Chapter 9: As If Reality

  （1）

  When someone has a vomiting sensation, it's a very distressing process, especially when you know there's actually nothing in your stomach. She's having that kind of feeling right now. Desperately clutching her chest, covering her mouth, and then dry heaving. The people around her are staring at her with a very strange gaze, yeah, she must look really weird, her current appearance should be quite pitiful.

  Is this girl pregnant?

  Hmph. Ge Tianyu found it amusing in his heart, I only feel nauseous after seeing you guys, it's really just nausea.

  "Why don't you just stay home? Your body doesn't seem to be in good condition." Yu Yan furrowed her brow, sizing up Ge Tianyu who was sitting across from her with his face buried in a large bundle of blankets.

  "I can't stay at home." Ge Tianyu raised his head, under his beautiful big eyes were heavy dark circles, "At home I feel like vomiting."

  I don't know when this situation started, but she clearly felt that the longer she stayed at home, the more uncomfortable she became. Perhaps it was just mentally, whether it was daytime or nighttime, there would always be a strong sense of insecurity, and she would always nervously think that someone was maliciously spying on her. At first, I thought this idea was really ridiculous, but as time went by, there were no signs of improvement, but instead became more and more severe, even when seeing the shadow of my mother's return, my body would involuntarily tense up.

  "So you've come out of hiding?" Yu Jie's lips still held a hint of a smile, "But just now on the street when I saw you, your symptoms didn't seem to have improved much. Have you seen someone again?"

  Ge Tianyu took off her scarf, revealing her slightly raised lip corners. "Yu Jing, you also have feelings, don't you?"

  "Oh? What do you mean?" Yu Jing tilted her head.

  "Because I feel comfortable when I see you, because I don't want to vomit now, because I feel safe." The girl blinked her eyes, "Because we are the same."

  In the small private room, there was only a young couple, they looked at each other and smiled.

  Because they were the same, the only two living people in this dream.

  Zhen Yi said, "People in dreams can have feelings, especially those who are. Yu Chen is a fool, so he didn't even realize the difference between reality and that crude dream, but Yu Yan and Xiao Yu are different. They are smart kids, so they will notice, but no one can ever escape the control of the dream planter, not even gods."

  The two children in her dream were the most important pawns to her, she had spent so much energy creating such a perfect stage for them, just to see how they would subvert it.

  （2）

  A few days ago.

  Countless nightmares.

  It's still half past one in the morning.

  Ge Tianyu stumbled to the window and opened one of the floor-to-ceiling windows. Then he squatted on the floor, flipping a coin. Then there was tinnitus.

  Every day is the same, without any difference, just like a set machine, tirelessly waking her up at 1:30 every day. She seems to believe that Yu Chen is hiding in her dreams, calling out to her and shouting at her with gritted teeth, twisted and distorted.

  Ge Tianyu, you killed me. But in the end, I still dragged you into my dream world.

  But didn't she ever regret it? Didn't she always do these things with relish? In her dreams, when she looked at his fears, not even a shiver ran down her spine.

  The bell in the prelude of "Song Family Dynasty" by Bandari suddenly rang out in the quiet night, hollowly striking again and again, making people's hair stand on end. Ge Tianyu twitched his shoulder, then picked up his phone.

  It's Yu Jing. Ge Tianyu furrowed his brow, they hadn't seen each other for a long time, what was this big lawyer calling about so late?

  "Ge Tianyu?" Yu Jue's voice was as gentle and magnetic as ever, although it was slightly distorted through the receiver, but still couldn't hide the power in that voice.

  Lawyers' voices are generally like this, Ge Tianyu thought. "Mm, it's me. What's the matter with calling me so late?"

  Yu Jing looked out the window at the night scene, not even a few scattered lights. Her index finger rhythmically tapped on the computer keyboard, making a monotonous "da-da" sound, "Look outside, what can you see?"

  What? Ge Tianyu was taken aback, and his conditioned reflex made him look out the window. The extremely pure blackness did not have a single speck of impurity. Was this city experiencing power rationing? He had never pulled open the curtains to look outside at midnight before, so he didn't know that the city's nighttime was actually so pure.

  "It's black," she replied, "It seems like a collective power outage, and there is no electricity at home either." She stretched out her hand and twisted the bedside lamp switch again, still dark as before.

  "That's it." The man on the other end of the phone chuckled slightly, "It wouldn't be that perfect after all."

  Ge Tianyu was stunned again.

  "Last time we met at the office, you mentioned that you're always woken up by nightmares at 1:30 in the morning, right?" Yu Jian's voice was calm and steady. "I'm very curious, what's the content of that dream."

  The blurry scene in the dream reappeared, and the haze obscured what should have been a clear view, just so chaotic. It seemed that there was a shadow swaying in the distance, she walked forward to see more clearly, but no matter how she couldn't get closer. That shadow was swaying neither far nor near, making her unable to see clearly or ignore it.

  The sound seemed to come from a very distant place, but also seemed to be right next to my ear. It was a low, warped, metallic screech that sent shivers down my spine.

  Ge Tianyu, you've ruined me. But in the end, I still managed to drag you into my dreams.

  "Who is he?" Yu Jing asked, her eyes sweeping over the frame on the table, the tall red-haired boy in the photo smiled with a mischievous air. He looked at the photo and smiled slightly.

  "I don't know. I couldn't make out whose voice that was." Ge Tianyu stroked her icy forehead, the recent memories leaving a hollow feeling in her heart, as if it were filled with fear yet seemed to be empty, just a desolate and aimless void.

  The man on the other end of the phone, however, would not let her off easily. A gentle sentence made her heart seem to lose its sense of existence, and in an instant, everything turned blank. "Is it Yu Chen?" Ge Tianyu, is it Yu Chen?

  （3）

  People tend to deny established facts. Because that is not what they like and accept, they use denial to reject those things. Just like Ge Tianyu, she doesn't want to admit some of the things she fears, so she strongly denies them. Because once admitted, the world she is in now will collapse.

  "That person is not Yu Chen, there's no resemblance at all." Yet, in her heart, something became increasingly clear, she saw that her world was collapsing. "I've never regretted anything I did to Yu Chen, so that person can't be Yu Chen."

  What did he say again? The girl lay back down. In her hand was that coin which had already been ground smooth.

  "So think about Yu Chen then, did he regret it?"

  Yes, Yu Chen has never regretted anything he has done, but Meng Xuan is entangled with him. Because he is trapped in his mother's dream.

  Yes, she has never regretted anything she has done either, but Meng Xiang is also entangled with her - so.

  She gently closed her eyes at 2:01 in the morning. Her breathing gradually became smooth and long.

  2:30

  The dark figure stood still by the bed, seemingly smiling, "Sister, sweet dreams. I'll be with you here."

  "So, at two thirty in the morning, there's still a moment left. Another dream planter will appear by your side." Yu Jian said his last sentence over the phone.

  Ge Tianyu opened his eyes. So there's still you, my sister. My poor sister who jumped to her death from the city hall building.

  I was living in a dream all along. From the very beginning, there was no real existence. This place is just a simulated reality of a dream.

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