Chapter 20 (1/2)
Chapter 20
Watchmen Chapter 20
Chapter 20: Man in the Jar
Note* t.i.tle is related to 瓮中捉鳖 from 章 瓮中人 which basically means ”caught in a trap, and so easy to get. More info in .
The song was finished , but the two of them didn't separate.
Just like the name of the song, ”By a head” (Por Una Cabeza), it didn't fully express itself.
In the end, it was Gu s.h.i.+ Chen who pushed Jiu Jie away, and gave him an apologetic smile. ”Don't misunderstand, I only wanted to borrow your shoulder.”
”I know,” Jiu Jie said. ”Besides, this is dream, no matter how dirty you make our clothes, there is no need to wash them.”
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen laughed, feigning annoyance, ”Are you an idiot?”
Jiu Jie agreed, saying seriously, ”Sometimes.”
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen was amused by his appearance, uncontrollably shaking her head.
Jiu Jie looked at her happy face and felt his mood lift as well. He smilingly asked, ”Actually, you look very nice when you smile, why do you hide it behind a wooden face?”
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen heaved a sigh. ”Laugh, who do I laugh for?”
Jiu Jie was stunned, and suddenly didn't know how to reply.
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen glared at him and mumbled, ”Really an idiot!”
Jiu Jie laughed foolishly and said, ”Miss Gu, since the situation is like this, we should also leave this place soon.”
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen did not comment, and instead, asked a question as she squinted at him, ”Is it very scary to be alone with me? Why are you so anxious to leave?”
Jiu Jie didn't know how to reply to her question, inwardly thinking, ”What disease did this great aunt contract? In what area did I offend her? Why did she suddenly flare up?”
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen took in his dazed figure and her heart felt a bit angry. Her face shuttered as she said, ”Why are you standing there foolishly? Still not moving? Do you want to be a permanent resident here?”
Jiu Jie was struck dumb with her temper. He carefully asked, ”Then… are we leaving… or not?”
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen got angrier the more she looked at his foolish appearance and scolded him, ”You idiot! Of course we're leaving!”
“Okay, okay, then we'll leave.” Jiu Jie hurriedly replied. The polite demeanor was just like a slave currying favour from their master.
Following that, the lights in the room were snuffed out, plunging the room into total darkness.
When Gu s.h.i.+ Chen slowly woke up, Jiu Jie had awoken not too long ago. The two of them shared a smile, a tacit understanding pa.s.sing between them.
The outside was very dark and it was raining very heavily. The office was very dark, but the two of them could see each other clearly.
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen stood up from the sofa and walked to the wall to turn on the light. The sudden brightness was a bit uncomfortable for both of them.
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen glanced at her watch, and noticed it was already seven-thirty pm. ”Jiu Jie, you were right.”
“What are you referring to?” Jiu Jie asked.
“I should have cancelled my seven o'clock appointment. Letting the patient wait for so long is impolite.”
Saying so, she walked to the office table and picked up the phone, letting Aunt Liu cancel the appointment and express her heartfelt regret to the patient.
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After that, she walked to Jiu Jie's side and said, ”The dream was very real just now, it was almost impossible to differentiate it from reality.”
“Looks like you weren't lying, you really can access dreamland.”
“Of course. I've said it a lot of times before, I'm a very honest person who has never lied.”
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen gave a thumbs up, and exclaimed in admir
ation, ”Looks like I have been underestimating you. You're really amazing!”
“No, the amazing one is you,” Jiu Jie said sincerely. ”I have never seen anyone wake up from three layers of dreamland and be so calm like you. Your willpower is really surprising. If I didn't use any tricks, it would be impossible to access your mind.”
“Tricks? What do you mean?” Gu s.h.i.+ Chen asked.
“When someone is attacking, their defenses are the weakest. I used this point. If you weren't impatient to hypnotise me, I wouldn't have won so easily.”
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen eyed him with doubt for a while before she asked, ”Who exactly are you?”
“Sorry, it's a secret, I can't say. Your father knows though, so you can go ask him.”
“You're talking about Old Gu? He…”
“Miss Gu,” Jiu Jie interrupted with a smile. ”According to our bet just now, you should call him 'Dad'.”
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen sneered. ”That hasn’t been confirmed yet.”
“Why? Do you want to renegade?”
“Of course not,” Gu s.h.i.+ Chen shook her head. ”I'm not a sore loser. If I lost, I'll admit defeat.”
”Then, you still…”
“Jiu Jie, I want to ask you a question,” Gu s.h.i.+ Chen interrupted.
“What question? Speak.”
“Just now, you made me dream within a dream, that is the third level of dreamland, right?”