I'm Not Shouldering This Blame

Jian Hua's eyes fell on the huge poster at the entrance of the movie theater's ticket office.

A large flock of crows forms the background of the poster, and the picture is bleak. A handsome man in armor looks up at the sky, his body is full of murderous looks, and his eyes are terrifying, which perfectly blends with the sharp font that makes up the title of the film.

He still wanted to watch it for a while, but the studio staff had already walked up to the stand, ready to remove it and replace it with a poster for a new movie that will be released tomorrow.Probably because it was held in a hurry, the bracket shook and suddenly fell down. The man with firm eyes and tall figure on the poster also seemed to collapse suddenly.

Jian Hua froze for a moment, then slowly turned his head.

Behind him was a young girl begging the staff to send posters in a soft voice.

Jian Hua subconsciously touched his pocket, and then he remembered that he had quit smoking half a month ago, and now there were no cigarettes in his clothes, only a small can of chewing gum. He tapped the lid of the box lightly with his thumb, and the warm light in the studio hall shone his fingers The joints are illuminated more clearly, making it look extraordinarily slender and elegant.

Jian Hua is a stuntman. Difficult, risky, or particularly difficult tasks all belong to the stuntman. No matter how good the performance is, no audience will know his name.

Jian Hua didn't have any ambitions that didn't match his own ability, but trouble still found his way.Someone put a word that if he lost his job, he would not be able to get along in the circle of stuntmen.

He rested at home for more than half a year, until Jian Hua unexpectedly received a call this morning.

He is the manager of actor Li Fei. The actor intends to sign a contract with him. Jian Hua is asked to act as an exclusive stand-in actor, and the treatment is favorable.

Jian Hua didn't agree directly, but her heart was already shaken.He has met Li Fei and served as a substitute for him before, and this is the movie he watched today. In his conscience, Li Fei is a good person, but——

Trapped in her own thoughts, Jian Hua didn't notice that the elevator didn't come up for a long time.

A handsome young man, wearing casual clothes of Volkswagen brand, with long and straight legs wrapped under jeans, casually put a piece of chewing gum in his mouth, under the warm yellow light, his lips turned to an ambiguous orange color.

After watching a movie, you can also meet handsome guys after the show. The eyes of the two female students waiting for the elevator lit up, and they whispered to each other.

The cinema elevator can accommodate ten people. Jian Hua left after watching all the subtitles at the end of the movie. At this time, the people who watched the movie at the same time were almost gone. The screen above the ticket sales bar showed the current time 22:44. The cinema waiting area was empty.

"Ding." The elevator opened slowly.

Jian Hua followed a couple who were still excitedly discussing the plot into the elevator, and behind them were the two girls dressed as students.The elevator was filled with the strong aroma of a hot pot restaurant on a certain floor below the film city, Jian Hua frowned slightly, his stomach seemed to come alive in an instant, and protested seriously to him.

After quitting smoking, it is easy to be hungry, especially the fresh spicy smell that stimulates the taste buds.

Jian Hua glanced at the hot pot restaurant advertisement posted in the elevator, his mind was wandering, and while he was chewing gum for a while, the whole elevator suddenly shook.

Caught off guard, the female student screamed in fright.

Jian Hua subconsciously leaned against the elevator wall, and at the same time supported the wall with his arms to maintain balance. Before he could judge the situation further, the shaking of the elevator came and disappeared quickly. Except for the lingering sound of screaming, it seemed that nothing had happened .

The five people in the elevator looked at each other, and then at the button panel with numbers flashing.

"First floor." A mechanical electronic female voice came from the speaker, and the elevator door opened smoothly.

The young couple breathed a sigh of relief, and the man immediately muttered: "What a broken elevator, and it's not being repaired, but luckily nothing happened."

The two female students also looked scared, because the shaking just now was too violent, and they all fell on the wall of the elevator car. Fortunately, there were not many people in the elevator, and those who didn't know each other stood at a certain distance, otherwise they would lie on top of others How embarrassing!

Although Jian Hua wasn't frightened, no one would be happy when encountering this kind of thing. Jian Hua squeezed the space between his eyebrows, stepped out of the elevator, looked around the first floor of the shopping mall, and prepared to ask the service desk to report the elevator problem.Due to the danger of his own work, Jian Hua is more sensitive to such matters, whether or not the market pays attention to it is another matter.

Not long after walking out of the elevator, Jian Hua felt a little strange.

10:30 is the closing time of the shopping mall. Some counters have been covered with a thick layer of flannelette, and the lights in some areas are turned off. During the day, the bustling place is deserted, but today it looks a bit strange, and there is no one in sight.

There are no security guards, no cleaning staff, and no counter lady who is busy doing the last business.

The opened bottle of perfume was still on the counter, and some cleaning tools were scattered on the floor. The air conditioner in the mall had been turned off, and the cold wind coming in from there made the entire lobby bleak and cold.

The young couple took out their mobile phones and fiddled with the taxi app.

The two female students rubbed their fingers and went straight to a KFC next to the mall. The fast food restaurant has a sliding door on the first floor of the mall. They came to the order counter, looked around, and began to call for the waiter loudly.

There was no one in the fast food restaurant, and the blank expressions of the girls could be seen through the glass.

Feeling more ominous, Jian Hua quickly walked towards the gate.The cold wind blowing in late at night in autumn, Jian Hua's whole body was stiff, and he was fixed on the square outside the shopping mall.

Under the neon lights, the bustling city that should have been bustling with traffic has stopped.

Cars turned off and parked on the road, not congested, they were scattered on the viaducts and side roads.In the dark night sky, a round of bleak moon silently illuminates the quiet streets, and the city seems to suddenly become a picture, without change or vitality.

Where have everyone gone?

Jian Hua felt the muscles in his cheeks twitching, the gum was still in his mouth, and he hadn't chewed it for long, but he could no longer taste the taste, and the huge sense of absurdity almost swallowed him whole.

"What are you doing, there is no signal, and you can't even connect to the Internet... huh?"

The young couple who stepped out of the shopping mall were also frightened in the same way.They opened their eyes wide in horror, looking at the road in the distance, their bodies trembled involuntarily, and hurriedly huddled together, stammering, "What's the matter, where are you?"

"It's a prank, let's make a spoof variety show!"

The man managed to calm down, and said loudly, "It's so boring, it's late at night!"

The woman quickly gave him a hand and complained: "Be careful what you say, maybe it's a live broadcast! It's a good thing to be on TV, why do you care about it?"

I haven't heard of any big program group recently, and a few roads near the business district have to be closed. Even if there is, the guests on the program are also big names. Who are passers-by?

Jian Hua took a step back, ran into the shopping mall again, rushed back to the elevator door and pressed the indicator light on the top floor. The moment the elevator door closed, he heard his own heartbeat, which was very rapid, and his breathing became heavy.

"Ding, the sixth floor, Huanyu Cinemas welcomes you." The warm yellow light shone on Jian Hua. It was brighter and much warmer than the first floor of the shopping mall, but the biting chill spread like a tide in Jian Hua's heart. Come.

The poster and the bracket were crooked on the ground, the staff who replaced it disappeared, and the fans who wanted to get the poster were gone. The ticket hall of the movie theater still smelled sweet of popcorn, but the conductor who was lying on the counter playing with his mobile phone But as if it never existed.

Jian Hua pinched his pocket for a long time but couldn't find a cigarette, his anxiety made him deeply frown, and he could vaguely hear the voices of two female students and the couple shouting in a panic downstairs.

"Is anyone there? Is there anyone here?"

Jian Hua's foot on the edge of the poster paused, moved away slowly, and looked down at the young general on the poster.

The title of the film "The Crow" is sharp and sharp, and it seems to be able to poke the audience's attention. The general looks resolute and his armor is broken, just like the Populus euphratica standing in the desert.There is also a line of prominent words on the poster: actor Li Fei leads the starring role.

Jian Hua didn't pick up this poster, he threw the chewing gum into the trash can, and before stepping into the elevator again, he made sure to look at the rolling electronic screen of the Eye Shadow City, the current time is 22:44.

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When the other four people in the elevator wandered around the sixth floor of the shopping mall and shouted in vain, Jian Hua had already left the studio.

He picked up the car in the parking lot, calmly started the car and drove out of the commercial building, galloping through the quiet city.The speed of the car gradually increased, bypassing one after another stalled cars on the road, all of which were empty.

Cold sweat broke out from the palm of his hand and stuck to the steering wheel cover.

Jian Hua's heart sank. He turned on the radio in the car, and all the channels were buzzing with electricity. The most terrifying thing was the time displayed by the car system, which remained at 22:44 without any change.

He took out the mobile phone in his pocket and made calls one by one according to the address book, but failed to call out.

The brakes were slammed heavily, there was a screeching sound, and the tires left an obvious mark on the ground. Jian Hua leaned heavily on the seat, dropped the mobile phone into the glass box in front of the car, propped his forehead with his right hand, and suppressed the anxiety in his heart.

What a ghost!

Jian Hua, who had heard of ghosts hitting the wall but never heard of entering an elevator and disappearing from the entire city, messed up his hair, restarted the car, and drove home smoothly all the way.

The door of the community was the switch he pressed when he got out of the car and went to the reception room. He left the car downstairs. Usually at this time the neighbor is still watching TV, and the neighbor's dog barks a few times when he goes upstairs, but now there is no movement at all.

Jian Hua didn't change his coat, he fell down on the sofa in the living room and fumbled for the remote to turn on the TV.

There is a picture, but the picture of each station is still.

The host who broadcasts the evening news, the characters of the family ethics drama, the commercials in freeze frame, and the switching of channels one by one, just like watching a slide show.It turns out that ordinary things can be so scary when they are completely still.

Jian Hua resisted the urge to throw the remote control, if this was a nightmare, it would be too real.