Tomorrow is Saturday, and both parents are working overtime. Brother and sister Wang Xiaolong and Wang Xiaofeng ordered a takeaway. Wang Xiaofeng went to the bedroom to play on the computer, and Wang Xiaolong watched TV by himself on the sofa.
What he was watching was the third case of "Detective Di Renjie" - "The Bleeding Eagle".
In fact, Wang Xiaolong doesn't really like to watch these detective dramas. He is naturally timid and dare not touch horror movies. He is also very resistant to plots such as dead bodies, murders, and thrillers. He doesn't even watch suspenseful movies and TV shows.
His favorite is comedy, and other normal TV series are fine, but they just can’t have the so-called horror elements.
Dad Wang is a loyal viewer of various crime analysis programs. Every time Dad watches TV, Wang Xiaolong walks around, especially at night. Sometimes he has to cover his ears to avoid listening to the BGM that deliberately creates a tense atmosphere.
Ordinarily, given Wang Xiaolong's habits, he would never watch a suspense-oriented TV series like "Detective Di Renjie".
But things are fickle. He recently fell in love with a female classmate at work, and this female classmate is an out-and-out detective fan. Her favorites are detective novels and film and television dramas.
"Detective Di Renjie" has become a big hit in recent days, so naturally this female classmate will not miss it. She watches it every day. When she goes to school, she even discusses the plot with several friends who are also fans of the show.
When Wang Xiaolong saw it, in order to get closer to his "goddess", he had the courage to go home and copy "Detective Di Renjie".
To be honest, although there were a few spooky scenes in the first two cases of "Detective Di Renjie", they were generally within the acceptable range of normal people. In addition, Wang Xiaolong used barrage protection, and finally got through it safely.
And because he looked carefully and checked a lot of information, his analysis of the case was obviously more thorough than those of his classmates who had just looked at it briefly, so he successfully showed his face in front of the "goddess".
Wang Xiaolong, who had tasted the sweetness, was overjoyed and decided to keep up his efforts. The previous plots were completed and he would simply follow the TV series today.
This is a big challenge for Wang Xiaolong. Looking online, there are barrage protections from netizens. If you encounter "high-energy" clips, you can directly avoid them and you can artificially clear mines.
Nowadays, when watching TV dramas, there is no barrage to protect the body, but for the "goddess", Wang Xiaolong risked his life.
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Rumble
Several flashes of thunder flashed on the balcony next to the living room, and soon it began to rain heavily. Wang Xiaolong closed several open windows in the house.
I was sitting on the sofa, watching "Detective Di Renjie" which had already started airing. I always felt a little scared and panicked, so I wanted to ask my sister Wang Xiaofeng to come out and watch it with me to strengthen my courage.
"Sister, come out and watch TV."
"No time to spare, it's black."
"I'll treat you to spicy hotpot tomorrow."
"I lose weight."
"Two meals."
"As I said, I'm losing weight."
"Plus two cups of milk tea and one hundred yuan."
"Wait for me ten minutes to finish this fight."
After hearing his sister's reply, Wang Xiaolong calmed down and concentrated on watching TV.
In fact, to be honest, aside from the plots that frightened Wang Xiaolong, he still quite liked the drama "Detective Di Renjie".
The facts of the case were linked one after another, and there were various reversals and wits. Even if he didn't understand it very well, he still found it very enjoyable.
Otherwise, given Wang Xiaolong’s out-of-the-box personality, if he doesn’t really like it, even if there is a “goddess” hanging around him, he wouldn’t have the patience to finish watching the previous episodes, and still have the energy to check information on various platforms and watch the big guys analyze the case.
As of now, the ratio between the "goddess" and the drama I want to follow is about 6:4.
Even if "The Goddess" abandons the show, Wang Xiaolong himself will probably finish watching all the remaining episodes.
But soon, Wang Xiaolong overturned his idea.
He somewhat overestimated his courage and the terrifying level of the [Bleeding Eagle] unit.
[Bleeding Eagle] This unit is divided into two narrative lines. One is that Emperor Wu Zetian has a crazy nightmare, dreaming of countless wronged souls asking for her life. The second is that the headless general is brutally killing people and dismembering their bodies everywhere, leaving behind the blood eagle.
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According to legend, this headless general rides a strange horse and beast, holds a gold-plated boring machine with phoenix wings, and has no head on his neck. It is the evil spirit of Yuwen Chengdu, the fierce general of the Sui Dynasty, who turned into a ghost to collect debts from the Li and Tang dynasties with ruthless methods.
, whoever kills must be quartered.
Whether it's the scene in Wu Zetian's nightmare where the innocent soul demands his life, or the murder scene of the headless general, they were all shot very eerie and terrifying.
Especially the plot of the headless general, who appears on a rainy night, is exactly in line with Wang Xiaolong's situation at this time.
Watching the BGM accompanied by thunder and rain and the weird and tense BGM, the figure slowly walked to the victim's window step by step.
There was a loud bang, and a tall headless ghost corpse suddenly appeared on the TV screen. He raised the steel knife in his hand high and slashed down, causing blood to splash and the screams to be horrifying.
At this time, there was a snap sound and the living room light suddenly went out.
Wang Xiaolong, who was already on the verge of an emotional breakdown, was so frightened that he cried, and then he started howling at the top of his lungs.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."
There was a click and the light came on again.
Wang Xiaofeng stood next to the light switch, looking at her brother who was crying and howling with a confused look on his face. He was stunned for nearly half a minute before speaking slowly.
"Mom said, don't turn on the light when watching TV to save energy."
Wang Xiaolong ignored her at all and continued to cry on the sofa. His body trembled from time to time. It seemed that he was really frightened just now.
After five or six minutes, Wang Xiaofeng was so anxious that she almost called her parents, and Wang Xiaolong finally recovered.
The first thing he did after regaining consciousness was to turn off the TV, then drag his sister to his side, lean against the sofa, huddle up, and sob.
"Just... I was scared to death just now..."
Normally, Wang Xiaofeng would have laughed to death seeing her brother looking so cowardly.
But seeing Wang Xiaolong's posture just now, Wang Xiaofeng didn't dare to provoke him anymore. She patted her brother's back and softly comforted him.
It took more than half an hour for Wang Xiaolong to finally calm down, but he was still a little frightened and did not dare to go back to the bedroom to sleep alone.
Fei and his sister stayed up until almost early in the morning, waiting for Wang's father to come back from working overtime, and spent the night with his father.
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Wang Xiaolong's experience is not unique. The plot of "Headless General" is really scary, and the effect is even worse than some horror movies.
Except for a few horror film lovers and daring viewers, ordinary viewers were severely frightened. Those who were timid like Wang Xiaolong were directly persuaded to quit the TV series and follow up.
Those who are more curious will go to the Internet to catch up on the plot through barrages. Those who are not so curious will just think that "Blue Shirt Drama" is the finale of "Detective Di Renjie".
This also affected the ratings of "Detective Detective Dee". Originally, according to the plan, there was a chance to break through 3, but because the plot of "The Bleeding Eagle" was too terrifying, a large number of viewers were turned away, and the ratings increased slowly.
However, although there was little hope of breaking 3, the Shanhe publicity department reacted quickly and immediately used the gimmick of "the plot of the TV series is terrifying to persuade viewers to turn away".
As a result, the unit "Bleeding Eagle" immediately became popular, attracting many horror film lovers to come and check it out, and a large number of people came to watch the excitement and test their courage.
This operation restored a lot of popularity for "Detective Di Renjie". Finally, on the penultimate day of the finale, the ratings exceeded 2.8 and the Douhua score was 9.0.
Whether it is ratings or word-of-mouth, it has surpassed Xue Jun's previous best-performing "Miracle Doctor Xilaile".
"Detective Di Renjie" also created the best start in the history of Shanhe's long-running series...
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ps; while writing this chapter, I inadvertently recalled the shadow of my childhood, asking for comfort T_T
