Chapter 46: Dream and Reality
"I once dreamed of going to the end of the world with a sword and seeing the prosperity of the world......"
In a daze, Chen An seemed to hear a familiar singing voice in his ears that he hadn't seen for a long time, he turned over on the bed, touched the mobile phone on the table, and after a few random clicks on the screen, the singing suddenly disappeared.
Not right-
When he was about to continue sleeping, he suddenly jumped out of bed.
His mind went blank as he stared around him at the familiar scene of his bedroom.
I'm ...... Wearing it back?
Or is it ...... I had a dream?
He turned his head to look at the floor-to-ceiling mirror on the wall, and was shocked to see that he was still wearing the white robe of the Soynland Institute instead of his original pajamas, which alone proved that none of this was a dream!
He slowly sat on the edge of the bed, facing himself in the mirror, tears began to fall uncontrollably, but he was laughing again, and as a result, he showed an extremely ugly expression in the mirror.
After a long time, the mobile phone on the table rang the familiar alarm clock song again, Chen An wiped his hands on his face, took the mobile phone on the table and glanced at it.
8οΌ10
Cancel the alarm and check the time.
December 1, 201X.
Looking at the time on his phone, Chen An's thoughts were like a mess, he didn't expect that he had spent more than a year in Osgard, and it was only one night when he returned to the original world.
"Mom, Dad!"
At this time, Chen An suddenly opened the bedroom door and shouted, but looking at the empty home and the breakfast left on the living room table, he remembered that his parents went to work earlier than him, and he should have reported to the unit by now.
He didn't know how to describe his current state, as if the strong feeling of being in another life had made him a little confused about the reality in front of him, his mind was so chaotic that he was completely at a loss.
Sitting at the living room table in a daze, picking up the buns and soy milk on it and chewing the wax one by one, now, he no longer has to go back to the days when he was subjected to Soyinland's research experiments every day, now, he no longer has to live a life of fear, now, he can no longer ...... I can't see Alex anymore.
How nice it would be if it was all a dream.
Eating and eating, Chen An couldn't help crying silently again,
Since when did his feelings become so fragile and the tear ducts become so abundant.
I don't feel like my old self anymore.
The phone in the bedroom rang again, this time no longer the sound of an alarm clock, but the sound of an incoming call.
He went back to his bedroom and picked up his phone with the charging cable unplugged.
Packet?!
"Chen An, are you going out now?"
As soon as he pressed the answer button, Bao Wei's hearty laughter came from the phone.
"No, I'm still at home. β
Chen An said in a numb tone.
"It just so happens that I have something to drive out today, so I'll pick you up and go to work with me. Bao Wei said.
β...... Okay!" Chen An said after a pause.
"I don't think you're a little happy in your tone?!What's going on? Forget it, wait for me outside the entrance of the community, and I'll be there in 10 minutes. β
β...... Okay!" said Chen An.
As soon as he finished speaking, Bao Wei hung up the phone.
At the end of the call, Chen An reacted slightly, it turned out that he still had work today!
Now that he has returned to the real world and life still has to go on, maybe he can take a temporary leave to recover his mental state, but ...... Work may be more able to readjust him to the relationships between society and the surrounding people, and perhaps, it will be more able to numb himself.
It's justβ
Will I planeswalk again?
......
"Chen An, here!"
Chen An changed his clothes here, and as soon as he walked out of the gate of the community after washing, a small bag shouted from the window of a white Volkswagen parked on the side of the road.
He walked by, opened the back door and sat inside.
"Chen An, your spirit doesn't look right, is it because of Lin Hui's matter?"
After Bao Wei started the car, he looked at the lifeless Chen Andao through the rearview mirror.
"It has nothing to do with Lin Hui, it was a dream that was too real last night, and it hasn't been relieved until now. Chen An reluctantly squeezed out a smile and explained, after all, this kind of thing traveling through time and space is too appalling, not to mention that Xiao Bao Xiang doesn't believe it, the key is that it is impossible for him to expose his most important secret, because he doesn't want to be a guinea pig again.
"Dream......?
Xiao Bao just shook his head and smiled and said no more, obviously not believing Chen An's words.
Looking out the window at the bustling market, all kinds of memories of Osgaard seemed to be slowly fading, and even Alex's voice and smile began to blur in his mind.
"No...... I don't want to forget her, I don't want to forget her!"
Suddenly, Chen An hugged his head and roared like crazy, which frightened Bao Wei, who was driving, and urgently stepped on the brakes.
"I said Chen An, are you okay?"
Bao Wei turned his head and looked at Chen Andao with a nervous face.
"I ...... I...... I'm fine. β
Chen An seemed to come to his senses, he lowered his head, bit his lip, and tried his best to keep his tears from pouring out of his eyes.
"Are you really okay? or you don't go to work today, I'll ask Mrs. Shi for a leave of absence!" Bao Wei still said uneasily.
"No, I'm really fine. β
Chen An took a deep breath, sat up straight again, and showed a reassuring ugly smile towards Xiao Bao.
"Ahh
Xiao Bao sighed, restarted the car and slowly drove in the direction of the company.
"I'm sorry Xiaobao, there are some things that I don't want to say, but I can't say them, so let me be alone. Chen An leaned against the car window and said with a blank expression.
"Okay. β
Xiaobao pursed his lips, and looked at Chen Antong's red eyes in the rearview mirror, and his mood was complicated, perhaps, Lin Hui's matter hit him more than he imagined, and he really didn't see that he was such a slender person.
Memories are dissolving, just as everyone wakes up from a dream.
At first, the memory of the dream was very clear, but the more time passed, the weaker the memory of the dream became.
And Chen An is in such a situation now.
Heβ
Slowly forgetting everything about Osgaard.
Including Alex.
No matter how much he thought about it, no matter how much he remembered, he couldn't change this fact.
Could it beβ
Was it really just his dream?
When he returned to work in the company next, he looked like he was in a daze, so he asked Xiaobao's boss, who called Mrs. Shi, to call him into the office and criticize him severely, perhaps she also saw Chen An's mental problems, and after criticizing, she didn't forget to ask him if he needed to take a leave of absence.
But Chen An refused.
Because, rest only adds to his pain, while work can numb himself.