webnovelfull Chapter 433 Pumpkin Trail
Chapter 433 Pumpkin Trail
As night falls, it's like a basin of gray and black ink has been sprinkled.
The moon completely replaced the sun's afterglow. Although it was a tiny waning crescent, it was no less bright than the full moon.
As if it was using all the starlight in the sky for its own use, the waning moon hung upside down in the sky, spreading the gray and cold light evenly on the ground.
The small town of Lei was shrouded in moonlight, exuding a chill and coldness everywhere.
A mist rose from the ground, and the usually empty and bustling streets became even narrower and colder.
The stalls selling things were closed, replaced by sneering pumpkin heads.
The pumpkin heads were piled up one after another and stretched across the entire street.
A thick white candle was placed on each pumpkin head. When a gust of cold wind blew, the orange candle flickered and the pumpkins carved with hideous smiles also changed accordingly.
The wet, black and cold path was surrounded by terrifying orange and yellow pumpkins. There was no beginning or end in sight, and only the flickering flames could be seen at the end of the path.
It was at this time that Ivy and Joshua broke into the "Pumpkin Trail". They stepped into the fog and ran forward with all their might.
The two men ran over the pumpkins, causing the candle flames to flicker. The pumpkin heads turned to look at the two uninvited guests, their deep eyes filled with endless resentment and hatred.
No matter how scared you are, it's no use now.
Ivy gritted her teeth, her heart beating faster with the adrenaline.
They were not there for a Halloween party; they were there to rescue Mrs. Hudson.
No, the people in the entire town also need to be saved.
After leaving the castle, Jacob asked to return to London.
His attitude was very tough, as if he was disgusted with something, or afraid of something.
"Garbage, coward, get out!"
After Holmes scolded him angrily, he took Jacob to a nearby stable yard, where idle carriages were for sale, and for a few more pennies he could return to London quickly.
There was only a young man and a little girl left in the stable.
When their group first arrived, the young man was sighing with his head down, while the little girl was squatting beside him, secretly wiping away her tears.
Upon hearing that this group of people were going to hire someone to drive a carriage back to London, the young man first got very angry. After the Marquis took out a thick stack of banknotes, he reluctantly walked to the horse farm behind him.
"Why is this kid so bad-tempered? He has money but doesn't want to make it, he has business but doesn't want to do it, and he looks down on others like that?"
The Marquis was spreading the wind with banknotes. Although he was a little angry, he still maintained good etiquette.
"I'm sorry, sir..."
A tiny voice suddenly sounded under their feet. Everyone looked down and saw that it was the little girl who was hiding by the door and crying.
She was neatly dressed and had shiny hair. Although she was not from a wealthy family, she looked very tidy, which was enough to show that she was a girl who was very much loved by her family.
There were traces of tears on her face and her round eyes were wet.
The little girl bowed to the Marquis, opened the cash drawer behind the cash register, and took out all the money the Marquis had just paid.
"The price to London is only 1 pound, we won't charge more."
The little girl folded the money respectfully and returned it to the Marquis, bowing to him again.
"My brother lost the game of rock-paper-scissors today, so he has to stay and watch the store with me. He can't participate in the activities on Halloween night. Please bear with me."
The little girl explained softly, she squatted slightly and bowed to everyone again.
The moment she squatted down, Ivy saw two lines of tears flowing from the little girl's eyes, like clear pearls.
Just then, the young man drove the carriage slowly to the door, and Jacob immediately climbed into the carriage holding the Bible.
He whispered a few words to the young man, who immediately smiled and drove the carriage towards London at full speed.
"I told him to tell the kid that if the trip was faster, he would not only get an unexpected tip, but he would also be able to use the extra time to attend Halloween night."
Holmes poured out a cigarette and spoke as he fumbled in his pocket for his lighter.
"Can't!"
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, the little girl started screaming.
"No! Bro can't go to Halloween night!"
The little girl cried even harder, as if she had touched some taboo, and she finally couldn't help but burst into tears.
The men were suddenly at a loss of what to do. Holmes turned around in annoyance, and the Marquis just stood there with a helpless look on his face.
Joshua was panicked. He didn't even know how to comfort a grown girl, let alone a little girl of five or six years old.
At the critical moment, she had to rely on the chocolate candies that Ivy always kept in her pocket. She hugged the crying little girl, turned around and let her sit on her lap.
Use a handkerchief to gently wipe away the tears on the face, then put the chocolate candy into the slightly open mouth, gently pat the child's back, and then comfort him with soft words.
After all the operations, the little girl concentrated on chewing the candy in her mouth and no longer felt sad.
No, there are still some.
Under Ivy's guidance, the little girl slowly told what she had witnessed on Halloween night.
It turned out that the little girl had attended Halloween night with her family.
At that time, everyone wore head masks made of pumpkins and gathered together in the town square.
The little girl was too young to wear a suitable pumpkin, so she only wore a headgear made of paper.
At first, everything was fine, people were playing and joking, and the adults gave each other cookies, cakes, bread, and vegetables, until...
A group of masked men in black robes appeared.
They held torches and sneaked in the darkness like ghosts.
Their arrival caused cheers from the Pumpkin Man because they were the pre-selected "undead".
The Pumpkin Man will dance with the "ghosts" in the center of the square, and those who are in tune with each other will get married on Halloween night.
But everything changed after the undead danced with the Pumpkin Man.
The undead gathered in front, and the Pumpkin Man suddenly fell silent, walking behind the undead one by one.
The little girl recalled:
The pumpkin mask suddenly became extremely dazzling, as if there was not a tiny candle flame inside, but a large greedy flame.
My face was illuminated by my dad's pumpkin, and I couldn't find his mouth or his eyes.
His face... no, his head, his head turned into a pumpkin.
Dad put me down, and he and Mom walked into the pumpkin group one after another.
I cried and shouted for my parents, but they ignored me. No one paid any attention to me. It was so quiet. There was only the sound of the flames burning and the wind blowing. It was so quiet, it had never been so quiet.
I was scared, so I went back home against the flow of people. My brothers and sisters were at home, and they were upset that they couldn't join us on Halloween night.
But at that time, I was just worried and scared.
The next day, they came back as if nothing had happened.
But I can clearly feel that they are different, they have changed, they are no longer the same parents...
I was seriously ill. My parents took good care of me, but I couldn’t feel any warmth. I just felt cold. I just felt cold…
After the little girl finished speaking, she fell asleep in Ivy's arms, tears still on her face and her body still shaking.
It was at this time that Joshua remembered the Halloween song that Mrs. Hudson's niece had sung during the day, a song that everyone in Rye knew:
Halloween night, Halloween night
Welcome the beautiful butterfly in the deep starry sky
Halloween night, Halloween night
A pure soul in a bottomless black hole
Halloween night, Halloween night
The beauty of the butterfly's birth covers the entire town of Ley