[The Phantom of the Opera] The Beast and the Canary

He completely ignored my stupefied expression, leaned down, and patted my face like teaching a child: "Remember." Then, he said "Good night" stiffly, turned and disappeared at the corner of the corridor.

Generally speaking, to describe a person in a daze is "can't figure it out", but at this moment, I obviously can't figure it out.Staring at his back in a daze for a while, I kicked the corner of the wall in confusion, and decided to go to bed first and talk about it tomorrow morning.

The next morning, I just opened my eyes, and before I could struggle out of the hazy drowsiness, there was a high-pitched noise outside the door.

After fastening the cloak and opening the door, I saw two choir girls standing at the end of the corridor, arguing fiercely.One of them was wearing bright red lipstick and a waist-tight dress. Compared with the other girl who looked very angry, she looked very silent.

"I didn't expect you to be this kind of woman! Didn't you say yesterday that 'the public casting sounds like a gimmick, and the heroine of "Shepherdess" must have been decided by default"? Why did I see you from Hearst's room early this morning? Come out? Why don’t you speak? Do you dare to do it or admit it?”

The amount of information in this passage is too much, not only me, but everyone around me can't understand it.

The red-lipped girl didn't say a word, she lowered her head and pulled her hair and wanted to leave, but was pushed heavily against the wall by another girl: "I remember you said at the time that a girl like Christine who seduces the Viscount for the sake of being a superior It's disgusting, I see you and her are the same!"

As soon as these words came out, there were boos all around.Someone watched the excitement and asked me whistling, "Miss Geary, you are Christine's good friend, did she really go to seduce Mr. Viscount?"

"Miss Geary, didn't Christine go back to her room yesterday?"

"Miss Geary..."

Amid the chaotic booing, an unknown person said, "Couldn't the heroine of "Shepherdess" be Christine?"

The public casting of "Shepherdess" is one of the hottest topics in the theater these two days.At the celebration banquet last night, more than half of the people were discussing this.This remark undoubtedly attracted more and longer boos. Some people clapped their hands and laughed, while others snorted with anticipation.

I blinked dully.In fact, except for the first paragraph, I didn't listen to the last word.

I was still replaying the dream from last night in my mind.I even dreamed that I cried and said to Phantom, "Don't leave me", "I really miss you".This is not the most shameful thing. The most shameful thing is that Hester, who suddenly appeared, pulled him behind him before he finished speaking.He clasped my wrist condescendingly, with gloomy eyes: "I said, don't let me find out that you look at other men with this look."

... Seeing those words he said before going to bed, I was really shocked.

He shook his head vigorously, trying to shake the two of them out, but the feeling in the dream became inexplicably more vivid.My scalp felt tight, like Hearst's fingers ran through my long hair last night.By the way, the hair that was cut last night seemed to be put in his trouser pocket casually.Why didn't he just throw it away?

No, maybe he threw it away.But just thinking that he might leave that lock of hair like the song "Angel of Spring" written by Phantom, his brain was in a mess again.

Generally, after the performance, the actors will have one to two days of rest, so there is no rehearsal or class this morning, and the casting of "Shepherdess" will not be until the evening.Thinking of "The Shepherdess", it seems like two girls just got into an argument over this?

When I came back to my senses, I found that the atmosphere was unusually dead silent. Everyone's eyes were on me and the girl with red lips, whispering and discussing.I was so lost and had no idea what was going on.

But soon, I found the answer - she turned the finger on me.

"I know that many of you can't understand me. I'm not the only one who does this kind of thing, but I'm the only one who has been scolded so badly." Her sky blue eyes were filled with tears, and the hand holding the corner of her skirt was shaking all the time , "In the past, I would bear it. After all, you have to pay the price for doing something wrong, but today I really can't bear it... There is a girl in the crowd, who is obviously the same person as me, but she scolds me with everyone, I really can't bear it..."

Someone sneered, thinking she was changing the subject.Some people believed it: "Speak out, as long as what you say is true, we will scold you for you."

She covered her mouth, shook her head, big tears soaked her front: "I dare not... I'm afraid her lover will retaliate against me..."

"Whose lover is so capable?"

"You're not talking about Kristen Daye?"

"No, not Christine. Since everyone wants to know, I will tell who this person is even at the risk of being fired from the theater."

Speaking of this, she suddenly raised her head and looked straight at me: "Aren't you discussing who the default heroine of "Shepherdess" is? Let me tell you, it's not Christine at all, but her hypocritical Good friend, Meg Geary!"

Hearing this sentence, I suddenly became sober. I frowned slightly and said, "What nonsense. Is it interesting to slander others like this?"

"I knew you wouldn't admit it. But why don't you think about it, there are so many people present, why don't I slander other people, but why do I slander you? What's the benefit of slandering you?"

This is really a gangster logic.I thought about it, closed the door, walked in front of her, put one hand on the wall behind her, and stared at her with a sense of oppression: "Okay, then do you have any evidence?"

This trick is still learned from Hurst.The moment she met my eyes, she flinched: "I have the evidence, I'm afraid you won't admit it."

"tell me the story."

She bit her lips, looking desperate: "Last night at the celebration banquet, next to the laundry room on the second floor of the backstage, you and Hester stood together and talked for at least half an hour. In the end, he put his arms around you, I put my own clothes on you, sent you back to the room, and didn’t come out until this morning, how about it? Do you dare to admit it?”

Before I answered, someone raised a question: "Aren't you the one who just walked out of Hearst's room this morning? Why did Hearst come out of Miss Geary's room?"

"Yeah, why do you think this is your sophistry to clear yourself up?"

Her complexion was so pale that it was almost transparent, and her body was on the verge of falling, as if she had been greatly insulted: "Why are you all turning to her? What did I clean up? I didn't deny what I did, but just stated the facts. This morning It’s true that I came out of Hearst’s room, but that’s because I want to ask him if the heroine of “The Shepherdess” has already been decided to be Meg by default. If so, I won’t participate in the casting .He pushed me out the door without even looking at me and said, 'yes' lightly."

This sounds like Hearst's character, but what is his reason for doing so?

If I had enough time, I might have organized my thoughts, but under the tense atmosphere of tit-for-tat, my mind was really messed up, and it took me a long time to answer her: "Last night, Hester sent me back home. The room, but he just stopped at the door for a moment. Me and him are not even friends. Do you really know what you are talking about?"

"Meg Gilly, I've already said this, why are you still playing stupid? Who are you showing this hypocritical look to? If you can't even count as a friend, why does he choose the heroine?" Is it you? Do you really think that everyone speaks for you because they like you? It's not because of Mrs. Geary's face. "

She was aggressive, and the more she spoke, the more excited she became, and the more she spoke, the more outrageous she became. Looking at her expression, she seemed to have taken what she said was true.I'm a little speechless, but at this time speechless is obviously tantamount to acquiescence.

For a moment, countless people cast doubtful eyes on me: "Miss Ji Li, what she said is not true, is it?"

"I think it's true... Many people saw Christine having dinner with Viscount Shani last night. I heard that what kind of person will have what kind of friends, and what kind of friends Christine's friends will do. I’m really not surprised that this happened.”

"I'm so pissed off! I've been looking forward to tonight's public casting, but I didn't expect that the heroine has already been decided by default. If this is the case, what's the 'public casting'? Isn't it a joke?"

"There are too many of these things in the theater, and you won't be angry when you see too many."

While talking, the people looked at me delicately.Probably due to the existence of Mrs. Geary and the existence of the fake lover Hester, their dissatisfaction was not obvious.Even so, a lot of people glared at me.

After the girl with red lips told the "truth", she immediately got forgiveness from her good friends.The two girls embraced each other, and the other girl stroked her long hair and said guiltily: "I'm so sorry, I blamed you wrongly."

With tears in her eyes, the red-lipped girl kept shaking her head: "No, you didn't blame me... Before I entered his room, I did plan to take a shortcut... My mother taught me to be brave, not like someone else, Obviously already got the heroine by some means, but still pretending to be innocent to deceive everyone... I just don't want to see everyone being deceived..."

After the voice fell, many people gave her a thumbs up for her magnanimity.

At this point, the contradiction is no longer who the default heroine is, but whether I am hypocritical.

In fact, I am not surprised that this happened. After all, the theater is too big and there are a lot of fish and dragons. Anyone can have it. It is actually very common to be blamed suddenly.It's just that once the rumor spreads, it is very difficult to clarify it thoroughly.Thinking of this, I can't help but feel a little headache.