Chapter 16 A Dream

As the car slowly came to its first stop, marking the moment of parting, it was clear that Yao Shunyu felt deeply for Fatty, whose life he had snatched from the clutches of the hanged ghost.

"Brother Wang, Brother Jiang, and... and this dark-clothed sir, I won't thank you for your great kindness, we'll meet again."

Before getting off, Yao Shunyu and Li Bai both left their contact information, promising that they could be contacted at any time if Jiang Cheng and the others needed help.

Yao Shunyu was a lone wolf, but Li Bai clearly had a force behind her. Jiang Cheng was very interested in the latter's ability to gather information.

Li Bai hesitated for a moment, then reminded Jiang Cheng, "You have been targeted by the Night Watchmen. In our world, they rarely fail to do what they want to do, so please be careful."

"Although the Night Watchmen seem to be dominant for the time being, there are many forces that disagree with them behind the scenes. You have many potential allies, and..." After a pause, Li Bai's expression became alert, "And I can also tell you one thing, the country is also extremely dissatisfied with some of the Night Watchmen's actions. I have reliable information that the former will take action against the Night Watchmen before long. In fact, the two sides have already clashed several times in secret, with wins and losses on both sides. Now all forces are watching and lurking. Once they tear their faces apart and fire the first shot, it will trigger countless chain reactions, so the situation is not bad for you."

Jiang Cheng's long-standing guess was gradually becoming a reality. He looked at Li Bai's face. "So... Miss Li Bai is a member of the country?"

Seeming to be resistant to this question, Li Bai did not give a clear answer. "I'm sorry, I can't answer this question. I have a duty, you know, I don't want... I don't want to deceive you with a prepared lie."

"Understood." Jiang Cheng didn't make things difficult for her, waving to the two of them. "Goodbye, you two."

"Goodbye."

Not long after Li Bai and Yao Shunyu got off the bus, as the bus slowly came to a stop again, Jiang Cheng and the others finally arrived home. Seeing the familiar street scene after getting off the bus, it seemed that everything these days had been a dream.

Wu walked in front of Jiang Cheng and Fatty, his figure flickering and disappearing in an instant. When Jiang Cheng and the two arrived at the door of the studio, the door was pushed open from the inside, and Wu stood expressionlessly behind the door.

The disappearance of Mother Dahe and the others also sounded an alarm for them.

Knowing that Wu was worried about an ambush inside, he came in to check a circle before them. Recalling what the newspaper man said, Fatty couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The current Wu was no longer the terrifying ghoul in their eyes, but their brother. Those guys who spent their lives trying to control the Gate of Ghouls would never have imagined that there would be such a way for the host to coexist with the ghoul inside the gate.

Returning to his familiar place, the string that had been taut all the time loosened a little. After tossing around for so many days, Jiang Cheng and Fatty's energy was greatly depleted. After a simple tidying up, they went to sleep. Anyway, with Wu on guard, nothing could go wrong.

Lying on the mattress, Jiang Cheng couldn't fall asleep for a long time. Finally, he simply opened his eyes, staring at the ceiling. Scenes from the mission flashed through his mind like slides.

The newspaper man said that he was incomplete, and that another part of him was on Fatty.

He also said that he had done all of this, the former him.

In Jiang Cheng's feeling, the newspaper man didn't lie to him, and Fatty's performance in the mission also convinced Jiang Cheng that there was indeed another him on Fatty.

But he didn't know why, or what the consequences would be.

He didn't dare to ask.

Because he had a feeling that after getting the result, he would lose Fatty forever.

If the price of asking the result was so high, then he would rather never know. In fact, everything was fine now. When he brought Huai Yi and the others off the bus in the future, the brothers would reunite. In front of these, the so-called truth didn't mean much to Jiang Cheng. He just hoped that everyone could survive, and live well.

Unconsciously, Mother Dahe's face appeared in Jiang Cheng's mind again. Jiang Cheng preferred to use the four words Mother Dahe to describe her, rather than Wu Yingying, because Jiang Cheng felt that it was more formal, and more formal often meant more distance.

Jiang Cheng's heart was complicated about Mother Dahe. After all, in his original concept, it was the paper figurine Lu Jianli who owed Mother Dahe, not him, but the newspaper man's words changed everything. He said that he had seen him a long time ago, when he was still called Lu Jianli, a guy who was pure to the point of being terrifying.

So... he was Lu Jianli.

His mind was in a mess, countless lines entangled in it, like a spider web, tightly binding him and suffocating him.

His understanding of himself was gradually disintegrating. Jiang Cheng suddenly felt that he was somewhat similar to the female student who disappeared from Jiangtan University. The girl had lost several personalities, and so had he. They were both trying to find the one, or even the few, that had been forgotten or lost, and reassemble them into a whole.

But they never thought about it, neither of them thought about it, perhaps the one who found himself again and was pieced together, the one who thought he was complete, was the most terrifying monster.

With doubt, unwillingness, and fear, Jiang Cheng slowly closed his eyes.

Not long after Jiang Cheng's breathing returned to normal, Fatty, who was sleeping on the sofa outside the bedroom, slowly opened his eyes. He turned his eyes to look at his side, a black shadow standing in the corner two meters away from him.

Wu stared at him coldly, his eyes full of sharpness.

But this time, Fatty was not afraid. He smiled, opened the quilt and sat up, then pointed to the bedroom where the doctor was sleeping, after all, the bedroom door was still open.

Not seeing any movement from Wu, the doorknob of that door seemed to be dragged by a force, slowly closing the door tightly, without making a sound.

"Why... did you come back?"

Wu stared at him, his gaze sharp as if to drill two holes in Fatty.

Fatty stretched out his hand and scratched his head, grinning and saying, "Isn't it because I can't bear to leave you and the doctor? I know your strength, but I can't rest assured about the doctor. You also know that although he looks smart, he's narrow-minded. This is his weakness. Only when I'm by his side can I..."

"A person like you will only hold us back if you stay, don't you know that? Do you think you can help if you stay, will we be grateful to you? That child is more useful than you!"

"You'll only be courting death if you stay, don't you understand?"

Fatty was stunned, not only because of Wu's emotions, but also because he never thought that Wu could say so much at once. This cold persona has collapsed.