"Shen Yan! Can I borrow your workbook to copy something?"

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the old school desks were bathed in a warm glow.

Several children who looked like elementary school students were chatting away in front of the desks in the back row.

"I was here first, you go get in line! Shen Yan, you have to give me first!"

"Shen Yan, are you going to sign up for the sports meet next month?"

"..."

As soon as Xie Yan opened her eyes, she found herself standing in the corridor of the school's teaching building.

She turned her head and looked around at her surroundings.

Outside the classroom, there was light green paint on the walls, wooden stair railings, a dim yellow sky, and the noisy laughter of children.

Everything seemed incredibly real.

Is this Shen Yan's dream?

The children were playing and laughing in the classroom. Xie Yan walked to the window and looked inside.

The young villain, dressed in a uniform, sat obediently in his seat, his face fair and his smile adorable.

He looked so happy and carefree that Xie Yan had never seen him before. His expression was as lively and cheerful as any ordinary child's, and his eyes shone like bright black gems.

Yu Xue is so cute, she looks just like a soft, glutinous little dumpling.

Xiao Shen generously allowed his classmates to copy his homework, and in return, his classmates were extremely generous in feeding him.

Bread, potato chips, milk, and soda filled the table.

The little boy frowned in distress, "My mom makes me lots of delicious food every day, and I'm always so full. I can't eat that much."

He was distressed because there was too much food and he couldn't finish it.

Xie Yan stared intently.

She died too young and never got to see Shen Yan go to school.

But she knew in her heart that Shen Yan would never be troubled by something like this.

In her dream, the sky always seemed dark. Xie Yan stood outside the window watching the little villain obediently attend class and then go to the cafeteria with his classmates.

The school cafeteria food was also very good, with both meat and vegetables. At the dinner table, the little villain was happily discussing the cartoon that aired yesterday with his classmates.

Xie Yan felt complicated after watching it.

It seems Shen Yan had a wonderful dream today; he was living a good life in his dream, like a child from an ordinary family.

Xie Yan followed behind Xiao Shenyan like a lost soul, watching him go to buy groceries for his mother after school and then go home.

Since Xiao Shen couldn't see Xie Yan, Xie Yan was able to observe him more relaxed.

Just like I remember her, she was soft, sweet, and obedient, with exquisitely beautiful features, and her smile was absolutely adorable.

He carried two bags of vegetables and steamed buns, walking happily home. He seemed very happy to be able to help his mother.

However, Xie Yan was puzzled as to why Xiao Shenyan had just eaten at school, so why was she going to buy groceries again when she got home? Was she going to have another meal at home?

The system said leisurely, "Dreams have no logic. For example, he might have been at school all day, and it might have been dusk outside."

Xie Yan thought about it and agreed. [Okay.]

Although most of the day had passed in the dream, the time was discontinuous and somewhat disjointed.

In Xie Yan's view, only thirty minutes had passed, and she still had half of her time to fall asleep.

Just as she was thinking this, something unexpected happened!

The gentle light of dusk had dimmed at some point, and the passersby had all disappeared. The once warm and real scene had become unusually unstable!

A tremendous sound exploded overhead, sending a shiver down one's spine, as unsettling as an explosion itself.

Xie Yan and Xiao Shenyan both raised their heads at the same time.

A bloodied woman's face appeared before them.

The woman's body slammed hard against the glass canopy above the two of them, and blood instantly gushed out. Her head was bleeding profusely, and even white brain matter was oozing out.

She glared desperately with blood-stained tears in her eyes, filled with boundless hatred and rage. Her gaze toward Shen Yan was as if she wanted to devour him, and the voice she squeezed out from her throat was rough and grating.

"Go... die..."

A fierce wind howled around them, plunging them into darkness, yet the female ghost's face drew ever closer.

Xie Yan had never seen such a bloody and terrifying scene up close before. She was so frightened by the scene, which resembled a ghost movie, that she almost screamed. She felt like her heart was about to jump out of her chest, and her first instinct was to run away.

At this moment, the glass canopy finally gave way and cracked with dense lines, mixed with dark red blood, as if spider webs had crawled onto the woman's terrifying face, making it even more unsettling.

Xiao Shenyan looked up at her blankly, her expression extremely bewildered, as if she didn't understand why her mother was like this.

The next second, the glass canopy shattered completely, and the woman crashed heavily onto Xiao Shenyan.

Blood and shards of glass splattered all over Shen Yan's face. The woman's eyes were filled with shards of glass, her eyes were mangled and bleeding, and thick blood flowed all over the ground, staining her clothes.

The woman raised her bloodied arm and gripped Shen Yan's neck tightly, letting out a piercing scream—

"Go to hell! Go ...

"Mother……"

Xiao Shenyan's face turned red from being choked and she couldn't breathe. Before she could even struggle, she was pinned down and stopped moving.

In her dream, little Shen Yan couldn't understand why her mother treated her this way.

Xie Yan was terrified beyond measure. After she came to her senses, she wanted to stop them, but she could only miss.

In Shen Yan's dream, she was just an observer, unable to touch anything.

Xiao Shenyan was silently strangled to death in her dream.

Before Xie Yan could calm down, her surroundings suddenly changed drastically. She felt a blur before her eyes and found herself in a different place.

This time it was a pure white room, and the layout was somewhat like a hotel, but there was a lot of clutter on the floor, which was similar to the room that Xie Yan had seen before, Shen Yan's room.

In a flash, Xie Yan, ignoring her pounding heart, suddenly realized that this might be the hotel where Shen Yan had been staying for the past few years.

However, Shen Yan in front of me still looks like he did when he was a child, and the timeline in the dream seems to be very chaotic.

Eight-year-old Shen Yan and the hotel now.

As if the terrifying scene just now was just an illusion, Xiao Shenyan was lying on the table writing and drawing, her tender little face showing an exceptionally gentle expression.

"Xie Yan, my handwriting looks so much better now! Look!"

Xie Yan was startled when her name was suddenly called.

But the next second, she saw a miniature version of herself from the past walking towards her, wearing a light-colored dress, with a high ponytail, clever and cute.

"Little Xie Yan" came to the desk, picked up Xiao Shen Yan's notebook, saw the words "Xie Yan" written on it, smiled happily, and leaned over to give him a kiss on the cheek.

Xiao Shenyan's ears immediately turned red, and her neck also turned bright red.

"Well written, here's a reward for you. As long as you continue to be this excellent, I will never leave you."

"Little Xie Yan" smiled brightly, her big eyes staring intently at Xiao Shen Yan's face, full of anticipation, "What place did you get last time? Were you first?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Shenyan's face turned pale.

He hid the ranking list behind his back, not wanting it to be discovered.

But "Little Xie Yan" noticed it with her sharp eyes, and then snatched it away. Her expression changed immediately, becoming extremely ugly, and her tone became incredibly sharp and harsh.

"You came in second place?! Second place!!!"

"I'm not playing with the person who came in second place!! I'm leaving!!!"

She turned to leave, but Xiao Shenyan hurriedly grabbed her hand, her face pale and flustered.

"Don't go! I promise I'll study hard! I'll definitely get first place next time! I promise!!"

"I don't believe it! I'm leaving! I never want to see you again!!"

The little girl screamed and forcefully shook off Shen Yan's hand, so forcefully that she pushed him away and made him fall to the ground.

Suddenly, countless blood-red hands reached out from nowhere, tightly gripping Shen Yan's ankles and calves, pulling him backward.

The terrifying scene, coupled with Shen Yan's small and frail body, created an overwhelming disparity in strength that evoked despair.

Xie Yan felt as if her heart was being squeezed tightly, making it hard to breathe.

Behind Xiao Shenyan was an endless vortex of darkness, where countless terrifying female ghosts with their faces covered in shards of glass engulfed and tore at him, repeating the cycle endlessly.

"You are the dirtiest and most despicable person in the world, and no one will like you!"

"See? She's gone! It's all your fault for being so incompetent that you couldn't keep her!! It's all your fault!! It's all your fault!!!"

The female ghost pressed close to Xiao Shenyan's ear, screaming shrilly, word by word.

"She abandoned you! She doesn't want you anymore!!"

Xiao Shenyan's face was deathly pale, as if he had been frightened by the female ghost's words.

She doesn't want him anymore.

Then, Xie Yan actually cried when she saw Shen Yan for the first time.

In his dream, Xiao Shenyan seemed to still have the mind of a child. Large tears streamed down his face, instantly soaking it.

He tried with all his might to break free from the bloody hands that bound him, but he was powerless to escape and could only watch helplessly as the little girl's figure gradually disappeared into the distance.

The scene changed again; this time it was night, and the little girl's figure disappeared into a dazzling display of fireworks.

She refused to look back even once more, and then vanished like smoke.

"Xie Yan—come back—!!!"

The child's voice was filled with utter despair and collapse, hysterical, hoarse, and screaming like a madman.

"Come back—!! Please, don't go!! Come back—!!!!"

Xie Yan was positioned right in front of Xiao Shenyan, making it appear as if he were screaming at her.

She stared blankly at the villain's vulnerable and broken state, overwhelmed by immense sadness and helplessness, and her nose tingled, almost bringing tears to her eyes.

...why is this happening?

Why did Shen Yan's dream turn out like this?

Why does Shen Yan still dream of the scene of her leaving, even ten years later?

A huge, bloody hand covered Xiao Shenyan's mouth, silencing all his sounds, leaving only his tear-filled eyes looking around anxiously.

They returned to the hotel.

Xiao Shenyan was dragged by the female ghost and fell from a high building.

He died from the fall this time.

Xie Yan watched with tears streaming down her face as the little villain lay in a pool of blood, smashed to pieces, his eyes wide open in death.

Like a beautiful piece of porcelain shattered, his delicate face was lifeless, and his dark eyes remained fixed on the sky.

The scenes kept changing; sometimes Shen Yan was a child, and sometimes he was an adult.

Without exception, he would always dream of that female ghost who was determined to kill him.

Of course, there's also Xie Yan, who cruelly left him time and time again.

In the little time that remained, Xie Yan witnessed almost every possible way of dying, and Shen Yan died again and again.

The moment after the young Shen Yan's heart was crushed by a bloody hand.

Xie Yan opened her eyes.

My heart was pounding so hard it felt like it was about to explode; it was even worse than when Xie Yan had a heart attack as a child.

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