Chapter Seventy-Four: Phantom Red Dress
"Window? What windows? Lin Chen asked.
Xu Aqi was stunned, with a rare helpless expression on her face.
"It's the window of a clothing store! The big transparent glass, the model inside is wearing a red dress, which is particularly beautiful, you said you want to buy it for me, I said I don't want it! I said when you marry me, I'll ask for it again! ”
Lin Chen tilted his head sideways, didn't speak, and just looked at Xu Aqi for a long time.
"What's wrong?" After a while, Xu Aqi asked timidly.
Lin Chen tiptoed, simply stood on the side of the road, looked at the side of the path, turned around and said, "Ah Qi, don't you think the scene you just said is so familiar!" You like that red dress so much that you stop and look at it for a long time, right? ”
"Hmm!" Xu Aqi nodded.
"Is the red dress you see a red gauze skirt? And white pearls on it? ”
"Hmm!"
"Aqi, what you saw was the scene we encountered on the street before your last business trip, why did you forget it all? The red dress in the window, I bought it later, and I gave it to you a long time ago! You're pretty in it! You also like it! It didn't take long! Have you forgotten? The sights we saw and the words we said were all things that had already happened! ”
Lin Chen's words, like a basin of water, completely woke up Xu Aqi.
Everything seemed to happen so naturally, he called her, she followed out of the hospital, they walked down the path, they went shopping!
It's all incredible! He denied everything, and the desolate scene on the path was in stark contrast to the bustle and bustle just now, and the contrast was so strong that it stimulated every nerve in her, and the change that seemed to have happened in an instant made her almost doubt her eyes! She didn't even know that she had actually experienced it all over again in a past event.
What's even more terrifying, she actually ate human nails from the fragrant skewers she bought on the street! And the vendors and stalls that bought the skewers, together with the noise and bustle on this path, evaporated from the world and disappeared without a trace.
Who is the author of all this?
Or, her delusion?
If, yes! It must have been a frightening delusion!
Lin Chen reached out and stroked her cheek, his thick big hand was warm, nostalgic and delicate.
"It's okay! I've had hallucinations too! It has also appeared more than once! I'm going numb! You see, I'm pretty good right now! ”
Looking at Xu Aqi, Lin Chen was a little unbearable, he had experienced it, and he knew that it was a kind of fear that came from the depths of his heart and penetrated deep into the bone marrow, and if the word "inexplicable" was added in front, the horror would be magnified by 100 times.
If he could do something for her to alleviate that fear, he would do it, and at any cost!
"What happened next? Let's go, don't just stand here, let's go that way! Lin Chen continued to ask.
She frowned in silence, her face sinking like water.
"How can this be!" Xu Aqi still didn't seem to believe Lin Chen's words, she took two steps closely, followed Lin Chen, and continued: "Later, later, later, then you insisted on buying that red dress!" I'm gone! If you chase me, I'll say, when you marry me, I'll ask for a red dress again! Later, I found out I couldn't find you! I wonder if you'll go back to the hospital! I bought lamb kebabs! I wandered back alone. Lin Chen, what you do, you, don't you know? ”
"Aqi, I didn't take half a step out of the hospital at all, and, you can see for yourself! You should be able to see it! This small dirt road is different from the big road in front of us! This little dirt road goes down this little dirt road, there is no lively market at all, there is no one selling crispy corn, there are no clothing stores, it is a deserted, cold path that leads to the hospital morgue, you know! ”
Lin Chen's low voice sounded in Xu Aqi's ears, like a thunderclap, which shook Xu Aqi for a long time.
The road was not far away, and the two of them stopped at the T-junction, and then turned around, and it was the path that the fat man had said.
Xu Aqi stood there in a daze, her eyes kept wandering on the path and Lin Chen's body, trembling violently, feeling like the sky was falling! She suddenly felt as if she was isolated from the world, and the noise swelled and swelled in her ears!
Suddenly, for a moment, she couldn't hear anything clearly, she couldn't see anything!
All that left in her eyes was the beautiful red dress inlaid with white pearls, a dazzling blood-like red, fluttering in her eyes.
She covered her eyes with her hands and crouched on the ground.
All the street lights came on one after another, and a sprinkler truck passed by, and the colorful lights shone on the road, illuminating the asphalt road with mist, sparse pedestrians, and the occasional taxi rustling past.
Lin Chen raised his head, walked a few steps, leaned over and hugged Xu Aqi gently.
"Don't be afraid! Unafraid! It's all right! ”
Lin Chen said lightly.
He hugged Xu Aqi tightly in his arms, and there was a sour feeling in his eyes.
"Lin Chen!"
"Hmm!"
"What did I just encounter?"
"Don't be afraid!"
"Say, did I see a ghost?"
"No, don't talk nonsense! I've got you covered! No one wants to take you away from me! ”
"But! But I... Particularly specially... Afraid! ”
"Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid of anything! ”
Two people, one tall and one short, squatted side by side in the corner of the roadside, shrunk their hands and feet, like two little squirrels munching nuts.
The night gets thicker and thicker, and the trees on the roadside are in a row, and the light and shadow are swaying.
"How is Ye Jiangchuan?" Xu Aqi said.
"It's still like that! I don't know when he'll wake up! ”
"Oh! What I experienced with him was different, but it was just as weird! ”
"Hmmm! Don't want it anymore! Let's go! Let's go home! ”
Lin Chen stood up, under the street lamp, his figure was long and bright, and he gently took Xu Aqi's hand.
Xu Aqi was still squatting on the ground, looking at Lin Chen ignorantly, for a long time, and said softly: "Tell me, are you real?" ”
Lin Chen looked at Xu Aqi, who was in a trance in front of him, pulled the corners of his mouth, squatted down in front of her, stared at her eyes, and asked very seriously, "What do you say?" ”
Xu Aqi was silent for a while, as if she had something on her mind, she looked up at the sky, the clear sky, and saw the stars looming.
"There are so many stars tonight!"
"Hmm!"
"Sometimes, I wonder if these stars are out there, and they don't seem very far away, but in reality, they are so far away!"
"Why did you suddenly remember to say this?" Lin Chen followed and looked up.
"I mean, I always felt like the stars were you! I thought we were close, but in fact we were far away! ”
"Silly girl, what kind of emotion! Am I not right here? ”
Xu Aqi turned his face sideways and looked at Lin Chen, "Do you know?" I'm so scared! I'm afraid you'll leave me! I'm afraid you'll be snatched away by another woman! ”
"You! Think wildly! Lin Chen gently put his hand on Xu Aqi's hand, but her hand flashed away, Lin Chen's hand fell short, and he looked at Xu Aqi blankly.
"Why do you insist on giving me that red dress?" She asked.
Xu Aqi is the kind of girl who is easily satisfied.
Lin Chen gave Xu Aqi only a handful of gifts, but she cherished everything very much. The little clip he gave her, she would happily pin it to her head, and would be reluctant to take it off; The pen he gave her, the tip of the pen was blunt, she still used it, reluctant to throw it away, she knew, it was love and black! Until Lin Chen gave her this red dress, I don't know why, maybe this gift is too expensive, too beautiful, and too perfect, she is afraid that this red dress will be a full stop.
Xu Aqi vaguely felt that there was someone who seemed to be between them, and he could be snatched away from her at any time. This is not suspicion, nor is it distrust of Lin Chen, this strange feeling has been a long time, especially today, the moment she saw that beautiful red dress, this feeling was especially strong.
"Because you like it! Because I love you! Lin Chen opened his mouth, he really didn't understand why she was so good, why he began to doubt his love for her again.
The night wind blew over, blowing Xu Aqi's long hair flying. She suddenly turned her head, the corners of her mouth moved, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't say it after all. The shadows of the trees and the dim lights of the streets reflected the eyes in which she looked at him, and there seemed to be a glitter in her eyes, like tears.
"What's wrong with you?" Lin Chen asked.
After being silent for a long time, Xu Aqi smiled and shook her head slightly.
"You know? I have a strange feeling as if if I took your red dress and you would leave me! ”
"Don't you like that red dress! How can you feel this way! ”
"I don't know!"
"Let's go! Go home! My dear Miss Angela Hui! It's all a dream! I woke up from my dream, and the sun will still rise tomorrow! We are not afraid of anything! No! Think of it as an illusion! ”
The evening breeze was cool, Lin Chen took off his coat and draped it over her, pulling her into his arms, his chin resting on her black hair, and his eyes were deep.
"Trust me, trust me!"
Before she could answer, she felt a gust of wind rise, and she didn't have time to breathe, her back stiffened, her lips tightened, and his kiss caught her off guard.
"Don't do that! will be seen! Xu Aqi said.
"I just want you to know that I love you!" Lin Chen said.
Xu Aqi pushed Lin Chen away, looked away from him, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a pitch-black figure in the middle of the path over there.
"Lin Chen!"
"Huh?"
"There's a guy standing in the middle of that path, watching us all the time!"
Lin Chen turned his head and looked over, but he didn't see anything.
"Where?" Lin Chen said.
Xu Aqi rubbed his eyes, "Just standing there!" Hey? What about people? ”
"Don't make a fuss! It's normal for people to be on the trail! If there is no one on the trail all the time, then it is not normal! ”
"It's not! Why did that man disappear all of a sudden? Gone in the blink of an eye! ”
"Let's go!"
"It's too fast!"
Lin Chen was stunned, and then bent the corners of his mouth.
"It's the same as just now, it's your brain hallucinating again!"
The night is like ink, there are few pedestrians on the road, and there is no one to see on the small dirt road that turned over!
"Let's go back! It's late! ”
Xu Aqi stood in place and said in a low voice: "Please, don't always use illusions to send me away!" If it's just an illusion, what is the explanation for the meat skewers mixed with human fingernails? That's actually in your mouth! ”
"Hmmm! That's a problem! Let me think! Lin Chen said, pulling Xu Aqi in the direction of going home, "I think about it, maybe it may be the uncle who sells mutton skewers, and when he cut the meat, he accidentally cut his fingernails into the meat!" ”
"But what about the people who sell lamb kebabs? When I came out of the path, I bought it, and when I met you, I happened to look back and look again, and then I found that he was gone! ”
Lin Chen said: "He's going home!" He also has a wife and children, and he can still stand on that path and sell lamb skewers! ”
"He's going too fast! It will take some time to clean up the skewer tools, the oven and everything! ”
"People just move fast! You still think it's all like you! ”
"But even if he moves fast, how can he explain that the people on that path are gone?"
"My little aunt, just spare me! You ask me, I ask who is going! ”
Looking at Lin Chen's innocent and warm side face, Xu Aqi's panic seemed to disappear a little, from powerless, to a little indifferent, to unprecedented numbness, and peace of mind was indescribable.
Anyway! And Lin Chen is here!