Early morning, December 24, 2010
Zhan Zhao woke up to a creaking noise and opened his eyes in a daze. If he remembered correctly, today is a day off.
The hard work of SCI finally ushered in Bao Zheng's great compassion and collectively took the Christmas holiday. It is said that there is also a red envelope... It seems that it was sponsored by the eldest brother.
"Meow~meow~"
As soon as Zhan Zhao wanted to get up, he heard a tender and muffled kitten cry.
Following the voice and lowering his head, he saw Luban and Li Lia lying lazily on the pillows next to him.
Zhan Zhao wondered, it was Bai Yutang who was lying there, and he stretched out his hand to catch the two cats.，
"Go down quickly and let Xiao Bai see that he should wash all the sheets and duvets again."
Li Lia and Lu Ban naturally didn't understand. When they saw Zhan Zhao awake, they immediately leaned over and rubbed around to hug.
At the same time, there was another meow sound from the quilt.
Zhan Zhao opened the quilt suspiciously and took a look——Well, the litter of kittens and cubs are all in his quilt, one by one chubby and round, not long after they were born, they haven't been completely weaned yet, and they are all very cute.
Zhan Zhao was in a great mood early in the morning. He took out the kitten door and touched it all over, and then heard the sound of 'Creaking' coming from the yard again.
Get up, lie down on the window sill and take a look... There was a heavy snowfall last night. The yard was already wrapped in silver. Two big ladders were sandwiched by a cedar tree. Big Ding and Xiao Ding were lying on it, holding a saw in their hands. Sawing a section of the top of the cedar, and it seems that they are going to get it home to make a Christmas tree.
Lisbon and the little lion were running around in the snow. Bai Chi took a big washbasin with fresh beef in it and was feeding the lion.
Zhan Zhao yawned and stretched out, already feeling a strong Christmas atmosphere.
Look at the alarm clock at the head of the bed-it's not eight o'clock, Bai Yutang must have gotten up to prepare for Christmas dinner.
They haven't been shopping on the street for a long time. Zhan Zhao is going to the supermarket together for a while to prepare food for the holiday... Of course, there are gifts to be exchanged for Christmas tomorrow.
Lis Bon and the little lion were running around in the snow. Bai Chi took a big washbasin with fresh beef in it and was feeding the lion.
Zhan Zhao yawned and stretched out, already feeling a strong Christmas atmosphere.
Look at the alarm clock at the head of the bed——It's not eight o'clock, Bai Yutang must have gotten up to prepare for Christmas dinner.
They haven't been shopping on the street for a long time. Zhan Zhao is going to the supermarket together with his boyfriend for a while to prepare food for the holiday... Of course, there are gifts to be exchanged for Christmas tomorrow.
Quietly took out an invoice from the bedside table... This is what Zhan Zhao is going to pick up today.
A few days ago, he ordered a very special gift for Bai Yutang. The Rat will definitely like it. Of course, keep it secret! Carefully hid the invoice in the wallet and put it on the head of the bed.
After thinking about it for a while and feeling that it was not very safe, Zhan Zhao stuffed the wallet into his pocket again... For the first time in his life, he walked around with the wallet, but think about it to Bai Yutang's surprise; let's put up with it.
However, after washing, Zhan Zhao refreshed and took a group of big cats and kittens out of the bedroom and went downstairs .On the sofa, Bai Jin Tang was drinking coffee and Gong Sun was drinking black tea. The uncle style of the two of them, one reads boring financial magazines and the other reads more boring newspapers.
"Brother, Gong Sun."
Zhan Zhao went downstairs and caught the little lion who rushed to make out with him.
"Early."
Gong Sun greeted him.
Zhan Zhao saw a marinated salmon sandwich he liked on the table and a glass of warm fresh milk, and then looked into the kitchen，
"Where's Yu Tang?"
"He went shopping."
Bai Jin Tang said，
"There is a Christmas dinner tonight, and it is estimated that there are a lot of things to buy. He and Zhao Zhen went out early in the morning."
"What?"
Zhan Zhao was a little upset, so he left him and went.
Gong Sun smiled，
"He probably has something to buy, can't you see it?"
When Zhan Zhao heard it, he understood. Bai Yutang prepared a gift for himself... Just in time, he went to get things for himself in a while.
"Speaking of......"
Gong Sun suddenly asked Bai Jin Tang，
"What have you prepared this year?"
Bai Jin Tang smiled slightly and said with a slight expression of intent，
"Secret... Anyway, you must like it."
The corners of Zhan Zhao's mouth twitched, somewhere between Gong Sun's inhumane taste and Bai Jin Tang's more inhumane and unprincipled indulgence, it is very likely that he will buy something shocking to the world!
After a hurried breakfast, Zhan Zhan and Bai Chi's partner drove out to buy things. They brought the gifts back contentedly and went back separately to find a place to hide them.
It was not until the afternoon that Bai Yutang and Zhao Zhen came back with large bags of things, and Luo Tian, who was pulled into a strong man, was holding something as tall as one person.
Zhan Zhao was curious and wanted to take a peek at what Bai Yutang bought for himself, but Bai Yutang didn't hide anything... Is this person doing a good job of confidentiality?
Zhao Zhen was even more worried. What he wanted to keep from being seen was naturally invisible to others, so Xiao Bai Chi was also very anxious.
The Christmas Eve dinner in the evening was set to start at eight o'clock, and everyone had a clear division of labor and was busy preparing.
Bai Yutang and Bai Chi went to the kitchen to cook dinner together. Zhao Zhen, Zhan Zhao, and Gong Sun arranged the Christmas tree and room outside, and their respective gifts were also taken out, packed, and piled under the tree.
At nightfall, Bai Jin Tang received a call，
"Well, okay, you can land."
Zhan Zhao and the others all listened with their ears pricked up. As soon as they heard the word 'Landing', they immediately understood...Gong Sun's gift came by air.
Sure enough, the sound of a helicopter soon sounded.
Soon, Da Ding and Xiao Ding pushed a square box, which was about one and a half meters long and about half a meter wide.
Bai Yutang and Bai Chi came out with a roast turkey bigger than an ostrich, and they were both curious when they saw the box.
"So big?"
Zhan Zhao asked Zhao Zhen beside him，
"Guess what?"
Zhao Zhen looked at Gong Sun who squinted his eyes and looked at the box, and then said for a long time，
"It's just right to put a corpse in."
'Ding Dong......'
At this moment, the doorbell rang, and it appeared from the electronic screen that it was Bao Zheng, and Zhan Zhao pressed the door button.
The group of people in SCI are either master of the famous grass or masters of the famous grass. They all have their own programs, so only the lonely people are here tonight.
Bao Zheng was one, and Zhan Zhao also sent a text message to Zhao Jue, asking him to bring the mysterious Anada if he was interested, but he had to bring a double gift!
Zhao Jue didn't return, and of course, Zhan Zhao didn't care much.
However, Bao Zheng entered the room, and it started to snow heavily outside. He patted the snow on his body on the porch, and when he entered the room, he asked Bai Chi, who was serving hot tea,
"Whose family is that kid outside? It's snowing so heavily, yet he's still playing, and let him come in!"
Zhan Zhao and the others were taken aback, and Bai Chi looked out the window，
"Where are the children? Are you dazzled, Bao Bureau?"
"No, he's building a snowman in your yard."
As Bao Zheng said, he stood up and pointed out the window... It was just that the snow outside the window was very flat, and there was nothing but a string of footprints left when he just walked in.
"Huh?"
Bao Zheng touched his head, puzzled.
At this time, the doorbell rang again. Zhan Zhao leaned over to the electronic doorbell monitor and looked out. He originally thought it was Zhao Jue... But there was no one outside the door.
"The doorbell is broken?"
Zhan Zhao asked Da Ding.
"No way? It might be a prank by a nearby child."
The twins, who were carefully hanging the stars on the top of the Christmas tree, said in unison,
"The furniture and equipment were just checked two days ago."
Everyone didn't care too much and continued to arrange the arrangement. The dishes prepared by Bai Yutang tonight were very rich, and the whole room was full of aroma, and everyone was too hungry to bear.
At this time, the doorbell rang again, Zhan Zhao flashed over to look, and saw that someone was here to deliver takeout.
Bai Jin Tang ordered some seafood in the restaurant that couldn't be eaten on weekdays.
Since everyone was busy, he went to the door with an umbrella to sign.
The delivery man was very polite,
"Hello, Merry Christmas."
Bai Jin Tang smiled and nodded,
"Merry Christmas."
"It's so lively in your house."
When Bai Jin Tang signed the signature, he heard the delivery man suddenly say,
"That child is from your home? Why are you building a snowman outside wearing short sleeves on a cold day? Let him go in."
Bai Jin Tang wrote his name as Bai Jin Tang in a daze. He looked up at the food delivery man.
The delivery person didn't care so much. He took the ticket and handed it to Bai Jin Tang.
"The king crab is fresh, and there is a box of crab powder that is not cooked as required. It needs to be cooked within an hour. Otherwise, it needs to be refrigerated."
Then he turned away.
Bai Jin Tang closed the door and looked back.
The yard was completely white, where are there any children?
He touched his chin and said in his heart——It's not that evil, is it?
Walking back to the room, everyone was still busy, Bai Jin Tang handed things over to Bai Chi and sat down on the sofa. At this moment, the doorbell rang again, Zhan Zhao frowned,
"So many people?"
Get in front of the doorbell and take a look，
"Ah!"
Everyone was startled by Zhan Zhao, so they leaned over to look, but there was nothing outside the electronic doorbell display.
"Cat."
Bai Yutang just came out with the dish,
"Why are you so surprised?"
"Uh..."
Zhan Zhao pointed to the electronic display,
"I just saw a man with disheveled hair and white clothes, who looked like a Sadako standing at the door and ringing the doorbell, and now there is no more."
(T/N: Sadako Yamamura, also known as Park Eun-suh and Samara Morgan, is the main antagonist of Koji Suzuki's Ring novel series and the film franchise of the same name. Sadako's fictional history alternates between continuities, but all depict her as the vengeful ghost of a psychic who was murdered and thrown into a well.)
Everyone was silent for a moment, and then they all laughed, laughing at Zhan Zhao's unsavory ghost stories, which were not scary at all.
Zhan Zhao hurriedly argued——Really, it's true!
"It's almost time to eat."
Bai Yutang greeted everyone to sit down, Zhan Zhao took out his phone, wrinkled his nose, and sent a text message—We have eaten it. The food is super good tonight. If you don't come, you will be at your own risk.
As soon as the text message was sent, the phone rang rapidly.
Bai Chi walked over to pick it up,
"Hello, Merry Christmas."
"Heh..."
On the other end of the phone, there was only the sound of hoarse breathing.
"Hello?"
Bai Chi thought it was because the signal was not good, so he turned his ear to listen, but heard someone on the other end of the phone say,
"Give me back the child..."
The voice was low and hoarse,
"Quickly open the door and return the child to me..."
"Waah!"
Bai Chi threw the phone and shrank back, Zhao Zhen was behind him,
"What's wrong, Chi Chi?"
"Ghost!"
Bai Chi pointed at the phone,
"The female ghost is going to kill us"
"Nah..."
Zhao Zhen reached out and picked up the phone to listen, but there was only the sound of dududu on the other end.
"What kind of female ghost?"
Zhan Zhao leaned over and asked,
"What did it say?"
"What did she say was to return the child to her..."
Bai Chi remembered that the phone at home had a recording function, so he turned on the recorder, but the strange thing was that the words just now were not recorded.
"Huh?"
Bai Chi looked up, down, left, and right on the phone,
"No way!"
The twins came over and rode Bai Chi's arm,
"Xiao Chi Chi, are you trying to scare people?"
"I didn't, just really... Ah!"
Bai Chi suddenly shouted.
At the same time, in the room, all the lights went out with a bang.
In the darkness, everyone saw a female ghost in white with disheveled hair lying on the glass door facing the outside, shouting in a sharp voice,
"Child, give me back the child!"
Instantly, the room was in chaos.
"What child?"
Zhan Zhao was also a little startled, but at the same time he felt someone behind him give him a pat on the back, and said negatively,
"Mom... I'm here."
Zhan Zhao glanced out of the corner of his eye, and saw a Qing Yuyu hand on his shoulder.
"What!"
A scream came, and at the same time, the light went on with a 'Pop'.
Seeing Bai Yutang standing next to the electric switch, looking helplessly at the panic-stricken people in the room, he opened the door and pulled in the 'Girl ghost' who was scratching the glass outside.
The female ghost laughed, the laughter was familiar, Zhan Zhao's face turned black immediately. Looking back, he saw Bao Zheng standing behind him, holding a Qing Yuyu prop hand in his hand.
The crowd instantly stiftened.
The 'Female ghost' took off her hood and took off the white cloak she was wearing, revealing her original face. Zhan Zhao's eyelids twitched, it was Zhao Jue's slappy face, and the combination of his signature decree pattern smile, he winked at everyone,
"Merry Christmas!"
It turned out that Bao Zheng didn't come alone just now, but sneaked into the villa with Zhao Jue. Zhao Jue was hiding in the snow in a white cloak, so he couldn't tell the difference.
Bao Zheng was the first to lie to everyone by saying that he saw a child in the snow. The delivery man and the female ghost who just came to ring the doorbell are all arranged by them. The so-called three people become tigers so that everyone has a sense of being haunted.
The extras also helped to make the call, but just now Bao Zheng turned off the recording function while everyone was not paying attention. He also pulled the switch while everyone's attention was on the phone and borrowed Zhao Zhen's magic trick.
Zhan Zhao and Bai Chi were too frightened, and it was rare that Bai Jin Tang also turned pale.
Bai Yutang looked at Bai Jin Tang in disbelief,
"Big Brother... Do you believe in this kind of trick?"
Bai Jin Tang ate the crab meat that was handed over by Gong Sun with a dark face,
"Don't be too wordy."
After dinner, everyone exchanged gifts, and the gift of the sweethearts was naturally made to make each other smile, and each was satisfied.
Zhao Jue and Bao Zheng said that the impromptu performance just now was a gift.
Instead, they took away the gifts that people gave them.
In the end, everyone turned their attention to the big box in Bai Jin Tang.
Gong Sun took a long time to open the box.
Opening the lid, he saw a crystal clear sculpture inside. The form is lifelike, it seems to be a mother and son hugging together.
"Ah!"
Gong Sun suddenly understood,
"This is the world-famous corpse sculpture! It uses a natural corpse as a mold and pours crystal on the outside to solidify the moment of death forever!"
"Well."
Bai Jin Tang lit a cigarette,
"This body is a mother and son who died in a disaster, hugged tightly when they died."
Everyone immediately understood, no wonder Bai Jin Tang turned pale with fright just now, but now that he thinks about it.... Sure enough....
So, after midnight, Bao Zheng and Zhao Jue left, and everyone went back to sleep.
Zhan Zhao got the black ancient sword that Bai Yutang gave him as a gift. It is said that it was a pair with the white ancient sword that Bai Yutang got that day, and it was buried in a grave.
Bai Yutang was a little depressed, Zhan Zhao didn't give him anything tonight, he seemed to have forgotten.
Climbing into the bed in a sullen mood, Bai Yutang suddenly felt a bit of a diaphragm under the pillow, reached out to touch it, and immediately laughed and saw Zhan Zhao squinting and smiling.
When he touched it out, he saw that it was a super joyful glass pendant. On one end of the pendant is a Rat tied with five flowers, and on the other end is a smug Kitten holding the rope.
Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows and patted his chest,
"You design it by yourself!"
Bai Yutang put on the pendant, smiled and leaned over to give him a kiss on his lips. The atmosphere was just right tonight, and there were still three days off. There was no reason to stop the good things that would happen next.
Just as the atmosphere was getting better, Zhan Zhao suddenly heard a burst of laughter coming from outside.
It seemed like the crisp laughter of women and children.
He raised his head and looked out of the window. He was instantly stiff——He saw a snowman built on the snow downstairs, and a mother and son were laughing and having a snowball fight, indescribably happy. The only feature of the two is that their faces are whiter than paper, and Zhan Zhao's mouth twitched, isn't it...
Bai Yutang dragged him back and continued the lingering just now.
"Ahh...."
Zhan Zhao patted Bai Yutang, who was working hard beside his neck,
"Xiao Bai, did you see that one just now?"
Bai Yutang pulled the quilt and wrapped the two of them,
"I didn't see it!"
"You clearly saw it!"
Zhan Zhao argued.
"No!"
Bai Yutang said.
"Really not?"
Zhan Zhao is furious.
"If you see it, you should treat it as if you didn't see it!"
Bai Yutang said calmly.
"..."