Soling Internet Cafe

"Ha...ha...ha..." Chu Lingya rolled over and sat up, gasping in shock in the darkness.

Everything in the dream is still entangled with him, the bright fire, the exploded body, and the ensuing fall from high altitude...

A hand stretched out and turned on the bedside lamp, the autumn rain was falling outside the window, and the surrounding was quiet.

"What's wrong, have a nightmare?"

Chu Lingya turned her head sweating profusely, and saw her lover.

Meng Xinruan stood up and looked at him softly: "You sweat a lot, you'll catch a cold if you continue like this, I'll squeeze a towel for you." As he said, he got out of bed and went into the bathroom, leaving Chu Ling behind. Cliff alone.

Chu Lingya looked around in a daze. This was his home, his bedroom, a safe place he was familiar with.Seven years ago, when Chu Lingya returned from studying abroad, she was caught in an airplane accident and almost lost her life. Fortunately, the plane made an emergency landing and all the passengers survived. It was in that accident that Chu Lingya met Meng Xinruan... .

Meng Xinruan was still a student in the nursing department at the time, and was doing an internship at the local emergency center, and Chu Lingya became his nursing object.During the subsequent treatment and rehabilitation process, the two had a lot of contact, and they became familiar with each other after going back and forth.The two were similar in age and temperament, and they came together unknowingly.Chu Lingya is an orphan, and so is Meng Xinruan, so even though they are of the same sex, there is no one to stop them. Last year, the two of them felt that their relationship was mature, so they flew abroad to get a certificate, and now they are considered a legal husband and wife relationship.

"Shall I wipe it for you?"

A steaming towel was handed over, Chu Lingya was stunned for a moment, and reached out to take it: "I'll do it myself." He got up and walked to the bathroom.His clothes were soaked and sticky, and he thought it best to take a shower.

After entering the bathroom, Chu Lingya realized that he had forgotten to take a change of underwear, so he glanced out through the crack of the open door, wanting to call Meng Xinruan to bring it to him, but this glance sent a chill down his spine Straight to the top of the sky.I saw Meng Xinruan sitting motionless on the edge of the bed, staring at the door of the bathroom with her eyes open, like a puppet who has received some surveillance mission and is faithfully carrying out her mission.

Chu Lingya was startled, and when she looked closely again, she saw Meng Xinruan picked up a book and flipped through it. It didn't look like the mechanical terror just now at all.

"Wrong reading?" Chu Lingya rubbed her temples, forgot to take off her clothes, and turned on the shower.

The sound of water blocked the sound of the outside world, and the slight sound of the phone rang in the bedroom. Meng Xinruan walked to the phone and picked it up without looking at the number display: "It's me... normal, memory fragments... cut it off, understand... ..." After hanging up the phone, Meng Xinruan walked to a wall.After looking around, he removed the photo hanging on the wall. In the photo, he and Chu Lingya were standing side by side and smiling at the camera. After removing the photo, what appeared underneath was a black Slime mold-infested walls.

Meng Xinruan stretched out his hand, and the black sticky object moved away to the four sides, revealing the gray cement wall below. There were already three white thin marks on it, forming a two horizontal and one vertical pattern. There is another vertical line added to the left side of that vertical line, which is an unfinished "positive" character.

He is counting.

The fine dust of the wall fell with his movements, and then disappeared.Meng Xinruan looked at it for a while, then let go.The black slime mold squirmed and covered it again, quickly covering the word completely.Meng Xinruan put the photo back to its original position, and pulled an inexplicable smile at the corner of her mouth in the dim light.

Three more times.

The next morning, Chu Lingya didn't go to work, but made an appointment with his friend, the psychiatrist Bai Jing.

"So you've been dreaming a lot lately, and you're having the same dream over and over again, and you only remember sporadic fragments when you wake up?"

"Perhaps it can't be said that it is the same dream," Chu Lingya thought for a while and said, "The world in the dream seems to have time continuity, sometimes it is modern, and sometimes it is ancient, but I can feel that I am It was always the same person I saw in my dream, that person looked very similar to Xiao Meng, but..."

"but?"

"But, it doesn't seem to be Xiaomeng." Chu Lingya was confused.Seven years ago, he fell in love with Meng Xinruan at first sight when he saw Meng Xinruan for the first time. He didn't know how to describe that feeling. Anyway, it was deja vu and his heart was pounding. He felt that this was the person he had been waiting for.Afterwards, the two developed smoothly, but after the relationship became stable, Chu Lingya would occasionally feel a little strangely uneasy, feeling that something was not quite right.

"Have you been under a lot of pressure at work recently, or have any unexpected changes happened in your life?"

"Work pressure has always been quite high, but I have long been used to it." Chu Lingya works in a well-known comic publishing house, and is currently the head of the editorial department. This line of work is fast-paced and stressful, and the material rewards are average. , more of a sense of accomplishment, "If there is an unusual change... there may be one, but I don't think it has anything to do with my dreams."

"Speak and listen."

"You know that I have an old house in the north of Changle City, right? It's the orphanage I stayed in when I was a child. Later, the orphanage moved to another place, so I bought this house, and it has been closed all these years. A while ago, people from the government came to me to talk about relocation, they want to renovate the old city, and this area has to be overthrown and restarted..."

"Is it possible that you still don't want the house to be demolished subconsciously? After all, it is related to your childhood and past, so you dream about some accidents repeatedly in your dreams, such as car accidents, explosions, and even plane crashes. These are actually They all represent the same intention, which is to destroy. But destroying this thing actually has two meanings. One is naturally destroying, and the other is rebirth. The same is true for the old house, which represents your past, instead of waving goodbye The emotional fluctuations brought about by you did not reflect in your conscious mind, but through the dream, it shows that you still have emotional fluctuations in your subconscious, as for Xiaomeng, he is someone you cherish, so it appears in the dream with those pasts."

"Really..." Chu Lingya didn't know if Bai Jing's words were correct, but theoretically speaking, it made sense.

The subconscious panic of losing the past seemed like a plausible explanation.

"Relax, I suggest you take a few days off recently and take Xiaomeng out for fun. When the dust settles, everything will be back on track." Bai Jing said, "Before then, I don't suggest you eat anything. Prescription drugs, there are always some side effects of drugs, you haven't reached that serious level, call me anytime if you have anything to do."

"Okay, thank you." Chu Lingya stood up, knowing that the treatment was over.

"Lingya."

"Ok?"

"Actually, I envy you very much. Not everyone can find a destined partner, and not every loving couple will definitely make it to the end. Therefore, cherish the past and cherish the past. People still have to look forward."

Bai Jing used to have a lover named Chang Yuxin, and the two had a passionate relationship, but in the end because of personality differences, they tormented each other for several years, separated and reunited several times, and finally parted ways completely.Sometimes love does not mean being able to grow old side by side, there are too many unreasonable factors in the middle.

"Okay, thank you." Chu Lingya nodded.

People come and go on the streets on weekdays. I don’t know where so many people with nothing to do can lazily go shopping and take a walk in the autumn sunshine.Chu Lingya thought for a while, then called the agency, explaining that she would not be in the office today, and would call for something, then stood on the street, thinking about what Bai Jing said just now.

Let go of the past and face the future?

A slight commotion attracted Chu Lingya's attention. He followed the sound and found that many people stopped and looked towards a certain place on the street. It was the direction of a nearby high-end shopping mall. , the LED is playing a wonderful video clip, the snow mountain, the heavenly palace, the alien beasts, the cultivators with supernatural powers are fighting the alien beasts that climbed up from the ground, the scene is magnificent, the fighting is wonderful, and the special effects are amazing, no wonder everyone Can't help but stop and linger.

"Sword Immortal Chen Bufan..." Chu Lingya is in this line of work himself, so of course he knows that this year's most anticipated big IP is currently playing the promotional video of the movie of the same name, starring the actor Jiang Xinbai, the cast Excellent.

After the trailer was played, Chu Lingya's phone rang, and when he picked it up, he saw that it was his immediate superior.

"Xiao Chu, are you free now? There is a teacher who needs to trouble you to meet in person."

"Now? Yes, yes, who is the teacher?" In this industry, cartoonists are called teachers, and Chu Lingya has four cartoonists in hand.

"Mr. Guanxuan who painted "Ghost Prison"."

"He!!!" Chu Lingya was extremely surprised. He is a well-known author of horror comics in the industry. He became famous very early but never signed to any publishing house. People didn't know what he looked like until recently he suddenly let out rumors. To find a "nest" caused a great sensation in the industry.

"Yes, he chose us, but he said that he would only come if you were his editor."

In an instant, Chu Lingya's heart was pounding, and an indescribable excitement surged up from the depths of his body.

"why me……"

"I don't know either. I probably heard from somewhere that your work performance is excellent. Are you going?"

"I'll go, I'll go!" Chu Lingya hurriedly said.After hanging up the phone, he hurriedly picked up the car and drove to the suburbs.

Guanxuan lived in an address Chu Lingya had never heard of on the outskirts of Changle City. He drove around for several times but could not find it.I couldn't get through the phone, so I had to stop the car and ask while walking. It took three or four hours to finally find the location.

Guanxuan lives in an old house at the foot of the mountain. This area used to be a village, but now almost only old people live there, and he lives in a remote place compared to other people in the village. He has to walk a certain distance into the mountain, and cars can't even drive in.The days had begun to shorten in autumn, and Chu Lingya walked a long way in the setting sun before seeing the old house.The courtyard of the deep house is full of "wealth and honor" everywhere.

Originally, I thought that there must be many servants waiting in this kind of big house, but who would have thought that after ringing the doorbell for a while, someone would answer: "Who is there?"

"Hi, I'm Chu Lingya from the editorial department of Soling Publishing House. May I ask if Teacher Guanxuan lives here?"

"Wait a moment." The male voice from the walkie-talkie was a bit cold, and people couldn't help but imagine the appearance of the owner of the voice.

It sounds handsome, but it might be a little cold. A figure vaguely appeared in Chu Lingya's mind. The outline was a bit like Meng Xinruan, but the facial features were still unable to be outlined.Just as Chu Lingya was thinking about it, the door opened with a "click".

"Please go straight along the main road. I have limited legs and feet, so I will wait for you at the end."

Chu Lingya was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly said "Okay" and walked in.

The house was even bigger than Chu Lingya had imagined. As soon as he entered, he heard a "bang" behind him, and the door was tightly closed.The sun was setting, and there was a big tree growing in the courtyard in front of me. I don't know if it was not taken care of well, but the tree was dead.There was not a single leaf on the branch, but the trunk was still standing straight in the courtyard. On the thin branch lay a mangy cat with ugly mottled fur, staring at the unexpected visitor Chu Lingya with two shiny green eyes.

As expected of Teacher Guanxuan, even the home has the atmosphere of a horror novel... Chu Lingya thought, and walked inside.He looked around while walking, the whole house was very quiet, no sound could be heard, the occasional movement was just the sound of birds flapping their wings and flying away, other than that, there was no other sound.

Chu Lingya didn't know where Guanxuan was, so he could only bite the bullet and continue walking in. After walking for more than ten minutes, he finally reached the deepest part of the mansion, where the only light in the whole house was lit. a little light.A man sat in a wheelchair, waiting for him in silence.Seeing the other party, Chu Lingya breathed a sigh of relief, otherwise he would really think that he had fallen into the world of Liaozhai.

"Teacher Guanxuan!" Chu Lingya shouted, and walked over quickly.

The man raised his face, and the next moment, Chu Lingya felt trembling, and broke out in cold sweat.

How scary, this man looks so good!