Chatty Hollywood

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"So, how do you help Alexis become like a living person?"

After waking up again, while sitting on the ground, eating a simple sandwich that should be regarded as breakfast physiologically, but could only be regarded as afternoon tea in terms of time, Charlize asked Charlotte.

"There's a lot to do here!"

Charlotte is making black tea in the apartment's open kitchen. Although it's just a simple tea bag, compared to spirits like vodka or kvass in the refrigerator, this fragrant drink is obviously more in line with the current atmosphere.

"Returning from the wall-painting world, proving her determination to live is only the first step. Afterwards, a series of things such as the skeleton and the demon tree that communicates life and death need to be assembled before it can be considered complete."

"Ah!? What are these!!?"

Charlize had question marks all over her face.

"There's actually a story in it—"

Charlotte was about to start another spell science of her own, but suddenly noticed that Charlize was rubbing her knees,

"What happened to your knee?"

"Last night, no, it should be said that I knelt on the floor for too long this morning, and there may be some bruises."

"..."

Recalling the scene at that time, Charlotte's heart fluttered, and she wisely did not continue to express opinions on this topic, but continued to tell her own story,

"It was also in ancient China. There was a scholar named Ning Caichen who was boarding in an abandoned temple on his way. At night, a beautiful girl named Xiaoqian suddenly walked into his bedroom and said that the long night was too long. Too bored, want to be with him—”

Speaking of this, Charlotte felt a little embarrassed when thinking of the crisp words in the original "Liao Zhai" "Moon Night Sleepless, May Xiu Yan be well", but Charlize, who was already familiar with him, instantly understood the meaning of it ,

"Are you going to bed?"

"……Yes."

"Charlotte, I suddenly made a discovery."

Charlize interrupted Charlotte's story again,

"Whether it's the story of "Painted Wall" last time or this story, the hero and heroine are about to go to bed very suddenly. You didn't mean to imply something to me, did you?"

The blond girl's expression was half a smile, but there was a hint of coquettishness and satisfaction in her green eyes.

Charlotte swallowed unconsciously.

"No, I didn't mean that."

——If it was before, answering like this means that he has lost another chance. But now, Charlotte felt that it was better to tell the truth.

"But if that's the case, aren't the women in these stories too active? I remember that ancient China has always been known for being conservative."

——How do I know why Pu Songling keeps writing such stories in Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio? And always cut down on watering and get straight to the point? Having said that, the old man's failure in imperial examinations all his life is not because he has spent all his energy on these system essays, right?

Charlotte slandered her senior very unkindly in her heart, but she didn't say anything superfluous.

"That's the story, and there's nothing I can do about it. Are you still listening?"

"Go on."

"...In short, Ning Caichen is not a lustful person. He rejected Xiaoqian's invitation, but Xiaoqian told him that she was actually a ghost under the hands of a tree spirit and monster, and was specially sent to confuse them. People in the temple, so as to absorb their life force. If he is not deluded, there will be ghosts coming to kill him soon!"

"Is it the choice between overdose of sildenafil or being shot to death?"

Charlize summed it up brilliantly.

"...You understood correctly."

Although it doesn't quite fit the story,

However, Charlotte did not intend to explain further, he continued to talk,

"Because she felt that Ning Caichen was a good person, Xiaoqian hoped to help him escape this catastrophe, so she pointed him to seek help from a person named Yan Chixia who also lived in the temple. Yan Chixia is a strange person, not afraid of ghosts With his help, Ning Caichen not only was not killed, but rescued Xiaoqian from the tree spirit's clutches, and buried her remains near his home."

"Wait, remains!?"

"yes!"

Looking at the puzzled Charlize, Charlotte rolled her eyes,

"Have you forgotten? Xiaoqian is a female ghost. After she dies, she will naturally leave her remains."

Seeing the sudden realization on Charlize's face, Charlotte continued:

"Later, Xiaoqian became Ning Caichen's wife and lived with him. Ning Caichen's friends never found out that she was a female ghost."

"Is this the end?"

"yes!"

"According to what you said before, there are always some real spells hidden behind the legends."

Seeing that Charlotte didn't speak, Charlize simply guessed by herself,

"Does this mean that after this spell is completed, Alexis can live like a real person like Xiaoqian in this story?"

"That's right."

Charlotte nodded,

"And to achieve this effect, three things are needed."

"what?"

"The bone of the father, the flesh of the servant, the blood of the enemy."

"What!?"

"...Sorry, I mispronounced the lines!"

Charlotte rubbed her nose, but she was despising herself in her heart, and accidentally said the resurrection method of Lord Voldemort in "Harry Potter"-although it is also a resurrection, but such a resurrection has no nose! Leaving aside whether it is useful or not, I guess Alexis would not accept this alone!

"Actually, to achieve the effect in this story, three things are really needed."

Charlotte held up her left index finger,

"First of all, it's my own remains, which should be clearly stated in the story."

Charlize nodded.

"The second is the demon tree that communicates life and death. Just like in the story, although the tree spirit controlled Xiaoqian, it did inadvertently give Xiaoqian part of the power of a living person; and the last is a large amount of vitality, which It is the basis for casting this strange spell."

"These three points don't seem to be easy to achieve, do they?"

Charlize looked at Charlotte worriedly.

"You can't say that, at least the remains of Alexis, as long as we investigate, we can still find them."

Charlotte wasn't too worried.

"As for the demon tree that communicates life and death, I have a vague idea, and I need to study it carefully. It's the large amount of vitality... It's indeed a bit—"

"If it doesn't work, forget it!"

"ah!?"

"This is what Alexis asked me to tell you."

Charlize stuck out her tongue,

"She knows that a lot of vitality can only be taken from living people. Although she wants to experience the taste of being alive again, she doesn't want to hurt other people because of it, so..."

"I see!"

Charlotte nodded, her face calmed down, but her eyes were full of relief,

"I will think of a way again, but it's not that there are other alternatives. In short, let her wait for my news!"

"OK."

Charlize smiled slightly,

"By the way, she also asked me to tell you—thank you!"