Chapter 34: The Price of Hanging
Zhou Minggao did not appear in the billiards club by accident that day, he knew that Shen Yuanyuan would be there, so he deliberately went to meet her.
As for how he knew, we have to start from a while ago.
Since returning from the crossing, he has been researching the opportunity of his crossing and the relationship between various details. Around Christmas Eve, he finally found a clue.
- Dreams. His time crossing is entirely dream-related. Not only crossing, but he can also glimpse Shen Yuan's dream through his own dream, that is, the content reflected in the transparent house, which is Shen's dream. And Shen Yuan's dreams always cover some plots that predict the future, so that Zhou Minggao can see the future indirectly.
After all, after being in love for a long time in the future, Zhou Minggao still knows Shen Yuan very well. He knew that Shen Yuanxuan would forget most of his dreams when he woke up, and he couldn't remember the things he had predicted, but he was different, he could realize that he was in a dream, and he could write them all down clearly. That day, he saw in a dream the scene of He Youxin murdering her and later crying in the transparent room, so he decided to go to the board game club to "make trouble". Whenever something bad happens, he will change it, so that it should be smooth sailing.
But this is obviously unreasonable. Since he started doing such things similar to hanging, Zhou Minggao has gradually been affected. For example, sometimes it is difficult to distinguish between reality and dreams, such as having to stay awake in dreams, resulting in severe sleep deprivation and often a feeling of dizziness. But he didn't take this to heart, and he was still happy that he had found a way to "change his life against the sky".
On this day, he saw Shen Yuanyuan go to the temple alone in a dream, and then on the way home, he met a scene where a mentally abnormal homeless man was frightened, and immediately decided to go to the temple the next day to "meet by chance" with Shen Yuanyuan. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the temple, he began to feel dizzy, and when he walked up the stone steps in the direction of the well under the temple, he was even a little unsteady on his feet. When he walked to the well, he lost his center of gravity and fainted with black eyes.
Shen Yuanyuan came to the temple alone on this day. Shen Yifeng and Shen Yiru went to the countryside together, and he said that he wanted to see the places where he lived when he was a teenager while he could still move. Although Shen Yuanyuan was angry in his heart that he said such "frustrating words", he understood him and couldn't bear to stop him more, and finally let him go after repeatedly telling him to pay attention to safety. After Shen Yifeng fell ill, she always wanted to find an opportunity to go to the temple, and it just so happened that when her father went to the countryside and she was on vacation, she came to the temple alone.
After all the temples had offered incense and prayed for her father's safety and health, she walked up the stone steps, and when she was halfway there, she saw a circle of people gathered there. She is not a person who likes to join in the fun, if it was usual, she would definitely walk away, but somehow, this time she also surrounded her, and asked the aunt standing in front of her, "Hello, what is going on?" ”
"There's a guy who faints." The aunt replied, "My head is broken, and I have shed a lot of blood." ”
"Did you call an ambulance?"
"I didn't call it, maybe it wasn't that serious, I didn't see anyone calling."
Hearing her aunt say this, Shen Yuanyuan took out her mobile phone and prepared to call an ambulance, but she finished pressing the first two numbers, and she heard someone shouting in front of her, "Wake up, wake up." She breathed a sigh of relief, turned off her phone screen and turned around to leave. Suddenly, she heard her name being called. The voice was small, but somehow she was able to catch the hoarse and faint "curling" through the noise, she stopped and looked back in the direction she had just been.
Zhou Minggao was supported by several people to stand up, and was looking at her at this time.
Obviously, it was Zhou Minggao who called her just now.
Seeing Shen Yuan turn his head, Zhou Minggao said to the eldest brother who was holding him with a big grin, "Thank you, brother, don't help me, this is my friend, she came to pick me up." ”
Shen Yuan rolled his eyes at him, and said in his heart: Why did I come to pick you up?
The eldest brother looked at Zhou Minggao, and then at Shen Yuan, "This girl is so thin, can she do it?" Don't be pushy. ”
Seeing that Zhou Minggao had been squeezing his eyebrows, Shen Yuanyuan finally said reluctantly, "It's okay, I can." ”
Zhou Minggao immediately echoed, "Yes, yes, don't look at her thinness, she has a lot of strength." ”
The eldest brother left with confidence, Shen Yuan took a few steps forward, and asked Zhou Minggao, "Do you really want me to help?" I think you're good, you don't need it. ”
"I'm sure you wouldn't be so cruel."
Shen Yuan let out a "sigh", but still held him. Fortunately, Zhou Minggao was also very thin, and he had already recovered some strength at this time, so Shen Minggao didn't feel very strained.
After leaving the temple, they took a taxi, and the driver asked the destination, and Shen Yuanyuan said a nearby hospital - after all, she "picked up" this patient, so it was better to go home first, it was better to send him to the hospital first, so as not to faint on the road again. After finishing talking about the destination, Shen Yuanyuan took out a tissue from his backpack and handed it to Zhou Minggao, "Wipe it yourself." ”
The driver glanced at them in the rearview mirror and said, "Ouch," "Is this a fight?" The little girl is so white and clean that she still beats people. Probably because Shen Yuanyuan had just asked Zhou Minggao to wipe his wounds, the driver made such an inexplicable association. After speaking, he said to Zhou Minggao again, "Young man, we men must not beat girls, but we can't let girls beat either." ”
Shen Yuan was a little helpless and didn't answer. Zhou Minggao pushed the boat down the river, and said "um" twice with an aggrieved face.
"What are you, take advantage of me." Shen Yuan couldn't help but scold him.
"Master driver, look at her, she won't admit that it's my girlfriend when she's angry."
The driver saw through something and said "tsk" twice, "Don't be like this, girl, you have to learn to cherish it." ”
Shen Yuanxuan: ......
Don't ask about her inner activities, if you ask, you regret that you didn't pretend not to know him in the temple just now and turned around and left.
After arriving at the gate of the hospital, Shen Yuanyuan immediately turned around and walked in the direction of the bus stop, and Zhou Minggao hurriedly caught up, "Hey, don't be angry, why are you still angry?" I'm a patient, don't abandon me. ”
"Do you know you're a patient now? Didn't you have a good time singing with that driver just now? I see that you are very energetic, go to the hospital by yourself, don't rely on me. ”
"Don't be angry, that driver doesn't know you, and you won't meet you in the future."
"I don't know you and I can just say it? Can you take advantage of me? ”
"You also know that I like you, of course I'm happy if someone mistakenly thinks you're my girlfriend, and of course I'm going to push the boat."
Zhou Minggao's sentence "I like you" was extremely natural, and Shen Yuan was stunned all of a sudden. Although it is not difficult to see from his usual attitude towards her that he likes her, anyone will be shocked to say it so suddenly. However, the person who said this didn't feel anything at all, and was still saying to himself, "But the driver thinks you're my girlfriend, doesn't it mean that we look like a good match." ”
"You're insane!" Shen Yuan was furious, "Believe it or not, I'll let you hang a color on the other side of your forehead!" ”
"Don't, don't, Grandma." Zhou Minggao said while stepping back again and again, "I won't say anything, you take me to the hospital, I don't have cash, and I don't have a bank card on me, I need you to help me pay the money, and I'll transfer it to you on WeChat." ”
After Shen Yifeng fell ill, Shen Yuan often went to the hospital, and he would carry some cash and bank cards with him. Hearing Zhou Minggao say this, she didn't say anything more and accompanied him to the hospital.
Zhou Minggao only had a skin trauma on his forehead, and the injury was not serious and did not require stitches, just a little bandage. After the bandage, Zhou Minggao said to Shen Yuan, "Let's go, I'll invite you to dinner, thank you." ”
"I don't need to." Shen said, "You might as well save money and do more tests." ”
"Why do I think you're cursing me?"
"I'm not joking with you, I'm really reminding you. Fainting suddenly is not a good thing, and you better go and get it checked carefully. ”
"Ahem, it's not that serious, I'm just the price of cheating."
"Huh?" Of course Shen Yuanxuan didn't understand, "Open a plug-in? Do you still play games and open plug-ins? Then you deserve retribution. ”
Zhou Minggao: "...... Okay, that's okay if you understand it that way. So do you want to go to dinner with me? ”
Shen Yuanyuan agreed to his invitation to dinner, so the two of them got on the bus together. Mr. Zhou took Mr. Shen to the restaurant across the street from his school, the same one they had eaten in 2019. Shen Yuanyuan still didn't know what to order, and Zhou Minggao still ordered some of Shen Yuanyuan's favorite food. Since Shen Yuanyuan was still a minor at this time, Zhou Minggao did not order wine this time.
While eating, Shen Yuan suddenly sighed, "It's a bit magical, our tastes are quite similar, I like all the things you order." ”
"It's not like the taste, I ordered your favorite food, okay?"
Shen Yuanqian did not answer. After a while, she said, "You're actually pretty good." ”
"Don't."
"What? I can't praise you yet? ”
"No, I feel like the good guy card is about to be put on my face."
Shen Yuan snorted and laughed. "You can't call it a good person...... But you said that you like me today, and I think it is necessary to make it clear to you, so as not to have any misunderstandings in the future. She said, "I have someone I like." ”
"I know, isn't that the kid who played pool with me that day? What's so good about him, he plays billiards so badly and says you're stupid. ”
“...... I like him as a person, and I'm not looking for a billiards coach. ”
"I'm better than him when I find a boyfriend, of course, I can also be a billiards coach, and I can also be a math teacher."
Shen was speechless. She thought that the atmosphere would become gloomy after explaining these things clearly, but she didn't expect Zhou Minggao to be so optimistic. She complained, "I've never seen you boast like this......"
Zhou Minggao smiled. Xindao: I am full of confidence, who made me the person who opened the plug-in.