The Impossible Possibility, No Relatives

"We shouldn't have left him alone in the car," Xu Qiuyan said with some regret.

Actually, we wanted him to come with us just now, but he refused. He said he hated the smell of hospitals and seemed to be afraid of and repulsed by medical staff in white coats.

He was like a child, afraid of doctors.

He said he was afraid of needles.

So, out of helplessness, we had to let him stay in the car. I figured since his interest was all in games, he wouldn't wander off anywhere.

Fatty said, "This is the hospital parking lot; there should be surveillance."

We then contacted the hospital and asked to review the security footage.

The time displayed showed that about ten minutes ago, a woman approached the car. She gently knocked on the car window, and then we saw Yin Wuyu roll down the window. The woman's back was to us, but he was facing us.

I could see his expression was somewhat excited as he spoke to the woman, gesturing with his hands.

When I saw the woman's back, I gasped.

The woman was wearing a sheer purple dress, her hair was down, but she didn't look messy or disheveled. Instead, she had a certain ethereal quality and was barefoot.

"Why is it her?" I thought, a bad feeling rising in my heart. Shouldn't she only exist in dreams? How could she appear in reality?

I bit my lip. It hurt, it really hurt. This wasn't a dream; this was reality.

"You know that woman?" Fatty clearly noticed the change in my expression. Xu Qiuyan also glanced at me. I said softly, "She's Nightmare, and she's also the Purple Clad who had Half-Immortal Wu completely smitten."

Then, we saw Yin Wuyu get out of the car in the surveillance footage, with Purple Clad holding his hand as they walked away.

Yin Wuyu's face was beaming with a happy smile.

"This is unbelievable," I said, tapping my forehead, wondering what was going on. Could it be...?

As I considered a possibility, my heart clenched. Could her wish have actually come true? When I lent her the Twin Fish Jade Pendant, did she actually replicate herself? And did her clone, or her mirror image, truly appear in this real world?

This was too crazy.

I voiced my doubts. Xu Qiuyan said it was possible, but Fatty looked at me strangely, "Even if that's the case, why would she take Yin Wuyu?"

I really couldn't answer that.

We didn't linger at the hospital and returned directly to the hotel. We also called He Li, asking her not to book our tickets for now, as we had to find Yin Wuyu before we left.

Upon returning to the hotel, Xu Qiuyan and Fatty both came to my room.

"Just waiting here isn't going to solve anything. Jiang Xiaobai, can you ask that Nightmare what's going on?" Fatty said. I knew he wanted me to enter the dreamscape again to find Nightmare.

But I had no idea how to enter a dream. I carefully recalled that my entries into dreams always seemed to be passive, happening inexplicably, completely beyond my conscious will.

Seeing my troubled expression, Xu Qiuyan said to Fatty, "He probably doesn't know how to enter dreams."

I nodded. Fatty's eyes widened, "So it's a passive skill?"

His words made me want to laugh and cry at the same time.

Just then, my phone rang.

The caller ID showed Yin Wuyu's phone number.

"Hello!" My tone wasn't good, but Yin Wuyu's voice came from the receiver, "Boss, Fatty is not in his room, I can't get in."

Hearing this, I immediately rushed to the door and opened it. Sure enough, I saw Yin Wuyu standing at the door of the next room. He was carrying a large plastic bag filled with candy, snacks, and some small toys.

"Mute, where did you go?" Xu Qiuyan asked with a hint of reproach.

"A pretty sister took me to play, and she bought me a lot of candy."

I frowned. Purple Clad taking Yin Wuyu just to buy him candy and toys? That didn't make sense.

As I was about to say something, Yin Wuyu's phone rang.

He picked it up and answered, "Hello, who is it? Oh, it's the sister. Wait a moment." He then handed the phone to me, "Boss, the pretty sister wants to talk to you."

I took the phone, feeling an indescribable strangeness.

"Hello!"

Purple Clad's voice came through the phone, still captivating and soul-stirring. "Hehehehe!"

A laugh like tinkling bells.

"I promised you, I'd take you to see Abe Ichinan," she said after laughing.

"Where are you?" I asked.

"Island Coffee on Nanyue Road. Come alone; I don't want anyone else."

Then she hung up.

"What's wrong? What did she say?" Fatty asked curiously.

Xu Qiuyan looked at me with a complex expression.

I pursed my lips, "She wants me to go find her, saying she can help me find Abe Ichinan."

Xu Qiuyan asked softly, "Did she also say that only you can go?"

I nodded. I knew she must be feeling uneasy. I said, "Don't worry, I..."

She smiled before I could finish speaking. She came to my side, took my hand in one of hers, and gently covered my mouth with the other. "I believe you, so you don't need to say anything. If I were truly worried, it would be about your safety."

Her words sent a warm current through my heart.

Fatty asked, "Are you really planning to go alone?"

"Yes."

I didn't know her well. If I didn't do as she wished, it was hard to say if she would help me find Abe Ichinan again, so I decided to go alone.

"Alright, but you must be short a driver. I'll be your driver. Don't worry, I'll just stay in the car and won't ruin your good deed." Fatty grinned cheekily.

Since he put it that way, I naturally had to agree.

To be honest, I was still somewhat wary of Fatty.

He was very capable, claiming to be here to protect us. But from another perspective, could he also be here to monitor us? I really didn't want to offend someone like that.

Xu Qiuyan stayed with Yin Wuyu at the hotel, while Fatty drove me to Nanyue Road.

It wasn't too far from the hotel where we were staying to Nanyue Road; it only took about fifteen minutes by car.

The Island Coffee on Nanyue Road was quite large. Pushing the door open, my gaze swept around, searching for Purple Clad.

Finally, I saw her sitting at a small table by the window at the very back. Her eyes were looking out the floor-to-ceiling window, her expression somewhat forlorn.

I walked over and sat down opposite her.

She turned her head to look at me. "I'm only just realizing now that this feeling isn't good."

I was a little confused. "What's wrong?"

"Being alive, living like you do, it doesn't feel good."

"Why?" Didn't she desperately want to live in reality before, back in the dream? Now she was living in reality, yet she said this feeling wasn't good.

"I just appeared in this world. I have no family here, no friends. I'm all alone, not even a single person I care about or miss. How should I put it? I feel like I'm superfluous, out of place in this world."

Her words almost made me pity her.

"But isn't this what you wanted most before?" I asked.

A server came over and asked what I wanted to drink. I ordered a pot of Premium Blue Mountain.

The server brought the coffee. I poured a cup for her as well. "Is the real you very different from the you in the dream?"

She looked at me, as if thinking. "It seems quite different. The me in the dream could control everything, but in reality, there doesn't seem to be much I can do."

"Right, I'm very curious, where did you get the money to buy those things for that kid?"

Don't dismiss my question as vulgar; it's the most practical one. She was created and brought into this real world, so she should have been penniless. Yet, she took Yin Wuyu shopping for so much food and entertainment.

"Haha, is buying things difficult?" With that, she picked up a napkin from the table and shook it gently. It miraculously turned into two hundred-yuan bills. I frowned. I knew it was just a trick of sleight of hand, but ordinary people wouldn't be able to see through it.

"You shouldn't do that."

"Why?" she asked innocently. Looking at her exquisite beauty and her coquettish demeanor, the words of reprimand I was about to utter got stuck in my throat.

"Let's get back to the point. You said you'd take me to find Abe Ichinan. Where is she?"

Purple Clad smiled. "Follow me, I'll take you to her now." She grabbed my hand. Her hand was so soft, as if boneless. She pulled me tightly and ran towards the exit of the coffee shop. I quickly said, "Wait, we haven't paid yet."

She finally stopped. I gave the server an embarrassed smile, paid the bill, and then left Island Coffee with Purple Clad.

"Um, my car is parked over there." I pointed towards the parking lot.

But she said, "It's not far. Let's walk. I don't like that Fatty; he looks at people with lustful eyes." I was stunned for a moment. Was Fatty really that kind of person? It didn't seem like it.

And how did she know Fatty was with me?

Her actions were clearly an attempt to ditch Fatty.