Chapter 9: Night's Dream
For the rest of the time, Gao Caiqin barely slept for a few more hours, and when she had to get up in the morning, she felt as if she had a thousand pounds of burden on her body, and she wanted to press her back into the ocean of sleep.
"Lin Xuerou, you evil spirit!" Gao Caiqin scolded hatefully, used all her willpower to get rid of the sleeping demon, and got up.
When she arrived at the classroom and saw Guan Yu, Gao Caiqin grabbed her.
"You coward, you hid and didn't make a sound last night, pretending to sleep there, and scared me half to death!"
Guan Yu blinked his puzzled little eyes and asked, "What are you talking about?" ”
"You're still loading it for me?" Gao Caiqin was so angry that she wanted to twist her arm twice, but she was such a temperament that came and went quickly, and then waved her hand and said, "Oh, forget it, I don't really blame you!" ”
"No, I don't really understand what you're talking about." Guan Yu looked serious, not like he was lying.
Gao Caiqin was also stunned: "Don't you really know what happened last night?" It is...... It's two or three o'clock in the morning, don't you hear anything? ”
Guan Yu unceremoniously laughed loudly: "Are you sure you're not dreaming? The poor baby can't tell the difference between dream and reality anymore. ”
"What? How can it be! Although he said this, he was shaken in his heart.
"Anyway, I slept until dawn yesterday and had a sweet dream. Dreaming of a handsome guy, hehe......" Speaking of this, a shy smile appeared on Guan Yu's face, as if he had returned to the dream last night.
Gao Caiqin's suspicions about herself have deepened again, she understands Guan Yu, she is not the kind of person who likes to act and play tricks on people, and her performance just now was by no means deliberately pretended.
I believe that it is just a flower in the mirror, a moon in the water. Sometimes, a fluttering word from someone else can instantly dismantle the trust that has been built up so hard-won. And human beings are even more strange, preferring to trust others rather than themselves.
Gao Caiqin spent the day in a daze, her mind full of the strange and even somewhat supernatural events of last night.
If it wasn't a dream last night, why didn't another girl who shared a room know about it, why did a girl with whom she usually didn't have much contact know her father's nickname. But if it was just an ethereal dream, why were there really two pills missing from the tablets in his medicine box?
Is it really two missing? Memories begin to be confused and blurry again, and the seeds of doubt always take root and sprout silently. As time passed, those fragments of memory that had not attracted attention and were insignificant began to melt like snowflakes.
She stared at the board of pills in her hand, and now there were only 4 pills left, was there only 4 pills left in the first place, or was there 4 pills left after she gave two pills to others?
Teacher Qin, the head teacher, interrupted her memories of cutting and untidying.
"Does Lin Xuerou know?" Teacher Qin asked.
"Huh?" Gao Caiqin didn't know how to answer her for a while: "Uh...... I'm not sure, I guess I'm aware of it. ”
Teacher Qin sighed: "Yes, it's such a big trouble, and it happened at the school gate, so many pairs of eyes have seen it, no matter how hard you spend, don't try to block other people's mouths." ”
Teacher Qin's eyes revealed infinite tenderness: "How is Lin Xuerou now?" ”
"Hmm...... I think...... Not so good. Gao Caiqin's heart suddenly felt sour.
"Hey, what a poor boy!" Teacher Qin said sadly: "I disappeared for several days for no reason, and finally came back, and my father had an accident again. You live with her, you must help me watch a little, if there is anything wrong with her, tell me as soon as possible, you know? ”
Teacher Qin said a few more words, but Gao Caiqin just listened silently, and responded a few times absentmindedly.
"Wait a minute, leave me the key to your dorm room before you go home." Teacher Qin said suddenly.
"Huh?" Gao Caiqin was a little caught off guard and didn't understand what she was going to do.
Teacher Qin patiently explained: "It's going to be the weekend again, you all go back, I'm afraid Lin Xuerou is the only one left in the dormitory, her mother...... I didn't seem to be willing to take care of her, so I thought I'd better let her live in the dormitory and I stayed on the weekends to take care of her. "Teacher Qin said sincerely.
"Hey, how could such a good person encounter such a thing!" Teacher Qin sighed with regret.
Yes, why should I encounter such a thing, and why should I be the one who encountered such a thing?
Her hands tucked into her sleeves, her fists clenched, her nails digging deep into her flesh.
……
When Gao Caiqin returned home, the huge house was empty, cold and silent, and since her father left, the house at home seemed to have been drained of her soul.
Although he didn't stay at home for long in the past, they were like two groups of animals with staggered schedules, and it was often difficult for them to see each other. But there are some people, as long as you know that he is there, you can make people feel at ease.
We always tie the other end of our hearts to others, like throwing down an anchor on a sea where we are adrift, so that we are less lonely and hesitant.
Gao Mu was the only one in the house, and she pushed open her brother's door. At the front of the spacious desk sat a little boy, and all kinds of books filled the table, almost drowning the little child.
"Caterpillar, isn't mom at home?" Gao Caiqin followed her father's example and affectionately called him by his nickname.
Dad called her "Little Butterfly" and her younger brother "Caterpillar", and when she heard it, she was a brother and sister.
"Mom went out on errands." Gao Mu blinked his black eyes, which were as pure and bright as a fawn.
Gao Caiqin walked up and gently touched his little head: "You...... What happened to the wound on the head? ”
"It's not a big deal, it's just a little bit of skin." Gao Mu showed a bright smile, and Gao Caiqin's heart was hot.
Thinking of what happened at the beach that day, Gao Caiqin felt that it seemed like another dream.
When her mother arrived, her eyes looked like they were about to eat people, and she felt like she was falling into an ice cave. "I accidentally fell on it myself." The younger brother defended himself like this, but when she saw her hysterical mother, she inexplicably felt a desire for revenge.
"Not really. It was I who pushed my brother and he fell. ”
The mother's eyes widened in surprise and she roared in disbelief, "What did you say? Did you push it? Why are you doing this? I didn't expect you kid to be so bad now! ”
She just remained silent for a long time, allowing her mother to vent her anger, incomprehension, and resentment on her. Sometimes pain can be a good medicine, using one pain to heal another.
"Don't you blame me? Caterpillar. Gao Caiqin asked softly.
"You didn't mean to."
"What if I did it on purpose?" Gao Caiqin did not give up.
Gao Mu's immature face showed a look of confusion, but then he said firmly: "You didn't mean it!" There's a snake underneath that rock, and you're afraid it will bite me, so you pushed me away!" ”
Gao Caiqin's hand moved: "You...... Did you see that too? ”
"Well, I saw a snake tail with black and white circles." Gao Mu said.
"It's true...... I thought I was dazzled. It was like a bolt of lightning that shook before my eyes and then vanished. She suddenly smiled: "It turned out that it wasn't a dream, it was true!" ”
Gao Mu didn't understand why she was so happy, but when he saw his sister happy, he was happy for no reason: "Of course it's not a dream, it's true!" ”
"The night before we went to the beach, I had a terrible nightmare. I dreamed that you were bitten by a very poisonous snake, that kind of snake is rare, and the hospital couldn't find the medicine that could save you for a while, and then, and then ......" At this, she suddenly stopped.
But Gao Mu, a silly boy, was aroused by her curiosity: "Then what happened?" ”
"And then I'll wake up!" Gao Caiqin smiled and breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, you're fine!" ”
"Well, I'm fine, it was my sister who saved me." Gao Mu said.
"Caterpillar, I'm so happy right now, so happy I want to sing and dance. Hey, by the way, why don't you play the piano now? Gao Caiqin walked to the piano placed on the side of the study, lifted the lid, and reached out to touch the warm jade keys.
Gao Mu just glanced at the piano that he loved in the past and said, "I don't know why, I don't like to play the piano at all now." But my mother paid me to enroll in such an expensive piano class, and I don't want to learn it now, and I feel very sorry for my mother......"
"Otherwise, you can teach me how to play." Gao Caiqin's eyes sparkled. "I want to play the piano."