Chapter 7 (1/2)

Gu s.h.i.+ Tong had always been swift and decisive when doing things. Once he met Jiu Jie, they only exchanged a few simple greetings before bidding farewell to Luo Yi De.

That night, they got on a plane headed toward Nanjing.

After the plane had smoothly taken off , Gu s.h.i.+ Tong was resting his eyes in the first-cla.s.s cabin because he was a bit tired of the harried day that he had.

On the side, Jiu Jie, who was bored to death, took out the red book that he brought and looked through the pages.

For five years, this red book has never left his person. If he had any free time, Jiu Jie would take it out to read. He had already memorized the three pages written in the book by heart.

The good-quality bag he used to hold his red book in had suffered quite some damage. The book wasn't thick, and the pages in the front have already become slightly black, but the pages at the back were still pristinely white.

The first three pages of the red book taught Watchmen how to attract, enter, and leave a dream. Jiu Jie had already looked through these pages countless times, but he would always read them very seriously with no exception.

An unknown amount of time had pa.s.sed when a voice came from the side, while asking, ”Is that your red book?”

Jiu Jie was jarred from his thoughts, so he turned his head towards the sound and saw that Gu s.h.i.+ Tong was already awake.

Jiu Jie nodded his head with a noise of a.s.sent. Gu s.h.i.+ Tong was Luo Yi De's friend of many years. Since he knew about the Watchmen, it wasn't surprising that he knew about the red book.

Gu s.h.i.+ Tong stretched his waist, and while yawning, ”I'm definitely old. The amount of energy I have now will never compare to when I was younger. If this continues on, my old bones can't take it. That's right, I didn't disturb you, did I?”

Jiu Jie shook his head. Even though Gu s.h.i.+ Tong was his senior of many years, his words had no traces of arrogance. He also had a very courteous att.i.tude, so Jiu Jie had a rather good first impression of him.

Gu s.h.i.+ Ting eyed the red book in Jiu Jie's hand, and smilingly asked, ”Can I have a look?”

Jiu Jie hesitated at first, but pa.s.sed the book over.

Jiu Jie knew that only the Watchman could read the red book that they were issued.Anyone else would just see blank pages.

Gu s.h.i.+ Tong casually flipped through the pages while the corner of his mouth curled up into a mysterious smile. After that, he returned the book.

”I heard from Old Luo that your red book only has three pages?” Gu s.h.i.+ Tong asked.

Jiu Jie hummed in agreement while nodding again.

”How long have you been a Watchman?” Gu s.h.i.+ Tong asked.

”Five years.” Jiu Jie replied.

Gu s.h.i.+ Tong heard that, and then began to laugh. ”That's strange.”

”What's strange?” Jiu Jie inquired.

”You have more power than other people by far, but you've only seen three pages despite being a Watchman for five years. Isn't that strange? If it were a normal person, with your talent, they would have still reached five pages at least.”

When Jiu Jie heard this, his heart started thumping. Gu s.h.i.+ Tong's words had struck a crucial point. Actually, for these past few years, there were a lot of new people who joined the Watchmen that weren't stronger than him, but the number of pages in their books had already surpa.s.sed his. Regarding this problem that Jiu Jie had, he has brooded over it since the beginning, and he still hasn't been able to understand why.

Despite that, he pretended that nothing had happened and tapped the red book with his forefinger, and self-deprecatingly said, ”Li Bi Duo's strength will only affect the control over dreamland. Regarding the red book, one needs to look at their strength of conviction. In five years, only three pages have been shown, so I think maybe the red book doesn't find my conviction strong enough.”

Gu s.h.i.+ Tong leaned against the back of the chair when he heard that, and while sneering, ”That's right, conviction. You Watchmen believe in modesty, honesty, mercy, bravery, just, selflessness, and being honourable. Just like how air is needed for the plane, it also obstructs it, but the plane also needs it to fly. It's really interesting.”

Jiu Jie was more and more surprised as he listened. Gu s.h.i.+ Tong had an understanding of the Watchmen that far exceeded his expectations that unconsciously made him wary.

Gu s.h.i.+ Tong saw the changes in Jiu Jie's facial expression  and continued to ask, ”Don't you feel that the so-called conviction you believe in is instead a restriction?”

Jiu Jie frowned when he heard that. Instead of answering, he asked, ”To the ordinary person, the Watchmen are like ghosts in the dark night. Very few people would know anything related to us, even our existence is known only to a small group of people,  but you seem to understand us quite a bit though? Who exactly are you?”

Gu s.h.i.+ Tong smiled, ”I'm a merchant who is covered in the stench of copper, nothing more. On the contrary, who are you?”

”Me?” Regarding Gu s.h.i.+ Tong's sudden ramble, Jiu Jie was too slow in coming up with a reply.

”The surname 'Jiu' is quite rare. My whole life, you are the second person i've ever met with that surname.”