Across Deep Space: Four Men and a Play

Chapter 291 The nightmare is awakened

"The recent frequent appearance of mutants and unknown murderers are still under investigation."

"Please be vigilant, do not believe rumors, and be careful when traveling alone late at night..."

Xia Jiumeng rubbed her dizzy head and sat up.

A few hours of rest isn't enough...

It was rare to see Li Shen still sleeping beside me at this time.

She leaned over to tease him and said, "You're sleeping so soundly. This is your punishment for being so stubborn yesterday and asking me to carry you home in the snow." As she spoke, she rubbed his pink lips vigorously with her fingers.

Li Shen “….”

Her eyes fell on the top of his plump nose and she reached out to pinch it. "This is your punishment for freezing my hand yesterday."

"I'm a little upset that you actually froze me, so I'm going to pinch you a few more times."

"..."

Perhaps because he was having difficulty breathing, he finally opened his eyes and saw the little man lying on his chest and playing tricks on him.

"Do you like to do whatever you want to people who are sleeping?" Although he said this, his tone was gentle and doting.

Xia Jiumeng felt a warm breath falling on her head. She looked up and met the tired eyes. She knew that the familiar Li Shen was back.

"Li Shen?"

"Ah."

She felt happy knowing that he was back.

He waved his hand in front of his eyes.

"Have you woken up from your 'nightmare' now?"

Combining Dean Fang's words with some signs about Hei Li, she felt that Li Shen, covered by black ice crystals, looked more like someone who had been addicted to a nightmare and was temporarily replaced by another personality.

After all, Heili's evol is indeed black ice crystal, but it will not be covered and eroded like this. Instead, it can fully control that power.

Li Shen nodded and moved his neck slightly, and Xia Jiumeng saw that all the ice crystals on his body had disappeared.

"Just become normal."

She couldn't help but open her arms and hug the man.

"........You can also use another description." Feeling the girl's hug, he stretched out his hand and slowly put it around her waist.

"Hehe, congratulations, the first thing you saw when you opened your eyes was me."

Xia Jiumeng lay in his arms affectionately. This time when he woke up he was no longer alone.

very nice.

Li Shen curled his lips. "Did the Li Shen in your nightmare yesterday... bother you?"

"He's okay, but he's cold, his temper is a little unpredictable, and he's a little childish."

"But this kind of Li Shen is still Li Shen. Just think of it as seeing another side of you."

And although 'he' is tough-talking, he's also quite funny.

It was a pity that it was only for one night, which reminded her of the time when she didn't know him very well.

"Why do you sound a little regretful?"

Xia Jiumeng blinked and quickly changed the subject, "No way~"

"How much do you remember about yesterday?"

Upon hearing this, Li Shen rubbed his temples and propped himself up.

"It's a little blurry, but I still remember most of it."

Xia Jiumeng tilted her head. "That includes freezing the temperature measuring equipment in my house and freezing my hands to the wall and asking me to leave you alone?"

"......"

He was silent for a moment, looked away, and after a few seconds he calmly looked back.

"That also includes you wrapping me in a blanket and threatening to warm me up 'personally', tricking me into saying I was the father... and testing me with carrot juice."

Xia Jiumeng was speechless. She had originally wanted to tease Li Shen...

"Your bookkeeping skills are top-notch, but when did those nightmares begin?"

Xia Jiumeng pouted.

She had always thought that those nightmares were a foreshadowing of the switch between black and white, but now it seemed that was clearly not the case.

Li Shen was silent for a moment before he said, "The nightmares became more frequent after I came back from Changxia City."

"In my dreams I always forget who I am and what I should do at the moment."

“In my dream, I have things I want to accomplish…”

He pursed his lips and looked down at her with a guilty look in his eyes.

This look suddenly reminded Xia Jiumeng of the moment when she first met Li Shen yesterday. When those eyes, like empty pools, met her, a hint of murderous intent flashed across their faces. Although it was quickly suppressed, she did not miss it.

If the owner of those eyes was not Li Shen, she would have taken action long ago.

And the nightmare appeared so early?

Changxia City, this happened even earlier than when she traveled through time.

Does that mean that the Li Shen in the 'dream' is neither Hei Li nor 'Li Shen' but a 'him' with a fixed mission?

This made Xia Jiumeng even more curious about the dream, but now was obviously not the time to ask.

"It's okay. There's no black ice on your body now, and your palms are warm. The test is passed~"

"Welcome back to reality from your dream, Li Shen."

"Next time, if you don't mind, you can take me with you. Let me get curious about your dreams, or maybe I can help Li Shen."

Xia Jiumeng said this with a smile and opened her arms to him, asking for a hug initiated by him.

Li Shen hesitated for a moment, then bent down, hugged her with his gentle arms, and his hot breath fanned the girl's neck.

"Good morning."

........

After Li Shen woke up, she wanted to go back, but before sending Li Shen home, he accompanied her to the association to synchronize the progress of the investigation on the mutants.

At the same time, the "Dawn Eraser" that was widely talked about on the Internet also disappeared overnight. Many people on the forum joked that he was also erased by Dawn.

The police investigation has also reached a deadlock, and the continuous heavy snow has made it increasingly difficult to collect evidence.

The investigation of mutants and the current patrol of urban security were not only entrusted to the Hunter Association but also to the Chinese Labor Union. For a time, this newly emerged "superpower" organization also completely entered the public's field of vision.