Chapter 294 I was so scared at the time
Shaoyuan, international student dormitory building of Yenching University.
A desk lamp glowed with yellow light, illuminating the dark night. Yoko Suzuki was lying in front of the table, translating "The Ring" seriously.
Suddenly, the door creaked open, making her tremble suddenly.
Looking back, luckily it was not Sadako, but Yui Hashimoto who came back from the bathroom, wearing a pair of white pajamas.
Hashimoto Yui blinked: "Yoko, what's wrong?"
Suzuki Yoko breathed a sigh of relief inwardly, "You scared me when you opened the door."
"No way. ?”
Hashimoto Yui was puzzled, “Yoko, I remember that you are usually very courageous.”
Suzuki Yoko picked up the manuscript, “Maybe I was inspired by Teacher Fang’s novels. Influence it.”
"Teacher Fang has published a new book!"
Hashimoto Yui was surprised and happy, and read out the title, "Midnight Ring? It sounds a bit scary."
"It's a horror novel." Yoko Suzuki added: "To be precise, it's a science fiction horror novel."
"Eh?"
Hashimoto Yui has read both science fiction novels and horror novels novel, but this is the first time I heard the term "science fiction horror".
"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed there was such a genre."
Suzuki Yoko stroked the rough manuscript paper and said with sincere admiration: "I never thought that horror novels could be written like this, no. , it should be said that it combines science fiction, suspense and horror elements The combination is so clever, so natural, and so profound that I can't help but think of Koizumi Yakumo."
"What? What did you say?"
Hashimoto Yui was shocked, because "Koizumi Yakumo" is the originator of modern Japanese ghost story literature.
The so-called ghost literature covers various types of novels such as fantasy, science fiction, suspense, mystery, and ghost stories.
"Great Japanese writers" such as Osamu Dazai, Natsume Seseki, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, and Yakumo Koizumi have all written ghost literature.
"Maybe I exaggerated a little, but it is true."
Yoko Suzuki was full of praise.
Especially the combination of science fiction, suspense, horror and reasoning in one book is simply beyond imagination.
“Real or fake?”
Hashimoto Yui was so nervous that she couldn't wait to see Teacher Fang's new work.
“Are you sure you want to watch it now?” Yoko Suzuki showed a playful smile, “I don’t recommend you watch this at night.”
“What, is it scary?”
< br>Hashimoto Yui saw her best friend nodding and said disapprovingly: "It's okay, I'm very brave!"
Suzuki Yoko joked: "Really? I don't believe it."
"Yoko!"
Hashimoto Yui glared in embarrassment, "You may not believe it, but I have been scared since I was a child, such as "Haunted House", "Eight Tomb Village", "Haunted House" "Horror", I have read them all, and I am not afraid at all."
"Okay."
Suzuki Yoko handed over the manuscript, then took a change of clothes and other things and walked out of the dormitory. .
Hashimoto Yui flipped through the pages, page after page. The strange video murder incident in the first ten pages made people's throats rise.
"The TV screen suddenly flashed out."
"Blurred, flickering, and suddenly the picture of the well they had just left appeared."
"At this time, the phone The sound of the machine was so harsh that his nerves were almost broken and he fell to the ground."
"A pair of pale and skinny arms stretched out from the well, and a strange figure with hair longer than her waist and a white dress appeared in his sight."
"She walked freely and erratically The loose bones in his body twisted and swayed with his steps, and he stretched his hand towards the TV screen."
"No!"
"He crawled out of the TV bit by bit."
"The pale bones were flashing with green nails, and then he stood up, his body was weak. She kept twisting and swaying, and one eye appeared from under her long disheveled hair..."
Seeing this, Yui Hashimoto felt an inexplicable chill down her spine, and there were gusts of cold wind blowing towards her. Blow on your own neck.
Goosebumps came up all of a sudden.
I slowly looked back and saw that it was the wind blowing from the electric fan, and I immediately let out a breath.
At this moment, a woman with disheveled hair and a long cotton nightgown suddenly appeared, and a ray of light shone on her face.
“Ah!!”
The screams erupted, both sharp and ear-piercing. "It's me, it's me."
Suzuki Yoko was also startled, and quickly raised her hair and turned off the flashlight.
After Yui Hashimoto saw the face of the "female ghost" clearly, she immediately understood that this was a prank played by her best friend. She stood up and said:
"Yoko!"
"Haha, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Suzuki Yoko dodged her swoop and apologized while laughing.
After a while, the lights in the dormitory building were turned off on time, the corridor was dark, and footsteps could be heard faintly.
After watching "The Ring", Yui Hashimoto's mind was filled with "Sadako". She tossed and turned in bed and couldn't fall asleep. She always felt that there were people everywhere and she was suspicious.
The ceiling, bedside, balcony, cabinet, door...
When you open your eyes, there is nothing, but as soon as you close your eyes, the ominous feeling comes back, and you hear it again There were footsteps.
My heart was pounding, and I couldn’t help but regret why I read horror novels so late at night!
So, she said weakly: "Yoko."
However, Suzuki Yoko did not reply to her, and the whole room was filled with dead silence and gloom.
Hashimoto Yui was uneasy and shouted to the lower bunk: "Yoko, are you asleep?"
Suzuki Yoko replied: "Asleep."
"Yoko!"
Hashimoto Yui pursed her lips and looked down at the lower bunk.
The lights were on, Suzuki Yoko was holding a flashlight, shining the light on her face from her chin up, and sticking out her tongue.
"Jie Jie Jie, Yui-chan, can you come down and accompany me?"
"Yoko-chan!"
Hashimoto Yui was so embarrassed that she immediately jumped over He got into the lower bunk and got into Suzuki Yoko's bed.
The two people were laughing and playing together, and the laughter gradually spread to the corridor, but it made the girl passing by alone shudder.
Originally, there have been rumors of supernatural stories infiltrating people at Yenching University, and there is even a saying of "late night restricted area".
Suddenly, rumors spread in Yanyuan that the international student dormitory was haunted. The three of them became a tiger, and the rumors became more and more mysterious.
“Hahaha~”
Bai Ruoxue turned around and told Fang Yan about this. Both of them could not help but raise the corners of their mouths and smile in response.
Fang Yan said with a smile: "Is Yenching University really haunted?"
"There are indeed such rumors, but I don't know if they are true."
Bai Ruoxue talked about the fifth teaching Classroom 609 on the first floor.
"I'm afraid it's the same as what happened in Haidian in 1972. Some people are pretending to be a ghost."
Fang Yan raised his hand and changed the topic to the delegation that returned to Japan for a visit.
There was regret in Bai Ruoxue's eyes, saying that this time she was not on the translation list, but Suzuki Yoko and Hashimoto Yui were both there.
“Don’t feel sorry, there will be many opportunities like this in the future.”
Fang Yan comforted him with a few words.
Bai Ruoxue nodded understandingly, and then asked: "Teacher Fang, when do you plan to publish "Midnight Ring"?"
"This time I plan to publish it in Japan first, and wait. Once you have the results, choose one of the only remaining science fiction magazines in the country.”
Dialect says it bluntly.
Bai Ruoxue suddenly understood, isn't this a curve rescue!
“We cannot confront mental pollution head-on.”
Dialect plans to make “Midnight Ring” famous abroad, and then use its influence to reduce the impact of “spiritual pollution” on domestic science fiction The destruction of literature does not seek to turn the tide, but at least to preserve a spark of revival for domestic science fiction.
“No wonder you asked us to try our best to complete the translation of the first part before the visit.”
Bai Ruoxue suddenly realized.
Fang Yan crossed his hands and smiled but said nothing.
This visit to Japan is mainly to determine the development of exchanges in culture, education, sports and other aspects between the two countries. If nothing goes wrong, it is bound to trigger a lot of "Chinese fever" in Japan.
At that time, whether it is movies such as "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog", "A Bite of China", or novels such as "The Ring", they will be able to ride on this east wind and win more attention.
When I thought of this, I was going to write a letter and ask Yoko Suzuki to send it to her father Shunjiro Suzuki.
While the two were chatting, a familiar music melody came from the TV outside the house.
A Bite of China, which was previewed in newspapers, radio stations, and TV stations a week ago, finally officially launched today.
(End of this chapter)