Courtyard House: My Long and Hard Body Makes Me Play with All the Women in the Courtyard

Su Ting stood between the two, looking at them who were similar yet had very different temperaments, and slowly said, "Her waking up cannot rely on hope alone. You both need to face reality."

"What is reality?" the woman in the black dress retorted coldly. "Reality is only pain."

“Reality contains memories you don’t want to forget,” Su Ting stepped forward, “and responsibilities you must bear.”

Chu Mo suddenly realized something: "The responsibility you're talking about... is it that fire?"

The air froze for a moment.

A look of surprise flashed in the girl's eyes: "You knew all along?"

“It was your dreams that showed me this,” Su Ting said firmly. “Your mother was the last survivor of that laboratory, but she too was forever trapped in a dream because of that accident.”

Chapter 1155 Dreams are more than just escapism

Chenxi exclaimed in surprise, "You are her children?"

“We are her dream,” the woman whispered. “We’ve lived on in her place until now.”

Chu Mo was silent for a moment, then said, "And what about her now? Is her 'wish' related to her mother?"

The woman in the black dress gave a cold laugh: "Your mother is gone, what 'wishes' are left?"

“She’s still alive,” the woman said firmly, “just trapped at the very bottom of a dream.”

"She's alive?" Chenxi exclaimed in shock. "How is that possible? Her body has long since..."

“Dreams are more than just escapism,” Su Ting interrupted her. “Dreams can also continue to exist, as long as her will is strong enough.”

Chu Mo looked at Su Ting in shock: "You mean, we haven't finished exploring all the dreams yet? There are even deeper dreams?"

The woman nodded gently: "She had been asleep for so long that we all thought she was gone. But Su Ting awakened not only us, but also her."

"Mother?" Chenxi murmured.

“I must bring her back,” Su Ting said slowly.

The woman in the black dress said coldly, "Are you sure you can handle a deeper dream? That's not a territory for you to tread."

“I’m going to take her home.” Su Ting’s eyes were resolute. “No matter how deep the dream, I will go.”

The woman in the black dress sneered, then suddenly stepped forward, her eyes sharp as blades: "What if you fail? What if you are also trapped in the deepest part of the dream?"

“Then bring me back too,” Su Ting said with a faint smile, “just like I brought you back.”

A strange ripple suddenly appeared in the air.

Chu Mo turned around abruptly: "Someone is approaching."

Chenxi exclaimed in surprise, "Is it the 'Dream Keepers'? Or... those organizations?"

“Neither,” the girl said slowly. “It’s her.”

"Who?" Chenxi was taken aback.

The woman said softly, "Her other side—her mother's dream."

Before the words were finished, a figure slowly walked out from the far end of the dream.

It was a woman wearing a lab coat, pale-faced, with empty yet familiar eyes.

“Mom…” the woman’s voice was almost inaudible.

“She… is still alive in the dream.” Su Ting slowly stepped forward. “She heard you, and… sensed your presence.”

The woman stood before the dream gate, quietly watching the crowd.

"Can...can I really bring her out?" the woman asked, trembling.

“You are one.” Su Ting looked at her. “As long as she still has ‘Wish’ to live, you can return together.”

The woman in the black dress suddenly sneered: "Wish? Her 'wish' is nothing more than a scientific dream that has long been shattered."

The woman didn't refute her further, but simply gazed at her quietly: "Perhaps. But she once said something that I've always remembered."

"What did you say?" Chenxi asked.

“Dreams are not an escape from reality; dreams are a future that reality cannot realize.” Tears welled up in the woman’s eyes. “My mother said that as long as someone remembers her dreams, she will not truly die.”

In the air, the boundary between dreams and reality begins to blur.

The woman finally spoke slowly, her voice seemingly transcending time: "You...you're back?"

“We’ve been waiting in your dreams for so long,” the woman said, her voice choked with emotion.

The woman's gaze slowly swept over the crowd, finally settling on Su Ting.

"You are... Su Ting?"

Su Ting was taken aback: "You remember me?"

"Your dream is the brightest color in my daughter's dreams," the woman said softly. "You said you would take her to see the sea."

Chapter 1156 Don't keep her waiting too long

The woman's tears fell uncontrollably.

"She said she would go with you."

"She said she would raise the cat named 'Sesame' with you."

Su Ting nodded: "I remember."

The woman's lips finally curled into a slight smile: "Then let's not keep her waiting too long."

The woman in the black dress suddenly spoke up: "If you really want to take her home, you have to face her past, her responsibilities, and—yours."

Su Ting glanced at everyone and nodded slightly.

“Let’s go home,” he said slowly.

"go home together."

The dream gate opened once again, and this time it was warmer than ever before, as if even the wind carried a whisper of anticipation.

But just then——

"and many more."

The voice came from the dream gate.

"Who?" Chenxi turned around alertly.

A slender figure slowly emerged from the dream gate, looking at everyone with a complex expression.

The woman stared at her in shock: "Who are you?"

“I am the gatekeeper of your dreams,” she said calmly, “but you… shouldn’t go home.”

"Why?" Su Ting asked.

The gatekeeper stared at him silently: "Because reality is not like what you dream of."

She raised her head, her gaze sharp as a knife.

“Your mother’s ‘wish’ is not only for you to wake up, but also for you to… fulfill her mission.”

"Her mission?" Chenxi frowned.

“She is the last person who can stop the spread of the ‘Dream Virus’,” the gatekeeper whispered. “And she chose you—her dreams—to do it.”

Chu Mo's expression changed drastically: "Your mother... she's not dead."

“She’s still alive,” the gatekeeper said quietly, “but she’s slowly collapsing in her dream. She must… complete her mission before she can return.”

The air fell silent for a moment.

"are you ready?"

"Complete the mission?" The woman frowned. "What mission?"

The gatekeeper did not answer immediately, but slowly raised his hand, and images appeared in the dream gate: a burning laboratory, a crying crowd, transparent spores floating in the air, and a woman lying in front of the operating table—their mother.

Chenxi stared at the images in shock: "That's... the site of a dream nuclear experiment? The origin of the 'dream virus'?"

"Your mother was the last scientist to control the 'Dream Source'," the gatekeeper whispered. "Her mission was to seal the 'Source' at the end of the dream. Otherwise... the real world would be eroded by the dream."

"What do you mean?" Chu Mo's voice deepened.

The gatekeeper's gaze was icy: "'Dream Virus' is not a natural disaster, but a product of a runaway experiment created by humans. Your mother was the last conscious researcher, but she failed, leaving only you behind."

The woman in the black dress sneered: "So we are just her dream, her fragments, and even our existence is nothing more than a failed continuation?"

“You are not failures,” Su Ting suddenly said. “You are her hope.”

"Hope?" A smirk played on her lips. "Hope for what? To prolong an uncontrollable disaster?"

“I hope you can complete what she left unfinished.” Su Ting slowly approached. “‘Yuan’ is still in the deepest part of the dream, and your mother still has one last will—that is her unfinished dream, which is also our shared responsibility.”

The woman remained silent for a long time before gently closing her eyes.

"Can we... really do it?"

"You are not alone," the gatekeeper said calmly. "You are not her shadows, but her successors. As long as the dream endures, you can change reality."