This time, Yu Sheng fell asleep very quickly, perhaps because he had truly exhausted too much energy.
As the excitement that had filled him ebbed away, he lay down on the bed and almost instantly entered the realm of dreams.
What followed was a series of bizarre, fragmented dreams that were hard to recall in detail.
He felt his consciousness floating above a hazy surface of water.
Looking down through the murky depths, he saw himself lying on the bed, 66 Wutong Road, Erin fiddling with the remote control for the television, and Hu Li washing its tail by the sink, neatly hanging each washed tail on the balcony clothesline, forming a tidy row…
Gradually, Yu Sheng found it difficult to discern reality from illusion, unsure whether he was dreaming or truly “seeing” those scenes.
His consciousness drifted in a thickening haze until, all of a sudden, he felt a solid sensation coming from behind him.
Yu Sheng jolted awake.
What first caught his eye was the towering trees surrounding him.