faller

[-]. Day and night

Chen Tianhang had a dream. In the dream, he knew that he was dreaming. He felt like a wandering soul without substance. He could only observe everything and could not participate in it.

In my dream, there was a glow in the distance of Chongshi Square, the glow was like pink and purple, and the glass curtain wall that hadn’t been installed also reflected the faint green olive color, which was very beautiful.There is still a cloud in the distance that has not yet dissipated.Chen Tianhang is a science dog with little literary literacy, and he doesn't know "Yuxia is scattered into beautiful flowers", let alone poems such as "Mountains are covered with clouds, and the sky is sticky and decaying grass".

In the dream, it was around nine o'clock.Chen Tianhang didn't look at his watch, but he didn't know why he was so certain that it was nine o'clock, although the twilight at this time was not like Baicheng's usual appearance.

Chen Tianhang walked a few steps in Chongshi Square. At the moment, there are still people in Chongshi Square—students, teachers, glass workers... You come and go, it's quite lively.But Chen Tianhang felt that they were "flowing" away from him, and everyone didn't even make a sound, just flowing.

Chen Tianhang saw Yao Yuan.Chen Tianhang didn't know why, he felt that everyone around him was obscure, but only Yao Yuan had a clear face, even with a little light.That light is not the glow in the distance at this time, it is not the reflection on the glass wall, it is not the street lamp light in Chongshi Square... What kind of light is it?Chen Tianhang didn't know, maybe it was the light reflected on Yao Yuan's face when Yao Yuan was looking at the phone.

Yao Yuan seemed to be waiting for someone's reply. He typed a few words, stopped for a while, and walked a few steps.When the phone light was on, he typed a few more words.After a while, the notification light came on again, as if he had confirmed something, Chen Tianhang saw Yao Yuan put his phone in his pocket, turned around and walked into the teaching building...

Chen Tianhang thought: "Why is he going? To commit suicide?" If it was suicide, who was he chatting with?Who are you confirming with?Maybe even his mother and brother haven't heard from him?Where is his cell phone?

Chen Tianhang didn't remember what he saw next, but he only remembered that Yao Yuan put his mobile phone in his trouser pocket, and the last blurry figure of his back entering the teaching building was wrapped into a ball in the thick night...

Chen Tianhang woke up, he felt like he was lying on the bed tense like a nightmare, completely unable to move his hands and feet.

"Is this true..." Chen Tianhang froze, he was asking himself.The scene in the dream just now and the scene of seeing Yao Yuan on the night of October 10 gradually merged into one. He felt that he could not even tell which part was a dream and which part happened in real life!

Did Yao Yuan really contact anyone the night before he fell from the building?What did Yao Yuan tell him?Why didn't that person speak out? !Why was Yao Yuan looking at his phone at that time? ...

Endless thoughts suddenly circled in Chen Tianhang's mind, tearing apart, playing games...

Chen Tianhang woke up with a start. Under the dim moonlight outside the hotel window, he saw a person sitting beside his bed with his head lowered, as if he was still sobbing softly.

"Damn!" Chen Tianhang was taken aback, almost bouncing off the wire bed in the hotel in a daze.

"Brother..." The man turned his head, and Chen Tianhang saw through the quiet moonlight outside the window—it was Chen Chen.He was sitting beside Chen Tianhang's bed, crying, the tears in the corners of his eyes were refracted brightly by the shadowy moonlight leaking through the cracks in the curtains.

"Damn it! You're scaring me to death, you! What are you doing!" Chen Tianhang sat up straight. He, a 1.8-meter tall man from the Northeast, experienced the feeling of being afraid of ghosts for the first time. He yelled and almost kicked Chen Chen. Kick out of bed.

"Brother...I'm sorry..." Chen Chen wiped the tears from his face with his hand while speaking in a low voice.He curled up and began to sob, his bent back looked extremely thin in the dark.

"What the hell? I'm sorry?" Chen Tianhang asked.He was confused again, and he didn't know who the "brother" Chen Chen called was. "What are you doing? I fucking thought I was seeing a ghost..."

"Brother..." Chen Chen turned his head, his eyes were bright, tears were shining in the dark night, "I dreamed of my brother just now..." He was still sobbing uncontrollably, he could barely continue, panting gas.

Chen Tianhang was stunned. He had known Chen Chen for a while, but he had never seen him cry like this—even when Baigong Guest House knew his brother was dead; even when they went to see his brother's body together Even when he was attending the ceremony to pay homage to his brother in Chongshi Square... At this moment, Chen Chen was almost crying so hard that he couldn't stand up straight...

Chen Tianhang lifted the quilt and got out of bed, pulled Chen Chen up from the bed, and hugged him.

Chen Tianhang suddenly had a strange feeling - Chen Chen didn't hug himself back, only a little warmth and a little wet feeling from his shoulders, he was very light.But he was heavy—he was sobbing violently, his chest heaving together.Chen Tianhang knew his "heaviness", his sadness, his bitterness - that was a life, the life of his dearest relatives...

Chen Tianhang didn't look at Chen Chen, he avoided his gaze, and from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the silvery moonlight outside the window falling on the messy sheets in the hotel room...

Chen Chen didn't speak, or even move. He leaned on Chen Tianhang's shoulder, and Chen Tianhang felt his breathing and soft sobbing...

"Brother... I dreamed of my brother..." Chen Chen sobbed.

"What did you dream about your brother?" Chen Tianhang concealed his emotions, he raised his hand and patted Chen Chen's back.

"I... I dreamed that someone pushed my brother down..." Chen Chen raised his head, his face was full of tears, his eyes were red, he was staring at Chen Tianhang, panting, "Brother...do you think I'm crazy... ...Do you also wonder why I am still suffering from insanity...Why I still refuse to believe that my brother jumped to his death by himself..."

These words hit Chen Tianhang's heart like a blunt weapon - Chen Chen didn't believe that his brother jumped off the building, what about me?If I believe that Yao Yuan jumped off a building, why do I keep returning to the night on the 29th, back to Chongshi Square in my dream?And why am I in Baicheng?What am I doing again?What am I believing again...

Chen Chen burst into tears, his eyes were so red that they were almost bleeding.

"Don't think too much..." After a long time, Chen Tianhang felt a little speechless. He hugged Chen Chen and muttered, "Actually, I also dreamed about your brother just now..."

Chen Chen opened his eyes wide in astonishment: "Brother, you also dreamed about my brother? What did you dream about?!"

Chen Tianhang felt that he didn't dare to look Chen Chen in the eye, he just hugged Chen Chen.Chen Chen's body was hot as if he had a fever.Chen Tianhang lowered his head: "I dreamed that the day before he died...I saw him contacting others..."