"Little monster." Someone shouted loudly in the darkness.
Little monster? Who are you scolding? Can you please stop disturbing my sleep?
“Wake up, little monster.” The man shouted again.
She's still a girl... It's so annoying. Who do you call a little monster? I don't know the little monster at all. There is no one you are looking for here!
"Wake up, little monster! You're not really dead, are you?" The girl's voice sounded a little anxious, and her cry was a little unbearable.
"Can you please stop making noise? I slept well." Lin Nian seemed to be unable to bear it any longer, so he turned over and sat up.
He sat up in the dark, dry and cold narrow room. What he saw in front of him was a darkness that was darker than black. It was so dark that it made people doubt whether he really existed. It was as if he was floating in a piece of ink, frozen and numb all over.
In the dark ocean, it seems that he is sinking continuously, sinking to a place where no one can lift him out.
"Little monster, are you dead?" The girl's voice sounded again, still so anxious, as if calling for a lost puppy, holding the empty reins in her hand.
"You just died." Lin Nian wanted to say, but didn't.
He just sat quietly in the darkness, huddled up in the limited space, hugging his legs and feeling numb from the cold. He buried his head in his knees and breathed out hot air, feeling the warmth bounce back to his face.
Like a mother's warm touch on my face.
“Little monster!” the girl shouted again, and this time he knocked on the door.
"Stop screaming, stop screaming. I'm really tired. I just want to sleep." Lin Nian was a little annoyed by the noise. He didn't know why he felt very tired. His whole body was soft and weak. He just wanted to close his eyes and have a good rest.
one time.
But naturally he responded with another sentence, "I'm hopeless! Yelena, I'm sorry for you... Find someone else to help you! Don't come to me again!"
His voice was also choked and crying, even more sobbing than the girl outside the door. He spoke softly and without much effort. It is not surprising that the person who made such a voice might die in the next second.
The girl outside the door was quiet for a few seconds, then slammed the door violently, "Don't be stupid! Little monster! I'll let you out right now! Just wait!"
What a persistence... Lin Nian thought, but he was inexplicably moved in his heart. It felt like the whole world had abandoned you, even you had given up on yourself. Even if you put the thorns behind your back, there are still people who are willing to hug you.
Even though he was pricked with blood all over his body, thinking about it this way, he felt that what he just said was so stupid and he felt sorry for the other person.
“Yelena, let’s go! If you knock on the door, people will hear you... They are coming!” he sobbed softly.
"Then I have to let you out, I can't leave you alone! If even you leave... I will really..." The little girl choked up in the middle of speaking, and sniffed hard again
He swallowed his tears and said, "I'll let you out right now!"
The lock on the door began to make a tinny sound, and the girl was trying to pry the door. Lin Nian thought to himself, you know so much. Have you ever filed a record with the Public Security Bureau for your lock-picking skills?
But he once again said something he didn’t mean: “I thought it didn’t matter if I was there or not...”
Hey, what are you doing? Confessing love? Isn't this tone too humble? My friend, you are still young and don't understand that all love taboos cannot exist between superiors and subordinates. You guys
You should cherish each other, instead of humblely begging each other to love you.
"Idiot! Idiot!" the girl yelled while opening the lock anxiously, "Shut up! Shut up!"
"They are coming." He suddenly raised his head, his ears twitched slightly, and looked in one direction like a frightened deer, but in his sight he could only see the darkness in the small room.
What is coming? Who is coming? Lin Nian thought.
"It's open!" Suddenly there was a click outside the door, and then the heavy padlock fell to the ground with a bang. At the same time, the sound of rapid footsteps and restless curses deep in the corridor also started.
Pressing from far and near, they are coming, and they are going to catch these two unruly little mice tonight!
After the door opened, a gleam of moonlight appeared outside, and the face of the blonde girl appeared in front of him. Inside the confinement room, a skinny little boy in a straightjacket squatted in the corner, leaning against the wall and looking at her face blankly.
"Don't be stupid! Come with me!" The blonde girl stretched out her hand and brushed it on the little boy's straitjacket. The sharpened iron piece cut open the straitjacket with a clang, and the right hand held inside was cut open.
He grabbed his wrist.
"Where to go? We can't run away." He hesitated and climbed up. His footsteps were getting closer and closer. The flashlight's dazzling light was already shining in the deep corner of the corridor, and the burly shadows of the nurses were reflected.
It makes people feel weak all over on the wall.
Someone was coming, and Lin Nian felt nervous. The panic seemed to be engraved in his bones, making him at a loss as to what to do.
"Go wherever you can! The process is not important, what is important is the purpose!" The blond girl pulled the little boy in front of her, almost face to face with his forehead, her light green eyes reflected the little boy's confusion.
His face said, "I promised you, do you remember?"
"Remember."
Remember what? Lin Nian couldn't remember what this girl had promised him. Now he could only feel a knife cutting into his heart. He was so sad that he felt sad to death. The sadness in his heart was about to overflow and spread across the entire table, reflecting his own.
A deformed and ugly crying face.
"Don't cry! Don't cry! I said that what I promised will definitely come true. This is a contract." The blond girl stood up and pulled him out of the dark cabin, turned around and rushed outside in a majestic manner.
At this time, the nurses deep in the corridor also noticed them, screaming and roaring, and rushed over with flashlights.
The two people began to run in the corridor, and the white light behind them was scattered in all directions, making the shadows of the people twisting on the wall.
Lin Nian suddenly remembered what the girl had promised him.
"We promised that we would go to that place where spring flowers bloom together!" The girl looked back at him, the determination in her eyes like a fire, completely burning him up.
Lin Nian sat up suddenly and opened his eyes in the morning sunshine. The darkness in front of his eyes was dispelled. Sweat poured down his body like rain. He clutched the sheets under him with both hands. The bells of the bell tower outside the balcony were melodious and clear.
.
He suddenly returned to reality. In the dormitory, Fingel was snoring with his thighs sticking out of the quilt on the upper bunk. Chu Zihang was adjusting his collar in front of the mirror, seemingly dissatisfied with the size of his school uniform. The bell outside the balcony started ringing.
A group of flying birds, bathed in the morning sunshine, slanted up into the sky and fluttered their wings, making the sound of flapping wings.
Everything reminded him that he had just had a dream, but this dream was too real, and even made him shed tears uncontrollably.
Lin Nian touched his cheek and looked at his hands. In the sunlight, his palms were moist.