It felt as though everything had returned to the first day, and what I saw was merely a nightmare without reason.
I looked down; I was still holding the part in my hand, bearing the sweat of my fingers. The line etched on it was still clearly visible: "I glanced into time, and I saw you; when you see me, I seem to see all of time."
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Returned?
Is this really so?
I turned off the phonograph and then picked up the phone.
"Uncle-Master, I've encountered something strange. Are you free now? Alright, then please come over."
"Mm!"
Teacher Wang Ren readily agreed. She arrived at Wende Xiaoyuan. It was just dawn. Teacher Wang Ren held the bracket and looked at it intently, "What you're saying is too bizarre."
"You don't believe me?"
"Mm!"
"But I've really experienced a lot. It seems Ke Yingying and a nurse hypnotized me."
"Ke Yingying should be considered my informant in the shadows. She does possess many skills, but these skills do not include hypnosis. I've never heard of Ke Yingying knowing hypnosis."
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"What about the nurse?"
"Which nurse? What does she look like?"
I tried to recall carefully, but I couldn't remember what Ke Yingying's nurse looked like.
"I can't remember."
"There is no such person."
"But I..."
I wanted to say that I distinctly saw Ke Yingying and that person, and they hypnotized me. However, Teacher Wang Ren interrupted me, saying seriously, "Turn on the phonograph, and I'll listen with you."
"Didn't you say it would hypnotize?"
"A psychologist with a strong sense of vigilance isn't so easily hypnotized."
Although Teacher Wang Ren spoke with certainty, I saw she wasn't being careless at all. She even took out her old pocket watch.
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"Connect the power."
"Okay!"
I complied and connected the power. I operated it normally, but after a long time, the black disc didn't make a sound. "What? Is it broken? It was working just fine?" As I was speaking, a burnt smell emanated from it. I quickly pulled the plug.
"It burned out?"
Teacher Wang Ren asked me seriously. I smiled sheepishly, "It seems so."
"How could something like this happen at this critical juncture?"
"Who knows? What do we do now?"
"There's nothing we can do. Tell me about your experience, and I'll analyze it for you."
I recounted it from the beginning. After I sent Da Huang away, I came back and listened to the black disc on the phonograph. Then, I seemed to enter an illusion and subsequently saw a different Zhang Si. Next, Zhang Si told me I was trapped inside and that to get out, I had to see my beloved. But when I saw Lin Han, I realized it was Ke Yingying hypnotizing me.
After hearing my account, Teacher Wang Ren frowned and spoke after a long pause, "I've never heard of Senior Brother having such an experience."
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"Did I close my eyes just now?"
Although I asked this, I opened my eyes and found a piece of paper and a pen in my hand. The paper read: "Believe in yourself." Seeing these words, I immediately threw away the pen and paper, looking at Teacher Wang Ren in terror.
"Don't be afraid. You were just hypnotized."
"Just? You call this 'just'? You made me write on it, didn't you?"
"Mm!"
"What if you had asked me to kill someone?"
"Firstly, I would never ask you to kill someone. Secondly, the subconscious has a protective mechanism. While hypnotizing you, asking you to write a few words might be like a fish in water, but asking you to kill someone would be impossible."
"Really?"
"Of course, it's true."
"I have another question. May I ask it?"
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"Tell her that Tie Zi is just going out for a few days on business, that he has a big deal to do. How can that be considered missing?"
"Alright! This is quite a favor." Da Zhou said with a smile.
"No problem, Brother Zhou. I'll treat you to a meal later."
After some more pleasantries, I hung up the phone. Tie Zhishan had gone missing. This was exactly the same as what I encountered in my dream. What on earth was going on? I couldn't figure it out or understand it. However, one thing was clear: someone was targeting me.
"Tie Zhishan is missing."
"Who would target him?"
"Based on the future I saw, it should be Ke Yingying. If both of us are harmed, then the three billion will also be at risk. At that time, the money will be transferred into a private equity fund. This fund will be linked to Ke Yingying's son."
Upon hearing this, Teacher Wang Ren asked me directly, "Is this dream of yours real, or fake? You're telling it so coherently."
"Of course, it's real."
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"Since you've already guessed it, how do you plan to deal with Ke Yingying?"
"I have a daring idea."
"How daring?"
"Extremely daring!"
"Tell me..."
"What if I commit suicide by burning charcoal?"
"You're crazy!"
"I won't really die. The cleaning lady comes to work at six. She'll see me. As long as she calls the police, I'll eventually wake up."
"Carbon monoxide is no joke. You don't need to resort to such desperate measures to deal with Ke Yingying."
"What if I genuinely saw the future?"
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"Still not allowed!"
Teacher Wang Ren immediately dismissed the idea. She couldn't allow such recklessness. I hugged Teacher Wang Ren's arm and pleaded, "I'm really confident about this suicide setup. Didn't you see what was written on the bracket? 'I glanced into time, and I saw you; when you see me, I seem to see all of time.'"
After I finished speaking, Teacher Wang Ren seemed to be swayed. She looked at me and said with a hint of doubt, "Is it really going to work?"
"It really will!"
"How do you plan to burn the charcoal?"
"Use charcoal to heat water in the south gate house?"
Where is the beginning, where is the end...
In this world of truth and falsehood, everything begins with me.