My System Forces Me to Live off Women-Chapter 46 - 44: It’s Back

PM, Beihua University, School of Psychology, Associate Dean Lin Dan’s Office.

"Two people having the same dream?"

A silver-haired old lady looked at Zhao Qingge, surprised: "Xiaozhao, you’ve encountered this kind of situation? With whom did you have a shared dream?"

Zhao Qingge hesitated: "Aunt Lin, you haven’t answered yet. Is this actually possible?"

Several hours ago, in Zhao Qingge’s own office, she used a trick to test Li Peifeng with a try-it-and-see attitude. When she learned that he too had had the same dream as herself, she was so shocked she couldn’t speak.

Yet regarding this result, Zhao Qingge felt it was unexpected but within reason, because the feedback she received from Li Peifeng’s every move in the dream suggested just that.

That is, her student Li Peifeng was not the "Li Peifeng" conjured up by her own mind.

After Zhao Qingge knew the result, her second reaction was regret, deep regret, for no other reason than it was too embarrassing!

As a mentor, having such a vividly real dream with her own student, upon waking from the dream, if she had pretended not to know like Li Peifeng, it would have been fine, but she ended up breaking the illusion herself?

It truly wasn’t necessary!

Therefore, when Zhao Qingge saw Li Peifeng reciting the incantation, she remained silent for a few seconds, then changed the subject and didn’t continue discussing the dream.

Discuss what? Discuss what their daughter would do after waking from the dream? Discuss how happy and beautiful their life in the Otherworld was? Wouldn’t that be embarrassingly overwhelming?!

But her curiosity about that dream didn’t diminish but increased.

So after class, she immediately went to her family friend, her elder, and former Yandu University teacher, the old lady Lin Dan, to resolve her doubts.

The other party was sixty-six years old and a renowned psychologist in the country. Apart from her, Zhao Qingge couldn’t think of anyone else who could help her sort out the confusion.

"Of course, it’s possible. It could happen in reality, and there are even movies based on this theme."

Lin Dan pondered: "But the probability is very small. Ninety-nine percent of people have never had one in their lifetime. Scholars in the field believe this situation doesn’t really exist, possibly it’s an act of self-deception by the brain’s consciousness. Furthermore, there’s no way to consistently replicate it, and modern technology’s exploration of the brain’s consciousness is still somewhat superficial, so no in-depth research has been done yet."

"You could call it a shared dream, or a linked dream. I think a similar living environment and experiences might lead to two people having the same dream, like relatives, roommates, or lovers; they would have a higher likelihood of sharing dreams."

"If these people experience the same events on the same day, they may have similar dreams. Upon waking, when mentioning it unintentionally, the more they talk, the more alike it gets, giving the impression of shared dreams. In reality, dreams are fragments of memory, and when awake, the consciousness pieces these fragments together. If another person experienced many of the same things as you on the same day, when you talk about it in the morning, these fragments will subconsciously search for similar elements in their mind, creating a false impression of ’shared dreams’."

Zhao Qingge hesitated: "So, it’s still the brain’s self-deception?"

I don’t want to believe it either, but that dream was so vivid! Li Peifeng really spoke that incantation, it’s not the Dong language, not another language, it’s an incantation...

"I only offer an answer based on personal experience, but there isn’t just one answer to this question."

The old lady Lin Dan was very meticulous: "Perhaps you could describe what your dream was like in detail and who you had the shared dream with, and I can help you analyze it further."

Could you hide the gossip light in your eyes? If you could hide it, maybe I’d really say something!!

Zhao Qingge hesitated: "Nothing, it’s unnecessary."

...

Eight Mile Village Taixinli Shopping Street.

"Unnecessary? What do you mean unnecessary?"

Xu Manning rolled her eyes: "You’ve already bought us so many clothes, what’s wrong if I buy you a couple of pieces?"

Li Peifeng, holding bags and packages, smiled helplessly: "Didn’t you buy me more than a couple? One down jacket, two jackets, two pairs of pants, a tailored suit. Wenyue also bought me two pairs of shoes, a casual outfit, pajamas, a pile of socks and underwear... It’s really enough, let’s stop shopping and go eat instead."

Wu Wenyue, also carrying quite a few shopping bags in her left hand, had to use her right hand to tap her thigh and said casually, "It is a bit tiring, and we’ve bought quite a bit, let’s call it a day."

With the minority obeying the majority, Xu Manning, despite her high shopping enthusiasm, had to reluctantly agree: "Alright, let’s put things in the car and find a restaurant."

It was already 9 PM, and the three of them had been shopping since school ended, wandering around for nearly five hours.

Initially, it was Li Peifeng who was paying, buying things for Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning—clothes, bags, cosmetics, they bought whatever they wanted.

Heartbroken, Li Peifeng could only silently chant in his heart, "I have a system, I have a system, this little money is nothing," but he hadn’t calculated exactly how much he had spent, for fear of fainting on the spot if he did.

Roughly calculating in his mind, it must have been at least two hundred thousand.

Fortunately, the two women were considerate enough and later bought a lot of clothes for Li Peifeng as well.

Wu Wenyue spent a little under ten thousand on him, while Xu Manning spent at least sixteen thousand.

The tailored suit was the most expensive, over eighty thousand.

Li Peifeng really didn’t want it, but he couldn’t stop them; they were too enthusiastic.

Even though the system was still updating, the money was "credited," and the number of lottery draws increased from three to six, making Li Peifeng anticipate the updated system even more.

But this expectation only lasted through one meal; it was then extinguished by the resolute and determined Li Peifeng.

System, do you think you can coerce and entice, wielding both the carrot and the stick, to make me find more wealthy women, to strive harder in living off them and extracting more rewards?

Dream on, it’s impossible!

"I, Li Peifeng!"

"Would rather my bones crush on the mountain, sink into the river and never surface again."

"I’m unwilling to grovel with a bowl in my hand."

"I will always remember, even if one day I’m in darkness, I’ll still strive towards the light!"

With such passionate resolve, Li Peifeng made this vow in his heart and went home to write, uninterested in watching the girls change clothes.

Another cup of tea, a liver, two to three thousand words written a day.

By two or three in the early morning, just as he was deep in thought constructing the plot, Li Peifeng heard a notification from the system.

[System update completed.]

[To learn about changes in the new version, please see the update announcement for details...]

Write? What writing?!

With a snap, Li Peifeng slammed the keyboard, excitedly standing up.

"Shut up! I want to draw a lottery!"