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"By the way, bring it next time to show the brothers and sisters."

He would like to see which god took this disaster.

"Bring it here, I can't guarantee it." Thinking of Qiqing's indifferent and somewhat speechless face, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, "It's okay to take you to see. However, if she can't see you, she won't be happy of."

"..." Well, looking at his appearance of being cowarded before he got married, Mu Qingyang was even more curious, "Isn't he beautiful?"

"En." Cheng Lan responded, but did not deny it this time.

Mu Qingyang didn't take it seriously, but a face flashed in her mind.

With rosy thin lips and slightly rebellious slender eyebrows, even when looking at people, there is a sense of carelessness.

Shen's building.

After the board meeting, Father Shen asked Shen Yunxi to stay.Seeing this, the others exchanged glances with each other and went out one after another.

"You have performed very well recently, leaving those old guys speechless." Sitting at the conference table, Shen's father rarely showed admiration on his serious face: "You are my pride, and you will also be the pride of the Shen family in the future. Keep it up, don't mess with women messing with your mind."

"However, you should also pay attention to your health and arrange your work reasonably." Hearing that the housekeeper said recently that he was away almost all night and was dealing with affairs in the company, Father Shen frowned: "It's not that the superior person does everything by himself, otherwise, those people who are required to do what?"

As a leader, what you need to do is to make judgments and foresights on major decisions, not to take care of trivial matters.

Shen Yunxi frowned when she heard the messy woman, feeling a stagnation of stagnation in her chest.

Seeing Shen Yunxi's ugly expression, Father Shen thought he didn't listen, so he patted the table.

"Father." Shen Yunxi collected himself, tried his best to control his increasingly chaotic thoughts, and asked the question that he had always been sure of but never faced.

"That day...father met her and said something."

Father Shen waited for a long time thinking he would say something important, but this is the result? ! !He stood up suddenly, angrily grabbed the documents on the table and threw them at Shen Yunxi.

"Are you blaming me?!"

Although he was over fifty, Shen's father maintained a good figure, still tall and strong, the moment he stood up, he almost shrouded the unfulfilled Shen Yunxi under his shadow.

Shen Yunxi answered him with silence.

Looking at the indifferent and quiet young man in front of him, Father Shen's chest heaved violently a few times.

"I'm doing it for your own good." Under the rage, Father Shen calmed down strangely.

For his good?Shen Yunxi smiled.

Low laughter echoed in the spacious meeting room.No one knew what he was going through every night during this period of time. He didn't even dare to fall asleep, so he could only use high-intensity work to numb himself, forcing himself to have no time to think about the meaning of the fragments that appeared in those dreams. What.

Until last night, when he dragged his tired body back to the room, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head, and he lost consciousness for an instant, and fell on the bed, completely plunged into darkness.

But this time, with the girl's back turned to him, he stretched out his hand towards her, opened his mouth, and told her to turn around, but no matter how hard he tried, the girl didn't show the slightest sign of turning back.For a long time, just when he thought this scene would last until he woke up from the dream, the figure who had never moved at all suddenly ran forward, his heart tightened inexplicably, and a huge panic enveloped him.

He tried his best to move his feet, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't move, like a trapped animal sealed in cement.In the end, he could only watch helplessly as the resolute figure got further and further away from him.

It was dawn, and the dream woke up.

He was drenched in sweat, then sat up with his head supported, thankful for the first time that his biological clock was so punctual.

"Father, have you ever asked my opinion?" Looking at Father Shen's solemn and cold face, I couldn't help but think of Qiqing's eyes that were so cold that there was no warmth in my mind.

And perhaps non-cutting and contempt.

He hooked his lips and smiled, "However, father can't be blamed entirely."

"You...!!!" Father Shen paused, and the suppressed anger finally erupted at this moment.

This is his carefully raised son, and one day he will become this virtuous because of a woman.

If he had known earlier, he should have been more ruthless!

Hidden dangers should be strangled in the cradle.

"Without your instruction, that girl would not have been able to leave the Shen family." Father Shen said, "It was you who wavered."

Father Shen snorted coldly, turned around and left with a flick of his sleeves.

Before leaving, he said: "I will not allow that woman to come in, unless you don't want me as a father, and you don't want the whole Shen family."

Hearing this, Shen Yunxi frowned almost in the next second.

After finishing speaking, the door was slammed hard, making a loud noise.The rest of the company didn't know what was going on, so they fell silent, even breathing carefully.

"Master." Anson walked in and asked carefully.

The next moment, Shen Yunxi, as if losing all his strength, put his hands on the table, lowered his head, and said nothing.

Anson's throat was almost terrified, this was the first time he saw the young master and the head of the family had a conflict, and it was so unpleasant.

After a long time, he heard Shen Yunxi say, "Where is she now?"

His throat was like being severely dehydrated in the desert, hoarse and dry.

Anson hesitated for a moment, wondering if he should tell the truth.Under Shen Yunxi's sharp eyes, he replied in a low voice: "The Patriarch...ordered to stop..."

but--

He cannot disobey the order of the Patriarch.

"I'm sorry, young master..." An Sen lowered his head guiltily, "No matter how young master punishes me, An Sen won't complain."

Shen Yunxi didn't look at him, holding back the fishy sweetness welling up in his throat.

"Go down... find her, at all costs." He stroked his little finger and paused.

And his ring!Shen Yunxi's face darkened: "Where is my ring? Find it for me!"

An Sen raised his head inexplicably, but saw Shen Yunxi's face was extremely ugly.

"Yes, Master!"

Mu Qingyang was also surprised when she heard Shen Yunxi's voice outside the door.He had never seen him so emotionally exposed.

Pushing open the door and walking in, Anson stood aside and greeted him when he saw him.

"Well, but what happened to your young master that made him so angry?" Mu Qingyang looked at the mess and asked in surprise.

"Qingyang, help me find someone..." Shen Yunxi returned to her usual noble and indifferent attitude, but the emotion leaked from her eyes has not been completely withdrawn.

Mu Qingyang guessed who it was almost without hesitation, "It's her?" But she was a little shocked in her heart.

"Ah."

"But, what about Xiaoxi?" You know they grew up together, and now Xiaoxi is Shen Yunxi's girlfriend, and he wants to help Shen Yunxi find another woman, no matter how you look at it, it shouldn't be, "Go up Does Xiaoxi know about the banquet?" He glanced at Shen Yunxi and said.

Shen Yunxi frowned briefly, "I'll take care of Xiaoxi, you..."

Hearing this, Mu Qingyang couldn't help feeling a little bit sorry for Xiaoxi.

"Yunxi, don't you think this is unfair to Xiaoxi?" Mu Qingyang couldn't understand the relationship between them. Although he has no experience, he also knows that a man should not hover between two women, " Last time Xiaoxi called me and said that you haven't seen her for a long time."

Shen Yunxi was silent for a long time before he opened his mouth and said, "I only came to her to find out some things, it's not..." It's not that I like her.

Mu Qingyang shook her head and interrupted him, "Yunxi, you are lying to yourself."

If it's really just to figure out one thing, there's no need to be so troublesome.There is no need to look down on people all the time, live together, and even forget your girlfriend who is in poor health.

"Don't you think you attach too much importance to her? No matter which angle you look at, I will help you find her, but I hope you don't regret letting down the really important person." After saying this sentence earnestly, she patted Shen Yunxi's shoulder, Mu Qingyang walked out from beside him.

Shen Yunxi was slightly stunned because of his sentence, and his mind went blank for a moment.

Do you value her?

......Seems to be.

But that's only because of...dreams.As for what Mu Qingyang said, it will never happen.

"Brother Lan, why haven't you called me recently..." Ran'er pouted and said coquettishly.

Cheng Lan, who was being hugged, still had a habitual smile on his face, but the smile didn't reach his eyes: "However, I remember that I told you very clearly that the relationship between us is over." He stretched out his hand and held her hands away from his waist.

"Impossible! You must be lying to me!" She widened her eyes in fear and couldn't believe it, but the strength of her hands was so cruel that she told her his heartlessness.

The fingers were mercilessly separated. She had never felt at this moment that this person really wanted to break up with her and end the relationship.

The sweetness of the past seems to be vivid, like yesterday, but today, the person who tolerated her and doted on her wants to abandon her cruelly, and she will never agree!

"How many times do you want me to say it? Don't embarrass yourself here, you are not in the mood to make trouble here with you!" Cheng Lan completely turned cold, waved away and left.

It was also the first time he discovered that not all girls are cute and interesting creatures.Sure enough, we still have to divide...

Staring intently at Jue Jue's handsome back, suddenly some extremely important information flashed through her mind, and she also firmly grasped this point.

The clothes and hair are obviously well-groomed, and the collar is still wide open, as if to fascinate all the opposite sex anytime, anywhere.

At this moment, he is completely like a peacock spreading its tail in an attempt to attract female birds.

Ran'er bit her lip for a moment.

"Is Liu Anmin's family member? She has been transferred to the general ward, and..." When the young nurse saw the girl in front of her, her eyes widened for a moment.

"How about I take you there?" Not knowing if it was the girl's unique temperament, the nurse subconsciously lowered her volume, and even offered to lead her to the ward.

"Okay, thank you." Qiqing was also very happy when she heard what the nurse said, took out her mobile phone and called Liu Se.

The phone was connected quickly.

"Liu Se, Auntie's condition has improved, and she has been transferred to the general ward." There was still a noisy voice coming from her ear, but it was not like what she heard before, and she couldn't hear a word of the noisy.

Hearing the joy in Qi Qing's voice, Liu Se gave a soft "hmm" before she seemed to react and said, "Thank you for telling me the good news, I am very happy..."

"I just got my salary today. After I get off work, I'll go buy some ribs, stew them at home, and send them to my aunt when the time comes."

"You said you should buy the fatter ones or the thinner ones?" Qi Qing frowned.

"The situation has just improved. It seems that you can't eat too greasy food, right? What do you think of chicken shredded corn porridge?"

Qi Qing seldom gets entangled with anything, usually she chooses what she chooses and will not change it, but at this moment she is a little hesitant, Liu Se listens to her quietly on the other end of the phone, and finally "when Qi Qing decides what to buy" Hmm" sounded.

"Okay, I'll cook it when the time comes, and we'll send it over together." Liu Se took a deep breath and said slowly.

Even though she restrained herself, Qi Qing could still hear the subtle changes in her voice.

Qi Qing suddenly thought of Liu Se's eyes, those eyes were always clean without a single speck of impurity, when looking at her, they were always deep and far away, with complexities that she couldn't understand at all.

But the more she didn't understand, the more she wanted to find out... She knew that it was dangerous to have such thoughts, but she couldn't control it for a while, and fell into the seemingly calm but darkly choppy water.

Qiqing was only in a daze for a few seconds, but Liu Se still noticed, and asked softly:

"what happened?"

Her voice seemed to pass by her ears and blow into her heart with magical power.

Qi Qing frowned and came back to her senses, then smiled: "I'm fine, then let's talk about it."

"Okay..." Liu Se's voice was as gentle as water, and the smile in her eyes was deeper and softer, as if there were shallow water ripples in it.

Qiqing's ears itched inexplicably, as if a soft feather had fallen into her ears, she rubbed the red tips of her ears uncomfortably.

"If you get off work early today, can I come pick you up?" Liu Se asked, coughing lightly with a slightly itchy throat.

"it is good--"

Qiqing replied quickly, without thinking at all.

Liu Se didn't expect her to respond so simply, after being startled, she laughed softly.

what--

Qi Qing bit her lip annoyed.

What are you doing in such a hurry?Didn't you reject it before?Then you just agreed so eagerly, what were you doing?Got hit by a car?Qiqing covered her face.

Feeling somewhat complicated in her heart, after seeing Mother Liu again, she was still a little absent-minded.

"Work hard, you know? Several tables of guests have complained to me about you." The uncle sighed, took the bowl in her hand, and sent it to the guests.

"Oh." Qiqing blinked.

When he came back, seeing Qiqing still looked like he was wandering away, the uncle was stunned for a while, and suddenly remembered that he seemed to have forgotten something.

That young man who looks like a romantic son, doesn't seem to have appeared today.

Could it be that you were thinking about him?That's why you're so out of your mind?The uncle looked at Qiqing with complicated eyes, and left a sentence, "People's hearts are separated from the belly" and continued to greet the guests.

And the romantic boy who was remembered was driving a sports car to a flower shop in the city center at the moment.

"Hello, help me choose a bouquet of flowers." Cheng Lan pushed the glass door of the flower room, still with a flirtatious and sexy smile on his face.

"Hi, may I ask if you gave it to your girlfriend?" The girl came over with a smile and asked.

"Yes." He thought for a while, with a slight smile in his eyes, making him even more elegant and handsome.

The girl saw her heart beating wildly, her face flushed, and it took a while to make a sound, "Can you see this one?"

The girl trotted and took out a bouquet of flowers, with a hesitant expression.

"It's just..." Expensive.

The light pink stamens are delicately wrapped in the brilliant light blue petals, showing a bit of girlish timidity. The beautiful illusion makes people dare not touch it, just like a couple in love.Cheng Lan looked down and swiped the card without asking the price.

The girl didn't have much hope at first, but the boy across the way swiped the card without hesitation, which still surprised her.

Without it, because the price of this flower is extremely expensive, one bouquet is worth ten bouquets.

The girl covered her mouth and let out a small exclamation, "It must be very happy to be your girlfriend!"

The black-clothed boy who was holding the flowers paused for a while when he pushed the door open, before he turned around and smiled, "Thank you, I think so too."

No.40 nine

Holding flowers in his hand, Cheng Lan walked towards Qiqing.

Qi Qing, who had just finished washing a tub of dishes, felt the shadow above her head, so she raised her eyelids.

"For you, do you like it?" Cheng Lan raised her red lips and smiled, with spring water flowing in her eyes.

"..."

The corner of Qiqing's mouth twitched, pushing away the flower blocking her nose.

"Don't like it?" Cheng Lan was a little surprised to see her push away resistingly.

He has always been like a fish in water among women, and he doubts himself a little.

Qiqing stood up and wiped off the moisture on her hands: "I'm just a very ordinary person, Master Cheng, don't waste your thoughts on me, okay?"

She's a bit slow to love things, but that doesn't mean she's stupid.

The smile on Cheng Lan's face couldn't hold back. For the first time, she suspected that she might not be trying to catch his appetite: "Then what do you like, I'll go buy it now..."

Without thinking, he picked up the car keys and prepared to go to the flower shop.

"If possible, I hope this is the last time we meet." Qi Qing looked at his turned back and said indifferently, without leaving any room for it.

She didn't want Liu Se to be misunderstood because of others, and she didn't know why she didn't want to.

She only knew that the sadness in those unusually beautiful eyes that day made her very uncomfortable.

Hearing this, Cheng Lan couldn't pretend to be indifferent, even though he knew that as long as he smiled indifferently at this moment and interrupted randomly, the matter would be over.

but--

Her words were completely undisguised indifference and the...irritability he didn't want to face.

His enthusiasm is like being poured from head to toe by a basin of cold water in winter.

frozen.

Seeing a few more guests coming, Qiqing raised her eyes to look at him, and then walked past him, at this moment, her sleeve was suddenly caught by something.

A bouquet of flowers was forcefully stuffed into her arms.

Qiqing looked down and wanted to return it.

"Even if it's the last time we meet, you can take this bouquet of flowers. I, Cheng Lan, have the habit of bringing back flowers that I didn't send out." Cheng Lan curled his lips and smiled, again acting like a prodigal young master.

"If you don't accept it, I won't be happy." When he raised his eyebrows and smiled, a romantic and wanton temperament emerged, like a beautiful butterfly, attracting attention.

Qiqing frowned, but said nothing.

Seeing her with a cold face, holding flowers in her hands, and an annoying appearance, the depression in Cheng Lan's heart dissipated a little, and with a careless smile on the corner of her mouth, she waved at Qiqing and walked away gracefully .

When Liu Se who came to pick up Qiqing saw a bouquet of flowers in her hand, she froze there.

When Qi Qing saw Liu Se standing in the sewage, she immediately frowned.

"What are you doing standing there, come here quickly..." He walked quickly to her and brought Liu Se out of the ditch with one hand, "Do you know it's dirty, don't you even look at it when you walk? "

Qi Qing looked down and saw that her shoes were all wet, she frowned even more, and her tone became solemn.

"...What is this?" The girl murmured in a low voice as if she didn't hear what she said.The light and floating voice seemed to be mixed with broken weeping sounds.

Qi Qing's heart tightened, and she immediately looked at her face.

Seeing her staring directly at the flowers, Qiqing gave a light 'dong' in her heart.

"The guest forgot to take it home, so..." She didn't know why she felt upset when she saw those beautiful eyes showing a gloomy mood.

Delicate and precious flowers were also randomly stuffed behind her.

"It's okay." Liu Se forced a smile and interrupted her, "Let's go, I'll peel apples for you when you go back."

She walked over, led the bag with one hand, and took Qi Qing's hand naturally with the other.Stay away from the flowers for a second longer.

"Okay..." Qiqing was stunned for a moment, she was just being led all the way, completely unaware that her hand was in another person's right now.

Qi Qing didn't react until Liu Se took out the key and freed one hand when he walked to the door.

Didn't you say that you won't exceed half a point?What does sticky fingers intertwined mean?Why does she feel that something is wrong?

Seeing her slender neck exposed by opening the door with her head down, Qi Qing was a little dazed.

But she didn't think for a long time, and Liu Se's meal was ready, steaming under the light.

"Come wash your hands and eat." Seeing her sitting stiffly on the sofa, a smile flashed in Liu Se's eyes, walked over and took her to the sink, squeezed out some hand sanitizer, and wiped it on her hands evenly, slowly and carefully superior.

The rich white foam became more fluffy between the two hands. Her slender and delicate fingers brushed gently from the back of Qi Qing's hand, and the fingertips slowly rounded from her palm, and then her fingers slowly slid into each of her hands. In the crevice of one finger, rub it carefully.

The slippery touch and the warm body temperature that doesn't belong to her made Qi Qing both strange and a little scared.

The moment she couldn't help but want to pull out her hand, her palm seemed to be swept by something, lingering and grinding.

Like an electric current, an embarrassing numbness and itching flowed from the tailbone to the cerebral cortex.

Her heart beat violently, almost jumping out of her chest, Qi Qing's breathing stagnated, and she pulled her hand out of Liu Se's hand in a panic: "No need, I can just wash it myself!"

Roughly rinsing off the foam, he lowered his head and fled away from this embarrassing place for her.

Before he took two steps, Liu Se grabbed his wrist.

"The water stains on her hands haven't been wiped off yet." Liu Se took the towel beside her and gently wiped her dry. Every finger and even nails were pinched and wiped carefully by her.

The movements are careful and gentle, as if treating some precious and fragile porcelain baby.

The heart was beating faster and faster, and it was like a small animal that had been eager to move was stuffed into his chest, clamoring to rush out...

Swallowing with difficulty, Qi Qing suddenly withdrew her hand from Liu Se's, and said with a smile, "It's been wiped clean, I'm so hungry."

Then he turned around and ran away without stopping for a second.

yes, ran away—

Although she didn't want to admit that the person who was so frustrated was herself, she couldn't deny that it was her.

Willow, who was left in the pool, raised the corners of her mouth lightly, her eyes sparkling.

In the next second, a cold and sharp light flashed through her eyes.

Picking up the porridge that Liu Se had cooked in the morning, there was still a little heat on the thermos, and Qiqing's heartbeat slowed down for some reason.

When they arrived at the hospital, the nurse told her that there was a water leak in the bathroom of Liu Anmin's ward, and that she was temporarily staying in another separate ward for the past few days, and that she had already notified Liu Se.

After speaking, he picked up the doctor's order book and led Qiqing to go outside.

It's just that the more you go with Qiqing, the more you feel that something is wrong.

In order to make the best use of the space in the hospital, each ward will be close to each other.

But now the surrounding area is empty, there is no patient or family member in sight, only a light is still on in the corridor, and a strong smell of disinfectant is filling the nose.

It doesn't look like a place where you can recuperate, but it seems to be separated on purpose.

Seeing her delay in moving, the nurse explained apologetically, because Liu Anmin now needs to recuperate in peace of mind and cannot be stimulated a little. There will be more or less other patients in the ordinary ward, and the medical equipment in the ward is well-equipped, and emergency medicines are also prepared, so this arrangement is the most suitable for her.

After entering this ward, the uneasiness in Qi Qing's heart became more and more obvious. She immediately looked at the bed and was relieved to see Liu Anmin lying there.

But I still feel strange.

As she put down the porridge, she opened the lid and let it cool for a while.

While turning on the phone, within three seconds of dialing out, she heard the nurse calling her.

"What's the matter?" Qi Qing sat on the edge of the bed, looking at her with dark eyes.

"The medical bills are not enough, please go downstairs and pay the bills." The nurse came in and met her gaze, her body froze, seeing that Qi Qing was not moving at all, so she said softly, "If you are worried, I'm afraid no one will take care of you , let me take a look here."

She naturally took the bowl from Qi Qing's hand without any hesitation or trembling.

Seeing that a mouthful of porridge was about to be fed into Liu Anmin's mouth, Qiqing sneered cruelly and grabbed her wrist.

"Ah—" the nurse screamed, and with a 'bang', the bowl fell to the ground, and the hot porridge poured onto her feet.

"What are you doing!" the nurse shouted angrily.

"I don't think you look very familiar, why haven't I seen you so many times in the hospital?" Qi Qing smiled and said, the strong hostility in her eyes seemed to be real.

"I... I was transferred from another department, let me go first," a trace of nervousness flashed across her eyes, and she returned to normal in the next second, "If you don't believe me, you can ask me now Head Nurse!"

"Really?" Qi Qing stared at her closely.

"Yes..." She raised her head and looked at Qi Qing, without any sign of guilt.But Qi Qing noticed that the blue veins on the back of her hand were bursting.

Qiqing smiled and let her go: "That's good."

The nurse clenched her hands, smiled at Qi Qing, and walked towards the nurse's station.

As soon as she arrived at the door, the nurse suddenly turned her head, took out a knife from her pocket, and stabbed Qiqing frantically!

Qiqing's eyes darkened, she quickly turned sideways, kicked upwards, and hit the nurse's wrist.You can almost hear the crisp sound of bones breaking!

The knife fell in response.

The nurse only felt a heart-piercing pain from the wrist for an instant!She clutched her wrist and ran out in fear, but Qiqing easily dodged and landed in front of her like a ghost.

Seeing that she couldn't run away, her face turned pale.

Qi Qing approached her step by step, like a cat catching a mouse.

"Where do you want to go?" There was a smile on the corner of her mouth, and a scarlet light glowed in her black pupils.

"you……!!!"

She opened her mouth, panicked like never before, and a look of despair quickly flashed in her eyes, and the cold and sharp blade raised, piercing her heart!

Qiqing watched the knife piercing her heart coldly and did not stop it.

The person fell down, and the blood quickly drained from her body, spread on the white ground, and soon formed a sea of ​​blood.

"Ah! Murder!"

At this moment, a woman's scream suddenly came from the door, Qi Qing turned her head to look at her, and saw the woman running out like crazy, the sound of panicked footsteps echoed in the empty corridor.

The ominous premonition came true, Qiqing frowned, glanced at the blood on the ground, and walked out.

"...Your mother Liu Anming, a girl, suffered from food poisoning, and is being rescued now—"

"Our hospital has already called the police and will actively cooperate with the investigation, but..."

Liu Se's face was pale, and her whole body seemed to have been drained of blood.

Wang Anqi was eating bread, when she turned her head, she found Liu Se's face was extremely ugly.

"What's the matter with you? What happened?"

Seeing that she was silent, Wang Anqi quickly thought of something, and her face turned pale.

Liu Se only felt that she couldn't hear anything in her ears, she couldn't see anything in her eyes, and there was only one thought in her mind - to go to the hospital!

Don't believe it, she absolutely doesn't believe it!

None of this is true!

Qiqing will never harm her mother, and there is no reason to do so.She wants to see her, and she wants to tell her in person!

Desperate, Liu Se rushed to the hospital, holding her breath and listening to the sound of the machine.His wide-open eyes were bloodshot and stared at the face that had no resemblance to his own.

It was a pale, lifeless face.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and the long time was even more difficult than the past ten years.

The door was pushed open and the doctor came out.

Liu Se dragged her exhausted body, her voice hoarse: "Doctor, how is my mother..."

"Sorry, we did our best..." Hearing this, the girl lowered her head.

"Then, have you...did you see someone?" A broken voice squeezed through the fingers.

Because it was so soft, the doctor even suspected that he had misheard the girl's suppressed cry as something else. It wasn't until her extremely hoarse voice sounded again that he realized that it wasn't an auditory hallucination.

It seems that there is some strong and paranoid feeling that is teetering in the danger zone.