catch the dream

"Today is Christmas Eve," the general said again.

Yu Hao lay on the general's back and said, "It's already very cold during the day, I didn't expect it to be so cold even in a dream at night."

The general asked casually, "What did you do during the day?"

Yu Hao replied, "Part-time job."

I don't know why, maybe it's intuition, Yu Hao always feels that he knows the general in reality, and the general is deliberately concealing his identity.

"What kind of work?"

"Send flyers."

"Oh, it's really cold." The general said, "Fortunately, I am not afraid of the cold."

Yu Hao laughed, hugging the general's neck, and laying his whole body on his back.

"Be serious, don't be fussy." The general scratched his neck and said, "Monkeys are reproductively isolated from humans."

Yu Hao couldn't help laughing when a monkey said "hands and feet", and the general asked again: "Have you found a boyfriend in reality?"

"It's only been a few days!" Yu Hao said, "My troubles haven't been resolved yet, so I don't have time to think about dating."

As the village approached, the general stopped suddenly, Yu Hao asked, "What's wrong?"

The big monkey looked around, seemed to sense danger, and whispered, "Shh."

The seaside villages can be seen more clearly. All the wooden houses are covered with a thick layer of ice and snow. All living things froze instantly.

At the end of the harbor, there is a towering lighthouse. On the lighthouse, there is a dark aura suspended.

"Is that 'totem'?" Yu Hao asked in a low voice.

The general signaled Yu Hao to come down, and said in a low voice, "Maybe, but we haven't found the owner of the dream, what should we do?"

It is impossible for anyone to survive on the thousands of miles of frozen snowfield. This is a truly dead and silent place. The general has already scanned the surroundings on the mountain. He has become Monkey King. He seems to have inherited the skill of blazing eyes. There is no trace of the exiled master.

Yu Hao said, "Could it be that he has been banished to the subconscious?"

He knew very little about dreams, and most of his inferences could only be based on what the general had told him and what he had read in books.

"Shouldn't it?" The general rubbed his head and said to himself.

"What about the haven?" Yu Hao said anxiously, "Look for it?"

"There's nothing like a safe haven," the general said.

Yu Hao thought for a while, and said, "It's just that there's nothing on the ground, what about the underground? You said this is a little girl's dream, and children like to build a secret base, and there is a metaphor of 'underground work' in it."

"You did a good job in psychology." The general said suddenly, "Maybe you guessed right, go in and have a look."

In front of the frozen dwelling, the general forcefully pried open a door with his sword, and Yu Hao's magic staff emitted light, illuminating the inside of the dwelling.

"It's a shop that sells sugar." The general and Yu Hao exchanged glances, the shop was covered with ice and snow, and the NPCs were frozen into ice sculptures.Yu Hao suddenly noticed that there seemed to be something in the corner of the wall, and it was retreating quickly.

It was a tentacled shadow.

"General?" Yu Hao directed the light on the staff to the corner of the wall.

"Huh?" The general was biting a piece of frozen chocolate, but he couldn't get it off.

"Don't leave me too far." The big monkey said vaguely.

Yu Hao wasn't quite sure whether it was his hallucination or the real thing, the general held a whole plate of liqueur chocolates in his pocket, trying to melt it, and said, "Go and have a look elsewhere."

Another folk house on the opposite side of the street is a fondant cake shop. Yu Hao can almost imagine that the original appearance of this place should be a beautiful and prosperous commercial street.There are also children's clothes and toys along the street.But when the general looked at a big seven-story cake, Yu Hao felt a little strange again.

This time he found another tentacle!

"General!" Yu Hao said vigilantly, "There are enemies!"

The general turned around abruptly, pulled Yu Hao behind him, and the two quickly retreated from the residence.On the commercial street of the village, the wind and snow suddenly stopped.

There was silence all around.

"I think the situation is a bit wrong..." Yu Hao whispered, "Should we get out first?"

The general looked around vigilantly, and when he was about to cover Yu Hao from leaving the village, the two people's feet suddenly shook!The snow on the street shook and squeezed heavily, the masonry shattered, and tentacles immediately rose from all directions!

Immediately afterwards, there was a burst of bright light around the village, and the strong indigo light illuminated the village. Yu Hao immediately raised his arm to block his eyes, only to see a huge magic eye floating above the lighthouse at the end of the port!The magic eye let out a piercing laugh, and the voice seemed to have been heard somewhere before:

"See if I don't kill you this time—"

Mr. Shi's voice!

Before Yu Hao could be shocked, the general had already roared: "Run!"

However, the houses on both sides collapsed in an instant, and the huge lamprey-like sea monster rose from the ground!All the tentacles engulfed Yu Hao and the general at the same time. As soon as the general rushed towards Yu Hao, he was engulfed by the tentacles and flung away violently. He slammed into the residential area and collapsed the entire wall of the candy store!

Yu Hao's neck was strangled, he couldn't breathe immediately, his eyes were fixed on the general, the general jumped up from the ruins, drew out his long sword, and roared at the huge sea monster!

The sea monster's tentacles swung out, Yu Hao spun his left hand, grabbed the staff, and pressed it on the tentacles, a bolt of lightning pierced through the tentacles, the tentacles stiffened and loosened immediately, and Yu Hao fell face down.Almost fell into the sharp teeth of the lamprey!At the critical moment, he hugged the tentacles tightly.The general rushed from the side and slashed fiercely with his sword, but he couldn't stop cutting the tentacles.

"Don't be eaten by it!"

"What will happen if you fall, you can tell me now!"

"I will die! I will die! I will sleep forever and never wake up—!"

Yu Hao's back was covered in cold sweat immediately, and he pushed hard on the edge of the sea monster's huge mouth. The general was wrestling with several tentacles, Yu Hao turned around, holding the staff, but the tentacle pulled out from the side, and pulled him to his internal organs. In pain, the staff dropped out of his hand and fell into the snow!

The general roared angrily: "Deal with this guy! We are not strong enough! Go back to reality and find a way—"

Yu Hao: "How can I find a way!"

"Wake up Shi Ni!"

Immediately afterwards, the tentacles covered the sky and rolled towards the general and Yu Hao. The general turned over on his head and feet, stepped on the tentacles, and flew towards Yu Hao.

As soon as Yu Hao turned around, the general's slender body rushed towards him, and he scouted like lightning with one hand.

"Good night—!" the general roared.

There was a moment of bewilderment in Yu Hao's eyes, and the next moment, a golden light flashed from the general's hand, and he firmly pressed it on his forehead.

A "boom" sounded like lightning split into his consciousness, Yu Hao yelled and sat up from the bed.

The last scene in my memory is the moment when countless tentacles entangled with the general, dragging him towards the huge mouth full of sharp teeth!

Yu Hao immediately rummaged through his cell phone, breathless, and dialed the number that Xiaoxiao left for him yesterday afternoon.

There was a call waiting sound on the other end of the phone, and Yu Hao couldn't help praying for the answer as soon as possible!Hurry up!Countless scenes flashed through his mind one after another, the magic eye on the lighthouse, the snake in the snow, the sea monster full of tentacles and sharp teeth, Mr. Shi's wild laughter... Yu Hao seemed to understand, who is the owner of this dream? Who, and what all symbols represent.

A burst of fear and anger rushed into my heart. If it was true, how desperate would Shi Ni be? !

The phone is on.

"Hello?" Xiaoxiao rang out with a sleepy voice.

"Wake Nini up! Wake her up quickly!" Yu Hao roared almost recklessly.

Xiaoxiao on the other end of the phone was also frightened instantly, and said, "What's the matter? What's the matter?"

"Quick! Do you have her phone number?" Yu Hao knew that as soon as Shi Ni woke up, the dream would be interrupted instantly, just like before when he and the general faced the army in their dream, when the master woke up, all the visitors would be forcibly ejected The dream will continue in the next dream.

"I'm here." Shi Ni's voice sounded from the other end of the phone, "What are you doing?"

Yu Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Are you staying overnight at Xiaoxiao's house?"

Shi Ni said, "What's none of your business?"

"Don't hang up the phone." Yu Hao said, "I have a few words, I want to talk to you."

Shi Ni said with a weary voice, "I have nothing to talk to you about."

"Listen to him." Xiaoxiao's voice whispered beside him, "He's an adult."

With the speaker on the opposite side, Yu Hao organized his thoughts, searched for words, and imagined how to break the darkness in her dream.He put on the down jacket, put on the earphones, got out of bed, went to the window with a better signal, opened the window a little, and looked at the alarm clock.

Seven minutes past eleven, it's still early... The time is well managed, and I can go into the dream again.

"Ni Ni." Yu Hao took a deep breath, then tried to keep his voice as steady as possible, and whispered, "What did your father do to you?"

On Christmas Eve, it began to snow outside, and across the road from the dormitory, the colorful lights wrapped around the fence of the school flickered, creating a warm and quiet atmosphere in this winter night.

There was a long silence on the other side of the phone, Yu Hao waited patiently, as if a century had passed, a low sobbing sound came from the earphone.

"How old were you?" Yu Hao asked again.

"11 years old." Shi Ni choked up, "I'm sorry, Teacher Yu..."

"It's okay." Yu Hao replied.

At this moment, the anger welling up in his heart almost exploded his chest, making him very uncomfortable, and he just wanted to grab himself hard, or smash something with his fists to vent.

Shi Ni cried for a while, Yu Hao sighed, and took out the change, he urgently needed some wine to calm down.

He didn't comfort Shi Ni, just quietly listening to the crying sound from the earphones.

"I have to leave tomorrow." Xiaoxiao said, "I don't know what to do, it's too miserable, and she also knows that she was wrong about what happened before..."

"It's okay." Yu Hao hurried downstairs and asked, "Where are you going?"

Xiaoxiao said, "I have to transfer to Hong Kong."

Yu Hao understood, tonight was the night when Shi Ni and Xiaoxiao said goodbye, both of them should have fallen asleep, and they were woken up by a phone call from him.

Xiaoxiao said: "Teacher Yu, can you take care of Nini for me?"

Shi Ni stopped crying and said, "Teacher Yu, I'm sorry..."

Yu Hao repeatedly expressed his forgiveness, and Shi Ni said again: "I'm afraid of the study room, I'm afraid of the swivel chair you're sitting on, I don't want...don't want to..."

"You don't want to stay in the study for even a minute longer, do you?" Yu Hao arrived in front of the convenience store, the boss was still watching TV before closing, Yu Hao took a bottle of Erguotou and settled with the boss.

"Go ahead." Yu Hao said.

"One day I don't know if you still remember, you grabbed my arm..." Shi Ni choked up again, "I just can't bear it... I want to drive you away."

"En." Yu Hao replied, he stood outside the canteen, unscrewed the Erguotou in the light snow, took a few sips, the hot wine passed through the esophagus and entered the stomach, causing him to breathe out scalding hot air.

Indeed, one day, Shi Ni was fidgeting and wanted to leave get out of class early, so Yu Hao took her by the arm and told her to sit back. At that time, he was a bit strict, and the forced action must have caused Shi Ni to feel a sense of fear.

"I don't have any other ideas." Yu Hao said, "I just hope you study hard. Now that I know all this, I won't just sit idly by. Don't worry about the matter of watches, we have to deal with your matter. It's settled."

Shi Ni's mood finally recovered, and he said, "Is it okay?"

Yu Hao took another sip of Erguotou, looked up at Xue, and said, "You have to trust me."

Xiaoxiao said: "Ni Ni said, you know that policeman, is it useful to tell the police?"

Yu Hao said, "Yes, I will call the police for you."

Shi Ni: "Will the police care?"

Yu Hao: "I'll definitely take care of it, it's a crime!"

Shi Ni's voice began to tremble, and he said, "But, will anyone believe me?"

Yu Hao said, "Yes! I will guarantee you."

Shi Ni whispered, "But I'm afraid..."

Yu Hao said: "Ni Ni, I promise you, first of all, I will not say anything, I promise, only me and the police know about this matter. Secondly, you must be brave. Thirdly, you must trust me wholeheartedly, so that I can help you .”

Shi Ni didn't speak, Yu Hao said: "I'm just an ordinary college student. I'm very poor. Sometimes, I can't even protect myself."

"But I can get strength from you." Yu Hao said in a low voice, "You must hope that there is someone who can help you, right? In fact, in your heart, you believe in me, you have to figure it out for yourself .”

Xiaoxiao immediately said: "Yes, she believes in you, Teacher Yu."

"Then, if you recall, where does your trust in me come from?" Yu Hao asked calmly while drinking Erguotou.

Shi Ni said, "I have hurt you so badly, yet you still don't hate me."

Yu Hao said: "Because I know that you are a good boy."

Shi Ni cried again, this time the crying was no longer suppressed, but with panting.

She said, "Thank you... thank you... Teacher Yu..."

Yu Hao said: "You may never forget this matter for the rest of your life, but I believe you will definitely come out. I have also experienced many bad things, but they are all injuries inflicted on us by others. These injuries It shouldn't have happened..."

With tears in his eyes, he drank some wine again, thinking of the general in armor who held his hand on the Great Wall.

"...But it has appeared in life, and the reason for all this is not our own fault." Yu Hao said, "They are the ones who should go to hell, be brave, send them to hell, let them get Punishment as it should be. It's Christmas Eve, isn't it?"

Shi Ni said "Yes", and Yu Hao finally said: "It is said that suffering is inherent in human beings, 'in this world you have suffering, but you will find peace in my heart'. You will get better gradually, believe me, Believe in yourself too."

There was silence in the receiver, and Shi Ni said, "Teacher Yu, I believe in you."

"As long as you support me, I will fight for you to the end." Yu Hao said wearily, "I will never give up."

"Okay." Shi Ni said.

Yu Hao said: "I'll make an appointment with you tomorrow, let's go to the conservatory for coffee. Let's find a way first so that you don't have to live at home."

"My father is away on a business trip." Shi Ni whispered, "I won't be back until the day after tomorrow."

"Where's your mother?" Yu Hao asked.

Shi Ni replied: "She is often not at home, but she knows that she is afraid of my father and never speaks."

Yu Hao said again: "You have other relatives, can you borrow them temporarily?"

Shi Ni replied: "Yes, my uncle and aunt like me very much."

Yu Hao thought for a while and said, "Let's talk about this slowly."

Shi Ni said softly, "That big red-haired brother..."

Yu Hao was startled, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Shi Ni seemed to be thinking hard, and said, "Did you tell him?"

"No." Yu Hao said, "Of course not."

Shi Ni said, "Will he come with you too?"

Yu Hao hurriedly said, "No, just me and you."

"Is he good at fighting?" Xiaoxiao interjected.

"Yes, what's the matter?" Yu Hao was a little confused, but suddenly understood, and said, "Okay, I'll take him with me, Nini, don't you mind telling him the truth?"

"I don't mind." Shi Ni replied, "He beat my father, is he okay?"

Yu Hao said a few words of comfort, "You'll know when we meet tomorrow, are you sleepy?"

"Hmm..." Shi Ni was already very sleepy, and Yu Hao said again: "Okay, go to sleep, good night, I promise you, everything will be fine when the sun rises."