Chapter Thirty-Six: The Psychedelic Market
Lin Chen reached out and groped Ye Jiangchuan's shoulder and hugged him.
"Don't thank me! I didn't. Without that kindness, the black light ran blindly to this broken well to live and die with you! Even if you die together, I'm going to find one too. Find a, what's that, find a.. Beauty dies together! Unless I have something wrong, I'm looking for you, a stinky old man dies together! Dead and with you, how boring and boring it is! I'm not here to die with you, I'm here to satisfy my curiosity. I didn't even think about it, I thought it was impossible, I was just curious... Curious..."
"Now, yet.. Curious? ”
"Well, curious! I want to know.. This is.. What's going on? These.. Black hair... Why is that? Who have we offended? Who.. set up a bureau for us, let.. Let's drown..."
At this time, Lin Chen's voice became very weak because of lack of oxygen.
Before he could finish his words, the water from the well was gone, and their heads and faces were gone.
Grunt, grunt-
Several bubbles poured out of the water, and along with the dense, disgusting bugs floating on it, soon seeped into the black hair.
Lin Chen was completely immersed in the cold and dark well water.
His mind was still clear, and he touched Ye Jiangchuan with his hand, and Ye Jiangchuan instinctively hugged him tightly.
Let go!
Lin Chen struggled!
He didn't know how he broke free from Ye Jiangchuan's hands, and he didn't know where Ye Jiangchuan went, he groped in the water for a long time and didn't touch him again.
Lin Chen couldn't breathe, his eyes were wide open, it was pitch black in front of him, he couldn't see anything, he only felt bubbles bubbling out from his mouth and nose, Lin Chen couldn't stop pumping water with his hands, and struggled a few times, the cold well water stimulated every nerve in him, and his body felt more and more powerless.
Finally, he didn't hold back, and he sucked water into his nose and mouth...
Choking uncomfortably...
Consciousness gradually becomes blurred...
He was no longer able to climb on the wall of the well, and his body was slowly sinking...
Sink...
He struggled a little, and his hands and feet didn't seem to obey him...
Sink...
In the darkness, a transparent, blue light and shadow flashed before his eyes.
He seemed to see a man covered in a black robe, whose face was also covered by the black robe, and he could only see the shadow of a black pointed hat and two Grim Reaper with flashing red eyes.
Right!
It's the cool guy standing at the door of the temple at the beginning of World of Warcraft, and the one with a huge scythe in his hand!
Damn! The scythe is used to kill yourself this time!
Lin Chen felt like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, and the Grim Reaper was hidden behind the mist.
He kept his eyes wide open and tried to keep his head clear.
He had to see him as he was before he was slaughtered by death, and face the fear he had not dared to face for so long.
It was extremely cold, darkness enveloped him, and pain and despair enveloped him.
He writhed, struggled, and gradually, froze, without the slightest strength, unable to breathe, and his consciousness was somewhat blurred.
Sink...
What's underneath? It's so deep! It's not deep, it's still going down, down.
In Lin Chen's remaining blurred vision, a grandmother appeared.
Grandma was on crutches, still as loving as before, and she was holding a small rice bowl in her hand, which was the aluminum that he used to eat when he was a child, and it was smashed into a small rice bowl.
He can remember that when he was a child, he was naughty, he didn't eat well, he ran around, and his grandmother chased after him, still holding this small rice bowl in his hand, chasing and shouting: "Stinky boy, if you run again, I will break your legs!" Eat well! ”
Grandma suddenly disappeared.
Grandmother!
Lin Chen shouted, but he couldn't shout at all, he couldn't even open his lips.
Dead silence, a long and terrible dead silence.
The cinnabar mole at the base of his ear became itchy and unbearable, and he scratched it with his hand, and the itching soon disappeared, replaced by another sensation - numbness, which also made him very uncomfortable. The tingling sensation radiated from the location of the mole to all sides, and the whole cheek was numb.
This made Lin Chen a little lucky!
Anyway, the feeling of numbness is also a feeling!
If you feel it, it means that his body is still alive!
He was playing hide and seek with the Grim Reaper, but in the end the Grim Reaper caught him, and he gradually lost his heartbeat.
The strange thing is that this time Lin Chen is not afraid, because he heard it in a trance, there is a voice, a very deep, very soft sound, distant and penetrating, like a copper bell, like a gentle collision of metal, it comes from afar, getting closer and closer.
The darkness disappeared in an instant because of the voice.
The Grim Reaper is gone.
In the white expanse, he saw a beam of light, swirling, beating, particularly bright, shaking before his eyes, and drifting away from him.
He forgot who he was, and just instinctively followed the bright light.
He seemed to float up as a whole person, like the wind, and his whole body was very comfortable, this feeling, Lin Chen had never experienced it, I don't know how long it had been floating like this, and the beautiful light was gone.
The wind and sand all around him turned into a roar of the wind in an instant, and he was like a leaf that was ruthlessly swept up by the wind, thrown into the sky, falling, rising, and spinning in the air, and at that moment, he once again felt helplessness and despair.
Suddenly, the wind stopped.
In a trance, Lin Chen saw a street market at dusk, the street was very narrow, with stone slabs in the middle and pebbles on both sides. The streets are lined with old-fashioned buildings, shops next to each other, hairdressers, meat sellers, pastry sellers, wine shops, and sauce shops. These can be seen from the signs hanging on the doors of the shops, no! To be exact, this thing should be called a disguise!
Pretense!
Lin Chen also wondered how he suddenly knew such an uncommonly used word!
The old bell tower stands in front of it, and a square glass lamp that can be lifted and lowered is hung downstairs, and someone is adding green oil, and the brilliant light shines through one side, and it is always bright and not extinguished.
Women in old-fashioned cheongsams, men in long robes, horse coats, donkey drivers, sedan chairs, and carts, they strolled leisurely or hurriedly, shuttling back and forth around him.
The shouting and shouting of the hawkers is endless...
The air is filled with the faint smell of roasted sweet potatoes...
The cinnabar mole under the root of the ear was still faintly painful, he raised his hand and stroked it gently, and at the moment of raising his hand, he was surprised to find that his sleeve was wrong! Look down and don't be surprised!
When did you change into a suit?
A well-tailored gray plaid suit, a spotless white shirt underneath, and a light brown tie made him suddenly feel like an English gentleman.
Lin Chen rarely wears a suit on weekdays.
One is that he has a big butt, and it is more obvious that he "collapses" in a suit and does not look good! The second is that the suit looks too solemn, which is not quite in line with his more casual character, because he does not wear a suit and tie according to the company's regulations, Lin Chen was criticized by Shi Chunzhu by name.
Now, he was actually dressed in a suit and meticulously tied a tie!
Didn't spend a penny!
It's really interesting!
Lin Chen never dreamed that this kind of magic clothes change method that happened in mythological stories actually appeared on his own body, whether he liked it or not, whether he agreed or not, he was changed by others!
Lin Chen's hand rubbed against his clothes, and he suddenly thought of a question that made him more embarrassed.
Will your underwear also be replaced by others?
He stopped in front of a tailor's shop hanging a plaque of "Hongze Garment Shop", those few full and upright italics, he looked at it blankly for a while, an inexplicable sense of familiarity came to his face, and he even felt that the signboard was hung up by himself! No, he was supposed to hang it up with another person!
There's another person!
Who is the other person?
But in any case, he was sure that here he had been here!
The black wooden door squeaked open, and without any external force, it opened by itself, as if it had been opened for him. Lin Chen hesitated for a moment and walked in, but inside was a black hole, eerie...
He was so frightened that he hurriedly retreated.
In an instant, he sat in a teahouse again, in front of him was the fragrant tea, the mist was rising, misty, swirling, the surrounding tea customers came and went, only he was drinking slowly, he vaguely felt that he should be waiting for someone to arrive...
In the end, she still didn't arrive, and he had to leave disappointed.
He walked alone on the streets, and heard the sound of firecrackers, "crackling" from the depths of the alley... He knew that someone was married...
Lin Chen's heart was clenched by something, and he looked at the other end of the alley in a daze, and a cold tear slowly overflowed the corner of his eye.
The stars were already dotted in the sky, and the moon climbed up the treetops, Lin Chen stopped, and his thin shoulders shook coldly.
Where is this?
And why did it become so sentimental because of the sound of firecrackers?
Lin Chen asked himself.
Aren't you immersed in the cold well water!
Is he really dead? Moved to another world? The Legendary Kingdom of Heaven?
During his college years, Lin Chen read a lot of books, all about Western culture. He has always had difficulty understanding the reasons for Westerners' unwavering belief and wholehearted conversion to religion.
He didn't know if the kingdom of heaven really existed, and he believed that the kingdom of heaven was also conceived by the brain! It is precisely because of the existence of the brain that there is the existence of consciousness, spirit, and soul, which are invisible and intangible.
Was he wrong?
Is this the Kingdom of Heaven?
Lin Chen held his breath, looked around, pulled the corners of his mouth, and smiled deeply.
Once, for the sensitive word death, as long as he thought about it, he would feel shuddering and terrified, it was an unavoidable disaster for everyone, it was devastating! Now it seems that death is not as terrible as imagined!
If you die, you can come to Heaven!
Isn't it nice here?
There are people in the market, women, tea, roasted sweet potatoes to eat, and...
"Ding, ding, ding!"
A team of carriages walked by, and Lin Chen watched a piece of shit fall out of the butt of a horse with its tail flicking, frowned slightly, and pursed his lips.
How could there be such filth in Heaven!
No! It won't be Heaven here!
Everything here is so familiar!
Here, will it be your past life?
While he was thinking nonsense, a girl in a blue gauze dress took his hand and flew upwards with him, higher and higher.
Above the high clouds, he saw a strange sight.
A completely strange world, vibrant, extremely beautiful, and mesmerizing. A lush field, jumping streams, glittering waterfalls, and blooming flowers all over the hills.
The beautiful girl in the blue gauze skirt was beside Lin Chen, and Lin Chen recognized that it was the girl who appeared in his dreams countless times.
Who is she?
Why does it keep appearing in my dreams?
Lin Chen wanted to ask, but he found that he couldn't speak.
The girl seemed to understand what he meant, and looked at Lin Chen affectionately, the emotion contained in that look had nothing to do with romance, she just smiled, a familiar smile, a pure smile made Lin Chen forget his fear, forget about death, forget about the cold well water, his outstretched hand was gently held by her, and they flew again.
In the wind, in the fog, in the clouds...
Fly!