"Myson？Whatareyoutalkingabout?"

        "Dimitri！You’resogoodtohim,savingthechoicestleftoversforhim.Isn’theyourson?"

        "Bull-Sh1T！Mindyourownbusiness!”Withthat，Mariannarushedoutandrantothepostoffice．ThereshefoundDimitristaringoutintospacelostinhisday-dreams，obliviousofhissurroundings．Sheshookhimandsaid，

        "Wakeup！Dimitri！Wakeup！Wherehaveyoubeentheselastfewdays?Whatareyoudoinghere？You’llcatchcoldsittinginthiswind．Aren’tyouhungry？Comebackwithmeandhavesomethinghottoeat.”Dimitricamebacktorealitywithajolt．

        "Hi，Marianna!”hesaid．Hisstomachgrowledandhesmiledsheepishly,"GuessI’mhungry.”AndhefollowedMariannabacktotherestaurant．OnthewayMariannasaid，

        "I’vetoldyouagainandagainyoucouldcomeandsleepinmygarage．Whydon’tyou?"Dimitrithoughtitoverandsaid．

        "Iwillcome,butI’llpayrent．Theysaythey’relookingforagasattendantoveratthegasstationnearChinatown.”Mariannawaspleasantlysurprised．

        "Inthatcase，youneedn’tsleepinthegarage．Youcancomeintothehouseandsharemybedroom．I’mgladyouarewakinguptoreality．Ihopeyouwon’teverliveonlyinyourdreamsagain．"

        "Whynot?"askedDimitrismiling．"Youaretoowideawake．Youplacetoomuchonyourwakinghours.Actuallydreamsarethemostpreciouspartoflife.Itisatreasureaswellasaprotractionofreallife.”Mariannadidnotwanttoarguefurtherwithhimforfearhewouldchangehismind．

        "Let’sgo,”shesaid．Shetookhisarmandtheywalkedawaywithaliltintheirsteps．

        Chapter2KingdomintheDream

        IntheEast,amidawildernessofmountainrangeswheretherewerenosignofhumanlifeandwhereevenbirdsandanimalsseldomvisited，liesthefountain-headofthesurroundingmountainstreams—apool，crystalclearandicycold．Thewaterflowedbetweenthetwinpeaksthatstoodguardbesideit．Purplecloudscouldbeseenrisingfrombehindthemountainsintheearlymorning．AccordingtoChinesegeomancy，thefeng-shuiofthisplacesofullofmysteryandserenity，wasexcellent，aso-called"gold-swallowing"location—thesiteofanewkingdomabouttorise．

        Thetwinpeakshadanoriginalfeature-bothofthemwereflatatthetip，forminganaturalplateauofrichredsoil．Inthisseeminglygodforsakenplace，theseplateausconnectedbyasuspensionbridgewereincongruouswiththeirsurroundings．OntheleftplateauwasanancientChinesepalace-stylebuildingofglitteringyellowglazedtile，redwallsandtiltingeavesofcarveddragons．Therightplateau，however，wasultramodern，consistingofahelicopterlandingfield，ahugetelecommunicationssatellitedish，apowerplant，ahospitalandanadministrativebuilding．

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