"That office must be expensive, right?"

Gu Shen took a deep breath and smiled, "I will come back often."

In fact, he had already gotten used to the days of interning at the Somniloquy.

This time, when he came back to say goodbye, he actually wanted to tell Xiao Xinjie that if he had time, he would be happy to come and help at the Somniloquy... After the lady arrives, the guests at the Somniloquy will increase, and Zhou Xin will be very busy on her own.

"The price of the office... is okay. Actually, the rent hasn't gone up too much." Zhou Xin looked at Tang Qingquan, who had just finished smoking, and coughed softly, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Because that shop is also mine."

From a distance, the two said their goodbyes, and the Grand Judge spoke succinctly, "Since business is picking up, I will help her change her storefront, and symbolically raise the rent a little."

"???"

Gu Shen was stunned.

"In fact... that one, that one, that one... they are all mine."

Tang Qingquan slowly reached out and pointed from one shop to the next, from beginning to end.

"The entire Lipu Street is yours?"

Gu Shen was in disarray in the wind, and the trace of sadness that had been brewing in his heart was ruthlessly shattered.

He recalled Tang Qingquan's words on the plane.

["I have some houses on Lipu Street."]

You call that "some"?

"More or less. I helped Mr. Zhao back then, and he gave me this street."

Tang Qingquan admitted calmly, then sighed softly, "Today is rent collection day. Even though the rent has been settled online, looking at these shops on rent collection day, no matter how bad the mood is, it will become very good."

"..."

Gu Shen silently looked at the Grand Judge Tang, thinking to himself, are you taking the bullet for Mr. Zhao?

"Xiaoxin, after the relocation is over, please invite us to your home." Tang Qingquan calmly spoke.

Gu Shen looked at the Grand Judge with a strange expression. After getting along with Tang Qingquan for a long time, he gradually felt that in some ways, this person was also different from ordinary people. Saying something like "invite me to your home" without changing his expression, as if he were the true master.

...

...

Zhou Xin's home was not big.

A one-bedroom apartment.

She was originally from a single-parent family. After her father, Zhou Yu, died, she was the only one left.

A person, is home wherever they go.

In fact... for her, being alone, going to study in the Centre Continents, and then returning to the East Continents, changing houses one after another, but there was only one home. Her home remained in the distant childhood memories, and she could never find it again.

"Please have a seat... I haven't cleaned up much, please forgive me."

Gu Shen silently held the teacup and looked around the environment of this one-bedroom apartment.

He came to Zhou Xin's home to investigate... to investigate the rabbit doll he saw in his dream.

The Grand Judge said lightly, "Have you found anything?"

It was precisely because he believed in Gu Shen that he was willing to come along... If someone else had said that they had found suspicious points in Zhou Yu's dream, Tang Qingquan would have ignored it. Over the years, he had put a lot of effort into Zhou Yu's case, and in the end, even some unintended disturbances had arisen.

A quasi-S-level Transcendent, died in an explosion.

This was already a disgrace—

In fact, those Transcendents who transcended the rules were not necessarily immortal like gods... Under the rules of nature, their physical bodies were still fragile. Even the Transcendents of the eleventh layer of the Deep Sea could not withstand a large amount of explosives, and would still be melted by lava, submerged by the deep sea, or frozen to death by heavy snow.

Of course... the Transcendents of the twelfth layer were a different kind of "life."

"Zhou Yu carried the hopes of many people back then. His death dealt a heavy blow to the newly established Judgement. Along with that, there were doubts about the abilities of the Judgement. The Judgement was established based on the will of Gu Changzhi, and in the early stages, it was very difficult. Many big shots in the council were not optimistic... Zhou Yu's death caused a lot of controversy. In the end, this case was buried in the dust of history."

"Because there were no clues..."

Gu Shen felt a little powerless.

He suddenly understood Tang Qingquan's anger and helplessness. Tang Qingquan and Zhou Yu were fellow disciples, and he deeply knew Zhou Yu's strength. It was impossible for him to die so easily, but the fact was right in front of him...

"I also doubted the truth of this incident. Zhou Yu was exceptionally talented, how could he die in a mere explosion? But the power of that explosion was too great, the roar swept through an entire block... in the end, there were no casualties, the intense explosion was contained within a very small range, and there was not even a single fragment of Zhou Yu left, he was burned clean."

The Grand Judge lowered his eyes and looked at his lonely face in the cup, "I had to accept the 'truth', he sacrificed himself and stopped the explosion... Great talent does not mean omnipotence. Zhou Yu, my junior brother, there are also things he couldn't do."

Such as choosing between saving himself and saving all living beings.

Gu Shen silently looked at the photo on the table.

After traveling to many places, being alone for many years, his father's photo had always been carried by Zhou Xin... It was a photo of the two of them, the adult holding the child in his arms, squatting on the grass.

In the dream, the face that couldn't be seen was finally revealed in its true form.

A young Zhou Yu, with a faint smile on his face, and sharp eyebrows and eyes.

"Wait a minute..."Gu Shen's expression grew tense as he looked at the photograph of Zhou Yexin, who appeared to be about the same age as the girl he had seen in his dreams.

Where was Dora?

Dora was not in the picture frame... The girl wasn't holding a doll, but she was holding a leash.

"Woof!"

The bedroom door opened.

A white Samoyed dog bounded out from inside, unafraid of strangers. Upon seeing Gu Shen and Tang Qingquan, it curiously stuck out its tongue, circled around them, and sniffed vigorously.

Both Gu Shen and Tang Qingquan caught the details in the photograph and exchanged a glance.

Could this be...?

"Susie!"

Zhou Yexin called out softly, trotting out from the bedroom. The big white dog, hearing her call, joyfully ran back to her with its tongue outstretched.

Tang Qingquan was somewhat disappointed, sipping his tea, he asked, "You have a dog... named Susie?"

What a pity.

He had thought... this was the Dora that Gu Shen had seen in his dreams.

The big dog was full of energy but not rowdy, its smile simple and endearing.

"Yes," Zhou Yexin said with a tender look in her eyes as she stroked the dog's head. "It's all thanks to Susie that the days after returning to the capital haven't been so hard."

"May I... pet it?"

Gu Shen made a small request.

"Of course," Zhou Yexin smiled. "She's very friendly."

Gu Shen cautiously extended his hand, and Susie responded by sticking out her tongue, lifting her head with a smile, and touching the stranger's palm with her nose. After receiving the warm comfort, she blissfully squinted her eyes and lay down on her side.

Truly an angel...

Gu Shen asked softly, "How old is Susie?"

"She's almost three years old," Zhou Yexin replied with a smile.

Three years old?

No... Susie's timeline didn't match up.

That was after Zhou Yexin had returned from studying abroad in the Centre Continents.

"In that photograph... I saw that you used to have another dog," Gu Shen continued. "Is that dog still around?"

"Do you mean... Dora?"

Zhou Yexin paused, her eyes dimming as she said with a light laugh, "Dora was Susie's mother. She grew up with me from a young age until I left the East Continents to study in the Centre Continents. But she was too old, and not long after giving birth to Susie, she passed away."

There it was—

The keyword, Dora!

Gu Shen's eyes sharpened, and he slightly turned his head to see Tang Qingquan's solemn expression.

The clue he had obtained in his dream was not useless!

The judge sat upright and asked slowly, "Could you tell us the story of Dora?"

"The story of Dora..."

Zhou Yexin seemed puzzled, not understanding why her teacher would suddenly ask about this. She stroked her hair, trying hard to remember, and finally said with a bitter smile, "There's not much of a story... Dora was a gift from my father. After my father passed away, she accompanied me through my childhood."

She suddenly stopped.

"That's all there is to it."

No.

It wasn't just that...

Gu Shen watched Zhou Yexin's silence, speaking in his heart.

This matter wasn't so simple!

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After seeing that dream... and confirming Dora's identity, the truth reflected in the dream was almost surfacing.

The rabbit doll named Dora in the dream symbolized this dog.

The girl in the dream lost Dora, and on Zhou Yexin's search, an accident occurred... But why did the final investigation of the Tribunal conclude that Zhou Yexin was unrelated to the explosion case?

At the very least, she should have received corresponding attention as a person involved.

Moreover.

If the rabbit doll that was gutted in the villa corresponded to the beloved dog that accompanied Zhou Yexin's childhood... then how did it "come back to life"?

The dead cannot be resurrected; this is an iron law that no Transcendent can overstep!

"Speak of what you've experienced..."

Gu Shen silently urged in his heart, while a wisp of fiery essence slowly drifted out, gathering at Zhou Yexin's brow.

He applied a very gentle suggestion.

Somewhat akin to encouragement.

"Actually... even if I tell you, you might not believe it."

Zhou Yexin lowered her eyes, struggling internally for a long time, then suddenly felt an inexplicable force.

She began to speak with some difficulty.

"The days when my father left, I fell seriously ill, had a high fever... I seemed to see many figures, coming and going, but none stayed in the end."

"For many years, I've been doubting whether that was just a dream... or something that really happened..."

Little Sister Xin said softly, "Because that dream was too real... I've told people about it, and they thought I was crazy..."

She rubbed her brow, organizing her fragmented thoughts, and spoke wearily.

"I dreamed that my father died because of me."