Was he shocked that Master Xiao had hit the nail on the head?
Or was he scoffing at the sheer absurdity of what he'd said?
But even after Dan Fangze finished explaining his theory and fell silent, Master Xiao's expression didn't change in the slightest.
It was as if he'd been listening to a story that had nothing to do with him.
In a way, that was true.
"Master Xiao!"
Dan Fangze's voice was low.
He didn't like being ignored.
"Dan Fangze."
Xiao Xiao's lips curled slightly. He finally spoke, but what he said left Dan Fangze somewhat baffled.
"You'd make a good police officer."
Dan Fangze froze, then his eyes lit up as he asked, "You mean—"
"My theory is right?"
Was it really?
At first, the idea had struck him as absurd.
He'd thought that having nightmares night after night had left him a little out of his mind.
But then he'd remembered Master Xiao appearing in his dream.
He'd remembered what Xiao Xiao had said to him.
"Dan Fangze, your nightmare is over."
Because of those words, he was certain that the Master Xiao in his dream had been the real Master Xiao.
Not someone his dream had conjured up.
If someone else could enter his dreams, then even if his theory was a little far-fetched, it wasn't impossible, was it?
Not only was it possible, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that was exactly what had happened.
Sometimes, he wondered if he'd made the mistake of jumping to conclusions.
Had he come up with this theory first, then tried to make every clue he could think of fit it?
He didn't know.
He'd been thinking about it so much these