Finally, I was able to move, blood flowed through my body again, and all the scenery disappeared in an instant, replaced by a chandelier overhead, and I realized that it was just a dream. However, the phone kept ringing, and I sat up suddenly, my head may be in a state of lack of oxygen due to my sleeping position, which made me feel a little dizzy, and I tried to look around for my phone with my eyes wide open.

"What are you doing? Haven't answered my phone for so long. The moment the phone was connected, a woman's questioning voice came from the other end of the wireless signal.

"Who are you?" I frowned, took a cigarette from the cigarette case on the bedside table, and inhaled deeply.

"Who do you say I am?" The woman was a little angry at my inquiry.

I glanced at the phone screen, and the number of my workplace was displayed on it, and I realized that this woman was Xiaoxue.

"What time is it, and you haven't come to work yet?" Xiaoxue's attitude softened a little.

"What time is it?" I looked up at the clock on the wall, and it was already 10:30 a.m.

"Before the boss finds out, you'd better come over quickly." Xiao Xue seemed to lower her voice on the other end of the phone and said.

"Got it." After saying that, I hung up the phone.

I sat quietly smoking, not in a hurry to wash up and go out, and the other quilt next to me was neatly folded and placed at the head of the bed, with a changed lady's pajamas on it. My girlfriend and I have been in love for many years have had a relationship crisis, from the endless quarrel at the beginning, to the current ignorance of each other's existence. It's already clear in my heart, and maybe she's clear too, that it's only a matter of time before we break up.

Half an hour later, I walked out of the house dressed neatly, and while going down the stairs, I replied to the text message that Xiaoxue had just sent, and she was urging me to come to work quickly, and I replied to her: "I'm almost there." ”

The street in the morning should be bustling, but today is a little special, there are not many pedestrians on the street, I looked up at the sky, the sky was very blue, there was not a single cloud, the sun was shining so that I could hardly open my eyes. I walked to the bus hub near my home, and suddenly disappeared from the usual scene of the people fleeing the disaster, and I was the only one waiting for the bus at the city bus hub of Nuoda, and even the staff were gone. The information on the bulletin board not far away was constantly changing, and I knew that the place was still functioning.

I looked boredly at the scenery around me, the street outside the hub station was empty, few cars passed, and just as I was starting to think about what was going on today, the bus I was about to take stopped right in front of me. I didn't have time to think about it before I got into the car, and the driver staggered to the back of the car before I could sit down, and I staggered to the back of the car and sat down in the corner.

During this time, I had insomnia and always stayed up late at night before going to bed, which is why I was always late for work. During the day, I used to be sleepy, as soon as I sat on the chair, my two eyelids began to droop involuntarily, my head became extremely heavy, and I kept nodding forward, almost touching the back of the chair in front of me.

I think I was asleep, my eyes were tightly closed, but the other senses of my body were still working, and I could clearly feel the vibrations of the car as it moved, and the electronic synthesized sound of the station announcing from the speakers in the car at each stop. I just couldn't move, I couldn't feel anything.

A fresh fragrance irritated my nasal mucosa, and when I opened my eyes, the graceful figure was already standing in front of the car door. At this time, the bus stopped, the door opened, and the girl stepped out of the bus. Almost without thinking, I got up from my seat, followed, and jumped off the moment the door closed.

The street was quiet, and the girl was still walking in front with elegant steps, still wearing the dress with flowers on a white background, fluttering in the breeze. I strode after it, but I still couldn't. The girl led me through one deserted street after another, until the willow tree appeared in front of me, and a question suddenly popped into my mind: "How did I end up here again?" ”

It's still this alley, I've been here last night, and I've tried to recall all the fragments of my memories and the scene in front of me, everything is exactly the same, even the eerie silence in the air is exactly the same as it was in my previous dreams. I felt a faint uneasiness rise up in my heart, a large amount of sweat gathered on my forehead, the pulsation of my veins was clearly discernible, and I didn't know whether to go into this alley or not.

The girl stopped and stood not far away, her back to me, I could not see her face, it seemed to be waiting for me. I licked the sweat dripping from my lips, the salty taste, proving that everything in front of me was real, but my instincts told me that it might not be real. The idea of "meeting a ghost in broad daylight" was quickly rejected by me, because the time and place I was in, and everything around me did not have the elements of a ghost in common sense, but what was it?

My curiosity prompted me to step into the alley. The girl seemed to sense my approach, and walked forward with her graceful steps. I followed her closely, and then I further verified that I had indeed encountered strange things today, the old woman smiling at me in the doorway, the black cat running on the wall, and the old "red flag" sedan that was unattended but turned on, all reappeared in front of my eyes in the order of appearance in last night's dream. Then, with the pleasant sound of wind chimes, the girl walked through the door.

This time, I didn't hesitate and decisively opened the door and walked in.

"Hello." The little man behind the bar greeted me in a friendly way, then lowered his head and went about his business.

The furnishings of the tavern have not changed, there are no walls for other exits, unpainted tables and chairs, three-bladed electric fans overhead, and the transparent telephone. The only difference was that this time there was one more person, and he was sitting in the corner, and when he saw me coming, he stood up.

It was an old man, he was tall, and his body looked more solid than that of a young man. He wore an old-fashioned brown checkered suit that was not very fashionable, and a pair of shiny white leather shoes stood out. Although he is very old and his face is full of wrinkles, he can't hide the spirit of the **. His appearance was very kind, so I did not feel the slightest hostility towards him, on the contrary, I had a somewhat good impression of him.

When the old man saw my arrival, he stood up, pointed to the chair across the table and said, "We have finally met, sit down." ”

"Who are you?" I walked up to him and sat down in the chair across from me.

The old man said, "It doesn't matter who I am, the key is that you come here." ”

I saw the table in front of me with cutlery for two people, as if I had come to the banquet today, but I didn't care about that, and I continued to ask my question: "Where am I?" (To be continued.) )