Before I could finish a cup of tea, it was already late, so I didn't linger and left with Qingyan to continue moving.

As we walked to the door, Ling Yan suddenly called out to me, "Ahua?"

I turned to look at him in confusion. Ling Yan looked like he wanted to say something but hesitated, as if he had something to say to me.

"Hmm? What is it?" I asked, puzzled.

However, after pondering for a while, he suddenly blurted out, "How is the tea today?"

I looked at him strangely and blinked: "Not bad..."

I noticed he seemed hesitant to speak: "Is there anything else?"

"fine……"

I figured he must be too free, so I just said to him, "If you're really free, remember to come help out later."

He then smiled and replied, "Okay."

I really like this building. It has a traditional Chinese style, a beautiful environment, and is suitable for retirement.

The group worked together to clean and tidy the house before dark, though they were all quite tired.

In the end, Qingyan and I didn't even eat dinner. After washing up, we went straight to bed and fell asleep.

What followed was the dream that arrived as promised.

I had just closed my eyes when I saw Zhou Lang standing in a sea of ​​flowers, smiling and waving at me: "Ah Hua... come..."

I walked towards the sea of ​​flowers as if possessed, and had just stepped into it.

The scene before me suddenly changed, and I found myself standing in a deep, dense forest.

Zhou Lang stood silently in front of me, only raising his hand to touch my face.

I was completely immersed in Zhou Yu's gentle charms.

And all around us, countless sinister, beast-like, terrifying scarlet eyes seemed to be staring at us menacingly.

Immediately, those eyes transformed into bizarre, grotesque, and terrifying faceless monsters that relentlessly surrounded me, seemingly intent on devouring us.

"Ahua, are you stupid? What are you still standing there for?" Ranmo's voice came from above my head again.

He hovered above my head and then lifted me up from the ground like a chick.

He lifted me to the clouds, and only then did I come to my senses and say to Ranmo, "Was that a Nightmare Gu just now...?"

Ranmo, however, abandoned his usual playful demeanor and said speechlessly, "Knowing full well that it's the Nightmare Gu at work, you still followed them forward. Do you have a death wish?"

But I joked with him, "Because I knew you'd show up."

"If I had arrived any later, your spiritual power would have been drained." Ranmo was somewhat annoyed, but her voice carried a hint of morbid impatience.

I smiled but didn't say anything, though I felt that Ranmo was acting strangely today: "What's wrong with you today? Why do you look so sickly?"

Ranmo clutched her chest, her face contorted with embarrassment: "My chest hurts a little. I sense that my other soul is nearby. I've tried to summon him using the fusion technique many times, but he refuses to leave his location even a step and won't return."

"Is there anything I can help with?" I asked anxiously.

He nodded, ink staining his face.

“Ahua is a complete soul in the dream world. Her spiritual power is actually stronger than that of us incomplete souls. I will teach you how to circulate spiritual power again. Help me check what obsessions he has. As long as you resolve his obsessions, he can return to the dream world with you and merge with me.” Ranmo’s listless appearance made me very nervous.

Ranmo led me in a flash to a place that was very familiar to me...

On the tree-lined path, in front of the desolate old plum tree, surrounded by blooming flowers and sealed by the Seven Star Array talisman paper.

"Isn't this the plum tree from the neighborhood where I just moved in?" I was somewhat taken aback...

“That’s right…” Ranmo raised his finger with difficulty and pointed to the old plum tree—

"He's right there..."