Chapter Fourteen: The Eve of the Storm

  （1）

  Her mother couldn't let her stay in reality for too long, after all, reality and dreams are different and don't belong to the category that they can completely control, so she must make use of the short dozen hours in real life to do something. She was glad that she didn't have the habit of taking a nap, so she didn't have to worry about being sent back just after returning to reality at noon.

  She usually rests at 11 pm sharp every night, now it's 9 am. There are still 14 hours left.

  14 hours can't accomplish much, but it's also enough to accomplish a lot. Especially since she has been preparing for today for a long time.

  "Where did she go?" Ge Tianyu said into the receiver.

  The person on the other end of the phone remained silent, with only the sound of breathing proving that he was still there. Ge Tianyu didn't plan to rush him, anyway, time was still plentiful.

  "He's still at home." The man replied after a while, "Yu Chen is still sleeping. Needs to be checked."

  "When is she going to let Yu Chen wake up? He seems to have a suicidal tendency."

  That man choked, "When did you even know this..."

  "There are many things worth guessing in dreams, but now I just want to keep my life and have no other thoughts. Do you still remember what we talked about last time? We're all ants on the same string, why bother."

  "Tomorrow," he said. "Just tomorrow."

  "How long was the dream time during that period?"

  "In a year. If nothing unexpected happens."

  She hung up the phone and lay back on her bed. Still having to stay in that dream world for another year, just thinking about it made her feel nauseous. Although the dream world was created so realistically that she had lived there for several years without realizing it, it was still a virtual world, a virtual world that devoured people's lives. The terrifying vortex of the human spirit trapped in it, endlessly and unknowingly when it would be possible to leave - just like those players who were trapped in the game at the beginning of "Sword Art Online", they didn't know when this kind of day would end.

  So I need your help very much. Ge Tianyu said lightly.

  There were still 13 and a half hours left. She put on her clothes, took her bank card and walked out.

  （2）

  It's been several days since I returned to the dream world. Everyone has been quiet, probably preparing for something.

  Just as she thought, when she returned to reality, Yu Jing was still in a dream.

  "I know." Yu Jian pushed open the door of the private room, "Did you sign?"

  "Hmm, the current relationship is really confusing." Ge Tianyu looked around at the luxurious decorations, wondering how much money was spent on this, and couldn't help but feel that he was being taken advantage of.

  Yu Jian saw the girl's obviously smelly face and smiled, "Come sit down. You don't have to pay today."

  The girl's face turned even more sour.

  "Hmph, originally you chose the place and now you not only don't pay yourself but also want me to pay for you, that's not human. Now you easily offer to pay yourself and yet put on an air of doing me a favor, damn it, one glance from you could kill me!" Ge Tianyu cursed in his heart.

  Yu Jie's smile at the corner of his mouth deepened, and it was clear that the girl's reaction had pleased him greatly. Picking up his pen, he looked up at Ge Tianyu and began to speak, "Firstly, you can return to the real world, which is a good start. We will also take this opportunity to prepare some necessary things. Of course, your mother won't let me go back, it's inevitable, because there really isn't any need for me to appear there, so they will definitely continue to implant dreams in you."

  Ge Tianyu was taken aback, "Didn't you say they couldn't implant dreams within our dreams for us?"

  Yu Jing slowed down her speech, "Listen carefully. The person who will be implanted into the dream within a dream next is not us, but... you." The last few words were enunciated with particular clarity.

  "You should understand that in their plan, the most important one is you, not me. The role I play is just to guide your relationship with me in the dream, nothing more. And you need to connect the dream with reality, so when you return to real life and sign according to the memories in the dream in front of them, then when you come back to the dream and meet me again, the truth will be revealed. Therefore, they must implant another dream for you, and I will definitely not appear in this dream."

  "The dream weaver's dreams should be something that is woven from the very beginning and will not be interrupted until all the plots are finished."

  "As for me, I should be leaving the dream world after you return to the real world and finish your work. After all, I've already left the Yu family and don't pose a threat to them anymore. So now the only thing you need to do is figure out how to remember everything in this new dream world without being controlled by the Dreamweavers, you know that their dreams can erase reality."

  Ge Tianyu nodded, "I'll be careful."

  Yu Jing looked at her and said, "I hope you and the person I told you about can help each other."

  "Of course. He will definitely help me."

  The waiter brought coffee, and the steam rising from it blurred the expressions on both sides.

  "Don't be so confident," he said. "Many things are unpredictable." That is the fastest changing thing in the world, sometimes even before you have time to react, it has already changed direction. We just say that we have made all preparations, but in fact, there is no preparation that can be called perfect. The only thing that can be done is to think of all possible outcomes, consider all unknown directions, and make possible corrections.

  Come on, let's see how it will develop next.

  Everything has just begun.