Eating a Meal

As Zheng Wuyou stepped out of the teaching building, she looked at her phone, which had been playing videos all night and now had a red battery indicator. She decided to have the others go to the school gate to hail a taxi first.

She, on the other hand, would return to the dorm to get a power bank.

Although renting power banks outside was very convenient, Zheng Wuyou didn't know why, but every time she rented one, before it could even charge her phone much, the shared power bank's battery would run low first.

Perhaps her luck had been blacklisted by the goddess of fortune.

Feeling the constant vibrations from her phone in her hand, Zheng Wuyou knew without a doubt that her friends were bombarding her with messages in their group chat.

They were probably urging her to hurry.

"What's the rush! You guys know how far the dorm is from the gate." Arriving at the school gate, Zheng Wuyou patted Yuan Ling's butt with a speechless slap, startling Yuan Ling into a sudden jump.

"There's a handsome guy!" Realizing it was the person who always took liberties with her who had slapped her, Yuan Ling rolled her eyes. She grabbed Zheng Wuyou's hand and pulled her forward a few steps.

"Where are the other two?"

How could two people disappear just because she went to get a power bank?

"The master is stuck in traffic, and they went to the restroom. Damn! That handsome guy is walking over!"

Following Yuan Ling's darting eyes, Zheng Wuyou saw a man with a very artistic aura, wearing a white collared shirt, walking purposefully towards them. A black earring in his left ear glinted in the sunlight.

Zheng Wuyou met his foxy eyes and awkwardly looked around, realizing that only the two of them were waiting for a car here.

With looks like that, and he's walking straight over?

This must be some kind of gym or art class sales champion, right!

"Not signing up!"

As soon as the man reached them, Zheng Wuyou pulled Yuan Ling and moved two steps to the side, resolutely adhering to her "no sign-ups" principle.

"..." The man seemed to wear a look of speechlessness for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Who told you I was here to sign people up?"

The man pointed to a black SUV parked by the roadside across the street. Standing next to the black SUV was a tall young man, with his hands in his pockets, staring intently in their direction.

"Here, do you know Miao Laisheng? Our Brother Sheng asked me to find some beautiful ladies."

"..." The last figure reaching out in the water from Zhu Family Village overlapped with the figure across the street. Zheng Wuyou had thought she wouldn't see her dream companions again after leaving Zhu Family Village, especially Miao Laisheng...

She didn't expect him to find her...

But with that black shirt and stance, and this friend... is Miao Laisheng involved in shady business?

"Our Brother Sheng has never actively sought out girls before. Would the beautiful ladies do us the honor!" As the man reached into his pocket, Yuan Ling cleverly pushed him outward, causing him to stumble and nearly lose his balance.

This girl has endless strength?

From the moment she saw the black car, Yuan Ling's face had shown confusion, but it quickly turned into disdain and anger.

She looked at the artistic man in front of her with contempt in her eyes and said fiercely, "What do you take us for? Get lost!"

With that, she pulled Zheng Wuyou and prepared to turn and leave.

Knowing that a misunderstanding had occurred, Zheng Wuyou quickly patted Yuan Ling's hand and whispered, "Umm, Yuan Ling, I know the person over there."

Then, she leaned close to Yuan Ling's ear and whispered a few words. After hearing them, Yuan Ling's tense expression instantly turned excited, her hands not knowing where to go.

"Really? It's him? Didn't you say you hadn't revealed any information? How could he find us here!" Yuan Ling asked in surprise, her voice revealing unconcealed excitement.

Zheng Wuyou nodded, completely certain that she had never revealed which school she attended.

Yuan Ling's excitement grew, and she kept marveling inwardly at this person's capability, while also developing a strong interest in Miao Laisheng.

Just then, Zheng Wuyou turned to look at the man. Seeing this, the man smiled at her and casually took out his business card from his pocket. "Oh, right, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Ben Yu, and I'm a good friend of Miao Laisheng. Don't be too curious about how we found you; it's a little secret."

He then winked mysteriously before bowing like a gentleman and inviting them to cross the street.

Zheng Wuyou hesitated for a moment, but ultimately decided to follow Ben Yu.

After all, she had too many questions now. She had noticed earlier that Ben Yu wasn't wearing a watch on his wrist, which meant he hadn't entered the dream.

Then why was the probability of her dorm entering the dream so high? Was it really related to what happened yesterday?

There must be some overlap in their experiences.

Upon reaching the other side of the street, Zheng Wuyou, who didn't want further entanglement in public, saw Miao Laisheng, who was outside of the dream.

He stood there, looking at her with the same indifferent expression, a sense of determination in his eyes.

Seeing Miao Laisheng again in reality, Zheng Wuyou's heart couldn't help but skip a beat. This man might be more capable than she imagined.

Finally, after sending the address to Wushen and the other two, Zheng Wuyou and Miao Laisheng sat opposite each other in a luxurious hotel private room with their four companions.

Thinking back to last night, meeting Miao Laisheng in reality was actually quite awkward.

Bored, Zheng Wuyou fiddled with her fingers and looked at Miao Laisheng, who was staring at her, speechless for a moment.

Ben Yu, seeing the quiet and strange atmosphere, quickly tried to break the ice.

"Let's eat, what are we waiting for! Don't be shy, I'm treating today!" He handed the menu to the pink-haired girl beside him, who also felt awkward, not understanding why his good friend had found them but wasn't getting to the point.

"Yesterday, were you there?"

"There? What do you mean?" Zheng Wuyou recalled the warning from the police station and wasn't sure what he meant by the question. So, she deflected by asking him back.

Since Miao Laisheng's communication style would take ages, Ben Yu stepped in as the translator, laying out all the details of their experience yesterday and how they found the two women today.

It turned out that after the three of them left the police station last night, Miao Laisheng was taken by his master to the station to examine the bizarre corpse. While his master was negotiating with other officers, Miao Laisheng went to examine the female corpse himself.

He continued to review related case files after returning home.

Unfortunately, he also couldn't figure out the reason for it...

Until he appeared in that dream.

Waking up very early this morning, Miao Laisheng found a watch on his wrist. Never having liked wearing watches, he knew this was an ominous sign. A text message followed shortly after to his phone.

Looking at the new bizarre cases posted in the police chief's group chat from last night, he saw several familiar faces among them.

As expected, the NPC from that dream... didn't lie. Death was indeed linked.

After considering all the possibilities of entering the dream, Miao Laisheng finally set his target on the female corpse.

With the help of his master from the General Bureau, he went to the police station where they had given their statements early this morning to review the case files.

Among the long list of names, he saw a familiar one – Zheng Wuyou.