Late at night, Yue Jiuli was still playing on her phone in the hospital room, and Feng Meng was also awake. He held a bamboo in one hand and his phone in the other, glancing nervously at the drawer next to him every now and then.
"Hey~ It's almost nine o'clock, why aren't you asleep yet?"
After watching a comedy movie, Yue Jiuli noticed that Feng Meng was still awake. She nudged him and said, "Can't you sleep? Want to chat?"
"Hmm, I'm having trouble sleeping. What should we talk about?"
"What else can we talk about? Let's talk about why you can't sleep~"
Feng Meng looked up at Yue Jiuli, scratched his hair, and said, "Emmm, I'm just feeling really irritable and anxious, so I can't fall asleep."
As Feng Meng said this, he also gave Yue Jiuli a knowing look.
Yue Jiuli could tell what Feng Meng was worried about as soon as she saw his expression. She smiled and said, "Feeling anxious? This should be a small problem for you. You're probably not tired enough. Come on, I'll teach you. Go downstairs and run a few laps up the stairs. I guarantee you'll be able to fall asleep when you get back!"
"Um, isn't this a bit much? Asking me to go for a run so late at night?"
Feng Meng wasn't too keen on Yue Jiuli's suggestion. What if running up and down the stairs late at night scared someone? People would definitely think he was crazy.
"So what do you want? If you don't run up and down the stairs, you still won't be able to sleep even if you're tired enough!"
Yue Jiuli turned over and said to Feng Meng, "Go on, go for a run. Maybe when you come back you'll not only be able to fall asleep, but there might also be a surprise!"
"A surprise? What surprise?"
Feng Meng was intrigued by the surprise Yue Jiuli mentioned. He got up from the hospital bed and asked Yue Jiuli curiously, "Sister, what's the surprise? Tell me about it!"
Seeing that Feng Meng had already fallen for it, Yue Jiuli said mysteriously, "Why don't you go out and take a few laps and you'll find out? Go on, go for a run, and come back to sleep when you're tired."
"Okay, I'll go try it now~"
In order to find out what the surprise Yue Jiuli was talking about was, Feng Meng quickly put on his shoes and ran out of the ward. Of course, this idiot didn't forget to bring the bamboo with him.
Seeing Feng Meng rush off, Yue Jiuli chuckled to herself. She got up and went to the window to look down. From her angle, besides seeing some dim streetlights, she could also spot some faintly visible ghosts.
Less than ten minutes after Feng Meng ran down the stairs, he came running back up. He seemed to be in a hurry. Yue Jiuli could hear his footsteps from inside the room. The series of 'thump thump thump' footsteps returned to the room in an instant, and then the door was slammed shut by Feng Meng.
"Sis~ Sis, I, I saw it, I saw it..."
As soon as Feng Meng entered, he ran to Yue Jiuli's side, so anxious that he stammered, "Sister, I've seen a ghost!"
"Oh my god, is it really that exciting?"
Yue Jiuli wasn't surprised at all by Feng Meng's words. She asked, "How are you feeling? Are you sleepy now?"
"No way, how could I be sleepy? Sis, you're not going to tell me this is the surprise, are you?!"
Suddenly becoming quite clever, Feng Meng immediately thought of the surprise Yue Jiuli had mentioned earlier. He said, both angry and scared, "Sister, the surprise isn't really this, is it?"
"What do you think? Is it exciting enough?"
Yue Jiuli stood by the window, looking at Feng Meng with a smile. Actually, she just felt that Feng Meng was too idle and didn't sleep, so she suddenly wanted to mess with him.
"My god! You're so, so mean! You have no idea how bad I was. As soon as I went down the stairs, I ran into two of those things. They... they even passed right through my body! Do you know what that feels like? It was terrifying!"
Feng Meng was almost driven crazy by Yue Jiuli, but he still couldn't do anything about her. He had no choice but to plead with Yue Jiuli, saying, "Sister, please be kinder to me from now on~ I'm really scared~"
"What are you afraid of? I'm doing this for your own good. It's your own fault for not being able to sleep."
"I can't sleep, but shouldn't you help me fall asleep? Why are you scaring me?"
Feng Meng felt extremely wronged. He couldn't sleep because he was scared, but Yue Jiuli not only didn't help him overcome his fear, she also scared him like this.
Yue Jiuli looked at Feng Meng with disdain and said, "You brought this on yourself. I originally wanted to help you sleep, and the method of running up the stairs was supposed to be useful, but who knew you would bring bamboo down with you? If you hadn't brought bamboo, you definitely wouldn't have been able to see anything."
"What do you mean? Why can we see it when we're wearing bamboo, but not when we're not?" Feng Meng was a little confused by Yue Jiuli's words, and he humbly asked, "What's the principle behind this?"
"There's no real principle behind it; it's just that bamboo can help you see things you can't normally see."
Seeing that she had achieved her goal, Yue Jiuli spoke the truth, saying, "Actually, the bamboo is now like a magical artifact. Carrying it can protect you and also allow you to see some different things, understand?"
"Oh, no wonder I can see those things. I couldn't see them before."
Feng Meng finally understood. He climbed back into bed, wrapped himself in the blanket, and shivered, saying, "Okay then, but sis, you really can't scare me like that again next time."
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