The Haunted

After Qi Jin and Jiang Tian entered the door, they could not find Alex and Emily. They couldn't even see any familiar faces. The two had to carry the wine and aimlessly turned around at the venue.

The venue of this reception was bigger than the imagination. In the middle of the entrance is a large banquet hall, and there are four side halls on each side of the main hall.

In the corner of the main hall, there is a band playing soothing music, and on the other side is a dining table. From time to time, the waiter delivers new dishes, fruits, desserts and drinks. The men and women who are well-dressed and neatly walked lazily and casually in the venue—they seemed to know each other well. There are also some young boys and girls who are about the same age, and most of them are standing near the edge and circle with their own contacts.

When they arrived, it was seven o'clock in the evening. Chi Yu and Jiang Tian boring at the venue and boring to more than eight o'clock, and found that only the dining table on the other side, but they are not so embarrassed to go eat something.

Jiang Tian’s empty wine glass was put on the dining table on one side, pointing to the right side of the banquet hall. He said: “The ruler, I went there to look at it, by the way, look for Alex. They don’t know this. When will the reception be held, when will it be possible to get to the point. "It can't be the same every night, just for people to hold the wine and talk to each other?"

"Okay, I am here waiting for you. If there is something, I will contact you by SMS." The eyes of Jiang Tian’s back disappeared, and he took out his mobile phone to play. Anyway, no one would notice him.

But he was wrong. He had just played the game for ten minutes. There was a man who walked over to him and took the initiative to say: "Why is one here? Who brought you?"

The man looks young, but he looks like twenty-seven. I didn't know the identity and intention of the other person. I had to accept the phone politely and smiled and said: "I am a student of AHU. My classmates gave me invitations to bring me."

"This way, it’s still a student... If your classmates don’t play with you, will you be with me tonight?” The man smiled and invited.

Lately, I always felt that the man’s words and the tone of the speech had some weirdness, so I refused to say with a smile: “No, I should not be able to go back very late, my classmates will take us back together.”

He pretended to take out his mobile phone and watched the time. He nodded to the other side and said, "I see the time is almost up, I should go find them."

He said that he took the phone and turned to look for Jiang Tian’s departure. If Jiang Tian came back and couldn't find himself, he would definitely call or send a message, but don't worry about missing it.

The man did not stop him, just smiled at the back of his departure... Go back early? I am afraid this cute child still doesn't know where he is coming from...

After he had just walked in that direction, he was caught in the wrist. Alex took a picture of him, as if he was relieved: "Thank God, I finally found you. Kevin?"

"He went to see you? Didn't you see it?" asked the late.

"This way..." Alex muttered and shook his head. "Those don't care about him first. If you have enough, go find him later." Then he pulled him to one of them. The hall went.

After a long time trying to extract his own hand, he couldn’t see it from the outside. Alex was so strong that his hand was like being welded by a steel clamp, and he could not get out. Fortunately, Alex found his struggle and took the initiative to let him go.

I am late with my left wrist: "Why is it enough to say that I am there? What to do?"

"...playing cards." Alex looked back at him. "Playing cards, will it? If not, we can teach you too."

"Yes, but it won't necessarily be your rule, but you should be able to learn it quickly." Later, Alex followed Alex to the partial hall and sat down on a dark red round sofa in the corner.

In addition to the two of them, there are five people, Simon and Judy are in the ranks, and others are somewhat familiar. They are friends who often play with Alex.

Later, he sent a message to Jiang Tian, ​​and asked him to come to the sofa in the eccentric hall on the left side to look for them. Then he looked up and asked: "What about Emily? Why is she not?"

"Don't worry about her," Alex said casually. "She should have been familiar with this occasion, let her play."

This partial hall is very quiet. After closing the door, it will completely isolate the noisy conversation sounds and footsteps. Only a few young people gathered in front and whispered.

After playing the card, the time passed exceptionally fast. After three cards, I took a look at the mobile phone after a while, and the screen showed that it was 9:58 in the evening.

"It’s been more than an hour, how can Kevin not come, willn’t it be fascinated by any beauty?” He teased in a joke, putting the cards in his hand on the shorts in front of the sofa, “I Go out and look for him."

He said that he stood up and was about to go out. The other six people all stood up at this moment, faintly blocking his way.

"What's wrong? I have to go out and look for Kevin, Simon, can you let me know?" Chi Hao hasn't responded to what is happening now. I don't understand why they stood up with themselves.

Simon didn't move, didn't talk, just stood there watching him. The light in the partial hall is very dark, and his half face is hidden in the shadow, which outlines a strange look like a smile.

It was not right at this time. His eyes swept over in front of him, and more and more confirmed - they deliberately blocked their own way, like a few cats who blocked the nowhere to escape the little mouse.

Looking back at Alex, I moved my throat and made a smile easily: "...is the game playing? Or what kind of prank I don't know?"

Alex looked down at the watch on his left wrist and smiled at him: "Jerry, thanks to your reminder, I realized that time has arrived."

Late and subconsciously, he also glanced at his mobile phone with his movements. It has been three minutes past, and now it is 10:01.

Alex's "Time is up" seems to be the key to unlock the switch. No one has spoken since then, but all six people are waiting closely around him in the middle with an unusually eager eye. The late eyes of the eyes, the two people who couldn’t remember the name, saw a scene of extreme horror - the shadows on their faces all faded and turned into a lifeless blue-white. Even more terrifying is the long two fangs that protrude from the middle of their lips.

That moment was delayed and the heart almost stopped, and quickly turned around. Fortunately, Alex and Simon were still the same, but the skin seemed to be paler than usual - it might be Psychological effects, just like the scene just now may be just the illusion caused by light and shadow effects.

The air around it has become extremely quiet. It seems as if the heartbeat has stopped.

Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, they may be deliberately creating a strange atmosphere to scare you, want to see how you are scared out of the way. After a long time, he was concentrating on himself, suddenly realizing a problem in this quiet and secret atmosphere - he even moved to Alex in the direction of the trace, and he felt it carefully.

Then he couldn't help but swallow it—not an illusion, but from the beginning, the heartbeats of others stopped. At this moment, I can only feel my own heartbeat here.

Seven people present, in addition to themselves, they are really not people.

The late pupil was tightened for a moment.

Simon seemed to enjoy the moment when he finally found the truth when he finally found the truth. He opened his mouth and smiled. He sat on his teeth with satisfaction - long and sharp, flashing cold teeth.

Alex calmed in a tone of relief: "Reassured, Jerry, don't be afraid, not too painful, we won't want your life. Maybe you will fall in love with this feeling, a lot Humans also enjoy the feeling of being sucked up, such as Emily."

The late brain quickly processed the words that were heard, "pain", "human", "vampire"... They are not humans, are they legendary... vampires?

This answer is completely beyond his imagination of the real world, and it is unacceptable for a while.

After a long time, the vampires did not give him a reaction time, led by Alex and approached him a little bit, gradually narrowing the encirclement.

He was standing there, nervous and unable to respond. He couldn’t imagine what he was going to face. The self-help knowledge that he had seen in peacetime could not be used at all.

"Buckle, buckle, buckle -"

Just then, there was a loud knock on the door.

The knocker who did not get a response immediately pushed the door open.

With the slamming of the door, the vampires and the vampires look back at the person who suddenly appeared at a critical time.

It was a middle-aged man with gray hair. He wore a neat three-piece suit, his hair was meticulously combed, and an old-fashioned golden pocket watch hung on his chest. The pocket watch was engraved with thorns and roses.

He looked calmly at the scene in front of him, and said in the same unsatisfactory voice: "Sorry, young gentlemen and ladies. Your Highness ordered me to take the gentleman away."

He used the declarative sentence and did not ask for the opinions of others, as if he had already obtained the supreme will of the world.

The man’s eyes looked late and he did not need to explain that the vampires present knew who he was referring to.

Two vampires looked at Alex and the other looked at Simon and seemed to be waiting for their opinion. What Judy wanted to say, but was held down by Simon.

"Of course," Alex retracted his fangs and smiled at the middle-aged man. "I hope Jerry can satisfy His Royal Highness."

He reached out and pushed out the lateness.

The man nodded and gestured to follow him and leave.