dream maker

"trade?"

Lin Yu glanced at Papa Lin in some puzzlement, and before hearing an explanation, he himself recalled the situation when he first chatted with Shen Jiangnan. At that time, Shen Jiangnan also clearly mentioned that this would help him get rid of the nightmare. The price of the soul is RMB and one month of life.

The former is barely understandable, but the latter...

The one-month lifespan sounded unbelievable to him at the time. Although his understanding of the world has been refreshed countless times now, it still sounds a little weird.

Papa Lin glanced at Lin Yu thoughtfully, walked to the sofa and sat down, he paused, and said with some hesitation: "Since Jiang Nan said that you were haunted by Nightmare not long ago, then you should have guessed This so-called form of transaction."

Lin Yu subconsciously turned his head to look at Shen Jiangnan, but saw that the other party was lowering his eyelashes to cover his eyes, and it seemed that he didn't intend to interrupt to say something.

"Well, the general form of the transaction is money and life?"

Father Lin frowned slightly, and after a while, he sighed, and then said: "Money is only secondary, and life is the big deal." After a pause, he added: "Since you Not long ago, he was entangled by the Nightmare, and Jiang Nan should have introduced it to you, if he is haunted by the Nightmare for a long time, the situation will only get worse, and eventually the whole body will be controlled by the Nightmare."

"They will devour and wear away the original soul of the sojourner, and then occupy his body. At that time, although the person is still the same person, the inside will be different."

Speaking of this, Papa Lin's expression became more solemn: "Compared with these, the value of lifespan seems insignificant."

Lin Yuan felt in a daze for a while, just when she was about to say something, Mother Lin had already stood up.

She probably didn't want to listen anymore, so she forced a dry laugh and said: "You guys just talk first, it's getting late now, I'll cook first."

As soon as Mother Lin finished speaking, Ye Yan on the other side also stood up again and again, and hurriedly said, "I'll help you."

Mother Lin nodded and responded.

Shen Jiangnan and Papa Lin didn't say much when they saw this, and the scene was a little dignified for a while.

After a while, Lin Yu broke the silence and said softly: "Father, you don't have to worry about any psychological burden on me now. The things I encountered a few days ago have already allowed me to establish a psychological defense line. I am just curious. , why charge someone else's life?"

……

Papa Lin twitched his brows, sighed, and said casually, "To survive, to survive."

Lin Yan was even more puzzled: "For survival?!"

"Well, just to survive."

Shen Jiangnan at the side finally spoke, he thought about it for a while, and then continued: "Lin Yu, dream makers are not normal people, since we have abilities different from ordinary people, naturally we have paid much more than others. "

After a pause, before Lin Yu could ask any more questions, he explained in a leisurely manner: "The lifespan of a dream maker is very short, and if there is no transaction, he will not even live beyond 30 years old. In order to be able to To survive, we can only make transactions with normal people, and of course, this transaction is also based on the willingness of both parties."

"so……"

Lin Yan's voice trembled a little, not because of fear, but because of the shock and astonishment after being exposed to the unknown, and he said word by word: "The reason why you can live without change for so many years is because you continue to carry out trade?"

"..."

Shen Jiangnan was silent for a moment, shook his head, denied Lin Yan's question, and said: "No, dreamers are a very large race, and this race has too many branches, and my situation is not the same as yours. It's the same."

Lin Yan was stunned for a moment, and felt that this sounded a little weird, so he started to ask like a hundred thousand whys, "Is there any branch? My God, it sounds so complicated."

Lin Yu's tone undoubtedly eased the current atmosphere. Shen Jiangnan smiled helplessly and acted as a commentator: "Of course, no matter any profession has branches, it's just that things about us are more important than usual. People are more unbelievable, um, just like the 'big brain' that is said on the Internet now."

After all, Shen Jiangnan breathed a long sigh of relief, with a faint smile hanging on the corner of his mouth, he said lightly: "Lin Yan, there are too many things in this world that you don't know, and about making As a dream teacher, if you do it with conscience, it is good, but if you have evil thoughts, you will be backlashed in the end."

Lin Yan was slightly taken aback, shrank his hands on his knees into his sleeves, and couldn't help clenching his fists. The words "will be backlashed" lingered in his mind, and it took a long time to dissipate. After a moment of silence, he finally Said: "With you as a senior setting an example in front, I will naturally not do bad things."

Seeing that Lin Yan's expression was normal, Father Lin probably guessed that he had accepted these things, so he inserted a sentence at the right time: "Our dream makers will also suffer from old age, sickness and death, so don't take chances to survive forever. .”

"Huh?" Lin Yan twitched the corners of his mouth, and subconsciously glanced at Shen Jiangnan.

Shen Jiangnan guessed what he wanted to say at a glance, chuckled lightly, made his facial features more three-dimensional and handsome, and joked: "I told you I'm different from you."

Lin Yuan saw through his mind, gave a dry laugh, and scratched his hair: "Oh."

"But having said that, the awakening last night..." Lin Yu frowned, and said, "There was no sign of awakening last night, I was just curious, and all of us dreamers are the night before the 23rd birthday. Are you awake?"

Papa Lin and Shen Jiangnan were startled when they heard the words.

"What's the matter?" Lin Yan gently pinched the bridge of his nose, and asked hesitantly: "Did I ask something wrong? Or... the awakening of the dream maker is also different from person to person? The time of individual awakening is not the same?"

Papa Lin didn't answer for a while, but just unscrewed the glass on his own, took a sip of tea, and then heaved a sigh of relief, saying: "Some things will not be clear to you for a while, and I will slowly talk about them in the future." Let me tell you."

After all, Father Lin stood up, his expression seemed to ease a lot, as if he had settled a big matter in his heart, he glanced at Lin Yu: "In short, you will follow Jiangnan from now on. He will tell you anything."

"Hey." After finishing speaking, Father Lin sighed again, looking at Lin Yan with a hint of apology, and said concisely: "To be honest, if it wasn't forced by the situation, we really don't want to put this kind of Things are added to you, in the future..."

Speaking of this, Father Lin set his eyes on Shen Jiangnan again, and his tone seemed to be entrusting something: "Jiangnan, I will hand over my son to you in the future, if he is disobedient, you can just beat him. Paused: "In short, I just ask you to protect him well."

Lin Yan: "..."

What's the matter with this sense of déjà vu like marrying a daughter?

Do I want to put on a show with tears in my eyes symbolically?

"Hehe." Shen Jiangnan chuckled lightly, but didn't say much, just replied, "Don't worry."

With Shen Jiangnan's consent, Papa Lin was completely relieved. He nodded, smiled cheerfully, and pointed to the kitchen: "It's almost here, I'll cook for you .”

As soon as Papa Lin left, he and Shen Jiangnan were the only ones left in the living room. He hesitated for a while, trying to find something to talk about, but he didn't know what to say after searching, so he had to find out from what Papa Lin just said. After a while, he asked: "Uncle Shen..., yes, what my father said just now had not been forced by the situation, otherwise he would not have imposed such a thing on me. What does he mean by that?" Huh? This old man is too, and he talks nonsense.”

"Do you still remember the Ye Family of the Southern Clan?"

Shen Jiangnan sat lazily on the sofa and asked casually.

Lin Yan nodded: "Of course I remember, isn't it Ye Jingchu and the others' race?"

"Well." Shen Jiangnan said: "I told you about the situation of their Ye family at the time. They are in charge of the soul lock for generations, and this soul lock is also passed down from generation to generation. In the same way, we dreamers are also This situation."

"To put it another way." Shen Jiangnan rubbed the center of his brows, and continued concisely: "Now that you have become a dream maker, your parents are no longer dream creators, which means that the dream-making burden of your Lin family falls on on you."

Lin Yan: "!!!"

Shen Jiangnan looked sideways slightly, looked at Lin Yan, with a faint smile in his eyes, and said: "From now on, you will be a member of our Dream Pavilion, and you can come to find any problems that cannot be solved. I."

After a pause, it seemed that he remembered something, and added teasingly: "Uncle is covering you."

"..." Lin Yan shuddered all over, still felt that Shen Jiangnan was a little weird, and said cautiously: "Brother Shen, no, Uncle Shen... I always feel that something is wrong with you, your character has changed..."

Before Lin Yan could speak, Shen Jiangnan had already burst out laughing, interrupted Lin Yan, and said, "Wouldn't it be nice to treat you better?"

Lin Yu didn't think about it, and nodded subconsciously: "Okay, of course!"

"That's all right?" Shen Jiangnan said so, and handed Lin Yan another strawberry.

Lin Yan: "..."

Now Shen Jiangnan's attitude towards him is really what he dreamed of some time ago, so he thought about it, strengthened his courage, and asked again: "Well... then can I continue to call you Brother Shen in the future? .”

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Shen Jiangnan to say anything, he explained again and again: "What, I don't mean anything else, but you can see that the two of us seem to be about the same age on the surface, calling you uncle... um, right? Is it weird?"