I'm okay with a very fastforward-y dream - like, a "slept for two nights in a row and saw naught but nightmares" type experience - but I'm not into pining, especially if it lasts unhealthily long, and the longer he's been awake/conscious, the sadder the thought of Shen Wei as a character becomes.

Ye Zun and Shen Wei were imprisoned by two completely different means, so I have no problems with one of them getting the significantly better deal in other ways as well.