I collect cultural relics in the human world

Chapter 6 Breaking the Dream
The illusion dissipated and the firefly went out. He Si looked at the remaining dust on her fingertips and solemnly collected it in her palm.

"I will definitely take you back."

The firmness and tenderness revealed by the girl fell into Qin Jian's eyes. He Si's hand had been released, but the cold and almost evil aura on his body slowly dissipated.

"This is not a dream, right?" The girl turned her head and shifted her gaze from her fingertips to the familiar yet unfamiliar face, "I have never been so awake."

"Zhuang Sheng dreamed of butterflies, it was not a dream, it was not a dream." The man's aura suddenly changed, the corners of his mouth raised, and his eyes smiled, but the evil spirit that had just left returned to his eyes, but he was still the same as before with Lao Chaofeng. If there was no overlap, the person would be completely different.

He Si felt that the person in front of her suddenly became unfamiliar, but also felt somewhat familiar.She remembered the day she first arrived at the hotel, the smiling face that flashed across the marble mirror, the sneer outside the elevator, and the warm and wet touch in her ears. She took a step back warily and stared at a pair of eyes still filled with tears. Looking at him, he asked cautiously: "Who are you?"

"You are so heartless. I just saved you and immediately turned my back on you."

"Mr. Qin?" He Si called tentatively.

"It's me, what's wrong?" The person opposite raised an eyebrow and lowered his head in a funny manner, "But I prefer you to call me Qin Jian directly. Do I look very old now?"

This dream is so ridiculous. The illusion has clearly dissipated, but why has Lao Chaofeng not returned to his original state? Not only that, it has become even more strange.

"Give me what you have in your hand." Qin Jian did not continue to pester his name. He changed the topic and extended his right hand to He Si.

He Si instinctively put her hands behind her back, with some inquiry and hostility in her eyes.

"Why are you turning against your savior because of this little thing who almost killed you?" Qin Jian took a step forward, and the shadow under him almost enveloped He Si.

"That's not what I meant, it's just that I promised to take him back to see him."

"Leave him to me and I will take him where he wants to go."

"But he trusts me more."

Along with Qin Jian's disdainful laughter, He Si's palms beat uneasily.

"It's okay, don't be afraid." She muttered silently, as if comforting the thing in her palm, and also comforting herself.

She retreated frequently under Qin Jian's pressure, but the ground beneath her feet shook at the same time, cracks appeared, and gravel fell downwards. He Si turned around and suddenly realized that she was standing on the edge of a cliff, in a desperate situation.

"Give me the thing." Qin Jian stopped approaching. He stood there and waited leisurely for the girl who was in desperate situation to hand over the thing obediently.

The ground shook, and boulders rolled down. The girl could hardly stand still, but she still did not surrender.

"It's just a nightmare, and she wants to control me." He Si finally stood firm, and strange memories rushed into her mind, making her agitated for a moment, but before she could sort it out, she saw a strange look on Qin Jian's face. expression.

"The dream is shattered, reality is awakening, I can return to my world, where can you go?" He Si twitched the corners of her lips, looked at the people running towards her, jumped up, and jumped into the deep valley resolutely. middle.The wind whistled in his ears, and on the edge of the cliff, the mask of calmness on Qin Jian's face suddenly shattered, revealing a twisted and ferocious expression.

"Oh, what a nightmare, I still want to pretend to be that old court official." She complained while falling rapidly until she woke up again.

This time, He Si knew that she was really awake.Glancing at her ankles, she saw that the black air was gone and the cold feeling had dissipated, but her head was still dizzy, as if she had been writing a paper for 24 hours straight.She vaguely remembered that many fragments flashed through her mind before she jumped off the cliff in her dream, but now that she really wanted to look into it, she couldn't remember any of them.

"Hiss." After trying to sit up, He Si realized that she had fallen asleep on the sofa. Not only did her head hurt, but there was no part of her body that was not sore. Her neck was bent to the left as if it was strangled.

While tapping the most painful area at the junction of her shoulder and neck, she glanced at her phone. It was exactly 9 o'clock.

"Did I sleep for so long?" He Si murmured and opened the door.

Qin Jian was already sitting at the stone table in the courtyard drinking tea. When he heard the door, he didn't even raise his eyelids, as if He Si was just a ball of walking air.

"Have I done anything to offend him?"

He Si murmured in her heart that she had already figured out the old Chaofeng's routine. Although the plain face always had the same expression, it could convey different moods.For example, right now, his entire body was filled with displeasure.

"Thank you." He Si pointed to her ankle, trying to open the topic.

"Not enough."

"Are you also in that dream?" He Si was [-]% sure, but she still wanted to get confirmation from the person in front of her.

"Dream? It doesn't matter." Qin Jian took a sip of tea and did not deny it.

"After you left, someone pretended to be you and tried to trick the little monkey away."

"After I leave? Is there something?" Qin Jian raised his eyebrows, seeming to be interested.

Encouraged, He Si relaxed a little and sat down at the table: "After solving the little monkey's resentment, did you disappear immediately, and then something took on your appearance, but I could see it at a glance. It’s not you when you come out.”

"Really?" Qin Jian put down the tea cup, but there was no appreciation in his tone.

"Yes, he is cunning and cunning. He even lied to me and said he was you. One moment he wanted me to be a little monkey, and the next moment he pushed me to the edge of a cliff and forced me to jump." He Si didn't know how to describe that dream. She spoke confusingly, and Qin Jian's face gradually darkened with her words.

"Now, where is your little monkey?"

He Si looked at her palm, which was filled with nothingness, and asked with some disappointment, "Can that thing still bring out dreams?" "Huh." Qin Jian didn't say anything and picked up the teacup again.

"Well..." He Si, who was a little worried, had to change the topic, "Then how can I take him to fulfill his wish?"

"Since it's a promise in a dream, just wait until the next time you dream to take him there."

Knowing that Qin Jian was making fun of herself, He Si curled her lips and said angrily: "I can always find a way. At worst, I will search all the quarries around here."

As she stood up and prepared to leave, Qin Jian stopped her. He knew that this girl was not just talking.She is from the Department of Architecture. She has the resources and the perseverance. She looks timid and intimidating, but in fact she is so bold that she can jump into the abyss at will. If he hadn't caught her in the end, she would have suffered from more than just a sore back...

Qin Jian rubbed his injured wrist and his face turned a little darker.

"It never occurred to you that this might be a trap?"

"Trap?" He Si didn't turn around, "What are you lying to me about?"

A flowery girl with the ability to see through illusions actually asked him what he could be deceived about. Qin Jian was furious for a moment and simply changed the question.

"What if they set up an ambush at their destination?"

"Ambush? But I may not be able to find a place. How long will they have to ambush before they can crouch down to me?"

The girl spoke righteously. Qin Jian had never seen anyone reveal his stupidity so openly.

"Since these people can use the remains of the mural to guide you once, they can push you again every time you deviate from the direction. Don't you think of this!"

"Yes, everything is linked together, step by step," He Si suddenly realized, looking at Qin Jian with awe mixed with sympathy, "Your life must have been difficult in the past, you often had to deal with these... these weird things In a battle of wits and courage, one careless move will lead to a loss."

What kind of look is that in her eyes!
The indifferent and old-fashioned Lao Chaofeng had never been looked at by someone like this before. He almost lost his sense of proportion. Good words could not persuade him. He didn't want to talk to He Si whose brain circuit was different from ordinary people anymore. He stood up and was about to walk away, but At this time, panicked footsteps suddenly came from the door.

"No, Brother Jing, something happened!" The door was pushed open, and Xiao Shitou rushed in. When he saw He Si, the panic on his face turned into embarrassment.

"Brother Jing?" He Si's eyes wandered between Xiao Shitou and Qin Jian for several times, but she still didn't see any relationship between the two of them and Guo Jing and Huang Rong. Moreover, with such an age difference, she had to call her grandpa anyway.He Si didn't say anything, but the unexpressed doubts were displayed on her face.

However, Qin Jian, who was called by the wrong name, didn't care at all. He picked up the small stone that was still wandering around and held it against his chest. He asked in a good voice, "What's wrong?"

Xiao Shitou twisted his body and glanced at He Si standing behind Qin Jian.

"It's okay. She knows a lot about it. You can tell her first."

Qin Jian patted Xiao Shitou's undulating back. The boy took a deep breath and said, "Something happened. The female anchor yesterday died."

"Dead!" He Si was startled by the exclamation she blurted out, and then she doubted her ears, "Gao Lan is dead?"

"Yes, and turned into a skeleton."

"What?" He Si regained her composure and thought the boy was scaring her, so she made a face, "Children are not allowed to play pranks."

But when she saw Qin Jian's eyes, she knew that things might not be as beautiful as she imagined.

"You...you don't really believe him, do you? A living person who was alive and kicking yesterday has turned into a skeleton today. This...how is this possible? Even if he is really dead, microorganisms will not be able to decompose him in time."

"Possible?" Qin Jian squinted his eyes and asked, "Monkeys, fireflies, will-o'-wisps, what kind of things are possible to appear in this hotel?"

"Are cultural relics causing trouble again?" He Si couldn't help but clasping her hands. She thought of the little monkey that had been hiding in her hands, twisting her fingers with nowhere to place them. "But how could those objects kill people?"

"Objects don't kill people, but people do." Qin Jian seemed to be surrounded by wind and snow. When he looked at Xiao Shitou, his face was as cold as ice, "Where is the body?"

"In her room."

"Who else saw the body?"

"No more," Xiao Shitou shook his head, "I was meditating outside the room when I suddenly heard a strange rustling sound. I followed the sound and found that the anchor had only a skeleton left."

"Is it a human... is it murder?" He Si no longer had the extra energy to explore why Xiao Shitou meditated outside the house and how he found the body. She just felt that her brain was buzzing - she also encountered the same thing as me. What happened, so he lost his life in his sleep?If I hadn't met Qin Jian, where would I be now?
Is it true that, as Qin Jian said, last night's dream was a trap? Because it didn't kill me, so he made another plan to lead me to a more dangerous place?Or, this hotel trip is a trap, and other people who come to the hotel...

"What about the others? Are they also in danger?"

"No, I just checked and they are fine."

She didn't know how the man who had been standing in front of her was investigating, but He Si finally found some peace.

"Then what should we do now?" A skeleton appeared on a hotel bed in a tourist area. He Si couldn't imagine how public opinion would explode.

"Let's take a look first." Qin Jian said, instead of heading out the door, he walked towards his room, "Follow me."

(End of this chapter)