Chapter 26 Chapter 26 The nightmare of a social animal (shallow repair)...

Chen Run was having dinner when he saw the group of four roommates who had been silent for a long time suddenly become lively.

The first person to send a message was Jiang Yuan, who lived in the bed next to her: "Wow wow wow, I had a weird dream yesterday. In the dream, there was a weird thing that kept looking for Runzi, pestering me and asking where she was. I told it I didn't know, but it still kept chasing me and asking. I woke up this morning and found myself crying!"

Chen Yu, who was lying in the bed across from her, chimed in, "Oh my god, you dreamed about it too? Me too!" She typed furiously, "Doesn't that weird thing have so many faces? It looks terrifying!"

Jiang Yuan immediately replied: "Yes, yes, when did you dream about it?"

Chen Yu: "I was there two days ago."

Ren Zhu, who was preparing for the postgraduate entrance exam, also popped in: "How strange! I had that dream too, but I had it earlier than you all. It was last week."

Jiang Yuan had always been interested in these mystical things back in the dorm, typing away her analysis with a serious expression, "There must be some explanation. Zhuzhu and Runzi are from the same hometown, so she had the dream first, with Yuzai caught in the middle. Xiaorun and I are both in Shanghai, just not in the same district, so I dreamed about it last night..."

"...It seems...Is getting closer to Runzi?"

As soon as she said the last sentence, there was a brief silence in the group, and Chen Yu and Ren Zhu sent several trembling emojis in succession.

Some strange things might not be a big deal if they were not discussed, but once everyone started talking about it, it became terrifying. In the end, several roommates started talking about Chinese and Western methods.

Jiang Yuan couldn't help herself and tagged Chen Run in the group chat: "Runzi, has anything strange happened to you recently?"

Early in the morning, Chen Run was tidying up the shelves. Only after he asked her to send a message did she take the time to look through the chat history. After quickly browsing through it, she was speechless for a while.

So to sum it up, there's a monster with many faces looking for her in her friend's dream, and getting closer and closer to her?

Isn’t this bullshit?

Chen Run quickly found a scientific explanation and typed a reply: "Nothing strange, I'm doing fine recently." She shamelessly replied: "Maybe you guys missed me too much recently, so you think about me during the day and dream about me at night."

Chen Yu and Ren Zhu scolded her a few times, and seeing that she was really fine, they started talking about other things. Jiang Yuan, however, came over and asked her privately: "No, I still feel weird. When are you free? Let's go to the City God Temple to worship?"

Chen Run didn't believe any of this, but he wouldn't refuse his friend's concern, so he readily agreed: "Okay, how about next weekend? Let's go shopping."

Jiang Yuan felt a little relieved.

After a busy day, Chen Run quickly forgot about this little episode. She returned home around seven or eight in the evening. Mo Tao was still working the night shift at the convenience store. There was nothing to eat in the refrigerator, and the restaurant downstairs was expensive and the portions were small. After hesitating for a long time, Chen Run decided to splurge. She opened the app and ordered a buy one pound get half a pound free chicken fork bones.

She had always had a regular schedule, and was about to help with the housework while waiting for the takeaway, but for some reason, she suddenly felt an irresistible sleepiness, and she fell asleep on the sofa.

I don't know how long it took, but I heard a very regular knocking sound from outside the door: 'bang-bang-bang'.

Chen Run rubbed his eyes, got up in a daze, opened the door and saw that it was the delivery boy who had arrived.

She was about to reach out to take the package, but suddenly paused - the delivery guy had nothing in his hand.

Not only that, his expression was also very strange. His face was stiff and dull, and he just stared at her, inch by inch from head to toe. Suddenly, a strange ecstasy appeared on his stiff face.

"Xiao Run..." There was only one person, but the voices were so varied, as if a group of people were calling her name at the same time.

"I found you..."

No matter how carefree Chen Run was, she was a little confused at this moment, wondering if she had encountered a psychopath. She hesitated for a moment: "Little brother, are you okay? Do you want me to take you to the hospital?"

The delivery guy ignored her and leaned forward, almost touching her face.

“Oh my god!!”

Chen Run shuddered, but she had learned amateur Sanda, and when she sensed the approaching danger, her muscles reacted instinctively. She raised her foot and kicked the opponent to the ground, unable to get up for a long time.

The delivery guy who was kicked to the ground: "..."

There was an indescribable expression on his stiff and weird face.

A melodious cell phone ringtone rang out, and Shen Run suddenly opened his eyes.

She was still on the sofa in the living room. She didn't open the door, and there was no strange delivery man.

Chen Run answered the phone confusedly: "Hello?"

A somewhat awkward voice came from the other end of the phone: "Hello, ma'am, I'm the delivery driver for your order. I don't know what happened just now, but I suddenly fell asleep. When I woke up, I found that your takeaway was completely cold and the delivery time was exceeded. How about this, I'll refund you the money and send you another one."

Shen Run's heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously checked the time on his phone: "When did you fall asleep?"

The delivery guy was stunned for a moment: "A little after seven, almost eight."

Chen Run suddenly remembered what his roommates had said during the day.

She finally realized something was wrong, and she casually said a few words to the delivery guy. She took out the Party Constitution from her backpack and recited it silently several times. Only then did she feel at ease.

She was no longer hungry at this moment, so she simply washed up and went to bed. She fell asleep quite quickly, but she felt very heavy when she slept, as if something was pressing on her. She tried to struggle free, but she couldn't wake up. It was the alarm clock at work that woke her up in the morning.

This sleep was more tiring than not sleeping at all. Chen Run had been suffering from back pain all morning. After lunch, she huddled behind the counter to rest for a while. She didn't know how long it had been before the convenience store suddenly became quiet inside and outside. Even the voices of people and cars on the takeaway street disappeared.

Shen Run was stunned for a moment, then stood up and looked out the window.

I don't know when a thick fog started to form outside. The visibility was less than five meters and there was no one on the street. It seemed as if the thick fog had isolated this convenience store from the world.

It was eerily quiet here. Chen Run pushed open the movable panel of the counter and walked to the glass window to look outside.

As she approached, the thick fog seemed to boil, and balls of fog rolled around, transforming into human faces with different expressions, which were stuck tightly to the glass windows.

"I found you..." "I found you..."

Translucent human faces were pasted on the glass, their faces distorted as they pushed forward desperately.

Shen Run's scalp felt numb.

"Xiao Run, Xiao Run? Are you okay?!"

Xiao Tao's voice suddenly sounded in her ears. Shen Run shuddered and opened his eyes again.

She also has a rest area behind the counter, which is surrounded by cardboard boxes and several plastic stools. There is also a hanging mirror on the side to make it easier for employees to change their uniforms.

Chen Run breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the cold sweat from his head, and thanked her casually: "It's Xiaotao, thanks to you, I just had a nightmare..."

She stopped abruptly in the middle of her words.

Xiaotao is not here. She worked the night shift yesterday and went back to rest a long time ago.

So who woke her up?

Is she really awake?

Chen Run stiffened and slowly turned towards the direction where the sound came from - the hanging mirror.

A human face slowly emerged in the mirror, and the face made Xiaotao's voice: "Xiaorun...Xiaorun, are you okay...Xiaorun...I found Xiaorun..."

The hairs all over Shen Run's body stood up instantly.

But she was only stunned for a second, and then she reacted as quickly as possible. She picked up the mirror and smashed it to pieces without hesitation. She also admired her own psychological quality. Her first reaction after breaking the mirror was that it was a good thing that it was a dream and she didn't have to pay for it.

She didn't push herself up against the counter until the face in the mirror completely disappeared.

It was still that dream, still that convenience store shrouded in thick fog, and still those faces pasted on the glass windows.

Chen Run made a prompt decision and picked up a stool, smashing the glass window covered with faces. She pushed herself up and flipped out again. The second time she flipped out, her hand was cut by glass fragments, and blood dripped onto the ground. However, she didn't care about this minor injury at this moment, and she ran out.

The shattering of the glass stopped them briefly, but the thick fog behind them shook and rolled violently, transforming into a monster made up of countless human faces. They moved forward through the fog, biting her tightly from behind.

There was no one on the street, and she didn't know who to ask for help. There was thick fog all around, and she couldn't tell where she was or where she could hide.

Unless, unless...

Shen Run suddenly had an idea, and he didn't dare to look back. He relied on his feeling and ran desperately across two streets.

The gate of an old residential compound vaguely appeared in her sight.

Chen Run breathed a sigh of relief and then looked back. The monsters made of human faces were very close, so close that she could see the twisted and hideous expressions on their faces.

Her scalp tingled and she ran to her place almost at the speed of taking off. She frantically took out her keys, but there was nothing in her work uniform.

The strange faces had already chased her downstairs. She could even hear their ecstatic laughter: "We found you, Xiaorun..."

“How cute.”

“Fear is so cute.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang," she started knocking on the door hard.

There was no one answering from inside the room, and a strange face conjured up from the thick fog was coming up the stairs.

"Brother Chi, are you there? Can you open the door? Help!!"

She shouted loudly, and a strange face appeared at the corner of the stairs.

Seeing that he was about to be caught up, Shen Run gritted his teeth, not daring to delay any longer, and ran upstairs.

The door was opened slowly.

Chi Shuangliu was standing at the door.

"You actually took the initiative to connect to my dream." His eyes swept across the wounds on her body caused by the broken glass, her panting and flushed face, and her slightly messy hair, and his eyes flashed slightly.

He lifted her chin with two fingers and clicked his tongue in disdain: "Look at you, you're really in such a mess."

The strange faces behind also saw Chi Shuangliu, and the speed of the rolling thick fog stopped. Countless strange faces vaguely sensed the danger and slowly revealed some surprised and suspicious expressions.

Seeing the door open, Chen Run wanted to squeeze in: "No time to explain, Brother Chi, close the door first!"

"etc."

Chi Shuangliu put two fingers against her forehead and taunted her slightly: "Did I say I let you in?"

His force was very light, but he held her firmly outside the door, preventing her from getting in at all.

Chen Run: “?”

Seeing her puzzled expression, Chi Shuangliu's face became more sarcastic. He even used two fingers to exert a little force and pushed her back a few steps.

Just a few meters away, she would be pushed into the pile of strange faces.

"You rejected my advances, deliberately avoided me and treated me coldly, and even tried to escape from me..." Chi Shuangliu leaned against the door and smiled, "I can't seem to think of a reason to let you in."

Chen Run: “…”

"Give me a reasonable reason, otherwise..."

He used his two long, beautiful fingers to exert force again, and Chen Run's body leaned back, almost falling into the pile of strange faces.

The strange face at the corner of the stairs seemed unable to hold back and rolled over again.

"...You have to let me in. I'm the one paying the rent for this room!"

Chi Shuangliu: "..."

The strange face could no longer contain itself and rushed towards her with a silent roar.

Chen Run felt her neck tighten, and Chi Shuangliu grabbed her collar and threw her into the living room.

With a "bang", the monster was isolated outside the door.