Chen Yuan was an only child; he didn't have a younger sister.

Cousins didn't count as real sisters; they weren't good enough.

Actually, when the two-child policy was introduced, he had wondered what it would be like if his parents leveled up a new account and he had a sister.

Then, after careful consideration, he realized that his sister's personality wouldn't be good whether she took after his father or his mother.

Of course, if she had a personality like his own, it would be better to just throw her away.

After all, a sister should ideally be a combination of beautiful, innocent, cute, moe, and understanding of her *giegie* (older brother).

In other words, she should have 80% of Xin Yu's qualities.

Or maybe clone a 10-year-old Xin Yu named Last Order and give her to him.

Clearly, the girl in front of him didn't have the kind of personality he imagined for a sister.

She was more like a precocious, cunning, and slightly narcissistic little devil.

But right now...

"Xiao Shen, what are you doing?" Shen Xiao Ran saw that the boy hadn't said anything, just kept looking at her, so she asked, puzzled.

"Is it not allowed?" Chen Yuan asked.

"What are we playing?"

*Xiao* Shen, you're being a little too well-behaved and sensible. Please revert.

"I don't know." Shen Xiao Ran shook her head, unsure what she could do in a dream. But more than what to play, she felt there was something she should ask rationally. "What's your name?"

"I won't tell you."

"Then I'll go first. My name is Shen..."

"Alright, *Xiao* Shen, you can call me Old Chen." Before the name came out, Chen Yuan interrupted in time.

"What *Xiao* Shen, Old Chen? Sounds like a slice-of-life film set in the 60s or 70s."

After a brief retort, Shen Xiao Ran stared at Chen Yuan again, tentatively asking, "Are you... afraid I'll pester you in reality?"

"No, it's not..."

Turning her face away, Shen Xiao Ran said coldly in a low voice, "Don't worry, I don't have any legs, I can't pester you."

"..." Chen Yuan.

You really know how to silence someone with a single sentence.

"Or is it that your girlfriend doesn't let you meet other girls?"

After self-deprecatingly deflating her own momentum, she returned to the topic and continued to ask.

"You're just a little girl, don't be so precocious."

Having been brought to this point, Chen Yuan could only sigh and honestly confess, "*Xiao* Shen, I have to tell you the truth. I can't cure your legs. I can only let you experience this feeling of being healthy in a dream. And this dream can't always be used. Maybe next week, it won't exist anymore."

Now, she should understand, right?

"I know."

Without crying or making a fuss, Shen Xiao Ran quickly understood Chen Yuan. However, there was something she still couldn't understand, so she asked, "Then why can't I know your name?"

"..."

"You won't even let me tell you my name. I don't understand."

Shen Xiao Ran had never thought of letting a god help her unconditionally.

But she didn't have anything to give to a god.

So, is he afraid that I'll latch onto him and keep making unreasonable demands?

"..."

At this moment, Chen Yuan finally understood.

He was focusing on the wrong thing.

He had been trying to fade out of her memory as much as possible because he couldn't completely cure Shen Xiao Ran and didn't want to disappoint her.

But clearly, she was much stronger than he had imagined.

She wasn't completely unable to accept her cruel reality either.

"I'm sorry, *Xiao* Shen, I was a little harsh." Chen Yuan apologized to the little kid, "My name is Chen Yuan. Let's play together again next time we meet."

"Chen Yuan, hello." Shen Xiao Ran wasn't one to hold grudges. Since the other party had apologized, she happily jumped off the bed and briskly introduced herself, "My name is Shen Xiao Ran. You should know *Shen* and *Ran*. *Xiao* is the *xiao* in *xiaoyu*."

"Originally, there was only one *sheng* character, but you added another one."

What the hell is *xiaoyu*?

"*Zhu* character radical plus *you*, the *you* in Xu You. Do you know Xu You?" Shen Xiao Ran suddenly pinched her throat and said in a serious tone, "A Man, you wouldn't have gotten Ji Province without me~"

"Okay, I got it."

But this kid is really a drama queen.

"Then you write. I won't bother you."

After exchanging names, Shen Xiao Ran sat back on the bed and continued to wait for Chen Yuan to do his homework.

When her legs were paralyzed, this child was more precocious than anyone else. While being aloof, she could also exude a bit of green tea flavor in order to achieve her goals.

But now that she could stand up, she had become innocent and cute instead.

It seemed she had her own defense mechanism.

Like 'the rich have a conscience', after her body became healthy, everything seemed beautiful. And when she was paralyzed, she had a nihilistic little devil living in her heart.

This isn't just one person.

"I heard your mother say that you went to a rehabilitation center before?"

Chen Yuan stopped writing, turned his chair, looked at her, and asked proactively.

"I'm still doing physical therapy now."

"I'm talking about the kind of private one you went to before, the slightly more expensive one?"

Chen Yuan suddenly had an idea, although it wasn't very moral.

But originally, his sense of morality wasn't that strong anyway.

"Yeah, I went." Shen Xiao Ran nodded and replied, "That was probably when I was first paralyzed. I went for half a year."

"Do you remember the situation there? Like, medical instruments, rehabilitation equipment, and stuff like that."

"This... there were a lot of instruments used there. I remember a little about what they did, but I can't explain it."

Chen Yuan wanted Shen Xiao Ran to completely replicate the rehabilitation center into the dream.

But it didn't seem easy to achieve.

So, he continued to ask, "Do you remember what the doctor looked like? The one who did your rehabilitation training."

"The doctors weren't all the same. The most common one..." Pressing her temples with two fingers, closing her eyes, Shen Xiao Ran tried hard to think, but after all, it had been a few years, so she spread her hands helplessly and said, "Chen Yuan, I can't remember."

That's right, the people who are drawn into the dream must be people who are very memorable.

Otherwise, the faces of most people in the dream wouldn't be blurry.

"Then when are you going to that rehabilitation center again?" Chen Yuan suggested suddenly, "Remember, take pictures of the place. And also take pictures of your attending doctor."

"But..." Lightly biting her lip, Shen Xiao Ran was a little embarrassed, "It's very expensive there."

"How expensive?"

"Fifteen hundred yuan per session."

Damn it...

That's directly a month's living expenses?

"*Xiao* Shen, listen to me."

Chen Yuan looked into her eyes and said seriously, "Tell your parents to go again. And then, have them record the whole process, like how they treat you, those massage techniques, and the use of the instruments, etc."

Dreams cannot change reality.

But what if you use reality to 'change' reality?

As long as it's not something that doesn't exist, an impossible fantasy, but replicating a reality in a dream, is it possible to carry out rehabilitation training in the dream?

Without squeezing anyone, getting free medical resources for nothing.

Of course, this is just an idea.

Whether it comes true or not is the key.

"Okay."

In the end, Shen Xiao Ran chose to agree.

There was no other reason, purely because she wanted to agree with him.

"Then can I visit when you're doing rehabilitation?" Chen Yuan asked.

"No, no, no!" Only this, Shen Xiao Ran strongly resisted, "Don't, don't come. I'm... very ugly at that time."

"Aren't you claiming to be a beautiful girl? How can you be ugly?"

"This is true, but..." Thinking of what she looked like during rehabilitation, she couldn't help but complain endlessly, "I have to wear a very ugly hospital gown, wear weird elastic stockings, and I'll be covered in sweat during rehabilitation training, with my hair sticking together, and after falling, I still have to..."

"Still have to what?"

When Chen Yuan asked, Shen Xiao Ran lowered her head and pinched her fingers, thinking of that moment, and said shamefully, "Crawl on the ground like a bug... I'm too ugly."

I'm too embarrassed.

"..."

When Chen Yuan watched those rehabilitation training videos, he only felt moved and wanted them to 'fucking stand up!', but he didn't expect that in their hearts, or rather in her heart, they would be so inferior.

That's right, when you meet some disabled people on the street, your eyes will be 'caught' by them, but after seeing them, you will try to avoid them and not look at them anymore.

No matter what, you can't face them directly.

And this is what this group cares about - being different.

"But, your mother is watching too." Chen Yuan tried to make an analogy.

"You're not my dad."

"..."

Don't say such strange things, *Xiao* Shen.

"You're a boy, I definitely don't want you to watch me there." Shen Xiao Ran still shook her head, very resistant.

"But I'm six years older than you."

Chen Yuan was speechless. Why is this child so concerned about face?

"My dad is eight years older than my mom." Shen Xiao Ran muttered.

"Then your dad is pretty good..."

Chen Yuan didn't know what to say.

"I don't quite understand, why do you want to watch me do rehabilitation training?" Shen Xiao Ran said, somewhat puzzled.

She just felt that she was very embarrassed at that time.

Without sitting in a wheelchair, she lost her last bit of confidence.

People often praise her, saying how beautiful she is, and how well the little princess dress suits her.

But they haven't seen her when she's ugly.

Earlier, her mother had something to do and went out for a while, and hadn't returned for a long time. Shen Xiao Ran, who was alone at home, couldn't hold it in anymore, so she rolled her wheelchair to the toilet by herself.

Then, she fell on the ground when she opened the door.

Later, when her mother came back, she could only sit paralyzed on the ground and say with a smile: Sorry Mom, I'm so old, and I'm still wetting my pants...

Shen Xiao Ran didn't want Chen Yuan to watch her do rehabilitation training.

Because that way, at least on the Jiangtan (river beach), in the dream, in his eyes, she would be a pretty little princess.

Beauty is relative, ugliness is absolute.

--Woziji Shuo De.

"Then what do you think, why do I want to watch?" Chen Yuan asked back.

"You definitely are..."

Shen Xiao Ran suddenly realized that she didn't know why Chen Yuan would want to watch a little crawling bug.

He definitely didn't want to see her make a fool of herself, and he shouldn't be secretly in love with her, so she couldn't think of any other reason.

"Since you know I'm a god, who can easily do things that others can't."

Chen Yuan didn't want to say this originally. After all, he would only promise things that he was sure of, just like when he promised Xin Yu everything. He couldn't bear to see her disappointed, not even once. But at this moment, he had to take a slight risk, "Then what if, hypothetically, possibly, I could cure you a little bit?"

"...I don't know about that." Shen Xiao Ran retorted leisurely, "But I think, no matter what job you do in the future, the blame won't be on you."

Too cautious. Are you writing a thesis?

"So, are you still going to resist me?"

"I wouldn't dare."

Shen Xiao Ran clearly stated that she only had respect for gods.

And since the other party said so, she also expressed her attitude, clenching her fist and rarely getting rid of her cold air, she opened her mouth and said, "Then come on, watching a little crawling bug can also turn into a butterfly."

There is only one kind of heroism in the world.

That is, after recognizing the truth of life, still loving life.

"Then let's go play."

Chen Yuan felt that it was okay to study a few hours less occasionally.

When the Fourth Patriarch is sleeping, my Eleventh Patriarch is playing.

What does it mean?

It means I don't put your Fourth Patriarch in my eyes at all.

Patriarch?

Fourth Brother! (In a mocking tone)

"Yeah, let's go." Shen Xiao Ran couldn't wait any longer. She stepped on her slippers and prepared to explore the outside world.

This little girl, who was only about 1.4 meters tall, was like a big doll, seemingly weightless.

"By the way. After I wake up from the dream, will I not be able to find you anymore?" Thinking of something, Shen Xiao Ran suddenly asked.

"No, I often take walks by the Jiangtan."

"Tell me your QQ number."

Stretching out four fingers, Shen Xiao Ran said seriously, "I swear, I will definitely not send random things. Even when she routinely checks your phone, she won't think there's anything wrong with my messages."

Hey, wait a minute, how did we get to routinely checking my phone?

How is everyone getting more and more outrageous?

Some say Xia Xin Yu disciplines me, some say I have to ask Xia Xin Yu for leave before doing anything, and now there's someone saying Xia Xin Yu has to supervise my internet speech.

I really don't know who the king and queen are, do you?

"Alright."

Taking out a ballpoint pen, Chen Yuan held Shen Xiao Ran's hand and wrote his QQ number on her palm.

"The words written in the dream can actually interfere with reality?"

"That's right, that's my power."

"Then wouldn't that mean..."

Suddenly thinking of something, Shen Xiao Ran blushed and covered her mouth.

Heh, you're just realizing that now?

Xia Xin Yu would be even more ashamed than you if she found out.

"Wow, an eight-digit QQ number." Shen Xiao Ran looked at the numbers in her palm, somewhat surprised.

"Hmph. You weren't even born when I was playing QQ."

"You have to compare that too? You're more like an elementary school student than I am..."

Shen Xiao Ran didn't know where that sense of superiority came from.

"Reverse it."

"What's 'reverse it'? Did you guys used to play this kind of thing..."

"Okay, okay, let's go."

If they kept talking, he would be called an old geezer. Chen Yuan put the pen on the table and prepared to leave this scene with her.

"Yeah, yeah."

Shen Xiao Ran nodded.

Then, she slowly stretched out her other hand that didn't have any writing on it.

Chen Yuan also naturally held the hand of this girl who was almost two heads shorter than him.

In the end, she's still a child.

…………

The next day.

Chen Yuan received Shen Xiao Ran's QQ friend request early in the morning.

"One Sword Freezes Nineteen Provinces"

Note: Shen Xiao Ran

No, what good kid is named "One Sword Freezes Nineteen Provinces"?!

Let's change the note first.

It looks too outrageous.

Shen Xiao Ran: Why are you named Zhou Yu, Loving Father?

Chen Yuan: It's Zhou Yu, Loving Father!

I almost got overthrown by you.

Shen Xiao Ran: By the way, my mom made an appointment at the rehabilitation center, but it's tomorrow afternoon. You have school, so you can't come, right?

Chen Yuan: What time does it start in the afternoon?

Shen Xiao Ran: Probably around seven o'clock, it should be the last step by then, right?

Chen Yuan: Okay, I can go.

Shen Xiao Ran: Yeah, yeah, I'll send you the location tomorrow.

Shen Xiao Ran: Bye-bye, I'm going to read.

Chen Yuan: Oh.

After sending this sentence, the two didn't chat anymore.

In fact, if he didn't change the other party's note, Xia Xin Yu wouldn't think there was anything wrong if she really checked his phone.

Chen Yuan could feel that Shen Xiao Ran's personality was more precocious and calm outside the dream. The flirting with him by the Jiangtan yesterday was also because she wanted something and had to act cute.

So, just treat her like a normal kid.

Today is Sunday, and high school students boarding at Xia Hai City will also have a half-day off, and can leave the school, but must return to school before 7:30 pm.

Some people will choose to eat a meal at home and lie around like corpses. Some people will make appointments with friends to play outside the school. And Xia Xin Yu was called out by her good friends.

Before leaving, she also asked for his opinion, asking if he had any other arrangements today, and if not, she would go out.

See, that's what status is.

Who asks who for leave?

Wait, no one saw that, no one saw that!

As for Chen Yuan, he didn't have any other arrangements today. Study, scroll through Douyin, watch some anime, play a few games, and then study again, alternating between them.

And so, the day passed.

For dinner, Xia Xin Yu went out with him to eat fried noodles, and then returned to the apartment. The two studied for a while until nine o'clock, when she returned to her room as usual.

After she left, Chen Yuan suddenly realized.

Hey? Didn't I touch her today?

Or rather, I didn't touch anyone today.

So, according to Chao Zi's logic, should I continue to enter Shen Xiao Ran's dream?

Or should I just decide that tonight is a peaceful night?

With the idea of doing an experiment, Chen Yuan studied until half past ten, took a shower, and then lay on the bed.

I won't bring the test papers and questions today.

After all, the superpower will be refreshed after 24:00.

However, in order to confirm what the superpower is as soon as possible.

Let's set an alarm for 5:30.

Then, sleep.

Tonight, no dreams.

Accompanied by the sound of the alarm, Chen Yuan woke up.

It's Monday.

Now it can be confirmed that if you don't touch anyone all day before going to bed, you won't connect to the dream.

But what is this week's ability?

After getting out of bed, Chen Yuan's first thing was to open the curtains and look out the window.

No, people's heads don't have anything that looks like data hanging on them.

Listening, you can't hear anything either.

So, this can only be triggered under certain conditions?

But who should I try it on?

Xin Bao shouldn't be awake yet.

Forget it, I'll wash up first, and then study it later.

Chen Yuan went to the bathroom, squeezed toothpaste on a toothbrush and put it aside, then filled a glass with water.

"Huh? What's on this glass?"

Chen Yuan wiped the glass with his thumb, and found that it was hardened toothpaste stain.

So, he used a little more force.

Suddenly, a transparent bar appeared on the glass. Because of the force he was applying, a light green bar actually loaded.

Chen Yuan stopped moving.

The progress bar gradually returned to zero, completely becoming a transparent bar, and then disappeared.

Is this the new superpower?!

Continuing, Chen Yuan did what he had done before, but instead of rubbing, he gripped it hard.

Sure enough, the progress bar appeared.

Moreover, due to the increased force, the progress advanced to about one-fifth, and then turned dark green.

Using more force, two-fifths, turning yellow.

Three-fifths, turning orange.

Four-fifths, turning red.

What exactly is going on?

Nervously watching the progress bar that was about to reach 100% and getting darker and darker, Chen Yuan, who was slightly afraid at the moment of turning black, subconsciously let go.

Visibly to the naked eye, the glass suddenly cracked in the air before it landed...

(End of chapter)