Pay attention to me
Chen Can turned around and was about to leave.
Then I remembered that this was my own doorstep, so what was there to be afraid of?
Chen Can looked straight ahead and walked straight to the door of his home. As soon as he opened the door, Ou Ranyu called him.
Can't hear.
When Chen Can entered and was about to close the door, Ou Ranyu said again: "Chen Can, don't close the door."
Only then did Chen Can seem to notice him.
"What are you yelling for? You thought I didn't see you?"
"I...know. I just wanted to see you."
Chen Can was almost fooled by his pitiful appearance again.
"Do you have something to talk to me about?" Chen Can pretended to be impatient.
Ou Ranyu said: "I have been looking for 'them' for the past three days."
Chen Can had guessed long ago that the person who could make Ou Ranyu disappear for three days must be 'them'.
"Oh, did you kill them? If you didn't kill them all, don't come to see me." Chen Can pretended to threaten.
Ou Ranyu was silent for a while and then walked back.
"Come back!" Chen Can said sternly.
Ou Ranyu stopped.
"I'm asking you, what did you mean by what you said to me three days ago? Why are 'they' afraid of me?" Chen Can took a step forward after every sentence until he was only half an arm's length away from Ou Ranyu.
Ou Ranyu turned around and looked directly at Chen Can, his abyss-like eyes flashing with a faint light.
Ou Ranyu said: "Chen Can, you don't want to know."
Then you say it!!!
"Tell me first, how can I know if I don't want to know if you don't tell me?"
Chen Can couldn't help but roll his eyes.
Ou Ranyu said, "'They' asked me to get close to you so that you would join 'them'. I didn't understand at first, but later I figured it out. They were afraid of you, so they had no choice but to let me come."
"Because I often dreamed of you afterwards."
"What?" Chen Can didn't understand for a moment.
Ou Ranyu continued, "I dream of you and me in another world. Every time 'they' want to come find me, I dream of you."
"So?" Chen Can suddenly thought of two old friends.
Chen Shi and Ou Wuji?
"You and I are like nothing I've ever seen before."
"This is what happened when we came out of the Gentleman's Building."
"It might be related to Shi Mingxi. They might be from the same world."
Chen Can was still a little puzzled: "So why wouldn't I want to know?"
Ou Ranyu didn't know what to say.
"Because of you, you did...something to me in the dream world."
Things beyond the realm of friends.
Chen Can's mind raced, and he seemed to realize what was going on.
"Is it what I thought?" Chen Can asked in a low voice, his earlobes red.
"Yeah." Ou Ranyu answered him very seriously.
So obscene.
"So as long as you dream of... this, 'they' won't come looking for you?"
"To be precise, I only dreamed of you at first, and 'they' didn't dare come. Then I dreamed of us in that world."
Is this correct?
This isn't right. Why does this happen in dreams?
"Can I come in?" Ou Ranyu asked.
The subtext is, can I stay here?
Chen Can was speechless for a moment.
Who would have the nerve to live in someone else's house after just confessing those things to them?
"Is it okay?" Ou Ranyu asked again.
"Come in, come in." Chen Can really couldn't do anything with him.
Chen Can had just dropped his schoolbag and collapsed on the sofa when he remembered something.
"Have you eaten?" Chen Can guessed that he definitely hadn't eaten.
There is a 99.9% chance that you didn’t eat it.
"No." Ou Ranyu answered honestly.
Chen Can resigned himself to his fate and went into the kitchen.
"There aren't many ingredients left. You have to eat whatever I cook."
Chen Can fiddled in the kitchen for a while, and Ou Ranyu stood at the kitchen door and watched the whole process.
"I've already eaten outside, so I'll just give you the next bowl of noodles."
I see.
"Okay, thank you."
"Take it out and eat it yourself. I'm going to take a shower."
Chen Can poured the fried egg into the noodles mixed with tomatoes and left the kitchen, leaving Ou Ranyu alone at the kitchen door facing Tomato.
Is this really the only way?
When Ou Ranyu brought the noodles out, Chen Can was already taking a shower in the bathroom.
Boring.
"If you want to take a shower later, get a fresh pair of underwear from the cabinet outside the bathroom."
Chen Can has already agreed that Ou Ranyu will sleep here tonight.
Ou Ranyu was washing dishes in the kitchen, and it was unclear whether he heard Chen Can calling him upstairs.
"You can sleep anywhere in the living room downstairs, and you can enter any room except the two bedrooms." Chen Can shouted again.
Still no one responded.
Chen Can ignored him and went back to his bedroom to log in and score points.
By the way, Chen Can hasn't been online for a long time, and his hands are a little rusty now. In addition, the support is always targeted by the opponent. After a few games, Chen Can felt tired.
Chen Can.
Wake up.
Ou Ranyu was calling him.
The first thing Chen Can saw when he opened his eyes was the clock on the wall.
Seven o'clock sharp. Half an hour left before morning reading.
Chen Can rubbed his face, slowly got up from the bed, went to the bathroom, washed up, and when he stood in front of the sink, he finally remembered that it seemed to be Ou Ranyu who woke him up just now.
Where did Ou Ranyu go?
After Chen Can finished washing up, he walked around the house but didn't see anyone.
Is he gone?
Chen Can didn't think too much and walked towards the school with his schoolbag on his back.
It seemed like it rained a little last night, and the streets were deserted early in the morning, three degrees colder than usual.
Chen Can pretended not to notice this change and bought two rice balls from the stall as usual, eating them while walking.
Chen Can scanned his face and entered the school gate, but the security guard at the gate acted as if he didn't see him.
Although I usually treat Chen Can as air, but... it's really too weird.
Maybe I'm numb.
Chen Can hurried to the classroom.
Morning reading had already begun in the classroom. Chen Can quietly came in from the back door and returned to his seat. No one noticed him.
Without anyone noticing.
Ou Ranyu is not here.
Chen Can pretended to be bland and took advantage of the situation. As soon as the class was over, he grabbed the person sitting in front of him and asked about Ou Ranyu's whereabouts.
Curly looked confused, as if he didn't understand what Chen Can was asking.
"Who are you talking about? You've always been sitting alone." Curly didn't seem to be acting.
Chen Can thought that he must have not woken up yet, and then ran to the next class 19. He did not see Zhu Baifeng outside the classroom, so Chen Can grabbed the person sitting next to Zhu Baifeng and asked where Zhu Baifeng had gone.
"You've got the wrong class. We don't have anyone like him in our class."
You must still be dreaming.
Chen Can believed it so firmly that he openly fell asleep in math class and was dragged to the corridor to sober up.
Chen Can pinched his arm hard twice.
Not awake yet.
As soon as morning school was over, Chen Can rushed to No. 2 Middle School and asked about Li Yachang's whereabouts, and the result was the same.
No such person found.
Chen Can didn't give up and ran to Zhu Baifeng and Li Yachang's homes, but still found nothing.
Chen Can returned home in a daze and opened the two bedrooms that were usually locked.
It was so empty as if no one had ever stayed there.
Chen Can searched through all the boxes and drawers but didn't find any trace, not even a photo.
How could there not be?
Chen Can didn't believe it, so he ran to his room and took out the box containing his mother's belongings.
No, nothing.
The box was empty.
It seemed that neither the living nor the dead had left any trace in his life.
There is no evidence that they ever existed, and no one knows about them except Chen Can.
"You will forget them too."
A voice said to Chen Can.
Don't listen, don't believe it.
Chen Can just lay on the ground pretending to be dead, thinking that he would be fine after a good sleep.
In fact, someone kicked him twice.
Chen Can continued to play dead. The person who kicked him lifted him up. Chen Can closed his eyes and dared not move, fearing that he would die if he opened his eyes.
"What's wrong? Why are you so scared?"
This voice sounds a little familiar.
"If you don't get up soon, the damp male ghost will find you."
Twilight of time?
Chen Can stood up suddenly, "Is it you?"
"Yes, it's your father." Shi Zhimu's usual death outfit almost blinded Chen Can's eyes.
"Where is Ou Ranyu?" Chen Can asked, looking away.
“No more.”
"What's the meaning?"
"What else could it mean? It's just 'gone'."
Chen Can resisted the urge to kick Shi Zhimu on the head.
"You are the real you now, and everything you are experiencing now is real." Shi Zhimu became delirious.
"Don't you think everything you've experienced before is magical? The only explanation is that they're all fake."
Chen Can almost believed his lies.
"And you, as the instigator of all this, are still deceiving yourself."
"No one can crack this unless you admit it yourself."
"And I, as a spectator, am only here to correct all the mistakes."
"You can choose to believe me. Or, continue to deceive yourself."
Before Shi Zhimu could finish his words, Chen Can punched him in the face.
"Save these words for your idiots."
Chen Can gathered up all his strength, clenched his fists and smashed down on Shi Zhimu, not giving Shi Zhimu any chance to fight back.
In that case, let’s do it again.
Chen Can.
Wake up.
Chen Can was woken up.
Same morning, same clock.
The only difference was that there was someone busy in the kitchen downstairs.
Chen Can just stood at the kitchen door, not daring to make a sound.
"Hey, what are you doing standing at the door, you silly boy?"
The people in the kitchen turned around and looked at Chen Can.
"Mom...? Good morning."
For a moment, Chen Can couldn't tell whether it was a dream or reality.
"What's so early? You still have half an hour. Go wash up and try this porridge."
Chen Sirui blew on the little bit of porridge he had just scooped out of the pot to cool it down and tested the taste.
"Salty or sweet?"
Chen Can was reluctant to leave and asked Chen Sirui greedily.
"you guess?"
Chen Sirui deliberately kept him in suspense.
"Master Sima, I don't understand." Chen Canfei refused to leave.
"It's sour and spicy. Okay, if you don't go wash up, you won't be able to eat it." Ms. Chen stopped there.
Chen Can's feet were floating when he walked to the sink.
Da Sima is here.
But is all this true?
Chen Can didn't want to go to school. He was afraid that once he left here, everything would be gone.
Mom is fake, and the porridge is fake too.
But he couldn't destroy the tranquility, so Chen Can could only leave here under Chen Sirui's earnest gaze.
"Mom, can I hug you?" Chen Can hugged Chen Sirui tightly before she could respond.
"You're a grown man now, why are you acting like a spoiled child?" Chen Sirui patted Chen Can's back gently, just like when he was a child.
Chen Can spent a boring morning. Without Zhu Baifeng and Li Yachang, there would be no Ou Ranyu.
Chen Can couldn't wait to return home. Fortunately, everything seemed not to be a dream.
Chen Sirui was cutting vegetables in the kitchen. As soon as Chen Can came in, Chen Sirui started ordering people around.
"Little Chen, who just came back, please wash your hands and come help."
"Coming." Chen Can threw his schoolbag on the chair and ran excitedly into the kitchen.
Ms. Chen was peeling tomatoes with hot water. Chen Can inexplicably thought of someone and then smiled inexplicably.
"Why does this tomato look so festive?" Ms. Chen didn't understand.
"No, I suddenly thought of someone." Chen Can was thinking of Ou Ranyu, who had a circle of ketchup on his lips.
"Girl or boy?" Chen Sirui ignited a little spark of gossip.
"A man. A very cute guy, but he always scares people." Chen Can seemed to have opened a water valve and couldn't stop.
"His name is Ou Ranyu, and he's in the top ten in our school. He's an incredibly talented person."
"He's also very good at fighting. Even I can't help but call him 'brother' when I see his skills."
"He also always likes to eat for free and has no bottom line when asking for help."
"He also helped me a lot, buying me breakfast, helping me with my homework, and waking me up for class..."
"By the way, he sings beautifully, and his storytelling can put people to sleep in seconds."
"Then he must be a very good person." Chen Sirui commented after listening.
"I think so too. Although he sometimes says strange things and does strange things, I still think he is very nice." Chen Can said sincerely.
"Then you must invite him to dinner at home." Chen Sirui put the processed tomatoes aside and took out one or two lemons to cut.
Chen Can's smile brightened when he saw the lemon. "This fruit and Zhu Baifeng really go together. I remember when we were in third grade, he came to the kitchen and stole a slice of your lemon. The sour taste made him burst into tears. You ran in, hugged him, and comforted him, sweating profusely. Li Yachang thought you were hot and kept fanning you. Do you know how hard it was for me to hold back my laughter?"
Chen Sirui paused while cutting the lemon.
Chen Can was talking so excitedly that he didn't notice her abnormality.
"The key point is that Zhu Baifeng then foolishly ate a whole lemon..."
"Who are you talking about? I have no impression of you." Chen Sirui stopped and interrupted him.
Chen Can could no longer laugh.
How could there be any intersection? How could there be any impression?
It's all just his imagination.
His mother, Ms. Chen Sirui, has been dead for six years.
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