Chapter 6: The Dreamweaver

  （1）

  Yu Chen didn't think he would wake up again. But the familiar room made him have to admit: he was still alive, and death was just a dream. However, he had no doubt that one day he would die in his own dreams, silently leaving this world. And before that, it was a dark wait and torment of nightmares. As expected, Yu Jing was right, he couldn't dream of ending evil with death. He feared the death arranged for him in his dreams, even more so the fear that gnawed at him day and night, gradually devouring what little sanity he had left.

  The room had been tidied up by Auntie Zhen. He opened the drawer, and the photos that he had thrown on the floor last time were neatly put back in their original place - those were the photos taken by his friends after he raped the girls to amuse himself. Now that it has come to this, must he really reveal the truth of all this? Although Yu Wei said it was just a way to leave an impression in his mind, at least he could adjust his mood there, and he would also be released on bail, but he still couldn't imagine the life he was about to face, which seemed to only exist in legends.

  He has no other way out now, so even if it's a ridiculous proposal, he can only try it, just try it.

  "Master, are you awake?" Zhen Ayi pushed the door open and placed the milk on the bedside table. "Xiao Mei called just now and asked about your condition today. She also told me to tell you that compared to your current situation, his previous proposal is undoubtedly the only feasible one."

  "How long have I slept?" Yu Chen stared at those photos and asked somewhat absent-mindedly.

  "There's an extra day. You haven't been resting well these past few days, so sleeping in a bit is normal." Zhen Ayi said with a smile, "Is the young master going out?"

  Yu Chen put the photo in his pocket and stood up. Anyway, he would be staying in prison for a few days, but he didn't care about that anymore since he was already notorious. As long as he could take care of those despicable people who deserved to die, he didn't mind going to jail. After all, his father and Yu Jing would get him out. Thinking of this, he shrugged lightly and ignored Mrs. Zhen's words, walking out by himself. When passing by the Bohemian-style carved floor-to-ceiling mirror in the staircase, he casually glanced at it, and the boy in the mirror had a healthy and rosy complexion, with a pair of eyes that were dyed red from drinking, revealing his filthy desires.

  The phone rang, and Zhen Ayi picked up the mobile phone that Yu Chen had forgotten on the bedside table.

  "Schedule reminder: Attend the anniversary dinner at 6 o'clock tonight." Aunt Zhen smiled and deleted the schedule. She took out a coin and flipped it lightly, the coin spun rapidly for a while before falling still.

  "It's come to this, and yet he still doesn't know repentance. He really is beyond salvation." She dialed a number, with a sly sense of satisfaction in her expression, "Xiao Yu. He went to turn himself in."

  （2）

  The TV host was indignantly narrating the story of a real estate mogul's son in this city who, relying on his father's powerful influence, had not received any legal punishment after raping five girls. "Except for one girl who committed suicide six years ago by jumping off the municipal government building because she couldn't bear the humiliation, the other four have accepted our exclusive interview. They are now studying at various universities in this city... When they heard that the criminal was caught and sentenced to death, the girls and their parents were overjoyed..." And also exposing this scandal of the wealthy family was the criminal's older brother from a different mother, whose righteous act of reporting his own brother is worthy of praise.

  Zhen Niang turned on the TV and said to the girl who had just come out of the bedroom, "We should also go 'visit' Yu Er Shao Ye now. He must have received the news by now - that it was his trusted brother who 'betrayed' him, and his father has just gone bankrupt. He can't escape the final judgment."

  "Tian Yi would definitely know if he found out." Ge Tianyu helped up Zhen Niang, "Let's go, mom."

  Zhen Niang and Ge Tianyu walked into the visiting room, just in time to see Yu Chen, with eyes full of bloodshot, frantically pounding on the densely packed iron bars in front of him. The guard watching over him looked at him indifferently: Such a scoundrel who has committed all sorts of evil deeds, being sentenced to death was still letting him off easy, who would still sympathize with him?

  "Tianyu? Tianyu!" Yu Chen's eyes, which had been dull and lifeless until now, suddenly lit up as he saw them. He stretched his head forward with all his might, his face pressed against the iron bars, forming rectangular bulges. "Quickly, save me! That scoundrel Yu Rong cheated me! He promised to get me out of here! He promised!"

  Ge Tianyu tilted his head and smiled lightly, that familiar face suddenly making Yu Chen pause.

  "Yu Chen, you misunderstood. It was just a dream, he never said those words to you in reality. Things that happen in dreams don't count as real."

  A coin spun gently from her slender fingers and fell, slowly coming to a stop in front of the glass. Yu Chen's eyes were fixed on the coin, his gaze rising slightly. A young girl wearing a black school uniform was falling from the municipal building like a slow-motion replay, looking at him with a tilted head and a faint smile - Yu Chen's eyeballs bulged out in terror, like two dead fish eyes. He pointed at the smiling Ge Tianyu, incredulous and frantic, shouting, "Zhen Tiangui... you're not Ge Tianyu, you're Zhen Tiangui! You didn't die... what are you doing here? Are you seeking revenge? You're Zhen Tiangui!"

  "Don't be so excited, it's not good for your cardiovascular system. If you die of a cerebral hemorrhage now, that would be cheap for you." Ge Tianyu's eyes took on a clear hatred, "You're wrong. I am indeed Ge Tianyu. And Zhen Tianqi, who was raped by you and jumped off the building, she is my sister."

  "Sister......" Yu Chen twisted his neck to an unbelievable angle, staring straight at the indifferent Zhen Niang beside him, "You six years ago...... Heh heh, you this old thing that refuses to die is actually the mother of that little slut Zhen Tian Qi...... Their surnames are different, I didn't think of it...... No wonder——" He suddenly let out a burst of eerie laughter.

  "Ah, yes, I am their mother. Xiao Yu followed her father's surname, while Xiao Qi followed mine. Six years ago, his father couldn't bear the blow of Xiao Qi's passing and fell ill, but we were unable to save his life, leaving us with a huge medical debt. As a visiting professor in the biology department, I began preparing this revenge plan related to dreams six years ago with Xiao Yu. Over these six years, I gained your father's trust, Xiao Yu successfully got close to you, and those girls were found one by one. You may not know that what you think are dreamscapes and reality outside of them are actually all dreams, implanted in your mind by us. These dreams within dreams make you fearful of knowing the destruction of your mental state, making it easy for you to follow the path we've arranged for you. Yu Chen, the court has sentenced you to a year's death row, during which the dreams rooted in your mind will keep you restless day and night."

  Yu Chen's frantic and out-of-control shouting gradually became inaudible, Zhen Niang and Ge Tianyu walked out of the First Provincial Prison. Yu Jing and Qiao Mu were standing outside the door.

  "This time I should thank you. I didn't expect you to agree to help us," said Zhen Yi lightly.

  Yu Jian's expression was also faintly, "No need to thank me, I'm not just simply wanting to help you, more reasons are based on my mother's death and hatred for the Yu family."

  On the LCD screen in the square, a promotional video of "Inception" is playing. In the carefully designed dream space, Leonardo, who has become middle-aged and fat, spins that special top he made himself. It rotates continuously on the table, bringing a sense of balance that never existed in real life.

  "Why don't you go in?" Ge Tianyu asked Qiao Mu, who was wearing a white gauze skirt, after Yu Jing left.

  "No." The gentle girl smiled slightly, "It's been over five years since it happened, his final downfall made me happy, but I don't want to recall the past just because I saw him." She held onto Ou Zhiyu's hand beside her and exchanged a smile with Linlin and Meng Xi, "We're living well now, we all have boyfriends who love us and don't care about our past. So let's look forward, and let everything go."

  （3）

  The lovely girl in the tombstone photo, with a slightly childish appearance, had a big smile on her face. Ge Tianyu carefully wiped off the non-existent dust from the photo and smiled lightly for the first time. Her smile was similar to that of the girl in the photo.

  "Xiao Qi, sister is here to see you again. Mom didn't come this time, there's a professor uncle who has been pursuing her. He has liked mom for many years, but mom never had the time to pay attention to him. And also, dad." She stroked the photo on the tombstone next to her, "Dad, you always do this, using your young photos to deceive people, those who don't know would think you're Xiao Qi's older brother. That professor is a good person, he has been taking care of me and mom all these years, so rest assured. Today Jiaomu said it right, we should look forward. Yu Chen has already gone mad, in the year before her execution, she will be trapped in nightmares every day and night, that was the destined outcome from the beginning of her sin. No matter what, that bullet will become his cross - but since everything is already over, let's just let it go. You say, right?"

  The rising sun dyed the entire horizon red, casting a warm glow over the world. Ge Tianyu stood up and looked at the coins in front of the tombstone, which had stopped spinning. This was no longer a dream. Evil would ultimately be defeated by justice, and darkness was destined to be consumed by light. So, Dad, Xiao Qi, and all the people in the world, let's look forward, and let the hatred behind us dissipate like smoke. We still have to live happily.

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