Chapter 002 Phone
Wang Yue signed an invisible agreement with an invisible person, then stood up and left the pavilion.
When she walked out, I didn't rush to follow her. Instead, I quickly went into the pavilion, turned on the flashlight on my mobile phone, and looked around.
For a moment, I felt ridiculous. There was clearly no one in the pavilion, but Wang Yue's performance was so realistic that I mistakenly thought there was something wrong with my eyes. Now I took a picture of the whole place with my phone, especially the empty stone bench, and I can confirm with 100% certainty that there is no one there.
I had an indescribable feeling that there were people there, but I just couldn't see them.
This thought spread like a swamp. If I stayed any longer in this damn place, I would be overwhelmed by fear. I quickly ran out of the pavilion, still shaking when I came out.
Wang Yue had already walked far away. I hesitated for a moment and followed her. She walked lightly, her heels not touching the ground. I had heard from the elders before that only people who were possessed by ghosts would not touch the ground with their heels. Why? The ghost was possessed by her, and the ghost's toes were stuck in her heels. The elders' words made sense, and now I saw it, the more I thought about it, the more it seemed to be the case.
If Wang Yue was really possessed by something dirty, then who did she sign with just now, and what agreement did she sign, and why did she sign my name? I can't think about this matter too much. The more I think about it, the colder I feel.
At this time, she came to the back of the community, where there was a row of walls. She held the wall with her hands, pushed her feet, and floated onto the top of the wall. Her movements were unconventionally fast and stiff. She squatted on the top of the wall, paused for a moment, and then jumped out of the wall.
I hurried to catch up. The wall was about two meters high, not difficult to climb, but too dirty. I was covered in dust. I climbed up the wall with my hands and feet. My clothes were all stained. With the help of the street lights outside, I saw Wang Yue staggering towards a warehouse not far away.
I thought to myself, what the hell is going on? How did I catch up with him? I had no choice but to jump down and continue following him.
She arrived at the warehouse door, where a large iron door was closed, rusty and heavy. She didn't seem to use much force, but she pulled the door and it moved. The door was also old, and the door hinges made a strange creaking sound in the dark. She walked into the warehouse.
I looked out the door. It was too dark inside, and the moonlight had a hard time shining in. It was pitch black. I could barely see Wang Yue's shadow. She was sitting in a far corner, legs crossed, and seemed to be reading a book on her knees.
The scene was silent and I didn't dare go in. I just peeked in, but my heart was pounding.
After watching for a while, she stood up, climbed onto the abandoned table next to her, stood on the table, crossed her legs, and hid something in the ceiling. After a while, she got down from the table and walked out like a ghost with her hair disheveled.
I quickly hid aside, terrified.
She walked out of the warehouse. At this moment, the phone in my hand suddenly rang loudly, which was particularly piercing in the quiet night. At this moment, I was extremely nervous and trembled with fear. I even threw the phone away and it fell into the bushes and stopped ringing.
Wang Yue stopped and tilted her ears, seeming hear the bell. I squatted behind a few electric bikes, extremely nervous, shit and urine gushing out uncontrollably, and I clamped my legs tightly together.
Wang Yue stood there and suddenly said something very confusing: "Meng, what's the matter?" Then she said "hmm" twice, as if someone was really talking to her. She nodded: "Don't worry, I, Lin Cong, will do what I say!"
She continued walking forward. I wiped my face, unable to hold on any longer, and got out from behind the electric bike, calling softly, "Wang Yue."
She didn't hear him and kept walking.
I don't know what I was thinking, but I blurted out: "Hey, Lin Cong."
Wang Yue suddenly stopped, listened with her ear tilted, then took out her cell phone and started calling.
My eyes widened, my throat gurgled, and I was ready to run at any moment. The situation was getting weirder and weirder. A sleepwalker actually wanted to make a phone call?!
Suddenly, a phone rang in the bushes not far away. It kept ringing. I was stunned for a few seconds, then I realized what was going on. She was calling me!
I threw my cell phone away and it was ringing in the bushes.
I rushed over, followed the ringing tone, found my phone, and answered with trembling voice: "Hello, hello..."
"Hello, is this Wang Yue?" Wang Yue's voice came from the phone.
I looked at my phone, then at her who was calling not far away, and I was so nervous that I almost fainted. I adjusted my breathing, made up my mind, and whispered, "I'm Wang Yue, who are you?"
"I'm Lin Cong." Wang Yue said, "I have something urgent to discuss with you."
"W-what is it?"
"The head of our department said that you need to revise the negotiation documents overnight." Wang Yue said, "Your phone number is not working. Call your department leader immediately."
I lost my balance and almost fell on the iron door behind me. What… is going on? I was the one who came to talk to her, why did she call me? How did she know about the modification of the file? No one informed her, and she can't predict the future. This… this… I was completely confused.
The world of sleepwalking should be the world of dreams. Wang Yue is living in her own dream at this moment. What happened there and what did she experience? It is completely beyond my imagination.
I said "hmm" twice and said I understood.
Wang Yue hung up the phone and walked back. I followed her, feeling uneasy and walking like I was drunk. What happened tonight was completely beyond my comprehension.
Wang Yueshun went back the same way, and I followed her all the way over the wall back to the community, and watched her come to the residential building. When she reached the entrance of the building, I hesitated whether to follow her in. Who knew that the door of this building needed a password? She pressed the key a few times, opened the door and walked in. I kept a certain distance from her, and when I passed by, the door was already closed.
I tried to press a few numbers, and a woman's electronic voice came out: Wrong password, please try again. The voice was quite loud, and it sounded harsh at night. I didn't dare to try again after a few attempts, in case the security guard came and thought I was a thief, and I couldn't explain myself.
I wandered downstairs for a long time, and after thinking, I called Wang Yue. This time she answered the phone, and her voice was lazy: "Lin Cong, are you looking for me?"
My heart skipped a beat. The fact that she called me Lin Cong meant that she had woken up from her sleepwalking state.
Before I could say anything, she said, "Are you here to negotiate the manuscript? Oh, I just contacted my boss. I'll talk to him here. Sorry for bothering you."
I murmured, "No trouble."
She asked if I had anything else to do, and hung up if I didn't. Her voice was filled with indifference. After all, we had been together before, and her tone made me feel sour.
I thought about it and said, "I called you just now, but you didn't answer. I was worried about you."
"Oh, it's okay, I just fell asleep. Thank you for thinking of me." She said a few polite words and hung up the phone.
I was a little confused. I wasn't sure if I was dreaming or Wang Yue was dreaming. Everything was so strange and inexplicable. Was I in her dream or was she in mine?
The next day I went to work with dark circles under my eyes, feeling exhausted, listless, and my mind was in a mess. My work efficiency was very low, and I was scolded several times by our boss. My colleague Li Daming, who was sitting in the partition next to me, whispered to me, "Lao Lin, what's wrong with you?"
Li Daming is a bit of a mystic. He usually doesn't talk much, but once he starts talking, he can talk about everything under the sun, and his voice and tone are very infectious, like he is telling a story. He has quite a few little fans in the company.
I knew he was well-informed, so I asked, "Damin, do you know anything about sleepwalking?"
Li Daming laughed: "Of course I don't know, but I haven't seen it with my own eyes. What's wrong? Are you sleepwalking?"
I gritted my teeth and held back from telling anyone what happened last night. Firstly, it was too weird, and secondly, Li Daming and I weren't that close, so we couldn't be called friends. If this guy couldn't control his mouth and told everyone in the company, it would have a very bad impact.
I said it was okay. A relative's child had sleepwalking and was looking for doctors everywhere to see if it could be cured.
Li Daming drank his coffee and blew the hot air. He said, "I don't know much about how to treat it. We should take the child to see a doctor as soon as possible. But even if it can't be cured for the time being, it's not a serious illness. It just looks a bit strange. There is a saying that sleepwalkers are not in a sleeping state at all, that is, they are not sleeping at all."
I was stunned: "What is that?"
"They are in a state of consciousness that has hardly been studied, somewhere between sleep and wakefulness."
I was stunned: "You are too talkative. It's not sleeping, it's not awake, what is it? Is there a third state for humans?"
"Of course." Li Daming took a sip of coffee. "Do you know hypnosis? It's the third state. Tibetan Buddhism says that human consciousness has four states: awake, dreaming, deep sleep and superconsciousness. Awake and dreaming are relatively common, and superconsciousness is too high to be discussed. Most sleepwalkers are in a deep sleep. It is said that they can connect to another world."
