A Dream That Lasted Thirty Days

July. The sun blazed like fire.

The sweltering thirty-eight-degree heat left people drenched in sweat. Every woman passing by had applied a thick layer of snow-white sunscreen, bared her long legs, and lowered her neckline as far as it would go.

Yet some people weren't afraid of the heat. Even while sweating all over, they persisted in using a rotating fan and doing squats.

"Twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine."

"Thirty."

Li Yang silently counted to thirty, then immediately stopped squatting. He expanded his chest and did some stretching exercises while quietly performing anal-clenching exercises.

As for why, don't ask. If you ask, the answer was to build up his foundation!

Persisting in squats and anal-clenching exercises had given twenty-two-year-old Li Yang the confidence of possessing a foundation far beyond that of his peers.

"One day, I'll show my stuff."

Anal-clenching exercises put people in a good mood, but even as Li Yang felt refreshed, he looked at the city outside the living room and felt somewhat depressed.

Being healthy was easy enough, but earning money was genuinely difficult.

Although he had started school early and graduated from university at twenty-one, his twenty-two-year-old self had now officially joined a major company.

Yet after deducting living expenses from his monthly salary, he could save only three thousand yuan. Using three thousand as the standard, and calculating according to housing prices in the city where he worked, he would need to save every penny without spending anything extra for one hundred and five years before he could afford a three-bedroom apartment.

Even just the down payment would take over thirty years to save.

Fortunately, five years of doing squats and anal-clenching exercises without fail since his freshman year had given him an unknown foundation.

Otherwise, he would have become insecure.

"But I wonder what the blind date my family arranged is like."

While thinking, he couldn't help recalling the blind date his mother had arranged for him a month ago, and a smile crept onto his lips.

A month ago, his mother had called and told him that there was a girl his age whom he could add on WeChat and get to know first. They had now been connected on WeChat for a month. Although they hadn't chatted much, Li Yang felt that the atmosphere between them was pretty good.

Most importantly, she also worked in this city, and the two of them lived very close to each other. This made him feel that there was a real chance, so yesterday they had arranged to meet at Starbucks at seven that evening for a cup of coffee.

Although he thought Starbucks was pretty damn pretentious and even foreigners didn't go there, since the girl had suggested it, there was no harm in going for a drink.

He had seen the girl's photos on her Moments. Although she wasn't goddess-level, she was decent enough and within his expectations. As a nobleman who had been single for many years, he naturally had to seize the opportunity.

Of course, whether he was interested or not, he wouldn't refuse something like this. It was only a cup of coffee. Starbucks was a little expensive, but he wasn't a miser.

"Click~"

"Oh, you're still exercising? I mean, in this scorching heat, you don't even turn on the air conditioner. Don't overheat yourself."

Li Yang was tightening his anus while thinking about his blind date that afternoon when the sound of a door opening suddenly came from the living room. He turned his head and was dazzled by a pair of long legs. Only after looking upward did he see a fair-skinned woman with an impressive bosom.

"Sister Lin, you're back. I'm doing this for my health. As long as the room is ventilated and I use a fan, I won't overheat."

Li Yang looked at the woman who had entered the living room, pursed his lips, and slowed the pace of his anal-clenching exercises.

Long legs, a slender waist, rounded buttocks, and an impressive bosom, along with a graceful neck and fair skin. Although her face was merely above average, she was still a rare beauty.

And she shared a rental with him, which made it even more delightful.

Unfortunately, such a wonderful woman was his damn direct superior.

Otherwise, how wonderful it would be if she were his girlfriend.

"All right, then keep exercising."

While Li Yang was entertaining crooked thoughts, Lin Shiyu smiled at him as she looked at his sweat. Then she waved toward the door. Under Li Yang's slightly unnatural gaze, she led in a thinning-haired man with a smile on his face.

"Oh, so you're the colleague sharing a rental with Shiyu. Young man, it's so hot, yet you don't even turn on the air conditioner to cool down. You can't ruin yourself just to save money."

The man was dressed in a sharp suit. As soon as he entered and saw Li Yang drenched in sweat, he instinctively raised his eyebrows and spoke with a smile.

"What do you know? That's called being healthy."

Lin Shiyu replied with a light laugh.

The corner of Li Yang's mouth twitched. He looked at that self-confident, withered man and hesitated to speak.

But since the other man was his direct superior, he could only say quietly, "Sweating more is good for the body. It flushes out toxins."

"This young fellow is all right."

The man smiled and looked Li Yang up and down. "All right, keep exercising here. Shiyu and I are going back to the room."

"Sure."

Li Yang smiled and nodded, watching the man and woman return to the room. Then he immediately spat inwardly.

Damn it. You don't understand health, yet you still mock me. Sooner or later, you'll be impotent!

Once I get the chance, I'll show my stuff every day. Then you'll know who's the real man.

"Oh, right, Li Yang. We start work at two-thirty this afternoon. Get some rest while you can, and go to the company early to fill out a leave slip."

Li Yang was just about to return to his room when Lin Shiyu's door suddenly opened again. She poked her head out and spoke to him with a smile.

Two buttons beneath her slender neck had already been undone. The opening revealed a large expanse of snow-white skin and a sliver of black underwear. Her blouse had pulled open at the waist as well, exposing a patch of smooth, pale flesh.

"Yeah, sure. Don't worry, Sister Lin. I'll go rest now."

Li Yang's gaze involuntarily flicked over the exposed areas. The sight of that smooth, pale skin made him feel slightly uneasy. He hurriedly nodded in reply and turned back to his room.

"Just agreeing to take leave for a blind date verbally isn't enough. Don't forget."

Seeing that he had heard her, Lin Shiyu said sternly. Her forehead creased as she turned her snow-white neck back toward the room. Her low heels pivoted, exposing the tops of her feet, and one flushed heel stepped down before she closed the door again.

"Bzzzz..."

Meanwhile, Li Yang returned to his room, turned the fan to the second setting, switched on its oscillation, and opened both the door and window for ventilation. Then he slowly lay down on the bed.

At this temperature, merely leaving the doors and windows open while blowing a fan was still unbearably stuffy, but Li Yang didn't care. Compared to being a little hot, he preferred to choose health.

"I haven't even touched a woman yet. I have to take good care of my body."

Li Yang grumbled inwardly. Air conditioning and blowing a fan directly on oneself could easily cause all kinds of ailments. As someone determined to live a healthy life, he naturally wouldn't make those mistakes. Wasn't suffering a little in exchange for having more energy to enjoy himself later the better choice?

Thinking of women, Li Yang couldn't help thinking of Lin Shiyu next door. Her fair skin and plump, perky curves kept flashing through his mind.

A warmth rose in his heart. This woman was quite alluring.

But Li Yang restrained himself, feeling that it wasn't right. Then, thinking of the man beside Lin Shiyu, he immediately curled his lips.

When Li Yang had first moved here, Lin Shiyu had already been his roommate. It just so happened that after he found a job, he also became her colleague.

At that time, Lin Shiyu had been divorced. According to what he had heard, she and her ex-husband had divorced over some issue. But recently, that ex-husband had actually come looking for her again, and it seemed they might even reconcile.

Li Yang couldn't help developing feelings for Lin Shiyu in the first place, but after this whole development...

"Fortunately, I'm going to have a woman of my own too."

He let out a long breath. Thinking of the woman he was about to meet on his blind date, Li Yang couldn't help curling his lips into a smile. He immediately seized the time and prepared to fall asleep.

His long-standing sleep schedule quickly sent Li Yang into slumber. As he rested, he unknowingly entered a dream.

In the dream, a glowing doorframe suddenly appeared in his vision.

He instinctively focused on the top of the doorframe, and four large characters suddenly became clear: World Gate!

Streaks of starlight gathered, and a ruined city filled with the forms of zombies appeared in the center of the doorframe.

Again? I've been having this same dream for thirty days straight. What's the point of dreaming the same thing every day?

Give me a way to enter, damn it.

Dream-Li Yang once again felt that his dream was merely a single picture. Speechless, he cursed furiously.

"Whoosh~"

The next moment, heaven and earth spun.

Contrarians could always find all sorts of self-righteous angles. He suddenly felt that talking to people like that was meaningless, so he deleted most of the post he had made earlier and said in Chapter One: This is a wish-fulfillment novel. A wish-fulfillment novel. A wish-fulfillment novel.