Chapter 184: The Disease is Called a Dream

Ning Zhe thought for a moment, pinched the first page of the notebook, and folded a small corner at the edge.

Xia Yubing looked down, and in the same position on the notebook in her hand, a shallow crease appeared, exactly the same as the crease Ning Zhe had folded on his notebook.

Ning Zhe picked up the pen and wrote three characters on the second line of the first page: 【Hello to you too.】

So the same characters appeared in the same position on the notebook in Xia Yubing's hand: 【Hello to you too.】

"Alright, I know how to use this thing." Ning Zhe said softly.

This was the means of an Endowed One, a product of rules. These two notebooks that would synchronize states with each other were like the copper coins cast by Wealth Wu Tong using human lives, allowing people to borrow the abilities of ghosts to a certain extent without having to master evil ghosts themselves.

Although Ning Zhe didn't currently know what kind of ghost would cause the synchronization phenomenon on these two notebooks.

"Keep your notebook well. Your aunt was right; this thing is very useful." As he spoke, Ning Zhe slung the travel bag over his shoulder, stood up, and prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute." Xia Yubing called him.

"What?" Ning Zhe turned around and saw her sitting on the bench with her head down, burying her face in the shadows, unable to see her expression.

Xia Yubing put down the blue ink pen in her hand, clipped it to the middle seam of the notebook, and spoke in a very, very light voice: "Aunt said the family hopes I marry you, but..."

... But I don't even know who you are.

"When your mother married your father, she didn't know who Jiang Yehan was either." Ning Zhe said lightly: "When Xia Chan married, she didn't know Zhang Yangxu either."

"I know, but..." Xia Yubing stopped mid-sentence.

"If you don't have the ability to resist the family's arrangements and pursue freedom, then even if I weren't standing in front of you today, someone else would be standing in the same position as me."

Ning Zhe leaned over, took away the tattered hydrangea flower in Xia Yubing's hand: "Your aunt hates her husband very much, hates him for breaking up her first love from her student days. But Xia Chan actually understands in her heart that the person who ruined her happiness wasn't Zhang Yangxu, but her own surname."

If it weren't Zhang Yangxu today, it would be someone else tomorrow.

But Xia Chan didn't have the guts to resist the family's arrangements and could only make unreasonable demands day after day for decades on the husband who had always been tolerant of her.

So, what about you?

"At least... at least let me know who you are, right?" Xia Yubing looked down at her empty hands and muttered: "... Are you Yu Zi Qian, or Ning Zhe?"

He chuckled: "If you think so, then that's what it is."

By the time Xia Yubing finally gathered the courage to look up, the boy with the travel bag had already walked far away, leaving only the crowd in the square dancing to the beat, the amateur dance steps not exactly neat and uniform.

"..."

Xia Yubing sighed softly and got up to leave, but when she closed the notebook, she suddenly froze.

On the off-white paper, new handwriting appeared at some point:

【The next Gengshen day is September 25th. We will meet again then.】

Snap—!

Xia Yubing slammed the notebook shut, her face turning bright red.

After teasing Xia Yubing, Ning Zhe slung the travel bag over his shoulder and returned to his new home by the Tao River.

It was called a new home, but at first, Ning Zhe didn't have any real sense of this empty house as a "home."

It wasn't until today that he moved the desk and chair his grandfather had made by hand when he was young to this place, looked at the cupboard and bed frame his grandmother had brought when she married, and the coffee table that had accumulated a thick layer of patina over the years... A subtle "sense of belonging" arose in Ning Zhe's heart, as if they were still living here. Home is a unique meaning; otherwise, it's just a house for people to live in.

That night, Ning Zhe slept well.

Early the next morning, he caught the earliest flight to Yundu. Just after getting off the plane, Ning Zhe saw the twin sisters who had come to pick him up.

Both of them had dressed up specially. Zhang Han-ying was wearing a pair of high-waisted dark jeans, outlining two slender and beautiful long legs. The high-necked turtleneck sweater on her upper body was khaki, and the style looked very homey. It was already starting to get cold in Yundu at the end of July. Zhang Yunwen added a pair of warm black silk leggings under her pleated skirt that didn't reach her knees, paired with a double-breasted women's small suit jacket, every button buttoned meticulously, like a college student who had just entered society.

And in fact, they were indeed college students who had just entered society.

Yu Zi Qian was a very dedicated person. He liked older sisters in their twenties when he was in elementary school, and he still liked older sisters in their twenties after graduating from college, never having changed his heart.

"Yu Zi Qian, over here!"

Seeing him get off the plane from afar, the sisters hurriedly greeted him, threw themselves onto Ning Zhe, and kissed him on both cheeks, making the guys passing by with their wives and children look on with respect.

Although the longing brewing in their hearts made the sisters wish they could return to the hotel now to be lovey-dovey with him, both understood that Yu Zi Qian must be full of concern for his sister in the hospital now and wouldn't be in the mood for that kind of thing.

So they asked very considerately: "We made an appointment for a visit yesterday, and we can go to the hospital at any time this morning. Have you had breakfast, Yu Zi Qian? We found a shop in Yundu with a good taste; do you want to go eat something first?"

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Unexpectedly, Ning Zhe's answer was: "Sure."

Contrary to what Zhang Han-ying thought, Ning Zhe wasn't very anxious to go to the hospital now. He had basically learned everything about what happened to Yin Lishang from the sisters' oral accounts and Lan Shiwen. Going there in person might not necessarily yield more information.

Regarding how to explore the secrets on Yin Lishang, Ning Zhe had a more efficient method.

—Call for help.

On the weekend of July 29, 2018, while Ning Zhe was accompanying Zhang Han-ying and Zhang Yunwen for breakfast at a restaurant in the new city area of Yundu, Bai Zhi, who lived in the old city area, had just woken up.

The morning sun shone through the gaps in the curtains, casting a layer of warm light over the Hanjiang and Yundu City. Bai Zhi, who had had nightmares all night, woke up drowsily from the bed. Opening her eyes, the first thing that came into view was the floor-to-ceiling window facing the bed. Outside the window was the Hanjiang Bridge spanning the rushing river.

Yundu City was bounded by the Hanjiang. The west side was the old city area, and the east side was the new city area. The large shopping mall called the Cornucopia and the long-standing Yunlu Academy were both in the old city area, facing the high-rise buildings like the Yunding Building in the new city area across the river, mainly communicating through the Hanjiang Bridge.

Yunlu Academy was the ancient name of Yundu University. This school had a history of several hundred years in Yundu City, and it was only changed to its current name, Yundu University, after the city's modernization, but locals were still more willing to call it the Academy.

The place where Bai Zhi studied was Yunlu Academy.

Bai Zhi, who was used to sleeping naked, crawled out of the quilt naked. She was drowsy and sat on the edge of the bed, using a roller comb to comb her hair, which was messy due to her poor sleeping posture.

In her hazy vision, she saw the breathing light on the phone placed on the bedside table flickering a few times. Someone had sent a message.

Rubbing her eyes and waking up the screen to take a look, the sender was Ning Zhe, and the message content was:

"Have you had nightmares recently?"

Bai Zhi thought for a moment, brought the phone to her lips, and used voice input:

"Yes, I've been having nightmares every day recently, dreaming that I was lying in a hospital bed, lying for a very, very long time, and having a very, very serious illness..."

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