"There was no response to the call."
"No response when I patted."
"High-decibel noise... electric shock... no response."
There was a yellow cordon at the door of the ward. Inside, four people were lying in a mess—Yi Wan, Chi Jixia, a nurse, and the doctor who had returned with the rest of the Rainbow Group and had first touched Chi Jixia's body.
After seeing the doctor fall down, Yu Rongshi was about to go forward to check the situation, but An Yelin and others stopped him from behind.
It's an emergency.
—Only in emergencies.
The people from the Unnatural Bureau have been dispatched in full force. They originally came to Anyang to investigate the deaths of Assistant Lan Guang and the middle-aged fugitive, and now they have to deal with this bizarre "collective sleep". Yu Rongshi watched the middle-aged man and the woman with glasses put on gloves and protective gear, and put on instruments to monitor their vital signs.
An Yelin was worried about Yi Wan and the others, and also about these ordinary people: "Aren't you afraid that you will faint too..."
The middle-aged man was calm: "This is also part of our duties."
Yes, this is also part of these ordinary people who are responsible people.
He is not very close to the "protagonists", and is even somewhat wary and hostile towards them, but he is willing to sacrifice everything for the safety of the people.
"I think I'm dreaming." Half an hour later, the technician analyzed the computer and said, "This is what the brain waves show. Maybe it's a good dream."
"I'm paralyzed by psychotropic drugs... I won't wake up if I continue like this."
"Need emotional stimulation... All arousal methods have been tried."
Brother Liu was at a loss as he looked at this unusual scene and the group of people who had arrived for no apparent reason.
Yu Rongshi leaned against the window, remaining silent until the female secretary wearing glasses walked towards him.
"You look sad," the secretary said. "You couldn't wake him up... I could see it from the way you looked at him just now."
"… "
"This is not your problem." She handed him a cigarette. "True love's kiss awakens the prince, isn't that just a story in fairy tales?"
But she could understand Yu Rongshi's sadness. Maybe Yu Rongshi was really not that important to Yi Wan.
—At least, not as good as the world he has to face.
"He has always been alone." Yu Rongshi said, "I have known and guessed it for a long time. But I... must wake him up. Let me try and enter the dream together."
"What if you can't wake up?" the female secretary said, "We are not even 60% sure that you can succeed. And Yu Qichen has just woken up, the director will not agree. Cases are coming up frequently now, and we need you."
Yu Rongshi only said: "Let me try, just this once. I have done so much for you, let me be free once."
The female secretary was silent: "...Because you love him?"
"No. Because of his dream." Yu Rongshi's eyes were hidden behind the smoke. "Because he is not willing to live in false happiness. Because he is always... pursuing the truth."
The female secretary was stunned. She put out her cigarette when she saw Yu Rong: "Compared to making him love me more... Oh, all he needs is a little companionship, a little courage to not be alone. Love has never been the theme he needs to resist the emptiness of life."
—But you seem to love him, the secretary thought.
Is this considered being prepared to love a relationship that will never be reciprocated in kind
"I like the way he pursues his ideal country. That's why I must awaken him." Yu Rongshi smiled, "Whether he loves me or not is secondary. Besides, Yi Wan will definitely be awakened by the truth he pursues, even if he is in extreme pain."
The secretary looked at him steadily and smiled.
"good."
"Agreed?"
"This is not a request from you as a 'power user', but a request from you as 'Yu Rongshi'," the secretary said, "We can't disagree."
She said to the ward, "Uncle Yang, Huang Mao, step out. Let Yu Rongshi go in."
…
Room 402 has a living room. Yi Wan lives in the smallest room near the balcony. The room is only five square meters, with nothing left after a one-meter-two-wide bed and a table. Yi Wan's few clothes can only be piled up under the small bed.
But Yi Wan still woke up comfortably on this 1.2-meter-wide bed.
After the boy opened his eyes, he stared at the ceiling blankly for a while. There were colorful clothes hanging on the balcony, and the morning light cast shadows on his face. He was in a daze for a while in this swaying comfort, until he heard his aunt shouting outside the door.
"You sleep in on the weekends and you don't even get up to help!" Auntie pushed the milk and fried dough sticks to him. His cousin, who was also having breakfast, stuck out his tongue at him. "Study hard at home on the weekends! Sweep the living room, mop the floor, and put the clothes in the washing machine... Your uncle, Xiaochen and I are going to attend the wedding."
My uncle was sitting nearby reading the sports section of the newspaper and said to my aunt, "Oh, his child is in high school now. Don't give him so much housework. I'll come back and do it."
"It's been a four-hour drive there and back! It'll be a long time before we get back. Okay, okay, let's go! After we finish eating, clear the dishes!"
After arranging a long list of housework in a proud manner, my aunt left in a hurry with the two men.
Yi Wan cleaned up the dishes, swept the house, mopped the floor, and carried the clothes in the dirty laundry basket to the washing machine. His cousin and uncle didn't like to check their pockets when they threw out clothes, so lottery tickets and paper towels were always left in them. When the washing machine was turned on, it would create a "snow storm". So Yi Wan would always take out the things in their pockets first.
This time, my cousin really left the campus card in his trouser pocket again. Yi Wan looked at the name on the campus card: "Yi Chen."
"Yi Chen..."
Something seems to be wrong.
The wind chimes on the balcony rang. Yi Wan's phone vibrated as she received a text message.
…
"How did you do in the monthly exam? Without me, you should have gotten first place this time, right?"
Gu Ruochao leaned against the railing, holding a popsicle in his mouth. Yi Wan stood beside him, clumsily tearing off the wrapping paper of the "Green Mood" that was stuck to the ice. Yi Wan said, "... How did you do on the exam?"
"Have you forgotten? I made the national team in the math competition when I was a freshman in high school and was admitted to T University. This semester, the school sent me out to participate in a table tennis competition, so I didn't take the monthly exam. But if I had taken the exam, I would definitely have won first place again... You are so stupid, give me the popsicle."
Gu Ruochao tore open the packaging bag quickly and threw the intact popsicle to Yi Wan. Yi Wan caught the popsicle. Gu Ruochao laughed at him: "Why can't you do anything right?"
The sun was blinding. A few girls, wearing the uniform of the No. 1 Middle School where Gu Ruchao studied, passed by and greeted Gu Ruchao by pushing him. Gu Ruchao put his hands on his head and made a "hello" gesture by shaking them upwards.
The girls ran away laughing, holding the novels they bought from the bookstore in their arms.
"… Why are you looking at me? I'm pretty popular in No. 1 Middle School, right?" Gu Ruochao saw Yi Wan staring at him straight, thinking that Yi Wan was surprised. "We're not in the same school anymore, so you shouldn't be surprised by this. Aren't you used to it yet?"
"Will you bully them?"
"Bullying? What bullying? Why would I bully them?" Gu Ruchao was puzzled. "We have no grudges against each other, why would I bully girls?"
Dark clouds gradually covered the sun, casting a shadow on Yi Wan's face. The atmosphere seemed to have cooled down. Gu Ruzhao looked at him, who was half dark and half bright, and waved his hand in front of him: "What bullying... Oh!"
He smirked, "Are you asking me if I'm in a relationship?"
"… "
"I don't have such plans! I have a long way to go, and I don't even know where I will end up. If I am not sure whether I can walk hand in hand with the other person for a lifetime and walk side by side, I will not delay the other person's life. Of course, I will not stop my life because of him/her." Gu Ruchao said, "Why are you talking about this suddenly? Do you have a girl you like at Zongnan Foreign Language School? I heard that the students there are all young ladies..."
He gradually stopped talking, looking at Yi Wan blankly with a dazed look on his face. Yi Wan said, "... That's good."
Like he had actually done something bad.
Gu Ruchao was puzzled. He heard Yi Wan ask him again: "What do you plan to do after you finish college?"
"I might study for a Ph.D. or start a business. I'm not sure. I recently read online that virtual currency, autonomous driving, and the metaverse will be the next investment hotspots... I think I can study them. And Boston Dynamics, have you seen the robot dog they're working on? So cool!" Gu Ruzhao said with a beaming face, "Ah! I'm so excited when I think about all the possibilities in the future. But with my talent, I'll be a leader in any field, haha!"
"… Um."
"Ah." Gu Ruochao leaned back, holding a half-eaten popsicle in his mouth and said, "I wonder what I'll be doing in ten years. I really want to grow up quickly!"
"… "
"Why don't you eat your popsicle? Your popsicle has melted." Gu Ruchao pointed at his hand.
The green popsicle melted, and it was sticky and greasy, like a green soft monster flowing down from Yi Wan's fingers. Yi Wan looked at his hands blankly, letting Gu Ruchao hand him paper while complaining to him.
“Will the future be so good?”
Would it be so beautiful
"Why are you pessimistic again? Yi Wan, where do you want to go in the future? You and I will go to the same university, right? You will definitely be able to pass the entrance exam." Gu Ruchao took the melted popsicle from his hand and threw it into the trash can beside him. "Let me guess what major is suitable for you... Finance, um, it's not suitable at first glance. Psychology, you are not that type of person. Astronomy? Or physics? I think astronomy is good. Maybe you can also learn from Kepler and come up with Yi Wan's law or something like that, hahaha..."
Hahaha.
The popsicle drew a parabola in the air and fell into the trash can with a "thump". Yi Wan looked at the stickiness left on his fingertips. He opened two fingers and closed them again. The sugar water stuck to his fingers like a spider web.
Is it really that good
Can you really do what you want to do
"So what do you want to do?" Gu Ruchao asked him.
"I don't know." Yi Wan said, "I feel that I am very happy now."
A future with infinite possibilities and a happy family.
Very happy... is that so
Gu Ruochao and Yi Wan went to a nearby niche second-hand bookstore. Gu Ruochao wanted to find an out-of-print art book. He turned around and saw Yi Wan squatting, standing in an aisle that only one person could pass through, staring at a few albums.
"Boy group album? You still like these things? Yi Wan, you don't want to debut in any entertainment company in the future, do you?" Gu Ruchao poked his head in.
Yi Wan said nothing, he tentatively touched a corner of the album with his finger. However, the bookstore became lively, as if someone had been discovered.
Then there was an overwhelming noise.
"Hey, hey, hey, sorry, sorry!"
Someone ran out, and since Yi Wan was blocking the aisle, he pushed Yi Wan out. On the way, both of them tripped and their phones fell out. The man ran in a hurry and picked up one at random: "Excuse me, please pass! Please pass!"
Yi Wan was pushed by him and ran out of the bookstore.
When he grabbed the other phone, he felt something was wrong. The man who was running was talking to himself. Yi Wan had no time to explain and could only run with him. The two of them ran around in the alley and finally got rid of the pursuers who were shouting "Xiao Xia!"
"Hey, excuse me... why are you following me here?"
Yi Wan then saw clearly that the person who ran out with him was a young man with a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes and a lively and affectionate smile. Yi Wan said: "You took my phone by mistake..."
He picked up his phone, and the picture on the lock screen was two smiling teenagers with their arms around each other. The teenager's face froze for a moment, and he lowered his head and muttered, "Oh, so many people are still chasing me even though I've already retired. I made a mistake..."
He took out Yi Wan's phone and handed it to him, only to find that the phone had been "broken" at some point, perhaps bumped into something while running. The boy was a little embarrassed and said, "Ahem," "Is there any important data in it..."
Yi Wan looked at the boy's face and remained silent.
"Hey, I have a friend whose family runs a mobile phone store. I'll take you there to see if it can be repaired." The young man touched his nose guiltily. He saw that Yi Wan's expression did not change from beginning to end, so he said, "Don't worry, I will definitely not owe you a mobile phone. I will definitely fix it for you. Don't you see who I am... You know who I am, right?"
"Chi Jixia."
The word came out of his mouth. Yi Wan was stunned. Chi Jixia smiled: "I knew it, come on, I'll take you to fix your phone. By the way, what's your name?"
"Yi Wan."
"Yi Wan..." Chi Jixia also looked a little dazed, "Sounds a little familiar."
The words that came out of his mouth were incredible. Chi Jixia took Yi Wan out in a familiar manner and even took a taxi - he said he took a taxi, but in fact he asked his brother who worked nearby to pick him up.
The elder brother, Chi Xu, was driving the car and said helplessly, "I told you to stay out of the house."
"How would I know? I've retired for two months, and they're still chasing after me." Chi Jixia staggered in the back seat.
Chi Xu sighed helplessly, as if he was used to his brother's temper. Yi Wan was staring at the interior of the car in the back seat, and also at Chi Xu.
We have arrived.
"A store that sells drones and robots." Yi Wan looked at the store in front of him that was decorated like a "Genius Bar".
He just heard Gu Ruchao mention this shop. It must be a well-known geek in the circle. Chi Jixia said: "It's awesome, right? It's opened by my friend's family. I'm childhood sweetheart."
Yi Wan said: "My cell phone was broken."
Chi Jixia: "Hey, this store can definitely fix anything. My phone broke before, and they fixed it for me."
After Chi Xu sent them off, he rushed to the interview and apologized to Yi Wan. Yi Wan said, "It's okay."
After Chi Xu left, Chi Jixia said, "Hey... I don't know why, but when I look at you, I feel like I'm particularly compatible with you."
Yi Wan looked at him. Chi Jixia suddenly reached out and pinched his face: "Let's go, I'll help you fix your phone."
… His cell phone had been broken for a long time, and he didn’t know whether Gu Ruchao was worried or not because he couldn’t contact him.
Yi Wan followed Chi Jixia into the Geek Bar. There were many tables and small rooms outside the bar, where many geeks gathered to do handicrafts, 3D printing, or hold computers. Chi Jixia led Yi Wan inside with a familiar look: "This is my childhood sweetheart's family's business. He has been hanging out here since he was a kid, and his skills are pretty good."
"Childhood sweetheart?"
"He and I grew up together. Look, the person on my screensaver just now is him!" Chi Jixia said, "His name is Wu Tong. You can just call him Tongtong."
Chi Jixia couldn't keep it to herself, and she chattered away, revealing her childhood sweetheart's true colors. Yi Wan then learned that Wu Tong's family and Chi Jixia's family were neighbors living in the same building, and Wu Tong's mother and Chi Jixia's mother were best friends, who helped Chi Jixia's mother a lot when she got divorced. Chi Jixia's mother used to be a movie queen, but later became a dancer and was not often at home. When she was out, Chi Jixia was fostered at Wu Tong's house. Wu Tong was relatively taciturn and shy, and liked to play with drones and models. When the two were together, Chi Jixia would always chatter.
Yi Wan said: "I heard that you retired from the entertainment industry."
Chi Jixia grinned: "I got the Best Actor award. I want to experience the campus life of ordinary people for a few years. It's time to go to school!"
Yi Wan: “Oh…”
"But when I announced my retirement from the entertainment industry, I still felt a little regretful... I can't say regretful, but confused." Chi Jixia touched her chin, "It seemed like everything was too perfect. Or maybe there was something I wanted to pursue, but I hadn't achieved it... What was it?"
He stopped. The pale blue light of the Geek Bar illuminated the posters on the wall. Yi Wan looked at his stunned silhouette and heard the sound of someone walking out.
"Xiao Xia is here!" The one who spoke was a beautiful auntie, who seemed to be Wu Tong's mother. "Tong Tong is here too, what's wrong?"
“… I broke his phone.”
The aunt checked the phone for a while. After a moment, she gave a conclusion: "We need to use instruments to check whether it can be repaired. Wait for an hour... Can you sit inside first?"
"I'd be very grateful!" said Chi Jixia.
He took Yi Wan to look inside. A young man emerged from the various devices. He was tall and thin, with very light hair and very fair skin. When Yi Wan saw him, he was stunned.
He looks a lot like Chi Jixia.
"Are you still working on your stuff?" Chi Jixia said, "Come out, let me introduce you to a new friend, his name is Yi Wan." "We've only known each other for an hour," Yi Wan said.
He felt that "Tongtong" had been staring at him since he saw him. Tongtong's eyes were very big, and when he stared at people, he felt inorganic, as if a machine was scanning him. This intuition made Yi Wan feel a little uncomfortable.
"Hello." Wu Tong walked up to him and nodded to him.
He looked very introverted. When facing Yi Wan... I don't know why, it feels like he doesn't dare to look up and keeps looking away. Chi Jixia seemed to be completely unaware of it. He naturally took out the game console and controller from the room, took out a few bottles of soda water from the refrigerator, and invited the two to play games together.
"Let's play Mario, shall we?" he said.
Two people sat down beside him, one on each side. Wu Tong looked very nervous. He asked, "How did you two know each other?"
Chi Jixia said this. Wu Tong said: "Oh..."
"Tongtong, what's wrong with you? You died so many times today? That's not like you." Chi Jixia complained while holding the controller, "Yi Wan, don't think he's such a bad player today. He's usually a game expert. I've never beaten him unless he lets me win, haha."
I drank too much frozen soda and my stomach hurt. Chi Jixia went to the bathroom halfway through the fight and told them not to fight behind his back: "I'll come back to check on the progress!"
Only Yi Wan and Wu Tong were left in the small living room.
Wu Tong lowered his eyes, but Yi Wan could feel that he was secretly looking at him. Yi Wan asked doubtfully, "Have I seen you somewhere before?"
He felt that the boy looked familiar.
The boy was obviously getting nervous. He said, "I'm a senior at Zhongnan Foreign Language School. Have you seen me during the break?"
Yi Wan: “Oh…”
Yi Wan glanced at the clock on the wall and whispered, "I wonder if my aunt will be worried if she doesn't see me when she gets home."
The boy asked cautiously, "Do you live with your aunt?"
Like he was a little worried about something.
Yi Wan: "Yeah. My parents are abroad. They will come back to see me next month."
Before he went to bed yesterday, he saw a postcard from his parents that his aunt had left on his desk. Yi Wan's parents would send a postcard back home every week. They reunited abroad, and were back to square one, and they were traveling around the world for a year. The postcard on the desk said they would be back next month.
From then on, the family lived together and would never be separated. The aunt also said that the government would demolish the building and relocate the residents to a high-end residential area nearby. The aunt's family signed the contract and was also allocated a house. Yi Wan's parents planned to buy the house opposite the aunt's house, with two households per floor, so the two families could live together forever.
The boy seemed to be relieved: "That's great... Are you happy?"
Yi Wan: “Yeah.”
The sound of Chi Jixia flushing the toilet came from the cubicle. The boy seemed to be a little more relaxed than before. Before Chi Jixia opened the door, Yi Wan said, "… But I didn't say I was from Zongnan Foreign Language School, and I didn't have anything related to Zongnan Foreign Language School with me."
"How do you know that I'm a student of Zongnan Foreign Languages?"
Chi Jixia pushed open the door.
"I'm back!" he said with a smile, "What's wrong with you?"
He was a little confused: "Is the air conditioner too cold?"
…
"The main board is broken and many parts need to be redone, but it can be repaired. Come and get it tomorrow," said Wu Tong's mother.
It was getting late, so Yi Wan said goodbye for the time being. He called Gu Ruchao from the landline in the Geek Bar. Gu Ruchao scolded him first, but when he heard that Yi Wan had gone to the Geek Bar, he said happily that he would come over to see him when he came back to get his phone.
"Yeah." Yi Wan said.
Chi Jixia called a taxi for Yi Wan and gave him a new mobile phone as an apology for temporary use in the next few days. When sending Yi Wan to the taxi at night, he said, "You can come over to play when you have nothing to do in the future. I usually stay here."
He leaned against the car window, propped up his head, and said nonchalantly, "It's strange, I feel like I have a special affinity with you."
Yi Wan looked over his shoulder and looked at Wu Tong who was standing behind him. Wu Tong lowered his head and said nothing.
The taxi passed through the colorful city and arrived at the alley. Yi Wan did not go home immediately. The air was damp and stuffy, as if it was going to rain. He found a bench and sat down, looking at the old man performing in front of him.
Raindrops began to fall.
At first the rain was light. Yi Wan did not set out immediately. He sat on a chair, wearing headphones, listening to a song downloaded from the Internet. He did not open his eyes until the rain soaked his hair.
A young man dressed in black and holding an umbrella stood opposite him.
The man was very handsome—the kind of impeccable handsomeness, gentle, peaceful, and his facial features seemed to be drawn according to the golden ratio. He stood there, his eyes a little dazed, with some indescribable emotions, and Yi Wan knew he was looking at him.
When the young man came over, Yi Wan shrank back for some reason. He stared at him blankly, but the first thing he said was: "Who are you?"
"I..." The young man was also stunned, lowered his head a little embarrassed, "Sorry, I don't know why I just walked over here."
"… "
"It's raining, you don't have an umbrella, right?" the young man said, "Do you want me to take you home? Uh... I'm not a bad person. I just saw that you don't have an umbrella."
This should be the reason why the young man approached him.
But after he shuddered inexplicably at the beginning, Yi Wan felt that the aura on him was not unpleasant. Everyone was more or less aggressive, and the young man was the only one who did not make him feel the slightest bit of aggression. Yi Wan hesitated for only a moment before getting under his umbrella.
The two walked slowly under the umbrella, with raindrops hitting the umbrella. The young man introduced himself: "My name is Yu Rongshi."
Yi Wan said: "My name is Yi Wan."
The two of them didn't speak the whole way. Until Yi Wan asked, "What do you do?"
The young man said, "I was a doctoral student and just graduated. I majored in psychology."
Yi Wan: “Oh…”
The young man asked, “Are you a student?”
Yi Wan: "Why did you walk towards me just now?"
We have arrived at the tube building.
The young man said: "Maybe it's because I saw you didn't bring an umbrella."
Yi Wan looked up at him and frowned: "My family said that people who speak inexplicably may be human traffickers."
The young man was a little embarrassed: "... I'm not."
Yi Wan: "Thank you for sending me home."
He turned his back, glanced back at him, and then ran upstairs. The sound of his footsteps echoed like wind chimes in the empty corridor.
When Yi Wan ran to the building and looked down, he saw the young man still standing downstairs, holding an umbrella, staring blankly in the direction of his building.
An auntie passed by and asked him, "What is Xiaowan looking at? What's wrong?"
Yi Wan: "There are human traffickers watching me go home."
Aunt:"… "
Yi Wan squatted downstairs for a while, and only returned to his home after the man downstairs left. His uncle and aunt were still attending a wedding in another city and had not returned. He took out the washed clothes and hung them out to dry. In the rainy night, he took another look at his cousin's student ID card under the light.
Yi Chen.
What was his father's last name... Yi? What was his mother's last name
Yi Fangran... is also the last name Yi
There was a flash of lightning outside the window. Yi Wan shuddered. He was silent for a moment and put his student ID card back on his cousin's desk.
He returned to his bedroom. The five-square-meter room seemed to be able to isolate all wind and rain. He lay back on the bed, holding the whole book of postcards in his hand. The postcards had the man's handsome handwriting and the woman's elegant handwriting. The man signed "Dad" and the woman signed "Mom".
Dad... Mom... Uncle... Aunt... Yi Wan had already closed his eyes before the door to his home was opened.
The second day of the weekend was also unremarkable. Except for Tang Xue sending him a text message asking him to come out and study with her. Tang Xue's mother was very satisfied when she sent the two of them to the bookstore, and told them to study hard, and then left.
When Yi Wan arrived at the bookstore, she saw Tang Xue's sisters and even Gu Ruchao was there. The sisters greeted Tang Xue excitedly when they saw her.
He asked, "Why are you here?"
Gu Ruchao said: "My cousin, of course I will be here."
Tang Xue's little sister is called Chen Ke, with round eyes, one year younger than them. Chen Ke was very surprised when she saw Yi Wan, and asked Gu Ruchao: "Brother, you never told me that your friend is so beautiful?"
Gu Ruochao was puzzled: "Beautiful? How can it be beautiful... Don't be complacent, we are here to cover for them."
Yi Wan:
Tang Xue said confidently: "There is Xiao An's reality show today, we are going to chase stars!"
… Turns out he was going to see An Yelin.
There were too many people, and Yi Wan didn't have much impression of An Yelin. He just felt that he was perfect from a distance, but very cold, like a little prince who didn't care about worldly things. Two girls were taking pictures, and someone next to them said, "I heard that some of his recent songs were not written by himself, but bought by the An family."
"That's right. How can anyone create all the time without running out of inspiration?"
"Who are you to be so jealous here?" Tang Xue raised her eyebrows and glared, but Chen Ke tried to stop her.
The four of them had dinner at KFC. The two girls were choosing photos, while Gu Ruchao dipped French fries in ketchup and drew on a paper towel out of boredom. He saw Yi Wan looking out the window and asked him, "What are you looking at?"
"have no idea."
Yi Wan saw from a distance that there seemed to be a young man in the coffee shop next door. The young man was facing the computer screen, as silent as the coffee in his hand. Gu Ruchao shrugged and said, "Strange. Yi Wan, you have been getting weirder these days."
Yi Wan lowered his head and saw what Gu Ruchao had drawn on the tissue with ketchup.
Bright red...
A smiling bloody mouth!
Yi Wan's shoulders shook suddenly. Tang Xue and Chen Ke beside him were startled by him, as were passers-by. Tang Xue asked him, "What's wrong with you?"
She followed Yi Wan's line of sight and asked, "Why are you drawing a mouth?"
"I don't know either..." Gu Ruchao was also dumbfounded. He saw Yi Wan suddenly stand up, without explaining anything, and ran out the door!
"Hey! Yi Wan!"
Someone was calling out from behind, but Yi Wan seemed not to hear. He ran to the coffee shop, but no one was there. He ran to the nearby street, but no one was there.
Finally, he ran to a park. There was a railway track in front of the park. The red light was on and the warning pole was lowered. But Yi Wan saw the young man on the other side of the track!
The young man was carrying a briefcase and walking to the other side unconsciously.
It will be too late if you don’t catch up now.
Yi Wan crawled under the warning pole, and the young man turned back as if he had noticed something. The moment their eyes met, they both heard the sound of "what's more, what's more".
The earth is shaking.
It's the sound of an approaching train!
When Yi Wan regained consciousness, he was being held in the arms of the young man. The young man's briefcase had fallen beside the railroad tracks and was crushed beyond recognition. The two rolled on the ground, their bodies covered in dust and scratches. The young man looked at him, his eyes showing panic and anger after surviving a catastrophe.
"You just...!" he said, "Why don't you look where you're going?"
Then, the young man grabbed his forehead as if he had a sudden headache, but Yi Wan seemed not to notice.
Just now, he had no sense of danger and ran towards the young man as if he was risking his life. But now he stood up from his arms, as if the young man did not exist, and just walked towards the railway step by step, as if he only had the railway in his eyes.
"Just now, it stopped," he said. "The train stopped just before it hit me. Very quickly, for a short time, but it stopped."
The wind started to blow, and the leaves rustled. Yi Wan touched the air without any other substance with his fingertips, and he murmured, "It stopped for me..."
Not an illusion.
He saw it.
The world just stopped the train... for him.
The wind was getting stronger and stronger, but the young man behind him groaned. Compared to Yi Wan, the young man who risked his life to save the strange boy rolled on the ground and hit his head on the stone on the ground, which obviously caused more serious injuries. He rubbed his head, his mind was confused, until Yi Wan turned around to look at him.
"Why save me?" he said.
The young man also looked at him blankly: "Why did you suddenly run towards me?"
Yi Wan was stunned for a moment, and said: "Because I suspect you are following me. Because you..."
Very weird.
Even so happy, he would rush after those weirdnesses regardless of his own safety, as if it were an instinctive behavior.
Moreover, this person gave him a feeling that was even stranger than weird.
The young man stared at him blankly: …
Yi Wan repeated: "Why save me?"
Just now, the young man rescued the strange boy who was about to be caught under the wheels, as if it was a natural instinctive reaction.
While rolling, he naturally put his hands on Yi Wan's head to protect his head.
"I don't know..." The young man smiled bitterly while sitting on the ground, "It seems that I felt that from the moment I saw you."
I seem to be here because of you.
Yi Wan was speechless for a moment. He felt a little guilty, so he lowered his head to help the man pick up the briefcase. There were scattered documents in the briefcase, one of which was a contract for a psychology teacher. Party A was Zhongnan Foreign Languages, and Party B was signed by, and it was indeed "Yu Rongshi".
Teacher? Yi Wan was stunned.
Their teacher
The man continued, "Don't rush to me next time. I will wait, Xiao Zhong."
Yi Wan's fingers suddenly froze.
"What did you call me?" he said.