Chapter 197. If You Like
Arc 7 : Last Nightmare
Du Yan had already planned to guide Cheng Yu to continue to remember the past during this exchange, and to make him believe that he is a real person, not a person in a painting or a dream.
In this way, the impression will gradually deepen, and when Cheng Yu is convinced of the authenticity of Du Yan’s existence, he will be able to appear in this dream world.
However, he had only written a few sentences when the familiar feeling came over him again.
Du Yan looked at the study in front of him, feeling somewhat helpless, and he didn’t know what was wrong with Cheng Yu. He hadn’t slept for nearly three days, but this sleep was so short, and he didn’t know what he dreamed about to wake him up.
Cheng Yu in the next room sat up from the bed with a look of disbelief on his face.
His dream today was a continuation of his previous dream. In fact, this situation rarely occurs. Cheng Yu’s dreams are mostly fragmentary, like chaotic memory fragments. He can only remember some of the facial expressions and words of the people in the dream, but there is rarely a continuous plot.
Since bringing the painting back from the tomb, everything has become different. Chaotic fragments have become a continuous memory.
Just like this time, Cheng Yu dreamed of confessing his feelings and the sequel of the eldest princess undressing.
What happened next was not as erotic as expected. The princess untied her belt and opened her clothes, revealing her flat chest.
Cheng Yu had mixed feelings, including shock and disbelief, but not anger or disgust.
Then, he heard the princess, who was exposing her male body in front of him, say, I am Prince Yan.
Hearing this, Cheng Yu felt as if he had fallen from a great height, falling from a dream into reality.
He was awakened not because he was frightened by knowing the princess’s true gender but because the words spoken by the person in the dream were exactly the same as those in the notebook.
Thinking of this, Cheng Yu turned on the light and went straight to find the diary that he had placed next to his pillow before going to bed.
Before falling asleep, he just wanted to give it a try, thinking that maybe he could lure out the mysterious person who left the writing.
Unexpectedly, the diary was spread out on the side, and a few lines of handwriting appeared in the originally blank space.
With the previous dream as a foundation, Cheng Yu was not too surprised, but directly picked up the diary and took in the handwriting on it word by word.
After a while, he smiled and whispered: “It turns out that it was you who made me continue the dream.”
Afterward, Cheng Yu took the sandalwood box that the housekeeper brought back from his hometown. In the box was the scripture that he had read when he was young.
Cheng Yu opened the scripture and found the same handwriting as the mysterious handwriting in the diary and compared them carefully one by one.
Sure enough, it was exactly the same as what he remembered, it was the handwriting of the same person.
Cheng Yu did not try to explain the rationality of this. He only knew that everything in front of him was real, the handwriting was real, the painting was real, and perhaps the things in the dream were also real and had happened before.
“Prince Yan.”
Cheng Yu read these two words in his mouth and felt that his heart, which had been empty since birth, gradually became full with the appearance of these two words.
Ever since he could remember, Cheng Yu felt that he was incomplete, and there was always a void in his heart.
He always felt that something was missing in the world, and the missing part was the most important thing to him.
It was not until he was ten years old that he began to dream that the sense of loss in his heart was satisfied for a moment in his dreams. When Cheng Yu entered his teenage years, he understood the reason for the emptiness in his heart.
The person in the dream came with him, but he didn’t know where the other person went. So he kept looking for the person who should be his other half.
But there was a voice in the dark telling him that the man did not come. The reason that accompanied this person seemed to be lost in the torrent of time, and no one knew where he went.
Maybe in this lifetime, he will never get to see the other half of his body.
This feeling of despair made Cheng Yu feel dead in his heart, and he could only find a moment of peace in his dreams.
Everyone knows that Governor Cheng is the most fearless and courageous person on the battlefield. Anyone who knows him will praise him and say that Cheng Yu deserves the title of a hero in troubled times.
Only Cheng Yu knew that it was because he was always in a hopeless wait that he was not afraid of the coming of death. He even secretly hoped in his heart that maybe in the next reincarnation, he would be able to wait for the destined person.
Now, it’s completely different.
“Prince Yan, I have been waiting for you for a long time.”
***
Since that day, Du Yan and Cheng Yu have maintained this peculiar way of communication.
Through communication in his diary, Du Yan led Cheng Yu to his dream, which gradually moved forward. Now Cheng Yu’s dream has reached the time when Du Yan ascended the throne and Cheng Yu infiltrated the delegation.
Cheng Yu’s always gloomy face became more and more gentle, and he even smiled frequently.
Even the servants in the mansion couldn’t help but discuss whether the governor had a lover. He was in a very good mood recently and was very tolerant of some minor mistakes.
Cheng Yu had heard of this rumor, but he did not strictly forbid the servants in the mansion to discuss it because he felt that it was true and there was nothing to hide.
The only thing that made Cheng Yu feel dissatisfied was that he had never met Prince Yan in reality.
Cheng Yu is not stupid. From their interactions over the past few days, he can figure out that every time he dreams of Prince Yan, he will appear and leave a note in his diary.
He didn’t understand why Prince Yan was unwilling to come out to see him. If he is a spirit inhabiting the portrait, why could he only appear when he is asleep?
Cheng Yu didn’t dare to ask. He remembered that he had heard an old man say that there is a taboo about ghosts, which is not to ask about their origins. If one asks about the origins of the soul, it might irritate them, reminding them that they are dead and eventually cause their souls to scatter.
Cheng Yu felt that he could not afford such consequences, so he had to accept the current way of getting along.
Du Yan had no idea what Cheng Yu was thinking. He just thought it was very strange. Cheng Yu had obviously accepted these facts. But he could only appear when Cheng Yu was dreaming. As long as the other party woke up, he would return to the painting forever.
Just when Du Yan felt that the time was right and he could tell Cheng Yu that he was not a painting demon, Cheng Yu disappeared.
Before leaving, Cheng Yu naturally informed Du Yan of his movements.
When the war broke out, Cheng Yu led his troops to the front. Perhaps because the war was urgent, Cheng Yu’s dreaming frequency became extremely low while on the front line.
Du Yan only appears once every few days, and even if he does, he can only wander around the deserted mansion and can not go too far away.
If the matter was simply this, Du Yan would not have thought that Cheng Yu had disappeared. Things started to change last week, and until today, Du Yan has not been able to come out of the painting for nearly half a month.
Just when he was anxious and worried about whether Cheng Yu had an accident, there was finally movement in the mansion.
The person who pushed open the door and entered the study was not Cheng Yu, who had not been seen for a long time, but the housekeeper Cheng Bo.
Cheng Bo’s face didn’t look good. His eyebrows were wrinkled, and there was a dark patch under his eyes. His hair seemed to have turned a lot whiter. He looked much older.
He stood in front of Du Yan, sighed, and said: “I hope it works.”
Du Yan’s perspective changed, and then everything went dark. It seemed that he was put back into the sandalwood box.
Du Yan thought about what Cheng Bo had just said and felt a little uneasy. Judging from the situation before him, Cheng Yu must have had an accident.
During his communication with Cheng Yu, Du Yan got to know Cheng Bo a little better. He is a servant of the Cheng family and is extremely loyal to Cheng Yu. Cheng Bo would certainly not do something like stealing a painting, so the only explanation was that Cheng Yu asked him to take the painting somewhere.
Du Yan judged from the conversation and the sound that he was in the car, and then learned what happened to Cheng Yu during this period from Cheng Bo’s conversation with others.
It turns out that Cheng Yu disappeared because he was seriously injured in the battle. He led a great victory in the battle on the front line, but he was accidentally injured when the battle was about to end.
Cheng Yu was sent directly to the hospital for emergency treatment. Although his life was saved, he has not yet regained consciousness and remains in a coma.
Just today, Cheng Yu had just regained consciousness for a few minutes. The first words he said after waking up were to tell the password of the safe and instruct the housekeeper to bring the scroll and diary to the hospital.
After saying this, Cheng Yu fell into a coma again.
According to the doctor, Cheng Yu is not completely out of danger, and he is awake this time only because his obsession is too strong. What’s left is to do everything possible and leave it to fate. If Cheng Yu’s will to survive is strong enough, he may be able to survive this disaster.
Du Yan finally understood why he had been trapped in the painting for this period of time. Cheng Yu had lost consciousness and fell into a coma, so naturally, he couldn’t dream.
Du Yan knew very well that this was a dream world, and the Lord of the Dreamland would never let himself die in a dream.
However, he is in a dream that’s close to the real world. In addition, his feelings toward Shao Lingheng were not that deep previously, so Du Yan could not help but feel a little anxious.
About half an hour later, Du Yan regained his sight and saw Cheng Yu, who was lying on the hospital bed with a pale face.
After Cheng Bo hung up the painting, he started communicating with the doctor, who came to check on the patient.
The doctor’s opinion is still the same. If Cheng Yu can regain consciousness today, the situation will be very optimistic.
The doctor suggested that Cheng Bo find Cheng Yu’s relatives or lover and talk about some good memories to stimulate his survival awareness.
Cheng Yu’s parents are both dead now, and he has no siblings. Housekeeper Cheng Bo can be considered his only relative.
Cheng Bo thought back to Cheng Yu’s growth process and found that he couldn’t find anything that the young master particularly cared about.
At this moment, Cheng Bo’s eyes fell on the diary. If he thought carefully, the things his young master cared about most were probably the painting hanging on the wall and this diary.
Thinking of this, Cheng Bo didn’t care too much and opened the diary to read the contents.
“……”
Du Yan, who was in the painting, looked at the scene in front of him and couldn’t help but feel thankful that there was nothing too outrageous in the diary. Otherwise, if someone read it out, he would feel ashamed as if he were being executed in public.
Cheng Bo’s emergency move had a very good effect on Cheng Yu.
Specifically, Du Yan appeared in the ward that night.
It was already late at night, Cheng Bo was resting in the next room, and only Cheng Yu was left in the ward with his eyes closed.
Du Yan walked to the bed and sat down, looking at Cheng Yu, who was so weak that he barely showed any signs of life.
Du Yan thought about how Cheng Yu had always looked so handsome since they met again, but now his cheeks were so thin that they were almost sunken. He felt a pain in his heart and didn’t know what to do.
Now, he is just a wandering soul in the painting, without any extraordinary abilities.
Seeing that Cheng Yu’s lips were dry and cracked, he stood up and tried to get some water from the cotton swab to moisten his lips.
When Du Yan’s hand was empty, he realized that he was so concerned that he forgot that he could only touch other things through Cheng Yu.
He wanted to hold Cheng Yu’s hand but changed his mind and chose to bend down.
Du Yan gently kissed Cheng Yu’s lips, not knowing why he did so, whether it was to get in touch with this world or just to feel at ease.
He closed his eyes, feeling the warmth on his lips, and finally felt relieved. Cheng Yu was still alive and well and had not turned into a cold corpse.
After a while, Du Yan only felt his lips being gently kissed, and then the person whose lips were pressed against his spoke.
“Is this a blessing before death? Finally, my wish has come true.”
Cheng Yu’s voice was extremely hoarse and weak, almost disappearing into the air, but Du Yan, who was very close to him, heard it clearly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Yu felt a sharp pain on his lips, and then the warm body withdrew from him.
Under the dim light, Cheng Yu saw a scene that was like a dream. No, it was a scene that was even more beautiful than a dream.
Prince Yan, who was dressed in splendid clothes, looked at him with raised eyebrows and said: “You went through so much trouble to see me, but are you willing to die like this?”
Cheng Yu laughed and felt that the severe pain from the wound after waking up had become a kind of enjoyment. It reminded him that everything in front of him was real, not a dream or an illusion.
“I was unwilling to do so. It was because I was unwilling to do so, so I escaped from Yama’ Palace.”
“Count yourself sensible.”
Cheng Yu stared at the person in front of him, unwilling to look away for a moment.
It was clearly a face he had seen countless times in his dreams. From the hair to the curve of the mouth, he could clearly describe it even with his eyes closed.
After everything became a reality, Cheng Yu was still filled with shock and joy. He took it all in with almost greed and stored it in his heart.
Du Yan felt a little uncomfortable with his staring. He frowned and said in a bad tone: “What are you staring at?”
Perhaps because he was too weak from the injury, or perhaps because the surprise made his head a little dizzy, Cheng Yu subconsciously blurted out a sentence.
“Why are you still wearing women’s clothes? If you like, I’ll ask Cheng Bo to go to the tailor shop and order some Western dresses for you…”
“Cheng Yu!” Du Yan was furious: “How dare you ask me why I dress like a woman? It’s all your fault!”
Chapter 196. Prince Yan…
Arc 7 : Last Nightmare
Du Yan frowned, feeling that things were a bit troublesome. The fact that the things on the desk had not been tidied up was secondary. The key point was that the things he was going to use to gain Cheng Yu’s trust had not been finished.
There was only one line of words on the notebook, and with the opened locker and the inkstone beside it, it looked like a theft scene.
He wonders if Cheng Yu will immediately order a full-scale search and arrest of the thief who dared to break into the governor’s office when he comes in.
Du Yan was thinking about what to do next while waiting for Cheng Yu to arrive.
What Du Yan didn’t expect was that after dawn, it was not Cheng Yu, by no means he waited for, but the cleaning servant who came in.
The servant cleaned the outer room first and then entered the inner room. When they saw the situation on the desk, they were stunned and almost dropped the cleaning tools in their hands.
“You, go and take a look. Is the locker opened?”
One of them took two steps forward, stood on tiptoe to take a look, and then stepped back with a tearful face.
“It’s over, it’s over. Who is so bold as to overturn the governor’s desk? We are all finished.”
No matter how scared the two servants were, they had no choice but to go out and tell the housekeeper what happened.
Soon, the housekeeper and the captain of the security team who stayed in the mansion came over.
Both of them had followed Cheng Yu for a long time and knew Cheng Yu’s style of doing things, so they directly sealed off the inner room and did not enter without permission.
The housekeeper stood outside and looked at the situation inside, his expression was not very good.
He thought for a moment and said to the captain of the guard: “We still need to find someone to notify the governor.”
The captain of the security team was a member of the army. He shook his head and said: “You know how the governor acts. He won’t bring back any important official business, and there is no theft outside. It seems that an important person is coming to the governor’s mansion today. If we disturb the governor for such a small matter, I’m afraid…”
The housekeeper is a servant of the Cheng family. He has watched Cheng Yu grow up, so he naturally knows Cheng Yu better.
Seeing that the captain of the security team was confused, he explained: “The things in that combination locker are more important to Young Master than anything else in the entire mansion.”
The housekeeper looked serious and continued: “I suggest you send someone to the Governor’s Mansion as soon as possible, otherwise if the young master finds out about this and fails to report it in time, we will all be in trouble.”
Seeing this, the captain of the security no longer hesitated and nodded and said: “I will go to the Governor’s Mansion now.”
After the captain of the security left, the housekeeper did not leave but took people to guard outside, and the whole mansion was immersed in a tense atmosphere.
Du Yan, who triggered this incident, was in the painting, feeling a bit amused and helpless.
He was only thinking about whether Cheng Yu would really do as he imagined and searched for the entire city, causing chaos.
At this moment, Du Yan remembered something. When he was sucked into the scroll, he seemed to still be holding the brush in his hand. He swept his gaze at the desk and the surrounding floor, but he couldn’t find the brush.
Could it be that the brush was brought into the painting by itself?
Unfortunately, Du Yan only has consciousness now and has no feeling at all. Even if the brush is in his hand, he can’t feel it.
If he could really bring something into the painting, with Cheng Yu’s meticulousness, he would definitely find clues, and then things would be much easier.
About an hour later, Cheng Yu pushed the door open and walked in.
“Cheng Bo, what’s going on?”
(*Cheng Bo = Uncle Cheng)
The housekeeper stood up and explained the previous events to Cheng Yu in detail.
After hearing this, Cheng Yu’s already unpleasant face became even gloomier.
He said directly to the adjutant behind him: “Go ask the person on duty yesterday what happened last night. How could they allow someone to break into the office?”
The adjutant took the order and left, while Cheng Yu entered the inner room and stopped in front of the desk.
Cheng Yu saw the notebook spread out on the table at a glance, and his expression became even uglier.
The things recorded in these notebooks are the softest part of Cheng Yu’s heart. It is suddenly dug out by someone, which makes him want to kill someone.
From Du Yan’s perspective, he could see that Cheng Yu’s shoulders and back were tense, as if he was trying hard to control his anger.
Fortunately, Cheng Yu had been in a high position for a long time and had strong control. He stood there, took a few deep breaths, and calmed down.
Cheng Yu reached out and picked up the notebook but found an extra line of handwriting after his last diary entry.
I am Prince Yan.
Cheng Yu’s expression changed slightly. Was this sentence an answer to the last question in his diary?
He pondered for a moment and said: “You guys go out first.”
The housekeeper led everyone out of the office, and Cheng Yu sat down and studied the line of words for a long time.
Others might think that this line of words that suddenly appeared in the diary was a joke, but Cheng Yu became suspicious.
Cheng Yu has a photographic memory and a strong observation ability. He can recognize any handwriting he has seen before when he sees it again.
The handwriting of this line of words in front of him is very familiar.
Cheng Yu pondered for a long time and finally remembered where he had seen the same handwriting.
The Cheng family is a large family, and many things have been passed down for countless generations. There is even a huge library in the clan, which contains many precious ancient books.
Cheng Yu had seen the scriptures in the library. Because the scripture was so old, it was so damaged that it was almost impossible to know the complete content. All they know is that it is related to the ritual of offering sacrifices to heaven.
However, Cheng Yu remembered the handwriting that he could barely make out, which was exactly the same as the mysterious handwriting.
“Prince Yan…”
When Cheng Yu uttered these three words, he felt a familiar and lingering feeling rising from the bottom of his heart, as if he had called someone thousands of times.
He closed his notebook, looked up, and saw the inkstone on the desk and the empty space on the brush holder.
There is one wolf-hair brush missing from the brush holder.
Cheng Yu looked around and found that the wolf-hair brush had fallen under the painting brought out from the tomb.
He was slightly startled. The painting was placed at the innermost part of the office, some distance from the desk and not close to the window.
How did this brush end up here?
Cheng Yu picked up the brush, then looked up and looked at the painting carefully.
Just one glance and Cheng Yu’s expression changed drastically.
What’s this situation! Cheng Yu carefully examined the painting every day, remembering every detail of the person in the painting, even every wrinkle on the clothes.
Now the clothes of the person in the painting are slightly different. On her sleeves, a line of ink spots appeared, and judging from the shape, it seemed that a brush fell on it and then rolled down.
Cheng Yu looked at the brush that fell under the painting and fell into deep thought.
He has done some research on ancient paintings, and there is a big difference between ink marks that have been there for a long time and those that have been newly applied.
The ink stains on the sleeves of the person in the painting are old, and they were not painted on by someone last night. Instead, it seems that they were originally stained on the sleeves and then painted into the painting.
Cheng Yu suddenly remembered the dream he had last night, which was somewhat erotic but also terrifyingly real. He stared at the painting for a long time and finally whispered something.
“Is that you?”
Cheng Yu stayed in the office for a whole hour, but after a careful search, he could not find any traces of anyone sneaking in, which made him even more confused.
At this moment, the adjutant happened to come back to report.
Cheng Yu asked: “How is it?”
The adjutant said: “I have questioned the people who were on guard and patrol yesterday and found nothing unusual. Their statements are all correct. According to the tree analysis, it is almost impossible to sneak in from outside. Maybe we can consider the possibility of an insider. How about?”
The adjutant didn’t finish his words, but the expression on his face showed the underlying meaning.
Cheng Yu waved his hands and said: “Not for now.”
After the adjutant left, Cheng Yu called the housekeeper over again.
He said to the housekeeper: “Cheng Bo, can you help me with something?”
The housekeeper nodded and said: “Young Master, just give me your orders.”
Cheng Yu raised his hand and handed the letter he had just written on the table to the housekeeper, saying: “Please go to the clan to get something for me and bring the letter to my ShuGong. He knows what to do.”
(*ShuGong= Great Uncle, grandfather’s yonger brother)
After explaining everything, Cheng Yu sat alone at the desk for a long time.
When night fell, Cheng Yu picked up his pen and began to write in his diary.
Du Yan, who was in the painting, was very concerned about what Cheng Yu wrote, but from Du Yan’s perspective, he could not see the diary at all.
He always felt that Cheng Yu seemed to be deliberately hiding it from him, not letting him see any words.
Du Yan tried in vain for a moment and decided to give up. He would be able to see it anyway. The reason was simple. Cheng Yu did not change the password when he locked the diary back.
However, in the following days, Du Yan was unable to come out of the scroll.
He was confused. Could it be that the rules of the world restricted him? Because he had revealed his identity in the diary without permission, he could no longer get out of the scroll in this way?
What’s even more strange is that no one has come to the office room since that day, including Cheng Yu.
It was not until three days later that Cheng Yu appeared in the office again. He still did not enter the inner room but met the housekeeper who had rushed back from his hometown in the outer room.
Although Du Yan couldn’t see Cheng Yu’s face from that angle, his conversation with the housekeeper completely answered his doubts over the past few days.
After the housekeeper handed the sandalwood box to Cheng Yu, he said worriedly: “Young Master, you don’t look well.”
Cheng Yu seemed to be anxious to see what was in the box, and replied perfunctorily: “It’s fine.”
After all, the housekeeper watched Cheng Yu grow up, and he was not as afraid of Cheng Yu as others. He continued to persuade: “I heard from the people below that you didn’t rest well these few days, and you have been guarding outside the office to catch that thief?”
Hearing this, Du Yan suddenly realized. No wonder he couldn’t come out of the painting these days, it turned out that Cheng Yu didn’t sleep well at all.
Not sleeping well means he will not have dreams, and if there are no dreams, Du Yan naturally won’t be able to come out.
He just felt that it was a bit ridiculous. The current situation of the two people was really comparable to that of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. No, maybe it was even worse than that of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.
Right now, it is better to let Cheng Yu confirm his existence. Otherwise, if this continues, Cheng Yu will drive himself crazy.
Fortunately, the housekeeper was very reliable. Under his persuasion, Cheng Yu finally agreed to go back to his room to have a good rest. However, when he left, he took the diary out of the password cabinet and took it away.
That night, Du Yan finally came out of the scroll.
He didn’t waste any time and went straight to the next door.
The diary was placed next to Cheng Yu’s pillow, which was convenient for Du Yan.
He placed one hand on Cheng Yu’s hand and opened the diary with the other hand.
Du Yan was slightly stunned when he saw the words Cheng Yu left above.
Prince Yan? But in my dream, you are Princess Yan.
“……”
Du Yan was silent for a moment, then picked up the brush brought from the office and began to write.
“If you continue the dream of proposing the eldest princess, you will know that I am Prince Yan. If you want to resolve the doubts in your heart, you should not stay outside the office every day…”
Du Yan did not directly tell Cheng Yu that he could come out of the painting if he dreamed because human subconsciousness is very strange. If Cheng Yu deliberately wanted to dream of Du Yan, he would not be able to do so.
In order to prevent such accidents from happening, Du Yan decided to proceed step by step and be cautious.
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Chapter 195. Diary
Arc 7 : Last Nightmare
Three days later, Du Yan left the painting again.
This time his goal was very clear, he went straight to Cheng Yu’s room after leaving the office room.
In order to prevent Cheng Yu from waking up midway and wasting this rare opportunity, Du Yan did not hesitate and reached out to touch Cheng Yu’s face.
Fortunately, he remembered what happened last time, slowed down his movements, and left as soon as he touched him.
Afterward, Du Yan touched the bed sheet next to him, and it was exactly as he had guessed. After coming into contact with Cheng Yu, he became a physical body.
Cheng Yu might wake up at any time, so Du Yan didn’t waste any more time and turned around to go to the office.
Unexpectedly, things were not as smooth as expected.
Du Yan looked at his hand passing through the door and fell into deep thought.
So, after touching Cheng Yu and becoming a physical body, he can not leave too far? If that is the case, Du Yan can only wait until Cheng Yu falls asleep in the office before he can have the chance to touch the notebook.
Cheng Yu is a very self-disciplined person and is very methodical in doing things. The office is a place for work, so he will never sleep in the study.
Things were at a standstill for a while. Du Yan stood beside the bed and looked at Cheng Yu with deep eyes.
Just when he was thinking about whether he could knock Cheng Yu unconscious and then drag him to the study, Xiao Ba spoke up in time to stop his somewhat unreliable criminal idea.
Xiao Ba said: “I have checked the data development in the past few days. This dream world is derived from Cheng Yu’s previous dream world.”
“Derive?”
Xiao Ba nodded: “In other words, this dream world is not the previous dream world, but it is developed on the basis of the previous dream world.”
“So, the Governor Cheng Yu in front of us is the reincarnation of the previous Emperor Cheng Yu…” Du Yan speculated and uttered a word, “Reincarnation?”
Xiao Ba said: “You can understand it that way. But from the analysis of the dream world data I monitored, you are still from Emperor Cheng Yu’s dream world.”
Du Yan probably understood what Xiao Ba meant and said: “You mean, I am not from this world, so I can not touch the things of this world?”
“Cheng Yu is your only connection with this dream world,” Xiao Ba said: “Only through Cheng Yu can you connect with this dream world and touch the things around you.”
The answer given by Xiao Ba is no different from Du Yan’s previous analysis.
Du Yan asked the key point directly: “So? You found a way to extend physical time?”
“Well, this thing…”
Xiao Ba suddenly became a little hesitant when he said this.
When Du Yan heard this, he felt that the situation was anything but reassuring, but the current predicament did not allow him to think too much.
“Just say it.”
“It’s actually very simple. The deeper the contact, the deeper the connection between you and this dream world. In short, a touch lasts only a few seconds, a hug lasts a few minutes, and if you want to go to the office to read the diary, you probably have to kiss.”
“A kiss?” Du Yan always felt it wasn’t that simple.
“Well, deep kiss, you know.”
Xiao Ba threw down these words and quickly ran away, not daring to say another word.
“……”
Du Yan always felt like an evil spirit sucking people’s energy in the middle of the night, and was somewhat dissatisfied with this kind of dream in which he could not set his character in advance.
Du Yan always felt that this dream seemed to always make him break a certain bottom line, from the cat role play in the previous dream to the nocturnal attack and suckin people’s vitality in this dream.
So what exactly is going on in Shao Lingheng’s mind behind his serious expression?
Du Yan recalled what Qian Xing had said before, that Shao Lingheng never had any emotions, and wondered if everyone had been fooled by his expressionless face.
Judging from the experience of entering the subconscious level now, Shao Lingheng is a person with rich inner emotions!
Xiao Ba curled up in the corner and shivered. He felt that Du Yan was a little scary now.
Du Yan adjusted his mentality to avoid being distracted by Yuan Yan’s personality. There was not much he could do about the current situation. If he wanted to break the situation, he had to pay something.
Even this thing is Du Yan’s moral integrity.
Du Yan was about to kneel on the bed, but his gorgeous clothes restricted his movements. He frowned, lifted up his skirt and knelt down.
Fortunately, Du Yan had recovered his incorporeal state at this time, otherwise Cheng Yu would have woken up again with this somewhat rough action.
Du Yan rested his hands on the pillow, then leaned over, the distance between the two getting closer and closer.
When their lips touched, Du Yan stopped.
This method seems to have a fatal flaw. Once he touches Cheng Yu, he will become a physical body. Cheng Yu is not seriously injured and unconscious, he is just sleeping. As a soldier who has experienced many battles, how could he not wake up if he kisses him more deeply?
This is a complete paradox. As long as Cheng Yu wakes up, he will be forced to return to the painting, and all his efforts will be in vain.
Du Yan felt that his brain might have short-circuited just now, which was why he thought that the method proposed by Xiao Ba was indeed a solution.
Just as he was about to withdraw, a pair of strong arms suddenly grabbed Du Yan’s waist, and then the person underneath him kissed his lips.
Du Yan was stunned, thinking that Cheng Yu had woken up. He opened his eyes and found that his eyes were closed.
What is happening?
Du Yan stopped to think, but Cheng Yu, who was still in a dream, seemed a little dissatisfied with Du Yan’s lack of reaction and bit his lips lightly.
Du Yan only felt a stinging pain in his lips, and he subconsciously separated his lips.
Cheng Yu can perfectly grasp the opportunity on the battlefield as a commander. As long as the enemy shows the slightest flaw, he can rush in and attack the enemy.
His style at this time was the same as on the battlefield. The moment Du Yan’s lips parted, he started to attack without hesitation, completely suppressing the opponent’s resistance.
Du Yan was so shocked by the sudden and aggressive kiss that he lost his composure for a moment and had to dodge passively. However, the two men were not at the same level of strength, so Du Yan could only be kissed hard all over.
Seeing the air in the cold bedroom slowly warming up and the situation seeming to be getting out of control, Du Yan’s always-on rationality prevailed again.
The purpose of his night raid was not to be dragged to bed by Cheng Yu for no reason. Du Yan struggled several times, but to no avail. He then clenched his teeth and bit the tip of the tongue that was raging in his mouth.
“Uhh——”
Cheng Yu felt pain and finally withdrew.
Du Yan saw his brows slightly wrinkled, and then he opened his eyes.
“……”
Cheng Yu looked at the darkness in front of him, raised his hand and rubbed his brow, and seemed to be still trapped in the vivid dream just now.
What happened just now?
He stared at the ceiling blankly, somewhat unable to react.
The dream just now was so real. The person who was always like a flower in the mirror or a moon in the water came to his side.
Cheng Yu raised his hand and looked at his palm. The smooth texture of the person’s clothes and the soft waist underneath the clothes were so realistic that he even mistakenly thought the person in the painting really existed.
What was even more strange was the residual stinging sensation on the tip of the tongue. Cheng Yu could even feel the sweet and fishy taste left in his mouth, as if the tip of his tongue had really been bitten.
This feeling disappeared quickly, like an illusion.
He often dreamed of that person, but in dreams, that person was always as far away as the moon in the sky and out of reach. This somewhat abrupt dream tonight was the first time.
Cheng Yu felt a sense of loss in his heart, and even secretly blamed himself for waking up so easily. Such a rare and beautiful dream ended just as it began.
He sat on the bed in silence for a while. For the first time, after dreaming about that person, he did not get up to write it down in the study, but fell on the bed again and tried to fall asleep.
Du Yan, who was in the study, looked at everything familiar in front of him and felt a little helpless.
It is indeed a paradox. Cheng Yu’s awakening is inevitable, and so is his return to the painting.
Just as Du Yan frowned and thought about how to solve this problem, he suddenly became lighter and appeared in the office.
Cheng Yu fell asleep again?
Du Yan didn’t care too much. If Xiao Ba was right, he should still be able to touch the things in the office .
Thinking of this, Du Yan walked directly to the desk and opened the drawer next to the desk.
There was a locker inside the drawer, but Du Yan had seen Cheng Yu take things out of it, so he naturally memorized the combination.
He turned it a few times, and the combination lock opened. The things in the combination locker were very simple, all black notebooks of the same style.
The diary is not too long, and the content is all related to Cheng Yu’s dream.
These dreams are all fragmented images and dialogues, with no coherent plot, and many are even repetitive.
Cheng Yu first dreamed of Du Yan when he was ten years old.
He had this dream many times that year. In the snow, a girl in gorgeous clothes came walking on the snow, bent down and smiled at him, then said something.
However, Cheng Yu had never heard the content of that sentence clearly.
Du Yan looked at the childish handwriting in the diary and recalled that in the dream world, their first meeting was when Cheng Yu was ten years old.
Could it be that Cheng Yu’s dream is consistent with Cheng Yu’s growth experience in his previous life?
Sure enough, in the following diary, Du Yan got the answer.
The dream about the ancient princess almost permeates Cheng Yu’s entire growth process.
In the dream, Cheng Yu grew up with the princess, and he knew that the princess was very kind to him despite her domineering appearance.
He also knew that he had always wanted to leave this place, and he had the ambition to be king. And that ambition was not for the world, but for the ability to get the princess who was high above him.
Cheng Yu’s dream ended when the princess was sixteen years old. At that time, he was already the king and was sitting in the teahouse, waiting for the princess whom he had not seen for a long time.
His goal is to marry the princess.
After more than ten years, the dream did not continue. Cheng Yu still often dreamed of the princess, but they were all scenes he had dreamed of before.
Until recently, Cheng Yu had a strange dream. He dreamed of himself wearing splendid clothes.
The dream self said: “Do you want to see him? Come here.”
When Cheng Yu woke up, he was surprised to find that the place mentioned in his dream was the place where their Cheng clan originated.
Cheng Yu originally just wanted to live there for a while to see if the things in his dream could continue. Unexpectedly, he encountered the fearless tomb robbers who dug a hole and tried to rob the ancestral tomb of the Cheng clan.
After Cheng Yu entered the ancient tomb, he discovered that the rumored tomb of Cheng clan’s ancestry was actually an emperor’s mausoleum, and the emperor’s name was exactly the same as his.
Cheng Yu.
Cheng Yu learned from the inscription that the owner of the mausoleum was actually the legendary Emperor of Cheng era. This was a joint burial tomb, but the person buried with the Emperor of Cheng era was not the empress, but the Imperial Preceptor.
Emperor Cheng Yu never married in his life, which is recorded in history.
The writing on the stele is no longer clear, and the name of the Imperial Preceptor is unknown.
Cheng Yu suddenly remembered the princess. In his dreams, the princess always called him Cheng Yu with a haughty expression.
If the dream was really related to Emperor Cheng Yu, then where did the princess whom Emperor Cheng Yu loved when he was young go, and why was he finally buried with the Imperial Preceptor?
Cheng Yu did not get an answer to his question, but he later saw the painting in the tomb. The painting depicted the princess who had repeatedly appeared in his dreams.
After taking the painting out of the tomb, Cheng Yu never had dreams again, and even the fragments that he had dreamed about repeatedly in the past never appeared again.
Until a few days ago, the dream had new developments.
Cheng Yu, who was in the teahouse, saw the princess push the door open and then confessed his feelings and proposed to marry her. However, the princess’s answer surprised Cheng Yu, as she actually started to undress directly.
Perhaps it was because of shock, Cheng Yu woke up in the middle of a dream for the first time.
After seeing this, Du Yan finally understood where his current situation came from.
Why did he appear in the painting, and in this painting dressed as a woman? This is entirely because of the consciousness of the Lord of Dreams.
Cheng Yu’s dream only lasted until he was sixteen years old. At that time, Du Yan had not yet recovered his male identity, so Cheng Yu naturally thought that Du Yan was the female Princess Yuan Yan.
Everything in the diary confirmed Du Yan’s speculation.
When Cheng Yu dreams of Princess Yan, he will firmly believe in the existence of Princess Yan, so Du Yan can appear from the scroll. However, when Cheng Yu wakes up, he will naturally think that those are just dreams, and Du Yan will return to the scroll.
This makes things a bit troublesome. Du Yan is completely unable to contact Cheng Yu who is awake, and naturally he cannot make the other party believe in his existence.
Du Yan pondered for a moment, and his eyes fell on Cheng Yu’s diary. He was reading the last sentence of the diary entry from a few days ago.
Who are you?
Since they can’t communicate face to face, they can only use pen and paper. Thinking of this, Du Yan picked up the pen beside him, and when he was about to put it down, he took his hand back.
He is now Yuan Yan who came from the Cheng Dynasty, and leaving a message with a pen is too flawed. Fortunately, in this period, traditional civilization and modern civilization are intertwined, and Cheng Yu still has brushes and ink in his study.
Du Yan ground the ink and then picked up the brush to write a line of words.
I am Prince Yan...
Just as Du Yan was about to continue writing down some details that were not in the notebook in order to gain Cheng Yu’s trust, a strong suction force came from the scroll.
Du Yan didn’t even have time to let go of the brush before he returned to the scroll.
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Chapter 194. Burn All These Paintings
Arc 7 : Last Nightmare
Fortunately, Du Yan’s inability to move did not last too long.
However, a few days later, Du Yan suddenly felt his body lighten, and then he appeared in the office.
It was already late at night, the office curtains were not drawn, and the porcelain-white moonlight covered the ground like frost and snow.
Du Yan turned around and saw where he was before.
It was indeed a painting. Now, the scroll has been reframed and hung on the wall. There is a huge glass box covering the outside of the scroll, which shows that Cheng Yu cherishes the painting very much.
There was no background on the scroll. After Du Yan came out, there was only a blank space. He couldn’t tell the origin of the painting for a while.
Du Yan thought about it and decided to take the opportunity to walk around and collect information. Unexpectedly, he almost tripped over the hem of his skirt as soon as he raised his foot.
Hem?
Du Yan finally had time to look at himself. He looked down and found that he was wearing a grandeur women’s dress with gorgeous gold thread embroidery on the hem.
The box of memory was opened, and Du Yan quickly remembered that this set of clothes was exactly what he wore most often when he disguised himself as a princess.
Du Yan frowned slightly, but he couldn’t change his clothes, so he had to slow down his overly masculine steps and turned to walk towards the office door.
He listened carefully and found that there was no movement outside, so he reached out to open the door.
Huh?
Du Yan watched his hand pass through the door handle, as if there was a phantom there. To be more precise, it was his hand that was a phantom.
He seemed unable to touch anything. Could it be that after appearing from the painting, he is not an entity? Du Yan was puzzled, and then he pushed the door directly with his hand.
Sure enough, his hands went straight through the thick mahogany door, which looked a bit scary.
Du Yan didn’t think much of it. He had even experienced a dream world full of fierce ghosts, so this situation was nothing. Compared to being trapped in a painting and unable to move at all, becoming a ghost and being able to move freely was already a great improvement.
Du Yan had no psychological barriers and walked out directly through the door.
Cheng Yu lived in a typical Republican mansion. He liked quietness and lived alone in the large mansion. His subordinates and housekeepers lived in a small building in the courtyard.
Du Yan heard all this information about Cheng Yu from the servant who cleaned the office every day.
This military governor, Cheng Yu, is actually no different from Cheng Yu as the emperor. He is strict in his rule, diligent in his government affairs, and strict to the point of being harsh.
The most common complaint of these servants is that Governor Cheng’s daily schedule is precise to the minute.
Before he steps into the office, he must see a spotless office. Nothing on his desk can be messed up.
After the painting scroll in which Du Yan live is brought back, Cheng Yu added another taboo, and no one is allowed to touch the painting. The glass box covering the painting scroll is wiped by Cheng Yu himself every day.
Nowadays, people are more open-minded, and the relationship between servants and employers is not as class-based as it was in ancient times. While cleaning, they would also talk about Cheng Yu.
Although Governor Cheng held a high position of power, he remained single.
In this chaotic world, anyone who sits in this position will rarely treat himself badly when it comes to having women. If a family with power and money does not marry seven or eight concubines, they would be embarrassed to go out and greet others.
However, Cheng Yu is completely different. He is so self-disciplined that he abstains from sex. Even now, at the age of 30, there has never been a woman around him.
When this topic came up, a new servant asked: “Does the Governor like men?”
Another older servant rolled his eyes and said: “What are you thinking? Even if he likes men, it’s not uncommon to play with a performer nowadays, but I’ve never heard of the Governor supporting any famous performer.”
No matter how much information is available, these servants will not be able to access it.
Du Yan recalled these anecdotes about Cheng Yu while walking along the corridor.
Next to the office, he found Cheng Yu’s room in the mansion.
Although Du Yan walked in, he made no sound when he landed and just floated in like a ghost.
Cheng Yu was lying on the bed, seemingly in a deep sleep. Du Yan’s vision was not limited by the light. He looked at Cheng Yu for a moment beside the bed and confirmed that the man in front of him was indeed the Emperor Cheng Yu.
He pondered for a moment and decided to look for other clues in the bedroom. Unexpectedly, when he turned around, he saw his own appearance in the dressing mirror not far away.
Du Yan walked forward and felt that something was strange. He originally thought that he must be a ghost living in the painting, which is why he had no physical body.
But if he is a ghost, why can he see his image in this mirror?
But he couldn’t think of anything at the moment, so Du Yan stopped in front of the dressing mirror and looked at himself.
Sure enough, his current image is the sixteen-year-old Princess Yuan Yan, who has not yet reinstated his male identity.
This outfit was the one Du Yan wore when he attended a grand event that year, and he hadn’t seen it in a long time.
He was forced to dress up as a woman because of the situation. He created this persona just to satisfy that dream. Du Yan did not have this special hobby.
The outfit in front of him made Du Yan understand the origin of the painting.
This painting was created by Cheng Yu. When Cheng Yu returned to Cheng Kingdom, he painted a room full of Du Yan’s portraits and hung them in his secret room. He said that he would look at them for a long time every day to relieve his longing for her.
Even when Cheng Yu sneaked into the capital of Yuan Kingdom to ask for Du Yan’s hand in marriage, he did not destroy these portraits after learning that Du Yan was a man.
After Cheng Yu became Emperor, Du Yan, as the Imperial Preceptor, had the honor of seeing the room full of paintings and listening to Cheng Yu’s detailed description of the circumstances under which each painting was created.
Cheng Yu’s favorite is this portrait of him fully dressed in formal imperial clothes, looking domineering and arrogant, but the tenderness in the corners of the eyes and eyebrows makes his heart beat.
All of this comes from Cheng Yu’s description.
After Du Yan heard it, he just said one sentence with a cold face.
“Burn all these paintings for me.”
Cheng Yu naturally had to go along with him, and Du Yan never saw these paintings again after that day.
Unexpectedly, Cheng Yu actually obeyed the order in front but secretly disobeyed it. He did not destroy the portrait but instead carefully collected it and placed it in their tomb as a burial object.
The more Du Yan thought about it, the more unhappy he became. He turned around and walked to Cheng Yu’s bed.
This world is directly related to Cheng Yu’s dream, so Du Yan’s character is naturally greatly affected.
He looked at Cheng Yu sleeping innocently and thought of himself being forced to dress like a woman again. He felt angry and wanted to teach him a lesson.
He took advantage of the fact that he had no physical body anyway, so he raised his hands and pinched Cheng Yu’s face.
“!”
Unexpectedly, Du Yan felt a warmth on his fingertips, which was clearly the touch of skin. He subconsciously pinched it lightly to make sure it was not an illusion.
Cheng Yu frowned slightly and moved his body. Du Yan was startled and took his hand back.
Fortunately, Cheng Yu just turned over and didn’t open his eyes.
Du Yan lowered his head and looked at his fingertips in disbelief.
What’s going on? Why can’t he touch the door but can touch Cheng Yu?
Thinking of this, Du Yan stepped forward again and tried to approach Cheng Yu.
Sure enough, he was able to smoothly touch Cheng Yu’s skin and even the silk pajamas he was wearing.
Du Yan was so surprised that his hands lost their composure for a moment.
Cheng Yu was originally in a high position, and he was in danger all year round, so he was particularly alert. His eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, his eyelashes were slightly trembling, and he was about to wake up.
Before he woke up, his hand had already reached under the pillow.
Du Yan thought it was bad. Now Cheng Yu didn’t know what was going on. If he was mistaken for an assassin and shot dead, that would be extremely funny.
It was too late to leave at this point, so Du Yan could only choose to move forward and try to hold down Cheng Yu’s hand that was reaching for the gun.
However, the moment Cheng Yu opened his eyes, Du Yan only felt a strong pulling force coming from a distance.
After a dizzy spell, the familiar office room appeared before him again, and Du Yan returned to a state where he could neither move nor speak.
Is he back in the painting? What the hell is this?
Du Yan was still deep in thought when footsteps were heard at the door of the office.
Then, Cheng Yu pushed the door open and walked in.
He came in wearing a silk dressing gown and a coat, turned on the light, and walked in.
Du Yan just thought that he got up in the middle of the night to handle official business, and this situation has happened from time to time before.
Unexpectedly, Cheng Yu walked directly in front of Du Yan and stared at him for a long time.
Cheng Yu sighed softly and said: “I dreamed of you again. Who are you?”
Du Yan suddenly became confused. Cheng Yu dreamed of him? Could this be related to his sudden ability to walk out of the painting tonight?
He held his breath, waiting for Cheng Yu to reveal more information.
Unfortunately, Cheng Yu is always silent when he is with Du Yan.
After he said this, he did not speak again but turned to the desk and started to handle official business.
Maybe it wasn’t official business because Du Yan clearly saw Cheng Yu take out a black notebook he had never seen before from a locked password cabinet, and then began to write on it.
Du Yan could barely make out the words on it, only some fragments.
× year × month.
On the fifth day after I got the painting, I dreamed of her again…
The handwriting afterward was completely covered up because of Cheng Yu’s actions.
However, Du Yan had some guesses in his mind. The notebook seemed to be Cheng Yu’s diary? Judging from the situation just now, Cheng Yu should have recorded everything in it after he had a dream.
It seems that if he wants to understand the current situation, he must try to see the things in the notebook. But how can he read the notebook if he can’t touch the object.
Du Yan thought about the situation carefully and soon found a breakthrough point. The key to solving the problem still lies with Cheng Yu.
Du Yan really couldn’t touch anything before. Before he touched Cheng Yu’s face, his hand accidentally touched the other person’s collar, and it passed through the collar.
However, after touching Cheng Yu’s face, he was able to touch his clothes. In other words, after touching Cheng Yu, he was able to touch some objects.
Du Yan had a plan in mind, but there were still many unresolved questions. He was not sure about the prerequisites for getting out of the painting, and it seemed that as long as Cheng Yu woke up, he would return to the painting.
Now, it seems that he can only wait for the next opportunity to get out of the painting to get the answer.
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Chapter 193. Painting?
Arc 7 : Last Nightmare
There was total darkness and silence before his eyes.
Du Yan couldn’t see or hear anything and couldn’t even move a finger.
He had no idea where he was or even how to gather information.
In this situation, Du Yan did not panic too much. After trying all possible ways to obtain information, he chose to contact Xiao Ba.
“Xiao Ba, how is the data of the dream world?”
Xiao Ba has been working with Du Yan for such a long time, so he reacted very quickly and started data analysis when he found something was wrong.
But a few minutes later, Xiao Ba’s complete feedback came.
“The data is stable. We have indeed entered the next level of dreams. This dream world is complete and stable, not a chaotic dream gap.”
Du Yan frowned slightly and asked: “What’s the situation with this pitch-black darkness right now?”
Xiao Ba replied: “I’m not sure about that, but you entered this dream through He Jin, and you appeared here, which proves that the location of the Lord of the Dream is not far from you.”
After listening to this, Du Yan did not ask any more questions. The current situation was unclear, and it was useless to say more. It seemed that he could only wait for Shao Lingheng in this dream to come to him himself to find out the truth.
But in this pitch-black darkness where his sight and hearing were taken away, time really became difficult to endure.
Du Yan could only be sure that he was probably not a human this time, but he didn’t know what he had become.
In this environment, people can easily become anxious. In order to prevent his own emotions from being affected, Du Yan started chatting with Xiao Ba.
“Before Shao Lingheng was forced to fall asleep, my words that I am not a human being really screwed me over badly.”
When he mentioned this, Xiao Ba felt a little guilty: “The previous dream was quite smooth…”
“Heh.” Du Yan sneered: “Do you think the estrus went smoothly or the sterilization?”
Xiao Ba was silent for a moment and then said: “You have to believe in the imagination of the Lord of Dreams. The difficulty before was to get close to He Jin. Now the Lord of Dreams will take the initiative to come over, which is better…”
Du Yan sneered: “I think that turning into a cat at least allows me to take the initiative, which is much better than being completely in the dark now.”
The more Xiao Ba listened, the more guilty he felt. He interrupted and said: “You’re so bored now, how about I play a movie to cheer you up?”
Du Yan refused directly: “I am not a human anymore. Why should I watch a movie?”
Xiao Ba said: “Du Yan, why do I feel that you have become a little, um, sharp-tongued after entering this dream?”
As soon as he finished speaking, Du Yan also realized that something was fishy with him.
How could his personality change so much without any character setting?
Birch’s bloodline talent is that in every dream world he enters, a certain trait in his personality will be strengthened to match the personality set by Du Yan before entering the dream.
In the previous dream, even as a cat, his personality was closer to Xie Yan, who was cold and almost emotionless. In this case, this dream world should have been experienced before, rather than a brand new dream.
Du Yan carefully recalled the several dreams he had experienced and basically determined which dream his current personality came from.
In an ancient dream, there is the shrewd and willful Princess Yuan Yan.
After an unknown amount of time, Du Yan suddenly heard a loud bang.
The entire enclosed space seemed to be forcibly opened, and then torches illuminated the entire room. Du Yan didn’t have time to see what those people who broke in were like, and he realized his current situation from the gradually brightening vision.
This is a tomb chamber. The exquisite murals on the walls and the huge coffin in the center of the tomb chamber all explain it all.
With just one glance, Du Yan could tell that the costumes of the characters on the mural, the style and patterns of the coffins, were all from the dynasty established by Cheng Yu.
So, what is this situation? This dream unexpectedly is Cheng Yu’s posthumous matter?
The coffin was unreasonably large, and it looked like a joint burial coffin. In addition, the size of the burial chamber and the style of the coffin were only used by the emperor.
Du Yan could reasonably infer that the bones in the coffin should be from Cheng Yu and Yuan Yan.
His gaze then shifted to the people who had intruded. Sure enough, this was no longer the dream world where Emperor Cheng Yu existed.
Although the visitors were all holding torches, their clothes were not of ancient styles, but more similar to those of the Republic of China period.
Du Yan still couldn’t move or make a sound.
He was like a bystander imprisoned on the wall, watching those people break into the tomb and marvel at the exquisite coffin in the center.
“Boss, this coffin is obviously very valuable, there must be a lot of good things inside.”
“It’s a waste of my strength. I got nothing here. If I can’t find anything valuable in this coffin, I’m going to burn the corpse of this poor emperor.”
Several people responded and tried to open the coffin with skillful movements. Du Yan frowned and felt a strong sense of disgust in his heart.
He didn’t want those people to touch the coffin, nor did he want anyone to disturb the peace of the people inside.
But he can’t do anything now.
At this critical moment, gunshots rang out, and several people who were about to take action fell to the ground. Then Du Yan watched as soldiers in military uniforms rushed in from the tomb door and subdued all the tomb robbers.
After everything returned to calm, Du Yan heard the sound of greeting outside.
“Governor.”
It was indeed the Republic of China era. Du Yan was just about to confirm his thoughts when he saw a familiar figure entering the tomb.
The master of each dream world is based on Shao Lingheng’s face, but due to different circumstances and temperaments, each person’s appearance is still very different.
Du Yan recognized at a glance that the person who walked in was Cheng Yu.
But Cheng Yu in front of him, wearing a neat military uniform and black military boots, looked extraordinary and heroic.
He watched Cheng Yu walk towards him step by step and then stopped in front of him.
Cheng Yu didn’t say anything, just looked at Du Yan in silence.
Du Yan still couldn’t move or speak, and he didn’t even know what image Cheng Yu saw of him.
At this moment, it seemed as if he had traveled back to a long time ago, in the snow of the palace of Yuan Kingdom. On the day they first met, Cheng Yu also looked up at him like this.
After an unknown amount of time had passed, the adjutant who came in from outside broke the silence in the room.
“Governor, how do we deal with those people?”
Cheng Yu just woke up from a daze, but he did not look away, and his expression did not change at all.
As for the lives of the dozen people, he simply said lightly: “If you dare to dig up the graves of my ancestors, be ready to be dragged out and shot.”
His voice was gentle, and he spoke slowly and calmly, like a polite gentleman. But the indifference in his words made people know that he was a military leader who held countless lives in his hands.
When the grave robbers nearby heard this, their faces turned pale, and they begged for mercy tremblingly.
The soldiers showed no sympathy towards them and took them away.
“Wait.”
Cheng Yu’s nonchalant voice rang out again, and just when the tomb robbers showed a little hope on their faces, he spoke again.
“Pull them out, don’t dirty the tomb of my ancestors.”
Peace returned to the tomb chamber.
Cheng Yu’s gaze finally shifted away, and the adjutant asked again: “Governor, what about those things buried with the dead in the side hall?”
Cheng Yu glanced at him and said: “I, Cheng Yu, am not so poor as to dig up my ancestors’ graves to make a fortune. Blow up the mountain, fill up the tomb-robber holes, send some people to keep an eye on this area, don’t let tomb robbers in again, and deal with all those who know the news.”
The adjutant saluted and accepted the order, and then the two turned around, seemingly preparing to leave.
Du Yan hadn’t responded yet, and Xiao Ba got anxious.
“Du Yan, think of a solution. This is in a tomb. If Cheng Yu leaves, it’s really over. “
Du Yan also knew that this was a critical moment, but he couldn’t move or speak now, so what could he do?
Just as Cheng Yu stepped out of the tomb door, he suddenly turned around and said: “Find an expert to take the painting away.”
Du Yan was stunned. What? Painting?
When Cheng Yu came, in order to prevent the items in the tomb from being damaged, he brought experts in this field with him to facilitate timely repairs.
Now, he suddenly had the urge to take the ancient painting away, which was a coincidence.
The scrolls in the ancient tombs can not be moved casually. Otherwise, they will be broken into pieces. Fortunately, this painting is well preserved. He doesn’t know why it looks as new as if it was just painted, and even the colors have not faded at all.
Even so, Cheng Yu’s men did not dare to neglect it. They took down the painting carefully, put it in the best sandalwood box, and prepared to take it outside to have the master frame it.
Painting?
It was not until it was taken off that Du Yan noticed a change in his perspective, and he reluctantly accepted the fact that he had turned into a painting.
After the sandalwood box was covered and darkness returned to his vision, Du Yan came back to his senses.
“This time, it is really worse than a cat. At least a cat is alive, but this time, it has become a dead thing? ”
Xiao Ba said hesitantly: “Don’t be so pessimistic. The Lord of Dreams can change the settings. Maybe one day you will come out of the painting.”
Du Yan responded to Xiao Ba with a cold laugh. In his opinion, the situation was not very optimistic.
When he was a cat in the previous dream, at least he still had the initiative in his hands. He could try to get close to He Jin and hint at the connection between He Jin, the white cat, and Xie Yan through various subtle means.
But now?
Du Yan is just a painting, unable to move or speak. How can he make Cheng Yu feel that this painting can become a living thing? It is simply impossible.
No matter what, Du Yan could only be taken out of the tomb as an ancient painting.
The next time he saw Cheng Yu was in his office.
Du Yan still didn’t get enough information to figure out what was going on in this dream. Why did he turn into a painting while Cheng Yu turned into a person from the Republic of China and still had the same face and the same name?
All he could do was watch Cheng Yu walk into the office every morning, stare at him for a long time, and then start to handle official business.
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Chapter 192. Not Your Pot
Arc 7 : Last Nightmare
Du Yan sat in the passenger seat, thinking about life, no, to be more precise, it should be the life of a cat.
Things are not that simple now. If He Jin can’t convince himself about his Jiujiu turning into a cat, Du Yan might become a eunuch cat in a few days.
Du Yan is a very calm person, and he never gets flustered no matter what happens. But now that it comes to dignity, he really can’t calm down.
In addition, He Jin had a thoughtful expression since he came out of the pet store, which made Du Yan feel more and more threatened.
Du Yan was so disturbed that he didn’t even notice that the way back was a little different.
It was not until He Jin got off the car and carried Du Yan to the elevator that he realized that this was not the company, but He Jin’s home.
The elevator door opened, and Du Yan jumped directly from He Jin’s arms and walked out.
He Jin followed behind slowly, watching the cat stop at the door. There seemed to be confusion in the cat’s amber eyes, as if it was asking why it was brought to this place.
He Jin glanced at it and said gently: “Since there might be a smell around the company that caused you to become horny, it would be better to go to another place.”
Du Yan watched He Jin open the door. Even though he had a low EQ, he could hear some displeasure in He Jin’s tone just now.
The furnishings in the house were the same as when the dream ended three years ago. No new furniture was added, and no existing furnishings were thrown away.
Even the books that Du Yan often read are still placed on the coffee table, as if he is still living here.
He Jin watched the white cat walk into the house and then jumped onto the sofa and sat down.
That seat is where Jiujiu usually sits. No one has sat there in the past three years.
Seeing the white cat naturally occupying the position that belonged to Jiujiu, He Jin did not feel unhappy at all. Instead, he felt relieved.
Du Yan was already anxious, and because of the word sterilization he had heard before, he was upset and confused. His IQ dropped, and his rationality went offline.
He Jin was standing opposite, staring at the cat that was clearly not in good condition. He found something very interesting, it seemed that the white cat had become absent-minded since the veterinarian suggested sterilization.
This was completely different from its previous anxiety. It was so worried that it didn’t even resist when He Jin held it. It seemed that it understood what the veterinarian said before.
He Jin pondered for a moment and finally spoke.
“Actually because of an unknown female cat in estrus. Really…”
Du Yan looked up after hearing this and saw He Jin’s serious expression and deep eyes. He really looked very upset.
“It makes me very unhappy. Maybe I should do something to prevent future troubles.”
After He Jin finished speaking, he stood up and went into the bathroom.
“……”
Du Yan became even more anxious, and the heat all over his body made it impossible for him to calm down and think carefully.
He Jin’s laptop was casually placed on the coffee table. Du Yan didn’t hesitate for a moment and jumped over to turn it on.
When He Jin came out, all he saw was a computer on the coffee table and an open WORD document.
There was a line of words written in large font on the document: I am Xie Yan.
He Jin was slightly startled and then glanced at the white cat sitting next to the computer, staring at him coldly.
He smiled, then walked forward, willing to be pushed out of the square grid, and embraced the extremely resistant cat in his arms.
“Jiujiu, I miss you so much.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the cat in his arms emitted a blinding white light. He Jin didn’t even blink, staring at the white light.
His heart beat faster and faster, as if the whole world was left with only the dazzling white light in his arms and the pounding sound of his heartbeat.
After a while, He Jin felt his legs sink. He subconsciously reached out and hugged him, and felt a soft and smooth skin under his palm.
Then, what came into his eyes were those familiar eyes whose color was so pale that it always seemed as if they were covered with a thin layer of ice.
“Jiujiu.”
He Jin only uttered this word, and then his throat seemed to be choked, and he could not say another word. He hugged the person tightly and buried his face in the other’s shoulder.
Du Yan only felt a little dampness and heat on his shoulders. He did not move but waited quietly for He Jin to calm down.
After a while, He Jin calmed down a little and thought about Du Yan’s character. He was afraid that he would get angry and leave again, so he let go in a hurry.
In his panic, his hand accidentally touched something soft and furry. He subconsciously grabbed it and even squeezed it gently.
“Hiss——”
He Jin covered the back of his hand and watched Du Yan, who was originally sitting on his lap, retreat two meters away: “Jiujiu, why did you scratch me?”
As soon as the words fell, He Jin was stunned.
Because there seemed to be something wrong with Du Yan in front of him. The pair of white ears on his head and the long tail swinging behind him made him look like he was dreaming.
It was exactly the same as the dream he had that night when he was drunk.
Du Yan frowned and said: “The cat’s tail is very sensitive. Don’t touch it.”
After saying that, Du Yan turned around and walked into the bedroom.
He Jin stared blankly at Du Yan’s back, then looked down at his palm. Was it his Jiujiu’s tail that he just caught?
In fact, from He Jin’s perspective, Du Yan’s reaction was more like anger out of shame than dissatisfaction.
The rare red color on his fair skin had completely exposed everything. He Jin smiled and thought of what the veterinarian had said before.
If estrus comes in cat form, will it affect his human form?
When Du Yan came out, he had already dressed himself up. The clothes in the bedroom cloakroom were very clean and tidy, and there were also many new clothes sent in the past three years.
Everything was done according to Du Yan’s habits when he lived here, and it never changed.
He Jin looked at Du Yan. Apart from the cat ears on his head and tail behind, nothing has changed since three years ago. Even since He Jin met him when he was sixteen years old, there has been no change.
He Jin seemed to understand why Du Yan always looked like this, as if time had never left any trace on him.
“Is this the reason why you suddenly disappeared?”
Du Yan sat down opposite He Jin. He had already prepared to explain the reason for his disappearance after he regained his human form. Now that He Jin took the initiative to ask, he could eliminate some of the barriers between the two of them.
“I… am not a human being, at least not a complete human being.”
Du Yan looked at He Jin and also at Shao Lingheng. The next words he said were originally intended for Shao Lingheng.
“The part of my body that is not human makes it impossible for me to empathize with humans.”
“I understand what you mean, that’s why you are always so cold and rational…”
He Jin stood up and stopped in front of Du Yan, his voice was very low, almost like a whisper.
“So, you left not because you hated me, but because you had no choice…”
He Jin’s lips pressed down before he finished speaking. He was now overwhelmed by the intense emotions of reunion and had no spare time to think.
He had to do something to vent his emotions.
In particular, the person in front of him had a calm expression and cold eyes, but his fair skin was tinged with red, and the pair of furry cat ears on his head kept moving restlessly.
This extreme contrast made He Jin completely lose control.
As their lips and teeth intertwined, He Jin’s eyes suddenly widened. What was this?
His Jiujiu actually kissed him back?
This wasn’t the first time He Jin kissed him, but it was always a light kiss. Even when they kissed deeply a few times, the other party never responded.
This shock even made He Jin stop, and then he stepped back a little, staring blankly at the pair of pale eyes. In this situation, He Jin had an illusion that the thin layer of ice seemed to have melted into a pool of clear water, still cold but no longer freezing cold.
“It’s just biological instinct.”
Du Yan turned his face away, and his breathing became rapid and uncontrollable.
He Jin’s hand slid down his waistline, and then he laughed softly: “I understand, I am even grateful for this biological instinct. Otherwise, I would never get this kind of response.”
“！”
Du Yan glared at He Jin angrily, but he couldn’t help but slump and fell on He Jin.
He Jin let go of the hand that was pinching the base of the tail, opened his arms, and embraced the high-altitude flower that finally fell completely into his arms.
Inside the bedroom, on the bed that had been empty for three years, shadows overlapped, and the ambiguous sounds were particularly clear in the silent room.
At the most critical moment, Du Yan suddenly resisted the person who was pressing down on him, with some struggle and resistance on his face.
He Jin’s forehead was covered with beads of sweat, but he still whispered to comfort him: “This is just biological instinct, Jiujiu, you don’t need to resist, it’s not your problem…”
Du Yan’s answer was to bite He Jin’s shoulder hard. His sharp cat-like fangs pierced his skin directly, and the fishy-sweet taste spread in his mouth.
However, this feeling made the cat even more excited. Du Yan’s eyes were like colorful fireworks blooming, and his mind became even more groggy. All his rationality was completely offline, leaving only instinctive feelings.
In stark contrast to his fierce biting of He Jin’s shoulder, the long cat tail behind him lightly wrapped around the front and wrapped around He Jin’s arm.
When the teeth loosened, He Jin half-raised his body, panting, and saw the pair of slightly trembling snow-white cat ears. He smiled softly again and then gently kissed the slightly cool ear tip.
“Jiujiu…Yan…”
After all the confusion and passion subsided, Du Yan got up and leaned against the head of the bed. The dim light dyed the white cat ears between his black hair and a layer of yellowish color.
Even the warm light couldn’t cover up the coldness that permeated his body. When the heat caused by the estrus instinct of cats subsided, Du Yan’s rationality returned to normal.
He lowered his eyes and looked at the person beside him.
Perhaps because his tense mind relaxed instantly, He Jin fell into a deep sleep. However, Du Yan was particularly energetic at night because of his cat nature.
Du Yan reached out and tapped He Jin’s forehead, and sure enough, he still couldn’t enter the next level of dreamland. He Jin’s doubts had not been completely eliminated, and he had not yet completely trusted him.
In fact, Du Yan had already guessed the result before trying it. Although the two of them were separated by a distance at this time, but…
Du Yan moved his tail and then felt it being held tighter.
As expected, he still doesn’t trust him at all.
When He Jin woke up, it was already midnight.
The moment he woke up, he panicked for a moment, but luckily, he immediately felt the furry touch on his palm.
He Jin saw the man sitting next to him, holding a book in his hand. He was very close, so close that he could just reach out and hold the book in his arms.
“Jiujiu.”
As a hoarse voice sounded, Du Yan felt his waist tighten, and an arm was wrapped around his waist.
He put down the book and looked over: “Don’t call me Jiujiu at this time.”
He Jin smiled, his eyes regained clarity: “Isn’t this address more intimate?”
“……”
Du Yan glanced at him and then said: “Don’t touch my tail.”
He Jin smiled and loosened his hands under the quilt: “Sorry, it feels too good…”
Du Yan only felt the hand on his waist tighten, and the other person’s words seemed to have other meanings.
Perhaps because he saw that Du Yan looked unhappy, He Jin withdrew his hand: “Jiujiu, you don’t need to be too stressed. It’s just a biological instinct. I am willing to solve your problem.”
“Do you still have any doubts in your mind?”
Du Yan decided not to respond and brought the topic back to the main track.
Seeing this, He Jin also sat up and asked: “So, three years ago, you suddenly left because… you are a cat?”
Du Yan did not comment but said: “When I regained consciousness, I was already in this state.”
His words were very clever, which made He Jin’s slightly wrinkled brows relax.
He Jin raised his hand to rub the soft ears but withdrew his hand awkwardly under Du Yan’s gaze.
“I just feel that you have to go to a lot of trouble over the past three years.”
Du Yan said: “It doesn’t matter, I didn’t realize it before.”
He Jin asked again: “So Jiujiu, why were you picked up by Fang Xiangxiang?”
His tone sounded nonchalant, as if he was just asking casually, but Du Yan, whose emotional intelligence had improved dramatically at this moment, could hear a hint of jealousy.
“The place where I appeared at that time was very close to your company.”
Du Yan didn’t go into too much detail. But He Jin could fully understand what he meant, and he followed: “Were you looking for me?”
“I went to see a psychiatrist that day, so I missed the chance to pick up Jiujiu.”
He Jin looked very depressed, but Du Yan said mercilessly: “Even if you see me, you won’t take me back.”
“……”
He Jin was speechless for a moment. Thinking of the situation when he first met the white cat, he could no longer refute anything.
He smiled and said: “Anyway, I’m glad that you came to me first after you regained consciousness. But what is this strange thing that happened to you? “
What strange thing happened? Is it not your pot.
Du Yan complained in his heart, but could only say: “In fact, I knew from a very young age that I was a little different from ordinary people.”
Seeing He Jin’s eyes on his head, Du Yan frowned slightly and said: “That’s not what I meant. This has never happened before.”
He Jin retracted his imagination about young Du Yan having cat ears and a tail and asked seriously: “What is that?”
Du Yan said: “I have no empathy. Simply put, I can’t feel emotions. Everything seems to be covered by a veil in my eyes. Even if it is something I have personally experienced, I am just a bystander.”
These words were originally what Du Yan was going to say to Shao Lingheng in the real world, and there is nothing wrong with saying them to He Jin now.
He Jin was stunned and thought of something: “So it’s not that you will always be indifferent to me, but because… you are not a human being.”
“Yeah.” Du Yan nodded: “As for the rest, I don’t know why I turned into a cat.”
After listening to this, He Jin pondered for a long time.
Du Yan just waited silently, waiting for He Jin to figure everything out.
He Jin finally seemed to have made a major decision and asked: “Can I ask you a question?”
“Um.”
“What am I in your eyes, actually?”
Du Yan looked at He Jin and said: “You are the most special.”
He Jin smiled, then took Du Yan into his arms and whispered: “I’m very happy, and I have never regretted falling in love with you.”
After being honest with each other, He Jin talked with Du Yan for a long time.
Although it was mostly just He Jin talking and Du Yan listening, his mood became more and more relaxed, as if he had let go of many dark and heavy things engraved deep in his heart.
It was not until dawn that He Jin looked at Du Yan’s sleeping face and fell asleep. Just as he closed his eyes, the person next to him opened his eyes.
Du Yan looked at He Jin for a moment, then kissed him on the forehead and whispered: “Enter the dream.”
Everything around him gradually became blurry, and the passage to the next level of dreamland opened.
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Chapter 191. Estrus And Sterilization
Arc 7 : Last Nightmare
When He Jin withdrew his hand, he saw several red scratches on the back of his hand and arm.
He just took a casual look, and the scratches were not strange. After all, the cat in front of him is a little arrogant and doesn’t like others touching it.
But He Jin inexplicably likes white cat and always wants to hug or touch it, so scratches are not uncommon on He Jin’s hands.
Maybe I got drunk last night and offended the cat again.
He Jin thought so. He got up and sat on the bed, looking at the rising red sun outside the window. He felt his chaotic mind gradually sober up, but his emotions were still immersed in the chaotic dream of last night.
That dream was so beautiful, so beautiful that He Jin would not dare to have such a dream unless he was drunk.
The dream after being drunk was very chaotic, and He Jin could only remember fragments. He dreamed of his Jiujiu, who was the same as before, cold and superior.
But his Jiujiu was a little strange. He was different from the man who occasionally appeared in his dreams. He had a pair of white cat ears sticking out from his black hair and a long cat tail hanging behind him.
Thinking of this, He Jin covered his face and laughed softly, then said: “He Jin, are you a pervert?”
Du Yan sat behind him, his ears twitched, and he replied in his heart, ‘That’s right’. He is still bothered by the image of having cat ears and a tail yesterday, and he blames everything on the subconscious of the Lord of Dreams.
He Jin felt that his drunken fantasies were ridiculous, and he turned around to look at the white cat behind him.
It seems that he has been living with this cat every day these days, and the feeling it brings to him is too similar to that of his Jiujiu, so he subconsciously merged them into one in his dream.
But when the morning sun drove away the confusion in the room, He Jin had to return to reality. The warmth brought by the dream had faded, and He Jin’s heart fell into the endless cold abyss again.
He stood up and found a set of clothes scattered on the bed. These clothes were not the ones he wore yesterday.
He Jin bent down and picked up the clothes, thinking that maybe he had taken them out of the closet when he was drunk.
He didn’t expect that he was so drunk yesterday. Dreams and reality seemed to be completely mixed together and couldn’t be distinguished. Since the clothes had already been taken out, He Jin simply picked them up and put them on.
Du Yan squatted on the bed, his tail twitching a little nervously. He watched He Jin’s every move in silence, wondering whether he should remind He Jin.
There was something wrong with the pants. Du Yan put them on last night, but after leaving the lounge, he used a utility knife to cut a hole in the back of the pants.
While Du Yan was hesitating about how to remind He Jin, the other party had already put on his clothes and turned around to go into the bathroom.
“……”
Du Yan just felt that everything in front of him was a little bit unbearable to look at, and the hole in his pants was really too noticeable.
If He Jin went out wearing these pants, it would be fine if he didn’t move, but if he moved a little bit, probably everyone in the company would know what color his underwear is.
No matter what, He Jin is the boss of the company, and this kind of thing is really damaging to his image.
So, Du Yan condescended to meow softly.
When He Jin heard this, he turned around and comforted him: “Are you hungry? Don’t worry, I’ll make breakfast for you after I wash up.”
After saying that, he walked towards the bathroom again.
Unable to communicate through language, Du Yan could only choose to stop He Jin with action.
He jumped directly from the bed, then hooked onto He Jin’s pants, stretching the opening wide open.
He Jin turned around and immediately noticed something was wrong. He changed his pants and sat by the window with the best light to study it carefully.
He Jin certainly wouldn’t think that the pants were cut by a cat’s claws. The pants were expensive and of high quality, and the neat cuts didn’t look like the result of a cat’s claws.
Only then did he realize something was wrong. He looked down at the scratches on the back of his hands and arms. Judging from the gaps between the scratches, it seemed that they were not left by a cat.
Thinking of this, He Jin stood up and hugged the cat.
Du Yan was sitting on the bed watching He Jin study pants, and then he was suddenly picked up, he subconsciously wanted to break free.
Then a cat’s strength was really not that great, and He Jin’s attitude was a bit tough at the time, and the hand holding Du Yan was gentle but extremely firm, which made it impossible for Du Yan to escape.
At this point, Du Yan could only watch He Jin holding his paw and then pinching the soft pink pad.
Instinctively, Du Yan stretched his claw out from the pad of flesh. He Jin achieved his goal and stretched out his other hand to compare the scratches.
“……”
After understanding He Jin’s meaning, Du Yan’s choice was to raise his other paw and scratch He Jin’s hand hard.
“Hiss——”
The pain made He Jin involuntarily let go, and Du Yan took the opportunity to escape and then jumped onto the cat climbing frame.
Since He Jin wants to compare scratches, then give him a scratch. This will be much clearer than using a cat’s paw for comparison.
Du Yan sat on the cat climbing frame, looking down at He Jin, somewhat dissatisfied with his behavior just now.
He Jin was staring at the scratches on the back of his hand.
As expected, the distances between the claw marks are completely different. What is going on?
He Jin stared blankly for a long time, then suddenly raised his head and spoke softly. Perhaps because he was unsure, his voice was very soft.
Du Yan is now a cat, and those soft words fell into his ears so clearly.
“Jiujiu?”
He just rolled his ears and didn’t respond.
The reason is simple. He is still a cat, which means that even though He Jin has doubts in his heart, he still can not convince himself to believe the strange things that happened the night before.
As long as He Jin doesn’t convince himself, Du Yan will just be a cat.
He Jin sat at his desk, but his mind had not yet switched to work. Before he sorted out his thoughts, the only remaining fragments of memory in his mind were,
He suddenly stood up, picked up the pair of pants he had just changed and looked at them over and over again.
After a while, He Jin found a few strands of white cat hair on the inside of the pants near the hole.
It is normal for cat owners to have cat hair on their clothes. But his cat never approaches him, so how could the hair appear on the inside of his pants?
Combined with the chaotic memory fragments from yesterday and the strange scratches on his hands, He Jin became more and more certain of the absurd guess in his mind.
No matter what he thinks now, there is one thing he needs to do now.
When He Jin returned to the lounge, Du Yan had just finished breakfast and was starting to feel sleepy after not sleeping all night.
Just when he was about to fall asleep, he was suddenly picked up by someone. The hair on Du Yan’s tail was completely blown up. He looked at He Jin, his amber eyes filled with dissatisfaction.
He Jin smiled gently and said: “I’m sorry, I can’t let you out of my sight before something is confirmed.”
The WeChat group of Ri’an Investment Company exploded again today because at the regular high-level meeting on Monday, their big boss He Jin actually brought a cat to the meeting.
There was nothing special about the whole meeting. It was exactly the same process as the weekly meetings.
When He Jin brought the cat in, he didn’t explain anything, he just sat down and said seriously that the meeting was about to begin.
Throughout the meeting, the white cat was very quiet, sitting upright on He Jin’s right hand side, without even moving its tail, looking like a perfect fake cat.
However, those elites could not help but be distracted, and their eyes would occasionally glance up at the man and the cat at the head seat.
After the meeting, the cat photos that someone secretly took became the hot topic of the day.
“The charm of cats is indeed invincible.”
“That’s right, the workaholic boss actually fell for the cat’s pink pads.”
“Degenerate, ah, degenerate…”
“But don’t you think that with the cat around, Boss He has been in a much better mood recently and not as strict?”
……
The company’s WeChat group was abuzz with discussions, and it seemed that everyone’s life had become much better since the cat arrived.
However, Du Yan felt that he was in dire straits since that night.
Although he is a cat, He Jin always keeps him by his side. Even when meeting clients, He Jin will bring him along, and when negotiating, he will be handed over to the assistant for care.
Given Du Yan’s personality, he would never allow himself to be lazy in these formal occasions. So he could only sit upright and not lie down or sleep.
For cats, which are lazy animals by nature, this is really a torture.
However, even so, Du Yan still did not transform into a human form.
He Jin’s emotions and reason are probably in a tug of war right now. The materialistic worldview that has been formed over the past thirty years makes it difficult for He Jin to accept the absurd fact that his Jiujiu has turned into a cat.
But the fragmented memories of that night, the scratches on his arms and the torn pants the next day, made it impossible for him to completely deny this conjecture.
Things seem to have come to a standstill.
Just when Du Yan felt that the time was ripe and he could tell He Jin his identity by typing on the keyboard, so as to add a weight to the cat demon.
An unexpected incident disrupted his plan, causing the development trend that was moving forward smoothly to suddenly go off track and become uncontrollable.
That day, Du Yan felt that something was wrong with him. Something was very wrong with him.
He just felt that his whole body was hot and he kept fidgeting. What made Du Yan most embarrassed and unbearable was that it came from his body’s instinct. He seemed to want to leave marks in every corner of the room.
Yes, a sign of the animal way.
The tug-of-war between reason and physical instinct made Du Yan’s mood very bad.
Now He Jin is working outside, and only Du Yan is in the lounge. However, he can not accept the smell of himself leaving marks everywhere like an animal.
Leave, leave here, maybe go outside.
Du Yan no longer had the ability to think. He jumped off the cat climbing frame and walked out of the lounge without even looking at He Jin. He only wanted to leave this place.
He Jin reacted quickly, stood up and went to stop the cat that wanted to run away from home.
Unexpectedly, the calm and proud white cat suddenly arched its back, with its fur all over its body puffing out in a threatening posture.
He Jin sensed that something was wrong with the cat, and he panicked, even rushing forward without paying attention to the cat’s sharp claws.
After having his arms covered in scratches, He Jin finally controlled the white cat and drove directly to the pet store.
After the veterinarian at the pet store checked it out, he smiled and said: “It’s okay, it’s just in estrus.”
He Jin was stunned: “Estrus?”
The veterinarian nodded: “This period is the peak period for female cats to be in estrus. Maybe there are female cats in estrus around your residence, and it smelled the scent and also had an estrus reaction.”
He Jin frowned slightly and asked: “Then what should I pay attention to?”
The veterinarian said: “During this period, it is normal to be irritable, urinate everywhere, be aggressive or have a poor appetite. It will be fine after a while.”
He Jin was relieved after hearing this. He picked up the white cat and was about to leave when he heard the veterinarian speak again.
“By the way, if you don’t want to have this kind of trouble in the future, you can bring it here for sterilization after the estrus is over. This will also be good for the cat’s health.”
The hair on Du Yan’s tail exploded again. What did the veterinarian say?
Sterilization?
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Chapter 190. Cat Demon
Arc 7 : Last Nightmare
TN-: 3 Chapters today.
Du Yan was stunned for a moment, then he realized that he had just transformed from a cat into a human form, so it was natural that he was not wearing any clothes.
He did not panic but looked over calmly and asked: “Do you know who I am?”
Du Yan always felt that He Jin’s current state was a little abnormal. After meeting again after a long separation, according to He Jin’s obsession, the other party should not react like this.
He Jin just showed a confused expression and replied: “I know, you are my Jiujiu, Jiujiu without blood relationship, Xie Yan.”
Du Yan nodded and said: “Good.”
Then he turned around and prepared to go to He Jin’s closet to find some clothes to put on.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Du Yan turned around, he suddenly felt a sensation like an electric shock, a strong current running from bits of the tail vertebrae straight to the top of his head.
At the same time, He Jin’s puzzled voice rang out: “Jiujiu, why do you have a tail?”
Du Yan froze in place. He looked back and was surprised to find that there was a white and soft tail at the position of his vertebrae.
The tip of the white tail was held in He Jin’s hand, and the electric shock feeling just now must have come from that.
He Jin seemed to think the tail felt good, and he was still not fully awake. When he saw Du Yan turned around, he not only did not let go but squeezed the base of the tail in his hand harder.
It was that strong electric current again.
Du Yan only felt a tingling sensation extending from his tailbone to the top of his head, and he felt something was wrong.
He was completely unable to control his body’s instincts. His nails suddenly grew longer and became as sharp as a cat’s. Then, he scratched the back of He Jin’s hand with one claw.
He Jin screamed and retracted his hand. He raised his head and asked with some grievance: “Jiujiu, why did you scratch me?”
Du Yan turned around and looked at He Jin for a while, and finally confirmed that the man in front of him is still drunk and has not woken up at all, and his IQ is showing signs of degradation.
Simply put, the person now is not so much the adult He Jin, but rather the impulsive and somewhat foolish He Jin who was only sixteen years old when they first met.
Du Yan ignored him and walked to the closet, picking up a shirt and putting it on.
During the whole process, He Jin just stared at Du Yan stupidly. Even though the light in the room was dim and he couldn’t see clearly, he showed no signs of moving his sights away.
Du Yan didn’t care and started buttoning his shirt from top to bottom, his movements were neither fast nor slow, as if he was not being stared at so closely. However, when he was putting on his pants, he encountered a little trouble.
Du Yan looked at himself in the dressing mirror and fell into silence.
Yes, he turned into a human form, but this human form is not yet complete.
Du Yan in the mirror had two white ears sticking out from his black hair, which were furry and formed a sharp contrast with his cold face.
This is not an accessory, but Du Yan’s ear. He only needs to think about it, and the ear can turn slightly, which is very flexible.
In addition to the ears that shouldn’t be there, the more troublesome thing is the long cat tail that He Jin just grabbed. As long as the cat tail is there, it seems impossible to wear pants.
Du Yan tried hard to concentrate and tried to transform himself into a completely human form, but his ears and tail remained motionless.
While he was thinking about how to solve the tail problem, He Jin came over and asked: “What’s wrong?”
Du Yan looked at him and said: “I can’t wear pants.”
Du Yan didn’t expect this drunk man, whose IQ had deteriorated, to come up with anything constructive, so he didn’t look at him again after he finished speaking.
He Jin came over as usual and seemed ready to help find something in the closet.
When Du Yan was about to see how he would solve the problem, he felt someone pinch the tip of his ear.
“！”
Although the feeling of having his ears pinched was not as strong as having his tail pinched, it still made Du Yan feel uncomfortable. His body’s instincts overcame his reason again, and a cold light flashed, leaving several bloodstains on He Jin’s arms again.
“So you just came here to pinch my ears?”
Du Yan looked at He Jin coldly as he covered his arm and walked away, without any guilt in his heart.
He Jin said again with grievance: “No, I really have a way.”
“Say.”
He Jin said: “Why don’t you just not wear pants? The shirt is long enough anyway.”
“……”
He Jin is half a head taller than Du Yan, and the hem of his shirt just covers the key part.
However, Du Yan took a look at himself in the mirror, only wearing a shirt, and chose not to pay attention to He Jin anymore. Instead, he took his pants and walked out of the lounge directly.
He Jin stood there stupidly for a moment before his slow brain reacted, and he had to chase after him.
As soon as he reached the door, he saw Du Yan walking in, neatly dressed.
Just like when He Jin first saw him, his shirt was buttoned up to the top button, the hem of his shirt was tucked into his trousers, and there was not a single wrinkle on his clothes.
He Jin just looked at Du Yan like this, with a bit of obsession in his eyes.
His Jiujiu, the moon in the sky, the snow on the mountaintop in his heart, the moonlight that he could never grasp.
It was not until Du Yan’s tail instinctively swayed that He Jin woke up from a dream and said: “Jiujiu, you look so good like this. You are the most beautiful person I have ever seen.”
Du Yan glanced at him and guessed that He Jin had probably fallen into the second stage of drunkenness. His IQ had dropped, and he spoke without thinking. He just said whatever he wanted to say.
Sure enough, He Jin continued: “You’re normally very good-looking, and now that you have ears and a tail, I feel like it’s not that hard to approach anymore, and you looks very cute.”
Finally, he asked seriously: “Can I touch your tail?”
“No.”
“What about the ears?”
Du Yan no longer tried to continue the meaningless conversation with the drunkard and stated the facts coldly: “He Jin, you are drunk.”
Hearing this, He Jin came over and looked at Du Yan seriously for a long time, then nodded and said, “Yes, I am drunk.”
He closed his eyes, rubbed his face vigorously, staggered back a few steps, and fell on the bed.
He Jin murmured: “Yes, I am really drunk, and everything in front of me is an illusion.”
“I am not the sixteen-year-old He Jin now. You have disappeared for a long time. How come you suddenly appear in front of me in this state? This is not right, totally wrong. I am really drunk.”
In the third stage, IQ deterioration ends, and confusion of thinking begins.
When Du Yan saw He Jin started talking nonsense, he walked over and touched He Jin’s forehead, and the temperature was normal.
After confirming that He Jin was fine, Du Yan frowned slightly. The strong smell of alcohol on the other person was really unbearable for him.
Although He Jin was a little confused, he was still sensitive to Du Yan’s emotional changes. He said: “Sorry, I’m going to take a shower.”
Du Yan nodded and watched He Jin go into the bathroom.
After hearing the sound of water inside, Du Yan didn’t know why, but a strong panic suddenly surged in his heart, and he totally felt that He Jin would drown in the bathroom.
This strong feeling even made him a little restless, and he just wanted to rush into the bathroom to check on He Jin’s safety.
Du Yan finally couldn’t help but ask Xiao Ba: “Take a look at what happened after the setting of this world changed? Will there be any special characteristics of being a demon?”
Xiao Ba replied quickly, even with a smile in his voice: “This is really not the setting of a demon. In fact, even if you become a human now, you are still affected by some characteristics of cats.”
“The characteristics of cats?” Du Yan, who had never raised a cat, did not understand the mystery.
Xiao Ba explained: “Cats are very afraid of water. It is said that when many people are bathing, their cats will try to get into the bathroom to watch. In fact, they are afraid that their owners will drown in the bathroom so they can help them in time.”
Du Yan’s ears moved, and his expression looked a little unhappy. However, biological instincts eventually overcame human rationality, and he stood up, walked toward the bathroom, and pushed the door open.
The bathroom was quite foggy, and He Jin’s figure was only vaguely visible behind the glass partition door.
He Jin didn’t notice Du Yan’s arrival at all, which was normal. After all, cats never make any noise when they move.
Du Yan just leaned against the door, watching the people inside taking a shower. Only in this way could he calm down the uneasiness in his heart.
He Jin walked out with a bath towel wrapped around his waist. When he saw the person standing at the door, he was stunned even though his mind was not clear.
“Jiu, Jiujiu?”
He Jin’s confused mind was completely unable to comprehend what was happening before his eyes. The person who was always so high and mighty and didn’t care about him at all was actually standing at the bathroom door watching him take a shower?
Even in his dreams, He Jin had never imagined such a scene.
Perhaps because He Jin’s expression was too strange, Du Yan chose to explain: “I was afraid you would drown in there.”
He Jin was stunned, then he smiled and said: “The hallucination after getting drunk is so beautiful. If I could see you like this every time I get drunk, I’m afraid I would immerse myself in alcohol…”
“Don’t let your imagination run wild.” Du Yan frowned slightly, not agreeing with He Jin’s attitude.
He Jin still smiled and said: “Drunk people are supposed to have wild thoughts and even do whatever they want. Since it’s an illusion, I should do something even more extreme.”
Before Du Yan could react, the person in front of him sealed his lips, and then he was swept into the storm. It was not until the chaos moved into the room and he was pressed onto the soft bed that Du Yan regained some rationality.
He raised his hand to push the person on him, but the hand behind him, which was folded around his waist, grabbed the base of his tail.
Du Yan only felt his tailbone go numb, and his waist completely lost strength, leaving him no longer able to resist.
He looked at the ceiling and saw a chaotic and decadent color in front of his eyes, and a sweet and numb feeling lingered in his body.
Damn cat’s physical instincts!
Just when the situation was about to get out of control, Du Yan felt his body sink, and then he saw He Jin fall headfirst, followed by even breathing sounds.
He Jin is in the fourth stage of drunkenness and falls into a deep sleep.
Du Yan stayed there quietly for a long while, and only after the heat in his body subsided did he push He Jin away. He was about to leave when he felt his tailbone tighten.
Du Yan looked down and found that his tail was still tightly held in He Jin’s hand.
“……”
Cats’ tails are really too sensitive. Du Yan frowned and tried to pull the tail back.
As soon as he moved slightly, He Jin’s hand squeezed even tighter, and the tingling sensation immediately made Du Yan dare not act rashly again.
The situation was a bit awkward. He Jin was sleeping soundly, but Du Yan was stiff because his tail was held in someone’s hand. If he was in cat form, his fur would have exploded by now.
Du Yan’s claws were ready to move again, but fortunately, human rationality prevailed at this time.
He closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths, then leaned over and whispered: “He Jin, it hurts when you hold my tail like this.”
He Jin’s eyebrows moved slightly, and he seemed to be struggling.
Du Yan recalled the way they had interacted after the other person got drunk, so he continued to persuade him: “I will sleep with you and hold your hand.”
As soon as he finished speaking, He Jin loosened his hand and began to grope around.
Du Yan put his hand into He Jin’s palm, and then he continued to fall asleep.
Seeing that the other party had fallen asleep peacefully, Du Yan tapped He Jin’s forehead and tried to enter the next level of dream.
After a while, everything was back to normal.
Du Yan asked: “Xiao Ba, why can’t I go to the next level?”
“Wait, I’ll go and ask for advice.”
After a few minutes, Xiao Ba’s answer came.
“It’s very simple. He Jin just thought it was a drunken dream and didn’t open up to you as a cat now. So keep trying~”
“Continue to do it?”
Du Yan only felt his temples throbbing violently. Cats’ physical instincts are too strong. He did not like the feeling of instinct overriding reason.
This made Du Yan a little anxious, and he was eager to get rid of this strange body in front of him.
Xiao Ba also heard Du Yan’s displeasure and quickly explained: “That was the answer I copied verbatim. It was not what I meant.”
Du Yan rubbed his brows and calmed down. He knew that being anxious or unhappy now would not help solve the problem. Fortunately, he had already turned back into human form. He only needed to wait until He Jin woke up, and everything would be solved smoothly.
However, just as the sky was getting light and He Jin was about to wake up and let go, Du Yan’s body was covered with white light, and then he felt his body lighten, and when he lowered his head again, he saw the familiar white fur again.
Du Yan emerged from his clothes, squatted beside the pillow, and looked at He Jin with his eyes open.
“Uhh——”
The hangover made He Jin’s head ache as if it was about to explode. He wiped his face and finally recovered. He pressed the electric curtains and let the morning sun drive away the confusion in the room.
The amber pupils were right in front of him. He Jin raised his hand, touched the white cat in front of him, and smiled bitterly: “It turns out it’s you, it’s your eyes are looking at me.”
He stared out the window for a long while, then said: “Thank you for letting me dream about him.”
Du Yan was silent and roughly guessed the situation in front of him.
The sober He Jin did not believe in the legends about cat demons, so after he sobered up, everything returned to normal.
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Chapter 189. A Cat’s Charm
Arc 6 : Sci-fi Rom-com Movie Nightmare
Fang Xiangxiang left for work an hour earlier today.
She didn’t think the proud cat would be willing to enter the cat bag, nor did she want to be looked at strangely by the employees, and she was worried that too many people would scare the cat.
There weren’t many cars on the road at this point, so the journey was smooth, and it didn’t take long for Fang Xiangxiang to get to the company.
There is a special elevator for the upper floors of the company. Fang Xiangxiang took the elevator with the white cat all the way to the floor where He Jin’s office is located.
The elevator door opened, and Fang Xiangxiang saw the white cat walking out gracefully. In just a few days, Fang Xiangxiang felt that this white cat was a little different from ordinary cats.
Its movements are always steady and graceful. Whether it is sitting, lying down, or walking, it has its own style.
If the pet store hadn’t told Fang Xiangxiang that the cat was young and in its prime, she would have even thought that the cat was so stable because it was too old.
At this moment, Fang Xiangxiang had this feeling again. The cat walked in front of her, as if it was very familiar with this place, and Fang Xiangxiang didn’t have to worry at all that it would cause trouble.
Finally, the white cat stopped at the door of He Jin’s office. It was still early, and the door was closed.
The day before, He Jin told Fang Xiangxiang to bring the cat directly to the office, so she swiped her card and opened the door.
Unexpectedly, there was someone in the office. He Jin was sitting behind his desk reading documents. When he heard the door open, he looked up.
Fang Xiangxiang was stunned and asked: “Why are you here so early?”
He Jin said: “I slept here last night.”
Outside He Jin’s office on this floor of the office building, there is a lounge connected to it, which is called a lounge but is actually equivalent to a small suite.
There are rooms, toilets, and even a small kitchen inside, which is the standard configuration apartment.
In the past three years, He Jin was sometimes so busy with work that he often took a break here. Fang Xiangxiang realized that sometimes He Jin might not want to go home and face the cold and lonely home, so he often took a break in the company.
Before that person went missing, whenever He Jin was in Beicheng, he would go home and sleep no matter how busy he was at work.
He Jin turned around and said: “Yesterday I asked the pet store to send some necessary supplies over.”
Fang Xiangxiang found it a little strange. When He Jin was talking, his eyes were on the cat, which made her feel that He Jin seemed to be talking to the cat.
The cat’s reaction was also interesting. It was originally sitting on the sofa, but after hearing what He Jin said, it jumped off the sofa and walked towards the lounge.
Seeing this, He Jin turned around and walked in front to lead the way and open the door. Fang Xiangxiang followed behind and inexplicably felt that she seemed to be a bit unnecessary.
As soon as the door of the lounge opened, Fang Xiangxiang was stunned. She thought the necessary supplies He Jin mentioned were just a cat bed and some cat toys.
Unexpectedly, the entire room was transformed into a cat paradise, with cat climbing frames from floor to ceiling and aerial walkways nailed to the walls for cats to walk on.
All the small ornaments in the room have been moved inside the cabinet to prevent the cat from accidentally breaking the ornaments and getting hurt when moving.
Fang Xiangxiang couldn’t help but ask: “You didn’t stay up all night last night to make these things, did you?”
He Jin glanced at her and said: “I asked someone from the pet store to come and do it.”
“……”
Well, Fang Xiangxiang felt that she was being stupid, but it was not her fault. She didn’t know why, but she always felt that He Jin would do everything personally for the white cat.
Du Yan took a look at the structure inside and had no interest in the cat toys scattered on the ground. He walked directly to the cat climbing frame and grabbed a few to test the feel, then he found the highest position and stayed there with satisfaction.
He Jin checked the time and asked: “It has not eaten yet, has it?”
Fang Xiangxiang nodded: “Yes.”
He Jin said: “There is still some time. I will prepare breakfast for it. You can also go to the restaurant to eat.”
When Fang Xiangxiang was sent out, she looked confused, so what was going on?
The cat she picked up is gone just like that?
***
The WeChat group of Ri’an investment company is particularly lively today.
These financial elites seem to be very smart and capable normally, but they are actually quite gossipy in the group.
For example, the things that are being discussed now came from the high-level management over there.
“He is in a good mood today, colleagues. Come on!”
“What’s wrong? What’s wrong? A few days ago, I heard Assistant Li tell me to be careful these days.”
“Maybe this is a cat’s charm?”
“???”
“There is a video.”
The video is a little blurry, and it can be seen that it was taken secretly.
He Jin, the big boss of their company, was reading a document with a serious expression, which was normal. What was abnormal was that there was a white cat squatting on the right side of He Jin.
The cat was very close to He Jin and seemed to be looking down at the document.
One person and one cat seem to be in perfect harmony.
He Jin put down the documents and seemed to want to touch the cat, but the cat looked at him, and he could only put his hand down awkwardly.
At this time, the video was interrupted. It should be that the person recording was preparing to report, so he cut off the secret recording.
The person in the video, after giving instructions on the work, watched his subordinates close the door and then stared at the cat sitting on the table and fell into deep thought.
He Jin felt that he and the cat had an unexpected affinity, and just as Fang Xiangxiang had said before, the doctor recommended pet therapy, and it appeared in his life.
Every time He Jin saw the cat, he would think of that person, so he asked Fang Xiangxiang to bring the cat over and try to get along with it.
He Jin originally thought that it would be troublesome to have an animal in such a busy schedule, so he only planned to let the cat move around in the lounge.
Unexpectedly, the cat was very smart. He had just closed the door and stayed in the office for a short while when he saw it open the door and run out.
He Jin tried to catch the cat back but found that he couldn’t touch it at all.
Plus, this cat is very quiet, usually staying quietly in a corner, not making any sound or movement, so He Jin just let him be.
As a result, things turned out like this. The cat basically sat on the desk as if monitoring his every move.
Then He Jin did not feel uncomfortable at all, but felt more and more relaxed.
During breaks in his work, he only needs to turn his head slightly to see the white cat guarding him, and his heart will instantly become peaceful.
He Jin hadn’t experienced this feeling for a long time. The last time he experienced it was before that person disappeared.
During that time, He Jin was very busy with work and was almost never at home. After not being able to see his Jiujiu for nearly a week, He Jin’s patience reached its limit.
Afterward, under He Jin’s persistent persuasion, the man finally agreed to accompany him to work for a few days at the company.
This is how the two of them interacted during those days. He sat on the sofa doing his own things while He Jin was busy working.
As long as he could look up at the other person from time to time, He Jin would feel at ease and have endless motivation to continue working.
The reminder on the phone rang, and the three minutes of relaxation time limit He Jin had set for himself had passed.
He came back to his senses from his contemplation, and when he raised his eyes, he met those amber pupils.
He Jin always felt that he saw doubt in the other person’s eyes, so he sighed and said: “Maybe it’s because your eyes always remind me of him.”
He raised his hand again and wanted to touch the long fur of the white cat, which felt very good. Even though he had been rejected countless times, He Jin still couldn’t control himself at this time.
The cat reacted as usual, looking straight over with a hint of warning.
He Jin did not plan to give up this time, as he recalled the time he spent with his Jiujiu.
That person was always so cold and didn’t like He Jin’s approach, but when he tried to get close to him, he didn’t show any disgust.
He Jin’s hand finally touched the long fur that was as soft as satin.
The cat narrowed its eyes slightly, still staring straight at him, looking unhappy, but it did not turn around and walk away in reaction.
He Jin finally couldn’t help but smile and said: “You two really look alike, which is good.”
He Jin continued with his busy work, while Du Yan jumped off the desk and walked into the lounge, where he found a comfortable spot on the cat climbing frame and lay down.
Xiao Ba couldn’t help but ask: “So, have you given up your principles and decided to be a pet now?”
Du Yan said: “You are still too superficial in your view of things.”
Xiao Ba was kept in suspense by Du Yan for several days and finally couldn’t bear it anymore. He asked: “So what are your thoughts? Just tell me, okay?”
Now that things are going smoothly, Du Yan is in a good mood, so he patiently answered Xiao Ba’s question: “You need to know one thing, as the Lord of Dreams, He Jin can change the world settings. As long as he insists on believing certain things, some changes will occur.”
He paused and continued: “Some changes I would like to see.”
Xiao Ba understood what Du Yan meant, but was still a little confused: “Is this feasible? He Jin grew up with an atheist education. No matter what, he wouldn’t be so absurd as to think that you are his Jiujiu, right?”
Du Yan said: “As long as there is a chance that he loses his reasoning for a moment, then the impression I have on him in daily life will instantly turn these conjectures into an idea that He Jin firmly believes in.”
In the following month, the two of them maintained this tacit understanding with each other, and the opportunity that Du Yan was waiting for soon came.
Life as a cat is quite boring. Driven by this boredom, Du Yan almost sits beside He Jin every day to accompany him to work. Naturally, he knows He Jin’s work schedule very well.
Today is a celebration party for a large-scale merger and acquisition, and He Jin left the company early.
Du Yan thought he would not be able to see He Jin until the next day, but he did not expect to hear a noise outside late at night.
Du Yan twitched his ears and felt that the footsteps were very familiar. Was it He Jin?
A moment later, He Jin pushed the door open and walked in, accompanied by a strong smell of alcohol.
Du Yan sat up and looked at He Jin carefully. There was nothing unusual about his expression. He looked sober and rational.
“I’m back.”
He Jin said hello to the void, then sat down beside the bed.
As expected, he was drunk. Du Yan was very familiar with He Jin’s appearance when he was drunk. On the surface, he didn’t have any obvious characteristics, nor did he act crazy when drunk. He was a very good drinker.
There is only one thing, He Jin becomes particularly clingy after getting drunk. When the two of them lived together, every time He Jin got drunk he would pester Du Yan, and in the end it would end up being a situation where the two of them slept together for a night.
Du Yan was somewhat dissatisfied, so he jumped down and sat in front of He Jin, staring at him silently.
He Jin glanced at Du Yan, suddenly revealed a flattering smile, and said: “Jiujiu, I took a taxi here, not driving a car. Don’t be angry.”
This could explain why He Jin came to the company alone. Perhaps his assistant sent him home, and then he ran away from home on his own.
What surprised Du Yan was that He Jin was so drunk this time that he actually mistook himself for Xie Yan.
Perhaps this sentence turned on some switch, and He Jin’s entire mind began to become confused.
He sat on the bed without turning on the light, wearing a dark outfit, just like his current situation, he was completely silent in the dark sea without sunlight.
Depressed and cold.
In the darkness, He Jin sat with his back to the French window. His face was hidden in the shadows, and only the outline could be seen, not the details.
However, Du Yan is now a cat, and cats’ vision is not affected by light.
He took in all the expressions on He Jin’s face, and he only felt an extremely repressed emotion emanating from He Jin.
He Jin stared at Du Yan blankly, then said: “Jiujiu, you clearly promised me, why did you leave without saying anything?”
Du Yan did not reply, nor did he have the ability to reply.
He Jin waited for a long time but received no answer. He smiled, and that smile was somewhat sarcastic: “Right, you never promised anything, but I selfishly forced you to stay, and maybe you finally couldn’t stand it…”
He raised his hands to cover his eyes, with a bit of self-destruction: “Why no matter how hard I try, no matter how strong I become, I still can’t hold you. As long as you want, you can slip away quietly like a cloud in the sky.”
Du Yan just sat there and listened quietly.
After He Jin finished speaking, he was silent for a long time. Du Yan could even see his shoulders shaking slightly, as if he was suppressing his extremely intense emotions.
After a long time, He Jin finally spoke again: “But, but I don’t want to completely deny everything between us. I would rather believe that you have some compelling reasons.”
He suddenly laughed out loud: “I have had an extremely absurd idea these days, and it just popped up. Before you left, you seemed to have told me that you are not a human being.”
“Jiujiu, if you knew what I was thinking, you would definitely laugh at me and think I’m still the stupid He Jin back then…”
After saying this, He Jin seemed to be drunk, his body swayed slightly, and he suddenly fell back on the bed.
Seeing this, Du Yan was about to jump onto the bed to check on He Jin’s condition, but suddenly a blinding white light pierced his eyes, and then all the bones in his body began to ache violently.
Du Yan was enveloped in the white light, and he felt as if he was being tortured, crushed, and reshaped.
About half an hour later, the white light finally disappeared.
When Du Yan woke up, he was surprised to find that his perspective had changed drastically, becoming no different from that of an ordinary person.
Is that possible?
An idea came to his mind, and he raised his hand.
Sure enough, what appeared before his eyes were no longer furry claws but familiar slender fingers belonging to humans.
Xiao Ba’s voice rang out, with endless admiration: “Du Yan, you are so amazing. I just checked the data, and the world setting has indeed changed. It was originally an ordinary modern technological society, but now that the country has been established, it can be spiritual!”
Du Yan said: “Yes. Shao Lingheng’s bloodline ability is somewhat beyond imagination. I am looking forward to seeing the real him in the subconscious level more and more.”
“Uhh——”
Du Yan heard some painful sounds and looked down to see He Jin covering his head and looking very uncomfortable.
Du Yan was worried that changing the world settings might have an unpredictable impact on He Jin. He was anxious and leaned over to check on He Jin’s condition.
Unexpectedly, He Jin’s eyes opened as soon as he approached.
He Jin looked at the person in front of him, seemingly in disbelief. He blinked and then asked a question.
“Jiujiu, why are you not wearing any clothes?”
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Chapter 188. Cat Rice
Arc 7 : Last Nightmare
The car started and drove towards where He Jin lived.
The car was no longer as quiet as before. Fang Xiangxiang seemed to be worried about the white cat and kept soothing it in a soft voice.
He Jin listened to the noise behind him, and after a moment of silence, he finally found a reason to convince himself.
The cat was so quiet that one could not even notice its presence. Perhaps it was a little scared because there were too many people on the car.
He Jin felt that he had to turn around and show some kindness so as not to scare the already poor stray cat into any trouble, which would still make him feel bad.
Thinking of this, He Jin decisively turned around to take a look.
The white cat was sitting in the seat behind the driver’s seat, and He Jin could see its condition clearly just by turning around.
It sat upright in its seat, with an elegant posture and no sign of fear at all. When He Jin turned around, the cat also looked over, with no emotion visible in its amber eyes.
Of course, it can’t be seen. It’s just a cat. He Jin felt that he seemed to think too much.
Fang Xiangxiang talked for a long time but got no response. At this time, she saw He Jin turn around.
She thought He Jin thought she was too noisy, so she smiled awkwardly: “Ai, it seems that I am not very popular with cats.”
He Jin said: “Maybe not familiar yet.”
After He Jin finished speaking, he did not show excessive attention to the cat but turned his head and continued to look ahead. Suddenly, he felt a very subtle movement around him.
“Ah, cat, come back quickly.”
Fang Xiangxiang’s voice rang out, and He Jin turned around subconsciously.
It turned out that the beautiful white cat jumped onto the armrest of the car. When He Jin turned around, he met the pair of amber eyes.
The white cat just glanced at him, then looked forward, as if it was just treating the armrest as a special seat.
He Jin felt a little soft in his heart when it stared at him, and he subconsciously raised his hand to touch it.
Unexpectedly, as soon as He Jin raised his hand, the cat raised its head and looked straight at him with its amber eyes.
It was just a cat, and maybe it was just an instinctive reaction. But He Jin read something from its eyes, which was probably to avoid touching it.
He Jin withdrew his hand somewhat embarrassedly, feeling that he had not experienced this kind of feeling of being rejected everywhere for a long time.
Du Yan used his eyes to force He Jin’s hand away and then returned to his proud and arrogant look.
He was very calm, but Xiao Ba was anxious: “Du Xiao Yan, this is such a good opportunity, you should fully play your role as a cat, go up to him and act coquettishly, and let him take you home immediately…”
“My goal is not to become He Jin’s pet.” Du Yan said: “I don’t think He Jin will open his heart and trust a pet completely.”
Xiao Ba hesitated for a moment, then said: “But, now you can only go the pet route.”
“Uncertain.”
Du Yan just said these three words and didn’t continue.
Xiao Ba did not ask any more questions. He knew Du Yan’s personality now. He always had a plan for everything he did. However, when he did not want to talk, it was useless to ask him any more questions.
Throughout the journey, He Jin and the cat remained in this state. Silent and keeping their distance.
Fang Xiangxiang sat in the back and always felt that the man and the cat in front of him were inexplicably harmonious.
It’s just that He Jin always looked down at the cat from time to time, but the cat just sat there without even wagging its tail, as if it didn’t care about anything around it.
Fang Xiangxiang recalled the scene when He Jin and his Jiujiu were together. It was the same. That man was always focused on the work at hand, while the workaholic He Jin would always stop his work from time to time to look at him.
In this strange atmosphere of silence with everyone in the car having their own thoughts, the car had already arrived at the neighborhood where He Jin lived.
He opened the car door and looked back, and found that the white cat was still sitting upright, and there was no change because of his departure.
He Jin paused and suddenly felt a little angry. This cat, this cat… is so annoying!
He got out of the car angrily and closed the door, not even looking at the pretty but arrogant cat.
It’s just a cat. The reason why it affects his mood is that he is in such a bad state today. He will definitely not think about this insignificant cat tomorrow.
This is what He Jin thought when he left.
The next day, He Jin did not follow the doctor’s advice to take a day off, but went to the company as usual.
Although Fang Xiangxiang was a little surprised, she was not too surprised. With He Jin’s personality, it would be strange for him to stay at home and relax.
She went to He Jin’s office to report her work as usual and prepared to leave after finishing.
“Fang Xiangxiang.”
Fang Xiangxiang was stunned. He Jin always called her by her job title in the company, and only called her by her name when talking about personal matters.
Fang Xiangxiang stopped, nodded, and said: “What’s wrong?”
He Jin paused for a moment and seemed a little hesitant: “You, that cat from yesterday, how’s it?”
Fang Xiangxiang was stunned for a moment, thinking about He Jin’s excessive attention to the cat yesterday, and an idea came to her mind. It seems that the pet therapy proposed by Dr. Zhao is still feasible.
Her shoulders slumped, and she looked distressed.
“Ai, I don’t know why, it just refuses to eat cat food. It hasn’t eaten anything except a few sips of water all day.”
When He Jin heard this, his brows furrowed: “Is it sick?”
Fang Xiangxiang shook her head and said: “I don’t think so. From the look of it, it seems like it really dislikes cat food.”
“I asked friends who have cats, and they suggested that I cook cat rice, I’ve tried it but…”
Fang Xiangxiang didn’t finish her words but smiled awkwardly.
As Fang Xiangxiang’s friend, He Jin also knew that Fang Xiangxiang’s cooking skills were terrible, and it was fortunate that she didn’t poison the cat when she made cat rice.
He Jin nodded: “I understand, go ahead and get busy.”
Fang Xiangxiang closed the door and was stunned for a while. So that’s it? Was He Jin just asking casually?
She just felt that the plan had failed and left with some frustration.
He Jin thought so, too. He was just showing his concern for his friend. Fang Xiangxiang had a cat, and he had seen it yesterday. It was normal for him to ask casually.
The busy work left He Jin no time to think about other things. During lunch break, he did not go to the restaurant as usual, but asked the restaurant to deliver the food directly.
Although He Jin is a workaholic, he still eats his three meals on time. He knows that he has serious mental problems. If he doesn’t pay attention to his body, he will collapse before he finds the person.
He Jin looked at the simple yet exquisite meal in front of him and had no appetite.
He quickly finished his meal and was about to get ready for work, but then he remembered what Dr. Zhao had said yesterday that he should try to find time to relax and have fun.
He Jin turned on the computer and stared at the screen for a while, but he didn’t know what to do. He suddenly thought of what Fang Xiangxiang said about the white cat not eating cat food.
“It hasn’t eaten anything all day and seems to be very disgusted with the cat food.”
This reminded He Jin of that person again. On the surface, he didn’t care about anything and looked indifferent, but in fact, he was very particular about food. If he encountered something he didn’t like, he wouldn’t say anything, but he wouldn’t move at all.
When he has a poor appetite, he may even drink nothing but water for the whole day.
Because of this, He Jin developed a good cooking skill, and his cooking skill was completely based on his Jiujiu’s taste. When that person had a poor appetite, he would take care of all his meals.
He Jin smiled softly. Whenever he thought of the cat, he would think of all kinds of things about his Jiujiu. But whether it was a human or a cat, they would not be able to stand not eating for a long time.
So, He Jin typed a line of words in the search bar: How should cat rice be made?
The next day, Fang Xiangxiang went to He Jin’s office to report on her work as usual. When she was leaving, He Jin spoke again.
“Has the cat eaten?”
Fang Xiangxiang shook her head: “It ate some cat biscuits, but still don’t want to eat cat food.”
He Jin took out a bag from the drawer and handed it to Fang Xiangxiang.
Fang Xiangxiang took it and found a lunch box inside. She was stunned. This shouldn’t be the case. She had never eaten anything made by He Jin in all these years.
“What is this?”
“Cat rice.”
***
Du Yan stayed on the huge cat climbing frame, feeling a little listless.
This cat climbing frame was delivered this morning. Fang Xiangxiang saw Du Yan seem to like that cat climbing frame when he was in the pet store, so she ordered the same one directly.
Du Yan really likes staying there, because only when he is on the cat climbing frame can he make up for the height difference between cats and humans, so that he no longer has the feeling of needing to look up to others everywhere.
Fang Xiangxiang is actually quite considerate of cats. Du Yan is not in a good mood because he has not eaten.
In total, he only drank some water and ate a few cat biscuits in two whole days.
But as a cat whose soul is still human, he really can’t convince himself to eat cat food.
The cat toilet is closed, so Du Yan can let his body instinctively take him there to solve everything. But the strong fishy smell of cat food is unbearable for Du Yan no matter what.
Perhaps before long, he will have to compromise.
Because last night, Du Yan saw the consequences of Fang Xiangxiang’s attempt to make cat food. The strangely colored unidentified object that appeared in the end, it was better to pinch his nose and swallow the cat food next to it.
There were footsteps outside the door. Du Yan’s ears moved slightly, and he quickly figured out that it was Fang Xiangxiang who came back.
Sure enough, a few minutes later, Fang Xiangxiang appeared in the living room. She put down her bag and walked directly under the cat climbing frame.
She looked up, held up the lunch box in her hand, and said: “There’s a gift for you.”
After saying that, Fang Xiangxiang walked into the kitchen.
After a while, Du Yan smelled an extremely tempting smell, which seemed to have an extremely attractive power to the cat’s body.
Du Yan couldn’t control himself and jumped down from the cat climbing frame, and walked to the kitchen door.
Fang Xiangxiang turned around and saw the arrogant and cold cat approaching her. She showed a surprised expression on her face and said: “It seems that you like this cat rice very much.”
Fang Xiangxiang brought back a bowl of cat rice?
Fang Xiangxiang placed the heated cat rice in front of Du Yan and said: “It’s a little warm, not too hot, eat it.”
Du Yan looked down at the cat rice in front of him and found that even the presentation of the dish was very thoughtful and looked very tempting. He looked at it carefully for a moment and felt that the presentation of the dish in the lunch box was very familiar.
Fang Xiangxiang misunderstood Du Yan’s meaning. Seeing that the cat seemed to be alert, she whispered to comfort him: “Do you still remember He Jin, the person who took the car with you the day before yesterday? This is a gift from him to you.”
It was indeed made by He Jin himself. Du Yan finally couldn’t resist the temptation and lowered his head to take a bite.
Cat rice has no salt or oil, so it is naturally not as delicious as human food. But compared to cat food, it is much better. In addition, Du Yan’s body is now completely that of a cat, so the rice in front of him is extremely tempting to him.
Du Yan looked up at Fang Xiangxiang, then began to eat slowly. Even though he was extremely hungry, he still ate slowly.
Seeing this, Fang Xiangxiang finally felt relieved. As long as he was willing to start eating, there shouldn’t be any problems in the future.
But before she could rest assured for long, she saw the white cat in front of her stop eating and raise its head.
“Ah? There’s still a lot? Aren’t you going to eat it?”
Du Yan lowered his head, sniffed the cat food, took another bite, and then chose to leave ruthlessly and jumped onto the cat climbing frame again.
Fang Xiangxiang followed the cat and looked up and asked: “Is it not tasty?”
Du Yan squatted on the cat climbing frame and finally meowed.
Fang Xiangxiang had a high level of comprehension and understood the cat’s meaning based on the cat’s meow.
She said: “Probably not. If it doesn’t taste good, you wouldn’t be that interested in it in the first place, and you wouldn’t be willing to eat it.”
Fang Xiangxiang stood there for a while but still couldn’t persuade the cat to come down, so she had no choice but to leave and go about her own business.
Xiao Ba finally couldn’t help but ask: “Why did you stop eating after a few bites? This cat rice should be quite to your liking.”
“Yeah.” Du Yan rested his head on his folded front paws, squinting his eyes and concentrating.
“Then why don’t you eat? Aren’t you hungry?”
“The few bites I ate just now were enough to keep me from starving to death. My goal is not to be a cat.”
He Jin’s reaction was somewhat beyond Du Yan’s expectations. Since the other party seemed to care about him, he might as well take this opportunity to let He Jin take the initiative to ask to take care of him.
Du Yan’s plans rarely go wrong, and this time is no exception.
The next day at work, after Fang Xiangxiang finished reporting on her work, He Jin kept her back.
He Jin asked directly: “Does it like it?”
Fang Xiangxiang was still busy with her work and was unable to react for a moment: “Ah?”
He Jin said: “Cat rice.”
Fang Xiangxiang heard this, and her face fell, revealing a distressed and puzzled expression: “The cat was quite excited when it smelled the cat rice. It jumped down from the cat climbing frame and followed me to the kitchen. You know, it has never been so active in the past two days.”
When He Jin heard this, the corners of his mouth lifted slightly unconsciously.
However, Fang Xiangxiang changed the subject and said: “I don’t know why, it stopped eating after two bites, but it’s obvious that it’s not full. Could it be that cat rice doesn’t suit its appetite?”
After listening to this, He Jin did not offer any suggestions as Fang Xiangxiang had expected. He just nodded and said coldly: “I understand. Go ahead and get busy.”
Fang Xiangxiang left in a daze, but she didn’t know that He Jin in the office had opened the computer and started searching.
What is the reason why cats don’t want to eat cat food?
That night, Fang Xiangxiang received a call from He Jin.
“Bring the cat to the office tomorrow. Some cats only eat fresh food.”
Fang Xiangxiang was stunned and said: “Ah? Can I bring my pet to work?”
He Jin’s tone was calm, as if bringing a cat to work was a matter of course: “I’m the boss.”
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