Chapter 21 Variables
Half an hour later, Chen Dao finished treating the injury on his leg at a clinic near their home, with debridement and stitches, and it was basically fine.
When he just woke up, he kicked the stainless steel base of the coffee table apart, and his calf was cut by the base bracket with a long and deep wound, and he bled a lot.
This coffee table was bought second-hand for 20 yuan in the local forum when he moved, and he went directly to the seller to carry it back, but it was also a loss that the base was not so strong, otherwise he estimated that the calf would not be fractured but also cracked.
This wound looks hideous and terrifying, and Liang Yun doesn't dare to look at it, but for Chen Dao, this kind of injury and this kind of pain is still quite ordinary, almost like a small abrasion.
After the doctor finished stitching and bandaging, he went out to get things for the time being, and only Chen Dao and Liang Yun were left in the disposal room.
Liang Yun sat next to Chen Dao, used it as a chair for him to lean on, gently stroked his forehead, his eyes were full of distress: "Ah Dao, did you have another nightmare just now?" ”
Seeing Chen Dao nodding, Liang Yun hesitated for a moment, and finally whispered: "Ah Dao, we need help......"
Her words were more tactful, but Chen Dao immediately understood what she meant, this was to take him to the doctor.
Chen Dao didn't pretend not to understand or resist, he didn't even hesitate, and nodded directly: "Okay." ”
Although he knew that it was probably useless to go to the hospital and see a doctor in his own situation, he also knew very well that Liang Yun's starting point was for his own good, and he was worried about him. So even if it's just to reassure her, he'll go.
Moreover, today's nightmare and the process of waking up also made him palpitate.
The dream he just had was also about the other world. Nightmares that I have had in the past are usually real people and scenes from the other world, but events that have not happened. And the nightmare he had today was his real experience, the experience of meeting the first time-traveler in the other world.
Yes, it's the air-conditioner guy he saw at noon.
Originally, most of those memories were blurry, but the nightmare helped him "relive" them.
He had just met the air-conditioned guy at that time, and before the two of them had time to exchange their experience of crossing over, they were chased by a group of monsters and kept running.
It's easy to think that he got rid of the chase, sat on the ground and took a few breaths, just chatted a few words, the air-conditioning brother just smiled and wanted to say his name, a fist-sized spike suddenly appeared in his chest, and it continued to spread upward, and then pushed the air-conditioning brother from the ground to the air.
At that time, Chen Dao, who had just crossed for less than a day, was stabbed through the chest of the air-conditioned brother by the monster that drilled out of the ground and pierced the chest cavity of the air-conditioned brother, scaring him half to death, and ran desperately with his hands and feet.
The monster may have been able to hunt only one person at a time, so it didn't chase him and let him escape.
But the scene of the air-conditioned brother being lifted to the sky made him fully aware of the cruelty and danger of this world, and made him dare not completely let down his guard at any time.
Many of the details of his memories he thought he had forgotten long ago, but this nightmare, which seemed to be a repetition of the past, showed them in great detail.
- It turns out that those memories have always been there, but they have been hidden in the depths of consciousness.
- The influence of the otherworldly experience has never disappeared, but has only been temporarily suppressed.
What he was afraid of was not the nightmare, not the tragic scene in the dream, but the appearance of Liang Yun being frightened by him when he woke up.
If Liang Yun had gotten closer at that time, he would probably have been injured by him.
This is the situation he fears the most and the situation he cannot accept the most.
After returning home from the clinic, Chen Dao showed Liang Yun the electronic application form he had used at their school's psychological counseling and service center, as well as the few forms he had filled out and brought back with him later.
"I was actually going to see the school counselor, but then I delayed because I had some other things to do. I can go and see again, the information is all filled in, just make another appointment. Chen Dao naturally didn't tell Liang Yun that this "other thing" was to go to her.
Liang Yun looked at the forms, but she became more and more distressed about Chen Dao, and reached out and gently touched his cheek: "I'll accompany you on the weekend." ”
However, they did not wait for the weekend, and after learning that the counselor was available, Chen Dao made an appointment, and the next afternoon, Liang Yun asked for leave, went to Chen Dao's school, and accompanied him to the psychological counseling and service center.
However, when they arrived on time this time, they pounced again because a female student was about to jump off the building, and the counselor rushed over.
Encountering this kind of emergency, Chen Dao and Liang Yun naturally couldn't say anything.
Fortunately, the news of a successful settlement soon came, and the female student was persuaded by the teacher who was the counselor, but the counselor was now with the girl, and it was impossible for her to come back to see Chen Dao.
However, listening to the news from the senior sister who was working at the center, Chen Dao knew that the girl who wanted to jump off the building just now was the senior girl who entered the consultation room in front of him when he came last time.
It seems that her best three friends died in a car accident while traveling with her, and she has been unable to accept this fact, and has been very painful and guilty, but she didn't expect to almost commit suicide today.
It's no wonder that the counselor at the center rushed over, after all, the girl had come here for psychological counseling before.
After leaving the school, Liang Yun and Chen Dao did not go back directly, but after discussing, they went directly to the nearest tertiary hospital to hang up in the psychiatric department.
Chen Dao naturally couldn't directly tell the doctor that he had traveled through the other world for thirty years, and could only describe his experience in a relatively logical way, as well as the total discomfort and chaos of returning to a comfortable environment after being mentally tempered and adapting to a harsh environment.
The doctor listened very carefully, and asked a few questions while listening, and finally asked him if he was not sleeping well, was too nervous, and had any symptoms such as night sweats, loss of appetite, and mental confusion, and then asked him to go for some examinations and take a few films.
It wasn't until five o'clock that Chen Dao and Liang Yun left the hospital.
Looking at the medicine prescribed by the doctor in his hand, Chen Dao couldn't help but smile a little bitterly in his heart, the doctor most likely thought that he was suffering from lack of sleep and nightmares, which led to mental anxiety, so there was a situation like conjecture, which obviously reversed cause and effect.
But it is also true that it is difficult to convince doctors of what he says.
Of course, even if the doctor really believed him, it should be difficult to help him.
However, looking at Liang Yun's relieved appearance next to him, he still felt that this trip was not in vain.
The doctor prescribed him some drugs to relieve anxiety and help him sleep, normally this dose should not have too many side effects, but after Chen Dao took the medicine, he couldn't sleep, even if he was accompanied by Liang Yun next to him.
Obviously, the body is very tired and wants to sleep, but the consciousness is instinctively resistant, afraid of sleeping, and seems to be worried that after falling asleep in this state, the body will lose control and may hurt Liang Yun.
So two days later, Chen Dao's whole person was in a trance, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was so haggard that Liang Yun was so frightened that he hurriedly stopped him from taking medicine.
Then after Chen Dao recovered for a few days, Liang Yuncai did a lot of homework on his own, asked a few friends who worked in the hospital or had relatives working in the hospital, and took him to a hospital with the top psychiatric department in the country, and hung up the expert number.
This time I did more tests, and I went for a follow-up test every few days, and the medicine prescribed was different from the last time, but the effect was actually about the same.
Chen Dao ate it twice more, and once again fell into a state of being unable to sleep, Liang Yun hurriedly threw away all the medicine, and then didn't mention taking him to the hospital.
Anyway, for the time being, as long as Chen Dao sleeps normally - that is, by her side and before she falls asleep, then there is basically no problem, and he is a normal guy who is full of energy every morning.
Liang Yun removed any items that might hurt him from the side of the bed, and then wrapped the corners of the bedside table and other corners, and told him not to sleep on the sofa or other places outside casually, if he felt sleepy, call her, and she would rush back to sleep with him no matter what she was doing.
In fact, there is no need for Liang Yun to explain, he had the experience of almost hurting Liang Yun last time, and Chen Dao himself is also very careful, and he must avoid that situation from happening again.
Fortunately, the two of them live together, and Chen Dao's schedule is basically very regular, so it will not be very difficult to keep the sleep time consistent.
Chen Dao's nightmares and sleep problems are like a stubborn illness that temporarily suppresses the symptoms, although the symptoms are gone, he knows very well that the disease still exists, and he does not know when or when some unpredictable variables appear, it will attack.
Now he can only try to minimize the appearance of these uncontrollable variables, rely on time to slowly dissipate, and bury the influence of the "Thirty Years of Otherworld" a little deeper, a little deeper.
But since it is an uncontrollable variable, how can he avoid it if he wants to?