Chapter 44 4. 4:17 AM

"Ah, it's Teacher Yu, please come in, please come in!" Wu Haoxuan's mother warmly welcomed me into the home.As soon as I sat on the sofa, the overweight student father quickly brought a cup of good hot tea to me with both hands.Their respectful and expectant attitude made it clear to me that their son's condition was obviously very bad. I skipped unnecessary greetings and asked directly: "Where is Wu Haoxuan? Or is he in his room?" "Oh, isn't it." His mother said anxiously, "Since what happened three days ago, this child seems to be possessed by a demon, and he doesn't go to school, and stays in his room all day long." I was in a daze. How can this go on, his father and I are really worried."

"Didn't you talk to him?" Wu Haoxuan's father sighed and said, "We talked, but he would either stop talking, or say some incomprehensible and inexplicable words. We were really worried, fearing that he would be too stimulated and have some mental problems. .” "Mr. Yu, you are an expert in psychology. You are willing to come to our house to give Haoxuan psychological counseling. We are really grateful to you. This is exactly what we wish for!" "Yes, Mr. Yu, now we can only rely on you to enlighten this child." I nodded to the anxious and helpless couple, and said, "I will try my best to enlighten him. Then, now, please take me to Wu Haoxuan's room."

"Okay, Teacher Yu, this way please." I followed Wu Haoxuan's parents to the door of a closed room.When they knocked on the door, I smiled bitterly in my heart.Unexpectedly, the wonderful weekend I originally planned would be spent like this—originally, when I called them in the afternoon, I planned to make an appointment to visit their home on Sunday.But the couple's anxious tones and eager pleas made me feel like a lifeline that they wouldn't let go of once they grabbed hold of it.Under pressure, I only agreed to come at night. The door of the room opened, and I saw Wu Haoxuan, with a haggard face and listless spirit, far from the sunny boy in my impression.

"Haoxuan, Teacher Yu came to your house to have a heart-to-heart talk with you, hurry up and say hello to Teacher." Not bad, he wasn't so frightened that even the teachers at school couldn't recognize him.Hearing what his mother said, Wu Haoxuan called out in a daze: "Hello, Teacher Yu." I nodded, and at the same time turned around and said to Wu Haoxuan's parents: "Go and do your work, I'll talk to him alone in the room." "Okay, okay." Wu Haoxuan's parents agreed repeatedly and left together. "So, invite me to sit in your room?" I smiled, with a friendly tone.Wu Haoxuan didn't speak, but just nodded silently.

He walked over to the bed and sat down, and I sat in a chair across from him.After being silent for about half a minute, I planned to use traditional psychological counseling to enlighten him first. "You know, it's not surprising that each of us experiences or witnesses something horrible. Like me, when I was in college, I witnessed a car accident that was brutal. I bet you, The picture I saw was a hundred times more terrifying than what you saw that night. I was also terrified at the time, but I knew I couldn’t let those pictures stay in my mind, so I immediately asked my friends to go out to relax, and then Watched another comedy movie. Pretty soon, I forgot about the unpleasant stuff. So now, why don't you try to do that? I heard there was a good movie recently called..."

"Okay, Teacher Yu, stop talking." Wu Haoxuan suddenly interrupted me, showing a restless expression, "I am very grateful for your concern for me, but you can't help me, you don't even know I……" He couldn't continue, and there was a sense of fear that I was familiar with in his eyes. That expression was exactly the same as Lan Tianyu three days ago. I sense something is out of the ordinary, which is exactly what I want to know.I leaned forward and said, "That's right, I really don't understand the real reason for your fear, but that's exactly the purpose of my coming to your house. Wu Haoxuan, I'm here to listen to your troubles and troubles Yes. Why don't you tell me everything?"

Wu Haoxuan shook his head nervously and said: "No, you won't believe it. Even if I tell you, you will only think that I have delusional disorder, or that my nerves are not normal because of being frightened. Just like my parents, they Don't believe what I say at all, just think I'm being stimulated to talk nonsense. I know, you will think so." I stared at him sincerely: "No, I will not. I will listen carefully to what you have to say, and believe that what you say is true." Wu Haoxuan's face was pale, and his body seemed to be trembling slightly. I knew it was caused by the fear in his heart.But he still shook his head stubbornly and said: "Teacher Yu, I know you are leading me to speak so as to see where my psychological problems lie. You simply can't believe that... there will be such a thing..."

"Then if I tell you what Lan Tianyu told you before he died, he also told me, do you still think that I don't believe what you said?" I finally threw out my trump card and looked directly at the boy in front of me . Hearing my words, Wu Haoxuan suddenly raised his head and almost jumped off the bed.He stared at me and asked me: "Teacher Yu, what you said...is it true? Lan Tianyu also told you about his nightmare?" "Yes." I said calmly, "and he also told me that he only told you and me about it—otherwise, how would I know he told you about it before he died? thing?"

Wu Haoxuan became excited, he trembled all over and said, "Teacher Yu, do you know what's going on? Why did Lan Tianyu die suddenly?" I shook my head: "I naturally find this matter very strange, but I don't know why Lan Tianyu died suddenly in his sleep." "Really..." Wu Haoxuan showed a disappointed look, "Then you can't help me with anything..." I said sternly, "Don't keep making judgments like this, okay? You don't tell me anything, how do you know I can't help you?" Wu Haoxuan looked at me.I knew he was moved, so my tone became much gentler: "Tell me, what's wrong with you? Why are you so scared after what happened to Lan Tianyu?"

"That's because..." Wu Haoxuan's lips moved, his expression horrified, "Since the night of Lan Tianyu's death, I have also started to have the same nightmare." I took a deep breath in my heart, but tried to maintain a calm expression on my face: "Do you think that your nightmare has something to do with Lan Tianyu's nightmare?" Wu Haoxuan said with a bloodless face: "It's not just related, I think Lan Tianyu and I had the same nightmare." I stared at him: "Why do you think so? Lan Tianyu told you about his nightmare?"

Wu Haoxuan shook his head and said, "No, he said he couldn't remember the content of that dream." "Then tell me, what is the content of your nightmare?" Wu Haoxuan's answer was actually exactly the same as Lan Tianyu's answer back then: "I can't remember either. Every time I wake up from that nightmare, I can't remember the content of the dream at all." "How is this possible?" I couldn't believe it. "Since you were woken up by that nightmare, how come you don't have any memory at all? And the nightmare you just had, will you forget it so quickly?" Wu Haoxuan said in confusion: "I don't know about that. It's not something I can control." I was speechless, and after thinking for a while, I asked, "Since neither you nor Lan Tianyu can remember the content of the dream, then what do you base on to think that you two had the same nightmare?" Hearing my question, Wu Haoxuan's breathing became short of breath in an instant, and his expression became even more horrified: "That's because... I found out that he and I have one thing in common, we... both will be awakened by the nightmare at the same moment. " I couldn't pretend to be calm anymore, and I yelled out of control: "You mean, you will also be awakened by that nightmare at 4:16?" Wu Haoxuan frowned: "The difference is that the time I woke up was not 4:16, but... 4:17." My back was numb, and a chill came up, making me shudder.The weirdness of this thing is completely beyond my comprehension.But what is uncomfortable now is that I can't express my shock and fear vividly, and I still have to think about the student in front of me. I think if I let him feel my superior fear, his spirit may be restored. Completely broken. I pretended to be calm and asked, "Why, you also have the habit of checking the time every time you wake up?" "No, I did it subconsciously after Lan Tianyu told me about the strange things he encountered." "How long have you been like this? I mean, how many days in a row have you had that nightmare?" Wu Haoxuan forced himself to mix fear into his saliva and swallow it together: "It started from the day Lan Tianyu died, and it has been two days in a row. The day before yesterday and last night, I was awakened by a nightmare at 4:17." I wanted to say something else, but Wu Haoxuan yelled in horror: "Teacher Yu, what is going on? Will I still have that nightmare tonight? Then... on the fourth night, will I also be like Lan Tian?" Yu died like that...inexplicably?" I stared at him blankly, unable to answer a single word of his question, and also unable to utter false comforting words such as "it's just a coincidence, don't worry about it".But as a psychology teacher, I can't always act completely helpless.I can only say to Wu Haoxuan: "Don't think too much. Maybe you won't have that nightmare again tonight." Wu Haoxuan immediately asked back: "Then what if I do it again tonight? What does that mean?" After a pause, I said: "If you have this nightmare again tonight, then you can call me tomorrow morning, and we will talk about the details tomorrow: but you should also think about the bright side, maybe it's just you worrying too much." What? Maybe you watch comedy movies online later, or listen to some soothing and beautiful music before going to bed, and you won’t have nightmares at all tonight.” Probably Wu Haoxuan also had such a sliver of luck in his heart, he lowered his head and murmured: "Okay." I left Wu Haoxuan my cell phone number, then left his room and said goodbye to his parents.When they asked what was wrong with their son, I could only vaguely say it, and didn't tell them the real reason-on the one hand, I thought they wouldn't believe such weird things, on the other hand I also didn't want to scare them - anyway, let's talk about it after tonight.