Chapter 1707 - 1708: Psychological Suggestion

Ling Yiyi pondered for a while longer, then pulled a bitter face and said, "Before we came in, didn't I tell you what my safety word was?"

"Are you stupid? This is different from the dream world, the safety word can only be known by yourself!"

Lin Xian reminded her, "Your safety word, is it a noun or a verb? Is it a plant, an animal, or food? Is it a person's name or a place name?"

"I think I remember it's…" Boom!"

Before she could finish, a sudden rumbling came from far away.

The two of them turned their heads, only to see the mountain ahead, which Lin Xian had turned into a palace, collapse with a deafening crash.

In an instant, rocks flew, dust billowed.

Seeing this, Lin Xian was startled and hurriedly said, "The psychological suggestion disappeared!"

Even without his reminder, Ling Yiyi had already sensed something was wrong.

At the moment the mountain collapsed, countless noisy, chaotic thoughts abruptly surged into her mind.

The shredded paper has started eroding them!

Ling Yiyi frowned and said, "I remember it seems to have something to do with an animal, it's a dog's name!"

A dog's name?

Lin Xian tried prompting, "Wangcai? Dabai? Xiao Hei? Doudou? Dahuang?"

Ling Yiyi instantly protested, raising her brows. "You think I'd give such L O W names?"

Lin Xian said helplessly, "Now's not the time to fuss about L O W or not L O W, hurry up and think!"

"I am thinking! Don't rush me, the more you rush, the more my thoughts get scrambled!"

Ling Yiyi also realized how serious this was, and stood up, a bit irritated.

But she forgot she was sitting on the well, and forgot that once the psychological suggestion vanished, the plug-in vanished with it.

Her foot stepped on empty air, and she instantly tumbled down into the well; in her panic, she grabbed Lin Xian on reflex.

"Fuck…"

Lin Xian only had time to let out a single cry of alarm before he fell into the well together with Ling Yiyi.

"Splash!" "Splash!"

Two consecutive splashes sounded, and then the tiny village once again returned to its previous silence.

The old woman acted as if she didn't see, still repeating the motions of drawing water and lifting the bucket… If you looked closely you'd notice that her movements didn't really match drawing water at all.

The human world is too bitter.

Sometimes, losing is better than having—like memory.

"Steamed corn buns, one yuan for four, heh heh!"

"Who the hell wants Xiaomi? Who the hell wants Xiaomi?"

"Spinach on sale, spinach on sale, spinach spinach spinach~"

"Mom, I want baked yam. I want, I want big pieces. Is two yuan enough? It's enough, thank you mom, you're the best!"

…

On both sides of the street outside the elementary school, all kinds of stalls were set up. Countless noisy hawking calls mixed together, thick with the air of everyday life.

Lin Xian stood in front of the spinach stall and joked, "Uncle, how come you're getting worked up just selling spinach?"

The old man selling spinach had a cigarette in his mouth and said grumpily, "Kid, easy for you to talk with your back straight. It's almost dark—if I don't sell all this spinach, won't it all rot?"

To be fair, there really was a lot of spinach, a full three-wheeler of it.

Looking at the fresh, crisp spinach, Lin Xian laughed and said, "Pretty fresh. Give me a jin!"

"All right!"

The old man responded, then cheerfully turned around and weighed out a jin of spinach for him.

After paying and waiting with the spinach in hand for a bit, he heard the dismissal bell ring over and over from inside the school.

Not long after, he saw a tiny, exquisitely carved little girl, like an SD doll, slowly walk out of the school.

When she saw Lin Xian, the little girl's eyes instantly lit up.

"Daddy!"

After a delighted shout, the little girl pumped her short legs and dashed over, throwing herself into his arms.

Only she was too short, so she could only hug his leg.

Lin Xian bent down and scooped the little girl into his arms, doting as he asked, "Youyu, were you good at school today?"

"I was good!"

Ling Youyu's face was full of a sweet smile as she nodded hard.

The spinach-selling old man watched and exclaimed in surprise, "Kid, this is your daughter?"

Lin Xian smiled. "Yeah!"

"Wow, your girl's really pretty. You're a lucky one!" The old man clicked his tongue in admiration, eyes full of envy. "We're off then, uncle!"

Lin Xian called back, then reached out and pinched her smooth, fair cheek, smiling as he said:

"Let's go home, your mom's made something tasty for you tonight!"

"Oh! There's yummy food!"

The little girl wrapped her arms around Lin Xian's neck, over the moon.

Holding Ling Youyu, Lin Xian walked toward a BMW X6 as he fished the car key out of his pocket.

Purple Gold Mountain District.

Lin Xian took out the key and opened the door. Immediately a rich fragrance wafted out from the kitchen.

"Honey, is dinner ready?"

While helping the little girl change into slippers, he asked.

From the kitchen came Ling Yiyi's impatient voice, "Quit rushing me, can't you see I'm busy?"

Adorable.

At that, Lin Xian and Ling Youyu exchanged a look; the little girl stuck out her tongue, looking extra cute. Just then, Ling Yiyi in the kitchen added, "Don't let Youyu do homework, we're eating soon!"

"Go wash your hands!"

After changing shoes, Lin Xian took Ling Youyu into the bathroom.

Hands washed, the little girl sat obediently at the dining table with big expectant eyes, waiting for dinner.

Lin Xian went into the kitchen, ready to bring the bowls and chopsticks out.

In the kitchen, under the bright light, Ling Yiyi's back was to him as she cooked. Her figure was slightly plump, and she was wearing a loose house robe.

Lin Xian hugged her from behind, gently stroking her high, rounded belly, and asked softly, "Did the baby kick you today?"

"He was fussing all afternoon!"

Ling Yiyi let out a sigh, then said more seriously, "Lin Xian, you tell your parents they can forget about a second kid. Just carrying this one is already killing me."

Lin Xian laughed. "I'm actually fine either way. We already have Youyu at home, after all. I'll find some time to talk to my parents about it."

"Heehee, that's more like it."

Ling Yiyi tilted her head back and pecked his face, smiling. "Go wait in the living room, this is the last dish."

"No rush, I bought a jin of spinach on the way back. I'll fry up some spinach later."

While washing the vegetables, Lin Xian asked casually, "By the way, how's things at your company?"

Ling Yiyi replied, "Not bad. Qin Daidai has been keeping an eye on things for me every day. She even called today to say we landed two big orders."

"We should treat Qin Shi to a meal sometime. We keep bothering her like this, we have to show some appreciation."

"Lin Xian, be honest—do you have a thing for Qin Daidai?"

"How did this suddenly turn on me?"

"Hmph, still trying to argue? The way you were looking at her last time was off."

In the not-so-spacious kitchen, the two of them chatted and bickered as they washed vegetables and cooked. Very ordinary, but very warm.

Morning.

Lin Xian sat at the dining table, staring blankly at the breakfast in front of him.

Beside him, Ling Yiyi urged, "Why are you spacing out? It won't taste good once it's cold."

"Oh."

Lin Xian responded absentmindedly, picked up his milk and took a sip.

Seeing this, Ling Yiyi asked with concern, "What's wrong? Something on your mind?"

Lin Xian frowned. "These days, I keep having weird dreams."

"How weird?"

Ling Yiyi raised a brow, curious.

Lin Xian's expression was odd. "In the dream, you're my mother-in-law."

Ling Yiyi gave a cold little laugh. "So that's why you were so quick to accept Youyu back then. Turns out that's what you were after. You really are an animal."