Chapter 2 Accept the cruelty of reality
The word ‘three years later’ often appears in film and television works as a turning point in the plot or the ending of the plot.
This word is very useful, and can make long plot jumps at once, and is often used in combination with black screen and white characters.
The reason why everyone likes to use "three years later" to make a turn is that one year or two years is too short; four years or five years is too long, so the compromise time of three years is very popular - in line with the doctrine of the mean of the people of Daxia.
Xu Qiji doesn’t hate the story of time travel.
But suddenly becoming myself three years later, without the memory of the middle, wouldn’t it be a bit too much?
The "three years later" turning point in novels or TV dramas, but the characters in them have "three years" memories.
But he didn't, he switched to a time point three years later.
Is this the same as letting people perform without giving the script lines?
Just skip the process and enter the ending. Isn’t it a hooligan!
Xu Qiji slowly turned off the phone and placed it in a familiar position.
Leaning against the back of the bed, my thoughts spread again.
if……
If it is really 2025 now... then I made a time jump, and suddenly jumped from 2022 to 2025?
Or maybe... I was in 2025, and I was hit by some kind of mental repression and suddenly lost my memory for three years, and my memory was only retained in 2022?
By contrast, the latter is more likely.
After all, amnesia is closer to reality than time jumps. The former is too magical, while the latter is much more realistic.
So, I must have lost my memory?
In addition to these two possibilities, there is actually a more appropriate and realistic possibility...
[I may be dreaming!] Pillowing on a soft pillow, Xu Qiji nodded secretly.
As the saying goes, "I think about it every day and dream about it at night."
When I had insomnia in the early morning, my thoughts spread and I conceived the long story of "Xu Qiji's Life", and even my granddaughter's name was about to be conceived.
I thought so much before going to bed, and the scene of dreaming about my future that night and getting married is also very reasonable.
——In the dream, I dreamed that I suddenly had an additional partner who conformed to my personal aesthetics, and that I had not had three years of memories, so it made sense.
Reasonable!
Since it's still in a dream, it's easy to do.
Don't worry, let the dream continue.
When you wake up from the dream, everything will be restored.
Xu Qiji put his hands under his head and slid down.
Don’t think too much, don’t worry, relax your whole body and mind, and enjoy this rare dream happily.
The active Xu's brain fell silent again and slowly stopped thinking.
When I woke up, I reappeared in the dormitory of Chengjiang University. Then Yang Yue on the upper bunk might be asking me to get up. When I was in a good mood, I might bring us breakfast, and Zhang Ping would probably be the last one to get up...
Well, if you have insomnia next time, don’t conceive a long life plot again, so as not to have such unrealistic dreams.
After waking up from the dream, I will leave only sadness.
...
...
Xu Qiji was relaxed physically and mentally. As he was about to enter the "sleeping" state again, a familiar ringtone suddenly came to his ears.
It was the alarm clock for mobile phones... In the past, this ringtone was warmly calling Xu Qiji to get up and go to class every day, so when he heard this ringtone, his whole body was filled with energy, and his scalp began to become numb and congested.
The alarm clock ringtone is a ruthless invention in human history. It is deeply hated, but it cannot be separated from it.
Xu Qiji opened his eyes and looked at the ringtone of his cell phone.
When he opened his eyes, he saw his "partner half" closing his eyes, and he reached out to grab it in a daze, and grabbed a couple's cell phone with the same style as Xu Qiji near the pillow. Without having to open his eyes and skillfully reach out and stroke it, turn off the alarm clock.
Her movements of turning off the alarm clock were so skillful that it was heartbreaking.
About five seconds passed.
She yawned, slowly opened her eyes, and just met Qiji's eyes looking at her.
Xu Qiji looked at her black eyes, and there was almost no blood in her shiny eyes. From this point, it can be seen that the owner of the eyes has a high quality of sleep and should have a standardized routine? I guess he is a very self-disciplined person?
"Good morning, A Ji." When she woke up, she smiled slightly at Xu Qiji, sat up and stretched.
Her voice is very recognizable and very consistent with her temperament - it almost felt that after seeing her appearance, she felt that she should be of this voice.
Seeing the greetings from his wife, Xu Qiji nodded and replied: "Good..."
As soon as he said that, he paused slightly.
There is a problem.
He didn't know the name of his 'wife'.
This dream did not follow the process step by step, but jumped directly into married life like bungee jumping. Therefore, except for the body's closeness to the "wife", he could not call her name.
This is very bad.
Even if it is a dream, you can't just call it a pre-made name, right?
Men still need some desire to survive.
Xu Qiji's brain was running fast.
When your brain is about to turn hot...
"Good morning, my dear." Xu Qiji said wisely.
In his heart, he secretly expressed his blessings to the seniors who created the word "Dear".
"Huh? It's so stingy." She laughed at the opposite side and said, "I have to get up and go to the company to handle something today. You worked until midnight yesterday and slept late... Let's sleep for a while."
After saying that, she came over, lifted her hair with one hand, lifted them behind her ears, and leaned over to Xu Qiji's lips and pecked gently.
It is about to leave at once, without going deeper, and it is a morning greeting between husband and wife.
"What should I eat for breakfast?" After a gentle pecking, she crawled over Xu Qiji, took off her clothes from the bedside hanger, and changed her pajamas.
"Drink some porridge?" Xu Qiji replied. He was used to eating porridge and some side dishes for breakfast in his hometown, which was an old custom.
"Okay." She said as she headed towards the bathroom.
The daily communication between husband and wife seems to be as simple and peaceful as before.
After she entered the bathroom to clean up, Xu Qiji's tightly collapsed body finally relaxed!
【If it is a dream, isn’t it real and a bit scary?】
The interaction between her and him was too natural, just like a real old couple.
Moreover, it's too delicate - in normal dreams, there should be very few things like this detail, right?
Xu Qiji felt a little uneasy inside.
He had already faintly realized in his heart that this might not be a dream.
Not long after, my wife came out of the bathroom, sat down next to the makeup mirror, and put on light makeup.
The shoulder-length short hair tied into a ponytail behind her head, and she also wore glasses - this outfit made her aura much stronger.
"After I prepare breakfast, keep them warm. After you go to bed, remember to get up and eat breakfast, don't forget," she reminded me carefully.
This is a virtuous person who is warmed from the bottom of his heart.
"Well." Xu Qiji nodded and responded - his body, especially his big heart, began to give him a message of "I am very warm", which is what "I am warm in my heart" means?
Without the brain to command, my heart began to warm up, saving a lot of procedures.
After his wife put on her makeup, she opened the door and headed to the kitchen.
—— Through the brief conversation just now, we can learn that she is going to the company to handle something. Judging from the tone, maybe the company belongs to her?
Relatively speaking, Xu Qiji's own work is much more free, but occasionally he should have to finish it "all night", so he slept late yesterday and didn't have to go to work during the day?
What kind of job freedom is so high?
After his wife left the room and closed the door, Xu Qiji relaxed again and sank his entire head into the pillow.
【Too real.】
Really over the top.
When this "reality" exceeds a certain limit, no one will start to doubt it.
So Xu Qiji raised his left hand, stared at his left hand for a moment, and found an area suitable for starting from his muscles.
After finding the target, he stretched out his right hand, his thumb and index finger ruthlessly poked out, pinched the target's arm flesh in the muscles of his left hand, and twisted it hard.
Chapter completed!