"Ah, it's Teacher Yu, please come in, please come in!"

Wu Haoxuan's mother welcomed me warmly into the house. As soon as I sat down on the sofa, my father, an overweight student, hurriedly brought a cup of hot tea to me. Their respectful and expectant attitude made me realize that their son's condition was clearly very bad.

I didn't have to say anything about greetings, and asked directly, "What about Wu Haoxuan?" Or in his room? ”

"Well, isn't it?" His mother said anxiously, "Since this child had experienced that incident three days ago, he has been like he has fallen into an evil spirit, and he has not gone to school, and has been huddled in his room all day in a daze." How can I get it like this, his father and I are really sad. ”

"Didn't you talk to him?"

Wu Haoxuan's father sighed: "We talked about it, but he either didn't talk about it, or he said something inexplicable that we couldn't understand." We were really worried, afraid that he would be stimulated too much and that something would go wrong with his spirit. ”

"Teacher Yu, you are a psychology expert, you are willing to come to our home to do psychological counseling with Haoxuan, we are so grateful to you, this is exactly what we wanted!"

"Yes, Teacher Yu, now we have to rely on you to enlighten this child."

I nodded to the anxious-looking and helpless couple and said, "I'll do my best to enlighten him." Now, then, take me to Wu Haoxuan's room. ”

"Okay, Teacher Yu, please come here."

I followed Wu Haoxuan's parents to the door of a closed room. I smiled bitterly as they knocked on the door. Unexpectedly, this is how I planned to spend my wonderful weekend - when I called them in the afternoon, I was planning to visit my home on Sunday. But the couple's impatient tone and impatient pleading made me feel like a lifesaver that they wouldn't let go of once they grasped it. I was forced to say yes to come in the evening.

The door of the room opened, and I saw Wu Haoxuan, with a haggard face and a sluggish face, far from the sunny boy in my impression.

"Haoxuan, Teacher Yu came to the house to talk to you in person, hurry up and greet the teacher."

It's okay, he wasn't so stupid that he couldn't even recognize the teachers at school. Hearing his mother say this, Wu Haoxuan called out in a daze: "Teacher Yu is good." ”

I nodded, and at the same time turned to Wu Haoxuan's parents and said, "Go get busy, I'll talk to him alone in the room." ”

"Okay, okay." Wu Haoxuan's parents agreed and left together.

"So, invite me to your room?" I smiled and said in a relatable tone. Wu Haoxuan didn't speak, just nodded silently.

He walked over to the bed and sat down, and I sat on a chair across from him. After about half a minute of silence, I plan to enlighten him with traditional psychological counseling methods first.

"You know, it's not surprising that each of us experiences or witnesses something terrible. For example, when I was in college, I witnessed an extremely brutal car accident. I bet you I saw a hundred times more terrible than what you saw that night. I was stupefied at the time, but I knew I couldn't let those images stay in my head, so I immediately asked my friends out for a walk, and then watched a comedy movie. Soon, I forgot about the unpleasant things. So now, why don't you try to do it? I heard that there was a good movie recently called ......"

"Okay, Teacher Yu, don't say any more." Wu Haoxuan suddenly interrupted me, revealing an anxious expression, "I appreciate your concern for me, but you can't help me, you don't know my ...... at all."

He couldn't go on, and there was a familiar sense of fear in his eyes, that kind of expression, exactly the same as Lan Tianyu three days ago.

I sensed something was out of the ordinary, and that's exactly what I wanted to know. I leaned forward and said, "Yes, I don't know the real reason for your fear, but that's what I'm here for. Wu Haoxuan, I came here to listen to your troubles and troubles. Why don't you tell me everything? ”

Wu Haoxuan shook his head nervously and said, "No, you won't believe it." Even if I told you, you would just think that I was paranoid, or that I was frightened and insane. Just like my parents, they didn't believe what I said, they just thought I was stimulated to talk nonsense. I know, you'll all think that. ”

I stared at him sincerely: "No, I won't. I will listen carefully to what you have to say, and I believe that you are telling the truth. ”

Wu Haoxuan's face was pale, and his body seemed to tremble slightly, I knew that it was due to the fear in his heart. But he still stubbornly shook his head and said, "Teacher Yu, I know that you are guiding me to speak in order to see where my psychological problems are. You can't believe it at all...... There will be such a thing......"

"Then if I tell you what Lan Tianyu told you before he died, and he also told me, do you still think that I don't believe what you say?" I finally threw out the killer weapon and looked directly at the boy in front of me.

Hearing my words, Wu Haoxuan raised his head sharply and almost jumped up from the bed. He asked me with round eyes, "Teacher Yu, what did you say...... It's true? Lan Tianyu also told you about his nightmares? ”

"Yes." "And he told me that he had only told you and me about it—otherwise, how would I have known he told you about it before he died?" ”

Wu Haoxuan became excited, he trembled and said, "Teacher Yu, do you know what is going on?" Why did Lan Tianyu die suddenly? ”

I shook my head: "I naturally feel very strange about this matter, but I don't know why Lan Tianyu died suddenly in his sleep. ”

"Yes......" Wu Haoxuan showed a disappointed look, "In that case, you can't help me with anything......"

I said with a straight face: "You don't always make subjective assumptions like this, okay?" If you don't tell me anything, how do you know I can't help you? ”

Wu Haoxuan looked at me. I knew he was moved, and his tone was much softer: "Tell me, what's wrong with you?" Why are you afraid of being like this after experiencing what happened to Lan Tianyu? ”

"That's because ......" Wu Haoxuan's lips twitched, his expression shocked, "Since the night Lan Tianyu died, I have also started to have the same nightmare. ”

I gasped in my heart, but my face tried to maintain calm: "Do you think the nightmare you had has anything to do with the nightmare Lan Tianyu had?" ”

Wu Haoxuan said bloodlessly: "It's not just related, I think what Lan Tianyu and I have is the same nightmare." ”

I stared at him, "Why do you think so?" Lan Tianyu told you about the nightmare he had? ”

Wu Haoxuan shook his head and said, "No, he said he couldn't remember the content of that dream." ”

"Tell me, then, what is the content of your nightmare?"

Wu Haoxuan's answer was exactly the same as Lan Tianyu's answer at the beginning: "I can't remember, every time I wake up from that nightmare, I can't remember the content of the dream at all." ”

"How is this possible?" I couldn't believe it, "How come you didn't have any impression when you woke up with that nightmare?" And the nightmare you just had, will you forget it so quickly? ”

Wu Haoxuan said in confusion: "I don't know about this. It's not something I can control. ”

I was speechless, and after thinking for a moment, I asked, "Since neither you nor Lan Tianyu can remember the content of the dream, then on what basis do you think that the two of you have the same nightmare?" ”

Hearing me ask, Wu Haoxuan's breathing became rapid in an instant, and his expression became even more frightened: "That's because ...... I found that I had one thing in common with him, we ...... will all wake up to nightmares at the same moment. ”

I couldn't pretend to be calm anymore and cried out uncontrollably, "You mean, you're going to wake up at 4:16 a.m., too?" ”

Wu Haoxuan frowned: "The difference is that the time I woke up was not 4:16, but ...... 4:17 a.m. ”

My back tingled, and a chill rose that made me shudder. The weirdness of this thing was completely beyond my comprehension. But now I can't express my shock and fear vividly, and I have to think about the student in front of me, and I think that if he feels my greater fear, his spirit may be completely broken.

I pretended to be calm and asked, "What, you also have a habit of looking at the time every time you wake up?" ”

"No, I did this subconsciously since Lan Tianyu told me about the strange things he encountered."

"How long have you been like this? I mean, how many days did you have that nightmare? ”

Wu Haoxuan forced himself to mix his fear in his saliva and swallow it together: "It started from the day Lan Tianyu died, and it has been two consecutive days. The day before yesterday and last night, I was awakened by a nightmare at 4:17. ”

I still want to say something, Wu Haoxuan has already shouted in horror: "Teacher Yu, what the hell is going on?" Will I still have that nightmare tonight? And then...... On the fourth night, will I be like Lan Tianyu...... Died inexplicably? ”

I stared at him in a daze, unable to answer a word of his question, and unable to utter false comforting words such as "It's just a coincidence, don't care." But as a psychology teacher, I can't always act completely at a loss. I could only say to Wu Haoxuan: "Don't think too much, maybe you won't have that nightmare again tonight." ”

Wu Haoxuan immediately asked, "Then what if I do it again tonight?" What does that mean? ”

After a pause, I said, "If you have this nightmare again tonight, then you can call me early tomorrow morning, and we will talk about it tomorrow; But you also think on the bright side, maybe it's just that you're overthinking? Maybe if you watch a comedy movie on the Internet for a while, or listen to some soothing and beautiful music before bed, you won't have nightmares tonight. ”

Probably Wu Haoxuan also had such a trace of luck in his heart, he lowered his head and muttered, "Okay." ”

I left my phone number with Wu Haoxuan, then left his room and said goodbye to his parents. When they asked me what was wrong with my son, I could only vaguely say it without telling them the real reason - partly because I didn't think they would believe in such a strange thing, and partly because I didn't want to scare them - anyway, I'll talk about it after tonight.