Chapter 559 - Chapter 559: Chapter 231: Entering the Dream_2 (1/2)
Chapter 559: Chapter 231: Entering the Dream_2
Lin Jing tried to dodge, but the light enveloped the entire world, leaving him nowhere to hide as a beam struck him directly…
…
“Xiao Jing, wake up…”
“The sun has set, come and eat…”
A familiar voice reached his ears.
Lin Jing, groggy, opened his eyes.
Even though he had opened his eyes, perhaps due to the long sleep, everything in front of him was still somewhat blurry.
Even his head felt heavy and foggy…
Following that.
Lin Jing turned his head toward the direction from which the voice had come…
He saw a figure that seemed long-unseen yet strikingly familiar approaching slowly.
Upon seeing this figure, Lin Jing suddenly jolted, and then the things before his eyes started to come into focus.
“Grandpa…”
Lin Jing spoke with a mix of confusion and an array of other emotions.
The kindly old man walking toward him was his own grandfather…
Seeing his grandfather, Lin Jing’s eyes unexpectedly moistened.
He felt…
He had been dreaming, a very long dream…
Lin Jing quickly turned around to take a look around.
Surrounding him was a wall built of stones, not very high, and above his head was a thick willow tree, its branches hanging down, rustling familiarly in the breeze…
And beneath him, the rocking chair a tad uncomfortable, was Grandpa’s ‘throne’…
Behind Grandpa was a deep red evening sky, the old house, and the chimney blackened with smoke, from which wisps of cooking smoke rose slowly…
“You’ve slept half the day; the sun has already set. Grandma is cooking, it’ll be ready soon.”
“Were you so sleepy today because you were up last night reading your comic books in secret again?”
The elder rambled as he walked toward Lin Jing.
When he came close, perhaps noticing something was off with Lin Jing, Grandpa quickly spoke up, asking:
“What’s wrong… Have you been crying?”
“Xiao Jing, be good, don’t cry…”
“Grandpa won’t scold you anymore. If you like reading comics, then read them. I’ll go to the market and buy you a few more…”
Grandpa said, coming close to Lin Jing, extending his rough hand and gently wiping Lin Jing’s eyes.
Lin Jing then reached out to touch the palm made coarse by years of labor.
“Grandpa…”
“I just had a very long dream…”
“In the dream, I became a celestial being and experienced a lot, so much…”
Grandpa laughed heartily:
“Haha…”
“Becoming a celestial being is good…”
“If Xiao Jing becomes a celestial being, bring back a celestial wife for me and your grandmother to see…”
Lin Jing then hung his head, his mood low as he said:
“But in that dream, Grandpa and Grandma… were both gone already…”
Grandpa reached out his hand to pat Lin Jing’s head and then spoke up:
“Foolish boy, there will come a day, eventually, when you’ll have to part with Grandpa and Grandma…”
“Don’t be disheartened. No matter where you are, your Grandma and I will be watching over you.”
Lin Jing’s body was now just like when he was a child, somewhat frail and not very tall, not even reaching Grandpa’s chest…
Lin Jing lifted his head to look at the familiar aged face and suddenly threw himself into Grandpa’s arms.
Lin Jing looked at Grandpa, about to speak…
But at that moment, a voice interrupted Lin Jing.
“Warning!”
“Danger is approaching the host, please respond promptly…”
The system alert, however, came at this moment.
As the system alert sounded, the scene before Lin Jing began to distort, and countless memories surged back into his mind…
And it was then that Lin Jing realized…
“So this is entering a dream…”
At this moment, as the dream was about to end, the surrounding environment began to warp, even Grandpa began to blur…
Lin Jing knew this illusion was about to disappear…
Afterward…
Lin Jing quickly moved past Grandpa, running towards the kitchen ahead, while Grandpa, turning around, called out after him: