Chapter 20: Qin Ziyuan’s Speculation

"Be at ease." In the end, Ming Chenyan was the one who had been following Qin Ziyuan around, and was considered the most calm one among the crowd, "You guys, why are you always so calm?" In his tone, it seemed as if they were really quite skillful relatives. What Dong Ning was actually most worried about was actually whether or not there was a possibility that the bloodletter might involve her brother along with her this time. In the past, the apartment had such a record of a blood word, and that blood word was one in which the residents had entered a theater set that was filming a horror movie, and ended up with murderous evil spirits appearing within the set. Eventually the residents realized that there were actually two boogeymen in the original script, but one of them was deleted in a later draft of the script. This deleted evil spirit, however, appeared during filming, killing the cast and crew in the same storyline as that initial version of the script. If Fukami borrowed a certain evil spirit from Mansion 444 and created the character of Black Ghost, could it be that this evil spirit was simply born out of a novel created by his brother? This time, the evil spirit is "upset" that its image has been "plagiarized" and kills Fukami? It sounded inconceivable, but the more Dong Ning thought about it, the more she felt that, given all the strange and bizarre instructions in blood that had been issued by the condominium, who was to say that such a thing was absolutely impossible? This could very well be an extremely crucial clue. "Well," at this time, Ming Chenyan then continued to steer the conversation, "Is the reason why Fukai Da is stuck in the text right now simply because he's agonizing over how to kill the Black Shadow? Actually, I've seen such a claim on the internet about a movie and TV localization of Black Ghost Shadow ……" "Well, that's true, but the specifics are unclear to us as a couple. When the contract was signed with Singularity.com, the film and television adaptation was fully licensed to them. However, Singularity Network did communicate with my husband that the ending Black Shadow must die, and that the ending of good triumphing over evil is what facilitates film and television adaptations." Hearing this, Dong Ning immediately said, "You just said that …… was not initially prepared to kill the black ghostly shadow?" "Well, he said that just like Mansion 444, all the evil spirits in it, are immortal. However, the editor in charge said that for the sake of the movie and television adaptations, it was still necessary to write the death of the black shadow. An ending where the evil is not destroyed would most likely not make it past the censors even if it was reported. Although there is still some time before the official movie and television adaptation, after the casting starts, the movie and television companies will simultaneously publicize the book, saying that they will first consolidate a group of book fans. Nowadays, book fans are usually the main force in chasing dramas, and the greater the difference between the original and the TV series, the greater the opinion of the book fans." It wasn't initially intended to be Black Shadow, but because of the movie and TV adaptation, it was prepared to write Black Shadow to death in the ending? So what Fukai agonized over was "how" to kill Black Shadow, or "whether" to kill Black Shadow? "Actually, it was my idea to have Golden come over." Fukami's wife continued, "He's always talked to Golden the most… Golden, he seems to be preparing for his Master of Arts degree, right?" "Well, that's true." This was something Dong Ning had heard her brother say. "I actually think that his mental state has been poor lately, so perhaps finding a die-hard reader to talk to could produce some good inspiration." The deep sea's mental state, became very poor …… and now, it is simply directly absent. All of this makes the residents, including Dong Ning, realize that this is obviously all clues related to the way of life. "How a …… poor mental state?" Ming Chenyan continued to pursue the question. "Like I said before, he can only even sleep for three hours, doesn't shave, doesn't shower, and doesn't even change his clothes much. He keeps mumbling something about how he doesn't know how to arrange for Dark Shadow to die. Maybe he was really out there with Golden? And then they worked out this ending together, right? Maybe my husband will be back tomorrow. I'm quite worried about him these days." No shave, no shower, not even a change of clothes? This wasn't even a single male, or in the case of living with such a flowery wife? By this time, Dong Ning had already developed a horrifying speculation. The root of this abnormality of Deepsea was not because of any kavin, but rather an intense fear! Most likely, he realized that the dark shadow had turned from a horrifying image he had fictionalized into a real-life evil spirit! "Speaking of ……" at this time, Gao Yi Yu was the one who suddenly asked a question, "You've all made so much money, why are you still living in such a remote place like Blue Moon Village? It's perfectly fine to move, right?" Gao Yiye's words caused everyone else to freeze, and immediately they were all very dissatisfied with her question. It was a taboo to make shallow conversation, and this kind of questioning, wasn't it also too direct? Everyone asked as many questions as they could about things related to the novel through the "Kiba Golden Glitter" point of contact. Fortunately, the deep sea wife did not take offense, replied: "I also asked him this question, his answer is …… think that the Blue Moon Village this place, more horror atmosphere, can bring him inspiration." Mentioning this, Dong Ning immediately asked a question that all the residents were very concerned about, "The Yan Shen Village inside Black Ghosts, was it created with Blue Moon Village as the blueprint?" Deep Sea Wife immediately nodded. "That's right! Almost all of the villagers in Yama God Village have Blue Moon Village villagers as their prototypes. Including the Yuan family's murderous mansion inside the story, which is this house of ours. Including the protagonist is also modeled after himself, Yuan Ming is his real name." Depicting the house he lives in as a murder house, this is also really …… big hearted! In other words, is Black Ghost Shadow completely modeled after the author's own living environment? "Then, how many components within the novel are real?" This question that Dong Ning asked next was also of great concern to everyone. After all, the parts that were taken from reality were likely the key reason why Black Shadow appeared in the real world! "Well …… didn't you guys originally come here to look for gold color? One and all are so interested in The Black Ghost, huh?" It was clear that too many questions were pointing directly at The Black Ghost Shadow, and it looked like Fukami's wife was becoming skeptical as well. Akatsuhiko immediately rounded off the conversation, "Well, because 'Black Ghost Shadow' was all amenable to Golden in the first place. So ……" After pondering for a while, Fukai's wife said, "Well, all the settings involving the spiritual aspects are naturally fictionalized. The relationships between the characters in the village are basically real, and this house ……" "Yuan Ming, isn't it the deep sea modeled after itself?" Gao Yi Yu eagerly inquired, "It was after awakening in this mansion and losing his memory of his experience, is it possible that Fukumi is the same?" …… At this moment, inside the apartment. Qin Ziyuan was still sitting in the room where Fang Han used to be, listening to CDs. Many of these CDs were left behind by Fang Han back then. Fang Han used to be very enamored with music during his student days, but studying music was really easy to be seen as not doing his job, so this dream was eventually given up. However, he still had a love for classical music. Qin Ziyuan took another sip of red wine. All along, Fang Han and Mo Yuan had a much better relationship, and they had much more in common. To say the reason, it should be because Fang Han and Mo Yuan's three views were a bit closer. What Qin Ziyuan was puzzled by was that the person Fang Han contacted was himself. He carefully inquired about Dong Xie's experience of going to Hawaii, and he even asked the same question two to three times to make sure that there was no place for him to lie. After synthesizing all that he had said, Qin Ziyuan thought about it over and over again for some time, and he became more and more skeptical about one thing. Was Fang Han really dead? Or was the person that Dong Xie had seen really Fang Han? Qin Ziyuan had sent Dong Xie forward, so would Fang Han also send a double forward to meet Dong Xie, who didn't even know what he looked like? Would Fang Han, who had been acting so neurotic, repeatedly changing time and place, and being so vigilant, really go to the meeting alone? It's just a matter of passing on a few words, there's no need to go out in person at all. The more Qin Ziyuan thought about it, the more he felt that the person Dong Xie saw that day was not Fang Han at all! And Fang Han, most likely, was still alive! As he picked up his wine glass and re-poured himself a drink, his sight was cast towards the corner of the room, where stood something covered by a red cloth, unfolding into the silhouette of a humanoid. Qin Ziyuan lifted his wine glass and looked at that humanoid silhouette thing, and then continued to slowly savor the red wine ……