Chapter 42: Shock in the Studio
Now the whole building was pitch black, and there was no sound. Even if I rushed down the stairs, I might not be able to enter the kitchen door. There were also two little ghosts clinging to me, so I would not have a chance to light the oil lamp. Besides, without Xiaopang, this important helper, it would be difficult to complete the ritual.
After understanding this truth, I decided to try to find a place to hide and wait until dawn to think of a solution. I didn't need the oil lamp and other things at the moment. I dragged Lin Yuxi to the iron fence opposite and pushed it. Surprisingly, the iron gate was not locked. We both ran in immediately. I turned around and closed the iron gate and posted a talisman on the fence to drive away evil spirits.
This is the studio's territory, but the corridor is dark and silent. This strange silence has a feeling of driving people crazy. We didn't care that trespassing was illegal, and ran forward without stopping. Lin Yuxi was familiar with the terrain, pulled me with his backhand, and pushed open the door of the room on the right to go in.
She panted and said that this was the studio, and opposite was the master bedroom, which had the same layout as her room. The owners of the studio were a couple in their thirties, who were not married yet and often went out to eat. It was not too late at this time, so maybe they were not at home. I locked the door and whispered that something was wrong. If they were not at home, why were the iron gate and the studio door open?
Lin Yuxi was stunned, and asked me in return: "Yes, what do you think is going on?"
"I'm asking you?" I was speechless. As I spoke, I took out a few talismans and pasted two on the door. I knew that the talismans would not be able to stop the ferocious and cunning infant spirits, but this also gave me some psychological comfort.
Lin Yuxi leaned back against the door, panting and said, "How would I know? They usually treat their studio as a vault, and they lock the iron door even when they are at home. They rarely allow people in unless they are customers buying paintings."
I felt that the studio was filled with a heavy yin energy, because the temperature had been very low since I entered. You know, it was still autumn, and although the weather was cooler in the morning and evening, it was still quite warm in the room. Just as I was about to take out a yellow talisman and burn it to see what was going on in the room, I heard the window opposite open with a click. My scalp was immediately numb. The little brat was really cunning. It was not easy to get in through the main door, so he went around and came in through the window.
Although they are just babies, they are very cunning, especially after running out of the wooden barrel and coming into contact with the colorful world, they quickly become more cunning. If one comes in through the window, there must be another guarding outside the door. At present, they are blocked at both ends and cannot escape.
I thought to myself that the evil ghost was injured in the afternoon, and even if it killed two people and sucked their blood, its vitality would not recover so quickly. The little ones who just ran out of the wooden barrel should not be so brave because they have just come into contact with the world of the living. Otherwise, we would have no chance to escape from the dead body carrying the sedan chair.
There was only one little ghost in the room at the moment . No matter which one it was, I thought I could still deal with it with the talisman. The talismans I usually drew were the ones used to exorcise evil spirits and suppress ghosts, which were a little weak against them. I remembered that there seemed to be a "black evil talisman" in the stack of talismans I took out from Yu Zhengyao's bag before. It was the most suitable for infant spirits, and it could be said to be a spell to fight violence with violence. It was just dark, and I didn't know which ones they were.
Suddenly, an idea flashed in my mind. Don't we carry mobile phones with us? How could I forget this lighting tool? I took out my knockoff mobile phone. This thing has one advantage: the battery is powerful. My mobile phone is equipped with a flashlight function, and I always use it as a flashlight when I go to the toilet at night.
I took out my phone and used the shortcut key to turn on the flashlight. Suddenly, there was a bright light in front of my eyes, so bright that we couldn't open our eyes. Just as I was about to take out the talisman, I suddenly saw someone in the studio. We were both surprised. Among the canvases set up in the room, there was a man holding a brush and paint and seemed to be painting, while a woman was lying on the ground, bleeding all over. At the same time, I just smelled the smell of blood!
Lin Yuxi said in surprise: "Brother Luo, we didn't mean it..." When she said this, she noticed that the woman might be dead. The man stood there motionless like a statue, with the paintbrush in his hand resting on the canvas, as if everything was frozen.
"He's dead too!" Although I could only see the side of the man's face, one of his eyes was gray and without any light, which meant that he was lifeless. My heart was beating fast as I walked forward. I adjusted the light and looked around and at the roof. It was dark and hazy. The kid must be hiding in the room .
I took out the talisman while walking and picked out the black evil talisman. Then I put the phone in my belt and let the light shine forward. I held the sword in my right hand and the talisman in my left hand. I waited for the little guy to show up and then I would give him a thunderbolt and kill him. The little guy seemed to see that I was not easy to mess with, and there was no dead body carrying a sedan chair here, so he hid in the dark and did not dare to act rashly.
Lin Yuxi was stunned at the door for a moment, and when she saw me walking away, she screamed, took out her cell phone, turned on the flashlight, and hurriedly chased after me. I said, "Can you please stop screaming? It will make people more scared." But the girl grabbed my arm tightly and said, "If you don't scream, do you want me to bark? That's a dog!"
The couple was in the center of the room. Although they were surrounded by easels and canvases, they were arranged in a well-organized manner, forming passages that allowed us to walk to the front without any obstruction. The woman died tragically, her stomach was cut open, and her internal organs were all over the floor, which looked both horrible and disgusting. The man had no scars on his body, and he was still painting before he died. It seemed that he didn't notice the woman's death at all, and all his energy was on this painting.
Lin Yuxi turned her face away and dared not look at the tragic death of the woman on the ground. She said to me: "They are the owners of the studio. The man is called Luo Hao and the woman is called Xin Bing. It's all my fault. I shouldn't have brought the baby spirit into the house and harmed them too." As she said that, she leaned on my shoulder and started crying.
I stared at the man from head to toe, trying to figure out where his fatal wound was, and said to her, "You're too self-righteous and do things without considering the limits. If I hadn't insisted on coming here today, you would have lost your life long ago... Eh!" I didn't find any wounds on the man's body, and when my eyes followed the paintbrush to the canvas, I suddenly realized that the woman in the painting looked very familiar, and looked very much like Xiaojing.
Lin Yuxi heard my surprised cry, raised her tearful eyes and looked at the canvas, and was immediately stunned. I didn't see Xiao Jing much, just a few quick glances, but she recognized her well, and said with a big mouth: "Oh my God, why did Brother Luo paint Xiao Jing, and paint her so scary?"
The man surnamed Luo did draw Xiao Jing in a very hideous way, naked, with dark purple skin, bared teeth and eyes, just like a demon. She was also pregnant, with a bulging belly, and a blood-red belly. I was surprised and wondered if this man knew Xiao Jing. Why did he draw her pregnant?
Just as I was wondering, I suddenly found that Xiaojing's belly moved slightly , and I immediately got goose bumps all over my body. I hurriedly pushed Lin Yuxi aside, and just as I pinched the seal to push the yellow talisman forward, Xiaojing's belly on the canvas burst open with a puff, revealing a baby head as big as a fist!
