Chapter 17 (1/2)
Chapter 17
Watchmen Chapter 17
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen was stunned for a moment. She asked in disbelief, ”It's mine?”
”Yes, it's yours.” Jiu Jie said confidently.
”That's impossible. It's your subconscious, so how can my projection appear? It's too absurd!”
”You don't believe me? Then, how about we take a closer look?”
Saying that, Jiu Jie pulled Gu s.h.i.+ Chen along until they reached the water's edge, and stood right beside the man and the little girl.
”Look carefully at who they are.” Jiu Jie told Gu s.h.i.+ Chen.
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen was bewildered. She bent down and sized up the crying girl. Even though the girl's face had turned red from crying, her features were still recognizable.
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen got more and more surprised the longer she stared. She felt that the girl looked exactly like her when she was younger!
”Don't you feel like she's very similar to how you were when you were young?” Jiu Jie said. ”It's practically the same as the photograph on your office table.”
”That's impossible, this is impossible.” Gu s.h.i.+ Chen muttered.
”If you still don't believe me, then take a look at who the man is.” Jiu Jie said as he pointed at the man.
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen followed Jiu Jie's orders and headed to the familiar man. Looking at him, she was rooted to the spot.
That man looked exactly the same as a younger Gu s.h.i.+ Tong!
Gu She Chen was thoroughly stupefied.
”Now you should believe it already.” Jiu Jie said.
”This is impossible! How can this be possible!?” Gu s.h.i.+ Chen said with a face full of bewilderment. ”How can your subconscious project the image of Old Gu and me when we were young! This should be a memory of your previous trauma, and you've never met us before, so how can our younger selves appear here, this is illogical!
”You're right.” Jiu Jie said. ”I have never seen your younger self, nor Uncle Gu's younger appearance, so this is an impossible projection in my subconscious.”
”Then, how do you explain the situation in front of us?” Gu s.h.i.+ Chen asked urgently.
”It's a very good explanation.” Jiu Jie smiled. ”Because this is not mine.”
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen was dazed. ”Not yours? Whose is it then?”
”Do you still need to ask? The situation has already happened to this extent, so it's already very obvious. This memory is yours.”
”That's impossible. How can your subconscious have my memory?”
Jiu Jie shook his head. ”How do you not get it? Who said that it's my subconscious?”
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen was stupefied after she heard that. ”Not your subconscious? Weren't we always in your dream?”
Jiu Jie laughed bitterly. ”That's fine. I'll ask you. Everytime you hypnotise someone, how do you get information from their unconsciousness?”
”I'll ask questions. They will then relay back information about their dreams to me.” Gu s.h.i.+ Chen said.
”Then, have you ever directly entered their dreams?”
”No.”
”That's good. Since that is so, then with you standing here right now, how do you explain it?”
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen suddenly didn't know how to answer.
”Also,” Jiu Jie continued, ”Do you still remember how you got here?”
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”We crossed the door of dreams together, then walked a very long way before reaching here.”
”Then, what about before? How did you appear in the vicinity of the door of dreams? Do you still remember?” Jiu Jie asked.
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen thought about it, before shaking her head. ”I don't remember.”
”Dreams are like that. They will always drag you to the middle of a situation, I'm sure you're familiar with this. Then, until now, do you still not understand?”
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen was startled incessantly and dazedly said, ”You mean that we're actually in my dream?”
Jiu Jie nodded. ”Not bad. This is your dream, your subconscious, your projection. Your a.n.a.lysis just now was absolutely correct. What happened just now was a traumatic memory. There is hate in your heart. You hate your father who stood by and watched, you hate him for killing your mother. This is your sore point, right?”
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen didn't reply, she was deep in thought.
”Even though we found the crux of the problem, just this isn't enough. We should continue to investigate. Let's go.”
Finished speaking, Jiu Jie walked forward and pulled on Gu s.h.i.+ Chen's hand, but it was shaken off.
”What's wrong with you?”
”Who allowed you to do this?” Gu s.h.i.+ Chen asked coldly.
”Do what?” Jiu Jie questioned.
”Who allowed you to spy on my mind?” Gu s.h.i.+ Chen's words were as cold as the winter in Siberia.
”I'm doing this to help you,” Jiu Jie stated.
”I don't need any help. Get out of my head!”
”Miss Gu…”
”Get out of my head!” Gu s.h.i.+ Chen roared, her tone very severe.
”Okay,” Jiu Jie raised his hands. ”Since you refuse to investigate any further, than forcing you will be detrimental. I'll just stop here. We can discuss this again when you've managed to calm down.”
Jiu Jie walked over to Gu s.h.i.+ Chen and whispered, ”Excuse me.”
Right as he spoke, he raised one finger, and suddenly pushed it against Gu s.h.i.+ Chen.