haircut came to an end.

Joshua was finally freed from his bonds and given a brand new haircut…

The red book was silent for a long time. After Ivy and Holmes walked down the stairs, two lines of text finally appeared:

"At 8:55, Joshua got a super ugly haircut. If Chris Evans had this hairstyle, Scarlett Johansson would have laughed at him if she passed by."

"What's this mess?"

Holmes read it aloud in front of everyone. Obviously, only children from the 21st century could understand such words.

Joshua had been standing in front of the mirror for a full five minutes, and Ivy had been smiling the entire time, looking sweet and adorable.

"Although I don't know what it means, but that's exactly what it means..."

Holmes's shoulders trembled, and he seemed to be trying hard to suppress a laugh.

After a long while, he coughed twice, calmed down, and slowly slid his fingers on the paper upwards:

At 8:50, Ivy and Holmes walked down the stairs together

At 8:40, the wooden ladder slowly descended and Ivy appeared.

At 8:20, Holmes tried to open the ladder from the outside, but failed.

At 8:16, the wooden ladder automatically retracted

At 8:15, Holmes arrived on the third floor

His finger kept moving upwards without stopping until the message at the top stopped his finger from sliding:

"Ivy and Amy, Amy and Ivy..."

Holmes's face suddenly became serious.

He talked with Ivy for a long time on the third floor. She was always laughing, and couldn't help laughing. It was not a laugh that came from the heart, but a laugh that was controlled by something and only appeared on the surface of the body.

And this kind of smile was so scary and weird that Holmes had never seen it on Ivy's face before.

"Let's go!"

Ivy was standing at the door and suddenly spoke, startling Holmes.

She had changed into an orange outfit at some point. The outfit was a little big and looked loose on her.

"Let's go, we are going to the Seville Manor. There is a new guest there, our partner!"

After saying this, Ivy showed her upper and lower rows of teeth.

Following the sound of footsteps, she tilted her head and smiled again, then walked out the door with Joshua who had hurried over.

"We won't go. We are so busy that we haven't even prepared the cookies for dinner yet... Sherlock, you must take good care of them!"

Mrs. Hudson hurried Holmes out the door. She planned to show off her skills during the day and distribute her pumpkin smiley face cookies to everyone in the town.

It’s a pity… Holmes did not hear the low murmur of Mrs. Hudson’s niece after he left:

"I wish you all the best, Amy..."