Chapter 8: Ge Tianyu's Dream

  （1）

  It's been a few years since I left Yu Chen's dream. Ge Tianyu straightened up from the sofa, habitually flipped a coin again, and let out a light sigh after watching the coin stop spinning.

  She didn't know why, but every time she woke up, she had an unreal feeling, as if she was still living in that dream. Everything she saw and heard seemed illusory, everything she possessed seemed empty. Her mother comforted her many times, but she always woke up at midnight and took out the coin from under her pillow to spin it.

  "This is just your imagination, Tianyu. There's no need to be afraid, you've already left that dream world behind. What you need to do now is believe in this real world." Yu Jing said, "Actually, when the event had just ended, I also had an illusion that I was still in the dream world created by Zhen Bomu. But as long as you think it through and throw yourself into life, you'll be fine."

  Ge Tianyu nodded. She knew this was reality, it's just that she had invested too much emotion and thought in that illusory dream, making it hard for her to turn back now.

  "Tianyu, I told you from the beginning. After all, it was your first time entering a dream and it lasted for so long." Zhen Yi sighed, "But you just wouldn't listen. Even if you didn't enter the dream, Qiao Mu and Yu Jian would have done the same. They've experienced more than you, naturally they're stronger. Unlike you, after all these years, you still can't adjust."

  "Mom, I'll be fine. It's just going to take a little longer, that's all." Ge Tianyu lowered his head, his snow-white teeth unconsciously biting his lower lip, "Don't worry about me."

  Zhen's aunt sighed, patted her daughter's head, "Then chat with Yu Jian more, use his method, it will be helpful. Xiao Jian, Aunt knows you are busy at work, occasionally take out some time to help Xiao Yu. This child is stubborn, and has a thin face, definitely won't actively seek help from others."

  Yu Jing smiled and nodded. Looking at the blush on the girl's face in front of her, her smile deepened.

  （2）

  Ge Tianyu woke up again in the middle of the night.

  It's 1:30 in the morning again.

  Outside the window, there is no light, nor even moonlight. Inside and outside are filled with a uniform, terrifying darkness that makes one's heart palpitate. The silent blackness envelops every corner of the world, leaving only the girl's heavy breathing and the ticking clock sound.

  Her mother was not at home today. Ge Tianyu wiped the sweat from her forehead with a messy hand, and the cold and sticky sweat made her feel even more uncomfortable, as if she would vomit in the next second.

  No electricity, Ge Tianyu muttered softly, her hand withdrew from the bedside lamp switch and reached under the pillow. Under the pillow was a small five-jiao coin, every time she woke up in the middle of the night, she would spin this coin to confirm that she still existed in real life.

  The room was too dark, she couldn't see if the coin was spinning or not. There was a constant humming noise in her ears, and she wasn't sure if it was the sound of the coin rolling on the floor or just tinnitus. She stretched out her hand to touch the coin, but after being touched by her, the coin quickly rolled to the other end of the room. This time it was a clear sound of the coin rolling, and her tinnitus got better.

  The window had been opened, and the gloomy atmosphere in the bedroom was gradually dissipating with the influx of fresh air. Ge Tianyu let out a sigh and sat back on the bed. What was wrong with her? The matter of Yu Chen had already passed for several years, and at that time, she had entered Yu Chen's dream as an actress because of her father and sister who had died due to Yu Chen. She had walked into the dream world with hatred. So she knew that no matter what, even if it was Yu Chen's mental disorder, she had never regretted it. Then why did she have the same dream every day? She couldn't say what was in the dream, but the hate was filled in every corner of the dream, and with every breath, she could hear someone saying to her: "Ge Tianyu, you ruined me. But you were finally dragged into my dream world."

  Is it Yu Chen? She was uncertain, that voice was too distorted, filled with too much hatred.

  No. It won't be Yu Chen. What qualifications does Yu Chen have to hate her? Isn't the result of everything a necessary consequence of one's own doing?

  Yes, she has never regretted it. Every step of the way, no regrets. So Yu Chen will not appear in her dreams. So, so... it will pass, won't it?

  2:30

  The door creaked open. A slender figure slipped silently into the bedroom, picked up a coin that had rolled to the corner of the wall and placed it beside the sleeping girl's head.

  "Sister, sleep tight." she said.

  （3）

  Auntie Zhen is preparing breakfast in the kitchen.

  The aroma of fried eggs wafted from the kitchen to the bedroom, where a human-shaped object under the blanket stirred. It was the smell of fried eggs.

  "Xiao Yu, aren't you getting up yet? It's already past 9 o'clock." Zhen Ayi walked into the bedroom and lifted the quilt, "Don't you have class today?"

  Ge Tianyu rubbed his pillow again, then opened his eyes, and after seeing Aunt Zhen, he immediately jumped up like a koala bear and wrapped himself around her body, looking very wronged. "Mom, you come back so late every day, just me alone at home..."

  Aunt Zhen's helpless shake of her head, her hand stroking her daughter's hair, "Had another nightmare?"

  "Uh..." Ge Tianyu's eyes were brimming with tears, "Mom, can you not come back so late? I'm scared when I'm alone at home, and I want to sleep with Mom."

  "You're a big kid now. Didn't Mom tell you, I have a research project this semester and will be very busy." Aunt Zhen smiled and stroked her daughter's hair again, "Isn't someone keeping you company?"

  Ge Tianyu rolled his eyes, "Can't we just ignore the nanny? I'm not going to let her sleep with me."

  Aunt Xian's eyes narrowed into a smile, "Alright, don't count her."

  "Ah, mom, did you put the coin here?" Ge Tianyu picked up the coin that was placed beside her pillow and smiled at her mother, "I lost it last night and was thinking of finding it today."

  "It was just lying on the corner of the wall over there. I saw it when I came back this morning, so I put it beside your pillow." Aunt Zhen paused for a moment, "Let's eat."

  Her fingers lightly touched the coin, feeling slightly cool. The girl furrowed her brow.

  A very strange feeling, a very uncomfortable feeling for her. What could it be?

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