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nOpen World 31

nThe people who came to Central were all abandoned and had regrets from their previous lives. It might be irrelevant to their original world but putting down these feelings, how could they be willing

nDream come true was a game that combined the player’s real experiences to give them a dream they wanted most and couldn’t refuse.

nHow could they wake up? Even if the player saw that it was a dream, how could they raise the courage to wake up?

nIn the face of disasters and adversity, most people could endure it. However, who could refuse beauty?

nLiving as much as possible, what was this image? It might be a dream but what was the meaning in waking up?

nCruelty and beauty were placed next to each other. A player might maintain a cool head but it was still likely they would choose the latter.

nXie Xi knew that Jiang Xie was next to him but didn’t dare look at the person.

nThis dream was too real. It was rooted in his soul for more than 60 years and grew up.

nThis man was confident and enthusiastic, loving Xie Xi so deeply that all his nonsense was still full of tenderness and affection. His love, his goodness and his heart, Xie Xi clearly saw all of it.

nIn the dream, he often felt that everything was beautiful enough to be unreal.

nNow that he returned to reality, there was a strong sense that things weren’t real.

nIt was too beautiful, so beautiful that he wasn’t worthy of owning it.

n“From birth to death…” Jiang Xie whispered. He was talking to himself but the gentleness in his tone was like a sugar gourd wrapped in syrup. It was very sweet with a slight acidity.

nXie Xi finally couldn’t hold back and glanced at the person.

nJiang Xie was watching him with the same expression as the dream. His straightforward love and affection wrapped the whole person in his heart.

nXie Xi’s heart jumped and he looked away.

nHis chest was warm and his fingers were twitching. He didn’t know how to face reality after waking up.

nHe even had a ridiculous thought, ‘It wouldn’t be bad if I didn’t have the fatal injury immunity.’

nA real death meant he couldn’t question reality.

nJiang Xie got out of the sleeping pod and asked Xie Xi, “Did you drop out of school before you came to Central?”

nOld Jiang was an old hand at this. He didn’t forget the beautiful dream and precisely chose the best point to bring up.

nIt was an entry point that allowed Xie Xi to wake up from the dream and face reality.

nNaturally, it eased Xie Xi’s discomfort. Xie Xi was obviously dazed and his brain was a mess. He whispered, “Yes, I met the same thing as the bar. At that time, the boss came to let me go home early and saved me. I got the idea to resign and Sun Muqing asked me for help with a job so I went…”

nThis was a past without Jiang Xie.

nXie Xi also encountered Wang Qingshu’s harassment and even drank half a glass of wine. However, he managed to yell out and the boss of the bar arrived. After finding out what happened, the boss unceremoniously drove Wang Qingshu away and appeased Xie Xi.

nHe was afraid of Xie Xi so the boss gave Xie Xi a certain amount of compensation and settled the salary.

nXie Xi also couldn’t stand to be there anymore and quit. He was afraid of places like the bar and afraid of showing his face, so he was more cautious about jobs. Then Sun Muqing asked him for help and he went right away.

nAt that time, Xie Xi’s ability in the profession was very weak. He could only do simple data collection and didn’t know the core framework.

nSun Muqing probably earned a high amount of money and gave Xie Xi a lot. Xie Xi had been short of money so he was really grateful to Sun Muqing.

nLater…

nJiang Xie was very distressed. “That scum pushed everything on you?”

nXie Xi shook his head. “I found out what he was doing and reported him.”

nJiang Xie was stunned before immediately thinking, ‘Yes, this is indeed what the child would do.’ Xie Xi might not understand the work but after a long time, he found out something was wrong. He initially didn’t believe his senior would commit a crime but the evidence collected was as dense as snowflakes and Xie Xi couldn’t deny it.

nAt the time, a few months had passed and Sun Muqing confessed to pulling Xie Xi into the water with him.

nXie Xi was shocked and the more he looked, the more disappointed he became. He finally confirmed what Sun Muqing was doing and reported him with no hesitation.

nYes, in the real world, it was Xie Xi who reported Sun Muqing.

nSun Muqing was arrested and Xie Xi was saved from punishment because he was the one who reported it. Nevertheless, he couldn’t avoid dropping out of school.

nAt the time, the matter was very big and Xie Xi had no friends. A person who lived alone, it was inevitable that there would be some speculation.

nMany people didn’t believe that he was ignorant. They just thought that his and Sun Muqing’s interests parted, which was why Xie Xi reported him.

nXie Xi was powerless to explain, not to mention he was indeed an accomplice, albeit a stupid accomplice.

nFrom then on, Xie Xi never left his house and relied on gaming to make ends meet.

nThis lasted until Xie Su became pregnant and mother and son gave up on each other. Then he came to the Central World.

nThis was reality. It was short and cruel compared to the beautiful dream.

nIn fact, Xie Xi thought he would never be able to mention this matter again in his life. Whether he was in the Central World or not, no matter how many worlds he went through, the scars caused by this incident couldn’t be erased.

nNow he was actually saying it. It was probably due to the dream.

nDespite knowing it was a dream, the dream was still capable of minimizing the scars in his heart so that he could face the past.

nIn particular, Jiang Xie… gave him too much unspeakable warmth that cruel reality was diluted.

nXie Xi suddenly felt that his body and heart were much lighter. He came out of the sleeping pod and whispered, “This game was really hard. There were no clues.”

nHe glanced at Jiang Xie and asked, “Teacher, have you encountered this type of game before?”

nHe naturally used the term. There was no other way. He had used it for more than 60 years and his brain didn’t give him the opportunity to react.

nJiang Xie’s heart was sweet and he used his words to calm himself, “It isn’t without clues. For this type of game, we can wake up as long as we realize it is a dream.”

n“What if you know it is a dream but don’t want to wake up?”

nNothing was gone and all their desires were embraced. Even if they knew it was a dream, who was willing to believe it?

nThey discussed the topic of the dream in terms of the game but both avoided the contents. They didn’t want to believe that it wasn’t reality.

nJiang Xie replied, “I have encountered this type of game many times and quickly woke up.”

nXie Xi stared at him with a stunned expression. “But this time…”

nJiang Xie smiled slowly. “If a person in the dream does something fake, you will find it is a dream and your heart will also feel empty.” This disappointment would only add to the loneliness.

nXie Xi understood.

nIf he entered the game by himself, perhaps he wouldn’t have dreamt of Jiang Xie and he wouldn’t have met all the things Jiang Xie gave him. He might’ve gotten rid of Wang Qingshu and Sun Muqing or even gained Xie Su’s love. However, this was his own imagination and would feel unreal.

nThis type of unreality made it easy for a clear-headed person to break out of. Once broken, they were free from the game.

nJiang Xie had woken up countless times in the past but this time he couldn’t wake up. Xie Xi didn’t dare to ask but Jiang Xie took the initiative to say, “This time, I really didn’t feel it.”

nHe was completely immersed and as a result, he fell. Xie Xi was no different.

nJiang Xie asked him, “What do you think is true?”

nXie Xi was asked this by him. “How to calculate…”

nJiang Xie’s lips curved and his voice was extremely gentle. “This was indeed a dream but the two of us are real.”

nXie Xi was shocked and trembled like he was electrocuted. It was a dream but the two people were the truth.

nEverything that happened in the dream didn’t exist but the two of them were truly involved.

nThey got along with each other and their love and desire for each other were incredibly real. It was because for both of them, from beginning to end, whether it was in the dream or reality…

nXie Xi’s Jiang Xie and Jiang Xie’s Xie Xi were real existences. They woke up from the dream but the reality was still the two of them.

nJiang Xie wasn’t in a hurry. He didn’t know what happened between him and the child for him to get -365 goodwill but he was sure that they were a natural pair and each other’s only redemption.

nHe was patient enough to wait for this young man, who had experienced a cruel reality, to come back to him.

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