Phantom Skeleton Painting

Lin Banxia stood up and left the bedroom quietly.

When the plastic female model saw his action, she seemed to think he was scared, and her red lips covered in heavy makeup raised in a strange arc. However, before this arc lasted for ten seconds, she saw Lin Banxia coming back again. This time, he had a thick, clothes drying stick in his hand.

Song Qingluo followed Lin Banxia and asked him what he was doing with the clothes drying stick.

Lin Banxia held up the clothes drying stick, pointed at the ceiling, and said, “The plastic female model is on the ceiling. I’ll poke her down.”

Song Qingluo: “…” He slowly raised his head and saw his plastic mannequin stuck to the ceiling like a spider. If ordinary people saw this, they would probably go crazy on the spot, but Lin Banxia quickly ignored the irrational part of this matter and thought of a solution. He really found a treasure.

So, Song Qingluo said nothing more and made a gesture of invitation to Lin Banxia.

Lin Banxia rolled up his sleeves and started poking the mannequin with the clothes drying pole randomly. After all, the female model was just plastic, she didn’t have the stickiness of a spider. She was quickly knocked down by Lin Banxia. Her body fell to the ground with a heavy sound. Lin Banxia originally wanted to carry her to the living room, but unexpectedly he stretched out his hand, but could not lift it up at all. He unexpectedly discovered that the plastic mannequin in front of him, which was supposed to be very light, was actually heavier than a stone. He tried with all his strength, but she didn’t move at all.

“I’ll do it.” Song Qingluo said softly.

You can? Lin Banxia originally wanted to ask. Although Song Qingluo was taller than him, his figure was not strong. On the contrary, he looked a little thin at first glance. He rolled up the sleeves of his shirt, revealing his slender and straight forearms, which were as white as porcelain. He bent his waist and picked up the female model without any effort, but he obviously disliked the thing in his arms. Instead of using the posture of holding a princess, he grabbed the female model’s shoulders and dragged her to the sofa in the living room like a sandbag.

Lin Banxia followed obediently and asked what to do next.

“Go to the closet in my guest room and find a dress for her.” Song Qingluo said calmly.

At this time, the female model was only wearing simple underwear. Lin Banxia didn’t think much and went to the guest room as Song Qingluo said and found a nightgown.

“Put it on for her.” Song Qingluo continued.

Lin Banxia said: “This…what does this mean?”

Song Qingluo said: “You will know after you put it on for her.”

Lin Banxia had no choice but to do so.

After putting on the nightgown, Song Qingluo placed the plastic female model opposite Ji Leshui, allowing the female model to enter Ji Leshui’s sight.

Ji Leshui was motionless at first, but after seeing the female model, he started to blink slowly, and then his facial features returned to life, but the movements he made with his hands made Lin Banxia freeze in place. He regained his vitality, with a happy smile on his face. He reached out and grabbed the hem of the female model’s skirt. He carefully twisted the fabric of the skirt with his hands and sighed: “It’s made of silk. I really want to try it on.”

Lin Banxia: “…”

Song Qingluo: “…”

The atmosphere was quiet for a moment, and Song Qingluo said to Lin Banxia nonchalantly: “Are you going, or am I going?”

Lin Banxia stammered: “Going? Where are you going?”

Song Qingluo said: “To give him two slaps.”

Lin Banxia said: “I’m going! I’m going!”

Song Qingluo: “…”

Before Lin Banxia took action, he suddenly felt a sense of conscience and asked: “Will he wake up after the beating?”

Song Qingluo said ruthlessly: “Hit him. If he doesn’t wake up after two slaps, I’ll slap him two more times.”

Lin Banxia looked at Ji Leshui’s obsessed expression and said to himself, brother, I am doing this for your own good. It is better to let me beat you than to let an unfamiliar neighbor taint your body. Don’t blame me! After thinking about it, he did it twice, but Ji Leshui didn’t even look at him. He was still staring at the clothes on the female model infatuatedly and refused to move his eyes. Seeing this, Lin Banxia hurriedly hit him several more times. It was not until the seventh time that the obsession in Ji Leshui’s eyes gradually receded, and his rationality gradually recovered.

Ji Leshui glanced blankly at the female model in front of him, then looked at Lin Banxia, ​​and said with a cry: “Lin Banxia, ​​why did you hit me?” He wanted to stand up but found that he was wearing a wedding dress with a huge phoenix crown on top of his head. He was suddenly shocked, “Fuck, not only did you beat me, but you also had to dress me up?? You are so perverted!”

Lin Banxia: “How shameless are you? Don’t you have any idea of ​​what you look like?”

Ji Leshui: “Then what’s going on?”

The two of them looked at Song Qingluo at the same time.

Song Qingluo spread his hands, indicating that he was also innocent, then pointed at the female model and said, “She did it.”

Ji Leshui said: “Oh, don’t lie to me. She is just a plastic lump. How can she help me change my clothes?”

Song Qingluo said: “How do you feel when you see the skirt she is wearing now?”

Ji Leshui heard this and turned to look at the model. After staring for a while, he hesitated and said, “I want to take off her clothes.”

When Lin Banxia heard this, he thought to himself, Ji Leshui, you are a single guy who doesn’t even let go of female models, and you even lied to me about having a girlfriend. Just when he was about to curse a few words, he heard his good friend add shyly: ” It seems to fit me well.”

Lin Banxia: “…”

Song Qingluo said: “Look.”

“Huh? What do you mean? Do you mean that when I see the clothes on this female model, I will want to wear them?” Ji Leshui finally understood.

Song Qingluo said: “That’s pretty much what it means.”

Ji Leshui was stunned for a moment, then clapped his hands and said in surprise: “Wouldn’t it be very profitable to put this model in a shopping mall?”

Lin Banxia: “…” You are really a business genius.

Song Qingluo said: “Yes, they thought so too.” He patted the female model’s head and said calmly, “I bought her from the mall.”

He sat down on the sofa and casually talked about the origin of this female model.

The female model first appeared in a relatively remote clothing store in a newly opened shopping mall which bought the model. The clothing store didn’t take it seriously at first, but as time went on, it was discovered that as long as customers came, they would definitely take a fancy to the clothes worn by the female model, and if several customers came to the store at the same time, they would all want to buy that set. The store became very noisy.

After a few quarrels like this, the store also discovered a business opportunity and began to put some particularly expensive clothes on the female models. If you ask which clothes are expensive, of course they would be wedding dresses. A set can cost hundreds of thousands or even millions. If such a set is sold, the store would make a lot of money.

The store owner Bing was insatiable, and he was not satisfied with the money he made. He began to consciously collect all kinds of old wedding dresses. No matter what style, as long as it was put on this female model, it will be bought quickly, without exception.

If the story just continued along this line, it might not be such a troublesome thing.

However, one cold afternoon, the shop owner fell in love with a beautiful Chinese embroidered wedding dress in a second-hand clothing store.

Although the wedding dress appeared in a second-hand store, it looked brand new, and the gorgeous embroidery on it was extremely eye-catching. Even if the shop owner was a man, he couldn’t help but be moved when he saw it for the first time. He immediately decided to buy it and asked the owner of the second-hand store about the origin of this wedding dress.

The owner of the second-hand shop said: “This is a wedding dress. I collected it from the countryside. It is very well preserved. It is said that it was worn by the daughter-in-law of a landlord. Look at the material and the embroidery techniques. They are all the best. The most exquisite kind.”

The shopkeeper said: “Oh, why did it end up in the countryside?”

The boss said: “How would I know? I heard that the landlord’s family later declined, and the bride sold the wedding dress.”

The shopkeeper said, “That’s it.” He carefully inspected the wedding dress but found some black marks on the inside of the cuffs. He touched it with his hand, sniffed it, and immediately frowned. , “Boss, you are not kind. Do you think this wedding dress was sold by the bride?”

The boss said: “Yes.”

The shopkeeper said: “Why is there blood inside the cuff?”

The boss was stunned and panicked: “Don’t talk nonsense, how can there be blood in this! If you don’t want to buy it, don’t buy it! There are many people who want it!”

“There are so many people who want it?” the shopkeeper said, “Who else wants it?”

The boss stammered and couldn’t speak. The shopkeeper pressed harder and even threatened to call the police. Finally, the boss couldn’t bear it anymore and honestly told the shopkeeper the truth, saying that he had actually sold this dress several times, but it was just that every time someone buys it, they come back to return it, either because the wedding has been canceled or the store has closed down, which was very weird.

When the shop owner heard this story, he immediately became energetic. He grabbed the sleeves of the wedding dress and shook them and said with a smile: “In this case, boss, you have to give me a reasonable price.”

“You still want to buy it after knowing?” The boss was a little surprised.

“Why wouldn’t I buy it? It’s not for me to wear.” The shop owner said nonchalantly, thinking that there is a way to sell it anyway, and since this wedding dress is so exquisite, it could definitely be sold at a beautiful price.

The author has something to say:

Song Qingluo: What if you saw something scary?

Ji Leshui: Scream, cry, and run wildly.

Lin Banxia: Take…the clothes drying pole…and stab it?

Song Qingluo:……

Ji Leshui:……

 

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