See you in my dream
"Danger! Danger! The host's health continues to decline! Triggering 'rescue operation'! Please make a choice:"
A. Long rope
B. Fire
C. Plaster
625 suddenly appeared, emitting a brilliant light. After not seeing each other for many days, Su Manyan thought that this rare reunion would be a warm and happy scene, but unexpectedly, the other person was already in danger of life or death.
This was the first time it had seen Su Manyan in such a state of disarray. Its electronic voice was tinged with tears: "Host, please choose one quickly."
Su Manyan hadn't seen 625 in many days, and even though the bright light blinded her, she wasn't annoyed at all. Instead, she felt a special warmth. Listening to the electronic tones in her ears, she actually thought she was experiencing a last burst of energy.
She twitched her lips vaguely: "Why did I see 625? Am I really going to die?"
Strangely enough, ever since Xiao Lin had recovered from the poison, 625 had vanished from the face of the earth. No matter how she called out, it wouldn't appear. She had always been thinking about 625, and had long since truly considered it her close friend.
It is the only "person" in this world who knows his true identity.
"Host! Wake up!" 625 was spinning around anxiously. The originally formatted mechanical sound actually revealed a bit of heartbreaking meaning, "Su Manyan!"
That voice seemed to have traveled through millennia. For Su Manyan, besides this body, the name "Su Manyan" was her only proof of her being from another world. How long had it been since she heard someone call that name? A month? Two months? Or a lifetime? Death in a past life and struggle in this one, interwoven in that name, formed an unbridgeable chasm of time.
"Su Manyan..." she muttered to herself. This name had haunted her mind countless times, yet she had never spoken it out loud. Even now, even the thought of it felt strange. But in this desperate and desperate situation, these three words became the most beautiful comfort, the most powerful encouragement. She could not forget where she had come from, and even more so, her goal.
She couldn't just die like this. She was Ah Yan, and even more so Su Manyan. Su Manyan was waiting for her, and Xiao Lin as well... If possible, she wanted to live with Xiao Lin.
Before she passed out, she mustered all her strength and shouted hoarsely, "I want fire, I don't want to die..."
Everything went dark before her eyes and she completely lost consciousness.
Su Manyan dreamed of the girl again. She felt herself sinking deeper and deeper into darkness, when a flash of white light suddenly illuminated her vision.
The next second, the world was spinning.
When she regained her composure, she realized she was standing in a room—the same young woman, accompanied by a lady in elegant attire, their faces still blurry. A phoenix coronet and pearls lay on the table, a wedding dress draped across the screen, and scattered boxes of gold, silver, and jewelry lay scattered throughout the room. It looked like a scene of a woman about to be married.
The mother and daughter sat side by side on the couch. The lady covered her mouth with a handkerchief and sobbed, repeating over and over again: "My poor daughter! The emperor is so foolish that he made you suffer such injustice..."
The girl who was about to get married gently patted the woman's hand, forcing a smile to comfort her, but her eyes were red.
Su Manyan watched the woman weeping, and her heart suddenly ached. She stepped forward, wanting to ask what had happened, but just as her hand was about to touch her body, it passed right through.
Can't touch anything.
Su Manyan finally realized that she was just a bystander and that all this was just a dream. She could only stand there and watch the desperate mother and daughter, unable to do anything.
This time, the dream was particularly long. Even after the woman left, exhausted from crying, Su Manyan remained trapped inside. She tried to get out, but the door wouldn't open. Only then did she realize she was confined to this tiny room.
She stayed with the girl with a blurred face for a whole day and a whole night. After the woman left, the girl was left alone in the room.
Judging from the layout of the room and the conversation between the mother and daughter, the girl was most likely a princess. However, she didn't even have two maids to serve her personally. Even dinner was brought in by maids outside.
Are all women about to get married subject to such travel restrictions? Su Manyan was filled with doubts. But when she looked at the girl's thin shoulders, she felt pity for her, like a white dove trapped in a cage.
One can't fly out of the cage, and the other can't escape from the high walls.
The girl, bored, picked up her needle and thread and began embroidering red silk. As she embroidered, tears suddenly began to fall, dripping onto the fine, dense stitches she had just finished, blurring the lines. Su Manyan watched, her heart tightening: the girl's vision must be blurry, too. With so many tears, what if she couldn't see clearly and got pricked by the needle?
But the girl acted as if she didn't notice, and continued embroidering non-stop, even refusing to sleep at night. She stubbornly embroidered all night long, and finally finished the next day. During this time, Su Manyan stood by her side, trying to persuade her, even shaking her shoulders and arms, but she naturally didn't notice.
Strangely enough, Su Manyan always felt that the aura emanating from this girl made her feel at ease, as if the two of them were soulmates who knew each other intimately. Seeing the girl trying to suppress her grievances and feign strength, Su Manyan lost the desire to rest and simply lay down at the table, accompanying the girl until dawn.
The next day, the maidservant delivered the meal and left again. A whole day had passed, and the girl had remained listlessly in her room, quietly preparing for her wedding. Su Manyan couldn't fathom her state of mind: sometimes her expression was indifferent, but when she picked up those beautiful and exquisite wedding jewelry, a shyness that only a girl could muster would surface on her face.
In the afternoon, a burst of neat and respectful salutes suddenly came from outside the door: "Your Highness the Crown Prince!" Su Manyan then realized that there were so many people guarding outside the house.
The man pushed the door open and entered. This time, his face was no longer blurry—this was the first person she had seen in her dream whose features were distinct. The prince was handsome and tall, dressed in a moon-white silk round-necked robe that accentuated his gentle and elegant demeanor.
The girl, who was originally concentrating on embroidery, raised her head. The moment she saw the prince, her eyes suddenly widened. The sadness and confusion on her face disappeared, replaced by full surprise and happiness.
"Brother Prince, you're here!" She put down the needle and thread in her hand and shouted crisply.
The prince quickly reached out to stop her from bowing and helped her sit back down on the chair: "There's no outsider here, so there's no need for these empty formalities."
He glanced at the pile of dowry on the table and sneered, "Are these all sent by the emperor? I've never seen him care so much about you."
"Brother Prince, please be careful with your words and actions!" The girl gently patted the back of the prince's hand and frowned to signal him not to talk nonsense.
"Little sister, do you think I'm wrong? The thought of you being sent to the Hu Kingdom for marriage has left my mother and I unable to sleep or eat for the past two days. What on earth is Father thinking? Why would a defeated nation want a princess from the Great Southern Kingdom to marry them?"
The princess abruptly turned her face away, tears welling in her eyes. The princess who had endured the tragic fate the prince had spoken of was none other than herself. Having her heart pricked at this, she felt deeply distressed.
Su Manyan was so anxious that she jumped up and down: Why are you so fierce? It's not her fault that she got married, why are you losing your temper at this little girl?
After the prince finished speaking, he realized that his tone was too excited, and he immediately apologized: "Little sister, I don't mean to be mean to you, I'm just too angry. Brother also loves you. No matter how much I plead with the emperor, he is like a demon, determined to have you marry him, and even now he has you under house arrest."
"Perhaps, this is my fate..." The princess lowered her head, her fingers pinching the flesh on the back of her hand. She was silent for a long time before she sighed and uttered a weak word.
"If you're in Hu Country and they treat you badly, you must find a way to tell us. I begged my father for a long time before he agreed to let me bring a servant with you. I've brought him here today. He took care of me when I was a child, so he's safe to use, and he knows some martial arts. If you're truly wronged, have him lead you out, and I'll come get you then..."
The usually calm and composed Crown Prince now lost his composure in front of his beloved sister. He rushed back and forth, hoping to spare his sister some of the injustice she suffered. He called out to the door, and the person waiting outside immediately opened it and walked in.
Su Manyan subconsciously looked outside, but the moment the door was opened, the dream suddenly ended.
In the dream, Su Manyan could not leave the room, and now she is also unable to leave this damp and cramped well.
Just now, after Su Manyan chose "Firelight", she completely lost consciousness. The moment 625 transformed into a fireball, it saw her almost in cardiac arrest. It flapped its "wings" and flew to Su Manyan's face, tentatively checking her breath, and found that there was still a faint breath, so it was slightly relieved. But the ball still sobbed and said, "Su Manyan, you can't die."
It didn't even dare to cry, fearing that tears would dilute the warmth in its body, so it could only forcefully hold the tears back. Then, it focused all its energy, transferring its warmth to Su Manyan, silently praying that she would wake up soon.
An unknown amount of time passed, until the fireball's brightness dimmed slightly, and Su Manyan's eyelashes trembled slightly. She tried to open her eyes, only to find her eyes enveloped in a red light, and the crackling sound of flames echoed in her ears, as if the flames were dancing.
Is this... on fire?
She tried to open her eyes wide, only to find that it was 625 that had been circling around her. It had now turned into a small fireball, continuously providing her with light and warmth.
She moved slightly, and 625 immediately noticed it. Its circling movements suddenly stopped, and it was stunned for several seconds before suddenly bursting into tears and throwing itself into Su Manyan's arms.
"Host, you're finally awake! I was scared to death!"
Su Manyan noticed that her body temperature had returned to normal, and she guessed that it was 625 who had helped. She wanted to comfort the frightened little ball, but the loud crying made it impossible for her to get a word in. She could only wait until the crying gradually subsided before she raised her hand and gently touched the poor little creature.
When I touched it, I found that the feel of 625 is better than before. The flame on the outer edge not only does not burn it, but instead gives it a lingering warm temperature.
"I'm much better now, thank you, 625. If it weren't for you, I would have died here today."
"Host, you're welcome. 625 is really scared to death."
"How long was I unconscious?"
"Almost an hour."
"Why did you fall into the well? It's too dangerous."
"I ate too much and wanted to digest the food, so I got lost and fell into the well while running around." Su Manyan explained concisely.
“…”
Su Manyan broke the silence and asked the question that had puzzled him for a long time: "Where have you been these days?"
The light on 625's body dimmed, and the flames burned less vigorously. It stammered, "Something happened on the space station a few days ago. I found a chance to go back and deal with it, so I didn't have time to tell you."
"Is the matter settled now?"
"Let's...let's settle it."
Actually, 625 lied. The real reason was that during Xiao Lin's detoxification mission, 625 had let too much go and was discovered by the space station technicians. Not only was he warned, but he was also locked up in a small dark room for the past few days to "reflect on his mistakes."
Even though 625 was just a small, round ball, devoid of human demeanor, Su Manyan could still sense its melancholy. She assumed the space station incident had caused serious consequences, and she didn't dare question it, fearing it would only make it more upset.
"By the way, host, look at that."
Now there was light in the well, and the structure inside was clearly visible. It turned out that 625 had taken out a metal box from the space storage cabinet and had just moved Su Manyan onto the box, isolating her from the well water and waiting for her to wake up.
That's why Su Manyan didn't observe her surroundings carefully because of the iron sheet. She looked in the direction indicated by 625 - a human skeleton was lying on the other side of the well.
"Ah!" Su Manyan was terrified. She immediately closed her eyes and screamed, clutching 625 tightly with both hands. In her coma, she had forgotten she had even touched the corpse before. A sticky chill crept from her tailbone up her spine to the top of her head, and Su Manyan instantly fell into the "icy cave" again.
"Host, don't be afraid, don't be afraid! 625 is with you! It's just a skeleton, it won't hurt you." 625 comforted hurriedly. It had thought that Su Manyan had already seen the corpse, and even secretly praised her courage in her heart. In the end, it found out that she didn't notice it at all.
Just as Su Manyan took a deep breath, a series of electronic sounds rang in her mind, almost "bombing" her brain:
"Ding! Host, please take note. The male protagonist's darkening value has risen to 66%."
"67%."
“…”
"Ding! Host, please take note. The male protagonist's darkening value has risen to 70%."
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