Chapter Sixteen: Counterattack

  Jiang Fengshui was suddenly at a loss, where was he now? What had just happened again? Had he been dreaming all along? Was everything that had happened today really false?

  It can be said that Jiang Yunshui was completely bewildered, staring blankly at the suddenly changed surroundings, and didn't know how to describe his emotions at this time.

  In this situation which was like a dream and yet not a dream, Jiang Feng didn't know what to do either. He stood there motionless.

  The trees want to be still, but the wind will not stop.

  Suddenly, a voice that made him feel close and nostalgic appeared beside Jiang Yunshui's ear. The voice was filled with affection and longing for Jiang Yunshui.

  Jiang Feng didn't move, following the direction of the sound with his eyes, and then he saw a woman in her 40s walking towards him. The woman had kind eyebrows and eyes, and was walking straight towards Jiang Feng.

  Looking at the woman walking over, Jiang Fengshui's lips wanted to say something, but they trembled and couldn't speak, even his body shook.

  The woman slightly annoyed knocked on Jiang's forehead and said: "You didn't study the books I taught you at home, why do you always go out and cause trouble."

  Listening to this familiar yet reproachful voice, Jiang Yunshui finally burst into tears and threw himself into the woman's arms, shouting: "Mother! It's really you! Yunshui missed you so much!"

  The woman patted Jiang Yunshui's back and comforted her, "What's wrong, Yunshui? Tell your mother quickly, is it that little brat from the Liu family bullying you again? Just watch me teach him a lesson!"

  "Mother, it's not like that," Jiang Yunshui choked out.

  The woman helped Jiang Yunshui wipe his face and said, "I know, you must have gotten into trouble again. Are you planning to ask me for forgiveness, so you came up with this trick?"

  Jiang Fengshui shook his head vigorously and said: "Mother, you're wronging me."

  The woman smiled and said, "Niang water, why don't you go with your mother to buy vegetables? And that vegetable aunt's granddaughter is also grown up now. Your mother wants to set you two up."

  Jiang Yunshui's face was originally a mixture of embarrassment and smile, but after hearing the woman's words, his expression suddenly changed. However, the woman seemed to have not noticed it and continued to nag about setting him up with that vegetable vendor's granddaughter.

  This time Jiang Yunshui's face had no expression at all, he just stared at the woman who kept talking incessantly.

  The woman finally stopped talking and looked at Jiang Yunshui, pulling his hand and saying: "Follow me, let's go take a look at the granddaughter of that family."

  But Jiang Yunshui didn't move his feet, he looked deeply at the woman again, and shook off her hand. The woman also looked back at him with some confusion.

  Jiang Fengshui said with a complex tone, "The granddaughter of Cai Popo's family died when she was ten years old. My mother and Cai Popo had indeed arranged our engagement when we were young."

  The woman's face changed color after hearing Jiang Yunshui's words, seemingly not expecting Jiang Yunshui to see through her own flaws.

  "My mother and Cai Popo's granddaughter are two people I will never forget in my heart, and also the two people who make me feel most heartbroken and guilty now."

  The woman listened to Jiang's words, looking at Jiang's face as calm as a lake, and seemed to understand something. The woman suddenly disappeared in front of young Jiang.

  After watching the woman disappear, a hint of reluctance still flashed in Jiang Yunshui's eyes, but he was even more certain that his current situation was not right.

  He didn't actually tell the woman everything, because his mother had another skill, which was that she could see it on his face as soon as Jiang Yunshui had an emotional moment. However, the woman who looked like his own mother just now didn't notice.

  Jiang Fengshui closed his eyes, he wanted to leave this place once he opened them again, and even hoped that all of this was just an illusion, and he was still at home with his mother.

  But when another voice appeared, Jiang Yunshui's whole body trembled, he suddenly looked towards the place where the sound came from, and then saw Cha Qianzong riding a horse walking over.

  At this time, Cha Qian's eyes were full of fierce light, making his already ferocious face even more terrifying. As Cha Qian rode his horse step by step closer, Jiang Yunshui was completely terrified, slowly backing away.

  While Qian Zong was retreating after being defeated by Jiang Yunfan, a cruel smile appeared on his face, and in that smile, there was a hint of excitement and joy.

  Jiang Yunshui suddenly stopped retreating, standing there without moving another step. This made Cha Qian's face turn gloomy at once, and with a whip in his hand, he struck Jiang Yunshui's cheek.

  First a numbness spread across Jiang Feng's face, and then the intense burning pain spread throughout his entire body.

  "Get out of here right now!" Zhao Qian shouted coldly at Jiang Yunshui.

  But Jiang Yunshui did not retreat, he stared at Cha Qianzong like that, and in Jiang Yunshui's eyes, there was no anger, even the fear from earlier had disappeared.

  This time, Cha Qianzong, who was riding on the horse, showed a hint of panic. He raised his whip again and was about to lash Jiang Yunshui's face.

  But when he saw Jiang's gaze, Cha Qian's whip in his hand did not fall, and finally Cha Qian turned his horse's head and left in the direction he came from.

  Jiang Fengshui watched as Cha Qianzong gradually disappeared into the distance, and he seemed to have understood something, but still felt that something was off.

  Jiang Fengshui touched his swollen face and muttered to himself: "Who else will come out?"

  Just as he had whispered a sentence, he saw Fat Pong San coming, with two people standing beside him, one was Jin Dangzi and the other was Pong San's adopted son Du Zhong.

  Jin Duzi whispered a few words into Pang San's ear, and then Pang San looked at Jiang Yunshui. His adopted son then walked over in this direction.

  Du walked up to Jiang and bowed his hands, saying: "Brother Jiang, I didn't expect to meet you again here. The gamble between us two was won by you."

  Just as Du Zhong finished speaking, Jin Douzi, who was originally whispering to Pang San Ye, suddenly wielded the "Jie Long Chi" and chopped off Pang San Ye's right hand with one swift motion.

  Du Zhong smiled and said to Jiang Yunshui, "Brother Jiang, this is my 'letter of introduction'. From now on, I'll follow you closely."

  Jiang Feng looked at Du Zhongdao and said: "What I hate most are people who have no loyalty, righteousness or filial piety!"

  Du Zhong suddenly revealed a strange smile, then took a step forward, and a dagger appeared in his hand, which was directly stabbed into Jiang Yunshui's abdomen.

  Jiang Yunshui covered his stabbed belly and retreated a few steps, looking at the blood spouting from his abdomen with some incredulity before slowly collapsing to the ground.

  But Du Zhong, who had committed the crime, walked away. He went towards Pang San Ye and Jin Dou Zi, who were beckoning to him. In the end, these three people also disappeared from view.

  Jiang Feng, who was convulsing on the ground, felt his consciousness becoming blurry. The original pain had gradually disappeared and was replaced by a very comfortable feeling that enveloped him. It seemed as if he wanted to leave this place, completely separating from his physical body, but he didn't know where he was going.

  But just as this idea was about to thoroughly fill his body and mind, Jiang Yunshui suddenly struggled to slowly get up from there. And originally, the swollen face he had been punched by Zha Qian, as well as the belly that had been stabbed by Du Zhong, were actually rapidly recovering, even the blood left behind was gone without a trace.

  Jiang Yunshui stood up from the ground with a smile, and all of this was indeed fake. If he had really taken it as true when that woman who looked like his own mother came out earlier, then Cha Qian's appearance had already made him somewhat suspicious, but this suspicion still couldn't be thoroughly confirmed.

  At that moment he wanted to give it a try, but the result was still different, and unexpectedly, Pang San Ye, Jin Dou Zi and Du Zhong three people came.

  Although it was somewhat different from what Jiang Yunshui had expected, it also proved that he was right, and then there was the next scene.

  After Du Zhong pierced Jiang Yunshui, Jiang Yunshui didn't take it seriously at the time, but the pain did shake his faith a bit. However, he eventually pulled through.

  Now Jiang Feng launched his counterattack, and this strange place began to change. The surroundings suddenly appeared with a faint black-gray mist, as if something was pulling it back. All the black-gray mist retreated, and then everything disappeared.

  Jiang Feng's eyes went dark, and he struggled to open them again. Now he found himself maintaining a strange posture, which was that when he looked down at the abyss, it was also when he discovered the green coffin on top of the tower-like object.

  At this time, Jiang Yunshui hastily retreated and then stood up, fearing that another change would occur in front of him, but this did not happen.

  Jiang Fengshui knew that his counterattack had succeeded! Although he didn't know what exactly was going on, he felt that everything before seemed like a "nightmare" and it was the kind of "nightmare" that could be carried with layer upon layer of depth.

  Just before that, Jiang Yunshui was still in that "nightmare" when he finally let himself think of one thing completely, which was the piece of land suspended in the air that left the deepest impression on him when he came here, and as a result, the "nightmare" was thoroughly dismantled.

  Jiang Fengshui felt that his previous consecutive entry into the nightmare was caused by his own emotions, and it was precisely because of his fluctuating emotions that his "love, hatred, surprise, fear" and other six desires appeared, and because of the appearance of these things, the corresponding things also appeared.

  However, all that appear are people I have come into contact with who have evoked this emotion in me before, and these people who evoke emotions in me are the ones I remember most deeply.

  But the ground suspended in mid-air was lifeless, and although this thing left Jiang Yunshui stunned, according to his speculation, it wouldn't be so easy for this "nightmare" to create such a lifeless thing that had just been remembered and caused an emotional fluctuation. So his counterattack succeeded, and he also guessed correctly!

  But Jiang Yunshui couldn't understand what had led him to enter the "nightmare" and how he was able to quickly break through his own heart.