Chapter 042 Dream Killing
"That's all. Come to me if you have any problems. " Xu said, and it seemed like he was about to leave.
Gao Wen and the others hurriedly stopped him: "Brother Cheng Cheng, why don't you stay with us a little longer, just in case..." She didn't say the rest of the sentence "just in case", in fact she was worried that the red bean skewers were of no use at all.
As Gao Wen spoke, she quietly pinched Xu Chengcheng's arm, asking her to help speak as well.
Xu Chengcheng was a little unhappy. If Xu Lai had something important to do, she couldn't force him to stay here.
"That's fine." Unexpectedly, Xu Lai had no objection.
Everyone was relieved to see that he agreed to stay . But the house Gao Wen rented was not big, with only a small space, and it would be boring for five people to squeeze in.
"Why don't we go to the movies?" Gao Wen suggested. It was still early in the evening and they couldn't just sit there like this.
"Okay, I'll treat you!" Qi Cheng agreed immediately. In fact, among so many people, she was the one who was waiting the most anxiously. She was fidgeting, her mind full of random thoughts, and she couldn't calm down for a moment.
So the five of them went to the nearby Impression City, but in the end it was Xu Lai who bought the tickets. After watching the movie, Xu Lai took a few people out for dinner.
When we returned to Gao Wen's house, it was already past seven o'clock.
Except for Gao Wen, several girls called home and said they were staying at their classmate's house overnight and would not go back, so they all waited in the house.
Qi Cheng is pretty and lively. She has always been the focus of attention in Dinghai No. 4 Middle School. She also has her own circle of friends, and has no intersection with Xu Chengcheng and the other three.
Before this, Qi Cheng didn't even know them. Maybe she had met them once or twice on the road, but she didn't have any impression of them. But she didn't expect that these strangers would come to help her like this, which made her very grateful.
"Go to sleep if you're sleepy." Xu Lai sat at the desk, casually flipping through a novel on Gao Wen's desk.
Qi Cheng and Xu Chengcheng were sitting together on the bed, whispering. When they heard him say that, they hurriedly replied, "I'm not sleepy yet. It's still early. Let's wait a little longer."
In fact, Qi Cheng hadn't had a good night's sleep for who knows how long. How could she not be sleepy? She was yawning all the time. She insisted on not sleeping because she was afraid.
"Go to sleep, it's okay." Xu Lai said over there.
"Yes, Qi Cheng, you should go to sleep quickly. We will stay here and wake you up if anything goes wrong!" Gao Wen said.
When Qi Cheng heard that they were there to watch over her, she felt a little relieved. Plus, she was really very sleepy, so she said "hmm" and lay down on the bed.
I fell asleep in a short while.
Xu Chengcheng and the other two stood by the bed, careful not to make any noise.
Thinking about keeping watch tonight, they brought some snacks when they came back. It was not long after dinner, Tian Tian was hungry again, so she opened a bag of potato chips and ate them first.
"You're not going to die of obesity, so keep your voice down!" Gao Wen frowned and glared at Tian Tian.
Tian Tian hurriedly lowered her voice and covered her mouth while chewing.
Xu Chengcheng smiled, glanced at Xu Lai, and then quickly turned back.
Time passed by minute by minute. The girls kept browsing on their phones for a while and finally felt a little tired. Gao Wen leaned her head on Tian Tian's shoulder, and Tian Tian leaned against the wall. Both of them had begun to doze off.
Xu Chengcheng was still very sober. He glanced at Xu Lai's back from time to time, his dark eyes sparkling.
The night was long and no one knew how long it had passed before Qi Cheng, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly let out a scream.
The room was originally very quiet, and the scream was extremely sudden. Gao Wen and Tian Tian, who were dozing off, were immediately awakened.
Tian Tian was still confused, but Gao Wen reacted quickly. She looked at Xu Chengcheng, her heart skipped a beat, and she knew something might have happened, so she prepared to wake Qi Cheng up.
But Xu Lai, who was sitting over there, said, "No, let her continue to sleep."
When Xu Chengcheng heard this, he hurriedly pulled Gao Wen back.
After this delay, the three girls discovered that Qi Cheng screamed and then fell into a deep sleep again. She seemed quite peaceful.
"Is she okay?" Tian Tian asked, but her voice was so loud that it was earth-shaking. Gao Wen was close to her and acted quickly to cover her mouth.
Seeing Xu Lai still sitting there reading a novel, Xu Chengcheng felt relieved and pulled the two of them aside and said, "It should be fine. Let's wait and see."
Gao Wen saw that Qi Cheng was sleeping soundly, breathing evenly, and there was nothing unusual, so she said, "Then let's wait a little longer."
So the three of them calmed down and stood guard. At first they were quite nervous, but after watching for more than an hour and finding that nothing happened, they relaxed.
It was almost midnight at this time, and Gao Wen and Tian Tian fell asleep again.
"Chengcheng, you should take a nap too. I'll watch you." Xu Chengcheng heard Xu Lai say to her from the other side.
"It's okay, I'm not sleepy." She replied softly.
But having said that, in the second half of the night, she still couldn't resist the sleepiness and fell asleep next to Gao Wen and Tian Tian.
When the three of them woke up again, they saw that it was already bright outside. Qi Cheng was lying on the bed, his chest rising and falling slightly, still in a deep sleep.
Xu Chengcheng turned her head and saw Xu Lai still sitting there reading. Just as she was about to ask, "You didn't sleep last night," Gao Wen pulled her aside and said, "Is Qi Cheng in trouble? Should we wake her up?"
Xu Chengcheng looked at Xu Lai and saw him stand up from the chair, stretching his arms little longer. I'll go buy breakfast. What do you want to eat?"
Xu Chengcheng was about to say "I'll go buy them" when Tian Tian impatiently shouted, "I want all the meat buns, fried dough sticks, and soy milk. Chengcheng and Gao Wen only eat fried dough sticks and soy milk!"
"receive."
When Xu Lai came up with breakfast, Qi Cheng had already woken up, and several girls were surrounding her, chattering about something.
"Brother Chengcheng, I slept very well last night!" Qi Cheng reported happily as soon as he saw him come in.
Xu Lai put breakfast on the table and said with a smile: "Let's eat first. Did you dream of anything special last night?"
Tian Tian had already taken two meat buns and started to eat them. Seeing that the others still had empty hands, she quickly stuffed some in their hands.
Xu Chengcheng took a sip of soy milk and saw Qi Cheng frowning and thinking for a while, then suddenly shouted, "Oh, that guy seemed to have been here last night!"
The three girls were all surprised. Xu Chengcheng was also puzzled. According to her experience, the man had never appeared in her dreams since she had worn the amulet.
She couldn't help but worry, could it be that the red bean string wasn't working?
"You screamed last night, did you see that guy? We should have woken you up earlier. Did that bastard do that to you again..." Gao Wen asked nervously. She felt a little regretful now.
Qi Cheng shook his head with a confused expression: "I remember... that person did come, with a whip in his hand. Then... I just screamed, and that person suddenly screamed too... No, it should be a scream!" The girl nodded and said affirmatively.
"Scream?" the girls were puzzled.
"Yes, the man rolled on the ground and screamed, howling like a ghost." Qi Cheng said: "I don't know what happened afterwards, I am not very clear, I have been sleeping until now."
The audience was all in amazement. Tian Tian was holding two buns in her hands and forgot to put them in her mouth.
"Brother, did this chain hurt that person?" Xu Chengcheng asked softly. Because of her trust in Xu Lai, she was the first one to think of this.
"Yes, that person doesn't dare to come again." Xu Lai said while drinking soy milk.
When everyone heard this, they were surprised and happy. Although they still had some doubts, they felt relieved when they saw Xu was so sure.
Qi Cheng slept soundly for a long night last night and felt much better. She usually didn't eat greasy food for breakfast, but this time she ate three big meat buns in a row.
Several girls were chattering about how to act together when Qi Cheng's phone rang. She picked it up and said a few words to the other party. After hanging up, she said happily: "My best friend asked me to have dinner with her and then go shopping. Do you want to go together?"
"Your best friend? Liu Fei?" Gao Wen asked.
"You know Liu Fei?" Qi Cheng was surprised.
Gao Wen said that was of course. Qi Cheng and Liu Fei were not like the other three. They were both very popular figures in No. 4 Middle School. A gossip expert like Gao Wen would naturally know the relationship between them.
