Rain fell over the city. On the empty Old Street, Chen Ge and Zhang Ya stood together beneath an umbrella.
"Those dreams felt so real, as if the world inside them were the real one."
Looking into Zhang Ya's eyes, Chen Ge parted his lips, but in the end he didn't say what he wanted to. After hesitating for a while, he looked away. "I can't tell which side is reality either. But it doesn't matter. Wherever we are, I'll stay by your side, inseparable from you."
Raindrops fell into puddles by the road, sending ripples through the neon lights reflected on the water.
Zhang Ya leaned gently against Chen Ge. She had kept the pain she'd endured all this time to herself, never telling anyone. Now that she had finally spoken about it, the unease and fear in her heart gradually began to fade.
Neither of them wanted to ruin this brief moment of happiness. They walked together through the rain, going a long way.
The rain grew heavier. Chen Ge hailed a taxi and took Zhang Ya home.
As Zhang Ya got out, she told Chen Ge one more thing.
Some time ago, a young man named Zhang Wenyu had visited the Haunted House. He seemed no different from any other visitor. Zhang Ya had only learned his name was Zhang Wenyu after looking at the Liability Waiver.
After Zhang Ya got home, Chen Ge hailed another taxi back to the Haunted House at Paradise Park. He opened the cabinet where the Liability Waivers were kept and went through them one by one. In the end, he found twelve waivers bearing the name Zhang Wenyu.
"Going by the dates, Zhang Wenyu's been showing up more and more often. At first, he came once a week. Ever since I