The words were beautiful and pleasant, and Fang Shan kept repeating that friendship lasts forever, but what he said was one thing and what he did was another.
From beginning to end, Wei Sushen and System 333 didn't get an extra bottle of wine.
There were only three bottles of beer in total, and Wei Sushen did not restrict Fang Shan. After drinking the last drop, Fang Shan reluctantly went to bed holding the bottle.
In a room with two single beds, System 333 made do on a chair, but his sleep was uneasy. In the middle of the night, fatigue was overwhelming, and he had just barely begun to ignore the hard stool when he suddenly had an inexplicable premonition.
He didn't know where this thought came from, but he actually sat up and looked towards Fang Shan.
The small bed by the window was bathed in moonlight. Fang Shan's skin was pale, and her pair of dark eyes were staring straight at him.
System 333 was startled. "W-What are you looking at?"
Fang Shan pointed behind him. System 333 swallowed and shuddered.
In an instant, he stretched his stiff neck as much as possible and looked back—
There was nothing there, only white walls.
System 333 guessed it was a prank and breathed a sigh of relief. Fang Shan had somehow gotten up from the bed, a malicious grin on his face.
Seeing him tiptoe out the door, System 333 hesitated for a moment and followed behind him.
Fang Shan half-leaned against the wall of the hotel corridor and raised an eyebrow: "What are you doing here?"
System 333: "Supervising someone who is acting suspiciously."
Fang Shan scoffed: "I just drank a little wine and couldn't sleep."
Wei Sushen was a light sleeper, so he went out to avoid waking others up by tossing and turning.
It's easier to think at night. System 333 took a long breath and said, "Did you discover anything during the day?"
"Night demon." Fang Shan didn't keep the secret: "It attacks people's mental vulnerabilities and creates nightmares. I've encountered it once before."
System 333 thought to itself that it was no wonder that Wei Sushen was not allowed to accept any tasks recently. Considering the low quality of the task issuing system, it might be related to the nightmare. From the looks of it, Fang Shan was really eager to get involved in this mess.
"If you really don't want to get involved, you should just go back." System 333 said, "Everything in the world has its own way of functioning. Nightmares kill people, and humans kill livestock. Animals have their own food chains, so why bother meddling in their affairs?"
Fang Shan: "But I always feel that it will come to me on its own initiative."
System 333 turned away and sneered, "Don't think of yourself as the protagonist of this world. The host you brought with you is obviously a person of strong will."
Frankly speaking, no matter how powerful the nightmare was, he didn't think it had the ability to defeat Wei Sushen... Wei Sushen and Fang Shan would only become other people's nightmares!
Fang Shan also felt that he was worrying too much and shook his head.
However, they all ignored one fact: Wei Sushen had no psychological trauma before, but he had it after returning from the previous plane.
Everything originated from the story told by System 666. Wei Sushen always felt that there was something else behind the other party's words and that he was hinting at something.
In addition, he was brainwashed by Fang Shan's TV series not long ago. For a long time, whenever he saw any external objects, corresponding exaggerated exclamations would emerge in his mind, so that Wei Sushen really began to wonder whether he and Fang Shan had a connection in past and present lives.
What he thought about during the day, his dreams came as promised at night.
Countless amazing species live in the azure sea. Jellyfish of various colors swim around like transparent umbrellas. Even in the water, you can almost hear the sound of the sea breeze. Everything is like a dream.
There was actually a mermaid resting next to the coral in front. He had his back to Wei Sushen and had long hair as soft as seaweed.
This mermaid is the nightmare in disguise.
It was also a little nervous. The nightmare demon could capture the most vulnerable part of the human mind and force people to collapse step by step by creating false dreams.
However, Wei Sushen was the most difficult prey he had ever encountered.
Long hair that even the finest silk could not match, eyes like glass, arms as white as snow... this was what the other person thought of mermaids.
I wonder if its disguise satisfies Wei Sushen’s idea of a dreamy little man!
I was nervous and cursing in my heart... This guy looks serious and solemn, but he actually has such a flashy fantasy of a dream lover.
Fang Shan played an indispensable role in Wei Sushen's idea, but despite his thoughts, his aesthetic taste was not like that.
So when the mermaid turned her head, her eyes were refracted by the light coming from nowhere, emitting colorful rays of light. For a moment, she was really scared.
The mermaid's facial features were about 70% similar to Fang Shan's, and she was looking at him lovingly: "Wei Lang, you're here."
Wei Sushen felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach and did not respond.
The nightmare demon didn't know where Wei Sushen's pain was the most. The mental loopholes it could capture were all messy and illogical. It could only add its own imagination to connect these messy fragments.
"You said you would live and die with me," the mermaid said with a look of resentment, "Why did you abandon me?"
Wei Sushen frowned: "Who are you?"
"Wei Lang, don't you remember me?" The mermaid approached him, lowering her eyes to hide the strange glint in them. "I've been waiting for you on the Naihe Bridge for ninety-nine years. It's so cold here. Will you come and keep me company?"
It was clearly Fang Shan's voice and Fang Shan's face, but Wei Sushen couldn't muster a single favorable impression. He couldn't explain why, and pushed away the mermaid who kept sticking to him: "Let's talk later."
“…”
The dream ends here.
When Wei Sushen woke up, the sky was only half bright, and he could vaguely see a crescent moon hovering in the sky.
I looked around but didn't see Fang Shan.
"The hotel here doesn't include breakfast, so he went to the restaurant across the street to buy you some food." System 333 yawned, stood by the window, opened it as wide as possible, and let in the cold air.
This habit is exactly the same as Fang Shan's.
Wei Sushen's gaze lingered on System 333 for a second longer before he finally asked, "What does the story you told me last time have to do with Fang Shan?"
System 333 had almost forgotten about the incident, but when he brought it up, he flew into a rage, "He's the culprit. Do you think he's involved?"
One of them was thinking about his past and present lives, while the other was thinking about the ending of the story. They were talking at cross purposes, but they still stubbornly stayed on the same channel.
Wei Sushen asked rather subtly: "Do you feel that Fang Shan treats me very well?"
"Nonsense," System 333 said, "I've never seen such a heartless person bother to buy breakfast for anyone."
Seeing the confusion in Wei Sushen's eyes, the system curled its lips and said, "What's there to think about? The reason he treats you well is very simple... emotional resonance."
All the hosts Fang Shan had worked with in the past were powerful and influential, with harems accumulating one after another. A well-fed man doesn't know the hunger of a hungry man; how could those hosts possibly understand the sorrow of a single, living fossil?
Fang Shan is naturally more tolerant towards Wei Sushen, who has been single from birth, than towards others.
After all, Fang Shan was now in control of his life. System 333 offered a few kind words at the right moment: "666 has done a lot for you. Never betray him in the future."
betray?
Wei Sushen frowned. Why did he emphasize these two words? Was it true, as the mermaid in his dream had said, that he had betrayed the agreement between them?
When Fang Shan was feeling uneasy, he came back from buying breakfast and compared them. He handed the burrito that seemed to have the most vegetables to him and gave the one with the least to System 333.
Fang Shan’s idea was simple: the benefits should be kept within the family.
However, in Wei Sushen's eyes, this is not love.
Wei Sushen went downstairs for a walk after breakfast, while Fang Shan watched his melodramatic love drama in the room.
System 333 glanced at them and said, "Aren't you two inseparable? Why don't you follow?"
Fang Shan smiled mysteriously: "This is where you are inferior to me."
A certain amount of freedom is good for both of them.
System 333 suddenly leaned over and asked, "So, what's the ending of the story?"
Fang Shan had obviously forgotten his mean behavior in the broadcasting room, and only remembered it after he reminded him.
"The little mermaid turned into foam and disappeared."
System 333 covered his heart with his hands, an expression of disbelief.
Fang Shan didn't care much: "It's just a story, no need to take it seriously."
However, System 333 couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart and felt that nothing he did was right.
Wei Sushen returned from a short walk to see him with a look of despair on his face, muttering resentfully. Fang Shan, standing nearby, spread his hands, indicating that it was a normal attack and there was no need to pay attention.
Wei Sushen nodded and lay down on the bed.
Fang Shan was stunned for a moment, then checked the time. It was only eleven o'clock. "Are you...taking a nap or a nap?"
Wei Sushen remained silent, but just covered himself with the quilt and went to sleep.
As soon as he closed his eyes, Fang Shan dragged System 666 out and said, "I think he has a mistress."
System 333 quickly waved his hands: "We are both innocent."
Fang Shan: "With your looks." He snorted and said, "I suspect that the host is having an affair with someone in his dream without my knowledge."
System 333's eyes widened, unable to believe such a bizarre idea.
However, Fang Shanhao seemed to have confirmed this. He walked back into the room, sat beside Wei Sushen's bed, and stared at him motionlessly.
System 333 was frightened and whispered, "What is this for?"
Fang Shan made a gesture to keep quiet and mouthed, "Caught in bed with an adulterer."
He wanted to hear if the host would talk in his sleep and call out other people's names.
Wei Sushen had no idea that there was a jackal waiting for him in the real world. At that time, he was immersed in his dream and was forced to have love with his concubine.
In the dream, he was like a rootless duckweed wandering in the underwater world. Wei Sushen subconsciously knew that this was a dream, and everything was illogical, such as why he could breathe under the sea, and the most unreasonable thing was the mermaid who was staring at him tenderly.
"I missed you so much." The mermaid said sweetly.
Wei Sushen silently watched the strange fish swimming in the sea, unable to understand why he had such a dream with no scientific basis.
The mermaid began to cry and tell about her longing for Wei Sushen, and wanted him to commit suicide to accompany him.
Wei Sushen didn't listen to these words at all. He stared at the mermaid's face and found it difficult to find any similarities between this fish and Fang Shan.
The nightmare demon began to get anxious, and he clearly caught the words "rose-like lips" and "annoying little goblin" in the other person's mind. These words represent the memories that a person is most reluctant to recall but are difficult to erase.
Usually the nightmare uses fragile memories to gain success, but why doesn't it work on this person?
She pinched her nose to make it more three-dimensional, and continued to look at Wei Sushen with her captivating eyes: "You will come to find me, right?"
Wei Sushen: "I've found you."
"..." The mermaid forced a smile: "You haven't crossed the Naihe Bridge yet, you have to first..."
Wei Sushen interrupted him: "Don't worry, I will treat you well in your reincarnation, so don't come to me again."
In comparison, Fang Shan is much better than this unknown mermaid.
Tears began to well up in the mermaid's eyes again. Wei Sushen felt a little impatient and was thinking about how to wake up.
There was a rumor that pain could help a person wake up from a nightmare. He looked around and finally found a black stone. Under the mermaid's puzzled gaze, Wei Sushen raised the stone and threw it at the mermaid.
The nightmare dodged very quickly, but was still scratched. He exclaimed, "Are you crazy?"
Wei Sushen: "I know this is a dream."
The nightmare demon's heart trembled.
Wei Sushen: "Pain can make people sober."
The nightmare gnashed its teeth and said, "Then why are you hitting me?"
"I'm not interested in self-harm." Wei Sushen said calmly, "Since you said we once loved each other, the pain should be on your body and in my heart."
The dream demon was stunned, and then he heard Wei Sushen say: "It seems that this is not true love."
He even forgot to disguise himself, and the nightmare demon wanted to cut him into pieces right now.
Wei Sushen suddenly thought of Fang Shan. Although they were both pretentious, Fang Shan gave a much better impression.
"We will renew our old relationship, but don't meet in dreams anymore." After leaving behind these heartless words, Wei Sushen held his breath and woke up completely under the pressure of almost suffocating him.
As soon as I opened my eyes, I met another pair of eyes.
If his heart wasn't strong enough, he might have fainted on the spot.
Fang Shan pretended to strangle him: "Confess and you'll get leniency. Which vixen seduced you?"
"you."
The love words came so suddenly that Fang Shan took a step back in fright.
After a brief shock, he returned to his original position and carefully touched Wei Sushen's forehead... Fever?
Wei Sushen grabbed his wrist: "I saw another you in my dream."
Fang Shan laughed after hearing this: "What am I like in your dream?"
Wei Sushen tried his best to recall the scene, the mermaid's occasional moans coming to mind. Finally, he murmured, "Very wild."
"……wave?"
Wei Sushen nodded.
Fang Shan had a bad look in his eyes, and seemed to be lost in thought. It was obvious that Wei Sushen was thinking about all sorts of messy things during the day.
Wei Sushen was unaware of the impending danger and pondered, "You were very different in my dream."
Fang Shan sneered: "So flirtatious and coquettish?"
Wei Sushen shook his head: "In the dream, you were a mermaid, and you were telling me to commit suicide."
Fang Shan's expression suddenly changed: "What did you say?"
Wei Sushen began to describe in detail some of the details that he could still remember clearly.
With every word he spoke, Fang Shan's expression darkened, and he gradually guessed that it was the Nightmare's doing. Daring to touch his host, he deserved death. But when he heard the other party create the image of his past life lover in the dream, and Wei Sushen truly believed that the two of them had a past life connection, he suddenly wanted to applaud and exclaim... Well done!
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