Goodbye forest
"Interview?" Shang Jingyan was not very interested. "I only have three sentences to say, and I have already said them before."
"Just say whatever you want. The audience just wants to confirm your safety with their own eyes."
Mu Xiu pushed up his glasses. "Normally, Dream Builders would arrange interviews after they become famous or release a masterpiece of great significance. You have only accepted the second interview now, which is already a relief."
Shang Jingyan coughed. For her, "less work" was the most effective way to provoke people, and it always worked.
She thought for a moment and said, "Okay, send me the interview outline in the next two days and I'll prepare it."
In the communication box, Mu Xiu nodded and ended the conversation.
Shang Jingyan stood up, wiped the water off his hair and opened the private communication interface. The moon was already bright outside.
X71 muttered: [Yanyan, you are really busy. You still have to take interviews.]
In the eyes of the public, Shang Jingyan has been invisible since returning to the Exile Galaxy, but in fact she has been working non-stop these days and only has time to reply to private messages late at night.
She has been busy negotiating meetings with the dream builders from the exiled galaxies - in her plan for "Lord of the Stars", she plans to recruit at least a quarter of the dream builders from the exiled galaxies.
This is impeccable. First, the horror style in Alpha is the best developed. Second, the Exile Galaxy is the cleanest and has the least brain worms. Third, the mental power in the same region is easier to resonate, which is conducive to building the foundation of the mental network.
[It actually makes sense. I need the outside world to confirm my status. Only when we humans are of one mind can we better deal with the brain worm.] Shang Jingyan comforted X71 in return, [I know the editor is thinking about me. It will be fine after the most difficult time is over.]
Now, there is a subtle state of tension in the entire league. The award ceremony is far from an outbreak; it is just a fuse.
Since it has been announced to the entire alliance, it is naturally impossible to hide it from X71.
X71 seemed to have understood what "emotional intelligence" was. It tacitly did not ask Shang Jingyan why she didn't tell it. Instead, it left her a message on the message board one night:
[No matter what happens, Xiao Qi will always stand by Yan Yan's side! ]
There were a lot of love stickers on the back, which made Shang Jingyan laugh and be moved.
There was nothing important today, except for Pei Yi's words which made Shang Jingyan smile.
Manager Pei: [Director Shang, do you want some cake? [Smiley Bunny]]
The time of issuance was around 2:00 p.m.
Pei Yi did not participate in the award ceremony. He listened to Shang Jingyan and returned to the Exiled Galaxy early.
After that, she was always busy, and even after two episodes of "Village Girl" were aired, she and Pei Yi had not met again.
And when I saw Shang Jingyan, I remembered that Pei Yi had never contacted her on his own initiative.
X71 was not blocked by Shang Jingyan, so it also saw this sentence and said: [Yanyan, I suddenly thought of a question... If brainworms like to be in love, then is it more dangerous for people to be in love? According to gossip, there are many couples breaking up recently. ]
[Hmm? I haven't really thought about this.] Shang Jingyan was stunned for a moment, stroking his chin, [But there is also a reason...]
Before she finished speaking, she suddenly tapped her palms lightly and understood why Pei Yi had been silent.
...So I was worried about this, worried about being a burden to her.
Shang Jingyan never denied that she was a relatively cold person in terms of emotions. First of all, her family and life experience determined that she would not take "love" too seriously and only thought of it as a spice in life.
But at this moment, she still had some complicated emotions in her heart, as if she had actively provoked the little rabbit and then left it aside.
Pei Yi could have come to her earlier, retreating to gain more ground in her heart, but he didn't.
[…Maybe there is another way out.] Shang Jingyan silently changed his words.
X71: [……]
Shang Jingyan does think so. She can control herself from falling in love, but what about others? The proportion of people who fall in love with each other is really worrying.
It is impossible to pin our hopes on people not falling in love.
[You reminded me. I have to find time to discuss this with Deboler and the others to avoid future troubles.] Shang Jingyan hurriedly wrote down this idea, and X71 clicked his tongue in a mechanical voice.
Look at the workaholic look of the master. Even if the whole world falls in love, she is definitely the one with the most determined will!
After carefully recording it, Shang Jingyan replied to Pei Yi.
[I haven't eaten it for a long time, I miss it a little bit [Black Rabbit poking its head out]. ] She said, [Can I have it then? ]
There was no immediate reply from the other party. I wonder if Pei Yi was resting. Shang Jingyan finished drying her hair and fell asleep without waiting.
Shang Jingyan was in a trance for a moment when he opened his eyes. When he saw the grayish-white sky, he realized that he had dreamed of that foggy world again.
This time, she was not a new arrival on the beach, all soaking wet, but lying in a boat in her pajamas, floating down the current.
There was fog on both sides of the river. The boat was a wooden boat decorated to look like a swan, which was quite childish. But it was too old, and the white paint on it was peeling off, making the swan look a little scary.
Shang Jingyan touched the small swan wing on the side of the boat, and a memory surged in his mind and became vivid.
...When she was five or six years old, it seemed that Shang Song took her to the park and they took a boat like this.
That was one of the few times that Shang Song was completely sober and not drunk. They played in the park all day. Little Shang Jingyan was so happy that she couldn't help herself and tried hard to show off in front of her mother.
Halfway through, the mother and daughter met a dream builder who was filming offline with his crew - in this era, not many film and television dramas choose to record on location, and only those who are extremely poor or extremely particular will do so.
Shang Song stopped and watched for a while.
"Mom, I know! These people are called dream builders and actors. Dream builders were also called directors in the past!"
Xiao Shang Jingyan put her hands on her hips and spoke clearly. She had a good memory since she was a child. She remembered all the key points of the Dream Builder entry on Baidu Encyclopedia after reading it once.
"In the future, I will also become a great dream builder!"
Was that her dream at the time? Probably not, because the child didn't really know what "dream builder" meant.
She just knew that this was a job that looked impressive, and - her mother rarely showed that she cared about something, but this time she watched the crew busy for a long time.
Did Shang Song respond to his daughter at that time?
"Dream builder is a very hard job. Most people don't know what they are doing in their entire lives."
She said something that was difficult for a child to understand and touched Xiao Shang Jingyan's head.
Shang Jingyan could now understand what she meant.
——Dream builders are the guardians of people’s spiritual realm, but most of them don’t actually know what they are really fighting against.
Shang Jingyan fumbled around in the boat for a while, and finally opened the drawer under the seat. Sure enough, there was a photo inside, just as he remembered.
The mother and daughter have the same silver hair and green eyes, and you can tell at a glance that they are related by blood.
Shang Song hugged her and gave a faint smile to the camera; while she put her arms around her mother's neck, her cheek against hers, and smiled so hard that her missing front tooth was revealed.
It turns out that I was so stupid when I was a kid... Shang Jingyan thought to himself.
When she was a child in her "previous life", that is, when she was on Earth, she was a precocious child, probably because it was not her first time "reincarnated as a human".
This photo was later kept by Shang Song, and it may be the only photo of the mother and daughter. Shang Jingyan has never seen it again until now.
Click.
The boat hit the shore, and the forest I had last seen appeared before my eyes. The memories ended, and it was time to arrive at the destination.
Shang Jingyan carefully put the photo away in his pajamas pocket, got off the boat and walked into the forest.
This time, a path appeared in the forest. She walked along the winding path. She no longer rushed around like she did last time, but carefully observed the thick fog on both sides of the road.
Even though there was no wind, they were twisting and spinning on their own. If you stared at the whirlpools for a long time, you could almost hear sharp wails, which made your head ache.
Shang Jingyan read a lot of emotions from it: fear, sadness, hatred, pain, despair...
Just looking at it makes me almost suffocate. If brainworms like positive emotions, then all that exists here are their antonyms.
Although humans cannot live without these emotions, what does it feel like to be surrounded by them all the time?
Shang Jingyan walked to the center of the forest. The geese were breathing by the lake, and when they saw her coming, they all turned around to look at her.
She looked around the open space and tentatively called out, "Shang Song?"
No one responded. Shang Jingyan paused for a moment and then asked, "...Mom?"
She felt strange when this word came out of her mouth, but she didn't feel disgusted.
In fact, Shang Jingyan rationally did not feel that there was much family bond between him and Shang Song, and the latter could not be considered a good parent.
They are more like allies or comrades-in-arms.
Suddenly, with a "splash" sound, a black leather notebook appeared from thin air and fell into the lake, startling several geese that were parked on the water.
Shang Jingyan went forward to pick it up, and there were two lines of words written inside:
[They haven't given up yet and are planning to launch a general attack. The success or failure of mankind depends on this one move.]
【Your game is the final battlefield.】
Shang Jingyan frowned and asked, "Are you referring to my "King of Stars"? They will attack mentally in the game? ... Then if I don't make this game, can I avoid it?"
New content suddenly appeared on the wet page. First, a line was drawn under "Your game is the final battlefield", and then a new line was started:
【This is the optimal solution. 】
It was as if there was an invisible ghost writing. But Shang Jingyan did not feel the presence of anything, just air.
She murmured, "I see. If this is my game, then we have a little known advantage. If it is completely unknown and we let the other party act, the situation will most likely become worse, right?"
The handwriting did not deny it.
In the last dream, Shang Jingyan didn’t have time to have a good conversation with Shang Song, but this time she came to see her before the war broke out.
Suddenly, another line of words appeared on the notebook.
[You are excellent, far beyond my imagination, I am proud of you. I am also very sorry. ]
Shang Jingyan's heart suddenly felt bitter. Shang Song had been watching her and knew everything she did in the real world. He felt sorry for her negligence as an elder and for not being able to witness it in person.
In this world, no matter how old a daughter is, she will always be happy for a word of affirmation from her mother.
"I want to ask another question."
Shang Jingyan looked up, "Where are you? Will you...come back?"
It was quiet for a long time, then a gust of wind blew, sand and rocks flew everywhere, and the wild geese were startled and flew away. Shang Jingyan subconsciously covered his face.
Feeling weightless, she knew she was about to be teleported out of the dream.
The notebook in his hand was blown away by the strong wind, and the half-wet pages flipped wildly. Shang Jingyan tried hard to open his eyes and look at it carefully -
The handwriting read:
【I am everywhere and homeless. 】
It suddenly became dark in front of him and Shang Jingyan fell out of his dream.
The sun is shining brightly.
Shang Jingyan turned over and sat up, and the first thing he did was to touch his pajamas pocket.
There was nothing inside, not a single photo.
It was indeed a dream, a spiritual world, and the things in it could not be brought back to reality.
She touched her face and found some wet marks at the corners of her eyes.
Everywhere, homeless...
Shang Jingyan was in a low mood after getting up early, which was rare. She sat by the bed for a long time before getting up and drawing the curtains.
Through the glass window, you can see a young man standing downstairs with a lunch box in his hand.
Romance scenes are so hard to write.
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