Seeing the amusement park, we should have been happy, but we were in no mood for it now. We were drawn here by a rapid ringing of bells, a sound that seemed to come from a church, exceptionally melodious and resonant.
After disembarking from the small boat, we cautiously approached the amusement park. The main gate was adorned with countless bells, and two Christmas trees stood on either side, hung with colorful stockings and topped with a golden cartoon ball and a Winnie the Pooh plush. As we drew near, scattered snowflakes began to fall from the sky.
He Xin clutched my hand tightly. "Daddy, it's snowing! I really want to play in the amusement park!"
"But is this the right time?" I said awkwardly. He Xin shook her head. "I was kidding. Mommy and the others are still waiting for us!"
"Do you really want her to be your mother?" I asked in surprise.
"Actually, I said this before, you and Liu... Yu Ning are quite a good match."
"Haha, we'll talk about it later. Everything depends on fate, doesn't it?"
As we spoke, we arrived at the amusement park's entrance. At that moment, the gate seemed to sense our arrival and opened automatically.
Screech...
As the gate swung open, a piercing sound echoed. We walked straight in, father and daughter holding hands, stepping onto the snow-covered concrete ground and entering an amusement park filled with mechanical rides and natural scenery.
Not far away, a Ferris wheel was rotating slowly, but there was no one on it.
As we approached, we realized there were no staff members to be seen.
This is too strange. Who started the Ferris wheel?
We looked around and then noticed that the roller coaster nearby was also running at full speed, but again, there was no one on it!
We were about to go over to investigate, but at that moment, a creaking sound came from the Ferris wheel, as if a carriage had a problem. We followed the sound and looked up.
Suddenly, we noticed a figure!
A little girl was standing inside a carriage, the door of which was open. The girl was dancing excitedly, her hands spinning from side to side, her legs twirling her body, her neck swaying erratically. I also noticed that her eyes were tightly closed!
Her limbs seemed light and airy, as if she were drugged. He Xin and I called out to her several times, but the girl didn't hear us. Her lips moved slowly as she hummed a tune, her feet kicking out several times, her body almost about to fall out of the carriage!
He Xin and I were about to call out to her again when the girl took a step with her left leg, lost her balance, and in the next second, plunged from a height!
We rushed over together, stunned. The girl's body was smashed to pieces, her head split open. He Xin covered her mouth and burst into tears. I cautiously approached the body and saw the girl's blood on the snow. My heart felt uneasy.
I squatted down, put on the rubber gloves I carried with me, and pressed on the deceased's abdomen, neck, and head. I found that the cause of death was her head hitting the ground, rupturing a major artery, leading to excessive blood loss. The time of death was obvious, it was just now.
I gently lifted the girl's eyelids and observed her pupils. They were extremely glazed. If my guess was correct, she had likely been injected with stimulants or hallucinogens, which is why she was dancing so fearlessly on the Ferris wheel carriage!
But what was strange was that she only fell when we arrived. It seemed as if someone had deliberately arranged this, waiting for us to witness it firsthand.
He Xin was sobbing uncontrollably. After crying for who knows how long, she finally came over whimpering, but she dared not squat down and look directly at the girl's corpse.
"Don't be sad. She was probably tricked here by people from the tourist area. She looks no older than 8, so she must have come with her parents. If she were alive, we could have gotten some information from her, but now..." I said sadly.
"What should we do? Should we bury her?" He Xin said, crying.
"Of course, we can't move the body indiscriminately. Let's take her to the cold storage and have Xiao Yuan De watch over her!" I suggested.
He Xin agreed. Fortunately, Uncle was not yet trapped in the cinema. We were about to lift the body when another clanking sound came from somewhere. He Xin and I immediately looked over and saw that the carousel nearby had started on its own.
We both intended to ignore it, but the carousel spun faster and faster, drawing my attention.
He Xin tugged at my clothes. "Should we go take a look?"
"I'm worried something might go wrong with it!" I said.
"It won't explode, right? Let's go see, maybe there are survivors or something?"
I thought it made sense. Carrying the corpse, I followed He Xin to the carousel. To our surprise, we found a little boy sitting on one of the horses, looking around fearfully!
I quickly shouted, "Hey! Over here!"
The little boy spotted us immediately and, seeing the little girl on my shoulder, became terrified. "Sister!"
It turned out this little girl was his sister. Just as I was about to rescue him, the carousel was moving too fast, and the little boy was almost dizzy. I had no choice but to jump onto the center of the carousel and carefully make my way towards the little boy!
"Daddy, be careful!"
"It's okay!" I said, walking to the horse the little boy was on, and carefully lifted him down. I used my other hand to hold onto a nearby pillar, temporarily stabilizing myself.
He Xin shouted from outside the railing, "I'll go find the controller!"
She ran to a machine, connected her wristband, activated her invisible computer, projected a laser keyboard, and began typing furiously. Soon, the carousel slowly came to a stop.
Holding the little boy, I quickly got off. The boy was still shaken and burst into tears.
He Xin and I tried our best to comfort him, but when he saw the female corpse I was holding, the boy's lips trembled. "Sister, why aren't you talking? Why is there so much blood on you?"
"She's dead!" Although I wanted to hide it, this was something that couldn't be concealed.
"How can she be? Two elder siblings, who are you? How did you find this place?" the little boy asked, his sadness mingled with curiosity.
"We are..." I started to identify ourselves, but then held back. "We are tourists here, little one, and you?"