A hunting adventure [unlimited]

Yu Zhen's dream within a dream began on a beautiful morning.

He dreamed that he had turned into a woman, a mature woman with a beautiful appearance. She (he) woke up from the bed at 7:30 in the morning.

In this dream, he does not have the ability to act, but is just like a soul with a wrong body, watching from the first perspective; but with the sharing of sensory emotions, he can truly experience the feeling of refreshment after waking up, and the nostalgia of the skin for the warm bed .

Yu Zhen can still see the present and past of the owner of this body.

She (he) is looking in the mirror. She (he) has gorgeous blond hair, but due to work reasons, she has no time to take care of her delicate appearance. Her long hair is always rolled up and hidden under a surgical cap.

Although the work is hard, she (he) enjoys it, because she (he) has a happy family that is one percent of the empire, two husbands, a pair of daughters, and a pet.Recently her (his) second husband was pregnant and was having a temper tantrum; fortunately, her (his) first husband was gentle and virtuous, took care of the housework and raised her daughter, and at the same time spared his energy for her (his) Soothe the newly pregnant.

Today is Friday, she (he) has had breakfast, washed up, put on the work clothes her husband has ironed properly, and is ready to go to work.

Her (his) two daughters are a pair of twins, and their father was in pain for two days and two nights when they were born, but God treats her husband and wife well, they are so healthy and lovely.

Seeing that she (he) was about to go out, two ten-year-old short-haired girls chased her to the door and asked her (him) to kiss their foreheads.

Yu Zhen is not used to kissing and hugging or being intimate because no one has ever treated him like that.

But she kissed the owner of the body, and asked her daughters not to bully boys at school, let alone cause trouble, not to despise other classmates just because her surname is Yexiu, and to get along with everyone in a friendly manner.

"But Dad said that it wasn't our fault." The eldest daughter dragged her sleeves and said with innocent eyes, "Mom, you promised to take us to the amusement park this weekend."

"Yes, Mom, we haven't gone out to play together for a long time." The younger daughter echoed.And touched the other pure gold nameplate on her chest with her white tender hands in admiration.

At this moment, a sleek, large dog rushed out of the living room.It has just been released from the cage, its upturned curly tail is wagging non-stop, and it can't wait to make out with its owner.

The dog licked her hand with its pink and bright red tongue.The rough and slippery touch frightened Yu Zhen and wanted to escape from this body, but he couldn't.

The dog's eyes were wet and eager.So she ruffled its hair, and it rubbed its cheek against the back of her hand in enjoyment.

Yu Zhen peeked into the inner thoughts of the owner of the body, which she would never say out loud—she thought her dog was prettier than every boyfriend she had ever had, including her two current husbands.

Its skin is like silk satin washed with milk, its arms and legs have been shortened and then fitted with metal claws. The connection between the skin and the machine is always reddish with cherry pink, and its thin waist is tied with a black leather belt. The snow-white hair is soft and beautiful, not to mention the pink and jade-carved face.

Who wouldn't love a dog like this?Even though maintaining and feeding him is a big expense for the family (so much so that she often works overtime), her love for him still cannot be diminished by half.

She kissed the top of the dog's head lovingly, and said to her three babies: "Goodbye, wait until I come back."

This precious humanoid dog has mild separation anxiety, he doesn't like the rest of the family, he's only attached to her, and he whimpers faintly every time he's separated from her.Seeing that the owner was about to step out of the house, it suddenly jumped up and grabbed her overalls with its forelegs——

"—Ah! You bad dog!" The little girl screamed, her foot was stepped on by the metal claws of the dog's hind legs, she wrinkled her little face in pain, and swung her arm to hit its snow-white back.

She immediately reprimanded her daughter's behavior: "It can't be like this!"

The youngest girl pouted and put down her hand aggrievedly, but still out of anger, she kicked the dog on the hind leg, turned around and ran back to the restaurant.

"Mom, don't be angry, I'll go and see her." The sensible eldest daughter went after her younger sister.

The dog Yubai's back showed red marks from being beaten, and its skin was extremely delicate and thin. At this time, it was spinning in pain, and its tail dragged behind its buttocks and swept the floor.

She called a servant to take it to apply medicine, and the servant led the dog back to the house with a silver chain around its neck. It turned around every three steps, and looked at her reluctantly.

Sighing, she picked up the gold name tag that the dog had dropped when it pounced on her, and put it in the pocket of her overalls.

Her name is written on the nameplate: [Irene Eunomia Yexiu]

***

Before leaving, Irene lowered her head to check her clothes, and found that the surface of her shoes had been stamped with plum blossoms by the dog's paws; she pouted, opened the shoe cabinet, and put on the new leather shoes she bought just last week.

Yu Zhen forgot that he was in the dream, he thought, this is probably his retribution for disrespecting the dead.If he hadn't kicked Irene's leg bones away, he wouldn't have passed through until she was dying.

The Yexiu family has a long history and a great reputation, and has left a strong mark in the history books of the empire. However, their population has been small since ancient times, as if they were cursed. Most of their children will not live to adulthood; A girl was born to her, and her half-brother died young unfortunately.

Irene doesn't think her mother is a qualified heir, and she has rarely seen her mother since she can remember. Her mother doesn't care about the survival of the family, and naturally she doesn't take on the responsibility of branching out.But in terms of career, her mother is very dazzling, that light covers her whole life and illuminates her future.

Because of her mother's achievements, she was able to work in the Royal Academy as soon as she graduated from university with mediocre grades.

Her current residence is not the main residence of the Yexiu family, but her mother's private property, a three-story building rewarded by the Queen herself, located at the southern end of Safir Avenue, only one step away from the Royal Palace.

To the left of the building was a garden of holly trees and an acacia; the twins always played here after school, and she often trained the dog to fetch a ball there.

The gardener who manages the garden is from the royal palace across the road. She is a silent woman who comes once a day, without any hindrance, for ten years.

Every day when Erin goes to work, she will see the gardener squatting in the flowers to remove weeds, and today is no exception.

A residence granted by the Queen is an absolute privilege.So, even though it takes 3 hours to commute to get off work every day, Erin never thought about moving out of here.

Whenever she enters and exits the Royal Academy, the guards will always greet her with a salute, which is a bit more sincere than treating others. After all, she is the one who inherited the surname "Yexiu", and her ancestors still stand in front of the Academy building. The statue of Benita Yexiu - a name that will never be avoided as long as the Heflemar Empire exists.

Each of her children will be greeted and blessed by the queen when they are born; she, her offspring, and all those named Yexiu will live with this honor.

But her smooth and beautiful life is not all bright; there is always a dark spot like a shadow in her heart, and she buries a secret in an unknown corner.

——She never told anyone that her parents didn't retire to a small southern town to spend their old age, but disappeared.

On the day she became an adult, her parents prepared the last birthday present for her, and they never appeared again.

For so many years, she has been trying to find their whereabouts, but they seem to have disappeared without a trace.She had no choice but to declare that her mother was unable to continue academic research and work due to physical reasons, and took her father to a small southern town to recuperate, not wanting to be disturbed by outsiders.

As time passed, even she herself believed the lie.She rented a country house in a small southern town, creating the illusion that someone lived there, imitating her mother's handwriting every year, and sending greeting cards and gifts to her two daughters from that address, making them believe that their grandmother was still alive.Even her two husbands did not know the truth.

For her parents leaving without saying goodbye, Irene experienced sadness, anger, collapse and confusion; these emotions have been pressing on her heart since the beginning, and she cannot tell or resolve.

When she couldn't sleep at night, she would sit in her study and stare at the bar mitzvah her parents gave her all night. She often suffered from it, and she didn't understand why they abandoned her.

Seeing that her 36th birthday was approaching, Irene couldn't help thinking of this past event that made her hard to let go.

So why?

***

Erin is busy with work, but the two surgeries scheduled today were canceled unexpectedly.There was a lengthy meeting in the laboratory in the morning, and in the afternoon she received two family members of the patients, and after the end, she packed up her things and went home early. This was a rare day for her to be free.

After getting off work at 3:[-], it was already [-]:[-] when I drove home. The house was empty, with only her pet dog circling around her.

The servant said that the two gentlemen took the twins out for dinner, and they thought she would work overtime today.

Her tender and caring first husband called to ask if she wanted to go to dinner with her, and she declined; then he asked cautiously if she wanted them to go home now.

Erin said, "No honey, you guys play, I can take care of myself."

The husband was afraid that she would be unhappy, so he made sure that they would return home before eight o'clock.

Erin laughed and said, "It's okay."

She is really okay, she needs to be alone.

The dog followed her into the study.

She told the servant not to bring her food, she was not hungry, and no one should come in to disturb her.Then she locked the door, sat down at the desk, opened the drawer, and took out a framed picture.

In the photo is a group photo of her family of four standing in front of the house when she was 12 years old, her parents, her and her six-year-old brother.

She inherited her father's blond hair, and her younger brother inherited her mother's black hair. The siblings have similar appearances and similar personalities, and they have had a good relationship since they were young. Unfortunately, two years after this photo was taken, the younger brother died of a medical condition.

This is the last gift her parents left her, and she still doesn't understand the meaning of it.

At that time, I took this photo on the side of the road in the early morning, and I asked a passerby to help me take it, so there were other irrelevant people in the picture; for example, the gardener in the garden next door to her house, the silent woman who didn't like to say hello.

The gardener's face just happened to be on the far right of the photo. She stood in the garden grass, her face was pale and anxious.

Irene was suspicious, picked up the magnifying glass, and observed the gardener's face more carefully—it was indeed a flustered and anxious expression, as if she was afraid of something.

She immediately found the screwdriver in the drawer and began to disassemble the picture frame.

The moment the bottom plate and the frame were peeled off, something fell out from behind the photo, and landed on the desk with a "clack"——

Irene picked it up and saw that it was a small silver key; it was very new without any traces of use such as scratches or bumps.

On the back of the photo, there is a simple map drawn with a ballpoint pen: a stick figured house, a square frame next to the house, and a tree in the frame, representing the garden; a red dot is marked in the northwest corner of the garden.

The location of this red dot is exactly where the gardener is standing in the photo!

Erin got up suddenly and rushed out the door, startling the dog at her feet.

The dog whimpered and ran to catch up with her.

Thunder flashed across the sky, and lightning brightened the night sky!

Yu Zhen realized that she had become that dog.It (he) ignored the servant's obstruction, jumped over the fence and rushed into the torrential rain, and ran into the garden after Irene's scent.It pushed through the holly branches and got into the grass, its skin was cut by sharp leaves, and its thighs were splashed with mud.

It is not a biological dog, there is no fur to keep it warm and waterproof, the cold rain just hits its back, and the cold wraps its whole body.Its metal claws were scorching hot, but it still couldn't pry off the heavy stone slab. It howled anxiously, tears streaming down and dripping down with the rain.

It can't find its owner.

It doesn't know that it is quite dangerous to go out alone for such an expensive pet. It hides in the grass and scratches the slate fiercely. It hates that it has lost its flexible palm and the voice that can call for help.

The rain was too loud, the grass in the garden was too lush, and the servant who went out to look for the dog with an umbrella just missed it.

By the time it was exhausted, it was already dark, and it looked like a drowning dog that had just been caught, and its body was pitifully dirty.

"Fuck! Look what I found!" An excited voice sounded behind it.

"Damn it, you're getting rich!"

As soon as it turned its head, a black cloth covered the sky and covered it!Roll it into the dark...

……

Yu Zhen's heart was beating fast and violently as if she stepped on the air and fell off a cliff!

He woke up after taking a deep breath, Du Yu's figure gradually became clear in his vision...

Candlelight, wax figures, iron gates, they are still in the basement.

But the dream in the dream is so realistic and deep, Yu Zhen's heartbeat has not yet calmed down, confusion, despair, panic... all kinds of emotions are woven into a fireball and rolling at the tip of his heart.

"Are you awake?" Du Yu was reading a file in his hand and greeted casually.

The voice was like a needle piercing Yu Zhen's crumbling mind.When people are excited or stimulated, they will always be unable to control their behavior. Yu Zhen's teeth itch with hatred, and he is frantically looking for something to bite!

But he couldn't chew it, so he punched Du Yu a few times to relieve the pressure.

"It's all your fault! It's all your fault!"

Du Yu was beaten for no reason, wondering, "What's wrong with you?"

"No..." Yu Zhen withdrew her hand and rubbed her eyes.

He noticed that the locked drawer on the far right of the desk was actually open!It was empty inside - looking at the stack of documents in Du Yu's hand, I immediately understood what was going on.

Yu Zhen: "Hey, how did you open it?"

Du Yu pointed to his temple and said, "Use your brain."

Yu Zhen: "?"

Talk like he has no brains!

The author has something to say:

Dogs are the best.