Chapter 3: Confusion (3)

Deserts, next doors, oases, lakes, endless cattle and sheep......

Blue sky, scorching sun, wind and sand, and a mirage that can't be seen clearly......

Suddenly, a faint blue light lit up in the depths of the valley, but it flashed again, as if beckoning, and as if to attract people to explore the mystery......

There was laughter, footsteps, and cheers from his peers, but in an instant, everything was swallowed up by the deafening roar and the overwhelming darkness......

It was an endless nightmare, and I remembered it as if I had had it many times, and every time I opened my eyes in a struggle, I always felt in a trance, and there were tears on my cheeks that had not yet dried. The psychiatrist said that this was because he could not erase the painful experience, and it could only slowly fade and heal with the passage of time. But he refused to forget, because there he lost his beloved, his body was here, but his soul was forever in that place......

When he woke up, he felt an indescribable pain in the joints of his body, could this be a precursor to premature aging?

Without turning on the light, he groped his way out of bed, walked to the window from memory, and pulled open the heavy blackout curtains, which were not as sunny as described in literary works, but a layer of gloomy haze obscured the buildings in the distance.

He lives in a small third-tier city, located on the northern border of Xinjiang, and although remote, the pace of industrialization and urbanization is not inferior to that of any other place on the land of China, but he himself seems to be more and more incompatible with the positivity of the whole city.

By the dim light outside the window, he looked back at the silk quilts neatly stacked on the other side of the double bed, and said softly in his heart: "Today is the 720th day of your departure, yes, it has been 720 days, do you know how I got over these days and nights? I really hate myself, I hate myself for not having the courage to leave everything behind and go with you." I hate you too, why leave me alone in this world and let me feel endless loneliness and sadness!"

By inertia, he got dressed, wiped his face in the bathroom again, raised his head and suddenly saw himself in the mirror, in his memory, this seems to be the second time he saw himself in two years, the first time was in the middle of the night two years ago, that day he drank until he burst into tears, lost consciousness, saw the bloodshot eyes in the mirror, the miserable white face, and felt like a ghost at that time. And now in the mirror, his temples are white, and his godless eyes look even more decadent.

"Woo" There was a soft whine from the living room, and it should be Xiaoxue who heard his movements. Xiaoxue is the name of a puppy, or when Bao'er was there, she bought it for her to raise, Xiaoxue is very well-behaved and quiet, covered in snow-white fluff like a toy dog. Now, all that remains is to be with it.

Seeing the master come out of the bedroom, Xiaoxue was obviously ready to go out, staring at a pair of big black eyes and wagging her tail happily at him. He squatted down, touched its little head with his hand, tied the leash and coat, and led it out of the house.

This year's winter was not as cold as usual, and although it was December, there was not a single snowfall. However, it seems that the weather forecast says that strong cold air may hit recently. He hoped that this cold air would come soon, so that the haze could be blown away and the long-lost sun could show its face.

He took a deep breath and wanted the cold air to stimulate the paralyzed nerves, because this morning, there was an important meeting in the unit, and if nothing went wrong, after this meeting, he would no longer need to stay in front of the computer, repeating all day, doing the work of climbing lattice code words. But he didn't take this breath, but he choked on the smell of smoke and dust in the air and coughed. Looking at the people wearing masks and fully armed people who were still insisting on morning exercises in such an environment from time to time, he could only shake his head and smile bitterly.

"Buzz...... Airplanes...... Hum" Just when his mind was groggy and still thinking nonsense, the mobile phone in his trouser pocket suddenly vibrated non-stop.

"Who could call me so early?" took out his mobile phone, pressed the answer button, and just put the mobile phone to his ear, a man's eager voice came from inside, "Hey, boss, what are you doing?

"Huh? But ......"

"Dudu Du......" Before he could speak, the phone on the other side hung up in a hurry.

"What's going on, didn't the meeting start at half past eight? What time is it now?" I wondered, thinking that I had heard it wrong, but my eyes saw that the time on the phone screen was "8:45"

"How is that possible?" he stretched out his wrist again, only to realize that the mechanical watch was parked, and the hands stopped motionless at six o'clock.

"Oh! He cursed in his heart, early or late, but something went wrong at the most important moment, could it be that God was deliberately playing tricks on himself?

Driving the car, like a snail, slowly moving through the congested streets, the traffic lights at the intersection are like deliberately playing tricks, and it is always his car that immediately lights up as soon as it arrives at the intersection.

"I can't go on like this!" Thinking of this, he slammed to the left, and stepped on the accelerator with his right foot at the same time, and the car rushed out of the traffic like a wild horse with a roar, and the adrenaline was thrilled by the strong push on the back, and it seemed to find a long-lost pleasure.

It's just that this pleasure was only in an instant, was dispersed by a sudden accident, when the car jumped into the reverse lane at the same time, there happened to be a muck truck on the opposite side also accelerated out, the truck roared, he just instinctively subconsciously turned and stepped on the brakes, but unfortunately, the speed was too fast and all remedies could not prevent the disaster from happening.

Soon, the screeching sound of brakes mixed with the dull sound of metal crashing, and then a heavy impact squeezed over, however, he didn't seem to feel pain, only felt as if his soul had been knocked out of the shell, floating lightly into the sky, and the whole world fell silent at once......

I don't know how long this silence has passed, "Bell Ring...... Bell bell bell ......"

Finally, a rapid ringing pulled Liu Tiandong back from the chaotic, dark, and quiet world.

"What's going on? Aren't you dead? But why don't you feel pain in your body?" When he opened his eyes, he looked up and saw the white ceiling above his head, and his consciousness told him that he was really alive, but the last tragic encounter was still clear in his mind, but, however, it had some kind of contradiction or strange place that made no sense, it seemed that he had traveled to several time and space in a period of time, and everything he encountered was not just a bystander, so, what happened to him?

"Go, inform the patient's family, the patient is awake. At this moment, the voice of a middle-aged man beside Liu Tiandong sounded in a deep voice.