Chapter 11: Dreams

Sitting on the last train with only a few sporadic people, Chen Dao's expression was complicated.

Ever since he came back from the time-travel, his sleep has been a big problem, and he basically has to shrink under the bed every day and try his best to fall asleep.

Every time I fall asleep, I have nightmares, I wake up after a few hours of sleep, and I never have a way to sleep peacefully until dawn.

But just now, he fell asleep naturally on the grass by the lake.

Although he only slept for a short time, the quality of his sleep was the highest since he returned from the time-travel.

And he didn't dream!

The reason why he told Liang Yun that he dreamed that the two of them had crossed over was just to hide the performance that he thought he was in another world when he just woke up.

It can be said that most of his expectations and expectations before looking for Liang Yun have come true, or even exceeded them.

Liang Yun did give him a great "sense of security", and this "sense of security" did not require her to do anything specifically, but only needed her to be by her side.

When walking with Liang Yun on the road, he doesn't have to worry too much about the situation on that side, and he doesn't have to make sure that he is in sight when someone passes by or appears diagonally behind.

When sitting by the lake and chatting, Liang Yun is like a support that can support his body, so that he doesn't have to stay tense all the time, and can relax and rest.

This is a habit and instinct that has been cultivated in the other world and fought side by side with "Little Seven" for more than 20 years, and is engraved in the depths of consciousness.

After returning to the small rented house in the basement, Chen Dao tried to sleep on the bed, but he still had a strong sense of unsteadiness and couldn't fall asleep, so he could only continue to get under the bed.

At one o'clock in the morning, Chen Dao woke up again in a nightmare.

As soon as I looked up, I hit the cushion under the bed board.

After crawling out from under the bed, he sat on the floor, leaning against the edge of the bed, and was stunned for a while.

Just now he dreamed of "Little Seven".

It is actually normal for "Xiao Qi" to appear in a dream, after all, in the more than 30 years he has been in the other world, two-thirds of the time has been spent with her, and many times the partners around him have died, and only the two of them "depend on each other", so after crossing back, he basically has "Xiao Qi" in the nightmares he has.

But today's dream is very different, because the scene in the dream is not another world, but this world.

He sat in the hot pot restaurant at night, with the bottom of the smoking pot in front of him, and opposite her, sat "Xiao Qi" with scars on his face and short hair.

"Xiao Qi" looked at him and kept whispering: "Ah Dao, I'm hungry, Ah Dao, I'm hungry, Ah Dao, I'm so hungry......"

In the dream, there were a bunch of hearty ingredients in front of him, such as snowflake fat cow, hairy tripe, shrimp slippery, goose intestines, beef balls, etc., and he wanted to hand things to "Xiao Qi", but obviously the two of them were sitting at the same table, and the smoke at the bottom of the pot was like a barrier, separating them from the two worlds, and they couldn't pass it.

"Xiao Qi"'s voice became weaker and weaker, his face became more and more haggard, Chen Dao was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, but he still couldn't get over.

When he saw "Xiao Qi" slowly falling on the opposite side and couldn't speak again, Chen Dao, who was already in tears in his dream, finally couldn't help it and lifted the bottom of the pot away.

Then, he was finally able to walk to the other side of the table, but on the seat opposite the table, there was no "Xiao Qi" in the seat.

The nightmare had woken up, but Chen Dao, who was sitting on the ground, was still immersed in the emotions of the dream.

Although he found Liang Yun today and found the "partner" who could make him feel at ease, the two got along very well and made good progress.

But he actually understands in his heart that Liang Yun in this world and the "Xiao Qi" in the other world who has been fighting side by side with him for more than 20 years are not exactly the same person.

The real "Little Seven" is still in the other world, and may even have died in that tragic battle.

He will never see "Little Seven" in his life.

And Liang Yun will never have a chance to become "Little Seven".

Realizing this, Chen Dao inevitably fell into a state of despair and sadness.

He picked up his mobile phone and wanted to send a WeChat message to Liang Yun, but after remembering the current time, he still gave up, he didn't want the goodwill that he had built up so easily today to be squandered.

So he could only continue to use the old way to relieve his emotions - go out for a run.

When it was past nine o'clock, Chen Daogang was about to send a message to Liang Yun to say hello, but he first received a "good morning" expression from her.

After chatting a few words, Chen Dao learned that she had to stay in the laboratory because of her heavy schoolwork these days, so she made an appointment to sing together on Sunday afternoon.

Although he had found Liang Yun and become friends, and the purpose of asking for leave had been achieved, he did not go back to cancel the vacation in advance, but used the remaining days of vacation to stay in the library to study by himself, and pick up all the lessons that had fallen in the "Thirty Years of Otherworld".

On this day, he was sitting in a corner of the library and munching on a book.

Not only is it very remote, but it is also stuffy in summer and cloudy in winter, so it is a very poor location, and usually if the other seats in the library are full, few people will sit in it.

The reason why he sat in this position was to avoid other people coming to sit at the same table with him.

But unexpectedly, someone still sat next to him.

Chen Dao, who was originally engrossed in the book, almost reacted instinctively to punch or roll away when he noticed that there was a sudden person next to him, but fortunately, this situation has happened a lot recently, and he was able to "brake" in time and did not make much movement.

However, Chen Dao suddenly raised his head and got up, which still startled the people next to him.

Unexpectedly, it was Ye Xiaojie who suddenly appeared next to her.

"I saw that you were so focused on reading a book, and I thought that you would find me next to me for a while." Ye Xiaojie laughed in a low voice, and then handed over one of the two cups of hot milk tea in her hand: "Oh, please drink." ”

Chen Dao took it and put it on the table, then looked around, and motioned for Ye Xiaojie to go to the corridor with her to talk, so as not to disturb other people who were reading and studying.

"How did you get here?" When he arrived in the corridor, Chen Dao asked.

Ye Xiaojie's school is not here, it is far away, he will go to the library here, and he will find him in such a remote corner, it must be for him.

"I've come to you to thank you! I made an appointment with you on WeChat, but you said I didn't have time, so I had to come over by myself. Ye Xiaojie said.

After the incident in Ronghua Park before, she has been contacting Chen Dao on WeChat, wanting to thank him in person, but every time he finds an excuse to refuse.

"You've already thanked me on WeChat, there's no need to make another special trip."

"That's not good, this is a life-saving grace, how can you just thank you on WeChat."

"Okay, then I'll take the milk tea." Chen Dao nodded and said, "How did you know I was in the library?" ”

Ye Xiaojie said proudly: "I asked the students in your class, and I know that you love to go to the library very much this semester, and you always like to stay in those corners. ”

Saying that, she turned to say: "The grace of saving my life can't be repaid with a cup of milk tea, my little life is not so cheap, why don't I invite you to a few meals!" ”

"That's not really necessary." Chen Dao shook his head, and his tone was more resolute: "I don't have time." ”

Ye Xiaojie was stunned, obviously she didn't expect that when she was face-to-face, Chen Dao would still refuse so unhesitatingly, just like on WeChat.

"Thank you for the milk tea, if it's okay, I'll go back and continue reading first?" Chen Dao could feel that Ye Xiaojie was not simply trying to repay the "life-saving grace", but seemed to have a different interest in him.

It's just that now he doesn't have the slightest idea of falling in love with Ye Xiaojie, he just wants to find a way to get rid of the "otherworldly PTSD" and find a way to let his soul live peacefully and calmly in this world.

Ye Xiaojie bit her lower lip lightly, seemed to have made a decision, and suddenly said: "On Valentine's Day, did you throw the bouquet of flowers you threw at the bus stop outside our school for me?" ”