Chapter 277: Incomprehensible Hints

Chapter 277: Incomprehensible Hints

Chu Ge felt like Qiu Wuji was trying to lure him into the world of the book...

He didn’t know if it was an illusion, but there was a sense of “if both sides were cut off, it would be nice if you could stay with me in that world” in her demeanor.

Although Qiu Wuji didn’t explicitly say it, Chu Ge had a feeling.

Upon closer consideration, it didn’t seem like a big issue, but at the very least, he had to wait until he properly took care of his parents in their old age before considering such a move. So, Qiu Wuji naturally didn’t want to bring it up.

But in reality, Chu Ge thought it might not be possible.

Because once it was cut off, he probably wouldn’t be able to project himself into that world anymore. It wasn’t that simple.

The two of them left the old alley in high spirits and took the subway back to their rented place. Qiu Wuji took out the small mirror to study, while Chu Ge went into the room and opened the book left behind by his father.

The first page had a bold and powerful penmanship: “Others write explicit content, and so does my son, but why is there such a huge gap in skill?”

Chu Ge: “?”

Dad, I don’t need to compare myself to famous books, do I? I’m just writing light novels. Are your standards too high...

He continued reading.

“The main difference is that others describe things so explicitly, why doesn’t my son dare to?”

Chu Ge: “Damn.”

It seems like this version is the uncensored one.

“As for the complexities of the world, as real as they are, I don’t expect that from my son... If that day comes, then his writing will encompass the world, not just a thousand catties of grain, not just a golden house, not just beauty like jade! Mutual affection, how close can it get?”

Chu Ge looked at this sentence with a serious expression for a long time.

Did his dad have a premonition?

Or was it just an expectation for his son’s success?

He wanted to read more, but there was nothing else.

With this note on the first page, it didn’t seem like annotations or reflections; it looked more like something left for Chu Ge to read.

He probably also knew that there was a 99% chance Chu Ge would bring this book, “Jin Ping Mei,” back home.

“But I haven’t gained nothing.” Qiu Wuji continued, “In essence, what we see in the mirror can be considered a mirrored world. Even though it doesn’t exist, it serves as a foundation for imagination and manifestation. In other words, your father’s manifestation probably requires prior recognition of ‘the existence of something,’ and it can’t just happen out of thin air.”

Chu Ge remarked, “It’s like him turning a piece of rock into something in the mining area. First, he needs to know what the rock looks like before he can transform it. But he doesn’t know the finer details, so it’s more like a semblance of the original, which you discovered.”

“Yes.”

Chu Ge contemplated.

His world also had to be based on his own cognition.

Going in to understand each person, isn’t that what it’s all about?

There are quite a few similarities.

“Furthermore...” Qiu Wuji said with a serious expression, “I can still sense it now. When you’re present, this mirror behaves obediently. But when you’re in the neighboring room, it becomes a bit temperamental. From this, we can infer that your father has set it up to sense a familiar presence approaching before it obediently behaves. If a thief entered, they might have met a gruesome end.”

“...Can we also infer that there might be other things in the house that don’t manifest because I’m inside, but if someone else went in, it would be a real haunted house?”

Qiu Wuji said with a strange look, “Yes, if I entered myself, I might have to tear the house down.”

A house that didn’t recognize its daughter-in-law.

Qiu Wuji was very upset.

She had previously said that she liked it here, but suddenly, she didn’t like it anymore! Wahhh... The neatly framed “Good Student” award certificate and the photo of the little boy in split pants suddenly lost their appeal...

She angrily put away the mirror and asked, “Anyway, it’s listening to me a bit now. Did you make any progress on your end?”

“I feel like I’m reading classical literature with my dad. Besides reminding me not to float, I haven’t gained much for now. But I always feel like it’s giving me hints, or else it shouldn’t have been written that way...”

“What do you want to do then?”

“I want to examine it closely, analyze it, and even look for hidden messages or connections between the underlined parts. But that would require a lot of time and effort...”

Qiu Wuji widened her eyes, “You actually consider something like that... Is it really that exaggerated?”

“Can’t help it. Right now, my dad’s image in my mind is mysterious and lofty, probably similar to how people in the book speculate about the Heavenly Dao, even though the actual Heavenly Dao might just be a lazy writer who didn’t think of anything profound. But others don’t know that.”

Qiu Wuji couldn’t help but chuckle, “You have a good self-awareness.”

“Well, I have an idea. Instead of going through all that painstaking effort, I can record the places he underlined, and then we can slowly ponder it in the book. This time the story ends at the end of the volume, with Chu Tiange returning after crossing the sea. It’s written as ‘several months later,’ so we’ve got plenty of time to study my dad’s underlining. I might even be able to move into the book and finish the conclusion...”

“How long have you had this ‘several months later’ thing on your mind?” Qiu Wuji sighed and shook her head, but did not object to his ‘promising’ pursuit; in fact, there was a hint of joy and a subtle coyness in her eyes. “Then... Let’s go home.”