[Phantom of the Opera] Devil's Beauty

Ten days passed, Bai Lanzhi only had one thought: to play big.

During these ten days, Eric really took care of her as a wife with amnesia.When she woke up that night, she had a high fever again.He never left her bed for almost a day and a night, fetching water, twisting a towel, helping her wipe her hot forehead, and trying her body temperature over and over again with the back of his hand.

Maybe it's because she lost her memory, and everything in the past is no longer counted. The eyes he looked at her peeled off the indifferent shell, revealing a shocking desire to occupy, as if she was a precious and fragile woman. She is not allowed to do anything by herself, even the basic things like dressing and shoes have to be done for her.

One afternoon, he pushed in a silver dining car and scooped a bowl of thick and sweet creamy mushroom soup with a silver spoon.Bai Lanzhi sat on the bed, watching his movements with slightly warm cheeks.In the past two days, she has recovered, but he still doesn't allow her to get out of bed, and only allows her to eat in bed.

A spoonful of creamy and sweet soup was fed to her mouth.He lowered his head and looked at her with cold but tender eyes.

She was extremely embarrassed: "I'll drink it myself, I've been lying down all this time, I'm about to get lice!"

"I'll help you wipe your body tonight." He replied naturally, as if saying that today's dessert is cheesecake.

Bai Lanzhi's cheeks were already blushing: "..." You big bastard!

She quickly changed the subject: "Shouldn't the wife feed the husband?"

"Why do you say that."

"It's in the book." Probably because he was afraid that she would be bored, he bought her a lot of idle books, including "How to Be a Good Wife".At first she thought he had bought this book on purpose, but after she discovered "How to Cross Africa Safely" and "How to Skin a Lion", she realized that he must have bought all the miscellaneous books in the bookstore.

Eric said calmly: "Our situation is different from the book."

"What's the difference?"

He fed her another spoonful of mushroom soup: "I'm after you, so between us the husband serves the wife, not the wife serves the husband."

"..." What he said was so true that she almost believed it.

It was quite cold underground, and even though she was covered with a goose down quilt, she still shivered.He put down the soup bowl, pulled out a velvet cloak and put it on her.He wrapped his arms around her shoulders, and his warm breath passed by her ears.Facing his gentle eyes, for a moment, she felt like she was in a dream, because since she knew him, his eyes have always been like a cold and wild animal, and there has never been a moment of softening, but now As if domesticated, revealing the soft inside.She couldn't help feeling sweet and soft in her heart.

He tied the lace of the cloak with a few fingers, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly said, "I thought it was impossible for us to be together."

"why?"

Eric avoided the question: "Fortunately, God gave me a chance to choose again." He gently stroked her long hair, and called her name in a low voice, "Blanche, I will give Your best life."

At this time, she should have been particularly moved, but she was shocked by the flickering madness in his eyes.

Two days later, Blanche was completely cured, but Eric still didn't allow her to leave the room.Only then did she belatedly realize that she seemed to be imprisoned by Eric...?

In fact, there is nothing wrong with staying here, there is food and drink, and sometimes Eric will make some small toys for her, but what is the difference between this kind of life and staying with Duke Clayton?

She gradually understood why he would say that he was her husband after knowing that she had lost her memory. Maybe it was because she felt that she was easier to control after losing her memory...

Bai Lanzhi wanted to be with him, but she didn't want to be such an unequal partner with him.She wanted to walk into his heart and care for him like he cared for her.Not only can he give her the best life possible, she can too.She didn't want to be a canary he kept in a cage.

In a blink of an eye, a month passed, and Eric still had no intention of letting her go out. He seemed to be planning to live with her like this forever.That night, Bai Lanzhi finally made up her mind to have a showdown with him.

On this day, he would leave the room for a long time - every once in a while, he would disappear like this for more than ten hours, not knowing what to do, she had enough time to think about how to showdown with him.In the morning, the clock pointed to the Roman numeral "seven", he held a silver spoon, fed her breakfast, squatted down again, put on her shoes and socks, and combed her long hair with his fingers: "What do you want today? "

Every time he came back after disappearing, he would bring her a small toy, and this time was no exception. He didn't know that his tone was very much like a father who went out to bring gifts to his daughter.Because it was the last day to play the role of the amnesiac wife, Bai Lanzhi behaved very obediently: "Bring me the doll you bought last time."

"I carved that." He chuckled lightly, his expression almost indulgent, "If you like it, I will carve it for you every day from now on."

The stone door closed, Eric took a black cloak, turned and left.

Blanche got out of bed immediately, took an idle book to pass the time, read and typed the draft for the evening showdown, but Eric didn't come back until the clock pointed to the Roman numeral "nine".

Any delays?

She was a little anxious, so she changed the book and continued to read.

After waiting another hour, Eric still didn't come back.She put down her book, changed into a pair of leather boots, and prepared to go out to find him.

These days, she has been observing how he opened the stone door, and secretly wrote down the method: there are three rows of exquisitely designed small gears on the left, as long as they are turned to the correct position... Recalling Eric's way of turning the gears, With only a "click", the stone door slowly opened.

Blanche had always thought that the so-called underground labyrinth was an intricate stone cave. After seeing the layout outside, she realized that the stone cave could also be as magnificent as a palace: the top was polished like a church dome, inlaid with colorful stained glass The ground is covered with gold and red carpets, and every ten meters there is a finely carved Ionic stone pillar. If it weren't for the original appearance of the stone walls in the gaps in the tapestry, she would have almost thought it was a replica of the Paris Opera House.

Because the space is too empty, every time you take a step forward, there will be an echo.She walked around like a headless chicken for a long time, and suddenly regretted: I knew it was so big outside, so I waited for Eric in the room. If I got lost later, I wonder if Eric can find her back.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, there was a sound of messy footsteps in the distance, mixed with rough shouting and cursing.Her intuition was wrong, and she immediately blew out the candlestick next to her, and hid behind the Ionian stone pillar, but fortunately, the pillar was wide enough to cover her whole body.A group of people came hurriedly holding torches, looking around: "Where is that monster, he was still nearby just now!"

"Damn, this place is as big as a maze..."

"This monster is really fucking rich!"

"Stop talking nonsense, find him first. The way to come has been blocked, and none of us can get out if we can't find him."

"He must be in front! The duke said there would be a reward of ten thousand francs for whoever cut off his hand first!"

Ten thousand francs?

Blanche was a little funny.

Where did the Duke of Clayton find these mobs? A reward of ten thousand francs is better than digging the gold leaf on the pillar with a spoon.

But soon, she realized the naivety of her thinking, because [-] francs was just an extra bounty. These people had already ransacked the place like robbers, and everyone was carrying a lot of baggage.

No wonder they are so active, these people seem to come to hunt for treasure... and there are bounties to get.

A group of people leave, and another group of people come.

so many people……

I don't know if Eric was attacked by them?

Bai Lanzhi was worried about Eric's safety, but she didn't know where he was, so she could only look for it in a place where there were few people.I don't know how long I searched for, and I don't know how many groups of people I avoided. Just when she was about to fall into despair, a slender and powerful hand grabbed her and dragged her behind the stone pillar.

The slightly cold breath sprayed on her forehead.

The next second, a torch illuminates the place where she was standing just now: "Hey, I clearly heard footsteps..."

"Little Hugo, why are you dawdling? If you don't move forward, all the good things will be robbed!"

The torch immediately moved to another place: "I'm coming!"

The footsteps went away, and the man's deep and cold voice sounded: "Why did you run out?"

She finally found him.

Bai Lanzhi's heart in her throat suddenly relaxed, she wrapped her arms around his waist tightly, and asked sullenly, "Are you okay..."

"It's them who have something to do." He replied lightly, "There are many 'Mirror Palaces' here."

"Mirror Palace?"

Without saying a word, he turned around and opened a stone door, and led her in.She keenly sensed that his mood was not right, a little alienated, and a little irritable... Was it because these people broke into the underground labyrinth, or was it because of something?

At the end of the stone gate is a revolving stone staircase. If you go up, you will come to the highest point of the underground labyrinth, and you can have a panoramic view of the entire underground palace.

The dots of fire are the dense stars in the night, lighting up the dark and empty underground labyrinth, which is a bit shocking at first glance.

She also finally knew what the "Mirror Palace" was.The so-called "mirror palace" is a hut that can only be entered but not exited. There is only a special iron tree and six mirrors inside.After the reflection of the mirror, the hut will become closed and frightening like a forest. The iron tree in the center will glow and heat up, emitting heat like midsummer. People who rush into the "Mirror Palace" will be trapped inside like beasts. Spinning around, being tortured to the point of madness by the "forest" in the mirror, and finally collapsing into the mirror and dying in the hot air.

Before she came here, there were already people walking around in the "Mirror Palace" with blank faces.

Blanche turned to look at Eric. He was wearing a black top hat, a white mask, and an ankle-length black coat today. It may be because the lines of the mask are too sharp, which made his eyes look a bit cold, with a look of disdain All indifference.

She subconsciously grabbed his hand and shook it.

"What?" He took her hand and kissed it lightly, "Are you scared?"

"……afraid of what?"

"I'm afraid they will die." He smiled coldly and said, "Blanche, I remember telling you that I only saw torture that made people want to die, do you know what 'torture' is now? "

Her heart "thumped" for a moment.

It turned out that he had seen through her tricks a long time ago, but he didn't see through.

The author has something to say: happy belated new year! ! !Even later, because this man's thoughts are really hard to guess...