2019年3月24日：
今天看了電影《雙城記》，裡面的古老場景同樣無比契合我前天記錄下來的那段夢境。
到了早上六點多，我又迷迷糊糊地睡了一會兒。突然間，我從夢中驚醒——原來在夢裡，我一不留神撥通了M老師的電話。電話撥通的那一剎那，我才意識到自己根本沒什麼正事要說。聽著對方接起了電話，我本想說：「對不起，我打錯電話了。」可轉念一想，自己是按著那一長串精確的電話號碼撥過去的，怎麼可能是打錯了呢？
於是我連忙改口說：「我是 Fen，你好嗎？」M老師和藹地問：「啊，你回來了嗎？」因為毫無準備，我只能搜腸刮肚地沒話找話：「你退休了嗎？」這話剛一出口，我自己都覺得是一句廢話，因為他明明早就已經退休了呀！正當我手忙腳亂、不知所措的時候，突然一下就醒了過來。
睁開眼一看，原來只是個夢，還好，還好只是個夢。在夢裡，那部打電話像是一個圓形的小鬧鐘。可笑的是，現實中我根本就沒有M老師的電話號碼，當年在學校讀書時也從來沒給他打過電話。在那個年代，大家壓根就沒有打電話的習慣，每當有事情需要找M老師幫忙，我向來都是直接去他的辦公室找他的。M老師一如既往地和藹、善良，正是他當年伸出援手，幫我在夜大轉了系。
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The Clock-Phone, a Midnight Confused Call, and the Gentle Voice of Teacher M
Today, I watched the movie A Tale of Two Cities, and the historic backdrops matched the ancient streetscapes from my dream two days ago perfectly.
Later, around six in the morning, I drifted back into a light sleep and woke up with a sudden start. In this brief dream, I had accidentally dialed Teacher M. The moment the call went through, a wave of panic hit me as I realized I had absolutely nothing to say. Hearing him pick up, my first instinct was to apologize and say I had dialed the wrong number. But then I hesitated—how could it be a mistake when I had deliberately punched in that specific, long string of digits?
Flustered, I quickly changed my opening line: "This is Fen. How are you?" Teacher M replied warmly, "Ah, are you back?" Having no script prepared, I blurted out the first thing that came to mind just to fill the silence: "Have you retired yet?" The moment the words left my mouth, I cringed at how foolish it sounded—he had obviously retired ages ago! Just as I was spinning into a complete panic, I snapped awake.
I opened my eyes and realized, with a massive sigh of relief, that it was all just a dream. In that dream, the phone took on a whimsical shape, looking exactly like a small, round desktop alarm clock. The funny thing is, in reality, I don't even have Teacher M's phone number, nor did I ever call him during my school days. Back in those years, people simply didn't have the habit of making phone calls; whenever I needed his help, I would always walk straight down to his office to find him. Teacher M was just as kind and gentle as he was in reality—the very person who once extended his hand to help transfer me from the night university's mathematics department to the Chinese department.
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