Blue Inn
Episode 1
Late at night, a young couple came in the rain.
Heidi
Why do you have to stay in a hostel? Can't we stay in a proper hotel?
Danny
This place is very special.
Heidi
You don't even talk to me before. You always make decisions on your own !
Danny
Let's go inside and have a look. You never know until you see it.
Heidi
If I am not comfortable here, I am going to change to a hotel!
They walked into the BLUE Inn.
Heidi
The hotel is so small. There is no one here.
Heidi
Look at this style. I don't like it! You're gonna stay here all by yourself.
In front of them was a small front desk and a narrow corridor.
The tone of the whole hostel is mostly black.
Danny
If you wanna leave, go by yourself.
Heidi
Okay, then I'll go! I can't believe you made me pay for everything and now you are shouting at me.
She turned and walked out of the hostel. A lighting cut through the dark night and a loud thunder rumbled by her ears.
She hesitated for a moment and went back.
Danny
The weather forecast says there will be thundershowers tonight. If you're not afraid to die, go.
Heidi
What do you mean by that. Are you cursing me to die?
Heidi
If you ever say that again, I'll tell our parents about Anne.
Danny
I didn't say that. You are the one who's been talking forever. Can you shut your mouth.
Heidi
So now I can't say what I want?
Danny
I won't have this kind of fight with woman.
Heidi gave him a hard look, but he ignore it.
Heidi
There's no one here.
Iris
Hello. I'm the staff here. Is there anything I can help?
A young girl popped up from the front desk and startled them.
Heidi
It scared the hell out of me. Where did you come from?
Iris
I fell asleep. That's why I didn't see you two come in. Sorry.
Danny
I booked a room for five nights last week. Could you check it for me?
Iris
Just a minute please.
Heidi
Why did you book five nights? I'm not going to stay here for that long.
Danny
Can you wait and decide after you try it?
All of a sudden, Heidi made a loud noise again.
Heidi
Look, here's a picture.
Following her, Danny saw a white photo frame with a picture in it.
It was a woman in a vintage dress and a big straw hat in her hand. She had a sweet smile.
Danny
Is this the owner of this place?
Heidi
How does this photo look like it was taken a hundred years ago?
Iris
This is a photo of our owner's wife. Our boss told me to put it here.
Heidi
So they are quite a sweet couple?
Iris
That's what everyone says.
She nudged her husband with her elbow.
Heidi
Look at them. And look at how you've been treating me.
Danny
Be half as nice as her, and I'll be like him too.
Heidi
Danny, what's that supposed to mean. Did you forget how little you make every month and that I have to pay most of the bills in this family?
Danny
Can you just stop talking.
Heidi
Can't you just let me get in my way? Remember what you said when we were dating?
He didn't want to quarrel with his wife in front of a stranger, so he turned his eyes to the hallway.
The hallway was dark, and even the wall was black.
In the middle of the night like this, it makes people nervous.
Iris
May I have your ID, please?
Danny raised his head. When he glanced across the photo frame,he was so shocked that he forgot to breath.
The woman in the photo was just holding the hat in her hand. But now, the straw hat was on her head.
Iris
Here are your ID cards and room keys. Don't lose these.
He took the key, held his wife's hand and walked through the hallway until he stopped in front of the elevator.
Heidi
This place seems weird.
Danny
My old classmate said that living here was very exciting, so I came to try it.
Heidi
What's wrong with you?
They walked out of the elevator and found their room.
The room was small but it had got everything. Unlike the lobby, the layout here was very homey.
Above the bed hung a watercolor painting of a woman in a vintage dress and sunglasses.
Heidi
Do you think the woman in this painting is the same with that photo?
He glanced at it and realized that his wife was right. But the woman in the painting didn't look as creepy as the woman in that picture.
Heidi
Looks like the owner of this place really loves his wife.
Danny
Maybe it's just a coincidence.
She got up and went to the bathroom. She stood in front of the washing mirror.
Today she looks especially beautiful. Her skin looked smooth and tender, and even her makeup was just perfect.
She looked at herself in the mirror and became fascinated.
Heidi
Honey, do you think I'm beautiful?
She ran out to ask her husband who was tidying up his clothes.
Danny
Of course you're beautiful. Like you have to ask.
He answered without even raising his head.
Heidi
Honey, you didn't even look at me. How do you know if I'm beautiful?
Danny
You will always be the most beautiful woman in my heart. I don't have to look. I know it.
As he spoke, he looked up and found his wife was smiling at him.
She let her long hair down, and her dark eyes were bright and divine. His heart skipped a few beats.
What Danny saw was not his wife, but another woman.
Heidi
Honey, what's wrong with you? Why are you looking at me like that?
Danny
Honey. You're really beautiful today.
She smiled a little shyly.
He blinked, and the image of that woman in the photo disappeared. Now the woman looked like his wife again.
He felt his heart beating wildly.
Danny
I'm going to the bathroom!
He ran into the bathroom and looked up to see himself in the mirror.
He was not alone. There was one more person in the mirror.
He blinked and the woman he saw in the mirror disappeared.
He washed his face to sober himself.
Danny
Honey, take a shower now. Let's go to bed early.
Heidi went to the bed and found her husband had left his phone on it.
She heard the sound of shower in the bathroom so she picked up his cell phone to check.
When he came out of the shower, he found his wife looked furious.
Danny
Honey, now you can go in.
Heidi
Danny, what did you do behind my back?
Hearing wife's angry words, he looked up at her cluelessly.
Danny
What did I do this time?
Heidi
What have you done? Do I have to tell you that?
Heidi
You are almost thirty? Can't you grow up already!
Heidi
You've learned nothing in all these years!
Heidi throw the phone to him and hit him on the forehead.
Danny
What is this all about?!
He touched his sore forehead and became angry.
Heidi
You maxed out your card again, didn't you?
Heidi
The text from the bank said you owed them more than 8,000 this month.
Heidi
You always do this. We really can't afford it.
Heidi
All these times! How much did I pay the bills for you!
Danny
Don't worry about it.
Danny
It's not your name on the bill.
Heidi
I'm afraid you'll go to jail.
Heidi
You don't about decency, but I do!
Heidi
When we got married, I didn't even ask for a wedding photo because I knew your family didn't have much!
Heidi
But you, you just keep acting like a rich person, which you are not!
Danny
I thought you already knew that when we were dating.
Heidi
I must have been a idiot to marry you.
Danny
If you regret it, it's not too lat. We don't have kids. So it's just the right time for divorce.
The look on her face suddenly became twisted, and then she smiled grimly.
Heidi
Isn't that what you want. Leave me and find another woman! I'm telling you, Impossible unless I die!
He bent over to pick up his cell phone but suddenly found that standing in front of him was a pair of delicate porcelain calves. It made his hair stood up because
The ten toes of his wife all had dark nails.
Episode 2
What he still saw was his wife's face. Looking down, she was wearing disposable slippers from the hostel. The color of the toes is normal, too.
So who was the woman he just saw with black nails?
Heidi
Don't think you'll pass if you don't say anything.
Heidi
I won't give you a penny this time! You can do it yourself.
His heart beat wildly and hit his chest. This hostel was really weird.
Was this woman human or ghost? Did the hostel set this up? Or was he too tired and hallucinating?
Then the phone he held in his hand rang again.
Heidi
Honey, I want to go out and wait for the sunrise tonight. Are you coming?
Before he could react, she turned away and read out the message word by word.
Heidi
Danny, what's going on?
Danny
Why can't you respect my privacy?
Heidi
Privacy? If I don't look, I will still be fooled by you.
Heidi
Which woman is it this time?
Danny
What woman? She's just a colleague.
Danny
You don't want to paranoid, right?
Heidi
Colleague? Why do you always have so many friends, colleagues or sisters.
Danny
I'm not talking to you. I'm going to sleep.
Heidi
Leave your phone for me to check!
Danny
Check all you want. I'm not afraid.
Heidi
good. If you say so.
Angrily, he threw his cell phone into her arms and turned to the balcony.
The balcony was just behind the floor window. It was a very small platform.
He looked up at the pouring rain.
Heidi
I am gonna take a shower.
He saw his wife leave his cell phone on the bed and went to the bathroom.
He hurried into the room, took out a coat from his suitcase. There was another phone that he had secretly bought.
Jessie
Why are you calling me with this number?
Danny
I borrowed it from someone else. Mine dead.
Jessie
Oh. I want to ask you to see the sunrise.
Danny
I'm not home right now.
Jessie
Ah. What are you doing there?
Danny
I want to ask you out, but you won't see me.
Jessie
Don't I ask you out now? You're not free.
Danny
I'll be back next Monday. Why don't we go to the sunrise then?
Jessie
It's gonna take so long.
Danny
Wait here until I get back. Kisses.
After talking to his first love, he quietly hid his phone and then pretended to be sleeping.
Heidi
You're acting weird. What kind of secret are you keep from me?
Heidi came out of the bathroom and asked her husband with surpressed anger .
Danny
What secret can I have? There's nothing I can do if you don't believe me.
Heidi
Danny, stop sneaking around with other women. Don't think you can fool me.
Heidi
Don't think I didn't know you were still in touch with your first love.
Danny
Who are you talking about. I'm not in touch with her.
Heidi
You're married. If you keep thinking about your ex.
Heidi
Then why did you come to me.
Danny
Heidi, you are really crossing the line here.
Danny
Are looking for trouble?
Danny
If I'm really like you said, aren't you married to a scum ?.
Heidi
Danny, don say I didn't warn you.
Heidi
If you annoy me, I won't give you a penny.
He really can't stand it.
His ears buzzed with the voice of his wife.
Danny has lost his expectations and hopes for the marriage.
When he fell asleep he had a confusing dream.
Heidi
Danny, you're so shameless.
Heidi
Danny, you didn't come home last night. Are you going to tell me you went on a business trip?
Heidi
Well, you're trying to lie to me again.
Heidi
Today, I called your company and they said you quit half a month ago.
Heidi
Who are you lying to.
Danny
Why are you pushing me so hard? Am I a criminal or what?
Danny
Do I have to take your instructions?
Heidi
Yes. That's why you've been asking me for money everyday.
Heidi
What on earth do you want to do?
Heidi
You're not going to support your family, are you? Ready to be a loser now.
Danny
What are you talking about?
Heidi
What did I say? Don't you always find a rich girlfriend, pampering them day and night?
Heidi
Do you live on women?
Danny
That's who I was when you knew me. Don't forget that you came to me for my look.
Heidi
Yeah, I must have been blind.
Heidi
What did I see in you. Do you think you look better than movie stars?
Danny
I am telling, Heidi, I have had several girlfriends but no one talk as much as you. And you are a teacher .
Danny
Don't treat me like one of your students!
Heidi
What happened to me? I'm much better than you.
Heidi
I know why you married me. Because I'm the best person you can get.
Heidi
Do you know why you picked me? Because you're getting old. You can't find a young, rich and pretty woman. So you settled with me.
Heidi
I won't stop! Danny, I'm not divorcing you. You're gonna stuck with me.
Danny
I told you to stop. Didn't you hear me?
Out of anger, he took the pillow and pushed it on her face.
Her head was pressed down by a huge pillow.
Danny clenched his teeth and kept pressing.
She finally stopped moving.
He gave out a sigh of relief, moved the pillow, and saw Heidi staring at him with her big eyes open. She was dead.
Heidi
What's wrong with you?
He opened his eyes and saw his wife's face.
Her back was soaked with sweat.
Heidi
You took all my duvet. How do I sleep now?
He gave her half of the duvet. Heidi lay down turned her back to him.
He stared at his wife's back and felt the cold sweat seeping out of his back at the thought of the nightmare.
Suddenly he heard a voice coming. It's like tearing paper.
Heidi
What are you doing? I can't sleep.
She suddenly turned around and faced him.
The dark eyes looked at him. While swearing words were coming out of her mouth, the eyes revealed some faint sign of affection.
He was too scared so he hugged her.
He kissed his wife to calm her down.
Heidi
Honey, I'm hungry. Order the breakfast for me.
Danny
I am calling the front desk. Wait.
Danny
Honey, this hotel does not serve breakfast.
Heidi
What kind of hostel is this? Fortunately, it's only two nights.
Danny
Did you sleep well yesterday?
Heidi
Honey, let's go out for breakfast.
Danny
I'm going to brush my teeth and wash my face first.
He went into the bathroom, looked at himself in the mirror, but found a woman smiling at him.
She looked sweet, but the smile gave him goose bumps.
He looked down and saw the black nails on the woman's feet. Taking a closer look, he was even more freaked out. The black on the fingernail was dried blood.
Tuk Tuk. Footsteps approaching from far.
Heidi
What happened? Why are you so scared?
He opened his eyes and found his wife standing at the door.
Heidi
Don't said it was okay. Look, your lips are white.
Heidi
A little thing, that's what scares you like this. You're still not a man?
Danny
What's wrong with you. Your husband is scared. Instead of comforting me, you are trying to teach me a lesson.
Heidi
Have you seen a ghost?
He looked at himself in the mirror, and the woman who smiled at him was gone.
He thought of the sound of a woman's footsteps, her porcelain feet and black bruised nails. He shivered again.
Heidi
Look at you. You spilled water all over this place. Clean it up. I have to wash my face.
Danny
Can't you just say that normally?
Danny
You have to yell at me.
Heidi
That's all you deserve!
Heidi thought of all his affairs, especially the haunting first love he had fallen for years. It only made her anger worse.
Speechless, he had to wipe the sink with a bath towel and clean it up bit by bit.
Thinking about the woman in the mirror, is it his hallucination or not?
Episode 3
Danny
I'll wait you downstairs.
Heidi
Yeah. Why don't you go for a walk.
He went to the front desk. No one was there.
He saw the photo. The woman in it was smiling at him,like as he had seen in the mirror, Holding that straw hat in his hand.
Just then Iris came over with a rag in his hand.
Danny
Hello, I'd like to ask.
Iris
Is there anything I can do for you?
Danny
The woman in the photo frame behind you is very beautiful. Is that the wife of the owner?
Danny
But I didn't see her here. She doesn't come here often?
Iris
She's been dead for years.
Danny
Then why is her photo here?
Iris
That's what our boss wanted.
Iris
This place used to the owner's house. Later he torn it down and built the BLUE Inn.
Danny
Why is the hostel called BLUE??
Iris
Because his wife has Blue in her name.
Danny
Oh, that's it. Looks like your boss really loves his wife.
Iris
That's what people say.
Before he left, he looked at the picture in the frame and found that the woman in it was blinking at him.
He got up with goose bumps and hurriedly ran out of the door.
He sat in a nearby coffee shop for an hour before Heidi arrived late.
Danny
I ordered you sandwiches and coffee.
Danny
That's they have near the hotel.
Danny
I'll take you somewhere nice for lunch.
Heidi glared at him. She said nothing more, even though she was clearly unhappy.
Danny
I think the hostel we're staying in is a little weird.
Heidi
Why? I don't see it.
Danny
When I was washing my face last night, I looked up and saw a woman in the mirror.
Danny
Isn't there a picture of a woman in the photo frame at the front desk?
Danny
That's the woman I saw in my room yesterday.
Heidi
You must have been thinking about her so you dreamed about it.
Heidi
After all the woman was so beautiful.
Danny
I mean it. I'm not kidding.
Heidi
Will you stop being paranoid?
Heidi
How could there be a woman in the mirror.
Heidi
You think you're making a horror movie.
Danny
Forget it if you don't believe it.
Danny
Anyway, we'll stay one more night and leave.
Heidi
I think it's nice to stay in this hotel.
Danny
You were the one who wanted to leave yesterday, and now you are changing your mind now.
Heidi
This hostel is cheap.
Heidi
Twenty dollar for a night. You can't find one like this everywhere else.
Heidi
With all your card debt again, what can we do if we don't save money?
Danny
All right, all right. Think about where to go today.
Heidi
You just want to go somewhere. You never think about what to do in the future.
She started to complain everything about him.
As she pulled the scarf around her neck, revealing her neck, he looked at it and thought of that nightmare last night.
The two walked out of the coffee shop and went on their way to the West Lake.
She needed to go to the bathroom. He stood by the door of the ladies' room waiting for her.
Jessie
I miss you a little bit. What are you doing now?
Danny
I am in the middle of something.
Jessie
Don't say you're with your wife again.
Danny
Yes, I came to Hangzhou with her. But I don't have feelings for her anymore. It's not like you don't know.
Jessie
You don't have feelings for her. But you married her.
Danny
Because your parents disagreed.
Danny
My parents are pushing me to get married again. I had to find someone.
Jessie
And a teacher, isn't she good enough for you.
Danny
You know who I want to marry most. I fight with her every day. We had nothing in common.
Danny
I love you, not her.
Jessie
So you're still traveling with her?
Danny
I had to. She forced me.
Jessie
You sound as if you don't want to.
Jessie
If you really don't love her, be back tomorrow. Let's go watch the sunrise.
Jessie
What? You don't dare?
Jessie
Or if I come over and we go to watch the sunrise?
Jessie
Shall we drop by at Lingyin Temple?
Danny
If you're willing to come, of course I can do it.
Danny
To tell you the truth, we haven't traveled together since we went to Tibet five years ago.
Jessie
Yeah. Time flies. I still have that scar on my wrist.
Danny
When are you coming?
Danny
Of course. When did I lie to you?
Jessie
Then I'll book a ticket, and I'll be there noon tomorrow.
Danny
Okay, I'll wait for you.
Jessie
So what are you gonna do with your wife?
Danny
I have my own way to take care of her. You don't have to worry.
Just then, someone patted him on the shoulder. He almost threw away his phone.
Heidi
Are you doing something bad? Is that why you're so scared?
Danny
Can you be nice to me? You are always like this.
Heidi
Where are you going now?
Heidi
Can you give me something constructive advice?
He doesn't want to talk to his wife.
Heidi glanced at him and took his hand.
Heidi
When we were in love, you always liked to hold my hand.
Heidi
After we were married, I feel like we are drifting apart.
Heidi
You don't want to hold my hand anymore?
Danny
Stop. We are together too long to do this.
Heidi
Do you think it's boring to travel with me?
Heidi
That's what you're thinking.
Heidi
You must feel so happy when you were travelling in Tibet with your ex.
Heidi
You went to Tibet for half a month and spent all your money.
Heidi
Talking about suicide for together, right?
Danny
How do you know so much.
Heidi
Don't forget my horoscope.
Heidi
I married you. I wouldn't do that if I know nothing about you.
Heidi
Are you still thinking about your ex?
Danny
You have to ruin a good trip.
She looked at him angrily and suddenly caught his wrist.
Heidi
Look at these two scars. How can you forget someone you loved so much?
He flung away as hard as he could.
The two brown scars on his wrist will be left there forever.
Every time he sees these two scars, he thinks of Jessie.
It was their secret that cannot be hidden.
Heidi
Am I terrible? Or are you thinking about someone else ?
Heidi
You are always absent-minded when we are travelling. But When you're with her, you can't stop laughing and talking, isn't it right?
Danny
Do you want to travel or not?
Danny
Cause if you don't, we'll go home!
Danny
I don't want to fight anymore.
Heidi
I'm not in the mood now. I want to go back to the hostel to sleep.
He could no longer stand his wife's temper so he turned around and left.
He stopped after crossing one strange road after another.
Danny
Jessie, you're the only one who knows me.
Danny
Why did I marry a woman like this!
He wandered around until 09:30 in the evening and returned to the hostel after eating outside.
Danny
Has my wife ever been out?
Iris
She was back soon after.
Danny
Now she's in the room.
He nodded to the front desk, and as he was about to enter the elevator, his eyes swept past the frame behind her.
The woman was still smiling.
just a glance and he started to shivered.
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