Chapter 54: It's not a nightmare, it's a spring dream. The sun shines on the golden mountain, and good things will happen...

By the time they finished mopping the floor and threw the sheets and quilt covers into the washing machine, it was already past midnight.

The dog was happily rooting around on the sofa.

"It hasn't gone to the toilet much during the past few days since it came to my house. I was worried about it. Now it's gone." Gu Zhi sighed helplessly.

The sofa was to be used by the dog to sleep on, and all the quilts of moderate thickness in the house had been eaten up by it, leaving the two with only one choice.

Jiang Ziyi walked into Gu Zhi's bedroom, a dull, grey room with no decorations on the shelves except books.

There was a large bay window next to the bed. The pillow looked very soft, and she couldn't help but squeeze it.

Gu Zhi was hesitating whether to close the door. After closing it, he began to worry about the brightness of the light. When he finally moved his gaze to the bed, Jiang Ziyi had already shrunk into the quilt.

The extra pillows formed a comfortable semi-enclosed structure above her head.

He is quite good at building a nest for himself. Gu Zhi couldn't help but laugh.

The mattress sank with the weight of Gu Zhi's body. Jiang Ziyi closed his eyes so tightly that his eyelashes were curled up, and his breathing became more and more irregular.

"Good night." Gu Zhi said to Jiang Ziyi who was pretending to sleep.

"...We can just sleep, right?" Jiang Ziyi confirmed the moment he turned off the lights.

Her eyes grew brighter in the darkness.

"Yeah." Gu Zhi didn't dare to get too close to her.

"Huh," Jiang Ziyi's shoulders finally relaxed, "I'm not ready yet." She admitted in a low voice.

"Me neither." Gu Zhi was actually very panicked.

"Why did you ask to go home with me?" he asked, facing the empty ceiling.

"Sister Xia and Sun Che asked me to take the initiative, but I said the wrong thing in a moment of haste." Jiang Ziyi sounded very annoyed.

"Initiative?" Gu Zhi repeated doubtfully, "It's true that the way we express our feelings is different, but there's no distinction between active and passive, right?"

"Yeah... well, then what did you agree to do?" Jiang Ziyi discovered the blind spot.

"I didn't perform well during the date, and Zheng Haonan asked me to make up for it. I have a dog at home, and I thought you would like it..." Gu Zhi realized that his behavior was illogical.

"I really like this date," Jiang Ziyi emphasized again, "So what if it doesn't go according to plan? Isn't it good enough to be happy together?"

"I think too much." Gu Zhi reflected on himself.

"I'm always worried about unnecessary things." Jiang Ziyi turned her face, her expression still very depressed.

Gu Zhi couldn't help laughing when he recalled how she spilled half of the glass of "Sunset Coaster" and drank the other half.

"How dare you laugh at me?" The moonlight danced on the ends of Jiang Renyi's hair. "Who packed miso soup with his shirt?"

"Remember this?" Gu Zhi lifted a corner of the quilt, revealing his left shoulder.

"Ahhhhh, don't do this!" Jiang Ziyi buried his head in the pillow like an ostrich.

The two laughed and joked for a long time, holding hands in the bed, and vowed to sleep well this time.

"See you tomorrow." Gu Zhi put Jiang Ziyi into his eyes for the last time.

"See you tomorrow."

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Jiang Ziyi’s stare almost made a hole in the back of Gu Zhi’s head, but she still couldn’t fall asleep.

Jiang Ziyi changed direction, trying to face the blank inner tent and clear his mind.

After she could no longer see Gu Zhi who was sleeping beside her, more Gu Zhi appeared in Jiang Ziyi's mind:

Gu Zhi in a suit, Gu Zhi in a bathrobe, Gu Zhi without a turtleneck sweater...

Gu Zhi who pulled her tie, Gu Zhi who smiled and said "good night", Gu Zhi who trapped her in his arms, Gu Zhi who put his forehead against hers and was ready to kiss her at any time...

They broke into Jiang Ziyi's spiritual world completely unreasonably, sitting, standing, lying or crawling, surrounding him in three layers inside and outside.

Jiang Ziyi pressed his temples with two fingers, trying to drive away these doubts with other thoughts.

But she found that "Gu Zhi" can be arranged and combined with anything.

Carrots - cooking - Gu Zhi, wearing an apron and stirring the wok in the kitchen;

Desk - Study - Gu Zhi took down the plain mirror wearily and pulled her close to his arms;

TV set - screen - Gu Zhi escapes from the enemy's pursuit and wipes the blood from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand...

Jiang Ziyi turned over in annoyance, and continued to stare at the back of Gu Zhi's head in a daze in self-abandonment.

She should just concentrate on dealing with the one in front of her.

Jiang Ziyi's sleeping bag slowly moved towards Gu Zhi. When she finally realized what she was doing, Gu Zhi's back was already very close.

She carefully put her forehead against it and found that Gu Zhi's breathing rhythm seemed different from before.

"Hey, you're not still awake, are you?" Jiang Ziyi whispered.

The only response she got was silence—Gu Zhi quietly held his breath.

He was still so bad at pretending to sleep.

"Ouch." Jiang Ziyi deliberately touched the ground with his elbow.

"Where did you fall?" Gu Zhi sat up and searched the medicine box at his feet.

"It's okay, I was just trying to scare you." Jiang Ziyi let him check her arm. "It's already past three in the morning, why aren't you asleep yet?"

"I want to wait for you to fall asleep first." There was obvious worry in Gu Zhi's eyes.

"Are you afraid of having nightmares?" He touched Jiang Ziyi's head.

"…It's not a nightmare, it's a wet dream." Jiang Ziyi said softly.

Gu Zhi was stunned for two seconds, then suddenly realized.

"How about I move the tent further away?" He lifted the curtain and looked around.

"What are you thinking about? No!" Jiang Ziyi pulled him back.

"Then let's be patient for now. Let's go out of the mountain in the morning and find a hotel?" Every suggestion made by Gu Zhi was highly feasible.

"Mr. Gu, I haven't decided whether to divorce you or not." Jiang Ziyi hugged his knees.

"Then just play with me for now, you don't have to take any responsibility." Gu Zhi said with awareness.

"It's not like we haven't played this before. Those few days after you mentioned divorce—" Gu Zhi opened his mouth with vicious words, and Jiang Ziyi hurriedly covered his mouth.

Gu Zhi kissed her fingertips, leaned over, and supported his left hand on her pillow.

"I miss you too." His ending tone was hoarse and ambiguous.

Jiang Ziyi struggled to get out of the sleeping bag and began to put on his clothes one by one.

"From now until morning, we need to maintain a distance of at least two meters," she said righteously.

"Then can I go outside with you?" Gu Zhi was a persistent tail.

"...Whatever you want." Jiang Ziyi ran out of the door in a panic.

The night sky was filled with stars. Jiang Ziyi tried hard to clear his mind and counted the constellations he knew, but his fingers soon became stiff.

Gu Zhi stretched out his arm two meters away, indicating that he wanted to hand the gloves to her.

The purpose was to get her closer and break the distance ban.

Jiang Ziyi put his hands back into his pockets with dignity.

Gu Zhi was still afraid that she would be cold, so he put his gloves and scarf on the chair and walked away.

Jiang Ziyi then picked them up, behaving like an overly cautious cat.

After a while, Jiang Ziyi began to feel bored.

Gu Zhi said something to her, but because the distance was too far, it was lost in the wind.

"From now until morning, we need to keep a distance of at least one meter." Jiang arbitrarily amended the decree.

"Okay." Gu Zhi immediately moved his chair closer.

"What do you want to do tomorrow and the day after tomorrow?" He took two blankets from the tent.

Due to schedule conflicts with Director Yu and Screenwriter Du, the recording of "Breakup Lover" will be interrupted for two days after the hiking trip.

"Let's have a good meal first." Jiang Ziyi thought about it. She had been making do with two days of meals and was extremely greedy.

"Take a rest, walk the dog, and then... I might go see Lin Shuyao." Jiang Ziyi looked down at the bottomless lake, the rolling waves were like shadows lurking beneath the water.

This is the advice given by Xu Yanhui. If one wants to solve the problem from the root, Lin Shuyao is an obstacle that cannot be avoided.

"Do you mind if I accompany you?" Gu Zhi was not overly surprised by her decision.

"If you want to face it yourself, I can also stand one, two or three meters away." He restrained himself and placed his hand on the back of Jiang Ziyi's chair.

"I'm worried that this will be a fork in the road," Jiang Ziyi said softly, "both for my condition and for our relationship."

If she could really get rid of the nightmare that had been lingering for years through this meeting, feel relieved or wake up completely, many problems would be solved.

But there might be another scenario, the "bad ending" that she always imagined in the past.

"No matter which path we take, there will always be a way." Gu Zhi told her firmly.

Jiang Ziyi looked at the distant mountains in silence. No matter how powerful the words are, they will seem pale if they are said too much.

The sky gradually brightened, and Yu Huating came out of the tent yawning.

"Did I catch my fish?" He trotted over to check.

"Why are you sitting here? It's very cold." Du Xiaofang did some stretching exercises facing the lake.

Luo Pan was awakened by the noise of several people. She tied a beautiful bow with her scarf. Jiang Ziyi looked at it for a long time but couldn't understand how it was tied.

"The weather forecast says it will be sunny today!" Yu Huating wrapped his cell phone, which was almost frozen to death, in his sleeve.

"Then I can see the sunrise." Du Xiaofang jumped twice in excitement.

"It's past seven o'clock. Should we wake up Wang Zihe?" She asked Luo Pan for his opinion.

"Stop shouting, let him sleep if he wants." Luo Pan said without turning his head.

So the five people stood in a row, facing the misty blue snow-capped mountains.

"Gu Zhi, why are you so far away from Ziyi?" Du Xiaofang glanced at the two of them strangely.

"Has the ban been lifted?" Gu Zhi asked.

Jiang Ziyi didn't say anything, but took a step towards him.

The slowly rising sun dyed the top of the snow-capped mountain golden. The golden light gradually spread downwards, forming a brilliant band of light. The snow in the mountains was illuminated red, and the whole world was bathed in the light that symbolized hope.

"It's so beautiful." Luo Pan held the camera but didn't press the shutter for a long time.

"When the sun shines on the golden mountain, good things will happen." Yu Huating put his hands behind his back with satisfaction.

Jiang Ziyi turned her head and found that Gu Zhi was also looking at her.

Although he hadn't spoken yet, she seemed to hear his voice.

"Just be happy, everything will be fine."