The Late Night Train

Chapter 183: Looking back at the abyss (181) Dream City

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The train roared, and Jiang Cheng opened his tired eyes, feeling suddenly at a loss as to where he was. The sky outside is dim and the sun cannot be seen. In front of the train, the sky glowed with strange colors, which seemed to be the only thing worth showing off at dusk. And in the east of the clouds, everything became dark again, and the mountains in the distance were undulating, surrounding a city in shadow. Then this was the end of that trip. Jiang Cheng's consciousness gradually woke up, but his mind was still thinking about the dream just now. In that dream, he seemed to be in the carriage...

"What's wrong?" A soft voice sounded in his ears.

Jiang Cheng suddenly remembered something, and the memory of the dream disappeared. His eyes fell on the beautiful woman in front of him. Her long hair hanging down her shoulders and delicate facial features made her complexion slightly red, and her originally rosy lips were a little less red, while her originally bright eyes were trying their best to hide their melancholy. Jiang Cheng woke up completely. The woman in front of him was his girlfriend, Chu Xueying.

Jiang Cheng saw Chu Xueying and replied, "It's nothing, it was just a dream."

Seeing Chu Xueying frowning, Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "It's really okay. Look, they are almost at Yilin City."

That sentence successfully diverted the attention of the other party. Chu Xueying turned her head and looked out the window, with a nostalgic look on her face, and murmured: "Then... the city where he was born?"

As soon as her red and slender legs fell on Jiang Cheng's lap, "Thank you for accompanying him." Chu Xueying smiled at him, but her expression was a little sad.

Jiang Cheng held Chu Xueying's leg, but it was so cold.

The strange city in the distance is getting closer.

That was the first time Jiang Cheng went to Yilin City, where Chu Xueying was born and raised. According to common sense, he should be full of curiosity about that city. But even though they were far apart, Jiangcheng Cuoyilinshi still felt a sense of resistance. He looked at the city lurking in the shadows and felt inexplicably anxious. Maybe the original decision was wrong.

Jiang Cheng's eyes retracted from the car window, but they fell on Chu Xueying's eyes again, and he unconsciously looked away. It was already evening, but the lights in the carriage were still on. All the passengers were blurred into a ball of figures in the dim light, and everything seemed so unreal. That illusive feeling aroused Jiang Cheng's sleepiness. The rumble of the cars was boring and monotonous, making him feel even more tired. Jiang Cheng knew the train was coming and asked for it to arrive at the station, so he forced himself to cheer up. The sky outside the window became darker, leaving only a little light in the sky to the east and west.

Jiang Cheng noticed that large dark clouds suddenly gathered in the sky, blocking even the last bit of light on the horizon. The whole world was dark, and there was a faint sound of thunder overhead, as if a storm was coming.

At this time, there were still no lights outside the carriage.

Although the train is old and far inferior to those high-speed trains or high-speed trains, it is not that the lights were not turned on at that time. The darkness made Jiang Cheng feel uncomfortable. He stood up and looked around, trying to find the flight attendant.

"What's wrong?" Chu Xueying's voice came from beside her.

"Is there something wrong with the train? There were no lights at that time?" Jiang Cheng turned to Yongxuan beside him and replied, "Let him go take a look, don't worry."

Just when Jiang Cheng said those words, he felt the entire carriage shaking violently, and the sound in his ears became louder and louder. He couldn't tell whether it was the sound of cars or thunder. The carriage suddenly fell into chaos, and many people even screamed in panic. Jiang Cheng heard Chu Xueying's screams among them.

"Don't be afraid!" Jiang Chenglian went back to his seat, grabbed Chu Xueying's cold legs in the dark, and restrained his trembling to comfort him. At the moment when he was walking east, Jiang Cheng saw that the dark clouds on the horizon had completely obscured the sky. Occasionally, a few flashes of lightning swayed in the clouds like silver snakes, bringing fleeting faint light.

The carriage shook more and more violently, like an earthquake. Jiang Cheng felt the train tilting, and all the teacups and snacks on the table fell to the ground. There was a sudden flash of lightning outside the car window, and the dazzling red light covered everything, followed immediately by the deafening thunder, which almost sounded above their heads.

But at that critical moment, Jiang Cheng suddenly felt sleepy again, as if someone had given him sweat medicine and he couldn't lift his strength. Even Chu Xueying couldn't hold on to her legs. Jiang Cheng could have felt good, but no matter how frightened he was, his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, as if another barrier was about to be thrown over the already dark world.

His vision gradually blurred, the screams in his ears became farther and farther away from him, and the whole world seemed to be spinning. Just before Jiang Cheng closed his eyes, another bolt of lightning passed through the car window, illuminating the outside. He suddenly found that the entire carriage was empty, and even Chu Xueying beside him was nowhere to be seen.

"Snow!" Jiang Cheng wanted to shout, but couldn't make a sound. He felt that he was falling eastward, with no light around him, as if he was falling into an endless abyss.

Jiang Cheng screamed in panic, but what he heard was a long whistle.

"Hello fellow passengers, this train has arrived at Yilin City, please prepare for the east train."

When I opened my eyes, it was bright outside the carriage. People around me stood up from their seats one after another, and walked towards the door in an orderly manner with their own salutes.

"Jiang Cheng, am I awake?"

One leg caressed his cheek, and a slight cool feeling spread through the skin on his face. Jiang Cheng saw Chu Xueying, sighed deeply, and murmured: "It turns out it was a dream."

Stepping out of the car, the sky outside is still blue. The sun is setting in the west, and the golden sunlight is not dazzling. Instead, it looks bright and warm against the blue sky.

Among the endless crowd, Jiangcheng Yuanji saw a round-faced young man holding a sign with Chu Xueying's name written on it. Chu Xueying also noticed the existence of the wrong party, but instead of rushing forward, she carefully observed the wrong party.

Seeing Chu Xueying's confused expression, Jiang Cheng sighed slowly and pulled him towards the round-faced man.

As the distance got closer, the round-faced man who was looking around finally saw Jiang Cheng and Chu Xueying, and even went to greet them with a smile on his face.

"We are finally here." The round-faced man glanced at Chu Xueying, seemed to remember something, and added: "He is Tong Xingtao, Mrs. Chu Yan's housekeeper. Do you... remember him very much?"

Jiang Cheng knew that Chu Xueying was right in saying that last sentence, and couldn't help but look at his girlfriend. Chu Xueying's expression was the same as before, looking at the wrong person in confusion. She frowned as she recalled it, but at first she shook her head.

There was a little disappointment in his expression, but Tong Xingtao couldn't help but said with a smile, "Mei Xing will always think of it, so they should be in the car first."

After walking out of the station and placing Chu Xueying in the car seat, Tong Xingtao turned to Jiang Cheng and whispered, "Has her amnesia not recovered yet?"