How to Build a Haunted House

In the 90s, inside a house in the northwest countryside.

The lights were flickering, and two old people were sitting on the kang, one was holding a baby in swaddling arms, and the other was leading a seven-year-old boy.

The boy's complexion was carved out of jade, revealing a delicate snow-white color, his lips were pale, his cheeks were bloodless, and he looked not in good health.

"Ayan, let your Grandpa Chu take a look."

He closed his eyes and opened them only when he heard Grandpa's words.

The color of the eyes is a little light, as clear as glass, and there seems to be a quietly burning fire in the amber pupils.

Grandpa Chu put the baby in his hands on the kang, took a small bowl, lit the incense ash, and dripped a drop of water into the boy's pupils. He blinked, and a tear swirled in the circle of his eye, and then fell, falling On the yellow talisman paper, a slight blood color bloomed.

The boy frowned, blinked in pain, and raised his head to look for his grandfather. Those glazed eyes stared blankly at the void in front of him, without focal length. Only then did people realize that this one seemed to be carved from beautiful jade. The resulting child was blind.

"Don't be afraid."

The rough palm of the old man stroked the top of his head, and with his eyes, he signaled the old friend to go to the side room to talk.

"The three souls are missing the spirit and one soul, and the fetal light is not very stable...Compared to this, the incompleteness of the seven souls is a trivial matter..."

"It just so happens that Chu Ci was born on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar. It shouldn't be...his mother gave birth to him, but it happened to be at a cloudy time, and the horoscope is too light. If you don't mind... "

"That's the only way."

"They all have no father or mother... Poor children."

The boy was sitting on the kang, with the baby in swaddling sleeping in front of him.

He suddenly stretched out his hand and fumbled for the corner of the quilt with the little red flower printed on it.

The swaddling clothes were not wrapped tightly, and they fell apart after being pulled by him like this.

The boy's palm grasped the baby's little foot.

As if feeling uncomfortable, that foot kicked his palm forcefully.

A surprised smile bloomed on his jade-like white face. He groped all the way up and touched the fat legs like lotus root, soft belly, and the longevity lock hanging around his neck.

Finally, the fingers stopped on the baby's soft cheek, poking a small dimple.

·

2016 years.

Chu Ci was carrying a big schoolbag, a snakeskin bag in his hand that looked like a migrant worker entering the city, and a trolley case half the height of a person, saying goodbye to the people behind him.

"Relax—be—" he shouted.

The woman who sent her off to the station was in her thirties, with short reddish-brown hair, the corners of her eyes were slightly raised, and she still had a charming charm.

"Don't forget your daily homework!" She urged behind her.

Chu Ci: "..."

"understood--"

He thought in his mind, burning incense, meditating, exchanging fruits for offerings, scrubbing the tablet once a week, what else is there?

Oh, by the way, when you arrive in Chuhua City, you have to send a copy of your address to the owner of the longevity card in your backpack, so that he won't find the right owner when he sends something.

He has been doing this set of procedures for 18 years, starting from being able to talk and walk.

"Brother, is that your mother?"

A buddy next to him probably also went to college in other places, bumped Chu Ci with his shoulder, winked and said.

"No, my aunt."

Enthusiastic student: "I am a freshman at Chuhua University of Science and Technology, what about you?"

Chu Ci took out his mobile phone and showed him his admission notice text message: "Chuhua University, Department of Economics and Management."

"Fuck!" The enthusiastic classmate looked at him with awe and respect: "Awesome!"

Chuhua University is one of the top 2 key universities in China, and the Department of Economics and Management is the trump card of the school. It enjoys a high reputation even in the world. As the signature of Chuhua University, the Department of Economics and Management only enrolls hundreds of students every year. Everyone in this profession is the pride of heaven.

This buddy probably didn't expect that he would bump into a top academic bully just by striking up a conversation at the train station. He enthusiastically helped Chu Ci carry the snakeskin bag: "Come, come, let's go together."

The kindness is hard to turn down, Chu Ci said: "Thank you, it's a bit heavy..."

"What are you polite to me?"

The boy didn't wait for Chuci's "no need" to say, he had already reached out to grab the pocket.

It was hot at the end of August, and he was wearing short-sleeved shorts. His shoulders and back were well muscled, and he looked like a sportsman. Compared with him, Chu Ci was much more low-key.

Looking at the thinner arm under Xueba's T-shirt, the boy said sympathetically, "Is it a bit heavy? I'll help you carry it into the waiting hall."

"Don't worry, I don't have any other advantages, except for my strength."

"……OK then."

How much can a Xueba have in his luggage?Looking at Chu Ci's previous appearance, the boy guessed that the snakeskin bag looked bulging, and it contained only sheets and mattresses, and it was not heavy.

He lifted it upwards.

"..."

Did not pick it up.

With a little embarrassment, the boy increased his strength.

"Uh--"

The snakeskin bag finally lifted off the ground, and he felt as if a heavy weight was tied to his arm, his muscles were tense, and he even used his strength to feed.

After walking more than ten meters, the seed player of the school sports meeting had flushed cheeks and sore arms.

The waiting hall was right in front of him, Chu Ci noticed his predicament, and took the snakeskin bag casually: "Thank you, let's take turns, you go to the front to get the tickets first."

After all, he walked towards the security gate with his luggage.

Looking at the back of Xueba lifting weights lightly and incomparably relaxed, the boy from the bottom of his heart——

"Fuck."

People are unbelievable.

·

Chu Ci took the T-prefix express, which stopped at Qingshan City, the capital of Qinglu Province, and went directly to Chuhua City.

It wasn't until the boy named Jiang Kai picked up the ticket that he was also on this train.

"That's just right," Jiang Kai saw that both of them were seated, and said, "I'll find someone to change seats after getting on the bus, and we'll sit together."

"Okay." Chu Ci took a look at Jiang Kai, saw that he was a man with a broad seal, smooth eyebrows, and clear eyes, so he nodded.

The two sat in the waiting area.

This way Jiang Kai did not push himself to help Chu Ci carry his luggage. He is a big-hearted man, and soon forgot the embarrassment of bragging about his strength. He tried to carry the snakeskin bag and said, "This is a must. It weighs dozens of kilograms."

"almost."

Jiang Kai himself didn't have much luggage, and the large items had already been mailed to the school. He asked Chu Ci, "Why don't you send it by express delivery? It's only 200 yuan, or you can buy it elsewhere?"

Chu Ci glanced at the bag and replied, "It's too expensive, I'm afraid of losing it."

"..."

The scene was quiet for a moment, and then Jiang Kai couldn't help laughing.

"Hahaha Chuci, I didn't expect you to be quite humorous."

It’s not that he doesn’t know gold and jade, it’s that Chuci’s clothes are ordinary, he doesn’t have any famous brand, and the trolley case and schoolbag he carries are all ordinary brands, and he also carries a snakeskin bag. He said earlier that his hometown is a city next to Qingshan City. Jiang County, a small county, doesn't look like a person with millions of luggage.

Hearing what he said, Chu Ci was not angry, he smiled, and the expression on his face became vivid: "You discovered all of this."

"Cough." Facing his little friend's face at close range, Jiang Kai couldn't help rubbing his nose and looking away.

This newly acquainted Xueba is quite good-looking. If they were in high school, they might be able to be a school grassroots or something, and they will be soft when they receive love letters.

"Actually, this is what I want to give away. It's a specialty of my hometown. I have saved so much for many years. It's more sincere to bring it here myself."

Hearing this, Jiang Kai thought, as expected, all the famous grasses have owners.

They were all young men of seventeen or eighteen years old. There was nothing he couldn't say. He touched Chu Ci's shoulder and asked winkingly, "Girlfriend?"

Chu Ci: "Well...it's sort of."

Jiang Kai gave him a thumbs up: "Tall."

"Giving special products from thousands of miles away is light in gift and affectionate. If I were that girl, I would be so moved that my heart beats wildly, but you won't marry me."

As he said that, he glanced at the snakeskin bag and changed his words: "No...the etiquette is more important than the friendship."

Unexpectedly, Chu Ci, who was carrying tens of kilograms of luggage all the way without taking a breath, blushed for the first time.

He said: "I haven't sent it yet... I hope."

·

We chatted all the way, and soon it was time to get in the car.

Qingshan City is a big station, and it coincides with the time to go back to school after the summer vacation, so the platform is crowded with people.

Chuci finally found a seat with his luggage and put his things on the luggage rack.

Jiang Kai was in the same carriage as him, and he exchanged seats with the passenger next to Chu Ci.

"Oh, I'm exhausted."

The train started, and the scenes on both sides of the window gradually faded away.

It was the first time for Jiang Kai to travel alone. He put all the fruits, snacks, and drinks he brought at home on the table. It seemed that he wanted to chat with his new friends for seven hours, from Qingshan City to Chuhua. city.

Seeing this, Chu Ci also took out a pack of spicy jerky from his schoolbag, and handed it to him: "Come on, try it, spicy rabbit meat, this is made by my aunt Hu."

In fact, even the rabbit was caught by Aunt Hu——Hu Daxian, whose surname is Hu Mingxian, turned into a prototype and went to the mountains to catch it himself, he thought.

"Then I won't be polite." Jiang Kai didn't know what strange thoughts were turning in his new friend, he picked up a piece of rabbit meat and threw it into his mouth.

"hiss--"

The tip of the tongue is captured by the oncoming spicy and spicy. After a burst of numbness, it is followed by a fresh and fragrant aftertaste, which is so fresh that people can bite off their tongues.

Jiang Kai didn't seem to be able to eat spicy food, he gasped and praised with tears, "It's delicious... Sigh... What kind of fairy aunt are you, a five-star chef is only at this level, how can I Don't you have such powerful relatives?"

Chu Ci was overjoyed by his praise, and took out spicy rabbit head, spicy chicken wings, spicy duck neck...

"Eat as much as you like!"

"I want the chrysanthemum to be lost..." Jiang Kai lamented and slammed the chili oil on the duck's neck, very wrong.

At this moment, a small hand picked up the newly unpacked chicken wings on the table.

"Eh?" Jiang Kai raised his head.

The one holding the chicken wings was a six or seven-year-old boy with a thick head and a thick head, and his grandmother stood by and watched.

"I'm sorry, the child is still young and not sensible."

"Forget it." Jiang Kai waved his hand.

He was about to continue talking about duck necks, when the grandma who looked to be in her 60s stepped forward to discuss with the two of them: "That's right, young man, my little treasure is motion sick and feels a little uncomfortable, can I change a seat by the window with you?"

"...All right." Jiang Kai didn't think much about it.

He packed his things and wanted to get up.

"hiss--"

At this moment, Chu Ci kicked him from under the table.

"what happened?"

Chu Ci looked at the grandparents and grandchildren——

A grandma has a high head and narrow forehead, bee eyes and sharp cheekbones. This is a vitriolic and narrow-minded face. Coupled with the transverse protrusion of the cheekbones, hooked nose and large cheeks, it adds a bit of selfishness.

Most importantly, when she spoke, her eyes wandered and her eyes flickered, as if she was hiding some other ideas.

"Let us take a look at your ticket first?" Chu Ci said, "Which seat numbers do you have?"

"This..." Grandma dragged her grandson, hesitated for a moment, "It's right in front, let us sit down first and then look slowly."

This time even Jiang Kai saw something was wrong.

Seeing that the old lady hadn't taken out the ticket for a long time, he rolled his eyes, covered his forehead and collapsed on the table.

"Oh, old Chu, why do I suddenly have a headache, it must be because I ate too much chili...I can't do it, I have to lie down for a while."

Chu Ci laughed.

He spread his hands at the grim-faced grandma: "I can't help it, why don't you go find someone else?"

"..."

"Snapped!"

Suddenly, the little boy threw the half-eaten chicken wing and hit Jiang Kai's collar squarely, and the chili oil stained his body and neck.

"Get out of the way! Let me sit!" he said.

"What are you doing?!" Jiang Kai stood up frowning without pretending to be dizzy.

The little boy didn't feel that he had caused much trouble, so he clapped his hands and giggled.

"The child is still young and ignorant. You are such an old man, why are you so different from him?" The child's grandmother was dissatisfied, she pushed Jiang Kai away, and muttered in Mandarin with some local accents.

"You..." Jiang Kai raised his arm and put it down again.He glared at the grandparents and grandchildren: "I don't care about you!"

The child's grandmother muttered something, grabbed her grandson and walked to the other side of the car, as if she wanted to find another passenger to change seats.

"What bad luck." Jiang Kai wiped the oil stains on his body with a paper towel, but still felt uncomfortable, so he said to Chu Ci: "Help me look at the luggage, I'll go to the bathroom to clean it."

After all, he put his backpack on the seat.

Not long after Jiang Kai left, the brat named Xiao Bao rushed over. He saw an empty seat here, and shouted behind him: "Grandma, grandma, there's no one here!"

Before grandma could respond, Xiao Bao deftly pushed Jiang Kai's backpack aside and let it fall to the ground.

He himself climbed up "swish", swinging his legs.

The old lady who came later took a look at Chu Ci, pretended not to know her, and praised her grandson: "Hey, Xiaobao has really sharp eyes."

"Didn't you say you were dizzy before? Just sit here and rest. It's comfortable by the window. Grandma will bring you a water glass."

"..."

The little boy was small and nimble, he went up and down at such a fast speed that Chu Ci didn't have time to stop him.

He immediately said: "Please get out of the way, this is my friend's position."

"Why, what you said is yours? Is your name written on the seat?"

"There is no one here, so let's just sit for a while, what can we do to hinder you?" The little boy's grandmother gave Chu Ci an unreasonable sideways glance, and murmured in dialect: "Respect the old and love the young." I don't even understand the truth... I'm still a college student, so I don't have any education."

Chu Ci: "..."

He brewed for a while and stood up.

"Sit down and let me do it!"

As soon as Jiang Kai came back from the bathroom, he saw the bear kid occupying his seat, and he was so angry that he rolled up his sleeves as he walked.

"Don't be like this, speak up if you have something to say." Chu Ci persuaded.

He has just grown up, and he still has a sense of youth that has not disappeared. He seems to be a thin and talkative student, and even the old lady doesn't take him too seriously.

She glared at Jiang Kai, who was tall and burly, and shouted loudly: "Hey, what are you doing? Beating someone—a college student beating a child—"

Before the last protracted word "la" could be uttered from her throat, the old lady and other passengers in the carriage were stunned, as if seeing the little white rabbit transformed into Godzilla.

I saw Chu Ci bent down, and easily lifted the little boy who weighed over fifty pounds from the seat with one hand, and rested his other hand on his armpit. to the aisle.

His feet had landed on the ground, and his body was still writhing around, so his balance was not maintained well, and he fell and squatted.

After being stunned for a moment, the child burst into tears with a "wow--".

The shrill cries echoed in the carriage, very ear-piercing.

Chu Ci clapped his hands.

He reasoned calmly: "Whether you write your name or not, I paid for the right to use the seat. Taking it without warning is for stealing or robbing. You choose one."

"As for respecting the old and loving the young... first of all, it depends on whether I am willing. For example, now, I am not willing."

After finishing speaking, in order to show that he is a well-educated college student of the new era, Chu Ci added: "Thank you."

"Hahaha..." There was a burst of soft laughter in the carriage, among which You Yijiang laughed the most happily.

He gave Chu Ci a thumbs up and praised him: "Speak up if you have something to say. Brother, you can do it!"

"Award."

Chu Ci calmly sat back in his seat.

——Use force first, then reason, this is their old Chu family's consistent way of doing things.

……

"Drip, severe mood swings are detected, and the system will automatically start."

"1 points of fear emotion have been collected, and the system currently stores 131 points of fear."

"Collection of soul fragments × 0, please continue to work hard on the host."

"Attention, it is detected that the host uses violence, coercion and other means to obtain fear emotions. This method is too inefficient and does not conform to the principle of maximizing benefits. I hope the host will keep in mind the main purpose of the system and improve the method."

"Haunted House System 1.0 at your service."

The author has something to say:

Response: About a reader in the comment area saying that this article plagiarized a haunted house article by Qidian

1. I wrote the copywriting before July 7th last year. On July 8th, I wrote a speech in Chapter 7 of "I'm in Love with the Planet" and asked readers to vote for which of the two copywritings to write. Old readers should still have an impression. If I If I plagiarized the stalk of this year's newcomer's work, then I can only take the time machine to travel back and copy it.Post screenshots with time on Weibo.

2. I remember that the setting of opening a haunted house is not uncommon in supernatural novels. The three points of having a system, opening a haunted house, and hiring ghost employees are a hot combination. If only these three points can be used to judge an author’s plagiarism, The cost of stealing the stem is too low.

3. It happened that my old mobile phone was broken this time, and I left the last modification time when I wrote the summary in the notepad. If the author did not have a screenshot to keep the certificate, would he have to rack his brains to defend something he did not do? , to prove that he did not copy?I’m already tired of writing. Let the kids go. Whoever advocates will provide evidence. If you think I’m plagiarizing, you can show the color palette first, okay?

4. Popularize the concept of memes. The protagonist has a system, which is called setting. Opening a haunted house and hiring ghost employees are events. (The following is from Long Kong →)

Copying stalks is actually difficult to define in itself.A stalk (plot) cannot be said to be used by you, and it is a stalk if it is used again by others.In this case, if you write about eating, you can’t write about eating in other articles?To meet the standard of plagiarism, not only a single plot must be the same, but also the cause and effect must be similar, or the development of the subsequent plots must also be similar.

For things like reporting plagiarism, it is good to have stricter standards, but it is not good to be suspicious.Otherwise, in the future, whoever is not pleasing to the eye can smear the other party with one mouthful (Jinjiang has this trend now). Thinking about it, I feel that the picture is too beautiful to dare to look at it.

(The following is what I said →) I think it’s shameful to respond to this kind of thing. It’s like when you open a store, the customer who comes to buy things insists that you stole the goods from a store ten kilometers away. If you say you didn’t steal, she calls You show evidence, the question is why should I prove it to a customer of yours if I didn't steal it?You show the evidence first, the above.