Ch32 - Origin (2/2)
“Yes.” Zhou Sheng said, “The Golden Crow Wheel told me that as long as I crossed through it, I would be able to enter another person’s dream. But the premise was: that person must have an impression of me, and amongst his impressions, I must exist, before this passage can be opened seamlessly. Later on, I had entered the dreams of several other people, like my senior high’s ‘Boss’, form teacher, and my deskmate……”
After his parents divorced, Zhou Sheng gradually began to understand the conscious world. At first, he was just seeking novelty as he wandered through their dreams like a traveller. Dreams appeared in a myriad of forms: there had been a distorted reality map comprising monsters that shuttled back and forth between high-rise buildings, a seemingly familiar scene from an ancient TV drama that aroused a sense of deja vu, as well as ashen and barren hills.
Zhou Sheng was very clever, he gradually managed to connect reality with the elements presented in the conscious world, then interpreted them. Most people’s dreams seem chaotic and filled with fragmentary symbols of their impressions, but gradually, he became accustomed to them, so he no longer had much interest in dreams.
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Even though he possessed such an ability, in reality he still lived a life that was in shambles. After the end of his college entrance examination, Zhou Sheng relied on the points accrued from sports to enroll in a college. He had planned to keep the Golden Crow Wheel after he entered college. However, not too long ago, due to a freak combination of factors, he came to know Yu Hao.
Yu Hao understood, and nodded his head.
Zhou Sheng said, “The first time we met, ‘it’ told me that since I had come across it, there would be a mission that I would need to accomplish in the future.”
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Zhou Sheng rubbed his head and revealed a baffled look on his face. Then he thought for a bit before saying, “Maybe my mission was to save you.”
Yu Hao, “You know that’s not it.”
“Whatever.” Zhou Sheng said in a bored tone, “In any case, I’ve never cared much about other people’s dreams. After this time, I won’t use the Golden Crow Wheel anymore.”
Yu Hao asked seriously, “Will it appear in your dreams every night?”
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“It’ll only appear when I want to dream of it.” Zhou Sheng said, “Or else I would’ve been so tormented I’d go crazy. How am I supposed to sleep with a huge sun in my face every night?”
“Did the Golden Crow Wheel say anything else?” Yu Hao laughed.
“It only spoke the first time I saw it.” Zhou Sheng answered, “Voices in dreams are all just feelings, you can’t tell if it belongs to a man or woman. Later on, no matter what I asked, it never spoke again.”
Yu Hao still had a lot of doubts, but he was constantly reminding himself to not irritate Zhou Sheng with his questions, so he could only force himself to suppress them.
“Why are you grinning so happily?” Zhou Sheng said, “Let’s go. That’s it, I just explained it to you a bit. I thought you would’ve been pretty curious about it.”
Rather than just saying Yu Hao was curious, it was also that Zhou Sheng needed to pour his heart out. He had been holding this secret in his heart for far too long, and he had been holding it in for more than ten years. Today, there was finally someone who could listen to him properly, which made Zhou Sheng heave a long sigh of relief.
Zhou Sheng stuffed one hand into his pocket, carrying his bag and the cake as he walked in front. Yu Hao followed him from behind. Zhou Sheng would look at the display windows at both sides from time to time, but Yu Hao only looked at Zhou Sheng. In the past two days, he had been feeling extremely conflicted. He realised that he seemed to be liking Zhou Sheng more and more. If you were to say that at first it was a kind of love that made his heart palpitate, then now it had turned into an admiration that he couldn’t control.
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What’s more, this wasn’t just an attraction to Zhou Sheng’s appearance or a hormonal one, but rather a feeling that made Yu Hao dead set upon him, one that he couldn’t break free from. This feeling, like a surging undercurrent, was for both the Zhou Sheng in reality, as well as the heroic General in his dreamscape.
“Where are we going?”
“To see your future boyfriend.” Zhou Sheng said.
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“He’s not my boyfriend!” Yu Hao said without knowing whether to cry or laugh.
Zhou Sheng, “That’s why I said ‘future’ ma. No, wait. Yu Hao, you know who I’m talking about?”
Yu Hao, “……”
The two of them arrived at the hospital that Chen Yekai was in and registered their names. Yu Hao knocked on the door and entered the ward, but he suddenly got a huge shock.
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Liang Jinmin lay unconscious in bed while her whole body was connected with tubes and lines. When Chen Yekai heard the noise, he got up wearily from the sickbed.
Chen Yekai seemed completely different from his usual self, and even Zhou Sheng was shocked. His complexion looked horrible, his hair was messy and his stubble was unshaven. As he laid sideways on the sickbed, he looked like a dispirited patient.
“You came?” Chen Yekai rubbed his face and tried his best to sober up,” Why didn’t you let me know first?”
Yu Hao, “I thought……”
Chen Yekai, “I’ll go wash my face first. I didn’t sleep last night, Shimu just transferred over from the ICU ward.”
Zhou Sheng said immediately, “We just came for a short visit, we’ll leave soon.”
Zhou Sheng motioned for Yu Hao to put down their cake before taking their leave, yet Chen Yekai said from the washroom, “Sit ba, it’s fine.”
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This was the best suite in the hospital. Yu Hao sat down on the sofa, but Zhou Sheng walked over to the sickbed to observe Liang Jinmin. Liang Jinmin’s forehead and eyes were covered in bandages. She had a nasal feeding tube inserted, and there was a heart rate detector turned on beside her.
Zhou Sheng motioned for Yu Hao to come over to take a look, and pointed at the corner of Liang Jinmin’s eyes.
Yu Hao, “?”
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Zhou Sheng whispered, “She was hit by her husband. A car crash wouldn’t cause that.”
Yu Hao, “……”
He instantly recalled the time when he had last seen Liang Jinmin — she was wearing sunglasses when she met up with Chen Yekai in the flower cafe. At the time, he had associated her with his female teacher who occasionally went to class wearing sunglasses, and explained herself by saying that she had dark circles under her eyes because she hadn’t slept well the night before.
Zhou Sheng said nothing more. He sat down beside Yu Hao. After Chen Yekai washed up, he went to the coffee table to open up the gift box, “Bought this for me ba?”
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“It’s not like the patient can eat it.”
“That’s true.” Chen Yekai forced himself to smile, “But now, her condition has stabilised.”
Yu Hao asked, “Is it serious?”
Chen Yekai tore the box open while looking preoccupied with his worries and answered, “Concussion, deep coma, they need to keep her under observation.”
It was close to dusk. Chen Yekai began to wolf down the snacks, and Yu Hao went to fetch him a cup of water. There was a quiet moment in the ward.
“You haven’t eaten since last night?” Yu Hao asked.
Chen Yekai simply nodded, then drank his water.
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“Shimu’s just like an older sister to me.” Chen Yekai said, “I have been with her and Laoshi for many years, since I’ve been helping them with their projects since my freshman year. I didn’t expect something like this to happen after we returned to the country this time.”
Zhou Sheng asked, “Where’s Professor Lin?”
Chen Yekai answered, “He’s at the Dean’s place, he wasn’t seriously injured.”
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Zhou Sheng and Yu Hao looked at each other. Chen Yekai began tidying up, and said two words, “Thank you.”
For a moment, all three of them were speechless. Yu Hao could sense that Chen Yekai was extremely dejected and in pain, and a moment later, Yu Hao suggested, “Let’s play a round?”
Chen Yekai thought about it and said, “Okay. When Professor Lin comes over later, I’ll introduce him to you guys. I want to use Sun Wukong today.”
Zhou Sheng, “Okay, I’ll let you use him.”