In that overly realistic and rich daydream, the banknotes in Kisaragi Station became a detail that Lin Sanjiu could remember very clearly. The soft plastic-like material that reflected the clear colors of the blue sky and the sea left a deep impression on her.
"But it shouldn't be here."
When Lin Sanjiu's gaze fell on the blue banknotes, she let out a soft "Ah". She immediately regretted it the next second.
As if she had triggered something, the air flow on the table suddenly changed. Even though she immediately closed her eyes, the gazes from the people around her were still glued to her. They only moved away after a while. Lin Sanjiu quickly adjusted her expression and looked up again. At this time, the banknotes in Dr. Chen's hand had turned into the familiar pink color with the portrait of a leader printed on it.
It was just like how she remembered it.
"Did I see wrongly?"
"What's wrong?" Dr. Chen, who was holding the banknotes, looked at Lin Sanjiu with a puzzled expression and handed the banknotes over.
The faint background music in the restaurant was still playing.
"No, it's nothing," Lin Sanjiu tried her best to smile warmly at him. She could feel a bead of cold sweat trickling down her back.
Out of the corner of her eye, she had caught a glimpse of the strange object on the table, but at this moment, her muscles were tense, and she wished that even her hair would stick to her body. "I accidentally touched my foot, it's fine."
She just hoped that her voice wouldn't shake too much.
For the meal just now, Zhu Mei had ordered a plate of lamb chop. Along with the lamb chops was a pot of steaming black pepper juice. The sauce in this restaurant was served in a small silver pot for the customers to drink. After Zhu Mei finished the black pepper juice, she placed the small silver pot in front of her plate.
At this moment, Zhu Mei's distorted reflection could be seen on the curved surface of the silver pot.
She was sitting next to Lin Sanjiu, facing Dr. Chen. Even though she didn't turn her head, her eyes were fixed on Lin Sanjiu. Her black eyeballs were pushed into the corners of her eyes and they were almost invisible. There was only white in her eye sockets.
A pair of snow-white eyes stared fixedly at Lin Sanjiu from the pot. "Can a normal person do this?" Lin Sanjiu thought to herself. Also, why didn't Dr. Chen notice anything strange at all?
The half of his body that was leaning against Zhu Mei felt like he was leaning on a bed of needles.
"Alright. We should also go. " Then, she suddenly had an idea. She turned to Zhu Mei's side profile and said, "Don't you think it's weird? I thought the money he took out was blue."
The moment she spoke, Zhu Mei's black eyes flashed back to the center.
"Blue? The reason for the light. You must be mistaken. " That fair, tender, and slightly round face turned around and smiled. It was the same familiar face from before. "… Oh right, do you want to sleep at my place tonight?"
Lin Sanjiu swallowed the word "no" that she was about to blurt out. She deliberately hesitated for a few seconds before she waved her hand and smiled, "I can't stop talking when I'm with you. I don't even have the energy to go to work the next day. I'm not going!"
Zhu Mei looked at her and smiled slowly. She didn't say anything else.
When Lin Sanjiu walked out of the restaurant, the air conditioner at the entrance blew on the back of her neck. Lin Sanjiu, who had just broken out in a cold sweat, couldn't help but shiver. Even though Dr. Chen offered to send them home enthusiastically, the calm facade that Lin Sanjiu tried her best to maintain couldn't last much longer. She excused herself by saying that she was tired and jumped into a taxi as if she was running away. She took a few deep breaths and felt a little better.
"Where are we going?"
After waiting for a few seconds, the dark figure in the driver's seat asked.
When the word "lucky" rushed to the tip of her tongue, Lin Sanjiu suddenly froze.
"Where are we going?
Aren't we going home? "
The "West Happiness" that she almost said was the most expensive and luxurious building in the city center. In her dream, Lin Sanjiu moved to this district because of a person named Ren Nan.
Of course, she couldn't afford to live in such a high-class place. It seemed that the dream was too realistic. Lin Sanjiu rubbed her forehead and fell into a daze.
"So, where is my home?"
Waves of migraines hit the right side of her skull like a hammer. Lin Sanjiu endured the pain as if her nerves were being torn apart. She tried her best to remember where she lived.
"Something is very wrong..."
"Miss, what's wrong? Where are you going? "The driver asked again when he noticed that there was no response from the backseat.
"Wait, wait …" Lin Sanjiu rubbed her right temple. Her breathing had become labored due to the headache. "Let me think …"
There was silence in the car for a second.
Then, suddenly. The driver's voice became very gentle. He turned his face slightly and lowered his voice as if he was trying to persuade Lin Sanjiu, "Are you going home?"
His gentle question struck Lin Sanjiu like a bolt of lightning. In an instant, all the hairs on her body stood on their ends. The throbbing headache was still very obvious, but Lin Sanjiu couldn't care less about it now. She gulped and stared at the driver's side profile. Her fingers reached for the door handle.
The door was locked. She couldn't open it.
She didn't know where her intuition came from, but it warned her repeatedly not to give a definite answer.
However, it seemed that the warning had come a little too late.
"Did you forget your home address?" The driver's voice became softer and softer. Like a muscle relaxant, it made Lin Sanjiu want to let out a long sigh and sink into the sofa.
"But, how can a person forget his home address?"
The driver answered his own question.
Amid the intense headache, anxiety, and confusion, a sense of security and trust slowly crept into her heart. Even though Lin Sanjiu knew that she couldn't trust this feeling, she still couldn't help closing her eyes. Her shoulders relaxed and her fingers slid down from the door handle.
In the quiet car, only the driver's voice drifted away like smoke. It filled the air and made Lin Sanjiu feel even more relaxed. "There must be something wrong here. Don't you think so, Miss?"
As the driver slowly turned his head, Lin Sanjiu raised her eyes weakly.
Between the cap and the collar of the yellow jacket, there was nothing. There was nothing. There was no face, no neck. Lin Sanjiu watched helplessly as one of the driver's sleeves slowly rose and extended toward her.
A sharp pain suddenly pierced through her brain, and an exasperated voice suddenly screamed out of nowhere, "Move!" (To be continued)
PS:
Hmm, hahaha, I'm back again … I know I've already broken my promise … Hmm … Actually, this is what happened. I went out to do something at the beginning of September and saved the Earth. It's not a big deal. But, because of that, I didn't update for about two weeks … When I came back, I … felt guilty …
I fell into a mental cycle of "Oh my god, I haven't updated yet", "Hmm, I owe so much and I'm so anxious, why don't I call it a day?"
"You guys definitely understand me …"
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