Phantom Skeleton Painting

Chapter 69: Dream (15)

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If you want to say the most terrible thing at this time, there is no doubt that it is realizing that what you are doing is more and more similar to the victim of suicide. Self-mutilation, self-talk, and finally madly attacking others, and then dying miserably.

In the second half of the night, Lin Banxia hardly slept much, and the sound of rain outside the window never stopped. This kind of rain sound, which was originally very reassuring, was particularly disturbing. Lin Banxia didn't know who would be the victim of this rain, but no matter who it was, he couldn't be happy.

It was a long-lost weekend, and all the roommates were sleeping in. Lin Banxia couldn't sleep, so she got up early, grabbed her schoolbag and planned to go to the classroom. When walking to the classroom, the rain had stopped, and the dark clouds were still hanging above the sky, reminding Lin Banxia of the shadow he saw in his dream.

On the weekend campus, it was terribly quiet. Lin Banxia stepped on the standing water and walked to the bottom of the teaching building. Next to the teaching building is a shallow pond, the water depth is no more than the calf, and there are some water hyacinths and lotus flowers in it. On the edge of the pool, there was a student in a school uniform. He lowered his head, as if he was looking for something in the pool. At first Lin Banxia thought that he was looking for something that fell into the pool, so she planned to walk into the teaching building. She took two steps forward, but she always felt that something was not right. She turned to look at the student again. He shouted from a distance, "Classmate, are you alright?"

The student didn't answer. Seeing this, Lin Banxia thought that something was wrong, and quickly walked over. When he got closer, he noticed that the student's hand seemed to be moving. He wondered if he was too nervous. He called out, "Classmate? What are you doing?"

Still no response.

Lin Banxia walked in front of the student and saw that half of his hands and his entire face were soaked in the pool water. His hands were still moving, but his body was full of dead energy. He was shocked and rushed over to help him. stand up. It's a pity that Lin Banxia didn't feel right as soon as he grabbed him, because this man's body was completely stiff - he didn't know how long he had been dead. So why does his hand move? Lin Banxia glanced at his hand, and found that he was holding a piece of bread in his hand, which had already been eaten by the carp raised in the pond.

Lin Banxia reached out and probed his breath, but there was no movement at all, and looked at his face again. It was a young and unfamiliar face. His eyes were still open when he died, and there was unwillingness and fear in it. . Lin Banxia felt a little uncomfortable, and slowly closed his eyes with his hands.

Lin Banxia dragged the student's body out of the pool. She originally wanted to carry it into the teaching building, but the body was too heavy. He was so thin that he couldn't carry it even after trying hard for a while. , I plan to go to the school gate to find the teacher on duty for help.

However, when Lin Banxia returned to the school gate, he saw that the office on duty was empty, and there was not a single student around. For a moment, Lin Banxia even wondered if she was still dreaming.

Fortunately, at this moment, someone called his name: "Lin Banxia, what are you doing?"

Lin Banxia turned around and saw Li Su, who was a fool. Li Su was not wearing a school uniform or carrying a schoolbag. With a roast sausage in his mouth, he stared at Lin Banxia strangely.

"Why did you come to school?" Lin Banxia asked.

"Oh, I left the game console in the classroom and forgot to bring it back." Li Su said, "Why are you all wet?"

Lin Banxia sighed: "It's a long story, call the police first."

"Ah?" Li Su was stunned, "He died again?"

Lin Banxia nodded.

Compared to the shock when he saw the dead man for the first time, Li Su was very calm now. He asked the dead man Lin Banxia if he knew him. After hearing Lin Banxia say he didn't know him, Li Su breathed a sigh of relief and murmured. Said: "It's good if you don't know, it's good if you don't know." Then he took out his mobile phone and called and told the police school that something happened again.

Lin Banxia gave Li Su a strange look. Just now, he hadn't realized what Li Su's words meant. After thinking about it carefully, he actually understood it. After Li Su hung up the phone, he asked, "What should you do? Don't worry, that person is Li Ye."

Li Su said: "...No."

Lin Banxia: "Neither?"

"Okay, I'll tell the truth." Li Su rubbed his head, feeling a little irritable, "Li Ye went out this morning, and I haven't seen him - I just wanted to come to the school to find out if he was here."

Lin Banxia said, "No wonder, I just said why you come to school on weekends."

Li Su let out a listless hum.

Lin Banxia originally wanted to ask Li Su why he was listless, but suddenly remembered that it rained again last night. Seeing Li Su's poor mental state, Lin Banxia strongly doubted whether he walked into the depths of that dream like himself. Thinking of this, Lin Banxia suddenly became worried. He really wanted to know about Song Qingluo's situation, but he didn't have a mobile phone, nor did he remember Song Qingluo's phone number.

"That... Do you have Song Qingluo's contact information?" Lin Banxia saw Li Su and had an idea.

Li Su said, "Yes, why?"

"Can you ask him to come to school?" Lin Banxia was a little embarrassed.

"Okay." Li Su nodded with a smile. He called Song Qingluo and asked him to come to school quickly, saying that his little daughter-in-law missed him. Song Qingluo on the other side of the phone didn't know what to say, the teasing smile on Li Su's face disappeared immediately, and he became ashen, roaring: "Damn, I wouldn't have called you if I knew - let you My little cutie wants you to go!"

He hung up the phone angrily.

Lin Banxia was still inexplicably asking what was wrong, but Li Su rubbed her hair fiercely, then Li Su turned around and left, saying that Song Qingluo would come to him later and let him chat with Song Qingluo himself. Well, bye bye.

Lin Banxia: "..." Was this provoked by Song Qingluo again

Before Song Qingluo arrived, the police came first. After disposing of the corpse, Lin Banxia didn't even bother to let Lin Banxia do it. Lin Banxia watched them take the corpse away, returned to the classroom alone, and sat in the classroom for a while.

He didn't have breakfast and was a little hungry, thinking that when Song Qingluo came, they would go to the cafeteria to eat something together. Song Qingluo had always invited him to dinner before, and he also saved a lot of money. He could invite Song Qingluo to a sumptuous lunch, but he didn't know if Song Qingluo disliked the canteen's craftsmanship.

Just thinking about it, Lin Banxia suddenly heard a sound. The sound was very ordinary, but it became extremely terrifying in Lin Banxia's ears. pimple. Lin Banxia turned her head and saw outside the window... It was raining again.

The rain stopped just now, how could it suddenly rain again? Lin Banxia was a little uneasy, and kept looking up at the clock hanging in front of the classroom.

The hands of the clock pointed exactly to eight o'clock, and at the same time, the early morning of the class also sounded as usual, echoing uncomfortable in the empty campus.

Just when Lin Banxia felt a little uncomfortable, Song Qingluo appeared at the door, but Lin Banxia was taken aback by his appearance. He was covered in blood, and he also had the boning knife in his hand. That is, Song Qingluo in the second layer of dreams.

When did you fall asleep again? No, to be precise, did he really wake up just now? ? Before Lin Banxia could understand, Song Qingluo walked in front of him. He must have killed a lot of people again, panting heavily and his chest heaving.

Lin Banxia stared at him, feeling that he had something to say to herself.

Sure enough, Song Qingluo opened his mouth, and as soon as he opened his mouth, Lin Banxia realized that something was wrong, because his voice was very soft and soft, with a strong sense of powerlessness, as if he was seriously injured, he said, "Lin Banxia, Are you real?"

Lin Banxia said, "Of course I'm Song Qingluo, what's wrong with you??"

Song Qingluo said, "Tell Cui Gaoyu that he didn't come out. Bai Luze is waiting for him."

This was an inexplicable sentence that Lin Banxia didn't understand. He was about to ask a question when he looked up and saw the knife in Song Qingluo's hand waving towards him without hesitation.

Lin Banxia was slashed by him, but it didn't hurt at all. Now, he was absolutely sure that he was dreaming. Song Qingluo looked at him and smiled.

Lin Banxia didn't know what he was laughing at, so she hurriedly asked, "What is Cui Gaoyu?? Who is Bai Luze??"

"Go out and ask him, he will tell you the answer." Song Qingluo glanced at the sky outside, "Go, time is running out."

The sharp blade fell again. Before Lin Banxia's field of vision turned black, he saw Song Qingluo's body standing in front of him slowly fading - it was as if Lin Banxia had seen other things in a dream. People are the same. This made Lin Banxia extremely flustered, but he could only be forcibly taken away from his consciousness after being cut to the core.

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Banxia heard someone calling his name.

"Lin Banxia, Lin Banxia." The man shouted while gently pushing Lin Banxia's body, calling Lin Banxia out of his deep sleep.

Lin Banxia opened her eyes and saw Song Qingluo's face close at hand, Song Qingluo said softly, "Why are you sleeping here, be careful of catching a cold."

Lin Banxia shuddered, stood up and rushed towards Song Qingluo, touching Song Qingluo up and down. Song Qingluo was a little puzzled at first, but was touched by Lin Banxia. , I couldn't help laughing and said, "Slow down, it's all yours."

After Lin Banxia was molested, she realized that her behavior was a bit extreme, she stopped quickly, grabbed Song Qingluo's arm in fear, and said, "You're not dreaming, right? I saw you disappear—"

Song Qingluo smiled and said, "So you want to take advantage of me before I disappear?"

Lin Banxia said angrily, "Be serious!" He was empty now, grabbing Song Qingluo, and didn't want to let go at all.

Song Qingluo was held by Lin Banxia, and he didn't want to let go. He said, "Wait a long time, have you had breakfast?"

Lin Banxia said, "No, you received a call from Li Su?"

Song Qingluo said, "Well, I was delayed for a while when I went out."

Lin Banxia's memory was a little confused, she rubbed it, and confirmed with Song Qingluo again, realizing that the dream just now happened after she entered the classroom. But it didn't rain outside, which made Lin Banxia feel unexpected - it seemed that the whole dream was developing in an uncontrollable direction.

Lin Banxia asked Song Qingluo, "Do you know Cui Gaoyu?"

Song Qingluo said, "Cui Gaoyu? Why did you mention him suddenly?"

Seeing his familiar tone, Lin Banxia knew this person for sure: "You know him?"

"You've seen it before." Song Qingluo said, "When you came to see me that day, he was the one who made the most of the coaxing."

Lin Banxia recalled and remembered the appearance of that person. From the way he and Song Qingluo got along, it could be seen that the two seemed to have a good relationship, so he tentatively said, "How many years have you been friends?"

"I've known him since junior high school." Song Qingluo said, "We're in the same class in high school again, and we're still sitting together, so we have a good relationship."

Lin Banxia: "What about Bai Luze?"

"Bai Luze?" Who knew Song Qingluo looked puzzled, "Who is this?"

It seemed he didn't know him.

Lin Banxia was a little confused, why Song Qingluo knew Cui Gaoyu but didn't know Bai Luze, it was all from Song Qingluo's mouth in the dream, but outside, it was unclear. After thinking about it, Lin Banxia guessed a possibility. If Song Qingluo in the dream was right, then is it possible that Cui Gaoyu was the kind of person Song Qingluo said was infected. And Bai Luze, did not enter the dream

Of course, this was just Lin Banxia's guess. He simply felt that the two people Song Qingluo knew in the second-layer dream didn't know each other on the first layer, and it really didn't make sense.

"Why are you asking this?" Song Qingluo asked.

Lin Banxia said, "Do you have a clear memory of him?"

Song Qingluo said, "It's fairly clear." He wasn't stupid either, although Lin Banxia didn't say it clearly, he suddenly asked, there must be some reason.

Lin Banxia snorted, but did not continue. In fact, he was also hesitating whether to tell Song Qingluo everything in the dream. In fact, he was a little worried. If he told Song Qingluo that the reality they were in was also a dream, Song Qingluo would instead suspect that he was crazy.

Seeing that Lin Banxia didn't speak for a long time, Song Qingluo didn't force him. She raised her hand to look at her watch and said, "You haven't eaten, have you? Let's go for a walk around the neighborhood first, have something to eat, and talk while eating?"

"Alright." Lin Banxia was indeed a little hungry.

When the two arrived at the cafeteria, the big window of the cafeteria had not opened yet, only the window called Xiaochao. Because of the price, Lin Banxia had never ordered food here. Thinking of inviting Song Qingluo to dinner, Lin Banxia gritted her teeth and volunteered to order the most expensive dry pot. After ordering, he returned to his seat, folded his hands on his chest, and looked serious.

Song Qingluo couldn't help laughing and said, "Why is this expression?"

Lin Banxia sullenly said: "I found that people are poor, even in a dream..." He was completely sure that he was in a dream, and when he thought that he was also poor in a dream, he felt a little sad. Will he get rich in the future? It seemed that he didn't know much. After all, according to Song Qingluo's description, he actually lived miserably in a haunted house, and the only advantage of a haunted house was that it was cheap. But in this way, he seems to be able to have his own house in the future... It seems... not bad

Song Qingluo saw that Lin Banxia's expression was ever-changing, ranging from sadness to depression to excitement, and wanted to knock him on the head to see what he was thinking.

Lin Banxia came back to her senses, and saw Song Qingluo propping her chin across from him, staring at him with an unpredictable expression, he realized his gaffe, and laughed awkwardly: "Why are you staring at me? ?"

Song Qingluo said, "What good things come to mind?"

Lin Banxia smiled and said, "I dreamed that I bought a haunted house."

Song Qingluo: "..."

Lin Banxia: "I'm very happy."

Song Qingluo looked at Lin Banxia with pity, probably thinking that his children were living a hard life, but while sighing, Lin Banxia happily added: "I still dreamed that you were my neighbor."

Song Qingluo: "..." Oh, it turns out that he isn't going to be rich either.

Just as Lin Banxia was happily talking to Song Qingluo about the future, the uncle in the cafeteria brought the fragrant dry pot to the two of them.

Lin Banxia broke apart the disposable chopsticks, handed them to Song Qingluo, and said, "By the way, I haven't asked you, what do you do at home?" He said to himself, "I am Orphans, both parents left early and followed my aunt."

In fact, Song Qingluo knew about this for a long time, but hearing Lin Banxia pretending to be indifferent, still felt a little uncomfortable, he lowered his eyes and said, "My mother is a nurse in the hospital, and my father is an archaeologist. ."

Lin Banxia said, "Archaeology? What a rare profession."

"Well, it's quite strange." Song Qingluo said, "Unfortunately, even if you want to know, I don't know what he does. He is busy and rarely goes home. When he comes back, he will bring some strange things." He took a piece of beef, put it in his mouth, and chewed slowly, "My mother has a good temper, and she is used to him."

Lin Banxia smiled and said, "Your parents should have a good relationship, right?"

"It's okay." Song Qingluo said, "I don't see each other a few times a year. No matter how bad the relationship is, where can it go?" He didn't seem to like his father very much. When talking about his father, his expression was very indifferent. When it comes to mother, the whole person's expression will soften.

Lin Banxia was actually quite interested in the profession of archaeology, because she was afraid that Song Qingluo would be disgusted, so she didn't ask any further questions. The two chatted for a while, and then Lin Banxia learned that Song Qingluo was actually at home alone most of the time, because her father didn't come home and her mother was busy with work. Somewhat similar.

The dry pot tasted good. Lin Banxia was so full that she burped a little, and it was a bit of a stretch.

Song Qingluo asked Lin Banxia to wait. He went to the nearby canteen to buy something, and Lin Banxia watched him walk out of the cafeteria. When I got up and planned to pick up the pot and return it, I suddenly heard a thumping sound from the playground next to the cafeteria, like the sound of a ball hitting the ground.

Lin Banxia was a little curious about who was playing this weekend. She looked over there, but she didn't expect to see the object he and Song Qingluo were discussing just now - Cui Gaoyu.

Cui Gaoyu had a tall character in his name, and he was also tall, half a head taller than Song Qingluo, who had grown very well. It stands to reason that such a height should be very aggressive, but his temperament is very gentle, just looking at it like this, I feel that he should be a very easy person to get along with.

Because of what Song Qingluo said in the second-layer dream, Lin Banxia was very curious about this person, so she quietly stood by and looked at him, wanting to see what was different about him.

Cui Gaoyu hit a few threes in a row, and Lin Banxia was thinking that this man was good at the game, when someone pressed his shoulder heavily. As soon as he turned around, he saw Song Qingluo with a strange expression. Song Qingluo was holding two bottles of Coke in his hand, and his tone was a little cold: "What are you looking at?"

Lin Banxia didn't realize what was wrong, and said happily, "Watching Cui Gaoyu play."

Song Qingluo: "Does it look good?"

Lin Banxia: "It's alright, I've won a few triples..." Before the words were spoken, he realized that something was wrong, because Song Qingluo's expression was getting worse and worse.

"Better than me?" Song Qingluo said, "You look so serious, you can't even hear me calling you a few times."

Lin Banxia had nothing to say. Although he had never been in a relationship, he knew that Song Qingluo was jealous, so he had to curtly curry favor with him, saying that he was just curious about Cui Gaoyu and had no heart for Song Qingluo. If he has two hearts, he will be poor for the rest of his life.

This vow was a bit ruthless, Song Qingluo's expression softened slightly: "Would you like to say hello to him and get to know him?"

This is of course the best. After all, Lin Banxia felt that Cui Gaoyu had a very important clue, but he was afraid of offending Song Qingluo again, so he bit his head and said insincerely, "There's nothing to know."

Song Qingluo clicked his tongue: "Little liar."

After he finished speaking, he handed the cola in his hand to Lin Banxia, and went out again. He walked under the basketball hoop and said a few words to Cui Gaoyu, probably to introduce Lin Banxia. After a while, Cui Gaoxiang smiled at Lin Banxia. Banxia waved his hand and said, "Hello, little boy."

Lin Banxia thought to herself that she had started to call him a little friend. He was just a little shorter. Is this discrimination

Song Qingluo waved at Lin Banxia, motioning him to come over, and Lin Banxia hurried over.

"If you have anything to ask, ask yourself." Song Qingluo said.

"That..." Lin Banxia said, "It's a bit presumptuous, I want to ask you, do you know someone named Bai Luze?"

Cui Gaoyu was originally smiling, but when he heard the name Bai Luze, his expression instantly became gloomy, but he recovered immediately, as if the gloomy expression was just an illusion of Lin Banxia, he smiled and said, "Where are you from? Heard that name?"

Lin Banxia said perfunctorily, "I heard it from a friend."

"Which friend?" Cui Gaoyu pressed step by step.

Lin Banxia is not a vegetarian either, so she asked unceremoniously, "So you know this person? Someone asked me to give you a word."

"What?" Cui Gaoyu asked.

"You haven't come out yet." Lin Banxia said, "Bai Luze is waiting for you."

The moment these words were uttered, the entire atmosphere froze, no, not only the atmosphere, it should be, the whole world froze. Lin Banxia even thought it was his own illusion, but when his eyes saw that a leaf stayed in mid-air and did not continue to fall, he realized that this was not an illusion. In a second or less, the space he was in was in the middle of nowhere. At a certain point in time, it was stagnant for a moment.

It only took a moment, and it returned to normal in an instant, Cui Gaoyu smiled and said, "Song Qingluo likes you very much, I have something to tell you."

Lin Banxia stared at him.

When Lin Banxia and Song Qingluo didn't respond, Cui Gaoyu suddenly approached Lin Banxia and whispered a word in his ear.

Seeing this, Song Qingluo frowned and pushed him away from Lin Banxia. He was dissatisfied: "What are you doing? Stay away from him—"

"Just kidding." Cui Gaoyu spread his hands, "You guys can play, I'll go first." After he finished speaking, he turned around and left, completely without the top hat.

Of course Lin Banxia heard what he said clearly, but Cui Gaoyu only said five words: You can't tell the difference.

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Lin Banxia: As long as I'm with you, I'm not afraid of anything

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