Making girls burst into laughter was one thing, but for men, a greater achievement was probably scaring them into screaming. Who would have imagined that the best movies for dates were, first, romantic comedies, and second, horror films?
Quicksilver understood that feeling, so he was willing to stay and rack his brains for the creepy stories he had tucked away to scare people.
Henry did not even need to make anything up. He brought out Sima Zhongyuan's stories. Without gore, melodramatic bloodshed, or relying on an ever-growing body count, the old man's tales could chill people to the bone through words alone.
This old lady, Katharine Hepburn, clearly had no intention of standing with the younger girls and screaming in fright. She took turns with Henry and Quicksilver telling creepy stories, joining the side that did the scaring, and she seemed to be enjoying herself immensely.
The old lady often began with, "I heard this when I was in Hollywood," or, "I saw this while filming somewhere," and the horror stories she told sounded as though she had experienced them herself, making it impossible to tell truth from fiction.
But as the two girls screamed while wolfing down huge chunks of meat and taking big gulps of soda, it was hard to tell whether they were genuinely scared or simply playing along.
In any case, although the atmosphere during this meal was rather unusual, everyone still ate heartily. The distant flames, blood-red scenery, and smell of rust did nothing to spoil their appetites.
But whoever had created this environment, having gone to such lengths, naturally would not leave things at that.
Heavy footsteps came from afar, accompanied by a strange clanging sound, like a blade scraping across the ground.
Kitty was the first to react. She put down the half-eaten