sunk in yesterday

In the end, the package of soulless crisp noodles was exchanged for the right to use the flashlight for one night.

After getting the food, Baby Fat stopped insisting on tearing off the string on the jar. She broke the noodles into two and handed them to her younger brother, looking at Guan Yuzhou inarticulately: "You are a good person!"

Guan Yuzhou: "..."

Xia Zhuo sighed regretfully: "You were rejected."

Guan Yuzhou looked at him with a light smile: "What nonsense."

A packet of noodles without condiments can make this girl express such emotions, and Xia Zhuo is even more convinced that food in the dream is indeed a hard-won material item.The flashlight is very expensive, and the food is also very expensive. Thinking of this, he was a little worried about his future happiness. He hooked his head and asked Guan Yuzhou in a low voice: "Please tell me the truth, how long can I be prodigal?"

"As long as you want, points can be earned all the time."

Xia Zhuo didn't have the consciousness of eating free food at all, and the corner of his eyes curled up: "It's so good, then I want to eat noodles with seasoning."

Guan Yuzhou was a little embarrassed.

Xia Zhuo wrinkled her nose: "I used to say that I was prodigal, but now I am stingy."

Guan Yuzhou had nothing to do with him: "There are no seasoning packets for the noodles here."

Xia Zhuo suddenly felt desolate.

"Have you come in many times?" Feeling that Guan Yuzhou was generous, the baby fat swallowed the last mouthful of noodles, regardless of the [-]th line that he had previously drawn in his heart, and sat down cross-legged on the paper shell on the floor: "I figured it out, you guys are big bosses just like us."

Xia Zhuo, who was dreaming for the first time, was neither blushing nor heartbeating: "That's not true."

Guan Yuzhou glanced at the paper shell that was still covered with Xia Zhuo's vomit: "It's the same as you, less than ten times."

Throw the answer back and let them guess whether it was two or nine.

Baby Fat scratched his head: "Hey, I'm just kidding, in fact, my brother and I have only come in a few times, otherwise we wouldn't be able to afford food."

Guan Yuzhou had already made up his mind, and at this time he just hummed lightly: "It will be fine after passing through this dream, and dreams of lack of supplies are rare."

Baby Fat chuckled, "Thank you for your good words."

The conversation between the two was natural, but the amount of information contained in it was not small.The girl in front of her is completely showing weakness now, showing that she has nothing to take advantage of for them, and Guan Yuzhou also expresses her attitude that she will not do anything out of the ordinary in the dream, so that both of them can be in the same room with peace of mind.

There was only one bed, and Xia Zhuo was lying in it with a flashlight on each side, as if setting up a catwalk for Guan Yuzhou sitting at the head of the bed.Seeing that the siblings sat back to back to rest after talking, Guan Yuzhou also urged Xia Zhuo: "Lie down and sleep."

Xia Zhuo raised his hand and pointed the flashlight at his face: "What about you?"

Guan Yuzhou replied, "I'll just sit down."

"Oh." Seeing that his legs were hanging out of the bed, Xia Zhuo kicked him and closed his eyes without saying a word.

In fact, he couldn't sleep at all. Once the surroundings were quiet again, his heartbeat would speed up. The light of the flashlight could only bring him a little comfort. This panic was fully revealed after a few minutes.

Guan Yuzhou covered the quilt he gave up on his legs, but the person in the quilt kept twisting and turning, restlessly causing the small area covered by him to tremble.The shaking of the bed board not only made Xia Zhuo more irritable, but also made the siblings on the ground cast their gazes frequently. Those who didn't know it thought that the bed was suffering some kind of unbearable bumps.

Until Guan Yuzhou called him.

Xia Zhuo didn't move, "...what are you doing?"

"Want to hear a story?"

Guan Yuzhou has a stomach full of new fairy tales, either true or false.

Xia Zhuo yawned: "I don't want to."

"……Oh."

"How grown up, it's not ashamed to still listen to bedtime stories."

"..."

Guan Yuzhou had nothing to say.

He sat on the edge of the bed, looking around aimlessly, and the young man curled up beside him also became quiet, and the sound of breathing seemed to pass by his ears clearly.

Guan Yuzhou didn't know what he was waiting for, maybe he was waiting for the other party to take the initiative to ask him to make some noise.But he didn't wait for this moment, and when he looked back, the pair of thin eyelids under the light had already closed, and the man was facing himself, and fell asleep at some point.

Xia Zhuo, who fell asleep, was restless, as if he was having a dream within a dream, the usual smile at the corner of his mouth had faded unconsciously, replaced by a tightly wrinkled face.

His pursed lips were slightly opened, as if he was calling someone over and over again, but he seemed to be strangled by the neck and still unable to make a sound.

Guan Yuzhou reached out and touched the hand of the other party who still held the flashlight tightly in his sleep, but Xia Zhuo subconsciously felt threatened, and suddenly retracted his hand under the quilt, and now he didn't even need the flashlight.

He watched quietly for a while, finally sighed, and slowly moved his eyes away from Xia Zhuo's face.

Screams, struggles, thumping on doors.

Everything is like an airtight black box, with a trembling young man covering his ears shut in the center.

A road appeared in front of him, and he began to run forward in a state of embarrassment. As he passed by, he kept stretching out empty hands, as if trying to pull him down from above and fall into the abyss together.

The road became narrower and narrower, and his running speed became slower and slower. The oxygen became thinner at some point, or it was because those hands were wrapped around his neck, making it difficult to breathe.

He finally ran out of energy and stopped.The flat ground under his feet collapsed, bricks flew everywhere, and the weightlessness made him struggle to reach up, trying to grab something that could save him.

A cold hand grabbed his wrist.

The dazzling white light blocked the facial features of the person in front of him, and the exposed chin could barely see that the other person was smiling frivolously.

He couldn't say anything to beg for mercy, he could only let the other party let go of his hand little by little, as if he was teasing a self-righteous fool.

At the same time as he fell, the man opened his mouth, and his laughter made the mocking sound that existed from the beginning boil instantly, as if boiling water wanted to peel off his flesh.

"Break up, I was just playing for fun."

"It's just that others say you're hard to chase, and I just happened to pass the time... It's really boring to think about it now."

"You don't even look at yourself, do you deserve it?"

- Are you worthy?

Xia Zhuo woke up with a start.

He panted heavily and stared at the hanging beam above his head, the sweat from his forehead unconsciously soaked the pillow under his neck, and his head hurt like it was about to explode.

He trembled and moved his fingertips, his stiff body was a little out of control, and even twisting his neck seemed extremely difficult.

It's just a nap, but it seems to have been lying down for several years.

The surroundings are quiet, the sky is just getting bright, and the room is still a little dark.Xia Zhuo squinted his eyes in a daze, and his memory began to fade amidst the violent heartbeat. When he finally saw the pair of siblings lying on the ground covered in dust, he couldn't remember the content of the dream clearly.

One of the two flashlights has been turned off, and the light of the other is not as bright as last night. He looked at the light that fell aside and raised his arms to look towards the head of the bed.

The bed frame was shaken by his movements, which made Guan Yuzhou, who was not a deep sleeper, open his eyes.He leaned against the wall all night, and after feeling the shaking of the bed board, he also looked up at Xia Zhuo, "Are you awake?"

Xia Zhuo's throat was dry, and he nodded while calming down.

Guan Yuzhou's eyes turned slightly blue, and he asked softly, "Why are you sweating so much? Did you have a nightmare?"

Xia Zhuo didn't nod or shake his head, because he couldn't remember exactly what he dreamed about, but he didn't feel good, a bit bad.

He was a little confused, and asked himself in his heart if it was a dream?But I can't say the answer, maybe it's something that happened in the past, it's a life that I don't know why I have forgotten.

Seeing that he didn't reply, Guan Yuzhou only smiled reassuringly: "Go to sleep a little longer, it's still early."

Xia Zhuo swallowed, and her voice was hoarse: "Guan Yuzhou, you said before...all the people who come here have obsessions?"

Guan Yuzhou hummed lightly.

Xia Zhuo was even more at a loss.

If he, like others, enters this grotesque place because of something hard to find in his heart, then what exactly does he want?If you can't remember it like now, can it still be considered an obsession?

He tugged at the corner of his mouth and forced a smile: "What about you? What obsession do you have to come in?"

Guan Yuzhou didn't speak.

Xia Zhuo's emotions gradually recovered by himself, and the sweat sticking to his neck was gradually evaporated by the air, and the oppressive feeling on his body was reduced by more than half.He sat up with the quilt in his arms, leaned closer to Guan Yuzhou, crossed his legs and set up a chat posture: "Why don't you say anything, can't you tell others about this kind of thing in the regulations?"

Guan Yuzhou shook his head.He looked away from Xia Zhuo, and replied flatly: "A very important relative has passed away."

"I'm sorry." After Xia Zhuo apologized, he thought for a while, and was a little surprised: "Don't tell me... this dream can bring the dead back to life, right?"

Guan Yuzhou shook his head: "I don't know."

Guan Yuzhou didn't lie, he really didn't know.He has never heard of someone who can complete the final dream, thus getting the reward he promised at the beginning.

Many people came in with enthusiasm, but they forgot their original intentions for a long time, retreated halfway, and finally lost their way. When the time came, they set themselves up, but they couldn't take anything away.

So no one has ever told them whether the wish they made here can be fulfilled, and who knows whether this is a scam or a bridge built with life?

Xia Zhuo was speechless: "I don't even have a bottom line, so there are so many people willing to come in and work hard?"

Guan Yuzhou smiled lightly: "This kind of obsession is no longer comparable to the ordinary wishes mentioned outside. The wish is that you say you want to eat a cake, want a beautiful skirt, and want to be admitted to the top ten in the grade. And here The obsession is that a slave born in a slum must become the richest man in the world, No. 1 who broke a leg and won figure skating, was sentenced to terminal cancer but eventually lived a long life.

"It's like when you fall off a cliff and you die, a woodcutter happens to appear in front of you, or you capsize in the ocean, but a dolphin swims in the distance. People who come here are innocent People who have no way to retreat but can only move forward, their lives and what they want are more than equal to each other on the balance.”

Xia Zhuo pondered.

That is to say, what he originally wanted to get, he had to work hard to get it?What could it be... a healthy body?

Seeing his twisted expression, Guan Yuzhou asked softly, "What are you thinking?"

Xia Zhuo clicked his tongue: "Money is something outside of me. I don't have the desire to rob you, so I wouldn't be a greedy person... Grades don't represent future achievements, and I don't look like a student anymore... The higher the status, the worse it will be if you fall down. It’s true that it’s mediocre, and I shouldn’t be someone who wants to make a fortune... I definitely won’t make a wish that I want a handsome face, because I’m already handsome enough..."

Guan Yuzhou listened to the young man in front of him reading and guessing his wish, and his expression finally relaxed.He raised the corners of his lips: "You can still think about it for a day or two, and you can make a wish after you achieve your first dream."

Xia Zhuo smiled: "Guan Yuzhou, you said that if you make a wish and complete all the dreams directly, will it come true?"

Guan Yuzhou thought about it seriously: "What's the difference between this kind of wish and not coming in at the beginning? It's not worthwhile to worry about the first dream. And the wish can't be fulfilled as soon as you make it, even if you start Praying like this can only be regarded as a waste of this opportunity in the end."

"...Also O."

After chatting until now, both of them lost the drowsiness they had at the beginning. Listening to the sound of rain outside the window, they deduced that today would not be sunny.Although it is not easy to estimate the time on such a cloudy day, the sound of people walking has already been heard in the main room, it should be that the old lady has started to move.

Guan Yuzhou lifted the quilt on his legs, moved his joints on the ground, and called out the siblings who were sleeping on the ground.

Xia Zhuo rested his chin, looked at Baby Fatty who was yawning and sleepy, and said sourly, "The quality of sleep is really good, I'm afraid it won't scare you if a ghost comes out."

Baby Fat scratched his hair indiscriminately, and slowly got up from the paper shell with red marks on half of his face: "It's the first time I slept so well, but I was woken up by freezing in the middle of the night... By the way, do you have any?" Did you smell anything strange?"

Xia Zhuo asked with a smile, "You smell the rice again?"

Baby Fat moved his nose, with a disgusted expression on his face: "It's not edible, it smells like something rotten, just because I can smell this smell all the time, so in my dream I dreamed that I fell to the ground. moldy sauerkraut jar."

Guan Yuzhou remained silent, and glanced at the paper shell under her again.

The younger brother tidied up his clothes, put on his glasses again, and inquired about the news from the two adults in a straight posture as if facing the dean: "Do you have any plans for today? My sister and I want to go to the front of the village for a stroll. "

Everyone's initial position after falling into the dream is not the same, and the front he mentioned is the direction in which Guan Yuzhou and Xia Zhuo came.Since the little boy had already spoken out his plan first, Guan Yuzhou had nothing to worry about.

"We can go together."

Xia Zhuo handed back the exhausted flashlight to Baby Fat: "Here, I agreed to use it for one night and return it to you."

Baby Fat took it with a smile, and pressed the switch casually, his expression suddenly became slumped.Although this flashlight has been used for a while, and it is indeed approaching the end of its service life, she will still feel pain after it is scrapped.

Before Xia Zhuo and Guan Yuzhou left, they had to say hello to the aborigines who took them in for the night, so before that, the siblings needed to turn out the same way through the window.Seeing Baby Fat looking at the strange black pot in the corner again, Guan Yuzhou didn't stop him, "You can take it out if you want, but don't open it rashly, this pot may be related to the clue."

Baby Fat's eyes lit up, he hurriedly lifted the jar and handed it out through the window, making an appointment to meet at the first field at the entrance of the village.

After the figures of the two siblings disappeared from the window, Xia Zhuo tilted his head and asked, "Isn't it that you can't trust anyone? This is considered to be a partner to live together in the future?"

Guan Yuzhou asked him back: "Do you remember the conversation last night before they entered the house?"

Xia Zhuo recalled carefully: "Which sentence are you referring to?"

Guan Yuzhou repeated: "'Didn't you say there are no ghosts here'."