At that moment, Yu Hao felt his blood stop flowing.
He saw the appearance in the general's helmet, but in this helmet, there was nothing.
Yes, there was nothing, where the head should have been, was a blur of fog and light.
"You... General?" Yu Hao murmured, reaching out to touch where his face should have been, but his fingers passed through the fog.
"I'm not human," said the general. "Actually, I don't even know what I am."
Yu Hao stared at him blankly.
The general said: "I travel in your consciousness. I have no body and have nothing to do with your real world. So, you should all understand."
Tears welled in Yu Hao's eyes, but he smiled and said, "Thank you, General, can I give you something?"
The general put on his helmet and said blankly, "You want to give me something?"
Yu Hao raised his hand towards the totem, and the golden light on the totem spilled out a little, forming a trail of golden light along the air, which turned into a shield in Yu Hao's hand.
"It's for you." Yu Hao said, "This is the strongest shield in my heart. Will you go to other people's dreams in the future?"
"This..." The general was at a loss for a moment.
Yu Hao pushed the shield towards him, and the general said, "Give me the totem, is it alright?"
Yu Hao motioned the general to look at the totem. It was still there, but the light had dimmed a little imperceptibly.
"If possible, I would like to give you the entire totem." Yu Hao said, "I don't really want to put a shield in my heart."
The general said to himself: "It's the first time someone has given me... something that is aware of the world, or... a totem, I don't know if I can take it away."
The general lowered his head, raised his hand, touched the shield, raised his head again, looked at Yu Hao, and suddenly said, "Are you serious?"
Yu Hao said, "Of course!"
The general said, "You know what you gave me?"
Yu Hao insisted: "Of course I know!"
The general held the shield, his hands shaking uncontrollably, Yu Hao said again, "This shield will protect you for me."
"Then I... accept it." The general took the shield, swept his right hand, and carried it on his back gracefully.
Immediately, Yu Hao hugged him.
"Thank you." Yu Hao whispered.
The general raised his hand and touched Yu Hao's head.
"Good night."
These two words were like a magical spell. The general turned into a powder of light and flew away with a bang. Yu Hao threw himself into the air in an instant, and slowly let go of his hands, looking at the air in disbelief.
"Good night." Yu Hao said.
The sun shone on his face, Yu Hao opened his eyes instantly, sat up from the bed, put one hand on his forehead. In the bedroom, he forgot to draw the curtains last night, and the sunlight just came in obliquely from the angle outside the balcony and fell on his lower bunk.
Seven thirty-five, bad! late! Yu Hao got up in a hurry, and suddenly found that the phone didn't ring.
Oh no class this morning... Yu Hao was exhausted and lay back down. The roommates fell asleep with their heads covered. Yu Hao opened his eyes and looked at the top bunk bed. The scenes in the dream flashed by. At this time and place, he was neither sad nor excited. Instead, he felt calm.
The morning sun shone on Zhou Sheng's drying sportswear jacket, which exuded the soft scent of soap. Ying Shi woke up in the morning light, and the bicycle bell rang out from time to time on the balcony and jumped into the room.
Winter in Ying City is very suitable for sleeping in the sun, and the whole city consciously moved back half an hour of working hours as if it was tacit. The default of the unit is not to do business before 9:30, the default of the university is not to talk about new knowledge points before 8:30, and the default of the dwelling is not to order take-out before 11:30. Everyone keeps moving forward, and Yingshi, a second-tier city in central China, is like a faltering behemoth, galloping lazily and slowly.
Yu Hao once thought of leaving here, because there were few good memories left to him by his hometown. As if leaving home, it will be a brand new beginning. But he has to admit that the rebirth has nothing to do with time or place.
Even if the troubles are far from over, a new beginning has quietly come after the sun has risen.
As soon as Yu Hao sat down in the library and spread out his notes, he received a message from Chen Yekai - Mr. Shi promised to meet tomorrow afternoon, and the specific location will be announced later, so that Yu Hao can prepare to schedule the time.
Yu Hao was no longer afraid of them, he said hello, and then asked if he had anything to prepare.
Chen Yekai's answer was: [Just play freely, we will help you.]
Yu Hao: [Free play is likely to cause a fight, so it's better to take away the fire extinguisher first.]
The opposite side couldn't help laughing. Yu Hao raised his head in surprise and saw that Chen Yekai was sitting diagonally across from him, smiling at him.
Yu Hao was immediately embarrassed, and hurriedly lowered his head to return to Chen Yekai's news, only to see Chen Yekai holding back his smile and looking towards him, Yu Hao held up a copy of "The Interpretation of Dreams", and Chen Yekai nodded. Both teachers and students study by themselves in the library. When Yu Hao took a break, he sent another message to Chen Yekai.
[Don't go to work?]
[Preparing for the exam, the dean promised me that I can do whatever I want, just don't leave the school.]
Chen Yekai changed into a dark blue sweater today. The collar of his plaid shirt was turned over from the collar of the sweater, which was almost indistinguishable from an undergraduate student. Yu Hao read the book again, and suddenly noticed that in the entire library, it seemed that only himself and Chen Yekai were studying on their own.
In the front and back, almost all the people sitting around have been replaced by girls! They all held their mobile phones and pretended to flip their hair, and the cameras turned towards Chen Yekai from all directions.
Yu Hao immediately lowered his hair and messaged: [Teacher, you are being secretly photographed by many people, be careful not to look up.]
Chen Yekai: [How many people are there?]
Yu Hao: [About twenty or thirty, and it's still increasing.]
Chen Yekai: [You lend me some books, I'll go first.]
Chen Yekai was obviously not surprised, he sent the title of the book to Yu Hao, and then sent a document: [Fill out the interview transcript, contact the media tomorrow, and send you a Tencent News.]
Yu Hao: "!!!"
This wave of action is so coquettish! Yu Hao redefined Chen Yekai again. The document contained an interview draft. Chen Yekai quickly packed up his things and left the library with his head down.
Someone from behind said, "Do a Baidu search... It's him! It's him!"
Yu Hao's heart moved. He opened Baidu and searched for Chen Yekai. The associated keywords in the search bar were: "Chen Yekai's high school, and Chen Yekai's Columbia University."
Yu Hao was completely blinded by the content about Chen Yekai.
[Have a good rest today.]Chen Yekai said, [Tomorrow, we will try to take the father and daughter away in one wave.]
Yu Hao laughed.
The next day, when he sent the interview transcript to Chen Yekai, the door to the office was closed, and it seemed that he was talking about something important.
Yu Hao sat silently outside the office, a little nervous.
Thinking about how to communicate with Mr. Shi and his daughter later. He had a dreamless night last night, and it was strange to say that in the dream world, after the sun rose, he would never be able to return to the palace again, and he slept soundly all night.
Mr. Shi and his daughter, Shi Ni, chose the academy as the meeting place. Before that, Chen Yekai didn't say anything to Yu Hao, only to let him relax.
At 12:30 noon, Mr. Shi didn't come, but Zhou Sheng came first.
Zhou Sheng was unusually dressed today, putting on a black sweater, "Hello" to Yu Hao, and nodding indifferently.
Yu Hao moved a seat for him to sit.
"You don't use it." Yu Hao whispered.
"How about that?" Zhou Sheng said, "There must be crowds to watch. This is the basic pleasure of being a human being."
Yu Hao: "..."
When Yu Hao was so nervous that his palms were sweating, Fu Liqun also came, unexpectedly not wearing any sports clothes, and went straight to sit down between the two of them.
"How are the two concubines." Fu Liqun sat in the middle and said carelessly.
Yu Hao: "..."
"Go away!" Zhou Sheng scolded with his feet crossed.
The door of the office opened, Huang Ting and Chen Yekai came out, and there was an unknown girl, Chen Yekai took a folder and said, "Everything is here, let's go to the conference room. They are here to accompany you. of."
The moment before sitting in the conference room, Yu Hao's mind was still blank, and no one else spoke to him. But the moment he sat down and saw the little girl, Yu Hao suddenly seemed to have a lot of words and wanted to say it uncontrollably.
Chen Yekai first shook hands with Mr. Shi and introduced himself. There were four people sitting on Yu Hao's side and two on Mr. Shi's side. His daughter was still carrying a schoolbag, and the policeman sat in the middle.
Mr. Shi is a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a suit, putting his car keys on the long table with an electronic cigarette beside him.
"Wait a minute, we still have a reporter to interview." Chen Yekai said to Mr. Shi, "No more than ten minutes."
Mr. Shi was instantly dumbfounded and said, "Interview? Who decided?"
"It has nothing to do with your side." Huang Ting took off his police cap, brushed his hair, and said, "Yu Hao and his friends picked up a sum of money, 1.2 million, and handed it over to our police station, and the office decided to write it down. A letter of praise, help them report it, and spread positive energy."
Mr. Shi: "..."
"Friend" is not happy: "Do I just have no sense of existence?"
Chen Yekai hurriedly said to the reporter, "His name is Zhou Sheng."
Yu Hao said, "We found it together. In fact, he only found out when he stepped on the money."
"I have received all the interviews you filled in." The female reporter said, "The process is very clearly written. If there is no problem, just add a few small points, and it will be very soon."
"The pennant from the police station was delivered in the afternoon." Huang Ting said to the reporter, "their college will send you a photo."
The female reporter asked a few questions, Zhou Sheng put his arms on Yu Hao's shoulders, moved to the edge of the conference table, and answered them one by one. Yu Hao looked sideways at Zhou Sheng, then at the reporter, thought for a while, and finally said, "I won't take anything that doesn't belong to me. I think most people in this society are like this, but they don't have it. It's just a chance to pick up so much money. We're not typical, we just happened to meet."
Female reporter: "It's not easy."
"It's not positive energy." Yu Hao said sincerely, "It should be. One person is willing to lend a helping hand when another person is in trouble or wronged, trust him, help him, and pull him out of the quagmire without any consideration of return, let him He sees the light again, and that's positive energy."
The female reporter suddenly laughed and said, "Who is this talking about? Huh?"
When Yu Hao said this, he remembered the "general" in his dream, but the female reporter turned her head and glanced at Chen Yekai, then looked suspiciously at Huang Ting, Fu Liqun, and then Zhou Sheng.
Everyone's expressions were a little strange, half-smiles, and even a little embarrassed.
Zhou Sheng suddenly blushed and said, "He should be talking about me."
Everyone: "… "
Yu Hao said, "Well... I mean... everyone, thank you."
Zhou Sheng: "Didn't you say me?"
Yu Hao motioned him to stop talking. Zhou Sheng changed the subject and said earnestly to the female reporter, "I still have an exclusive story... Did you know that Yu Hao was framed by someone!"
"That's it!" Chen Yekai made a decisive decision and came over to send the reporter away.
"Zhou Sheng, this is my business card..." The female reporter passed over Chen Yekai and handed the business card to Zhou Sheng, "Let's chat in detail... If you have anything, you can call me!" Zhou Sheng wanted to get up to pick it up. Fu Liqun grabbed his pants immediately, and Yu Hao went over to take them knowingly.
After Chen Yekai sent her away, he decisively took the business card from Yu Hao and put it in his suit pocket.