It is true that Jamie has had a bad relationship with his father for a long time, but after many years, when he saw his father whom he had not seen for a long time again, especially when he found that the father turned out to be like this, the blond young man was really stunned.

, his eyes were slightly opened, with a horrified look on his face. It seemed difficult to understand that his father, who used to be healthy in the past, would one day become like this?

When the father and son met, they looked at each other without saying a word. As for Ella, who walked into the room after him, she took the opportunity to hurry up and prepare, walked to the wheelchair and took off the oxygen mask for Jamie's father, and then stood behind the man without moving.

He is ordinary, his demeanor is calm and calm, and his intention is nothing more than to stay aside and take care of the man. However, if you look carefully, you can actually still find a trace of details, a tiny detail that is extremely difficult to attract attention, and that is...

When the woman stood on the side of the wheelchair and behind the man, the woman's left hand was blocked by the man and the wheelchair, and her right hand inadvertently patted the man's shoulder.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Ping, who had already learned everything from the movie, couldn't help but shudder. His face changed slightly and his hair stood on end. He knew the reason why the woman stood behind the man. The reason? The reason was clearly.

Control! Only in this way can she cover up the man's back that has been hollowed out, cover up the wooden rotating shaft used to support the body, and then use that rotating shaft to control and control the corpse puppet in front of her!

That's right, a corpse, a dead person. In other words, what he and Jamie were facing at the moment was just a corpse. The old man had already died, and was already a miserable corpse that had been dead for a long time. But the strange thing was that the man had obviously been dead for a long time.

, the corpse was resurrected by stepmother Ella's ventriloquism and secret control, and became as vivid as a real person, able to speak any voice and make various expressions and even various movements!

As the oxygen mask came away from his mouth, on the opposite side, the man moved and slowly raised his head. Although he could not get up from the wheelchair, his facial expression was completely the same as that of an ordinary person. The man ignored Zhao Ping and just said to Jamie first: "

I didn’t expect my son to come, what a surprise.”

The tone was low and the tone was still the same as eight years ago. At least in Jamie's opinion, it was definitely his father's voice.

Seeing his father's appearance, Jamie asked with confusion: "What's wrong with you? What happened?"

The old man responded with silence. Seeing this, in order to avoid embarrassment, he had no choice but to let the woman behind him answer the young man's question instead of her husband. Ella explained to Jamie opposite with a regretful tone: "Your father had a stroke two months ago."

When he heard that it was a stroke, Jamie's expression condensed slightly and he asked again: "Why didn't anyone tell me?"

After hearing this, the old man shook his head unconsciously, and after a long time he sighed with a bitter expression and replied: "In all these years, you have never called home and you have never returned my calls."

Jamie: "That's because I never knew what to say to you."

Father: "I used to not be the kind of person who got along easily with others, but I have changed."

Jamie: "Really?"

Father: "Yes, a stroke can change people, just like your attitude towards me changed drastically."

Seeing that Jamie was silent and not responding, it was only then that the old man turned his gaze to the side and looked at the strange man who came with his son. He looked at it for a moment and then changed the subject and said: "By the way, Jamie, next to you

Who is this gentle-looking gentleman?"

"He is my friend in the city, Zhao Ping, a professional lawyer who is proficient in law."

………

Jamie casually introduced Zhao Ping to his father, and Zhao Ping suppressed his nervousness and nodded politely. Although he knew that the old man was just a corpse, he also knew that all the words spoken by the man were imitated by women through ventriloquism.

out, but frightened by Ella's presence

How could he dare to show it if he was afraid that the other party would notice it? So he could only act, trying his best to act as an ignorant person like Jamie, pretending not to know the terrible truth, and thus treating the old man as a living person.

people view.

As for Jamie…

Through the conversation just now, the young man felt the sense of complaint from his father's expression and words. Unfortunately, he didn't care. He didn't care about the old man. His father's stroke was still not forgiven by Jamie. Xu Shi no longer planned to deal with unrelated matters such as his father's stroke and introducing friends.

on waste

Time, as soon as Zhao Ping was introduced, Jamie planned to return to the topic. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but was a little surprised. Before he could speak, his father got to the point before him: "Listen to me, to you.

I'm very sad about my wife. I heard you brought her back?"

"Yes."

"Don't worry, I'll call Henry Walker of the town funeral home to arrange this."

"No need, I can handle it myself."

Seeing that his son rejected his kindness, the old man couldn't help but show a complicated expression, sighed and continued: "Jamie, please, I am your father after all, I can at least do something for you."

Who would have thought that it would be okay for a man not to mention his father's identity? When he mentioned this, Jamie immediately became angry, and the long-suppressed dissatisfaction in his heart was fully released. Although he did not show his dissatisfaction on his face, he expressed it with a cold and full expression.

He replied in a mocking tone: "You have done the least possible in my life, and now you are showing mercy? It's too late."

"Jamie, you..."

The subsequent conversations between the two parties were almost the same as the original plot. The process was full of ups and downs of emotions, vividly showing the years of conflict between father and son. When it came to other people's housework, Zhao Ping did not interrupt or interfere. He just played the role of a bystander honestly.

, of course, although I was just watching, but as time passed, the conversation quickly reached a key point in the plot...

After talking for a long time, his persuasion was fruitless. Seeing that his son still hated him, the old man was forced to give up. Then he had no choice but to change the subject and asked again: "So, do you have nothing else to do here besides being busy with your wife's funeral?"

?”

As expected, Jamie's expression changed when he heard his father talk about the main point. The main purpose of returning to his hometown was to find out the truth about his wife's death. The other party's words trailed off. The young man immediately shook his head to deny it, and then opened his mouth to reply in a solemn tone: "

Not only that, there is another thing that is very important to me."

Looking at his father's blank face, he calmed down and recounted the past directly: "Do you still remember the poem that my mother read to me when I was a child? The content should be like this..."

"Mary Xiao stares at people with both eyes, and the puppet is always in the arms of the child. You, the younger generation, need to remember, don't scream when you see her in your dreams."

After reciting the poem, Jamie remained silent. After that, he stood still and stared ahead, staring at his father with doubtful eyes for a long time. He used his wife's bizarre and tragic death and his own sorrow to force the old man, trying to

Get the truth from the other person’s mouth and get the answers you want.

Unexpectedly, when Jamie tried to test and even force his father with silence, his stepmother Ella, who had been standing behind the man, chose to break the deadlock, shaking her head and interjecting: "Jamie, that poem is meaningless.

, that’s just a legend, just used by the adults in the town to scare children into obedience.”

Seeing that his stepmother didn't care about the nursery rhymes, Jamie, who had always suspected that his wife's tragic death was related to the town legend, immediately retorted emotionally: "No, that is not a legend, and it is definitely not just a simple story. After all, I am in Ravenna

Growing up in El, I knew full well that even many adults in the town believed that this had really happened!"

Yes, as described above, Jamie is desperately denying, desperately confirming, and trying his best to prove the authenticity of the incident to his father and stepmother. The purpose is nothing more than to learn the entire process of the weird legend from his father's mouth.

He was unwilling to accept all the details, and he was unwilling to accept that Lisa was like this.

He died tragically, and he is still haunted by his wife's death. Although the body has been transported to the small town funeral parlor and will be buried in the town cemetery soon, Jamie still does not want his wife's death to be unknown. He plans to find out the truth.

, and this truth is undoubtedly related to the legendary Mary Xiao, but, unfortunately...

In the following time, no matter how he argued or explained, his father and stepmother always shook their heads and denied the authenticity of the legend.

"Why? Why don't you believe me? Mary Shaw is real, and that legend is also real!"

Shaking his head in the face of his father and stepmother's denial, the blond young man was unwilling and helpless. He didn't understand. He didn't understand why this couple would tell lies. As the saying goes, there is no smoke without fire. That story has been circulating in the town for so many years. If it is false

, then how can it continue to this day?

The reason is sufficient and logical, but unfortunately no one has confirmed it, at least my father and stepmother are unwilling to confirm it.

Of course, the above is only in Jamie's personal eyes. For Zhao Ping, who has been silent for a long time, it seems that the truth is nothing more than deliberate concealment. In order to let the young man step into the trap step by step, Ella, who controls the corpse, can tell him the truth.

Strange, even so, the endless questioning and rebuttal was still a kind of cruel torture for Zhao Ping. In other words, every minute he stayed in the manor, his uneasiness continued to increase.

It doubled in succession. Maybe it was because he had been in a tense and depressive atmosphere for a long time, or maybe it was because he had been in the manor all the time, which made him more frustrated. He looked calm on the surface, and glanced furtively at the opposite side. When he discovered that his stepmother was constantly entangled with Jamie without any notice,

After showing a slightly evil look, his heart skipped a beat. The man with glasses became more and more afraid, lest the young man anger the woman. If the young man was provoked and changed his plan, he would attack her on the spot. Until then...

"Okay Jamie! Stop talking, calm down, calm down first, I have no doubt in your words, but your parents may not have thought of it before denying your point of view. After all, the legend has been maintained for half a century, and the specific details are unknown.

Who can explain it clearly? Let your father think about it carefully and let both parties calm down for a while."

He did it as he thought. Driven by worries in his heart and seeing Jamie getting more and more excited as he spoke, Zhao Ping could no longer bear it and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him. He grabbed the young man's arm and tried to persuade him, using a reasonable excuse to act as the peacemaker for both parties.

On the surface, it looks like dissuasion, but in fact it contains hints. Through the above remarks, the man with glasses hinted a message to Jamie, that is, stop doing it in vain. The other party made it clear that he did not want to answer. Since he did not want to say more, then we will continue to stay here.

What are you doing? Let’s go quickly!

Not to mention, after being stopped like this by Zhao Ping, Jamie calmed down a little. He no longer asked questions or got excited. He then frowned and observed the scene, passing back and forth between his father, stepmother and the man with glasses, until there was someone

I noticed that there was a hint of hint in Zhao Ping's slightly flashing eyes.

Let’s not mention what Jamie noticed in his friend’s eyes. He didn’t agree with what he said. In addition, he realized that it would be difficult to get results if he continued to ask questions in such an atmosphere. After calming down a little, Jamie finally gave up and turned around and left without saying a word.

He glanced at his father and stepmother for the last time with a dissatisfied look, then raised his feet and left with annoyance.

Seeing this, Zhao Ping, who had long wanted to leave as soon as possible, was overjoyed. He immediately nodded politely to the couple opposite and hurriedly followed Jamie to the door, but...

Da da da.

Just as Jamie and Zhao Ping arrived at the door, there was a noise in the corridor and a series of footsteps.

Looking for the sound, I saw someone approaching from the opposite side of the corridor. As the footsteps got closer and closer, the matching figure gradually became clearer. Not long after, a young woman wearing servant clothes arrived at the scene and came to the door with a plate of tea.

I happened to meet Jamie at the door.

"Eh? Are you leaving now? Madam asked me to deliver tea to Master Jamie."

The maid recognized Jamie at the first sight, and timidly explained the purpose of her visit. Yes, her son, whom she had not seen for many years, came home. Even if she was just a stepmother, Ella would still have to care about her and treat her with tea.

, and the woman in front of him was undoubtedly the domestic maid who usually served tea and water. Jamie did not know this person, but subconsciously regarded her as a migrant worker recently recruited by the manor.

Jamie didn't take it seriously, but Zhao Ping, who was following him, had a huge reaction. He was stunned for a moment. When he heard the maid's voice, his pupils suddenly shrank and became dull. He was there without even taking a closer look at the maid's appearance.

While observing, I was stunned by the sudden sound.

There are two reasons for this. First, in my impression, there seems to be no servants in the Orr Manor, and the maid is never seen in the movie from beginning to end. As for the second point, it comes from the fact that the maid's voice is too familiar, so familiar that it leaves an impression, and it is so profound.

Unforgettable.
To be continued...