The Ferris Wheel

The setting sun cast a golden glow on all the equipment.

"It's already so late, I'm a little hungry."

Lu Ban sighed. He found it strange that they only entered the park in the evening. According to Lu Ban's thinking, they should have come to scout the location in broad daylight.

"How about we go get something to eat first?"

He pointed to the restaurant on one side.

The restaurant was crowded, and there was also a souvenir shop next door.

While Feng Yu took Xiya to order food, Lu Ban browsed the souvenir shop.

Most souvenir shops in Amusement Park sell merchandise related to their own intellectual property.

Lu Ban saw some dolls, but not the Teddy Bear.

He picked up a fluffy brown doll with two round ears, which looked quite cute.

"How much is this? You don't support QR code scanning here, right?"

Lu Ban remembered how the Amusement Park collected money.

"One hundred yuan."

The staff member in the red uniform answered, then pointed to the QR code next to him.

"You can scan the code."

Lu Ban took out his phone, scanned the QR code, and bought two plush toys, which he put into a paper bag.

Two should be enough.

As he thought this, he glanced at the records on his phone, which showed notifications from the morning.

"I'm starving! Let's go get something to eat, please! I'll do anything!"

"Xiya said, pointing to the restaurant in front of them.

"I'm hungry too."

Lu Ban nodded and glanced at Feng Yu.

"It's okay, even if you're hungry but too embarrassed to say so, it's fine. We've already decided to go have dinner first, it's already dark."

As night fell, the bright moonlight shone down, making the Ferris wheel and Merry-go-round glow with a silvery light.

The three of them entered the restaurant. Lu Ban glanced at the souvenir shop next door, planning to go and buy some souvenirs after finishing their meal.

The restaurant's menu had clearly marked prices. Although there were no 88-yuan prawns, it wasn't cheap either. Some burgers and fried chicken legs were quite expensive, and Lu Ban felt that it was no different from robbery.

But there was no other way; I was hungry, so I had to buy it.

Lu Ban secretly wrote down several banknotes on sticky notes and bought a lot of food.

Fortunately, the portions at this restaurant were quite generous.

A fried chicken leg as big as an arm, a hamburger as big as a human head, a cookie the size of a palm, and some pretty delicious tomato sauce.

Lu Ban ate very happily.

Xiya devoured her food.

Feng Yu didn't eat anything; she didn't seem to like this kind of high-calorie food.

"It's better to make it yourself."

As a thrifty and hardworking person, Feng Yu despised this kind of junk food.

Laika devoured a large chicken leg, thoroughly satisfied.

There were many other customers around. Lu Ban saw a blonde girl from Europe chatting and laughing with her classmate while eating finger-thick fries from her plate.

The kitchen seemed quite busy, with shouts constantly audible. The TV in the restaurant was playing promotional videos for various attractions at the Amusement Park. Lu Ban saw advertisements for the haunted house, Merry-go-round Roller Coaster, and thought they all looked interesting, so he planned to try them out after his meal.

"This place is open as usual in the evening, but I wonder if there are any performances?"

Lu Ban thought of some Amusement Park that had fireworks shows around 7 or 8 pm.

As they finished their food and prepared to rest before trying other activities, they heard cheers coming from outside.

Lu Ban arrived outside the restaurant and saw that both sides of the road were already filled with tourists.

The music came from the loudspeakers under the streetlights on both sides of the road, and you could see people dressed as mascots walking out from one side with musical instruments.

This looks like a grand parade.

Why are these people so agitated?

Xiya didn't quite understand.

"Because these parades usually feature classic Amusement Park characters and have a lively atmosphere, everyone likes them."

Lu Ban explained with his limited knowledge of Amusement Park.

He felt that if he were to build an Amusement Park, it wouldn't be like this, with people dressed as mascots walking around. Instead, it would be something more exciting, like a parade of ghosts or something.

As the music continued, Lu Ban saw Teddy Bear waving at the crowd. It seemed that this Teddy Bear was one of the Amusement Park's mascots and was quite popular.

The tourists around him took out their phones to take pictures, and Lu Ban also took a few pictures.

Looking at the photo, Lu Ban sensed something approaching from ahead.

I looked up and saw it was the Teddy Bear.

The Teddy Bear waved to the blonde foreign woman next to Lu Ban, indicating that it wanted to take a photo with her.

Lu Ban hurriedly took the phone from the other person and took a picture with his straight-man camera.

"Thank you. My name is Jenny, and I'm from Third High School of Shangcheng."

The other person noticed Lu Ban's good looks and introduced himself.

"Oh, I'm just an ordinary tourist passing by."

Lu Ban quickly remembered that this Third High School of Shangcheng was the school where student disappearances had occurred.

"So, it seems those missing people might all be trapped inside this Amusement Park?"

He, Xiya, and Feng Yu squeezed out of the crowd and discussed what they had seen so far.

Although they only ate at the restaurant and watched the grand parade, there was nothing strange about either of those things.

"Generally speaking, the Amusement Park should close after the night parade ends, and visitors should be allowed to leave."

Lu Ban shared his experience.

"We should have come earlier; now we might not be able to experience all the attractions."

"I can't help but sigh, "Xiya said.

"Hmm, why did we arrive so late?"

Feng Yu also agreed, and she looked at Lu Ban as if asking a question.

"That's because..."

Lu Ban seemed to remember something.

Beside him, Laika rubbed against his trouser leg, making affectionate noises.

What is that thing?

Xiya shielded her eyes from the glaring sunlight. In the morning light, the Ferris wheel was slowly turning, sending couples into the sky one after another.

"The Ferris wheel offers a panoramic view of the park; shouldn't we go up and take a look?"

Lu Ban thought to himself.

However, each cabin on the Ferris wheel can only carry two people, so it was a bit awkward for the three of them.

"You two go ahead, I'll just wander around downstairs and ask around."

Feng Yu said she didn't want to go to a high place, so she held Laika's hand and stayed where she was.

"OK."

Lu Ban and Xiya boarded the Ferris wheel. As the machine started, the cabin gradually rose, revealing the view of the Amusement Park. The park was packed with people, and everywhere were happy tourists.

He saw groups of high school students from who-knows-where, staff in yellow shirts selling ice cream, and Teddy Bear handing out balloons.

Xiya also looked at these things, trying to find the differences. Soon, a river came into view. This was the Ling River.

"In my foreign land, such scenes are almost never seen anymore."

She felt a little melancholy.

Turning her gaze, Xiya saw that Lu Ban's expression was somewhat solemn.

"What's wrong?"

The girl asked.

There's a problem.

Lu Ban sensed something was wrong.

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