Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Psychic Dreams

Chen Shanshan had another nightmare tonight, but unlike those vague dreams, tonight she actually dreamed about the person she always felt owed and feared: Hu Lan.This former roommate of hers now belongs to another world. Just like when Chen Shanshan found her hanged on the electric fan, her head was still crooked, clinging to her right shoulder, the clothes she was wearing, the hairstyle, etc., were all the same as when she committed suicide. The murder weapon around her neck - the rope, was in her hands at this moment. She walked along the aisle in the middle of the dormitory, turning her head from time to time to look at the sleeping girls next to her. They were all her former roommates. Finally, she stopped in front of Chen Shanshan's bed, grinning and said, "Look at how soundly they slept, as if they were dead."

Chen Shanshan curled up in the corner and looked at her in horror, and heard her continue to say: "But they are indeed not far from death, I will kill you one by one, you are the first." Hu Lan put the rope around her neck, moving very slowly, but Chen Shanshan didn't resist, as if she had been hypnotized, she couldn't use any strength, and couldn't do anything except tremble. A strong sense of urgency soon came from the neck. As the rope became tighter and tighter, Chen Shanshan began to feel difficult to breathe. Perhaps the pain awakened her consciousness, and her hands were finally able to move. She grabbed the rope and wrapped it around her neck. the rope, and pulled it out hard, but Hu Lan's strength was surprisingly strong, and her efforts were in vain.

Her sight gradually became blurred, Hu Lan's ferocious face disappeared, her dormitory disappeared, and everything disappeared. Chen Shanshan felt that she was about to die, but a sudden cry sounded in her ear and saved her: "Shanshan, What's wrong with you, wake up!" Chen Shanshan opened her eyes and saw Cui Ying standing in front of the bed looking at her in surprise. "I..." She looked around, but there was no sign of Hu Lan. Only then did she realize that everything that happened just now was a dream. However, the burning pain on her neck was still there, and she quickly pulled it out from under the pillow. Turning on the desk lamp in his vanity mirror, and looking closer to the light, there are indeed several red marks on his neck, which are the marks of being strangled by a rope.

Chen Shanshan threw away the mirror, grabbed Cui Ying's hand, and shouted excitedly: "Hu Lan is here, she is going to kill me, look at my neck, she strangled it with a rope, the same rope she used to hang herself." Cui Ying was stunned, and said in a nervous voice: "What nonsense are you talking about at night, I think you are having a nightmare!" "It's not a nightmare! Otherwise, why would there be marks on my neck? Look." "You pinched it yourself." Cui Ying said, "You kept pinching your own neck just now, and I woke you up because I saw something wrong. Don't think about it."

"I...choked it myself?" Chen Shanshan's mouth was wide open, she didn't believe that she would do this, even if it was a nightmare, she wouldn't strangle her neck with all her strength, right?She has never encountered such a thing since she grew up, not to mention that the dream just now was so real, it didn't seem like a dream. "Go to sleep, remember not to think about it." Cui Ying told her and went back to her bed, her heart was still "pounding", not only because of Chen Shanshan's strange behavior in her sleep just now, but because she mentioned Hu Lan's name, she actually said that Hu Lan was going to kill her in her dream. Although Cui Ying believed that she was just having a nightmare, the name Hu Lan made her feel cold, and she couldn't help looking at the first empty bed next to the door. At a glance, it used to be Hu Lan's bed. Since her accident, this bed has been vacant. The roommates are very shy about her name. If the instructors forced them to stay in this dormitory, everyone is afraid that everyone would have died. After moving away, who wants to live in a dormitory where someone has died?Moreover, Hu Lan's death had something to do with them.

What's wrong with me?Cui Ying shook her head lightly, she wanted to let Chen Shanshan stop thinking about it, why did she just think about it, besides, it's been so long, what else do you want to do? She covered her head with the quilt and forced herself to calm down and continue to sleep.Just now when she got up to go to the bathroom, she happened to run into Chen Shanshan's nightmare, which was why she was delayed for so long. However, her disturbed mood was like a stone falling into a pond, and she couldn't recover until the ripples cleared up. Cui Ying lay down on the bed dryly. After a long time, when sleepiness struck again, she vaguely heard a crying sound through the quilt, which seemed to be Chen Shanshan's voice. She was about to fall asleep and couldn't tell whether the crying sound came from reality or a dream, and she didn't have the energy to pay attention to it. , It didn't take long to fall into sleep completely.

When she opened her eyes again, it was already dawn. Cui Ying sat up and rubbed her eyes, then turned around to see several roommates still curled up in the bed, among them Xu Xixiu who was in the next shop was already awake, holding a book at her side. Looking there, the posture in which she held the book made Cui Ying see the title of the book: "1Q84".Cui Ying, who is also a novel fan, of course knew about this book, so she asked Xu Xiai: "Did you borrow this book from the library?" Xu Ximai replied without raising her head: "Our school's broken library is not so fast. This book just came out, and I bought it from Xinhua Bookstore yesterday."

"Oh, does it look good?" "It doesn't look good, but it's okay. You can take it after I finish watching." Cui Ying gave a "hmm" and said, "Are you not getting up yet, and you don't plan to go to class?" "No, what class are you going to?" Xu Xiai said in a contemptuous tone, and Cui Ying had no choice but to shrug her shoulders to express her helplessness. At this time, Chen Shanshan also got out of bed, and walked to the bathroom with a look of sleepiness on her face. Cui Ying suddenly remembered that she heard crying last night, and was about to ask her, Xu Xixiu said first: "Shanshan, what did you do last night?" Oh, why are you whimpering in the middle of the night?"

"I'm having a nightmare." Chen Shanshan whispered, opened the bathroom door and walked in. Cui Ying asked Xu Xiai: "You woke up last night too?" "You guys are talking so loudly, can I not wake up?" Xu Xiwei said angrily, his eyes still stayed on the book, scanning line by line, "I seem to have heard you mention Hu Lan's name, right?" Cui Ying was startled, and said, "That's what Shanshan said, she said she dreamed of Hu Lan." "so what?" "Hu Lan said he would kill us one by one." Chen Shanshan opened the bathroom door and said to the two nervously.

Xu Xixiu finally looked away from the book, frowned and looked at Chen Shanshan for a while, and said, "Your dream is really special." "This is not a dream!" Chen Shanshan shook her head and said, "Don't you understand, Hu Lan is back, and she wants to take revenge on us." "Why do you want revenge on us?" "Because... Maybe it's because we didn't comfort her when she was sad, but taunted her. Otherwise, she wouldn't be tempted to commit suicide, right?" Xu Xixuan sneered: "That's not ridicule, it's a negative statement to make her feel better. When she comes to a dead end, she can only blame her for being too weak psychologically, and she can't blame us at all. What right does she have to seek revenge from us? But you I can’t blame you for having self-blame, after all, we are good friends, whoever feels uncomfortable when she leaves, you must blame yourself for this kind of dream, you think too much.”

Although what Xu Ximai said was true, Cui Ying still felt that it was not good to say that. After all, she is no longer here, so what is she talking about now, so she persuaded Xu Ximai: "Okay, Shanshan is just doing something. Nightmare, don’t take it seriously, can you?” "I said this is not a nightmare, Hu Lan is really back." Chen Shanshan cried out excitedly. Xu Xiwei shrugged at Cui Ying and said, "You see, it's really not me." At this time, Cao Ning's voice, which was close to baritone, came from another bed: "What are you doing so early in the morning, the morning meeting doesn't have to be so early, right?" Chen Shanshan hurried back to her bed, got dressed in twos and twos, then went out with her textbooks, and when she reached the door, she turned her head and said coldly: "Believe it or not, it was definitely not just a nightmare. It's simple, just wait and see if you don't believe me!" Xu Xixiu let out a "hum" indifferently. She has always studied psychology very well and never believed in ghosts and gods. Naturally, she would not care about Chen Shanshan's words, but Cui Ying was different. She was timid and saw it with her own eyes last night. The strange performance of Chen Shanshan's nightmare: her hands are pinching her neck, her legs are kicking wildly.Her intuition told her that this was not just a manifestation of nightmares. Looking at Chen Shanshan's leaving figure, Cui Ying seemed to have a dark cloud floating in her heart. In the next few days, Cui Ying noticed that Chen Shanshan's personality had changed. She no longer talked and laughed like before. The consequences of that nightmare for her, even though Chen Shanshan has always been timid, she wouldn't be so frightened by a nightmare without a clue, there must be other reasons, Cui Ying thinks that she should find a time to talk to her, After all, they are roommates who have been together for two years, and seeing her like this makes me feel very uncomfortable. In this regard, Xu Ximai had the same opinion as her, thinking that apart from the nightmare, there must be something else that affected Chen Shanshan's mood: "We can ask her, but I guess she won't talk about it, otherwise with her usually heartless The personality has told us a long time ago, when I have time, I will talk to her." Cui Ying nodded and said, "It's up to you, you know psychology." Xu Xiwei shrugged and said, "That's only if she is willing to cooperate." While the two were talking, Chen Shanshan came back, and without saying hello to the two of them, she sat on her bed and took out a book from under her pillow to read.Cui Ying hurriedly gave Xu Ximai a wink, Xu Ximai nodded and walked over, sat down on Cao Ning's bed opposite Chen Shanshan, and said in an accosting tone, "Shanshan, what book are you reading?" "Ordinary romance novels." Chen Shanshan said without raising her head. "Oh, I remember you didn't like reading novels very much before." "Really." Chen Shanshan looked up at her, her eyes seemed a little haggard. Seeing that she had no intention of talking at all, Xu Xiai had no choice but to get straight to the point: "Shanshan, you haven't had any more nightmares in the past few days, have you?" Chen Shanshan shook her head. Xu Xixiu opened her mouth to say something, but Chen Shanshan took the lead and said in a deep voice: "I'm still wondering if it's really just a nightmare." Xu Xiwei secretly smiled at Cui Ying, and then said to Chen Shanshan: "You should have thought this way a long time ago. There are no ghosts in this world. If you take a step back, even if there are ghosts, there is no reason why they can go to your dream. Yes, so your dream like that must be a psychological effect, do you think about it yourself?" "I..." Chen Shanshan opened her mouth in pain, "But I'm really scared, that dream is so real, it's as real as it is." "No matter how real it is, it's just a dream." Xu Xiwei smiled at her and said, "Tell me, is there any secret related to Hu Lan hidden in your heart, or something that others don't know?" As soon as she finished speaking, she noticed a flash of panic in Chen Shanshan's eyes, although she tried her best to control her emotions.But this made Xu Ximai more convinced of her inference, but she also understood that from Chen Shanshan's reaction, she would not easily reveal the secret in her heart, and it would be bad for her to ask too urgently. Besides, as long as she could Return to the way it used to be, no matter what secret it is, what does it matter whether you know it or not? Therefore, in the face of Chen Shanshan's silence, Xu Xixiu didn't ask any more questions, but changed the subject and said, "In the future, don't think about those things too much, and don't be bored in the dormitory all the time. Go out and hang around when you have nothing to do, and your mood will naturally improve, by the way." , How about we go shopping in the city tomorrow? It’s been a long time.” Chen Shanshan nodded and still didn't speak, but she has shown that she wants to get rid of her distress, which is already very good, Xu Xixiu smiled, stood up and said, "Then it's settled, I still have to go to class I have something to do, let's go." After finishing speaking, he walked out of the dormitory door, and when he passed by Cui Ying, he said, "By the way, you can go to the city to play together tomorrow, don't go to class, I will turn around and drag Cao Ning to go shopping It’s interesting to have more people.” "It's okay to go, but when the counselor makes trouble, I will say that you forced me to go." Cui Ying said with a smile. "Okay, just say that I forced you to go with a gun." Cui Ying covered her mouth and laughed. After Xu Ximai left, Cui Ying and Chen Shanshan chatted for a while, seeing that it was getting dark, they proposed to go to the cafeteria for dinner together. "You go first," Chen Shanshan said, "I'm a little sleepy and want to sleep for a while." After finishing speaking, she put down the book and got into bed. "Well then, would you like me to bring you something to eat?" "No, I'll eat by myself before evening self-study. I'm not hungry at all now." Cui Ying had no choice but to take the lunch box and go out by herself. It was already dark when Cui Ying came out of the cafeteria. She went back to the dormitory alone without turning on the lights, and the room was pitch black.Cui Ying turned on the light, and glanced at Chen Shanshan's bed. She was sleeping soundly, and there was nothing unusual. Cui Ying felt relieved, found a suspense novel she had just borrowed from the library, and leaned on her bed to read. Time passed in the pleasant reading, and when Cui Ying remembered to look at her watch, it was already time to go to the evening self-study. Xu Xixiu and Cao Ning didn't come back, so they probably went directly to the classroom, so there is no need to wait for them, Cui Ying Ying put down the book and called Chen Shanshan's name, "Shanshan, don't sleep, get up and go to study at night." Chen Shanshan didn't answer, Cui Ying turned her head to look and found that she had covered her head with a quilt at some point.Cui Ying called her again, but there was still no response. Suddenly, an ominous omen flashed in Cui Ying's mind. She walked over quickly, and uncovered the quilt covering Chen Shanshan's head. She was sweating profusely, and her face was swollen. It turned purple red, frowning with a very painful expression.Cui Ying was startled, and shook Chen Shanshan's shoulder vigorously: "Shanshan, what's wrong with you, wake up, wake up!" Chen Shanshan said "Ah", sat up, gasping for breath, looking like a drowning person who was just salvaged ashore and was about to suffocate. Dazed, staring at the opposite window in a daze. "Shanshan, what's wrong with you, are you having nightmares again?" Cui Ying asked in a very light tone as if she was afraid of scaring her.Unexpectedly, Chen Shanshan didn't respond. Cui Ying opened her mouth to say something, but suddenly there was a sound of high-heeled footsteps outside the door, and Xu Ximai walked into the dormitory and said loudly: "Why haven't you gone to the classroom yet, have you seen my "1Q84"?" Cui Ying made a silent gesture to her, then glanced at Chen Shanshan, Xu Xixi was stunned for a moment and said, "Why, Shanshan, what's wrong with you?" All of a sudden, Chen Shanshan buried her face between her knees and burst into tears, startling the two of them. They went forward to comfort them for a long time, and then she recovered a little. You are wrong, Hu Lan is really back, she just pushed me into the pool downstairs and almost drowned me..." Xu Ximai and Cui Ying looked at each other, then patted Chen Shanshan on the shoulder and said, "Don't take it seriously, it was just a nightmare, aren't you fine now?" Chen Shanshan shook her head vigorously and said, "No, this is not a dream! If Cui Ying hadn't woken me up, I'd probably be dead now, she could have killed me in my dream..." "Stop talking, with us here, no one can do anything to you." Xu Xiwei stroked her hair, said in the softest voice as if comforting a child, and shook her head at Cui Ying who was sitting opposite.Cui Ying's heart was already filled with horror. "I said, Shanshan is definitely more than just having nightmares." Cui Ying glanced at Chen Shanshan who was sitting in the front row, and whispered to Xu Xixiu, who was sitting at the same table. Xu Xiwei said with a "hmm" and said, "I think so too. There must be something hidden in her heart. She is under too much psychological pressure to have such strange dreams one after another. What is it?" Xu Xiwei tilted her head and bit her head. ballpoint pen. Cui Ying frowned and said, "You didn't understand me, I mean, what Shanshan said may be true, this matter is very strange." "No way," Xu Ximai looked at her incredulously, "How did you become so superstitious?" "That's because you didn't see Shanshan's situation at the time. Twice, both times, she seemed to be suffocating. If it was just a dream, how could her body have exactly the same performance as the dream? You understand what I mean Bar?" "I know, but I believe it's just a psychological suggestion, like... Let me give you an example, once my old man's unit organized a physical examination and found out that there might be something wrong with his lungs, so he thought he had lung cancer Every day, he said that he had a chest pain, which he had never had before, and then he went to the big hospital for a reexamination, and there was nothing wrong with him, and the pain disappeared immediately. This is a psychological hint, Shanshan subconsciously believed that the nightmare was real, and it belonged to Hu Lan Ghosts are at work, so when something happens in her dream, her body will have a similar reaction, but Shanshan's situation is indeed quite special, I don't know if it is a type of hysteria?" After Cui Ying finished speaking in one breath, she stared at her and said in surprise, "When did you know so much?" "When? I've always understood. Don't forget that I majored in psychology." Xu Xiwei smiled at her, and said in a subdued tone, "Most of the time, superstitions are just because of people's understanding of science." Not deep enough." "Maybe, but science isn't everything." "Nothing is omnipotent, but Shanshan's encounter with this situation is indeed her own fault. Otherwise, why didn't we all have any nightmares? Aren't we all Hu Lan's roommates?" Her words reminded Cui Ying of what Chen Shanshan had said after waking up from her first nightmare: Hu Lan would kill them one by one, and Chen Shanshan was just the first.If... I mean if this is true, what will happen to Chen Shanshan?After her, who is the second one? This thought terrified her, she shook her head vigorously, thinking that she had better stop thinking about it, yes, how could such absurd things be true, how could there be such supernatural existences as ghosts in this world?She comforted herself like this, but she heard another voice saying to herself: How do you know that ghosts must not exist? When the evening self-study class was about to end, Cui Ying asked Xu Ximao to accompany Chen Shanshan back to the dormitory, but Xu Ximao refused. "Shanshan is a bit against me now," she said, "because she doesn't like to hear what I said. I just want to go to the broadcasting room to find Cao Ning and the others. If you accompany her alone, you'd better find out what's hidden in her heart. If there is any secret, we can prescribe the right medicine, and we can't let her continue like this, can we?" Cui Ying agreed with this, just when the bell rang for the end of get out of class, she went to the front row and asked Chen Shanshan to go back to the dormitory together, Shanshan remained silent on the way, Cui Ying could see from this that she was still having that nightmare about the evening And brooding, maybe it's not just a nightmare, Cui Ying also feels heavy about it.Back in the dormitory, Cui Ying went to the bathroom to wash up first. When she came out, Chen Shanshan was still sitting on the bed in a daze, so Cui Ying sat on her own bed and sighed without saying anything: "Hey, it's another day like this, and it's time to sleep at night again. gone." "I can't sleep." Chen Shanshan said suddenly. "Huh?" Cui Ying tilted her head to look at her, "Oh yes, you slept for a long time in the afternoon, are you not sleepy now?" "No, I just can't sleep." Chen Shanshan looked away from the dark window, looking at her in pain and said.Cui Ying was stunned, she didn't know what Chen Shanshan meant by saying this. "Don't you understand, she can only kill me in her dreams, so I can't sleep." Cui Ying was startled, and said instinctively, "Then what if you don't sleep? Everyone has to sleep." Chen Shanshan lowered her head and stopped talking. Cui Ying thought for a while and said, "Why don't you sleep on my bed, with me by your side, everything will be fine." Xu Ximai and Cao Ning returned to the dormitory when the lights were about to turn off. Seeing Cui Ying and Chen Shanshan lying in the same bed, they immediately understood. Xu Ximai didn't say anything, but Cao Ning smiled and said, "Shanshan, you and Cui Ying Are you afraid of the cold if you squeeze a bed?" Chen Shanshan knew she was joking, so she just said lightly: "You wouldn't understand if it didn't happen to you." "It can't happen to me, because I don't believe in ghosts and gods, and I don't have any fear in my heart, so I won't have all kinds of weird hallucinations." Cao Ning said with a smile, "I think you should really think about it, why did it happen?" It was you who encountered this kind of thing, and we are all okay?" "Yes," Chen Shanshan said, "we can't escape, it will be your turn after I die." Cui Ying's heart sank suddenly, she pushed Shanshan and said, "Okay, don't talk nonsense, go to sleep, we'll talk about it tomorrow if we have anything to do." No one said anything else, Xu Xixiu turned off the light, and went to bed with Cao Ning separately. After a while, Cao Ning's heavy snoring sounded like a man's. I don't know how Chen Shanshan would feel when she heard it, envy or helplessness?Cui Ying thought to herself, she knew that Chen Shanshan hadn't fallen asleep yet, so it was good that she could fall asleep so quickly.Cui Ying was hesitating whether to say something comforting to her, when Chen Shanshan suddenly held her hand from under the quilt, and then a voice like mosquitoes whispered in her ears: "Cui Ying, I know that only you believe what I say, yes?" Her hands were cold, and Cui Ying couldn't help shivering, "I, I don't know..." "I'm only telling you." Chen Shanshan simply covered the heads of the two of them with the quilt. I don't know if it was because of the echo due to the small space in the quilt. Her voice sounded a little weird, "Hu Lan's death, It has something to do with me... You also know that she committed suicide because of Qiu Dongdong's empathy, but do you know who is the girl who snatched Qiu Dongdong?" Cui Ying was startled, as if she had thought of the answer, she said in surprise, "Could it be you..." "It's a fellow of mine, and also from our school. Qiu Dongdong met her because of me, but I didn't know that this kind of thing would happen at first. Later, my fellow villager told me that Qiu Dongdong was pursuing her and asked me what to do. I think Qiu Dongdong is not a good person, so he asked her to ignore her, but they still started dating in private. I knew about it, and I persuaded her, but she refused to listen to me. Later... Qiu Dongdong broke up with Hu Lan. Let Hu Lan give up on him, so I told her about my fellow villager, and I was afraid that she would not believe me, so I told her that I knew about it, and asked her to ask me. Hu Lan really came to me, so I had no choice but to tell the truth To be honest, she blamed me for not telling her before, but how could I say this kind of thing, I thought Qiu Dongdong and my fellow countryman were just playing for fun, after all, he and Hu Lan have been dating for almost two years, and they agreed to graduate Married later..." She choked up in a low voice when she said this, Cui Ying stroked her shoulder and said, "I understand what you were thinking at the time, you wanted to hide it from Hu Lan and wait for Qiu Dongdong to break up with that girl naturally, right? " Chen Shanshan nodded and said, "This is the result I most hope for, but... well, Hu Lan still blamed me for not stopping them from being together, but I really can't do anything!" "I understand, it's not your fault at all." "No, if I had known that Hu Lan would be so upset, I would have explained these things to her early in the morning, and then comforted her. She will definitely get better. She just couldn't accept Qiu Dongdong breaking up with her so bluntly. Also, I They shouldn’t have known each other, otherwise none of this would have happened, right? So I’m also responsible..." "Stop talking, Shanshan," Cui Ying said, holding her hand tightly, "What happened to Hu Lan was a complete accident. You are not responsible. You don't have to blame yourself." "But Hu Lan thinks I'm responsible, otherwise why would she come to me? Seriously, I'm scared," she began to tremble, and murmured to herself, "I'm afraid she will kill me sooner or later, Yes, sooner or later..." Afterwards, no matter what Cui Ying said to comfort her, Chen Shanshan seemed to lose her hearing. She was completely immersed in the world she had created with her imagination. Even though this world brought her endless fear and despair, she couldn't get out of it. She came out until sleepiness hit her and she had to close her eyes. In her sleep, she still held Cui Ying's hand tightly, like a drowning person holding a life-saving straw, but unfortunately the straw can never save someone. In the middle of the night, Cui Ying felt movement around her, woke up, and heard the sound of Chen Shanshan getting up and putting on her shoes. She guessed that she must be going to the toilet. Feeling sleepy, she turned over and fell asleep again. After an indeterminate amount of time, Cui Ying woke up again. The dark night outside the window meant that it was not yet dawn. She was about to sleep for a while, when she suddenly felt something was wrong, and she stretched out her hand to touch the side, but Chen Shanshan was not there. Could it be that she came back from the toilet? Fell asleep in bed?Cui Ying opened her eyes wide and looked at Shanshan's bed, the quilt was still neatly folded on the head of the bed like last night, Shanshan was not on her own bed. Cui Ying was startled, and looked at the other beds. Xu Ximai and Cao Ning were lying alone, and there was no shadow of Chen Shanshan.Cui Ying was dumbfounded immediately, and her sleepiness disappeared without a trace. She wondered where Chen Shanshan could go, was she still squatting in the toilet?She then got out of bed and went to the bathroom, because there was no window, the bathroom was pitch black, Cui Ying could only vaguely see a figure standing in front of the washbasin, with her upper body bent down as if washing her face, she hurriedly asked: "Is it Shanshan? " The man didn't agree, but her voice woke up Cao Ning, who was sleeping closest to the bathroom, and muttered, "What are you yelling at in the middle of the night?" Cui Ying ignored her, reached out and groped on the wall, found the light switch in the bathroom, pressed it, and her eyes suddenly lit up, she saw that it was indeed Chen Shanshan who was leaning over the washbasin, but her whole face was buried in the In the basin, she couldn't see her expression, so Cui Ying called out: "Shanshan, why are you washing your face now?" Chen Shanshan didn't seem to hear her words, she didn't react at all, which made Cui Ying feel very strange, she unconsciously took a few steps forward, only then saw that the washbasin was full of water, and Shanshan was like a sculpture Put your head into the water, hold the basin with both hands, and keep this position motionless. Cui Ying was beating her heart. She suspected that something must have happened to Shanshan, but she was too timid to go there alone, so she hurriedly turned around and called Cao Ning. Seeing that she didn't look like she was joking, Cao Ning hurried He got out of bed, walked into the bathroom, stood behind Chen Shanshan and looked at it for a while, and said to Cui Ying with a panicked face: "What's going on here?" "I do not know!" Cao Ning reached out and patted Chen Shanshan's shoulder, calling her name: "Shanshan, what are you doing, get up!" Chen Shanshan remained motionless. Cao Ning then stretched out his hand to pull her arm, but unexpectedly pulled her so hard that she fell backwards, but she still kept that posture until she fell to the ground with a "boom", Cui Ying and Cao Ning didn't see it. Clearly, Chen Shanshan's complexion was a terrifying purple-black color, her eyes were closed, her eyebrows were tightly knit together, and her mouth was pursed in pain. She can't move anymore. Cui Ying was terrified by this scene, but fortunately Cao Ning was still a little rational, she stepped forward and patted Chen Shanshan's face, which felt as cold and hard as being patted on plaster, she quickly retracted her hands in fright, her legs moved involuntarily Trembling, he said to Cui Ying in a panicked tone: "Hurry up, call 120!" On the second day after the incident, the news of Chen Shanshan's death spread in the Polytechnic University where she was alive. The sudden death of a college student in the dormitory was already a big news, and what's more, she died in such a strange way—drowned in the posture of washing her face. In the washbasin filled with water, this was simply an anecdote. For a while, everyone speculated about the cause of Chen Shanshan's death. There were various theories, but no one knew which one was true. The police in charge of the case didn't know either, they called all three girls in the dormitory with Chen Shanshan to the Public Security Bureau for questioning. He didn't think that Chen Shanshan's death had anything to do with it. He told Xu Xiai, who had questioned the cause of Chen Shanshan's death, that she might not have committed suicide. "I don't believe she could drown herself in a washbasin. Most people don't have the perseverance, but according to the results of the autopsy, she died of suffocation. This is so strange. To tell you the truth, we have never It's happened before." After returning to school, Xu Xiwei relayed the words to the two roommates. Everyone was silent for a long time, and Cui Ying murmured: "Now I kind of believe what Shanshan said..." Xu Xiwei snorted coldly and said, "What do you believe? Believe that she was killed by Hu Lan's ghost? Don't you read too many novels? Where do ghosts come from in the world?" Cui Ying lowered her head and stopped talking, looking very depressed. Xu Xiwei went on to say: "Shanshan's death was only due to her personal reasons. It can also be said that Hu Lan's ghost was created by herself. She was frightened by the things she created. The huge psychological pressure caused her mental problems. , thus choosing to commit suicide has nothing to do with Hu Lan." Cao Ning interrupted at this moment, "Didn't you just say that the police don't think Shanshan committed suicide?" "I didn't say no, I just said that ordinary people can't commit suicide in that way, but Shanshan's mentality and spirit are already abnormal at that time, she doesn't belong to the category of 'ordinary people', do you understand?" Cao Ning wanted to say something else, but Xu Xixiu waved her hand to stop her, and said, "We don't need to say anything more about Shanshan, so that everyone won't feel sad. Let the police solve the case. I believe it will be over soon." There will be an answer, and then you will know whether I am right or not." Cao Ning sighed, "Even if you're right, so what? Shanshan always dies, and you can't bring her back to life." After these words, the scene fell into silence again.Shanshan's death was a big blow to the three of them, especially Cui Ying. She was not only saddened by the unexpected death of her roommate, but more importantly, she was afraid of her future fate. In the afternoon, all she could think about was the curse-like words Chen Shanshan said before her death: "Hu Lan is back, we can't escape, after I die, it will be your turn..." Now, she is really dead, so if what she said is true, who will be next?Xu Xixiu, Cao Ning, or herself?But why did Hu Lan kill them?Although she had a normal relationship with their group of roommates during her lifetime, no one offended her. Why did she do this?Could it be that, as Chen Shanshan said, it was because they not only failed to comfort her, but also "taunted" her by saying some cruel irony when she was in the saddest moment when she was heartbroken?Could she be wrong? Cui Ying also knew that she shouldn't have these absurd thoughts, but she just couldn't control it. Whenever she thought of Chen Shanshan's strange appearance when she died, she seemed to feel a sense of mystery. She believed that Chen Shanshan didn't commit suicide, but the ghost Can you really kill someone in your dream? That night, after Cui Ying's request to change dormitories from the dormitory management department was rejected, she had no choice but to return to the original dormitory. Now this dormitory has the least number of people in the entire Polytechnic University. It used to be five, and two people died within a year. One, there are only three people left now, Cui Ying is afraid when she thinks of this, thinking that there is something wrong with this dormitory, which makes the people who live here die one after another?Or maybe Hu Lan's death was just an accident, but Chen Shanshan's death was related to Hu Lan... Cui Ying didn't know the causal relationship, she only knew that she couldn't live here anyway, so she made up her mind to look for a house outside the school tomorrow , Once there is a suitable one, immediately apply for a day study, and leave this ghost place completely. Before the lights were turned off that night, she told Xu Xixiu and Cao Ning about the day-to-day study, and asked them if they wanted to stay together, in that case they could rent a house together. "It's okay to live in another place, so that I don't feel uncomfortable when I see those two empty beds every day when I go back to the dormitory." Xu Ximai glanced at the bed that Chen Shanshan slept in before she died and said, now it is an empty bed, and all of Chen Shanshan's belongings are in it. They were all taken away by the police and her family, but even though there was only an empty bed board, seeing it would remind people of the people who had slept on it. Xu Xiwei sighed and said to Cui Ying: "It's just that I heard There are not many vacant houses near the school now, and all those that should be rented are rented out, even if they can be rented, it is not good and no one wants them.” "Let's look for it first." After Cui Ying said this, her eyes suddenly went dark, and then she heard Xu Ximai complaining: "These housekeepers are getting more and more outrageous, and they don't say hello before turning off the lights!" "Okay, it's almost time to go to bed." Cao Ning said as he undressed and went to bed. After lying down, Cui Ying didn't feel sleepy at all, and her brain began to think about some messy things uncontrollably. From imaginary fear. Suddenly, there was a loud sound like knocking on metal in her ears. Cui Ying suddenly opened her eyes, turned her head to follow the sound, and saw a girl with long hair and shawl standing with her back to her in the dormitory by the door.那张床旁边，双手合握着一只大锤，一下下用力地砸向床两边的金属架，发出令人胆战心惊的声音。 崔莹本来睡得迷迷糊糊的，见到这一幕居然没有过于感到诧异，甚至也没有去想眼前的女生是谁，只脱口问道：“你在干什么？” “砸床，摆着多碍事啊，反正没人睡了。”女生冷冰冰地说道。崔莹听着这声音十分耳熟，正发怔间，女生已朝她转过身来，伸手将长发撩到耳朵后面，露出一张红润光滑的脸蛋出来，崔莹顿时愣住，尽管很长时间不见，但眼前这张脸，或者说这个人她再熟悉不过了，她们曾在一起相处过将近一年的时光，直到大概半年前的一天，她因为失恋而割腕自杀。是的，就是胡兰，除了她还能有谁令崔莹如此吃惊呢？ 但不知为何，崔莹此时并不十分害怕她，虽然知道她是鬼魂，更多的是好奇她为什么会手里拿着个锤子出现在宿舍里，除了砸床，她是不是还想干什么。 胡兰已手持大锤走了过来，经过陈姗姗曾睡过的床铺时，瞥了一眼说道：“这床也没人住了，也得砸了。”尔后又转过脸来，面无表情地看着她说道：“再过不久，你的床也要砸了，我会亲自动手的，就像这样……”她抡起了大锤，不是朝着床架，而是朝着自己的脑袋砸下来，锤头未到，崔莹已感到它带起的一小股风吹上自己脑门，她大声尖叫起来。 “怎么了，你嚎什么？”曹宁的声音从黑暗中传来。 崔莹睁大眼睛四下扫了一眼，没看到胡兰，这才意识到刚才是做梦了，她长出了一口气，叹道：“没有什么。” “没什么？”曹宁停了一下，用略带紧张的声音说，“你不是也做什么噩梦了吧？” 听了这话，崔莹感到自己好像被人推下了悬崖一般，一颗心处在了失重状态，她总算记起所有事情，认识到这个可怕的现实：在距离陈姗姗遇害的第三天晚上，自己竟也在梦中见到了胡兰！ 一切都与陈姗姗最初说的一样，她会被胡兰在梦中害死，然后是这寝室的第二个人。原来自己就是这第二个，也就是说，自己也离死不远了。 Is that true? 崔莹手捂着嘴失声哭了起来，将许熙嫆也惊醒了，与曹宁一起过来问长问短，总算稍稳住她的情绪，拉着曹宁的手结结巴巴地将方才梦中的经历说了一遍，许熙嫆听罢吃惊不已，但还是坚持自己的观点，安慰崔莹说：“这一定是你心理作用，首先你相信了姗姗说的那些话，然后她的死打击到你，让你更确信是胡兰的鬼魂作祟是不是？所以你才会梦到胡兰，我敢断定一定是这样的！” 崔莹用力摇着头说：“不是心理作用，胡兰真的来了，她要杀了我们大家，你们为什么就是不相信呢？”崔莹说着又哭起来。 许熙嫆仍冷静说道：“如果真是这样的话，那为什么我跟曹宁一直都好好的，胡兰为什么不来找我们呢？很简单，因为我们不信鬼神，心里不害怕，就不会产生幻觉或噩梦什么的，你好好想想是不是这样？” 崔莹擦了擦眼泪说：“那为什么我会跟姗姗一样都是梦中见到胡兰呢？有这么巧的事吗？” “我不说了吗，是你心理作用，因为你相信姗姗是在梦中被胡兰杀掉的，你害怕胡兰也会这样对付你，而你越是担心就越是会想到这件事，结果自己也做到这样的梦，就是这么简单，你不要觉得我是故意唬你，我回头拿心理学教程给你看，跟你情况差不多的案例老多了。” 崔莹还是摇头：“我相信自己心理没问题，事情没发生在你们身上，你们是不会懂的。” “是啊，为什么没发生在我们身上呢？” “因为胡兰要一个个杀死我们，”崔莹睁大眼睛看着她，冷笑着说道，“等我死了，就轮到你们了，一个都跑不了的。” 许熙嫆与曹宁互看了一眼，都是一副无可奈何的表情。不等她们开口，崔莹又说：“不过我不会像姗姗那样坐着等死的，我明天就换宿舍，胡兰是在这儿死的，兴许离了这个宿舍就没事了……” 许熙嫆听了这话只有苦笑。 崔莹搬家的想法没有落成，原因是没有宿舍可去，她所熟悉的宿舍大多都是满员，即使有空位也没人欢迎她搬进去。所以，她现在一有时间就出去找房子，但好像目前也没什么收获。 “看来咱几个是拴死在这寝室，不等毕业是离不开了。”曹宁对许熙嫆说道。 许熙嫆叹息说道：“我是无所谓，主要是崔莹，如果有寝室要她的话真是好事，起码也算是一种心理安慰，我就纳闷那些人怎么这么迷信，简直快把咱们当成瘟神了！” “谁叫咱宿舍接连死两人呢，人家怕咱们把霉运传染给她们，这想法很正常啊，又不是每个人都跟你一样懂什么心理学的。” “跟心理学没关系吧，你不懂心理学，不也不害怕吗？” “我这是胆子大，”曹宁笑着说，“要真说起来，我也未必就不信鬼神，我只是觉得反正我又没什么地方对不起胡兰，她即使做鬼也没必要来找我，我有什么好怕的呢？” “照你这么说，姗姗和崔莹也没必要害怕，胡兰生前跟她们关系也都不错的。” “那可未必，崔莹那天告诉我，姗姗曾经做过……算是对不起胡兰的事吧，至少她是那么认为的。”曹宁将崔莹告诉她的事说了一遍，许熙嫆听完点头说道：“怪不得姗姗对那个噩梦那么重视了，原来症结在这里，可惜她没过去自己这一关。”说完黯然地叹了口气。 曹宁一只手搭在她肩膀上说：“都过去的事了，别再提了，还是想想如何能让崔莹好起来吧，你看她最近像完全变了个人似的，说句不好听的，跟姗姗出事前的表现没什么两样，我真害怕……” 她说到这就被许熙嫆使眼神打断了，接着听见一阵脚步声进入宿舍，想也知道是崔莹回来了，回头去看果然是她，脸色黄得像患了什么重病似的，就是多么没心眼的人都能一眼看出她心情很差，也许不仅仅是心情差的缘故，她已经至少两天没睡觉了，这两天她都是跟曹宁一起睡，但曹宁几次起夜都发现她睁眼躺在床上发呆，问她就说不困，但怎么可能不困呢？ 曹宁看她那个样子，终于忍不住了，叹了口气说：“崔莹，我知道你的想法，你是不是认为只要不睡觉就不会梦到胡兰了？但你这样根本不是办法，你熬不到三天就会自动睡着的，即使不睡你也会猝死的！你知不知道这样做的后果！” 崔莹往自己床上一坐，低下头语气淡漠地说道：“我也是没办法，我只要一睡着，哪怕是在课堂上也会梦到她，她根本不放过我……” 许熙嫆听这话倒吸了口气，上前握着她的手说：“你这已经不是心理障碍的问题了，你已经有心理或精神疾病了，走，我陪你上医院！” 许熙嫆刚把她拉起来就被她挣脱开了，又坐回床上，斜眼看着她，用极为冷静的声音说道：“我没有病，你要觉得自己有病，你自己去医院，我不去，我死也不去。” 许熙嫆知道自己没办法说服她了，便给曹宁使了个眼色，对崔莹说：“那你先好好睡觉吧，我们出去转转就回来，你只管放心睡，一旦我们看你情况不对就马上叫醒你，这总可以吧？” 崔莹好像也觉得这办法不错，脸色马上缓和下来，微笑着说：“那你们快点回来。” “下楼买点零食，十分钟就回来。”许熙嫆说完便出了寝室，走到楼梯口等曹宁，不料她过了好一会儿才出来，许熙嫆埋怨道：“你没看我给你使眼色啊，还磨蹭这么久才来，你刚干什么呢？” 曹宁似乎没听见她说话，兀自慢吞吞地沿楼梯往下走着，许熙嫆忍不住望了她一眼，发现她仿佛在思考什么重要事情似的，一副凝重的神情。 “喂，你搞什么？”许熙嫆拽了她一下，曹宁总算回过神来，勉强冲她笑了笑，“说吧，你找我出来干什么？” 许熙嫆只得暂时放下好奇心，将自己的打算告诉她：“我记得你手机上有崔莹家的电话是吧？快找出来给我。” 曹宁愣了愣，迟疑道：“你是不是要把崔莹的情况跟她父母说？这样做不太好吧？” “不太好？放任她自生自灭就好了？”许熙嫆耸了耸肩说，“刚才情况你也看到了，咱们根本没法说服她，还是把情况跟她父母说明，让他们过来一趟，把她劝到医院去再说，这样也是为了她好。” “是了，咱们做同学的也只能做到这个份上了。” 当下曹宁便拿出手机，找到崔莹家的电话拨了过去，然后递给许熙嫆，这种事当然还得她来说，也只有她才能说得清楚。 “是的，阿姨……好，你们最好能今天就过来，时间耽搁得越久，她的症状就会越加重一点，到时候只怕治疗起来就费劲了……嗯，不客气，你们来了先给我打电话，我去车站接您……” 挂上电话，许熙嫆冲曹宁做了个“OK”的手势，关照道：“等崔莹父母来了，劝她去医院的时候我们一定要在旁边帮着说话，只要把她弄到医院一切就好办了，做个检查就能知道是不是精神上的疾病，如果不是，就让她父母请个心理医生过来瞧瞧，这种病只要能抓住根源，问题就不大。” 曹宁说：“不过说起心理医生，还不如你自己上了，你对她情况又这么了解，干吗还找别人？” “找来心理医生，我肯定要在一旁帮衬着的嘛，但让我一个人上就不行了，我对心理学的研究还只在理论的阶段，起码我不知道怎样说服病人配合你，这个非得有多年从业经验的人才能办到。因为一般患者都对治疗有抵触心理，如果他不合作的话，你别的本事再大也没用。” 曹宁点头听着，两人站在楼梯口随便聊了一会儿，曹宁便拉她回寝室：“刚才出了点状况，我有点担心，咱们还是赶快回去看着她吧，她家人马上就来了，可别在这时候再出什么事。” “说的是，那你先上去吧，我下楼去买点零食上来大家吃。” 曹宁答应一声便往楼上走，许熙嫆则一直下到底楼，刚出楼道，就听见一楼某寝室相继传出好几声尖叫，接着便有人大叫起来：“快报警，快快，有人跳楼了！” 许熙嫆心理“咯噔”了一下，心想她们不是在开玩笑吧，便循着声音走到该寝室门口，正碰到几个女生从屋里往外跑，一边还大声嚷着有人跳楼，许熙嫆急忙拦住一个问道：“同学，怎么回事？” 那人似乎没心思跟她说话，只顾慌张地往前跑着，不经意间扫了她一眼，突然站住了，颤巍巍地说：“是你呀，你们寝室那个留短发的女生跳楼了！你快去看看吧！” “什么？”许熙嫆身子颤了颤，上前一把按住女生的肩膀，问道：“是我们寝室的吗？你看清楚没有？” “就是剪短发的那个，刚好掉在我们窗户下面，绝没看错，我都快吓死了！” 许熙嫆颓然放开她，整个身子向后靠在栏杆上，心里一个劲地问自己：这怎么可能呢？她跟曹宁出来不过20分钟，崔莹怎么就跳楼了呢？她当然就是女生口中“剪短发的”，她的短发还跟一般人不同，是早先曹宁忽悠她剪的，造型十分时髦和夸张，整个学校这一样发型的也没几个，再加上最近她们寝室这么“出名”，同楼的人基本都认识她们，故而那女生绝不会认错人的。 她只是不敢相信这是真的，一定不是，等到今天晚上，崔莹的父母就会赶过来，带着她上医院的，她怎么能在这节骨眼上出事呢？ 身旁一阵阵嘈杂声将许熙嫆的神智唤了回来，她一口气上到七楼，她们寝室门口早已围满了人，但似乎没人有进去的打算，许熙嫆拨开众人过去，迎面就看见曹宁呆呆地坐在自己床上，双手交握，一副魂不守舍的样子。 寝室里只有她一个人。 许熙嫆一步迈过去，抓住曹宁的手问：“怎么回事，崔莹呢？” 曹宁也不看她，目光溃散地望着对面墙壁，喃喃说道：“就差一点我就抓住她了，就差一点点……” 许熙嫆顿时跌坐在地上：“晚了，晚了……”她泪流满面地说道。 半个月内接连两个人自杀，加上以前的胡兰，一共三个人了，学校再也顾不得什么面子，给许熙嫆和曹宁安排了新寝室，虽然室友也都是同班同学，但大家都躲着她们，好像她们身上带着某种传染病似的。 许熙嫆倒不在意这些，她眼下最关心的是曹宁的情况，自从目睹了崔莹从窗户跳下去那一幕之后，她整个人都变了。 她成了第二个崔莹，或者说是第三个陈姗姗，这一点许熙嫆能够理解，不是每个人的精神承受能力都能达到目睹好友跳楼而无动于衷这个地步，纵然如曹宁这种往常胆子很大的人也被吓坏了，但好在她的理智并未完全丧失，她同意让许熙嫆陪着她去心理咨询室做检查，医生在听完许熙嫆介绍情况之后，给曹宁做了个检查。 “有点心理障碍，”医生说，“虽然症状较轻，但如果不进行心理疏导的话，症状很可能会继续加重，你们考虑一下要不要治疗。” 曹宁愿意治疗，这一点让许熙嫆感到很欣慰。 当天晚上，两人在一张床上睡觉，听着室友们此起彼伏的喘息声或鼾声，两个人却一点睡意都没有，最后一起起床来到走廊上对着星空聊天。 “嫆嫆，你知道我为什么愿意接受治疗吗？”闲话了一阵之后曹宁突然问道。许熙嫆愣了愣，还未回答，曹宁已接着说道，“因为我想让自己相信，我看到的是幻觉，哪怕是别人帮助我相信也好。” 许熙嫆听出她话中有话，便追问：“究竟怎么回事？” “也没怎么，你一定觉得我是看到崔莹跳楼的一幕心理受了刺激，才会像现在这样是吧？其实也有这方面原因，但还有就是，”她眼睛一眨不眨地望着许熙嫆，压低声音说道，“在崔莹跳楼的一瞬间，我好像从窗户玻璃里看到了一张人脸，好像是……” 许熙嫆深吸了口气说：“是……胡兰？” 曹宁点头：“不过也许是我自己的影子，真的，我没有看清楚，我这人不太迷信你知道的，但直到看到崔莹跳楼的一瞬间，我才觉得我可能一直都错了，崔莹，还有姗姗，她们是不是真的是……”她用力抓住许熙嫆的手，许熙嫆感到她的手不仅冰凉，而且不断颤抖着，她一定是在努力克制自己的情绪。 “当然不是这样。”许熙嫆柔声说道，“崔莹是心理压力太大受不了了才选择自杀，也许是那时候刚做了噩梦，惊醒了一时激动得失去了理智，这都是很可能的，总之这世界上是没有鬼的，曹宁，你心理承受能力比她们强，你一定不会有事的。” 曹宁淡然一笑：“是吗？可我昨天梦见崔莹和姗姗了，她们一起来告诉我，胡兰很快会来找我，我是第三个……” “这是你的想象。”许熙嫆用力握了握她的手，“一切都源于崔莹的死让你受了刺激，开始担心自己也会像她们那样，才会做到这样的梦，你得相信自己，曹宁，你绝对不会有事的！” “嗯，所以我才愿意接受治疗，我也希望是自己的原因。” 两人一直聊到凌晨一点钟才回寝室，曹宁情绪明显开朗多了，躺下不久就睡着了，许熙嫆在一旁听着她均匀的呼吸声，便知道她没有做噩梦，也就放心了。可她自己却一直睡不着，她翻来覆去地想着这一个月来发生的事情，想陈姗姗与崔莹死得太可惜了，说确切一点，她们是死在自己的迷信观念上面，如果她们能像自己一样相信科学，起码有曹宁的这种乐观精神，悲剧也就不至于发生了。 如果真有鬼魂作祟，这鬼也是她们自己创造的，是心魔。如同曹宁也做到噩梦，被告知自己是第三个，只要她不信那就不是，如果信了，那么她也很可能会成为这“第三个人”，心魔才是最可怕的。 这世界上哪来的鬼呢？许熙嫆撇嘴一笑，闭上了眼睛，她也睡着了。 然而没过多久她就自然醒来了，一睁眼就看见床前站着个人，不是曹宁，也不是别的室友，而是……胡兰！ 她手里拿着一把大锤，面带微笑地看着自己。 许熙嫆也吃惊地望着她，直到胡兰慢慢举起大锤，冷冷地说道：“我要砸烂你的床，你快用不上它了，因为……你才是第三个！” 大锤向着许熙嫆头顶落下。