Zheng Qing couldn't help shivering violently, his whole body shaking like a sieve, and he woke up once again. This time he was truly awake, and only then did he realize that he had had a dream within a dream. Just thinking about the dream where a rabbit tore open his chest made him shiver uncontrollably, unable to stop trembling.
The Siamese rabbit was still sleeping obediently on his chest, its body rising and falling in rhythm.
Zheng Qing grabbed the rabbit's long ears and placed it on the floor. As soon as it touched the ground, the Siamese rabbit immediately hopped and ran toward the bathroom. Zheng Qing wanted to sleep a little longer and was about to lie down on the bed when he saw the Siamese rabbit hop back to his side, seemingly carrying something in its mouth. Upon closer inspection, it was half a bone, a spoils from the rabbit soup it had eaten the night before. The Siamese rabbit played with this half bone on the floor with its front legs, occasionally glancing up at Zheng Qing. Seeing the rabbit's eyes, Zheng Qing couldn't help but shiver. He recognized the familiar gaze, the same he had seen in the dream just now—full of resentment and hatred, almost bleeding. Eyes as if his own flesh and blood had been devoured alive by Zheng Qing himself!
The rabbit looked like a cold-blooded person who had seen through all the tricks and schemes but remained silent, only staring at Zheng Qing coldly. Zheng Qing froze, unable to control his body. He felt fear; he began to be terrified of this long-haired rabbit, this carnivorous Siamese rabbit!
Zheng Qing did not sleep all night. After locking the rabbit in a wire cage, he lay on the bed, tossing and turning through the night. He pondered how to deal with this carnivorous rabbit; he had to resolve it before going on his business trip, otherwise, anything could happen by the time he returned. In his mind, this rabbit was truly terrifying, like the reincarnation of Huo Tong.
Finally, as dawn peeked over the horizon, Zheng Qing got up and heard the nonstop ringing of the phone in the living room. Answering it, he heard from his son Xiaoyu's kindergarten teacher that last night Xiaoyu had a high fever at school and was now receiving IV treatment at the hospital. Upon hearing this, Zheng Qing hurriedly put on his coat and rushed to the hospital. Watching Xiaoyu finish his IV treatment, it seemed he was no longer in serious condition. After fussing and demanding to eat some KFC, Zheng Qing finally felt relieved and carried Xiaoyu back home.As soon as he entered the house, the rabbit was waiting at the door again, holding the slippers in its mouth. Xiaoyu happily hugged the rabbit and started playing, but Zheng Qing felt very uncomfortable. He remembered locking the rabbit in the wire cage before leaving, adding an additional padlock, yet now the rabbit was still holding the slippers and standing by the door. His heart felt heavy, but seeing Xiaoyu so happy, he couldn't say anything.
Xiaoyu had taken a day off from school and would be sent back to kindergarten tomorrow. Zheng Qing decided that after sending Xiaoyu away tomorrow, he would have to get rid of the rabbit.
In the evening, Xiaoyu still wanted to eat KFC, and it was only after Zheng Qing glared and threatened her that he took her to have a Chinese meal. After dinner, they watched TV for a while, and Xiaoyu went to bed early, hugging the rabbit. Zheng Qing sat alone in the living room, mechanically flipping the remote control, but in his mind, he was thinking about how to deal with this evil meat-eating rabbit. After a while, he finally decided how to handle it: he would give the rabbit to Jin Liufu, letting the chef make a pot of soup from it. Even if he couldn't make rabbit soup, it could be used for another kind of soup; in any case, he didn't want to see this rabbit again.
Zheng Qing went into the room and tucked Xiaoyu in, then lay down beside her. Xiaoyu was sleeping while hugging the rabbit, but Zheng Qing could still clearly feel the rabbit's restless eyes following him. He felt extremely annoyed, got up, and paced back and forth in the bedroom. No matter where he went, he could feel the Siamese rabbit's sharp and omnipresent gaze, leaving him nowhere to hide.
Finally, he couldn't bear it any longer. He rushed to Xiaoyu, gently pried the rabbit from her arms, grabbed the Siamese rabbit by the ears, and jumped to the window. Outside, a fine drizzle had started falling without him noticing, and beyond the house was a deep, endless blackness. Zheng Qing gave the rabbit in his hand a cold look and sneered viciously. The rabbit seemed unaware of what was about to happen, just staring at Zheng Qing's eyes innocently, like a child, pure and spotless. His heart almost softened at the sight of those eyes, but when he remembered the nightmare from last night, uncontrollable anger and fear surged inside him.He reached out his hand, placed the rabbit outside the windowsill, and slowly released the hands that were holding the rabbit's ears...
Zheng Qing would never forget it. He lived on the thirteenth floor, and tomorrow when he went out, he would see the rabbit smashed into a puddle of meat. He thought that his nightmare had finally ended.
He went back to the window, lay down beside Xiaoyu, and soon let out deep, satisfying sounds. Dreams always come, but before dreaming, one never knows whether they will have a nightmare.
It wasn't long before he began his first dream.
In a light blue dream, Zheng Qing and Huo Tong were having wild sex on the bed of a hotel near the coastal highway. When they were soaked in ambiguous sweat and ended their entanglement, Huo Tong said she was pregnant, and it was Zheng Qing's. Zheng Qing smiled and asked what she wanted to do about it. Huo Tong said of course they would have the child; having a kid meant the money from Jin Liufu could be taken more freely, right? They would have such a great bargaining chip.
Zheng Qing still felt a bit troubled because he couldn't be sure the child in Huo Tong's belly was his. He was somewhat resentful, mumbling and asking Huo Tong when she would divorce Jin Liufu.
Huo Tong let out a 'pfft' and said, what divorce? Isn't this much better? When I want money, I can go to Jin Liufu, and when I want pleasure, I come to you, Zheng Qing. Isn't this so comfortable?
This made Zheng Qing feel very displeased, so he yelled loudly, Huo Tong, are you treating me like a male prostitute?
Huo Tong laughed lightly, Is there a difference?
Furious, Zheng Qing pounced on the drenched Huo Tong, thinking about her infidelity while gripping her neck tightly. Huo Tong twisted under him, with her strength waning until she finally stopped moving.