I remembered who the child was. Then I realized that if I advanced time in the dream a little further, I might be able to see what happened after the game of hide-and-seek began. Wouldn't that let me find out exactly where the girl was hiding?
Then we'd have the whole game under our control.
As soon as the thought crossed my mind, I wanted to change the time in the dream.
The scene around me did change, but at that moment, I felt a force tugging at my soul.
Before I could struggle, I was already out of the dream.
It felt as if Ye Qing had kicked me out of the dream, but it wasn't quite the same.
My ability had been cut off—violently interrupted by another force.
When I opened my eyes, Han Yun was right in front of me, wagging a finger as she scolded me. "No cheating. You're a grown adult. You should know better."
I felt a little frustrated.
Come to think of it, using my ability to find out who was in the photo was already cheating, wasn't it? But the dream hadn't been stopped entirely. It only cut off when I tried to see where the girl was now. Had it sensed what I was thinking? If I didn't think about anything, maybe the dream would have continued normally and shown me where the girl was.
"Did you find out who she was?" Wu Ling asked.
I nodded and started to answer, but Wu Ling stopped me.
"That's enough. You're the only one who needs to know," Wu Ling said.
Han Yun planted her hands on her hips and looked Wu Ling up and down, then curled her lip. "You're really sly. And impatient, too."
Wu Ling neither confirmed nor denied it.