Text: Episode 8

1.

Cao Chengrui took off his glasses and rubbed his face with both hands, his mind was in chaos.

He didn't know what the hell he was writing about.

According to his conception, Tao Qiwu in the novel will be tortured by nightmares to the point of suicide.

2.

Tao Qiwu held the book called "Untitled" in his hand, and turned back to the fourth page, which was still the black table clock.

The ghost sent him back to the third page, and it was a black table clock.

The difference is that the pendulum has changed position.

Turning forward, the second page is the black table clock, and the pendulum has also changed position.

The first page is the same, and when you turn it together, it's like the pendulum moving from side to side.

The bell moved.

Did you remember it wrong?

Or is it too much mental stress and dizzying?

He turned to the text on page six: "The snow is still falling, or the rain is still falling."

The man cocks his collar and lowers the umbrella, which may make him feel warm and safe.

The man walked in the direction of home, and he could vaguely see a person who was similar to his own size and body not far away.

The man followed, far away, afraid to come closer. Watching him go home, but he couldn't find his home, he took out his mobile phone and wanted to call his girlfriend, but what he heard was; 'The phone you are calling is turned off, please call again later. ’

He was lost, couldn't find his way home, couldn't find his direction.

One day, two days, he always found a man in the evening who was very similar to his own size and figure, and he followed him, and watched him go home, but he could not find his home. ”

Tao Qiwu suddenly felt that someone was watching him from behind.

But he didn't dare to look back, he was thinking about whether he should continue reading.

He took a deep breath.

"The man follows the man, and sees him appear and disappear like himself, disappear, reappear, and disappear again.

The man looked at him and followed him, trying to find an opportunity, and when he found an opportunity, he asked him if he knew about his home.

Another day.

The man watched him walk into the neighborhood.

Walking into a newly opened bookstore, the girl in the store is very beautiful, with short shoulder-length hair, very cute and playful.

There is also a clock on the bookshelf of the bookstore, a black table clock.

The man picked out a novel with a black cover and went home.

This time the man followed the man, followed him home, and stood right behind him.

Men also want to see what is written in this book. ”

"Slap" Tao Qiwu turned his head sharply to look behind him, and the down jacket hanging on the hanger at the door suddenly fell off.

Tao Qiwu swallowed and foamed, and then flipped through the novel: "The man walked into the man's house and watched him sit down on the sofa. The first, second, and third pages of the book were black, with no words, no pictures, and black seemed to devour the light. ”

The floor lamp next to the sofa suddenly dimmed, and it only returned to normal in an instant, perhaps because the voltage was unstable.

Tao Qiwu didn't notice this.

The plot of the novel, Untitled, continues: "On the fourth page is an old-fashioned black table clock, and on the fifth page is the text, and men and men are reading the book intently.

Both men and men felt inexplicably weird, but they still had to read it.

Just when the two of them were slowly turning the pages with their hearts hanging on their hearts.

The text of this novel changes from black to red. ”

Tao Qiwu turned to the seventh page, and the ink printed was really red.

The red text is particularly eye-catching, and Tao Qiwu continued to read the next paragraph: "The red text makes men very nervous, but fortunately, men read it with men, and two people are more at ease than one person." ”

Two people, Tao Qiwu stood up one by one with sweat and hair, his heart was shaking, and his body was shaking.

It's always better for the two of them to read together than to read alone, the man steadied himself, took a deep breath, and continued to read, although the content of the book is strange, even a little inexplicable, but it is addictive.

Just when both the man and the man's nerves were tense, a thick and heavy bell rang.

"Poof" once, two, three.

Then the world fell silent.

Both men wondered where the bell was coming from.

They were looking for it.

Suddenly interrupted by a knock on the door.

The person knocking on the door was obviously not in a hurry, and when he knocked, he stopped and waited for a while, then knocked again, and then stopped again

Both men and men were too frightened to move.

But he had to open the door, and he wanted to see who was knocking.

The man and the man walked to the door tremblingly and asked, 'Who is it?' ’

There was no answer for a long time, and just as he was about to reach for the door, a bell rang from outside the door, and someone said, 'You should go.' ’”

Tao Qiwu was soaked in cold sweat, panting heavily, and suddenly the heavy bell rang throughout his room.

Then there was a knock on the door.

Tao Qiwu sat on the sofa and didn't dare to move.

The sound of knocking on the door came one after another, unhurried, urging him.

Tao Qiwu stiffened, and after a while, he slowly stood up, staggered to the door, and asked weakly, "Who?" ”

There was no answer outside the door for a long time.

Tao Qiwu put his eyes on the cat's eye on the door, closed one eye and looked outside.

The hallway was dark, and the voice-activated lights were broken.

Tao Qiwu narrowed his eyes to see more clearly.

Suddenly, a pale face appeared in the cat's eyes.

He has short shoulder-length hair, a red foundation on his face, and small eyes and nose, and he looks very good, just like he was painted.

That's right, it's drawn, it's a paper man's face.

3.

Tao Qiwu dreamed of Zhao Shutong and Ma Ting again.

This time it was more terrifying than ever, and Zhao Shutong turned into a paper man in the end.

He felt dizzy, chills, and nausea.

He had a fever.

I took my temperature, thirty-nine degrees Celsius.

4.

"You lend me some money." Tao Qiwu was lying on the bed and had just taken antipyretics.

Cao Chengrui asked with a "hmm" on the phone, "How much?" ”

"Five thousand."

"I'll transfer it to you."

Tao Qiwu said "good".

"I have something to discuss with you."

"Well, you say."

"My girlfriend may come to me from Beijing in a few days."

"Understood, the bedroom is for both of you." Tao Qiwu didn't even think about it.

Cao Chengrui said with a "haha" smile: "It's not a problem to live, I want to say that after she comes...... Can you tell her that I did Untitled on my own? ”

"Haha." Tao Qiwu smiled and said, "It's up to you." ”

"Righteousness!"

"Then look at it, I'm very particular about people."

"When are you coming back?"

"I'm in this state now, I guess it will take two days."

Tao Qiwu felt like he had drunk a pound of "stuffy donkey".

5.

19:04。

The lights are on.

Transferring the money to Tao Qiwu, I gently put the phone on the computer table, and I stared blankly at the computer screen.

According to the plot development in "Untitled", the protagonist Tao Qiwu is tormented by all kinds of nightmares. Long-term insomnia and dreaming can induce anxiety and depression or other emotional dysfunctions, and eventually evolve into mental illness, which means that he will eventually go crazy.

I lifted my hand and took off my glasses, sighed, and wiped the lenses with my clothes.

Judging from the readers' reactions, the plot handling is generally quite good. One eerie dream after another is interspersed with real life and advances the story. Of course, what I call "real life" is naturally made up. I don't want to confuse reality with "reality", because if I do that, I won't be able to distinguish between reality and "reality", and I'll be close to going crazy in the long run.

What's next is for Tao Qiwu to kill himself before he goes crazy?

Or let Tao Qiwu continue to stay in a mental hospital after going crazy?

If Tao Qiwu died, how would the story develop?

But if Tao Qiwu doesn't die, I don't know what to do next.

I was torn inside.

It was a very bad feeling, like I had done a long time ago when my inspiration had gone, and I scratched my ears and cheeks and didn't know how to continue, and my self-confidence collapsed instantly.

Thinking about it at that time, it was really thanks to what Tao Qiwu wrote, so I changed it casually and submitted it, but I didn't expect it to be published.

My mind is messed up right now, but I'm going to keep writing.

Because the website is updated daily, there is also a word count requirement.

6.

19:04。

Tao Qiwu woke up from his dream, soaked in sweat.

Sleeping does not relieve his tiredness, but rather makes him more tired. Although his eyes are closed, his body is awake. His dreams were always so clear, as if they were reality.

He was almost unable to tell the difference between reality and dreams.

What about the beautiful girl with short hair? Who is she?

Tao Qiwu tried to recall her name, but he couldn't remember it anyway.

The name is on the lips, but the words are not clear.

"Wang Ke?" Tao Qiwu suddenly had this name in his mind.

It is the name of Tao's direct leader before the seventh five.

A name that has nothing to do with the beautiful girl with shoulder-length short hair.

But Wang Ke's bland face appeared in front of Tao Qiwu's eyes, and the picture was so clear, it was like watching a movie.

There are all kinds of people in this city, and Wang Ke is one of them.

Wang Ke is a person who says one thing and does another, talks about right and wrong behind his back, and has a short temper. Most people in society are like this, and everyone must have such people around them.

A sweltering and humid summer night heralds a heavy rain to come.

Wang Ke drove home after work, and he felt very tired today.

In front of the hospital leaders, he had to put on a respectful appearance, wagging his tail and laughing; And among his peers, he had to say bitterly that the leader was not; In private, I have to tell my "friends" how hard I work, how useless people in other departments are, and how incompetent my subordinates are; In front of his subordinates, he had to woo and appease again.

At the end of the day, he doesn't know how many roles he has to change and how many "faces" he has to change.

Wang Ke took a deep breath, trying to calm his mood and not think about it.

He had to go through five intersections to get from his work to his home.

All five intersections are red today.

"Every red light caught me up!"

Wang Ke pulled up the handbrake, leaned back in the chair and muttered.

Just because of the red light all the way, it took him more than 20 minutes longer than usual to get from his unit to his community.

As soon as the car drove into the gate of the community, heavy rain poured down.

The open-air parking spaces in the community were already tight, and today he came back later than usual, so he had to drive his car around the community in circles to find a place to park.

The rain was so heavy that the wipers didn't do anything at all.

Wang Ke flashed double, the speed was very slow, and finally he had to stop the car, he was really afraid of hitting something or someone.

Looking through the car window, he couldn't see the surrounding greenery or the surrounding residential buildings, which made Wang Ke feel that he was in another world, not in his own community.

Wang Ke sighed and turned on the radio.

The heavy drumming of "Dong Dong ......" came out of his stereo one after another, and the sound of suona and crying could be faintly heard, which was very similar to the funeral song of a village funeral.

"What the hell is this?" Wang Ke frowned and hurriedly changed the channel.

I don't know if it's because of the rain, all the channels are "zizi" interference.

Wang Ke simply turned off the broadcast.

Looking up at the front of the car in boredom, a red figure was slowly walking towards his car in the direction where his headlights were shining.

He thought to himself that someone must have come home in the rain. For a while, he was a little gloating. Thinking of sitting in the car while people are walking in the rain. With such a heavy rain, even if you hold an umbrella, it is estimated that it has already become a soup chicken.

The red figure got closer and closer, and finally stood next to Wang Ke's car.

Before Wang Ke could react, he put his face on the window on his right.

Wang Ke was taken aback, and looked at it as nurse Yang Ying.

"Brother Wang, open the door." Yang Ying knocked on the car window, and Wang Ke hurriedly opened the car door to let Yang Ying sit in the co-pilot. Yang Ying wore a red dress, carried a black leather bag, and held a parasol with only a stand in her hand.

"What the hell is this weather, just say it!" Yang Ying took out a tissue to wipe her hair, and reluctantly threw the umbrella aside.

The rain soaked Yang Ying's skirt, clinging to her body, outlining charming curves, and the color of her underwear could be faintly seen.

Although Wang Ke was already a married man and his child was more than five years old, he couldn't help but look at Yang Ying a few more times.

"Aren't you on the night shift today? I knew how good it would be for the two of us to go together! ”

Wang Ke lives in the same community as Yang Ying, and he has said more than once that he wants to send Yang Ying, but he only talks about it and never takes action.

"How dare I work for you." Yang Ying "giggled" twice, and then said: "Today, my mother came to see me from the countryside, and I temporarily took a shift. ”

Yang Ying noticed her hair that was still dripping, and said while wiping it: "I'm really sorry, I'm wet and dirty with your car." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, aren't you also filling my eyes!" After Wang Ke finished jokingly, Yang Ying's face was flushed.

"Brother Wang, you can really joke." Yang Ying said as she straightened her skirt. The water on her body was constantly seeping from the inside of her skirt to the outside, and she couldn't wipe it clean.

"Brother, thank you for taking care of me in the unit during this time." Yang Ying was still tidying up her skirt.

"Whereever, it's all as it should be." Wang Ke said with a smile.

He often says that others are not behind his back, and always shows his difference by smearing others. Naturally, he also talked about Yang Ying, and even said that Yang Ying seduced himself just to get benefits. In fact, he wanted the "unspoken rules" of Yang Ying, but Yang Ying did not comply.

On the one hand, Wang Ke wants to win over others, but also to see different people and say different things, and he has to change different faces to smile or get angry with different people anytime and anywhere.

He didn't know if Yang Ying knew how he had slandered her. But what he could see was that Yang Ying was isolated and did not belong to any small faction. And he himself continued to move around with ease in these small groups of gangs in the unit. Wang Ke is still using his skills to eliminate those who are not good for him or useless to him, and then win over those who are attached to him and flatter.

"It's raining so hard that the river near the unit is going to flood again." Yang Ying said lightly.

Not far from the hospital is a river that runs through the city, and the water rises during the rainy season.

When it rains, no one wants to go near the river anymore because it is dangerous.

"yes."

7.

Wang Ke looked at his watch, 18:30.

His leave time at the hospital was 17:00.

The journey from the unit to his home took about 30 minutes.

The rain had been raining for nearly forty minutes before I knew it, and it didn't mean to get any less.

"Looks like the rain won't stop for a while." Yang Ying looked outside the car and said, "I'm already soaked anyway, so it's better to go back in the rain, so as not to worry my mother." ”

Before Wang Ke could answer, Yang Ying opened the car door and jumped in, and disappeared into the rain after a while.

There were still clumps of tissues in the car where Yang Ying wiped her hair and clothes just now, and Wang Ke frowned.

He turned on the radio again in a bored manner, and the sound of the "dong dong" drum came out.

"Is this radio host a dead mother? What the hell is here! Wang Ke said viciously.

Before you know it, it's getting cold in the car.

Wang Ke looked at the air conditioner and saw that the car window was also closed.

Time slipped by.

Wang Ke really couldn't wait for the rain to stop, and the more he waited, the more impatient he became, so he found a place to park, and ran back home in the rain without caring whether he was in the way or not.

It rained all night.

The next day was still overcast with light to moderate rain.

Wang Ke walked into the hospital office, squeezed out a smile to greet everyone he met, and then examined everyone with his eyes, guessing what was going on in everyone's mind.

Are the two nurses whispering on the side saying bad things about themselves?

Is there any hint of what the leader just said?

Who else is the thorn in the side that he has to "get rid of"?

He spent the morning constantly changing the mask on his face.

Wang Ke found that he hadn't seen Yang Ying all morning.

Could it be that she got sick with a cold from the rain last night? Did she take any leave? It's better not to ask for leave! That's good for her absenteeism for no reason! Could it be that she is working again in shifts?

"Yang Ying didn't ask for leave, she was transferred to a shift yesterday, and she should be on the day shift today. I called her and didn't answer, I don't know what's going on. The head nurse reported to Wang Ke in a snort, Wang Ke nodded thoughtfully, and said in an official tone: "How can you be so irresponsible for your work?" Young people nowadays are really irresponsible! ”

One, two, three......

People throughout the hospital began to talk about it: Yang Ying never came to work.

Early in the morning of the fourth day, Wang Kegang walked into the gate of the hospital and was confronted by several policemen and almost bumped into them.

Later, when he inquired, he found out that these policemen were here because of Yang Ying.

They found Yang Ying's body downstream of the river, about five days earlier, in the rainstorm.

Wang Ke's eyes widened when he heard this, and his heart was beating wildly. Because he knew that the forensic doctor had very advanced technology, he could find out the time of Yang Ying's death, and the error before and after did not exceed fifteen minutes.

The time of death is 19:30. Yang Ying died, and drowned in the river near the hospital.

Wang Ke's spine was cold, and he didn't have the heart to engage in conspiracy, trickery, intrigue, or change his "mask" all day.

He just sat dumbfounded, expressionless.

Outside the building, thunder was rolling, and the rain was falling again.

Wang Ke was driving, and Yang Ying was still sitting in the co-pilot's seat just a few days ago.

This feeling is very bad, so that Wang Ke can't concentrate on driving at all, and always feels like he has a pair of eyes staring at him. Under this invisible pressure, I had to pull over to the side of the road and calm myself down first.

Raindrops beat on the car, and the whole world was rhythmically noisy.

"What the hell am I doing?" Wang Ke said to himself.

Wang Ke held the steering wheel with both hands, and cold sweat flowed.

The street lights are lit up, and the light and shadow shine in the rain.

In the distance, a man with a hunched body walked towards Wang Ke's car.

When Wang Ke saw it, he unconsciously began to stare at the man, watching the man slowly walk towards him.

When I walked in, I saw clearly that the person who came was an old lady, on crutches and holding a black umbrella.

The old lady walked to Wang Ke's car, glanced inside the car, then turned around and walked in the direction of the river embankment, and as she walked, she took out a wad of paper money from her arms and threw it into the air.

There was another "dong dong" drum sound on the radio, accompanied by sad and strange suona and crying.

Wang Ke's scalp was numb and he was about to raise his hand to close it, when a rapid phone ringing interrupted his movements. Wang Ke picked up the phone and was a colleague from the hospital.

"Brother, I have something to tell you."

"What's the matter?"

"It's not strange that you said last time you saw Yang Ying when you got off work, and she also told you that her mother came from the countryside to the city to see a doctor. But I reported this to the police, and the police told me that it was impossible, because her mother died of illness in the countryside half a month ago! ”

"Are you mentally ill too? What are you telling me all this for? He yelled at the phone.

After he hung up the phone angrily, he looked up in the rearview mirror. I saw a woman sitting in the back row, with shoulder-length short hair, beautiful and cute.

Tao Qiwu saw that the woman was smiling at him.

The smile was familiar.

8.

Tao Qiwu's heart was beating wildly, panting heavily, and blood gushed to the top of his head.

He looked at the time on his phone, 3:12 a.m. I had a strange dream again, and I didn't know if I had myself in the dream, but I still had her.

First he had insomnia, and now he had nightmares, and he felt like he was going crazy.

"Looks like I'm going to have to find a great immortal to show me." Tao Qiwu thought to himself and took a few pills from the bedside table.

9.

It's really "thinking about it day and dreaming at night". I actually dreamed of Yang Ying's sister Yang Ying.

Her towering breasts loomed beneath her rain-soaked clothes.

I wanted to get over and take a bite.

Text: Episode 8 -End-