Chapter 269 Empty Painting
Chapter 269 Empty Painting

The air around seemed to suddenly freeze.

Yang Xiaocan let out a slight sob and she regretted it.

I regret entering this gallery-turned-haunted house.

It was hard for her to convince herself that all these strange things were caused by man-made mechanisms...

Not only her, Ruan Jie and Ou Zheng also looked a little dazed.

"Let's go forward."

Bai Yanliang said in a low voice.

Although he knew that these three people were not real people in a sense, Bai Yanliang could truly feel their emotions at the moment.

Even... a little envious.

"After I get out, I will definitely settle accounts with that bastard boss!"

Ou Zheng said through gritted teeth.

He is a man after all, and seeing Bai Yanliang's fearless look, Ou Zheng regained some courage.

The two girls also held each other tightly and encouraged each other.

Bai Yanliang didn't say any more words of encouragement. Firstly, he didn't know how to do so, and secondly, there was no need to.

He held up his cell phone, taking pictures from all directions, and walked in front.

Xu Zhifei followed behind him, Yang Xiaocan and Ruan Jie walked in the middle, and Ou Zheng brought up the rear.

A group of five people walked in the dark and silent corridor. They didn't know how long they had been walking, but they still hadn't reached the end.

Finally, some bright white light came from the front.

Bai Yan was secretly alert because of his conscience, but he did not stop and immediately walked towards the light.

It turned out to be an exhibition hall.

Bai Yanliang turned off his cell phone. The power was not cut off here. The bright white light from the ceiling was shining, and it was quiet and cold.

Being in a place with light can make people feel more at ease.

At least, Yang Xiaocan and the other two were in a much better mood.

The hall was brightly lit and clean. There was nothing strange in it, and apart from being a little cold, there was no eerie atmosphere.

Moreover, it seems that the transformation of the haunted house has not been thorough enough, as old paintings and exhibits are still hung on the walls of the exhibition hall.

Bai Yanliang was also looking around. At first glance, the hall looked ordinary, but after a careful glance, Bai Yanliang still found something strange.

That's... the floor.

Maybe because it is an art exhibition hall, the floor here has a special design.

For example...the shape of the floor tiles is simple but not simplistic.

Although these shapes do not look complicated, they are just simple triangles, circles and diamonds.

But when they are pieced together to form a whole floor, they are extremely harmonious.

This is not something that ordinary designers can do.

Perhaps it was because the scene was bright and tidy, Ou Zheng, Yang Xiaocan and Ruan Jie calmed down a lot, and even had time to look at the paintings on the wall.

In fact, Bai Yanliang also noticed these paintings at the beginning.

Paintings are imaginary things that are often haunted.

But just now Bai Yanliang glanced at almost all the portraits and couldn't find anything unusual.

So, when Ou Zheng and the other two went to see the paintings, Bai Yanliang didn't think much about it, but began to study the floor tiles under his feet.

He always felt that there was a reason why these floor tiles were designed this way.

Xu Zhifei glanced at Bai Yanliang and did not disturb him. Instead, like Ou Zheng and the others, he approached a portrait on the wall.

The paintings on the wall were not of just one type. Just on the wall in front of him, Xu Zhifei saw ink paintings, oil paintings, prints, gouache paintings, etc. The styles were also different, realistic, simple, beautiful, abstract...

It can be seen that the owner of the gallery is indeed an avid fan of painting art.

However... among so many paintings, there was one that caught Xu Zhifei's attention.

This is an oil painting.

When Xu Zhifei saw this painting, he realized that there was only this one figure painting on this wall.

The painting shows the back of a woman standing by the river. The water is clear and transparent, and the rippling waves are portrayed realistically and vividly by the painter.

The woman had waist-length hair and a great figure.

Although it was her back, her body was slightly tilted to the left, as if... someone behind her was calling her name and she was turning around. Xu Zhifei stared at the painting, and as she looked at it, she actually had an illusion...

It seemed like... the woman in the painting suddenly moved!

Xu Zhifei immediately looked away.

Having experienced many life-and-death crises, she knew that this was a prelude to something strange happening and she must not watch it again.

However, at this time, among Ou Zheng, Yang Xiaocan and Ruan Jie who were standing by the other three walls, Ou Zheng suddenly exclaimed.

“This woman is so beautiful!”

When he heard his voice, Bai Yanliang raised his head immediately, not because he wanted to see the beautiful woman he was talking about.

But... this is unusual.

Everyone looked in Ou Zheng's direction and immediately saw the beautiful woman he was talking about.

She is indeed a beauty.

She is very young, with dimples when she smiles, fair skin, and the sweetness of a school beauty when she was a student.

However, when Xu Zhifei saw this painting, he felt something was wrong.

She looked back at the wall behind her and compared it with the painting on Ou Zheng's wall.

Found something amazing!
Xu Zhifei immediately looked at the wall next to Yang Xiaocan and Ruan Jie, and sure enough.

In the same location, she found two more!

There are four identical paintings on these four walls!
No…it can’t be said to be exactly the same painting, but the theme expressed is the same.

Xu Zhifei's eyes moved back and forth between the four paintings.

In my painting, the woman by the river is preparing to turn around.

In the picture behind Yang Xiaocan, half of the woman's face has been revealed.

In the picture before Ou Zheng's eyes, the woman had turned completely around, smiling like a flower.

And the painting of the woman on Ruan Jie's wall...is gone.

All that remained in the painting was a clear, rippling river.

But the woman in the painting disappeared!

However, before anyone could tell anyone about this strange and terrifying incident, something strange happened!
"despair--"

A strange sound of footsteps was heard, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

Bai Yanliang looked intently towards the entrance of the corridor, and saw... a strange figure standing there in the darkness.

Yang Xiaocan trembled all over and went over to hug Ruan Jie.

Ou Zheng swallowed his saliva and was unable to speak.

But then, another sound of footsteps...sounded in the darkness of the corridor.

"despair--"

"Tat-tat--"

"Ta-ta-ta-ta-"

Dense footsteps suddenly appeared!

This strange scene made even Bai Yanliang nervous.

What are those?
ghost?
So many ghosts?

Or is it just a ghost, but this ghost has the ability to split itself into two?

Thoughts popped up one after another, but were quickly denied by Bai Yanliang.

"Bai...Bai Yanren, let's...go!"

Ou Zheng's scalp was tingling and he could hardly speak clearly.

Although he didn't know what was standing at the entrance of the corridor, he instinctively sensed the deadly danger.

go?
Where to go?
Bai Yanliang had seen that there were only two passages in this hall, one was the way they came, and the other was the unknown corridor at the back.

When strange footsteps and figures appeared in the corridor where he came from, he immediately looked at the unknown corridor behind him.

Unfortunately... the entrance of the corridor is already crowded with people.

They were surrounded.

(End of this chapter)