Aula 407 - Capítulo 36
"No, I just heard Xu Chen's voice."
Ziyuan breathed a sigh of relief and said to Gu Xing, "That was just a dream you had."
"No...no," Gu Xing murmured.
At this moment, Zhang Bei walked in, and everyone's attention was drawn to him. Zhang Bei walked to Gu Xing's bedside and whispered, "The situation is very strange. The police came to the scene and found several bodies, but they had all been dead for several years. Luckily, we called the police first, otherwise we would have been in big trouble."
"They've all been dead for years?" Everyone asked Zhang Bei in unison. Zhang Bei quickly waved her hands and said, "Don't be so loud. I told the police that we were just there to take a look at the land. We don't know anything else. I've taken care of everything using my father's connections. Don't say anything out of line later."
"No, no," Gu Xing muttered to himself, seemingly indifferent to everything, his eyes fixed straight ahead as if looking at a very, very distant place.
Seeing Gu Xing like this, Yang Mian was very worried. He looked at Zi Yuan uneasily, and Zi Yuan gave Yang Mian a wink before leaving the ward first. Yang Mian and Da Kai understood and followed her out.
After leaving the ward, Ziyuan said to Yang Mian and Da Kai, who followed her, "He's been traumatized and can't accept it right now. I think it's better to let him rest here for a few days."
After listening, Da Kai and Yang Mian didn't say anything. They turned around and went back into the ward. They saw that Gu Xing was already lying on the bed, staring at the ceiling, motionless.
"What's wrong?" Da Kai asked Zhang Da.
“He sat for a while, then lay down without saying a word or moving at all.”
Yang Mian shook his head helplessly and said to everyone, "Dr. Ziyuan just said that Gu Xing will stay here for a few days. Zhang Da and Li Xu can go back first. Da Kai and I can take care of things here."
Zhang Da and Li Xu simply looked at Gu Xing, remaining noncommittal.
That night, Yang Mian stayed overnight alone, watching over Gu Xing, while the others returned to the hotel first. Yang Mian sat by Gu Xing's bedside until after 1 a.m., unable to fall asleep, feeling only a deep sense of unease.
He thought to himself: If Gu Xing can't accept the truth, how can I help him? As a friend, I really don't want to see him like this.
As Yang Mian was lost in thought, his nose started to itch. He touched it and found it was a yellow flower petal. Yang Mian didn't pay it any mind and casually tossed it aside. The thing landed on Gu Xing's bed like a snowflake.
"How come there are all these things here?" Yang Mian asked himself curiously. Suddenly, he noticed that the air around the hospital bed was filled with tiny yellow flowers. Yang Mian felt something was wrong and tried to stand up, but his legs felt weak and his whole body went limp. Sleepiness quickly overcame him, and within seconds, Yang Mian was fast asleep like a log.
The next day, when Yang Mian woke up, he found that Gu Xing was gone. As soon as he stepped out of the ward, he saw Gu Xing coming back eating something.
Yang Mian asked anxiously, "Where did you go?"
"Me? Having breakfast."
Seeing that Gu Xing seemed unaffected, Yang Mian became worried. He immediately called Zi Yuan and Da Kai to inform them, and also called the doctor. Then he forced Gu Xing to lie back on the bed. Gu Xing looked both amused and exasperated, and asked Yang Mian what was wrong.
Yang Mian said, "Gu Xing, what's wrong? Is something bothering you? Why do you seem so normal?"
"Nonsense, I look perfectly normal. What are you trying to say?" Gu Xing looked at Yang Mian in confusion and then said, "On the contrary, I want to ask you, weren't we supposed to be going on a trip? Why am I lying here now? Also, when I woke up this morning, I felt groggy and something was wrong. I can't quite put my finger on it."
After listening, Yang Mian tentatively asked Gu Xing, "Gu Xing, have you thought things through regarding Xu Chen?"
"Xu Chen? Who is Xu Chen?"
"It's Chongchong, the girl who played with us when we were little."
"I don't remember."
"What?" Yang Mian exclaimed.
Yang Mian then asked about Xu Chen and found that Gu Xing didn't remember anything. After a while, the others arrived, and Yang Mian pulled Zi Yuan aside and told her about Gu Xing's unusual behavior.
Ziyuan thought for a while and explained, "Maybe he can't accept the fact that Xu Chen is dead, so he subconsciously buried all those painful memories."
Yang Mian glanced at Gu Xing not far away, who was chatting and laughing with Da Kai and the others without any sign of anything amiss. Da Kai and the others dared not mention Xu Chen's matter, so they could only reluctantly agree with him, leaving them feeling quite awkward.
A few days later, everyone returned to school. Gu Xing was more normal than anyone else. Xu Chen was never mentioned again. Yang Mian, Da Kai, and even Zi Yuan gradually forgot about Xu Chen.
However, Gu Xing developed a strange habit every night: he went to bed earlier than before. When Yang Mian and the others asked him why, he explained that he wanted to dream; he liked to see yellow flower petals falling from the sky in his dreams.