Qiu Ci packed his luggage and took a towel to block the camera in the room. He looked back at Ran Dongling, who had already fallen asleep and was sleeping soundly with the quilt in his arms.
What a little pig.
A piece of the soft mattress sank. Qiu Ci sat on the edge of the bed and admired his sleeping face for a while. He noticed that Ran Dongling's cheeks had lost some flesh and his chin had become more pointed, but his whole face still looked pouty. of.
He hasn't eaten well recently, and his appetite fluctuates. On good days he can eat two bowls of rice, but on bad days he won't even eat his favorite prawns.
Asked him why, whether it was because the food didn't taste good or because he had a bad appetite, he denied it all and said he just didn't want to eat it.
Qiu Ci couldn't figure out what he wanted to eat. The dishes delivered by the hotel were different every day. He could only guess that he had eaten too much food prepared by the hotel chef and was a little tired of it.
It seems that after he returns, he will have to change a hotel or find a chef in his old house.
In early March, the temperature began to rise in the south, and the warm climate made people feel spring-like. After watching this for a while, Qiu Ci gradually felt sleepy, and planned to go to bed and sleep with Ran Dongling for a while.
"Chi chi chi! chi chi chi!"
They were the only ones on the third floor, and Qiu Ci left the door open for ventilation. There were a few chirping birds outside the door, and some of the brave ones even walked to the door curiously to peek inside.
He was used to hearing the cry of the little fat bird at home, so Qiu Ci didn't think the bird's chirping would be noisy.
But he was afraid of disturbing Ran Dongling's sleep, so after driving the bird away, he closed the door and opened the window for ventilation.
Qiu Ci lay down next to Ran Dongling, holding his waist with his right hand, closing his eyes and sleeping lightly.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
"Well, woo woo..."
Qiu Ci was still asleep. When he heard a small cry ringing in his ears, he was startled. He immediately opened his eyes and looked at Ran Dongling beside him.
There were two traces of tears on Ran Dongling's face. He frowned and his eyelashes were moist. He didn't know what terrible things he had dreamed of. He was trembling slightly and shaking his head while crying.
"Be good? Be good?"
"Ling'er?"
"Wake up, can you hear me?"
Ran Dongling was still immersed in the fear in his dream. He was locked in a black box and couldn't move. Only tears kept coming from his eyes.
If I had known better, I would not have gone to the toilet. If I had not gone to the toilet, I would not have encountered this kind of thing. This was the second time in Ran Dongling's life that I regretted it.
After crying for a long time, a white light suddenly lit up in front of his eyes, and a hand reached out to him from the white light.
The hand was slender and white, with distinct joints, and a snowflake-shaped ring on its middle finger. It passed through the thick black fog and pulled up Ran Dongling.
As soon as their hands touched each other, the power that restrained him in the black box disappeared. Ran Dongling's body could move again. He walked out of the black box with the person who pulled him.
"Ling'er? Wake up."
Breaking free from the nightmare, Ran Dongling suddenly opened his eyes and met Qiu Ci's worried gaze.
"Qiu Ci, brother Qiu Ci." He was emotional, with red eyes. He hugged Qiu Ci and leaned against him, shaking constantly.
Qiu Ci held him in his arms, patted his back gently, calmed his panic, and said warmly: "Good boy, it's okay, it's just a dream, everything in the dream is false, I'm right by your side, It's okay, don't be afraid."
When he calmed down, Ran Dongling took a small breath and looked around with a confused look. There was plenty of light in the room, and a few rays of sunlight shone through the window, telling him that it was daytime now, not the terrible night.
There were chirping birds outside, and you could vaguely hear the chatter of the staff downstairs.
Qiu Ci's arms holding him were warm, and the hands patting his vest behind his back were steady and strong, all of which told him that the dark night and black box he had just experienced were all a dream he had.
Fortunately, it was a dream and not real. Ran Dongling breathed a sigh of relief. He almost thought he was going to die again.
Knowing that this was just a dream, he felt completely deflated and collapsed in Qiu Ci's arms. Nono said: "Brother Qiu Ci, I just had a nightmare. I dreamed that I was locked up in a big black box. I can't move my body or speak, but luckily you came to save me."
Qiu Ci is truly his savior, and he will remember this kindness in his heart.
Qiu Ci found it funny when he heard what he said. It just appeared in his dream and he became his savior inexplicably. If someone else appeared in his dream, wouldn't he have to recognize "that person" as his savior?
Not thinking about it, Qiu Ci couldn't control his wild thoughts when he thought that Ran Dongling would regard a stranger as his savior. He lowered his eyes and changed the topic to ask Ran Dongling.
"Why did you suddenly have a nightmare?" After sleeping with Ran Dongling for so long, this was the first time he had seen him have a nightmare.
"Because of the story Chen Yao told." Ran Dongling had just cried in her dream, her nasal voice a bit thick.
Qiu Ci: "What?"
Why are you related to Chen Yao again?
Ran Dongling clung to the arm that gave him a sense of security and told Qiu Ci that when they took the car to the town in the morning, Chen Yao and Yu Han were telling ghost stories in front of them.
Their conversation was not loud enough to be heard by Lan Wanru and Lu Lu, who were two seats away from them and were afraid of ghosts, but it was not loud enough to be heard clearly by Ran Dongling, who was sitting behind them.
Qiu Ci was wearing headphones and chatting with others. Ran Dongling was a little motion sick and bored. Hearing their chat, he pricked up his ears and listened quietly to their ghost stories.
Chen Yao probably has some talent in singing. With his mouth, he made "Twelve Boxes of Midnight Zombies" come alive. After listening to half of it, Ran Dongling felt a chill on his back. He didn't dare to talk about the other half. Keep listening.
But he still heard half of it, and his brain automatically recorded that half of the story, and played it in his mind when he fell asleep.
The nightmare he just had was exactly like the scene in "Twelve Boxes of Midnight Zombies", with toilets, corridors, and black boxes.
Qiu Ci listened quietly to what he said and grabbed an important point that was not the main point, "Did you go to the toilet in your dream?"
"It's up." If he hadn't needed to go to the bathroom, he wouldn't have woken up in the middle of the night, nor would he have seen Hei in his dream...
Halfway through the words, after realizing Qiu Ci's intention, Ran Dongling raised his fist angrily and gestured, "I'm not a child, so I don't wet the bed!"
Being so disrupted by Qiu Ci, the remaining fear in Ran Dongling's heart dissipated. He fell back on the bed, found his mobile phone beside the bed, turned on the screen, and after seeing the numbers on it clearly, he thought he was dazzled.
He experienced an hour or two in his dream, but only 20 minutes passed in reality.
There was still an hour before two o'clock in the afternoon. He had experienced a nightmare. Now he did not dare to go back to sleep. He was afraid that he would return to that nightmare again.
Since he didn't want to sleep, Qiu Ci asked him to change into clothes, and the two of them went for a walk and basked in the sun.
The building they lived in had a small courtyard. As soon as they reached the first floor, Ran Dongling found the six bodyguards following them sitting in the courtyard, discussing business around a sleeping dog.
The chatter that Ran Dongling heard just now was made by them.
"Do you understand what I just said?"
"Brother, I understand."
"Okay, let me say one more thing. Qiu and Ran will do separate tasks later. Lao A, Lao Wen, and Lao D. You follow Qiu. Lao Tong, Lao Niu and I will follow Ran. We all carry walkie-talkies and headsets with us. , keep in touch at any time, and contact us in time if anything happens."
"Okay! Boss!" Five loud voices sounded in the yard.
"You idiots! Didn't you make it clear what I just said? Why are you shouting so loudly?" Lao Da slapped the nearest bodyguard hard.
The bodyguard who was beaten covered his chest and said in an aggrieved tone, "It hurts, boss. Look behind you. Qiu and Ran are already awake. We can speak loudly."
Lao Da turned around and found that Qiu Ci and Ran Dongling had come downstairs at some point and were standing not far behind him.
"Am I going to separate from brother Qiu Ci later?" Ran Dongling asked in confusion after hearing what they just said.
"I don't know about this. We are only responsible for protecting your safety. The mission is assigned by the director. We don't know anything." Lao Da became serious for a second, completely denying what he just said.
Seeing his serious expression, Ran Dongling gave him a strange look, feeling that he was lying to her.
He didn't think much about it, forgot about it, and walked out of the door holding hands with Qiu Ci. Behind them were cameramen and bodyguards, as well as staff hidden around them.
There is a river in the middle of Jiangnan Town, which separates the town into two areas. Every time he walks, Ran Dongling can see a bridge without guardrails, which connects the two areas.
The bridge is not wide, so only four or five people can walk together. If someone is fat or has something on his back, only two or three people can walk side by side.
Ran Dongling held Qiu Ci's hand tightly. When he walked onto the bridge, he stretched his head and looked under the bridge. The river water in the upper layer was clear, and several small fish could be seen swimming in it.
"Watch the road." Qiu Ci saw that the further he walked, the closer he was to the edge of the bridge, so he had to remind him.
"Oh." Ran Dongling looked away from the fish and followed Qiu Ci to the middle of the bridge.
They passed by a candy seller's stall and walked straight ahead without stopping.
The owner of the candy man stall was a gray-haired old woman. She was old and her eyes were not as sharp as when she was young. When she saw a tall man walking over with a girl with a baby head, she quickly picked up the candy and made it. sugar man soliciting business.
"My husband, please buy a candy man for your little lady! This candy is purely handmade, and it's not too sweet when you eat it. You won't get fat after eating it, and you can also eat it to lose weight." She specially added two weight loss measures. The sound of a word.
During the peak tourist season, Jiangnan Town promoted itself as "immersed in ancient times", and the residents here also learned a few words from the ancients to attract business.
The old woman's words, which were neither current nor ancient, caught Ran Dongling's attention. He stopped and explained to the old woman, "Grandma, you have mistaken the wrong person. I am a boy."
boy?
The old woman opened her cloudy eyes and looked at Ran Dongling carefully, and found that this girl looked a little like a boy.
"Oh, that's because I misjudged the person. I'm sorry. Sir, please buy a candy man for your little husband! This candy is purely handmade. Not only girls love to eat it, but boys also love it. I just said I admit the wrong person, I'll give you a gift, if you buy a candy man, I'll give you one for free."
Get one for free.
This condition was very tempting to Ran Dongling, and he hadn't eaten a candy man for a long time. He didn't know if the taste of modern candy men was the same as that of ancient candy men.
"Brother Qiu Ci, let's buy one!"
"Well, you pick the one you like."
There were several candy figures on the stall. The candy figures had human and animal patterns. Each pattern was different. Ran Dongling carefully selected and selected a dragon flying in the clouds and mist.
"The young man has a discerning eye. This is the most popular one, and there is only one left." The old lady asked him to pick another one.
"Brother Qiu Ci, what pattern do you like?" Ran Dongling turned around and asked Qiu Ci.
Qiu Ci doesn't like eating sweets, so most of the sweets he buys will end up in Ran Dongling's stomach. "I can't pick one out, so pick one for me."
"Okay then." Ran Dongling turned his attention back to the candy man and picked out a phoenix that was flying high.
One dragon and one phoenix are made lifelike.
"A candy man is eighty-eight yuan. I won't lie to you. I'll just charge you one. Just give me eighty-eight yuan. I'm old. I don't understand what those young people say. They only accept cash." The wife looked at Qiu Ci expectantly, knowing that this was the one who paid the money.
Two sugar figures only cost the price of one, what a deal!
Ran Dongling held a candy man in each hand, waiting for Qiu Ci to pay.
When they were recording the show this time, considering that there were many shops in the town and it was related to the later tasks, the director did not confiscate their wallets and let them pay for whatever they wanted to buy in the town.
Qiu Ci reached out and groped in his coat pocket. The pockets on both sides were empty. He couldn't find his wallet.
Then I dug into my trouser pockets and found that the pockets on both sides were also empty, with no sign of my wallet.
"Brother Qiu Ci, hurry up. It's almost two o'clock and we have to gather." Ran Dongling urged him.
The old lady and Ran Dongling were still waiting for him to pay, while the six bodyguards staring at him intently, and the town residents nearby also came to join in the fun and watch Qiu Ci.
The situation was a bit awkward. Qiu Ci was used to big scenes, so he wasn't too panicked. He calmly unzipped his coat. If he remembered correctly, there was money in the sandwich pocket inside the coat.
Sure enough, when he reached in, he touched two brand-new banknotes.
Fortunately, he has money.
He raised the corners of his mouth slightly and took out the two banknotes.
Not the expected red, nor blue and purple.
Qiu Ci looked at the two green banknotes in his hand and fell into endless silence.