Chapter 1184 – Are You Willing to Destroy Your Dreams with Your Own Hands?

　　In the city where it was raining, the empty old streets, Chen Ge and Zhang Ya stood together with umbrellas.

　　”Those dreams are too real, it’s as if the world in the dreams is the reality.”

　　Looking at Zhang Ya’s eyes, Chen Ge’s mouth opened slightly, but he didn’t say what he wanted to say after all, he hesitated for a while and moved his gaze away, “I can’t tell which side is reality, but it doesn’t matter, no matter where I am, I’ll stand together with you, inseparable.”

　　Raindrops fell into the standing water on the roadside, and the reflected neon lights rippled.

　　Zhang Ya gently leaned against Chen Ge, the pain she had been enduring all this time had never been told to anyone else, and it was only after she finally said it at this time that the uneasiness and trepidation in her heart was slowly dispelled.

　　Neither of the two was willing to break this short-lived beauty, and they walked forward in the rain for a long distance.

　　The rain kept getting heavier and Chen Ge took a taxi to send Zhang Ya back home.

　　As Zhang Ya got out of the car, she told Chen Ge one more thing.

　　Some time ago, a young man called Zhang Wenyu had visited the haunted house, the tourist didn’t look any different from the other tourists, and Zhang Ya didn’t know that he was called Zhang Wenyu until she read the waiver.

　　After Zhang Ya returned home, Chen Ge took a taxi back to the Paradise Haunted House, he opened the cabinet where the waiver agreements were stored and looked at them one by one, and eventually found twelve agreements with Zhang Wenyu’s name written on them.

　　”Looking at the dates, Zhang Wenyu has been appearing more and more frequently, originally appearing at intervals of a week, since I arrived at the haunted house, the name has appeared on the agreements almost every day.” Chen Ge was in charge of pretending to be a ghost on the third floor of the haunted house, and the tourists outside were mainly received by Zhang Ya, and because they were very busy, no one had ever paid attention to the disclaimer agreement.

　　”Zhang Wenyu came to me, so maybe he’s already seen me.” Chen Ge took the waiver and sat next to the wooden table, “Why are there so many people called Zhang Wenyu? Zuo Han has seen the case list in the night doctor’s duty room, why would these tens of thousands of patients called Zhang Wenyu appear on the same day?”

　　Pressing his temples, Chen Ge did not have any memories related to Zhang Wenyu in his mind, those locked memory fragments of his had already been transferred into the middle of the glass jar, and there were only a few scattered memories in his head that had already been unlocked.

　　Putting away all the waivers with Zhang Wenyu’s name written on them, Chen Ge walked towards the staff lounge, and when he passed by the haunted house’s restroom, he subconsciously glanced inside again, and the door to the toilet cubicle was closed by whoever he knew.

　　Casually opening the cubicle door, Chen Ge then entered the rest room, he hugged the white cat and looked out the window at the rain that was getting heavier and heavier.

　　”I know a lot of things from the past, but none of those things were beautiful.”

　　Chen Ge raised his hand as if to reach for the night sky.

　　”Now I have the beauty that I once wished for, but time won’t stop at this moment.”

　　Picking up the white cat, Chen Ge looked at the white cat’s heterochromatic pupils, “If you were me, what would you choose?”

　　Chen Ge was asking the white cat, and he was also asking himself.

　　The rainstorm stopped in the latter part of the night, Chen Ge tossed and turned, and also finally fell asleep.

　　……

　　Opening his eyes, the sunlight shone on his face through the window, Chen Ge rubbed his head and got up from the bed, “A new day has begun.”

　　He put on his clothes and took the white cat into the bathroom to prepare to wash up, and when he looked up at the mirror, he realized that the door to the toilet cubicle behind him had been closed again at some point.

　　”I remember I clearly left it open last night before I went to bed? How come it’s closed again now? Did the wind blow it?”

　　Chen Ge opened the cubicle door again and looked inside for a few moments, it was a very ordinary toilet cubicle without any abnormalities.

　　”It always feels weird.”

　　After briefly cleaning up, Chen Ge opened the haunted house guardrail and started today’s business.

　　The first one to come to work was Zhang Ya, and after the two of them went shopping together last night, their relationship had gotten a lot closer.

　　Zhang Ya’s parents seemed to be intentionally wanting to make as much time as possible for the two to be alone, and arrived at the haunted house after a long time.

　　The New Sea Paradise opened at nine in the morning, and tourists flocked to the haunted house, forming a long line in front of the door.

　　Chen Ge, who was dressed as a homicidal maniac, lifted the curtains of one of the windows on the second floor at this time and watched everything from the shadows.

　　Throughout the morning, no accidents happened in the haunted house.

　　When it was time to eat at noon, Chen Ge, dressed in the homicidal maniac suit, began to flip through the waiver of liability agreement from the morning.

　　After the tourists signed the waiver agreements, the agreements would be stored in order in the cabinets inside the haunted house, so from the placement of the agreements, one could roughly deduce the time when the tourists came to play.

　　Chen Ge had just flipped through two of them when he stopped moving, and the waiver agreement he was holding in his hand at that moment happened to have the words Zhang Wenyu written on it!

　　”It shouldn’t have gone far yet!”

　　He took that agreement and found Zhang Ya, who recalled for a moment and said that the person who signed this agreement was a middle-aged man, and that person was very temperamental, with a stern look in his eyes that made people not dare to stare at him.

　　After knowing the person’s approximate appearance, Chen Ge rushed out of the haunted house with the agreement in hand, he didn’t even change his clothes, covered in red paint, looking very scary: “Zhang Wenyu, where would he be?”

　　Through the forest path, Chen Ge stopped at the fork in the middle of the park, there were too many tourists around, even if he had very good eyesight, it was hard to find the man among the crowd at this time.

　　”He keeps coming to the haunted house, he should want to see me, but why didn’t he leave some information?”

　　After stopping at the fork in the road for a long time, just as Chen Ge was about to give up, he realized that there was a man in the corner of the Paradise Theme Restaurant looking at him.

　　”Is it him?”

　　Without hesitation, Chen Ge took the waiver and walked directly into the restaurant and sat down next to the man.

　　Surveying the man in front of him up close, a familiar feeling arose in Chen Ge’s heart, and he felt that he hadn’t found the wrong man.

　　”Long time no see.” The middle-aged man took a sip of the coffee in his cup and leaned his body against the back of the chair.

　　”Long time no see? We should be meeting for the first time.” Chen Ge placed the waiver on the table, “You are Zhang Wenyu?”

　　”I’m part of Zhang Wenyu, you can call me ……” Tapping his fingers on the desktop, the middle-aged man thought for a moment before saying, “Writer.”

　　”Writer?”

　　”Looks like you really don’t remember anything.” The middle-aged man directly stood up, he seemed to have sensed something wrong and was ready to leave immediately.

　　”Don’t be in a hurry to leave, can we have a good chat?”

　　”Come back to me when you’ve really made up your mind.” The writer didn’t drag his feet, as if every second he stayed here was one more minute of danger.

　　”What determination?” Chen Ge grabbed the writer’s wrist.

　　”When the truth is so brutal that you will surely regret knowing it, are you still willing to pursue the truth?” The writer pulled Chen Ge’s hand away and placed something into Chen Ge’s palm: “If you are willing, then come here alone to find me.”

　　After saying this, the writer hurriedly blended into the crowd and quickly disappeared.

　　Chen Ge looked down at his palm, where a napkin was placed, with the name of a place written on the paper – Peaceful Apartment.

　　Putting the napkin and the disclaimer away, Chen Ge left the Paradise Restaurant thoughtfully.

　　He walked through the paradise in the haunted house’s homicidal maniac suit, and so many adults who brought their children to the amusement park rushed to cover their children’s eyes when they saw Chen Ge, and there were also many people taking pictures of Chen Ge.

　　”Chen Ge!” Zhang Ya, who was dressed as a red-clothed stern ghost, trotted after him, “Why did you suddenly run here?”

　　”I just …… “Chen Ge didn’t hide it from Zhang Ya: “I saw Zhang Wenyu.”

　　”Go back and talk about it, it’s not good for us to be seen by tourists like this.” Zhang Ya dragged Chen Ge back to the haunted house, and after a simple lunch, they started their afternoon work again.

　　Busy until five or six o’clock, when the haunted house closed for business, Chen Ge changed out of his homicidal maniac suit and began to organize the props and organs inside the scene.

　　He was walking around the floor when he suddenly heard footsteps.

　　Turning his head to look, Chen Ge found Zhang Ya walking up from downstairs.

　　”Is something wrong?”

　　”There’s nothing wrong with me, but it’s you who’s been distracted ever since you met Zhang Wenyu.” Zhang Ya walked up to Chen Ge, “Is he your friend from before? If you’re in a difficult situation, you can discuss it with me.”

　　”I don’t remember him at all, maybe we used to know each other, he seems to know my past.” Chen Ge had a bit of a headache, and he pressed his temples.

　　”Then go to him and ask him about it, no matter if the past was good or bad, that’s the person you were once, with your memories and your truest self.” Zhang Ya had been encouraging Chen Ge.

　　”But what if my past is bad and even affects the present?” Chen Ge leaned his back against the haunted house corridor, and the cold walls slowly calmed him down, “I know very well that what I have now is what I always longed for before. If I had never experienced this feeling, I might have been able to easily choose to give it up, but now I’m so upset that I don’t even dare to risk making a certain decision.”

　　As Chen Ge was speaking, his cold hands suddenly felt a trace of warmth.

　　Looking down, Chen Ge realized that Zhang Ya had gently grabbed his hand.

　　”Zhang Ya?”

　　”Didn’t you say last night? No matter where I am, I will stand with you, inseparable. So don’t get hung up on whether to go after the past or maintain the present, all you have to do is find your true self.” Zhang Ya held Chen Ge’s hand, “Let’s go, don’t think so much, let’s go have dinner, my mom bought a lot of food.”

　　The haunted house business was getting better and better, Zhang Ya’s parents were very happy, they bought wine and dishes and ate with Chen Ge until late.

　　At almost ten o’clock at night, Chen Ge, who was staying alone in the props room, suddenly heard the sound of a window being opened.

　　He copied the hammer in his toolbox with his hand and leaned his back against the wall, hiding his body among the shadows.

　　Chen Ge didn’t go directly to the person who came in, but first came to the main control room and turned off all the lights in the haunted house.

　　He was very familiar with the terrain of the haunted house, plus he had ridiculously good eyesight, so he gave himself an absolute advantage in a split second.

　　Tool hammer in hand, Chen Ge held his breath as he listened with his ears open and followed the subtle footsteps to the entrance of the staff lounge.

　　Right outside the staff lounge, there stood a dark shadow.

　　He quietly approached, walking without a sound, that dark shadow did not even realize that there was another person a few meters behind him.

　　He twisted the doorknob and seemed to be fretting about how to open the door to the room when his neck was suddenly strangled by a huge force.

　　”What’s your name? Why did you enter a haunted house in the middle of the night?” A cold and terrifying voice rang in the figure’s ears, and he bristled with cold sweat.

　　”Chen Ge? I’m Zuo Han! Zuo Han! One of our own!” The silhouette shouted loudly, and one could tell that he was truly scared.

　　”Zuo Han?” Hearing the familiar voice, Chen Ge let go of the silhouette and turned on the lights in the corridor.

　　Zuo Han, who was wearing a worn-out brown jacket, was lying on the ground, panting heavily.

　　”So it’s the roommate! Why didn’t you say hello to me when you came in?”

　　”Did you give me time to talk!” Zuo Han rubbed his neck, and after he raised his head, Chen Ge’s eyebrows instantly furrowed.

　　There was a seven centimeter long wound on Zuo Han’s left eye, and his left eye seemed to have been removed.

　　”Your eye?” Chen Ge put down the tool hammer and hurriedly helped Zuo Han up.

　　”Traded.” Zuo Han said indifferently.

　　”You traded your own eyes?” Chen Ge was also startled by Zuo Han’s ruthlessness, “Was it with the hospital doctor?”

　　”No, I escaped from the hospital back when you went to the treatment room to receive treatment.” Zuo Han recalled the events of a month ago, “That day I received a notice from Dr. Gao that I was going to go to the treatment room with you at night to receive treatment, at that time I felt that something was not right, coupled with the hints given to me by another doctor. When the time comes to make a break, I will suffer, so I made a decisive ‘jailbreak’.”

　　Chen Ge also recalled that night, when Dr. Gao first treated himself, there were a total of seven people in the treatment room, including five patients and two doctors.

　　At that time, Dr. Gao said that two of the patients had escaped, which was why he and Dr. Sun participated in the treatment instead of the patients.

　　”Zuo Han, what was the surname of that doctor who gave you the hint, do you still remember?”

　　”I don’t know who left me the hint, but based on my speculation, the one who could give me the hint at that time must be a doctor within the hospital.” Zuo Han was extremely capable of reasoning.

　　Chen Ge nodded, he felt that Zuo Han was able to escape smoothly, firstly because the hospital didn’t pay attention to Zuo Han and didn’t know that Zuo Han had long started to suspect his own memories, and secondly because there was a doctor who was secretly helping him. And this doctor who was secretly helping Zuo Han was most likely Dr. Sun. After all, only by helping Zuo Han leave would he have the opportunity to participate in Chen Ge’s treatment.

　　”You didn’t make a deal with a doctor, so who else in this city would make a deal with an eyeball?” Chen Ge led Zuo Han into the staff lounge and made him sit on the bed.

　　”The eyeballs are both the deal and the price.” Zuo Han pulled open the zipper of his tunic, revealing the unhealed wounds on his collarbone and chest, “This is all the price for investigating the truth.”

　　Looking at the wounds on Zuo Han’s body}, Chen Ge brought the medicine box from the haunted house, “What exactly have you been doing all this time?”

　　”I’m wanted all over the city right now, so I’ll keep it short.” Zuo Han got up and pulled the curtains closed, making sure that no one was outside before speaking, “I don’t know if the world we live in is reality, but I can be sure of one thing, when you become skeptical of the world, doom and horror will come.”