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"As soon as you walked in, your eyes were fixed on him, and you couldn't tolerate anyone else. You pounced on him and touched his face, and you didn't respond even when I called you." Uncle Zhou smiled helplessly, "I'm an old man, and I can tell what you kids are thinking at a glance."
Ye Jingan suddenly felt embarrassed. What kind of couple was this? It was clearly his unrequited love, and the one he loved was his own ancestor! If Brother Liu heard this, he would probably be furious.
Ye Jing'an lowered his eyes and said dejectedly, "Uncle Zhou, he didn't agree to me. I'm the only reason he's collapsed in the hospital. It seems like his love for me isn't the kind of love we have for a couple..."
"There aren't many things in this world that go as planned. There are always more regrets than perfections." Uncle Zhou patted Ye Jing'an on the shoulder. "I've been through this myself. No matter what the outcome, we need to make things clear."
"Okay, I see. Thank you." Ye Jing'an handed him a bank card. "Uncle Zhou, take the money. Please take care of him these few days."
"No need, uncle has no shortage of money, just take care of yourself." Uncle Zhou smiled and waved his hand, "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
"I'll treat you to dinner some other day!" Ye Jing'an was full of gratitude towards this stranger. If it weren't for him, he might never have met Brother Liu.
Lying on the hospital bed, Liu Muze's face was pale and bloodless. He hadn't eaten in the past two weeks and had become thinner and less lively. Ye Jing'an's heart was bleeding, and he secretly blamed himself for forcing him. If he hadn't been so impulsive and had talked to him properly, Brother Liu wouldn't be lying in the hospital.
Ye Jingan called softly, "Brother Liu, wake up, it's me."
"Will you open your eyes and look at me?"
"I was wrong. I'll go back obediently. I don't need you to accompany me anymore. Wake up, okay?"
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Ye Jingan called out for a long time, his voice almost hoarse, but Liu Muze still lay there quietly without moving. He looked at the report, then squinted his eyes and looked at Liu Muze.
The doctor said that all physical functions are normal, but there is something wrong with my mind!
Indeed, this Liu guy sometimes acts like he's seriously ill. I don't know what's going on in his head all day and night. He's lived for so long, and most of the time he's like a little brat, causing me no peace of mind at all!
Ye Jingan took a sip of water and made up his mind to call him until he woke up.
"Brother Liu, why don't you want to wake up?"
"Can you tell me what's wrong with you?"
"Don't be sad alone, okay?"
"Brother Liu..."
Liu Muze, who had fallen into a coma, woke up from his nightmare and came to the Yanghe City Amusement Park where he and Ye Jingan had visited. There was no one here, the sky was gray and there was no sun, and everything around was shrouded in thick fog.
"Why am I here?" Liu Muze walked around the amusement park, checking out the places they'd played before. The rides hadn't changed. Sitting in the same chair, Liu Muze saw the carousel again. For the first time in all his years, he'd been scolded like a madman. It was all Ye Jing'an's fault!
"Their mouths are more accurate than fortune-telling. They called me a beast that looks like a human and even spared no children. Haha, they were right." Liu Muzhe said self-deprecatingly.
Liu Muze stared at the white wooden horse in a trance. At that time, Ye Jingan was among a group of children, riding a wooden horse and waving hello to him. Liu Muze laughed dumbly. Now when he thought about the scene at that time, he would still feel embarrassed for Ye Jingan.
He walked over and touched the white wooden horse that Ye Jingan had chosen. It was a large unicorn, and the white paint had been worn away by people riding on it over the years. The amusement park had no electricity, so the wooden horse couldn't operate. It was lifeless and had no trace of the joyful atmosphere of the past.
"When did it all start?" Liu Muzhe sat sideways on the wooden horse, supporting his head with his hands and closing his eyes to recall what had happened along the way.
"Brother Liu! Save me!"
"Ye Jing'an?" Liu Muzhe heard the voice coming from the direction of the haunted house and quickly ran over to see.
The haunted house was gone, replaced by a red spiral slide. The slide extended from the ground down to a bottomless depth, like a path to hell. He lay on the ground and shouted into the darkness, "Ye Jing'an, where are you? What happened?"
The shout did not receive any response. Liu Muzhe remembered that Ye Jing'an's voice just now was very urgent, as if he had encountered some danger. He did not think much about it and slid down the spiral slide without hesitation.
He had never slid down a slide before, so this novel experience was not very pleasant. Liu Muze slid for a long time, but still couldn't reach the bottom. His head was spinning and his consciousness began to blur.
Ye Jing'an coaxed him for a long time, saying a lot of nice things, and even shouted until his throat was hoarse, but Liu Muze ignored him. Seeing that he was so unwilling to eat or drink, Ye Jing'an took a deep breath, frowned, and said, "If I don't wake you up today, I won't be called Ye Jing'an!"
Liu Muzhe woke up in a daze and found himself still on the slide!
Inside the closed cylindrical slide, he couldn't see what was happening outside, let alone where he was. He reached out to the inner wall of the slide to try and stop himself, but the inner wall was incredibly smooth, with no friction at all, and his hand couldn't hold on at all.
"What a lousy place! It's never going to end!" The slide wasn't big enough to even sit up. A strong sense of suffocation filled Liu Muze's mind, and he panicked. Just as he didn't know what to do, Ye Jing'an's voice reached his ears.
"Brother Liu, can you please wake up?"
"Ye Jing'an! Where are you?" Liu Muzhe shouted while patting the slide.
"Open your eyes and look at me." A familiar voice kept coming from outside the slide.
What?
Could it be that I am dreaming again?
Why is this dream different from the previous ones?
Liu Muzhe drew several talismans, trying to break the illusion before him, but it was useless.
Why doesn't it work?
It wasn’t like this before. Was this a dream?
"Ye Jing'an! Where are you? Ye Jing'an..." No matter how he shouted or clapped, he couldn't get his voice through. He could only hear Ye Jing'an calling him.
Overwhelming despair and an unprecedented sense of powerlessness enveloped Liu Muze, making it difficult for him to breathe. He could only listen to Ye Jingan's voice as he slowly fell into the endless abyss.
Ye Jingan saw Liu Muze's frown slowly fall. Brother Liu's expression now was... fear?
Is he scared?
Ye Jing'an was stunned, looking at him in disbelief. Neither the Grandmaster nor Brother Liu had ever been afraid. Ye Jing'an interlocked his fingers and held his hand, pressing it against his face and saying, "Brother Liu, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me like this, wake up."
Liu Muze felt as if his hand was being held by someone in the endless slide. The despair and powerlessness in his heart disappeared at that moment. He firmly grasped the invisible hand and asked excitedly, "Ye Jingan, is that you? Where are you?"
"Brother Liu, don't be afraid! I'm here." The hand suddenly pulled him out of the slide.
Liu Muzhe's eyes went dark, and when he recovered, the hand that was holding him was gone.
"Ye Jing'an, where have you been?" He looked around and found himself standing on a small path. The two rows of trees planted on the side of the road were all dead, and the branches looked crooked, like monsters with fangs, staring at him fiercely.
The sky here was a blood-red, a terrifying red, and all around him was pitch-black darkness. It seemed as if he alone carried the light, and he could only see the next step after taking one. Visibility was less than two meters, and there was no telling where the road led to at either end.
Liu Muzhe stretched out his hand to explore the space below, and found it was empty!
"Where is this?" Liu Muzhe thought it would be better to drag him directly to hell. At least there would be a chance to fight his way out. These broken places can't do anything!
"Brother Liu, come find me quickly." Ye Jing'an's voice came from the depths of darkness ahead.
"Ye Jing'an, where are you?" Liu Muze ran towards the direction of the voice. He ran and ran, but could only hear the voice coming from the darkness ahead, but could not see anyone.
Liu Muze could hear Ye Jingan's voice twenty meters ahead, but when he ran over, Ye Jingan would also move forward, always keeping him twenty meters away. No matter how fast Liu Muze ran, he could not see Ye Jingan.
"Damn it, you did that on purpose, kid! Are you trying to kill me, your grandmaster?" Liu Muze hunched over, panting. He found the words he'd just called out subconsciously a bit funny. Spending so much time with Ye Jing'an had changed his personality quite a bit. His subconscious words actually had a bit of... Ye Jing'an flavor, and were even a bit childish.
When he was a child, he was not like this now. He was really going backwards as he grew older. The corners of Liu Muze's mouth curled up slightly unconsciously. He stopped running and wanted to lie down for a while.
Liu Muzhe, who was resting with his eyes closed, heard footsteps approaching. He sat up and opened his eyes, and was stunned.
"Ye Chenyi?" Liu Muze walked towards him. This place seemed different from his previous dreams, perhaps entering a dimension he didn't understand. He wasn't sure if the person before him was a figment of his imagination, so he reached out to touch him. Perhaps, like before, he was just a shadow, visible but intangible.
"Don't touch me!" Ye Chen dodged, his tone cold to the bone.
"I'm sorry, I..." Seeing his extremely disgusted expression, Liu Muzhe froze his hands, not knowing what to do.
"I shouldn't have risked my life to save you!" Ye Chen snorted coldly.
"What did you say?" Liu Muzhe was stunned.
He heard Ye Chenyi's words clearly, and even repeated them in his mind several times within a dozen seconds. He just couldn't believe that Ye Chenyi would say that.
Liu Muzhe was a little dazed at the moment. He had forgotten that this was his dream and had also forgotten to test whether the person in front of him was really Ye Chenyi.
He was moved by Ye Jingan, and when he realized that he liked her, he cut his losses and left. He waited for Ye Chenyi for who knows how many years, but waited until he said: I shouldn't have risked my life for you.
Even if it wasn't what Ye Chenyi actually said, but hitting Ye Chenyi's face was enough to break the last line of defense in Liu Muze's heart. He asked weakly, "You don't want me anymore?"
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