Chapter 280 - Relaying Minds (1/2)

Lei Xing glanced at the Emperor's expectant face and started to feel a bit foolish. It was not like she had an actual explanation or anything concrete. She was not even sure about it, so she awkwardly said, ”You're not allowed to laugh...”

The Emperor knit his brows and lightly snorted. Whenever she told him not to laugh, it was always because she was about to say something ridiculous. So whenever he heard her start with that warning, he automatically felt the urge to laugh. But this situation was obviously very serious, so he tampered down the urge and seriously responded, ”I won't...Go ahead.”

Lei Xing nodded, frowned, and then tentatively said, ”Ummm...well...I think...I saw it in a dream...?”

”A dream?...What kind of dream?” The Emperor inquired with a frown of his own.

Seeing him taking her seriously, Lei Xing felt reassured with her crazy theory and explained, ”Well...I didn't actually, like see them directly...I just saw their reflection or what I think is their reflection in a pond...could have been a drawing on the ground too I guess...”

The Emperor raised a confused eyebrow and Lei Xing quickly explained, ”Well you see, in the dream, it was night time...and rather than just the moon reflecting in the water or what I think was water, there were those four, reflecting...I think it looked similar I think...It kind of a lucid dream, where I was watching the scenery unfold before me like a movie -...”

”Mov-?”

”It means a play...” Lei Xing offhandedly clarified and continued, ”...Anyway, so I saw them in the water and thought they were intriguing so I took a bit of note of it. I didn't see the actual sky though because I - well, we were under a roofed walkway apparently following these two kids who were arguing about - I don't really remember. The weird thing was - actually I guess it's not weird if she has my name, after all, it is my dream...Anyway, I saw them there, I think...As for what it means I have no clue...” Lei Xing finished scratching her head with a frown again.

{...Therefore, pointless information...Oy, Doc...I'm going to need you to come out of your drunk hole now (≖_≖ )...}

The Emperor blinked at her, ”Two children...a boy and a girl?

”En.”

”And one had your name...” The Emperor said with a frown.

Lei Xing let out a little awkward laugh, ”I know it's ridiculous...I could also be wrong...Anyway, it just occurred to me as I looked up at the moon just now... I'll ask that qua- Doctor Lou later. It's not useful at all for now so let's just forget it -”

”Was it in a temple...with peach blossoms?” The Emperor continued to inquire. It was an absurd thought but as soon as she mentioned two children and her name, he remembered his own odd, intriguing dream of the past. And as Lei Xing just advised he should trust his instincts and so he here was following his instincts and asking these questions.

Lei Xing knit her brows and looked at him skeptically, ”I guess, temple...palace? I can't be sure. Anyway, how ha-”

”Was this the night we spent at that Doctor's place?” The Emperor cut in again with a deepening frown.

Lei Xing blinked and knit her brows, ”How did you -Did he give me something weird to drink that night?!” Lei Xing loudly exclaimed, shocking the servants who were keeping their distance awake. Lei Xing glanced at them and they promptly lowered their heads and went back to ignoring the couple. Lei Xing grabbed the Emperor'sarm and lowered her voice, ”How did you know? He told you about it, didn't he?”

{...That sneaky old man (≖_≖ )...}

Even though Lei Xing did not tell Doctor Lou about the dream, he could have always seen into her head, dream, or at this point, whatever he wanted. She truly did not know the extent of his powers right now.

Frankly, Lei Xing never thought anything about the dream as she woke up to face a day of chaos with the Empress dowager and Chen You's rubbish. Then the issue with the birth control and the Emperor. that sent her into a self-inflicted depression for days. She truly did not have the time or energy to ponder over a dream at that time.

Rather than answering her inquiry, the Emperor asked, ”Were the children discussing bracelets?”

Lei Xing blinked at him in surprise again, ”Yeah...I think. Tell me, how did you - Wait, did you see into my head?” She suddenly asked, remembering another possibility.

{...I mean there was that thing with the stupid painting and...that other one too...so maybe? O_O)...}

”See into your head?” The Emperor asked with a raised eyebrow, ”What do y-”

”Nevermind.” Lei Xing swiftly interjected, reining in her crazy, ”Just tell me how you know.” She said with a frown.

The Emperor knit his brows, ”Well...I think I had the same dream that night...”

”Really?” Lei Xing went, completely taken aback.

The Emperor nodded and Lei Xing knit her brows in thought and then said, ”It has to be that quack again...Has to be...”

{...Definitely him -_-)'...}

The Emperor thought back and then answered her question, ”Well...I can't be sure if he gave you anything before I arrived...As for me, I did drink with him but that was after our bath -”

”Bath?” Lei Xing asked with wide eyes, ”You had a bath with the old man?”

{...Ohhhh O_O)...}

The Emperor frowned, ”Of course not. I meant you and me.”

”Oh hoho~ My mistake.” Lei Xing said snickering. She had already been imagining the awkward scene of the Emperor and Doctor Lou giggling and splashing water on each other in the hot springs.