Another dream?

Looking at the familiar bedroom scene blankly, Xia Qin, who threw herself into tears in his arms, Chen An's brain and thoughts still seemed to be a mess, maybe everything in the dream was too real, so he couldn't believe that it was just a dream now, not to mention, he almost strangled himself with his own hands.

"Chen An, you've finally woken up, do you know how scared I was just now......

Xia Qin, who was lying on top of him, kept patting Chen An's chest with his hand, and his face was sobbed with rain.

"Xia Qin, tell me, what's wrong with me?" Chen An reached out and stroked Xia Qin's head, but his eyes were fixed on the white ceiling above his head and muttered.

"In the middle of the night, you started to talk in your sleep, and when I woke up, no matter how I told you to shake you, you didn't respond, so I had to stay next to you and wait for you to wake up, but just now, you suddenly grabbed your neck with both hands and wanted to kill yourself, so scared that I have been trying to stop you, thank God, you finally woke up at the last moment. Xia Qin intermittently told Chen An what happened to him.

"......," Chen An said in silence for a long time. "Sorry to worry you, I just had a nightmare. ”

"Nightmare?" Xia Qin wiped her tears and sniffled at Chen An, "Don't lie to me, I don't believe it's a simple nightmare, because I've never heard of someone having a nightmare trying to strangle themselves." ”

"Xia Qin, my brain is also very messy now, can you let me be quiet?" Chen An said with a light sigh.

"Good ......"

Xia Qin was stunned for a moment, then silently got up from Chen An, she took her coat from the hanger and put it on, and walked towards the door without looking back.

"Where are you going?" Chen An couldn't help but care.

"Brush your teeth and wash up, and go out and buy breakfast and come back. ”

Hearing Xia Qin say this, Chen An realized that it was already dawn outside, he did not continue to lie on the bed, but came to the small sofa in the living room and sat down, glanced at the shoe cabinet in front of the door, and then his eyes were on the wall clock on the wall.

6:50.

"I'm out of the house. ”

At this time, Xia Qin, who had finished washing, walked out of the bathroom, she glanced at Chen An, who was stunned on the sofa, and said, then opened the door and went out.

Dreams and realities, reality and dreams.

Chen An couldn't tell the difference at all.

"Liu Xinxin, I know that all this is all about you, please don't hide your head and show your tail to trick me anymore, I admit defeat, I can't afford to play with you anymore, please be merciful and let me go." ”

A sourness surged into his eyes, Chen An opened his mouth slightly and took a few breaths, shook his head for a while, his face showed a look of wanting to laugh and crying, and his bright eyes in the past lost their brilliance and became dim.

He began to talk to himself, and he seemed to believe that the little girl in red was right next to him.

Long.

Nothing happened.

There was no one in the room but him, or rather, a ghost!

He was silent until Xia Qin came back from buying breakfast, he still sat motionless on the sofa and remained silent, although he knew that this would cause Xia Qin to worry and question, but he was so weak that he almost collapsed and had already given up on himself. He just wanted to sit quietly, in silence, not to say anything, not to listen to anything, and if he could, how he wished that time would stand still forever in this moment.

"Chen An......" Xia Qin saw his confused appearance, and immediately put down her breakfast and came to Chen An's side, she hugged Chen An with both hands, her silver teeth bit her lip lightly, and said with a sad look on her face. "Please don't scare me anymore, you're really making me sick like this. ”

"Xia Qin, I want to go home. Chen An looked at the wall clock with a stunned expression.

"What about work?" said Xia Qin.

"I don't know, but I just want to escape from this hellish place now, to a place where no one can find me. Chen An's voice was numb.

“...... Chen An, come with me to see a doctor. Xia Qin said silently for a moment. "After seeing the doctor, I will accompany you wherever you want to go. ”

"Good. ”

Chen An nodded unexpectedly and did not refuse.

Hastily ended breakfast, agreed on the time and place, each other took the public tram to the company to ask for leave to report, clinker in Xia Qin not long after getting off, Chen An did not go to the company, but chose to get off halfway, and then transferred to the public tram to Nancheng District.

After arriving in Nancheng District, Chen An rushed to the little girl in red's house before his death, he seemed to be looking for an answer, a relief, as for why he deceived Xia Qin, I am afraid it is not just out of the psychology of protecting her, the specific reason is only understood by himself.

Maybe it came early, or maybe it came "by coincidence".

This time, there was no inexplicable fire in the little girl's home.

After hesitating in front of the little girl in red's house for a long time, even if the residents who passed up and down the stairs had looked at him with abnormal eyes, he didn't pay attention to it, took a deep breath, and knocked on the burglar-proof iron door of the room.

Knock Knock Knock –

"Who's coming?"

After a while, a young woman's voice came from the room, and then the door opened, and a fashionably dressed girl appeared in Chen An's eyes, and the other party was obviously stunned after seeing him, and inevitably showed a puzzled look.

"May I ask who you are?"

"Hello, are you Liu Xinxin's parent?" Chen An said with a gentle and polite smile.

"Sorry, you may have found the wrong place. The girl's expression was surprised, and she quickly shook her head.

"No, I asked the management committee and said that Liu Xinxin lived here. Chen An frowned slightly and explained.

"Sorry, you're really in the wrong place. The girl repeatedly denied it. "I've been renting here for two years, and I've never heard of Liu Xinxin you said, and why are you looking for her?"

Seeing the girl's vigilant and defensive look, Chen An said calmly. "That's right, I'm Liu Xinxin's homeroom teacher, she didn't come to school yesterday, and her family didn't ask us for leave, so I came here today to ask the reason to see if something happened to Liu Xinxin's family. ”

"I see. Perhaps Chen An's appearance was too deceptive, and the girl was not suspicious. "But you're really in the wrong place, I've lived here for two years, and most of the neighbors in the neighborhood know me, but I don't have any impression of Liu Xinxin when you said it. ”

"Thanks, that's really bothering you. ”

Chen An pretended to be dejected and said before turning around and leaving.

When he went downstairs, his face changed instantly, and when he looked upstairs at the other party's house, he couldn't help but wonder if the girl was lying. But he did not act rashly, but went directly to the management committee.

Under normal circumstances, the management committee will not easily disclose the private information of community residents to strangers, unless they are acquaintances with the members of the management committee, or as Xia Qin presents a press card under the pretext of interviewing and investigating, and Chen An still fabricated the identity of a teacher to gain the trust of the management committee.

After the inquiry of the management committee, the facts are as the young girl said, Liu Xinxin does not live in the house just now, and even the entire community does not find Liu Xinxin.

Could it be—

Is everything about Liu Xinxin his dream?

After leaving the management committee in despair, standing beside the busy street, Chen An's thoughts were like a mess again, every time, once he began to investigate the evidence of the connection between dreams and reality, he would eventually return in vain, often when he was disheartened and ready to recognize reality, the little girl in red would suddenly appear in front of him, as if to remind him that everything in his dreams was real.

Back and forth, and so on.

Chen An was rightfully on the verge of collapse.

What you think is fake is actually true, and what you think is true is actually false.

Any normal person who encounters such a thing will doubt life and reality.

This is the first time Chen An has been absent from work.

He didn't think about the cost of absenteeism at all, he could find it again if he lost his job, but it would be difficult to return to normal when people collapsed.

Walking down the street in a trance, surrounded by busy people passing by, sometimes he would have extreme thoughts, if I committed suicide, would I wake up again, but he was just thinking about it, because he was not desperate enough to commit suicide.

He didn't know how long he had been walking to the destination, and he didn't know where he was, Cangyang was so big, even locals couldn't be familiar with every street and alley.

When he realized that his legs and feet were sore, and his stomach was hungry, Chen An slowly came back to his senses.

Who am I, where am I, and where am I going?

He should have had such a doubt, but he didn't.

Because—

He saw a tavern on the side of the street.

A large red curtain with a strange black pattern printed on it.

At that moment, he ran towards the tavern without much thought.

Lifting the curtain of the door and entering the tavern, the first thing I saw was a beautiful woman in a red apron behind the dining table.

Lazy, elegant, calm.

Not at all like an ordinary tavern hostess.

"Huh?"

The woman was wiping a crystal clear wine glass with a clean white cloth, and as Chen An rashly broke in, she just looked at Chen An and made a slightly surprised sound.

"It's you, you're all messing around, aren't you?"

But Chen An was like a madman who had lost his mind, and he rushed directly to the table and tried to drag the woman over with both hands to question, but unfortunately the woman retreated lightly and dodged.

"Interesting. The woman still maintained a flat smile and looked at Chen Andao who looked like crazy. "You shouldn't be here. ”

"What do you mean? You really know what happened to me?" Chen An calmed down a little and sobered up a little.

"This little brother, I don't deny your accusations, in fact, what happened to you is indeed related to me. The woman said indifferently. "But you really shouldn't be here right now. ”

"Why?" said Chen An, gritting his teeth.

"Haven't you noticed yet?" the woman pointed to herself, and then to Chen An. "You're in a soul state now...... In other words, if you don't go back to your body, you're really going to die. ”